Hello! Updated finally... the Well, some major OOC stuff in this chapter,
and a "shocking" surprise at the end...
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There was utter silence as an orange jet landed on the Green Earth airport. No one spoke, they just got out of the APC and walked into the corridor.
"I phoned Eagle" Sami was the first one to break the silence. "He will be expecting us".
"...good. Maybe" Andy lamented. He was horrified about what had happened earlier. Black Hole possessed the orb, though no one really knew what power they held. "That's the most frightening thing in that orb" Andy suddenly said. "That no one knows what they actually do."
"You'r right there." Max said when they heard a familiar, relaxed voice from behind. "Chill, landlubbers, what's the rush?"
"Drake" Max said simply.
"You bet i am," Drake answered laughing. "Come on, we don't want Eagle to drop his feathers anymore, do we?"
"You have a nice way of explaining things" Andy said with a slight smile, which soon faded away.
"Man, i've never seen that kid so serious" Max whispered to Drake and Sami as they went. "Makes me worry a bit"
"Though it IS good that he finally takes responsibility" Sami whispered back. "But, i admit it IS strange"...
Those were the last words they said before hopping in the Green APC and driving away...
**
"Is the Orb in position?" Hawke asked coldly as he examined the complex machines.
"You bet!" Lash answered. "But it would have been more fun if we had put a self-destruct device in case something fails..."
"That's not possible..." Hawke answered, a hint of annoyance in his tone. "I trust the Orb has been extracted by the time i return?"
"Yep!" Lash answered again and went to do her research. Hawke sighed and walked away. To meet a pair of blood-red eyes...
"Hawke, you really do work too hard"
"Since when do you care, Jupiter?"
"My success is tied to you" Jupiter answered. "You lose, i lose. I lose, you lose. So it is a fair trade"
"More than fair" Hawke answered. "Though now, it is almost impossible for us to lose now..."
"Though i must admit, that Andy has some heck of skills in battle" Jupiter said. "Shows how powerful Orange Star...was"
"Right...Orange Star is no more" Hawke lamented.
"You bet!" Jupiter laughed. "those wimps didn't know what hit them"
"..." Was hawke's reply. Suddenly, his cell went off. "Yes?"
"..."
"What?"
"...."
"Say again"
"..."
"...you idiot" Hawke hung the phone, and went off. "That idiot couldn't shoot down the plane the Orange Star COs used to pass on to Green Earth..." He sighed. "Everything has to be done myself nowadays..."
**
"Hmmm?" Eagle asked in the phone. "Really? Yellow Comet too? Darn...well, i guess there's nothing to do for now...come here. " Eagle quite the phone call and turned to Sami and her companions.
"Yellow Comet has been decimated aswell?" Andy asked darkly. His voice shaking sligtly as his hand reached for something on his belt.
Eagle nodded. "They were destroyed by some CO named Rock. Never heard of him..."
"Me neither" Came in Drake's reply. "Too bad Jess is off visiting her grandmother. She would have probably known this rock..."
"Thank GOD she's away..." Eagle muttered under his breath. He then grabbed Sami's hand and said: "Come on, i'll show you to your room"
"Kay" Sami answered and they went off.
"Really" Andy suddenly piped up when Eagle and Sami had left. "I am SO sure that Jupiter and Rock are connected somehow...it's SO obvious"
"What? We didn't even think of that" Max said sarcastically while he opened a beer can. "You want some?"
"Yea..." Andy answered and grabbed the can Max tossed at him.
"Gimme some too," Drake said. He was just as worried as everyone else, so like Andy and Max, tried to lighten the mood somehow.Max tossed a can to Drake, and the three downed the cans, when Andy had a marvelous idea...
"Let's play poker!"
Max almost spat his beer when he heard that. "But i'm broke!"
"Don't worry, we use fake money!" Andy answered as he took a deck from his pocket.
"...Kay" Max answered as Andy shuffled the deck and started dealing cards.
"I'm on" Piped Drake as he took his seat.
And with that, the poker game started, and lasted for quite some hours until all of the three fell flat on their faces on the table and fell asleep, because they drank a bit too much beer...
**
"Done!" Lash said happily to Hawke as he entered the room...
"Fine" Hawke answered. "Show me"
Lash led Hawke to the complex machine. Hawke observed for a second, and then turned on the "start" button. It happened in a few seconds. There was a series of explosions("Cool" Piped Lash) and a brief flash of light and before them stood a figure in a dark cloak and an officer hat. His arms were barely visible and his eyes were glowing teal... Hawke knew this figure all too well.
"Sturm" He muttered bitterly...
**
Conclusion: Sturm is alive! Sturm is alive! How? Find out in the next chapter! Oh, and since Sturm is changed a bit in this fic, i just include his stats here..
CO name: Sturm
Army: None
Description: Look above
Bio: No one really knows how Sturm is alive. Some hypothesises include that the power of the Black Orb combined with the machine Lash made caused this phenomenom. Others think that the Sturm destroyed was a clone...well, the answer lies in the next chapter!
Skill: All units have a 30% boost in offense and a 20% Boost in defense. Movement cost on all terrain is 1. Movement of all units is increased by 1.He has no weaknesses.
CO Power: Meteor Strike (**********)
Causes a meteorite to fall, causing 8 damage to the affected units. Targets the highest value stack of enemy units. Offense boost (20%)
SCO Power: Meteor Storm (**********/**********)
Causes five meteors to fall at random spots on the battlefield.The spot MUST have units in it. The affected units are then destroyed. Meteor Storm WILL Destroy his own units if affected. Offense boost(40%) and defense boost(20%). Also movement is increased(+2)
**
There was utter silence as an orange jet landed on the Green Earth airport. No one spoke, they just got out of the APC and walked into the corridor.
