Chapter Five
April 21st 2016 02:38:04pm
South Wales Air Force
Buck Douglas pulled up to the Air Force base in his hummer. He put his sunglasses up on his head. He smiled as he met up with one of the scientists. "You're right on time Mr. Douglas. You'll be really happy with our latest breakthrough." The both of them walked across the base to one of the testing sites. Buck pressed the button on the elevator door feeling the platform start to go down into the murky depths below. He grunted holding onto the railing gently. He hated going down dark holes with a tin death trap. The elevator let them off on the observatory floor. There was a glass wall ahead of them with a guard rail behind it. On the other side of the glass stood a nuclear warhead rocket. Buck smiled. "You did a nice job fellas. It's even better than I imagined it to." The scientist nodded. "In less then 26 hours this rocket will be launched into the atmosphere before slamming down into the earth. The warhead will immediately explode on impact causing a shockwave that will wipe Europe completely off of the map. That radiation will keep the enemy away." Buck nodded. "Cut the time down to 12 hours and make sure everything is ready."
Annu woke up. She yawned pushing the blanket off of her. She sat up. Sam was sitting at the table with food in front of him. "Good afternoon Annu. I figured you would want something to eat before I take you home with me." she sat at the table. She picked up the spoon looking at it. This was such a strange object to her. She put the spoon off to the side before snatching the bowl up. She began drinking the soup directly from the bowl. Her forked tongue came out helping her lap the rest of it up. Her fangs and tongue retracted before she set the bowl down. She then grabbed one of the biscuits gulping that down too. Human food tasted really good. She smiled when she finished. "I take it you haven't had a meal in a while huh?" she gave a nod of her head. Sam put the dishes in the sink. He cleaned them up putting them away. Annu waited for him by the door. The both of them headed downstairs. It was about three in the afternoon. Sam took her hand gently in his. "I don't live far from the station." She nodded. She skipped along happily. Sam lived in a two story apartment along one of the service streets. He lived alone but had the occasional visit from his niece and nephew. He unlocked the door letting her in. She looked around. "So this big house is yours?" she asked in awe. Sam nodded. He put his keys on the wall taking his jacket off. She sat down on the couch. She picked up the TV remote and began to inspect it over. She waved the strange black box pointing it at the wall. "This is a rather strange weapon. I don't see how you can kill anyone with that." Sam laughed. He took the remote from her. "I take it you've never seen a TV before huh?" He sat down next to her. He turned the TV on with the remote. He began flicking through the channels. Annu was impressed. Human technology is amazing. She thought. She waved her hand making a small trail in the air with blue light. An aura surrounded the remote causing it to float through the air. It landed in her lap. She picked it up and began flickering through the channels. She came across a channel that was playing cartoons. It caught her attention. She pulled out a notebook and began taking notes in it. Sam raised an eyebrow at her a little surprised by her sudden change in behavior.
Annu was occupied by what was on the TV. Sam went upstairs to his room to get changed. He had stuff from his demon hunting days on the wall behind him. He had a skull of a wolf sitting on the self. The eyes on the skull came to life. *come to mope around again?* asked a voice. Sam sighed. "Look I'm not in the mood right now. I didn't come up here for a lecture." he could hear the skull laugh at him. *I know why you're up here boy. You've come to find out why that girl is here hm? I've got some bad news for you. You may want to make sure you have your things packed.* Sam turned around to face the skull. "What do you mean?" *You're not going to the event that's going to happen eight hours from now.* Sam gulped. He immediately began packing his bag. He put his gun into the duffle bag along with the rest of his equipment. He heard the siren suddenly go off. *well that was rather quick. Hurry yank me off of the shelf. I'd rather not die a second time!* Sam grabbed the wolf skull tossing it into his bag. Annu whimpered. Sam pulled her close. "C'mon we need to get to my brother Charlie." he whispered. He put her on his bag slinging his bag over his arm. He ran out of his house. The people of PontyPandy were already running out of their homes. Families struggled to grab whatever things they had from the house. Sam bobbed and weaved through the crowd. Charlie was loading his family onto his boat. "Charlie!" yelled Sam. Charlie looked up to see his brother, Sam leaning over the guard rail. He tossed his bag down to him. "We're coming with you." He hopped down into the boat. He put Annu down on her feet. Delwyn and Tom flew overhead leading the fleet away from PontyPandy. Ben, Hoshi, and Penny had flanked the ships in all directions to keep people from strangling behind. A loud explosion rocked the air around them. Sam dared himself to look behind him as a huge rocket was fired into the sky from on top of the mountain. He frowned a bit. He motioned for his brother Charlie to stop the boat.
The missile made it through the different atmospheric layers. Bit and pieces of it broke off releasing a small capsule. The engines kept burning til it reached the last layer of the atmosphere. The engines cut off letting the capsule float. It floated for a few minutes. Fins came out around the main booster turning the capsule into a deadly arrow. The capsule fell spiraling in a mini tornado. The sirens began wailing again. Charlie fired up the engines pulling quickly away. The capsule locked onto PontyPandy. Sam felt adrenaline rise in his body. The capsule hit the ground creating a bright light. A gust of wind rushed through them nearly knocking Sam off of the boat. The wind then got hot as a mushroom cloud floated into the sky. The ground shock and buckled sending out massive shockwaves. The waves in the ocean grew larger. Charlie climbed over each and every one of them with ease. He knew the engine in his boat would give out eventually. The buildings were torn apart turning them into blazing projectiles. Sam pushed Annu down shielding her from the heat. Charlie dodged the incoming debri that was falling around him. "Hold on!" he yelled. He pushed down more on the throttle. The engine strained. He made it a safe distance away before cutting off the engine. The light grew brighter engulfing everything around them.