11 Epic Death (1/2)
Alas mother nature is a fickle bitch, whose temper is only exceeded by her wrath. With only one minute on the clock until I was supposed to bail the missiles suddenly entered a massive thunderstorm while my playlist continued onto the next song, the familiar twang of a electric guitar playing as the ”Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane” began to echo in my ears.
With black clouds blocking my sight and lightning raging all around me I felt my blood run cold as I instinctively sensed immense danger. Unfortunately the lightning was much faster than I was and a massive bolt struck me head on rapidly depleting most of my Ki while bouncing across both missiles. this first bolt was followed by a strange second even stronger green bolt which finally pierced thru my Ki Guard.
As the minuscule bolt of pure green energy entered my body I felt my vision grow dark as I barely remained conscious. Unfortunately my time was up for the course change timer I had set activated and the missiles began to rapidly ascend once again.
A few seconds later the missiles erupted from the dark storm clouds as they headed full-speed ahead for the outer atmosphere. Despite the massive drag factor of wind and gravity, traveling at mach 10 which is faster than the speed of sound in less than a minute both missiles entered the stratosphere while the temperature began to rapidly plummet, a thin layer of ice already forming on the noses of both missiles.
Barely conscious, after being struck by a powerful bolt of strange green lightning it was a miracle I was still alive let alone conscious, yet my situation continued to look grimmer with each passing second as I travelled farther and farther away from the planet's surface while the meager amount of Ki I had remaining which incidentally was the only thing protecting me from a variety of deadly factors was also rapidly being depleted.
A minute later the missiles exited the mesosphere and entered the thermosphere officially reaching outer space and it suddenly grew eerily silent yet I could still feel their engines continue to roar as they rocketed towards the exosphere and then the depths of space.
As I gazed down upon the entire planet, my earpiece suddenly glowed to life as the last song I would ever hear in this life, ”Europe - The Final Countdown” began to play and as I listened to the lyrics which oddly resounded with my present situation I had to admit that as far as last things to see go it was by far the most beautiful thing probably anyone had ever seen ever, for what filled my eyes was a heavenly vision of the entire cosmos with the moon on my left, the sun on my right and earth like a glistening jewel in the heart of this breathtaking sight.
It was at this moment that I realized I wasn't going to make it back home, not that I had resigned myself to my fate for I would never lose hope nor stop striving my utmost to survive but I had done the calculations and in less than nine minute when my Ki depleted I would either suffocate, explode or turn into a popsicle however any of these would kill me almost instantly with my current injured state although I figured all 3 would happen simultaneously to me.
Worst was that I had no strength left in my body so removing my arms which I had pierced quit deeply in to the missiles metallic shell during the thunderstorm was impossible meaning even if I had more Ki I would still die from the nuclear explosion.
Still my mind raced with thoughts as i desperately tried to find any chance to survive. Yet once again fortunate seemed to favor me poorly for tragedy befell me once again in the form of a small field of space debris which traveling at the speed of 17,500 mph was literarily a ”field of death” to me.
As I mustered what little will remained within me to survive I braced myself for what I figured was the end. when the space debris finally collided with the missiles it was like being in the middle of an intergalactic warzone with various sized pieces of death hurtling by from every single direction simultaneously, sparks shooting up from every place the missiles were struck by debris.