The Year 3670

Getting Better

We came back and the schedules changed in a way so we only had Mech, hand to hand, guns, and pilot class. They told us this reason was because they had seen our specialty in the military and had to have us be intensely trained in that specific field.

Mine was Mech hand to hand combat. So was Emma's. Dan and Joan's Mech gunners. Mason's was air Mechs. Natalie's was explosives. We all had found something. We all were gunners on Cobras, except for Mason who was our pilot and Anya who was the co-pilot.

All six of us were assigned the same Cobra. We started training again. An alien capital ship is a ship that is in the atmosphere that carries the bigger ships called Carriers that we've destroyed and carries fighters. It is guarded by bigger ships and hundreds of fighters. It is very hard to destroy.

Simulation 1 for those weeks: MISSION: Destroy alien capital ship.

"Carrier coming up." Anya said.

"Get ready." I said.

"Open fire on my mark...........NOW!" I yelled.

The comlink was overwhelmed with chatter.

"We got four on the left flank!" "They're closing in!" "Those turrets are destroying us!" "I'm hit I'm hit!" "They're everywhere!"

"There are hundreds of them!" I yelled.

"I thought it was Carrier!" yelled Anya.

"It is." I said.

"Then why is there hundreds of fighters?" Emma asked.

"I don't know." I answered.

"Do your best." I said.

"Plant a bomb in their hangar!" I yelled over the comlink.

"I'm going in!" yelled someone and shortly after, I saw a Cobra crash into their hull and blow up. The Carrier went down and crashed. All we had to do was mop up the stragglers.

"I see the capital ship." Anya said.

"Get me an estimation on how many fighters there are before we go in there." I asked.

"Ok." Anya said.

"There are about 4,000 fighters." she answered.

"Everyone, there is about 4,000 fighters, so get ready and take down that Capital Ship!" I said to everyone.

"Gooooooo." I yelled.

I shut off the comlink so I could focus better but Anya put it on in the Cobra so I still heard it. Everyone was going down and being slaughtered. Someone said that they broke through and were in the hangar and going to plant the bomb. I tuned into their comlink.

"Do whatever it takes to take that down." I said.

"Ok sir." I recognized Elliot's voice.

"Get out of there as soon as possible." I said.

"We are under attack and going to detonate it now sir! Sorry." he said.

"Everyone pull out and fall back the bomb's going off!" I yelled to everyone.

"Ok." a bunch of people yelled back.

We fell back and escaped along with about a dozen others. It was a costly battle but we won our first battle against a Capital Ship.

The room disappeared as we landed and dismounted.

"Hopefully it will get easier." Natalie said.

"It will, it always does." I said.

We then went to bed and slept good.

The next morning we went to Mech class and did an easy simulation.

Simulation 2: MISSION: Destroy Alien Stronghold.

"Stop." I whispered.

We were in the forest following our marker and I heard something.

"What is it?" Emma asked softly.

"There's something in the bushes." I answered.

A rabbit came out and I sighed.

"It was just a rabbit." I said.

"100 meters and closing." I said.

I saw the base up ahead in a clearing as we neared. It had outposts on the outside with two turrets on each. There were guards everywhere.

"I say we split up and surround them." I suggested.

"That's not a bad idea. Then we could call in air support." Dan said.

"Yep." I said.

We surrounded the base and charged.

"Mason, come in on our location and help now." I said.

"Ok." he replied.

All the airborne came in and shot up the outposts.

"Thanks." I said.

"Anytime." Mason said.

We rushed the base, got inside, and Natalie planted the bomb and we got out. She blew it up, but we lost sixteen ground Mechs and five airborne Mechs. The room disappeared and we unsuited.

"That was easy." Joan said.

"Yeah it was." Dan replied.

" Maybe it was because it was our second simulation." I suggested.

"Maybe." Emma said.

Hand to hand class was easy, we just did matches against each other except that me ans Emma only went against each other because the teacher didn't allow us to go against amyone else because it was unfair to the others.

In guns class they taught us how to use rail gun rifles on Mechs. That was all.

In pilot class we took down another Capital Ship easier than before with less losses.

The next few weeks were different in a way that we did harder simulations every week and we got tougher.

When we went home, everyone was shocked at how much we had grown and gotten bigger. Before we knew it the day was over again.