The hundreds of robotic soldiers banged there armored chests to indicate they were ready.
Purcell called to them once more. "ARE YOU READY?" His entire army then began stomping their metallic boots on the roadway and clanging their rifles to their legs as they marched forward.
The sisters' ships and the sisters themselves began launching missiles and firing at the approaching Corporation ground patrol. Some of the women ran ahead and put up barricades to help block the road and delay the enemy's progress. Darren and his remaining gang had all joined with the sisterhood in this epic fight.
Chaya made a point of grabbing a long pole and attaching to it the former United States of America flag. She perched the flag high on their side of the bridge so all could see its colors. Jansa stepped before her and nodded her approval before raising a laser pistol at the oncoming army. "This is it," she announced.
Mahira came up to both behind them and patted both her sisters' shoulders. She gave them all a strong look. "Live free or die, my sisters. Live free or die!"
Their hearts sunk when several more Corporation flyers, somehow not grounded, came into view above them. All paused and looked to the sky.
Then, even more flyers were seen behind these. However, this time, it was the state representatives from Los Angeles who had ships of their own, now trapping the newly arrived Corporation's ships to their rear.
All the newly arrived air ships turned on one another as a great sky battle ensued.
Jerry Bends had help coming as well, so the ladies had to hold on until they arrived. They were holding the bridge firm until a large group of black armored soldiers suddenly broke through and opened fire.
Chapter Fifty-One
Things were looking bad for the sisterhood, but Raegan's phone suddenly went off and Jackson J was back on the line. "Raegan, you're not going to believe this. That flaming orb hit the Empire State Building and the thing was demolished!" he yelled out, sounding all excited. "I mean, some civilians in the area got blown up, but holy crap!" Again, his connections started to break up, and then the line cut off completely.
Raegan had no time to think because behind the oncoming battalion of death dealers, strode a very tall, silver and blue robot. Beside him walked a man wearing a metal helmet topped with a silver eagle.
Jansa made her way closer to her friend, then Mahira and Tyne Gem joined her up front.
Jansa knew this was their chance. "We have to use our best ground rocket now," Jansa demanded in her friend's ear. "It's their leaders, Rae…make the call."
"Yes!" cried out Mahira. "The cannon is already loaded and armed. Make the call, Raegan. Let's blast these leader fuckers to smithereens."
Tyne and Raegan looked at one another as Mahira took hold of the big rocket launcher. Raegan pointed to her cyborg sister. "Go ahead and help her."
Raegan was in agreement, nodding her head up and down with excitement. Mahira motioned for everyone to back up. "This is going to put a huge hole in the bridge. Get back more…here they come!" she screamed.
Raegan, Mahira, Jansa, Chaya, and Tyne held their breath as Jansa called out, "For Zaey and D-Marge."
Mahira's eyes took on a look of fury and she pointed the launcher directly at the army coming across the bridge. Tyne rushed in and held the launcher with her.
As the army, led by their super robot Galax and the new big shot President Berlin Purcell, strode at them, she cried out, "TIME TO DIE, MOTHERFUCKERS!"
But then, the world stopped for Raegan. The flying ships all paused, the lasers all froze in colorful streams all about, the fires stopped burning, and the screams of war became silent.
Purcell and Galax had parted, and between them, a young boy holding a rifle walked forward. Raegan felt like she couldn't breathe.
He was a small, curly brown-haired kid. Her heart jumped from her chest at seeing her son. It was Johan. It was him. Yes, it had been years, but she just knew it. Johan was alive! His helmet did little to conceal his beautiful face from her view.
She could not speak.
More flyers appeared from the right, indicating that Jerry Bends' team had arrived. The explosions and sounds of battle began again, louder than ever.
Galax, seeing the women preparing to shoot at them, raised his gigantic laser rifle and aimed at the lead woman across from them. Jansa stepped in front to block her sister Raegan who was standing at the front.
Raegan then spun about, asking Mahira and Tyne to wait. But when she then looked back at her son, Galax had already pulled the trigger. A thick red laser bullet came racing toward Jansa, but before it struck, a figure zoomed out of nowhere on a motorbike and skidded to a halt directly in front of Jansa. This biker man had taken the bullet and saved Jansa's life. Darren and his bike went flying to the ground, his chest shot open with a hole the size of a pineapple.
Tyne's voice called out, "Raegan, we have to shoot them…make the call."
Jansa ran to Darren and cried out in agony. "Oh, please…nooo! Ahhhhhh!" She reached for him, kneeling and holding him close.
He looked up at her and smiled. Fighting for breath, he said, "See … I told you … that bike was … special. I told you … I'd be back for it … one day…"
Mahira yelled out, "Raegan, make the call!"
More explosions, shots and screams erupted all about the area.
Darren could hardly talk, but he had to tell her something. "I also told you … I would do something good in life," he whispered. "Now I have…for you, my sunshine…for…I love you."
Jansa's tears flowed freely down her cheeks as her heart tore in two. "Noooooooo, Darren! Please, noooooooo…hold on, my love, you can't go, we can make it in this life…I love you…noooooooo!" She held her man close as he died in her arms.
The Ruthys were fast approaching and had dropped a miniature but deadly army of spitters to the turf; these snake-like creatures of a robotic form slithered fast at the rebels, looking to bite and poison anyone on the bridge that stood in their path.
