Dengaron P.E. (Personal edition)

Bitches & Bandits

"Okay Aaliyah and Alex, go find Henry and Adam, Velocity I need a shield bubble I can jailbreak, Countraverse rest, Five I need your help with the fabricator. If anyone sees any residents I need you to tell them to evacuate, hopefully there's a few ships lying around." Charlie gave everyone their roles, they had eighteen hours and had to make every second count. If they were going to stop Jayden and save Mars they had to act fast. "Okay Hella, draw me some plans!" He said taking out the scuffed notebook and pen he'd kept in his backpack.

Twenty minutes later he had his plans, full plans explaining the ins and outs of possibly the most advanced engine ever built. He had no clue what the engine the solarium had before so his only option was to use the tiny blueprints Hella had used his hands to draw. The design was centred around the shield bubble he'd have to rig with the engine contrasted around it, the design looked nothing like any engine he'd seen before but it was all they had. A few minutes later Velocity returned with more than just a shield, he was with two other people who he assumed worked for him. They wore bright orange cloaks which had 'SpaceZ' written across the heart in aquamarine blue. Charlie didn't care about their names or who they were and carried on working. They told him they were going to help evacuate the planet in exchange for safe passage of world with them to which everyone agreed to.

Screams erupted around them as a third ear rupturing boom came from the upper atmosphere, a third meteor was falling, nearby at that. They all took cover inside a nearby spaceship designing factory while the meteor touched down. While they were at it they advised everyone in the facility to take whatever ships they had and evacuate the city. They weren't sure where the space rock touched down but minutes later they heard and felt the impact, building shook as people started to understand the severity of the situation. Pretty soon after they were back to it, now with a dozen ships clearing Triton of its residents.

Five had finally reattached her fabricator arm and started developing new thrusters, they were going to be stronger than the last two and more powerful to handle the speed. Fabricators worked a lot like 3D printers, only these ones used stored materials inside the Jayden to build. She suggested modifying one of the evacuees' ship to which Charlie denied, claiming they were the least important people to evacuate considering what they'd been through and what they know. They'd been attacked by Jayden, crashed into the space elevator, almost killed the Martian King while doing so and now had to build a light speed engine in order to escape the planet. They had more right to live than any of the Martians and each one of them knew it, after horrifically failing their mission it was the least they could do for the rest of humanity. After an hour progress was going smoothly, no new meteors had fallen nearby, Alex and Aaliyah had returned with Adam and Henry, who was in bad shape from the crash. Adam claimed to be tending to his wounds and calling for the rest of the group for hours.

Usually a shield bubble would generate in a near indestructible sphere around a person with a diameter of around two metres, but when Charlie plugged in his new and improved version the area of effect grew to at least thirty metres. This was the first step complete to his engine. Working inside the ship now they began to put it all together as the sun started to set. They all agreed to keep working through the night while the injured slept in the ships living room.

It wasn't long before cold steel was pressed against the back of Charlie's head as an unknown voice was telling him to move slowly and not make sudden moves, he was led outside to where Five, Aaliyah and Alex each had their own psychopath holding a gun towards them.

"We're taking the ship, like it or not. Finish your repairs and get lost." The man who led Charlie barked.

"Don't worry I've got this." Hella echoed.

"No don't!" Charlie said accidentally out loud.

"What was that?" The man snapped to him and pushed the gun into his head until it was laying on the ground. In the distance Adam peered around from the front of the ship. Charlie made direct eye contact with him and kept it. "Now you're the engineer right? So you're gonna go back inside and fix your little ship before this planet goes to shit, understand?"