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"Mesa of Damned Souls"
May. 24th, 2022 10:38 am"Mesa of Damned Souls"
2/27/1998
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At dawn, the terrain of Arizona looked red and orange below him. Bane lowered the CORBY from its cruising speed of 300 MPH down to barely 100 and started his descent. The black stealthcopter lowered to two hundred feet. Its passage was almost completely silent. An observer on the ground might have heard something like a stiff wind pass overhead, but that was it.
The Dire Wolf was alone in the craft. He sat in the pilot seat, grim-faced and taut. His helmet had the visor up, showing pale grey eyes a little colder than usual. He had flown out here from New York after getting the call. As soon as he had the necessary altitude, Bane had disengaged the rotors and cut in the Trom impulse drive to shoot the CORBY forward at Mach-1. It wasn't until he was over the Southwest that he brought the craft down to cruising speed and used the rotors again.
The call from Archangel's son disturbed him. The man had never shown any interest in the Midnight War. He was not the hero his father had been, that was certain. As far as he knew, Michael Pulaski was content to run a helicopter courier service that ferried occasional tourists over the Grand Canyon. His sudden call that he needed help freeing prisoners had not rung true to Bane. But he owed enough to Archangel that he had agreed to come.
( the rest of the story )
1/29/2014
2/27/1998
I/
At dawn, the terrain of Arizona looked red and orange below him. Bane lowered the CORBY from its cruising speed of 300 MPH down to barely 100 and started his descent. The black stealthcopter lowered to two hundred feet. Its passage was almost completely silent. An observer on the ground might have heard something like a stiff wind pass overhead, but that was it.
The Dire Wolf was alone in the craft. He sat in the pilot seat, grim-faced and taut. His helmet had the visor up, showing pale grey eyes a little colder than usual. He had flown out here from New York after getting the call. As soon as he had the necessary altitude, Bane had disengaged the rotors and cut in the Trom impulse drive to shoot the CORBY forward at Mach-1. It wasn't until he was over the Southwest that he brought the craft down to cruising speed and used the rotors again.
The call from Archangel's son disturbed him. The man had never shown any interest in the Midnight War. He was not the hero his father had been, that was certain. As far as he knew, Michael Pulaski was content to run a helicopter courier service that ferried occasional tourists over the Grand Canyon. His sudden call that he needed help freeing prisoners had not rung true to Bane. But he owed enough to Archangel that he had agreed to come.
( the rest of the story )
1/29/2014
