JFG GANATEREAN WAR #2
SOLAR PRISONERS
By Sirunus (Chris Jones)
Author's notes: Jet Force Gemini and all of it's characters from this story (Juno, Vela, Lupus, the Drones, Mizar, King Jeff, Barry, Magnus, Midge and Amazing Mining Mole Bros. etc) are owned by and trade marks of Rareware. I do not make money from this story, so don't sue me. The Arprodas, Sectaras, the Ganaterean Solar System, Ellie Ratrox & Star Marine belong to me.
PHASE 2: THE ARPRODA PLOT
The meeting room was a long chamber, filled with a navy blue carpet, with a red mat. The room was rectangular shaped. There was a long table. Because no mascots or dogs were allowed in, Lupus had to wait outside.
"Sorry boy," Vela said to him sorrowfully. The twins had threw on their meeting clothes. Juno wore his best suit: Black trousers, a red striped tie, and an expensive looking shirt, with a black dinner jacket. Vela wore a black skirt, a red blazer, a shirt and a black tie.
Sat at the end of the table, Juno and Vela realized it wasn't the actual leader of the federation running the meeting, but was the leader of Jet Force itself sat at the end of the table. He was sat in a big boss chair. Sat next to his right was Galatea. The seat he was usually sat in was empty.
"I am afraid the leader of the federation himself won't make it today, as he is still missing," The Leader begun with. "But I'll be covering him. The new ship Peramataria, disappeared without trace, taking the undiscovered solar system with it." The leader said. "It's obvious the Arprodas are behind it, and they knew Peramataria was there."
"Were we supposed to miss something?" Vela asked suddenly.
"General Vela, do not interrupt."
"Yeah? One minute we were on a mission, then this happens."
"Calm down Vela," Juno warned Vela, grabbing her hand.
"NO! I will certainly not calm down!" She snapped, slapping Juno's hand off hers. "It's as if the Arprodas planned it to get us out the way, and get killed on that mission we were just on. The Drones were actually tougher today."
"Interesting." Replied the leader. "Ahem."
"The Sectaras have encountered the same problem. They launched a ship recently that could rival Peramataria." Said the Captain. "Apparently, it happened just before our incident."
"It is obvious the Arprodas are behind this," said the leader, "But why? And how?"
The Captain stood up. "It jumped to the accusation that the Arprodas want to make theft on the unexplored galaxies themselves, for military reasons. They are nothing more than thieves, and cowards. "
"Captain, with you, everything is military." Remarked the leader of Jet Force.
"When it comes to war it is." Replied Admiral Dhara.
Meanwhile, at the unknown location of Empress Zouvia's Palace, is where the Arproda queen and her generals discuss matters in a significant meeting of their own. Zouvia stroked her vicious four-legged dinosaur pet that was sat on her lap, who was named Lightning. Lightning looked cross between a giant iguana, a dragon and a carnivorous dinosaur. She looked up at her owner. Lightning was like Zouvia's dog and gave her much confort as a cat would. It was not long now until the evil queen's birthday, and for her birthday she wants her most prized military officers to make a special invasion plan. As usual, Zepter came up with the best.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is only a mere week until my birthday today, And I will be twenty-four years of age" Zouvia began, "We have begun Project Solar Prisoners. My twenty-two year old little brother Zepter is running it as my birthday present. The best "present" anyone could receive. Zepter, would you please stand and enlighten us with your project? I understand it is the biggest hit the Arprodas made yet." After Zouvia had spoke Lightning growled and glared at the Tribal hostages in the cell. Zouvia knew what Lightning wanted. She turned the generated laser cell bars off and snatched one of Tribals, and gave the Tribal to Lightning. Lightning was hungry, and she quickly clawed the Tribal and ate him alive. Lightning was a very messy eater.
