here it is, chapter two of the new Karen Always Said! Remember if yall liked the old one better I am happy to switch them out.
But anyway, its disclaimer time.
I do not own Phantasy Star Universe or any of it's characters.
Karen was sore. Everything hurt from the battle in the Relics. Nice punch… she thought, clutching her stomach. The door to her room glided open. She stumbled in and collapsed on her bed. She was proud of their battle today. Her team executed the offensive maneuver perfectly, and command would surely recognize her instruction methods. Ethan took that one down by himself! She thought, envying his confidence. Oh yeah, Ethan. She still had no idea what to do about those events. She sat up and sighed. Maybe I made a mistake… she thought, eyeing her vision phone. Of course she didn't make a mistake. Ethan was a pupil, not a lover. He couldn't be; it was strictly against protocol not to mention regulation. She never had those feelings for Ethan, but then again… she sprung up and hurried to the phone. She slammed her fingers across the keyboard as the screen scrolled through various contacts until it zeroed in on Captain Stone, her commanding officer. I could ask him make an exception… she thought as the phone rang. Finally someone answered. A man who appeared to be in his late-thirties to mid-forties blinked onto the screen. He was muscular and had his very fair share of scars. "Karen. I was meaning to call you."
"Yes Captain. I have called to request a-"
"Forget the mission in the Relics. Our informant on Moatoob has intel about rouge families assembling an planning an assault on the Guardian's branch. We don't know when this is going down so we are sending the informant back in for further investigation. We are assigning to security detail. Your job is to escort him through the desert and protect him from any danger. Any encounters with the rouges is a fatal threat to the operation, so a stealth team will take over the escort two clicks south of the target point. Get some sleep and depart immediately in the morning. The informant is an important man, so you will be meeting here in the colony."
"…Yes sir."
"Good. Tell your team right away."
"Sir, wait!" Karen yelled as the man's image flickered off the screen. The Captain was a good man. He was hard, but fair, and Karen would go into battle with him any day, but he was… thick. Now I have to face Ethan… she thought, sprawling back onto the bed. She couldn't think about this now. The job started early the next morning and she was not about to let this little conflict with ethan get in the way of it.
Ethan woke from his slumber earlier than usual. His phone displayed a message from Karen.
"Captain Stone has placed a different team on the relics mission. Report to the central table as soon as you get this message for intel on our next assignment."
He nodded. Of course he was sad about Karen, but he couldn't let that obscure his duty as a guardian. After the necessary preparations, he left the barracks. The Central Table was as bright and lively as ever; people were bustling around and couples sat by the fountain. It was the same every day. He spotted Karen, and cautiously made his was to her. "Uh… Hey." He greeted awkwardly.
"Good morning, Ethan." She replied.
"No more Relics?"
"No. Captain called it off."
"I see."
"Lets wait for hyuga before the briefing."
"Ok." The wait has horribly uncomfortable for Ethan. She was so professional all the time; it was like she forgot anything ever happened. Hyuga finally arrived with a piece of paper in his hand.
"Hello my friends!" he sang as he joined the group.
"Hyuga." Karen acknowledged.
"What's that in your hand?" Ethan asked, eyeing the paper suspiciously.
"It's a girl's phone number. HA-HA!" he yelled, waving it in Ethan's face. Ethan snatched it from his hand.
"Dude," He started. "This only has three numbers on it."
"Give me that!" Hyuga commanded, grabbing the paper back. He stared at it for a minute, and bowed his head with a sigh.
"If you two are done making fools of yourselves, we have work. Recently Command has received intel of a rouge attack. A grouping of families is planning to raid the guardian branch in Dragora. The Tylor Family, in debt to the guardians, has refused to participate in the attack."
"Why is he in debt?" Hyuga asked.
"A while after the elimination of the Seed, The Endrum Collective took over their hideout in search of more A Photon Reactors. We mobilized half of the team to take care of that. Alfort Tylor and the Guardians are on rather good terms now. Anyway we still have no idea when this attack will take place. That's where we come in. Our informant has connections with one of the leading families in the attack. We need to escort him through the desert to the rendezvous point. We need to keep a low profile and avoid any contact with the rouges."
"Yes Ma'am." They replied in unison. The team headed to the headquarters to pick up the informant. The restocked their photons and items, and boarded the shuttle to Moatoob. When the shuttle landed, each of them cautiously yet inconspicuously made their way to the flyer base. Ethan and Hyuga went to board the G-Flyer, but Karen stopped them.
"No flying today. Captain said stealth is of the utmost importance in this mission. A shuttle would be too noticeable. We'll be fine with any ground-based transportation as long as we stick to the walls of the canyons. The AMF has supplied us with a Striker tank for the first leg of this mission. The rest will be on foot." The two nodded and walked on. A door slid open to reveal a large garage filled with armored vehicles. "That's our unit." Karen said, pointing at the tank. "I'll drive. Hyuga, you will be navigating. Ethan, you are on the cannon. Mr. Kian-"
"Kian?" Ethan asked.
"Yes. Mr. Kian is the informant. Sir, I would like you to stay behind us at all times. That means in the tank, you ride in the back."
"I understand." Kian nodded. They climbed in and headed away from Dragora.
ooh mission time! This revision will have a whole lot more elements of the game, so if yall have questions about creatures or anything i am happy to clarify. Comment please!
