Chapter 9: Looks are Deceiving
Disclaimer: I don't own Vandread or the Ace Combat series.
The Odyssey of Discovery: Gryphus 1
Ever since the crew heard about Kyle's past they questioned Mejale's beliefs of men. They thought men were nothing but animals, however after Kyle told about his tortured past they felt sorry for the young pilot. Barnette felt it was only fair to try at least get along with the Aurelian.
The Nirvana comes across some kind of space station. It was huge in size, gray in color and had a rotating disc that generated artificial gravity for the interior.
BC and Magno look at it through the screen on the bridge.
BC said, "So that's a mission, huh? Never thought I would see one."
Magno explained, "They were used as resupply stations or havens during the Colonization Era, pirates and smugglers called this place home but now it's a lifeless husk rotting away in space." Kyle leads Dita, Hibiki, Jura, Barnette and Pyoro through the station's interior. Jura asked them if they found any jewelry or fancy clothes, they're hers.
Kyle stands guard while Meia and Hibiki remove valuable parts from the mission's core.
Dita said, "I never imagined the captain would remember this station."
Pyoro corrected, "Actually it's called a mission."
Meia stated, "Okay, quiet you two. We're here for a reason and your chatter isn't helping."
Pyoro said, "All you're doing is stealing."
Meia cried, "Consider it gathering abandoned assets then!" They hear Kyle release the safety on his M-4 carbine assault rifle as Hibiki heard something fly past them. The two head to the direction the object went to and look around when the object jumps down from the support beams.
It was an orangutan with red fur, wore a single-strapped suit and boots. It flashes them a toothy grim before jumping at them, rushing past Hibiki and tackle Pyoro confusing the young lad.
Pyoro exclaimed, "Hibiki, help me!" Hibiki on the other hand stood there unsure of what to do.
A voice ordered, "Knock it off, Utan." The Vanguard pilot looks in front of him to spot a tall man in his 30s, wore tribal clothing, dark eyes, tanned skin tone, black hair that had an antenna-like strand that reached his chin, a gem rested on his forehead secured by a thin string and wore a patch over his right eye possibly due to an accident.
Hibiki said, "You're a man, aren't you? You are! Glad to see you." The stranger points his pistol at Hibiki making the Tarak teen stop in his tracks and suddenly uses him as a human shield, twisting Hibiki's arm and hiding behind him as Meia aims her laser ring at him.
The stranger stated, "You're a woman."
Meia coldly asked, "So what if I am?"
The man admitted, "It's my policy not to kill women." He releases Hibiki and the Vanguard pilot rotates his arm to make sure it worked properly.
'Jerk.' Hibiki thought.
The stranger felt something sharp pointed at his temple, "Okay. Looks like you got me outnumbered, huh?"
Kyle ordered, "Drop the weapon now. Do it or I'll do it myself."
Jura pointed her rapier at the back of the man's neck, "What's he doing here? He's a man."
Barnette snatched the pistol out of his hand then pointed her own, "Sure looks like it!" Despite being outnumbered 4-1 the man was perfectly calm that alone sent off warning alarms in Kyle's head.
He said, "I take it you're some kind of gang?"
Meia replied, "We prefer to be called pirates."
The man asked, "Oh? Even that lady over there?"
Hibiki blinked in surprise then snapped, "Hey I'm a guy, asshole!" The man exploded into laughter, "What is so funny?"
The one-eyed stranger calmed down enough to say, "I'm sorry about that, kid. It's just you look so adorable in that outfit." Hibiki was about to make a comeback when they hear Dita crying out for help, looking at the direction they see Utan licking Dita's leg. The man points over his shoulder as if asking for Meia's permission to stop what his companion was doing and Meia gives him permission with a nod.
He walked over and picked up his orangutan, "Alright, that'll be enough out of you Utan. Your partner's in trouble if you didn't notice and all you're doing is being useless." He grabbed Pyoro and whispered, "Now!" The man throws Pyoro at Meia knocking her off her feet, Barrette takes aim but Utan uses her as a springboard and the one-eyed man avoids the swing from Jura's rapier and vanishes.
Hibiki demanded, "You bastard, get back here!" The station rocks and Harvest units emerge from the outer halls.
The raiding team runs to the door they came through.
Hibiki said, "Man, this sucks. What's going on now?"
Meia told him, "I guess pirates like us aren't exactly welcomed here!" They return to their fighters and join the battle.
