Draconian War: The Rescue

by Robert Emerald Fountain

Takeoff

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As Ryder, Mickey, Minnie, and the three agents were putting on their black suits to blend into the darkness, Octavio and two of his troopers readied a missile to fire at the generators. As they set up the missile on its launcher, one of the troopers, a twintacle octotrooper named Grax, explained that the Draconians would not see this missile on their radar. One reason was that this was a stealth missile, and the other reason was that the Draconians didn't know all of the technology that existed. Once the target was locked, they started the firing procedure. At the point of firing, Octavio called out to everybody.

"COVER YOUR EARS!", he shouted.

Once everyone had covered their ears, Flurry Heart yelled out that they were ready. Octavio pulled the trigger and the missile took off. Six minutes after Marina started tracking the missile on her laptop, the power plant schematics all changed to show that the power had been knocked out. Just then, Callie realized she and Marie had left something that Mickey and Minnie would need while rescuing Taylor and Lizzie. They rushed back to Callie's house and then returned ten minutes later with two backpacks. Mickey recognized the backpacks in a flash.

"Let me guess. Taylor and Lizzie are babies.", he said.

"You got it.", said Marie.

Upon hearing the confirmation, Minnie realized that this was changing supplies for the kids. She and Mickey took some of the supplies out of the backpacks and put it in their rescue packs' front pockets for easy access.

"We don't know if they will be stinky when you reach them, but better safe than sorry.", said Callie.

Several hours later, it was time to go. Once Marina checked the security footage on the backup power station and confirmed the hatch was still blocked by wreckage, the rescue crew put on their waist harnesses and began boarding. Once the hatch was sealed and Skye had turned on the headlights, Smolder turned on the lights in her marshalling wands and held both up to tell Skye she was ready to signal them. Yona and Gallus stood ready to pull out the chocks on either side of the craft. The first motion that Smolder made was to tap her ear-protectors to tell Skye to establish communication. All of the headsets were "VOX", or voice-activated.

"Command, this is Rescue-1, performing a radio check.", said Skye over headset.

"This is Command. I hear you loud and clear, Skye.", replied Pearl.

Pearl gave Callie a thumbs-up and Callie radioed Smolder that the radio was working. After that, Smolder waved one of the wands over her head in a twirling motion, telling Skye to start the engines. The engines purred to life and the rotors began to spin. Once they had reached full speed, Smolder called out to Gallus and Yona.

"PULL CHOCKS!", she shouted over the loud engines.

Gallus and Yona grabbed the ropes on the chocks and pulled backwards until the weighted blocks were clear. They waved to Smolder that the chocks were out and then Smolder performed the next motion. She held the wands above her head with their tips touching and slowly pulled them apart to say that the chocks were removed. After Skye got ready to take off, she watched as Smolder waved the wands backwards and forwards, signaling her to proceed. The rescue craft lifted off and Skye set her course for the Draconian base.

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