Casting Shadows

[Mini_Bert]

It gets weak in the next few chapters....havent written 9 yet, but itll be good xD!
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Chapter 6 - Lift Off
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Zent was working all through the night, trying to get the Earth Skimmer ready for flight. The sun peaked over the treetops and into the hangar window as Zent closed a hatch to cover some wires. He looked at the sun, and squinted at the sudden light.

"Morning already? Good thing I slept 3 days straight...." Zent smiled to himself as he slided the nails of the claws into slots beside the door to the Earth Skimmer. The door quickly jetted open, hitting the left side of the ship with a loud crash. Zent flinched at the sound of the crashing, then withdrew the nails. He stepped forward into the ship, peering around into each corner as he did so. A small lobby with couches and individual seats sat in the back, and on the other side was a fridge and table. To the left of the table were a flight of stairs leading up to the bridge. The bridge was a plain tiled room, with a giant class window covering the front and back of the ship. Towards the front was a single old ship steering wheel. Zent walked up to the steering wheel, turned it to the left, the long arm like engines turned to the left, he turned it back.

Idris walked through the seemingly dead streets, and arrived at the massive hangar. As Idris proceeded slowly into the hangar, Zent climbed out of the Earth Skimmer, he turned and looked at Idris.

"Oh, Idris, sorry to hear about your parents." Zent said sympathetically, Idris nodded in approval. "What are you doing here?" Zent inquired, Idris walked over to the wall beside the door, and leaned against it, crossing his arms.

"I'm heading over to Legoria with Veron and Gaia. I have some buisness to take care of." Idris looked away, up at the rising sun. Zent tilted his head in wonderment at the swordsman, and nodded slowly.

Gaia got rose out of his comfortable bed, and reached for his sword sleepily, getting nothing. He opened his eyes quickly, seeing his sword was gone. He frantically looked around, until Veron laughed loudly in the doorway. Gaia turned and looked at Veron, who swung the sword from its leather holder, side to side.

"If it's that important to you, you should take better care of it." Veron said playfully, and laughed again as Gaia took the sword, swung it around his back and pushed Veron down the stairs. Veron hit the floor in a daze after falling head over heels down the stairs, Gaia laughed hysterically as Veron stood up and tried to gain his balance. Veron looked at Gaia and smiled as he regained his balance.

As Gaia and Veron arrived in the hangar doorway, the dim light shining behind them, Idris looked at them, uncrossing his arms and got off the wall. Zent leaned outside of the door, hanging on with one hand and one foot in the doorway.

"Come on already, you should have been here an hour ago!" Zent yelled as he went back into the ship. Idris followed, arms crossed. Gaia shrugged and walked into the ship, Veron looked stunned.

"Here I was thinking we were early...." Veron said quietly as he pulled himself into the ship. Gaia and Idris had taken spots on individual chairs, Veron jumped onto the couch and stretched himself out. Zent came down the stairs, shut the door and locked it, then went back up the stairs. He flipped his head back down the stairs, his hair falling loosely.

"It's gonna be a rough take off, get ready...." Zent said flipping back up and takeing his place on the bridge. He kicked a small switch beside the wheel, the engines began to light, and let off a loud noise. The back wall of the hangar was gone, leaving nothing but open sky. Zent smiled to himself and kicked another switch, and with a loud explosion, they took off.