Thank you for the reviews. Hope you are still enjoying the story. Sometimes I wish I could do animation. This whole section looked so much better in my head than I can describe with words. It took forever to write. Also I'm not sure if scientifically speaking CO2 is cold enough to freeze anything. But read with a suspension of belief.

I do not own any of the characters.

Rex looked out over the waters at the bow of the ship. He resisted the urge to stick out his arms and shout, "I'm the king of the world."

Holiday had a tug boat pull the ship right to the edge of where the energy signals started. Then Aimi's men took over to row the rest of the way to avoid any problems that may occur because of the strange signals. After what seemed like endless miles of water and sky, Rex spotted two jets on the water… one green and one yellow.

"Doc! I see their planes!" Rex turned to tell Holiday who stood at the stern of the ship. Holiday quickly moved to where Rex stood.

Her heart sank when she noticed they were empty. So they were still trapped in the rig. She had secretly hoped that they would somehow have gotten out by now. Holiday had the ship pull next to the jets. A ladder was lowered so she could climb down and get a closer look. Rex accompanied her.

"What do you think, Doc?" Rex asked as he stood in Aimi's jet looking around for clues.

"I think they are in trouble down there and we have no way of getting there to help." Holiday slammed her fist against her hand.

Rex was surprised to see how agitated the doctor was. Suddenly, there was a high pitched whine that got louder and louder.

Holiday looked up. "Rex! Get down." Holiday dove into the cockpit of Six's jet. An explosion rocked the waters. The jets and ship rose and fell with the monster waves. Holiday pulled herself up and looked again. The sky was filled with at least a dozen fighter jets all flying towards them at full speed. She watched as another missile was fired. Now they were in trouble.

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As Six watched Aimi disappear into the vent, he folded his blades and jumped to grab the edge of the grate. He pulled himself halfway through to follow but something wrapped around his ankle and yanked him down. As he fell, he pulled one blade from his sleeve and sliced the tendril on his leg. Then he landed on his haunches. When he looked up more tentacles were coming out from the side vents. He brought out his other blade and attacked them… reducing them to shreds. The vine-like tendrils looked like some kind of kelp... never-ending kelp. The more he sliced, the more it regenerated. This was not working. He had to think of something to stop them from coming. He glanced around. The torch that Aimi dropped cast eerie shadows across the room. But it illuminated something he hadn't seen before… the fire extinguisher. He cut through several more tendrils before he got to the red cylindrical container hanging from the wall. He grabbed it and hit the kelp with a blast of CO2. The cold gas froze the kelp. Again Six folded his blades and hauled himself up the vent to help his sister.

Aimi struggled against the tentacles around her arms. Luckily, she had her katana in her hand when she was taken. Unfortunately, the vents were too narrow to maneuver her sword up to the vines that gripped her. She waited for the area to widen. As soon as there was more space, Aimi cut the vines holding her prisoner. The tentacles withdrew and all was quiet for a second. Then there was click sound and Aimi felt the air around her move. Next thing she knew she was being sucked further into the vent. She used her arms and legs to brace herself against the walls of the vent but she kept moving. As she slid further in she saw what was causing the powerful suction. A huge fan lay at the end of the exhaust vent. As debris flew past Aimi towards the fan, she saw how the blades easily sliced through it. She was about to become a hamburger!

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The missile hit the water near the ship. The explosion caused huge waves to wash onto the deck. The men on board scrambled for cover. Holiday and Rex were still in the jets on the water. Holiday watched as the planes flew closer. They were sitting ducks out there in the water. She looked at Six's jet. It was a standard issue jump jet. Since it was equipped to block the signals, she should be able to fly it. She quickly formulated a plan.

"Rex, hurry, get on board the ship. Have them ready the cannons." Holiday called as she strapped herself into Six's jet.

"What are you going to do?" Rex asked.

"I'm going to try to lead as many away as I can. You'll need to try to take out the rest." Holiday lowered the hatch and started the plane.

Rex watched enviously as Holiday flew off. He wished he could use his boogie pack or at least fly a darn jet. He hurriedly got back on the boat. "Hey, Doc says get the cannons ready!" He shouted to the men on board.

Holiday wasn't sure she was up to a dog fight especially since she was outnumbered but she had little options left. She flew head on against the jets and fired her guns. She downed the lead plane but the rest returned fire. Holiday banked left to avoid the barrage of firepower from the remaining jets.

Four broke off and followed her. They fired. Holiday felt the bullets rip through parts of the plane. She clenched her jaw. Her jet was still in the air but a few more shots like that and she might not be. Then what good would she be? Looking at her radar she noticed that the planes were starting to break formation. She turned to look.

To her horror she realized that they were trying to hem her in. She quickly banked right to escape the enclosure. Her wing narrowly missed clipping the enemy jet's tail. She continued her trajectory until she made a 180 degree turn. Now she had the planes in her line of sight.

Not waiting to straighten out she fired her missiles. The planes scattered but two were too slow. She watched them burst into fireballs when the missiles hit. The other two planes regrouped and started flying straight at her. She tilted her jet sideways and flew in between two jets. Quickly, she straightened out and pulled up. The G-forces exerted against her body squeezed the air from her lungs. Holiday desperately tried not to black out as she rolled upside down. She then gently rolled the plane right side up. Now she was behind the two jets. She opened fired and downed them.

However, her elation was not to last when her jet jolted suddenly. She looked at her radar and realized that another jet was to her rear. She noticed smoke coming out of the left wing. That was not good.