Wow, another Chapter already? 'Yoshiman," You may be saying to yourselves,
"What has gotten into you?" Well, I'm getting real close to the good part,
which has nothing to do with what's below, although this part is still real
good. Enjoy!
Chapter 21: The Cool Infiltration Scene
"DANIELLE!" Sean yelled as he saw her lifeless body fall to the ground. Pelaufin made the wise choice to run quickly to the escape pods. Sean ran up to where the fallen body of his girlfriend laid. "No. . ." He leaned over her body, while fox ordered some of the men to follow after Pelaufin. Sean lifted her up and started to cry. "No. . . not here, not now!" He laid her back down on the ground, then stood up. "Fox," He said to the pilot without turning around, "I'm going on a suicide mission to stop general Hagges from destroying this space ship. Don't follow me." Sean pushed past them all down the hall, trying to hide his tears.
Gaston, who was standing nearby, walked over to where Danielle's body was, and kneeled over. There was a burned hole through the middle of her chest. "There's. . . no hope anymore." He whispered, mainly to Fox who was behind him, "We've lost. The Hunters will be on us anytime now. But this. . ." He could feel himself starting to cry too. "But this isn't right." he hugged her limp body. "I'm sorry. . ." He whispered.
In the air, there was a faint whistling. A six note tune.
Sean ran to the docking bay. Morons. This is all their fault. Every last one of them is going to pay! He reboarded the Pilfer 2-66, and started the engines.
This suicide mission was going to be absolutely worthless if he didn't find a way to infiltrate the Hunter's Space Station. How was he to go about that. . . ?
"Permission to enter granted."
The 00 Infinite slowly made it's way into the hangar of the Hunter docking bay. The Infinity was a large ship, much like the Blackbird. It's boarding platform lowered. The three man repair crew made its way up to fix the broken security cameras.
A minute later, and a voice came from the inside. "'Scuze me." it said to the bay guard, "Could you come up and give us a hand for a sec?"
Sean walked out unobstructed another minute later. "So," he said to himself, "I must remember to not kill the person who left the informative passenger transfer note on my seat."
"Lieutenant, some of the security cameras are malfunctioning." said a private in the security office.
"Odd. . ." said the lieutenant, "They all are on the sixth floor. . ."
"There's more going out, sir."
The visuals up along the wall showed security cameras from all over the station. Many of them were going out in neat little rows from section 6- B, then section 6-A, 5-A, 5-B, 5-D. . .
"Someone's destroying the cameras!" The lieutenant said, "Call a Yellow Alert!"
The red lights flashed, an a buzzer resounded all over the space station.
"Rats." Sean said to himself, "Maybe if I was just casual. . . too late, anyway.
"There he is!" A voice shouted from behind Sean in the hallway.
"Rats again." Sean turned around. . . and saw the faces of his former crew, "Uhh. . ."
"Don't worry, Sean." Lisa said, "We won't tell."
"Really? Wow. Amazing how mutinies can happen all at once like this."
"Nothing personal," Quickeye said, "But we've all rather taken liking to those furry beasts. Me especially to that one. . . your girlfriend from another dimension. . ."
"Danielle."
"Ah, yeah. You seen her recently?"
"I saw her die recently."
The rest of the crew looked a bit embarrassed. "I. . . I'm sorry, Sean." Rock said.
"Think nothing of it. I plan to murder the Admiral, for causing this stupid war that got her killed in the first place."
The crew looked at each other. Rock spoke, "What about the. . ."
"They've mutinied as well. No point in that if we can't stop this blasted war."
"Don't let us keep you waiting."
"Never counted on it."
"Sir, the cameras keep going out."
"Didn't security take care of that?"
"Um, sir, If I recall, the current security team was made out of. . ."
"Traitor Sean's squadron! Quick, sound Red Alert! Bar off the General's office!"
The door the the Admiral's private office fell down off it's hinges. Sean's protrouding foot was lowered from it's offensive stance. "My, my, Sean." Hagges, who was currently in a big black swivel chair facing the opposite wall, "I'm surprised that you made it this far. How on earth did you get past the security?"
