Harpy Battle
The training sessions were long and grueling. Many of the trainees were getting discouraged. Little Chelsea was constantly whining about the long hours. At the same time, Emilio was mad that he wasn't given time to read the instruction manual.
"Do it on your own time," Dryden had yelled, "Right now, you need to learn about how you can defend yourself and your unit if we are attacked."
"Told you to pay attention," Rutee snickered.
After the month of training was done, everyone was awarded with his or her own dragon. Each person then chose a name for his or her craft. Leon's was Chaltier, Emilio's was Chal, Philia's was Clemente, Lawrence's was Berselius, Chelsea's was Bow, Lilith's was Comet, Marian's was Nova, Garr's was Igtenos, Mary's was Beast, Dalis's was Wolf, Karyl's was Harp, Aqua's was Leviathin, Fayte's was Cross, and Lienna's was Marina.
On graduation day, Dryden addressed the young trainees. He told them, "You are all now entrusted with the defense of this ship. The lives of us all are on your shoulders."
Stahn had begun to fall asleep out of sheer boredom. He'd heard all of these speeches a million times, and there was no need to make it a million and one. Soon he was dozing on Rutee's shoulder, drool escaping from his mouth.
Rutee wasn't too happy with her nice, clean uniform getting messed up. So she pinched Stahn's shoulder to wake him up. Her young friend had to hold his mouth closed to keep from yelling. He rubbed the aforementioned spot to ease the pain.
Rutee gave him the eye. "That's what you get for trying to use me as a pillow. Can't you just do what I do?" She motioned to the Gameboy she had hidden in her backpack.
"Leave it to Rutee to think of a way to tune out the general," Stahn stated, "Especially if it's a way she won't get caught at."
"Flattery will get you nowhere mister," she mumbled.
* * *
Since the ceremony was so clichéd, I will not bore you with the details. Instead, we will cut to the party that took place afterwards. Rutee had saved her money for awhile and had decided to throw a party at her quarters. After all, she would not be living there for long. Come morning, all of the trainees would be moving into some barracks that hat been built to house the Neko Knights.
Rutee had made good choices in food. There were all sorts of chips and dips, cakes and cookies, and plenty of good things to drink. Not to mention her collection of CDs were available, with a variety of genres to choose from. A few of the others had donated music to the party as well, so there were more than just Rutee's interests to listen to.
Anyhow, they were partying until late that night. It was so late, that when their alarms went off the next day, even Rutee smashed the snooze button - - and she hates to sleep. When she finally did get up, it was only because the alert sirens were blaring.
Rutee grumbled, "A fine time to be attacked. I bet half of us are still waiting for their first alarm to wake up. I better make sure those brothers of mine are awake."
So she went into the room next to hers. There, she found the boys lounging around on their bunkbeds, and mumbling about something or other. Emilio was dreaming about being trapped in a book with no way out, while Leon's thoughts were tuned to girls.
Rutee went and got some pot lids. She began to bang them together near her brothers' beds. "Wake up you lazy lumps, we're under attack."
You should have seen those boys then. They jumped right out of bed faster than you could say "Baka". After dressing, they ran along with their sister to the base.
* * *
Soon the whole team was there and in their dragons. One by one the ground control launched them into the battle. Stahn gave Rutee a thumbs up sign via the comlink. Then they turned their mecha to face their enemy.
"You lose," Rutee yelled, "Don't mess with me or my friends." With that, she fired her lasers at the nearest enemy ship. It was vaporized instantly.
"Good shot, now it's my turn," Stahn called. He then did the same thing to a Harpy who was heading strait for him.
Rutee flew her ship near to Stahn's. She then began to look around. Her brothers were near each other, firing at their own opponents. Upon seeing her and Stahn waiting, they flew over to join the rest of their unit.
Leon asked, "Any luck sis?"
Rutee rolled her eyes. "What do you think I've been doing out here? Picking daisies? Yes, I have destroyed some enemy ships. Let's not let our guard down though, you never can know when they'll strike next."
Just then, the mothership came at the unit. Rutee and Stahn stood frozen in fear as the twins were screaming like little schoolgirls. The mouth of the Harpy ship opened wide, and swallowed the four dragons into it.
- - - -
What'll happen once our heroes are in the ship? Find out next time. Oh, and Lawrence named his ship Berselius b/c when I wrote the character for a AU that took place in their world (but hasn't been typed up yet, and is stuck behind a whole slew of other stories), he was the descendant of Berselius's original master.
