"Control, we are ready to take off, waiting for permission." Eric says, through his microphone
The jet is really loud, the only way I can hear Eric is through the microphone to a speaker in my helmet.
He turns back to me,"You ready?"
I give him a thumbs up.
"Control, taxiing to runway 1, we will take of after."
"Go ahead." The person on the other side says
"You're gonna feel like you being pulled out of your seat, don't worry, it's normal." Eric says
"Thanks for warning me." I say
"Let's go." Eric says
I feel a huge drag, pulling me into my seat, he's right, it was really powerful. And just like that, we were in the air.
"Ever flown in a plane before?" He asks me
"Never have." I say
"Enjoy the views, they're hard to beat."
I look down, everything becomes smaller, but it's beautiful down there, more than I realized when I was on the ground.
"Wow." I say
"Yep," He says, "So, in the event of something bad happening, there's a switch to the side of your seat, that'll eject you from the plane." He says
I feel the switch.
"If something happens to me, you have to take controls." He says
"How?" I ask
"See this stick that I'm holding?" He asks me
"Yeah."
"That's to 'steer' the plane, pretty simple." He continues, "The throttle next to my arm controls the speed, if it's facing farther to the front of the jet, you want to go faster, once you pull it back, it'll decrease the speed. Don't pull back all the way though, because that'll activate the reversers."
"What are the reversers?" I ask
"They reverse the plane on the ground, so the air goes in the other way in a sense, you use that once you land too." Eric says
The mountain flattens out into a dry valley, I see little buildings far away appear.
"Is that where we are heading? Those buildings?" I ask Eric
"Hopefully we can take down the enemy before we reach the city." Eric says
"Oh okay, cool." I say
I look behind me, our second jet follows behind us.
"Eric, I think I spotted the enemy 2 miles out east, should we intercept it?"
"Yeah let's go, you take the lead." Eric says
The other jet flies by us, we gain speed. Mountains begin to appear again.
The jet approaches us.
"When do we fire?" I ask
"We don't, our other jet does." Eric says
"Mayday! Mayday! We were hit!"
I look down, our jet descends rapidly towards the ground.
"We have to fire!" I shout to Eric
A rocket is released, the jet before us takes the blow, and it spirals down. It only takes a few seconds for the jet to explode on impact.
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Malevolent
ActionJames Delgado is an average teenager that lives in the destroyed Republic of America. He makes a menial wage, and has no freedom whatsoever. He realizes that something needs to be done, but doesn't realize that he is about to join a large covert ope...
