RED KNIGHT
a STAR FRONTIERS Novel
by Layne K. Saltern
"Kro'khan! Are you all right? What happened in here?" It was Voar.
"You fool," I moaned, only half conscious. "Why didn't you leave like I told you?"
The floor shook with the thunder of a distant explosion. A second followed from the other direction. The ceiling cracked, powdering us with loose plaster.
Voar had to holler to be heard. "We did leave! I sent Katrina in a skimmer with Zap's body! They should be in the next valley by now! But I saw you didn't come out, so I came looking for you!"
"We'll both die now," I said with a voice abandonned to fate. "The base's reactors will blow. . .any second."
A few control panels burst and shot fireworks from the wall.
"You saved my life once!" said Voar. His powerful pseudopods wrapped about me. "Now let me save yours!"
I don't remember what happened next.