Chapter Eleven: The Rescue and Jarglon's escape
{Captain's Log Stardate600412.8: We find ourselves trapped by the hands of the vile and most evil warlord named Jarglon. He has captured me and the rest of the Nautilus crew. My crew was locked up and I was brought to Jarglon. The more we learn about this dangerous man brings chill down our spines. I for one was tortured, beaten, and given violent electronic shocks, and had my mind probed. Jarglon has been trying to kill me very slowly but he has since given me a break. I just hope that we get off this enemy base for the one named Jarglon gets his hands on Crystal. I lay here injured, bleeding, and without dignity. My crew is around me checking on my wounds. Without a doctor we are unaware of how severe my injuries are. I do have some internal injuries so that I can feel and I feel so weak I can't stand. My crew has eased me up against a wall and I am slowly feeling my body ease as I rest. There is a Zarkronian here of the peace delegation who had just died when I was being brought to Jarglon he was the last one of the station to die. I hope that we are not to be killed in the same manner as he. I am half way there a few more hours of torture and my life will cease to function. I am hoping help arrives soon. What if Probax was right about the Peace Delegation coming here to fight the evil cybernetic Zarkronians? I can only hope he is. It seems that the fate of my crew rests on the timing of the Peace Delegation fleet.}
In space onboard the USS Legacy everyone watched as a fleet came into view near the planet. The Legacy crew looked at the oncoming fleet as an enemy and not a force worth saving them. Buster Bunny was now at the Tactical station and was turned around in his seat about to ask his commander what move to initiate.
"Shall I go into yellow Mickey?" Buster asked trying to keep his cool.
"Yes initiate yellow alter lieutenant." Mickey commanded.
The yellow alert sounded and then a message came in on a frequency from a source the Legacy crew they didn't know about. There was a special frequency that was not being jammed and the lead ship was trying to get a hold of the Legacy.
"Sir there is a message coming in from that fleet; I don't know how but we are receiving!" Donald said.
"On screen!" Mickey said holding out a finger in a dramatic pose.
The screen went to planet view to the bridge of an unknown vessel.
"This is the Altorian Peace Delegation please identify!"
"I am Commander Mickey Mouse of the USS Legacy representing the United Federation of Planets!" Mickey said.
"Ah the Legacy thank goodness; is your ship in need of any assistance?" The old Altorian fleet commander asked.
"Artemis and our away team are down there. There is something scrambling our signal and it is not looking good." Mickey said.
"Just hang time we will transport a squad down to the planet and retrieve your captain. We have comeback to take back control of our outpost." The man said.
"Thank goodness also look for a small shuttlecraft on an ice flow they are one of us too!" Ludwig said.
The teams beamed down to the planet surface and more importantly at the outpost. In the cell all was calm but our heroes heard gun fire and also heard people yelling. The next moment a Altorian in its original appearance ran into the cell.
"Are you guys part of the Legacy crew?" The female Altorian asked.
"Agate?" Crystal asked.
"Crystal!" Agate said.
"Quickly now we have to take back this base!" Crystal said as she charged up and put two blasters in each hand.
"I am going with you!" Bugs said with a heroic stance.
"Fine!" Crystal nodded.
Our heroes went through the corridors taking out Zarkronian after Zarkronian with each shot of energy. There were several peace operative Zarkronians fighting too alongside the Altorians. Bugs and Crystal went with Agate and a few others and kept up the fight. Several Zarkronians fell to their deaths off of railing after being shot.
"Prepare myship!" Jarglon yelled after leaving his Headquarters.
Jarglon's arm spikes stuck out and he started to kill many solider by stabbing then and slashing them. Many of which were Altorians. Jarglon found his way through the chaos and made it to his small ship which he boarded with a boarding crew. Jarglon made his escape and got passed his enemies that were now surrounding the planet after making the jump to warp. There was an instance when one enemy Zarkronian made it in to the cell but Artemis was able to get his knife out of his boot and was able to threw it causing the Zarkronian to short circuit and die. Soon the shooting and yelling stopped and everyone in the cell wondered what happened. Down the hall one of the leaders started to speak.
"The area is secure find Artemis Dimitri of the Legacy!" A Zarkronian said.
"We can take you to him!" Crystal said.
In a few minutes the rescue party came in to the cell and found their dead Zarkronian friend and the rest of the crew safe and sound.
"Probax will be long remembered as the fearless leader of this station may you find peace in our afterworld!" Draglar said.
Draglar was in the room and overlooked Artemis' injuries. He knew that Jarglon did this personally. Jargon usually had flunkies but the way he was scratched and beat was the style of Jarglon. Artemis raised his head and looked into Draglar's eyes and smiled.
"Did we get him?" Artemis asked weakly.
"Unfortunately my friend we didn't him he escaped according to our scouts." Draglar said.
"You are his brother Draglar," Artemis said. "Jarglon spoke of you and a sister."
"Brila is our other nestling." Draglar said.
"How did you did you get in contact of my ship?" Artemis asked.
"We have many tricks to get passed Jarglon's disruption waves that we have not included on your ship but you shall have them now." Draglar said. "We will send a team to fix your ship to where you too can have these enhancements so that way you can get passed Jarglon's traps. We needed you to get out here when the ship was finished but we are now giving you the full upgrade by sending some of our elite engineers of both Zarkronian and Altorian to install these enhancements to the Legacy."
"Thank you for saving us; may you live long and prosper." Artemis said holding up the Vulcan Salute.
"To you as well Artemis Dimitri." Draglar said.
"Transporter room; get ready to beam us up and have Valera Dimitri, Jessica Rabbit and Roger Rabbit meet us there." Bugs said over the combadge.
"Right commander." Goofy said over the combadge.
Artemis was beamed up with his team and was back on the Legacy before long. The Shuttle pod which contained Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard was safely recalled. The away team said their goodbyes to the rest of the freedom fighters. Crystal and her sister who was the one that they encountered at first said their goodbyes. They knew that they would see each other again before long. Artemis Dimitri was sure that they were not done with Jarglon but instead of feeling hate and anger for his foe he wanted very much to help him. Jarglon believed that the Space Pirates who turned him into the monster he was were his friends. How he came to the conclusion was still not very clear. Artemis understood the fear and power factors and felt pity of his new enemy. Artemis may have been badly tortured but he could only feel the need to help bridge the gap. He agreed to help the peace fighters since that was their main purpose. It may have been a short affair but it seemed long and what was worse was that Jarglon seemed to not want to listen to reason.