A world of space rocks spiraling around them, death knocking at every porthole. Andi stared out the viewport, her glowing eyes wide. Blackness surrounded them, with the exception of light that penetrated the belt from a neighboring star. And, of course, the telltale flashes of three ships, still trailing them. She’d make them regret it. It was time to end this. Andi turned on her com. “Breck. Gilly.” She clenched her teeth as an asteroid resembling a skull came hurtling towards them. “We’re low on fuel, low on ammo. Shoot the small stuff, and wait for my command. We’ll use the Big Bang and turn their bones to dust.” Gilly answered with a giggle sharp as a knife. “Done.” Tick, tick, tick. Boom. An old spacesuit floated past the window to her right, and Andi hoped a corpse wasn’t still inside. She couldn’t imagine the thoughts going through the unlucky victim’s head in those last moments before they died. Death was Andi’s closest friend, a little demon that whispered in her ear on dark nights.
