open The Antigone

[jdor11 91]

"okay cloud stay with me! i am going to take you to the medic." striker for the second time took cloud over his back and carried him to the medic, "hey doc! i need you to take care of one of the recruit's." striker took cloud and slipped him on to the medical bed, "what happened? the doctor asked, striker replied, he got hit by a cannonball pretty badly. now take care of him i have to go back!" striker then ran outside and flew to where the captain and engineer were, landing next to them he asked "what's going on and how can i help?"

[KingOfIcecream 16]

"O-Oh I don't know. If you'd have flown here with your eyes opened you would have seen that we've got about 10 industrialists comming up here to exterminate us." The capitan thought for a moment, "You wouldn't happen to have anything sharp on you, would you?"

[jdor11 91]

"alway's do!" striker pulled out a few throwing knives and a fish knife out from his pack "any of these help? because i am taking the fish knife. that is my specialty."

Edited June 28, 2012 by jdor11

[KingOfIcecream 16]

"Take those knives, and cut off all the lines of this this ship except for maybe two. Those lines that are still connected will snap and the ship will come crashing to the earth below." said Kyros.

[jdor11 91]

"yes sir!" striker took the throwing knife's and put them back in his pack, taking the fish knife in his mouth, he flew around the ship cutting all the line's except for two, flying back to the captain he took a bullet to on of his wing's and he landed next to the captain and engineer with a thud, "i'm okay! i will be fine for now." striker said as blood dripped down his wing.

[KingOfIcecream 16]

"Ok, cool. Well, I suppose it was too hard to wait until we got off the balloon to take action, because we're now headed straight up now that we've got nothing weighing us down." Kyros paced back and fourth to gather any ideas.

[jdor11 91]

"i have an idea to steer this thing, it may work." striker said putting the knife back in his sack, taking out some bandage's he wrapped his wing with the hole in it so that it was completely covered. "let me see if i can find what i need though." striker had his face in his pack and was searching through it rigorously.

[Ethereal 32]

Eilwen peeked her head out of the hatch, her eyes and bright patches glowing softly from the stress of being fired at. it was quiet, too quiet. the sounds of gunfire and cannon shots were still whizzing over her head, but the crew members had all stopped shouting. Eilwen briefly worried they'd all perished, but there were no bodies on deck. then she spotted ratchet, kyros and striker on a quickly ascending balloon. there was only 1 ship left. Eilwen looked at the Antigone, it was in pretty bad shape. too many more shots and it might go down. Eilwen shuddered when she realized what she must do. running down to her bunk, she grabbed the tinted goggles she brought in case of an emergency. tying her cloak tight, she leapt off the ship and flew straight for the last balloon. if she'd been glowing softly before, she was shining like rudolph on christmas now. "just one more ship, just one more ship, just one more ship" the last ship turned and started firing straight at Eilwen's bright light. bullets whizzed by her head, a flaming shot of gas singed her hair. She couldn't keep this up much longer.

[jdor11 91]

striker raised his head out of his pack seeing Eileen flying toward the last ship, "hey! what is she doing? someone has to stop her! captin what should we do?!" striker said to Kryos quikly

Edited June 28, 2012 by jdor11

[KingOfIcecream 16]

"Well, are you going in after her? Running up to an industrialist airship like some Leroy Jenkins isn't exactly a smart thing to do. If you want, though, you can hope that she doesn't die." Kyros then looked around at their own predicament, "Steering a balloon isn't possible, we'd need some propellers if you wanted to steer this." The altitude was getting too high now, and it was becomming hard to breathe, "If we don't do something soon, we'll suffocate," Kyros looked down to the Antigone, "Well, I'm really not in the mood for stupid ideas right now, but I really am not in the mood for flying anymore, and with that hole in your wing, I'd say that you're not either. Although, we're high enough that we can jump from this balloon onto the Antigone's balloon." With that, Kyros closed his eyes tight and leaped off the side of the ascending balloon.

[jdor11 91]

"dammit well i have to do something!" striker said to himself, striker flew fast toward Eileen despite the extreme pain he was in, catching up to her he said "what the heck are you doing do you want to get killed?" striker yelled to her through clenched teeth.

[HunterTSN 1,444]

"Captain we're rising too fast, If we punctured the balloon it will let hydrogen out, that might get us low enough to jump onto the Antigone, but I can't guarantee how fast we would fall, or the hydrogen could ignite and blow us to ashes, the risk is too high!" Ratchet shouted over the roaring winds howling by them as they rocketed upwards.

[KingOfIcecream 16]

Kyros felt his stomach rising as he fell though the sky. He opened his eyes, and when he did, he hit the Antigone's balloon. It was like hitting a big airbag.

[HunterTSN 1,444]

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Edited June 28, 2012 by thesteampunkninja

[Ethereal 32]

"i'm drawing the ships fire away, can't you tell by the way i'm getting shot at!?!?" Eilwen said impatiently. just then another volley of bullets whizzed by, one grazing her wing.

"if you want to help, get back to the ship and shoot this thing down!"

