Where there's Smoke, Part 4

Dough grumbles as she stands up and walks with Smoke to the other side of the roof.

In the middle of the roof is a square device with a several buttons on it. Dough presses a green button, and the device beeps.

*WHOOSH* A ship flies up from behind a building a hundred yards away.

*BEEP* Dough presses a blue button on the device.

The ship responds, and begins to move towards Dough's location.

The two criminals walk to the other edge of the roof, Smoke tucking the crystal back into his pants pocket.

The sound of footsteps echoes from inside the building, up through a stairwell that exits onto the roof. The two criminals hustle, and Dough presses another button.

The ship speeds up, and passes another warehouse. As the footsteps of the guards echo their loudest, the ship is only a warehouse away from Dough and Smoke.

*CREAK* The rusty joints of the stairway door alert the fleeing felons of the guards' arrival.

*ZARP ZARP* They open fire without warning.

Dough presses another button on her remote, and the ship turns. She presses a fourth button, and a loading ramp opens. Dough's legs become clay and fire her forward, and she lands on the ramp.

Smoke jumps, and Dough grabs him with her clay legs. As the guards pour out of the stairway, Dough reels Smoke in.

"I'm fine," Smoke says once he grabs hold of the ramp with his arms. "Just pilot this thing away from here!"

Dough hurries to the cockpit. As Smoke lifts himself inside, the engines boom, and the ship accelerates away to the East, flying over buildings and streets.

Smoke presses a button on the wall, and the loading ramp closes. He takes a seat behind Dough, and pulls the crystal out of his pants pocket.

"Quite a bit of trouble just to get this," he says. "Are you sure this one crystal can--"

"Yes," Dough interrupts. "It can, and it will."

Dough pulls back on the throttle, and pulls up on the wheel. The spaceship ascends, and flies into the upper atmosphere, leaving the guards and the warehouses behind.