The Launch

The comms crackled.

Shadow looked up again. Before returning to the map of the Arctic. They were just finishing their survey when.

"...in..." The comms popped.

one of the attendants moved over to adjust the frequency he listened for a while before the voice came in and he switched to ship board comms.

"Ma'am to the bridge now. "

Several minutes later, a woman with dark brown hair and a scar holding down her cheeks walked on to the bridge where the comms officer displayed the com signal on the main table and let the signal rise before opening a reply.

"Bloodfallen come in."

Shadow sighed in relief.

"We hear you loud and clear. Sir,"

"It's a wonderful experience to see."

the woman chuckled.

"I bet. How's space from there?"

"I would guess it looks amazing for the people."

That sentence gave pause for Shadow and the woman.

"Lord, what do you mean?"

there was a long pause as if the communications were cut before he spoke again.

"Cee take care of the empire, and shadow take care of everything else."

Cee looked over to shadow, and worry was evident on her face.

"H? where are you?"

a long pause before.

"off the coast of hawii. I won't make it, I'm trapped under a beam and the fuel from the carrier is going to ignite soon."

Shadow moved to the helms man to instruct him to go after the signal, however when he reached the man he was already moving the ship over the sea. Albet slowly without warning, the ship lurched as 2 speedship connected to the hull and added there speed to the max speed of the bloodfallen.

"helm time?"

"With the added help I'd say 3 hours. I've ordered the crew to get any ships nearby to the launch location to move as well. The closest ship is Ravock 12 minutes out from his location..."

shadow moved back to comms board showing Cee 3 fingers.

"H, were 3 hours out hold on ok?"

"Hey do you remember what we decided to name our son when he was born?"

She did, but to keep him talking.

"No, what did we decide?"

there was a massive explosion through the comms. Then silence before it crackled to life again.

"i remeber... Cough... the argument we had."

they listened intently as he mumbed and shifted the groaning of the beam he was under, shifting a pained squeak from him before the comms officer. spoke up. over what H was saying.

"ID signal Ravock has gone dark. The second closest ship is the Darmock ETA 40 minutes."

A sharp intake of pained breath silenced the bridge of the bloodfallen. as they listened.

"Cee?"

"Yes."

"I-I-I-I..."

Another boom this time from some sort of cannon fire. in the distance.

H started to talk to himself.

"Live the life of freedom my brethren." they heard his next sentence and it brought chills to their bones.

"I just saw the I.C. Ravock fall to enemy fire."

there was a cut in communications.

12 minutes to hawaii.

after the lord cut out the bloodfallen had been trying to get him back, losing hope the men had moved to the deck to get medical ready before anyone could move to the chopper on board, a signal flare flew from the wreaked aircraft carrier in front of them the flare exploded in a blinding purple light. However, even though the flare meant to turn back due to danger, the bloodfallen did not listen and continued unimpeded coming along side the carrier. or what was left of it, the entire crew of 500 jumped ship and moved onto the carrier searching for the lord.

The comm cracked.

"Cee?"

the bridge froze. then faster than lightning, Cee operated the speaker. and called back.

"H!"

"I wanted to let you know. no.... i love you. with all my life. continue in my stead to lead our people."

a short pause before.

"name him dragon. our son, name him dragon when he is born."

Cee looked at the comm and he knew how she had never told anyone she was pregnant, how did he? but that all changed when the crew said they found him over the comms, and then after another few minutes he was aboard Cee started to move before a crackle over the com came online, this one a crip military voice. one belonging to a female.

"Life signals none, time of death 2:34.45 AM Central Eastern time. The last order finalized protocol black initated. all known members of the imperium and core holders/ships/equitment to be transported to the project Colony shift. NOW."

without warning a loud BRITZZ sounded as nearby imperium and sycamore vessels transported off the planet cee looked around as aircraft ships, people and equitment belonging to the imperium and holding disappeared. The bloodfallen then followed, appearing in a station in Drydocks. they looked around and saw...

Shadow spoke first.

"Jupiter station it's real! and he kept us all safe."

the computer spoke one last time.

"A.I program ALEINA. signing off last order received and sent. The master is dead. total people evacuated from earth 50.56 million p[ersonal. code 3F4S: FIRE."

from the depths of the planet, Cee and shadow witnessed the missiles rising and firing, disappearing through a transporter before they realized where they were heading, he kept his promise he would protect them even if it meant ending the world.

9 months later Dragon H Imperium was born.

onboard the I.C.F. Yamato.