Unusual Allies.
Chapter Five: What More Could Go Wrong!
"What's ready?" Roxy asked, "What's going on?"
"Draganus is attacking the pond again and this time he's got in," Canard replied, "Tanya and Wildwing had another little hideaway made after the first time he got in here, before we arrived on Earth. They told me about it soon after Wing woke up. Looks like we're gonna use it." The lights flickered back on as Tanya managed to get the auxiliary power on.
"What's going on!" Phil yelled as he ran through the door from the sleeping quarters followed by Thrash and Mookie.
"What's up?" Dive asked as he and Angel came through from the infirmary.
"We're under attack." Duke filled in.
"So what are we going to do?" Angel asked her voice a little hoarse from the crying.
"We go someplace safer," Wildwing said, "somewhere safe where we can regroup, maybe get in contact with some of the military, or anyone with the means of fighting back. A single strike worked on Puckworld but Draganus'll be ready for that."
"I say we split into teams," Canard said taking control of the conversation, "Dive, you Tanya, Angel, Thrash and Mookie take the aero wing, Tanya'll get you to the right location. The rest of us can take the migrator."
"No fighting though," Wildwing added, "this is a tactical retreat not retaliation, the aim is to get to the new base safely."
"Yes," Tanya said furiously tapping at Drake One, "Wildwing, you Angel and Nosedive are in no condition to fight right now. W . . . we have to make sure all of us come through this." An explosion was heard down the hall and she glanced nervously in its direction. "If we go through the living quarters, I installed a s . . . s . . . secret door at the end that'll take us straight to the hanger."
"Okay guys," Wildwing said after another explosion, "they're getting closer so if you can't live without it and it's something you can pick up quickly then grab it on the way, otherwise go straight to the hanger we don't have much time," Wildwing pressed a button on Drake one and a compartment opened along the wall that was lined with weapons, "everyone grab a weapon and lets go." Everyone did as they were told and as soon as everyone was assembled at the end of the hall Canard gave the humans a quick lesson in how to use their chosen weapons and they went through the door. Behind it was a dark passage way, Tanya closed the door behind them and used her omni tool to mould the door together. They all ran to the end of the corridor but before they went through Wildwing stopped them. He switched on the mask and scanned the room beyond the door. "It's clear." He said simply.
"Let's go." Canard said quietly. He opened the door and everyone split up and ran to their assigned vehicles. The migrator left first as it was the quieter of the two, then the aero wing. Getting the take off position for the aero wing was simple enough but considering the damage done to the building above there was no exit without considerable force, whilst Angel activated and charged the laser as Dive started up the engines and once they were in position she fired them blasting away the roof of the hanger and any rubble above them. As soon as his exit was clear Dive activated the thrusters and they were on their way, as they took off though there was a huge explosion and Angel look back to see the base collapsing in on itself.
"A little surprise for our uninvited gue. . . gues. . . visitors," Tanya explained, "all of Drake one's files have been backed up in our new base's computer." It wasn't long before they were nearing the edge of Anaheim, "a . . . aim straight for the cliff." She told Dive.
"Are you nuts!" Dive asked.
"Just do it!" Tanya snapped as she typed at the on board computer, "aim at that point there," she pointed to a point near the top of the cliff slightly to the left of them, "trust me!"
"Okay Tauny, but if we die I am so blaming you!" Dive said and flew the jet at the point indicated. He closed his eyes just before they hit the rock but the expected hit never came and he opened his eyes. They were flying along a tunnel big enough for the aero wing and bigger. "Woah cool Tanya!"
"Thanks, and don't call me Tauny." She smiled.
"When did this get built?" Phil asked.
"Over the last year," Tanya told him, "It's bigger than the pond base and we had different con. . . con. . . builders build each different section so there's no one on earth that knows every part of this place o. . .other than us of course."
"Impressive." Angel said genuinely so. She leant over Dive's shoulder to get a look at the view. They flew into a hanger three times the size as the one in the pond.
"It's built into the cliff and the dessert behind," Tanya said enjoying herself, "that gives us scope to keep building once we get more help here."
"If." Mookie said.
"Huh?" Angel asked as she turned to see Mookie looking very pale and Thrash curled up on a chair in the back.
"If we get help," she carried on, "everyone could be slaves by now I mean if that's like the case then who would there be ta help."
"That's easily solved," Angel said as Dive landed the aero wing, "once we're all fit and healthy we start freeing those prisoners."
"Come on let me show you around," Tanya said trying to lighten the mood, "the others'll be here soon so you guy'll want to get the best rooms right?" They left the jet and Tanya led them through a door to the right. Down a short corridor they came to an elevator which took them down to a lower level, along another corridor Tanya showed them to the sleeping quarters, she told them how to get to the ready room and went to check up on the other members of the team. She walked along the corridor and along to the ready room, she activated the computer that she'd named Drake 2 but when she got it to scan for the migrator there didn't seem to be any signal to pick up.