As everyone watched Lightning devour the helpless Tribal, the evil and gargantuan Arproda General stood. "Thank you, Sis," he begun with. "Two solar systems is now in our large secret base. I have designed a special type of battle ship that can steal entire Solar systems and shrink them to an appropriate size. It is capable of resizing Solar Systems of choice so it will fit as a miniature model of it, then taking them. The ship itself can also change its size too, from as small as an Earthling Fly to the equivalent size of an immense star. It is invisible to radar, so nearby enemies and residents cannot track it. Its rockets and thrusters are the most advanced it the universe, so those pathetic humans' and Sectaras' super traveller cruisers are nothing compared to it." All the Arprodas in the meeting room nodded their heads in cross between being impressed and agreement.
Zouvia made her comment: "Sounds like a very competent birthday present." Zouvia was impressed. But she was about to make her only doubtful comments, as she did with every one of her brother's projects, "Have you really captured two foreign and unexplored Solar systems? Is it really capable of planetary system theft, or are you just trying to impress us with something that is really useless?"
"Oh, it is capable of those abilities indeed," Zepter replied, and Zouvia had gone back to stroking Lightning. "Those retarded Humans thought they beat us to it, and so did the Sectaras, but as planed the foreign group of galaxies they visited were the first targets. My ship is very functional. I've captured both those two Solar systems, taking the new and best Sectara and Human ships that that was in them: Starship Peramataria and Starship Cretia, the crewmembers of those ships are currently being held prisoner. This is only the beginning of Operation Solar Prisoners. I've got a couple of agents spying on the meeting the federation that is going on as we speak, as I anticipated. Once we know what the Humans' next move will be, we prepare the next phases for Operation Solar Prisoners."
Meanwhile, back at the meeting of Jet Force.
"We've got to take action now!" Thundered the Leader.
"That will be foolhardy," Galatea replied, "We got thrashed last time because we underestimated those Arprodas! Plus we do not even know where the Arprodas are hiding."
"Are we gonna sit here and watch each Solar system disappear one by one? Who's side are you taking? We weren't that badly thrashed, we got reinforcements!" The Leader argued. "Who's side are you taking?"
"We can't just go out and tear the galaxies apart looking for the Arprodas! They are constantly moving and hiding in one place to another!" Galatea argued back.
"Its obvious where it is landing - - Ardahara!" Cried one senior officer.
"But we don't know for sure! I mean, we didn't even track it down." Galatea informs him.
"We couldn't track it down, until the last minute." He replies. "Someone said they witnessed a strange craft coming in this galaxy from the Golden Nebula." The Senior Officer argues.
"How would you know it was that craft?" Galatea questioned.
"I errrr… Just… I'm not sure…" Replied the Officer, speechless.
"Of course! So, lets shift our plans away from that now."
"I'm getting sick of this pointless little argument!" Vela gestured.
Juno knew what was coming next "Don't do anything foolish," he said to her, "You make a great General, but it would be a shame if you lost it because of your impatience."
"But I don't want to just sit here while the Arprodas beat us! I'm tired of hearing those "Leaders" act like children! Stupid Federal seniors, never do their job properly."
"Vela! Be quiet, dammit!" Juno yelled at her.
"Yeah? I'm not afraid of them, are you?" She said back to him, poking her face into his.
"N-no!" He replied. "It's just the honour of being a General, that's all…"
"Just watch me!" Vela said.
"Oh hell, no…" Juno thought to himself.
"HEY! YOU TWO! Are you just going to sit here arguing while the Arprodas nick all the galaxies?" She shouted at her federal bosses. Everyone stared at her in shock and surprise.
"Vela, please sit down. You have been already warned once." Galatea warned her.
"Ha! You think you can tell me what to do because you're higher than rank than me? We ain't got time for listening to this bullshit." She said back. Juno placed his hand on his forehead and looked down, shaking his head in embarrassment.
"Now you're just being insolent General. Sometimes I wonder why we made you and your brother Generals. But,
"No matter what you say, you will never make me…"
"Lower your ranks." One of Vela's biggest dreams was to become a General, but now she was, she realized her quick temper may have it taken away.
"Damn you… Damn you…" She said angrily. She quietly sat down still with her angry frown on. As she sat, the room was still silent. People were still staring at her. "What!?" She snapped.
