Space Voyage
Chapter 37: Dawn of war; The Fighting Dreamers get serious!
As the grounds outside the large city where full of green grass they were also filled with eight different types of universal protectors from across the galaxy ready to form a resistance with special help from a far away universe squad from a far way galaxy who have defeated Takato not once but twice already. Their name struck fear into the hearts of evil they were called the fighting dreamers! Inside a white tent surround by elite shadow enforces a meeting about Takato progress and the operation liberation were being discussed. As men on the radio com link received word that the electric wall surrounding Takato's tower was down and was sent to the table of generals immediately. In the back guarded by two big shadow enforcers a meeting between the supreme chancellor of planet atmonaes and one of the elders from planet Procepious discussing the current situation with matt and Ben while the others were either training or getting suited up in armor that was designed epically for this war. The supreme chancellor had white hair in a style of an old earth style Mohawk and wore robes that had to be a century old, black and purple with a tiger styled belt around the centre.
"I've been told since we arrived here yesterday that Takato has taken control of a major factory in the capital city Urseri. This one manufactures the tech bots that ambushed us at the fake universal protector's ball." Matt said to the supreme chancellor as he sat at his desk discussing the situation with serious eyes. "Apparently, he's been building a new army of Tech bot MK2, a war droid and sent he's most elite dark claw soldiers to guard the city." As the supreme chancellor put his fingers together he said to him.
"I see, but who to send? Most of the generals are currently undergoing a recon on several other planets ruled by Takato."
"Perhaps young Sonicble can lead the assault!" the elder suggested to the supreme chancellor.
"Me and my team are ready to engage in battle, we can leave immediately."
"Yes…" said supreme chancellor as he looked at Ben "And young Tennyson as well, I suggest we give him special command of the forces outside, his exceptional skill and the Omnitrix can probably turn the tide of this war single handedly." He said as he approached Ben. Ben smiled no one on earth ever complimented him like that before "Exceptional skill." The supreme chancellor continued "It could be quite useful." Suddenly matt stood up and said to the supreme chancellor.
"Chancellor, I feel that young Ben Tennyson isn't ready for such a responsibility."
"That is correct!" said the elder "By matt's side should Ben remain, for he is too irresponsible and wild with that Omnitrix." The smile on Ben's face turned into an angry sneer, both matt and an elder said that he was irresponsible. "But there is no doubt he is strong, perhaps we could…"
"Then it is decided." Announced supreme chancellor to them, as matt sat down he looked at the elder with the same eyes as the elder matt became increasingly worried. Just then a message boy came in and said as he saluted everyone in the room.
"Sir! Message from the front line! The Tech Bots are mobilizing." As the supreme chancellor looked at matt he knew it was matt's decision wherever to mobilize the forces now or wait until they freed cream, as matt sighed he said to the supreme chancellor.
"Call all the men back; we need as much fire power as we can muster." As the messenger boy nodded he went to tell the troops to retreat and regroup. Matt left the tent and returned back to the ship and to see the preparations of the war effort and the plan with Zora and the others the one that required Ben's as the supreme chancellor put it "Exceptional skill." As he looked at all the soldiers that wore armor similar to the clone troopers from the old star wars films, all white with helmets with black spaces to see out of or what Zora calls them "Phase I armor". Behind him Ben followed him back to the ship still wearing the same angry sneer at him. But when matt turned round the sneer disappeared but reappeared when matt wasn't looking. As matt looked round once more he said to himself as he watched the marching troops. "No amount a training can prepare anyone for this." As the troops marched into the large transport carriers the doors slammed behind them and then took off to other planets under Takato's control. As matt entered the mess he called the hanger he asked Zora through the junk heap.
"Zora, are you here?" his voice echoed. Suddenly a yelp and a large clang came from the other side of the summit of junk. As he climbed over the left over metal he reached the top and saw Zora hopping on one foot, as he slid down the metal mountain he asked her. "Hey Zora! How's operation 'hollow' going?" as Zora picked up the missile she said to matt.
