Ambush

After everyone had boarded Tail flew the GS into the sky. Shivra sat in the co-pilots seat by Tails.

"So how do you fly this thing?" She asked reaching out to touch the mechanical panels.

"Careful." Tails warned. "Some of those are dangerous." In a flash Shivra's hand were back in her lap away from the many buttons and lights. "I didn't mean to scare you…" Tails said looking at her slightly panicked face. "Do you want to try to fly it?" He asked.

"Will anything explode…?" She asked.

"Only if you press on a missile trigger." He said.

"This thing has weapons?"

"Of course. Especially if Eggman is looking for us. We need all the firearms we can get against his robots and airships."

"So you think Eggman will find us up here?"

"Knowing Eggman it's only a matter of time."

"Oh…" Shivra looked out the window fervently for anything that would suggest Eggman's presence.

"So, you want to try to fly?" He asked her again.

"Sure." She said her gem glowing a light topaz color.

"Okay." He turned on autopilot and unbuckled his harness, Shivra did the same. After they had switched seats he showed her the stick controls and explained the steering. She tested everything he said.

"Cool." Shivra said.

"Now turn off the autopilot." He said.

"What?" Shivra said bluntly and he reached over and turned it off. Shivra braced herself.

"Relax." Tails said. She did so. "Now steer us a little to the left." She did so. "To the right." She did so again. "Good…you keep the ship steady and I'll go check on our next course." He unbuckled and stood up.

"Wait your leaving…what if…"

"I'll be right back." He said.

"Fine."

"Besides you've got it under control." He said

"Right." She muttered. He walked off into the ships main hull leaving the passage open just in case.

"Tails! Why aren't you flying the ship!" A few voices shouted together. It sounded like Knuckles, Amy, and Sonic.

"Shiva's got it under control." He said. Shivra smiled slightly.

"You sure?" Knuckles asked.

"Of course he's sure!" Shivra yelled over her shoulder.

"Right." Knuckles said faintly.

"Anyway…" Tails began. "Where is our next destination."

"The closest Temple is in crescent cave…If I'm translating this right." Shadow said. Shivra heard him scrawling on a piece of paper.

"Which Temple?" Shivra called.

"Well…D…De…Des…Desp…"

"Just finish translating it first." Knuckles said.

"You try reading a thousand year old text."Shadow snapped.

"I have before." Knuckles said coolly.

"Well I bet you've never had to…"

"Hold that thought!" Shivra yelled. A humongous space craft had just appeared in the sky. "We've got company."

"What!" Tails and Sonic yelled back. But then the monitors on their ship went dark and fizzled back to life to portray Eggman's ugly face.

"Him." Shivra said.

"How are my favorite enemies doing?" Eggman asked almost conversationally. Then he gave a ridiculous laugh. "Wait I already know. You're all about to be shot out of the sky."

"Shivra! Be as Evasive as possible!" Tails yelled running back to the cock pit.

"What!" Shivra yelled and then she saw two blinking red lights on a scanner in front of her. "What do I do?" The lights were coming from two different directions.

"Pull up!" Tails yelled. Shivra did so as two large missiles collided underneath them. "Now down!" Shivra followed his directions.

"Nice try, but you won't avoid these. Ta-ta." Eggman said and his image was erased from the screen.

"Where did he go?" Shivra asked.

"I don't know." Tails said now standing beside the pilot's seat.

Then it hit them. He was above them. Shivra looked up as the tip of his crafts nose poked out at the top of her vision. Shivra could only turn the craft in a loop as she heard the screech of a bomb coming directly from above. A hit. Shivra gasped as her body was thrown forward, but held back by the restraints. She heard Tails hit the back of the cockpit and some others tossed around in the hull. She opened her eyes and looked down at the controls. Her only hope would be to try and eject herself…but that would leave the rest stranded.

"Tails what should I do!" She yelled. No response. She turned around and saw he was knocked out against the wall. "Shoot!" She said. She grabbed the steering and tried to slow their crash landing. The ground had never come at her so fast. She swore she could here Eggman laughing in her head as she pressed every button she could reach to try and cushion the fall. The last thing she saw was a whirling view of the ground below before her world went black.