Chapter 8 -Extraction
The mission was slowly falling apart. The Skedar travel ship had been severely damaged, and could barely fly. Meanwhile, the humans knew that Krijy and the others were in their base. If they didn't move fast, they would be trapped inside the base.
Bill was trying as hard as he could to dodge the human bullets flying at the ship. The anti-gravitational device had been damaged, so any hope of escaping back into space was gone. They also had to pick the others up at the designated area, which was near the dataDyne building. They couldn't leave the city, so they had to get rid of the jumpship.
"I have a homing missile with me", screamed Syric as the ship turned sharply round a corner, barely missing a hovercar, "if you keep the ship steady I can fire it at them!"
"I can't keep the ship steady!" replied Bill, "don't you think they have missiles as well?"
Bill flew the ship through a tunnel, and the jumpship followed it. They were coming to the end, when suddenly a hovercab flew out of nowhere. Bill and Syric screamed as they raced towards it, and got out of the way in time. The hovership however, hit the car and went crashing through it. There was an almighty crash as the jumpship hit the hovercar, but it came through with barely a scratch.
"Damn, that things unstoppable!" said Bill.
"Hold the ship steady", said Syric, "this is our chance to fire the missile."
The two ships raced out of the tunnel, and at the same time, Syric fired the homing missile at the jumpship. It was heading straight for the ship since it detected heat. The jumpship dodged the missile but it came back. Bill and Syric laughed at the jumpships attempts to dodge the missile. In the end, the jumpship couldn't follow the travel ship, and dodge the missile at the same time. It was forced to turn around a corner and lose the travel ship.
"That should keep them busy", said Bill, "I'm flying back to the dataDyne building.
Meanwhile, the jumpship had been driven in the direction of the New York power station. The jumpship flew over it and the missile was right behind it, but then the missile turned! It was heading straight for the New York power station! There was a tremendous explosion as it blew up, and the generator stopped. For the first time in many years, New York was powerless. All power in central New York was gone, and everything was dark.
"What happened!" cried Syric, as the city suddenly became dark, "the powers gone. We can easily hide now. Oh no! The jumpship is back, and the missile is gone!"
"We can`t run for long, we've got to take it down", said Bill, "didn't you gain control over the dataDyne systems?"
"Of course! I can look at the system, and find out which frequency the jumpship is using. Then I can download a virus to their systems, but to do that we need to be close to the dataDyne building."
"We're there now."
The jumpship was closing in on the Skedar travel ship. This time, it would not escape, and the pilot was readying his missiles.
"I've downloaded the virus", cried Syric as he looked out of the window, "ahhhh there's a missile coming towards us!"
Bill yanked the control upwards, and the missile missed them, plunging straight into the dataDyne building. It hit the middle floors, and exploded.
"That should take them a while to fix", said Bill, "but what happened to the jumpship?"
Syric sniggered: "I turned their engines off!"
Down in the underground base, Krijy, Death, and Budge were looking at the screen showing the map of the building. They had to get to sector 4, a highly guarded area. Once there, they would proceed to the restricted area, and bomb a wall that leaded to the sewers. They would then escape through the sewers, and meet Syric and Bill at the rendezvous spot. At the moment, they were in a room, on the other side of the base. Guards were swarming the area, and they had super dragons. Krijy, Death and Budge burst into the hallway, and started shooting the guards. They made their way towards the end of the corridor and went through the door on the right. After that they went through several doors, until they came to a long hall. They ran down it, with Death in the lead.
"RRROOoowww", screamed Death as he ran straight into something red, "a laser grid! And we can't get past."
"We're trapped", said Budge, "the door has locked itself!"
"Hands up", said a human behind them.
They spun around, and saw that ten humans had sneaked up on them. They were standing behind the laser grid, aiming at them. Their leader was holding two golden magnums.
"Put your guns down", ordered the human again. Krijy didn't like this. If they were going to die, they would die. A Skedar never surrenders. He didn't drop his gun, and Death and Budge did the same.
"I said put the gun down, and if you don't we will kill you." This was it, thought Krijy, as he saw the humans raise their guns. Suddenly the lights went out, and the laser grid fell. They saw their chance and dashed past the humans, leaving them shouting at each other.
"It ran past me!"
"Kill them, they're among us!
"He's got my leg!"
"Shoot him!"
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
Death fired a grenade into the crowd of humans, killing the ones that hadn't killed each other yet. They ran all the way to sector four, and found the wall they were supposed to destroy. Budge placed the explosives, whilst the other got rid of the humans that were running around. Krijy, Budge and Death had night vision goggles on.
"Get back", said Budge, and the wall exploded. They ran into the sewers and ran to the rendezvous spot. It was above ground and they had to go through a manhole. Krijy climbed out onto the street. It was a back street where nobody usually went. Death and Budge climbed out.
"Going somewhere?"
Krijy spun around and saw a woman in a blue dress. She was in her fifties and was quite tall. Krijy recognized her at once. It was Cassandra de vries, head of the dataDyne corporation. Five guards carrying shotguns walked out of the shadows.
"Do you want something?" answered Krijy.
"Return our information now, or die!"
"We don't have time for this, so please leave."
"NOT until you return to us our information, this is your last chance."
The guards raised their guns and pointed them at Krijy. Suddenly, the Skedar travel ship came out of nowhere. It swooped down and knocked down the guards.
"Get them!" screamed Cassandra, "Don't just lie there, stand up and shoot." Krijy, Death, and Budge ran over to the ship and jumped in. Krijy grabbed Cassandra on the way and they flew back to their main base.
