((OOC: changing Brix's font color. Didn't realize what a pain in the ass this yellow was. She'll be in green now))


For the most part, Brix was far too focused on her targets, as well as her guard, having to be up close and personal with her tactics. Even when under a vanish spell, one can't be too careful when stray ammo was flying around all over the damn place. But when she found a crate to dive behind and take a quick breather, it was then Brix noticed what had Fury pause and staring, but whatever it was that briefly caught his attention she couldn't find. She could only hope it wasn't Shade or Jayda in need of help when Brix couldn't see either of them. But what did catch Brix's attention was Dusty's wild outburst about his precious weapon which had her wickedly chuckling behind the crate before spying about for her next charge and attack.


The only way Shade could possibly keep track of her own team was by what bodies fell by some unseen force or by where Jayda's ammo was fired from. But she had to remain focused upon her own targets and keeping herself from being struck. But then Jayda's voice rang out and led Shade to pause suddenly in flight when hearing her comrade shout about treating a lady. That's when she spotted a solitary soldier keel over by the waist, only to then get socked so hard in the jaw, he flew backwards unconscious to the floor. It was one of the very extremely rare moments Shade ever knew or saw Jayda royally ticked off, and even though she couldn't see her comrade, the force of the blow alone against the soldier was enough to prove just how pissed Jayda really was.


With the last enemy fallen, Shade swiftly landed with a trot to her step to reach the group quickly as she dismissed the vanish spell for her team to now be seen again. That obviously made Dusty's day when he passed a wink at Brix, but when Shade heard Fury's plan to split up for those two to be a team of their own, her steel hues widened a bit as her head slowly turned to just.... stare at her brother as if he grew a third head. With Brix and Dusty both nodding their heads with eagerness to take out even more of the enemy, Fury headed off with Jayda's firm pace silently matching his own right beside him. It was then Brix looked to her partner with eyes wide in wonder and whispered. "Wait... the bridge... You know where the bridge is?"


Dusty turned and gave her the very same perplexed, dumbfounded look. "I thought YOU knew where the bridge was...." Then they both turned and looked at Shade with brazen smiles. With a heavy sigh, Shade spared a heated glare at her brother's back as he continued off to their next point of destination before slowly shaking her head and simply pointing where Brix and Dusty needed to go. They both tore off together like a bat out hell as Shade turned to follow Jayda and Fury some distance behind while groaning to herself. "We're so doomed...."

As Fury walked, he had C.R.A.I.G. display the layout for the ship in a three-dimensional hologram within his helmet. He stopped at a fork in the corridor and looked both ways before choosing the right one. Since they weren’t exactly an unknown entity to the owners of the ship, they had to move fast to ensure Vex’s safety. He wasn’t about to come this far only to fail now. He wheeled around a corner to see two guards standing on each side of an elevator door. Neither of them were ready for them to show up at their doorstep. Fury’s arms shot up with a revolver in each hand and fired simultaneously. Both guards were laying in a pool of their own blood a moment later as Fury stepped over to the elevator doors and called it. The elevator doors opened and thy all three filed in before the doors closed.

As the elevator slowly started to descend, cheesy elevator music started to play. Fury raised an eyebrow and said, ”Really? You’ve got to be kidding me…” before shooting the speaker with his pistol. After that, Fury pulled out a small pad that fit in the palm of his hand. He turned the gadget on and the schematics of the ship appeared for all three of them to see. Fury pointed to the elevator. ”We’re here, going down to the lower levels. We’re going to have to cut through the cargo hold and the engineering section before we reach the prison area. That means there is going to be a lot of fighting between here and there.” With that, he folded up the pad and got everything ready to go. A moment later, the doors opened with a ding, revealing a large cargo area filled with people who all seemed to stop and stare at the elevator. ”Here we go”

Meanwhile on the other side of the ship…

Dusty kicked in the door to the room that he thought was the bridge and held up his gun, ready to shoot anyone who stood in his way. There was only one person standing in the room and he was facing the wall, relieving himself in a urinal. Dusty and the man blinked and stared at each other for a moment, both confused for different reasons. Finally Dusty cut the silence with a, ”Awwww Shit! Not again!” The man quickly started to try and zip his pants back up as Dusty casually started to walk over to him. Just as the man finished and turned around, he was met with the butt end of Dusty’s shotgun.

Dusty shook his head and sighed before turning back to Brix and saying, ”Well, this one was wrong too. Your turn to pick a door. Hopefully you’re better at this game than I am.”

