Dual Sides

Chapter 4 - UAF Battle Theme

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Eight robots descended to the space rock. Ten more dug out from the ground. These walking machines, resembling a humanoid with a round head, metal collar, and shiny plating, were armed with shoulder cannons capable of firing extremely powerful energy beams. They were the one responsible for firing at Krystal.

"Hey… They somewhat look familiar," Lobo thought as he grabbed his pistol. "Hmph… Whatever they are, I might as well get rid of them fast!" He then signaled his team, "Lone Star, let's get ready to…" He was suddenly stopped by Fox by blocking his view.

"We cannot allow you to be harmed! It's our mission to keep you guys safe at all costs!" the vulpine mentioned as he fired blaster shots. They were easily deflected by the plating of the robots. "Damn it all," he swore as he opened up his communicator. "Rob, unload barricades of Great Fox, pronto!"

The flagship of Star Fox fired off large metal crates to create a fence. The heroes used the barrier to avoid being hit. Laser fight ensued on the surface of the space rock. Blaster shots bounced away from the armoring of the machine enemies, and the charged shots were merely giving a slight scratch at the paintjob.

Wolf cursed, "Shit… We can't possibly stop them…" He then made another glance to the enemies. This time, something happened. A powerful beam was shot from behind them, obliterating some of the mechanical opponents. As Star Fox and Star Wolf looked back, they saw Lobo carrying a medium-sized beam launcher.

"You know, you could let us have the fun too… We're a force!" the wolf grinned as he pushed a button on his weapon, making it glow, turning it into a small sphere. He placed it in a holster on his belt, and then he grabbed another. The sphere turned into a rod-like device with a turret at the tip. "Let me show you what this baby can do," he smirked as energy charged at the end of the barrel of the weapon. The beam was then fired towards the sky.

Falco growled from what he saw, "You know, you just wasted a shot there." However, Lobo just pointed the robots. The ray sent to the sky returned to the ground while splitting into many smaller lasers. It obliterated a small group of androids. "Holy mackerel…"

"Wow, another new name for sweet little Splitting Ray," the wolf just laughed as he withdrew the device back. He then ordered his team, "Okay, Lone Star, let's move out!" He, Alieu, Raven, Hanna, and Verdigo, with their weapons drawn out, charged to the enemy while the Lylatians observed them.

The human girl kept a small distance away from the attacks of the robots. "Lobo, I won't fail you!" she murmured in her thoughts as her left palm gathered digital light amplified from the PDA worn around her wrist. She then glanced at two approaching machines. She waved her glowing hand to them and yelled, "Take this… Nanotech Force - Electronstorm!" A field of electricity suddenly surrounded the two robots. Bolts of lightning cracked from the ground. Massive amount of electricity was discharged, forming a sphere of voltage and trapping the androids to extermination. After that, she whimpered to herself, "Umm… I hope Lobo saw that…"

"Yahoo! It's Raven time!" the blackbird proclaimed out loud as he posed in front of four enemies. He was holding a cylindrical metal object, which he then brandished a bit. On the tips of the device, two blue laser beams were ejected until they reached a certain length (the type of that weapon, by the way, was a laser lance). The bird then lunged to the robots while evading their shots. "Hah, you can't hit me!" he jerked out as he thrust his arm to one of the foes. The laser blade penetrated through its body, hitting another robot behind it. He quickly swung the laser lance around the incoming beams, deflecting them away. He then dashed towards the remaining two robots and delivered a spinning, rising slash. He shouted with glory, "Eat this… Rise Fang!" As he landed on his feet, remains of the androids fell behind him.

The black panther Verdigo swished through three enemies. He then grabbed two large rings from the back of his belt, with one ring for each hand. A long, thick energy blade came out from each of the rings the feline was holding. "All right, amigos, let's cha-cha!" he smirked as he pounced on them. He swiftly moved around the three robots, as if he was dancing. He even enumerated the steps. "Uno." He swung his blades forward. "Dos." He clung to one of the machines and sliced the plating off. "Tres." He spun around with his blades extended. "Quatro." He delivered an uppercut with his blade, knocking the robots up. "Cinco." He delivered two wide slashes. He then jumped away while the androids remained standing. He bowed to the watching Lylatians and acquainted them, "And that, señioritos and señioritas, is what I call Flamenco." The robots fell apart, piece by piece, giving him a flashy finish.

"That's it… Fire Storm!" Hanna grumbled with frustration. Flames erupted beneath five robots, singeing them. "Sheesh… And to think that there would still be more," she whimpered. A group of enemies suddenly approached her. She simply shook her head and sighed, "Oh well… Me and my big mouth… Avalanche!" With a swing of her glowing palm, the whole area surrounding her was covered in mist, and then with snow. The androids had a hard time standing up, and it wasn't long before they were buried with heavy sleet, crushing them. "And we'll see what our enemies are made of," Hanna concluded as she grabbed one of the robot's parts.

The battle was finished at last. Many robots were out of commission. Star Fox and Star Wolf approached them, and they were vastly surprised from what they just saw. It seemed that their acquaintances weren't really the type of people who had no or little training in combat at all. They were, after all, Lone Star.

"Fuck, man, fuck," Falco gasped as he attempted to shake each of Lone Star member's hands. "You can actually obliterate battleships with that!"

"Well, technically, yeah," Lobo replied as he scratched his head. "However, because Nanotechnology is vast in our planet, the things we just performed were merely grade D in terms of capability in real war back at System Asgardi, not that we had faced one before."

"Heh, overconfident," Wolf growled while showing his white, sharp teeth. "I must admit though, you're pretty good."

Hanna broke their idle chatting by bringing some data. "Hey guys, check this out," she told them as she flashed a part of an enemy robot. "This material has Anatyde alloy in it. It's no wonder your regular blaster shots had no effect in the robots. What's even fishy is that the attack was made in the meeting grounds of Lylat's escorts and us… Hmm… Is there any possibility that a big bad evil dude is running at the background?"

"We'll get into that later," Fox smiled at them as he wondered a bit from her lecture. "For now, let's head back to Lylat. It's time for us to relax."

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