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FLYING THE DEADLY SKIES

So I lunge for the Steering Device and try to wrench ATHENOS II back down toward the island.

But as soon as my talons grab the Steering Device I get zapped with a photon charge and sparks fly off my talons and bolts of energy shoot up and down my tail, shocking me.

Now right there in the middle of all the chaos, I hold my talons up in front of my beak and with wide eyes see smoke tendrils curling off of them.

“Wrong direction, sir!” cries ATHENOS II. “Try again! Hurry!”

Outside the windshield I can hear the Dean’s ConquerCraft’s siren blaring and I can see we are now only seconds away from a head-on collision.

That treacherous dragon is roaring, “Prepare to die! Prepare to die!”

So I lunge for the Steering Device and this time there are no sparks or shocks and I wrench the spaceship to the right. I jam my index claw at the Control Display and hit the FTL, and you can hear the quantum thrusters explode underneath us and the spaceship seems to leap.

And at the very last second I just manage to avoid getting us smashed to pieces by that maniac Dean Floop’s ConquerCraft.

Now with the sudden burst of speed and change of direction from the rotational thrusters my spaceship blasts clear of Blegwethia’s atmosphere and out into space.

And overhead in the cockpit’s monitor Dean Floop’s monsterish scaly green face appears looking all deranged with flames shooting out his nostrils: “Gork, I’m coming for you! You won’t make it through the day! I promise! You’re going to die today! And you’re going to die at my talon! You should’ve never crossed horns with me! You’re gonna die! You’re gonna die! Do you understand what I’m saying to you, Gork?! You’re going to die!”

Then I guess ATHENOS II cuts the monitor off, because Dean Floop’s repulsive scaly face disappears and the screen goes black.

And I’m thinking:

Oh my God.