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Counter Earth Chronicles

Chapter 122: Knight Watch (Conclusion)

Day 972 (evening, inside Lord Tiger's office)

"And it goes on and on and on." I said disgusted. "Now a human hunter."

"Sir Ram is TRUTH right?" The tiger warrior asked the High Evolutionary's chief scientist. "Did those humans die by inter-blast?"

The evil beastial nodded. "Every last one of them. Externally they look fine but internally there is nothing left as their organs have been eviscerated."

"I saw that happen to a soldier almost three years ago when I was stuck in the past during the ninety year war with some friends. It is a clean, but brutal and horrible death." I said to the knights present.

"Well it looks like someone now is using the same method to cull the human population." Lady Vermin added.

"Be that as it may we should ignore this and focus on other matters; it will end when the hunter runs out of prey." Sir Ram said to every-beast present.

(Oh no he didn't!)

"There is one problem about that Sir Ram, remember this hunter of humans whoever they are is not discerning, they are killing all humans, the good and the bad ones." My warrior bear said.

"TRUTH said that it was a beastial we need to know that for sure." Lord Tiger said to his subordinates. "Sir Ram study the footage from the prototype. Help Lady Vermin build a outline of the this self proclaimed cleanser."

The ram and the rat nodded.

"Barran asemble a new team and continue your missions. Be on the lookout for any information the rebel groups may have on this human hunter."

The owl nodded.

"Sanda you and Lady Ursa monitor the hub for any further updates from TRUTH and the human hunter." The tiger said.

"What about me commander?" I asked the tiger warrior.

"I want you to stay by Ursa's side. Until this matter is taken care of no human is safe, including ours. Dismissed."

(That was a disturbing thought.)

"On and on and on it goes." I said looking down at the floor of the corridor as my fierce ursine warrior followed me back to her lair.

"Something wrong pet?" She asked.

"This job is just, it is just so soul draining- defending the empire hunting down rebels, separatists, dissidents, alarmists and other threats. It is like sinking in quicksand and someone piling on weights instead of pulling you out."

"The weights being the new threats to the empire?" My pregnant she beast asked.

I nodded.

"Don't despair pet. The cleanser will be found and dealt with." She said to me as we rounded another corner.

"I wonder how quickly? Some of the knights weren't really in too much of a hurry. It was like they were hoping the hunter takes out as many of the High Evolutionary's human critics as possible."

"That opinion may change if the hunter takes out a good human." My she beast said as we entered the lair.

After a busy afternoon I tried to unwind, but the images of the those who were killed by the beastial human hunter were still prevalent in my mind. I didn't quite feel like watching anything either, it seemed like whatever was on the hub just reminded me of problems the knight core had been dealing with- the condition of the empire, its critics, enemies and now this mysterious hunter of humans.

"There is nothing on." I said getting up from the sectional. "Nothing I care to watch anyway."

"That is something I never thought I would hear you say pet."

"I have a better idea, let's just talk mistress."

"About what Alex?"

"Anything and everything as long as it doesn't relate to work."

My lady bear looked at me as an epiphany hit; I was behaving just like her after a long day.

"Welcome to my world pet." She said as we headed to the high table off of the kitchen.

"So what have your friends from the Consortium been up to?" My bear knight said as I prepared dinner.

"With the hours I have been putting in helping the knights, I haven't had much time to help them. But they are doing a little hunting of their own mistress."

"Really?" My she beast responded.

"Dongo told me at our last meeting that he and the others were tracking down guests that have been profiled on that offensive hub show Why Are You Poor?"

"To what end Alex?"

"The usual, to help them. He and Niko are pressuring Yama Kite to create better programming on the hub; something more uplifting, motivational and positive. Especially given the times we are living in."

"That is a noble goal." Lady Ursa said as I set her plate. "Broiled chicken, parsley and salad. Nice."

"Your turn mistress." I said as I sat down and joined her.

"Well you heard about Warden King?"

"Sir Ram told me. I was completely disgusted." I said as I started eating.

"My report to the master was quite detailed."

