The
Turn
Chapter
Thirty-Seven
~So
it Begins~
One Year Before The
Turn
Scar sat in
the center of the helm. Others sat around looking at screens and monitoring
progress while three others sat ahead and focused on flying the massive ship.
He smiled as he saw the tall towering building. Finally things were getting
into place. The giant warship, the Metamor, was the first of its kind and had
the ability to flatten the little island before people knew it existed.
A door open
and the driver walked in and stood on Scar’s right side. He looked out the
panoramic windows ahead at the Island. The Island was in sight. It was indeed a
beautiful land made up of plains, forests, deserts, mountains and defiantly
urban life. Even looking at the surrounding ocean he could tell that they had
some beautiful coral reefs.
The driver
looked down at Scar, “It’s a shame really. It’s a beautiful island.”
Scar looked
up at him, “But as you say, they are a force to be reckoned with and too
dangerous to be left alone.”
“That is what
I said, wasn’t it,” the driver nodded.
Scar looked
back at the view, “I say we use the Silver Void and be done with it.”
“Why rush
things?” the driver stated. “I say we toy with them a little.”
“What do you
propose?” Scar asked.
IOIOIOIOI
“Sir, the
main cannon is showing an energy spike!” one of the computer workers below
shouted out.
“What is its
target?” Sirius called.
Leena
provided the answer, “Downtown, narrowing down to specific location.”
“Tell the
police to get everyone out of there!” Sirius commanded.
“Aye, sir!”
the entire room shouted.
Zara ran down
the empty streets toward the east docks. Her team ran behind her, Chaud on her
left. Fang ran toe to toe beside her on her right while Shadow ran a little
slower on Fang’s right. Fang’s team rallied around him. Zara looked over at
Fang several times on their trek. She wondered how in the world he and his team
managed to take down Zero. To be considerate, she slowed her running pace so
that he could keep up. On the other hand, Fang glanced at her as well wondering
why the Tower would hire such inexperienced teens. He was running slower so the
young bloods wouldn’t get left behind in the dust.
It didn’t
matter now; they both had the same goal: stop Scar and drag his butt prison
where he could stare at white walls all day.
They ran over
the next ridge and saw exactly what they were up against. Both Zara and Fang
stopped in their tracks and looked at the sight before them. An enormous
airship sailed just off the coast. A large cannon propped onto the top of the
ship turned slightly. There was a high-pitched whine that followed.
Zara
muttered, “Shoot!”
“Let’s move!”
Fang called and dashed forward.
The cannon
fired and shot forward a bright light. It was quickly followed by an explosion.
Vicky was blown to one side as a building burst in flame. Penelope tripped on a
rock and fell on her face, breaking her glasses. Though they weren’t attacked
directly, the impact and flames were felt for several blocks.
“What the—”
Deontay exclaimed.
“Well that’s
going to be a bit of an issue,” Chaud dusted off his shirt.
Shadow
nodded, “True. How do you propose we proceed?”
Chaud smiled,
“I need to make a call first.”
“Where did
that beam strike?” Sirius asked.
“The
Appleberry Company building,” Leena stated. “The building and the surrounding
businesses were reported evacuated five minutes ago. Casualties unknown but
unlikely.”
Sirius sighed
with relief. The phone suddenly rang on the table next to the computer. Sirius
picked up the phone and answered it.
“Hello dad!”
Chaud’s voice rang through the phone.
“Chaud!”
Sirius exclaimed, “Where are you! Do you know how much trouble you’re in!?”
“Looks like
there’s giant alien spaceship that nearly fired my head off with a beam of some
sort,” Chaud stated.
“What? Where
are you!?” Sirius questioned.
“I’m at the
docks,” Chaud explained, “Just calling to say that Fang, Zara and I are going
to save the day now. Do you have any ideas how to do that?”
Sirius
sighed, “Well, we need to get rid of that cannon at all cost. It would be great
if we could take down the whole thing as well.”
“What do we
have with weapons?” Chaud asked.
Sirius
smiled, “Whatever you have on you right now. We don’t have the time nor the
manpower to get anything to you right now.”
Chaud
considered the situation, “Sounds good.”
“Chaud,
wait!” Sirius started.
Chaud paused,
“Yeah, dad?”
Sirius
sighed, “Be safe.”
“Will do,” Chaud
stated. “Tell mom hi for me,” he hung up the phone.
“Well?” Hina
had her hands on her hips, “What’s the plan?”
Chaud pointed
at the flying fortress, “We need to take out that cannon.”
“Wow,” Naru
rolled his eyes, “Any idea how we’re going to do that?”
“I might,”
Zara said.
“If only we
had plans of a’ what the flyin’ thing looks line on the inside,” Alister
sighed.
“Aw, look at
the cute little robotic doggie!” Arisa exclaimed.
All eyes
turned to look at her. She crouched in front of a large robotic dog. Arisa patted the dog on the head. Lumin stood
close by and made sure that the dog didn’t try anything. Chaud looked slightly
interested.
“Miwa?” Chaud
questioned.
Miwa turned
to him, his blue eyes looking at his friend. His tail waved excitedly, “Hey,
what’s up!”
He stopped
waving his tail as all eyes landed on him, “What?” Miwa looked around, “Why is
everyone looking at me?”
“Are you
equipped with a scanner?” Chaud asked with a smile on his face.
Miwa took a
few steps back, “Maybe.”
“The airship
has three levels. The engine is in the lowest level. If you are going to take
that thing out of the sky, I’d start there,” Miwa walked along side Fang and
Zara, “The best time to get in would be when the main cannon is taken out. I
think that would be rather distracting. They do have two more but they aren’t
as powerful as the main one. Personally, I think that this plan will be a good
one. You two came up with this together?”
“No,” both
Zara and Fang said at the same time.
Miwa looked
over his shoulder, “So Chaud came up with it on the spot?”
“I think he
talked it out with that guy with the black hair,” Zara said.
“Shadow,”
Fang stated, “His name is Shadow.”
“Sorry, I
wasn’t able to catch his name when he was shooting at me and my second,” Zara’s
sarcasm leaked through.
“Okay!” Miwa
butted in, “You know other than the whole ‘doom falling from the sky’ thing it
is actually really nice today. I heard it’s supposed to be 85° today! 85°! Can you believe that?”
“Are the
others in position?” Zara rolled her eyes.
“They should
be,” Chaud stated as he walked up.
Raven walked
up beside him, “Everything is in order Fang.”
Chaud
shrugged, “That’s basically what I just said.”
“With a lot
less certainty,” Raven muttered.
“At this
rate,” Miwa shook his head, “Our rate of success is going to be 85%. So when
does this whole shindig start ‘cause I kinda need to disappear. Don’t worry
though! I’ll find a nice safe place to watch you guys from. Far away from here.
Like waaaaay over there.”
“See ya,
Miwa,” Chaud said.
“You might
want to run,” Zara stated as she looked at her watch, “It’s about to begin.”
The cannon
turned slightly and started its high pitched charging.
