A Brave New World

Chapter 1

“Lets get this shit going!” Lax yell at me as we pushed the C-100 into max speed quickly reaching 300 knots. I can hear the other plans and jets around me picking up speed as will, a huge hum of engines shaking me to my core.

I grab the on board radio and speak into it with a neutral voice “This is Captain Noll speaking, we will be reaching the drop zone in five minuets, I say again. We will be reaching the drop zone in five minuets” And with that I place the radio back into its position and let out a deep sigh as I watch the horizon.

“Sir, what are we going to do once they drop?” Lax asked me quite seriously.

“We’ll be doing circles giving aerial recon and giving support if needed”

“I see” Lax said to me with little emotion.

I tilt my head slightly to the side to get a look at her. And she was shaking with fear, heck I would have been to if I didn’t care about dying, so I did the one thing that came to mind. “It’ll be alright Lax, we’ll make it through this”

“You sure sir?”

“Yes”

“All unites! Fall back now!” A voice cracked through the radio

I quickly turn my head set on and reply “What’s the problem command?” I say looking forward seeing a bright light in front of the plans in front of me.

“Command! What is that!” I yell into the radio but only received white noise as the ball of light seems to be pulling us in. I glanced at my speed indictor and we where moving over 500 knots which should be impossible.

“Lax! We need to get out of what this is!” I yell trying to move my control but no matter how much I turned we continued to go forward at an alarming rate. As I look out of the corner of my eye I see another C-100 approaching us and heading for what ever the light was.

“Sir! The controls! There not responding!” Lax yells as the other plane goy closer to colliding with our left wing.

“Fuck!” I yell as everything around me starts flashing and beeping making it hard to think when suddenly our whole plane shakes adding to my confusion. I look at the other plane and see that we have lost our wing and the other plane was losing sheets of metal. All that was going through my head at this moment was “What the actual fuck”.

“Sir…. We are approaching 800 knots” Lax said in a shaking voice.

“Impossible! We’ll get ripped apart!” I said while looking at the speed indicator and truth to be told it was rising higher then 800 knots. “Shit… Buckle down and be ready for a crash landing” I said as I placed all the safety straps on clicking in place when I suddenly hear a grinding nose coming from under me.

“What’s that…”

“I don’t know and at this point I don’t care” I said as we got closer to the strange light all the plans in front of me had seemed to go right through it and now we where next. I look over at the other plane and see its still right next to us but tilted to the right. I continue to look and I guess that the grinding noise was the other plane’s wing.

“Sir… where going inside!” Lax said screaming as the plan jolted forward. I strained to keep my eyes open as our plane reached over 1000 knots. And as fast as it happened we where flying again over an ocean gaining speed but slowly falling.

“Shit, we have lost engines three and four, and I have some control” I say as I try to tilt us up to keep us from crashing as we sped over the ocean at over 1000 knots. The plane next to us had the same Idea and was also rising which helped us as well since its wing was keeping us steady.

“We’re going die, we’re going to die” Lax said over and over again no longer in here cheerful tone as she kept her eyes close and gripping onto her straps for life.

“We can’t land in the ocean” I mutter as we continue to speed forward watching the speed indicator slowly drop and the vertical speed indicator as slowly rise as well fell. Suddenly my on board radio shocked to life.

“Bravo 3. This is Bravo 2…. We need to work together other wise we’ll crash and burn. Over”

I pick up the radio carful to not nudge my controls and reply “Bravo 2. I read you. We need to find a place to land or crash with as little damage as possible. Over”

“Agreed Bravo 3. But I doubt we’ll be landing in this condition, all my engines are out and my right wing is stuck in your fuselage. Over”

“I saw that…. What do your think we should do? Over”

“I can see some land in the distances maybe a few kilometers out. Over”

“I can see it to… If you need anything Bravo 2 just ask. I need to assist my Co-Pilot. Over”

“Alright Bravo 3. Out”

I place the radio back and look over to Lax, she was still petrified in her seat, eyes closed and holding onto the straps for life. With a sigh I say “Lieutenant, we are going to make it, we see some land and I’m going to need you to help me out. Ok?” I say as gently as I can as we speed towards the land.

She ignores me still in her trance and I can see the outlines of buildings far to our right on the coast. I quickly pick up the radio and contact bravo 3 “Bravo 3 there is a city on the coat several clicks to the North West. Over”

“I see it Bravo 2, what do suggest. Over”

“We can angle ourselves to it and fly over and hope they see or hear us. Over”

“Do you think that’s wise? We have no engines and little control as it is. Over”

“It’s better then sitting in the middle of nowhere without any help for a few weeks. Over” I say irritated.