When Dusty busted open the next door that revealed a soldier at the urinal, Brix facepalmed herself while shaking her head as her partner cursed once again over his folly of choices. She smirked as their enemy frantically scrambled with his zipper as Dusty casually strolled over and thwacked the guy in the skull with the butt of his gun. As the body crumbled to the floor with a thunk, and the zipper still down, Brix smirked when Dusty suggested she choose their next door. "I'd most likely sniff us out a bar, dude!" But still, she gave him a nod and spun about on her heel into the wide hallway to skillfully choose their next destination.


Her eyes narrowed as if in deep thought, then she slowly began cracking her knuckles as she took a step or two. She tilted her head to listen for any sounds that may give her a clue. Finally, Brix casually brought up her index finger and slowly stretched out her arm, prepared to point. until she erupted into a rhyme and began pointing in random directions. "Eenie meenie mynie moe, show me where there is a foe, if he screams and starts to run, bast his ass with your big ol' gun!" Just as Brix shouted the last three words, her body spun around and swung out her leg to kick down a door to her left, sending it off its hinges to reveal a room full of soldiers now with their heads turned and gawking at the buxom blond.


Knowing they couldn't see Dusty yet, Brix gave her partner the thumbs up behind her back as she played off the element of surprise. Her face lit right up with her flirtatious charm as she struck a pose with her hands on her tilted hips and her chest puffed out to stretch against the straining seams of her top. "Well HOT DAMN!!! I just hit the jackpot, now didn't I? How many lucky girls find themselves a room full of MEN!! And allllllll to heeeerrself! Any of you darlings wanna help me get undressed!?" She was obnoxious and blunt to the fullest, but Brix knew damn well how to stun a man's brains with just a few shocking words, as well a wink and a seductive smile.


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Shade and Jayda stuck close to Fury, yet when he paused at the corner, they knew to take a step back when it came to him firing off his guns. With the coast clear, they trotted swiftly into the elevator. Hearing the unexpected music play caused Shade's face to pinch up with disbelief, yet Jayda revealed a smirk while quietly shaking her head, knowing darn well Fury was going to shoot out those speakers before he even aimed his gun. After the brief fresh air of momentary humor, it was back to business. Shade and Jayda studied over the map and nodded while taking in the information. Shade slid her gaze over at Jayda who was standing at Fury's other side and took notice of her rapid breathing, but otherwise, her team mate appeared sound and ready. Seeing the numbers upon the small screen grow lower as they descended, Shade maneuvered her self in front of the both of them. "Allow me....."


When the elevator doors slowly slid open, all enemy eyes turned on them, but what shot out of the elevator first was a blinding light not only meant to momentarily throw off their foe and buy the trio some time, but to reveal the summons Shade had unleashed. The blast of light erupted from the ground, giving her team the time to disperse and get their first shots as the Guardian Force exploded from the floor to spiral into the air while both creatures combined their powers to work as one. As the phoenix looking Pyre screamed forth it's flames toward several soldiers, the wolf hybrid Tempest followed suit, roaring hurricane force winds to encircle about the flames into a tornado funnel, which controlled it's projected path. The fiery tornado raged into a grand scale cyclone, snaring and sucking in random soldiers by the sheer force of the winds as dying screams filled the room. The width of the flaming tornado continued to grow, reaching out to ensnare anything in its path while keeping clear of Fury and Jayda's locations. With the GF bonded to their summoner, and the massive attack able to follow selected targets, Tempest Pyre guided the flaming winds in whatever direction Shade's gaze would lock upon.


With a tornado full of fire whipping about the room, her comrades should make it to the engineering doors with little trouble in their way.


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The elevator opened up and Fury took a step back to allow his sister to handle the situation. As the Guardian Force tore out of the elevator, Fury took a moment to truly appreciate the raw power of the beast. He may not like or trust magic, but he did have a healthy respect for it. He looked to his sister who was busy controlling the immense beast. It was at times like these that Fury learned to respect just how powerful she was. He may be a formidable warrior, but even with the ancient powers slowly awakening inside him, he would never be on par with the raw natural power that she wielded. The primal power that she brought down on her enemies with the snap of her fingers was just unrivaled.

At the same time, though, Fury was focused on the situation at hand. He shook his head free of the thoughts that distracted him. As the Tempest Pyre raged its way across the cargo hold, tearing apart unsuspecting soldiers, Fury nodded to Jayda and then took off for the engineering room. As he moved across the room, Fury snapped his assault rifle in rapid succession from soldier to soldier. He fired in his rifle as fast as he could as the soldiers focused on the raging summon and not him or Jayda.