"You should know that." Sean stated, eyes filled with hate, "My former squadron was the security team."
"Correct you are, again." Hagges said, obviously trying to imply something, "Who do you think put them there?"
"If. . . you? But, why?"
"To lure you here. Nothing better for the reputation than a public hanging of a traitor."
"You. . . sacrificed your own men. . .?
"Politics is everything boy. You must. . ." But Sean wasn't thinking about that right now. Politics. . . Hagges and Pelaufin are acting exactly the same. . . there's something about that. . . why is it that it workes out both leaders are corrupt? And. . . both peoples most charismatic figure just happen to be missing. . .
". . . so you see, Sean, executing you in public is all it would take for my rank to go up."
"Not if I kill you now." Sean cocked his rifle and aimed it to the admiral's head.
"Do you think I would be so stupid as to forget something as simple as your attempted assassination of me?" Hagges pressed a button under his desk. The entire back wall of the room opened up, revealing at least sixty men with all their rifles charged and aimed for him. "Drop your weapon, boy. It might be the wisest thing you ever did."
Sean's rifle clattered to the ground.
"Cuff him." Hagges spoke to the nearest guard behind him. Two of them waked up to behind Sean and locked some handcuffs on his wrists. "There's one thing you did forget, Hagges."
"And what would that be?"
"The Hunter's code."
"Ah, that silly thing."
"And in there states the motto of the academy. . ."
Sean quickly broke the handcuffs in two, and knocked out both guards to his flanks.
". . . 'A Hunter does not need a weapon. . ."
Sean superhumanly tumbled over the desk in the middle of the room, and Flying Kicked right into the guards, the roundhouseing and knocking most of them to the ground.
". . . a Hunter is a weapon!'"
Picking off the last of them, he turned to face Hagges, "You really should enlist more Half-Birdmen."
"Still. . . you're susceptible to this!"
Hagges drew out a laser pistol. Sean almost immediately flip kicked it out of his hands. The gun flew aloft. . . and landed in Sean's hands.
"Blast!"
"You think I'd be fool enough to fall for that after I saw my own girlfriend die from the same trick?"
"You. . . what?"
"That doesn't matter now." Sean raised the black pistol so it was even with Hagge's head, "And I would kill you right now. . ." He noted to Tad, who was standing in the doorway, "But I have other plans. How long you been standing there, Tad?"
"Long enough to record the General's rise of power speech and play it back over the intercom." Tad smartly replied.
"Good." Sean butted the heel of the gun on the Admiral's head, knocking him out. "Attention, Pilots, crewmen." Sean said over the intercom, "This is your new Admiral speaking. All pilots return to port. Repeat, all pilots return to port."
"We can't leave her on the floor, Gaston." Fox said to his comrade, "We need to. . . you know."
"I just can't. . ." Gaston was obviously crying now, "I never got a chance to say I'm sorry. . ."
"And yet, no one can tell me how to act, In the face of darkness, as a fact, And no one can say when I'll step into the light again."
"Huh?"
"Danielle miraculously opened her eyes. "Apology accepted, Gaston."
"But how. . . you had a hole blown through your chest!"
"Do I?" Danielle and Gaston both looked down. Fox, also amazed, looked to see, that although the middle of her shirt was charred a perfect circle, there wasn't a singe on her anywhere. "It's a miracle. . ." Geston said.
"Not really." Danielle said back, "It's just the magic of the Extra Life mushroom."
"Extra life. . ."
"Mm hmm. Found it on the planet. At first it didn't recognize it, but luckily for me, I pocketed it before I got back to the ship."
Geston raised his eyebrows. "I could kiss you."
"You do, and I'll tell Sean."
Fox gasped. "Sean!" He stood up. "He went on a suicide mission after he thought you died! I hope that there's still time. . ."
"Time for what?"
Fox, Gaston, and Danielle all stood up at the same time. "Sean!" They said in unison.
"That's my name, don't wear it out. Danielle?"
"Thought I was dead, didn't you?"
Sean puffed out his chest, "Never thought it for a second."
"So now what?" Fox asked him.
"Now, this war is all the way over."
