Chapter 13: The Control Room:

Meanwhile back down on the planet surface inside the confederation base.

"How is the button pressing doing," Sora asked the young private at the door controls.

"Almost got it sir, just need some more minutes that's all," the private answered.

"Well, its is sure as hell taking way to long," Riku said with an irritated voice.

"Calm down Riku you don't have to get into a fuss about this, k?" Sora said to Riku.

"Calm down? We are down on time and who knows how long we have before more soldiers come our way, what then, huh?" Riku said to Sora with an angered voice.

"Well, just stay calm man, you don't want to have a crazy person running around now," Sora said to Riku. "How, much longer?" Sora asked the private.
"I think I almost have it sir, just need a few more minutes," Riku yelled, and he pulled out his pistol and shot the control panel, after the private got out of the way.

"Riku, are you crazy!" Sora yelled at Riku, "You could have hit one of our own men, you know that?"

"Hey at least the door is open," Riku said.

"I guess some good came of it, only some good," Sora said and then him and Riku's squad slowly crept into the control room, and hid behind some supply boxes before the rebel soldiers saw them.

"Shhh," Riku said as he pulled out two of the grenades he got earlier and slowly pulled the pins.

At that same minute a guard turned around and slowly walked to the boxes where the squad was. His gun was not lifted in aiming attempt, but his safety was off. Then Riku chucked both of the grenades over the boxes, one landing near the guard, the other at the group of guards resting.

At first the guard looked at the boxes then at the round objects that were thrown out, and then screamed, "GRENADE, GRENADE!" right before he was blown apart. The same fate was handed to the resting guards as well.

"Clear!" Riku yelled as he got up to check the area out.

Then the whole squad got up and looked around and slowly walked out to check the room just in case. That was when the squad heard the com channel crackle, and then a sound came through.

"This is a direct order to all Federal squads, you are to destroy the ion cannon control room, the U.S.S Venture has been compromised, repeat the U.S.S Venture has been compromised," then the com went dead.

"What do they mean, the U.S.S Venture has been compromised?" a private asked.

"It means, it means that the U.S.S Venture has been shot down, with a high probably of KIA," Sora answered. After Sora said that the squad just stood there surprised and almost completely stunned.

"Well, we have are orders, lets tear this place up," Riku yelled and then he fired directly onto a nearby control panel. Then the whole squad joined in and began to shoot up the control panels and computer circuits. After they were done, the whole room looked like a tornado, just hit. There were wires on the floor and sticking out of the now destroyed consoles.

"Second Lt. Riku reporting in, my squad and I have just taken the ion cannon's control room out, we are ready for reinforcements," Riku said over the com.

"Affirmative, reinforcements are on the spoke," admiral Justin responded. "There is a request that I have to ask of you though 2nd Lt. Riku," admiral Justin said.

"Yes, sir what are the orders?" Riku asked.

"I request that you go help squads beta, Charlie, and Zulu, they are currently pinned down near and in the hanger bay of the base and we just lost contact with them several minutes ago," Admiral Justin said. "I need you and your squad to move in and investigate, is that clear?" Justin asked.

Riku paused for a minute then he said, "Yes, sir were on our way," and then he cut the com.

"Well you heard the man squad, let's go check on some buddies of ours," Riku said to the squads.

"Sir, yes sir," the squad answered.

"Wonder if there is still a squad to help," Sora asked Riku.

"We can only hope, that there is," Riku answered. After that the squads, Riku, and Sora left the now destroyed control room. The group walked through the hallways, with there weapons at gun point ready to fire when ordered to. They were walking a couple of minutes, until they got to a fork in the hallway. The left hallway led to what seemed to be an armory, the right led to a medical bay.

"Which way should we take sir?" a private asked.

"Hmm, what you think Sora?" Riku asked Sora.

"Well, both way leads to the hanger bay, I think, but I think we should split up," Sora suggested.

"Permission to speak sir," a private asked Sora.

"Yes, go ahead private," Sora said.

"Well, sir won't splitting the squads in half leave us at a more vulnerable state, for ambush and stuff, uh sir?" the private said.

"Yes, but there are two directions there are to take right now and taking both might leave us better off," Sora said to the private.

"What do you mean?" Riku and the private asked. The squad also looked at Sora with a questioning look on their face as well.

"Well, squads Zulu, Charlie, beta, probably, have several wounded, or worst off, so we can either get some help here soon, but that will take probably too long, especially since, the medical team would get ambushed," Sora explained. "Or we could just take the medical supplies in the sick bay, and help the squads ourselves, and if there are any troops, in there we can take them out," Sora continued. "Then we also have to consider that the squads are low on ammo, so we can go to the armory and jack some of the confederate forces, weapons, you know use their own weapons against them, right?" Sora finally finished with a question.

"Well, I guess that could work," Riku said. "Right squad?" Riku asked his squad.

"Sir, yes sir," The squad answered.

"Very, well, we will split into two teams, Sora, you take half of the squad and see if you can go to the medical bay, it is probably, empty by now leaving it easy, to get the medical supplies," Riku said. "While I will take the rest of the squad and try and get some supplies from the armory in order to finish the fight in the hanger bay, which I bet is probably guarded by several squads of the enemy," Riku said with a smile on his face. "So, is that clear?" Riku asked.

"Sir yes, sir, "the squad answered.

"Good luck, Sora, and try and not get shot," Riku said with a lot of doubt in his voice.

"Yeah, yeah, you just do the same, k?" Sora said back.

"HA, those bitches, won't know what hit them," Riku said, and he and his squad ran down the left hallway.

"Think they will be ok?" A private, asked, Sora.

"Yeah, I think the squad will be ok, its just Riku I think is the one whose going to get shot," Sora said. "Well, let's get a move on," and Sora and his new squad walked down the hallway to the right.