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“What do you see Crusader?” Laser Monkey quizzed.
“I don’t know sir but it looks like Predator.” Crusader exclaims.
“I thought that ship was destroyed by Weatherlight.” Laser says worriedly.
“It was sir but…” Crusader trails off “ sir it is heading right for us!”
“This is great,” Laser Monkey rants aloud to himself, “just great the first week my ship is up in the air and I’m already fighting phyrexians.”
Laser runs to the communication pole and commands “All hands battle stations”
Laser runs to one of the guns and begins to fire at the Phyrexian ship. Red bolts flash through the sky and hit the flying ship.
Other crewmen come rushing from their quarters, toward the guns and began to fire. The Phyrexian ship gains speed and flies toward the coalition ship. Huge guns lift from their hiding places and try to aim at the presumably engine room of the enemy ship.
“Fire when their engine is targeted” Dakmor, captain of the Phyrexian ship Penance orders one of the Phyrexian newts.
“Nightcrawler are the harpoons ready?”
“Yes Dakmor, they are ready and waiting.”
“Good now the fun begins.”
“FIRE!!!” Dakmor nods grabbing onto the rail bracing himself.
Large pitch black bolts of Aether lanced from the phyrexian cannons.
“Crusader turn now!” Laser orders.
The ship begins to turn but it is to late.
“White Knight get out of the gunners chair quickly.”
White Knight up from his chair as the beams hit the gun itself. The gun explodes throwing him over the rail and into the woods below.
“No!” Laser yells and reaches to where White Knight used to be.
He turns his gun in rage and rapid fires at the Phyrexian vessel.
“Sir we must take evasive maneuvers.” An imp screams.
“So be it.” Dakmor growls back.
The Penance banks quickly to the left dodging the crimson blasts.
“Nightmare shoot the harpoons and drag them in.”
Nightmare grabs the lever sending two harpoons rushing toward The Vengeance. The harpoons crash through the hull and hook into it.
“Freyalise we need you up here we have wounded.” Laser shouted into the speaking tube beside him.
Freyalise runs up from below deck and run toward a wounded man on deck.
“Serra can you get this ship fixed during battle?” Laser shouts over the gunfire.”
“I can but it will take some time.” Serra shouts back.
A giant harpoon crashes through the deck knocking Serra against the rail. Another harpoon crashes through the bottom deck tearing through the bar in the hold.
“Freyalise take the wounded below deck we need the deck for battle!”
Freyalise rushes past Nimrod as he stumbles onto the deck.
“What’s going on Laser?” Nimrod yells as he stumbles over to the gun.
“What do you think is going on, get to your gun now!” Laser yells at him.
Nimrod starts to run toward his gun but he slips on a pool of blood and he starts to slide toward the rail. He hits the rail and starts to slip under it yelling for help he grabs onto the rail with both hands holding on for dear life.
“Hold on Nimrod!” Serra calls as she lunges at him.
Nimrod loses his grip and starts to fall, but Serra grabs onto his hand.
“Hold on you are going to make it.” Serra says to him.
“Don’t let me go.” he whimpers to Serra.
Serra’s grip begins to weaken and Nimrod begins to slip from her grasp. She grabs onto him with her other hand and tries to steady herself.
A plasma beam cracks through the mass jolting the ship. The jolt shakes Serra’s grip on Nimrod and he starts to fall toward the rushing forest.
A blue light begins to engulf Nimrod as he falls. He stops in mid air and begins to levitate back to the Vengeance. He falls onto the deck and Serra runs to him.
“Are you ok Nimrod?” Serra cries as she kneels by him.
“I’m all right, but what saved me?” he asks.
A shadow rises across the deck and a man lands onto it.
“I am Neo, I am the one who saved you from certain death.”
Nimrod stands up and walks toward him.
“Thank you.” He says as he shakes Neo’s hand.
A blast of plasma hits the deck and the wood disintegrates.
“We have to help them.” Serra says.
Nimrod runs to his gun and hops into the chair and mumbles “Time to fry some Phyrexians.”
“Nightmare pull them in,” Dakmor commands.
“Flying Monkey go and rally your troops you are going to prepare the other ship for boarding.”
“Yes sir!” Flyer says then flies out of the room.
Soon I will be the ineffable lord’s number one man, Dakmor thinks to himself.
“We have incoming beasts at 12 o’clock.” Crusader informs Laser.
“Nimrod we have company shoot them down.” Laser tells Nimrod.
“I’m on it.” He replies and then starts to fire.
Bolts of fire light up the sky flying through the air at the imps. The fire ignites a few of the imps making them flail in the air then fall to the forest floor.
Swordsmen appear from below deck and wait for the oncoming battle. The imps arrive at the ship and attack the swordsman.
Laser jumps from his chair drawing out his sword. He runs to the battle swing his sword. An imp jumps over the swordsmen and rushes at Laser. Laser swings his sword at the imp and hits its tail. The imp flies through the air and rams into Laser sending him to the deck.
