Longsword 33
Posted By: Commander Demitri Wolf<evo_343@hotmail.com>
Date: 19 April 2005, 2:23 AM
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Longsword 33
The klaxons are blaring as I rise from my sleep
"There's no time to waste" comes the call,
I suit up and check on my oxygen tank
as an officer shouts from the door
"The bastards are here so let's go give 'em hell,"
he calls and we cheer in reply,
"Your squadron leader is Lieutenant Ruddel
So follow his lead and go fly
I tear through the hall and dash to the deck
and the memories of family flash past,
I weave through the dozens of firefights
and speed up so I will not be last
The Longswords are waiting and are eager to fly
I jump the cockpit and smile,
hundreds of Covenant fighters flash by
I'm gonna be here for a while
The bay door rises and the jet engines roar
one by one the Longswords shoot out,
I fire a missile and watch it soar
it's gonna hit without a doubt
I dodge a bolt and take down another
this is the life for me,
behind a Covenant ship I take cover
in Longsword 33
Ten more go down before my tank takes a hit
and the fuel gauge begins to drop,
I hit the COM link and call to my men
"Can anyone hear me, I've been shot."
There's no reply and I check the array
all means of contact are gone,
the engine explodes and my ship falls away
it plummets to where it came from
Re-entering the 'sphere things heats up fast
there's no way to abandon ship now,
I think of revenge as a small ship fly's past
and I grin as I figure out how
I bow my head and veer to the right
in mid-air the ship seems to hang,
the Longsword now has it in its sights
I'm gonna go out with a bang
My final thoughts are of my son
as I prepare to die,
I have a dream of what he will become
that he'll take up my wings and fly
He'll take to the sky like his father before
and make the Covenant see,
he'll defy an onslaught again and once more;
just like Longsword 33
-CDW
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