Orbital by bill zhao copyright 2017 Bill Zhao Table of Contents act one (earth)

going down without a fight.” He pulled out a handgun.
The second Derek put on his suit and secured his helmet, another red
flash appeared outside the window followed by a massive boom and
shockwave striking the side of the shuttle. The explosion tore open a
hole, eviscerating the support soldier who was sitting there. The entire
cabin decompressed, pulling out and likely suffocating an operator who
hadn’t yet had his helmet put on. The rest of the crew held on to the
tiny bars provided. The Australian shouted “Shit! That was too close. I
don’t know about you but I’m going USOC hunting”
He jumped out of the shuttle. Guns blazing. “You like that you fucking
bastards? You like trying to kill me an’ my mates? Well FUCK YOU”
That one moment. With him in a dive position halfway between the
shuttle and the moon and with an assault rifle in each hand was
legendary. You can’t replicate something like that. Red and green
beams darted either way. Yells, screams and muffled gunfire composed
the scene. Along with a valley of bodies, bullets and blood. The blood
lingered in the air, spread across before inevitably succumbing to
gravity.
“
We need to get you to safety!” yelled one of the remaining operators.
Everyone in the shu le had their suits ready. The shu le was now just over
a hundred metres from the landing pad. The remaining crew about the
shu le gathered around Derek but facing away from him, guns pointed
through the jagged, open space in the side of the shu le.
This was the last thing Derek saw before the shuttle was struck for one
last time with the famous red lightning.

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