"Ok, so want to have me explain now?" Alex asks.
"Yes!" Ruby yells impatiently after they have flown a bit now.
"Ok. So a few centuries ago, a new species emerged here." Alex says pointing to the northwestern continent. "They are literally humanoid lizard people. The reason they are not more known is because a few events happened when they surfaced. A faction of them emerged and they saw themselves as the only true rightful species to have sentience and as such started to purge the area of human and faunus life. This horrified many of their own species and by the point, when we learned this, we were already hunting down these purge warbands. Suffice to say, we were never able to take prisoners as they either fought to the last or committed suicide." Alex starts.
Alex looks around for any question and asks. "Now questions?" After a moment of silence, he continued. "Now, after a little talking with the kingdoms, they agreed to work with them and we were able to pin down the purists as they called themselves and attacked them. Most of them choose death over capture, but we captured one of their leaders and a few of their members. After that, the Ligorgans imprisoned them and I kid you not, stasis cells." Alex says waiting for the disbelief that never came. "Whoa. Really? No one questioning this at all?"
"We've been through your disappearance and origin." Coco spoke up.
"Ok then. Anyways, some moron set off the alarm, letting us know that someone is trying to break the seal so the Ligorgans messaged us." Alex says before taking a breath and continuing, "And as such."
"We are going to fix that." Konata informs.
"And who…?" Ruby asks waving a hand at her.
"Konata, don't look away from the sky. I don't want us to crash with you piloting again." Alex says.
"Yeah, yeah." Konata says looking back to the sky.
"Now this is usually a no trespassing zone because the Ligorgans aren't yet ready to show themselves to the rest of the world." Alex informs getting back on track.
"And how long has that been?" Velvet asks.
"Centuries." Alex informs.
"So why won't we be shot down or arrested?" Coco asks suspiciously.
"Oh simple, Konata and I are authorized and you are with us." Alex says.
"Even if we weren't, it wouldn't stop us." Konata informs.
"And why's that?" Yang asks.
"It has never stopped us before." Konata informs.
"Konata, why do you say such things…to just amuse yourself?" Alex asks.
"Duh." Konata says smirking.
"What sin did I commit to get stuck with you?" Alex asks facepalming.
"Meeting me and flirting." She added afterward.
"Ok, first, the latter was a complete lie. Second, missiles incoming." Alex points out.
"Evasive maneuvers!" Konata calls, sending everyone everywhere from the maneuvers.
"Take it easy!" Coco yells hanging onto the table.
"Konata, going to take a few shots. Don't fling me out this time." Alex says, opening the door of the aircraft.
"This time?!" Ruby yells before flying off into a wall.
Alex didn't wait for a confirmation before jumping onto the wing, his Shadow Caster already in hand.
"And he's at it again." Ruby remarks before flying off into the other wall.
Alex watched as several missiles were on their tail and fires at the nearest one.
"You're slow." A voice suddenly said next to him and he looks to see Velvet standing next to him and has a wireframe image of his arm on hers as she fires and hits one.
"Oh?" Alex asks as the one he shot starts to veer off course into another before exploding.
Velvet smirks to him. "Really? Hitting the fin?" She asks before firing her own and hits one before it explodes and the fireball hits two behind it and they explode in unison.
"Three, two, one." Alex says before several started exploding. "Shrapnel my dear."
"And then there's non-shrapnel." Velvet points out and fires ahead of them and they fly through the smoke. "What's is this? Amature night?"
"Says the girl behind even though she has fired more shots." Alex comments.
Velvet lets a sly smirk through. "You trying to ask me out?"
"No and…well, that is an old model of an aegis guided missile cruiser." Alex says spotting three ships.
Velvet hums. "You got something bigger for them?"
"No need. One shot." Alex says before firing.
Velvet raises an eyebrow before seeing the ship explode. "Munitions?" She asks aiming by herself and waits.
"Missile launchers have to leave their missiles uncovered to fire." Alex says as it looked like the crew was trying to put out the fire on the ship desperately.
Velvet smiles as the last two were flying side by side before one flies in front of the other and she fires before it explodes. "I win."
