Continuing on from last time...
Earlier we saw that Poke Leader, Poke 3, 5, and 6 were being chased by a large cruiser. Poke 5 perishes, and Poke Leader instructs Poke 2, 7, and 8 to defend their rear and attack the cruiser. But what about the other ships?
Poke 4: Sir, me, Poke 10, 11 and Poke Poke will assist you!
Poke Leader: NO! We're fine! Renolds has got us covered! Take them and try to weave in through the ships! Destroy em' if you can!
Poke 10: Ever seen a pod race?
Poke 11: Uh...no...uh...Anakin. Are you sure ab-about this, Kristina?
Poke 4: Yes, it's the captains orders! Come on! I see an opening!
Poke Poke: POKE POKE POKE!!!!
The four ships weave through various cannon and laser fire. 4 of some small patrol craft follow them. One of them soon catches up behind Poke 11.
Poke 11: I g-got one on my tail!
Poke 4: Quick, turn your ship around!
Poke 11: Uh...uh...ok! OK!
And in the blink of an eye, multiple power systems are re-routed to the starboard engines. The ship does a 180. Suddenly, Poke 11 sees the ship oncoming towards him. He covers his eyes and yells, and prepares to die. What was Kris thinking? He opened his eyes, and saw empty space in front of him. He looks in the ships rearview camera, and sees that the enemy patrol craft was cut cleanly in half. It's poking stick sliced through the ship (and apparently it cut the captain of the ship in half too), and the enemy crew was soon floating in space, out of breath. Literally.
Poke 11: I did that? Did I really do that!!?
Poke Poke: Poke POKE poke!!!
Poke 4: Yes, good job! Now, let's regr-AHHH!
A missile from one of the ships hits Poke 4's ship. Poke 11 yells in terror, and Poke 10 is stunned speechless. Poke Poke soon consoles them both, and they soon return to their mission. Meanwhile, back at the other Poke squad...
Poke 2: We're closing in! Chin! Ralo! Full power!
Poke 8: Roger that, bro! Chin, let's do this!
The three ships soon go full power, with their shields and thrusters at max strength. They rip through the rear engines. Chin-Lo looks over to his right, and sees multiple enemy crew scrambling out of the way. Renolds also sees what appears to be a med bay in front of him, and decides to veer around it. The Poking Stick narrowly hits the section, and soon it's flood doors shut, leaving the sick somewhat safe. They soon burst through an ammo dump, and searing hot flames cover their ships, but the soon come out on the port side, leaving a large hole from where they just came from. The enemy cruiser soon starts to rip apart, and explosion rock the ship. It soon explodes. Renolds hopes somewhere deep in his mind that the sick were able to escape in the escape pods.
Poke Leader: Guys, regroup!
They all soon do, and in the distance, the Leviathan coming their way. They all prepare to either die, or make it out alive, but either way, this will change the course of what is to come in the future, for good or for worse...
TO BE CONTINUED.
