Four hours. Four fucking hours was all of the rest he had when someone banged on his door.

With half closed eyes and just wearing boxer shorts he opened his door.

"What is it with soldiers that you guys always have to run around half naked when off duty?"

It was Makoto and she was wearing combat clothes. Not a good sign.

After contemplating to close the door in her face again he decided that she probably would hurt him afterwards. And she was strong after all.

"Sorry, that I actually tried to sleep. What's going on?"

"Dude, Pants first and talk afterwards."

Minako wouldn't have mind.

He turned around and searched for pants and a shirt. Which actually wasn't that easy because he was still half asleep.

Makoto was already sighing when he came back.

"Again. What's going on?"

"Ami sents for us. She said to tell you R&D."

And again he contemplated just to close the door but Captain Kino was ahead of him.

"Follow me. I'll bring you to her office."

The things I do for money. Even if it's not for me.

A few minutes later they arrived at a room in the center of the ship, located near the replacement bridge room. She made sure to be able to work when everything else was already falling apart. Ami being Ami at her finest.

They knocked on the door and it took almost a minute till Ami told them to enter.

Ami made sure the door was locked and a whole battery of electronic safety measures were working again, before she motioned the two to sit down.

"I got a new lead on some of the money. Anyone ever been to Mrisst?"

SunTzu and Makoto looked each other. Makoto looked not less tired than SunTzu.

"What organization are we talking about this time? Full fledged Combat Fleet? Rogue Warlord?"

"Neither. Local crime syndicate. From what I learned, they're supposed to use the money to grow as organization, trying to take power over the the planet with corruption."

"Where's the money located at?"

"In a warehouse, in a suburb of the capital. Give me a second, and I can give you the exact location."

She typed in her computer and on her desk a holoprojector sprang to live.

It showed the planet and zoomed into a certain point.

"I can even get a live feed of the warehouse."

The camera zoomed in some more and soon a clear view of the warehouse came insight. Some guards patrolling the outside were visible.

"What's the plan Makoto? Wait till nightfall and stealthy approach? We could climb up the roof and then try to sneak in." SunTzu asked the Special Forces Officer.

Makoto looked over to Ami and then to SunTzu.

"Pilots." She shook her head. "It's a warehouse and those are regular criminals. Let's not be more subtle than we need to. How much training did you have with Machine Guns?"

"I like how you think. But this time we're taking AICA. Ami you stay here and give overwatch." SunTzu stated.

Mako didn't look happy and hesitated for a moment.

"Fine, but fly easy, will ya? I have to shoot people and if I'm nauseous I can't do this properly."

Makoto and SunTzu went to the Armory where she got her TL-50 Repeater and SunTzu took a M249 Light Machine Gun, both guns completely decked out of course.

They put them in large backs and left for the hangar, Ami arranged all the necessary orders and twenty minutes after they left Ami's office they were on the way to boost the crime rate on Mrisst.

The trip took a little bit more than three hours and after some twenty minutes Makoto fell asleep on the backseat.

Guess her fear of flying was healed. Wish I could sleep too.

He probably could with AICA overtaking the flying but he wanted to stay awake if anything would come up.

Mrisst was a mid-sized jungle planet and SunTzu wasn't very keen to fight in the climate. Internally he thanked the criminals for having their headquarters in the city and not the jungle.

Makoto's plan was simple. Fly in, drop at the front door and shoot down everything moving before they could react. So basically what SunTzu did that other night in the Tokyo Harbor. Just with even more firepower and without even waiting to be attacked.

As they entered Orbit he woke up Makoto.

"Where are we, I must have napped in."

"Napped in? You slept over two and a half hours!" He told her, shaking his head. "We're entering the atmosphere of the planet."

"Very well. Take AICA down to one of the gates and let her cover us while we get the guns from the transport compartments."

"Very well then. AICA you heard the Lady."

"Yup, proceeding to light up a warehouse of criminals. Again."

"What does she mean with again?" Makoto asked suspiciously. "Ha, I remember now. You were the guy that smoked up that warehouse full with thugs down in the docks. I knew it."

