Decentria

Chapter 4

We have just left the coast of Decentria and began going over land. In the distance we

noticed huge flames rising from the ground. Mike gave the pilot an order to slow down the Jetstar. As we drifted over the flames we could see lots of buildings and houses on fire. One of the buildings was the station that broadcasted about my innocence.

When we touched the ground Mike and seven rebels left the Jetstar and ran into the

flames. I could hear screams of pain coming from somewhere in the distance. I left the Jetstar unarmed and ran into the flames. Within minutes I was coughing constantly. Everything was smoke so I couldn't see Mike or any of the rebels anywhere. I ran towards the screams I had heard from a while ago. When I got closer to them I was outside a building that collapsed on itself. I ran into it not thinking of the risks. When I first entered there were dead bodies all over the place. I ran over to check one mans pulse, but there was nothing. I heard the screams, this time they were even closer. I ran towards them and I was met by a woman with her leg trapped under a huge boulder. I ran over and began to lift the boulder. It was too heavy for me. I tried calling for Mike but he didn't show up. I grabbed a huge piece of metal that was beside the woman, I put it under the boulder and began to push it. The boulder eventually rolled off her leg. The woman got up and I told her to follow me.

We had just made it to the start of the smoke and I told her to run ahead to the ship. As

I was about to follow her, I began to feel very nauseous. I could feel my legs shaking, my eyes closing. I blacked out.

When I woke up Mike was looking over me. I asked about the woman that I saved and

Mike pointed to my left. I looked over and she was there. Mike began to tell me how dangerous what I did was. On his way back to the ship the pilot told him that I had left. When Mike began to walk back into the smoke he seen me lying on the floor. I repeated the word sorry to him and he eventually forgave me and told me I must remain in the ship at all times. I nodded my head.

After I had woken up a little, me and Mike began to ask the woman what happened.

She explained that minutes after the broadcaster went on air, they got a call from the palace requesting that they take it down. When they wouldn't they must have hacked into their systems and shut it down themselves. She then continued to tell us that she heard the noise of Fighterjets coming towards the building. Within seconds the jets began to take fire on the news station and the surrounding buildings were blown up with it. I couldn't help but feel responsible for what happened to this woman and all the people who died. If I didn't broadcast then the man wouldn't have went on air and the palace wouldn't have taken fire on them.

From the front of the Jetstar the pilot said we are here. Instead of going down, Mike

and the rebels took a Battlestar-300 so I wouldn't be able to leave the ship. Before Mike and the rebels left the ship, Mike gave me a communications device. He told me to look over the

park and let him know if I see the girl. They then departed from the ship. I ran over to the window and kept a careful eye on the park.

They had been on the ground and in the park for over five minutes. I could see

something up the top of the park, they said they would check it out. It started to become a little cold inside the Jetstar. As I turned around to get my jacket I looked at the top of the ship. The girl that we had rescued was holding a knife to the pilots throat and told me to stand still.

"What are you doing?," I asked.

"Put the communication device down," she screamed.

"Why are you doing this," I asked.

At that moment President M's voice began speaking through the monitor at the front of

the ship. She had just ran a facial recognition on the girl we picked up and it turns out she is Commander Talberts daughter. She then begun to speak.

"Say goodbye to your friends," she said.

I ran over to the window and looked down at Mike and the rebels. At the end of the

park I could see ten rebels, a Battlestar-300 and Commander Talbert waiting for them to fall into his trap. The pilot began to fight back against Commander Talberts daughter. I ran over to the weapons cabinet and pulled out a pistol. I pointed it at Commander Talberts daughter and told her to stop or I would shoot. She froze. I gave the gun to the pilot and told him to keep it aimed at her. I ran over to the communication device and told Mike it was a trap. I didn't hear a reply. I walked over to the window and seen Mike and the rebels trying to fight off the palace rebels. They then began to run back to the Battlestar-300 that they came down in. The palace Battlestar-300 began to take fire on them. By the time they made it to the end of the park, only Mike and one other rebel were left. They would never had made it to the ship so they had to surrender. I quickly ran over to the monitor and requested back-up from Sector 8. Right then I felt our ship shaking as if we were going through a patch of bad weather. But we were not. Captain Talbert had connected his ship with ours. Commander Talbert entered with three rebels and no Mike. He walked over to me.

"Ah, Victoria, I seen your little broadcast, very impressive," he said sarcastically.

"Yes, and I seen yours, lies more than anything," I said with anger.

"What is it that you want," he said.

"I could ask you the same thing," I answered,

"Let's make things quick, I am not going to hand over your little friend until Madame

Sky is released. You have one day to get her back to the palace or we kill your friend," he said.

Before I could reply, he was walking away. Before he got back into his ship he called his

daughter. I told the pilot to let her go and he did. Commander Talberts ship had left and I sat down and took a deep breath. The pilot suggested we should follow them but I knew they would either kill Mike or blast us out of the air.

After three hours, two Battlestar-300's from Sector 8 showed up. They connected to

our ship and President M came in.

"Where is Mike?," she asked.

"They were led into a trap in the park and Commander Talbert took him to the palace.

The only way to get him back is if we hand over Madame Sky to Commander Talbert," I said.

President M did not reply, instead she asked about the flames. I told her all that

happened. She told me ever since my broadcast more and more people began to support Sector 8. She explained how they are all around where the broadcaster was killed. President M requested five ships over to that location to protect the people. She knew Commander Talbert would not take fire on our ships because he wants Madame Sky. We set our course back to Sector 8.