The ice age it's always cold as fuck, but today it seemed oddly colder, as our heroes in their winter gear had a chill as they walked along. This was artic gear, meant to keep them warm, yet the D-team had a chill, Not a physical cold shill but a something fishy is up kind of chill. They where following smoke to the primitive people's camp. They knew how to hunt, and would trade for better tool. Hence while they had a bag of things to trade, as it was easier to trade with them then the market place. Why did they need to trade? The earth ship has things in it and self sustaining correct? Well yes but it's enough to last till doomsday was built of it being just Minmi, that means they need to use their traps to hunt. However nothing had gotten into the traps lately apparently the creatures were learning don't go here that's death. This meant they where trading for animal protein , Fish, jerky made form meat what ever.
However when they got their they saw the Chief speaking up upon seeing them, "Tribe from magic cave, We sorry we don't have enough to trade for metal." He said sadly, as his people had gotten spoiled to metal tools and they did not know how to make them hence they traded for them with Tribe next door and in trader place. The leader spoke up saying one thing, " We wish we had trade makings for metal, but not enough food to trade...This seems to be bad form you as smile go away." he said reading their faces.
Ken sucked his teeth hanging out, "yeah the traps we laid aren't getting us any animals, Chief, we thought it was you know the beasts learned and we need to change the lay out, but if you don't have enough something is not right." he said turning to Scout in panic he ran to his boyfriend, "SCOUT YOUR ARM!" Said cave man had a bandaged arms. He held it.
The chief spoke up, "healer at tend, he stitch Scout's flesh back closed like stitching fabric say thread come out later. We traded all we had left to spare that day to heal for for everyone. We don't have healer in our tribe. Public healer at trade place all we had. That healer greedy. greedy healer knows no one can afford not to pay high price. Hunting party leader lucky he has healer mother. Rose nice healer focus on healing then getting paid or not paid at all for her own tribe."
Scout held his arms looking to Ken, "Arm was hurt fighting fake bird rider." They all blinked as the chief took over, " We no know proper name for magic craft, but it not real bird but fly like one, Fake bird. It carry one hunter around, Hunter throw broken Glass as weapon and sticks that turn into fireballs. He use two magical tools to hunt and fight. He maybe while animals run from the area, scared of falling fireballs thrown by fake bird rider. Fake bird rider has no honor. He no fight us fair. I even lose metal spear to hit fake bird in wing. Wing fabric. fake bird crashed but he throw fireball sticks making us run. He return next day having fixed fake bird's wing to continue. Combat was pointless, me just lose good spear. have to go back to wood and rock. Wood and rock inferior to metal." He said bitterly missing his simple metal spike spear.
the D-team held their chins agreeing with them, they knew this was a guy with an ultralight aircraft, probably homemade flying around with probably homemade bombs. Max spoke up, "Where did you see him?" The chief held his chin, "Oh you want fight real super birds against fake one...That smart...Fake bird rider always ride along same path everyday. He not smart enough to take advantage of flight. he could fly to warmer better place like real bird, but stays here. Fake bird rider is stupid. Fake bird rider ride between this place and place that's buried by Snow settlement over that way." he pointed. " buried in snow place home to many great white bears, Snow birds that swim, seal and foxes. It was treasure for hunting. Treasure he ruin with fireball sticks!" he said bitter. "He scare away all animals, no can hunt now. Fake bird rider most go so we can hunt. Tribe down to just the spam cans from the truck we salvage to use as storage place. Spam not last forever. Spam treasure lucky gift form great spirits, but great spirits no give us endless spam cans. spam never go bad, Spam always good, spam emergency food."
Zoe nodded saying this, "trust us chief we agree on it, We have gotten used to trading with you when our traps come up short. We will fight this guy." She nodded holding her boyfriend's arms. Scout got up wanting to follow but Ken pushed him down, " You are injuried Mr. I am staying here with you to protect your tribe In case our fly boy decides to strike at the tribes in the area for fighting back against him."
The other's nodded heading off, once they came to the ruined city they saw why it had so many artic animals, a broken Artic drive through Zoo was here. Inside was an artificial artic area with the animals the road fenced off for people to drive through to see the artic. It broke and the animals took over the real artic area. Amy's eye twitched, "Someone had a brain child." She noticed damage on the area form explosives. Rex picked up a melted deformed pole, "Think I found the chief's metal spear."
Barbie had grabbed the next thing a piece of broken Glass covered in blood, "This is horror level asshole right here? Bag of broken Glass is signature weapon. What kind of human scum does this...I mean it's better then the cult, but still this is fucked." Barbie shivered at it, "yeah pile of glass shards covered in blood, That's never what you want to see in a city on doomsday."
