Sam - 14

Cont...

The instant they were in the air Sam felt alive. He lived to fly, lived for that rush of being able to defy gravity.

Looking over he savored the fact he had a wingman today. He'd gotten so used to not having one but today it was a comfort.

They moved as one banking and swerving in tandem. Avery had never flown missions with them but she had been the one to teach them how to do fancy yet vital tricks with the wings so she was his equal if not better at flying the wings than he.

It didn't take but two seconds for the thrill to vanish with the explosions that welcomed them. They broke formation swerving and dodging missiles, attracting attention as they bore down towards the base.

Swooping up they flew up the side of the cliffside by side just out of the sight of the weapons. When they hit the edge of the rock Avery disengaged her wings and somersaulted forward blasting one of the guns, tossed the guard into the rocky sea below, and took off again.

"Just like old times eh?" Sam called out.

 "Old times would be me screaming at you through comms to be more careful so no!" Avery called back, enjoying herself more than she should.

Sam weaved in and out of the line of fire gunning for the gun atop of the battlements. It blew up in a flash and lit up the dark coast. "One down." Sam muttered, taking off again dodging gunfire, "Too many more to go."

That's how they went, destroying weapons and soldiers as they went. They looked like the angels of death between the storm, their dark get-ups, and their scary-looking wings.

 The missile system was still working, though it was now focused on them and not the jet which was hopefully now out of range. It was making life difficult but not impossible as they tried to shoot them out of the sky.

They did have one thing going for them, the whole island was going to blow in less than five minutes. The countdown was displayed constantly on their goggles. If they lived that long.

"I'm gonna take care of the missile system. Cover me." Avery gasped out in a momentary pause next to Sam before taking off again.

Sam groaned but did as she asked, "You do know that's reinforced glass, right?"

"Shut up Wilson," Avery muttered, taking to the sky. She made one circle high above them before diving down. Using her arm to cover her face she crashed through the window and rolled into the control center she hadn't taken over earlier.

Before anyone had a chance to shoot her she flung her fist out and activated a flame thrower before proceeding to torch the room. A moment later the whole room was up in flames and all the guards were gone.
Taking the missile system offline she hopped back out the window before the flames consumed everything.

"Hey, how do you do that?" Sam hollered sweeping by.

"Double-tap your thumb when your hand is in a fist and point!" Avery called back, torching another gun.

Sam did so and soon the island was ablaze against the record-breaking storm and dark ocean. "Time to go!" Sam called as the countdown got a bit too close for comfort.

Avery joined him as they dodged bullets and flew out. They were safely away when the whole place went up in a brilliant ball of flames. There was rumbling and then the bedrock collapsed into itself crumbling the fortress into the sea.

"Well, that'll make the news." Avery deadpanned.

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