As I reach for the back, I hear patrolling footsteps in the news station helipad area. I see the two rotors pop and a command tower on the side with one soldier of the elite I feared, keeping a keen eye.

Its hard to see what they see because my vision is different from theirs, it could be like their eyes closed in this darkness. I take a chance by going near the command tower. Jump wall to wall and jump right inside the command tower with both my knives out and cut the soldier’s throat. As I use my knees to stop my momentum by pressing in his lower torso, he was panicking and gashing out blood. I land then cut his hands, then submit him to the floor. I took a look at the helipad, I see the four guard circling the helicopter in sync, then one of them tap on his left ear, then they look at the command tower. As I see their head moving towards it, I ducked down to avoid being sight. I realize that they know he is dead or injured.

As I was thinking of my approaches, a stream of bullets broke the glasses of the command tower, then a grenade gets lopped onto the tower, surprised, I quickly grabbed the grenade and throw it back at them. I just realize that it could damage the helicopter but its too late, I ducked back down and closed my ears. The explosion sounded, then after five seconds of silence as I uncover my ears, I heard gun fire from the helipad. I look up and see Reba shooting a soldier but its armour halted the bullets. I sneakily went down the ladder of the command tower, then roll behind the closest solder. As the soldier crouched and turned around to face me, I stabbed his eyes with my knives, they broke the glass of the eyes lens, and I could see and face of a white man under the helmet. The man screamed in agony and the other soldier took notice.

I quickly retracted and jump from the helicopter to the fence to kick the soldier on my left on the back of his head, knocked to the head of the helicopter, smashing his face. The two other soldiers suppress fired in my direction but couldn’t get a reach and tried to get the screaming soldier out of there.

From the back, I use the edge out technique for my knives and stabbed this soldiers eyes as well, this time a deep woman voice screamed in agony. I retracted, the jump on top of the helicopter and crouched, Reba ran up from the back of the helicopter, the soldiers jumped on the passenger section and fired on Reba, she fired back while moving to the news station door. I jumped onto the shoulders of the closer to Reba of the two and cross slash its throat, blood spilling everywhere. The other soldier takes out a grenade. I jumped and double kicked his face, letting go his grenade. I grabbed the bleeding soldier and land on my feet. I ran up to the soldier then I heard Reba shout “Stop Lue.”. I rolled behind the hold, then right arm lock his neck, then put my left knife at its throat, then ask, “Why sw... honey?”. She ran up and interrogated the soldier, “Who and where is the Canadian soldier?”. The soldier yelled out, “BTC!”. Then his suit starting blinking, it was going to self destruct. I warned Reba as I let go and sprinted out of the blast, “Run away!”. Reba baffled, “What?”. Then the soldier exploded. I wasn’t caught in the blast but the left window of the helicopter broke and shards of plates impaled Reba’s legs. Reba fell down and screamed a scream I never heard before.

Reba then yelled, “Fuck, shit, bitch, fucking cunt, fucking, fuck!”. She took fragments of plates out of her leg. I ran up to her and just about when I was about to say something, she shouted at me, “Why didn’t you told me he would blow up?”. With a sting of confusion, I claim “I said to run...”. But she interrupted through shouting, “Fuck, look just take me to the helicopter.”. I picked her up with my right arm holding her torso and the other her legs, she said in pain, “Hey, watch it, fuck.”. I started to shake but at the same time, I was excited, I felt like a saviour, I was saving her life.

I put her in the driver seat, as I sit on the passenger seat. I asked, “Do you think you can still fly, honey?”. She takes some breaths, “Yeah, I’ll will get this started.”. She broke off the key plate of the helicopter and took out a kit, starting doing a bunch of cable moving and manipulating, then the helicopter starts. She puts away the kit and gets ready to fly the helicopter. She looks at me and ask, “Why are you smiling? This isn’t fly buttercup. My legs feel like they been bitten by a shark. The whole city have gone to shit and fuck knows what have happened the other Technovanians, and you are hear smiling like its all fine. Have you even spoke to Grang?”. My face turned from excited thrill to concerning, I replied, “No, I didn’t.”.