"It'll be ready quicker if you stopped asking me about it; anyways your uniform arrived while you were out." She said pointing to the wall. As matt picked up the uniform it was extremely heavy but when he put it on it adjusted to his height, weight and movability this confused matt, the top collar had like a ring around it and his armor had blue linings on the helmet and on the body armor as well. It came equipped with some sort of laser rifle but he didn't have time to know what was going on or anything he had to meet with the team that was going to infiltrate the city. Outside the ship a small recon ship was waiting for him as he walked out to the ship in his uniform the small door opened and there stood two more soldiers with the same colour uniform as him as he looked round he said to them.
"Cobra strike team, we've been selected for this task out of many because we are the best, the elite. We know our orders. The success of this mission is the key to a swift victory. When we enter the city we wait for further orders and then we occupy until otherwise." He said briefing them very briefly "I'll join in you in a few moments, first I need to sort something out." As the soldiers looked at him their expressions were hidden by the helmets and their T- visors. As he walked over to where Ben was preparing for his mission he had to talk to him for a serious moment, as Ben opened up the dial he saw in the reflection of matt in his Omnitrix he saw matt standing behind him, as he closed the Omnitrix again he said to matt avoiding his eyes.
"Matt…I know you don't think I'm ready for such a responsibility, but with me and the Omnitrix we can handle anything. The supreme chancellor can see it I don't' understand why you can't…"
"Ben!" matt interrupted "Your skill or the Omnitrix have never been in question, it is your judgment and maturity, I've argued this before but the supreme chancellor's decision is final, good luck in battle…commander Tennyson." Matt said as he walked away from Ben, as been quickly glanced at matt with sad eyes at the fact that matt doesn't trust him he went to see Zora to see if the special payload was ready. As matt put on his helmet, the small recon ship prepared for take off with the hundreds of others that were going to the front line. The front line soldiers were being command by the captain of the Ice Angels Suzie Glacies. Her icy blue hair and icy blue eyes looked at the soldiers as she ordered the pilots to take off and head to the battle field. The hundreds upon hundreds of ships took off to the battle field, due to the power outage by the chain reaction of bombs on the power plants the anti air defenses were down and lifeless, but that didn't mean to take things easy. As they crossed the mountains and the fields they were nearing the front line, as they came to a certain point Suzie Glacies ordered in an icy cold voice.
"Cobra strike team, deploy."
"Yes ma'am!" the pilot responded as it separated from the group. As the small recon ship flew through the canyon and around the battle field, towards the back gate of the city the operation was in effect, meanwhile the ships flew through the canyon arming themselves for the onslaught ahead. As they flew above the canyons ridge they saw the robots their cold plated armor marching towards them on the desolate waste land that was once a meadow. As the ships came closer the doors on the side of them opened up and the soldiers prepared for battle. As they came in closer the Techbots switched from laser cannons to anti air fire, as Suzie looked on she could see something coming towards them suddenly a barrage of missiles came flying closer to her fleet of soldiers. She soon ordered the pilots before impact.
"Evasive action!" as all the pilots avoided the missiles, the tech bots transformed back into walking laser cannons and started firing upon the ships as they landed. It was a hell storm of lasers and missiles being fired at them. As the ships landed or hovered above the ground the soldiers deployed and rushed into battle. Suzie led the assault and brought a cold shower of ice down on them but the lasers continued to fire. Some ships they came in for a landing were blown apart before touching the ground, killing the soldiers in burning wrecks… if lucky! But this was only a distraction. As the recon ship quietly slipped through the large unguarded gates of the city and scouted around. Inside the small recon ship the soldiers waited for landing to be deployed, little did they know that the landing they did not expect to happen would come shorter than they thought. Inside one of the buildings ran a soldier in dark claw uniform carrying a large and heavy weapon to the top floor, it wasn't long after the alarm from sentry unit outside the city limits warned them of an incoming vessel. As he reached the top floor he suddenly saw the vessel fly past him. As he aimed the large weapon he said as the weapon locked on.
