Resolution

[Android-18]

The fight had occurred so blindingly fast. Lo’clia did her best to keep up with Sophia’s magic, and Kaden’s wizardry. Her sword bit through invader flesh like a knife through butter. There was demonic blood all over the engine room, and splattered against her armour. The blade of her weapon was slathered by the life-juices, dripping wildly with every swing. Before long, the only sound that could be heard was that of the humming engines and heavy breathes that left their lips. The princess looked to her comrades, people whom she had only just met hours ago, wordless.

“What’s he doing?” she whispered low to the woman beside her.

“He’s doing what he always does.”

Loch stared in confusion and then stumbled. The ship could be felt moving, as minimal as it was; it was inching away from the city. She sheathed her sword and watched in awe. She couldn’t see the full extent of his skills at play, but she could see beyond the ripped metal and the land moving below. This was intense.

An explosion shuddered through the craft, and then another. “They set the bombs,” Kaden called out. His job was done; the alien ship was headed away from Ja City and toward the coast. With any luck it would sail toward its demise...hopefully without them onboard.

“We have to get out of here!” Sophia grabbed Lo’clia’s wrist and tugged her along, following the blonde male as he dashed past them.

“Y-yes! Of course!” she agreed and her feet took on an agile speed. They raced along the corridor that had come from. Another explosion sounded off, they were ripping apart the hull of the ship, and moving along. Soon the entire craft would explode into chaos around them.

“We’ll have to take that ship again,” Kaden said over his shoulder, and the trio skidded through the open doorways. By now the entire ship was shaking, metal creaked and moaned from the pressure of the explosion. The courier lifted his hands and, rather than finding the button, he used his energy to tear a hole through the docking ramp to make it unhinge and fly off toward the ground below. They clambered into the small vessel soon afterward.

“Push the button!” Sophia looked toward Loch.

“What? I don’t recall which-

Kaden slammed his hand down on the panel wildly, and the doors hissed closed. The ship trembled like a leaf in the wind, before it suddenly shot through the opening and into the brooding cloudy sky. Rain pelted the metallic shell, but they couldn’t hear it, the force of their blast off made the two mages and the knight grip whatever they could and try to not become smeared against the back of the ship. When the pull of the ship’s speed finally normalized, and Kaden, with eyes closed tight, tapped wildly at a big red button, their world was finally righted.

“That was fun.”

Sophia shot Loch an incredulous look. The princess smiled as if she had just taken a ride on a rollercoaster. Her eyes were wide, and staring out of the window, all but climbing over Kaden to do so. The world spread out below them, Ja City was smoking and ruined around the space port. Rain began to obscure the view as the small craft sailed leisurely across the city.

Using a guessing game of ‘which button will land the ship’ they finally settled on a grassy knoll just outside of the city. Loch walked a few feet away, her gaze pinned to the sky, their conquest finished. Myreen slowly careened toward the vast ocean, flames licking the sky along with ebony clouds of smoke and bits of burning debris. The air smelt nice, fresh, the rain gentle in her hair and against her face.

“Now, when will this dream end? I saved the two guides, and we successfully sunk the sky ship,” Loch asked herself, hands on her hips. Her violet eyes flicked left and right as she waited. This adventure was done...so, she wondered, why was she still here?

“Wizard! I demand you return me.”

“What the...” Kaden scratched the back of his head. “Anyway, we should check out Spacey’s, I hear they have some great food.”

Sophia pulled her gaze away from the princess, and to her companion. “Shouldn’t we find out what her deal is? She did, you know, fall out of the sky,” the girl motioned toward the clouds with a hand as she spoke.

“Why isn’t this working…?” Loch weaved a hand through her tresses and turned toward the pair. “I’m not supposed to be here. My request was fulfilled. We completed our quest, didn’t we?”

“How exactly did you get here?” Kaden asked.

“A wizard,” Loch confessed, hands beginning to wring together. “You see, I went to see the wizard in the forests. I asked him to teleport me to the adventure, a place where I could finally do whatever I wanted, rather than live the life my father laid out for me. Isn’t this Namek near Forar?” Her eyes wavered as she stared at them.

“Oh, boy,” Sophia gnawed on her bottom lip in thought. “How do I put this?” she began. “You’re not anywhere near Forar, or any Kingdom. This is Namek, planet Namek. I don’t think your wizard sent you where you wanted to go.”

Lo’clia’s eyes widened and she lifted a hand to her mouth in shock. “No?” she breathed. Suddenly the princess began to pace. “A planet, another planet? This doesn’t make any sense. Such things aren’t possible! I need to go home…I don’t belong here. Oh no!” she became a frantic mess, no longer so calm and collected. Although she tried to be a mighty knight, it was all under the belief that she was not far from home. She was a young girl playing dress up. Underneath it all she was still just a princess, lost, having never even left the boundaries of her own Kingdom.

“Please,” she turned to them once more with fingers clasped. “You must help me, you’re my only hope.”