The Drone ship was already parked beside the moles' ship. The mole brothers entered the ship and began to launch.
Meanwhile, Vela and Barry still argued.
"Barry, go back to the other Tribals!"
"No, Vela. I'm coming! Do you think I'm gonna let him get away with that? Hell no!"
"Look, Barry. I know I was wrong about you before and I'm sorry, but don't think I'm gonna give you a little joy ride."
"Vela, you totally don't understand. He used me! I was nothing but a puppet to him! He framed me! He prosecuted me! He made sure I was imprisoned! He made sure I took the fall for his crime! He tried to kill me! I was up to my face in tears the whole damn time! I felt used, betrayed, depressed, and dead inside! It was all his fault! Do you think I'm gonna sit here and watch him get his way? Don't you think I want to see him go down just as much as you do?"
Vela didn't say another word. She understood Barry's intentions well, but didn't want to show mercy.
"Just shut up and follow me!" she snapped.
They dashed through the jungle trees and bushes. Branches, boulders, and other bushes were in their way. They had to either go around them, or knock them out of the way.
With the Drone ship evacuated, the moles' ship was taking off. The ship began flying over Rith Essa and prepared to head for space. MC looked down and noticed a different ship that was a little close to the Drone ship.
"Yo, look! Ain't that Vela's ship?"
Fernando peeked down and saw it too. "Yeah, that is Vela's ship!"
"Get outta my way, bro."
"What?"
MC took a Tri Rocket Launcher in his hand and opened one of the doors. He pointed his Tri Rocket Launcher at Vela's ship.
"MC," Fernando asked, "the hell do you think you're doing?"
"I still think Vela's pretty and all, but she still needs to pay for kicking me in the groin."
"MC, Vela's already dead. There's no need for that."
"I don't care. This is my farewell to her on her way to Hell."
MC fired the Tri Rocket Launcher at Vela's ship. Vela and Barry were approaching when Barry heard something headed their way. He looked up and saw the moles' ship, but he also saw the Tri Rockets headed for Vela's ship.
"Vela!" Barry pointed in the air warning Vela.
Vela looked up and saw the rockets as well. "Get down!"
She shoved Barry onto the ground and the rockets made impact with Vela's ship. The ship was annihilated in the explosion. Parts of the ship flew everywhere. Vela and Barry were on the ground avoiding the blast, but Vela didn't have a ship anymore. She stood up and examined the destruction.
"Damn them!" Vela swore. "Why the hell did they have to do that?"
"Damn," Barry joined Vela, "now we'll never get them." Barry looked toward the horizon. The sun's shine was reflecting off of something in the distance. Barry pondered what it could be, but didn't figure it out. "Vela. There's something over there."
"What?" Vela looked toward where Barry was looking at. She didn't know what was over there either.
"C'mon, Vela. Let's check it out." Barry ran off ahead of Vela. She soon ran with him. Together, they discovered the abandoned Drone ship. Barry stated his theory, "They must be trying to ditch it so no one would find out it's their ship. I bet we can use this thing to catch up to them."
"What?"
"C'mon, Vela. You wanna catch them, right? If you don't know how to fly it, I will."
"Alright. Fine. Let's just hurry before those moles get away."
Juno made it to his ship. He failed to find a comfortable spot for Lupus on the ship. He sat in his pilot's seat and sat Lupus on his lap. Juno's ship launched off the ground and headed for the atmosphere. Soon, they were in outer space. Communication to Jet Force was accessible to Juno now that he made it off of Rith Essa. He immediately opened up telecommunication to Jet Force.
"Attention, Jet Force! This is Juno! I have a Code Red, Code R, and a Code X. Barry was innocent of the Mizar incident the whole time and the real suspects have launched from Rith Essa planning to make their way towards Gem Quarry. They are identified as the Mole Brothers and they are well armed. They were using the kidnapped Tribals for their dirty work and I request assistance on picking them up from Rith Essa. Lupus has been seriously hurt and I have him here with me. I need medical attention for Lupus as quickly as possible. Vela is currently on pursuit of the suspects. I repeat! Request backup immediately!"
Jet Force was contacted. The patrol units raced towards Rith Essa and Gem Quarry in pursuit of the moles. The moles' ship has already left Rith Essa and it's making its way to Gem Quarry.
Vela sat in the pilot's seat of the Drone ship. She inspected the controls and grew comfortable with them.
"Think you can fly this thing?" Barry asked.
"Of course I can," Vela responded, "Now just sit back and watch me catch those moles."
The Drone ship's engine roared loudly as it set off for outer space. Barry was surprised, but he took his seat in the co-pilot's seat. The ship lifted off the ground.
"Here we go," Vela confirmed.
The Drone ship turned to the direction the moles went and sped away into the atmosphere. Vela couldn't believe the speed at which the ship was going.
"Dang! This is fast! This is faster than the Jet Force ships."
Barry growled, "Moyer thinks he can do better than me at anything I can do. More powerful Mizar, faster ships; he's goin' down!"
"I think this ship can travel faster than this. I'm putting this thing on full speed!"
Barry gulped, "Are you sure you want to do that?"
"Can it, Barry! I'm catching those moles!"
"Yeah, but I don't want you to kill me just trying to catch the moles."
Vela increased the speed of the ship. Barry couldn't brace himself against the speed. He was slammed into the back of his chair, but Vela managed to lean against the force of the immense speed. Barry barely looked over and saw her resisting the pressure.
"How is she doing that?" Barry thought to himself, "That's impossible for a human!" Barry noticed the fierceness in her eyes. He saw that determination he had never seen in anyone before. "I guess this is what defeated me back then. I've never imagined someone this eager to take someone down. Maybe this is what Juno meant by her being so outgoing." Barry turned his head back to the front and smiled. "Having such a rare trait must be wonderful. Down through all of that anger Vela exhilarates lies someone who really knows that she can accomplish what she sets her mind to. She's shown care for her brother and Lupus." Barry laughed quietly to himself. "And with all of this determination within her, no one is safe."
