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PIPPA
“You’VE GOTTA BE FREAKING KIDDING me.” I whacked my hammer
against the side of the incinerator in the spot guaranteed to get it working
again, but all I heard was a sad groaning sound that you never wanted a
machine to make.
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Okay, not the hammer.
“Come on, baby.” I rubbed my hand over the same spot, trying to ignore
the indentation from countless engineers applying the same treatment since
time immemorial.
Nebula Outpost wasn’t the fanciest place in the galaxy, but engineers
and techs like me kept it going. And the decades-old incinerators were key
to making sure everything ran smoothly.
“How’s old G-man doing?” my best friend and closest co-worker,
Noelle Kim, asked, crouching down beside me to study the control panel.
Her dark hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and she had a smudge of grease
on her chin. If there was only one smudge of grease on my face, I’d call it a
good day. That was practically clean.
All the incinerators had names, it beat remembering their serial
numbers.
“He’s trying to go on holiday.” I cycled the power again and bit back a
curse as the machine started making even sadder noises than usual. “I think
I’m going to be here for a while trying to make this old boy cooperate.
Don’t wait to take your lunch break.”
“Did you piss someone off?” Noelle grinned. “I thought the boss only
tortured the troublemakers with …” She trailed off, searching for words.
“Troublemaking machines?” I suggested. “G-man’s usually reliable.
Well, as reliable as these old models ever are. I’m thinking it may be a
mechanical fault.”
“Better you than me.” Noelle gave me a pat on the back and stood. “I
guess it will just be Darian and me. Your loss.”
“You’re welcome to him.” Darian was a fellow engineer, a big flirt, and
an alien, though he’d never told us much about his race. He was a nice guy,
but I wasn’t looking for love … or whatever Darian was offering with those
sly smiles of his. I had a job to do and was so close to earning my next
qualification badge that I could taste it.
“Let me know if you need another pair of hands. I can bring you lunch.”
Noelle ran her fingers over the hammer indentation and gave me a look.
“I can handle it. Go eat. And bring me a sandwich if you haven’t heard
from me in two hours.” I opened the control panel, and Noelle walked
away. My stomach gave a sad little grumble, but I told it to shut up.
There was work to do.
I spent another quarter hour checking every possible connection and
diagnostic on my scanner. And, unsurprisingly, nothing seemed to be
wrong. Damn it.
I was going to have to go inside the beast.
I looked at the service hatch with a scowl. I hated the thought of going
inside the machine. There was always a lingering smell of trash and smoke,
and it was hot as hell. Not to mention the nagging fear that the machine
would fire up of its own volition and burn me to a crisp.
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