At last, they reached the door leading to the engineering room, and Fury held up his hand to Jayda, telling her to wait. He looked back to the room to see all of the soldiers still focused on both the summon and Shade. He was confident that she would be fine, but there was still the pang of regret leaving her behind. He looked back to Jayda and drew another grenade from his vest. He nodded to her once before pulling the pin and tossing the grenade inside.

He waited until he heard the bang from the grenade exploding before he rushed into the room. His rifle snapped up to his shoulder to allow him to aim down the sights and sweep the room from left to right. He fired once at a soldier that was trying to struggle his way back to his feet, killing him instantly. As he finished his sweep, he saw that Jayda had already taken care of the rest expertly. What he didn’t notice, was the scientist at the nearby terminal activate it with his dying breathe. There was a loud beep before the large mech that was in sleep mode activated and began to move towards them. It aimed the large canons attached to its arms at both Jayda and Fury.

Fury blinked once before turning to Jayda and said, ”We can’t get a break, can we?”


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Dusty leaned on his rifle as Brix slowly started to try and look for the next room. Her little poem was cute and all, but they were in a hurry. If they didn’t get to the bridge soon, the others were going to be in a lot of trouble. They were racing against time, and they were really getting lost.

But when Brix kicked the door in and gave him the thumbs up, Dusty hugged the doorway. He listened to her little spiel to grab the attention of all the men in the other room and gave them a moment to fully process what she said before he wrapped around the doorframe. He saw one of the men start to stand up, his mouth already half-open to say something to her. Dusty brought his shotgun up and fired a single slug into the man’s chest and said, ”Too late! Dibbs!”

The rest of the room erupted into action. The other men scrambled to get their weapons as Dusty fired away with his shotgun. He knew Brix would have his back the whole time, so he focused on one side of the room. In just a few brief moments, the room fell quiet. All the soldiers lay either dead or wounded and Dusty walked over to the controls of the ship. He began to press buttons at random, trying to familiarize himself foreign controls, as he said, ”Alright, you can go ahead and start with the shirt. I’ll be over to help with your pants and boots when I get this thing to land.”

Just as Dusty tore into the room with guns a blazing, Brix charged in with a cry that sounded more like she was entering a party rather than a life or death fight. She purposely made it appear that she was charging after the nearest guard head on, until she fell suddenly to her knees with a swing of her right arm to slam her first jagged dagger into the gut of her target as her other hand threw her next dagger into the air to land with a sound thud into the chest of another guard. While pulling her blade free from the first, she spun about to kick another right in the groin to buy herself a split second to free her other weapon as the guard fell forward with a painful grunt so Brix could slam both daggers down into his back at the same time.


As the last body fell from Dusty's rounds, Brix began kicking or nudging the bodies aside to keep them from stumbling over them as her companion took over the control panel. Hearing his humor, Brix snorted her laughter as she wiped her blades clean over one of the fallen soldier's back to clean the daggers off from the blood before re-strapping them to her hips. "HA!!..... Like I need to be blamed for you crashing this thing because I was stark naked!" She approached the ship's controls with curiosity across her brow as she watched Dusty pressing several buttons and levers with what she hoped was with an experienced brain. "Do you know what the hell you're doing, or is this a wild game of guess and be lucky!?"


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Shade focused her attention and powers over her summons, knowing Fury would get Jayda to the next section safely while positioning herself to follow them when the time came to do so. If Tempest Pyre's spell didn't nail someone, then the debris of crates and whatever else was in the cargo hold would definitely hit their mark. And by the explosion of Fury's grenade Shade dismissed her Guardian Force as the last enemy guard finally fell to his death. By the time she reached the next section of their destination, Jayda and Fury were already facing their next challenge.


When Jayda first saw what she and Fury had come up against, quite the rare deadpan look came across the young gunner's face before she looked to Fury when he spoke. "Oh I'mmah 'bout to get a break in jus' ah minute by breakin' the hell outta this thing!" Turning her head with determination set in her eyes, Jayda made orders of her own. "Shadey... iffin yew would be so kind..."

Her hand was outstretched toward Shade, but it took a brief second for Shade to fully realize what Jayda's plan was and began to shake her head. "Jayda no.... we can take this thing out togeth..." "We don' have tayme, Shade!! Fer all we know, these bastards know we're already 'ere!"