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Sorry, no cliffhanger this time. Stay tuned for the next action-packed adventure, same Video Game time, same Video Game channel! Well, not so much the time. . .
Chapter 21: The Cool Infiltration Scene
"DANIELLE!" Sean yelled as he saw her lifeless body fall to the ground. Pelaufin made the wise choice to run quickly to the escape pods. Sean ran up to where the fallen body of his girlfriend laid. "No. . ." He leaned over her body, while fox ordered some of the men to follow after Pelaufin. Sean lifted her up and started to cry. "No. . . not here, not now!" He laid her back down on the ground, then stood up. "Fox," He said to the pilot without turning around, "I'm going on a suicide mission to stop general Hagges from destroying this space ship. Don't follow me." Sean pushed past them all down the hall, trying to hide his tears.
Gaston, who was standing nearby, walked over to where Danielle's body was, and kneeled over. There was a burned hole through the middle of her chest. "There's. . . no hope anymore." He whispered, mainly to Fox who was behind him, "We've lost. The Hunters will be on us anytime now. But this. . ." He could feel himself starting to cry too. "But this isn't right." he hugged her limp body. "I'm sorry. . ." He whispered.
In the air, there was a faint whistling. A six note tune.
Sean ran to the docking bay. Morons. This is all their fault. Every last one of them is going to pay! He reboarded the Pilfer 2-66, and started the engines.
This suicide mission was going to be absolutely worthless if he didn't find a way to infiltrate the Hunter's Space Station. How was he to go about that. . . ?
"Permission to enter granted."
The 00 Infinite slowly made it's way into the hangar of the Hunter docking bay. The Infinity was a large ship, much like the Blackbird. It's boarding platform lowered. The three man repair crew made its way up to fix the broken security cameras.
A minute later, and a voice came from the inside. "'Scuze me." it said to the bay guard, "Could you come up and give us a hand for a sec?"
Sean walked out unobstructed another minute later. "So," he said to himself, "I must remember to not kill the person who left the informative passenger transfer note on my seat."
"Lieutenant, some of the security cameras are malfunctioning." said a private in the security office.
"Odd. . ." said the lieutenant, "They all are on the sixth floor. . ."
"There's more going out, sir."
The visuals up along the wall showed security cameras from all over the station. Many of them were going out in neat little rows from section 6- B, then section 6-A, 5-A, 5-B, 5-D. . .
"Someone's destroying the cameras!" The lieutenant said, "Call a Yellow Alert!"
The red lights flashed, an a buzzer resounded all over the space station.
"Rats." Sean said to himself, "Maybe if I was just casual. . . too late, anyway.
"There he is!" A voice shouted from behind Sean in the hallway.
"Rats again." Sean turned around. . . and saw the faces of his former crew, "Uhh. . ."
"Don't worry, Sean." Lisa said, "We won't tell."
"Really? Wow. Amazing how mutinies can happen all at once like this."
"Nothing personal," Quickeye said, "But we've all rather taken liking to those furry beasts. Me especially to that one. . . your girlfriend from another dimension. . ."
"Danielle."
"Ah, yeah. You seen her recently?"
"I saw her die recently."
The rest of the crew looked a bit embarrassed. "I. . . I'm sorry, Sean." Rock said.
"Think nothing of it. I plan to murder the Admiral, for causing this stupid war that got her killed in the first place."
The crew looked at each other. Rock spoke, "What about the. . ."
"They've mutinied as well. No point in that if we can't stop this blasted war."
"Don't let us keep you waiting."
"Never counted on it."
"Sir, the cameras keep going out."
"Didn't security take care of that?"
"Um, sir, If I recall, the current security team was made out of. . ."
"Traitor Sean's squadron! Quick, sound Red Alert! Bar off the General's office!"
The door the the Admiral's private office fell down off it's hinges. Sean's protrouding foot was lowered from it's offensive stance. "My, my, Sean." Hagges, who was currently in a big black swivel chair facing the opposite wall, "I'm surprised that you made it this far. How on earth did you get past the security?"
"You should know that." Sean stated, eyes filled with hate, "My former squadron was the security team."
"Correct you are, again." Hagges said, obviously trying to imply something, "Who do you think put them there?"
