Only The Dead Don't Die by Popovich, A.D. (popular books of all time .txt) 📕

“If you’ll shut your piehole for a sec, I’ll show you.”

Lee listened as Link piped in a radio exchange over the comm.

“Velzer, this is Morrius Station Tower.” A male voice crackled through the static. “You are cleared for fuel service at Bravo Station on platform three. Be advised, we are presently dealing with a security breach near Main Engineering, and thus you are ordered to keep all hatches secured until that’s resolved. Please acknowledge.”

“Acknowledged, Morrius Tower,” another voice said. “All hatches secure. Proceeding to Bravo Three for service. Out.”

Lee wrinkled his nose. “So what? Another ship is stoppin’ for gas. What’s the problem?”

“It’s a prisoner transport in transit to a POW camp in the Ganlyn System.”

Prisoner transport?

“And boss?” Link paused. “Their reported head count is two hundred seventy-six, plus flight crew.”

Lee cringed. Never in a million years could he have missed that number’s significance.

“Yeah, that struck me, too,” Link said.

“Does mean what I think it does?” Danny asked.

Lee hung his head. “The Sygarious 3 colonists are aboard that ship.”

“Oh no,” Mac murmured. “Guys, if that’s true, there are whole families over there.”

“I know,” Lee snapped, “and they’re all about to dock on Platform Three, just in time to die with everyone else on this godforsaken facility.”

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