I'll be updating on a daily basis again :D Finally finished my midterm exam, so I guess I'll wait until April to get the results. Now, I have free time and I'll publish chapters on a regular basis. I hope you enjoy it!
Another explosion hit the side of the ship, and I stumbled and grabbed the walls. I cursed and made my way towards the room.
"God damn, they must be going full out on us" I muttered. I managed to race my way towards the Pilots Bay and found Glacialis and Stratos frantically pushing buttons and looking up and down at the screens. I ran up to them and they gave me the report.
"They've penetrated our outer shell by the docking bay. And one of our left turrets is offline! Listen, Storm. Since you're good at driving, why don't you pilot the jets in the hangar?" asked Glacialis. I was taken aback.
"Uh..you got that wrong. I only know how to drive ground vehicles. I have no experience in planes...unless we know someone who can fly one?" I asked. I was staring at Stratos and Glacialis looked at him too. He turned around and saw us staring at him. His eyes widened.
"OH HELL NO! I'm not going into the war space! They'll kill me!" yelled Stratos. Glacialis sighed.
"You're the only one who can pilot the plane. Besides, it's equipped with a shielding system and an emergency bailout if you encounter problems. You've got nothing to worry about." he said. I nodded in agreement.
"But-I gotta take care of the ship!" he argued.
"I can handle it myself. Savannah will be assisting me too. You've got no excuses, so suit up and go to the hangar for takeoff." muttered Glacialis. Stratos got up and stormed out, muttering to himself. He stomped past Applejack, who was holding a tray filled with apple slices. She looked at us, puzzled.
"Ah...what in tarnation is wrong with 'im?" she asked. I just shrugged and said "It's normal for that to happen with him"
"Oh. Well, ah suppose both of y'all were hungry, so ah made some apple slices. They're mighty delicious, if you ask me" she said happily. I suddenly noticed how hungry I was, and I ran and gobbled up half the tray. Glacialis frowned at me.
"Hey! I was up the entire night! Don't I get any?" he said angrily. I was chomping on the apples, and I grabbed a few slices and threw it to Glacialis, who grabbed it and ate it.
"Wow..it tastes good! Thanks Applejack!" he said. She just laughed and walked out of the room, probably getting more slices of apples. I turned back to the monitor and a call came in.
"This is Stratos, being forced to pilot a plane. I'm in the hangar and all ready for takeoff. Tell me when to give the green light." he said. I connected him to Virtus and got him set up. I walked to a nearby window and saw a small blue jet fly out from the hangar doors and started shooting at nearby pilots. I was amazed! He's really good at piloting aircraft, because he shot down 6 already without getting hit by a single bullet! The window started rumbling, and when I looked to the right I saw a large door open and a huge turret armed with rockets coming out.
Seeker launchers, linear inducting motor guns and heavy machine guns are online and ready. They will distinguish between a friendly and enemies. Shall I fire?
"Go ahead! Enjoy yourself!" hollered Glacialis. I grinned at waited for the show to begin.
I will enjoy myself with this. This will be fun!
A loud BANG, a flash of light and smoke happened all at once, and I saw the rockets racing each other to follow nearby targets. The first one hit the enemy, destroying it on impact. The second one managed to follow the hostile aircraft and destroyed it's engines, making it spiral towards the ground. The third one wasn't so lucky. It's homing system malfunctioned and it zoomed towards the ground and exploded.
I hope Stratos doesn't die, because that would leave a guilty feeling for us. I was thinking that when an urgent call came in for us.
"This is Stratos! I've been hit on the left wing! I can't control her...she's spiraling down!" yelled Stratos through the intercom. I was horrified and looked at Glacialis, whose face was pale.
"Use your emergency bailout!" he yelled into the intercom.
"I can't! It's faulty! Crap...I'm...losing..sign-" he cut off and there was only static. I tried to get connection back to Stratos, but there was no response. I was trembling and sat down next to Glacialis, who had his head bowed. The door opened and Virtus ran in, followed by Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Applejack. He had a sad expression on his face.
"I was just talking to him! I can't believe that happened..." he muttered. Pinkie started wailing, tears dripping from her eyes. Rarity and Applejack were comforting her, Twilight collapsed and closed her eyes, Fluttershy was sobbing and Rainbow Dash looked hard at me.
"We were at the Intelligence room when we heard Stratos' message." she said, coming over to me and giving me a hug.
"At least he did not die in vain. He died with dignity." said a voice. I looked behind Rainbow and saw Ash standing there with Aquarius behind him. Both of them had their heads bowed down in respect. Pinkie growled at him.
"He didn't die! HE'S ALIVE! TELL ME THAT HE'S ALIVE!" she howled. I looked at her. Her hair was starting to deflate, and she had an insane edge to her voice. I think she lost it!
Glacialis, I am searching for the downed aircraft. If I find it, I might detect his life signs. Shall I search?
"You can? Why didn't you tell us this before?" asked an enraged Pinkie.
Well, I thought it would interr-
"STOP TALKING AND LOCATE HIM RIGHT NOW!" screamed Pinkie through her tears.
Very well. One could use some manners too. Analyzing...
We all stood in the room, our breaths held. If she found any signs of life near the wreckage, that would be wonderful! But if she didn't...well...
Did you like it? I'll make the next chapter longer. But you can decide in this chapter: Should Stratos live, or is he the first victim of a long and bitter war? You decide in your review! If you find any grammatical errors or other crap, just put it in alongside your review. Thanks :)