The Drone ship continued to rocket through space.
At the same time, the moles were enjoying the new life that awaited them on Gem Quarry.
"Listen up, brothers," Moyer announced, "if we continue this pace, we'll arrive at Gem Quarry in nine hours."
"That's great," Fishface thanked Moyer, "At last. No worries about Jet Force."
"Flopsy could have all the Tribals she can eat," Fernando suggested.
Flopsy barked affirmatively.
"Yeah," MC stated, "and I get to start my new rap CD, know what I'm sayin'? It's a shame to have all this talent go to waste. I can start my own little business producing my own record labels and-"
"Holy shit!" Moyer blasphemed interrupting MC.
"What's up now, Moyer?"
"There's a few Jet Force partol ships ahead of us."
"Yeah, but what's the big deal? You said they can't figure out it's us."
"But... they're closing in on us. That's the problem!"
"What?" the other moles screamed.
The moles' ship slowed down until it stopped completely. The Jet Force ships surrounded the moles' ship. One of the officers came onto the main screen of the moles' ship.
"You!" the officers spoke, "The Mole brothers!"
"Is there a problem Jet Force?" Moyer replied calmly.
"You are charged of framing Barry the Tribal and are under arrest! Lay down your weapons and surrender yourselves."
"What?" Moyer declared, "We didn't do that!"
"I will not tell you again! Throw down your weapons and surrender!"
"I'm telling you! We don't know a thing that you're talking about! We're just on our way to start a new business! Now, let us pass!"
The officer spoke to the other Jet Force members, but the moles can still see and hear him on their screen. "The suspects are resisting arrest! Prepare apprehension!"
The moles jerked back in their seats. They were all shocked and worried.
"Let's lose 'em, Moyer!" MC insisted.
"Good idea for once," Moyer replied.
Moyer set the ship's thrusters on full and tried to speed their way out of there. The moles' ship flew through a gap between two Jet Force ships.
"Yeah!" MC showed his enthusiasm, "Ditch 'em!"
The moles' ship attempted to escape, but more Jet Force ships came in front of them. The chief's ship was among the new coming ships. The moles' ship tried to turn around, but the ships they tried to ditch before have flown behind them.
"Damn." Moyer lost his confidence. MC; however, had a different reaction.
"Aw no!" MC threw himself into a crying outburst. He threw his arms and legs around in the seat and wept with all of his might. "No! God no! I can't go to jail!" MC's mouth wouldn't close and tears rushed down his face. "Do you know how hard it is for rap artists and DJs to make money when everyone know they did some time? No! This can't be happening! My rap career is ruined!"
"Get a hold of yourself, MC!" Moyer screamed.
"But-" MC sniffled, "What can we do now?"
Fishface and Fernando exchanged looks of worry.
"What are we gonna do, Moyer?" Fernando turned to Moyer.
"There's only one thing I have left," Moyer answered.
Moyer reached in his pocket and pulled out another remote control. He pressed the button on it and sat back in his chair awaiting his plan to take action.
Within one of the two moons of Rith Essa, two red eyes opened widely in the immense darkness. Its arms were folded and its four legs were stationed close to its body. Suddenly, its insect-like wings fluttered and the huge figure rose from the crater it sat in. With the help from the light, it was clearly another Mizar. The creation launched itself off of the moon's surface and sped into the depths of outer space.
Vela had lowered the speed of the Drone ship, but she and Barry hadn't caught up to anyone yet.
"Damn," Vela grew impatient, "Those moles couldn't have gone that far!"
"Relax, Vela," Barry calmed, "We'll find them sooner or later."
"I hope so!"
Something began beeping on the radar. Vela examined it and the radar detected a large object racing towards them from behind. Vela shot a look at Barry, but Barry couldn't determine what it was either.
"How can something move faster than what we're traveling now?" Barry wondered.
Vela and Barry looked at the radar again. They saw that the object would pass them on the left side. They peered at window to look at what was passing them. As the figure passed them, Vela and Barry were shocked at what they just saw.
"Mizar?" they both hollered.
The new Mizar flew passed the Drone ship until the radar couldn't pick it up anymore. Vela and Barry couldn't say anything for a while. Barry was the first to speak as he finally gathered what he wanted to say.
"Moyer must have created another Mizar!"
"But, how?"
"I don't like this Vela. This is far more worse than I have imagined."
"What do you mean?"
"Moyer created all of this stuff within a year, whereas it took my a full year just to create one Mizar. This guy can build and construct much much faster than I can. Not only has he made what I made, but he's also improved it. He made it better than I did."
"What's your point?"
"I don't think Moyer has truly been inside Mizar. What I mean by that is that he hasn't experienced the type of program installed in Mizar's computer system. It's designed to make its user feel the power and capabilities of Mizar. It's like a virtual reality video game, except that you can literally feel some part of being Mizar. The program is also designed as a ruthless, merciless attacker. The system inside Mizar is evil. If Moyer feels that power hungry Mizar system, he might just become Mizar himself. He might just try to rebuild a new empire for his own selfish gain. We can't let that happen again."
Vela comprehended what Barry told her. She turned forward in her seat again and smirked.
"So, Mizar is the sign of evil."
"That's right, Vela. With his capabilities, Moyer can plague the galaxy just like I did."
"But I still don't understand how Mizar flew that fast."
"It's probably a new improvement. I wouldn't worry too much though. I don't think anyone inside would survive at that speed. Moyer must be controlling it by remote again. He might be trying some kind of getaway. If he escapes, but stays outside Mizar, we'll eventually catch up to him. If he goes inside Mizar, he wouldn't handle that much speed, so we'll catch up to him anyway."
"Then, we shouldn't waste anymore time. Let's go!"
Moyer sat with his arms folded while the other mole brothers were trying to think of a way out of the situation.
