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The Chase
After jumping out the window, it was so weird, it almost felt like the matrix. Everything was going in slow motion. The people below shouting in that weird comical deep slow voice "FFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIRRRRREEEEE AAAAT WWWWWIIIILL!!!!!" and soon being followed by loud slow boom sounds as the began to shoot at us. The slow woosh......woosh.....woosh.....woosh....of the helicopter blades. And then, just like the matrix, everything just suddenly speeds up again. Bullets were blazing past the unseen eye. The helicopter blades spinning fast again, nearly chopping us to bits. We were still in the air, but we had begun to fall.....right toward the helicopter. "Crap! I didn't get this far just to get diced up in a flying blender!!!" I thought to myself. But that's when Nero pulled out a few special moves. Instead of falling at the angle we were, he thrust himself at a steeper angle, passing just barely past the spinning blades. Then, he stuck a hand up, and somehow managed to grab onto the skids on the bottom of the helicopter. He swung forward on it, almost doing a 360 degree spin. He let go when he almost completed it so he flew inside the helicopter cabin, kicking pilot in the face too. The pilot screamed as he was sent flying through the other door,....then fell....
"You! Get back there and hang on! Kimiko, you co-pilot!" Nero shouted as he set me down into a set. Lights and sounds flashed and beeped and the helicopter was spinning into a nosedive. "Buckle up! This is gonna be a bumpy ride!" Nero shouted above the whirring blades and the other loud noises. I immediately did so and held onto my seat for dear life. Delila did the same. My eyes widened as the pavement was getting closer, a few more seconds and we'll crash!!! That's when Nero grabbed the cyclic stick with his demonic hand and pulled back sharply. The helicopter in response went from flying straight down at a 90 degree angle to flying completely horizontally down the street. The hoards of military people and civilians ducked as the flying mechanical beast flew mere feet over their heads as it weaved its way in and out of streets and alleys. "Do you even know where you're going Nero?! 'Cuz if we don't figure out how to loose these guys and get back home we're done for!" I shouted over the roar of the police sirens and jets speeding right behind us. "Oh I got a plan all right!" Nero shouted back, and he turned the joystick. The helicopter stopped its forward momentum and did a 180 spin so we were facing our pursuers. "What are you nuts?!" Delila screamed from the back seat.
"I don't see you coming up with a plan!!!" he replied. Nero lifted a cap on the control panel, and under....a big red button. And from watching movies, you know what a big red button on a helicopter being chased by people means.... "All systems go! Firing missiles!!!" Nero announced and he stuck out his index finger on his demonic arm and pushed the button. The helicopter rattled as two missiles, one on each side, shot straight forward at the incoming fighter jet. A huge explosion of metal and fire burst in front of us as they made contact. Delila covered her mouths with her hands and gasped. Her eyes widened, then she turned her head. I guess it's harder for humans to see one of their own kind get killed, even if it's the enemy. Especially like that. To think, if i had stumbled into another place instead of one she was in, she wouldn't have to deal with this. She be in school, hanging out with friends, going shopping with her mom....not jumping back and forth between time periods, being chained up and tortured, and getting shot at by the military..... Sometimes, I think I should just leave, let her get back to her own life, pretend this never happened. But it'd be almost impossible to go back to the way it was in our current situation. Maybe I should just turn myself in, then it'd all be over....no....than who would protect her? They might still take her for being associated with me, for harboring a "fugitive." After we loose these guys and we're in a safe location, maybe I'll talk to her about it.
Nero pushed the button again and fired several more missiles at the incoming helicopters and tanks. They too burst into flames, the helicopters crashed to the ground. A wall of flaming vehicles and flying machines now covered the street, making it impossible for any more land vehicles to get through, and it looked like Nero had shot down all of the flying things. He grabbed the joystick again and pressed and held the button on top of it. The machine gun turret on the front of the helicopter began firing at the cop and military cars below. One by one, I saw the people shooting at us fall to the ground as they were shot. After there was nothing left, Nero let go of the button. The turret slowed to a stop and ceased its firing. "That should do it." he huffed. "Let's take this baby in for a landing."
He fiddled with the joystick and several buttons on the control panel before he finally managed to set the helicopter down with a thud. We stepped out when the blades stopped spinning and stared at the wreckage. Delila was holding back, but I could tell she wanted to cry. I didn't know what to fell myself. Should I feel terrible since we just killed innocent people, or be relieved that we're safe, so I stood there blankly. Nero beat the air with his fist and said "Booyah!!! Now that's what I call sharp shooting!!" He turned to us and stopped his showboating, a guilty look on his face. "Oh sorry, I didn't mean to-" he tried to apologize. "It's ok, I'm just glad everybody's alright." I interrupted. "Look, I know you guys want to get back home, and I can't really stay here anymore. So just point the way and I'll take you guys back home." Nero said after a very long awkward silence of staring at the flames. I looked at Delila for approval, because I knew the last thing she wanted right now was to get into another vehicle with him. She hesitated for a moment before saying. "I guess so, it's our only option right now, so we'll have to take it." Nero smiled at the answer. "Come on then." he said as he led us to a military humvee that was sitting near the flames. Apparently it was one of the only ones not blown up in the battle. I jumped into the passengers seat while Nero slid behind the wheel. Delila hopped into the back seat, making a weird face. First evading authority, then stealing a helicopter, massive homicide, and now grand theft auto!!! She must be having a seriously crappy day!!!
Nero turned the key which had been left in the ignition, and the humvee started up immediately. He stepped on the gas peddle and the desert camouflage colored humvee drove on down the road, leaving behind it a terrible scene of death. None of us turned to look back, too horrified at the gruesome deed we had just done.
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