Holocaust---Part 2

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Sirens blared.
"hey, Lieutenant Gabe!"
"What?"
"You think you can handle this? Observation says they've bought Deathsaurer."
"That's why the Orudios Squadron isn't staying here. We're attacking the base while Deathsaurer is away. We've got the Gunblusters taking care of him."
Second Lieutenant Graves sighed, "Ah, the Gunbluster."
'Lt. Gabe' rolled his eyes. "You ground force and your damned Gunblusters. No strategy, just march on into battle and hit the fire button. No fun whatsoever. Me, I enjoy the chase."
"Hey, you can fly around in your little horsey all you want. I like it on the ground where there aren't Storch units chasing after me. Like you said, just walk in and fire."
"You're a triggerhappy moron."
Graves laughed. "Yeah, maybe, but at least I'm not a buzz boy."
They both sniggered. Drake Gabriella spoke, "You get out of here, now, before they enter the city."
"Hehe, alright. You take care now, Lieutenant Gabe."
"You too, Graves."
He sprinted away from his locker and out of the room.
I should get going as well, my squadron is waiting, thought Drake to himself. He picked up his helmet and walked out of the room. Down the hall, he thought about the upcoming battle, about his home, and about his wife. I'll be back, Violet. I promise.

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Lieutenant Gabriella stepped into the elevator and the doors closed behind him. He could see through the glass the bustling hangar, the ground forces leaving through the open gate, then the darkness of the elevator shaft. The elevator stopped, then began moving horizontally forward, then stopped. The doors opened to the room where the orudios cockpit seats were being boarded. He walked forward and the eye lenses folded down, letting him enter the cockpit and sit. He buckled the seatbelts and the eye lenses folded upright again. The cockpit began to lower down a shaft, until it came into the airforce hangar. His Orudios was directly below him. The cockpit lowered into the Orudios's head and the canopy closed behind him. Immediately, the display on the eyes and on the monitor in front of him flickered to life. He prodded a few buttons and grasped the contol levers before him, and pushed them forward. The great winged horse reared, whinnying, then galloped forward and flew out the gate. Drake's squadron soon followed him. He looked down at the Azure Colony and wondered if it would be the last time he laid eyes on it.


***More coming soon, I need a break***

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"Falcon One of the Orudios Squadron, provide air support for the Ground units, and for God's sake, protect those Gunblusters!"
"hehe, orders recieved, General. Over and out."
Drake was laughing on the inside, thinking about how Graves would cringe at seeing the "little horses" come to his rescue.
"Squadron, we've been ordered to provide support for the Gunblusters."
A few of the men were heard sniggering over the radio at this.
"Let's show them what flying really is!"
"Yes, sir"
"Affirmative, sir"
"Falcon Three ready!"
"this is Falcon Seven, I'm prepared for combat!"
They could now see the battle below them. The Gunbluster units were firing away, but...why were there so few of them? Had they not all been deployed? Drake felt a wave of heat, the Orudios started back for a moment. One of the Gunblusters had been vaporized in some kind of...
"the Deathsaurer."
His men gasped. It all made sense. The heat wave, the Orudios's in sudden fear, all the signs of a Charged Particle Cannon discharge. He saw the great thing, just outside of the fray, it's mouth steaming from the discharge.
"Drake!? Is that you! It's about damn time!"
"...Graves? How did you survive?"
"Well Drake, I'm not so sure myself. While you fly boys are screwing around back at the base, me and my men are getting our asses kicked by bloody armageddon itself! And one more thing, you ne--"
"Shut up. All Eagles, engage enemies, but try to avoid the Deathsaurer's fire! Ready...and...Attack!!!"
The Orudios's engines burst, the wings folded, and the mighty horses shot forward like bullets at the imperial forces, their polished metal shining in the midday sun.

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Drake's Orudios touched down onto the blood and core fluid stained ground, followed by the rest of the squadron.
"Falcon One, this is Base Command. You've done all you can here, your orders are to proceed to the Imperial Airbase and engage the enemy while the Deathsaurer is away."
"But sir, without the support of my squadron, the defense lines will be taken and Deathsaurer will destroy the city!"
"They've already been recalled, the Azure Colony is lost."
"We can't just give up, sir!--"
"A widespread evacuation has already been ordered, the city's population is sheltered in the base."
"And what happens when they attack the base, huh!? Nothing can withstand the Charged Particle Beam, and you know it!!! With all due respect, sir--"
"Silence, Lieutenant! You have your orders. If you're worried about your wife, I'm sure she's here with the rest of the citizens, and as for the Deathsaurer...well, we have something planned for it."
Drake clinched his teeth.
"Yes, sir. Over and out."