"Target acquired!" as he let loose the missile from the large weapon, it flew through air it swerved and banked until it hit its target in a fiery explosion. As the soldiers in the recon ship sat motionlessly on the impact of the missile, the pilot at the front controlled the crash landing, as the warning lights went off he focused on avoiding the buildings. As the ship came down close to the ground in a fiery flame it rolled onto its side causing both wings to snap and fly away to a nearby building. The loud screech of metal as it scraped along the ground leaving a trail in the ground and a mess of debris. As it screeched to a halt in the centre of the city all was silent, nothing but the burning ship and crackles of fire were heard. Smoke rose above the building and all stood quiet, when suddenly one of the soldiers with red lining down him appeared up from the hatch that lead into the recon ship, as he looked around he ordered the troops to evacuate the burning recon. All thirty soldiers plus the three blue commanders stepped outside the burning wreckage. As the red leader stealthily went around the ship looking for any possible enemies near by, he suddenly signaled the all clear. As the soldiers scouted out the area they didn't know they were being watched. Up in the buildings surrounding the area figures in darkness looked upon the soldiers, suddenly a large figure said to them.
"Our orders are to kill, Sonicble and bring his corpse back to Takato."
"But sir, which ones Sonicble?" one of the other figures asked.
"Well according to our spy on the inside, Sonicble is wear blue on his phase I armor." He said as he chuckled and belly jiggled. As the soldiers looked through their scopes they said to the large figure.
"Sir, there's three with blue on their armor, which one do we go for?" they said as they laid their scope on a blue figure walking away from the group. The large figure growled and said to him furiously.
"Aim for all of them damn it."
For this part of the chapter Blow Me Away "Breaking Benjamin"
As the three figures stood next to each the large shadowy figure looked at them and said to his units. "Attention all units, open fire!" he ordered and shortly after he yelled that command laser rifles were being fired from the buildings surrounding them. As the soldiers on the ground fought hard one was struck down behind the blue armored figure. As the red armored figure got close to the blue soldier he ordered him to retreat backwards. As the soldiers continued firing at the buildings the blue figure picked up the weapon that was lying on the floor next to the struck down soldier and continued firing with both lasers. As the forces retreated back behind the burning ship the laser fire was crossing all across them, they were completely surrounded. They fired blindly at every building unable to hit their target or even knowing where their targets were. As the red armored figure ordered two of the soldiers that it will be ok to draw out their fire while they looked for the enemy. As the two soldiers came out from behind the burning vehicle, they draw the fire of the unknown enemy the red figure ordered one of the soldiers to scan the area. A soldier with a scanner looked around for infra red signals in the surrounding buildings and located the enemies. As the two soldiers who were drawing fire gave cover support the scanner soldier reported back to the commander to give a report on his findings. As he got back behind the burning ship he pointed to the four buildings in front of them telling them the enemies were located. As the red armored figure ordered the blue commander with the large rocket launcher to blast the buildings with the occupied enemies. As the soldier crouched down it let loose the missile at the enemy feasted buildings. As the missile flew into the windows of the buildings they exploded on impact sending debris and bodies flying from the windows and being crushed by the falling building debris. With each explosion of the missile the laser fire became less and less. As one final missile launched into the main building from where the first shot was fired the large man in the dark claw uniform said
"It looks like out time is up." He said as he closed his eyes as the explosion blew the room apart. As the building engulfed in flames the scanner soldier confirmed no enemies in the area. As the red armored soldier ordered them to move out, they marched in single file down a narrow alleyway, as they quietly went from the alleyway to the street they were on guard for any attacks that may come their way in the open. Suddenly the red commander stopped, as the troops behind stopped dead in their tracks something was coming. As the red commander gave the hand signal for defensive positions two soldiers in white amour approached by his side and steadied their laser rifles. Slowly approaching them was a large shadow a thundering noise of machine parts moving