Message for Margarita

[McNeo]

As soon as Mandy sent the three separate transmissions to the Ashers, the rest of the Shadow stalkers, Stuart and Roy, she ran on to the landing pad and jumped into her Manta. It had recently been fine tuned with all sorts of different weapons and armour, ranging from the conventional to the down-right wierd.

She flicked a archaic silver switch and the cockpit window lowered. Simulateously, she hit the big red button, and the craft began to auto-pilot towards the docking ring in Cambridge's outer atmosphere.

The Manta exitted the docking ring and the neural interface headset dropped down from the ceiling of the Manta cockpit. She shoved it on her head, ruining her hair. She didn't care. All she wanted to do now was save Roy. It was true that he had gotten into it, but she felt a responsibility and guilt for Roy, who she felt she should have protected.

Mandy brought up the nav map in the neural interface and selected the Omega 5 jump hole. The cruise engines started charging for what felt like an eternity.

For the first time, she felt genuinly worried. Never before had she doubted her ability in combat, on the ground, or swiftness to act. But now, with one of her closest companions in mortal peril, she began to question herself.

She put the thoughts to the back of her mind, and waited patiently for the craft to reach the jump hole to Omega 5. The waypoints to her final destination were set, all she had to do was wait.