PART 3 THE ESCAPE
"Sir!Sir! wake up sir!c'mon!we've gotta get out of here!we gotta get to the dropships!"
Kessai opened his eye's to see a soldier screaming at him.He stumbled to his feet and began running alongside a group of his soldiers,bullets whized past his shoulders,and men beside him fell to the ground.He continued to follow the man in front of him.The 4 dropships came into view.As he got closer another figure came into focus,a man.He had armour resembling that of a Siberous soldier,but it was different in colour.His hair was blonde,it was tattered and uncombed.As Kessai drew closer to the figure its eyes came into view.They had no pupils.
Kessai stopped in his tracks,he stood,terrified.Kessai had never felt fear before. His training made sure of that.But this man filled him with it.The other soldier continued to run towards the dropships,ignoring the man.But as the soldier ran by, the familiar figure drew a large axe from his back.He swung at the fleeing soldier.It hit his back with a thwaking noise and cut him in two.The lower half caught on fire and turned to ash,while the top half hit the ground.
Blood soaked,Kessai stood up. He picked up a sword off the ground.Then walked towards the devilish figure.
In the distance he saw the Exodus ships hovering into space,he was filled with relief.He had succeded.
The figure grinned,revealing its sharp teeth.It looked up towards the ships which were aproaching space.It raised its hand towards the them.Electrical sparks started to come from its finger tips,a blue ball of energy formed at the end of its arm.
It creaked its arm forward,and then launched the ball directley at one of the ships. Not taking its eyes off Kessai for a moment.
The ball hurtled towards one of the ships.Kessai's eyes opened wide with terror,before being filled with light.As the light dimmed he could see one of the ships was on fire and falling towards the ground.Each ship was fitted with over 700,000 Neon generators,an explosion would be catastrophic.
It began to sink in,Kessai wondered wether his family was onboard that ship.He then looked at the figure,it was still grinning.Kessai no longer felt fear.But anger.He grabbed a rifle,with a metal clinking sound he loaded it.Then fired.He clenched the trigger so hard it seemed as though he would break the gun.Bullet after bullet flew at the figure,shell after shell hit the floor.
After what seemed like a lifetime,the clip ran out.Smoke oozed from the end of the gun.Kessai took his eye away from the scope.Dread filled him.
The figure still stood, grinning.
Shocked,Kessai reloaded.Hoping in someway that he had missed.He went to fire.but the grinning figure swung its arm,sending the rifle flying into the air.Confused, Kessai ran towards the dropships,loosing sight of the man.He aproached the step ladder of the dropship.Exhausted,he climbed the ladder,slid open the hatch and climbed in.In the distance the burning Exodus ship drew closer to the ground.Kessai went straight to the controls.The keyboards lit up,it had been a while since he had flew one of these.But he had no choice.He mashed in the launch preperations and nessecary data.Then turned on the thrusters.The ship took off.He steadied it.Then pointed it towards the remaining Exodus ship.He powered up the boosters.Then engaged.
The ship left the ground at extreme speed,getting ever closer to Earth's atmosphere.The ship burned red as he made his way into outerspace.The keyboard sparked and lit on fire.Kessai grabbed an enstinguisher and put out the blaze,but the control systems and com-links were burned beyond use.
He looked behind him as Earth shrunk smaller and smaller.For a brief moment, there was calm.
Then the fallen Exodus hit the Earth.
Kessai was flung forward,hitting his head on the keyboards.He lay unconscious,as Earth turned into asteroids he drifted silently into the depths of space.
"Sir!Sir! wake up sir!c'mon!we've gotta get out of here!we gotta get to the dropships!"
Kessai opened his eye's to see a soldier screaming at him.He stumbled to his feet and began running alongside a group of his soldiers,bullets whized past his shoulders,and men beside him fell to the ground.He continued to follow the man in front of him.The 4 dropships came into view.As he got closer another figure came into focus,a man.He had armour resembling that of a Siberous soldier,but it was different in colour.His hair was blonde,it was tattered and uncombed.As Kessai drew closer to the figure its eyes came into view.They had no pupils.
Kessai stopped in his tracks,he stood,terrified.Kessai had never felt fear before. His training made sure of that.But this man filled him with it.The other soldier continued to run towards the dropships,ignoring the man.But as the soldier ran by, the familiar figure drew a large axe from his back.He swung at the fleeing soldier.It hit his back with a thwaking noise and cut him in two.The lower half caught on fire and turned to ash,while the top half hit the ground.
Blood soaked,Kessai stood up. He picked up a sword off the ground.Then walked towards the devilish figure.
In the distance he saw the Exodus ships hovering into space,he was filled with relief.He had succeded.
The figure grinned,revealing its sharp teeth.It looked up towards the ships which were aproaching space.It raised its hand towards the them.Electrical sparks started to come from its finger tips,a blue ball of energy formed at the end of its arm.
It creaked its arm forward,and then launched the ball directley at one of the ships. Not taking its eyes off Kessai for a moment.
The ball hurtled towards one of the ships.Kessai's eyes opened wide with terror,before being filled with light.As the light dimmed he could see one of the ships was on fire and falling towards the ground.Each ship was fitted with over 700,000 Neon generators,an explosion would be catastrophic.
It began to sink in,Kessai wondered wether his family was onboard that ship.He then looked at the figure,it was still grinning.Kessai no longer felt fear.But anger.He grabbed a rifle,with a metal clinking sound he loaded it.Then fired.He clenched the trigger so hard it seemed as though he would break the gun.Bullet after bullet flew at the figure,shell after shell hit the floor.
After what seemed like a lifetime,the clip ran out.Smoke oozed from the end of the gun.Kessai took his eye away from the scope.Dread filled him.
The figure still stood, grinning.
Shocked,Kessai reloaded.Hoping in someway that he had missed.He went to fire.but the grinning figure swung its arm,sending the rifle flying into the air.Confused, Kessai ran towards the dropships,loosing sight of the man.He aproached the step ladder of the dropship.Exhausted,he climbed the ladder,slid open the hatch and climbed in.In the distance the burning Exodus ship drew closer to the ground.Kessai went straight to the controls.The keyboards lit up,it had been a while since he had flew one of these.But he had no choice.He mashed in the launch preperations and nessecary data.Then turned on the thrusters.The ship took off.He steadied it.Then pointed it towards the remaining Exodus ship.He powered up the boosters.Then engaged.
The ship left the ground at extreme speed,getting ever closer to Earth's atmosphere.The ship burned red as he made his way into outerspace.The keyboard sparked and lit on fire.Kessai grabbed an enstinguisher and put out the blaze,but the control systems and com-links were burned beyond use.
He looked behind him as Earth shrunk smaller and smaller.For a brief moment, there was calm.
Then the fallen Exodus hit the Earth.
Kessai was flung forward,hitting his head on the keyboards.He lay unconscious,as Earth turned into asteroids he drifted silently into the depths of space.