30In a matter of moments, Scott would be dead. The fast-spreading biofilm would expand to fill the cockpit, locking him in place and choking the life out of him.
The Red arrows must have injected a computer virus into his Battlenaut. Frank the A.I. had become corrupted and was trying to murder his own pilot.
Scott had only one recourse. Reaching down, he slapped the red button installed on the right edge of his couch, the only manual override control in the whole Battlenaut.
Instantly, he heard the magnetic clamps release with four simultaneous bangs. Then, an overhead hatch sprang open, and the cockpit leaped up out of the Battlenaut's body.
It didn't fly far, though. The biofilm must have damaged its thrusters or guidance system or both, because the cockpit pod flipped over afte
