-Let's get to one of your safehouses! 'Ray tried to shout over the explosions, when he realized it would be much wiser to put up the helmet. 'Let's get to your safehouse!
-I heard itt he first time too.
One of the monitors started beeping in front of Ray.
-We've got company! Contact bearing 2-7-O, 2-2-3, 2-O-8 and 1-7-6. All of them light figthers. We can't outmanoeuvre them!
-You just think that'¦ -Lana's laugh could be heard from the helmet and a sudden right turn made Ray's organs push to his left side in an incredible rate despite the computer trying to compensate the sudden difference in the G-force.
A few energy bolts flew to their right, when another intense beeping started.
-Rocket from the right!
Lana made the figther scream with the sudden turn. The wings of the fighter almost flown to the other way. The craft wasn't planned for in atmosphere fights. Despite all the happening it took a good time for the chasing fighters to even scratch the craft with Lana's manoeuvre. A laser hit the left wing, but the shield absorbed the huge energy and Ray could hear the shield generator working to restabilize the energy field around the damaged territory.
-I can't leave them behind! Try to disturb them! 'Lana's voice seemed a bit stressed and worried.
Ray powered up the back turret, but it was impossible to aim. The computer couldn't calculate the necessary vectors. Which was quite unbeliaveble. Something was wrong.
-The computer is slowed down, I can't aim! Trying to maual overcontrol.
The plasma weapon heated up very fast, but the first few shots flew meters away from the enemies.
-Try harder, you lazy'¦
-Shut up Lana!
Then finally Ray hit one of the middle fighter's cockpit, his shield unable to sustain the energy and heat and the glass cracked. The already slowed down hot plasma hit the pilot's face, but didn't killed him immediately. Instead it Burned through the helmet and his face. Five seconds later the headless body pitched and the fighter began an intensive manoeuvre to the left. The other fighter's pilot was concentrating on the craft piloted by Lana, so he noticed his incoming friend too late. He tried to pull up, but the other hit his wing, and broke down a big chunk of it. Unable to continue the chase int he atmosphere he broke the formation and started chasing his friend who was diving towards the ground with increasing speed. They were flying about 2k above the ground, so it didn't take long to see a huge explosion int he middle of the city. The light fighter hit a 50 story building in a rather low degree. It crashed through an office, destroying the walls and hitting several workers. Then some of the rockets got blown up and smoke emerged from the building.
The other managed a crash landing in the middle of the motorway and the ground vehicles going with a few hundred kilometers per hour couldn't evade it, crashing several of them into the poor fighter. At least 30 vehicles crashed into each other, and the fighter was in a condition that it was impossible for anyone to survive that crash.
During this time the chase was continued and the three remaining crafts left the city. Lana tried to fly towards the mountains which were about 200k to the north of the city. She couldn't risk to go to her safehouse.
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