Veronica ran as fast as she could. The giant ship that was in front of her had started his engines and was hovering right above the floor.
'All soldiers in the area. Ship in custody B89YU is being hijacked. Target on the run. Shoot to paralyze,' a soldier said who ran into the hangar and turned his rifle to stun.
Veronica didn't dare to look behind her and she kept running.
In the corners of her eyes, she could see soldiers coming from different doors in the area. A quick look at the cockpit showed Djon behind the window, waiting for her.
At first she heard a clicking sound which was followed by a blaster shot passing close to her and hitting a crate right next to her. She could feel her heart beating fast. She couldn't believe she was on the run for the soldiers of the worlds while being shot at. A rush of fear and adrenaline went through her and she tried hard to ignore it and focus on getting to the ship.
She was almost there but when she turned her head to look around, a stupid mistake, more and more soldiers were entering the hangar.
'Jump!' she heard a voice yell through an intercom and the ship started to take off.
Veronica poured all her energy to sprint and when she was almost near, she jumped at the door while it was moving from the ground.
The weight in her feet made the jump almost impossible.
She thought she didn't make it and she could hear multiple shots being shot.
Her fingertips barely touched the edge of the ship and she couldn't make it.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed hers.
A blue hand grabbed her and she could see Djon standing at the edge of the door while his other three hands reached in to get a hold of her.
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When he had pulled her into the ship, he quickly maneuvered her inside and closed the door.
'That was close,' he said and he started to run back to the cockpit as soon as the door was shut. Veronica caved in and for a while, kept laying on the floor, thinking about what would have happened if she didn't have made it.
Djon sat back in the cockpit and tried to adjust the ship for takeoff.
'Open fire!' was heard being yelled on the outside and soon after, many rifle shots were fired at the ship.
'Hang on! ' Jon said through the intercom and he pushed a control stick that made the engines blast.
Soon he was dodging parts of the harbor to get out and on his way to the ship of Hawk and Veronica.
A few bumps against the building or stuff was necessary to make a quick escape.
Veronica, who had to guess how to get to the front of the ship, tried to grab hold onto something as the ship took off and maneuvered in different positions to escape the harbor.
Finally, she found the pirate named Djon sitting and she took her place behind him. Quickly she put on the safety belt and she could relax from trying to stay up because of the moving ship.
‘If you put in the codes of your ship, we will try to make contact while we are on our way,’ Djon said while smiling. Even though they just escaped from the soldiers, he was happy he was reunited again with his ship.
Eto and Hawk entered the landing port and Hawk ran to the person in charge.
‘Get to the ship and wait for me,’ Hawk said to Eto who nodded and ran towards the main area where the ships were being docked.
He grabbed TYO while he ran off, who started to yell in panic because of all the commotion.
‘I'm 67% not sure what is happening and I can’t calculate if we're gonna make it, whatever is happening.’
Eto turned him upside so he could look into the lens of TYO.
‘You don’t have to know and we will make it,’ Eto said and he put on his recognizable grin.
‘I'm 100% not comfortable with that,’ TYO whispered but Eto ignored it.
He kept running and searched for the part where they left the ship. Luckily he recognised it and found the ship that Hawk used to bring them here.
‘So now what?’ TYO asked who was put on the ground.
‘Now we wait for Hawk,’ Eto said who looked around to see if he could see him.