Leo was suddenly taken back when the guy pulled out a dagger and waved it in the air before licking the blade like a pervert. It send chills down Leo's spine. The Green aura leaking out of his body signified that he was not your ordinary guy. He was at least a Lv 21 Magnate. It was obvious that the guy had a blade related skill in his arsenal meaning that he was an Awakener.
Leo couldn't understand what was going on. He was a poor ordinary human and didn't even have any kind of deep enmity with anyone. Just what could one achieve by killing him?
On the other hand, the alien guy's face turned grim. He seem to have some idea about this.
"Its all because of me….I am sorry for dragging you in…"
He sighed with a depressed and helpless look on his face and gave Leo an apologetic smile. It was now clear to Leo that the guy knew what was going on.
"Let him go, you were here for my life to begin with.." The Alien guy stood in front of Leo and threw his hands wide trying to protect him. It was probably the best he could have done.
Leo looked at him in surprise. Now a day, it was already great if people of your own race didn't kick you down and here he was witnessing some random guy belonging to another race protecting him. The world needed more people like him. It would be a pity for him to die like this.
The moment Leo's reached the conclusion, he suddenly grabbed the Alien guy's hand and pulled him towards the cockpit. "Run!!"
The Pilot's face turned ugly but he was a step too late as he was standing the near the exit while the other two were near the cockpit.
In the end, he could only look as the door of the cockpit slammed shut.
"Tsk!! Do you think a mere door can protect you from me?" The pilot asked with a sick laugh.
The Alien guy looked at Leo with a self blaming look on his face, "Its my fault…you don't need to do this…As long as I go with him.."
"God!! How naive can you be? Do you really think he would let me go if you give up your life…" Leo rolled his eyes at him, wondering what kind of life did this alien lived to be so naive.
"Its still better than not trying anything…" the alien guy smiled with a dejected face.
"Open the door!! Or do you want me to break it!!!"
The Pilot's angry roar grabbed their attention and the alien guy looked at Leo as if asking what now. But, Leo only smiled as if saying leave it to all me before looking at the pilot through the glass pane.
"Are you sure you want to break it? The evacuation shuttles are made of a strong alloy even if you can break it, I am afraid that the amount of strength will shook the whole shuttle damaging the equipment. If that happens, all of us will die…."
"Stop bluffing!!!!" The pilot said with a snort as he prepared to break the door.
"Idiot!!" Leo's face turned pale when his plan failed. How would he have known that the guy wouldn't even believe him.
"I run a recycle shop!! I deal with all kind of junk….I am not lying!!" He screamed in panic and the guy finally stopped.
Leo breathed in relief seeing that, but the guy's next words immediately raised his anxiety to next level.
"Hmmn…I almost forgot. I am the pilot. Of course, I have the access key…" The pilot said with a smirk as he waved the access key in his hand to Leo.
"Stop!! Or I will destroy everything!!!" The voice came from the Alien guy and Leo turned his head to see him with his hands over the control board. There was a yellow aura surrounding him as electric sparks emerged from his hands. He was not an ordinary person as well but at least a Lv 1 Awake.
It seemed the guy really wasn't naive but just had acted in desperation to protect Leo earlier.
Leo immediately looked towards the pilot and saw the nervousness on his face. The guy had started to panic as well.
"You two brats!!! Come out while I am being nice….I actually already have a way out. I don't care whether you guys destroy it or not. So, think carefully…if I come in, it wont be an easy death for you…"
"Fine, then lets die together. Destroy it buddy…" Leo said as he looked at the alien guy.
"Wait!!!!" The pilot shouted while sweating all over.
At this moment, another series of announcement rang out…
"Alert! Alert!"
"Crossing critical limits, explosion in 5 minutes…"
Color on everyone's face started to fade. They knew that there wasn't much time left. The heat had already started to get unbearable.
"Fine!! Let's call a truce!! We need to get out of here fast….open the door and let me in…"
Leo and the alien guy looked at each other. There was no way that they were going to let him in. He only need a minute to kill the two of them.
"I am serious!!! I won't do anything!! Besides, do you two even know how to operate this…" The pilot lost his calm with death on his head.
"Shut up!! Tell us how to operate it!!" Leo could only think of this way. But was it really that easy to operate a space shuttle.
The Pilot gave instructions to the two in a hope that they would succeed in launching the shuttle off.
"Its not working!!!!"
"Which green button?"
"There are many buttons here.."
"What is cord locator? How does it look?"
"Idiots!!!!! Open it!!" Seeing that the time was almost over and the two still hadn't managed to launch the shuttle while still refusing to open the door, the man finally lost it and began to pound on the door.
Leo looked behind and his face turned grim. He knew that there was only one way left now. He looked at the alien guy and spoke, " Don't leave any button unturned."
There were several switches, meters, radars on the control board. Within the span of a few seconds, the two tapped button's like there was no tomorrow. Different alerts and notifications went off, lights turned on and off because of their random tapping. Sweat continued to trickle down their faces with each passing second.
"Explosion in 60…59…58…"
The sound was no different then death approaching.
But, the thing which they wanted to hear the most finally entered their ear.
"Location set."
"Launching in 10 seconds."
"Hurry, get to the seats!!!" Leo screamed and even the man who was destroying the gate turned away to take one of the seats.
"10…9…8.... …. 3..2…1..0"
Leo finally felt a sense of relief when the evacuation shuttle launched. He was finally safe and leaned back on the pilot's seat to relax. But suddenly his eyes fell on the sight behind the glass pane.
"Why are the other shuttles becoming smaller?" He wondered.
The next instant he realized that the others were not becoming smaller. It was just that they were drifting away in the opposite direction. He suddenly remembered the alert of 'Location Set' and his face turned dark.
This time, they were dead for sure.