Chapter 143: 28.4 Onboarding?

Letting out a sigh, I clicked my tongue as a hint of hesitation seeped into my mind. It wasn't par for the course, but a part of me still thought that what we were about to do was a bad idea. But then, what else did we have as options? We couldn't just wait here and hope that the situation changed, that our engine would magically have enough power to reel them in and spare us the pain of running backward.

Then again, life was unfair like that.

"I'm going to start putting us in reverse then."

Breathing through my teeth, I rolled the trackball back, the engine below audibly protesting at the action as we ever so slowly began to move. The chart blinked agonizingly slow, our bearing pretty much changing at a snail's pace as we built up momentum.

[*BOOM! SPLASH!*]

Outside, the enemy [Rig] was still firing at us. It was slowing down, at least, and Maruki seemed to have us on lock as he kept us alive. Though, I could only imagine that he was probably riddled with wounds right now.