97 Lucy (1/2)

Lucy was still leaning against the wall next to the door, their captain Adrien just left through. She was thinking about the last few months since those aliens invaded their home planet. A few years back they were invaded by another army. The soldiers then described themselves as subordinates of Lord Cooler. They were just too strong but after waging war with them for months, the elites of their race were finally able to kill them all. Thereafter they put all their resources together to establish an elite squad that would defend their world if one day another invasion came to be.

Lucy was obviously one of them. One of the most talented females. Even before she was put into the program to become a member of this elite squad, she was a champion of her kingdom with a tender age of 16. Now a few years later she had excellent results. She was said to be the third strongest on this planet, after Adrien and their lord in his prime.

She gave it her all to be the strongest she could be, not only for herself but for her little sister as well. They were always all they had. That's why she had to leave. Like her, her sister showed an extraordinary talent and with this new training room, she would reach unbelievable heights, but she couldn't allow this. She had been in this room and it was horrifying, even she or Adrien couldn't reach the upper limits of this room and the methods themselves were torturing. She had always been fighting her whole life, trying to create a safe environment for her sister. She wouldn't let her sister endure a struggle worse than hers, just to become another of her lord's pawn!

The lord had already brought her sister to the military base nearby, but because Lucy had adamantly rejected them to put her into the room. Since she was one of their strongest, they couldn't just ignore her will, so they had to comply. Her sister would only do basic training for now, but she didn't know how long she would be able to keep them at bay.

She couldn't understand why they all were just too stubborn to leave this planet. If the aliens want to have it so badly, then just give it to them. Her race was strong enough to establish themselves on any other planet. Since they want to stay here, then they can just do that. If she could steal the ship, she would be able to leave this planet with her sister and live somewhere far away.

She could only hope that the ship would have a lot of healing pills, so Adrien would bring those pills directly to the city lord. With Adrien out of the picture she would have free reign. She now only needed a pilot who could control the alien's spaceship, for her sister to be ready for takeoff and for the other squad members to be distracted when the time comes.

She still had about half an hour, it should be enough to get her preparations done.

Lucy went out of the room with determination.

After half an hour the squad had assembled themselves already, only Lucy was missing. ”Where the fuck is, she?” A guy with a long scar across his face growled out.

As soon as his words fell, a figure rapidly approached them from the distance. Lucy landed right in front of them in full camouflaged gear like the rest.

”Where were you?” Adrien asked, it was weird that she left right before the start of the mission.

”I just visited my sister, just to be sure. After all, there are new experts in their base now, right?”

”Don't jinx it.” Adrien said with a wry smile.

”Alright, enough chatting. Let's do this!”

From the base of the tree, they quickly flew through the jungle. After only a few dozen minutes, they arrived a few tens of kilometers away from the clearing. They had to be cautious, maybe the aliens had placed a few sentries here or just scouts hiding in the bushes. They were carefully scouring through the surroundings as they searched for any aliens lying in wait. Although they were careful, they were quite confident in their abilities, especially after seeing the skills of their enemies. Of course, they were strong opponents and battle hardened, but their knowledge over this terrain was subpar compared to theirs.

After another 10 minutes they were only a few kilometers away. They had already spread and were trying to surround the clearing, so they wouldn't be surprised from one side. A few minutes after approaching it further, they started to give each other signals, so they would know who was in position. They imitated bird and other animal noises to make the others know. In the jungle this wouldn't draw any suspicion, furthermore the aliens seemed to be unfamiliar with these tactics.

After all of them were in position, one of them approached the clearing. He entered the clearing and dashed towards the middle. He seemed to crash into something after trenches in the ground appeared. They were obviously made by the ship's legs. After the ship had been described to them, they knew the rough outer layout. The figure ducked under the ship and positioned himself in the center. He straightened his back and lifted it from the ground. He quickly flew into the sky and headed straight into one direction. He was flying just over the crowns of the trees, so one couldn't easily detect him, and the ship wouldn't be obstructed by the trees.

The one with the ship had flown to a small area with a small pond. He was hovering above the pond waiting.