Chapter 16: Gen 4
“Don’t let go,” Luna yelled at him over the winds.
“You think I don’t know that?” Ash said as the held on for dear life on the outer hull of the scout ship. The interplanetary cloud enveloping the planet was hitting the lowly ship like a hurricane.
A wild gust slammed Ash on the scout and his helmet cracked. “Oh s**t,” he whispered, cross-eyed at the hairline fracture.
“Don’t panic. Wait… It’s fine for now. Just don’t hit your face again anywhere.”
“You think I was planning to?” Ash screamed and the ionized gases buffeted him.
“Come on, you can do it. And if you can’t, it’s OK,” Luna assured him.
“Sure, I’ll just get inside and let someone else fix this damn probe deployment. Oh look, there’s an entire line of Scouts behind me, ready to take my place. I MIGHT LET T
