~The Conversion Bureau - The Last Human Chapter 6~
~By Maxis122~
I continued to look into the distant areas of the world as the plane soared through the clouds. Everything was peaceful and the plane seemed to be able to take itself to the England area. I looked to my left and saw Elliot sleeping there, he must have been tired.
After standing up and stretching I moved back into the back part of the plane. Shutting the door behind me I looked around the gunning compartment which had the many cannons. Each fitted with a targeting system and a handle rail to aim the weapon.
By the side was the shells and ammunition that would be fired from each cannon respectively. I pressed a button on the middle cannon and looked at the details about it. It was aimed at some sea area at the moment and was ready to fire.
I looked to its loading compartment and it still had its full four rounds fitted. Then my attention turned to the back of the plane where the back was still open. And thanks to this some loose ammunition had fallen out the back when the plane took off. But I didn’t need any of this ammunition to be honest.
So I began to walk to the back of the plane where it was completely open ended. The land was far below and the clouds were moving past at a constant speed. After staring out into the outside world I turned my back to that part of the plane and then began to walk back.
Then a mass of clouds appeared and blocked the view from behind, so when I looked back there was only white. I was sure that it was just a normal block of clouds but then something else changed my opinion.
Something then grabbed my left leg and before I could look to see what had done this I was suddenly dragged out of the plane. I began to free fall for a few seconds, I was quite stunned at the time. What the hell was going on? That was the only thing that I could think about.
The plane was then out of view, hidden in the clouds. I then noticed that I was actually slowing down, It felt like something was carrying me. Yet I was still suspended in mid air, with nothing else in sight.
Then I was completely suspended in the air, about a couple of feet from the ground. But now I could feel that something was actually carrying me - whether it pulled me out is subject to believe. But whatever it is and for whatever reason it got me down here must have been a big one.
Then I was dropped and I landed on the floor - my legs gave in so I ended up flat on the ground. I took a deep breath and then pushed myself up and got back on to my two legs. They wobbled a bit because of the mass falling but they were stable enough to allow me to stand up.
I then looked in front of me and then left - then right. But there was nothing there, nothing was there at all. It was like something had brung me down just to leave me here and then leave. Maybe that was what happened, but then I turned around and came face to face with two rose red eyes.
I recoiled and then looked again from a distance. Then my eyes couldn’t help but notice the rainbow mane and the cyan blue coat that the pegasus had. It was almost like I had seen this pony before, maybe a long time ago.
“Why are you traveling with him?” the pegasus asked in a demanding tone.
“How about you tell me why you pulled me out of a plane?” I asked back. The pegasus then got somewhat frustrated at my attitude towards her.
“Hey, I asked you first!” she shouted at me.
“Well you pulled me out of a plane first!” I shouted back.
“Common, I couldn’t talk around him!” She shouted at me again. Talk around ‘him’, was she referring to Elliot?
“Why couldn’t you talk around ‘him’” I asked in a more calm tone.
“That’s why I asked you about you traveling with him. He’s a bad pony!” the pegasus said in a serious tone.
“He’s bad... You mean that he is the last hope for my race? Is that bad?” I asked.
“You are really deluded, aren’t you?” she said as she tilted her head and frowned.
“How am I deluded? If there is anyone like that it must be your race. Your princess brought this upon my world” I ranted.
“Unfortunately this is one story that you must see from all angles to understand Max...” she said. Then it hit me again, she knows my name without me telling her.
“How do you know my name?” I asked.
“As I said, you need to look at this from another angle. When you get to the hospital, let Elliot look around. Then look at the records - trust me” She went on. Trusting her was like taking another turn in this immense journey that I was undergoing.
I was now coming to the point where the phrase “Trust no-one” was beginning to come into play. If I looked upon this from another angle then that would probably answer my questions. I would just have to play the game for now in order to get what I needed from it.
“Ok, I’ll look” I said. Then she nodded and walked up to me and looked up. Then she flew up and grabbed me. Pulling me back up to the sky where the AC-130 was flying. It took a little while to get back up as now I wasn’t falling. The plane was still flying by itself like I hadn’t left at all.
