Okie dokie guys. This one is packed with action. ;D But before we get to it, I want to tell you guys about Relentless, a story that Minn-Maigi and Whisperthewolf are working on. It's a great story to. I was told that it may be on hiatus for a while though, but you should still go check it out. It's pretty awesome. ;)
Okay, on with the story. There's a lot of POV jumping to, so bear with me.
Aerrow's POV
I don't think I've been this happy in a while. I could almost see the adrenaline pumping through me, I had missed that feeling so much. The rush of battle. The feeling of the wind dancing through my hair. I almost forgot what I was doing, I was just so focused on how it felt to be taking off that runway with a purpose.
Thankfully, an energy blast skimming by my head, and Radarr chirping at me in alarm, woke me from my trance. Putting all the focus I had into the unsuspecting talon that had shot at me, I headed straight for him, picking up speed. Radarr, knowing what I was about to do, hunkered down into his seat. He never liked when I did this. I set myself on a collision course with him, but they had gotten wise. Instead of pulling away like I had hoped, the talon kept right on course, as if he had a death sentence. I thought of a new approach.
I stayed on course. I heard Radarr squawk in fear as we kept getting closer to the talon, but just as we were only a few meters apart, I dove, taking one of my blades out and igniting it. I held it above my head, and only a split second later did I hear the sound of metal being torn apart. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the talon eject himself from the skimmer, deploying his parachute seconds later.
In only one minute, I had managed to take one down. Turning to Radarr, who currently had a huge smile on his face, we gave each other a high five. Yeah, this was going to be a good day.
Finn's POV
I don't know if everyone else was feeling what I was feeling, but it felt great.
What's even better, I had gotten much more skilled with my crossbow. And I was more than ready to dish out some whoop-ass on these guys.
I could already see Aerrow taking a talon out. I wasn't gonna let him have all the fun though, because I had a great idea. Turning the nose of my skimmer to the sky, I started to ascend until I was sure no talons could see me. The great thing about the Farside, the clouds were so thick that you could feel it. The bad thing about it though was that I couldn't really see who was who either. But I knew I would get it right.
I searched around for what looked like a talon, and positioned myself right above him. I couldn't help but smile. This guy had no idea about the stunt I was about to pull. Getting my crossbow out, I started to dive bomb the talon, who still had no idea I was there!
Just because I wanted to see the look on his face, I let out a yell much like Aerrow would do. The look of fear the talon had right before I shot right at the controls of his skimmer was priceless. I leveled out, but got one last look at the guy jumping off as his ride sparked and fell towards the ground.
Finn, 1. Talons, 0. Chicka. Cha.
Shubbz POV
And I thought seeing these guys take off was amazing. The stunts that they were pulling were unbelievable! Finn dive bombing a talon? Brilliant!
I looked over at the wallop, who I just realized I still didn't have a name for. The big guy was actually chasing two talons around! He sped up between them, and before they could do anything about it, he had grabbed both their wings, and flung them up over his head, crashing the two rides together. He let out a "Yeah!" as both talons deployed their parachutes below him.
I was starting to think that they wouldn't need my help after all!
At least I thought so..
I glanced over at Piper, who had three talons surrounding her. Why they were all targeting her, I have no idea. Maybe she had some special ability or something. But right now, she looked like they had caught her off guard, and she fumbled with a bag that looked as if it had crystals in it. Apparently one of the talons had seen this to, and he shot a blast right at her hands, causing her to drop the bag. I could almost hear her cursing in her head as she looked up at the talon with disgust.
Piper's POV
Okay, this was not good. I should have known Cyclonis would be targeting me. After all, I did have the binding. But seriously, three talons? That just wasn't fair! And now I was pretty much stuck without my crystals! I could have tried to fight them hand to hand, except I'm not as good as Aerrow when it comes to jumping off skimmers. I pulled out my staff, which fortunately had an energy crystal in it.
However, talon who had shot the bag out of my hands had already rose his staff again, this time aiming it at my head! I wasn't sure if I would have enough time to dodge it or shoot him.
Suddenly, an energy blast hit him right in the chest, freezing him from head to toe. The force of it knocked him right off the skimmer. I don't know if he deployed his chute or not, but I didn't care. The two remaining talons looked up to where the shot had come from. I looked to, but seeing the talon frozen, I already had a good idea as to who it was.
And sure enough, Shubbz was there on the runway.
Doing a victory dance.
I would have said something, but the two talons were already heading straight towards her. Even though my scooter wasn't nearly as fast the skimmers, I chased them, hoping to reach them before they got to her. Besides, she saved me, I had to return the favor.
Apparently done with her dance, Shubbz spun back around, holding both guns out in front of her. She said something, I'm not sure what it was though. It almost looked like she said "Hasta la vista, baby." Knowing her, I bet she did say that.
She fired both guns, hitting and freezing the talon on the right, but missing the one on the left. She looked frustrated at that, even though I thought she was doing pretty good. She jumped out of the way as the talon fired back at her, landing on her stomach. I decided it was time to step in. Raising my own staff, I aimed at the controls on his ride. Just before I fired, I heard the talon shout.
