This is my first Outlaw Star fan fiction. So please R&R, thank you. And now you can R&F too....
Disclaimer: I don't own Outlaw Star.
Chapter 2: Trail of Fear
It was now about midnight and the night sky was cloudless. Gene, Jim, Suzuka and Aisha were in position behind a few large crates, near Dock 16 at the Heiphong spaceport. The shipment, which Stev had mentioned in his phone call, had just arrived. Jim peeked out from behind one of the crates, with binoculars, and was looking around for the robbers who were suppose to be there.
"So? Do you see 'em, Jim?" Gene whispered.
Jim scanned the area with his binoculars. "Hold on, will ya? Wait...there they are. Over there, look." He responded, handing Gene the binoculars. Gene took them and looked to where Jim was pointing. Sure enough, there they were the supposed robbers. Three humans and two Ctarl Ctarl were peeking out form behind some other crates not too far away.
"Yeah, I see them. Great, there's two Ctarl Ctarl." Gene muttered.
Aisha scoffed. "Just leave them to me." She said, smirking. "I can take care of them."
"Then there should be no problems. Ha ha ha, we're gonna be debt free in no time." Gene said, grinning while loading two of his guns up. "Let's do it!" he said, about to charge at the robbers until Jim stopped him.
"Wait, Gene, we should wait and catch them in the act. They might just be the unloading crew." Jim cautioned.
Gene sighed and shook his head. "Then why would they have guns, genius?" he asked sarcastically.
Just then, they heard gunfire. Gene and co. peeked up over the crates to see the robbers shooting down the actual unloading crew, then begin taking the shipment off of the ship and loading it into a large truck.
"Ah, damn it. Come on, we're going in. Jim, you stay here and watch our backs. Suzuka and Aisha, you come with me." Gene said, holding up his guns. The others simply nodded. Then they crept over closer to the robbers, while Jim stayed behind. After getting close enough, Gene popped into the robbers' view with both of his guns out.
"Hey there, would you mind putting that stuff back? It's kind of important. And I'd lose a lot of possible money if you ran off with it." He stated, a big smirk painted onto his face.
The robbers looked at Gene and then just started laughing at him. One of the humans spoke up. "Sorry, we ain't gonna listen to you. And I don't think there's anything you can do to stop all of us." He boasted.
"Oh really? How about...NOW!" Gene shouted, then Aisha and Suzuka jumped out of hiding and attacked the group of robbers. The three humans opened fire, and Gene jumped out of the way and took cover from the incoming gunshots, Suzuka just deflected the bullets with her sword. Gene pulled out his Caster and shot a #12, and took out one of the humans who were really a cyborg. Suzuka ran in and quickly struck down the other humans. Meanwhile the two Ctarl Ctarl made a run for it, followed closely behind by Aisha. They managed to get into their truck and start to drive a good distance away, at least until Aisha jumped onto the hood of the truck. In which, the force of her jump broke the engine and shattered the windshield. The two Ctarl in the truck stared back at Aisha; their eyes wide open.
"All right, now be good and just give up." Aisha said, with a big grin on her face.
One of the Ctarl Ctarl, a female, pulled out a Caster. "How about no?" she said, smirking while her Caster charged up then fired.
The Caster blast hit Aisha and set her flying. That's when the two Ctarl Ctarl made a run for it. They ran around to the back of the truck and opened it up. Just then someone jumped out of the truck and ran past them.
"Damn! He got out!" yelled the female Ctarl Ctarl, chasing after the person.
"After him! It doesn't matter if he's dead or alive anymore!" shouted the other Ctarl, a male, flexing his claws then chasing after the person as well.
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A boy ran out of the Heiphong spaceport, closely followed by two Ctarl Ctarl. He was almost running at the same speed at as they were, but they were slowly gaining on him. The child took tight corners trying to lose his pursuers, but to no avail. The two Ctarl Ctarl were gaining on him faster now. The boy reached a long straight away by the water. (That area near Starwind & Hawking Enterprises.) He stopped and looked around quickly for a hiding spot, before he was punched in the back. He staggered forward then turned around to see the two Ctarl Ctarl standing in front of him.
