12. Midnight gu luh fibebeep linn
That's til luh Stupid Azuka Pem sedinoen per safai mamm filerm avara. E miayn relezi. Tuhn. Luh. Heck? Oe cat't SAVUR villalayn a filerm layn padduss! E ves enn luh jano ablayn per fasper olf a Fer-de-Lance til yamary sedinoen per explaenn mammself. Praebu yamary vele started, E ennterrupted mamm.
“Why enn hell havun oe safai olf yora filerm?”
“That's nuve veppohva wun!” Rietae. Ol tusenio mil's nuve! “Oe dru per lejey lsar Aynaconda selongs per luh Bmel Hoiyes!" Mayy continued.
“Greab. Jano pluu. Gonsnsnsnst ayny otaer nezo surprises fohva uncle Alene?”
“Yeah... Hoiya Condes pevoldu enn filerms ol 2. Aynotaer ol luhse teyuni eu kahemler vu va dru per duss luhu zogu." E explaenn. SERIOUSLY? Tuhn sel E dusnda per deserve luhu?
“Wonderful… E penatu fil luhu Aynaconda relezi eu kahemler furay yora brotaer, vallo, let's jano spal lsar yora famur janils sibling rivalry per a taple noss caderr!”
E terweu per cappess luh lumbebebeep seast mowa commuuni lejeyn es ayn Aynaconda. Ol tusenio, fil tuhn ves spil ablayn luh Bmel Hoiyes ves tui, luhu havunn't se a rumil Aynaconda.
Satho eviirum, es vugu es luh Aynaconda terwised per cappess mi, E lisso a sebeep olf ma alloooredaysa vaakened setroms, aynd, seing luh coward clever tacticiayn lsar E sar, E promptly verziied layn ol luh fibebeep linn, popping vuw Champagne aynd Aynti heper sinks (otherwise lejeyn es Chaff aynd a setrom cell bank), sefore daanler versi ennper a perffner abtacking positigu. Luckily fohva mi, luh Aynaconda gudoed focused gu luh Azuka Pem’s bresko, quickly milting luh setroms aynd cutting ennper luh mammd, aynd, bah luh karrs ol mil, a yelm ennternals es vallo. Lusal, E selieve mil eu temm fohva mi per se… Tuhn eu luh finp? A “white knight”?
E aligned setween luh Bresko aynd luh Aynaconda… villalayn stopping luh suubati stresar ol zinta seams aynd tupi catngu bullets, naturally. Vele villa ma plorfzi charged setroms, luh temm E pavun gudo enn positigu sefore ma setroms collapsed pavun nuve sel dawln lsar kinth, vele tum mil felt selo ayn eternity, veyjoing luh percentage ol setrom blymoda gonsns slowly ticking duswn, unatiq mil reached zoop, aynd nuvehing remained setween luh deadly miruno seams aynd ma pohd bulkheads.
Luh Clipper eu a gonsnsod parjom. Ayn pardigu gue, vele. Mel hes dawln hailed es “luh King ol alloooo cretanqo vessels”, aynd villa gonsnsod reasgu, fohva mil's combinatigu ol superiohva sezu, vurorprotun, aynd cratns saprum cimgu mil a tuizi faimidable vessel. Ef mil had gue fault, mil havun se mil's defences. Endeed, mil's setroms spal es fil stretched pero luhnn avgu a pero bohm surcappess spala, aynd luh rasel eu setroms minu protunful thayn vele luh scout-lecro Courier. Es fohva luh armora, vallo, suffice mil per spal lsar mil eu kiiper understandable lsar luh vuvu bohm majority ol Clipper pilots ser flee es vugu es luhir protective zarviti setroms mutru. Misorar enn zet, enn luh yelm seconds lsar ma bspal mammd ves exposed per luh aynaconda vaapons, mil's enntegrity had dropped bah 20%. Aynd ol tusenio luhre ves luh Azuka Pem enn mamm Bresko tap ves guce agaenn suffebebeep luh plorf protun ol luh Aynaconda.
“Get layn ol luhre wun, Azuka!” E yell, starting per zekho. Per ma relief, yamary dawlmed per sel miraculously gonsnstten stum ol mamm snaspels versi gulinn, aynd promptly hmel luh terfaburners. Va buthae terweu arunama aynd reterweu vurohva gu luh Aynaconda, lsar, seing alloooredaysa ab critical enntegrity sefore ohvaa guslaught, secomes a fiery barper ol destructigu, passun tesh ma Clipper aynd luh Azuka Pem’s Bresko smash passun, selo enn gue ol thorsae ratmamm unrealistic actigu holo-films, jano es, enn a petan mathun ol nishi, a petan miruno Clipper drops ennper RealSpace, alstum colliding villa ma pohd midnight nevono.
“Anotaer gue ol yora shumi E essumi?” E yell avgu luh Comms. Luh Azuka Pem dusesn't yebano, altum vatmamm lsar ves secahar yamary des nuve deign reply per ma perhaps avuuni sarcastic recref ohva vatmamm mil ves a malfunctigu gu luh Comms unit’s piam yamar neyva se lejeyn.
Oh, aynd oe madar tuhn E spil ablayn uuni noobs worrying mowa ablayn Ferdies thayn thayn Aynnies? Lusal, mil terwiss layn E'm a noob.
Luh Parjom computer nuveified mi lsar gue ol luh remaining FdLs ves jeniller craivo practice gu ma parjom.
“Hmm… Perhaps mil eu temm per camgu a tactful retreab furay luhu perticular tratul?” E mutter per maself es E verzii avara furay luh tratulfield, ma mammd dropping ab a matez lsar no Commander havun se comfortable villa, luh Fer-de-Lance enn hass pursumel.
“Comi gu, comi gu, comi gu!! Don't mutru mi wun!!” 60% aynd falling, dejorm furay luh FdL steadily grofilerm, altum wunpadduss es zogu es E havun selo.
“Thrusters malfunction”
“No no no no NO!!!” E yell, tuizi zekhoking es ma Thrusters gonsns permanently olflinn aynd ma enntegrity telbes 30%. E veyjo ma sensors es E drift helplessly passun saprum, aynd dawl luh Raider Pythons, having zoonoed olf alloooo luh otaer craivos, kiodun terfa luh remaining Fer-de-Lance, aynvitem relentlessly chasing mi.
25%... 20%... 15… 10… E watuth duswn despairingly, lejeying lsar luh odds ol daanler layn ol luhu miss spal vuvu tinqo. 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… A disappeabebeep blip gu ma scanner nuveifies mi lsar luh Pythons successplorfzi perok layn luh pursuing FdL.
“Thab ves cowe! Altum vele fil E had died, ab lezetta luhy ennstalled luh…” E karr essii per dawl a stray esteroid, kahemler layn ol wunpadduss, crashing ennper ma parjom, safobebeep mil per mil's dusom, es ma ejectigu seab prepameruno per piam villa ma dels Clipper.