Mavis only saw it, but couldn't do anything about it. The missile was already right next to the Death's Bane when her eyes found it.
The Tomahawk Missile exploded, causing the Death's Bane to completely tilt sideways. In the cockpit, Johnny cried out with pain as he was thrown against the wall, his bullet wound still bleeding badly.
"Shields at 0%" said the AI calmly, "Another direct hit will cause us to crash."
Mavis suddenly saw a second Tomahawk Missile, flying right at them, "AI, EVADE!" she yelled, but the AI didn't respond. Why weren't they cloaked? They were supposed to be undetectable.
That's when Mavis noticed the AI control panel. It had electricity and sparks flying from it. There was a small dent in it as well. Mavis cursed. The first Tomahawk Missile must've had an EMP on it as well, which is what caused the AI to go out of control.
The second Tomahawk Missile hit, and this time, the Death's Bane received the full power of the hit. Techno whizzed around, panicking, trying to stabilize the plane, but it was still falling.
"Come on!" yelled Mavis. She grabbed Johnny by the arm and wrapped her arms around him, then threw Techno into the relic bag and grabbed that as well. She then jumped out the back door.
Mavis knew that Johnny was seriously wounded. She could feel his life force weakening by the second. But she had to continue pushing. She couldn't fail.
Because she was carrying the relic bag and a wounded Johnny, Mavis couldn't turn into a bat as she usually did. Instead, she used telekinesis to steer them. Below them, Mavis saw a dozen potential areas where she could land. She chose the area with the softest landing area. A hay bale near the port.
Behind them, Mavis heard the sound of helicopter blades, and below them, she saw a convoy of humvees following them. Mavis wasn't too worried about the helicopters or the humvees. She was powerful enough to take care of them by now.
As soon as they landed on the hay bale, Mavis telekinetically stopping their fall, Techno whizzed out, and in five seconds had completely healed the bullet wound on Johnny. Mavis looked at him, "You all right?" she asked.
Johnny nodded quickly, "Yeah, I'm fine, come on, how're we gonna get out of here?"
Mavis sighed, "Forget about that, we have to fight right now."
Johnny looked behind him. Sure enough, the convoy of humvees had just entered the port. Behind them, a dozen apaches flew in in formation. The civilians were also panicking, screaming and running around when they saw Johnny and Mavis. Some were taking videos.
Crap. Thought Mavis, this is gonna be all over the media.
Behind her, Johnny was trying to figure out a way out of the city. True, there were plenty of boats in port, but they would all go down with one hit from a tank. Johnny cursed. He really took the Death's Bane for granted now that he thought of it.
Then he saw it. A few hundred feet away, was the USS Iowa museum. The USS Iowa stood in port, docked, and all the civilians had probably already fled…
A crazy idea came to his mind. An idea that probably wouldn't work, but at the same time was their best chance.
'Mavis, get to that battleship." said Johnny, pointing at the USS Iowa.
Mavis looked back and saw where Johnny was pointing. She immediately knew what Johnny wanted to do. Mavis sighed. This was gonna suck.
You have thirty seconds to surrender, said someone on the intercom.
Mavis turned back to the convoy of military personnel and sent a telekinetic shockwave right at the convoy, sending the humvees flying back into buildings. The helicopters were hit the hardest, some of them straight up exploding, and others spiralling out of control and crashing.
Mavis turned to Johnny, "Let's go!" she yelled, and before Johnny could even respond, Mavis had grabbed him and turned to mist, flying straight for the USS Iowa. Soon enough they were on its deck.
The two of them ran for the bridge, Mavis smashing the window to get in. After they were both in the bridge, Mavis grabbed Techno and placed him on the control panel, "Get us out of here!" she yelled.
"This ship is old, but I can work with it," said Techno, "Engines starting...now."
The engines roared to life, and the USS Iowa began moving. But then, something was holding it back…
Mavis saw the problem. There were ropes attaching the ship to port. She cursed. How could she forget about them?
Mavis telekinetically severed the ropes, and the ship began to move again. Techno steered the ship right out of port, when Mavis suddenly spotted three military destroyers moving in on the other end of port.
"Techno, are these guns ready to fire?" she asked.
"One out of the three gun turrets are operational," said Techno, "but for safety issues, I would suggest going against-"
"FIRE THOSE THINGS!" yelled Mavis and Johnny simultaneously.
"As you wish," said Techno, "Reloading process beginning."
Luckily for them, the destroyers that were going in to block them did not appear to be missile destroyers. They fired regular shells at the ship, which exploded on deck, but the USS Iowa didn't stop. It was a tough ship to crack.
"Firing." said Techno. The front gun turrets fired, causing the water to splash out from the front of the ship. The shells missed, but landed near one of the destroyers.
The USS Iowa was, by now, completely out of port. Behind them, the three destroyers gave chase, firing their main turrets. The shells didn't seem to do anything to the battleship, merely glancing off the sides.
Since they were now heading away from the destroyers, their front gun turrets couldn't swivel all the way around to fire at them, so Techno made the ship move 90 degrees to the right, then opened fire with the USS Iowa's main turret.
This time, Techno's aim was flawless. Two out of the three 14-inch high-explosive shells collided with the lead destroyer, causing a massive explosion. The entire bridge of the lead destroyer was blown to bits. One destroyer stopped by the sinking one to help rescue them, while the last destroyer continued the chase, firing its main turret.
