Heritage

Heritage (Chapter 35)

Chapter 35 - Ethan

"Alright, let's see if we can get this piece of junk in the air," Damien says, keying in a few start up sequences on the dashboard of the ship.

I take a seat in the pilot's position next to him while everyone else straps into their seats in the back compartment of the ship. Damien looks over at me.

"Well, ready?" he asks, hovering a finger over the start button. I nod my head in a silent yes.

He presses the button and there's a slight jump in the ship. The engine makes a gurgling sound and then stops. Damien makes a sigh in frustration and re-keys the starting sequence into the ship.

"Come on baby, start for me," he says.

He presses the button again and the ship makes the gurgling sound once more. It continues this time and there's finally a burst of dust that flies from the rear jets, causes them to fire up.

Damien grins and pulls up on the joystick and the ship lifts off, skyrocketing us up into the sky. We all hang on to our seats as the ship enters the atmosphere and begins to break through it. Pieces of the ship's plating fly off and it seems as if it'll be torn apart.

"Come on...come on...come on!" Damien yells, gritting his teeth.

I close my eyes from the pressure of gravity pulling down on us. For two minutes I feel the pressure on my chest and without warning, it ceases and I open my eyes. I see the vastness of space before me and ships going to full-on war with each other.

"Alright, go to minimal thrusts and move slowly through the outskirts of the battle. We can't risk it," I say to Damien. He nods his head and decreases the thruster power on the ship and we gently float through space, watching the battle.

"Jesus, they're tearing each other apart out there! All this over the Poseidon?" Damien asks.

"The Poseidon was the best ship in the fleet. I designed a lot of it by myself, that thing had weaponry on it that would rip everything the enemy had to throw to pieces. They knew there was nothing that could beat it. That's why they used Rin'Gal," I respond.

"Hm...I will admit, that was a cunning move by them. But I guess leave it to Rin'Gal to take on a job like that. You never told me why you saved him by the way," Damien says, giving me a questioning look.

"Because we're enemies with him. Not monsters. If we killed him, we'd fit right into what they expect from us. I'm telling you; this'll help in the long run. Rin'Gal has a lot of honor and prestige on Argalia because of his warrior status. Maybe he can tell this story and show that we aren't what they think we are," I explain. Damien just smirks and shakes his head.

"Always thinking ahead Ethan."

"Yeah, that's me bro," I reply.

A whole hour passes before we make it to the end of the battlefield we need to be.

"Alright Damien, we're far enough, hit the Hyperdrive," I say.

"Got it," he responds. He presses a few more sequences into the ship and grabs a lever that's placed in between us.

Damien takes a deep breath and pushes the lever forward. It looks as if the stars are pulling toward us as the Hyperdrive engages. As we thrust forward, the area around us turns a bright white with streaks of blue and red in it. The warp lasts for around thirty minutes before finally coming to a stop, bringing us to a dark sight.

"Never thought this place would have to meet my eyes again," I say in a low tone.

"At least we're here for a good reason though," Damien responds.