"Disabling the second ship." Alex says before shooting again, completely focusing.
"And smoke can do wonders on engines." Velvet points out before the second rides through the smoke and it wobbles before its engines explode and then the ship.
"Still have one more to take out and know they are starting to get wise." Alex says.
"Shall we do it together?" Velvet asks chuckling.
"Think you can copy what I did and impress your boyfriend in the ship?" Alex asks.
Velvet laughs. "What makes you think I have one?" She asks as she aims the shot.
"It's obvious. The problem is neither of you have the guts to make the first move." Alex informs.
Velvet rolls her eyes. "Look who's a casanova."
Alex smirks as he waits for her to shoot as the window was closing to pull off the shot.
Velvet sighs. "And you still don't know girls even when you were a kid." She says before firing a shot and looks to him.
Alex says nothing as he waits to see what happens.
Velvet shakes her head as the ship wobbles a bit in the sea before there was an explosion.
"Repairable and can be saved." Alex says.
Velvet sighs and walks back into the ship.
"Let's fix that." Alex says as Velvet heard metal shift and turns around to see Shadow Caster altar and a shining blue core could be seen before Alex holds it out as she could feel it power up before he shoots and a bright blue shot came from it heading for the ship. She watches before the blue shot hit the ship and it erupts into a fireball as it was split in half and sent flying away from each other in the opposite directions.
"Not bad." Velvet says.
Alex opens up the ammo chamber and all of the three remaining cartridges that should have been unspent were smoking. "Shadow Caster has piercing and destructive capabilities." Alex informs unloading them all and lets the six cartridges fall from it and fly away on the wind.
"I can see that." Velvet says eyeing the gun.
"The only problem is it needs a bit of reloading time and lots of ammo for that." Alex informs.
"Another thing expected." Velvet says looking to his ammo belt.
"Ok. We have routed some of the fools and sank three missile cruisers even though they are very old and obsolete." Alex says. "Konata, we are clear head for my villa." Alex calls.
"Copy. Bringing it to…port." She says unsure of what to call what he made.
"Just land the airship near it as you can." Alex calls.
"Got it. Come inside at least." She says as Velvet heads inside.
Alex nods and jumps from the wing into the door.
"And this is one of my homes on this continent. Please make yourselves at home." Alex says as the ship lands nearby a large building that is was a three-floor area with a river running alongside it and pooling a bit next to it.
"Oh, where are your pets around here?" Konata asks excitedly.
"Should be in the forest." He says walking out and points to the forest line and they look to see the leaves and trunks shake from a loud growl.
"Tricky!" Konata calls happily rushing off.
"Here we go again." He says as Konata hugs a rock and then it moves and out walks a big three horn creature which bellows at her.
"Alex." Blake says stunned.
Alex waves it off as he walks into the home. "Come on. I got some things to eat…if they haven't expired." He says in an afterthought.
"Is that a triceratops!?" Blake finally manages to yell.
"Oh yeah. Manage to save the animals around here and help breed them." Alex says nonchalantly.
"How are you Tricky? Have you been eating well my big cute girl?" Konata asks.
Tricky just growls and tries to nuzzle her.
"What are you five doing in here?! You know you're not supposed to be in here out." Alex calls.
Five little animals scurry out and hide behind everyone's legs. "Compys?" Ruby asks looking to them.
"And they ate my food!" Alex yells looking at the messed up kitchen.
"Well, it isn't your hunters at least or your big cat." Konata says riding on Tricky.
"I swear. I will eat them if they keep it this up." Alex swears glaring to the little compys who cower more. "Off with you. Now go back to your home I built you." Alex instructs.
The compys run off and squeak as they do so.
"Wait, hunters and big cat?" Adam asks.
"Yeah. They love to visit and even challenge me a lot to see how far we can go. But we don't go too far." He says looking to Konata.
"What?" Konata asks.
"Get off her. She isn't a platform for you to ride on." Alex says unamused.
"She likes me." Konata counters.
"Yes I know that, but that doesn't mean you can ride her." Alex argues.
Konata huffs and crosses her arms and looks away.
