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as the scorpion’s big gun above the
cockpit coughed out a very bright concentrated ball of fire. The
lethal super condensed energy blast hit home. A blinding white
flash of light illuminated the whole area as the UFO and its pilot
were blown to pieces. The shock waves shook Xerla’s scorpion craft
vigorously. The belligerent alien
combatant pulled hard her levers back
simultaneously – the craft steadied a bit. She repeated the
action three more times before the scorpion straightened; she then
jumped it into the heavens and sped fast to the north, climbing
upwards.
    “To the carrier.” Xerla shouted out to Kocz
through the radio - who did not hear her. He was focused on the
other fighter craft. He’d swung around too like Xerla and
engaged the ship but unlike the other unfortunate UFO pilot that
Xerla caught unaware and wasted, the one navigating the ship he was
targeting proved hard to kill. The UFO swung out of Kocz’s line of
fire and blasted off westwards. He followed it at once. Silently
reciting mantras to Zuralyrkro to pardon him for he was about to
take another’s life.
    "No matter how hard you try asshole I am
going to waste you." Kocz shouted after concluding his silent short
prayers. He started firing wildly. He sent one after
another, trails of red laser fire at the UFO in front trying hard
to evade him. It dived higher again and he followed, fingers still
on the triggers.
    Xerla had a kill under her belt; he had to
blow the remaining craft. There was no way he would let her win
easily. Never. The two of them always kept scores of enemies they
killed in battles and compared their statistics to see who killed
more enemies than the other. This strange custom started many years
ago when they were new recruits and were partnered together for
their first real mission as soldiers. Each wanted to prove to the
other that they were better, hence should assume the role of a
superior and give commands during missions.
     

CHAPTER 5: COOKE
“Delilah - shoot back at it.
Don’t just stay there. If I could I would be shooting at it myself,
but it’s in our rear, keep it busy and I shall focus on escaping.”
Cooke shouted at the AI as if it were a person. Immediately
Merida’s craft was blown, he’d taken manual control of the Toyer to
escape.
    “Shoot back at it Delilah!” Cooke barked the
command again. Merida was just blown to pieces in front of his
eyes. He didn’t want the same fate for himself. He still wanted to
live. And he damn sure wanted to avenge her.
    “As you wish sir.” The AI responded.
    Toyer’s rear laser guns whistled at once,
spraying blue rapid laser fire at the alien craft hot on Cooke’s
tail. The serpent’s fightercrafts unlike most of other one-person
fightercrafts were fitted with guns in the rear. Humans were taking
full advantage of their advanced AI. The alien ship, which was not
expecting that, spun wildly out of control but quickly regained
stability and continued to pursue Cooke. It swung upwards and
sideways, dancing in midair to avoid Toyer’s fire, at the same time
maintaining its high speed and steady flow of laser fire on Cooke.
Toyer’s sensors tried to lock on it, and moved the guns along with
it as it danced about but every second Delilah thought that she was
locked onto the ship it had already danced off and her laser fire
only penetrated the emptiness where the craft was previously.
    Cooke jumped his craft upwards again to the
black skies. His pursuer followed. The two ships whizzed past
Windhoek as fast streaks of lights in the black sky and vanished
into the horizon.
     
    The alien ship spat more blasts.
    Cooke took a dive downwards and flew close
to the surface. The alien ship kept its height above and shot at
him from there. He made Toyer dance all over the area. The craft
jumped and leaped everywhere, the energy blasts aimed at it hitting
the hard ground below, and creating small craters in the entire
area. Then one of the laser blasts hit Toyer’s