Gryphus 1 flies his F-22 Raptor through enemy fire, barrel rolling against cube-types. After executing a split S maneuver, the Aurelian arms the AIM-9M Sidewinder and was just about to pull the trigger when 30mm bullets fly past his canopy. Looking up, he spots two MiG-21s diving from his 2 o'clock high. Turning hard left, Gryphus 1 switches to the XLAAM and gains a lock.
He called out, "Gryphus 1, Fox Three!" The missiles detach from the latches and scream toward the enemy fighters turning the MiG-21s into fireballs. He returns his attention to the cube-types, keeping an eye on the HUD in case they appear. Soon enough they do show up as red dots. Turning the stealth fighter to that direction, Gryphus 1 gets behind the cube-types pulling in closer to fire the M61A2 Vulcan Gatling cannon. The 20mm rounds tear the cube-types apart and searches the area for more targets. He knows the Harvesters are persistent foes.
'It doesn't matter how much they send, it proves their efforts are futile.' Gryphus 1 thought.
Crux finished downing some cube-types when he heard Dita asking Hibiki, "Mr. Alien, let's combine!"
Hibiki turned it down, "Thanks but no thanks!"
Dita whined, "Why not?"
Meia ordered, "Focus Dita, they're coming!" A swarm of MiG-31 Foxhounds appear out of nowhere and target Dita's Dread prompting her to evade. One round from the enemy's cannon clips her Dread's wing and follows her wherever she went.
Gryphus 2 dives in to rescue her, firing his F-22's Gatling cannon on the MiG-31s to get them off her. He pulls fancy maneuvers that take his opponents by surprise and quickly fires the XLAAM at four of them adding more to his kill record before switching to the Sidewinder. The missile produces the growling noise indicating it's detected the heat waves generated by the enemy's engines.
The pilot said, "Fox Two! Fox Two!" The Foxhounds release flares to shake off the heat-seeking missiles but these Sidewinders were modified, meaning they were a lot harder to shake off so flares won't save them. The Sidewinders obliterate their targets.
Gryphus 1 downs more cube-types and looks to his left and sees MiG-29 Fulcrums approaching Meia's 5 o'clock low, the light blue-haired woman was so focused on destroying the cube-type in front of her she was oblivious of the danger coming towards her. The F-22's afterburners light up and it accelerates toward the silver Dread.
Meia gains a lock when the missile warning goes off and she looks left to spot missiles closing in.
Gryphus 1 said, "Meia, watch out!" The Raptor approaches the Dread and that blinding light appears.
When it fades a new machine is born.
It bore resemblance to a hawk, was colored a majestic silver, razor-sharp talons and metallic wings. Hidden underneath the wings were LRSWM (Long-Range Swarm Missile).
Inside the new machine Meia and Gryphus 1 find themselves in a two-seated cockpit with Meia flying the plane and Gryphus 1 being the weapons operator.
The new machine flies through the battlefield at high speed and shakes off every missile fired at it. Readying the missiles, a series of locks appear on the screen in front of Meia and once all of them turn red, Gryphus 1 pulls the trigger unleashing hell on the poor MiG-29 Fulcrums. Spotting more Fulcrums swarming on the hawk-shaped machine, Meia notices a red button on the control stick next her thumb and presses it. The machine produces a thud and transforms into a female knight wearing a breast plate, helmet with bat wing-like ornaments on the sides, flowing red hair out the back of the helmet, skin color was added to make it look more human, metal gloves that went up to the elbows, artistic faulds (plate armor worn below the breastplate to protect the hips and waist), legs covered with stylish greaves and robotic feet. Its weaponry included a two-handed claymore sword and serrated, segmented whip rested on the left hip.
The tactical part of Gryphus 1 concluded this form was made for speed and agility, the armor only protected it from gunfire and missiles. It wasn't meant for prolonged combat. He needed to keep that in mind whenever this machine was used.
Gripping the claymore with both hands, the machine named Athena races toward the MiG-29s dancing around the enemy targets faster than the Fulcrums could respond and cuts them down one by one. More enemy reinforcements show up and Athena's segmented whip is drawn. Igniting the boosters to full power the silver armored machine meets them head-on, extending the whip to full length. It then starts swinging the whip its serrated design tear the MiG-29s apart. Wrapping it around one of the remaining Fulcrums, Athena spins to gain momentum and upon completing the last spin releases its captive. The MiG-29 crashes into its allies at extremely high velocity turning the group into a massive fireball.