"Lover's spat." Nora says causing many to glare at her.
Alex sighs as he kicks an empty box away. "Damn. I was saving all that."
"So what now?" Konata asks.
"I'll be back soon. There will be a town a few miles away." Alex says.
"Alright, I will show them around." Konata informs getting off.
"Come on Tricky, I will need you for this." Alex says.
Tricky growls and waddles over.
"I'll be back sometime tonight." Alex informs as he and Tricky start walking away.
"Um…okay…" Ruby tries to say.
"A freaking triceratops." Blake says trying to come to grips with this.
"I'm back." Alex says walking in with what looked like groceries.
"What is going on Alex?" Yang asks sitting on the couch with most of them.
"Food and supplies. So they show up yet Konata?" Alex asks.
Konata yawns as she messes with her scroll. "Um…what?"
"The big cat and the hunters." Alex reminds going to get more groceries.
"Oh. They are here." Konata says still on her scroll.
"Where?" Alex asks looking around somewhere.
"Somewhere." Konata says trolling him.
"Konata." Alex says a bit angry.
Konata hums as she still messes with her scroll. "Resting for tomorrow."
"Thank you!" Alex yells putting the last bags down before heading to the kitchen and starts to put the groceries in the right places. "I need a break." He mumbles to himself.
Konata yawns as she walks past the living room with everyone sleeping where they can and hits a switch and makes the house pull down blinds all over before looking over to the balcony and sees Alex leaning against the edge. "Thinking of trying it again?" She asks walking over.
Alex hums and smiles. "Have to. Got to beat my personal record."
Konata chuckles as she steps up behind him. "Are you sure you chopped down the trees this time?"
Alex grins at her. "Now my dear Konata, what do you take me for? A fool?" He mocks in a bad accent.
Konata shakes her head as their talking wakes some of the others up. "Then you better get going." She says before pushing his chest and sends him over.
"ALEX!" Ruby yells seeing him fall overboard and gets up and rushes over as the others wake up and look at where she is heading as Ruby grabs Konata's collar and tries to lift her up. "What did you do?!"
Konata just smiles as she turns them around and lets Ruby stand by the side. "I would let go of me and relax." She advises before everyone sees Ruby lifted off as something passes by them upward from the edge of the balcony and rushes out to see Ruby and something with black wings flying straight up into the cloudy night sky.
Ruby gasps sharply as she looks down and sees the ground leaving faster than ever before seeing the arms wrapped around her waist and looks up and behind her to see, past the rushing wind, Alex smiling as he keeps looking upward. "Alex?" She tries to call over the wind.
Alex chuckles as he kept flying higher and higher and Ruby looks down again and sees that the island they were on is no more but a speck and then looks up to see the clouds coming at them before Alex goes through it and then keeps going as the rushing wind starts to lose strength as they get higher.
Ruby gasps quietly as she watches as more clouds were above them as Alex kept going, passing the many clouds around them and then sees one that stretched as high as it can go as Alex starts to fly close to it and Ruby reaches out and feels her hand go right through it before Alex slowly came to a stop and hovers near the edge of the top as Ruby coughs and gasps at the lack of air.
"Deep breathes." Alex advises as he hangs onto her and kept flapping his wings and Ruby gasps deeply and breathes out deeply before looking to his wings and notices they were shadow and then turns her head to him. "Like it?" He asks looking up again and Ruby looks to lose her breath at the sight of the clear night sky. "Personally, I try to come up here just in case I need to lose some missiles and see how high I can go. Though when I saw you at the edge, I figure of grabbing you and showing you." He says grinning down at her.
Ruby breathes in deeply and looks to him. "Every night?" She asks out of breath.
Alex shakes his head. "Only when I stay at my home on that island. The best place to fly up because of the updrafts." Ruby coughs and looks around before looking to the cloud and reaches out and tries to move her hand around it and doesn't feel anything but water. "Yeah. Sorry. But they are not puffy clouds you can sit on. It's mostly water and the best you can do is blow on it." He says before blowing and Ruby sees water drops fly off the top as they shine in the moonlight as they come back down into the cloud. "If you want to know, my best record for going up high is just around here as…"
"Alex?" Ruby tries to ask as she leans against him to keep herself up. Alex hums and looks down to her smiling tiredly at him as the lack of oxygen was catching up. "You've grown."