"Yet despite all that, he decided to let that Dowd stay." I said looking at her. "I fear for those we left behind."

"You mean your triad pet?"

"Yes mistress especially them."

"Remember that those who are there wound up there for a reason Bertha, Boris and Spirit included." My she beast said.

"That is true, but Spirit doesn't belong there. I mean how is being at the outpost of the forgotten going to help him with his condition?"

"You have mentioned that he needs to be at some place that can actually help him."

"Exactly the couple of missions I have been partnered with Sir Ram while on patrol, I have asked him to use his influence to get Spirit the help he needs because there is nothing for him at the Maximum."

"What has Sir Ram said?"

"He would look into it time permitting, but he and Mara have been extremely busy retrofitting the prototypes and rebuilding the silver coupe and helping owners of automated hover vehicles protect them from TRUTH."

"I heard Mara say whatever method TRUTH is using, it is very localized." My warrior bear said as she finished eating. "Automated hover vehicles turning against their operators and going rogue have only happened here in World One. Not in the other cities."

"Naturally the knights of Wundagore have notified their counter parts in the other cities to be on the look out." I said to her.

"Yes." My warrior bear said.

"How are Corbin and professor Stern?"

"Still trying to get back to their excavation site but with everything that has been going on, that is proving to be most difficult."

"I can imagine. Here let me get that." I said taking her plate.

"What do you say we turn in early Alex?"

"I would like that very much mistress."

After I finished clearing the table, we made our way to her chambers and prepared to turn in early. We were fortunate not to have to work that evening.

Lady Ursa removed her knight uniform and my clothing as well before we ascended the stairs to her chambers. Upon our entry she removed our undergarments and laid down on her bed beckoning me to her side.

Gently I climbed in to join her. I rested my head on her breasts and my bottom in her crotch as she embraced me from behind. It felt very nice.

"We won't be able to get this close much longer mistress." I teased. "There will be SOMETHING between us."

"Alex..." My she beast said trying to get my attention. I rolled over to face my lover.

"You do know what is going to happen right? My fierce and powerful ursine warrior is going to watch her buff, strong and muscular physique erode away as she gains weight, adds pounds and this becomes chubby." I said pointing to her tummy. "And these will become engorged." I said pointing to her breasts.

Apparently my bear didn't like my prediction or my teasing. In response she started grumbling.

(Whoops!)

"Not like that is a bad thing." I said back peddling. "But then there is the birth which I heard is also painful."

The bear's grumbling turned to growling.

(Whoa!)

"And I will be quiet now..."

"You males have it quite easy." My bear knight said grabbing my penis and aiming it at her vagina. "You just insert that into this, rub it around until it feels good, then spurt and we females have to deal with the consequences."

(Well, I never thought about it quite like that.)

"That maybe true." I said. "But with one of those you can have a boy or a girl. So which is more powerful?" I said pointing to her cub tunnel which was looking quite inviting that evening.

"Hmm...." The pregnant brown bear said feeling me up. "Truthfully pet. I haven't quite decided if I am ready to become a mother. The events of the last week have given me much to think about."

"Wow, mistress- you don't have much time left."

"I know, the mobile healer said that the fertilized egg would implant itself within the next month or so. I have been researching motherhood in my spare time."

"Instead of reading articles on it, why not talk to actual mothers instead?"

"Alex that is a good idea. The Wilds would be a good start, professor Stern too."

"Mistress?"

"Yes pet?"

"Could I have my anatomy back?" I asked the pensive bear who was still holding my penis and now my scrotum.

"What's wrong pet you like to tease but don't like being teased? Well too bad, I plan to hold on to these for awhile, maybe even use it." She said grumbling. She then turned me over and gave me a great big hug. I fell asleep within her embrace as she was hugging me and groping my boy bits. It reminded me of how Devious treated Toby in the Into Darkness stories.

Day 973

The morning of my 973rd day on Counter Earth seemed to start out normally but that ended as soon as my mistress received her morning call.

She answered it, listened to the commander and then put it back down on her night stand.

"Pet." She said to me quietly. "The cleanser has struck again."

"Oh no! Where?"