The mission was slowly falling apart. The Skedar travel ship had been severely damaged, and could barely fly. Meanwhile, the humans knew that Krijy and the others were in their base. If they didn't move fast, they would be trapped inside the base.
Bill was trying as hard as he could to dodge the human bullets flying at the ship. The anti-gravitational device had been damaged, so any hope of escaping back into space was gone. They also had to pick the others up at the designated area, which was near the dataDyne building. They couldn't leave the city, so they had to get rid of the jumpship.
"I have a homing missile with me", screamed Syric as the ship turned sharply round a corner, barely missing a hovercar, "if you keep the ship steady I can fire it at them!"
"I can't keep the ship steady!" replied Bill, "don't you think they have missiles as well?"
Bill flew the ship through a tunnel, and the jumpship followed it. They were coming to the end, when suddenly a hovercab flew out of nowhere. Bill and Syric screamed as they raced towards it, and got out of the way in time. The hovership however, hit the car and went crashing through it. There was an almighty crash as the jumpship hit the hovercar, but it came through with barely a scratch.
"Damn, that things unstoppable!" said Bill.
"Hold the ship steady", said Syric, "this is our chance to fire the missile."
The two ships raced out of the tunnel, and at the same time, Syric fired the homing missile at the jumpship. It was heading straight for the ship since it detected heat. The jumpship dodged the missile but it came back. Bill and Syric laughed at the jumpships attempts to dodge the missile. In the end, the jumpship couldn't follow the travel ship, and dodge the missile at the same time. It was forced to turn around a corner and lose the travel ship.
"That should keep them busy", said Bill, "I'm flying back to the dataDyne building.
Meanwhile, the jumpship had been driven in the direction of the New York power station. The jumpship flew over it and the missile was right behind it, but then the missile turned! It was heading straight for the New York power station! There was a tremendous explosion as it blew up, and the generator stopped. For the first time in many years, New York was powerless. All power in central New York was gone, and everything was dark.
"What happened!" cried Syric, as the city suddenly became dark, "the powers gone. We can easily hide now. Oh no! The jumpship is back, and the missile is gone!"
"We can`t run for long, we've got to take it down", said Bill, "didn't you gain control over the dataDyne systems?"
"Of course! I can look at the system, and find out which frequency the jumpship is using. Then I can download a virus to their systems, but to do that we need to be close to the dataDyne building."
"We're there now."
The jumpship was closing in on the Skedar travel ship. This time, it would not escape, and the pilot was readying his missiles.
"I've downloaded the virus", cried Syric as he looked out of the window, "ahhhh there's a missile coming towards us!"
Bill yanked the control upwards, and the missile missed them, plunging straight into the dataDyne building. It hit the middle floors, and exploded.
"That should take them a while to fix", said Bill, "but what happened to the jumpship?"
Syric sniggered: "I turned their engines off!"
Down in the underground base, Krijy, Death, and Budge were looking at the screen showing the map of the building. They had to get to sector 4, a highly guarded area. Once there, they would proceed to the restricted area, and bomb a wall that leaded to the sewers. They would then escape through the sewers, and meet Syric and Bill at the rendezvous spot. At the moment, they were in a room, on the other side of the base. Guards were swarming the area, and they had super dragons. Krijy, Death and Budge burst into the hallway, and started shooting the guards. They made their way towards the end of the corridor and went through the door on the right. After that they went through several doors, until they came to a long hall. They ran down it, with Death in the lead.
"RRROOoowww", screamed Death as he ran straight into something red, "a laser grid! And we can't get past."
"We're trapped", said Budge, "the door has locked itself!"
"Hands up", said a human behind them.
They spun around, and saw that ten humans had sneaked up on them. They were standing behind the laser grid, aiming at them. Their leader was holding two golden magnums.
"Put your guns down", ordered the human again. Krijy didn't like this. If they were going to die, they would die. A Skedar never surrenders. He didn't drop his gun, and Death and Budge did the same.
"I said put the gun down, and if you don't we will kill you." This was it, thought Krijy, as he saw the humans raise their guns. Suddenly the lights went out, and the laser grid fell. They saw their chance and dashed past the humans, leaving them shouting at each other.
"It ran past me!"
"Kill them, they're among us!
"He's got my leg!"
"Shoot him!"
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
Death fired a grenade into the crowd of humans, killing the ones that hadn't killed each other yet. They ran all the way to sector four, and found the wall they were supposed to destroy. Budge placed the explosives, whilst the other got rid of the humans that were running around. Krijy, Budge and Death had night vision goggles on.
"Get back", said Budge, and the wall exploded. They ran into the sewers and ran to the rendezvous spot. It was above ground and they had to go through a manhole. Krijy climbed out onto the street. It was a back street where nobody usually went. Death and Budge climbed out.
"Going somewhere?"
Krijy spun around and saw a woman in a blue dress. She was in her fifties and was quite tall. Krijy recognized her at once. It was Cassandra de vries, head of the dataDyne corporation. Five guards carrying shotguns walked out of the shadows.
"Do you want something?" answered Krijy.
"Return our information now, or die!"
"We don't have time for this, so please leave."
"NOT until you return to us our information, this is your last chance."
The guards raised their guns and pointed them at Krijy. Suddenly, the Skedar travel ship came out of nowhere. It swooped down and knocked down the guards.
"Get them!" screamed Cassandra, "Don't just lie there, stand up and shoot." Krijy, Death, and Budge ran over to the ship and jumped in. Krijy grabbed Cassandra on the way and they flew back to their main base.