"Shubbz? What are you do-" He was cut off as the blast hit his controls, sending him and his ride down below the clouds.
I looked over at Shubbz, who smiled at me. I smiled back, just before remembering what the talon had said. He knew her? I must have made a face, because Shubbz's smile turned to confusion, then to sudden realization. She knew I had heard that. I gave her a face that said 'We need to talk' and sped away, back into the fight.
Something tells me there is much more to this girl than she's letting on.
Aerrow's POV
Things were going pretty well. There were only three talons left. Suddenly, one of the talons skimmers began to spark, and he jumped out. I looked over at Finn, who was already heading towards the next talon.
Okay, two talons left.
I sped in to get one of them, leaving the other one for Finn. In hindsight, it would have been a better idea to go one at a time. We were both so anxious to get the talons, that we crashed right into each other. Before I could think of how embarrassing that was, we were both plummeting. Finn happened to land crotch first on the front of Junko's skimmer, letting out a cry of pain. I don't blame him either, I winced to. I wonder if he even feels it that much anymore though, it's happened so much.
The feeling of little hands gripping my arm brought me back to reality, and I looked over at Radarr who was staring at me, waiting for me to do something. Quickly, I jumped out of the falling skimmer, Radarr still clinging to me. I made a note that we would have to go back down there later to get my broken skimmer.
I deployed the wings of my glider, throwing Radarr onto my back, and brought myself around to chase the talon I had been going for. He was laughing to, which only made me want to get him even more. Unfortunately, I was not prepared for the other talon, that Finn had been after, to shoot at me from behind. I know it hit my glider, because the sky spun around, and I tried to feel for something to grab onto.
Instead of grabbing onto something though, I slammed down on something metal. Opening my eyes, I realized I had landing right on the wing of the talons skimmer. Before he could make a move, I swung my leg out, kicking him right in the face and off the skimmer. I turned my sights to the other talon, who was now being chased by Piper, Junko, and a very pissed off Finn sitting right behind Junko.
"Looks like we're pretty much done, eh, Radarr?" I turned to my side, suddenly realizing that he hadn't fallen on the skimmer with me. I looked around wildly, trying to find him. "Radarr?" I heard a squawk in reply, and looked down to see Radarr still plummeting, getting even closer to clouds below us.
Terrified, I dived as fast as I could to reach him. He was falling faster and faster, and it seemed like I would never reach him. As I dove by the Condor, I swore I could see Shubbz backing up, as if getting a running start. I looked back up in amazement right as she jumped right off the Condor.
Is she crazy?
Shubbz POV
I have no idea what possessed me to do it. Seeing that little guy falling and howling in fright just tore at me. And Aerrow wasn't going to get there fast enough with the Skimmer weighing him down.
I didn't even let myself think about it. I just backed up, and jumped right off the edge, angling myself to get speed. I was falling faster then I ever thought I would, his little flailing body getting closer and closer. I reached out my hand and grabbed the little guy by the ears, and held him close to me as I tried to figure out how I was going to get back up.
I could still see Aerrow speeding towards us, his face twisted with fear and what looked like astonishment. Or anger. I bet he was thinking 'How stupid are you?' Pretty stupid apparently.
Then I got an idea. The little thing was so tiny that he was falling way to fast for Aerrow to reach him. But I was bigger...
"Dude! Hang onto my back!" The little guy nodded, and climbed onto my back, gripping at my shoulders as I turned myself around to face the ground. I spread myself out, like I was about to do a belly flop in the pool. It seemed like it worked, because I could hear him chirp in delight as the sound of a skimmer got louder. Suddenly, an arm whipped around my waist, yanking me up. Everything slowed as I realized we were floating back up. I glanced up, knowing that Aerrow was the one holding me. He let go when I got myself up onto the wing and sat on it. The little blue thing chirped and jumped onto Aerrow's back. He was smiling so hard, I thought it would get stuck like that.
"Thanks dude." I said. Aerrow turned towards me with a look on his face that kinda reminded me of when my parents were disappointed with me.
"That was crazy, you know that?" Yeah...I sorta knew that. I was about to apologize when he smiled. "Thanks."
I shrugged. Even though my heart was still pounding in my chest, I was relaxed now. Plus, I felt proud. I just jumped off a ship without a parachute or anything to save a pet. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad. And maybe I could get something to eat when we got back on the Condor. I was freaking hungry. (A/N: I'm actually very hungry right now.)
Aerrow's POV
I don't even know what to think of her now. That stunt was something I would have pulled if I had the glider with me. I may be a daredevil, but at least I plan ahead. She just went and jumped without thinking about it. When I do things like that, I make sure there's a chance that I could get out of it alive.
But she saved Radarr, and helped us out with the talons. Maybe she wasn't as bad as I thought. I could already see the rest of the squad standing on the runway, so I'm guessing they got that last talon to.
One things for sure, I had about a million new questions for this girl, and still no answers.
There ya go guys. xD Next chapter is going to be a lot more talking.
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