It wasn't enough. Dammit, it still wasn't enough! Slingshot strained his engines, forcing them into the red, trying to eke out every bit of power, of speed, of range out of them he could.
His wings shuddered, his engines were overheating but he still couldn't get much faster than mach 1.6. He wasn't fast enough, he wasn't strong enough and he pushed and pushed and prayed he'd be able to overcome his limitations by pure will alone.
His desperation fueled him even as warnings and alarms went off, engines running too hot, fuel too low, strain beginning to crack at his body. Slingshot wouldn't accept it, he couldn't. He refused to be the weak link of his team- he would allow himself to be the slowest, the weakest. He. Won't. Have it!
His team eventually found him at the end of a groove he carved into the ground, rocks and brush tossed up and armor cracking, dented and dirtied. They carried him back home, not angry at him, not frustrated at his single-mindedness. They just wanted Slingshot to stop obsessing over his flaws and realize that- what he was good at, he was better than anyone.
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timeasmymeasure
Slingshot
Date: 2008-09-08 07:10 pm (UTC)His wings shuddered, his engines were overheating but he still couldn't get much faster than mach 1.6. He wasn't fast enough, he wasn't strong enough and he pushed and pushed and prayed he'd be able to overcome his limitations by pure will alone.
His desperation fueled him even as warnings and alarms went off, engines running too hot, fuel too low, strain beginning to crack at his body. Slingshot wouldn't accept it, he couldn't. He refused to be the weak link of his team- he would allow himself to be the slowest, the weakest. He. Won't. Have it!
His team eventually found him at the end of a groove he carved into the ground, rocks and brush tossed up and armor cracking, dented and dirtied. They carried him back home, not angry at him, not frustrated at his single-mindedness. They just wanted Slingshot to stop obsessing over his flaws and realize that- what he was good at, he was better than anyone.