"GIVE THE ORDER, SOUND THE BELLS, EVERYONE RETREET, GET THE INJURED AND CHILDREN OUT! GET THEM OUTTT!" Scarlet demands.
In an instant, soldiers release yellow flares, and one by one the church bells across the city begin to ring out sounding the retreat.
'The city is lost, tell command we're pulling out' she informs the person at the other end of her radio as a chinook lifts her to safety.
At ground level a medic carrying oxygen tanks is struck by machine gun fire and immediately erupts into flames, screaming to the ground until they are dead.
Everyone is getting out of the city in whatever way they can.
Michael, Daniel and Thomas, are running alongside a small canal that seems to be rubble free from all the fighting.
"Come on let's go" Thomas yells in a state of panic.
A chinook flies overhead of them and they begin waving and calling at it in an attempt to be rescued.
Luckily the pilot sees them and opens the bay door lowering the chinook as safely as he can for them.
"Fancy seeing you three here" Angel tells them, offering his hand out to help them onto the chopper.
As they are lifted upwards, they all let out a sigh of relief, and watch out of the open door as they leave the city.
The Arce Caelos have reached the city as they continue to fly up the hill.
The bombardment begins, and for the final time, the city is lightened up in flames, within a few minutes, there is nothing left of the mega city which had once stood here.
The Arce Caelos don't stop over the city continuing straight over the hill.
"Can't you call your friend?" Thomas asks Angel.
"They wouldn't make it" he replies glumly.
They all watch as the hill and surrounding landscape becomes engulfed with explosions, the unlucky few still on the ground running for their lives.
"They're killing unarmed civilians" Angel snarls angrily.
The bombers turn their attention to all the vehicles and aircraft attempting to escape, and open fire.
"Shit" Angel states as he witnesses a chinook colliding into another.
Daniel holds Michaels hand tightly, breathing heavily, clearly terrified.
'Hey Angel, you still alive?' The same female voice can be heard through the radio in his rucksack.
'Caelum Timore, how nice of you to check in on me' he replies through the radio.
'How are things going down at your end?' She asks.
He looks around at all of the soldiers and civilians that look incredibly disheartened, frightened, and ready to give up.
'Full retreat, Silverpeak is lost, too many casualties to count' he replies solemnly.
'The king and queen have ordered all refugees to be taken back to Haven' she informs him.
Everyone around him immediately perks up and start to mutter excitedly to one another.
'I'll get as many to you as I can' he replies with a smile seeing how reassured everyone now looks.
He puts the radio away and sits down on the opposite side to the three of them.
"You're from Haven?" Michael asks inquisitively.
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HAVEN: THE SKY SCRAPER
Ficção GeralThe war has been going on for ten years now, and quite frankly Daniel is sick of it. To make him even more miserable he has been separated from the love of his life, Mikey. The big players in the war are slowly moving in, with one exception remainin...
