Disclaimer: See chapter one.

AN: I feel I must apologize. I my usual rush to write this fanfic, I keep forgetting to thank those who read and review it, (That of course, means you.) so I'll start that back up again.

Aki Kitsune- Of course. And yes, I will be continuing this

Librarose- Thank you very much. ^_^

Chap. 18

The beautiful skies of Vascillia were soon engulfed with energy fire as I swooped into battle against the warships. Due to their lack of maneuverability, I was able to dodge their fire easily. But I still had to keep my guard up. These weapons could do a great deal of damage to me if I get careless. I swooped toward the nearest ship. Various weapons were lined on the machine and they all fired at me. But it was mostly nothing but solid bullets.  Moving in, I skimmed on the hull where most of it couldn't hit me. But suddenly, several objects appeared before me.

'Raptors.'

The thin, dual-bladed minions attacked me, but I shot away. Unfortunately, I had moved away from and the warship was able to fire on me once again. The Raptors didn't follow and I was faced with another object or better yet, objects. Coming in, a swarm of Mosquitoes came at me like a cloud. 'Time to pull out the bug-spray.'

"Phalanx!"

The random spray of fire smashed into dozens of Mosquitoes, but the swarm continued to come. Retracting my blade, I dove in and began to hack down each and every one, causing them to vanish in puffs of smoke. Now that accomplished, I turned my attention back to the ship and its guards. Mummyheads had appeared as well, but none of them were coming to attack. Why was that?

'High energy...evade!'

The sudden instinctual warning snapped me into full gear just as a thin red beam of light came up from the far end of the warship. A second later, a huge beam of intense energy shot out, nearly hitting me. One second later and I would have been incinerated. That also explains why the Raptors haven't moved. I can't do any damage as long as they are there and I can't fight from a distance because of the cannon. None of my weapons are strong enough to destroy a Raptor or a Mummyhead from here and my Metatron energy sphere would take too long to charge up. The cannon would get me for sure if I stay at one spot. 'Wait. What about that other weapon I received from Inhert? Perhaps that can help here.'

"Homing Missile, emerge!"

I raised my arm and a sheet of white projectiles spread across my back. As I continued to summon, more emerged until they were lined up on my back like extra wings. I flew toward the waiting guards. They awoke and began to advance on me. 'Alright, let's see what these things can do.'

"Homing Missile, seek and destroy!"

The projectile swarmed off my back and into the air. They fluttered for a brief while before descending on the targets. I was truly amazed as each missile impacted with an enemy and totally annihilated it. And the missile that didn't attack an enemy crashed into some of the warships cannons, destroying them instantly. With its defenses down, I moved in to attack. But the warning light in my head went off again and I once again dodged the deadly beam of fire from the ship's cannon.

-"That thing's gotta go."-

Right. I moved in low, skimming across the hull and reaching the cannon. Raising my blade, I gave it a quick slash. But it wasn't damaged as badly as I thought. And worse yet, it was charging up again. By some stroke of luck (or insanity), I charged myself as well. The red glow began to blind me somewhat, but I didn't stop as I cycled the Metatron power into my blade. Then with a swirl of energy, I spun around, destroying the cannon before it could fire. I backed away as I saw the weapon's destruction affect the ship, causing it to explode in various places. But the ship was still operational. And its few remaining weapons were still firing on me. 'I don't get it. How could it still be moving after that?' Also, the other ships were beginning to close in on me. These things have to have a weakness. As I examine the damaged ship, my vision caught sight of an undamaged area. Flying down, I saw a circular device which pulsated with great energy.

'This must be the core.'

Without wasting a second, I raised my arm and summoned the Metatron Sphere. It filled with intense energy and I shot it directly at the core. The energy ball exploded, nut to no avail. The core was still there. 'No way. That was point blank range.' A shimmer of light caught my attention and I moved closer to see an energy shield. It radiated into the air and shimmered to one of the nearby ships. So that's it. The core is being shielded by some sort of energy field. Even more so, the shield was being powered by one of the ships; most likely the central ship. If I destroy that, then I should be able to destroy the others as well. Leaping away from the damaged ship, I followed the energy shimmer up to the main ship. It was armed with even more weapons than the last one and was guarded more heavily. As I looked, the hull supported long, pole-like objects on it that fired some sort of energy beam that curved through the air...at me. I quickly dodged the fire, but those beams were far too accurate to fight from a distance. But that was okay.

"Homing Missile!"

