Chapter 13------
Cannon Fire
The up high goer whistled through the air.
It took not much time for it to do so and in fact the metal shell collided up and through gravity quite smoothly. A resonating boom echoing below and outward as pressure exploded with a force that shook the earth. In one instant we shot off the ground.
The up high goer whistled through the air.
To do so it had to go through a rough tunnel with grooves that seemed to take an almost endless amount of time. Something I thought strange considering the speed of this thing. Eventually though, stone gave way, light falling upon my eyes I saw the light of day , it crushed down on me with speed and before I could blink we were at the exit.
Lysa’s screams and Peeps squeaks. The rough explosion I could hear still going off below me. The puff of smoke from the volcano and the stale taste of soot on my tongue. All of this whipping by in moments as we touched the sky was enough, but then to go atop it. From the base of my chest in the voice of an old but hearty woman I heard .
“Come again sometime. “
“What the fuck was that?! “ Lysa yelled over the wind.
I pointed back. “The volcano. “
The up high goer stabilized.
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I looked out through the window and below to the island as we rocketed over the barren land. It was interesting how much speed could change an annoying trip. My head fell into my chin as I considered. Hmmmm. Maybe I should keep this thing.
Zyeruuum! Hiss!
The sounds of pressure interrupted me and I looked down to see a buckling piece of the bronze copper like material. Wait a second….. I gave it a kick.
Dunk.
I dented it.
Fuck.
This thing was soft as hell. …. It was probably gonna fall apart huh.
The up high goer fell through the air.
Through the whipping winds that accompanied the copper contraption I could see my ship on the base of the coastal sand to my West. It stood tall and dignified as it waited, at the speed we were headed I imagined we were a few seconds until arrival.
The only question was….. would we make it.
I turned.
“Alright. Everyone ready?”
They were in fact not ready. At some point Lysa had begun to hold on to Peeps desperately. Together they screamed for dear life. With a sharp claw disguised as a human nail I reached over, cut their straps and pulled the lever.
“Ahhhhh!!!!!!!”
“Squeak!!!!!”
I pulled the water up to meet me in a single line. A tug on it that made it gentle enough that a splat turned into a soft sploosh. We fell through the gentle slope of water in a slow surreal way, falling gently atop the deck.
“Hah ! “ I yelled. “We did it! “
Boom!!!!!!!
The sound came much later than the blast.
The blast was bad enough before it. I saw it fall over Lysa’s shoulder. Accompanied by a roar of purple and green flame that billowed into the air, a wave of force shattering a chunk off the back of the ship.
Boom!!!!!!!!
Another sound echoed as the ocean behind me exploded.
Shit.
We’re taking cannon fire.