Shade spared a brief second darting her gaze at Fury, then back to Jayda who beheld a mix of pleading and anger in her hues. Knowing she would take whatever risk to save Fury, Shade gave a solemn nod to her friend who was desperate to save her own brother and clasped her hand around Jayda's wrist while slowly closing her eyes to concentrate on her own powers. "Fury.... just buy us some time...."


The moments that followed was a flow of power transfer Shade only used to give another in small amounts to simply get one through a battle, or to strengthen their own healing powers so one wouldn't die. But never before had Shade focused on giving another far more power beyond one's means. But Jayda showed no sign of fear at all. Simply fierce determination within her eyes with her jaw clenched while concentrating on her own strength with only Vex in her mind.... somewhere in this place, kept prisoner from her and his friends for so long, and by the very enemy that long ago shattered their lives without so much as a blink of remorse.... With such painful memories now drowning in Jayda's mind, the floor beneath them began to shake as the air within the room began to crack and explode with an unforeseen pressure that left ones hair at the nape of their neck come to a prickling stand. Jayda slowly extended her other hand which still gripped tightly around her rifle as she aimed it at the mechanical blockade that separated her from her brother as Shade's power continued to transfer to the gunner. The entire room now began to tremble just as the mechanical beast tried to make a move in defense by whatever Fury was dishing out upon it as broken sections of the massive machine suddenly hovered within the air for a brief second before soaring toward Jayda to latch onto her meager rifle. Within moments, the magnetized air sent even more pieces to slap together, creating an even larger, more intimidating looking weapon beheld in Jayda's hand that also stretched out behind her to rest against her shoulder.


With her eyes shut tightly in concentration, Shade could feel the rage building up within her friend, but could do nothing more but to simply trust Jayda in controlling the flow of borrowed power that now infused into the newly developed weapon. The small canon barrel slowly charged with rippling lightning, growing brighter and stronger by each passing second until Jayda's own hues were practically as bright as the spell she was conjuring into the missile. ”Best be movin' ottah the way, Fury!!” Once she saw he was in the clear, Jayda gave a loud hollering shout as the missile beam of lightning exploded out of the newly created launcher and slammed into the giant attacking machine with an ear shattering explosion. But it wasn't just a single blast as was expected. The beam of entwining lightning bolts remained steady, baring into the mechanism like an enormous drill and deactivating its circuits within seconds. But Jayda wasn't satisfied until the cursed obstruction was clearly out of the way and honed more of the power through her weapon until the retched tank blasted apart in shambling pieces all across the room with an earthquake force that no doubt ripped through the entire ship in itself.


Now left catching her breath, Shade released Jayda's wrist and simply stared at the remnants lied scattered all over the place as her eyes scanned in search for Fury. Jayda's scowl remained fixed on where the machine boss once stood as her now free hand calmly adjusted her tattered cowboy hat. “Now I'mma rightly pissed off....”

Dusty let out a hearty laugh at Brix’s question. He continued to work the controls with a deliberate concentration. Like he would try driving a twenty ton super-cruiser filled with explosives and things that wanted them dead if he didn’t know how to do it? That was such a… a…

Spot on idea.

He reached out and pulled a lever that was flashing an angry red at him. For a second, nothing happened, but then the ship lurched forward as two of the four engines peeled away from the ship, causing it to start to tip down towards the earth. Their decent began to pick up speed at an alarming rate. ”OH COME ON! WHO THE HELL HAS A LEVER THAT GETS RID OF YOUR ENGINES?!?!?!?!”

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Fury looked from Jayda to Shade then to the Mech and then back to the other two again. He wasn’t sure what they were talking about, but he knew what his role in the little plan was. He was the bruiser. He had to keep the damned robot busy while they developed whatever plan they were preparing. So Fury drew out both of his revolvers and checked to make sure they were loaded. Then he walked towards the mech.

The large robot loomed over him. Its polished white metal plates gleamed in the light. He had a large canon attached to one of his arms and a large Gatling gun attached to the other. The large red eyes glowered with an almost real hatred towards Fury. Fury just stared back at the large mech with an uncaring stare. Finally, he reached up and scratched the top of his head with one of his revolvers and said, ”Yeah, I can’t think of a one-liner. Let’s get this over with.” Fury snapped his revolvers up and began to fire at the mech.

The giant robot reared back from the magnum rounds it took to its face, but quickly recovered. It pulled its giant arm with a canon attached to it and aimed at where Fury was standing. He fired it, tearing apart pieces of furniture and beakers and such while narrowly missing Fury. He then brought up his other arm, sending a torrent of bullets at him.