"I phoned Eagle" Sami was the first one to break the silence. "He will be expecting us".
"...good. Maybe" Andy lamented. He was horrified about what had happened earlier. Black Hole possessed the orb, though no one really knew what power they held. "That's the most frightening thing in that orb" Andy suddenly said. "That no one knows what they actually do."
"You'r right there." Max said when they heard a familiar, relaxed voice from behind. "Chill, landlubbers, what's the rush?"
"Drake" Max said simply.
"You bet i am," Drake answered laughing. "Come on, we don't want Eagle to drop his feathers anymore, do we?"
"You have a nice way of explaining things" Andy said with a slight smile, which soon faded away.
"Man, i've never seen that kid so serious" Max whispered to Drake and Sami as they went. "Makes me worry a bit"
"Though it IS good that he finally takes responsibility" Sami whispered back. "But, i admit it IS strange"...
Those were the last words they said before hopping in the Green APC and driving away...
**
"Is the Orb in position?" Hawke asked coldly as he examined the complex machines.
"You bet!" Lash answered. "But it would have been more fun if we had put a self-destruct device in case something fails..."
"That's not possible..." Hawke answered, a hint of annoyance in his tone. "I trust the Orb has been extracted by the time i return?"
"Yep!" Lash answered again and went to do her research. Hawke sighed and walked away. To meet a pair of blood-red eyes...
"Hawke, you really do work too hard"
"Since when do you care, Jupiter?"
"My success is tied to you" Jupiter answered. "You lose, i lose. I lose, you lose. So it is a fair trade"
"More than fair" Hawke answered. "Though now, it is almost impossible for us to lose now..."
"Though i must admit, that Andy has some heck of skills in battle" Jupiter said. "Shows how powerful Orange Star...was"
"Right...Orange Star is no more" Hawke lamented.
"You bet!" Jupiter laughed. "those wimps didn't know what hit them"
"..." Was hawke's reply. Suddenly, his cell went off. "Yes?"
"..."
"What?"
"...."
"Say again"
"..."
"...you idiot" Hawke hung the phone, and went off. "That idiot couldn't shoot down the plane the Orange Star COs used to pass on to Green Earth..." He sighed. "Everything has to be done myself nowadays..."
**
"Hmmm?" Eagle asked in the phone. "Really? Yellow Comet too? Darn...well, i guess there's nothing to do for now...come here. " Eagle quite the phone call and turned to Sami and her companions.
"Yellow Comet has been decimated aswell?" Andy asked darkly. His voice shaking sligtly as his hand reached for something on his belt.
Eagle nodded. "They were destroyed by some CO named Rock. Never heard of him..."
"Me neither" Came in Drake's reply. "Too bad Jess is off visiting her grandmother. She would have probably known this rock..."
"Thank GOD she's away..." Eagle muttered under his breath. He then grabbed Sami's hand and said: "Come on, i'll show you to your room"
"Kay" Sami answered and they went off.
"Really" Andy suddenly piped up when Eagle and Sami had left. "I am SO sure that Jupiter and Rock are connected somehow...it's SO obvious"
"What? We didn't even think of that" Max said sarcastically while he opened a beer can. "You want some?"
"Yea..." Andy answered and grabbed the can Max tossed at him.
"Gimme some too," Drake said. He was just as worried as everyone else, so like Andy and Max, tried to lighten the mood somehow.Max tossed a can to Drake, and the three downed the cans, when Andy had a marvelous idea...
"Let's play poker!"
Max almost spat his beer when he heard that. "But i'm broke!"
"Don't worry, we use fake money!" Andy answered as he took a deck from his pocket.
"...Kay" Max answered as Andy shuffled the deck and started dealing cards.
"I'm on" Piped Drake as he took his seat.
And with that, the poker game started, and lasted for quite some hours until all of the three fell flat on their faces on the table and fell asleep, because they drank a bit too much beer...
**
"Done!" Lash said happily to Hawke as he entered the room...
"Fine" Hawke answered. "Show me"
Lash led Hawke to the complex machine. Hawke observed for a second, and then turned on the "start" button. It happened in a few seconds. There was a series of explosions("Cool" Piped Lash) and a brief flash of light and before them stood a figure in a dark cloak and an officer hat. His arms were barely visible and his eyes were glowing teal... Hawke knew this figure all too well.
"Sturm" He muttered bitterly...
**
Conclusion: Sturm is alive! Sturm is alive! How? Find out in the next chapter! Oh, and since Sturm is changed a bit in this fic, i just include his stats here..
CO name: Sturm
Army: None
Description: Look above
Bio: No one really knows how Sturm is alive. Some hypothesises include that the power of the Black Orb combined with the machine Lash made caused this phenomenom. Others think that the Sturm destroyed was a clone...well, the answer lies in the next chapter!
Skill: All units have a 30% boost in offense and a 20% Boost in defense. Movement cost on all terrain is 1. Movement of all units is increased by 1.He has no weaknesses.
CO Power: Meteor Strike (**********)
Causes a meteorite to fall, causing 8 damage to the affected units. Targets the highest value stack of enemy units. Offense boost (20%)
SCO Power: Meteor Storm (**********/**********)
Causes five meteors to fall at random spots on the battlefield.The spot MUST have units in it. The affected units are then destroyed. Meteor Storm WILL Destroy his own units if affected. Offense boost(40%) and defense boost(20%). Also movement is increased(+2)