Chapter 13: Fly or Die
Unfortunately for J.T.'s escape plan, the other escape pods were malfunctioning. Thinking quickly, J.T. and Terra headed back to the bridge and looked for an escape path.
"What are we looking for?" Terra asked.
"Any way to the deck. We get out of the ship, we get out of here," J.T. exclaimed.
"Isn't there any other way?"
"Do we have much of a choice?"
"When you put it that way, no."
In the bridge, J.T. and Terra find a ladder. Here, J.T. grabs what looks like a cell phone and gets on the line with Robin.
"Robin, don't come to rescue us! Brother Blood escaped, and he's set the self-destruct mechanism on the ship! Repeat, DO NOT COME!"
"J.T., is that you?" Robin asked on the other side of the phone (or whatever it was J.T. had).
"No, it's your long-lost twin brother. OF COURSE IT'S ME YOU BOOB! Listen, don't come to rescue us! Terra and I are gonna get out of here on our own!"
"What the hell are you guys planning to do?"
"I'll give you one guess. It starts with a j."
"Don't tell me you're planning on jumping overboard!"
"Congratulations, you're right, boy blunder! There's no other choice! The self-destruct mechanism is gonna go off any minute and the escape pods are scrap. We don't have any other choice!"
"All right, whatever you're gonna do, do it!"
"Ok, no sweat. J.T. out."
J.T. hangs up his 'phone' and Terra calls out to him.
"J.T., look! An escape hatch! Let's go," Terra called.
"Coming!"
J.T. and Terra head up the ladder and end up on the deck. J.T. and Terra look over the side and they're over ten thousand feet up!
"Whoa…really getting scared, J.T."
"You know what Terra? Don't be. I'm here, and I won't let anything bad happen to you."
Just then, the self-destruct count hit zero! Explosions are going off like crazy all over the ship!
"J.T., I can't do it! I can't jump!"
"Terra, now's not the time for doubt! We've got to go NOW! Put your arms around my neck and hold on tight!"
"A-all right!"
Terra put her arms around J.T.'s neck and J.T. picked her up by the legs. J.T. stood on the edge of the ship.
"Are you sure about this?" Terra asked.
"No! Let's do it!"
J.T. leaps off the side of the ship and an explosion goes off right behind him!
"Oh damn! My flight powers aren't working!"
"WHAT?!"
"I can fly! But my powers aren't working! Maybe I'm too high up!
"We're gonna die!!!"
J.T. starts concentrating as hard as he can, almost to the point where a blood vessel burst in his head. Then, J.T. and Terra stop falling!
"Huh? What? What's going on," Terra asked.
"I…I'm flying! All right! I don't believe it! I've never been able to fly this high! All right," J.T. exclaimed excitedly.
"Ok, my turn. I'll get some ground up here," said Terra. Suddenly, a large clump of ground came up from under J.T., and the two were able to catch their breaths.
"Um, thanks J.T."
"Thanks? For what?"
"You saved my life. Twice, for that matter." Terra leaned over and gave J.T. a small kiss on the cheek.
"Wow. I should save you more often."
"Don't get used to it, buddy."