"Moyer!" Fernando called, "C'mon, help us!"
"It's too late for you," Moyer shot back.
"Huh?"
The Jet Force ships approached the moles' ship, but suddenly the Jet Force radars detected Mizar coming in quickly. Mizar rammed into a few of the Jet Force ships and stopped right next to the moles' ship.
"What the?" The chief was surprised. "Shoot down that Mizar!"
Jet Force's shots made no effect against Mizar. Mizar opened up its chest compartment. Moyer floated towards the door Mizar was next to.
"Yes!" the other moles cheered. "We're outta here!"
"No you're not." Moyer responded.
"What?"
"Only one can fit in Mizar." Moyer opened the door and on the other side was then open chest compartment of Mizar. "Sorry, brothers, but I'm goin' solo and you're taking the fall."
The other mole brothers tried to stop Moyer, but Moyer was already inside Mizar's chest. Moyer closed the door to the ship and then closed up the chest.
"Excellent." Moyer activated the controls inside of Mizar. "It's time I got outta here."
Mizar's wings fluttered again. The attacks from Jet Force still did not hurt the evil creation. Moyer set the controls for an escape and Mizar zoomed away from the crowd of Jet Force ships.
"Don't let him escape," the chief commanded, "After him!"
The Jet Force ships continued their pursuit after Moyer while a few Jet Force ships stayed with the moles' ship. Mizar proved to be a challenge for Jet Force. The ships were falling far behind as Mizar flew farther ahead. As the ships tried to follow Mizar, their radars sensed another ship speeding from behind them. The members of Jet Force were startled. The chief ordered some of his men to identify the new speeding ship. One man confirmed that it was the Drone ship.
"What?" The chief turned on telecommunication to the Drone ship. The Drone ship rocketed passed most of the Jet Force ships as the chief spoke into the communicator.
"Drone ship! This is Jet Force! I command you to cease your pursuit and surrender yourselves immediately!"
"Negative!" Vela's voice replied on all of the Jet Force communicators.
"What? Vela?"
"That's correct, sir! My ship was destroyed back on Rith Essa so I've taken control of the Drone ship! Barry is with me and we are continuing on the pursuit of Moyer!"
"Vela, you shouldn't bring Barry along this pursuit! He's still a wanted criminal! Further assistance to him will result in abetting a criminal."
Barry got enraged and took the control of the communicator.
"Listen to me! I admit I was the original Mizar and I also admit that I was wrong, but I am not the same as I was before. I realize my sins and I'm trying to make up for all of that right now! The Mizar that you've just witnessed is more powerful than my own Mizar. If Moyer begins to experience the power behind that creation, he will most likely be controlled by the evil inside! If that happens, then the universe will have to face another intergalatic tyranny much deadlier than the last one. This is our chance right now to stop it from happening. I know Mizar's weaknesses and strengths. I'm vital to the downfall of Mizar. I'm on this chase to help defeat Mizar and bring down Moyer. If no one stands against him now, he will give birth to a second terrorism of Mizar! I am joining you on this chase whether you say so or not! It's in my best interest to see all of this taken care of."
Barry terminated the connection between the Drone ship and Jet Force. He turned to Vela who was looking confused at the Tribal.
"Sorry, Vela. I overreacted."
"Actually, I think that was awesome."
Barry's eyes perked open and he came in eye contact with Vela smiling back to him. Barry developed a small smirk himself and sat back in his seat.
"Well, we'd better catch up to him before it's too late. Let's go, Vela!"
"Right!" Vela flicked multiple switches on the control panel and placed her right hand on the lever beside her. "Let's get that Mizar! Drone ship engines, Maximum Scorch!"
The Drone ship's engines blasted their fiery rage and carried the Drone ship further ahead. In almost an instant, the Jet Force ships could not see the Drone ship anymore.
"I cannot believe the power of this machine," Moyer said to himself while inside Mizar. "This speed is incredible! I can't even fathom the ratio I'm traveling per second. Heh heh."
Mizar was approaching an asteriod field. He flew deep into the center of the asteroids and stopped. Moyer looked at the controls and inspected the attacks he was capable of performing. He targeted a nearby asteroid and fired at it with Mizar's eye laser shots. The asteroid was destroyed in the impact with the laser shots. Then Moyer tested Mizar's acidic breath on another asteroid which melted away in contact of Mizar's breath.
"I knew Mizar had these capabilites," Moyer said, "but I had no idea they can do this much damage. Why was I wasting my time with those idiot brothers of mine? Look at what I could have been doing all this time." Mizar's sensors picked up many space vessels approaching. It was the Drone ship and far behind were the Jet Force ships.
"Mizar's in there somewhere," Vela speculated, "The radar hadn't detected anything coming out of that asteroid field."
The Drone ship stopped before entering the asteroids. The Jet Force ships finally joined up with Vela and Barry.
"Okay, men," the chief ordered, "Mizar's in there somewhere. Let's go in together!"
"Wait!" Barry commanded to Jet Force, "Mizar has the ability to control and attack with the matter around him!"
"Silence, Barry!"
"What?"
"You are in no position to give orders!" the chief redirected his command to Jet Force, "Attention all of Jet Force! Locate and apprehend the fugitive!"
The chief disconnected the connection between them and Jet Force proceeded into the asteroid field, but the Drone ship didn't move.
"Air heads!" Barry called them, "they have no idea what they're getting themselves into!"
"I believe you," Vela understood.
"Huh? You do?"
"Juno told me about Mizar's ability to distort and move the matter around him to suit his needs. Going into the asteroid field with Mizar in it is like walking into a spider's web. It's his territory."
"Exactly! That's only one of the reasons we can't underestimate him."
"I know, but still we can't do anything from out here. We have to get inside."
"Unfortunately, yes," Barry sighed.
"Barry, as we're going in, find out as much about this ship as you can. Weapons, resistance to damage, anything..."