The imp goes for the kill but it is hit by small fireball that sends it over the railing. Laser looks up and sees Neo.
“Thanks.” He says quickly then runs back to the battle.
Neo sees four imps rushing at him and he summons a lightning bolt, which fries them in their tracks.
An imp punches a hole through one swordsman and grabs his sword.
“I am Flying Monkey and I have come to kill you all.” It exclaims then begins to laugh.
Its laughing is suddenly stopped as a sword slices through its chest. It falls forward and reveals White Knight behind him.
Laser rushes to him and gives him a handshake.
“How did you survive?” Laser asks.
“Long story, there is no time now we have to take out that ship.”
“Crusader,” Laser calls “get us ramming speed we are going to play a game of chicken.”
The ships engines began to flare as the ship started to speed towards the larger Phyrexian ship.
“That fool failed, I shouldn’t have sent an imp to do a phyrexians job.” Dakmor roared.
“They are heading right for us what should we do?” an newt cried,
“Fire at will!” Dakmor shouted.
Dark bolts of energy hit the smaller ship almost blasting a hole straight through the hull.
“Incoming fire!” Crusader yells.
“Just keep gaining speed.”
“Neo, can you destroy some of those guns?” Laser quizzed.
“Sure but I only have enough power left to destroy a couple.”
“OK, that’s all we need then.”
The wind begins to burn around Neo and sparks begin to fly. Neo lifts his arms and the air becomes still.
“Nothing happened.” Laser shouted.
“Just wait.”
“The gun is malfunctioning.” A newt says to Nightmare.
“Get out of the way you ignorant mongrel, you don’t know how to work this damn thing.”
Nightmare picks up the imp, throws him against a wall, sits down at the controls, and pulls a lever and nothing happens.
Nightmare goes to the side of the gun to check the machinery.
“Oh that’s the problem.” Nightmare pulls a bone out of the machine.
Nightmare sits back down and pulls a lever. The gun turns a deep blue.
“What the…” Nightmare trails off as the gun explodes tearing off a corner of the ship.
“What the hell was that?” Laser yells as he sees a corner of the Phyrexian ship explode.
Neo kneels to the deck tired from the mana loss. He braces himself and then gets to his feet.
“That’s all I can do you are on your own until I regain my strength.” Neo says calmly.
“Crusader what is our distance from the ship.”
“1000 feet and closing sir.”
“Neo, White Knight get to the guns and fire at will.”
They hurry off to the guns and begin to fire.
“Increase speed even more.”
“I will try captain but we are going as fast as we can.”
“500 feet to go. Crusader says.
“Turn to the right on my mark.”
The ships get within 300 feet of each other.
“NOW!” Laser yells.
Crusader turns to the right sharply. The hooks tighten and they are swung straight toward the side of the Penance. The battering ram punches through killing moggs and imps where ever it went.
The body of Vengeance burst through the ship cutting the ship in two.
“Get us out of here Crusader.”
“I cant sir the harpoons are still stuck to us its dragging us down!”
The front side of the Penance hangs on the harpoons swinging wildly dragging on the ship taking it down.
“Quickly get the harpoons out he called to men on the deck.”
Half of the men ran quickly to the hold to release the harpoon in the hull while the rest attacked the other.
The ship began to tilt from the weight of the Penance. A dark shadow crawls onto the deck moving toward the unsuspicious Laser.
You're not going to get away that easy, Dakmor thinks as he raises his arm for the kill.
“No!” Nimrod shouts as he runs toward Dakmor.
Dakmor turns around and plunges his sword into Nimrod’s chest. He then pulls his sword out of Nimrod and slashes at Laser who blocks with his own sword.
Dakmor slashes left and right trying to hit Laser but he keeps blocking.
“Laser, duck!” Neo bellows.
Laser drops to the deck as a tree branch passes right above his head and impales Dakmor in the chest. Dakmor is dragged off the deck and soon disappears in the crowd of trees.
“Hold on to something!” Laser shouts as he grabs onto the communication tube.
Serra runs to Nimrod trying to take him into the medical bay but the side of the ship hits the ground. Serra and Nimrod slide to the rail. Nimrod's body hits the fast moving earth and is dragged through the bars and his brushed by the weight of the ship.
Serra lands on the rail on her hands and knees. She reaches up to Laser for help.
Laser grabs the tube with his legs and swings down to try to save her.
“You’ve got to stand on the bars it’s the only way I can reach you.” He tells her.
“I can’t I will fall between the bars.” She screams.
“You have to, the rail is about to collapse.” He says back to her.
She begins to stand when the ship hit a bump and she falls backwards.
“Help me!” she cries as she falls.
She hits the ground and is dragged under.
“No, not another one.” He yells as he beats on the deck.
The ship slows and finally comes to a stop.
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