AHHHH!!!
The ship shuddered violently and the power deactivated as I plowed into the explosion. Only a second passed by. The collage of particles that blinded my window gave way to the blackness of space. I made it through!
POWER INITIATE! I screamed at the computer. The dark ship suddenly shook and came alive with lights and sounds.
The ship is in immediate demand of repair. Fuel cells at 3%
I know! I know! I was pushing the ship at full throttle to the planet. Where would I land?! A series of green beams were fired from behind, chasing after me. The Bug Fighters were on my tail!
Kwa-BAAM!
The ship shook like a giant Antarean Bogg was tossing it around.
Right engine destroyed. Ship zzt incapable ztt of landing.
More green beams were hurdling towards me. One on the Bug Fighters was on my flank, I could see the shape of a Hork-Bajir Controller. The firearm aimed.
TSWEE!
Another violent shudder and my window were covered by an explosion. I screamed, my head dizzy from adrenaline, fear, and bizarre excitement.
EngZTTne destroyed. SysTEZM majZR malZTTfunction Sparks were flying out of the control panel. There was a brief clearing from the smoke for me to see I was plummeting down from the planet's atmosphere. The ship spun crazily, out of control, the alien ground was rushing up to meet me. I heard my own blood-curdling scream.
Everything went silent.
I never heard the sound the ship made as it made crude contact with the ground. I never felt the pain as my body was slammed around like child's toy. And when the ship finally stopped moving, I had to wait for the world to stop spinning before I could think.
I didn't bother looking at my body. I didn't want to look at my body. I focused on the screen, which miraculously remained on, though it was so scrambled and disrupted I could barely see anything. I caught one word in the jumble though; self-destruct. THE SHIP WAS GOING TO EXPLODE! I struggled to my hooves, beyond joy since my legs still functioned. What was once the ship's door was a now large hole. I didn't care, it was an exit and I scrambled for it. My hearts dropped to my hooves as I skidded to a stop before leaping out. That leap would have been a sheer plunge, I was on a cliff and the drop was the length of my ship times three.
I could feel the ship preparing to self-destruct. I had to either jump and die or wait here and die! I don't know what caused me to do it, but my muscles coiled and I threw myself into the planet's blue sky. I didn't bother screaming. My eyes were closed and my life was whizzing my inside my head. My stomachs felt like they were not inside me anymore as gravity pushed me down to see my death.
Kah-BOOOOOOOOOM!
My eyes opened. My stalk eyes, I mean. I couldn't open my main eyes for some reason. I either felt no pain at all or there was so much that I couldn't feel it. The world was a shifting mass of light and colors. The formation of blurs became sharper until I could recognize what was around me. There was nothing to "recognize" in an alien planet. There was something directly in front of my face. Something alive. Two brilliant green eyes. Just two. Centered on an oval, dark peach face that also held what must have been a nose and... mouth. Outlining the face was extremely long fur that began at the scalp. I didn't bother with the details of the alien, I was caught it its direct, piercing gaze. The alien made some noises that came from the mouth but sounded very far away. My world went black.
The ship shuddered violently and the power deactivated as I plowed into the explosion. Only a second passed by. The collage of particles that blinded my window gave way to the blackness of space. I made it through!
POWER INITIATE! I screamed at the computer. The dark ship suddenly shook and came alive with lights and sounds.
The ship is in immediate demand of repair. Fuel cells at 3%
I know! I know! I was pushing the ship at full throttle to the planet. Where would I land?! A series of green beams were fired from behind, chasing after me. The Bug Fighters were on my tail!
Kwa-BAAM!
The ship shook like a giant Antarean Bogg was tossing it around.
Right engine destroyed. Ship zzt incapable ztt of landing.
More green beams were hurdling towards me. One on the Bug Fighters was on my flank, I could see the shape of a Hork-Bajir Controller. The firearm aimed.
TSWEE!
Another violent shudder and my window were covered by an explosion. I screamed, my head dizzy from adrenaline, fear, and bizarre excitement.
EngZTTne destroyed. SysTEZM majZR malZTTfunction Sparks were flying out of the control panel. There was a brief clearing from the smoke for me to see I was plummeting down from the planet's atmosphere. The ship spun crazily, out of control, the alien ground was rushing up to meet me. I heard my own blood-curdling scream.
Everything went silent.
I never heard the sound the ship made as it made crude contact with the ground. I never felt the pain as my body was slammed around like child's toy. And when the ship finally stopped moving, I had to wait for the world to stop spinning before I could think.
I didn't bother looking at my body. I didn't want to look at my body. I focused on the screen, which miraculously remained on, though it was so scrambled and disrupted I could barely see anything. I caught one word in the jumble though; self-destruct. THE SHIP WAS GOING TO EXPLODE! I struggled to my hooves, beyond joy since my legs still functioned. What was once the ship's door was a now large hole. I didn't care, it was an exit and I scrambled for it. My hearts dropped to my hooves as I skidded to a stop before leaping out. That leap would have been a sheer plunge, I was on a cliff and the drop was the length of my ship times three.
I could feel the ship preparing to self-destruct. I had to either jump and die or wait here and die! I don't know what caused me to do it, but my muscles coiled and I threw myself into the planet's blue sky. I didn't bother screaming. My eyes were closed and my life was whizzing my inside my head. My stomachs felt like they were not inside me anymore as gravity pushed me down to see my death.
Kah-BOOOOOOOOOM!
My eyes opened. My stalk eyes, I mean. I couldn't open my main eyes for some reason. I either felt no pain at all or there was so much that I couldn't feel it. The world was a shifting mass of light and colors. The formation of blurs became sharper until I could recognize what was around me. There was nothing to "recognize" in an alien planet. There was something directly in front of my face. Something alive. Two brilliant green eyes. Just two. Centered on an oval, dark peach face that also held what must have been a nose and... mouth. Outlining the face was extremely long fur that began at the scalp. I didn't bother with the details of the alien, I was caught it its direct, piercing gaze. The alien made some noises that came from the mouth but sounded very far away. My world went black.