21

Escape

Krystal fired burst after burst of machine gun fire down the winding tunnel they were in, trying to hit the demons as best she could. After she'd fired at that Geomancer thing (which caused no damage whatsoever) and they'd taken off, about one hundred demons had come out of nowhere to attack them. Not good.

She took out one of the enraged demons, two, three. They'd been flying after them in a swarm, just barely gaining on them. "You have a plan?" she yelled over the wind going past them.

"Yeah, I figure if we can get to another volcano, the Great Fox can teleport us up without trouble," he yelled back.

A few turns and two fried demons later, Krystal saw a demon throw something. Is that a-? she had time to think before a sound of metal on stone filled her ears for a second, with sparks coming from her left. She looked over, the side car shaking a bit. They're trying to sever the side car from the bike!

Fox had apparently noticed, and he yelled without looking, "Put the machine gun on overload, and jump onto the bike!" She hit a few buttons in sequence, and a light on the machine went from green to red. She promptly leaned over, put her hand on the backseat of the bike, and swung over onto it, putting her hands around Fox's waist for safety, while leaning her head down close to Fox's hunched-over back, so the wind didn't sting her eyes as much.

Looking over to her left, she saw the sidecar fly off, and back into the swarm of demons. Abruptly, an explosion from behind shook the bike, and Krystal hung onto Fox, making sure she didn't fall off. That's what you get from putting a gun on overload, she thought. And that's what they get for trying to separate me and Fox…

"Uh, you'd better hang on!" Fox yelled to her. "What now?" she asked.

"Well, about a fifty-foot drop into who-knows-what!" Krystal gulped uncertainly. "You're crazy!" she told him.

"Well, it's either that or we get ripped to pieces by these guys!" Good point.

The tunnel opened up suddenly, revealing a domed cavern with a hole in the middle, much like the one they'd been in before. The problem was, they had no ground under them for about sixty feet, and they were going forward at about 100 MPH. That could lead to a number of bad things.

Freefall lifting her stomach, she fell, still on the bike, hoping that there was something solid under them when they landed, anything…

The ground came up fast, the bike hitting it with all its speed. Luckily, Fox seemed to know what he was doing, and they hit, bounced once, and the bike turned right, still going forward, skidding to a stop. Fox sat up and put a hand to his ear, Krystal's arms still locked around his waist. She looked back and saw the demons pouring out of the tunnel they'd been in. "Tigris, beam us up now!" Fox yelled. Krystal looked back, they were even close now. "Tigris, are you there!" he said, almost panicking. Blue light encircled them…

"Fox, Krystal, are you two alright!" asked a voice from Fox's right. He opened his eyes, shut before, and looked for the voice. "Slippy?" he asked, then looked around. They were in the Great Fox's hangar, still on the bike.

"Wow, Fox, you guys almost didn't get out of their!" said Slippy, voice still as shrill as ever. Fox felt the pressure around his waist lessen a bit, and he felt Krystal's head come wearily down on his back. A sigh of relief escaped him, and Krystal took her hands and head off of him. He got off the bike, a bit sore, defiantly tired. Well, he thought, All in a day's work, I suppose?

Krystal got off the bike, and came up beside him and put a hand on his shoulder comradely. "Good driving, Fox," she said. He looked over at her. She smiled. "Now go take a shower," she said, slightly amused. Fox stopped for a moment, realizing he was pretty sweaty, and his fur didn't help much. "Yeah, I'd best do that…" he said, looking away, and he walked off, waving to Krystal twice over his shoulder…

That'd be the end of chapter 21. Review if you get the chance. Anything, even a few words to tell I'm doing good, or that I'm SUCKING BADLY. Only if I am, though. Also, chapter a little short, butaction-packed. One more thing, Krystal was facing backwards to shoot the demons in the side car. The sidecar was on Fox's left. Her left was Fox's right until she got onto the bike, meaning that when she looked left, she was looking at the bike. I just wanted no confusion. Thanks.

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