The back was still open too so the pegasus was able to drop me in the back of the plane again. I walked into the plane so I was a safe distance away from the edge, then I turned back to face the pegasus again - who was standing on the edge.
“She talked a lot about you and...” She said before suddenly jolting her head towards the door of the cabin and then jumping out of the plane. I then looked back to see that Elliot had woken up and that he was walked towards me.
“You ok, Max?” he asked as he yawned from having a good nights sleep. For now this would all have to be kept to myself, it was information that was keeping my on top of the current situations.
“Yeah, I’m fine” I simply said as I walked back and pressed the button to close the back door. The air stream was then cut off so everything became still again inside of the plane.
“Are you sure, you look a bit jetlagged. And by that I mean you look like...”
“You got that one from a game” I said cutting him off.
“A old game, but fun none the less”
“But I am fine, honestly. Anyway I have one thing to ask”
“What is it?” Elliot said with a bit of a uneasy tone.
“Where is the research place?” I asked.
“Here...” Elliot said as he walked into the cabin and pointed at it on the GPS.
I walked to the cabin again and looked at the GPS, we were almost at London now. So that would mean that I would need to land the plane somewhere. I could land it at one of the airports but then I would have to find a car to get back into the middle of London. It was going to be a while to find a runway so I pressed a couple of buttons and searched the map for a airport.
“So, what happens now” Elliot asked.
“Now we need to land somewhere” I said as I found a landing area in a airport. It was about a mile away but it would have to do. Then I noticed something didn’t feel right as I looked right and out of the window.
For some reason I could see some kind of tail hanging on the outside of the plane. It was spiked on the end and it had scales on it. I ignored it at first, but then it was all the more familiar. My eyes widened and I recoiled back to see what I most certainly didn’t want to see again.
“DRAGON!” I shouted as I jumped to the ground and pulled Elliot down with me. Then a blast of fire blew the windows up and ignited the cabin of the plane. Elliot managed to get out and I was right behind him. A roar sounded from the outside as the dragon breathed more fire into the cabin.
I then quickly grabbed one of the parachutes and put it on Elliot's back. He was somewhat shocked as I did it but then he began to regain his senses. I pulled the last strap to secure the parachute onto Elliot and then I looked to the back door that was closed.
“Ok, I’m going to open that back door and you are going to jump out. You know how to use a parachute right?” I shouted at Elliot. He nodded and then ran towards the back of the plane. I got to my feet and then walked over to the button to open the back of the plane.
After hitting the button the door began to open and the outside was covered in black smoke. Elliot then ran out of the back and disappeared. It was just me now who had to escape, so I moved to the front again and picked up a parachute.
Then when I turned around the dragon was at the exit of the plane, looking at me with its demonic eyes. I then jumped to the left and the dragon breathed fire upon where I was. I hid behind one of the ammo containers for a moment and then I looked at my parachute - which had been burned up.
I then looked to the parachute container that had also been burned up by the dragons fire. Now I was free falling in a AC-130 without a parachute. Plus, to make it even better there was a dragon that wanted to kill me outside. Another blast of fire passed me as the dragon attempted to attack me again, but I was still in cover.
I looked around the cover and saw the dragons was recovering its fire blast - this was my time. So I got to my feet and ran towards the back of the plane and hid behind another ammo container. The dragon didn’t see me run so now I had the element of surprise. Quickly I grabbed my tomahawk and looked down at the rope that was holding the ammo crate in place.
I slammed by tomahawk against it a couple of times and it broke. Then I turned around and did the same to the other end. The ammo crate was now loose enough to fall out of the plane, so I put my back to the crate and pushed it back. With a couple of tries the container became free and at this time the dragon breathed fire.
The container slid down the plane and hit the dragon in the face sending it off balance. This forced it to take another place to attack and I knew where I wanted it to go. With that I ran to the gunning area and tapped my tomahawk on the outside of the plane to get the dragons attention.