Looking to his right, Gryphus 1 spots Dita's Dread combining with Hibiki's Vanguard to form Vandread Dita.
Jura whined, "Not fair! How could you do this? I won't forget this, Dita!"
Dita stuck her tongue out and pulled her eyelid down, "Too bad, you won't be combining today. Alright, let's go!" Hibiki looks away with an irritated look on his face then buries it in his hand before shaking his head, while he's trying to be nice to the women these two were starting to annoy him.
Vandread Dita charges up its shoulder cannons and fires them at the mission destroying the structure in one shot.
Nearby the stranger watches in awe of the destructive power Vandread Dita had.
He said to his furry companion, "Utan, did you see what I saw?" Utan nodded and a devious smirk formed on the man's face, "Utan, my friend it looks like we've hit the jackpot." His ship vibrates as cube-types start attacking him.
The Harvesters didn't care who they targeted!
The stranger told his orangutan, "Go ahead, Utan knock yourself out." The orangutan hops into a red humanoid robot.
Utan goes trigger happy on the cube-types, the stranger runs a hand through his black hair as he watches the ammo gauges rapidly drop. After 2 minutes, all of the Harvesters are destroyed and Utan lets out a comical sigh.
The Nirvana watches the scene from their fixed position.
Magno said in disappointment, "What a shame. All of that useful material gone to waste."
The man replied, "That's my line. My ship was damaged because I chose to help you so what are you going to do about it?"
Magno felt like her crew was insulted, "Who do you think you're talking to? We're pirates and we answer to nobody."
The man taunted, "Oh really? Well then, you don't care what happens to this guy, do ya?" He shows them Pyoro.
Dita gasped, "We forgot Pyoro!"
Magno agreed reluctantly, "I guess we have no choice. Come on board."
The man smiled, "Right. Hope we can do some trading while at it." The screen closes afterward.
BC asked, "Are you sure this is wise, captain?"
Magno replied, "Pyoro is part of the crew, BC and besides..." She looked at the commander with a smirk, "...if he tries any funny business, we'll simply have to relieve him of all his wealthy possessions." The man's ship docks with the Nirvana and the ramp deploys giving him full view of the crew.
He rubbed his chin, "Hmm, this ship's crawling with beautiful women." He started walking down the ramp, "Name's Rabat, pleasure to meet you. Have a souvenir!"
'Handing out jewelry. Classic form of deception.' Kyle thought as he watched Rabat hand out jewel bands to the crew.
Rabat spotted Jura, "You're the one that wielded the rapier. Here take this band as a gift."
Jura declined, "No thanks, I'm fine." Kyle leaves the hanger to find out more about the trader, more importantly what his agenda was. If he can find out what, he'll expose Rabat for what he really is.
Alex said to Rabat, "You certainly know how to play smooth, do ya?"
Rabat turned at the pilot's direction, "Alex Irvine, is it? My client has told me about you. You're under the command of Kyle Masterson otherwise known as Gryphus 1 and fought in the Aurelian War together."
Alex's eyes narrowed, "Your client's very informative."
Hibiki cut in, "What you're doing is a complete disgrace. Real men show their teeth!"
Rabat showed his, "Like this? Huh?"
Alex advised, "Watch it, pal. Keep doing that and you'll find yourself missing the other eye."
Meia interjected, "That's enough! I'll take you to see the captain, follow me."
Rabat said, "Yes, ma'am. Your wish is my command." Alex watches Rabat leave the hanger with Meia that man gave off some bad vibes that Alex could feel.
On the bridge, Rabat talks with Magno.
The pirate leader explained, "These women are my crew, the men are from Tarak and Gryphus Squadron are from Aurelia, planet unknown." Magno was half true on that part, Gryphus Squadron told her they originate from Aurelia but not the planet. Whether they did it for personal reasons or not remains unknown to her.
Rabat was looking around the bridge until he pressed a button connecting him to Bart, "Don't catch a cold there, pal." Bart whimpers after the transmission ends.
Magno asked the man, "What is it you want exactly?"
Rabat shrugged, "Nothing, really. My ship got damaged in that battle so I thought I'd stay here while repairs are made and set up shop."
Magno narrowed her eyes, "That's fine by me." In the men's quarters, Duero had his own suspicious about Rabat.