"This can't be right." She murmured. She started the search again but it still picked up no signal. She knew the computer was working properly as she'd tested it thoroughly on more than one occasion. She didn't want to worry the others so she decided to recheck in half an hour.
Wildwing, Canard, Roxy and Duke hid behind a building to regroup, they'd gotten out of the pond okay but a whole squadron of hunter drones were there waiting for them and it wasn't long before the migrator was reduced to a smouldering pile of scrap metal, they had managed to get out and put it on auto pilot to drive the drones away from them. All the running however was not helping Wildwing's back, he was still supposed to be taking it easy and he was looking way too pale for comfort. Roxy kept asking him if he was okay but he always told her not to worry about him and that he was fine.
"I say we split up," Duke said, "you two find a safe place ta hide out for a while whilst we draw 'em away again." He said referring to Wildwing and Roxy.
"I don't think. . ." Wildwing started to protest.
"You're not going to last much longer at this rate Wing," Canard reasoned, "you heard that explosion, the drones won't take long to figure out that no one was in the migrator and then they'll retrace thier steps," Canard glanced over his shoulder, "you find a place to hide out for the night and rest up, we'll find you again once the heat's off with the communicators."
"You can't take them all alone." Wing pointed out.
"We ain't taking them on," said Duke, "we're just getting em away from you guys."
"Wildwing if you carry on you're more likely to pass out on us and then you'll put us in more danger then this plan will." Roxy said to him gently but in a tone that didn't encourage argument. Roxy and Wing watched their friends run off and then set off themselves. They found a deserted building towards the edge of town that had an open door. They cautiously stepped inside and Roxy checked each room, once she was satisfied that no one was there she helped Wing up to the bedroom. "You rest Wildwing I'll keep an eye out." It wasn't long before he was asleep and she slipped down stairs to see if there was anything left in the house to eat, she found some snacks and a few bottles of soda and took them back up to the bedroom. She peered through the drawn curtains and looked down the deserted street. She closed it again and turned to see Wildwing awake and looking at her. "What?" She smiled.
"If we live through this. . ." he hesitated.
"Yes?" She asked as she drew closer and sat down on the bed beside him.
"You wanna get married." He asked not looking at her, a faint blush evident under his white feathers. Roxy squealed, flung her arms around him and kissed him.
"I thought you'd never ask!" She said happily.
"So that's a yes then?" Wildwing asked just to check.
"Of course it's a yes you idiot," she kissed him again, "you know we are in a very comfortable bed," she kissed him again, "and we haven't really been alone for at least a few years." Wildwing got the point and they spent the night together.
Wildwing woke with a jolt after hearing a scream. He pulled himself out of bed awaking Roxy and went over to the window, he felt Roxy peer over his shoulder as he looked on at the scene before him. Outside was a human woman running along the street from three saurians who seemed to be using her as target practise. He almost yelled out but he received an elbow in the gut from Roxy who shook her head and gave him a pleading look.
"There's nothing we can do," she whispered, "We have to get out of here!" They grabbed their clothes and got dressed then they snuck down the stairs and made for the back door, they heard the girl scream again and a barrage of shots rung out and the screaming abruptly stopped. Wildwing felt sick as if he'd been the one who'd pulled the trigger but Roxy kept pulling him along the smaller streets away from the saurians. As they rounded a corner they stopped dead when they came face to face with three hunter drones, they turned tail but as they ran between two houses the drones opened fire and an explosion sent debris flying all over the place, knocking Roxy unconscious. Wildwing picked her up and carried on as fast as his injuries would allow still conscious of the drones following them and turned another corner. On his right was a school and to his left was a warehouse, he ran to the school hoping he could loose them in the corridors. As he entered the school he shook his head to clear away the spots swimming across his eyes and proceeded down a hall straight ahead of him and turning right at the end, but no matter where he went he just wasn't fast enough to get away from the drones and he was getting weaker from the overexertion by the minute. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a storage room so he went inside and gently placed Roxy down and finding an old blanket stuffed into a cupboard above him he draped it over her he then pressed a small button on her com that would set off a distress signal to allow Duke and Canard to find her more easily. Then he went back out, closed the door behind him and headed back towards the drones hoping to draw them away as Duke and Canard had done the night before. Wildwing met them around the next corner and began to run off down a corridor to the left, his plan worked and they followed but as he neared the entrance to the school something hit him backwards, Wildwing looked up into the face of Draganus smirking at him.
"I've been looking for you Wildwing." Draganus laughed as two of his shoulders dragged him to his feet and he let out a yelp of pain.
That's it for now; I hope to get another chappy up soon. Please review as I love to read what people think. Toodles Angel xxx.