There is something coming.
Markus was looking at the screen as he decided what he would do, there is small ship; well compared to the Prometheus at least but the energy it was expelling was strong.
"Hey Zim, do you know what this is?"Markus asked; he had a connection to Zim's base so he could communicate with him; it was a good thing because Zim seemed worried when he saw the ship.
"That is a Planet-Jackers ship they steal planets and fed them to their dying sun, I forgot about them."Zim then realized Earth would be free game for other civilizations as well.
"So tell me, where aim to disable the ship, I don't think the shield would do much for it when it comes to my weapons."Markus asked.
"While you have surprising powerful weapons I don't think you should do that, the energy core of that thing is meant to power powerful gravity drives and to keep a planet whole while they tow it and it uses heavily condensed dark energy and it could take out about half of the solar system if it overloads."Zim said making Markus reconsider.
"Well we have to stop them without destroying their ship, any ideas Zim?"Markus asked.
"Come to my lab with your weapons and the suit, we will get them first, I believe you will fit my ship."Zim said as he opened a teleporter in his base to him to come.
They reached the ship and even if cramped in the cabin they both arrived well, in five minutes however things were not well a few minutes after. Markus armor had dents in it as he faces a stronger foe with stronger power armor.
"I should have brought the cannon."Markus said as he pulled his pistol and shot the alien once again, the plasma bullets did nothing, the metal ones did dent the armor but not enough.
"You think you can defeat a Jacker, we are one of the most powerful races in the universe, we have the best weapons, the best technology and the best soldiers, and you can't beat us."The towering alien said.
Zim shot the alien with the weapons his Pak had, they had even less effect, he was then punched out of the ship, in a moment Markus got an idea, he jumped of the ship and send a signal, the alien was confused for a moment but when the plasma beam washed over him coming from the space station he discovered what happened, the hull melted a little, Markus noted he had underestimated the ship's hull, but the power armor stood there.
"Oh come on!"He shot with his pistol again and again at the alien, his armor now looked slightly red and melting in some points but the wearer was fine.
"Plasma beam, very few know how to make a decent one kid, but it won't even take my armor, it is just a light armor and it is too much for you to take."He smiled under the faceplate he activated once he noticed the plasma pistol in the beginning of the battle.
"Well I guess I will need something else."Markus smiled as he counted the seconds, the alien met a construction drone traveling at a considerable fraction of the speed of light, and it was somehow not enough.
"Not heavy enough."Markus heard a he noticed the several shards of metal flowing around him; they were from the Jacker's armor, before he could do anything he was hit by a beam weapon, his shield almost failed, he saw the alien holding a gun in his hands, it was big and it looked like it was charging again, he grabbed a handful of shards and then loaded them in the chamber, he used the small thrusters he had put in the armor, he used them sometimes for repairs he would do by hand, and dodged the second beam and flew closer to the alien and shot pointblank in its face, the shards of heated alloy took all the energy the gun had left, most of them were stopped but one of them pierced it, the alien stopped moving and talking and it's strange blood flew away from the faceplate.
"You did it, the last time the Irkens fought a Jacker it took dozens shots from heavy weapons to take him, their empire is small but their technology is very powerful."Zim said amazed.
"And I will get this tech too, I will take it all."Markus said a she reached the alien and took its gun, it is heavy.
"He pal you done up there?"The other alien said as he walked up, before he could do anything a beam weapon hit the mask he had put on, it is nowhere as powerful as the armor that was not activated.
At night Markus was not able to sleep, he was tired but he couldn't, he remembered what he did.
"I killed someone."Markus knew if Dib had done it he wouldn't had cared, but Markus knew, the alien was not a monster with no face, he was not a story device created to oppose the good guys the was a person, he had a family and a job, he was someone…and he had killed him and the other one too, the other one didn't even knew what was happening.
A small beep made him look at his laptop, he opened it and looked at the scans he had made the computer do on the alien ship, his base's computer actually, no A.I. he knew that would bite him in the ass, he could understand little of the design, he liked the ship, Zim asked to see it too but he would let Markus had it, he had the right to take the loot.
"This place is messing me up."Markus said out loud.
"It must be."Julia startled him as she answered.
"I thought you were sleeping."Markus said as he looked at where she would be in the dark room.
"I sleep yesterday, I kind of worked myself to the bone, but what has you worked up Markus?"She needed more details.
