ACT01:- A Trio of Hunters
The space was silent, still, and quiet. Like death. The sun began to show its face from behind the blue planet of life, its blinding rays setting the neighbouring red planet on burning red. It was a marvellous sight.
"Approaching departure point. Teleportation in 2 minutes, get your units prepared, Phoenix-One."
A marvellous sight it WAS. But it does not have a lasting appeal for her. She'd gotten used to it, the stars, the debris- and its getting pretty boring. It's about time to put a spark into this vast arena. With a few pressing of buttons on the console, Phoenix-One set her starfighter to auto-pilot, and then activated the communications panel.
"Falcon-Two, Peacock-Three; You've heard the man. Play time."
"Affirmative, Commander. Preparing for teleportation," Peacock-Three replied, as softly and gentle as she can be.
"Wooohoooo!" Falcon-Two's plane actually rolled when she answered, "That's what I've been WAITING to hear- PLAY TIME!"
Looking back at the two pilots really made Phoenix-One's head spin. They're the perfect example for a lesson on 'Contrast'; Peacock-Three is always soft to ANYONE, which includes the enemies she fights. That could get her into big troubles, although that had never happened, which is weird for someone of her nature.
Falcon-Two, on the other hand, sounds like a bloodthirsty murderer who just can't stay still in one spot. It's too bad that her skills weren't as good as Peacock-Three's though. Then again, on the contrary, she'd get all of them in big trouble if she does.
"Units prepared. Anytime now, Hash."
As she closed the com-line, she took point of the three-jets' V-formation, and let the autopilot do the rest until they reached their exit.
TELEPORTATION MODE2- TIMEPORT 60- DESTINATION 19:30/27.03.2176
A bright glowing dot, like a twinkling star, appears in front of the three jets, and as the time-travelling process began, multiple strands of light emerged from the dot and spreaded out from its core like cracks on a piece of glass which enveloped them in a web-like fishing net. Then, all they could see on their screens was the twinkling stars stretching to form long, blazing lines. In a flash, they were gone from their airspace.
ATTENTION! THE SHUTTLEBUS TO ANTILLIA STATION WILL BE DEPARTING IN 2 MINUTES...
It's about time, alright. I thought you're gonna say that tomorrow.
Ken was bored of the long wait. Maybe she'd gone numb with the Space Force's hustle-bustles. The rest of her mind however, was unable to recall when was the last time she'd waited for a ride on a shuttlebus. As she slumped back to rest on the comfortable seat, she don't even remember the last place she'd visited during her holidays; and THAT was before she joined BAHRAM in 2172.
The lights on the ceiling of the shuttlebus is soft, but somehow Ken felt awkwardly uneasy. Closing her eyes doesn't seemed to help either, so she turned to look out of the window instead, which is pretty boring as well. White sparks on black had almost been a routined pattern in her eyes for the past few years.
Maybe I should just get some shuteye moments anyway.
Before she could, however, something happened, outside right in the centre of the boring space. It was quite far away, but she was sure that there was a bright flash among the twinkles. And from the flash three pairs of glowing lines, like those of a spacejet's thrusters seen from afar, appeared. The 'lines' seemed to swirl in a circular formation too, but then almost as immediate as its appearance, the 'lines' glowed with intensity, and trailed off into the darkness of the universe, one by one.
"What in the world?" Ken asked herself.
Then she looked around for signs of anyone in the shuttle witnessed the same thing as she did. Nobody seemed to be in the same puzzled state she's in. Everyone was just having their normal shuttlebus time.
Darn, I must be imagining things.
Making herself to believe what she thought was happening, she finally put herself to the soft and cozy seat before she dozed off into dreamworld.