Smoke and fire rose all about and vision was limited as the ugliness of this fight ramped up to full motion. Many members of the beloved sisterhood and their allies that had come from far and wide were dying in the name of freedom.
Jansa with tears and black smoke and soot all about her face looked to Raegan. "We need to blast them to pieces. Come on! Make the call, Raegan!"
Chaya yelled from behind, "That missile will take out everyone on that side of the bridge…hurry, Raegan, make the call or we're all going to die."
Raegan looked ahead through the veil of smoke and fire, through the carnage that was all that stood between her and the leadership of the Y-Corporation. She could make the call. She could end Y-Wood right here and now.
Then, the young boy with a somewhat puzzled expression, called out to her, "Mom?"
THE END
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Mystical Slayers Glossary
Aaron Steele: Nerdy Y-Wood assistant
Akaboo: Paka’s unique dog on Mars
Albarto: An associate leader for Y-Wood Corporation.
Aliah: The Corporation’s champion cyborg
Arn Marcou: President of Y-Wood Corporation
Ashman: Y-Wood Corporation photographer
Atune: Private cyber hacker and info bot in NY
Barlow: NYC arms dealer
Berlin Purcell: Military Field Commander / General for Y-Wood Corporation
Bloom Bars: Corporation nutritional fast food
Blu: A Mystical Slayer, the Sky Captain, the one with blue hair highlights
Bowtanny: A barbarian from Saturn’s secret land
Brin: A Mystical Slayer in training
Brock Jones: A silver-haired west coast representative & lawyer
Cally: Tyranna Be Rex’s daughter from Texas
Captain Raymond Hully: Washington’s finest space pilot
Celestial: Sinaye’s daughter on Saturn’s moon
Chancellor Tessa: The tall refined secretary of Y-Wood Corporation
Chadwick McArthur: The sea boat captain from Maine
Chaya: A Mystical Slayer, spiritual speaker of the sisterhood
Darren: Biker gang leader in California
Dazzle: A cyborg bar manager
Deimos: A moon of planet Mars
Della: Golden ticket owner from upstate NY
Delve Marcou: the former CEO of Y-Wood Corporation
D-Marge: Online hacker of the sisterhood
Elchano Bareki: A Texas arms dealer
Ella Von Stybeck: West Coast state representative
Enceladus: A moon on Planet Saturn
Envy: A Mystical Slayer, the wildcat, and a master spy
Ereesta: An alternative planet
Galax: A sleek, powerful super robot of the Y-Wood Corporation
Gavin: Young man in the sisterhood compound
Hale Valdosta: An assistant to President Marcou
IHF: Instant Healing Formula
Jackson J: Cyber hacker
Jansa Davin: A Mystical Slayer, the new age doctor / healer of the sisterhood
Jazz: Biker girl from California
Jerry Bends: Washington D.C. freedom fighter/ politician
Johan: The young son of Raegan and Lomax
J-Rail: An elite, mercenary bounty hunter
Kalina: Mahira’s nightclub lover
Kanya: A Mystical Slayer and prison guard on Planet Mars
Karma: A young Asian-American Mystical Slayer
Kron: Chaya’s robotic companion
Lomax: R-Bel news reporter and Raegan’s husband
Mahira: A Mystical Slayer, gladiator and little spark plug
Malice: Mahira’s Puerto Rican nightclub lover
Martian Worms: Big ugly critters on planet Mars
Massaki-Mi: Sensei (teacher) to all the sisterhood
Mars: The red planet
Metaya Valteese: The founding mother of the sisterhood
Mr. Derringer: A politician on Mars
Naiera: Young Native American Mystical Slayer
Omagus: A super hologram robot of Y-Wood Corporation
Paka: A Mystical Slayer and Afro-American prison guard on Mars
Pandora: Paka’s lover on Mars
Parkis Dell: The top lawyer for Y-Wood Corporation
Phobos: A moon of planet Mars
Poland: An info bot in California
Q-Jin: Meaning "freedom fighters" in robot language
Raegan James: A Mystical Slayer, R-Bel news reporter, and leader of the sisterhood
Rah: The ocean world on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Resin Cador: The top assistant to President Marcou
Ruthys: Ruthless, all black robot killing machines
Saturn: The ringed planet
Seidons: Aquatic fish people on Saturn's moon Enceladus
Showerheads: Robotic spider-snakes of Y-Wood Corporation
Sinaye: A Mystical Slayer, and top robotic scientist of the sisterhood
Spicy: A night club owner
Spitters: Cobra-like metal robotic snakes of the Y-Wood Corporation
Starigen 6280: The sisterhood’s highly guarded, secret drug formula
Sun: A young trainee in the sisterhood
Supreme Justice Tartilla: A virtual judge
Suzy-Q: A cyborg bounty hunter
Tallis Merrill: Jansa’s medical / reiki master and teacher
Thella: Fish woman from Saturn
Tyne Gem: A Mystical Slayer, a cyborg with sparkling blue eyes
Tyranna Be Rex: Armor and weapons designer from Texas
Vadooo Osae: Club owner of the dungeon in Washington D.C.
Vicky Val: Personal assistant to Jerry Bends in CA
Victory: Young blond Mystical Slayer
Wormholes: Time bending space connecters
Wraith: Mahira’s step dad
Wycliffe: A hip hop drug lord from NJ
Wynne: A Mystical Slayer, an expert markswoman for the sisterhood
Zaey: A Mystical Slayer, and lawyer from the land down under