Chapter Twenty-One – Placktoid Proposal
THE UNITY GUNSHIP HAD clearly been anticipating an attack. Those few soldiers Audrey and Carrie had spotted were just a ruse to encourage the placktoids to think they were being complacent or they were unaware of the mechanical aliens’ presence. From behind the gunship, quickly blending with the ocean around them, Unity fighter ships rose, firing as they came.
Carrie’s mouth fell open as the laser beams shot through the water. She had never seen a battle before. All her life she’d watched and enjoyed scifi TV shows and films, but what was happening in front of her was real. Too real.
“Into the ship, into the ship,” called Errruorerrrrrhch.
Swimming away from the fighting, Carrie couldn’t resist looking over her shoulder as she followed the other
