Chapter two is up! R&R!
Dsclaimer: I own nothing except made-up chars.
Chapter Two: After the Battle
Jake had seen worse days. But news of another war had been shocking to him. He hadn't even told the others yet.
He couldn't understand it. If Black Hole was indeed alive still, why hadn't Orange Star found out about it already?
Jake paused. He had been pacing in his office, waiting for the mission results to be given by Nell: Black Hole forces had been spotted near Verdant Hills and Green Earth wasn't responding. "If what that dude says is true, it might be worth telling everybody. But what'll I say? I can't just march in and say 'Hey, Black Hole is alive! We're all gonna die!'"
His computer chimed, signaling that he had mail. It was Nell telling him to report to Verdant Hills immediately and with reinforcements. Bring everything you can, it said. He stared at it for a second and thought about thenewly instated CO he had met only days ago. Time to testhis strength.
Jake picked up the Com-Radio and said "Yo Nak, I need you up here in my office! I got a mission for you!" Here goes nothing, he thought.
On the way to Verdant Hills, Nakamani told Jake about himself.
"I can't remember anything…all I know is that my father died the day I was born…I wanted to know why he died and so I set out as a mercenary, hoping I would come across anything about him. So far, all I have been able to discover is that my father's killer was a white man."
"Well that narrows things down," Jake interjected.
"No, I mean that he really was white…pale-faced. Legend has it he's working for Black Hole."
"Pale-faced and working for Black Hole, huh." He thought for a second. Could his father's murderer really be…? "Don't worry, Nak, we gonna get to the bottom of this!"
Half an hour later, Jake and Nakamani arrived at Verdant hills with an army of nine Md Tanks. It was all they could bring, for Andy had messed around with the engines of the tanks that made them explode after ten seconds. It took them a while to find any untainted tanks to bring, and this was all they had.
The scene was horrendous: Black Hole troops literally crushing everything in their path. Jake counted at least fifteen Neotanks.
"Aw, no…we can't win this…" Jake sighed dejectedly. "But that doesn't mean we can't try, right?"
"No, Jake, allow me to take the reins: it is my type of battle." Nakamani offered. Jake resisted for a moment. He was afraid that Nak would screw everything up, being a trainee and everything, but decided that this was a battle he couldn't win anyway.
"Alright, but be careful…I ain't gonna be the one to bury your body if you die."
"No need to worry, Jake."
"Come back in one piece, ya hear?"
Nakamani took hold. He ordered two of his Md tanks out and engaged combat with five Neotanks. Those two destroyed, he sent out one more tank and got that destroyed also. His regular CO Power was now usable, but that would have to wait, as Jake was now shouting at him for absorbing losses.
"WHAT THE HELL YOU THINK YOU'RE DOIN'?"
"Patience." Nakamani showed him a description of his regular CO Power. Jake calmed down immediately. "BUSTER! Okay…ALL UNITS MOVE OUT!"
His CO Power was now activated. The three former Md tanks he had sent off to be destroyed had attracted all the other Neotanks to one spot. All of them clumped together in one nice spot. "Perfect…FIRE!" His CO Power allowed his units fire to pierce enemy units and damage the ones behind it. Even if the Md tank got destroyed, he could still deal a whole ahem smorgasbord of damage. At the end of turn, he had lost only two Md tanks. Five remained. All Neotanks had taken major damage: none of their unit's HP was over three.
The Black Hole commander ordered a retreat.
"We've won." Nakamani said quietly. Jake stared. It was to be yet another thing to shock him for days. "They have yielded. Now…" He turned to the Com Screen, "…let us accept their formal surrender."
After a few seconds, the screen flickered, and Adder appeared. "Accept my congratulations, worm. You did well for a trainee, though I must seriously consider destroying you. I could have easily done so, yet I found it unnecessary. Maybe when you're more of a threat, worm. And Jake? Why, I never thought you would come all the way out here just to defeat me!"
"Get off it, Adder! We're only here 'cause you're wrecking this place! We ain't gonna stand for that!" Adder broke the connection, but not after giving a small snicker. "C'mon, Nak, he sucks, don't let it get to you!"
But Nakamani was not responding. He had barely registered what Adder had said, it was what he saw that made him stand there, unable to move as waves of shock crashed over him again and again. "Adder…that man…he had white skin…a pale face…Black Hole's colors…" And then it all came crashing down.
"Ryai, don't die on me!"
"Esla…no…"
"XIGA!"
"My father…I remember…his name was…Ryai…and…that man…he…killed…" Nakamani fell unconscious to the floor. Jake called for help.
The next thing Nakamani knew, he was lying in a remarkably comfortable bed. He heard voices around him. He knew not what they said, for he wasn't paying attention to them. A sickening pain…he felt it again. His father…Ryai. Ryai. Who was that man? His father. Adder. Esla. Xiga. Ryai. Adder. His mind was jumbled. He couldn't think straight. My father…
Far away, a man is getting ready to depart from his planet. He goes to the door. He flings it wide open. He ignores the vacuum of space and observes his outer space fleet. Battleships, fighters, megatanks—all in the form of spaceships. He falls out the door and flies to the nearest battleship. He calls a storm of meteors to his side. Seconds later, he and his fleet are speeding at one-tenth the speed of light. Wars World would pay. Wars World would pay.
"For I am the XIGA…revenge shall be deadly…this is the XIGA's word…"
End chapter two. This is a story I am constantly making up as i go along, borrowing bits and pieces and ideas from many other stories. But the general idea is my own.