"Okay, Vela."
Moyer closely examined the ships approaching him. One ship crept up from behind Mizar. The Jet Force officer inside the ship contacted the other pilots.
"I found him! I'm sending coordinates now!"
Only the Jet Force ships received Mizar's coordinates. Mizar turned around and spotted the ship that located him.
"Nitwit," Mizar spoke.
Mizar lifted his iron claw high and a huge asteroid headed straight for the Jet Force ship. The officer tried to dodge the attack. The asteroid collided with the side of the ship and severly damaged the ship's side. The ship sparked wildly with electricity and exploded.
"That was too easy," Mizar stated.
Mizar lowered his claw again and the other Jet Force ships advanced.
"Sir," one officer informed the chief, "We have just lost Unit #45-D."
"What," the chief growled, "Mizar!"
Mizar viewed the situation around him. All of the Jet Force ships were in front of him and prepared for bombardment.
"Mizar!" the chief commanded, "Surrender immediately or we shall fire!"
Mizar grabbed his abdomen laughed histerically. "Do you think your feeble weapons will harm me?"
"Fine!," the chief growled, "All men! Fire, now!"
The Jet Force ships commenced bombardment. Mizar covered his chest and ducked his head. All of the missiles came in contact with Mizar. Each detonation covered the destruction with fiery smoke.
"Cease fire!" the chief ordered.
The Jet Force ships ceased firing and awaited the smoke to clear. The chief narrowed his eyes attempting to see through the smoke. Suddenly, two eye lasers were fired and the chief's ship took impact.
"What?" the chief yelled, "No way!"
Mizar launched himself from the thick smoke and advanced at the Jet Force ships. The Jet Force ships tried to counteract Mizar's assault with their missiles. Mizar's speed allowed him to evade the missiles and still approach the ships. Mizar used his mantis claw and jammed it into one of the ships destroying it immediately. Mizar took the same mantis claw and used the tip of it to shoot a fiery blast at the remaining ships. The Jet Force ships were engulfed in powerful flames. Their ships overheated and sustained much damage.
"All ships," the chief retreated, "Fall back, now!"
The ships turned around and fled back the way they came. Mizar raised his hands in the air and his unseen energy launched a barrage of multicolored meteorites at the fleet of Jet Force ships. The final attack left a few more ships destroyed and more ships damaged. Mizar ceased his attack and cackled at the fleeing ships.
"No one can defeat me!" Mizar laughed, "My power is omnipotent!"
Moyer checked the radar again. Another ship crept up to him. "What's this? Another opponent?"
The Drone ship appeared from behind the wall of meteors and meteorites. Moyer recognized his ship and stood dumbfounded.
"What?" he complained, "I-I ditched the Drone ship!"
Moyer spoke to the Drone ship from Mizar's mouth.
"Who are you? Why have you stolen my ship?"
"Well," Vela teased through the communicator, "As I recall, you left it there."
"What? Vela? Impossible!"
"And since you destroyed my ship, it's only fair that you pay me back for it."
"You're supposed to be dead!"
"I figured there's no sense in dying yet, not while selfish bastards like you roam freely!"
"And I second that!" Barry spoke into through the communication system.
"Huh?" Mizar choked, "Barry too?"
"That's right! We trashed your Floyd and got outta that mine just in time! Now, Vela and I stole your Drone ship and we're gonna kick your ass! So, Boo-yah!"
"You cannot defeat me! I am Mizar and I will not fall to the likes of you!"
"Barry," Vela called to him, "What have you found out about this ship?"
"It's like this," Barry explained, "This ship is constructed with a fine metal almost similar to Mizar's. This ship should be able to withstand some damage before any systems begin to fail. Your weapons are similar to the Drones' weapons. We have a rapid fire machine gun, a standard one shot pistol, and Megablasters. The ship also has evasion thrusters on the sides, top, and bottom. You should be able to evade Mizar's attacks easily. We even have escape pods just in case of emergencies. All systems are on standby."
"Okay, Barry. Now listen. We both know that Mizar is faster now. While I'm trying to watch what's in front of us, you check the radars and scanners for anything attacking us. The last thing we need is for him to take us by surprise."
"Don't worry, Vela. I got that taken care of. Count on it."
"Good. Thanks, Barry."
"Huh?" Barry thought, "Thanks? From Vela?"
Mizar stationed his arms to the side and posed in a fighting stance. The Drone ship kept its position and faced Mizar. Vela and Barry waited at the controls while Mizar eyed his opponents intensely. The remaining Jet Force ships were trying to view the upcoming battle through their scanners and radars.
"Vela's on her own," the chief worried. "We can't help her."
Mizar threw himself at top speed at the Drone ship. His mantis claw prepared for a quick slash and kill maneuver.
"Oh no you don't!" Vela screamed.
The Drone ship's side thrusters roared and the Drone ship evaded Mizar's attack. Mizar was quick to retalliate with another lunge after them. Vela's ship faced Mizar and evaded upward. Mizar tried to reach her ship with the slash, but the Drone ship was too high by the time the claw came around. Mizar's eyes glowed a purple light and fired twin eye laser shots at the Drone ship. Upon impact, little damage was done to the ship. Mizar rushed upward at his enemies to slash them. As he got there, the front thrusters on the Drone ship were activated causing the ship to evade backwards. Mizar's slash hit nothing, but left him open for attack.
"Vela," Barry informed, "Now! Aim for his head!"
A missile launched from the Drone ship and headed for Mizar's head. Mizar's head perked up at the attack and flew above it before impact. He hovered above the Drone ship before Vela could follow him.
"Damn!" she cried. "He's too fast!"
Mizar sped downward and fired his laser shots again. The ship was barraged but still remained intact. The ship moved forward avoiding any other shots, but Mizar raised his mantis claw for another attack.
"Watch out, Vela," Barry warned, "he's coming from above."