"A apartment building in the heart of the basement." She said to me.

Lady Ursa picked up the communicator and brought it over. Turning it on she opened up the view screen and then brought up a news report from the hub, a zorse reporting from the site.

Recapping now, it looks like the cleanser has struck again. Vowing to purge all of Counter Earth from the human infestation, this individual has attacked an apartment building here in the basement. The humans that reside nearby described a series of blinding flashes that occurred between the early morning hours. When the knight core arrived they found half of the building's population deceased. I was granted special permission to enter the premises before the curfew ended. The female reporter said showing the footage she recorded. It was quite grisly.

_ As you can see the rooms, hallways are aligned with remains of the tenants many who died where they slept not knowing what had hit them._ The zorse poked at a scruffy looking man in sweatpants who looked like he was leaning against the wall sleeping. There was no response he just fell over, like he was a stuffed doll.

_ The knight core found a message from the human hunter stating that the purge of humanity is from this world is going to take place faster than the secret human reduction program that the empire is suspected of conducting to prevent the human population from increasing. Whoops, I think I said too much! _ The zorse said as she was surrounded by the knights at the scene.

"That is beyond awful." I said.

"There were no witnesses, no recordings and no footage. No one saw anything." My she beast said.

"Well hopefully the knights will start pursuing this a little more fervently than before."

"You mean because whoever the hunter is, they broke the curfew." My she beast said.

"Exactly mistress. I know there are some in the core that wouldn't bat an eye about the the hunter's personal human reduction program but they did break the law."

"It is good that you feel that way pet. The commander has ordered us to assist in the investigation."

Our routine that morning was abbreviated, my mistress and I showered, dressed and ate breakfast- quickly before heading out to the basement in World One. Sir Ram and Mara had successfully retrofitted the blue prototype. I was glad to be back in that vehicle. Don't misunderstand me, there was nothing wrong with the red prototype, but I have been through so much with the blue one and I was used to the automated assistant.

Lady Ursa drove to the site of the most recent attack a run down neighborhood not far from Wild's restaurant. The apartment building was rather small nine floors with four apartments on each catering to thirty six families who resided in the building.

As we arrived Lady Vermin and a young rhino, the junior knight named Stampede, were on cleanup duty assisting mobile healers removing the bodies of the deceased.

"Come pet." Lady Ursa ordered me climbing out of the prototype.

Before leaving I pressed the a button on the weapon's screen activating the automated assistant.

*Good morning Mr. Winter. How may I assist you?*

"Lady Ursa and I are on the site of a mass killing. Conduct scans of the area about a mile radius. Inform either of us if you detect anything out of the ordinary."

*As you wish Mr. Winter.*

*Surveillance probe engaged*

"Lady Vermin." My she beast said greeting her friend. "What have you found?"

"One hundred eight died in this building. Most where they slept." The rat warrior said. "The mobile healers have been removing bodies almost all morning."

"Did any beast see anything?" I asked the junior knight.

"No." The young rhino said to me as he was hauling away the female zorse.

"I am sorry, very, very, very sorry." She bleated.

"You can tell that to the master. This way." The rhino said placing the reporter into a transport vehicle.

"Those in the neighboring apartment buildings described seeing a series of bright flashes outside the building." The rat said to the bear.

"What about the outline the commander had you and Sir Ram work on?" My she beast asked.

"We did finish that. Based on the information we have available we believe that the human hunter is a avian with a grudge against the rebels for some personal injury or loss or perhaps the death of a family member."

(How did the rat and ram determine that?)

"I think you are wrong madam knight, I think it is much deeper." We heard a voice from within the building say.

Lady Ursa, Lady Vermin, Stampede and I turned to see who was talking and out walked a short stocky blonde haired man wearing a red short sleeved shirt with highlights and black pants with brown boots.

My fierce ursine warrior started bristling as soon as she laid eyes on him.

"I think it is a beastial who had a bad relationship with humanity perhaps one that was treated so badly and that they decided to act out." He said.

"Scan him." The rat warrior order the rhino.

"Matt Tracker." The junior knight said. "He is a resident of this building."