"I know mommy." Alex says holding her closely.
Ruby giggles. "And things still change. I…don't think mommy is going to last long. Blake did teach you birds and bees." She says trying to talk quickly.
Alex smiles. "That's just the lack of oxygen talking mommy. Now…how about we take the express elevator."
"Express…elevator?" Ruby asks breathing hard.
Alex chuckles as he lifts her up and then turns her upside down before dropping her and then flips and drops as he tries to catch up.
Ruby gasps as she realizes she's free falling and tries to wave her arms to catch something before then remembering there is nothing left to catch and then looks down to where she is headed and just sees the cloud. Ruby becomes afraid as she kept falling before looking ahead and sees Alex falling with her with his wings folded and arms limp. He smiles at her as he moves one of his arms slightly forward and starts to move in the air backward before moving his arm backward and spin and moves toward her before letting it go limp again and he shrugs.
Ruby looks to her own arms and moves them in opposite directions and starts to spin quickly before letting her arm hang limp and sees Alex laughing at her attempts and she laughs along as they both try to move their arms and legs together in opposite ways and match their movements before they see the last cloud cover coming up and they look to each other and smirk as they break through it and sees the island below them.
Alex quickly moves over to her and wraps his arms around her as he aims towards the direction of where his home is before slowly opening his wings and flaring them out and Ruby grunts as she was jerked in place from the forcibly slowing them down as they see the home coming up and everyone at the balcony looking to them as Alex lands them nearby and lets her go, making her collapse to the ground.
"That…was…awesome…" Ruby says breathlessly as she tries to catch her breath.
"Glad you liked it." Alex says.
"What…just happened and why are you wet?" Yang tries to ask a bit worried.
"Nothing. Just star gazing." Ruby immediately says.
Alex chuckles. "Ever since I figured these puppies out, I couldn't stop trying to fly high." Alex says showing his wings.
"He said he got as high as a satellite one time. I don't believe that." Konata says tossing an oxygen tank to Ruby and she grabs it and starts to breathe through it.
"Hey. I did. I even left my mark on it." Alex says grinning at the thought of what he left.
"Oh, is that why Vacuo tried to shoot you for vandalism?" Konata asks smirking, making him frown instantly.
"Why do you have to say it like that?" Alex asks, crossing his arms at her.
"I keep your ego in check." Konata says cheekily.
Alex just stands next to her before holding up his hand and flicks her forehead, making her cry out and hold her forehead. "And I keep yours in check." Alex reminds.
"I can't wait for your next regeneration. I can hold and you won't be able to stop me." Konata growls.
Alex huffs. "Try it you sissy girl." He mocks as he glares at her.
"Ok, you two. That is enough." Ruby instructs.
"Yes, mommy." "Whatever." They both say as they look away from each other.
"I'm going to see Tricky." Konata says before walking away.
"I'm going to bed." Alex says jumping and gets into the third floor before walking in.
"Yang?" Ruby asks.
"I will keep him company." Yang says going after him.
Ruby sighs before looking to the others and puts the small oxygen tank down. "I'm guessing you want to hear what happened up there?"
"Um, mom…what are you up to?" Alex asks looking at Yang.
Yang crosses her arms as she watches him. "Keeping an eye on you…and to make sure you aren't going out on any more late night flights."
"Don't worry. I am crashing for real." Alex says as Yang takes him to the bed.
Yang hums. "Right." She says before he walks to his bed and then falls onto it. "Okay. Guess you were telling the truth."
Alex says nothing as he clicks a button and metal screens start covering the windows throughout the villa.
"Nighty night then." Yang says sitting in his bed before laying down with him.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Alex asks.
"Keeping you company for the night." Yang says relaxing in bed now.
"Alright." Alex says pulling her close.
Yang smiles as she lays against now. 'Yep. He's changed.'
"Mommy." Alex mumbles.
'Maybe not that much.' Yang thinks smiling.