Hibiki kicked a crate, "Damn, that guy's so annoying!"
Bart ate some pellets and said, "I think he's a nice guy."
Duero nodded, "That's what they say."
Hibiki grabbed a mob and bucket and left, "I'm out of here. Thinking of that jerk makes me wanna puke!"
Duero cupped his chin, "Still, there's something odd about him." Rabat opens up a suitcase of jewelry to the women.
He said to them, "Behold. There's nothing on my ship I don't have."
Jura picked one up, "Do you actually wear all this?"
Rabat said, "Me wear them? Don't be silly. The universe is made up of both men and women."
Dita asked, "It's made up of men and women? Where do you come from, Mr. Trader?"
Rabat answered cryptically, "I come from the same place as you." He saw Parfet lay her eyes on an engine part, "You have a sharp eye. Install that and your engine output will increase to 120%! And since you're the first customer, I'll give it away for free!" The trader backs away when the women swarm in on the suitcase.
Paiway said, "Hey, what do you think?" She shows him the makeup she applied that makes her look like a clown.
Rabat explained, "Why don't you wait until you're older before trying makeup!" Hibiki mops the floor of Reg Central and the surprised Reg leader notices it.
She said, "Hmm, no wonder everything's so quiet around here. Usually Dita sticks to him like glue."
One stagehand told her, "It's not surprising, Gascogne. The new guy has gotten her attention as well as the others."
Gascogne sighed, "Young girls have short attention spans these days." She heard a thud and looked over her shoulder to see Hibiki buried underneath crates, "He's taking it pretty hard." BC enters the hanger Rabat's ship is stationed at, studying the condition.
'Strange. There's no damage to his ship whatsoever.' The platinum-haired woman thought.
Rabat asked her, "Looking for something?"
BC said, "Your ship appears undamaged."
Rabat shrugged, "The repairs were done earlier than I thought."
The commander pressed, "What's your real objective?"
Rabat said, "Doing trading, nothing more nothing less." He cupped her chin, "In the meantime, how about we go somewhere private? Somewhere we can get to know each other better. Wait a minute, that smell. Smells like gunpowder. Right, maybe we'll have to take a rain check on her." Rabat moves away from BC when he felt something coming off the woman. He decides to head somewhere else.
Inside the engine room, Parfet installs the new engine part she got from Rabat and Pyoro runs away when he spots Utan coming towards him.
Parfet said, "Oh hello, Rabat. How's your ship coming along?"
Rabat answered, "It's coming along nicely!"
'What's that? Is that the Paksis?' He thought as his eyes found the Nirvana's power source.
Magno lays out a deck of tarot cards as she along with BC share their suspicions of Rabat.
BC said, "Something's not right about that guy."
Magno nodded, "He knows what planets we're from, Gryphus Squadron and the situation we're in. Perhaps he is conspiring with the enemy?" She looked at the tarot card she picked up, "The 'Hermit,' eh? An outsider, one who searches. An enemy or perhaps something more?" Kyle continues hacking into the trader's ship, he may not be a computer whiz but he has reasonable enough knowledge of computers to know what he is doing.
He encounters a firewall that prevents him from reaching his objective whatever it was, it must be extremely important for this firewall being here. First few attempts to bypass it fail but around the sixth time, Kyle succeeds in breaking through the firewall and access the journal entries Rabat uses to keep track of his trading business. What he finds sends disgust and unadulterated anger through his veins. This man sells parts to the inhabitants of colonized planets promising them the technology will help propel them forward. Unknown to them, he secretly collects information about the planet and inhabitants. He sends the collected information to his client. Digging deeper, Kyle discovers Rabat's client being none other than the Harvesters! Essentially this man leads the sheep to the slaughter. A few days later the Harvesters would arrive to raze the planet and harvest the inhabitants' chosen organs.
'That slimy, backstabbing motherfucking piece of shit! He sells planets out to the Harvesters!' Kyle thought as he smashed the console down the middle.
BC was sipping her tea when Kyle enters the room.
Magno asked, "Kyle, what brings you here?" Judging by the seething anger emanating from the young pilot, Magno concludes Kyle must have found something to make him like that.
He walked over to her desk, "I've been doing investigation of my own about Rabat. Turns out the kind of job he does is not for the better of inhabited planets. Allow me to explain." He tells them everything and at the end, Magno was furious and BC gags.
