Forced Reboot
Wings of fire. app
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAfter an uneventful day of waiting around in the warehouse, the sun finally set and I began to plot my escape....not the best plan but probably the most likely to get me out of here with minimal bullet holes... And bringing back a somewhat functional specimen of the enemy's tech could be valuable.
At around 11 at night I slunk out into the streets and quickly and quietly made my way towards a runway in the distance. Luna had given me quite the crash course in fighting, magic the know how into my head hole and then practice, then repeat. I used a cloaking spell to hide everything, including my smell and sound...I was still trying to figure out a way to make myself intangible to other creatures. My training had also included improved locomotion...basically how to parkour, so getting somewhere fast on foot...hoof...thing was easy, all I needed now was my shoulder cannon and sword... Then the pain train would be complete. I got to the runway by 11:30 and made my way to the nearest hangar. The side door was locked, but using magic to force the locks open was pretty easy, the door seemed to lack an alarm by the looks of the inside frame. A quick survey to ensure that the hangar was empty and I quietly snuck in and assessed what thw hangar contained, a huge bomber, far bigger than any prop driven warplane built on earth, it was so big that It even had 2 small fighter planes mounted to the bottom for fast deployment, it was painted a mottled brown and OD green, camo scheme, with the griffonia flag plastered on the tail fin, fuselage, and wings. Flying it would be a challenge, it was simply too large to turn at any reasonable speed. I was committed to flying it, since I already broke into the hangar. I began a quick preflight inspection, and made sure that everything would last at least long enough to crash land back home, It was already fully laden with bombs and fully fueled, so I climbed in and began to turn everything on, after everything was primed and ready I got back out and hacked open the switch box to open the door, made a hard connection and stuck it back together, and booked it to the plane, the doors were slowly creaking open as I primed and fired each of the 6 massive engines, each uttering their sputtering protests before roaring to life.
"Come at me ya little bastards! I fucking dare you!"
I used my magic to remove the choks, then I throttled up to taxi to the nearby runway, I barely had expirience flying a glider back home with my dad, and I had no clue how to do anything but steer, use the throttle (because big levers labeled throttle are obvious) and flaps, and hopefully land....good 'nuf.
I was halfway to the strip when I saw the flashing lights of police cars closing from my left, I turned right and made my way onto the strip.
****
"Sir! We have an unauthorised launch taking place.... Hangar 2b"
"Tell em ta shut down...NOW!"
"This Is air traffic control, you are not authorised to take off, shut down your engines Immediately...I repeat, shut down now..."
"Anything?"
"No response."
"I want Every Damn Security Truck On That Plane, Now!!" the liutennant manning the tower smacked a button on the control panel, across the base klaxons blared and strobes flashed to life, the commander took the mic in his claw and spoke with a vengance.
"All security members, We have a code 2, Stop That bomber AT. ALL. COSTS." Immediately after the message ended, the sirens blared and about 10 military police trucks rushed toward the slowly departing bomber.
****
I lined up at the end of the runway and locked the brakes, I shoved the throttles foreward and took off the brakes, I set the flaps to takeoff, and let the beast of an aircraft start accellerating, The speed climbed and I feelt the plane shudder as It began to lift Its massive hull from the ground. Then I heard a soft thud, accompanied by a deafening screeching.
"Shiiiit!"
I shut off the engine and used the rudder to compensate, the end of the airstrip was nearing.
"C'mon c'mon c'mon, ohhhhhhh fffffuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUU...."
I pulled up hard and felt my stomach invert itself, the bomber shuddered and finally lifted off....barely, ahead was nothing but empty land, So I climbed in altitude as high and fast as I could without stalling, and dumped the payload to reduce the mass. Below I saw many explosions erupt, the plane immediately became more responsive, I could see things giving chase behind me, but I was well on my way to freedom.
*****
20 minutes.....I got 20 minutes....then I saw it.
A seething black and green mass closing in on me.....
"Oh Fuck No...." behind the tail I could see changelings... Thousands of them.....ready to ring in the apocalypse with a scowl... And I was right In front of them. My brain decided to dump some adrenaline into my system (or whatever my crazy innards ise instead), I almost shit myself in fear when a changeling smacked into the top edge of the rudder and took a sizeable chunk of the tail fin with it. Within minutes I was being pelted by changelings, and soon I was In the thick of it, the seething mass closed in, I heard another engine sputter and die, then they started landing on the wings. The tore at the sheet metal and doped fabric of the wings.
A bright orange flame erupted from the left wing, the right following soon after, more engines gave up the ghost and Just as I felt the altitude sink, The seething mass emmitted a sickly green field and enveloped the plane, on the cockpit glass I heard a mighty thud and saw Chrysalis staring down at me. Within seconds she tore off the panes of glass from the coclpit and slashed me from my seat.
"You thought you could escape ME!?" she held me up to her face and stared me down, "I do believe you failed....how unfortunate, now...onto the more pressing matter of your conversion to one of us..." she bit me hard in the neck and pulled away with a sinistar grin plastered on her demented face.
"Fuck You...." I kicked her hard in the abdomen and let myself fall away from the back of the stricken aircraft, fires blazing from its wings and rapidly breaking apart as the changeling queen began to shoot off towards equestria...which was in the opposite direction that I was headed. My head burned and my insides felt like the core of the sun, my wings spread and immediately began to glow in an attempt to release the rapidly building heat, I straightened out my wings and pulled into a slow glide...my visor flickered into existence and I saw warnings begin to flash Into existence... All of them screamed about foreign contaminants, failed attempts at removing them, or the overheating caused by said attempts. My body felt like lead and my head was a brick... Whatever chrysalis did to me had certainly done a number on me, my wings soared into the white hot range and the warnings became more urgent...I dove for a small lake about a mile distant. As I plummeted my vision went and I heard a deafening splash and hissing before my brain finally gave into the toxins in my system and I fell into blissful unconcious.
Next Chapter