The story begins - Sky escapes the Hylian nebula.
“Come on you damn ship plot the coordinates already…” His hands danced over the controls in front of him. Trained hands and eyes dodging and weaving through black sparks of energy as the ship spiralled through the space in front of him. The yellows that danced across his viewfinder slowly faded as he forced his ship further and further into the dark of the expanse.
“Master” A familiar chime across his implant echoed through his mind as Fi sprung to life. “I detect hull damage; our attackers appear to be targeting your engines.” Her voice was cool and collected as she had been for so long. The calm in the torrent storm that was in his mind after allowing himself to be convinced by Sol to recon the planet.
A shot hit home, and he felt the impact force the ship forward ever so slightly. Sending his body forward, he flapped his wings to steady his footing before opening another panel. Allowing the command chamber to expand. Reds and blues danced through his vision as he lifted himself off the ground. Wings spread wind as anger erupted through his core. “Alright, You damn D3 assassin’s. Come here.
“Fi I’m commencing Symbiotic connection” With the press of a button on the controls, gold holographic feathers began to spiral around him.
They danced across his body as he could feel the controls of the ship echo through his soul. The ship was now his body. A symbiotic bond formed.
With a flap of his wings, he spun around and performed an aerial flip. The ship followed his movements as he closed the gap between himself and his attacker. Settling the ship behind him he raised an arm, forcing a feather into his palm as he went. Slashing it in front of him the ship followed his movements. Huge mechanical claws Slashed across the viewfinder as they cut into the Ship in front of him. Splitting it in half as he rose, forcing the ship to rise with him. Before releasing the control for the weapons and forcing the ship to accelerate instead.
“Master you must release the symbiotic control.” Fi’s voice echoed through his head again. As he continued to push through the throbbing in his head. “You are unable to maintain that state for long.”
“They are trying to stop me from escaping.” He flapped his wings again, the ship steadily increasing in its acceleration as he continued to dodge fire from his now less-of-a-problem group of attackers. “They are trying to box me in.”
His eyes scanned the dark expanse of space moving his body left then right, dodging and weaving the laser fire as he continued ever onward. The comforting yellows fading out to deep black and purple.
“I know master. But you must stop.” Her voice seemed more insistent. “Go back to standard controls.”
Nope… He looked over to the controls again. The SC Drive wasn’t fully charged but it would be soon. Another impact forced the ship to lurch again, the sudden movement in the space around him forced him to the ground. Sending the ship into a free dive as he attempted to stand.
“Master. Maintaining full symbiotic control over the ship while you also must do so for your wings will lead to exhaustion. You risk your life by continuing this course of action.” Her steady voice the sound of reason in his mind as emotions rocked through him.
His head hurt… His eyes stung.
His eyes flashed over the controls one by one. “Can't lead him to the fleet…” He was trapped, he would die and he would fail and his people would die. “Can’t take him to Skyloft…” His hands stilled as laser fire rocked the ship again. The throbbing in his head was more prominent.
He paused. Before releasing the feathers from his body. Allowing them to fade as he landed gently on the ground. One hand to the floor while the other held his head.
“I have already taken limited control of the ship to allow you time to recover.”
“Sol said there was some sort of government on the other side of the expanse…” Standing he pulled up a map, allowing it to flicker to life as the sounds of explosions echoed through his ears. Spotting a collection of planets.
“Farore’s core… Farores core…” He hastily said as he opened up a panel. His hands shook. “I have to.. I have to.”
“Spiral charge drive almost charged Master Celestial Sphere.” Fi’s voice echoed through his head again. A wave of calm washed over his body as the lights of alarm bells rang through the ship. Warning lights and ship warnings echoed through the air.
“I told you to call me Sky…” He mumbled.
‘Fire detected in engine bay two.’
His head turned rapidly to the right before he scanned the control panel once again. It now flashing a shade of orange. “Then you better hurry it up, take power from other systems if you must I don’t know…”
He was cut off by the sound of an explosion. “Dammit!”
“Master, I detect multiple impacts. We can't take much more damage.”
‘Left hand wing integrity at 23%’
“I know… I know…” He worked over the controls faster entering final coordinates as a green nebula appeared on the viewfinder. And a marker indicating the planet. Or at least he hoped it was a planet. Appeared.
“Master coordinates set for Farore’s core. Spiral charge core online, we must depart the Hylian nebula if we are to survive.”
“Then let's get out of here!” With the wave of his hand he opened the system to confirm the jump. Thumping it with his fist. It flashed green twice, then a voice sounded over the internal ship systems.
‘Spiral charge launching, destination Castle, Farore’s core.’
“I’ll come back my rising sun, We’ll take back bolt from Demise. We have too…”
The viewfinder stretched the stars as they began to spiral around his vision. Forming a tunnel which the ship hurried through. The sounds of laser fire fading to the stars as he felt the tunnel close behind them.
He released the breath he was holding as the alarms continued to flare.
‘Fire detected in engine bay four’
“Fi! Send a distress call to the nearest planet when we exit. I don’t think I’m going to be awake for.”
The ship lurched, throwing the Skyloftian from his pedestal. The he registered the crack of something as he hit the steel walls. He could hear alarms as the world around him spun. A warm substance dripped down the side of his face. He could feel his wings had become detached… The remainders of the mounting device in pieces besides him.
Fi… He tried to call through the noise.
‘Warning spiral charge core offline, course not completed, planetary destination changed’
‘Warning, engines two and four are offline, unable to course correct.’
Prepare for emergency declaration procedures.
Deceleration procedures failed.
‘Fire in engine bays four through seven.’
‘Hull damage in sectors one seven and nine.’
‘Life support systems on emergency power’