T Minus One
Mar. 9th, 2009 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acts_of_gordBy the time the last Strider topples to earth, Gordon is fairly vibrating with adrenaline- and he wasn't even driving. Probably for the best. Towards the end there it was pure chaos, Striders everywhere and Hunters darting in and out of every available bit of cover- not to mention the gunship and dropship parts that occasionally rained down from the sky. If it weren't for Steve, he has no doubt he'd have wound up wrapped around a tree trying without hope to take out the Striders on foot.
But the last Strider's remains lie twitching in front of him, and someone's voice is crowing over the PA that the Striders have been defeated. Every rebel in sight is cheering. And unless he's very much mistaken, there's a helicopter overhead attempting some kind of ...
... helicopters are not capable of victory dances. Possibly the pilot is having a seizure.
At any rate, Gordon collapses in his seat as Rojhaz smiles and sets course back to the base.
But the last Strider's remains lie twitching in front of him, and someone's voice is crowing over the PA that the Striders have been defeated. Every rebel in sight is cheering. And unless he's very much mistaken, there's a helicopter overhead attempting some kind of ...
... helicopters are not capable of victory dances. Possibly the pilot is having a seizure.
At any rate, Gordon collapses in his seat as Rojhaz smiles and sets course back to the base.
