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Some of them, who were experienced in battle strategies, already knew, the hostiles were winning. It was painful, “Two on one!“ Ocasa looked at Becci “This, should never have happened! They never stood a chance. If only Corky and Papa were here.“ The Canderi was now seriously in trouble, array strength tapped and decreasing rapidly, Hawker was unsure as to how much longer they could hold on.
Perhaps he could lure the vessels out away from the transporters, to at least give them a chance to slip past, escape away to the planet. For a few minutes, they followed him. One of the ‘Enemy Alien’ vessels must have realized what was happening and broke off the attack on the Canderi, seizing upon a breach in the defences, it moved towards the transporters.
The transporters had been fitted with a light weapon array. None of the crew knew how to use it. No reason until now to dwell upon such. They were not battle cruisers or designed to be opponents to M class warships. The captains watched as the huge expanse of the ‘Alien’ ship got closer and closer. A stark realisation that any time soon it would pick them off like ducks in a shooting gallery.
It was a shape moving out of the dark jet blackness of space at speed, a streak like some shooting star to slowly come to full visibility as it rapidly came to a stop? Becci screamed! As the rest of the Kets turned to look she pointed out of the window at the object now in view! She grabbed Ocasa squeezed his arm making him squeal with pain! “I knew they would!“ Ocasa smiled then turned to the others “Whoever they are, wherever they’re from.
They’re about to be taught a lesson, they won’t forget!” If Hawker had been surprised by the arrival of the Raptor. The moment they arrived they could see the threat from the two craft. "We need to draw them away from the Canderi Dees." Seconds passed and a massive plasma blast struck one of the hostiles. It flared across the exterior of it as pieces broke away thrown out into space as debris. The shields on it defenseless against this intruders weapons? How could that be?!
Hawker was equally astonished. The pieces of debris kicked past his screens. They were not small pieces either! Relieved? He was even more relieved to see the hostiles shift from attacking him to engaging the new arrival. In comparison to the Galacia Federa 'A' class vessels, Raptor may have seemed by all appearances, smaller but the response times were faster than the hostiles. Nathan and Corky were looking at the overall picture, “Thought when we left, there were two of the Galacia craft.“ “Yo Nathan honey." It was Lianna one of his pilots."
“The Pagallion, was destroyed by them, I’ve managed to reconstruct a time related signature mask, bringing imaging trace onscreen, mapping now They watched the trace of events, Nathan’s face went red with rage, he saw the enemy vessels change direction, Cistera looked at him. “They’re furious with us, we’ve raised the hopes of the Kets they were feeding off their fear.“
“So they like the smell of fear do they. Lianna“ “Yo Nathan honey” “Lets show them what we can do. Deploy Wild Child on both vessels!” Corky grinned “Hell have they got some surprises coming their way. Even I get the skitters when I see those things in action.“ Onboard the enemy vessels, they had attempted to scan Raptor, unsuccessfully, one of the Aliens in charge, knew it was a Mobilien powered craft. The exhaust ports on it identified clearly that as fact. But what lay beneath? The speed they had come out of nowhere and dropped to zero stasis? The weapons?
Apprehensive? It had good reason to be. Aboard both vessels, at almost the same instant, this manic image of a Ket appeared on their screens. A child in all its form, Humana with flowing hair and laughing at them hysterically. Screen after screen. To them, this ugly horrific being, its face and that deep, penetrating laugh, was evil personified. One by one, their main operational systems started to shut down, they looked on in sheer disbelief?! The thing whatever it was on their screens still laughing. Ear piercing, manic!
“I’m going to check the Kets are alright.” Cistera’s gems glowed then she was gone to reappear onboard the transporter carrying Becci and the others from Fendiq. “Ma maaaaaaaaa “ “You smart Ket Becci. “ Her mother hugged her. The other Kets now aware of what had happened, mobbing poor Becci. Cistera held them, moved amongst them, making sure the others were alright, checked the other two vessels, before returning to Raptor.
“They’re fine, you can thank Becci for some fast thinking on her part.“ “Good, then lets find out who the unwelcome guests are shall we?” Nathan linked hands with Cistera. They vanished and reappeared onboard one of the enemy craft. The main control area? They were fired on almost immediately. Useless, against the energy barrier. Cistera’s gems glowed with an intensity way beyond Becci's. Rings of energy wrapped the one, she assumed, was in charge, to bring it, whatever it was, to its knees?
The being, felt such terrible gnawing pain. It started to shake. “Where are you from.“ It didn’t answer, nor did any of the others. Looking at these beings, they were unlike any race they had come across and Nathan had encountered quite a few in his travels. Suddenly there was a flare of light. Cistera and Nathan found themselves back on Raptor. Not of their choosing. Lianna’s voice echoed around the chamber. “Yo Nathan honey, stay where you are! I’m detecting an energy source, leaving Raptor at speed towards those two vessels.”
Becci had been watching, along with the others. She saw the little blob of light, leave Raptor to disappear into the enemy craft, She knew what it was. Somehow its actions, meant that there was a threat IT had decided, needed to be neutralised. Earth seconds later, the energy left the first Alien vessel. It disintegrated into dust. Becci gasped, as she saw the tiny speck of light move towards the second enemy vessel before it too, was gone. The energy returning to Raptor as Lianna’s voice once again echoed. “Energy source returning “ Nathan looked at Cistera said nothing then turned away. Silence reigned. Peace at last.“ Cistera did not know what that energy was. Nathan did. A story for another time, another place.
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