469 Cleo's Desperate Fight For Survival

(Hydra Star System- Outer Regions)

(Unnamed Asteroid Field)

"Keep moving… keep moving…" Cleo softly whispered to herself. She could feel beads of sweat running down her forehead.

Mental force flowed out of her mind and into the enormous mechanical structure covering her body.

Boom!

A thick wave of energy shot out from the muzzle of her plasma rifle and obliterated the incoming enemy fleet.

What was happening?

Cleo frowned as she was once again forced to hide behind a large asteroid as a barrage of plasma fire rounds shot towards her location.

The first wave of attacks had not been the last. 

Despite the heavy losses that they had suffered, the unknown enemies targeting her mech did not stop.

Their temporary retreat had just been a ruse to get her to drop her guard and it had almost worked…

As she shot down one starship, two more would emerge from inside one of the nearby asteroids and take its place.