"One of the survivors of this attack." He said to us.

"How?" Stampede asked.

"I have a basement apartment that runs the length of the building. I believe your hunter of humans didn't even bother to enter the the structure, they attacked from the roof, the front and rear."

"That was consistent with our findings." Stampede said.

"Since you lived below the attack points you were unaffected." The rat warrior concluded. "You are very lucky."

"You!!!" My she beast said growling at the man.

"Mistress something wrong?" I asked walking up to her.

I as I did that, my fierce ursine warrior swatted me aside and moved toward the man as if she was going to strike him down.

"Do I know you madam knight?" Mr. Tracker said calmly deflecting her paw oblivious to the sharp claws attached to it.

"You do." My warrior bear said. "Think back about twenty seven years."

The blond haired man cocked his head and looked at the fierce Knight of Wundagore that stood before him.

"Little Ursula? It is you! My how you have grown!"

"Anything you want to share?" The rhino said to his superior.

"Mr. Tracker was my trainer when I was in the circus." My bear warrior said staring the man down.

"As I recall you were a shy, petite little thing scared of your own shadow. It took you a while to acclimate to performing." The man said with a wry smile. "But you did."

"That was because you whipped, berated and manipulated me until I did what you wanted." My bear said as she continued to stare down at the man.

"As I recall you were one of the more smarter animals I trained and my favorite."

"And you are still the monster I remember you as." Lady Ursa said growling.

"No, I left the circus a long time ago. I am now just a simple second class citizen and a tenant here." He said.

"No your tracking chip said that you are tracking expert and trainer of animals." Stampede said.

"Ursa he will be useful to us." The rat warrior said to her best friend.

(Really?)

"HIM?!" My she beast said to the rat warrior.

"Lord Tiger did want us to use all available resources." Lady Vermin said.

"This carnage is going to continue until the cleanser is found and stopped." Stampede added.

"FINE!" The bear knight said marching back to the prototype.

"Human, you will assist us in hunting down our prey." Lady Vermin said to Mr. Tracker.

"I will?" He responded surprised.

"That is unless you want more of your kind to die. This morning it was tenants and neighbors in your building. Next time it could be your relatives." The rat warrior said to the human.

"Consider yourself drafted. This way." I said to him.

Matt Tracker followed me to the prototype where Lady Ursa had already sat down. I soon joined her.

"Overwatch did you find anything?"

*Remnants of inter-blast detonations on the roof, rear and front of the apartment building.*

"That confirmed what the knight core found." I said to Lady Ursa.

"Wow that is quite the computer. What else does it do?" Matt Tracker said staring into the prototype.

"Overwatch I need background on a Matt Tracker." I said to the automated assistant.

*Matt Tracker age 50. Nature expert, animal expert, tracking expert. Formerly an animal trainer at the Counter Earth Circus for twenty seven years until its closure. Now a nature researcher for several zoos across the empire. Has not expressed an opinion toward or against the empire.*

"I am sorry I asked." The man said after hearing his dossier.

"Lady Vermin is right you could be useful to us. Get in." My she beast grumbled.

"But mistress the prototype is only an two seater." I countered.

"You two will have to share or better yet, let's throw him in the trunk."

"Mistress." I said staring at her.

By sharing my she beast meant that I would sit on the 50 year old's lap.

With that we were off on patrol searching for the cleanser. My warrior bear irked that she was working with her former trainer.

"So is it true?" He asked us.

"About what?" My she beast said.

"About what the Zorse was saying before you knights hauled her away- that there is a human population reduction program?"

Lady Ursa paused before answering. "Yes. You probably have noticed that there haven't been any new human births in eleven years."

"Very sneaky of you animal types culling the population by shutting off the 'tap'. So let me guess as the rest of us humans age and die off at some point you will take over the planet. Very cunning. Should I call you madam overlord?"

"Lady Ursa will do."

So the three of us went on patrol searching for the hunter of humans. But we were looking for a needle in a haystack literally.

"There must be a better way." I said.

"Unfortunately there isn't anything we can do until the hunter strikes again pet."