"Actually Bat-Wing here did most of the work." He patted AICA's console while Makoto shook her head.

"You know what I like about criminals?" Mako asked him.

"Hm?"

"They're not combatants, so no basic laws of war goes for them."

"That's messed up. Although you're right."

"Says the guy that kills thirty Yakuza on ball night."

She has a point tho.

They swooped in fast and AICA touched down with drawn Blaster right in front of the south gate of the warehouse.

The guards outside immediately raised their weapons but were greeted immediately by the overwhelming firepower of the starfighter.

While AICA mowed them down with her self defense blaster her laser cannons took aim inside the storehouse and opened fire too. Just like last time they mowed down anyone she could track.

The canopy opened and Makoto and SunTzu jumped out, running to the back of the ship and opened of the storage compartments.

Makoto took her heavy blaster and moved up. Without caring for cover she opened up too and joined in AICA's wall of deadly light.

SunTzu followed, bringing the machine gun up and pulling the trigger, joining in also.

He had to adjust his stance because the recoil but he did his best to overlap Mako's arc of Fire.

While Makoto emptied the enlarged energy cell of the heavy repeating blaster, AICA stopped firing.

SunTzu tried to do the same but the squad assault weapon he was wielding let him down and jammed after half of his box Mag.

"Fuck! My gun is down." He yelled over to Makoto, trying to let her know over the sound of battle.

"You're shitting me! Alright, try to fix it, I'll cover!"

SunTzu kneeled down and opened up the gun's ammo feeding charge.

He wasn't used to this and took accordingly long.

Finally he could fix it, just right in time as Makoto's energy cell was empty.

Using bursts in wide arcs he covered her while she reloaded.

As she had her gun back up they both let out another long burst and then laid down to cover, waiting for the answer of the enemy.

No reaction came.

They briefly glanced at each other.

"Go, I'll cover!" Makoto ordered him as he got up again, weapon raised and carefully moved up.

He got up to the gate and took cover on the side of the entrance.

"Covering!" He shouted to Makoto, letting her know to move up.

She took cover on the other side of the entrance and aimed down the entrance again.

SunTzu moved forward and entered the building, so far nothing was moving. He went to a row of crates and took cover, aiming down.

Makoto moved up and took the next best cover In the front of him.

As Mako covered SunTzu, he moved up and got down beside her.

"AICA, take a scan and tell me how many lifeforms except us two you can detect." SunTzu called AICA in over his chrono.

A few moments later the ship radioed back.

"Inside and around just you two. I got two tangos leaving the scene. You want me to get them?"

"No, stay put. We're gonna look for the money now."

They swarmed out and carefully checked the building to see if anyone was still alive. Every enemy was dead.

Overwhelming firepower and speed of violence for the win.

They began the search and Makoto called him over after a few minutes. He just found a crate full of explosives. Better not smoke a cigarette while searching.

Beside the corpse of a Gamorrean that was split in two, upper part still holding its war axe were five big bags.

"Don't you think it smells like pork roast here?" SunTzu asked, sniffing around.

"Ewww, that's so messed up man." She said with a disgusted face.

"What?" He asked.

She opened one of the bags. It was full of Credits.

They both looked at each other and grinned.

Makoto called Ami.

"Ami, we got the package. This time counting credits will take a while."

They grabbed the bags, SunTzu threw one over his shoulder and rushed back to AICA. Guns slang over the chest, a bag in each hand it was quite demanding to get them to the snub. They packed up and took off.

"AICA, put a laser target on the middle of the building."

"Done."

"Launch a concussion missile at the target."

"Affirmative."

A missile shot away and turned around, crashing into the iron sheet roof of the building.

A second later the building vanished in a gigantic explosion, leveling it.

AICA rose higher as a big cloud of smoke arose.

"What the Hell was that for a missile?" She asked looking back at the former warehouse.

"They had some explosives stored there. Figured it was better to take it out. That was way easier than I thought. You're lucky charm when it comes to criminal acts Captain." They laughed as they entered the atmosphere and rushed into space.

