Chapter 391: Rescue Team (1/2)
”How close are we to the planet Halbert!”
”Apologies ma'am! But the space has gotten thicker with debris, we should be expecting a thirty-minute delay…” A man handling a control panel spoke in a shaky voice to his clear superior standing to his side, pure distress on her face.
”No slowing down! That is an order!”
”B-But! General Davis we— ”
”No buts lieutenant! These kids have waited long enough and must be scared out of their minds! Shalkers are on that planet and have beat us to it! Full speed ahead! If the ship sustains damage then it's fine by me! UNDERSTOOD!?”
”Y-yes ma'am! U-understood!”
For days, principal Rayna Davis and her elite soldiers had set off on a long excursion. Her fiery eyes were like that of a viper, keenly looking out towards the vast expanses of the zooming space with her sweaty hands tightly held behind her back and so much brewing underneath her frown and furrowed eyebrows.
The reason was unexpected… A shalker attack, which not only broke the treaty put in place but also the death of three instructors and a student.
The ship was filled with operators and soldiers, and the size of it was nothing short of a warship… Because war was something fully to be expected.
At first, she couldn't believe it, such an action was nothing shy of a declaration of war between the two races, but the voice transmissions from the instructors were more than clear evidence.
”Ma'am! We have a visual and are ready to land!”
”Good! Can you accurately track the locations of all the students!?”
”Yes! They should be to a mountain to the north! But, we won't have a clear la— ”
”Doesn't matter! Land as close as possible to the students! THAT IS AN ORDER!! IS THAT CLEAR?”
”C-Crystal…”
The blackness of space around the ship was suddenly and abruptly replaced with white, white, snow and wind that consumed all. The room began to shake, as though the ground was ready to crumble beneath them. Amber lights and emergency sounds rang throughout the entire ship due to the abrupt landing, yet no one onboard panicked nor complained as they pushed on to completing their rough, yet successful landing, somehow suffering little to no damage on the ship.
As soon as they halted, the massive doors sprung open like a folding gate, and the cold, unforgiving tundra of the planet blasted their faces within.
”Attention all soldiers! Your orders had already been given out to you! Search the area and notify me as soon as you sense a disturbance! As for the others, come with me towards the red marker on your maps! That's where the kids are!”
”YES MA'AM!”
”Then let's move on!”
Like a silent blur, she disappeared from place, and all her soldiers that were considered as the top echelon of elites stood there visibly stunned at where their leader went, their eyes wide and their face sweating. It was as though she was never even there.
Yet, luckily for them, they did not need her directions as they followed suit at their own pace, lagging severely behind.
In that mere instance, Principal Rayna Davis had made it halfway towards the marker, ignoring the harsh climate as she flew against the wind at her top speed, gritting her teeth and squinting her eyes.
But that was when in the distance, she saw what seemed like a castle, and when referring back to her marker, she found it to be the same area…
In that moment, her heart sank, and a realization dawned on her…
'FUCK!!' She inwardly wailed.
They were not safely in a cave like the instructors told... Her students were most likely captured and held hostage within that castle, maybe even tortured…
Her teeth were beginning to crackle in the cold wind from how hard she held them tight, and she accelerated further until she reached the castle gate.
There she witnessed clear signs of battle, areas with snow melted, scorch marks on the walls and ground, cracks on the roof. It was all rather intense, but most peculiar of all was the lack of guards watching over such a big establishment.
However, those thoughts were mere passing ones. She had no time to fully analyze and investigate, not when her students' lives were at risk along with the possibility of an ambush.