Graviton and the Space Pirates

10- An Unexpected Enemy

As the ship flew over the cityscape of Terra Sancta, the crew weren't out of the water just yet. Once they started to relax, they'd be hit with yet another surprise. Four large gunships appeared behind them and began shooting at them, hitting their ship, and unfortunately hitting a key piece that allowed them to stay high up in the air.

Quickly, the ship began to plummet toward the city streets, however, Lux was skilled, and managed to keep the ship at a comfortable-ish height. Still, they were gonna need to swerve between buildings if they wanted to escape.

Running into the cockpit, while Neena tended to Veta, Onyx asked Lux what he could do to help.

"Listen, we need to fix the Atmosphere Capacitor, because currently, our max height isn't getting us out of the woods yet!" Lux yelled, not looking away and focusing on flying.

"Shit! Okay, I'll grab Guardian Babe, I'm assuming she's probably the only one who can help me fix it, besides Veta but she's...." his voice started to trail off.

"She's what?!" Lux questioned, unaware of her condition.

"Not important! I'll be back!" Onyx answered, rushing out of the cockpit and toward one of the gunner seats. As he did, he grabbed Guardian Babe out of the seat and pulled her toward the top hatch.

"Hey! What're you doing asshole!" she screamed, hitting his arms.

"You're helping me fix the Atmosphere Capacitor!" he yelled back, letting go of her. "We need to do this now!"

Staring at him for a moment, she nodded and began climbing the ladder to exit the ship, opening the hatch and getting out. Onyx, looking around, quickly ran to the armory where he looked around to find a weapon worthy of shooting at the gunships. And to his luck, his eyes would land on a lengthy rifle that had a large barrel. Smiling, he picked it up, slung it over his shoulders, and headed back to the hatch where he climbed up top.

Once he was on top, he was immediately hit with the wind and pressure of the flying ship. He also realized how dangerous it was as they were still being shot at by the gunships. Taking the rifle off his shoulder as Guardian Babe began the repairs, he started firing.

With each shot, he made sure to hit the ships guns themselves, trying his best not to hit the pilot. He didn't want to have any deaths on his hands right now, and if those pilots were taken out, then hundreds would die.

As he fired, he'd get blasted to the side as one of the shots from the gunships hit next to him. Slowly standing up, he went to grab his rifle, but it was busted. Looking down, he noticed some because of the pieces stuck to his suit, meaning he probably fell on the gun from the blast.

"Shit!" he exclaimed, kicking the gun pieces off the ship. "Guardian! I need to grab a new gun, I need you to-,"

As Onyx talked, he cut himself off as a fighter ship flew above their own. Looking up, Onyx watched as the ship stayed above them, and kept the same speed.

"That's not one of their ships," Guardian Babe said, looking up from her work. "Who is that?"

As Onyx was about to answer, a figure jumped down from the ship and landed on the wing of the vessel. Staring at Onyx with his rage-filled eyes, Onyx immediately recognized him.

"You?!" Onyx yelled, confused as to why he's here. In front of him was the same man he met on Babylon-3. The furry, four-horned, alien being who paid for his drink. "I don't even know your name!"

"My name? Of course. You can call me Mojin, Mojin Kackuts is my name," he proudly stated.

"Why the hell are you attacking me?!" Onyx questioned.