"Ah the tedium of knight work." Mr. Tracker said.

"I don't see you coming up with anything better Mr. Tracker." My she beast growled.

"Actually the hunter's attacks have been of such small scale recently, it would seem that if they wanted to do some damage they should choose a much larger target."

*That does make sense Mr. Tracker.* Overwatch chimed in.

"So what area would have the highest concentration of humans?" I said thinking out loud.

"That would be basement where a lot of them live." My she beast said thinking.

"Not true Little Ursula."

My pregnant bear grumbled at that remark.

"Where then human?" She said displaying her teeth.

"Have you been to any of the protests lately?"

"Overwatch give me a list of protests taking place today in World One." I said to the automated assistant.

*One moment Mr. Winter. There are four.*

"What are they regarding?" Lady Ursa asked the automated assistant.

*There is one about the alien abduction phenomenon. That is being held at the north end of the city. There is another about the curfew that is being held on the west end of the city. There is another about equal rights for humans that is being held in the east end and the last is about the dictator's right to rule the empire. That is being held at the south end.*

"Well isn't it obvious madam knight?" Mr. Tracker said. "If I was protesting I wouldn't be at the north end of the city- that crowd would be primarily you animal folk. The same goes for the protests on the west side and the south side. The crowds there would be a mix of first and second class citizens. There for..."

"We are headed to the east side then." My lady bear said.

"Didn't I say she was one of the smarter animals I trained?" Matt said.

Lady Ursa drove to the east side of the city a small park in the Riverside neighborhood and there they were about a crowd of a hundred with signs marching around the park chanting equality now. My mistress parked the blue coupe on a nearby side street as the three of us watched the demonstrators.

"That is interesting where is the rest of the knight core?" The human whose lap I was sitting on said watching the crowd.

"It may not look like it, but they are here observing." I said to him.

_ _"If given the order, this will be ended and those participating punished." My warrior bear said to the man.

"Interesting." Mr. Tracker said.

"Overwatch, the surveillance probe." I said to the automated assistant.

*Surveillance probe engaged Mr. Winter.*

"Do not launch it. Just initiate scans. Radius one mile." My she beast said.

*Affirmative Lady Ursa.*

"So now we wait. I guess that means I get to stretch my legs." Matt said stepping outside the prototype.

"I also think we need a disguise." I said.

"Too late now pet, the crowd will see the prototype change. You should have done that when we arrived."

*Madam knight, Mr. Winter, Mr. Tracker I have something.* Overwatch announced.

"Matt." I said pulling my she beast's former trainer back inside the prototype.

We watched a brown utility vehicle with dark windows drive in front of us, it slowed down while the driver looked at the crowd.

"It looks like a spectator." I said.

"No look there. The driver is aiming something upward Is that some type of confetti?" Mr. Tracker said.

*I am afraid not. I am detecting inter-blast material inside the device the driver is holding.*

!!!

"And there is my clairvoyance!" I shouted.

The beastial warrior of Wundagore was way ahead of both of us.

*Side-pods engaged*

The driver of the vehicle launched three silver canisters into the sky and then drove off.

"Mistress!"

"I see it pet." My fierce ursine warrior said lining up the cross hairs to the three canisters. She then pressed the left toggle switch on the weapons console in rapid succession.

_*Static pulse engaged* _

_*Static pulse engaged* _

*Static pulse engaged*

Three balls of electricity fired from the side pods of the prototype two hit their mark, the third missed and the inevitable happened.

"OVERWATCH THE DEFLECTOR!" I screamed.

The automated attendant engaged the prototype's deflector system just as the third canister exploded in a bright flash above the crowd. When the light dissipated about twenty of the protesters fell to the ground.

"DAMN!" My she beast grumbled powering on the prototype. She quickly drove out of the side street onto the main road in front of the park.

"This is Specialist Alex Winter. The cleanser has struck again. We need mobile healers at Thomas Park in the Riverside neighborhood now!" I said contacting mobile services as my mistress started the pursuit.

"That brown utility vehicle it's gone!" Matt Tracker said.

"I can see that!" Lady Ursa grumbled.