I took my phone and called Grang, he picked up and said in a sarcastic voice, “Oh h-hey Lue, how have it been?”. Worried, I answered, “Um, me and Reba have some business, um, are you okay?”. He continued the sarcasm, “Oh, I’m just doing fine you know, just hiding in my hide out because my fucking shop burn down because of the Goonies.”. He then yelled in a serious tone, “Why the fuck didn’t you pick up you...”. Then I pull the phone away from my ear, then close to my mouth, I told him nervously, “Sorry, I can’t hear you, don’t worry, I’ll help once I get the chance. See ya.”. Then I hang up the call.

Reba asked, “Did he call you earlier?”, I checked, he has. I replied, “Yeah, five times. Sorry I was running in the...”, Reba interrupted, “Just forget about it, I don’t want you to feel like a failure. Just relax.”. I remained silent.

Reba got the helicopter up to a high attitude. She steers it heading west. The ride was shaky, I asked, “Is there something wrong with the helicopter?”. She replied, “No. I think.”. I saw here arm shaking, and scratching. I asked, “How long have you been a pilot?”. She said, “Three weeks. Don’t worry about it.”. Well she was flying it so there that.

About fifth-teen minutes later, that helicopter that I saw earlier started to chase us from the right. I point at it and told Reba, “Honey, there is a big chopper at our tail.”. She looks at her right then gasp. She took deep breaths and said in slow successions, “Okay, okay, okay.”. Then followed with, “I’m bringing it down.”. The helicopter move to it side to have the railgun pointing at us with a person mounting it.

Reba drop the helicopter faster, nose at like a down 45 degree angle. I hold on tight, yelling, “Wait, you are gonna hit.”. She replied, “Better than getting shot buttercup.”. The NO-306 chopper tilted down and fire two missiles. I yelled, “Not good.”. Looked at the ground, “Not good.”. Then at Reba, “Not good.”. I know that I can just jump off right now and be find, but Reba was a normal human being, with injured legs, the drop and velocity was too great. I had to take in my own hands tho it actually feels really wrong because this is Reba.

I said, “Sorry Reba.”. She said with a smile, “Don’t be, I got this.”. She tried to tilt the helicopter back to a neutral position but it had too much momentum, it was going to crash. I took off our seat bets, she yelled, “What are you doing?”. Then I grabbed Reba with a hug, and jump off the descending helicopter with me position in a way were I would take most of the fall.

As I and Reba fall, the helicopter crashed and exploded. Reba silver out of my hands and kick me away, I yelled “No Reba, don’t!”. She looked at me with anger and disappointment then hits with her legs on top of a barn roof with a bone breaking crunch. It made me blasted with dredge. I landed on my limbs on soft grass. I looked around and see the barn, a house with broken windows, a ranch with broken fences and the fire of the news chopper behind me get blown with the two missiles, expanding the fire.

I look up and see the NO-306 helicopter, it flew away. I presume that they think we are dead and I’m pumping hope so.

I called for Reba, “Reba, are you okay?.. Reba?.. Reba?..”. No answer, I ran up and climbed the barn, as I reach the roof, I see Reba laying there with disfigured legs. I ran like I never ran before and crouched to see if she is breathing. She is.

I tried to wake here up, “Get up, Reba, are you okay? Please be unmuted. Don’t die.”. I started to tear up but then she opened her blue eyes and muddle, “Lue.”. Then lifted herself up but could only barely sit and sees the fire.

She admit, “Damn, you were right. I guess we are fucked.”. Relieved, I wipe the tears off my face, saying, “Don’t worry, we are out of the city. We will find the mysterious Canadian soldier. Don’t you worry.”.

I heard bells and hoof steps. I look down and see a pack of six cows, they were frantic, weak and making weird noises, then I heard dogs frantically barking and them cows rammed into each other.

When I lay my eyes on Reba, she looked worried but she was focusing on breathing. I knew that my biggest responsibility right now was to get Reba to a safe place.