Vela sneered and increased the ships speed to dodge forward. Mizar expected the evade and instead he threw a wall of fire from his claw. It matched the Drone ship's speed and followed it. The ship flew above the fire and turned around to face Mizar. As soon as it was completely turned, Mizar was already in front of them and deliver a powerful punch with his iron claw. The Drone ship hurled around in circles and fell towards a huge asteroid. Vela and Barry were left screaming trying to brace themselves for collision. The ship destroyed half of the asteroid on impact and rested on the remaining half. Vela and Barry regained their senses, but not before Mizar charged at them again. Mizar was certain to destroy their ship with his mantis claw. The Drone ship quickly activated the main thrusters and flew out of Mizar's path. The mantis claw drove through the asteroid shattering the meteor in many small fragments. Mizar was furious and growled as he turned around to find his enemies. Vela was ready for Mizar as he turned around. She launched a missile straight for Mizar's head. Before Mizar could react, his head suffered impact with Vela's missile.
"Got him!" Vela cheered.
"Yes," Barry supported, "just a few more of those and he's history!"
The explosion was mighty. The Drone ship vibrated from merely feeling the blast. As fire calmed and the smoke cleared, Mizar's face was in view and there was no damage done to it.
"What the Hell?" Vela looked surprised.
"What?" Barry couldn't believe his eyes. "He should have at least bled a little bit!"
"I told you," Mizar voiced, "I am Mizar and I cannot be defeated."
"Moyer," Barry activated the communicator, "listen! You're not Mizar! The battle system is screwing with your mind! It's making you think you're Mizar, but you're just controlling him! Let it go, now!"
"You are mistaken!" Mizar responded, "I may still be Moyer on the inside, but it was I who created this machine. And as you can see it's made from a different design than your Mizar, Barry. My Mizar does not possess the same weaknesses as yours, making mine superior! Once I have dispensed with you, I will show this universe what a true Mizar can do. I gave rebirth to the Drones. I can create much better creations. I have the power to do as I please in this life. I will make everyone understand the true genius I am."
"You sound just like me when I was Mizar! That glory will not last forever! Sooner or later, you will go down! Justice will defeat you!"
"You're wrong, Barry! The justice system, the police, the Tribals, all of you lack what it takes to properly run a civilization or an organization. No matter how much you try, there will always be error and mistakes in society due to your insignificance. I will correct your corruption to reality. I will make things they way they should be, but not before I finish off you!"
Mizar flew at the Drone ship preparing for a collision course. Vela easily dodged Mizar as he zoomed by. As the Drone ship turned around to face Mizar, Mizar was no where in sight. Vela was puzzled and Barry did not find Mizar on the scanners.
"What is this?" Vela pondered, "Where'd he go?"
"I'm not picking anything up on the radar," Barry informed her, "Mizar must be hiding behind one of the asteroids."
On the radar, the small dots signifying the asteroids moved slowly across the screen. Barry inspected the radar carefully. No sudden movement was aroused. Barry grew worried that Mizar was planning something. Without warning, all of the asteroids stopped moving. Barry widened his eyes and could not finding one moving asteroid. He gazed outside and there was no movement.
"Vela," Barry ordered, "stop the ship!"
"Why?"
"Just do it!"
The Drone ship came to a halt directly in the center of the asteriod field. Barry checked the radar again and snarled.
"Barry," Vela asked, "What is it?"
"All of the asteroids stopped moving."
"So?"
"Vela, asteroids are supposed to move no matter how slow they travel. At first, these asteroids were moving at an average velocity of thirteen meters per second. Now they are all stationary. The only thing that can cause this is an unnatural force."
"Mizar."
"Yep," Barry nodded.
They looked around trying to find any warning of the upcoming attack. No luck came to either of them.
"Should I ask you what you think he's planning on doing..." Vela asked, "...or is it too obvious?"
"It's too obvious," Barry replied.
Every asteroid around them suddenly lunged itself at the Drone ship. The ship received horrible damage. Meteors and meteorites continuosly slammed into the Drone ship. Vela and Barry were thrown in random directions in their seats. The ship sustained dents and fractures. Vela had enough. She piloted the ship forward in an effort to dodge the asteroids. There were still plenty of meteors ahead of her and the rest of the asteroids pursued her from behind. The Drone ship attempted many evades, but the ship had taken considerable damage regardless of how much it tried to dodge. Vela tilted the ship upward and continued on a course above the asteroid field. Huge rocks still collided into the ship as Vela proceeded with her plan. Soon, they're were no asteroids in front of the Drone ship, but the rest of the asteroids still followed from behind. The Drone ship sped far ahead of the barrage of rocks and faced them.
"Eat this!" Vela cried.
Vela unleashed as many weapons as she could fire. The machine gun, the missile launcher, and standard ship Pistol all shot at the asteroids. The attack destroyed the asteroids as they came closer. A repetition of numerous explosions and wild bullets shattered the meteors into harmless bits of planetoids. Some meteorites circled around the attack, but Vela caught them and destroyed them with the missiles before impact. Vela's discharge against Mizar's barrage lasted well over a half of a minute. She still fired missiles through the fiery smoke; even though, she couldn't tell if there were any asteroids left.
"It's over Vela," Barry confirmed. "All asteroids are destroyed. Mizar is in front of us about 0.67 kilometers away."
Vela was desperately catching her breath. Moving and reacting so vigorously tired her. She kept a firm grip on the controls knowing that she couldn't give up yet.
"Mizar approaching!" Barry quickly read on the scanners.
"You bastard!" Vela screamed at Mizar.
Vela guided the Drone ship through the hot smoke and charged Mizar.
"Vela," Barry hollered, "what the Hell are you doing?"
Vela fired three missiles at Mizar. Mizar evaded them all and still approached baring his mantis claw again. Vela realized her mistake and tried to dodge before Mizar hit them. This time, Mizar was close enough and scraped a huge line completely across the bottom of the ship. The ship was slightly thrown off course, but Vela sustained the ship's control. Mizar looked back at his enemies expecting their ship to explode soon.
