‘We are gonna crash!’ TYO screamed in fear while the ship started to go down. Hawk tried pulling the steering stick but the ship didn’t respond. Instead, the ship was going down faster and faster.

‘What are we gonna do?’ Eto asked who looked through the window and saw the platforms of the city getting closer and closer.

‘Emergency landing,’ Hawk said while he was focussing on the ship and its controls.

The tortoise came flying next to the crashing ship.

‘We saw the blast. Is there something you can do?’ Djon said through the communicator.

‘Nothing. We are going down,’ Hawk said and he started to make preparations for a hard crash. TYO was still panicking and driving around like he was defunctioning. Eto on the other hand seemed very calm.

He kept looking through the window and focussed on the Tortoise outside.

‘We are getting out of here,' he mumbled softly but Hawk heard him speak.

‘Excuse me?’ he asked but Eto didn’t look like he wanted to explain.

`We are getting out!' Eto said louder this time and he looked at the side of the ship where an emergency exit was placed.

‘Djon, can you open your information relay for me?’ Hawk asked through the communicator.

‘Done!’ Hawk heard from the other side of the communicator.

‘Great. TYO, can you transfer all my data to the Tortoise!’ Hawk yelled.

TYO kept driving around but he answered.

‘I don’t know how!’ he screamed in panic and Hawk quickly grabbed him.

‘Not you. The ship,’ hawk said and quickly the AI of the ship started talking.

‘Downloading now,’ was said but it was hard to hear with the trembles from the ship going down.

‘I have to upload everything,’ Hawk said while looking at the monitor.

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‘No time,’ Eto said and he opened the emergency exit which created a stream of wind going outside.

‘No, wait!’ Hawk yelled but Eto grabbed him and TYO.

TYO panically grabbed Eto to make sure he didn’t fall down down

‘No time,’ Eto repeated and he pulled them towards the door.

Outside flew the Tortoise and Eto saw what he was hoping for. The hatch that was open for them to land on.

‘Get ready!’ Eto yelled and he bends his knees a little.

Hawk could see that Eto his legs started to glow while he was looking at the Tortoise.

‘No! No!’ Hawk yelled. He started to understand what Eto was planning to do.

‘Yes!’ Eto said and fully convinced, he jumped off the ship.

With an unsuspected speed, they got launched from out of the ship and met the air in between the crashing ship and the Tortoise.

They flew through the air and Hawk could feel the different pressures of wind going against them but it didn’t seem to bother Eto. It seemed he was focussed on landing on the platform.

The ship behind them started to go down fast and the Tortoise slowly started to move in their direction.

For the reassurance of Hawk and TYO, Eto landed on the floor of the Tortoise, inside the hatch at the back of the ship.

He threw TYO and Hawk down on the floor to make sure they were inside and the hatch slowly started to close behind them.

Veronica looked at the monitor and saw they had entered the ship.

‘Get us out of here!’ she yelled with tension and Djon nodded.

‘Aye sweetheart,’ he said as he saw multiple ships from the soldiers getting up in the air.

'We will lose them in the atmosphere, where we will make a hyperjump.’

Jon pulled the steering stick and started his escape.

With a speed and movement like Veronica had never seen and felt before, Djon maneuvered the ship out of the city and up in the air. The ship was faster than the tiny ships of the soldiers and soon they escaped the blaster shots getting shot at them.

The intercom started to crack and suddenly a voice was heard.

‘Passengers of the Tortoise. This is Admiral Gustia. You are,’ but Djon turned it off. Veronica looked at him and he smiled back. ‘No need for us to hear an Admiral tell us we need to return.’

The tortoise made his way from the city and soon they left the clouds and started to enter the atmosphere.

‘That went easy’ Djon said with sarcasm while he looked at the radars. Behind them, Eto and the rest came into the cockpit.

‘I guess we won’t be having any more surprises,’ Djon said while looking outside into the dark space filled with stars.

Suddenly, a loud bang was heard and a giant black ship entered the atmosphere before them from a hyperjump.

‘Oh no,’ Hawk said with fear and Veronica immediately saw why.

It was the same ship that had landed and attacked Borner.

It was the ship of Generation Zero.