"Ahem…" The leader said, trying of draw back the attention to all the other officers. "Now where were we?"
"I know! Let's stop wasting our time and breathe arguing," Jumped one Senior Officer "And split Jet Force in half. Send the first squadrons to see if it's alright to check out Ardahara."
"But we bombed Arproda City! They couldn't have survived…"
"But they did. They must have built a new city somewhere on that planet." At that very moment when Galatea spoke, Juno noticed one of the officers doing suspicious activities: He was constantly looking into his bag. Vela noticed too. The other officers were too busy talking to take notice. Vela noticed another federal officer doing the same thing. She nudged Juno. "Hey, those two geezers are doing something weird." She whispered to her brother.
"I know." Replied Juno. "We'll check it out later."
The Jet Force Leader agreed with the Officer's idea.
"Good, we'll try that then." He replied. Juno and Vela saw the two other officers saying something into their bags. But no one could hear what. Soon the meeting was over. Juno and Vela kept an eye on those two officers they were suspicious of.
"Thank you everyone." The leader said. "You are now all dismissed. You will be informed what half you are as soon as we figure out who's doing what."
As they left the room, Juno then went back to Lupus.
"There's something fishy going on, boy," Juno said to him, rubbing Lupus's head. "We're gonna check it out."
Slowly and stealthily, Juno and Lupus followed one of the officers they were suspicious of. Vela did the same with the other. They followed them back to their rooms.
Back at the Arproda Palace, Zepter receives news from his agents.
"So, the humans are attempting half by half cover strategy on Ardahara? Good, just as planned." He said. "My two agents are the most experienced Morph Arprodas around. I've also got another two professional spies on Caspia, spying on the Star Marine and Sectara meeting." The Morph Arprodas he was talking about were special Arprodas only Zouvia can give birth to, who can transform into anything they see; they're just the operatives for the job.
"What if your spies get caught?" Zouvia asked as she carried on to stroke her psychopathic carnivorous reptilian pet Lightning.
"They just have to tap their feet twice, sending a distress signal. My troops outside Jet Force Base will break in and get them out. The agents have taken a pill to prevent any pain from torture, so they will not talk. I've got a third agent in the Jet Force Base… The best agent ever. He will make sure everything goes smoothly." The Arprodas would never talk anyway, as they were absolutely loyal to Zepter and Zouvia.
"Your plan seems full proof Zepter." Zouvia commented.
"It was all very carefully planned you see. I got more and bigger surprises for Jet Force later."
Like his big sister, Zepter was no fool. He anticipated what might happen if his plan went wrong, and he seemed to always have a solution for it.
Meanwhile, the two officers Juno, Lupus and Vela were suspicious of went into their rooms. Juno went for the one on the right and Vela went for the one on the left. Vela stood outside the door of her man and listened. The man looked into his bag and pulled out a laptop. It was a communicator. He switched it on and the face of Zepter was on the screen.
"Yes, Zepter, the meeting is over." The man reported, Vela heard outside.
"Zepter?" Vela thought to herself. "Then Juno was right! They are Arprodas."
"Good." Zepter replied the man. "Report back here, my agent." The agent then transformed himself back into an Arproda.
"God, its hard work pretending to be a human." The agent said to himself.
"Don't forget to turn back into a human before you leave." Zepter reminded him. "Agent No.2 is still here?"
"Yes general."
"Rendezvous with him and the drop ship is waiting for you outside the base."
"I won't let you down, general." The agent closed the laptop and placed it back inside. He yawned before re transforming himself into the human. "Time to leave with Agent No.2." He said to himself.