"Vela," Barry emphasized, "that was totally careless."
"I know," Vela depressed her head, but quickly shook off her regret. "What's the ship's status?"
"Protection is down to fifty-eight percent and holding. Thrusters appear functional. Radars and scanners remain operational. The standard Drone ship pistol is not responding. Cooling systems are down. Communication systems are still online. Ship energy stands at fourty-one percent left. And I'm sure you can see how cracked up the windshield is."
"How about our weapon's gauge?"
"We are down to thirty-four percent left due to that attack on the asteroids. Unfortunately, since one of the weapons is inoperative, our true estimate of weapon supply lies at twenty-five percent. That should still be enough to take Mizar down provided if we can hit him."
"Yeah, but apparently his head isn't his weak spot anymore. If only I knew what his weak spots are now."
"Wait a minute."
"What?"
"The reason that the Mizar I created had its head as a weak spot was because the original function for the head was offense and to carry the passenger."
"Huh?"
"The head was the weak spot because it wasn't designed to sustain a lot of damage. It was designed to attack, but it was primarily to hold me inside. That's why it was weak. If we knew where Moyer was hiding inside Mizar, that would be his weak spot."
"That means that Moyer isn't in the head."
"Moyer must be in Mizar's chest. It's the only other place where a creature as big as a mole brother can fit inside Mizar."
"Well then," Vela prepared to attack, "let's go for the chest!"
The Drone ship and Mizar flew at each other again. Mizar withdrew his mantis claw once more, but Vela expected it. As Mizar drew in closer, Vela prepared to fire a missile. When Mizar was in reaching distance of the Drone ship, Vela fired a missile directly into Mizar's chest and guided the ship away from Mizar. Mizar's body stopped and humped over. Mizar gagged as multicolored blood spewed from his chest and electricity sparked around his body. Inside, the control panel sparked wildly as Moyer tried to dodge the electricity. The Drone ship flew behind Mizar and prepared for another charge while Mizar's body began to calm. Mizar stopped bleeding and the electricity stopped sparking; however, smoke emerged from Mizar's chest. Moyer spun Mizar around to glowered at the Drone ship.
"Why you little bitch!" Moyer yelled into the communicator.
"Stop calling me a little bitch!" Vela shot back.
"You're gonna pay for what you did to me!"
Mizar charged at the Drone ship and unleashed his acidic breath. Vela was unprepared for the attack, but reacted quickly enough to dodge. The acidic spray followed the Drone ship and Mizar flew in closer and closer. As Mizar nearly came in reaching distance, the Drone ship used its full speed and flew behind Mizar before he could react. As Mizar tried to look back, he found the Drone ship rammed into his chest at top speed. Mizar gagged again, but it left Vela open for more attacks. She fired a missile to blast Mizar off of her ship. Mizar fell backwards and the Drone ship fired another missile into the chest. Mizar still experienced much damage. He was not able to defend himself on the count of his affiction. The Drone ship unleashed another assault with the machine gun. Mizar's chest took more abuse from Vela. Mizar's body rumbled wildly from contact after contact with the rapid bullets. Moyer's control panel sparked uncontrollably. Moyer piloted Mizar above the rapid fire and receded. Vela went after Mizar knowing she had him on the run. Mizar covered his chest and wait for the Drone ship to approach. As the Drone ship prepared to launch another missile, Mizar changed direction and charged ferociously at the ship. Vela and Barry couldn't react in time and suffered a devastating punch from Mizar's iron fist. The ship was thrown out of control leaving Vela and Barry screaming along their way, but Mizar's attack did not stop there. Mizar lunged forward and repeatedly punched and slashed the Drone ship. The ship suffered greatly blow after blow. Vela didn't have enough time to evade in between each punches and slashes.
Mizar cackled, "I'll blow your ass to Hell. I'll blow your ass to Hell! I'll blow your ass to Hell!"
Mizar gave one last punch leaving the ship to spin around backwards. Vela tried to activate the side thrusters to prevent anymore dizziness. The Drone ship gradually stopped and Vela and Barry grabbed their heads comforting their headaches. Mizar's iron hand glowed brightly as Vela and Barry regained their sense of direction. The Drone ship slowly turned to face Mizar only to find out that Mizar's iron hand was glowing.
"Wha-" Vela wondered, "what is he doing?"
"No!" Barry recognized the attack immediately, "Vela get out of the way! He's gonna kill us!"
Mizar thrusted his fist forward and unleashed a huge wave of pure electricity upon the Drone ship. Vela's control panel sparked more than ever and eventually suffered explosions. Barry's control panel soon experienced the same result. The radar shattered and was engulfed in flames. The lights sparked and dimmed within seconds. The light bulbs burst throwing glass into the space. Engines and motors blew out completely. The computer systems overloaded and detonated themselves.
The remaining Jet Force ships witnessed the fight before them. They reported what they saw to the rest of Jet Force.
"Mizar's using some kind of energy wave," the chief announced, "It's ripping Vela's ship apart. This does not look good at all. That ship won't last for long. With our ships powerless of stopping Mizar, I'm afraid we're going to lose her."
Juno heard everything from his ship. He was definitely worried. "C'mon, Vela. Don't let him beat you."
Mizar ceased his attack. The Drone ship was deeply impaired. The ship stood there lifelessly. Vela and Barry barely woke up afterwards. They blinked their eyes and speculated their situation.
"Barry," Vela sighed, "Damage report."
"Ain't nothin' left," Barry answered. "All systems are dysfunctional. Energy has been overloaded and depleted. As you can see, our lighting system is completely down. We don't even-"
Barry was interrupted as the ship began rumbling. Barry and Vela turned their heads back to see Mizar's iron fingers pierced through the ship. Mizar had his grip on the Drone ship.