"All right kid, enough of this. You didn't want to come with us alive.... So I guess this means we'll have to take you dead then." The male Ctarl Ctarl said, grinning devilishly.
The youth backed away from the two, he looked scared beyond belief. The female Ctarl Ctarl stepped forward, cracking her knuckles.
"Yeah, less hassle for us. Besides, I need to blow off some steam. You'll do just fine." She snickered.
The Ctarl Ctarl quickly clawed at the kid, but he jumped out of the way. Then the other Ctarl Ctarl swiped at him but he just barely dodged the attack.
"Gr......Stand still, Terran!" shouted the male attacker.
The boy continued to just barely avoid the onslaught of attacks thrown out by the two Ctarl Ctarl. But soon, he lost his footing and got slashed across the chest. He stumbled back only to be clawed at several more times. The child stumbled back more and fell onto the ground.
"Its over, kid. Just give up and die all ready!" hissed the female.
The boy reached into his boot and pulled out some dirt. He threw it into the two Ctarl Ctarl's eyes, and then he ran off, holding his bleeding chest. The attackers were temporarily blinded by the dirt in their eyes. After getting it all out, they growled.
"Damn it. He got away." Said the male Ctarl Ctarl.
"Ah, leave him, he'll be dead soon anyway. Let's get back to the truck and take what we can. Then we'll come back later and grab him when he's dead." Responded the female.
The two turned around to come face to face with Aisha. Standing behind her was Suzuka, Gene with his Caster, and Jim.
"Sorry to ruin your fun, but play time's over." Aisha said, with a smirk on her face. She punched the lights out of one of the Ctarl Ctarl, and then Suzuka quickly struck down the other. The two Ctarl Ctarl robbers fell over unconscious.
"See? That was easy! Now we're gonna get that 1.5 million for sure!" Gene said, putting his guns away.
Jim looked at the two robbers. "But Gene, what about that other guy?" he asked.
"Huh? What other guy?" Gene asked, turning to Jim, with a clueless look on his face.
"I saw three people run off, these two and some other person. He might still be around here somewhere." Jim stated.
Gene scratched the back of his head and sighed. "Great. Well, we'll just have to look for him then." He said, pulling out his guns again.
"Yeah, but how?" Aisha asked, while tying the two robbers up. "We have no idea where he ran off to." She added.
Suzuka looked down at a trail of blood on the ground, leading further down the walkway. "We'll simply just follow the trail he left behind." She said.
And so they followed the trail of blood, since it seemed to stop at some spots and lead to dead ends, following the trail was harder than they expected. Suzuka walked in front, while the others trailed behind her to check the alleyways. After coming to some confusing spots they finally found the end of the trail, which led into an alleyway very close to Starwind & Hawking Enterprises. Suzuka looked in to see a child, standing near the back of the closed off alley, with his hands covering his chest. The trail of blood lead right up to him, Suzuka looked surprised at what she saw.
"Over here." She said, looking back out of the alleyway and calling Gene and the others over.
The first to show up was Aisha, who was followed by Gene and then Jim. "Did you find him?" Gene asked. Suzuka pointed into the alley.
Aisha looked in and saw the child standing there. "Aw, he's just a kid." She stated, looking at the Gene and the others. She looked back at the boy.
"Come here little guy. Come to Aisha." She said, stretching her hand out towards the youth, with a smile.
The boy looked even more scared than he did before. "No...s-stay away..." he managed to say, before finally passing out from blood-loss.
So what'd you think? I know that was some pretty cool action, huh? And for all of the Melfina fans out there, don'' worry. She's in the next chapter I promise! Anyway, R&R please. I can't get any better if you don't give any advice! Chapter 3 is coming soon! YAY!