So. How are you? I'm good. You ready for another chapter of this horrible fanfiction? I'm not but here it is. I'm starting to feel that these intros are very bland now. Do you think my intros are boring? I guess you are getting tired of me talking; so let's get on with it.

Chapter Nineteen: Battle, Duel, and Trip

Sam and Andy walked onto freight ship's deck. A guard carrying a submachine gun spotted them and walked to them. When the guard reached the two close enough; Sam took out his baton and slammed it across the guard's head. As the guard crumbled to the ground, a siren sounded out. A loud stampede of footsteps echoed all over the ship. Guns were loaded, blades were pulled out of their sheathes, and robot soldiers activated. Looks like it was going to be a tough battle. Andy sighed and pulled out his broadsword while Sam grabbed the fallen guards weapon.

"And here I thought we were going to do it quiet," Andy said, rubbing the flat of his sword across his armguard. Sam shrugged and started to walk towards the interior of the ship, Andy following close behind him. The two reached a set of metal crates before Dust bullets rained towards them; Andy and Sam being forced to roll away from each other and to a separate crate. Andy looked at Sam, who was returning fire with the stolen gun, and then to the guards pinning them down. About five guards, armed with guns, behind ammo boxes and other things; raining Dust bullet hail on their locations. Andy called out to Sam and motioned to get ready. Sam nodded and dropped his now empty gun.

Andy rolled out of cover and ran to the gunmen, deflecting the Dust rounds with swings of his sword. When Andy got near to the men, he jumped over the cover and swung his blade downwards; taking out a gunman. Andy rolled onto the ground before running to the two guards on his left. Meanwhile Sam would leap over Andy's right gunmen's cover and slam his baton into the man's face, launching him a good feet away and going after the guy on his left.

Andy ducked down and sliced the first guard's stomach open before running past mortally wounded guard and to his partner. Andy simply slashed the last guard's throat before turning to see if Sam was ok. Andy saw Sam on top of a gunman, bashing his head in with his baton. Andy rushed to Sam, pulling him off the guard and pointing towards the other guards getting into position. Sam twirled his baton and rushed towards them, Andy not far behind, as the guards scrambled into position.

Andy saw a window in the control room break open and the glint of heavy machine gun's barrel shine down at the two Hunters. Sam and Andy broke off and went into two directions when the machine gun opened fire on their position. Andy jammed his blade downwards into the metal flooring while running, the blade cutting a line into the floor while Andy ran. His father would do this trick quite often so Andy thought he should try to out. Andy continued running to get behind the control room when he saw fours guards, with swords and batons, waiting for him. Andy pulled his sword out of the floor and leaped at the four guards.

Andy ended his leap with a thrust, impaling one of the guards in the chest. Andy pulled his blade out and blocked a hit from a guard that came up behind him. Andy turned his sword around and impaled the guard behind him in the stomach. Andy cringed from a hit a guard on his left gave him before he returned it with a slice and a corpse. Andy then swung twice; hitting the last guard in legs first, and then the neck. After the last guard fell, Andy continued running; reaching the control room's door. Andy waited a couple of seconds before Sam joined him, carrying a silenced pistol with his baton.

Andy kicked the door open before rolling to the side as a hail of Dust bullets were shot through the open doorway. Sam simply put his silenced pistol into the doorway a tiny bit and shot once. The rain of Dust rounds stopped. Andy and Sam high fived before going to a nearby staircase and headed down. Downstairs was the cargo storage. Andy and Sam split up and started to clear the storage area with relative ease. Andy was running and hacking at any enemy the got near him, always on the move while he ran deeper to get to the crew's sleeping quarters. Sam had the same idea except he would lure enemies to charge after him before putting them down with a swift blow to the temple and a Dust bullet to the face.

Andy arrived at the crew's sleeping quarters first. When Andy stepped into the room, he was immediately set upon dozens upon dozens of guards. Andy fought tooth and nail against the crowd; his Aura shield taking some serious hits before Sam showed up and helped Andy take them down. After a quick break to catch their breaths; Andy and Sam ran into the ship's engine room. In their, they found a what seemed like the captain of the ship. The captain had a cutlass type sword that was part chainsaw and part flintlock. Andy and Sam got into their respective battle stances. It was time for the boss battle.

Andy and Sam took off; Andy in the right flank while Sam was in the left flank while they charged at the captain. The captain lifted his cutlass up and opened fired at Andy, hitting him in the chest. Andy's Aura shield broke while he tumbled and skidded away; slamming into the wall with a sickly thud. Andy's vision started to narrow and black out while he tried to stand up to get back into the fight; his head aching and bleeding down his face while nausea was overwhelming his entire body. Before Andy passed out, he threw his broadsword at Sam who caught it, dropping his silenced pistol.

