M P Jump3R - BattleR Saga 1 - Everyone Forgets The Beginning

Eleventh Chant: Resistance Of Last Resort

“Left flank requires assistance, sir!”

“Tohr, we have free men near the exits!”

“Send every one of them to the edge of the left layer!”

“Sir! You have to see this.”

Officer pointed at the row of small windows at the end of the hangar the size of three towns. While blocking bullets from flahric cannons flying towards them, Qe Tohr ran through the center of the hangar, where most of the guards were surrounded by his men and forced to use up all the energy from their guns.

Temporary General of the Rebellion looked though the window but what he saw wasn’t what he expected to see.

“We’re…”

“On the moon, sir.”

“We must take over the ship.”

“That’s not all, sir. Please look up.”

Thousands of Callyps’ fleet’s spaceships were covered with black-green flames, exploding one after another. Qe looked hard at the wrecks falling limply through the atmosphere of Therra. Then he noticed small object emitting green light like a small star. Due to not being pure-blooded Ellementall, but the hybrid – half Elemental half Drahgsa – his sense of sight was much more sharpened and field of his vision was a lot wider and farther.

“No…” He mumbled backing from the window. “Kids…”

“Excuse me, sir?” confused officer made one step towards his superior.

“Kill them all. Living guards. Unlock as many escape pods as possible and send every old man, woman and child back to Therra! Hurry! We don’t have much time left!”

“Yes sir!”

Soldier scrawled fast something on small piece of paper, then snapped his fingers burning down the note. Ashes flew up and scattered in every direction. The officer himself ran towards the center of hangar.

***

“Mom! Mom!” Ehv’s plea barely made it to Meg through the screams of dying next to them soldiers and guards, even though only meters separated Akh’s girls.

Just like all the other women, children and some older men, they too were heading to the escape capsules. Mere ten lifeboats for five persons each could evacuate huge ship simultaneously while for transport was waiting almost one thousand children and twice as many women and old people.

“Ehvi, any updates from dad?”

“Yes. He orders everyone to leave this ship in next ten minutes.”

“That’s practically impossible.” Meg grabbed daughter’s arm. “Unless…”

“Unless what?”

“Ken. He’s the only one to take everyone out of here all at once.”

“Ken? That weird boy from the city? That half-ass genius?”

“Yes. Go find mayor Tohr, that violet-skinned soldier that leads this insurgence and tell him the exact same words dad told you.”

Ehvi just nodded and started to force her way through the mass crowding near the lifeboats. After a few seconds she managed to leave the assemblage and looked around in search for Tohr.

‘Violet-skinned soldier. Violet-skinned soldier.’ She kept repeating that sentence in her head trying to remember what his face looked like.

Suddenly, the person she was looking for stood before her and she would have bump into him if she hadn’t turned her head his way.