"Drop ship? Transforming into humans?" Vela wondered to herself. "Of course, Morph Arprodas! But how did they get past the scanners?" At that very moment, Vela head footsteps come from the door. "Uh-oh!" She rushed away from the door silently. The door opened, out came the man she followed, or in other words, Morph Arproda. As soon as the disguised Morph Arproda left the room and locked the door, Vela came out her hiding place behind the wall. The Morph Arproda walked away. Vela went up to the door, pulled out her pistol, and blasted the lock. She then kicked the door in. She looked inside the room and everything seemed normal: the room was a bent rectangular shape, with two halves, a kind of r-shaped. Everything was normal about the first half of the room, which consisted of a couple of sofas. The second half was more suspicious, but it still looked normal with a desk and a red chair, with a computer, and a wardrobe behind. It was just a normal Jet Force office. She then went to investigate further. She looked in the wardrobe, and as soon as she opened the wardrobe door, a body of the same man the Arproda was transformed as fell out, and of course, was dead. Vela jumped back in surprise. Obviously, The Arproda had killed him. This just proves that the other identical man is definitely a Morph Arproda in disguise form. Just as she was about to turn around to leave, she heard footsteps coming her way: The Morph Arproda was returning! She realised as the Arproda had already almost entered the room she had no time to put the corpse back in the wardrobe. She crept back to the first half of the room and hid behind the sofa. While the Arproda was still in the shape of that man, he stared at the blasted lock curiously. He shook is head and walked right past Vela to the second half of the room to investigate further, he saw the body he killed out of the wardrobe. He now knew someone was still in his room. He pulled out his pistol with a silencer placed on it. He went back to the first half of the room. He found nothing. Until, he looked behind the sofa.
"Hi there!" Vela said to him. The Arproda froze in surprise. Vela gave him a blow in his insect face, knocking him backwards and dropping his gun, then he turned back into his true form, a black Arproda. Vela picked the gun up. The Arproda made no second chance.
"I'm outta here!" Squealed the Morph Arproda.
"Oh no you don't!" Vela protested. But the Arproda dashed for the window, flew up and smashed threw it. Vela began shooting at the Arproda, but the Arproda was such a skilled flyer he dodged left and right to evade the shots. He smashed threw the window and flew off.
"Ugly bastard!" Vela shouted, as she waved her fists at the Arproda, still making shots at him. She then makes her way back to report the news to the Leader.
Meanwhile, Juno and Lupus stood outside Arproda Agent No.2's door. Agent No.2 also had a Laptop communicator.
"I have spoken to Agent No.1 already," the voice of Zepter was heard. "You shall rendezvous with him as planned."
"There have been a few people watching me suspiciously in the meeting, I think it was those Geminis." The Agent replied.
"Juno, Vela and Lupus?" Zepter asked.
"I think so." The Arproda answered.
"The Gemini squadron: The troublesome three. Vela is the one Zouvia mostly wants dead. Right, after meeting up with Agent No.1, you both shall follow them. Wait for them to arrive at a more private area, then kill them." Zepter ordered him.
"Yes Sir." The Morph Arproda replied.
"If you can only kill one of them," Zepter added, "Make sure it is Vela. An enemy of the Arprodas should be killed anyway."
"Did you hear that boy?" Juno said to Lupus. "Let's go in!" Juno pulls out his machine gun out of his suit. The Arproda inside was still in shape of his true form. He quickly hid himself. Juno kicked down the door and barged in with Lupus. There was no sign of the Arproda. Juno pointed his gun in the room in all directions. Lupus was sniffing around. Outside a window of the room, the Arproda hid, ducking down out of view. He pulled out his pistol and fitted it with a silencer. The Arproda slowly poked at the top of the window. He gunned for Juno, pointing his gun directly at his head. Lupus was still sniffing, until he smelt Arproda. He looked up and saw the Arproda pointing the gun at Juno. The Arproda was already pulling the trigger slowly and silently. Lupus knew he had to do something before the Arproda's pistol fired. He saw the hatch of window. He barked, taking both Juno's and the Arproda's attention. Lupus shot the window hatch, causing it to fall on the Arproda's head. Juno looked straight away at the Arproda and gave it a hard punch in the head, knocking the Arproda out.
"Good job, boy!" Juno said to Lupus, patting his head. "You saved me back there." Juno drags the unconscious wasp, with Lupus holding him with his teeth, to the Jet Force Leader's room. He hears Vela's voice, shouting:
"I have evidence! The dead body that was in the wardrobe!"
"What? Not you killing him by mistake by your lethal temper?"
