Lib Novel Page 27
The ship was humming much louder now, and Nia knew she didn’t have a lot of time to get the hell out of there.
No way could she allow them to take off before she found a way off the vessel.
Her eyes were on the door in front.
If she could open the door, the cage would open too. Well, at least that’s what she hoped.
When the aliens had pressed the orange button, the door and cage had both closed in synchrony.
She assumed they worked together, and that made things a helluva lot easier.
If she managed to open the cage, it would give her just a few seconds to rush out of the room and into the main corridor. From there she could do what the alien had been so afraid of. She’d lock down the room and the two aliens still in it.
She’d have to be perfect. There was no room for mistakes.
Movement to her right caught her eye and she could see the alien advancing her way again. There was movement under his cloak as if he was rubbing something and the thought made her want to vomit.
Right. She’d rather take her one chance than stay in here and let them do whatever was in their twisted minds.
Gripping the pebble, she focused on the yellow button.
The pebble felt heavy between her fingers, and she only hoped that it was heavy enough to depress the button when she threw it.
It was her only hope.
F = ma. Newton’s first law of motion.
Goddamnit, she should have paid more attention in physics class.
“You first or me?” one of the aliens asked.
Yea, he wasn’t speaking to her, but she wasn’t waiting to hear the other alien’s answer.
Stretching her arm through the bars of the cage, Nia aimed. Her eyes narrowed as she stared at her target and, for a second, the thought that she might miss was prominent in her mind.
She wasn’t going to miss.
With a singular movement, the muscles in her arms primed and she threw the pebble, and the moment it left her fingers, her heart thumped in her chest.
It was dim in the room. She couldn’t actually see the little rock sail through the air, but she knew she couldn’t have missed.
She couldn’t have.
The pebble hit something, the sound almost drowned out by the hum of the ship’s engine, before she heard it land on the floor and roll away.
Nia’s heart sank.
Well, at least she’d tried.
“What was that?” The alien to her right spoke.
There was a hiss then, and the cage shuddered a little before it opened. At the same time, the door opened as well.
Wait. Nia paused for only a second. She’d done it.
This was it. This was her chance.
Without a backward glance. Nia grabbed the hem of her cloak, lifting it to free her legs, and rushed forward. She barely heard the surprised cries of the aliens behind her as she reached the hallway.