White tracers exploded from her wings.
The tiny robots scattered, and her bullets sped harmlessly into the void. A moment later, the wall of drones reformed and started firing on her. She had no choice but to pull up and fly away.
Wiping the sweat off her brow, Larani gasped for breath. “We’re not getting through that!” she shouted. “What we need is a distraction, a few of us to chase them off while the rest close in on the ship.”
“It’s no good,” Anna replied. “They’ve figured out our plan. The drones from other ships are headed this way.”
And they had another problem.
Remaining in their tight, diamond formation, those Ragnosian ships advanced on their enemies. Each one projected two green particle beams from its pointed nose, emerald spears that scattered the Phoenixes and sent them
