Fallen Skies (Future Foundation)

[outlaws_pryde]

Bobby Quill's day was great, right before he grabbed that cube.

He grabbed the Cube and the Kree were shooting at him. The race back to his ship was enough to get his heart pumping but the Badoon shooting at him from the upper atmosphere were a pain in the rear. He escaped Carida and took off at warp speed across the galaxy in his ship, Excalibur, hoping to outrun his pursuers.

He came out of hyperspace near Saturn and felt safe enough to holo-chat with his mother.

"Bobby! Hi, sweetie! Where are you?"

"Hey, mom! I'm not quite sure where I am right now. Just out crusin' the space ways. You know how it is." he said.

She nodded, her eyes narrowing as he looked around the ship. Kitty Pryde was no one's fool, so when she saw the rings of Saturn through the canopy of her son's ship, she turned her gaze back at her son.

"Are you in jail again?" 

"Mom, really? I would never call you from jail. That's Dad's thing, remember? I think I'm in the Andromeda galaxy anyway. I've never ever been to jail here before." he told her.

"Oh, okay. Just wondering. Because I know what the rings of Saturn look like and I know that you know what they look like. So if you're trying to surprise me, you --" 

KRA-KOOM!

The ship lurched as cannon fire struck and Bobby cursed aloud as he ran toward the cockpit. He hopped into the pilots chair, calling for his AI to give him a heads-up on what hit him.

Badoon fighter-ships incoming, Bobby.

"Bobby? That was cannon fire. Where are you and why are people shooting at you?"

"Mom, can I call you back? You know it makes me nervous when you talk while I fly." he said, focusing on the small gap he could see in the alien formation.

"Bobby, do not hang up on me. Tell me where you are." 

Bobby shut down the channel, knowing that she'd be a little mad at him later. If he lived through this, he'd buy her flowers to apologize.

--

The people of New York would hear the sonic boom as the silver-and-blue ship broke into the upper atmosphere as his ship streaked toward the ground. Excalibur ship had taken a beating already and it was all he could do to stay awake long enough to keep it from crashing into a populated center.

It was a sheer miracle that the ship didn't shatter on impact but when it landed in the harbor, it began to sink. Bobby would have liked to do something about it but once he landed, he was out cold.

Comments

[soulstealingstark]

Alexa sent another laser blast at the Badoon, just for good measure.

"And that is what sane people call overkill, sweetie, but mama just calls fun with lasers."

[realstarpower]

Ryan watched them go and frowned gently. "Well, that was anti-climatic," he said. "All dressed up and no one to fight." Pity.

[outlaws_pryde]

Bobby looked at his rescuers, then looked at his ship...which had now sank into the harbor.

He started to walk forward to thank the earthlings helping him, but a funny thing happened on the way. His body finally came down from the adrenaline high.

"Hey guys...my name is...Bo..."

Bobby Quill collapsed from his injuries, falling flat on his face on the pier.

[stormy_skrull]

"Well," Mary said. "That was... unexpected? Cute guys don't usually fall out of the sky like that."

[soulstealingstark]

"Just bring him back to the lab or something so we can figure out who he is and why the Badoon were after him. I promise not to shoot him with lasers."

[aqua_gambit]

Remi looked at the prone and unconscious 'Bo', at Mary, and then at the sky since Alexa was not readily available to stare at. He sighed as a muscle in his jaw twitched.

He tried to slide a shield under the Badoon-bait and lift him.

"Ryan, check what's left of the Badoon on the shore. See if any are alive or have any technology worth scrounging. Jacob, bring the Car around. Let's go home."