Chapter V: The beginning of the end, part III

The lights in the sky continued to get brighter and brighter with every passing minute. And they seemed to be getting larger, too.

Then Littlefoot finally broke the silence. "W-what's happening?"

None of them could reply. They had no idea what could possibly be happening. But then, the scientist remembered something he wish he hadn't- he knew what it was.

But at that moment, came the first sign of hope all day- just above them, a helicopter chopper was landing nearby them, so they could save the scientist and their only living specimens.

It landed a few meters away, with the blades still spinning fast. Then someone from who looked like he was from the army ran out of the chopper, and yelled,

"Quick! Get in now!"

None of them could argue with that. So as fast as they could, they ran into it, got into the seats (they didn't bother to strap themselves in), the pilot shut the door, and they quickly took off to the north at a steady pace.

For a couple of seconds, he debated in his mind whether or not he should tell the rest of them what was happening.

"Guys, I...I think I know what's happening" he said, while staring in the sky. By now the lava behind them was beginning to cool and harden, so that threat was eliminated.

"Y-you do? W-what?" Ali asked him.

He then hastily replied, "About six months ago, me and the rest of my team discovered something terrifying- a band of asteroids, or "space rocks", that passed through a band of gamma radiation from the sun."

That confused them. "W-what's radiation?" Chomper asked him.

The only response the scientist could come up with was, "You don't want to know."

He then continued. "Anyway, if what I think is happening is happening, either a giant asteroid or a meteor shower is about to happen. Either way, it'll cause widespread damage."

After he said that, they all looked at him in disbelief. Although they had no idea what radiation was, it didn't sound good.

Then, Ali, who was next to Littlefoot, rested her head on his neck, with a strong sense of fear for what was going to happen.

Seconds after, they heard multiple loud explosion-like sounds from behind them. They looked back, and saw hell. Although the view wasn't the clearest it could be, they were still able to see what was happening- the landscape was being pummeled by hundreds, maybe thousands of meteorites, some as big as two meters wide. And they were hitting everywhere. By now, the chopper was swerving one way to another, dodging the meteorites. Some of the 1- inch diameter meteorites struck the chopper on the sides, but did little damage.

Just a moment later, the moment they'd been dreading happened: one of the meteorites struck the chopper, right in the cockpit, causing an explosion that missed them by not even an inch, and killed the pilot. They all screamed at the sight of it, as the chopper began to fall straight to the ground. It was already over 2000 feet in the air, so a crash landing was pretty much guaranteed. Electrical sparks were flying everywhere, and it stung painfully whenever they hit.

The chopper was plummeting to the ground, with meteorites still hitting the chopper, one after another. It took nearly 15 seconds before it hit the ground. During that time, they all screamed. The scientist scurried around the area to see if there was anything they could use to survive, but had no such luck.

At around 2 seconds before impact with the ground, Littlefoot heard Ali try to say something to him, but he couldn't hear her much. The only words he could make out were "Littlefoot! I lo-"...

And then impact.

It struck the ground with a large explosion, and metal shards flew everywhere. The explosion was large and hot. It burned them at times. And then, for all of them, everything went dark, and yet they were still breathing...

(Don't worry, they aren't dead. But the next chapter is going to be even more epic than this, so stay with me!)