т н є ☂ я є ι g и ~

[~echo~]

Dallas returned the cold look and then looked at the girl. "Come on. Get up. We're leaving." He pressed a button on the wall and the chair in which the general was sitting rose off the ground on wheels. "Push your father to the loading deck," he ordered Ayla.

[CrimsonMoon]

Defiance flashes in her eyes, the same defiance that had caused every rebel to rebel. But she looks away and obeys quietly, The General looking furious at Dallas and/or the way his daughter obeyed so easiy..

[~echo~]

Dallas walked behind them, making sure they didn't try to escape. Once they were at the loading deck, he put them both in a large hovercraft and then got in the driver's seat. He opened the door to the outside world and backed up out of it, flying into the sky. "Come get me, *ssholes," he muttered to himself.

[CrimsonMoon]

Ayla knelt next to her father, murmuring softly to him as the old man began to slip out of conciousness. Her codeword... Dallas must have said it while he interrogated her dad...

Ayla glanced at Dallas' head and shrinks away, wondering if the time she had cleaned his bruises even made a difference to him...

[~echo~]

Dallas was actually quite relieved when he had heard Ayla's voice, even if he was calling for her father. He saw two ships following after his hovercraft and nodded tersely to himself. He would give Ayla back, even though he loved her. She was more trouble than it was worth; besides, he was just one small pawn in the war. It wasn't like he could have a huge affect or anything.

[CrimsonMoon]

Ayla huddles next to her father and watches the two other ships, looking uneasy

[~echo~]

Dallas tapped into the speaker system on the main ship and started talking firmly. "Here are my conditions- I will give you your general and her daughter back, unharmed, if your two ships take another ship and leave this place. Then, and only then, will you get your general back."

[~echo~]

Bump

[CrimsonMoon]

Sorry, finals have been v_v blagh...)

There was no answer and eventually a voice crackles," Let us speak to them so we know you aren't lying..."

[~echo~]

(Oh, no worries xD Mine are next week so I'm going to be eating, sleeping, and testing xD I probably won't have time for much, either. No pressure!)

Dallas snapped at Ayla. "Talk," he said, pointing the microphone at her mouth while he kept his hand on the wheel.

[CrimsonMoon]

Ayla flinches away, glaring at him tearily... Maybe she still felt something for him... But alas she looks away and mutters,"... I'd rather us be shot down..."

[~echo~]

Dallas looked at her pleadingly. "Please- I don't want you to die," he whispered. "Please- just talk for a little... talk for your father's sake."

[CrimsonMoon]

Ayla pauses, staring at him with confusion... She wasn't sure if he was lying so he could lve or telling the truth so she could... She glances back at her dad before leaning toward the microphone and mumbling," Hello... Commander..."0

[~echo~]

Dallas looked at her. "Thank you. More please?"

"Hello, Ayla. What is your middle name?" he asked, knowing that nobody else would know it.

[CrimsonMoon]

Ayla doesnt lolk at him but looks down, blushing a bit,"... Frostholmes..." She mumbles

[~echo~]

The commander nods to himself. "Very well. You, rebel, send them down," he growled.

[CrimsonMoon]

Ayla leans back and gazes quietly at Dallas, glancing at her fatherto make sure he was asleep,"... Dallas..." He starts hesitantly

[~echo~]

He held his hand up and gazed at her. "Don't. I love you Ayla, ever since you cleaned my black eye that day. But it wasn't meant to be. I am a rebel and a rebel I must stay. So, goodbye. Please don't forget me- I'll probably die on this night.

[CrimsonMoon]

Ayla bites her lip, lookig at herfather again before leaning over the back of his seat andhugging him tenderly aroud the neck, she buries her face into his dark hair,"... Don't die, you have to promise you won't die..." She whispers, her voice cracking slightly

[~echo~]

Dallas held her hand tightly as if it were his lifeline, then let go and looked at her seriously. "I cannot make any promises. But I'll try." With that, he pressed a button and the back of the hovercraft detached itself from the rest, closing up and speeding down towards the large ship. The back of the now one-part hovercraft closed and he watched the second half leave before rushing back towards base.