Chapter 12: The Attack

The plane had been traveling peacefully for nearly two hours. The group was more than halfway to the academy. Although it had been awkward on the inside, it was still peaceful and quiet.

But that was soon interrupted. Ikarus's eyes widened before she stood up and pull her daughter behind her.

"We are about to be attacked!" she yelled as a wall of wind surrounded her and her daughter.

The pair of agents heard this and got into battle positions while pulling Alex behind them. Because it was a private jet, there were only 6 people aboard: Ikarus, her daughter, the agents, Alex, and the pilot. But no one was worried about the pilot. They all had to prioritize their own lives. In fact, Lilac and Titanium were only protecting Alex because they did not know who the enemy was. If it was too dangerous, they might even use him as a human shield.

Several swooshing sounds could be heard coming from the distance. It was Seth who noticed it first with his drones that were monitoring the area around the plane. There were missiles coming from the east and they were coming fast.

Everyone saw the missiles soon and got prepared. Since Ikarus already had the barrier up, she was gathering wind to ensure that she and her daughter would not fall once the explosions came while also launching wind blades and bullets at the missiles.

The missiles exploded a few hundred meters away from the ship but no one let down their guard.

"Anyone who would attack a ship with me and two mid-tier Alphas on it is either brave or stupid. Hopefully, it is the latter," Ikarus said to her daughter as she gathered wind around the entire plane to make a barrier.

"Pilot! Make sure you keep your guard up and don't let any vehicles or people approach us!" Titanium ordered.

Lilac summoned many glowing flower petals that she used to cover the interior of the plane. This would work as a secondary barrier in case anything pierced through the windshield. All Titanium and the kids could do was sit back and hope nothing terrible happened.

But their hopes were soon dashed. Several beams of light collided with the wind barrier from different directions. Although the barrier was strong, it could not handle the piercing power of those beams. They made their way through the wind and cut various parts of the ship.

The inside of the ship remained safe-ish due to Lilac's flower petals but the beams had managed to damage the engines of the jet. All of them were struck, therefore the plane began to lose altitude soon afterward.

Seth could feel the panic that Alex was going through but he was more concerned about those attacking. With his drones, he could see that the attacking force composed of several attack helicopters armed to the teeth as well as two Alphas who had wings of light, one on the left side of the plane and the other on the right.

Although Seth was not sure of how powerful they were exactly due to the distance, he saw them charging their beams for nearly 30 seconds before they launched them.

'That means that they should either be high-tier but it takes a while to use their attacks, or they are mid-tier and were only able to pierce it due to overcharging.

If it is the former, it means that these 3 have a higher chance of winning since they can't attack as often. If it is the latter, that redhead woman should be able to handle them but I am not sure about how the others will fair. Light and laser users who can fly are dangerous.

Unfortunately, it is more likely to be the mid-tiers. It is very unlikely for there to be two high-tiers with such similar powers with their small population of high-tier Alphas.'

With the wind barrier pierced, it was weakened for a moment. The attack helicopters used that moment to go full bullet-hell on the jet by launching every weapon they had on board. The pair of Alphas also launched many more but weaker beams of light at the jet. Seth thought that the plane could hold on with both barriers around it but before he even knew it, it was true hell.

Ikarus may have been able to reform the barrier and make it stronger but since she was with her daughter, that was not her main focus. She instead, refocused her efforts on the personal barrier around herself and her daughter and let the outer barrier as it was.

Due to not restrengthening it, it was only able to take several explosions from the missiles and a few hundred bullets before it was completely destroyed. The next things to go were the wings and tail of the plane. Without being reinforced and protected, they were easily destroyed.

The pilot seemed to give up on steering the plane after that and tried to run back to where everyone else was for cover, but before he could even make it there, he was killed by several bullets and lasers before an explosion tore him apart.

It was not just the cockpit but the entire plane that was destroyed at that moment. Ikarus and her daughter were safe in their barrier of wind. She had even managed to take down all the attack helicopters and most of the missiles that had not struck the plane. It was not the missiles but instead the lasers that did the most damage to the jet.

Although Lilac tried to protect the entire plane, her shield was much weaker than usual due to her petals being spread out and not condensed. At the last second, before the plane was destroyed, she was barely able to cover herself and Titanium out of habit. But sadly for Alex, she had forgotten about him.

Seth made a wall of fire around Alex thinking it would protect him from the explosion but two beams of light pierced through the wall and Alex. As Alex fell to the floor, Seth gave up trying to protect his and accepted his fate of dying once again.

The last thing him and Alex saw was the flames of the jet exploding consume them.