Magno said, "So he sells parts out of good faith but in reality, he sells them to the enemy. How revolting! Thank you for telling us this, Kyle. Now that we have our proof I think it's time we kick our guest off my ship." Upon receiving word from Paiway that Rabat is heading for the hanger, he runs to the destination though Bart and Duero wonder which one he was more worried about, Dita or his Vanguard.
Hibiki arrives in time to see Rabat about to kiss Dita. A bullet cuts strands of Rabat's hair off gaining his attention, the trader looks down to see Kyle aiming his Beretta at him.
He called out, "Get away from her now!"
Rabat glared at him, "You're a really snotty little boy, you know that? Sticking your nose where it doesn't belong."
Hibiki said, "A person like you has no right to call himself a man! Is that eye of yours working?"
Rabat pointed at his left eye, "Sure is." He lifted the eye patch to show a completely healthy right eye, "So's this one!"
Hibiki growled, "You little! You have outlived your stay here so why don't you leave?"
The trader challenged him, "And if I don't?"
Hibiki retorted, "Then I'll throw you out!" Rabat glares at him before walking down to his level.
The Vanguard pilot was about to charge when Kyle pulled him back, "Let me handle this one, Hibiki. This man needs to be taught a lesson on what happens to traitors of mankind." Placing his gun away, Kyle calmly walks forward at first but changes to running.
Rabat's eye patch flashes temporarily blinding Kyle the next thing he feels is Rabat's knee shoved into his gut. He quickly recovers and backhands Rabat then connects the spinning heel kick. Rabat finds himself on the ground and rolls away from a stomp that was aimed for his chest.
Kyle said, "You're a real piece of work, you know that? Selling planets out to the Harvesters so that you can not only make a profit but stay alive. Scum like you don't deserve mercy!" He parries every punch thrown at him and tackles Rabat, driving him into a nearby tall crate leaving a dent in the steel. Kyle aggressively drives his elbow onto Rabat's spine slamming the man's ribcage against his raised knee followed by slamming him to the ground over Kyle's shoulder. Rabat's knife misses its target as Kyle leaps back then grabs hold of the trader's arm to pull him in and unleashes punches to the ribs then finishes it with a backhand that almost knocked Rabat off his feet but he caught his balance at the last minute.
Eugene asked Alex, "Have you seen Kyle fight like this before?"
Alex shook his head, "Never. He's usually more reserved than this." Bruises lined Rabat's face and he likely had some cracked ribs.
'How can this kid so strong? I'm heavier than him but he's throwing me around like I was a sack of potatoes.' Rabat thought.
He gasps and lifts his arms up to block Kyle's roundhouse kick.
Kyle said, "In case you're wondering why I'm beating your ass like it's nothing is because my physical properties have been augmented to superhuman levels. In layman's terms, I'm stronger than the average human. If you have any last requests, Rabat better say them now." Seeing only the man's glare, Kyle concluded, "I guess it's time to end this. Say hello to Diego Navarro and Francesca for me when they join you in hell."
Rabat fired back, "I refuse to be humiliated by a child like you!"
As Rabat charged, Kyle retorted, "Well, this 'child' is about to end this fight, asshole!" He blocks Rabat's knife slashes before throwing punches to his face and kicks him away hard, Rabat rolls on the ground before crashing into another tall crate.
Kyle bellowed, "This ends now!" He cocks his fist back about to drive it through Rabat's skull when Meia shoots her laser inches from him.
Meia said, "That's enough, Kyle! You have proven your point there's no need for further violence!"
Kyle calmed himself down enough to say, "As you wish." He directed his gaze toward the bruised trader, "As for you I suggest you get your pathetic ass off this ship. Should we cross paths again, I will kill you. Personally!"
Rabat got up and noticed all the glares he was getting from the crew, "Okay, I take the hint when I'm not wanted. Come on, Utan we're leaving." Kyle brings his anger under control, he didn't want to lose himself to it. He needs to save that for his two primary targets.
Belvedere said, "Rabat's ship has departed from the Nirvana, captain."
Magno ordered with a smirk, "Parfet, set the engines to full power. Let's do what pirates are meant to do!" The engines light up and the chase begins.
Parfet watched the Paksis glow brightly, "This is incredible. Over 100 times normal output! I think I'm falling in love!"
Bart grinned inside the helm, "You better watch out because we're coming, buddy!"
