MACH Battles ch. 7

MACH Battles ch. 7

Chapter 7
Invasion

David Lance sped off down the road in his car, a sleek-- black with white stripes Ford Mustang GT. He saw lights in the sky, they were explosions. MACH’s were fighting just over the city, from the looks of it there were a lot of them and there were still more of them entering the fray, but they weren’t allies… That much he knew.

He quickly mad it back to Instillation. He ran over to a key pad on the right side of glass double doors. He held down a red button. “Claudia, open all doors down to MACH holding, I’m heading out in the 103 Enigma!” He ordered to the computer program.

The double doors opened and he ran in at a full sprint. He turned left to an opening door and blew into it without slowing. He jumped onto a hand rail directly behind the door and without hesitating jumped to a wall beyond it, he stuck his leg out to cushion the blow. He dropped to the next floor under it. He jumped down all the stairs until he made it to the bottom floor. Double doors were open. He ran threw them and immediately turned right, he was in the launching bay now and his 103 was waiting. All launch preparations had been made.

“There are no other MACH’s down here… What the hell is going on up there?” Dave pondered as he ran into a locker room. Everywhere was empty and some lockers were left open in the rush. He ran to his locker and pulled it open. He ripped off his clothes and pulled on his full spandex suit. He zipped up the front. Black diamonds were on his shoulders, knees, on the back of his hands, his elbows and a large one in the middle of his back. He hesitated for moment. He was staring at green floppy disk at the bottom of his locker. He snatched it up and ran out of the locker room.

He jumped into the cockpit of the 103. He squeezed the handles and it instantly started up. He slid the floppy disc into the drive system. A holographic screen appeared in front of him. He punched in and dragged seemingly random things. “Enable full access to transformations.” He said as the screen vanished.

“Lan Zeir, Black Ace, Launching!” He shouted as a helmet dropped down onto his head. He and the MACH became fused their minds and became one.

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Back at the party Avril was talking to the man in the mask.

“Who the hell are you? Where’d you come from?” She asked curiously. The man pulled the mask just over his mouth.

I think you have what it takes to pull this world back from the edge it is so close to falling off.”

“Look pal, this isn’t some sort of Halloween party nor is it a costume party so get lost. Besides, what ever you’re selling I’m not buying.”

“I was afraid it would come to the truth… That man you were just talking, David Lance is the one responsible for bringing this world so close to it’s destruction.”

“N-no… T-that can’t be true, you’re lying.” She backed up the stone rail. She held the jacket tighter around her shoulder.

“Am I now? He’s always so secretive and no one ever knows what he’s up to. So how could you know who he really is?” He said it almost mockingly.

“No, none of this real, I know him… I know who he is!” She cried.

He walked right over to her. “I know what you think you know… And let me be the first to tell you that you’ve got it all wrong…” He whispered in her ear. He pulled away. “You’re so ignorant, so naïve… You have no idea what’s been going on around you this whole time… Let me ask again… Are you going to help me bring this world back from the edge…? Are you going to help me stop the man that pushed it that far, will you help me stop the man that is just one breath away from sending it over that edge? Will you help me stop the man of your dreams from destroying this world as we know it?”