"I told you," Mizar gloated, "you cannot defeat me."
"Vela," Barry invoked, "we have to do something!"
"It's over, Barry." Vela sighed. "Mizar's beaten us."
"What? What did you say?"
"I can't beat him, Barry. He won."
"Vela, don't say that!"
"Oh? And why not?" she shot back.
"If there's one thing that I've learned from you Geminis, that's to never give up. You of all people I have never expected to give up like that! You can't quit yet! We've gotten too far to quit now!"
"There's nothing I can do, Barry."
Barry slammed his fists onto what was left of the control panel. "That's what I mean! That's the attitude that's tickin' me off! I've been hearing that all the time in my life from people who gave up too easily! Then I started thinking that to myself over and over again and now I'm damn sick of it! There is always something you can do! Jeff kept trying to get me out of prison! Juno knew there was something he could do to investigate my case! I knew that there was something I could do to help your personal problem back in that prison! You knew there was something you can do when you shoved that Drone pistol into that other Drone's Megablaster! Hell, even the mole brothers knew there was something they could do to help their business even though it was wrong! Those who don't give a damn... those who don't care are those who quit! Are you listening to me? Are you gonna quit on Juno? Lupus? All of us? If you give up now, Mizar will plague this universe!"
Vela came in eye contact with Barry as Mizar's iron fist started to squeeze the ship.
Barry continued, "Vela, everyone has confidence in you! Juno has confidence in you! Lupus has confidence in you! Jeff has confidence in you! The Tribals have confidence in you! Jet Force has confidence that you can beat Mizar! Even I have confidence that you! We all have confidence in you! You can do this!"
Vela turned her eyes toward the cracked windshield. Mizar's chest was directly in front of them. With the ship being squeezed in, Vela could not waste any more time. She grabbed Barry's wrist and floated over to the escape pods.
"Hey!" Barry said, "What are you doing?"
Vela opened up one of the escape pods and shoved Barry inside. Barry jerked up as Vela shut the hatch of the escape pod.
"Vela," Barry hollered through the pod, "what are you doing?"
"Sorry, Barry," Vela answered, "but I can't risk you dying. I have to live."
"Vela!"
Vela shut the hatch to the pods and pushed a huge red button beside the hatch. The ship exerted a strong gust forcing the escape to float away from the Drone ship. Barry screamed Vela's name until Vela couldn't hear his voice anymore. She floated back to the bridge and withdrew her Tri Rocket Launcher. She stood on the pilot's seat and aimed her gun right at Mizar's chest.
"Point-blank range," Vela thought. "If this does not do it, nothing will." She inspected the windshield. "The windshield is so badly cracked that it shouldn't stop the Tri Rockets from going right through it. Well, this is it, Mizar. Your reign of terror shall never precede."
Vela fired her Tri Rocket Launcher. Three spiraling fiery rockets penetrated the windshield and made impact with Mizar's chest. Mizar hacked as multicolored blood spewed from his abdomen. Moyer inside tried to cover himself from the flames bursting from his control panel. Electricity traveled around Mizar's body and Vela fired again. Mizar's chest bled excessively. More of the control panel inside was destroyed from the overload. Vela was ready to fire again, but the depths of outer space vacuumed the oxygen from her ship. Vela grasped her neck. She couldn't breathe. She had enough energy to resist the suffocation for one last shot to Mizar's chest. She narrowed her eyes focused her aim. Vela fired one last shot at Mizar's abdomen. With that done, Vela let go of her gun and grabbed her neck with both hands. She choked as she floated upward. She wiggled very frantically while her eye-lids expanded extensively.
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Moyer screamed as his entire control panel burst into one huge flame. While Moyer was engulfed by the hellish fires, Mizar's chest burned externally. Mizar's iron hand threw the ship backward. The lifeless Drone ship spiraled away from Mizar. Tiny detonations covered Mizar's body like ticks over a dog. As the Drone ship continued to spiral, Vela slipped out of the windshield and was seperated from the dead ship. On his scanner, the chief of Jet Force noticed another heat source seperating from the Drone ship. He knew it had to be Vela.
"Troops!" the chief commanded, "Left flank, salvage the escape pod. Right flank, remain on your guard. I will rescue Vela!"
The left flank of the Jet Force ships flew towards Barry while the chief piloted his ship at Vela. However, before he could get to her in time, Mizar's body flashed brightly and ruptured in an enormously massive explosion. It blew a wave of flame and ashes in all directions. The force of the explosion rocked the chief's ship. As he tried to brace himself, he checked his scanner for Vela and found her drifting away at an escalating velocity. The force from Mizar's explosion had accelerated Vela's speed tremendously. As the chief proceeded his rescue mission, Vela stopped struggling. Her eyes closed and her arms and legs fell to her sides. The chief's ship hurried through the clutter of shattered glass, expanding heat, dented metal, and flaming ashes. The chief opened the door to his ship and flew up to Vela's side. He had to get her inside before the vacuum of outer space pulled Vela away from him any further. He matched her speed and quickly forced his ship to Vela's side. Vela's body entered the ship, but outer space tried to tug her away. The chief barely got Vela's body inside the ship and immediately closed the door.
The darkness that overpowered her sight for so long was illuminated by the source of light above her face. Her eye-lids blinked softly until she saw the blurry image of a Tribal's face in front of her.
"Hey!" the Tribal called to the others. "She's waking up!"
She heard footsteps gathering around her. More blurry faces peered over her eyes. She tried to focus her vision on the images before. The closest image laid a hand on her forehead. She was confused and tried to speak, but soon her vision cleared up. She recognized the faces of her brother, King Jeff, and Barry standing over her. The closest person to her was unfamiliar.
"Wh-" Vela tried to speak, "who... where..."
"It's okay, Vela," Juno calmed her. "You're in a hospital. Everything's fine now."
Vela began to feel the energy coming back to her body. She looked up at the unfamiliar person and asked, "Who are you?"
