Omega Hunted
"Charges set! Stand back!"
A sharp bang shook the tunnel, followed by the hiss of thermite burning through the metal. I didn't wait for the door to cool. I kicked the smoking center out of its frame, sending the melted plate crashing onto the floor.
My squad scrambled through the opening, weapons raised.
"Which way, sir?" a soldier shouted, scanning the fork in the passage.
I raised my wrist interface and cleared the dust from the HUD. The bio-tracker flickered, struggling against the plating in the walls. Then a faint pulse appeared on the screen, a quarter-mile away and dropping fast toward the lowest deck.