The Battle for Earth

Lift Off

"Now what?" asked Hannah and Demi at the same time.

"Time for the engines," the brothers replied in unison.

Ohhh man! We're going back! Hear that, boys? We're gonna help you! Demi and I have completed the ships now. Engines were calibrated. I have no idea what Barry and Arnold were even talking about while they were configuring everything, so I just daydreamed about llamas and how I wish I hadn't f***ed everything up by being drunk. Oh, well. Sh** happens, I guess.

"Are we ready to go?" asked Demi.

"Yep,"replied Arnold.

"This is Barry, standing by," said Barry.

"Oh, god, not this again," groaned Hannah.

Arnold chuckled. "I assume you don't like check in?" he asked.

"Last time I did check in, I was kinda drunk," said Hannah.

"Noted."

"Can we move?" asked Demi. "I really wanna get back up there."

"All right," said Barry. "Let's go!"

The four of them punched a few buttons and soon enough, they were hovering at 10 meters. 20 meters. They kept escalating until they passed the atmosphere.

"Alright," said Demi. "The Nemesis fleet is supposed to be hovering above Russia. Let's find those bastards and blast them to hell!"

"And rescue your friends," added Arnold.

"Oh, yeah. That too, I guess," said Demi.

They flew off to Russia. Sure enough, in front of them they saw the huge Nemesis Mothership and a fleet of fighters.

"Let's do this!" yelled Hannah.

Hell broke loose. Nemesis fighters started closing in on them, shooting all over. Luckily, Barry and Arnold added shields to their fighters, so they were more or less unaffected.

"Throw them off!" said Barry. "Blow them up!"

They shot. Many Nemesis fighters blew up.

"11... 12..." Hannah kept counting as she shot enemy fighters.

"Hurry!" said Arnold.

"There!" said Demi. "The ship bay!" She pointed at a small opening in the giant sphere.

"Hurry!" yelled Barry as he shot a few more shots. They flew off, fighting off some more fighters.

"I see them," said Hannah.

"They destroyed our ships!" cried Henry. "I f***ing knew it!"

"Uhh..." said John, who clearly didn't anticipate this.

Demi laughed. She pressed a few buttons on her ship's speakers.

"Are you boys having some trouble with your brilliant plan?" she asked them, hacking into their earpieces.

"Demi?!" said Henry.

"And me!" added Hannah.

"How- what?!" cried John.

"Shut up, we'll tell you on the way back," Demi said. "Climb onto a f***ing ship and let's get out of this hell hole!"

"Um... I don't need one," said Marijn.

"Oops, we forgot about that," said Hannah. "Hurry!"

Henry, Joseph and John climbed onto a ship respectively. Marijn powered up his suit.

"Demi, you're a life-saver, you," said Henry.

"What about me?!" cried Hannah, pouting.

"Um, yeah," said Henry. "Sure, you too, Hannah."

"Guys, we gotta go," said Barry.

"Who are these two?" asked Joseph.

"Barry Smautz," said Barry. "This is my brother, Arnold Smautz. Now shut up and leave."

"He's moody," mumbled Joseph. He flew off.

John flew off too, followed by Henry and Marijn.

"Nemesis," John said. "Go to hell."