That's when they heard the sounds of a motor in the air and all summoned thief armored dinosaurs and looked up at the ultra light, and it's rider in full on sky mask and goggles. Right away he throw a bomb stick. Amy used, " Earth barrier!" to shield them, While Rex slashed, " Jet shuriken!" the blades of wind went off. The flyer avoided them with shocking skill, before throwing another bomb below at the dinosaurs.
The explosion happened startling Chomp as Max used, "Lighting strike!" to try and zap the ultra light, but the guy throw a metal weight that the lighting hit instead as it was closer. They blinked, meaning this guy knew simple laws of science. Next thing dropped more bombs. Zoe slashed, " Let's dog fight then METAL WING!" She slashed the card as they avoided the bombs. Out came three flyers.
Our Fly boy enemy throw a weight at one prehistoric flyer knocking it down, avoided two then throw a bomb at the second taking it down, one flyer left he turned and throw a bottle at it, the sound of glass shattering in a prehistoric beasts fakes echoed as it was gone. Zoe blinked, "...Dam...this dog fighter's got skill...he beat metal wing...I mean Dam." Dexter pointed, " Arco Fire!" Arco spat fire balls up making out flyer avoid it and dropped more bombs below. The explosions shocked the area snow flying stone shattering the humans and Dinosaurs running from them like crazy. Barbie pointed, "Irry fire!" the water dinosaur spat her water bullet that Froze. the chunk of ice was avoided and our guy below had to change to bottle throwing. Max said one thing, " Looks like he's out of bombs! Lighting strike!" chomp fired again, being made to throw more weights around to block it.
The attacks continued, Amy using, " Spike arrow!" he had to throw more weights to blocks, before long Zoe got it, " we will make him run out of Ammo so lighting strike can win it. Green impulse!" Weights and glass thrown at five flyers. The Alphas fired off their built in attacks and Rex used, " Jet shuriken!" again. This repeated till the flyer didn't have anything left to throw, so Max used, "Lighting strike!" Lighting hit the ultra light's metal frame making the pilot scream in pain and crash as he lost control landing in the snow.
The D-team went off to check on the ultra light, they saw a repaired wing as The chief said. The ultra light was unharmed some how. The pilot meanwhile had crawled off and out thanks to the distance between D-team and the flying machine. Rex pointed to it, "Look he ripped off the control stick so we can't fly it...I am sure Minmi can rewrite it. A flying Machine this is a big help...but what if our fly boy has another?"
Dexter held out a hand, "Well The way I see it their is a trail to follow, that will vanish soon. Amy and Rexget this back to the Earth ship the rest of us will follow the fly boy and catch him before he can rearm and head off." The couple got a move on dragging the flying machine with Hannah as they took off, partying ways. Following the footprints they came to what looked like an old hanger form an old military base, a base that no longer stood. They headed in and saw a stock pile ready to eat meals to loot, , other stocks of food and water, lights on. Barbie's eye twitched, "he didn't even to do this shit he is stocked of us all."
That's when they came to the guy who walked out holding in his hands a shot gun. They all went hands up the Dinosaurs going in front, but the guy fired the buck shot shooting off both barrels hitting the dinosaurs damaging as shotguns had a lot of power. The dinosaurs charged as the flyer reloaded and fired off more shocks before the Fire dinosaurs landed a tail whack hitting the guy in the head apparently killing him. Max walked over undoing the mask showing a guy some random guy. "...He really went crazy..." he said seeing writing on the walls mad things and what not. However the place had as many bags as stuff. So they loaded up and put the bags into crates to take all this stock pile. Zoe commenting one thing with a chill, "he didn't have a dinosaur he is just some random guy who went crazy and found a plane." She grabbed what was the control stick to repair it. " He did all this with out a prehistoric creatures, without a magic stone just stuff he found laying around here." Their eyes widened in horror at her point. This fly boy who's name they don't know almost beat them and put up one hell of a fight with just a plane and know how.
Rest in peace flying bird rider if you didn't face Mon anime fighters you would have won, you would have beaten them, as you were one skilled flyer and fighter with that ultra light aircraft. How the hell did he do it? How did he handle super powered dinosaurs with just guns, glass, metal, bombs and a plane? How did he do it? Any how later on Minmi did repair the ultra light they now had a flying machine to use, once they found someone who could fly it.
Minmi was already building a simulator, to learn how to fly it. After all can't let a flying machine go to waste, We Don't know who you where or what your story was fake bird rider but you will be remembered every time the ultra light flies through the air of the ice age.
To be continued.