Ghent Coirse: It started with a bang

[Outrunner]

Doorway to Hell
I banged on the door, which immediately garnered the attention of the slaves in the cargo bay. They all went completely silent, and I felt their eyes burning against my back expectantly. I kept banging and making as much of a ruckus as possible until the door slid open, and I found myself banging the chest of a burly man with a rifle that looked like it could kill an army in a single shot.

No sooner had I slipped around the corner did he fire, launching a volley of charged plasma through the spacious cargo hold. It smashed into the back end of the room with a loud bang, and the cargo hold erupted in screams. It was like taking the first few steps down into hell, their voices echoing through the whole ship like the souls of the damned.

The guard was apparently caught off-guard by this, ironically, and I took the opportunity to stick my hand around the corner and blow him off his feet. Six rounds left I told myself, and took a quick glance around the corner. It was empty, but it wouldn’t stay that way with all this noise. I stuck the gun in my holster and took a few quick strides down the hallway, getting as close to the other end as possible.

I didn’t make much ground before the door at the end opened up, and as I raised my gun the door immediately closed again. I kept my gun trained on the door and worked with one hand, planting the explosives I had smuggled aboard to the roof of the hallway. I only hoped the outer hull wasn’t too thick.

As soon as I had finished setting the trigger, the door opened up again and I heard the sound of spinning. It was a laser minigun with a metal shield, and they had pushed it up to the door to entrap me and ensure my death. Once again, luck was on my side, as I knew the minigun would wedge the door open and doom the operator, along with everyone else in the room he was in. Before the first bolt of energy could fire I took a dive, and squeezed the detonator.

The force of the blast was mostly contained by the charge, just as I had anticipated, but I still felt the rush of the blast wave wash over me temporarily before the room was violently vacuumed into space. I was already wearing my evo-suit, and was immune to the biting cold and lack of oxygen that quickly pervaded the room, but the dummies at the end of the hallway were not so lucky.