The training sessions were long and grueling. Many of the trainees were getting discouraged. Little Chelsea was constantly whining about the long hours. At the same time, Emilio was mad that he wasn't given time to read the instruction manual.
"Do it on your own time," Dryden had yelled, "Right now, you need to learn about how you can defend yourself and your unit if we are attacked."
"Told you to pay attention," Rutee snickered.
After the month of training was done, everyone was awarded with his or her own dragon. Each person then chose a name for his or her craft. Leon's was Chaltier, Emilio's was Chal, Philia's was Clemente, Lawrence's was Berselius, Chelsea's was Bow, Lilith's was Comet, Marian's was Nova, Garr's was Igtenos, Mary's was Beast, Dalis's was Wolf, Karyl's was Harp, Aqua's was Leviathin, Fayte's was Cross, and Lienna's was Marina.
On graduation day, Dryden addressed the young trainees. He told them, "You are all now entrusted with the defense of this ship. The lives of us all are on your shoulders."
Stahn had begun to fall asleep out of sheer boredom. He'd heard all of these speeches a million times, and there was no need to make it a million and one. Soon he was dozing on Rutee's shoulder, drool escaping from his mouth.
Rutee wasn't too happy with her nice, clean uniform getting messed up. So she pinched Stahn's shoulder to wake him up. Her young friend had to hold his mouth closed to keep from yelling. He rubbed the aforementioned spot to ease the pain.
Rutee gave him the eye. "That's what you get for trying to use me as a pillow. Can't you just do what I do?" She motioned to the Gameboy she had hidden in her backpack.
"Leave it to Rutee to think of a way to tune out the general," Stahn stated, "Especially if it's a way she won't get caught at."
"Flattery will get you nowhere mister," she mumbled.
* * *
Since the ceremony was so clichéd, I will not bore you with the details. Instead, we will cut to the party that took place afterwards. Rutee had saved her money for awhile and had decided to throw a party at her quarters. After all, she would not be living there for long. Come morning, all of the trainees would be moving into some barracks that hat been built to house the Neko Knights.
Rutee had made good choices in food. There were all sorts of chips and dips, cakes and cookies, and plenty of good things to drink. Not to mention her collection of CDs were available, with a variety of genres to choose from. A few of the others had donated music to the party as well, so there were more than just Rutee's interests to listen to.
Anyhow, they were partying until late that night. It was so late, that when their alarms went off the next day, even Rutee smashed the snooze button - - and she hates to sleep. When she finally did get up, it was only because the alert sirens were blaring.
Rutee grumbled, "A fine time to be attacked. I bet half of us are still waiting for their first alarm to wake up. I better make sure those brothers of mine are awake."
So she went into the room next to hers. There, she found the boys lounging around on their bunkbeds, and mumbling about something or other. Emilio was dreaming about being trapped in a book with no way out, while Leon's thoughts were tuned to girls.
Rutee went and got some pot lids. She began to bang them together near her brothers' beds. "Wake up you lazy lumps, we're under attack."
You should have seen those boys then. They jumped right out of bed faster than you could say "Baka". After dressing, they ran along with their sister to the base.
* * *
Soon the whole team was there and in their dragons. One by one the ground control launched them into the battle. Stahn gave Rutee a thumbs up sign via the comlink. Then they turned their mecha to face their enemy.
"You lose," Rutee yelled, "Don't mess with me or my friends." With that, she fired her lasers at the nearest enemy ship. It was vaporized instantly.
"Good shot, now it's my turn," Stahn called. He then did the same thing to a Harpy who was heading strait for him.
Rutee flew her ship near to Stahn's. She then began to look around. Her brothers were near each other, firing at their own opponents. Upon seeing her and Stahn waiting, they flew over to join the rest of their unit.
Leon asked, "Any luck sis?"
Rutee rolled her eyes. "What do you think I've been doing out here? Picking daisies? Yes, I have destroyed some enemy ships. Let's not let our guard down though, you never can know when they'll strike next."
Just then, the mothership came at the unit. Rutee and Stahn stood frozen in fear as the twins were screaming like little schoolgirls. The mouth of the Harpy ship opened wide, and swallowed the four dragons into it.
- - - -
What'll happen once our heroes are in the ship? Find out next time. Oh, and Lawrence named his ship Berselius b/c when I wrote the character for a AU that took place in their world (but hasn't been typed up yet, and is stuck behind a whole slew of other stories), he was the descendant of Berselius's original master.