"No!" Vela argued back. "There's proof that the Arproda killed him! Arproda sting wounds!"
Juno knocks on the door.
"Come in." Replied the voice of the Jet Force Leader. Juno opens the door and finds that Vela had already reported a Morph Arproda here. Vela and the Jet Force see the unconscious Morph Arproda Juno and Lupus dragged with them.
"See! I told you! I told you!" Vela yells at Jet Force Leader, gesturing towards the Morph Arproda. "There's my evidence, you fool!"
"Alright! Alright! Calm down Vela." The Jet Force Leader replied. "What happened with you, General?"
"Well," Juno explained, "Me and Vela saw something suspicious with those two officers, we followed them back. Vela went after one; Lupus and me went after the other. The one Lupus and me went after is right here: An Arproda all along. We overheard intentions of killing us. Me and Lupus went in and captured him here."
"Unlike letting him escape like Vela." The Leader remarked.
"Hey!" Vela snapped. "He would have escaped if you dealt with him too! You know how hard it is trying to shoot an Arproda when it's in flight!"
"Yeah right." The Leader commented.
"She's right!" Juno defended his sister. "You've never fought an Arproda before, have you?"
"Errr… No…" Replied the Leader.
"And you're still sceptical of Vela, yes?"
"Err… Yes?" Relied the Leader.
"Then don't pick on her! If the federal Leader finds out…"
"The federal leader won't be here for a long time…" The Jet Force Leader said.
"What?" Juno and Vela both shout.
"Err… Nothing!" Juno and Vela give him dirty looks. "Let's get that agent in there!" They pick the Arproda agent up both ends. They carry him into a white room. "Leave me with him!" The Leader said to Juno, Vela and Lupus.
"Why?" Juno asked.
"Don't question me! Do as your told." Juno and Vela made no arguments as the Leader had power over them both. Juno and Vela walk out and shut door behind them. The Leader gets a jug of water and pours it over the Arproda agent. "You alright, Agent No.2?" The Leader asked.
"Yes, Agent Zero…" Replied the Arproda agent. The Jet Force Leader was the elite agent of the not two anymore, but three Morph Arproda agents!
"Those fools felled for our plan. Can they be any more dumb?" Gestured Agent Zero.
"That's vertebrates for you, Sir." Agent No.2 replied.
"Don't worry about Agent No.1. He escaped. We'll meet up with him later." Agent Zero confirmed. Agent Zero pulls out his Laptop, and transforms himself back to an Arproda. He looks like the other two Morph Arprodas, except he was a little larger and had a colonel military hat on. "This is Colonel and Agent Zero, General. We have completed our mission. But the Geminis caught two of us."
Then Zepter answered on the communicator: " I knew those Geminis would be a problem," Replied Zepter, "I will send the squads to get you out. Just tap your feet as you were told if you were caught. Then the Squadrons just outside the Base will break in and get you out."
"Of course my General." The Agent Zero replies. Agent Zero ends message. He then taps his feet together twice. A distress message was sent to the Arproda squad just outside the Jet Force base.
"They're in trouble!" The captain of the Arproda squad exclaims. "Time to move in and prepare assault on the Jet Force Base."
"The Squads should move now," Agent Zero, or Colonel Zero confirms. "Those Jet Force humans had no idea I disabled their scanning systems when we got here."
"I never seen a race that is so retarded!" The Agent No.2 cackles silently. Colonel Zero transforms himself back into Jet Force Leader. "I better go back now." Colonel Zero disguised as the Jet Force Leader comes out the room. Juno then walks up to him to make sure things went swell between him and the Arproda agent.
"So Sir, did he talk?" Juno asks.
""Yes general, he talked." The disguised Agent Zero replies, almost cackling. Juno then walks away, knowing he shouldn't ask the Leader things like: "What did he say?" He just left.
"The Leader is acting very strangely recently," Juno thinks to him. Then, Colonel Zero laughs, knowing the Arprodas are going to attack the Jet Force base to get them out soon, thinks:
"It's gonna be all over soon for you, you foolish creatures."