Chapter 9: Gen 4
Ash ran towards the airlock, as Max floated away. His tether had snapped. His magboots didn’t get a good grip so he spun helpless in space.
Ash looked up at Max, then at the airlock. He was breathing hard, sweat dripped down his eyebrow into his eye, making it sting.
He kept going towards the airlock.
“Get inside quick!” Ben said over the comms. “The techs are suiting up and will EVA in two minutes, they’ll need the airlock clear.”
“Right,” Ash said over the lip of the airlock door. He gritted his teeth. Two minutes. A few more to get to him. Max was moving that way… Too fast. They were never gonna be on time.
Ash uncoupled his tether, turned off his boots and kicked himself hard off the surface of the ship.
“No!” Ben screamed.
The bad thing was, that he had plenty
