The Turn: Chapter Thirty-Eight

The Turn

Chapter Thirty-Eight

~Last Stand~

One Year Before The Turn

Penelope and Deontay stood off to one side. Deontay was stretching some of his stiff muscles. The cannon was charging for another fire but Deontay didn’t seem to worried. Penelope on the other hand was looking at him with an annoyed glare. She didn’t like that he wasn’t in much of a hurry.

“Don’t you think we should get going?” Penelope said, “At this rate, the Island will be leveled.”

“Rome didn’t fall in a day,” Deontay smiled.

“Well, we aren’t Rome!” Penelope threw her arms out to either side.

Deontay nodded, “True. Shall we be off then?”

Penelope looked at the sky above where the cannon was pointed. She nodded and placed a hand on Deontay’s shoulder.

“You ready?” she asked.

Deontay looked at her, “Now who’s the one wasting time?”

“Right,” Penelope sighed.

Together both Deontay and Penelope disappeared. Deontay found himself freefalling in the air. He felt the wind hit him as he fell at a frightening speed. The whistling in his ears was loud and distracting. The ocean below was a dark blue that grew closer and closer by the second. He looked up and saw Penelope falling just behind him

“You sure you know what you’re doing?” Penelope shouted over the roar of the wind.

Deontay looked down again. He saw his target. The long cannon attached to the airship. He looked back at Penelope and smiled.

“I’ll be fine,” Deontay gave her a thumbs up.

She nodded and vanished.

Deontay looked down again. He noticed that his target was significantly closer. Deontay got his legs underneath him and prepared for impact. He breathed deeply before the impact into the cannon.

There was an enormous explosion as the particles that had collected in the main cannon dispersed in every direction. Several immature laser rays scattered. One of the rays grazed the Tower. The rays were much weaker than a direct attack but the damage was still great. Other buildings were struck as well.

Another explosion racked the airship as Deontay fell through the nose of the ship. He blasted through the ship and fell toward the ocean underneath. Deontay shouted and pulled back his arm. The ground far beneath the ocean surface rose as a column from the ocean floor. Deontay landed on the column causing the earth to spread in all directions. Rock smashed into the docks at full speed.

Fang and Raven dashed forward. They ran on the bridge that Deontay created. Several smaller cannons took aim on them and fired bullets at them. Lumin skated on the water to their right. He created a giant wave that froze and sheltered Fang and Raven’s path. The bullets struck the thick ice shield. There was only a few that made their way through.

Vicky flew on their left with her arms spread out to both sides. Another laser cannon, still smaller than the main one, took aim below. Vicky stopped and hovered over the water. She put her lips together and whistled. The wind picked up and stirred the water. The laser cannon blasted its attack. Vicky used the wind to manipulate the water. The water spun into a kind of water tornado. She then turned the tornado so that the opened top swallowed the laser and funneled it back at the ship. The attack damaged part of the ship.

Chaud’s wings sprouted from his back. He crouched and allowed Zara to grab his shoulders before taking flight into the sky with a mighty wing beat. Chaud soared into the air toward the airship. He dipped and dodged to avoid getting hit as the cannons took aim at them. Zara grabbed one of Chaud’s guns and fired it at oncoming bullets.

“Missiles,” Chaud reported.

Zara fired down several bullets, “Then deal with it.”

The airship fired several missiles at the flying duo. Chaud smiled and the sky rumbled. Lighting fell down from the sky striking down the missiles that flew at them. Zara put her hands over her ears as the intense thunder clap roared in the sky.

“Seriously?” Zara looked down at Chaud.

Chaud looked over his shoulder, “Hey, its nature. Just because I can control electricity doesn’t mean the rules of nature cease to apply. Thunder follows lightning. It’s how it goes.”

Zara rolled his eyes. The airship fired two other missiles at them.

“Trackers,” Chaud reported.

Zara narrowed her eyes in thought. She created a blue fireball in her hand and threw it off to one side. One of the tracking missiles turned to follow it. It exploded throwing Chaud off course temporarily. The second missile sailed over Zara’s head. It proceeded towards the Island.

Hina stood on top of a building. She dropped the chains she got from Puppetmaster. Hina gripped onto part of the chains. The chains started to give off a purplish mist. She raised both the chains and slashed them through the air. A force blasted forward toward the missile. There was a large explosion when the sudden force struck the missile.

Alister was on a ledge below her, a rocket launcher in his hand. He smiled as he looked into the sight and fired the rocket. It struck the airship. Other missiles sailed toward them. Alister loaded another rocket while Hina used her chains as a whip creating forces that caused some of the missiles to detonate.

Arisa sat on the edge of the building beside Alister. She whistled as she snapped her finger. Fire red explosions rippled through the sky. Missiles detonated before they even reached the Island. She laughed and cheered as the explosions looked like fireworks.

Fang and Raven exited Lumin’s ice tunnel. Raven drew her sword and parried the bullets that were aimed at her and Fang. They ran toward where Deontay stood underneath the airship. He saw them coming and smiled. Deontay punched the ground and created a ramp up to the airship. The earth struck the airship tipping it a little to one side. Fang and Raven ran up the ramp.

Naru created an ice arrow and notched it in his compound bow. He let the arrow fly. The arrow struck in to the panoramic windows of the airship. The arrow was stuck half way through the window.

Shadow walked up beside Naru. He smiled at the boy as he spun a dagger on his finger. Shadow threw the dagger with all his might along the same path as Naru’s arrow.

Chaud flew over the airship. He flipped upside down and Zara fell toward the ship. Raven parried the bullets as Fang ran past her. He jumped onto the nose of the ship just as Zara landed beside him. The dagger that Shadow threw struck Naru’s arrow and shattered it. It made a larger whole but was stuck half way through the glass. Zara drew one of her katana and Fang drew his silver gun.

Scar stiffened at the sight of them. The driver placed a hand on his shoulder.

“I think that it’s time to show them our weapon,” he stated.

Scar looked up at him. The driver pressed a button on the control panel in front of them. A device full of Silver Void rose in the center of the room. The device hummed before radiating outward. The windows shattered releasing a wave of Silver Void.

Zara screamed. She lost her balance and fell backwards off the airship. Zara felt an intense pain as she felt like something was being pulled out of her. Fang too staggered backwards and gripped his head. He fell off the edge.

The driver pressed a few more buttons and several hundred more capsules were fired toward the Island. The capsules stuck into the ground and activated. Each individual capsule had a mile radius where the Silver Void radiated its effects. Others all over the Island cried out in pain as they felt their powers being inhibited.

Scar looked over the city, “They caused a little more damage that you thought, didn’t they.”

The driver dipped his head, “Yes, I didn’t think they would be this powerful. We don’t need to worry about them now though.”

“What are we going to do now?” Scar looked up at his driver, “The Island is pretty paralyzed at the moment.”

The driver smiled, “I think I have one more surprise for the Tower.”

“Really?” Scar looked interested, “I look forward to see what you have in mind.”

“Charge the remaining laser cannons that we have,” the driver stated, “Let’s make this quick. We have to make some repairs before we can intimidate the rest of the world—”

“And usher in the New Order,” Scar smiled.