Wings Below

chapter 12

Adri's POV

As I sat within a gigantic flying death machine, I could hear a really annoying voice nagging at me

"You're getting into the wrong air stream!!! The favorable ones are lower you primitive beings!" Cynthia nagged

I stopped thinking and focused soleley on the screen. I could see a brown dot in the distance and I tried my best to zoom in. After about 3 attempts of making my eyes pop out, the screen focused on that dot. The unit seemed to be approaching Amonie.

'How hard could this fight be anyways. The city looked fine. '

"You #%{^*]* it's going to be a rather difficult fight. Terellans have armor on almost all parts of their body. They can only be hit if you manage to find the flaws in their tough skin. The best way to kill them is to use high explosives, but the council prefers not to resort to the tier 5 and 6 ones."

'Tier 5 and 6? '

" Yes! That's what I said didn't I? They're so powerful that if it falls into the terellans' hands, we'd be better off migrating to a new planet."

'Are you serious? '

"Of course I am! I'm an AI for Cadris' sake! "

'Are AIs usually as annoying as you? '

"I'm a special case. Anyway, we should probably hurry up the pace. I just recieved a piece of code to authorize the turbo jets."

'Wait, what tur-'

"Relax, it'll be fine. There are some reports of nausea, but you'll live." Cynthia said in a happy tone which was accompanied by a weird crackling sound which seemed like laughter.

I was thrown backwards as the titan started travelling as fast as sound, but suddenly, the jets stop working.

"Huh, apparently, they left." Cynthia said
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Blake pounded the table and shouted, "We must start before they tighten the portal's security! This is our chance to reclaim Amonie and you're just going to throw it away like that?!"

"I'd have to agree with Blake, Amonie is the only way we'll gain new recruits. We must at least try our best to reclaim it from the terellans who were set to guard it." Cassidy voiced.

"I think it's too big a risk. Maybe if the 28362nd training batch is done, we can have a go at it, but not now." Greyton said

"I have a proposal!" a voice said from the doorway,"how about we revive the 'Wings Below' division."

"SHUT UP CYNTHIA!! " I said a little too loudly," just because you can hack into my cell phone doesn't mean you can go around embarrasing me in front of everyone."

"Ah! I see Isandylle's pride has arrived." Bolt said, standing up to greet me. He pat me on the back and led me to an empty chair, " What was your partner's idea again?"

"I don't like repeating myself sir! I proposed that we could revive the 'Wings Below' faction." Cynthia said

What was the Wings Below division anyway? I'd have to question Cynthia about it later tonight.

"And how do you plan to do that? The previous members are senile to the core. Most of them are frozen,even." Bolt asked

"Can't its members be replaced. I've already pinpounted several candidates in the database."

"That is true, but they wouldn't be able to learn the 'proper' ways. But in desperate times, we must at least try it. This proposal is on the table. The other proposal: to sit back for a bit and wait is also an option.

"The kynigos heads shall now begin the vote." Bolt announced.

"Cynthia, who are these people? Except for the feline-like guy of course." I whispered

Cythia made a soft 'tsk' sound and whispered, "The blond lady there with scales beneath her eyes is Cassidy Lunasia. She managed to drive back a small sniper squad all on her own while applying make-up.She leads the Special Ops team. The 7 footer Gryshnet over there is Blake. He's the leader of the Rylgetr battalion which consists mainly of the defense and strategy. He managed to use a titan without the pills for 15 minutes straight before collapsing. The seadrix with the top hat is Gryton Smith. He's one of the humans who managed to stumble into this world by themselves. He leads the most of the offensive battalions and the supply squads. They're all the top of the top in the kygnios division. An Isandylle should be here, but apparently, she got caught in an explosion and is in need of medical attention."

These were the leaders. The most important beings in charge of Cadris' sword. Why was I even welcome here? I'm insignificant compared to them. Maybe I am a useless child after all.

I didn't realize I spaced out until Bolt asked, "So, Adri, is that okay with you?"

I nodded my head just to pretend that I listened in. I couldn't do anything anyways. They had the token back home and if I didn't follow them, I may never return.

"Great! I shall inform Alex right away! Cynthia, go send the mail to the candidates. The meeting is officially over."

I sat there sulking as Bolt approached me. He smiled and asked," what seems to be the problem?"

I ignored him and sat there as his smile turned into a frown and he, with the other members, walked back to the frontlines.

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I'll post a picture of Adri in the next chapter I write (yes, I drew her and it took me 1 flight to complete it.)