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Renegade's and Xeon's drone armies fought fiercely, but were still losing. Shadow Xeon was taking on wave after wave of the creatures, but he was still tiring. Xeon's tanks were being trampled by the seemingly invincible dark tanks.
The creatures were apparently the most dangerous. Called Doomsdays by their creator, they were vicious warriors. Each was roughly the size of a Toa, and solid black. They had the heads of Rahkshi, claws like no creature Xeon had ever seen, Midak Skyblasters. They also had two shields. One was a heavy solid black circle; the other was a silver razor edge. They also had wings that looked like Toa Matau's Aero Slicers.
The sky was dark with storm clouds as Operation: Shadowstorm beat back the Toa. Seemingly invulnerable tanks blasted dozens of Renegade's and Xeon's troops. Doomsdays slashed and clawed in a seemingly unending field of shadowy troops. High above, impossibly maneuverable ships slaughtered the Toa's aircraft, and came within inches of destroying airborne Toa. Renegade looked up with worry. If Operation: Stormbringer went awry, the other Toa would be destroyed.
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X2 and Rogue, the twin fighter ships owned by Xeon and Renegade, respectively, flew over the battlefield. It was so obscured by smoke that their sensors could barely detect the rocky plain below. The brown, dry dirt was hidden completely by the mass of warring beings. X2 banked sharply, followed a second later by Rogue. Specter, the enemy air commander, burst out of the cloud bank. The black and silver flier was far more maneuverable, faster, and better armed than even the advanced Toa fighters. X2 made a kamikaze run at Specter, only for the silver-black ship to turn sideways and roll away from it. Rogue exploded out of another cloud bank, coming straight out in front of the moon. It tried to hit Specter with laser fire on its bottom, only for Specter to pull an impossibly tight banking maneuver and shoot straight at it. The two both went sideways, the bottoms of the two craft touching as they flew past. X2 flew after Specter, only for the dark ship to make a special maneuver with its wings. It hit a straight up position instantaneously, sending out a visible wave of air in front as it shot straight up.
As the Toa's craft followed it, it pulled another maneuver and shot straight down while rolling. A spiral of lasers streaked through the night, shooting straight through Rogue and X2. The ships' computers downloaded onto backups at the base, right before lasers streaked through them. The heat finally caught up with the attack, and both vehicles exploded. Debris shot out to the sides, creating a flowering appearance. There were two huge fireballs, and the ships vaporized. Specter burst through the flame, raining fire onto the warriors below.
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Renegade saw the two jets explode. He tossed a bomb, clearing a place in about the center of the battlefield. His extra armor began to peel away from his shoulders on down, pipes detaching from him until he had his original appearance. He stepped down from the stilt like boots, and the armor began to rewire until it was complete without him. Following an artificial intelligence program, it resumed the fight. Renegade flexed his muscles, now able to move freely. A sub-nuclear generator powered his jet pack as his wings adjusted for flight.
Renegade soared into the sky, shooting down any enemy fighters he came across. With Stormbringer delayed, he had to take matters into his own hands.
Renegade had annihilated dozens of the shadowy enemies, but they kept coming. Renegade activated a boost, breaking the sound barrier in a split second. His sonar searched for the well-known energy trail. Then he saw his target. Specter. The ship got its supernatural maneuverability from wings made of dozens of rods rather than solid sheets. This dangerous ability meant that even Renegade had to be careful.
The Toa and ship met in midair. Renegade wanted to get to know the ship's defenses before striking, so he tried to provoke it. He threw an antimatter bomb, which couldn't penetrate the molecular bond the ship's armor had. Renegade flew at it again, this time with electrified claws outstretched. The ship tried to shoot him, but he was fast enough to dodge. He impaled his claws right in the nose, and the ship's momentum dug his claws in. He began to slide, claws leaving trenches in the bottom of the ship. As the current increased, the metal began to heat up. Renegade activated electromagnets on his feet, and freed his hands to pry open the gouges. He made a good sized hole in the bottom and jammed an antimatter bomb into the core of the ship.
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Xeon looked up to where he could see Renegade attacking the bottom of Specter. There was a sudden flash. When Xeon's vision cleared, Renegade was gone.
Confused? More will be revealed in later chapters.