Magno said, "You're not getting away. I'm going to strip you of all you got!" Inside his ship, Rabat was sitting in his seat tapping his arm with his left index finger.
Rabat cried, "The Paksis Pragma. There's something very strange about it." Utan got his attention and pointed at the screen showing the Nirvana chasing them and he smirked, "Fools." Suddenly the engine part Rabat gave the crew explodes, shutting the Paksis down which in turn made the engines stop.
Magno grits her teeth as she watched the trader's ship gradually growing fainter until it was only a speck of light.
Kyle popped up on the screen, "It was not a total loss, captain. Before I destroyed the console, I was able to gain some very intriguing information about the Harvesters. It appears they're making a series of Gleipnir class airborne fortress, each one more deadly than the last."
Magno narrowed her eyes, "That's not good at all. We barely managed to survive the first one it's probably fully repaired now, waiting for the next chance to strike us."
Kyle nodded, "Hmm, yes I believe that. I fought against it during the Aurelian War and telling from experience it's truly a nightmarish foe if you are not prepared. I'm considering stealing one of these Gleipnir class airborne fortresses and use it against the Harvesters."
Magno smirked, "Using the enemy's own weapon against them? That could prove beneficial to us, it'll allow us to stand on better ground against those behemoths. Plus a little humiliation on the side for the Harvesters." Later that day, Hibiki was sitting at the bank of the river in the Nirvana's garden, his head down.
Dita was going to comfort him when Duero placed his hand on her shoulder, telling the redhead, "Sometimes it's best for him to be left alone, Dita." She leaves with the doctor
"Don't worry about it. No matter what that man said it's just non-sense. He was nothing more than con artist!" Meia told Hibiki as she leaned against the railing.
Hibiki replied, "No, he does have a point in the end. If it weren't for Kyle, I would've been seriously hurt. I hate to admit this but I don't have words to call my own, only repeat those I heard. When I do get up on my own stage I wonder what lines will come out of me? Heh, I'm looking forward to that day but at the same time I fear it will turn out being a comedy."
Meia said, "It doesn't matter how silly the lines will be. If they are truly coming from the heart and soul without lies no one will laugh at you or at the very least I won't."
She was about to leave when Hibiki asked her, "Meia, does Kyle think of me as some nuisance?"
Meia looked over her shoulder, "Nuisance?"
Hibiki nodded, "We don't originate from the same planet or time line. He just seems so emotionless I mean we know now why he acts the way he does but am I just annoying to him?"
Meia thought about her answer, "I asked him the same thing after my near-death experience. Kyle said he never hated me as a human being, it was my attitude he hated. To answer your question, no I believe he doesn't hate you. In fact he sees you as the younger brother he never had. Kyle's...very cautious around people after the emotional trauma he went through. He vowed he would protect us along this trip back to our home worlds. Be patient, Hibiki. Kyle will open up to others again. He just needs time." Meia departed the garden after that leaving Hibiki to ponder what she said about the Aurelian pilot.
Kyle lays on his bed staring up at the ceiling in the dark room. If Meia didn't intervene he would have finished Rabat off without regret. In his view, he'd be doing the whole universe a favor. Traitors to mankind don't deserve mercy for they have shown others none. Should Rabat show his ugly face again, he will put the trader out of his misery and Meia won't be able to stop him.
The Aurelian pilot closes his eyes to sleep though he couldn't help but feel that the Harvesters originate from somewhere familiar to him but Kyle had no idea where. He puts those worries aside for the time being.
A/N: Chapter 9 done.
I had a nice Christmas, didn't really ask for much. I got Into the Storm, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Hercules starring Dwayne Johnson, the book Meg: Hell's Aquarium written by Steve Alten. It's the fourth installment in the Meg series with a fifth titled "Meg: Night Stalkers" set to be released at the same time the new Meg movie is released but who knows when that will be. Alten stated that Meg: Night Stalkers is the last installment to the series. Lastly I got some work clothes.
Here we get introduced to Rabat and he orangutan Utan. Later Kyle uncovered what Rabat's job actually was and would have killed him since Kyle isn't the forgiving kind when it comes to traitors of mankind. However, Meia stopped him before he could deliver the killing blow. He promised Rabat that he will finish what he started should the man return. To those of you who don't know, I am taking the anti-hero approach with Kyle since I've never done it before.
Kyle's F-22 combined with Meia's Dread to create a new machine.
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