Alien Mate
Dios, he's like a superhero.
Reaching the balloon, Lex grabbed her and threw her in, jumping in after her. Quickly, he cut all the tether ropes, and the balloon began to rise. Maya stood by the burner and gnawed her lip, trying to remember how to increase the flame. They needed to rise faster. She fiddled with the knobs and stumbled on one that made the flame shoot higher, and with a lurch, they rose faster, but not fast enough.
She could hear the cracking sounds and the whistles as the soldiers fired at them and poked holes in the fabric of their balloon. Even worse, they were drifting, and she had no idea how to steer.
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