How Love Blunders All...

[Gforce]

David reaches the tree line just as another barrage of fire comes from one of the cloaked ships.

"Damn, those guys are going to blast everything to bits!" He exclaimed to himself.

The damage to the house was clearly obvious: smoke was erupting into the sky and parts of the roof had begun to collapse. The total destruction of the house was only a matter of time.

David walks the few remaining meters to the pod, which sat activated. Four missiles from its rack missing, with the 1 large antimatter missile still remaining. He flicks out his PDA and speaks clearly over the noise of yet another barrage, "Darwin, do you read?!"

... After a moment of silence the voice of George replies back, "We read you, David. We have the cone in place and have located the required software for the missiles. Simply hook up your PDA and we will tranfer it to the pod and missile guidance systems."

"Understood, plugging you in now."

David opens a small hatch on the base of the pod, and after finding the correct inlet he connects his PDA into it.

"Time to let him do his thing." He twiddles around his fingers in anticipation.

Only a few seconds pass before George came back, "Already done David. The program is now on your PDA, so even if we loose contact you can still program the missiles.

"... But be mindful, as soon as I know the position has been leaked, there will be a nasty little package on its way."





High above the estate in a low, geosynchronous orbit, George's private Liner, the Enthusiast's Timepiece, idled. According to the Kusari State Police-computers they had cleared "Prison Liner 419XZ" for a low orbital-position in order to collect its apparent cargo: a low-grade prisoner shuttle that was unable to maintain space flight.





The PDA let out a small beep, indicating the successful reprogramming. David remove the PDA and carefully closes the hatch, making sure everything was in order on the rack, "One down... Three to go."

David then followed the forest's edge around the estate to the second rack positioned near the forest. While walking, shots could be heard echoing amongst the trees, "Sounds like Jaden's having fun.

"Can't look for her now, I gotta take down these ships."





The second programming goes uninterrupted, once again David stealthily makes his way to the northern most part of the forest. But from then on, between him and the 3rd and 4th racks was nothing but grass and sand (they were conveniently located on the beach-side, the eastern flank of the estate).

David comments as one of the cloaks ships finally breeches the eastern wall, "Now comes the fun part... I hope they keep shooting that and not me..."

Thinking for a moment, he opens up his PDA and decides to send Jaden a message. Taking a deep breath, he begins the recording, "Jaden... I'm about to do something a tad risky. If you get the chance, come to the north-eastern edge of the forest. Help if you can, but I can't wait."

He clicks off the recording and waits for the device to tell him the message was sent. David does a few quick stretches before waiting for both ships to attack at the same time. He only has to wait 3 passes before their attacks are in time.





As the shots slammed into the estate, David took the opportunity and sprinted towards the east missile rack.