ISLAND IN THE SAND
Part XXV
Star lunged backward, the muzzle blast from the rifle was so close in front of her it seemed to explode with yellow fire all around her. There were seats in the conveyance and she found one by striking, and then bowling backward over it. With the machine’s capability of making gravity and inertia somehow non-existent and the scenery in every direction displayed without obstructions or reference, it didn’t seem right to do anything but stand when riding in the passenger cabin, not until everything changed anyway…
Star came to rest on her left side, quickly rolling over and using the soft plush seat back to assist her in coming to her feet. The surround vision of the outside world was gone.
I get kinda disappointed with Star and her too conservative attitude about life of others whey they want to kill you.
Hard calls to make.
Always easier to kill people who oppose under such circumstance but then, they don’t really
die in your life…
they are simply gone in this one…
Semper fi,
Jim
Heck Jim,
Never could get rid of the callous attitude. Just too ingrained I guess.
Yeah, I know what you mean. Semper fi, brother…
Jim
Great writing as usual. Small edit for you – “I do not want you, or any machine within your control or contact to be able to harm a human being without direct instructions to do so by an administrator at my level or an administrator below that whom grant privileges to.” need to eliminate either “that” or “whom” and insert “I” before grant.
Corrected. Thank you for your eyes, Bob
Semper fi,
Jim
Had to think on that a bit about the back blast. Must be some mean weaponry Sly has in his possession.The small robots swarming the stuck elevator has me intrigued. I am assuming they are repair robots. Got me hook line and sinker waiting on more.
The blast does not have to be too large, depending upon how the energy is collected by the
transports protective armor and then played back to its origin.
Semper fi,
Jim