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Marcadia

The was a brief flash on the scopes as a black hole seemed to form out of nowhere. As the authority was about to issue an alert a ship spiraled out of the black hole surprising them all. As they fixed weapon locks on it they got a brief transmission.

"This is Co-Commander Sasha, En-Route to Presidential Compound landing pad with emergency over ride Alpha-5" The Rangers on duty performed a voice check after a split second to confirm it was Sasha. After verifying it, they authorized her for a straight shot into Marcadia.

Ratchet was a little surprised at the fact that Sasha could shut down Marcaidas defenses with just a few words. But he kept his thoughts to himself as he banked the fighter in for a landing ontop of the compound. He popped the canopy on the fighter and Sasha was out o the cockpit before the canopy stopped opening. Ratchet finished shutting down the fighter then hopped out and ran after her.

"Sasha" he called after her as she ran towards the elevator. She either didn't hear him of didn't care at the moment as she kept running regardless. Ratchet ran into the elevator behind Sasha right as the doors were closing.

"Thanks for waiting" he dryly. She appeared to finally notice him.

"Oh, Ratchet" Sasha looked sightly embarrassed but didn't say anything else. Ratchet cocked an eyebrow, now he knew she was really worried. The elevator pinged to a stop on the ground floor of the compound and Sasha ran out towards her dad's office, Ratchet right behind her.

They rounded the corner and their eyes were greeted with bad news. Blast marks scorched the walls and several Galactic Rangers had chunks missing from them and laid out around the corridor in various states of destruction and deactivation.

Ratchet grabbed Sasha's hand and they walked forward fearing the worst. They stopped just outside of the doorway.

"Rat" Sasha said quietly "I can't go in there, What if....if" Ratchet held her close. They were about to enter when they both heard a booming voice that could only belong to one Cezar.

"Dad" Sasha shouted as she tore around into the office to see her father sitting behind his desk wearing a expression of anger on his face, and bandage on a small cut above his eye. He turned to face his daughter at the sound of her voice. He noted Ratchet walking in behind her with a small glare.

"Glad to see you could take time away from your wedding to see me, Shame it took an assassin to do it." He said. Sasha stopped, hurt by her fathers words.

"Dad..."

He sighed and raised his hands "You're right, I'm sorry." he said as she walked around the desk to give him a hug. Ratchet walked up to the desk and saluted.

"Sir, What happened?" The president looked at Ratchet before he sighed again.

"A warning, To show that if the assassin had wanted to kill me, He could have." the president leaned back in his chair. Ratchet thought for a moment

"Warn you about what sir? There had to be something he didn't want you to do." The president nodded.

"There was. He didn't want me to pass Earth for the inception into the Galactic Senate." Ratchet and Sasha both frowned at each other.

"I wonder what he has against Earth?" Sasha mused out loud. Ratchet shrugged.

"Gee, Let's think. They only attacked and destroyed two Galactic Rangers, Tried to steal a shuttle, Shot at us, and blame the death of Slade on us. So considering the whole of Earth hates us right about now. I got a pretty good idea." Sasha Dad glared at them.

"Go back to them shooting at you" He said while Ratchet cringed and rubbed his neck.

"Oh, yeah" He glanced at Sasha "We didn't get to finish debriefing you on the mission, huh?"

Sasha's dad raised one eyebrow at him. "Yeah, huh, You better start talking about how you got my daughter shot at!" he said poking Ratchet in the chest.

Twenty minuets later Ratchet finished explaining the mission. "So, I activated the warp drive and got us out of there." He looked at the floor when Sasha's dad kept staring at him.

He snorted softly under his breath. "Okay, I'll accept that, Now let's move on to this marriage topic and why the hell I should let you" He said while he put his hands on his hips and stared at them.

Sasha stepped forward to save Ratchet. "As much as I would like to tell you about how I make my own choices and why I accepted Ratchets proposal. We have more pressing issues. That assassin could return any moment." Her dad looked at her

"You're right." Ratchet sighed "Don't think this topic is over though"

Ratchet looked up from floor. "Sir, We need to find this assassin. I request that you let Sasha and I take the Phoenix to search for him. Hes already proven that he can get in. The faster we find him the better"

"True" he said "If he can do it once. He can do it again" He stood up and pointed at them "I want you two to find out who it was, and bring him or her in. I authorize all force necessary to accomplish the mission."

Ratchet and Sasha glanced at each other before they nodded and saluted.

A Ranger walked into the room. He walked up to the president and saluted before handing him a piece of paper.

"Ah" he said as he took the paper before handing it to Sasha. "This is him. Or at least what his armor looked liked. That should give you a starting point." Sasha studied that picture for a moment before passing it on to Ratchet.

"I've never seen any armor like that before, At least not in this Galaxy. You've been a few places Rat, you seen it before?" she asked as Ratchet took the paper and stiffened with surprise. That's when she noticed him staring wide eyed at the picture. "Ratchet?" Ratchet opened and closed his mouth several times trying to find his voice.

"Yeah" he finally managed to say "I have, In the Bogon Galaxy, Worn by a female by the name of Angela Cross"

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AuthorsNote: Sounds like a trip to Bogon is in order, eh?