The person took a clipboard and a pen and marked down Vela's progress. The person held the clipboard to her side and smiled at Vela.
"Hello, Vela. I'm Dr. Ailene Sanson. For the past few days, you've been under the care of a few other doctors and myself."
"A few days?" Vela was surprised.
"That's right. You've sustained a lot of damage such as burns from the fire and cuts from the shattered glass. Your boss managed to save you and provided you with oxygen before you suffocated."
"Yeah," Juno confirmed to Vela. "I'm just glad you can hold your breath for that long."
Vela looked around the infirmary. She was wearing a patient's wardrobe and laid in a bed. "Wha- what about Mizar?"
"Vela, you toasted Mizar!" Barry interrupted. "I knew you could do it!"
"Yeah, Vela," Juno added, "I heard all about it from Barry. He said you really proved yourself."
"Listen," Dr. Sanson smiled at Juno and the others, "I will give you guys some time to talk, but remember that Vela has to rest and recover."
"Oh, thank you," Juno gratified.
"Don't mention it," Dr. Sanson said giving a sweet smile and exiting the room.
"So, guys," Vela continued, "What happened to Moyer?"
"I say we've seen the last of him," Barry explained, "That explosion was huge! There's no way someone could have survived that!"
Vela sat up in the bed a little bit, "And what about the other mole brothers?"
"Tried and found guilty. Yep!"
Vela looked around the room wondering what else to ask. One question came to her and she became excited. "Wait! What- what about Lupus?"
"Whoa, Vela," Juno rested his hands on her arm. "Take it easy. Lupus is just fine. He's been intensive care ever since the fight. The doctor said he'll recover in a short while."
Vela calmed down and laid back in the bed.
"Although," Juno speculated, "I'd like to ask you something."
"What's that?" Vela replied.
Juno gave a somewhat sly smile. "Were you trying to scare me halfway to death back there?"
Vela giggled softly. "Sorry, Juno." Vela looked around to Barry. "So, you helped me beat Mizar."
"Yeah," Barry affirmed, "it was great. I see why it's hard to beat you Geminis."
"So, does that mean all charges against you have been dropped?"
Barry widened his eyes and slightly depressed his head. "Um, not really. Heh heh. You see, first the council took into account that the whole situation wasn't my fault so that charge was dropped. Next, they thought about my deeds in helping you guys out in stopping the real criminals. All of that was weighed against my tyranny as the original Mizar and it... didn't quite balance out if you know what I mean."
"Oh?" Vela perked up in concern.
"But not to worry," Barry enlightened, "This time I'm being sentenced to Ichor for thirty years under police supervision. They even reopened the option of bail and Jeff's working on getting enough money now. Yeah... it's not exactly freedom, but it beats gettin' killed. Know what I mean?"
"Yeah, I get it."
"I'm actually glad all of this happened. I've redeemed myself to everyone and now I get the chance to live my life again."
"Hm. Well, I guess you're happy."
"Of course! You should be happy too."
"Why? Cuz you won't get killed?"
"I mean besides that. You complained to yourself that you never got a chance at Mizar and now look. You've redeemed yourself internally."
"Hm." Vela smiled, "Yeah."
"Barry," Jeff called.
"Yeah?" Barry asked.
"We'd better get going. Remember the council only allowed you to stay here until Vela wakes up."
"Oh. Guess you're right."
"I'm very glad you're doing better," Jeff told Vela. "If you need anything from me, please ask. You saved my brother so I'm in your debt as well as him."
"Hey," Barry snapped, "I wanna be in Juno's debt. Not Vela's."
"Whatever, you guys," Vela interrupted. "Whatever."
Barry preceded Jeff as they began to walk out of the room. Barry turned to Vela and stopped. "Well, I gotta go to Ichor now. I'm actually looking forward to it."
"Don't go building more Drones, Barry," Vela warned him.
"What? You must be crazy. After that incident? If I ever see another Drone again, it'll be too soon."
"Hmph," she stared in Barry's face. "Likewise."
Barry and Vela eyed each other for a while. Juno and Jeff looked puzzled. After a brief moment, both Vela and Barry snickered. Soon, their snickering changed into a loud laughter and left Jeff and Juno completely clueless. Vela stopped laughing and Barry calmed down. Jeff tapped Barry's shoulder signaling him that it's time they left. Barry strolled towards the doorway reciting his final words.
"Ah. Vela of Jet Force beat Mizar." Barry smiled. "That'd make an excellent story someday." Barry walked out of the doorway. "Yes indeed. A great story."
Jeff remained in the room nodding towards Juno and Vela. As he turned around, he saw Barry peeking his head back in. Barry bared his crafty smile at Vela who wasn't looking back. "Maybe you should... type it!" Barry teased.
Vela shot her head back at Barry. The expression on her face showed a world of surprise and shock. Barry withdrew his head from the doorway and ran off as if he were a mischievous child. Juno and Jeff witnessed Barry run away. Juno felt the urge to fear overtaking him. He looked over at Vela who was fiercely glaring at him in the eye. Juno was left without much to say.
"Uh... I... uh..." Juno tried to explain.
However, Vela knew exactly what to say. "You're a dead man, Juno!"
Vela threw the bed sheets off of her and swung her legs around to jump out of bed. Juno's urge to fear took over and induced Juno to flee for the sake of his well-being. Vela leapt to her bare feet and chased Juno out of the room. Dr. Sanson was returning but nearly tumbled over as Juno and Vela came rushing by her. Sanson looked back and tried to yell, but Juno and Vela were out of range of her voice. Sanson turned back around to the room where King Jeff was the only one left. The expression on Sanson's face clearly showed her wonderment towards why her patient was chasing after Juno. Jeff understood Sanson's facial expression and only had a few words to say.
"It's like Juno always says," King Jeff explained. "Vela's just being herself."
----------The End----------
Author: About damn time too. O.o;