The Disease of Planet VEE

Chapter VI Leaving New York

Jonathan was now out side running the opposite direction than the Org did. The lights of the city lit up the night as people around him where running around screaming, and Orgs where chasing them. Buildings where exploding in brilliant bursts of flame. Jonathan was shooting Orgs as he saw them. After about 1/4 mile he reached a small shop called Franks Odd Appliances. He ran inside.

Inside the small shop with appliances all around, a counter and a back room, a man was behind the counter franticly stuffing money into a bag.

“Frank!”  Jonathan yelled so he could be heard above the noise.

“Jonathan?! What are you doing here?! You should be back at your apartment shooting aliens and defending your turf!”

“I need all the Solar-Lunar-Starpanels you got!”

“Sure! Let me see if I have any!”

He turned around and bent down then came up with some small solar looking panels on the ends of pipes with wires sticking out the other ends.

“I got five!”

“How’s 50?!”

“50s fine!”

Jonathan took a 50 dollar bill out of his pocket and handed it to Frank.

“Here you go!”

“Thanks!”

The sound of explosions and screaming people had died down a bit as Jonathan paused and then said, “Frank. I want you to come with me.”

“No. I know you have crazy gizmos and stuff. I’ve even seen them working, but, I have a different way.”

“You’re going to...” 

“Kill my self? No.”

Then he held up a small cube with drills on all sides.

“This is a drillbot; it comes with a Solar-Lunar-Star panel and can dig very fast. I am going to dig a hole and hide.”

“OK. Take care of your self.” Jonathan said disappointed.

Their eyes begin to tear up and they hugged each other.

“Bye!”

“Bye!”

Jonathan then put the panels in a bag and started running the same direction he had been running before. After about one block and killing five Orgs he reached a construction vehicle rental place. He went inside. Sitting on stools in front of the counter were two fat men in vests and hard hats just relaxing.

“Hay!” One of them said. “I saw you on the news! You’re the most prepared New Yorker.”

“Yep. That's me.”

“What can we do for you?” the other said.

“Two things. One. Why are you not stuffing money in a bag and running? And two. I need a crane.”

“Were relaxing, because if any aliens come here we can run them over with trucks and stuff. Now about that crane. We can give it to you for 50 dollars.”

“OK. I'll be back to pick it up.”

Jonathan ran home shooting Orgs and drove his Corvette to a car shop as the sun was just barely showing.

In side the car shop, the owner, an old fat man was stuffing money into a bag.

“How fast can you rig a Corvette to be able to pull 1000 pounds?”

“Why in the world would you want to do that?!”

“I need to pull my Astro Cannon.”

The man stopped stuffing money into the bag and said, “Well. About an hour. But I am going to run from the aliens.”

“I will protect you.” He said as he held up the alien gun.”

“Um… Ok.”

“Great! Here are the keys.”

Jonathan and the man went out side. In the distance screaming and explosions could be heard as the man drove Jonathan's car into the shop and Jonathan took his place to protect the car shop.

Jonathan noticed that there where two rows of ships in the distance coming toward him, each about as thick as a block with a block in between, and that the part of city he was in hadn't been touched. A breeze started blowing and the trees in waved it.  After about 5 minuets he saw an Org. It shot at him and he ducked to get out of the way as the shot shattered the front window of the shop. Jonathan took a shot and killed the Org. Soon 10 more Orgs came. After a lot of ducking dogging and weaving he killed them and decided he should move to the roof of the building.

Jonathan started climbing the dran pipe as the breeze turned into a strong wind. An Org shot at him and hit the pipe just below his feet. Jonathan was about to jump down and shoot it when the piece of pipe below the laser hole flew off and smacked the Org in the head. On the roof he looked at the Org, it was dead. Soon Orgs came from all directions and Jonathan shot them without them seeing him. After an hour the car shop owner drove the car out and said, “I'm done! Where are you?” Jonathan climbed down from the roof. They both looked up and saw that the Org ships where almost at there section of the city. Jonathan thanked the man and handed him 100 dollars. The man ran inside the shop and came out with a bag of money, got in his car and drove away.

Jonathan realized that the wind was being caused by the Org ships as he struggled to get to his car.  The wind pushed against him, but finally he made it. He drove through the first row of ships past screaming people, Orgs, and laser shots from the ships above. It was now noon and the sun dimmed the green glow of the Org ships. When Jonathan reached the construction vehicle rental place he ran inside.

“Did any Orgs come” He said.

“Oh. So that's what there called. Yes but we chased them out with a semi truck. I don't think they want to take or kill all of us.” One of the men said.

“I'll take you to your crane.” The other said.

“I forgot to mention I'll need a trailer, and could one of you drive. I'll need my car.”

“Sure.”

After the crane and trailer where dropped off, Jonathan gave the man 50 dollars and a ride back to the rental place.

Once back at home he noticed the Astro Cannon not firing. He checked to see if it was still plugged in. It was. He unplugged it and used the crane to put it onto the trailer. He then set up the Solar-Lunar-Star panels so they gave it power. He hooked the trailer up to his Corvette and ran inside to get some things. Behind the wheel he hoped the car repair man’s work did the job. It worked. He was able to pull the Astro Cannon with his Corvette.

Jonathan begin driving toward the second row of ships. Once he past them, he would be traveling in the opposite direction, away from where they where heading. Soon the ships where flying over him. The Astro Cannon begin firing at them.

 Small ships flying above Jonathan where scattered in between two layers of other ships, medium ships on the bottom and larger ships on the top.  The medium ships had big round boosters with four canoe shaped pieces, tops pointing toward each other. The large ships had a big center that looked like the small ships. There was another part in the center sticking out on the top and bottom; it looked like the small ships except that it was taller and skinner. A booster like the ones on the medium ships was at the back and four long rectangle pieces came off from it pointing forward and to the left and right at 45 degree angles. At the ends of the rectangle pieces where pieces that looked like the small ships.

 Jonathan’s Astro Cannon shot a small ship and he had to swerve to avoid it as it crashed sending pieces of road up into the air.