Fury kept dodging and firing at the robot to keep its attention while the other two worked towards their goal. Finally, Jayda yelled out for him to move and he sprinted back to where the others were, bringing the robot into the kill-zone. The bolt shot out from Jayda’s guns and struck the robot, destroying it.

At last, the coast was clear to go on to the prison area. Fury reloaded his revolvers and slowly moved towards the door. With a swift kick, he blasted the door down, only to see a man reach and pull another off a medical table. The first man held a gun to the other’s head, the look of a trapped rat in his beady little eyes. Fury had never met Vex, but he assumed it was the man being held hostage. He kept his revolvers aimed directly at the man, but made no move to fire or anything else. This was Jayda’s family, and her call, he was just there for the-

The ship lurched forward, sending everyone flying. ”DAMNIT DUSTY!”

It took a second or two for Jayda to catch her breath from conjuring such a powerful spell, as well as to snap out of her own shock for doing so. She spared a quick look at Shade who casually arched an eyebrow and shrugged her shoulders at her comrade while drawing out her sword again. "I figured you'd want enough energy to make a bigger boom stick for a bigger boom...." Jayda's jaw simply hung lax as Shade passed her by and gave a tug to gunner's arm for them to move on.


It only took a moment for Jayda to get her mind focused again, yet her nerves were a wreck with each step ran for their next destination. How much further would they have to go? She knew they were running out of time, and her biggest fear was that her brother may possibly be dead by the time they reached him.... But at the crashing of the door by Fury's kick, Jayda had her rifle poised and ready to fire at anything that may come at them. Then the startling blow knocked her like a killing punch to the gut when she saw Vex's face, and he looked terribly ill and weak. What lurched through her heart the worst was the heartache when her brother looked right into her eyes as if he didn't recognize her at her all. As if he weren't even conscious, although his eyes were open. Even with their remarkable twin bond, she felt nothing at all from him, which terrified her even more.


Instincts wanted her to scream and tear after him, but Jayda regained a fierce grip over herself and struggled to remain calm against the rising panic. ...so close.... so damn close! ....I can't loose him again.... I won't! Her aim was upon her mark.... right between the eyes.... her breathing steady through the pounding of her heartbeat crashing against her ribcage as she focused on what Fury told her that day in the Training Center.... ...you have to have something you're willing to fight for.... so long as you are hopeful about whatever you are fighting for, your spirit will help you through it..." Just as her heart rate calmed and her eyes narrowed for the shot, the entire room shifted with a hard jolt that tossed everyone within the room across the floor like a bunch of rag dolls and Fury screaming bloody murder at Dusty....


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Brix arched a blond eyebrow as she watched Dusty scramble over the controls trying to look like a genius, yet nothing on the panel made any sense to her, so who was she to criticize? "Well look'it you, Mr. Flyboy! Got it all figured out, don't you!" That's when she saw him aim for the lever with the big flashing red light. If it was one thing Brix knew without knowing a damn thing about flying.... you DON'T go touching anything that's red!! "WAIT!!" She lunged after his hand, but it was too late.... Brix completely froze with both her hands wrapped around his that was still holding onto the lever as they both fell silent and stupefied during the seconds of silence.

When the ship lurched and Dusty screamed over the controls, Brix fell forward with a shriek as her butt crashed over the control panel. "NICE MOVE EX-LAX!!" Just then, Fury's voice came booming from the speakers within the walls from Brix's rump managing to find the audio controls to the section of the ship they were in. Before either of them could make a move to fix the situation, the direction of the ship changed again, this time the existing engines going into full throttle as a sudden rising whining sound could be heard before the ship lurched forward from the thrusters going into full power and now sending everyone to be thrown in the opposite direction.

As they both flew through the air and crashed into the opposite wall, Dusty could be heard yelling at the top of his lungs. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOUR ASS DO, BRIX!?" She wound up landing upside down on the floor screaming right back. "OH DON'T YOU EVEN BLAME ME OR MY ASS FOR THIS!! YOU STARTED IT PLAYING ON THOSE CONTROLS LIKE SOME VIDEO GAME!"

