Get To The VTOL

The sound of the alien war ship dying was so loud that I could not hear the earphones from my two-way radio inside my Nanosuit. The vibrations of the ship coming down on top of the carrier pushed me so much that I had to keep looking down to determine if I was still touching the ground with my feet.

I was running as fast as I could, but it didn't seem like the edge of the carrier was getting any closer. For a second, I wondered if this was all a dream. That I was about to wake up in my recliner back home after falling asleep while watching TV. Was some sci-fi movie behind this dream?

Dream or no dream, I kept pushing myself to run as fast as I could. My Nanosuit was still in speed mode, but that didn't seem to help. I felt the carrier begin to break apart. I focused. I was getting closer to the edge. I could see Helena screaming at me to hurry up.



I reached the edge of the ship and realized I had to jump to land inside the VTOL. Any closer and the VTOL might get taken down with the carrier. Did I have enough energy to make the jump after all of this running?

When my right foot hit a couple of inches from the edge of the carrier, I jumped as hard as I could. I landed on the floor of the VTOL. I felt Helena push down on me to lock me down as Psycho flew away. I made it!

I got up and tried to close the door on the VTOL. I wasn't moving. It looks like it might have broke from the earlier issues with the war ship. So we watched as the alien war ship pounced on top of the carrier. From what I could tell, I was the only survivor left on the ship after the alien war ship began firing at the carrier.



When the war ship pushed the carrier into the sea, we saw both go up in flames.



A few seconds later, the energy from both the carrier and the alien war ship caused a huge nuclear explosion.



The shock waves hit our VTOL and caused us to spin out of control! Helena began to fly out of the back of the craft! I reached out and grabbed her with my left arm and wrapped my right arm around the hinge on the broken door.



I need to figure out how I can get her back into the VTOL before my strength gives out.

I will be back in touch soon.

Nomad ... signing out.

Next Steps

Helena probably only weighed a little over 100 pounds, but the G-forces made it feel like four or five hundred pounds. That explosion wanted to throw both of us into the center of the glowing sphere.

I had already been close enough to that alien war ship, so I hung on with everything I had. Once Psycho got the VTOL back under control, I was able to pull Helena back to safety.

We both rested for a few minutes inside the VTOL - looking out at a now peaceful sea below.



Psycho informed us that a military cruiser is not too far away. They are en route to help us and will be in the area within the hour. What an adventure this has been, since being air-dropped on the island not too long ago.



While we debated if we would head toward the cruiser to meet them half-way, Psycho radioed back to us. Prophet is still alive and he's on the island! He had survived the nuclear bomb drop and is still alive inside the sphere.

Psycho asked what we should do and we all agreed. Now that we know how we can stop them, we are going back to the island to assist Prophet in taking care of these machines once and for all!



We are en route to the island now. It might be a while before you hear from me, but please know one thing ... I WILL be back in touch soon!

Nomad ... signing out.