Sam took up a duel wielded stance that Professor Goodwitch taught everyone about while the captain charged at him; the captain's cutlass chainsaw part whirling with deadly praise. Sam blocked the captain's first strike with Andy's blade before swinging his baton; bouncing off the captain as his Aura shield came into play. Sam backed off from the captain, observing the blow he gave him on his quickly disappearing Aura shield. This was going to super tough, but not impossible.

Sam charged the captain; Andy's broadsword and Sam's baton connecting with either Aura or whirling metal while the captain fought back with the same results. Sam and the captain continued to exchange blow after blow after blow; until the captain grabbed Sam's baton, stopping Sam in his tracks. Sam tried to stab the captain in the throat but got Andy's sword stuck between the chain and the blade of the captain's cutlass. Both warriors struggled, trying to disarm each other so they could finish this off.

After a few more moments of trying, Sam had enough of this bullshit and decided to try out Andy's katana new feature. Andy said he had never tried it out seeing he didn't have a reason too. Sam pressed a button on Andy's sword; his sword's blade and handle disconnecting. Sam then aimed the hole in the handle at the captain's face and clicked a little switch. A blast of Dust shotgun pellets and powder flew out of the hole and slammed into the captain's face. The captain fell backwards; letting go of Sam's baton and his cutlass. Sam grabbed Andy's sword blade and reconnected it with the handle before a loud, red alarm screeched. Sam looked at the engine to see it overheating with little sparks coming from the gears. Looks like Andy's katana's new feature was a bit too effective. Sam needed to get him and Andy out.

Sam holstered his baton and rushed over to the unconscious form of Andy; picking him up before running out of the engine room. While Sam ran to get topside, Andy in his arms; the entire ship started to shake back and forth, pipes bursting and fires breaking out with explosions ringing out. Sam continued to run, barely dodging and ducking under hazards while he tried to make it topside. After barely making it; Sam managed to get Andy topside and started to run towards the exit. Sam barely made it halfway across the ship before an explosion split the ship in half; shrapnel and foamy water flying everywhere. Sma knew he couldn't make it the the exit in time so he only had one option left. Sam made a left turn and jumped overboard into the water; the ship continuing to explode with Andy still in Sam's arms.

SIMULATION END

Sam landed on the floor, Andy still in his arms. Professor Goodwitch walked up the the two and sighed at the sight of Andy's bleeding head.

"Take him to the Nurse's station Mr. Samuel," Goodwitch said while she took a note about Andy's condition on her Scroll. Sam nodded and carried Andy, who was starting to wake up, to the Nurse's station a good bit away from the training hall. While Sam walked out of the training hall, Goodwitch motioned team APLE to go ahead and join them seeing how APLE most likely wanted to check up on their leader.

Leo, Eve, and Percy ran out of the room and towards Sam who was now supporting Andy while he limped to the Nurse's station. Percy was the first to arrive via teleportation.

"Wow. Never thought my katana wielder was this easy to bleed," Percy remarked while he walked beside Andy.

Andy groaned and said, "It's a broadsword Percy. Not a katana. And I'm not your little broadsword wielder. I'm your leader. Besides; that boss's ranged weaponry was much more powerful than I thought it would be."

"Really? Sam; did he wipe Andy out in the first blow." Sam nodded at Percy's question. The boss really was tough. Sam's Aura shield almost broke under the captain's blows. Eve and Leo finally caught up with the group.

Eve rubbed Andy's back and said, "You ok? Bleeding stop yet?"

"Yeah. It stopped," Andy said. It was nice for someone to care for you without the "We're a team. I need to lookout for my teammates" card.

"Looks like Goodwitch fucked up on this one huh?" Leo would be rubbing Andy's head despite hisses of pain coming from him.

"Not her fault. I thought I was ready for level seven enemies," Andy said between hisses of pain.

"Did you hear what was going down next week?"

"Not really."

"A school-wide mission week for everyone. Everyone gets a mission. This is going to be cool right?"

Andy hummed an agreeing noise while Percy walked ahead of everyone. Everyone sighed; looks like he was going to rant now.

Percy smirked and said, "Well this is going to be fun. We go on a mission the author will probably make up for us like 'Hunt down this criminal', or 'Destroy this Grim' sorta thing. But I ain't complaining. It's been awhile since team APLE did anything team related! I mean we are a team, we gotta work together. Sure we can fight together but can we live together? Well we have been living together but you get the point! I think… Probably not. Well it looks like the ending of the chapter so I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow… or later I guess. This author is getting really lazy lately I wonder if we should find where he lives and break him in half? Nah. Too time consuming. Well bye!"

So. Did you like the chapter? Probably not. This fanfic is the definition of bad, horrible, and pumpernickel. But guess how you guys keep reading, I guess I'll keep going. So go find a better fanfic to read while I work on the next chapter. Bye.