Schutzengel - Personal Logs

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Chapter 15: 'Plan B'
811 A.S

[font=Book Antiqua]He woke up as he heard a knock on his cockpit window. After rubbing his eyes and trying to figure how long had he been asleep, he noticed Mark on a ladder outside the window, sticking a piece of paper to his cockpit. The handwriting on the paper was messy, so the boy had to lean forward to read it. 'Yo Boy! You owe me a Drink!' was written on the paper, which made the boy laugh. So he climbed out of his Ship and waved at Mark and said, "Yea, I'm awake now. Wanna go to bar?" Mark laughed and slid down the ladder, saying "Do you always drink 6 A.M in the morning?!" "Wait, What?!" The boy said and checked his watch, and realized Mark was not joking. "Yea LazyArse! I'm the one doing all the hard work and You're the one falling asleep like a bear!" The boy grinned and said, "Alright, Later today then?" Mark shook his head and answered, "No, Not really. I'm heading back to Ogashawa now, But sure, if we meet again, We'll have a drink together." And then said as he punched the boy lightly on the chest, "But then, The Drink would be on you!" Then laughed and said "Alright, Gotta run now. See ya later!" And said as he ran toward a Griffin parked on the other side of the hangar, "Yea, See you!" The boy said and climbed back into his Ship.
"Hmm... What to do now?" The boy asked himself as he reached behind his seat to take his bag. After checking to make sure he has everything he might need, he got out of his ship again and walked to the elevator. After standing there for a few seconds, he decided to go to medicals to visit Ralph, so he entered the elevator and tapped the 5th Floor button. As the doors opened, he heard a familiar voice shouting, and after he walked out of elevator he recognized it's Ralph's. 'Look! There is nothing Wrong with me! We both know you want to keep me here so I can't get out there!' He was shouting, as the boy walked toward the medicals, he saw Ralph and one of the doctors standing at the door and arguing. "Hey Boy! Good that you're here, we need to talk!" Ralph said as soon as he saw the boy, "Hey! You feelin' better?" the boy asked him. "Yea, but these Doctors won't let me leave" and started shouting again, "Cause they think if they keep me here they can do me any good!" Then the doctor put a hand on Ralph's shoulder and said in a calm voice, "Mr. Steelman, Stress is not good for you in this condition, and although..." but Ralph cuts him and says "Oh, Stress is not good?! I say what's good for me and what's Not!" But the doctor raised a finger and said, "Let me continue... So, as I was saying, It's not good for your current condition, and we were trying to keep you in a peaceful atmosphere which seems we had failed, and staying here is causing you more stress than if you try to fly back into space again. So, I will let you go, but you have to promise you wont do anything stupid again. Alright?" Ralph sighed and shook his head and said, "Yea, whatever!" and then walked toward the boy and put a hand on boy's shoulder, nearly pushing him to the elevator, "Alright, Let's go to the Bar."
After the elevator door opened and they walked into the bar, Ralph put a hand on the boy's shoulder and walked to one of the tables in the corner or the room. After they sat down, Ralph leaned forward and said, "Lad, I need your help!", "Hmm... And what is it?" The boy asked. "Remember the ship I wanted to borrow?" The boy nodded and waited for Ralph to continue, so he said, "Well, turned out the dude needs the ship himself... Or maybe that's just an excuse he made up to say an easy 'No' to me. But anyways," So he lowered his voice even more and continued, "Well, I will need your ship! I mean... That's my best bet, and your ship is strong enough to survive all these blasted gas packs around the place!" Then leaned back, cleared his throat and said, "So, What you think?". The boy scratched his head and thought for a moment, then looked at Ralph and said "Alright, But you're not going alone!", "eh, What you mean?" Ralph asked with a confused expression, the boy chuckled and said "I'll Pilot, Simple as that!" Ralph paused for a few seconds and then said, "Well, Alright! After all you know how to fly that thing better than I! So, what about we do it tomorrow morning?", "Yea, Sure!" The boy answered and then said as he stood up, "So I'll go to check my ship to see if it's ready for tomorrow's trip!", "Sure, Sure. Thanks lad!" Ralph said as the boy walked to the elevator again.

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Well, I can give him Co-Pilot controls, but if things go out of hand
or I see he can't handle it, I can just start the AI again to get us
out of there... But I kinda Hope that I won't even need that.
I just wonder what he'll do if he doesn't find what he wants,
But as far as it's about me, I'm doing it just this once.

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The boy looked at the short entry he had added to his notepad and then put the pad beside him without turning it off. Everything was in order and they've decided to leave early tomorrow, so he had decided to go to sleep early. But he's been in his ship for two hours and couldn't fall sleep, but knowing he has to sleep so he won't be sleepy tomorrow, he leaned his head back and closed his eyes, trying to fall sleep.