The fighter entered the upper atmosphere well above cruising speed Normally a vessel vessel like theirs would have engaged reverse thrust to slow the ship down before allowing allowing the atmosphere to act as a kind of natural air brake But Vers and Minn-Erva Minn-Erva couldn't afford that luxury unless they wanted to alert the Skrulls to their presence To say the Kree fighter took a beating upon entry was like saying that Minn-Erva Minn-Erva and Vers didn't get along pretty obvious and a gross understatement The ship bounced around on the atmosphere at first and nearly threatened to skip right off and back into outer space Vers stayed at the helm riding the ship fighting fighting with the controls every step of the way Yon-Rogg Yon-Rogg said this was gonna be easy didn't he Minn-Erva Minn-Erva shouted over the screaming engines It sounded for all the world like the ship was going to shake itself apart Uh huh Vers yelled back You sure you know what you're doing
Minn-Erva Minn-Erva asked skeptically steadying herself in her seat Of course I'm sure I can fly anything Vers said She wasn't bragging it was just a fact Since she had joined Starforce Vers had herself across proven numerous levels and disciplines Everything from strategy to battlefield tactics weapons and unarmed combat combat ground based and airborne vehicles You name it Vers was good at it Which kind of annoyed Minn-Erva Minn-Erva The Kree fighter continued its assault on the atmosphere of Aphos Prime piercing the planet's ozone layer The hot gasses that had built up on the ship's underbelly were dissipating dissipating and the hull sounded less like it was going to crumple or explode at any given moment It was time for Phase Two In order to avoid detection by the Skrulls planetary sensors Vers had to keep the thrusters thrusters pinned at faster than landing speeds While this kept the Kree warriors safe from the threat of being blown up by their enemy it made the
possibility that they would smash into the surface surface of Aphos Prime a very real one Hang on Vers said as the ship bucked up and down Landing in ten Ten Minn-Erva Minn-Erva protested There's no way We're going way too fast you'll kill us Anything is possible Vers muttered Then in a more audible voice Hang on As it turned out not only was it possible it was the most likely outcome The ship surely would have exploded on impact if Vers hadn't engaged the ship's thrusters at the five second mark Minn-Erva Minn-Erva was thrown back against her seat with significant force to the point where she thought she was going to be pushed right through it Then she felt her stomach hit her throat and it seemed as though the ship's bottom was going to give way The vessel skimmed the planet's surface hitting the ground then popping up like
a rock skipping along the surface of a lake Every time the craft went up Vers shoved the controls forward tilting the ship's nose back down Then it would hit the ground once more and bounce upward again The pattern continued for several seconds until the ship's momentum was at last depleted and the vessel came to a sputtering rest in a mudbank At least we're not dead Minn-Erva Minn-Erva said sarcastically as she unstrapped herself from her seat Vers was right behind her Wow that was a great landing Vers I can't imagine anyone else being able to pull that off she prompted helpfully What you want me to say thank you Really Minn-Erva Minn-Erva grumbled as she went to the weapons rack on the wall She lifted her rifle an ammunition belt and a sidearm Vers met her there and took the same weapons For protection and defense only Vers Minn-Erva Minn-Erva clarified with a look Remember what Yon-Rogg Yon-Rogg said
