Chapter Twenty-Five
The buggy landed after a jump angled to the side. The vehicle continued forward for several seconds before the side dropped back to the ground, jarring the passengers.
Erik was grateful for his harness. Jia’s driving was starting to remind him of a nasty drop. His stomach lurched as she hit an angled rock, sending the buggy into the air again. It flew for far longer than he would have preferred on a vehicle with no thrusters. The buggy bounced a couple of times before settling back to something roughly approaching a smooth ride.
The squat research station had once been a gray blob on the horizon, but it now stretched out in front of them. Jia’s aggressive high-speed driving had returned them to the station just after the arrival of the invaders.
Two long black shutt
