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

both of them were dead. Carter laughed and congratulated Derek. This
didn’t help him.
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Carter walked up to the bodies with Derek who said “There would
have been cameras, other guards, sensors… somebody must have
noticed.” Carter replied “That’s very likely, but don’t worry. These
shields will protect us.” This didn’t reassure Derek at all, who was
staring coldly at the dead guards. He had made a clean headshot with
the first one and a lethal heart shot with the other. The ammunition
had made a small hole through the front of the skull of the first guard.
The exit wound was much greater. Almost the whole of the back of the

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skull was gone. Derek felt disgusted. Carter looked at him and said
“Believe me, we’re doing the right thing.”
Derek pulled out his assault rifle and so did Carter. They were going to
walk straight up to the front door and say hello. And so they did.
Carter walked with confidence while Derek was visibly shaking in his
shield. They main entrance had been locked down, but Carter had a
solution for that. He dragged one of the dead guards with him and
placed his hand on the fingerprint scanner. The door opened and the
two went in.
Breathing heavily and guns trained on whatever they deemed
significant, the two walked quickly without ever letting down their
guard. This first hallway was long, leading to different chambers and
rooms. Carter had no intention to explore every single one of them, at
least not now. The first guard inside was already alerted but quickly
fell to a burst of bullets from Carter. Those three shots made sure that