“COMMON YOU BIG FUCKER!” I shouted as I hit the tomahawk loader. Then the dragon flew around the plane and grabbed onto the side with all of the guns on it. Exactly the place where I wanted it. I then held onto the aiming rail and pointed it at the chest of the dragon. The dragon then took a big bite of the plane so the gunning part was completely exposed.
I then forced the gun up and looked up at the dragon. I then kicked the fire button and then I heard a loud explosion. This was followed by a cloud of smoke being left where the dragon once was. The command module then said “Gun Fired - Reload”. With that I relaxed for a moment and look a step back from the gun.
The dragon was dead, finally. But then that thought was destroyed when the head of the dragon trusted itself into the plane and ripped out the main gun. I jumped backwards and watched as the dragon threw the gun into a random building - causing the building loose a lot of its glass and structure.
Then the dragon turned its attention to me again, it looked down at me - twice as pissed as before. It had now taken a 105 shell to the chest and a car to the head. Just my luck to come back to my country and get greeted by this thing.
I then ran towards the next gun and looked a the dragon what then got ready to rip this gun out as well. But it then looked left and suddenly jumped off the plane - had it given up? I looked at it in confusion for a moment but then I looked to see what it saw.
The Gherkin was in the path of the plane and the dragon had seen this coming. For what I could do now was to focus on attacking the dragon. So I moved to the last of the guns - which was a gatling gun. It was all ready to fire and the dragon was in sight. After adjusting the aim of the gun I then pressed the button to spin up the barrel.
Sparks flew as I pressed the button and a barrage of bullets flew at the dragon. The first few missed but then the rest hit the dragon, shedding its wings to pieces and sending it flying to the ground. A puff of smoke rises from where the dragon landed.
The dragon yelped as it hit the ground and pulled a couple of small buildings down with it. For what I could think of the dragon still might be alive - but now it couldn’t fly. Other then that it shouldn’t be one of my problems for a little while.
Now I had dealt with that I needed to deal with the last of the matters, being that I was heading straight for the Gherkin. I ran to the pilot seat and pushed the controlled forwards and to the left. The plane somewhat moved to the left but there was little change in its direction. The plane might not get hit directly but there was going to be some contact.
The Gherkin got closer and closer as the plane slowly moved down and left. Seconds were becoming more valuable as I looked to the impending doom that was ahead. With a yell I pulled the controller back as hard as I could to try and get the plane to move just a bit more. Then it happened.
The right wing of the plane caught the building and the glass exploded upon the impact. The plane seemed to go straight through the building as if it were I knife cutting butter. The plane lost a lot of speed from doing this and it pointed in a more down like direction now. The plane then exited the building leaving a sizable mark on the side on it - but the plane was still on the move.
The street ahead was empty and the plane was headed toward the street. The wing of the plane was shredded up and was just keeping itself together. I pulled the controller up to try and get some more air to get a better landing. This had little effect and the ground got closer and closer.
Everything that I did seemed to make the impending ending all the more likely. Nothing was working on the plane anymore and warnings were beginning to pop up all over the command module. Everything was going to hell.
The only thing that I could do now would be to try and jump out of the plane. So with that idea in mind I grabbed my backpack and ran towards the back of the plane. The foreseeable world beyond the plane was a lot slower then before and was getting closer. Everything was riding on these next few steps.
Everything seemed to slow down as each step took place and then the last step came. It was on the edge of the platform at the end of the plane. With a lot of push I flew out of the plane and made some air. I then rolled into a ball and landed on the floor, rolling a couple of times as I slowed down.
I then layed on the ground and turned my head to see the plane crash on the street and fall apart. It grinded across the ground and pulled a couple of building parts down with it until it eventually came to a full stop. I lied there for a moment to regain my breath and focus on the fact that I actually survived.
I then let out a big sigh and I closed my eyes. Everything was now back to where I had started - back here in London. The next thing that I needed to do was to go to the research place and find Elliot. But there was one thing that was still bugging me - and it had since I met Elliot.
Something about him just made me feel uneasy when I was around him - a unhuman thing about him that I couldn’t explain. Then again this was just me speculating on him from what I have heard. This was all going to get wrapped up really soon though. Because everything seemed to be coming together. Soon it would.