(I don't own IZ,
I realized I made a mistake in the last chapter in WolfWings speech Vietnam was more recent than WWII, I blame the fact that I shoved her into the spotlight without a speech, she wanted a bigger role so it's her fault
Now Here we go The first battle!)
Two Days meant two days; no more threats or ultimatums were made. The Dhahmon armada looked like someone had put it together with Lego blocks, aerodynamics were unnecessary in space. The Earth Army rose to meet them without warning the Dhahmons fired, the shielding held they were to far away yet to do major damage, the defense platform fired scoring some minor hits. The Dhahmon fighter ships surged forward the Eagles fanned out to meet as many of them as possible, this was a dangerous maneuver each ship was responsible for it's own safety with no one to back them up, it did have its advantages the Eagle could fire at anything they wanted without worrying about hitting a comrade the Dhahmon fighters were severally disadvantaged in this regard, it was hard to hit the lithe Earth fighters, so more often than not the Dhahmons hit one of their own. Still many Earth fighters were lost.
"Earth platform one to any available fighter. We have what looks to be a troop carrier moving towards the Earth surface, energy based weapons are useless, the orbital platforms and the Irken Bases are firing everything we got, we need a fighter to get in past the shields" "Darn it what I wouldn't give for a old fashioned rocket, I'm on it Dib" WolfWings sped her fighter around blasting a few Dhahmon fighters as she went, the anti gravity field generated by the Eagles had a couple extra bonuses, they deflected energy weapons and it was able to nullify Dhahmon shields, you had to get in close and you risked getting hit by a energy weapon when the shields met, that's how many of the Earth fighters were lost, the Dhahmons swarmed a ship hoping one of them could get in close enough to nullify the shields.
WolfWings jammed her fighter to full speed you couldn't hit what you couldn't track, the ship rocked when it hit the shields, the second she was past she opened fire raking her energy weapons down the length of the massive Dhahmon ship, she gunned her fighter to even greater speeds hopping she would clear it before it blew, no such luck her world turned white.
"Yes she got it! Did she make it?" "We are tracking the derbies sir, if she made it she's not leaving the blast under her own power" "Hey look they are withdrawing!" "They aren't going very far though, it just looks like they are regrouping" "Any breather is fine by me recall the Eagles, let them grab something to eat and grab a nap if they can, it's been a long day, and I don't think the Dhahmons will give us much time before they attack again"
Deep in the Texas desert two figures walked, one was Dib the leader of the Earth's free forces the second was from the swollen eyeball network, a young woman who specialized in paranormal medicine which included everything from using spells to heel, to healing paranormals that the agency managed to catch.
"Agent TunaGhost, why do I need to be along?" "Because if she's insensible we will need someone who's scent she recognizes", "You do know that I'm were-Irken and the last time she caught my scent she reacted badly" "You're the only one we could bring that she would recognize, her reclusiveness means she didn't make much contact with others", "she was at the meetings any one of the Earth Defenders would do," "Not really you're the only one she has had a good sniff of in werewolf form, I know you are nervous and would like to keep an eye on the Dhahmons but you aren't the only one who is capable of leading the mission and you aren't the only one who believes the alien menace anymore" "I know it just takes getting used to"
"Picking anything up on the scanners yet?" "No there is to much atmospheric energy to get a lock on the Eagles energy signal, Dad didn't think they would survive having the antigravity field knocked out so he didn't build in a homing beacon, we have to find it on it's energy signal alone which is difficult since its not much different from the other normal energy signals, wait a minute I have a idea"
Dib concentrated two Irken antenna poked up out of his hair they were so much more sensitive to variants of energy, listening carefully he picked up a signal he hadn't expected, he grabbed the binoculars he scanned the horizon spotting a black bird he followed it to where it landed removing the binoculars he began running towards where he last spotted the bird. "That little SIR bot! He was supposed to stay with the base and man the ground guns, but I'm glad he didn't he's going to lead us right to his master." They came around a hill to find a wrecked Eagle laying on its side it's cockpit empty. They looked around for the SIR bot no luck, Dib scanned the horizon again, there! The SIR bot was flying towards a small mountain something clutched in its claws "Hey Dib come look at this" Agent TunaGhost was by the Eagle looking in the storage compartment, it was loaded with human and irken snacks, "that must've been what the SIR bot was carrying" "That's good news if she is already getting food it will make our job easier, grab as much as you can, we may need it"