"Overwatch?" I asked.

*That vehicle must be out or range. I am not picking up anything.*

"It must have escaped in the confusion." I said.

Lady Ursa returned to the park as the mobile healers were arriving. The knights on the scene were trying to end the protests which wasn't hard because the crowds had scattered after the flash- explosion.

"You two stay here. Make yourselves useful." She ordered as she went to investigate.

Mr. Tracker slid over to the driver-side of the prototype.

"This is really an impressive vehicle the enforcers have." He said staring at the dashboard.

"Yeah, we get that a lot."

"So what now?" He asked me.

"You heard her, we are going to make ourselves useful." I said pressing the right toggle switch on the weapons console. The copilot monitor and keyboard popped out of the glovebox.

"I didn't know that was in there, I thought glove-boxes were for storing gloves." Matt said.

"I am calling up the video feed from the front mounted camera." I said to the man. "Zooming in."

"That is one distinctive hover vehicle. I don't even think it is manufactured anymore." Matt said. "Look at the amount of mud, dirt and grime on it. It looks like someone is an outdoors type."

We tried, zooming in further, but were unable to get anything else distinguishing. Meanwhile my pregnant she beast returned with the two deactivated canisters that were launched from the crowd.

"Look at this. Do you see it?" She asked us.

"There are paw prints on these." I said.

"Looks like they belong to a feline." Matt said studying the canisters. "The beastial variety."

"Were you two able to get anything from the footage of the utility vehicle?" Lady Ursa asked us.

"Only that the driver likes to go off roading a lot judging from the amount of dirt and mud on it mistress." I said.

"They must be an outdoors type." Matt said.

"Well we need to get this back to Sir Ram for analysis." My she beast added.

"But in the meantime there maybe how many more attacks?" Matt said. "I think we have a significant amount of information right now."

"You know this how?" My warrior bear asked her former trainer.

"Well the beastial that handled those canisters is a feline and we know they drive a Solar Eclipse, a distinctive hover vehicle."

"Overwatch access the knight core files. How many beastials drive a Solar Eclipse hover vehicle across the empire?" My she beast asked.

*More than twenty-five thousand.*

"How many in that ugly color?" I asked.

*More than two thousand five hundred.*

"How many are operated by feline beastials?" Matt asked.

*More than five hundred.*

"That narrows it down some." Mr. Tracker said.

"You are forgetting something." My she beast said to her former trainer.

"I am?"

"Overwatch of those five hundred, how many live here in World One?" Lady Ursa asked.

*More than a hundred.*

(I can see where this is going.)

"Overwatch of those, have any of them expressed anti-human views?"

*Accessing. About fifty but the data is incomplete.*

"Damn." My bear grumbled.

"Let me guess, the knight core is more concerned about those expressing views against the master, typical." Matt said.

"Not now human. Overwatch send an general alert to the all the knights here in the World One. Be on the look out for a brown Solar Eclipse Utility hover vehicle. If found, do not engage. Notify me immediately." My pregnant she beast said to the automated assistant.

*Acknowledged and sent Lady Ursa.*

"So what know Little Ursula?" Matt Tracker asked.

"I am called Lady Ursa."

"I thought Little Ursula was a much cuter name. Why the change?"

"Because I am no longer the young helpless cub who was made to perform tricks to amuse audiences. When the master liberated me, I vowed never to be that weak and helpless again." My she beast said to her former trainer.

"So you are who you are now because of your past, because of me?"

"Yes." The bear knight said staring down at the blond man.

"Well done little bear. My how you have blossomed into a strong and powerful beastial. Now is there a Mr. Ursa?"

"I am staying far away from that." I said getting out of the prototype. I walked away as the two continued to bicker. At least, they weren't trying to kill each other.

So for the next thirty minutes I helped out at Thomas Park while Matt Tracker and my mistress caught up (bickered), but there wasn't much to be done for the victims. They looked fine physically, but internally their organs had been destroyed. Without working lungs, heart, stomach, spleen, liver, pancreas or intestines- there was simply no life to save and nothing to revive.

