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“Ship will self-destruct in five minutes,” the computer said. “Please evacuate immediately.”
Devika grabbed Florian by his tie.
“Disarm it,” she said. “Now.”
Florian shrugged. “Security mechanism. This ship is a rather valuable investment. If I can’t have it, no one can.”
“Final warning,” Devika said.
Grayson turned on his radio.
“Eddie, how are we looking?”
“Negative, man. Ship’s moving pretty fast now. We’re going to have to play catch up.”
“No,” Michiko said under her breath.
She was going to die. She was going to blow up in a ball of flames and there was nothing she could do about it.
“How do we deactivate the self-destruct?” Devika asked.
“You’re asking a highly technical question to a non-technical person,” Florian said. “I’d recommend you say a prayer.”
Devika and Gr