They headed to the mountain where Dib last saw the raven SIR bot, pausing every so often to scan ahead with binoculars, they didn't want to stumble upon her unexpectedly, finally Dib spotted the sir bot out of disguise but not WolfWings "The SIR is up on that ledge but I can't see WolfWings you are taller see if you can see more" He handed her the binoculars "Oh dear this doesn't look good, she's trapped under some boulders her wings look broken and she's barely responding to the SIR bot feeding her, we will have to approach carefully" they climbed up the cliff to reach the small plateau they stopped several feet away when WolfWings sensed their presence and started to struggle "Smell Irk Grr I'll fight you" "Calm down remember me Dib? I brought snacks" He started tossing the snacks towards the sir bot whose eyes had taken on a red tinge and had taken up a defensive position" "here good food for you master we will stay back" Wolf wings stopped struggling as the food was brought near, she used the one untrapped arm to scoop the food the SIR bot unwrapped for her into her mouth, after finishing every last snack she turned her head to try to focus on the pair, failing she took a big sniff of the air paused then another sniff "I remember it's ok" they approached slowly, she was in bad shape one wing stretched above her head obviously broken but she couldn't lower it because it was jammed up against a boulder another huge boulder rested upon her back trapping her arm which looked twisted and pinning her other disjointed wing down, blood had stained everything around "Dib you will have to use those spider leg things of yours to move that boulder it's too heavy to move otherwise, I'll pull her out with the SIR bots' help"
Dib hadn't much practice since the first time he used the legs he brought them out balanced carefully hooked two of them around the boulder and pulled the bolder lifted as easily as if it was made of foam WolfWings made a ragged screech as she was pulled free Dib dropped the boulder. Agent TunaGhost already had her sitting up and was setting bones wolf wings was gulping down a mineral rich paste that TunaGhost had brought along for this occasion,
When they were finished Dib asked "So what happened"
"I had just cleared the Dhahmons ships shields when it blew, the blast blew out my antigravity generator and increased my momentum, it was like riding a monster wave without a board, when the tumbling stopped the ship was heading nose first into the desert, I blew the canopy and tried to fly out but the speed was to great both my wings snapped and I hit the side of that cliff brining half of in down on top of me, Chaos came and fed me until you two showed up. Now you know that my greatest strength is also my greatest weakness."
"How so?" "I can survive injuries that would kill any normal creature but it uses up all my energy I'm week and defenseless and if I'm hurt bad enough my brains go out the window. Right now I couldn't fight if I tried; all my energy is going to fix my broken bones"
"Greatest strength is the greatest weakness. Hmmm. WolfWings?" "Call me Kim, you've earned the right to my name" "Kim then, How long have the Dhahmons been here?" "Thousands of years" "Do you know anything about how they concur planets" "Yes they infiltrate, weaken the populace then move in eat everything, mean while scouts go on to the next planet to weaken its population once they are done decimating the food supply they move on" "So they don't have anywhere to go to for their next meal except Earth?" "I guess so."
TunaGhost caught on "They took too long to get here! Their slow and steady tactics failed them this time, if they don't win Earth they will starve!" "This could be bad" Kim cautioned "A desperate enemy can become unpredictable look what they tried to do with the troop carrier they sent it down without any fighters to protect it. Who knows what they might try next?"
"Well no matter what they do Kim you are off the fighting roster indefinitely until you are back up to full strength" TunaGhost rapped her nose one of the few things that wasn't bandaged "If I had a wing to fly on or a working Eagle I might argue with you, but I don't have the strength"
"Come on we have to get you and that Eagle of yours back to headquarters you can watch the fun from there" they plopped her on her sir bot who gently took off towards the wreck two more Eagles had landed nearby, the SIR bots hooking up the wreck to be towed, Kim was loaded gently into the back seat of TunaGhost's Eagle she took of immediately to base The wreck finally secured, Dib lifted off heading home.
(I'm eating Pancakes : D )