The spread of missiles unhinged on my back once again and I let them fly. They exploded on the beam pole, damaging them, but not destroying all of them. Two were left. And I didn't have enough energy to summon another salvo of missiles. Guess I'll have to get in close after all. My wings ignited, I blasted toward the warship with all its weapons firing at me. I swerved, spun and dodged every shot until I finally reached the hull. There, two Raptors and three Mummyheads awaited me. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but with that every destructive energy cannon supporting them, they posed somewhat of a threat. If they kept me still for long enough, the cannon would eradicate me. Sweeping to the side, I fired small bolts of Metatron at my adversaries, hoping to weaken them somewhat. The two Raptors came right at me and slashed down. I dodged the blades and slashed back. I destroyed one, but the other was critically damaged. I was about to move in to finish it when the cannon's red beam came into my sights. I shot downward, almost hurting myself in that as the beam fired. Looking back up, I saw the damaged Raptor get repaired by the Mummyhead. And the remaining forces were coming in on me. And there were also the ship's side cannons that were firing on me.

-"This is going to be a long one."-

First thing's first. I raised my shield to block the cannon fire. As that happened, the Mummyhead began to move ever closer. I had just enough energy to do this, so I had to aim this right.

"Comet!"

The small ball of energy launched out into the air, but instead of hitting the Mummyheads, it went right behind them and destroyed one of the ship's cannons. It then bounced off of that and hit a Mummyhead from behind, causing it toe crash into the one in front of it. While this happened, I swooped in, grabbed the falling Mummyhead and flung it at its partner, destroying him. With only one Mummyhead left, I launched a volley of energy blasts, smashing into it until it exploded. With that done, I moved upward again to face the last Mummyhead and Raptor, who was completely repaired. My energy was near empty, but I had just enough to force out...

"Wisp!"

The wire of energy hooked onto the Mummyhead and brought it to me. Charging myself, I paralyzed it in my grip while the Raptor came in to attack. I didn't fight back, but rather I raised the Mummyhead up to use as a shield. 'Come on. Just a little more.' The Raptor continued to attack, ignoring the thin red beam that shone on its back.

"Now!"

Quickly, I tossed the Mummyhead and flew up. The Mummyhead crashed into the Raptor, damaging them both. At the same time, the main cannon reached full power and fired, annihilating its own guardians and supplying me with their renewing energy. With the cannon powering down, I was already forming my Metatron Sphere. The cannon would never fire again as the ball of blue energy came down and destroyed it. Like the last on, the ship exploded in various areas, but kept flying. I flew toward the rear where the core resided. It pulsated louder than the other one and gave off far more energy. I began to summon my sphere again, but stopped after realizing that it didn't work the last time. 'The shield is just too powerful.' None of my weapons, not even the Homing Missile could break through it. The shield is...just like the shield around Aumaan. Impenetrable to all weapons except one.

'The Vector Cannon!'

I had forgotten that I even had it, but it was still with me. I knew that the power of this technique was too great to use often so I had to wait until the situation called for it. I landed on the warship and began to call forth the weapon, summoning it to life.

"Encase my body with glowing power

And fill my veins with Metatron thunder."

Raising my arms, a bright light encased around me and I was now loaded with gigantic armor.

"Show me the target of your rage

Let the spheres of light engage."

I center my arms toward the core and focused the incredible power I felt within me. As I did, globes formed before me and began to spin in one circle. They began to move rapidly until they looked like a single ring of light in front of me. I continued to focus until a flash pf light shone in my mind. Now is the time...

"Shine forth the fire of Armageddon

Unleash the power of the Vector Cannon!"

With that last cry, I summoned the V. Cannon's full power. A galactic beam of pure white light shot out and smashed into the core. The shield looked as though it would hold, but it was no match for the V. Cannon as it crumbled and shattered, leaving the beam to continue onto the core. The core exploded tremendously, literally knocking me off the ship as it exploded further. And this time, it was damaged enough for it to begin to plummet down to the ground. As I looked around, the other ships had lost their primary shield and were rendered defenseless. With the shields down, they were now fully open to my attack. Unlatching my blade once again, I flew at my targets...

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-"Finished."-

With that, I watched as the last ship fell down to the Martian soil. It was also a comfort to see the escape pods eject from the ships, the human workers escaping the disaster. With my mission completed, I was about to turn and head for Aumaan when I began to resonate again. 'Anubis?' No, it wasn't him. The energy didn't match with mine, so it couldn't be him. But it did mean that another Frame Warrior was approaching. As I looked around for my possible opponent, the clouds in front of me literally parted. I looked forward, then upward as the massive form stood over me. He was circular in appearance, but he seemed to be tucked inward, like a shell. His head looked down at me and a bellowing laugh echoed out.

"So you are the great Jehuty. I've been waiting for you."

I looked up at this massive warrior, "Who the heck are you?"

The warrior bellowed again, "I am Zakat, the scorcher of Mars. I have long waited to do battle with you, Jehuty."

"I don't want to fight with you, Zakat. But if you don't step aside, you'll leave me with no choice."

Zakat laughed again, "In that case, I remain where I am. Now I get to test my true might against a decent opponent."

"I'll say again, get out of my way!"

"Find another way!"