“Alright Bravo 2 but we need to time this right otherwise we might just break apart. Over”

“Agreed. Over”

“Alright on the count of three move to a 45 degree heading and we should fly right over the locals”

“1…..2…..3” With that I turned my controls and adjust our course to the city, I could feel the bravo 3 as they turned with us.

Seconds felt like hours it is hard to breath, it feels like someone is placing a wight against my chest and to top it all off my vision was blurred from sweat and I dare not take my hands off the controls without risking us going out of control, I stole a glance at my altitude gage and what I saw made me feel sick. We are at around two thousand feet and steadily losing altitude.

The radio cracked to life “Bravo 2 we need to pull up, we are losing to much altitude. Over”

I pick up the radio and respond “Bravo 3, if we pull up we’ll create to much drag and slow us, causing us to lose even more altitude. Over”

“But if we don’t pull up we will crash. Over”

“We are going to be crashing anyways. Over”

“Fair point. Out”

I looked to my left as we flew over the city seeing no cars or paved streets, I didn’t even see large buildings. But I saw what looked like a medieval wall and docked in the harbor was what looked like to be caravel. “What the fuck is this” I say out loud causing Lax to gasp.

I turn my head to her and she is looking down as well. “T….the….theirs… something coming off the ground… headed at us..” Lax said

I look at her confused and look down again seeing several shiny objects fly towards us. “Where moving to fast for them to do anything Lax”

Then the radio cracked to life as we left the medieval city behind. “Bravo 2 there is something fly up at us from that…. City. Over”

I grab the radio and reply “Yeah, I saw them to, but they wont be able to keep up we are moving to fast. Over”

“Just wanted to inform you Bravo 2. Out”

I sigh and put the radio back looking at Lax “You ready to help out?”

She looks at me and smiles lightly nodding her head “Yeah… I think I can help” She then takes her controls and helps me to steady our flight.

We flew in silence for several more minuets, I viewed the landscape looking for a good place to land, I turn my head to look at the speed indicator seeing it steadily dropping from 800 knots to 700. I sigh and look back at Lax she is now helping me and no longer in that trance. Suddenly I began to hear yelling coming from the cargo hold.

“Fuck. I need to go check on the troops. Lax I need you to keep us steady” With that said I began un doing my safety straps, which was a very bad idea since we where moving at 700 knots, but I still got out of my seat holding on not wanting to fall. I let go of my seat and quickly slid towards the door. I reach my hands out and gripped onto the walls to slow myself.

I managed to stop and open the door, what I saw was carnage, the left side of the cargo hold had a large hole and there where men in every state of fear. I watch some men crying, some screaming and some yelling at the others to shut the fuck up. I held onto the door and yelled. I even saw some men on the left side had lost limbs from sheet metal cutting them.

“Enough! All of you shut it and strap in! Listen to your commanding officers and squad leaders” I stop and look around and could see that the majority where looking at me “We will be crash landing, so I need all of you to remain calm and be ready to help those who are wounded during the crash” I could see some nodding heads but the majority paled at the thought of crashing. I quickly turn and slowly moved back into the cockpit fighting the force pushing me back.

I plopped back into my seat and buckled in then I checked my gauge, we where at 300 knots now and around five hundred feet above the ground. “Well we are boned”

“Maybe not sir…” Lax said

“And how aren’t we lieutenant?”

“Up ahead there seems to be a huge field, if we can land on that we most likely will survive with little damage”

I look forward in the direction she was indicating and saw a large green field large and long enough for both plans to crash on. “Alright Lax we’ll give it a shot”

I pick up the radio and called bravo 3 “Bravo 3, up ahead there is a field. My co-pilot thinks we should land there. Over”

It took several longs seconds for the reply “We see it Bravo 2. And it’s the best option. Over”

“Alright, follow our lead. Over”

“Agree. Out”

With that quick little exchange we angled the plane and prepared to crash on the field. Ever so slowly we angled down, dropping altitude and speed faster and faster. I could see the ground clearly now, it was greener then anything I’ve ever seen and littered with flowers. To bad we are about to create a scar in the land.

Suddenly all the warning indicators for a crash started blaring in my ears “Prepare for Impact!” I yell as the aircraft smashes into the ground and begins bouncy knocking me around in my seat. I hear the groan as we begin sliding across the ground, dirt, grass and rocks fly up blocking my view. Then we hit something hard and I fly forward hitting my head on something. The last thing I see is a beautiful display of flowers, and then everything goes black.