[jdor11 91]

"that would take to long! here if you want to help so much take this! striker pulled out a hatchet from his pack and tossed it over to Eilewen, and watched her catch it, "if you want to help take the hatchet and pop the balloon! i will go on deck and take care of as many guard's as i can to draw away there fire!" striker then flew on to the ship's deck taking out his throwing knives' and stared battling with the crew on the enemy ship

Edited June 28, 2012 by jdor11

[HunterTSN 1,444]

"Captain?" turning around, it slowly dawned on Ratchet that he was alone on the rapidly rising balloon. Panicking, he ran to the edge and looked over the side, the Antigone was much to far below him to jump, and he realized that his only option was to risk it. He looked around the balloon for something sharp and noticed one of Strider's spare throwing knives lying about five meters away. He tried to lunge for it but found it hard to move as the air thinned and everything started going black. Reaching out with a tendril of magic he tried to pick it up but he could feel his conciseness failing him. Ratchet took a deep breath to suck in as much oxygen as possible and put all his concentration into taking the knife and forcing it through the tight fabric. There was a bang and a rush of air as the balloon was punctured and deflated and quickly slowing. Ratchet felt the now loose canvas curl around him as his weight pulled him back down. He regained his senses as he lost altitude and his lungs filled once again with good old oxygen and immediately a new problem dawned on him, walking on the limp balloon was like trying to walk over water. Reaching out with the last of the magic he had, he grabbed a loose rope on the deck of the Antigone and pulled it close enough to clench with his teeth. Hanging off the side of the Antigone he watched the deflated balloon fall away. "I swear as long as I live never to use magic again" he muttered as he was dragged onto the deck and passed out.

Edited June 29, 2012 by thesteampunkninja

[Strong Hooves 289]

Cloud finally came to in the infirmary, bandages were on his wings and chest and they stung from the burns. He sighed heavily, "So much for being a big help" he muttered.

[KingOfIcecream 16]

Kyros lifted his head off of the balloon and looked at he surroundings. He didn't see the balloon anymore, what happened? He slid off the side of the balloon and used a bit of flying to land of the deck. He saw some rope hanging off the side. He went over to investigate and found Ratchet at the end of it. "Oh, here, let me help you up." With that, Kyros pulled Ratchet up to his level.

[HunterTSN 1,444]

Ratchet opened his eyes wearily, "Kyros? is that you? Am I dead?" He tried to focus his eyes on the blue smudge above him, but instead promptly went unconscious again.

[Ethereal 32]

"i don't need this heavy thing, i'll just use these" motioning to her wings that had metal braces fitted onto the arches. they looked decorative but were sharpened to a deadly edge. the only method of self defence she had. but just as she finished talking striker was gone. She shrugged and tossed the hatchet away, aiming for the enemy ship. Eilwen briefly wondered if striker would get mad at her for losing the hatchet, but there was no time for doubt. Eilwen took a sharp turn and sliced through one of the supporting ropes, bullets still whizzing by her head, but the frequency of the attacks had slowed. Eilwen flew up close to the balloon and dragged her wing straight through the canvas. it was thick and strong, but Eilwen managed to rip a few thin holes in it. unfortunately, the sudden contact with something that was not... air, had disturbed her flight pattern and she plummeted down, past the ship. she managed to grab a rope dangling off the edge. The holes in the balloon were widening with the force of the air rushing out and the ship began descending. it was time to get out of there. Eilwen flew back to the antigone and flopped down on the deck.

[KingOfIcecream 16]

"Well, no we're not dea-" He noticed that Ratchet had fallout of conciousness. He dragged Ratchet up to his quarters and told Aimi and Amelia to take care of him. He wandered off to see what all was destroyed.

[HunterTSN 1,444]

((well don't everybody pass out))

When Ratchet awoke the first thing he noticed was two beautiful mares leaning over him. "Yep, I knew it... I died and went to heaven" he said.

"No you didn't silly!" The blue mare said, "you passed out on the deck"

"And Kyros brought you up here to recover" the pink one finished.

Ratchet shook the fatigue out of his head, "Ami, Amelia, is that you?" he asked as the mares came into focus.

"Of course silly, we've been-" Ami cut off,

"Watching you sleep" Amelia picked up. Ratchet sat up and was plagued by a throbbing headache at the sudden motion. Looking around he recognized the lavish furnishings of the captains quarters on the Antigone.

"Well looks like the ship is in one piece, what happened?" Ratchet asked as Ami passed him a margarita.

"The boys on the cannons took out one of the bad ships,"

"And then you and Kyros took down two with that machine gun thing,"

"And then that recruit Strider helped you take down another one,"

"And the last was taken down by that sparkly girl with knives on her wings after you were knocked out"

"Are you enjoying your drink?" They both asked at the same time,

"Um yeah, It's nice, thank you" both mares beamed at the compliment while Ratchet processed what he had been told. "Where is everyone?" He asked.

"They are outside,"

"Cleaning up."

Ratchet slid off the sofa he had been laid on and stood up, fighting off the massive headache. "I should go help out, see you,"

"Bye" they both said and winked simultaneously before he ducked out the door to help out with the repairs.

Edited June 29, 2012 by thesteampunkninja

[jdor11 91]

"dammit i am doing everything today aren't i?" striker said while slashing a enemy's throat, striker grabbed the rope and pulled Eilwen up from the side enemy's stabbing at him at the same time, after pulling Eliwen up he loked at the enemy crew, "you are really annoying me and i have had just about enough!" striker opening his wing's flew up in to the air and using the rest of his energy blew the crew off the ship with his wing's, then everything went black and he fell unconscious on the deck next to Eliwen.

[HunterTSN 1,444]

((okay guys striker is either just about an hour behind everyone else or Jdor is just really bad at reading))

Looking around the first thing Ratchet noticed was the debris, splintered wood and ash littered the entire deck, looking around he wandered down below deck to find Kyros.

Edited June 29, 2012 by thesteampunkninja