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55 . ONE STEP
No one knew for sure how the current state of the eastern alliance headquarters was. Just a puff of smoke soaring high with sparks here and there. The paladins were seen airborne minutes before the Western alliance forces broke through the CB-222. His controller gulped, trying to release the attachment within him.
Adara really did not know what the enemy was planning until he had to lose a lot again
thing. This time, she has no idea how her mother, Jun, Jo, Jason, Sam, Kei, and the people she loves so much. With trembling hands, he spurred the Paladin to leave the base quickly.
However, a plane was seen following him. At a considerable distance, adalagi the plane trying
following and not being seen at all.
A missile launched and nearly hit Paladin's right arm. Adara was shocked and stopped the Clibanarii's advance immediately. Paladin turned his head, checked the radar and found a plane approaching.
Adara screeches. “Why follow me anyway?” snarl.
The girl intercepted the plane fire from the western alliance. He flew away, but still the iron bird attacked him. Once, twice, made Adara still hold his patience. For the next time, the girl fired a missile from one of the Paladin's arms.
Failed shot.
The paladin flew away and got faster. Its size makes it unable to hide
anywhere. And somehow, Adara was so curious. Only one plane was chasing him, while the others were still busy fighting down there.
Could it be ….
“No, not possible.” Adara muttered, trying not to believe her thoughts.
It can't be Adnan. Adnan took control of Sarkan yesterday and also if the young man was riding a fighter plane, he would definitely not attack Adara brutally.
The plane was looking for him non-stop. The controller wants to take down the Paladin and maybe .. eliminate the controller.
Busy thinking about the various question marks in his mind, Adara lost control. The missile from the plane hit the left arm of the Paladin and made the Clibanarii goosebumps.
“No, don't!”
Although he had learned the technique of controlling Clibanarii before, Adara was still a beginner. He bears
much of the burden considering the eastern alliance depended on him since he was the only one who could control the Paladin at the moment. Adara even hopes that if Adnan contacts her at this time, like yesterday-yesterday. However, in reality, the young man was unmoved as if disappearing from civilization back.
Adara turned the paladin against the plane. He sighed for a moment, then opened the bandage in his right hand. The snare wound is still there, but inevitably Adara has to do it now. If he could not control the Paladin manually, then he would have to use this way.
His right hand was inserted into the bracelet on the right side until the bracelet reined in his wrist. Adaras
squeaking, feeling the pulse and pain simultaneously, radiating from the tip to the base of his arm. His heart seemed to stop beating for a moment.
“Good. Dad, help me.”
Paladin's eyes turned golden. Looks sharp glistening. It's like having his own soul now.
***
Meanwhile, a young man who had since fired a missile, asked his men to walk accordingly
with the plan given by the top commander of the current western alliance. The iron bird he carried seemed to circle the territory of the eastern alliance. The main building is now destroyed. The Tarnnet that had become his protector had collapsed, breaking into pieces. You can be sure there are a lot of residents who were caught, or even killed in there.
The brunette boy clucked softly. His hand squeezed the lever of control. His plane, which was different from the rest of the crew, was still monitoring him, occasionally returning shots directed at him.
However, suddenly his attention was fixed on a Clibanarii in the air. A few minutes later, a plane that belonged to no one followed him. The young man checked the situation once more, before finally flying after Clibanarii and the plane.
“What does it do?” muttered the young man. “Not it ... plane Cosmo?”
The young man checked something through the dashboard. There's no word on his earphones. The anxiety began
inner reach.
“Where's Dad?”
“What ...”
The young man, whose full name was Frederick Add, bit his lower lip. His eyes looked towards the Paladin who was being chased by the fighter plane from the Cosmo. Finally, he spurred Analemma to follow them by keeping a distance from being detected by both radars.
His chocolate bead saw the showdown. They started shooting at each other and attacking each other even though
previously Paladin seemed to avoid the fight. The clibanarii flew back, then rotated quickly and brutally shot the plane that was chasing him.
Erick could see it clearly. The eyes of the Clibanarii were even seen alive. His forehead was thinly wrinkled watching the event that was happening before his eyes. This was not something he wanted, even after he recalled his conversation with his father before he was sent here.
***
“This is your last mission.”
Netra Erick went wide when she heard the man in front of her say that. His head began to think excessively,
fearing that he would be banished to Cosmo was the same as Adnan or tortured to death after the mission was completed.
The young man still had many questions running through his mind. He thought it was the man who had kept him from yesterday. She thought it was the man who kidnapped her and locked her up here. However, looking at how his eyes looked just now, it was as if those negative thoughts had changed instantly.
Erick needs an answer now.
“Dad,” call it.
Frederick Hubert was still standing with one of his hands holding the gun he used to take off the chain that was holding Erick. That's Erick's question now. If it was that man who had her captive, he should have been able to easily remove her from here without having to use a weapon.
“Dad—”
“Go!”
Erick jerking. Hubert's sharp gaze turned into a code he had to answer himself.
“Why?” tanyanya standing. Both hands are still painful because of the chain link earlier. “What
what is Dad really doing? For what?”
Hubert was silent for a moment, staring at that pair of eyes that were almost similar to his. “Destroy the east alliance headquarters,”. “Save Yusagi Adara.”
The young man's saliva was swallowed perfectly. This is unusual. The guy wasn't the usual Frederick Hubert. Like not his arrogant father and act arbitrarily. The man approached Erick, then patted both of his shoulders.
“Dad, what does it mean?” ask the young man. “Why Dad ...”
“I can't tell you now, but ..” Hubert hung up his words for a moment, then sighed. “Be my son from now on.”
“A-what?”
Erick really doesn't understand. He was confused by the ignorance that is happening now. Everything happened so fast. What should have been considered wrong seemed to turn around and put him in a dilemma.
Erick had even just heard Hubert make that request to him this time.
“Dad,” he said with a vibrating tone. “What? What are you hiding from me?”
The siren sound suddenly unraveled the focus of the two. The lights in the corner of the room were flashing red, as a sign of danger. Erick looked back at the man in front of him, asking for an answer. However, what the man did was beyond his expectations.
Hubert hugged Erick, piercing quickly a piercing-like chip behind the young man's ear. “Everything is here,” whispered later, before finally taking off the hug.
The man looked up, staring at the ceiling of the room. “It starts soon,” he said, then looked at Erick. “Bring
Analemma and take away Adara.”
***