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Everyone went flying again in the opposite direction, either screaming or cursing through the air as the ship took a powerful jolt forward. But Jayda's sights still remained fixed on the bastard who had her brother, seeing the man still keep his grip on Vex's weakened form during the tussle and fall. As everyone else was regaining their bearings and Shade was now screaming and cursing at Brix when hearing her and Dusty yelling at each other through the overhead speakers, Jayda was wildly scrambling across the slanted floor for her rifle as it quickly slid away. It slipped right inbetween two giant crates that left no more space for her hand and arm to be able to reach, and with a raging scream of frustration, her fist crashed into the crate before the gunner turned to get up into a staggering run against the chaotic shifts of the airship.


Her sudden one track mind searched frantically until she found Fury struggling for balance by another stack of crates as the scientist looking man was now shouting frantically at his hostage for not moving fast enough. Her rage was boiling, but Jayda knew she only had a matter of seconds. Her hearing concentrated on the man's voice, predicting his location without even looking as she dove across the floor and slid in the direction of the severe slant the ship had maneuvered, only to reach out and snatch Fury's vest so not to crash into the wall as her other hand reached at his waist for one of his pistols. With a swift swing of her arm in the direction of the man's voice, there was no thought, no blink, nothing at all in the room save for her, the enemy, and the bullet between them that now fired with an echoing thunder. Just barely brushing past Vex's ear, the round hit home in the enemy's right eye socket, lurching his body backwards to fall to the floor as Vex's helpless form fell with him.

Fury swore as he was thrown across the room. When he slammed against the wall his gun was ripped from his grasp, sending his assault rifle skittering away from him. He dove after it just as the ship lurched again, sending him flying across the room and landing face first in the side of a crate. He swore again as he tried to regain his balance. The entire bad situation was getting worse in a hurry. If they did not resolve the situation soon, there was a good chance someone wasn’t going to walk away from this standoff.

He glanced around the room as he slowly regained his balance. Shade was still recovering from being thrown aside, the target was dragging Vex along at gunpoint while he fought to hold onto what little balance he had, and Jayda was sliding towards him. He caught her eye as she grabbed his vest for balance. This was not the Jayda he knew. She was entirely focused on what she was doing, blocking out everything. She had finally found a way to just make it natural. He watched Jayda grab one of his revolvers and spin, shooting a single round at the Fringe doctor. A split-second later, the doctor’s head exploded, sending a fine pink mist into the air and Vex tumbling to the ground.

Fury ran to Vex’s side, finally finding that the ship wasn’t tilting and tossing them. He slid to a stop and reached for Vex’s neck to check his vitals. He could feel a faint, but steady pulse. Reaching down to his vest, he pulled out a long silver tube and twisted one end of it. A long needle shot out of the opposite end and Fury jammed the silver tube’s needle into Vex’s neck, releasing a steady stream of nanites into Vex’s blod stream. He looked up at the others and said, ”He’s stable but he can’t move himself. I’m going to need help to-“

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Dusty fought against the forces of the jerking ship to reach the controls again. He was nearly halfway across the room when the ship shifted yet again, sending both himself and Brix flying towards the controls. He crashed into the steering wheel a second before Brix crashed into him. The resulting force broke the steering wheel clean off of the console. Dusty blinked once with the wheel in his hand before he turned to Brix and said, ”I think we should get going now…”

He quickly slammed a button on the console that opened up the hangar doors on the cruiser. He grabbed Brix by the arm and rushed out of the room just as the cruiser tilted towards the ground. They made it maybe half-way down the hallway when the ship crashed into the ground, scrapping the bottom levels of the ship off and sending both Dusty and Brix flying the rest of the way down the hallway. He got on the communicator and said, ”We’re heading to the hangar. We have to get off this ship now, Boss.”

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Fury wasn’t able to finish his sentence when he was thrown across the room along with Vex and the others. As they tumbled, the opposite wall was torn and ripped as the ship crashed into the ground, revealing a large hole leading directly outside. The ship shrieked and howled as the entire bottom of the ship tried to break free. A moment later, Fury heard Dusty’s voice over the communicator. Fury told them to go ahead and leave before he stumbled to his feet. ”We have to get out of here!” he shouted to Jayda and Shade.

Jayda was hot on Fury's heels, and even caught sight of Shade angrily tossing aside a smaller crate that fell against her during the chaotic shifting of the ship and run after them as well. The young gunner came sliding to her knees beside her brother while desperately clinging to her self control as she clasped Vex's face within the palms of her hands and frantically whispering out his name through the rising sobs within her throat. "Vex! Vex, please wake up! Look at meh! We're here! We're here now! We're takin' yew home... yer safe now... Vex! Please!" Her tear filled eyes now locked with Fury's before any began to spill down her cheeks. "Tell meh he'll beh okay! He's gonna be alryght, riyght Fury? Please tell meh he'll be okay!"


