Project Boussh: Double Jeopardy
by Vickie Boyd


"Lock S-Foils into attack position."

The words echoed through her mind. They triggered a dormant synapse. 
Suddenly, new information flooded into her head. One sentence was 
repeated over and over.

KILL WEDGE ANTILLES.

She blinked and checked her surroundings. Ooryl and Josh had cut off to 
engage a group of fighters. She flew behind Wedge as they flew into the 
fray. A dozen or more TIEs swarmed them.

KILL WEDGE ANTILLES.

Wedge split the fighters in half, his X-Wing acting like a knife. His 
opponents bore the stripes of the 181st, but their performance was 
nothing like any he had come across. His shields had not been hit once. 
Then he saw why.

Vickie had flipped the TIE on its horizontal axis and already taken out 
three of their opponents. She was relentlessly pursuing his attackers. 
He marveled at her sudden expertise with the fighter.

KILL WEDGE ANTILLES.

"You can't have him," she said through gritted teeth as she lined 
another fighter in her sights. A quick flick of her thumb and a torp 
shot towards the poor unsuspecting pilot. The TIE erupted into millions 
of pieces.

KILL WEDGE ANTILLES.

Wedge was amazed. He didn't realize she could handle a TIE so well. 
Turning his X-Wing into the fight, he began to blow his opponents from 
the sky. It wasn't long before they had eliminated the entire flight.

KILL WEDGE ANTILLES.

There was one ship left on her scope within range. It was an X-Wing 
marked as friendly. She knew it wasn't. That ship was the enemy. She had 
to wipe it from the sky. Grim determination etched on her face, she 
dropped in behind the unsuspecting pilot.

KILL WEDGE ANTILLES.

Wedge noticed Vickie had dropped in behind him. "Nice shooting," he said 
over the comm. "Let's head towards the others and give them a hand."

"Not this time," she hissed as she lined him up in her sights and fired.