Editing City Series:Volume6b Chapter6 (section)

===Part 4===

A river flowed through the Black Forest.

The current blended into the blackness of the forest, but its waves and ripples could be seen in the starlight reflected in the water. All of the light wavered, but the shape of the sky never changed.

A shape sat in the center of the river like a sandbank.

The two-hull shape was at least 50 yards long and was hidden below vegetation.

It was floating on the river dyed black by the night.

A sudden wind blew through, rustling the leaves of the trees. The shaking of the leaves and branches announced the path of the wind.

A bird cried out. Unable to determine its own location, the lost bird cried out in distress.

Another sound seemed to answer it.

It came from the two-hull shape sitting as unmoving as a rock on the river. It was a high-pitched noise that set one’s teeth on edge.

The river surface shook and ripples appeared around the two-hull shape. The sound grew louder and the ripples grew stronger and more intense instead of dying down.

As the sound grew even louder, the ripples grew too large and burst.

With a refreshing noise, the river’s water turned to spray and mist.

The mist stripped away the vegetation and cloths that had been placed over the two-hull shape.

It was laid bare in the starlight.

It was an aerial transport ship.

Its two-hull design allowed greater surface area for the float emblems, giving it the speed and stability needed for vertical takeoffs and forward thrust. It had no actual cargo bay and instead carried a detachable container between the two hulls.

That container was currently missing, making it sleeker and lighter.

The nose art illuminated by the starlight on the top of the starboard side was known as the Gypsy Queen. It depicted an Arabian woman smiling in front of the sunset.

The mist grew thicker.

At the same time, light emerged from the two-hull ship. Small lights appeared all across its 50-yard length. The most powerful was at the center, where several small lights shined from the barge that supported the two hulls.

That was the bridge.