Knowing her life long friend would find this moment to be far too emotional to handle, Shade came up from behind Jayda and crouched down next to her with a firm hand on the girl's shoulder while using her usual stern tone to get through to her friend. "We have to get him out of here, Jayda.... you know that's what's most important right now.... Fury gave him something to give Vex the strength he needs to stay alive.... So let's get him to safety, alright?" Jayda managed to nod repeatedly as she sniffed back her tears and stomped down her panic just when Fury confirmed what Shade said about Vex now being stable, but the ship took yet another severe lurch that led the trio shouting in alarm and tumbling over once again....


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Dusty flew across the control panel and just about regained his balance when a screaming Brix came stumbling out of control and crashed right against him. She first heard a loud *snap!*, which already told her that couldn't be a good thing before she even noticed the steering control now in Dusty's hand followed by an "ohhhhhh shyyt...."


By the next blink of an eye, Brix found herself suddenly drug out of the cockpit room and tearing down the hallway with Dusty until the ship crashed and lurched again, sending the both of them soaring and tumbling down across the floor. Normal people would begin to panic at this point at the realization of extreme danger, or the close brush with death, but Brix was never known for normalcy. Her hysterical laughter echoed the whole way down the hall.....


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Shade didn't waste anytime once she regained her balance and hearing her brother's words. Vex was in dire condition and Jayda couldn't take on much more pressure as it was. Vex would need Fury's strength to help him out of the shambled ship and she knew Jayda would remain with both of them to aid her brother and guard Fury's back.

Without a second of hesitation, Shade whipped out the Griever pendant which instantly summoned the massive fiery lion outside of the crashed ship with an ear shattering roar. If any soldiers upon the ground would dare charge for the crash sight, Griever would hold them off, or make them think twice before attacking at all. She ran ahead, motioning for Fury that the coast was clear thus far before turning her head to face him. "I would think George can easily carry you and Vex off to safety while Jayda and I follow with Griever..."


Jayda was about to protest with Vex's weight on her right side and her arm wrapped around his waist, but Shade expected it and turned to her next. "Fury is the strongest among us, Jayda.... You know damn well Fury won't let him go where you and I would struggle keeping hold. You and I would do better to keep the escape free and clear for Fury to get your brother the hell out of here...."


Jayda's expression turned from deep concern to a serious glare and a firm nod before the gunner looked to Fury with absolute confidence within her eyes and tone of voice. "Ready when you are, Fury..."

Dusty stumbled into the hangar right before Brix. He could see many Fringe soldiers scrambling to jump inside troop transporters to get off the massive pile of scrap-heap before it exploded. He looked to Brix and said, ”I guess we found where the party is. I hope we didn’t crash it.” He swung the butt of his shotgun out in a wide arc to strike a soldier square in the throat as he ran past, clothes-lining him. Dusty followed up by bringing his rifle up in the air and then crashing down into the man’s face. He then crouched down and non-chalantly searched through the man’s belongings. Finally, Dusty found what he was looking for. He raised the keys up for Brix to see and jingled them, saying, ”Let’s go see what’s behind door number one.”

As the ship exploded into chaos (and quite litterealy too) Dusty walked from ship to ship with a very non-chalant pace. He would aim the ships as he passed them and press the unlock button, but each time he did so, nothing would happen. Finally, he reached the last ship in the hangar and he reached out and pressed the button. There was a beep beep and the lights flashed as the ship unlocked. He glanced to Brix and then back at the 1969 Chevy Camaro with wings and then back to Brix again before saying, ”It may not be the pretties thing here, but I bet it has one hell of a roar.” Dusty slid across the hood of the car and landed on the drivers side when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was a massive red button that read, “SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE” Dusty looked both ways to make sure no one was looking then he reached out and pressed the big red button. A timer appeared counting down from ten minutes as Dusty hopped in the front seat and started the car. It lifted from the ground and took off out of the hangar…

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Fury dropped the cross that hung around his neck to the floor and it erupted in the familiar pale light that appeared each time he summoned George. He allowed George to pull Vex up onto the horse with him. Fury turned to face Jayda and his sister again and could see the determination on both of their faces. They were both riding on him. He gave a terse nod to both of them as he walked next to George to the massive hole in the ship. The ground was still speeding by at an alarming rate and Fury could tell they weren’t going to be able to just jump down and ride away. He couldn’t add any more weight to George without doing just that, though. So he looked up to George one more time and then slapped his horse right on the ass. George’s horse lurched forwards, extending its wings and taking flight from the ship.