"If. . . you? But, why?"
"To lure you here. Nothing better for the reputation than a public hanging of a traitor."
"You. . . sacrificed your own men. . .?
"Politics is everything boy. You must. . ." But Sean wasn't thinking about that right now. Politics. . . Hagges and Pelaufin are acting exactly the same. . . there's something about that. . . why is it that it workes out both leaders are corrupt? And. . . both peoples most charismatic figure just happen to be missing. . .
". . . so you see, Sean, executing you in public is all it would take for my rank to go up."
"Not if I kill you now." Sean cocked his rifle and aimed it to the admiral's head.
"Do you think I would be so stupid as to forget something as simple as your attempted assassination of me?" Hagges pressed a button under his desk. The entire back wall of the room opened up, revealing at least sixty men with all their rifles charged and aimed for him. "Drop your weapon, boy. It might be the wisest thing you ever did."
Sean's rifle clattered to the ground.
"Cuff him." Hagges spoke to the nearest guard behind him. Two of them waked up to behind Sean and locked some handcuffs on his wrists. "There's one thing you did forget, Hagges."
"And what would that be?"
"The Hunter's code."
"Ah, that silly thing."
"And in there states the motto of the academy. . ."
Sean quickly broke the handcuffs in two, and knocked out both guards to his flanks.
". . . 'A Hunter does not need a weapon. . ."
Sean superhumanly tumbled over the desk in the middle of the room, and Flying Kicked right into the guards, the roundhouseing and knocking most of them to the ground.
". . . a Hunter is a weapon!'"
Picking off the last of them, he turned to face Hagges, "You really should enlist more Half-Birdmen."
"Still. . . you're susceptible to this!"
Hagges drew out a laser pistol. Sean almost immediately flip kicked it out of his hands. The gun flew aloft. . . and landed in Sean's hands.
"Blast!"
"You think I'd be fool enough to fall for that after I saw my own girlfriend die from the same trick?"
"You. . . what?"
"That doesn't matter now." Sean raised the black pistol so it was even with Hagge's head, "And I would kill you right now. . ." He noted to Tad, who was standing in the doorway, "But I have other plans. How long you been standing there, Tad?"
"Long enough to record the General's rise of power speech and play it back over the intercom." Tad smartly replied.
"Good." Sean butted the heel of the gun on the Admiral's head, knocking him out. "Attention, Pilots, crewmen." Sean said over the intercom, "This is your new Admiral speaking. All pilots return to port. Repeat, all pilots return to port."
"We can't leave her on the floor, Gaston." Fox said to his comrade, "We need to. . . you know."
"I just can't. . ." Gaston was obviously crying now, "I never got a chance to say I'm sorry. . ."
"And yet, no one can tell me how to act, In the face of darkness, as a fact, And no one can say when I'll step into the light again."
"Huh?"
"Danielle miraculously opened her eyes. "Apology accepted, Gaston."
"But how. . . you had a hole blown through your chest!"
"Do I?" Danielle and Gaston both looked down. Fox, also amazed, looked to see, that although the middle of her shirt was charred a perfect circle, there wasn't a singe on her anywhere. "It's a miracle. . ." Geston said.
"Not really." Danielle said back, "It's just the magic of the Extra Life mushroom."
"Extra life. . ."
"Mm hmm. Found it on the planet. At first it didn't recognize it, but luckily for me, I pocketed it before I got back to the ship."
Geston raised his eyebrows. "I could kiss you."
"You do, and I'll tell Sean."
Fox gasped. "Sean!" He stood up. "He went on a suicide mission after he thought you died! I hope that there's still time. . ."
"Time for what?"
Fox, Gaston, and Danielle all stood up at the same time. "Sean!" They said in unison.
"That's my name, don't wear it out. Danielle?"
"Thought I was dead, didn't you?"
Sean puffed out his chest, "Never thought it for a second."
"So now what?" Fox asked him.
"Now, this war is all the way over."
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Sorry, no cliffhanger this time. Stay tuned for the next action-packed adventure, same Video Game time, same Video Game channel! Well, not so much the time. . .