Chapter 4: New weapons used bad.

Central dome, Ragol.

"I can't see him...what did he look like again?"

"I've told you eleven times already!"

Kidd, Zinks, Faulkie and Jason were waiting for Break at the Central Dome, wondering if he would ever showed up. After an awkward silence Kidd decided to change the subject.

"Bloody hell, it's pissing down big time today."

"Its always been pissing down with rain, you should..." Zinks stopped mid sentence when Faulkie gasped.

"Kidd, is that the guy?" Kidd looked, it was Break, but he was armed.

"Yeah, that's him. But he didn't have that sword on it..."

Zinks looked around "What sword?"

Faulkie sighed, and said "Can't you see the thin, bloodstained piece of metal he's holding then?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I see it."

"Quiet! We don't want him knowing that we're with Kidd" Jason spoke for the first time in a while. The plan, they decided, was that Kidd would go out and meet Break looking like he was alone, while the other 3 hid, but if Kidd was in trouble, they would attack.

Kidd walked out slowly, with his hands up, the general body sign for saying 'don't worry, I don't have anything to chop/shoot your head off with'.

Break chucked, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you, but it doesn't mean your completely safe."

"Break, just tell me what you know, I'm guessing you knew that guy Stratus, did he really come from Pioneer 1?"

Break looked a little surprised, but still managed to keep calm at the same time.

"Yes I did know him, we found him one day and he joined us. But the idiot tried to take on 5 of the Shadow fighters by himself. He was handy with his guns, but he was very pompous"

"Who do you mean by 'us'?"

Zinks was a bit worried; it was most likely he was lying, Even if he was telling the truth he still seemed dangerous.

"He must be lying, nail the bugger Jay"

"No!" Faulkie would have yelled, but Jason put his hand over his mouth before he spoke to loud, Jason did turn the safety on his rifle off, but he didn't aim. Or fire.

"When I say us, I mean the Arkz, the rebellion group against the government and the Shadow fighters."

"Both of them?"

"We were going to rebel against the government ages ago, but the shadow fighters are doing that right now, and if they fall, then the government get their C.A.R.D technology, and if that happens, all hell will break loose."

"What the hell is he talking about?" Jason whispered, and held his rifle up and was just about to pull the trigger when.

"Wait! What's that over there?" Faulkie noticed some people moving around behind Break and Kidd.

"Ok, so just what is C.A.R.D technology?"

"Allow me to show you!"

Kidd whirled around to find seven or so figures standing there, with cards in their hands, which, in a flash of green light, turned into weapons, and they looked very dangerous. "Break...I suppose you have herd of Stratus' fate?"

"Yes. I did. But not all of us are that foolish. But 5 on 1 just shows how weak you are, if it needed 5 of you to kill him."

The attackers were just about to attack, but then several things happened. A laser beam came speeding towards what looked like the leader of the group, and hit him straight in the head, killing him instantly. Then, before the attackers could react, a very dark purple ball shot towards another attacker, leaving a wavy purple trail. The attacker might have been able to dodge out of the way, but he didn't see it coming. The purple orb went straight through the attackers chest, causing him to fall to the floor. Then the attacker coughed up some blood, and hit the floor so hard Kidd could have sworn he heard a crack. Then, in all the confusion, a black figure came charging to the attackers, and kicked one of them right in the face, breaking his nose.

Kidd pulled out his doublesaber and attacked another attacker, first slashing him in the chest, and then thrusting one of the glowing blades on his doublesaber straight in the attackers stomach! When he pulled it out, the attacker fell to the floor. When Kidd turned around he felt a sudden pain in his arm.

"AH! Shit that hurts!" Kidd gasped in pain, holding the hole in his arm, trying to stop the bleeding. When he looked he saw that it was bleeding openly, and one of the attackers was reloading his rifle, only to get another rifle bullet straight through his head, with blood coming out with the bullet on the other side.

Star raiders HQ, Pioneer 2

Sirtom decided to check up on the guys who went to see that guy 'Break'. He opened communications with Kidd, only to hear static. He tried Jason, and to his relief, Jason answered.

"Jay, it's Tom, what's going on? Kidd's communicators stopped working!"

"Well Tom, While Kidd was talking to Break, these people attacked them, and now there's a big fight going on!"

"Dammit!" Sirtom was very worried, he didn't want any of them to be killed, especially in the way Stratus was killed.

"But why isn't Kidd's communicator working?"

"He got shot in the arm, he's wounded badly, but its nothing Faulkie can't cure, and that android Zinks is taking care of the people with guns so it wont happen again."

Sirtom sighed in relief. They seemed safe, for now. But then he heard a yell in Jason's communicator, which did not sound familiar.

"Hey! They're getting away!"

"Just a sec Tom..."

Central dome, Ragol

Jason loaded his rifle and pulled off three shots, hitting the three runaways in their heads.

Kidd, sounding exhausted, asked Break "Were they the Shadow fighters?"

Break looked grim, and said, "Yes, they were. And those weapons that you saw them use was actually C.A.R.D technology.