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Post by Calamari-San on Jul 21, 2009 20:51:27 GMT -5
Entries for the 2009 Summer Contest.
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Post by Calamari-San on Jul 21, 2009 20:53:42 GMT -5
By bgjths
It was mid summer and the suns rays were beating down on the known Atmos without mercy. Waves of heat distorted the view of the people on an industrialized Terra as they repaired the damaged buildings and went about their lives. The heat also caused some to get burns while others nearly dropped dead from heat stroke and to the disdain of two particular individuals; caused the dead bodies in the streets to smell just that much worse.
"So what do you think of all this?" The heavy set male asked as he dragged one of the corpses to an air truck where they were being loaded to be taken to a mass grave or something. He honestly didn't know or care.
The large chested female smirked. "Wish I was there to see it." she replied, trying to imagine what the expressions on their faces must have been when every last man, woman and child on the Terra suddenly pulled out a gun and fired. "I bet it was hilarious."
Jeff and Vezeel had accompanied Tadeh to help retake Terra Archaios when word of Cyclonia's defeat got out. When they arrived they discovered that the Terra had already taken care of the occupying Talons. Apparently Tadeh's experiment of creating an exact replica of the Eurlian Nation was an astounding success. All that was left for them to do was help clear out the bodies much to the disappointment of Vezeel. Jeff however seemed happy to be doing a simple cleanup job.
"What makes you think Ravess is even alive?" Vezeel asked. She didn't want to dash his hopes but the two of them had barely survived the constant running and hiding from Nightcrawler assassins. Master cyclonis was pretty pissed off when she found out the two of them were secretly working for the warlord of Terra Archaios and had sent entire squads of Nightcrawlers to kill them. "We were two of the most competent soldiers in the Cyclonian army and we just barely made it out of the whole ordeal with our lives."
Jeff closed the cargo doors to the air truck, giving the driver the all clear. "Ravess was banished, so she didn't have squads of nasties sent to rip her head off." Jeff replied. "Besides, what else is there to do besides sit around and get heat stroke? Epically with the whole world peace thing?" Jeff crossed his arms.
"Yeah you got a point there. Ok, you talked me into it." She reached for her energy gun and checked that it had a full charge. "Someone has to save your ass if you do something stupid. But still, do you have any idea where she is?" She asked curiously. Jeff reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded up list or Terra's. "I've narrowed down the possible hiding places of Ravess. She probably hasn't been trying to hide anywhere near as hard as we have but she's still likely to be hiding somewhere secluded. I've composed a list of such Terra's."
Vezeel snatched the list out of Jeff's hand and looked it over. "Well, it seems like you have a solid plan for once in your life." she smiled and handed him back the list. "What did the mechanic say about our skimmers?" She asked while looking over to where their two sky rides were parked. Six weeks of running, shooting, vicious fighting and stop gate repairs had left the two rides looking more like twisted wreckage than anything else. The sky rides were riddled with holes, scorch marks and claw marks from one end to the other. The wind shied parts were simply gone, part of a wing was missing as well as an engine and large portions of covering such as the front grill had been shot off.
Jeff scratched his head. "Surprisingly, all the vital parts for flying still work fine. So we don't have to worry about them falling apart in mid air. Sadly just about everything else has either been damaged beyond repair or is simply gone. We don't have any money for repairs and Tadeh is too busy to help, sorry to say but we're stuck with our rides as they are for the time being."
Vezeel rubbed her forehead. "I guess things could be worse. We could be flying into hostile territory with no way of defending ourselves." Vezeel raised her head for a moment. "You're sure the Nightcrawlers are gone right?" Jeff nodded his head. "Ok good." Then she noticed him walking to his skimmer.
"Hey wait up!" Vezeel shouted and ran over to her skimmer. "I said I'd help you, remember?" With that she revved the engine and took off after jeff.
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Post by Calamari-San on Aug 21, 2009 21:24:57 GMT -5
By phantomgirl113 The hot sun baked down on the sands of the small remote Terra, the three teens where the only people there. It was a time to relax and enjoy the time. For just once the young Talons could play and have fun without the praying eyes of their superiors, or the scornful gaze of Sky knights. For just this short time they where not soldiers, fighter or pilots they where just regular teens basking in the summer's warm glow. Laying on a blanket the three slept without a worry or fear under the cloudless blue sky that was Atmos.
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