"I killed someone, Zim and I raided a ship yesterday, we almost died, but that doesn't bother me…I killed both the aliens in the ship, the first I almost died fighting it with him but the other I just shot him in the head."He said as he looked down.
Julia was silent, Markus heard the shuffling of the blankets and soon he noticed arms warped around him.
"Don't beat yourself over with it, it won't help you."Julia said as she remembered what happened on her first month in this world.
Julia was in a excursion, she was in a 'town' she was never before, she was just going back to the bus to read for the next five hours before they come back, she didn't trust this place, people were ignorant, and she knew things were dangerous here, she then was tackled from behind, she was able to twist herself out of the grasp of whoever had attacked her just to see the pocketknife being trusted in her way, she dodged and punched the teen in the face, he must be around seventeen but he was rather small, she punched again and again, she had some blood in her hand, the teen dropped the knife and she took it, and pointed at him.
"You better get out of here."The teen smiled despite his bleeding nose, she noticed he was looking behind her, she knew what that meant, she jumped to the side and turned to see the adult holding an iron pipe, he was in reach and she acted on instinct and plunged the knife in the man's neck, she was shocked when the man fell down, and when the teen yelled dad, and was crying at his side, she was there looking, she didn't even notice when the other one arrived, he had killed the teen when he took the pipe and rushed at her.
"So…kid, you alright there?"The man said, he was underweight, had clothes that reminded her of The Matrix and was wielding a long knife.
"I killed him…"She said mechanically.
"Yeah, but you had to, they actually would die anyway they robbed me earlier today, I was going to get an ice cream but no, the mother…"She didn't hear what he said after that, she had killed someone.
"…and then I followed them here and you were here and you killed the guy and I killed the other one."He said as he looked at his victim.
He looked at her and noticed she was crying; he was confused why was she crying?
"She isn't like you, she never killed anyone."Nailbunny said from his pocket.
"Oh…so?"He asked.
"Just tell her what I tell you to say."Nailbunny said after he let out a sigh.
"You did what you had to do kid, you don't need to feel bad for it, if you cry like that it shows you regret it, and that you don't like it, you don't need to beat yourself over it forever, move on."The man told her in a bored tone, she didn't understand what he meant, he then said goodbye and began arguing with an invisible person or something.
She told him the advice she heard from the crazy man, he cried, she cried, this world is insane; would they become like that man?
She hugged him until he fell asleep she stood up and went to her bed too, she was tired, she hadn't thought about that man in a long time, he was about their age when they were adults, a few years older maybe, maybe she could find him if she looked for him, his advice had been very useful. She would of course take a weapon, ever since she got back she still had the pocket knife with her, she couldn't get rid of it, it was a reminder of what she did, she wouldn't ever forget it.
The days went on, Markus had gotten better and was looking over the technology the Jackers had, Zim actually was working with him, Julia was there too, she was monitoring it, and practicing the Irken language as well. They had removed the energy core, it was too dangerous and they wanted to figure out how it worked. They were refitting the entire thing, they had to create new programs, and the computer was wiped when the pilots died, it would take some time but it would fly one day.
In a military base several scientists were working, they were captured years ago by the government, they were developing their military technology, and they had to make space ships now, it was not easy, but they had done great strides from the prototypes of the Prometheus they had worked on, the rail guns were done, they were now working in shields, and anti gravity, they had to do it, or they would die, and so would their families, soon the government would have its own fleet, they had resources, they had scientists willing and unwilling, they were powerful, and they knew what they wanted, they wanted it all.
"Mister President the scientists seem to have finished the reverse engineering on the alien ship we had, they say that in a few months we will be able to build ships."One of the soldiers told him.
The man had a dark suit, he was looking at his computer screen, his dark face focused, he was the President, not the president of North America, or anywhere else, no he was THE President, he was the one that pulled the strings, he smiled as he dismissed the soldier, he began the meeting trough his computer and said.
"Ladies and gentleman, we have the world, it took us years to make the people docile enough, and now we are making a great step forward, soon we will expand our reach, soon the universe will know our race as the conquerors of the universe, we will be unstoppable."He informed his allies, they all laughed evilly, they would take over everything.
…where the hell did that came from?...oh well I will watch RWBY now, I just watched two episodes so far but it is very fun. Oh if you review it might inspire me to write more, and to improve my writing too. I am completely not making this up because of insecurities, not at all.