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Pearl and Quasit #4

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More cannon fire jolted the Phengodidae class ship. Pearl clutched her command console, watching as sensors lit, indicating fires. The BQSBots automatically diverted attention to the damaged sections of the ships, taking precious resources away from fixing the shields and ND. Can't be helped. Pearl grimaced, watching the fires spread faster than the BQSBots were replicating. Not good.

"I can't shake this jezebel's merkin!" Quasit growled, as the ship shook, lurched again against cannon fire. Even his augmented fingers trembled now, as shields dropped to 7.99%.

Choose, you bastards! Pearl's fingers moved to give the command to jettison their payload.

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    Horrorshow almost 10 years ago

    This is playing out like those old episodes of Flash Gordon or King of the Rocket Men serials from the 30's and 40's that had the dramatic cliffhangers! Brilliant!

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