The Space Spoon novel Chapter 86

While watching the epic battle outside in the depths of the ocean, everyone in the airarium was petrified. Sometimes the air breathers couldn't see anything because of the darkness covering the two opponents as they took the struggle farther away from the glass wall. On the ocean floor, the line of sight wasn't the best.

But what they witnessed stayed with them. The pictures were etched into their minds, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not erase them. But this type of brutal aggression was nothing new to any of the Space Spoon crew.

When the waters around them settled into an ominous stillness, Shayla’s eyes narrowed as she glimpsed something strange hovering in the waters and advancing at a steady pace.

A metallic shape reflected in the glass. As it approached, they could glimpse the familiar form of one of Hanga's self-sufficient repair droids. Cato gasped, while Shayla smiled. A sphere similar to a transparent force field kept the water away from the small contraption.

A little hatch in its chest opened, revealing a power-cutting tool. Although the droid had moved the gadget through the bubble, the force field remained intact. As it landed on the glass, a muted knock came through. It walked in a circular pattern across the wall at a leisurely speed.

Cato widened her eyes in shock when she saw the droid starting to cut a round slice from the glass cage. All the water from the ocean was about to burst inside once that portion was removed.

Right after the circle was completed and before the water pressure could push inside the newly circular lid, the bubble around the droid expanded, covering the entrance. Slowly, it put aside the power-cutting tool and closed its chest. Then the droid’s limb touched the center of the circle. Click! And it fell off onto the sand inside.

As four pairs of eyes followed its every movement, the droid crawled to the door it made and entered the airarium. The bubble remained behind it, turning into a protective force field, holding off the ocean on the other side.

"Do you think Hanga sent it to our rescue?" Cato asked, still not at ease after the fight they had just witnessed.

“There’s no other explanation.” Shayla placed her hands on her hips. “Do you have a better one?”

Jackeye remained silent, staring at the droid with reluctance.

C1313 stared as well at their peculiar visitor. “I agree. But how can it help us?”

A crackle, as if coming through a microphone, interrupted their conversation. "Ladies and gentleman, the rescue operation has commenced. Please listen to your designated savior so we can ascend to the surface."

Shayla raised an eyebrow. “E00?”

“In person. Or should I say in droid?”

Jackeye’s muscles relaxed. “And what’s the plan, oh mighty savior?”

The hatch inside the droid’s chest opened again, revealing five masks.

“Each of them contains compressed oxygen,” E00 explained. “A single sniff fills your lungs as if you took a full breath. Each has enough for ten uses. That’s enough to get you to the surface.” The droid’s head turned to the left and the right before returning to them again. “Where’s Tejeda?”