The Zetta Sonic
Free Fall

It's not what Jayden remembers. The wind not only slapped her face but also beat her body mercilessly. His nose froze, his chest tight. His ears caught too much noise. He was no longer able to discern any of those sounds. His hand fumbled the parachute opening strap. Once he manages to open his parachute, Jayden only hopes that Marcel doesn't manage to shoot his parachute right now.

Jayden is better able to recognize his surroundings when his speed is slowed by a parachute. He nodded, trying to see more clearly. The ICPA plane was far away from him and was behind him. However, they must have seen it because the plane had started to maneuver to spin.

The relief doesn't come. Jayden realized something was wrong. He also looked up. The parasite was perfectly inflated earlier. Now there's a hole there. Just one hole is enough to make the parachute work properly. Gravity began to pull him away quickly. The parachute that was supposed to make him float in the air was now nothing more than a burden that was pulling him onward toward death.

From behind his shapeless parachute, Jayden could see Marcel at the end of the plane door. The man shot with a long rifle. He must have tied himself up with a safety harness or rope before shooting. His position was too far away to hit the target, but with some luck, he managed to shoot Jayden's parachute.

Jayden's brain spun rapidly in the middle of the panic. Not only did he start to fall free, he could feel the start of being hit by gunfire anyway. At that time, Jayden realized that he had no plan. He just needs land. Just soon!

The world around Jayden is spinning. Head hurts. His eyes could only catch a flash of white matter from a distance. It is shaped like a rocket or darts with a pointed head. Jayden was squeaking, aware that he recognized her. It was a gift prepared for the Zetta Sonic. In the next instant, a winged figure appeared with great speed grabbing onto him.

“Can!”

Jayden didn't think he could hear his companion in such a noise. But, he heard it. He heard Alex's voice right above him. Alex is in a black uniform and a rocket is hugging him, saving him from a deadly fallout. Somehow Alex also managed to cut his parachute.

The flight was smooth though Marcel was still trying to shoot them down. Alex knows he can get Jayden on Kara and Caitlin's plane. They got a cabin in the back for stuff. Alex can secure Jayden there while he's back to dealing with the freighter.

As Alex approaches, the top of Kara's plane opens. This panel is at the back of the plane. Kara balances the plane as Alex descends through the panel door. The girl turned back. The cockpit door was wide open. Caitlin ran to the back to find the two. Kara can see everything through the door which is now replaced by a long hallway. Seeing that Alex and Jayden had entered, he hurried to close the door to get them all out of the place.

Unfortunately, the chaos is not over. When she heard a noise from behind, Kara knew something was wrong.

Caitlin was close. He paused for a moment to see Alex's black uniform look wet. Not wet by water but another liquid red color. Bloods. Alex opened his helmet, his eyes wide open. They saw Jayden lying on the floor in an enlarged pool of blood.

“Jayden!” Alex screams in panic. He immediately knelt down beside his partner.

“I thought.. This time I actually got shot.” Jayden felt his voice stifled. “It.... really hurt.”

Alex stunned. He could see that Jayden's face paled quickly. His eyes were watering and his breathing was wheezing. It reminds Alex of a university shooting. Similar but different. Jayden's condition this time scared him because he knew that the shooting this time really happened.

Caitlin took out a large medicine box from a nearby closet. “We have to stop your bleeding. Where did you get shot?” Caitlin panicked. He couldn't figure out where the source of the bleeding was because most of Jayden's body was already soaked with blood.

“Pack. Maybe.” Jayden himself is not sure.

“Defend! We'll be out of here soon,” said Caitlin. He pulled the thick cloth out of nowhere while his eyes were still looking for where the gunshot wound was. The panic made Caitlin scream into the cockpit. “Move faster, Kara!”

“This is the maximum speed!” Kara shouted back.

“Ki— We can move it to my plane!” Alex found his voice shaking. “The plane. Ki— We can—”

“Ta— But..” Alex wants to refute even if none of the sentences come out. He's starting to hope that Jayden doesn't get shot. Even for him at this time, it was better for Jayden to be kidnapped again as long as he was not killed.

“You look different,” said Jayden softly.

Alex approached to hear more clearly. “Do not talk. Stay conscious. Found you. We won't let you go again.”

Jayden snorted amusedly and then coughed. His consciousness is starting to thin. Water came out of his eyes nonstop. With the rest of his energy, Jayden commented with a smile. “I'm happy.. You came looking for me. So I can see a different side of you. You look different, because I think I see an agent now. Not a pretentious boy. You grow a lot.. Alex.”

“Be quiet Jayden!” caitlin Sahut.

“Caitlin's right. Save energy. Don't talk. Please.” Alex's voice was still shaking.

Jayden coughed again. He's still trying to talk. “If we can return safely.. we will go to Hummingbird.”.

Alex doesn't know what to say especially when a huge shock is felt on his plane. The shock was followed by a roar of alarm and a saddling red light. There was a sound of explosions outside as well as an odd charred smell.

“Kara! What happened?” Caitlin yells.

“We're under attack!” reply Kara. “There are planes..” Greetings Kara restrained. He then corrected his words. “Not, no! I thought it was a monster. Jeez... The ICPA system recognizes him as... Damon? Waitaminute! Didn't he face off against Zetta Sonic?”

Caitlin cringing. “Surely the system is wrong!”

Next, Kara gasped. His mouth was gaping and his eyes could not escape the winged figure that was coming in high speed towards the cockpit window. When their distance was very close, Kara cried out hysterically by the horrifying face. It no longer looked like a human face. “Kyaaa!”

“What is it?” Caitlin shouted again.

“Monster! There are monsters out there!” Kara was screaming. He performed a sharp evasive maneuver. The conditions inside the plane also felt like they were being shaken.

Alex clenched his hand. “She came for me.”

“Who?” caitlin Sahut. “Damon?”

“I cut off his hand. She... mutated?” Alex said slowly, sounding doubtful.

“What are you talking about?”

Alex looked at Caitlin. “Remember professor Otto's various experiments? He wants to make a superhero. In reality, he made more monsters. I cut Damon's hand to prove it. It turns out.. Growing wings on a severed hand? Why not?”