This time, Techno didn't hesitate. A few seconds later, he fired again, this time hitting the destroyer that was chasing them, blowing it literally in half. Mavis and Johnny watched all of this with awe. Techno seemed bored, "You know, back in the 1940s, they really sucked at aiming." he said, as he continued to steer the USS Iowa towards the open atlantic ocean.
That's when Mavis both heard and saw a problem. Aircraft. Techno also sensed it. The AA guns on the battleship automatically activated, firing up at the skies. Mavis saw two F-18s fire their missiles at the ship. Without even making a hand gesture, Mavis deflected both of them without even putting in effort.
The F-18s swooped around for another missile run, but this time, Mavis didn't even give them a chance. She snapped her fingers, and both F-18s exploded in midair, their missiles having been ignited through telekinesis.
That's when Mavis noticed a few things happen. The first thing she noticed was the fleet of destroyers that just appeared in the horizon, sailing right for them. The second thing she noticed was the Death's Bane, with a wing completely bent in a 90 degree angle, and a massive dent on its side, flying towards them from behind them.
Johnny also saw both of these, and gaped, "The Death's Bane survived that?"
Techno replied, "Yes, the AI must've recovered after a while."
Mavis was happy to see the Death's Bane still alive and functioning. But she had to focus on the problem. The fleet of 15 warships that were sailing right for them. Some of them had began firing their shells, and Mavis spotted a few missiles in the air as well. The shells didn't even have an effect on the USS Iowa's thick armor, but the missiles definitely would. Mavis deflected the missiles easily, but more missiles kept on coming. Techno fired the front cannons again, this time missing two of the shots, the last 14-inch shell completely disabling one of the destroyers.
The Death's Bane landed in the back of the ship, settling itself down like a helicopter. In front of them, at least twenty more missiles were flying at them. Each one deflected by Mavis.
But then, Mavis felt something. Being a vampire, she had a good 6th sense for danger, and it was sending out loud warning signals right now. What was wrong? Mavis looked around confusedly. The hairs on the back of her neck were standing up. That's when it happened.
A hole was suddenly torn open in the hull of the ship. The entire frame of the USS Iowa shook as water began leaking through.
"Hull breach detected," said Techno, "Activating watertight doors. Weapon that was used was a railgun."
"A railgun?" said Johnny incredulously, "Those don't exist!"
"Actually, they do." said Techno, "The US have been testing them since the beginning of the 21st century."
Sure enough, the battleship had already begun to slow down, water filling the bottom decks. Mavis suddenly felt it again, "Look out-"
BOOM
A second railgun blast hit the bridge this time, blowing up the deck directly below Johnny and Mavis and setting the control area on fire. Techno remained quite calm, and Mavis was alright, but Johnny was nearest to the area of impact, and was thrown across the bridge, where he hit his head on the wall and slid down, unconscious. Mavis could still feel his life force.
Mavis turned around and immediately saw another problem. Missiles. She had been too distracted with other things. She began deflecting the missiles, this time deflecting them only when they were an inch away from the ship. Techno fired another round, this time blowing up a second ship completely with 3 well placed shots.
However, eventually, Mavis missed a missile, which hit the base of the bridge, delivering a loud explosion that disabled their gun turret and slowed them down even more. This time, however, Mavis felt Johnny's life dim. He was dying. Two more missiles hit the bridge, and this time, a metal bar fell from the ceiling and hit Johnny's former bullet wound, causing it to bleed again.
Mavis needed to do something. A game changer. She needed to protect Johnny. There was a second of silence from Mavis, until suddenly-
BOOOOM
A massive roar…. a wall of water rising….a shockwave so powerful it caused Mavis's bones to shiver….and everything went dark.
Tiberius had just finished destroying his third town. Nobody knew where Mavis was. It frustrated him. At least, until he decided to toy with the entertainment device humans called a television.
It was a news channel, and a woman was speaking in fluent Chilean. Tiberius understood all of it, being omnilingual.
Terrorists Mavis Dracula and her husband Jonathan Loughran attacked the Pentagon in Washington DC today, and afterwards, made an escape by stealing the USS Iowa, which was a museum. No civilian casualties, but military casualties go up to potentially hundreds of lives. Our current military casualty count is 11 marines and 56 navy sailors.
Tiberius smiled. He knew where to look now. Washington DC. He spoke to his guards, "We'll be going to this place- Washington DC, tomorrow. It seems like a far away area so we'll take a plane. We need to go to the next city for that."
In the city they were currently in, the airport was destroyed by Tiberius.
"Remember," said Tiberius, "We cannot fail this. Mavis must die."
"So they get onto a battleship, get out of port, and kill dozens of our men at the same time?" asked the Supreme Leader incredulously.
George nodded, "That certainly appears to be what's happening. We lost contact with the ships for some reason, and we're sending out the 7th Naval fleet to find them right now."
The Supreme Leader nodded, "Anyways, how is the Brazilian Border?"
George shrugged, "We've placed all of our best defenses there. There's no reason to fear the aliens in Brazil. They will not reach us."
"You don't know that," snapped the Supreme Leader, "These aliens are more than capable of destroying everything we've worked for! They must be stopped."
George nodded, "As you wish, sir."
The Supreme Leader waved his hands in dismissal, "Mavis and Johnny can go on with their shenanigans. All I want right now is for the aliens to die. Dismissed."
George bowed and left the room. In his mind, however, he was thinking...the Supreme Leader was having a change in mind. Maybe he could take advantage of that.