As the summon rode the air-currents, Fury released his fiery wings. His golden hues made one last glance back to his sister and Jayda in a final good-luck, before he dove off the torn metal. He beat his wings furiously to keep up with George’s horse. He began to swim circles in the air around the summon, creating a sphere of fire that protected it and anything it carried from any harm. They flew until they were well out of the way from the crash. Finally, George gracefully set down on the ground and Fury did the same. He slowly pulled Vex from the horse and laid him out on the ground as he called for the Kestrel to come pick them up.

((OOC: Sorry again, Fury..... I swear I thought it was your turn all this time >< ))


Still stumbling about from the lurching of the ship, Brix still managed to give her comedic companion a wild look over his comment of crashing parties as she grabbed for anything to help stabilize her balance. "I swear, man!! You got the shittiest puns, Dusty!"

After watching him swiftly take out the guard that was in their way, they were off again, with Brix wondering just what crazy scheme he had in his mind this time. As he tested the button towards each ship, she pretty much had a good idea, and was just about to offer her own hot wire expertise when the faint security system beep echoed to reveal what vehicle they were about to "borrow"

Releasing a long impressive whistle through her lips, Brix chased behind Dusty to their new ride and already staking claims. "I got dibs on the radio station!!" Just as she got in and was seat bouncing ready to go, Brix caught sight of Dusty looking around like a kid about to snatch the cookie jar. "Heyheyhey! What are you doing!? Let's get go....wait...WAIT! DON'T TOUCH....SHIT!!" Naturally, Dusty just HAD to push the damn red button before getting into the flying car with Briz repeatedly slapping him in the arm as he started up the engine and flew off. "What is it with YOU and fekkin' RED buttons!!"


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Seeing her brother's nod, Shade returned the same silent gesture before they watched Fury take off with his summons with Vex in their charge. Once Jayda and Shade reached the ledge to see the trio soar through the sky, Jayda released a scream of alarm when seeing Fury abandon the horse to soar through the air himself. "Dangnabbit!! Ah keeps fergettin' he's gawt wings too... gonna kill'im fer scarin' meh layk that!"


There came another explosion that severely lurched the ship as yet another alarm screamed through the intercom, followed by a robotic female voice declaring the self destruct sequence had begun with a count down of only seconds. Without warning, Shade wrapped her arms around Jayda and leaped from the ship with her wings erupting from her back only to wrap securely around them to dive bomb through the air to gain as much distance as possible. The explosion ripped through the air, rippling the vibrations and debris around them, but Shade made sure to keep themselves within the fire funnel Fury produced to block any debris from hitting them.


Once safely on the ground, Jayda rushed for Fury and Vex, first giving Fury a quick look over to be sure he fine, only to give a slight slap to his chest and a scowl across her brow. "That thar's fer bein' a dare dev'l!" She turned abruptly to her brother, carefully placing her palms on his cheeks and whispering his name in the hopes that he just might hear her. To their surprise, Vex began to blink slowly with a weak groan from his throat, sending another spike of hope through Jayda's heart. "Vex?? Can ya hear meh?? We gawt yew out! Yew hear? We gawt yew out an' we're goin' home!"


He took in a staggering breath and pried his eyes open one more time, only having to squint from the light, but managing to turn his head in the direction of Jayda's voice. "I think.... they mushed my brain.... I swear, Jayda.... I heard a damn horse..." Jayda's smile was beaming as she let out a sobbing laugh before gathering her brother into her arms and embracing him tightly. Even through his grunts of pain and the thundering engines of the Kestral approaching, she just couldn't bare letting him go just yet after suffering two years without him, or even knowing if he was alive. Finally, Shade approached quietly, placing her hand on Jayda's trembling shoulder to whisper their desperation to go before the enemy came after them with reinforcements.


Nodding quietly through her sniffling nose, Jayda gently released her brother so the crew of the Kestral could assist in getting Vex onto the ship. Without warning, Jayda found herself embracing Fury while struggling to restrain the tears wanting to fall and only able to repeat the same words over and over. "Thank yew..... thank yew fer finding him, Fury...." Seeing this, Shade proceeded to rescue her brother as well, gently tugging on Jayda's arm to let Fury go so they could get into the ship as fast as possible and get the hell off of this planet....