"Alex!" My she beast called out to me thirty minutes later.

"What is it?" I asked.

"A brown Solar Eclipse has been seen." Matt said to me.

I ran over to the blue coupe and got in.

"Emily where are you?" My mistress said to the image of a female woodchuck on the upper left monitor in the center stack.

"The west side- the Bramble area near the city boundary." The junior knight announced.

"Do not engage. We are on our way."

"Yes ma'am." The junior knight announced.

Lady Ursa engaged the hover mode and we flew to the west side of World One where we found the woodchuck following the brown utility vehicle in and out of arial traffic fifteen minutes later.

"Emily I will take the lead, you follow." My warrior bear ordered the junior knight.

Seeing that they were being followed by the knight core, the driver of the brown utility sped up and flew into the traffic.

"The traffic is thick this afternoon." Mr. Tracker said.

"Most likely because it close to lunch hour." My pregnant she beast said.

"By speeding up, they have indicated that they have some reason to evade us." I said.

"Well try as they might, they won't."

"Why is that Little Ursula?" Matt said to the ursine warrior piloting the blue prototype.

"Because we are about to hunt down our human hunter." I said.

"How are you going to bring down that brown utility vehicle?" Matt asked.

"There is the old project a brick wall routine." I said.

"That will work pet." My she beast said pressing the third button in the column of buttons on the weapons menu.

*Side-pods engaged*

"Overwatch engage the holo projector and project a building right in front of the brown hover vehicle...." I started to order the automated assistant.

But the driver of the brown Solar Eclipse had other ideas. They launched three more canisters from the driver-side window into the aerial traffic.

"Mistress!"

_*Static pulse engaged* _

_*Static pulse engaged* _

*Static pulse engaged*

Lady Ursa tried to neutralize the canisters like she did at the park. But she didn't have enough time to react (and drive) and missed.

The canisters exploded in a blinding flash in front and above us impacting drivers in the immediate strike range. We were saved by the prototype's deflector.

"How many were hit?" Matt asked.

(FUCK!)

"Too many!" I screamed as we watched seven hover vehicles fall from the sky.

"Emily save as many as you can!" My warrior bear yelled into the communicator.

*Tractor hooks engaged*

Try as she could. Lady Ursa couldn't stop all of the falling hover vehicles.

**THWOK**

The left tractor hook hit the trunk of a green sedan. The right one hit the bed of yellow truck. We were pulled back to Counter Earth as the prototype tried to stop their falls.

I watched the system status monitor turn red as Lady Ursa desperately tried to save those two vehicles.

"Come on!" My warrior bear said trying to slow our descent.

*I am sorry ma'am we are being pulled apart; we can't save them and ourselves.* Overwatch announced.

My warrior bear grumbled as she drove the hover vehicle downward, trying to run under one of the hover vehicles the green sedan, she cut the cable from the right tractor hook and let the other vehicle fall.

"Everyone one prepare for impact!" The bear screamed.

We were falling from seven hundred fifty feet in the air, this wasn't going to be pretty.

**WUUUUD**

The landing hurt- a lot. Matt and I watched in horror as the six other hover vehicles landed around us in a large heap. Their drivers slumped over their steering wheels.

"What is our status?" My bear barked.

"The passive restraints and the deflector system saved us from being injured in the fall and being crushed by the vehicle we were carrying." I said.

"Can we pursue?"

"Not unless all of that red on the upper right monitor is a good thing." Mr. Tracker said.

"No. The prototype took a lot of damage, numerous systems are down including hover mode." I said.

"Tracker tracer it is." My bear knight said selecting the item from the weapons menu. She lined up the crosshairs on the brown utility vehicle which stopped to admire the carnage and then pressed the fire button.

*Side-pods failure.*

"Are the weapons online?" Lady Ursa asked.

*The weapons are on line but the side-pods have been damaged in the fall.* Overwatch announced.

"THIS IS NOT OVER HUNTER!" My bear knight growled as the three of us watched helplessly as the brown Solar Eclipse utility vehicle hovered away, its driver most likely celebrating our spectacular loss.

To Be Continued....