*BANG~ BOOM~ BANG~ BANG~ BOOM~*
It was like going from 80 km/h to 220 km/h. That was how intense the clashes of flesh, metal and energy had become.
On one side was the lifeless planet with many new holes cementing its unfortunate fate and looking even more miserable with the destruction that left only the dark pyramid unscathed under the stray energy rays that had plowed through its dry atmosphere. On the other side, across and far away, was the fleet that had lost all its arrogance, keeping only the sharpness of a disciplined battle-hardened detachment, but just that, and nothing else, not even the earlier aggressiveness.
And right in the middle of those two was the source of the tension draping over the debris-filled darkness and tightening in a suffocating hold over time.
*BANG!*
