"What happened to the rest of the pods? Well I don't honestly know, I've been too busy trying to not get blown up Ms. Wynters!" Kumo called back through the pod from his position at the front of the craft. He was going through the motions flipping through commands on his console as the door to the pod locked behind them, the hiss as the seal was made and the explosions and warning sirens became muffled behind the large steel plate. Muttering to himself over and over again as he prepared the craft to launch. The escape pod could of course just be launched with little to no pomp or circumstance but that would most likely lead to death of all those involved. Refereed very simply to flying coffins is about as much infomation on the pods than is needed. "Kumo! Shut up and just do your damn job soldier!" Aleli yelled back towards the front end of the pod as she turned back to face Ms. Wynters. Aleli felt her heart somewhere up in her throat, hearing each and every thud in her body resounding like distant mortars slamming in the distance. All of her senses had been brought up several levels, adrenaline coursing through her body to the point as if she could feel every small hair on her body standing on edge, every speck of sweat running down her forehead before cascading off and falling to the floor each and every drop moving in a sort of slowdown resonance. The mining laser fired again and the concentrate beam tore into the craft and the rumble could be felt almost everywhere within the ship including the pod. This rumbled dragged Aleli out of her slow motion induced trance that to the outside eye only lasted a second at most as the world speed back up into normal pace. "Commander Wynters, I have no idea what happened to the pods and all we can do is hope that they have already been released. But right now, I need you to sit down and buckle in before you all go down in flames." Aleli explained gesturing to the seat behind the soldier before moving forward to the front of the pod taking the Co-Pilot seat next to Kumo who was muttering more profanities than Aleli knew existed. She strapped into her chair the reinforced buckles pinning her close to the seat though she had an unpleasant feeling that the straps were just there to keep the body intact when they found the wreckage. The pod slowly titled forward as Kumo finished entering the last of the commands and at the end of the short launch tunnel a door opens to the void of space. "Let's make like trees and get the fuck out of here!" Kumo yelled sounding almost excited as he pushed down hard on the throttle as the engine fluttered to life, first as a small sputter before exploding into a huge blast launching the craft forward. The pod rumbled and groaned as it launched down the tube feeling like at any moment that one bolt could go undone and the whole thing could fall apart at any moment. The little coffin came launching out of the bottom of the Mahatma and soared the dark abyss around it. Kumo did his best to try and avoid the containing volleys from the defense systems abroad the Providence. Somewhere behind them the buring Mahatma was being turned into some new wave art projects with as explosions and continuing blasts left it a ruin, a smoldering ruin floating through an unforgiving void. The pod pushed forward towards the Providence with choices beign either going towards the station or into the asteroid field that would probably turn them to mush. As Kumo did his best to keep things under control compensating for each erratic movement though that did little to help the passengers inside who were thrown each and which way in their seats being pulled up, down, right, and left sometimes begin suspend upside only being held in by the straps and at many moment it could be their last. Aleli had her eyes closed and her hands clenched to the sides of her seat, teeth grited and waiting for them to explode into a ball of death. Things deciedingly took a turn for the worse as despite Kumo's best efforts a bolt from the station hit the top of the pod. Warning lights flared as the pod began to flail about widely and erratically thrown off course. Kumo tried desperately to bring it back into order but nothing of the sort seemed to be allowed. [i]We are all going to die, yep we are all going to die and it is all going to be my fault[/i] the pilot thought to himself bitterly as he fought the controls waiting for the explosion. An explosion that never came what came next was either a combination of luck and fate or something much sinister as the craft continued to canter towards Providence under Kumo little direction he had at this point is it continued to spin rapidly his visison a clouded circle unable to see what was what outside of the viewpoint everything decomposing into blurred lines. But the pod did not explode or crash into the side of the station making them paste, rather it found its way into the hanger of the ship spinning and scarping across the bottom before slamming agianst the far wall of the hanger flipping onto its back. --- Aleli had no idea how long she had been out but what she did know was that she was the first to awaken. Hanging upside down the straps digging hard into her shoulders she looked back and forth confused and unsure her head killing her and having the feeling that she needed to vomit somewhere deep within her. Hanging upside was not really helping her and so she pressed the button to undo the straps holding her in place, in retrospect this what not a good idea as she fell straight to the roof of the pod which had know became the floor with a thud. Looking up at the floor of the pod the comprehension of it hurt her brain as she slowly and shakily got to her feet moving to the other end of the pod. Using all her remaining strength she forced upon the wheel holding the pod door shut each jerking moment remanding her how sore her body felt because of the crash. Pushing it open she stepped outside into the hanger which was in shambles due to crash, contestant knocked about everywhere and a huge mark in the floor showing the path that the pod had taken before crashing into the back wall. The pod was in no good shape either crushed and mangled as easily as a piece of tinfoil or wet paper. Aleli took two more steps forward before her legs give way and she fell to the ground moments later lapsing back into the darkness that reached out to greet her. "Hey sleepyhead wake up! Come on wake up you idiot!" Aleli was shaken from her sleep by a firm hand and as her eyes fluttered open she was met by Kumo's face looking down at her and shaking his head. He reached down and helped her up to her feet letting her hang her arm around his shoulder to provide balance. "What happened?" She asked him her head groggily and thoughts and vision unclear. "Our ship blew up and we crashed, I'm guessing you remembered that part considering you were screaming through most of it. I woke up sometime afterwards to find the door of the escape pod open and you knocked out on the floor." Kumo explained to her without a hint of concern to his voice as he looked back towards the crushed pod. "Oh right.... Wait what hapened to everyone else?" "I haven't check on them yet, they were all still knocked out when I awoke." Kumo explained as Aleli flashed him a disappointed glance. "What?.... Fine I'll go check on them you stay here." Kumo explained finalyl relenting as he helped Aleli to the ground before limping back towards the pod and clamored back up and into the thing and began to shake each and every passenger as they still hung upside down yelling as he did. [b]"Wake up assholes! We don't have all day!" [/b]