Chapter 35: Helping The Ma-non
Chapter's POV: Cross
After a bit of a trek, we managed to reach the Ma-non. "Um, hey... Is everything all right?", Era asked. "Relax! Tatsu here to help!", Tatsu said. "Nooo! More aliens!", one of them said. They must be scared because of the Ganglion. "And look! They've got food, too!", another one said, "Nopon takeout, yes?" "Meh! Tatsu is not takeout or food!", Tatsu said, "Terrans are personnel to assist Tatsu." "Personnel?", Era asked. "Ah! No, Tatsu mean... Personnel... favorites!", Tatsu said. "Then... Terrans are friendly?", one of them asked, "Terrans are not working with the Ganglion?" "Sorry for the scare.", Deylin said, "We're from a planet called Terra, formerly known as Earth. The Ganglion are enemies to us as well." "Enemies, you say?", one of them asked, "That means you're friends to the Ma-non, yes?" "We are Ma-non, you know?", another asked, "Ours is an advanced civilization. You can tell, right? The Ganglion desire our technology." "But Terran heroes have come to save us, right?", another asked, "I'm right, right?" "I hope so... Why don't one of you tell us what happened?", Deylin asked" "Ooh! Ohh! Okay, I got this one!", one of them said, "Let me answer this one, okay?"
Moments later, Era was holding out her comm, with the screen showing our current position. "So this is where we are now, right?", one of them asked, "Our ship is hiding in that big crevasse. Under the fog and stuff, you follow?" "But the Ganglion have it surrounded with anti-aircraft turrets, you see?", another said. "Okay, so in other words, if we can destroy their weapons, your ship can escape.", Era said. "Exactly! They have three turrets set up around the area, you see them now?", the third one asked. As it said, the map had changed, showing three target areas. "We need you to destroy them all, okay? Please?", it continued. "Got it. We don't want the Ganglion controlling the airspace here any more than you do.", Deylin said, "We'd be happy to help out." "You mean it?", one of them asked, "You'll help us?! Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!"
After taking out all three targets, we went back to talk to the Ma-non, but they weren't there. "Huh... No sign of the Ma-non anywhere...", Era said, "Where would they go?" "Maybe... back to their ship?", Deylin asked. Tatsu then noticed something in the distance. "Friends, look, over there! Boom-booms!", Tatsu said. "Let's check it out.", Deylin said. It took us a bit to get there, but when we did, we saw the Ma-non surrounded by four Skell-like mechs. "For the last time. The Ganglion need your help.", a voice said, "But if you run again, we will break your legs." They call us dangerous, yet they're the ones using threats to force others to help them. Hypocrits. "B-b-b-break our legs?!", one of the Ma-non asked. "You're asking us for help with your guns pointed at our heads? Seriously?!", another Ma-non asked. "We are not 'asking' for anything.", the first mech said, "It is a command. Like it or not, you WILL help us."
"Y-you have such strange methods of persuasion.", one of the Ma-non said. "This is the Ganglion way.", the first mech said, "It worked on Prone. It will work on Ma-non." "Too much talk. Captain. Time to kill.", another mech said. "Hmm... yes. Kill one. Then the others will obey.", the captain said. "Noooooo!", one of the Ma-non screamed. Deciding we couldn't let this continue, we attacked and destroyed one of the mechs. "What?! Who dares?!", the captain asked. "Just in time. Now go, quickly!", Deylin said. "You saved us, yes?", one of the Ma-non asked. "Thank goodness!", another Ma-non said, "We saw you take care of those turrets, you know? We owe you one, bit time, okay?" The Ma-non then walked out. "Earth aliens? Heh. Perfect.", one of the mechs said. They're still using that name, huh? "Yes. Saves us the trouble of hunting them down!", the captain said. The three of us then got ready to fight.
*To be continued*