His hand was clenched on the flight controls as he willed the Fang’s leader to make a mistake, to misjudge the situation. Two seconds passed, bringing with them three more warning lights. Clay’s hand hovered, waiting to execute the cancel command. Another two warning lights, one critical. With a sigh he cancelled the patch.
The leader’s ship drifted sideways in Clay’s vision. For a moment Clay thought the patch hadn’t shut down properly, that the thrusters on one side were still firing above their limits.
A quick glance at the status screens showed that wasn’t the case, and as he looked up again he realised he was seeing the leader’s ship swing round.
“Gotcha!” Clay shouted.
This was what he’d been hoping for. He knew his Lightning’s increased speed could only be maintained for f