as they armed themselves, a tank appeared armed, aimed and ready to fire. As the turret turned it fired out a shell a large bang from it as it fired scattered the soldiers as they returned fire the red commander gave the signal to drop. As the tank marched ominously forward a rope dropped down from one of the buildings and a blue armored soldier dropped down. As he tucked and rolled behind the tank he quickly jumped up and shot a hole in the top of the tank the soldier jumped down the hole. Suddenly the tank stopped as it stopped lasers were ripping out of its metal skin, seconds later the blue armored commander jumped from the top of the tank and ran for cover. As the tank glowed bright in then exploded into a thousand pieces right before them, the worst was over for now the red command issued the hand signal to move forward. As the troop marched on once again in a narrow line one of the tech soldiers threw a ball into the air, this was no ordinary ball, it was a specialized gizmo designed for scanning the city and producing a holographic image of the city in a hand held holo transmitter. As the soldiers watched the city being displayed on the small holo transmitter it suddenly came to the largest building in the city and also their target, a long range anti air and ground cannon. As the commander pointed forwards to the cannon they felt the shudder of the cannon, the vibration of constant fire as they stepped closer and closer. As the red commander looked through the binoculars and looked at the tower to see it was covered with guards. As he pulled out the holo transmitter he contacted the supreme chancellor.
"Chancellor, we're in position."
"Very good, I'll send Maeve for the second stage." As the holo transmitter went off the commander put it away and gave the signal for him and the two commanders to crush the defense while the others came in from the right flank. The plan was set it was time for action. At the top of the tower the guards were watching for anything suspicious as one of the guards patrolled around the edge a small metallic clunk was heard on the side he looked over to see what made that noise. As he looked down the last thing he saw was a laser going right through, as the blood and lifeless body hit the floor the red commander followed by the two blue commanders started to fire at the guards killing them, as they diminished the forces the other soldiers came across the wall and supported the three commanders. As one of the blue commanders fired his laser in a line movement shooting down all the oncoming guards, the red commander used his laser handguns to stop any guards coming out of the door. As the last six soldiers advanced to towards them the blue commander fired a shot at the middle soldier, cutting right through him. As the red commander rolled on the floor in front of the advancing soldiers, he fired his laser hand guns and silenced them, one by one. As he turned round he saw the other soldiers were trying to destroy the control room of the cannon. As the blue commander with the big rocket launcher stepped forward, the blue commander fired the shot and blew apart the control room. As their guns fell silent the red commander then issued the order to destroy the main cannon. A while later the soldiers were placing small mines on the cannon, strategic weak points. As the cannon fired one last shot all the soldiers wobbled as it shook violently. As the soldiers climbed down to the front of the building the three commanders and a select few of soldiers got out their magnetic grappling hooks and fired to the roof of the destroyed control room. As they ran up the side of the building the mines then exploded into a great fire ball, the menacing cannon was destroyed. As the men on the ground fell back to a safer area the red commander gave a command.
"Airborne sqaudron eight, the target has been silenced move onto Takato tower and wait further orders." Suddenly a pilot responded to the red commanders' order.
"Roger, team leader. This captain barnack of the savage wolves, we are on route to Takato tower, awaiting further orders." As the teams looked high above the city they saw two gigantic universal protector ships flying above them followed by six smaller ones this made up airborne sqaudron eight. As fire burned brightly on the destroyed cannon the city was nearly free, as Takato's mighty weapon burned so would his rule on this planet.
Maeve- ah man this is so boring, my sister disappears with alucard somewhere and matt gets to go on a fun mission, but orders are orders i guess. Well at least the soldiers are ready to go.
???- We're under attack.
Maeve- we are, well whoever they are they're toast, and not the good kind.
NEXT TIME: FIRE AND EMBER: THE FINAL STEP TO LIBERATION
Maeve- It sucks to be alone, but at least I am doing something. I'll finish this and meet with the cobra strike team later.
Rise, power! (Instrumental) (Naruto closing credits)