“Alright, ladies, take your positions.” I declared, moving up to the wheel.
“Wait, have you ever flown an airship before?” Rea asked.
“Nope.” I spun the wheel away from the ship that has been putting pressure on us.
However, rather than turning like a car, the entire ship started to rotate 90 degrees. I heard shouts of surprise outside, and I just managed to turn it back before we ended up flipping upside down. I coughed awkwardly and then tried it again a bit lighter, tilting the wheel as well. This ti, after the ship wobbled around for a bit, I finally got it turning for .
“What do you think you’re doing? You’re turning us toward the Abyss! We’re going in faster!” Rea cried out.
She wasn’t wrong. We had been approaching the Abyss at perhaps a 30-degree angle before, but now I had turned it so that we were going straight at it. At our current speed, we’d reach it in under a minute.
“Girls, let know when you complete your mission,” I ordered through my Slave Communication. “Celeste, right before the Abyss, I’m going to need a major updraft.”
“You’re going to trap us in the Abyss!” She cried out, trying to grab the wheel. “I won’t go back! I won’t!”
Back? I blinked as I watched several lionesses pull her away. I was surprised to see that there was a genuine terror on her face and tears in her eyes. She continued to shout desperately as she fought unsuccessfully against their grip. I reached out and put a hand on her head. As it touched her, her shouting died down as she looked up at .
“It’ll all work out. You just have to trust .”
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“You don’t understand. Nothing ever leaves. Nothing can leave. Once we’re above it, we’re dood.” She spoke quietly, her voice filled with emotions.
“Their engine is disabled!” Lydia declared.
“I’m ready!” Celeste spoke up.
“The assassins on our ship are done,” Shao said.
“They’re starting to panic,” Miki added.
“There ship is stuck to our ship.” Terra chuckled. “They are trying to cut the ropes but I won’t let them.”
“Alright, everyone get to our ship on my mark.” I looked out at the growing blackness; it was terrifying. “3, 2, 1… mark!”
I turned the ship away, just as an updraft struck the front. We suddenly jerked to the side, the ship starting to tilt, but I was better at accounting for it this ti.
“Cut the rope!” I declared.
As we turned along the edge of the Abyss, the rope tugging their ship along snapped. The result was like a slingshot. We were thrown back, and they were thrown out across the Abyss. I kept turning, trying to get us away from the Abyss. I could feel a pulling sensation through like the Abyss was already trying to suck us in.
I looked out the observation window behind us to see the assassin’s ship. The n were screaming, so even leaping off the edge, but that only caused them to fall into the Abyss faster. The ship didn’t even have a chance to turn around. It was like all of the magic was suddenly sucked out of it. I fell from the sky, before sinking into the Abyss and disappearing into the darkness. With all the so-called escape skills of assassins, not a single person on board made it off.
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