​     As Tana fanned everyone around her with bullets, Adam grabbed handguns from two other associates. He got the people Tana missed. Within seconds, everyone in the hall besides Tana and Adam were either dead, wounded, or running for their lives. They had no problem getting to the shuttle bay after that. 

​Adam climbed into the first shuttle he saw and got behind the controls. 

     "Claudia, can you hear me?"

     "Got you, Adam."

     "I think my hearing's a little affected."

     "So what else is new? I'm coming at you full volume, Adam."

     "Good. Where are we? Has Goldbody killed anymore fatcats yet?"

​     "Not yet."

     "He hasn't taken out anymore neighborhoods, has he?"

     "No, but it's impossible to tell when one of those infernal machines will turn up next." 

​     "I know. It's not him. It's The Fours. He talked about The Fours for a few minutes before he sicced a couple of killer robots on me. This whole Goldbody deal is definitely Talon One, even though Goldbody himself claims he's Talon Two."

     "I pity the planet Earth."

     "I've come to love it here. I'll kill for this planet. I'll die for it," Adam said.

     "We've got a long row to hoe, then, you and I. You think you can get one of those shuttles started?"

     "Oh yeah, no problem. We'll be leaving in a second. I know we haven't got anything that will go all the way into space. That's why I need one of those shuttles. Can you meet me on the way up, though? I need another space suit. So does Tana. I need more weapons, too."

     "I'll have a Stargod link up with you while you're rising. We'll make the transfer then."

     "Just what I was thinking." 

     "Good luck, Adam."

     "To both of us." 

     Then,

     BAROOOM! 

​     A second shuttle rocketed into the sky.

CONTINUE