Three hours later they landed on the Far Side.

Ami was already waiting for them.

The canopy opened and the two Guardians stood up.

"Hey Ami, we got your delivery. Might want to help us carry it."

They got out and opened the compartments where the bags where stored, pulling them out.

When Ami saw the five brimmed bags her eyes widened. It was way more than she expected. That had to be more than a million credits. She thought about something for a moment.

"Okay, this amount of money will raise suspicions."

SunTzu threw one bag on his shoulders.

"Maybe it's time to come clear and tell Usagi the truth."

Ami hesitated, not knowing what her close friend would say about the rather unusual ways they collected money for the kingdom.

"Fine, follow me. Let's hope the Queen and King have a good day."

SunTzu took three bags and Makoto two, Ami lead them out the hangar, obviously nervous.

They went all the way up to the Royal Quarters, with a few breaks. Those bags were heavy as hell.

For the last part of the journey they took a elevator up to the top floor.

When it opened, Ami noted the Guards on the floor to leave them alone.

She knocked on the door.

Chibiusa, wearing a pink sweatsuit opened.

"Ami. Hi."

"Chibiusa, are your parents here?"

Usagi appeared in the door to one of the rooms. She was basically wearing the same outfit as her daughter and no make-up.

"Usagi-Chan, can we enter?" Ami asked her, still nervous.

"Of course, what's wrong? What happened?" The Queen asked her friend.

Ami entered and motioned for Makoto and SunTzu enter too.

They entered and nodded as greeting. They walked up to the low standing table in the middle of the room, a sofa and a chair were around it. They put the bags on the floor and the table. It was relieve to not have them to carry around anymore.

Ami closed the door and looked at Usagi, Chibiusa was standing behind her, curiously looking at the bags.

"You might want to sit down Usagi." Ami said and motioned to the sofa.

The same moment Mamoru appeared, wearing his usual King's Outfit, except for the sword and the armor.

"What's happening here?"

"Please Mamoru, take a seat too."

They moved to the sofa but her curiosity got the best out of Usagi and she opened one of the bags.

Her jaw dropped.

"This… This bag is full of Galactic Credits." She looked up to Ami. "Where does this come from?"

Ami explained the whole thing how they got the money and where the last donations came from to the Royal Couple and her daughter.

"Damn, Ami that's Gangsta. I wouldn't have thought of you as such a Goon." Chibiusa stated after Ami finished.

Usagi sat on the sofa, hands put together, obviously looking for words.

It was Mamoru that chimed in first.

"It's war. And we need every credit we can get. I shouldn't approve of this but if we stay real about it, it's legitimate. And we need that credits."

Usagi looked at her husband. She sighed, admiting a ethical defeat.

"Okay, and I trust you guys that you got the money from criminals and enemies only. The GA would have confiscated it also."

"Exactly. It's basically the same. And yes, as German I'm aware that I shouldn't talk about spoils of war. But even I already know that we need more credits." SunTzu explained.

"Exactly. We need more equipment and personnel." Makoto chimed in.

"Fine, but this stays between the inner circle and is top secret. How would it look if we would officially order people to rob the enemy."

"Fine for me." Makoto nodded.

"How much is this?" Usagi asked.

"We haven't counted yet." Ami stated. "May I?"

She opened a bag and started counting. Even with everybody involved, at least in the beginning, Chibiusa and Usagi gave up pretty soon after they miscounted their part and fell into a battle of words against each other.

After over half an hour they were done, before them lay 1,2 Million Galactic Credits.

SunTzu let out a small whistle.

Afterwards the hid the bags in one of the Queen's wardrobes.

Ami stayed back to talk further with Usagi, while SunTzu and Makoto got ready to leave.

As the pilot was almost out the door, he turned around.

"Does anybody know if they serve pork roast somewhere on this ship?"

"Ewww! Goddamit, I already told you that was messed up Lieutenant." Makoto replied as she pulled him out of the room on his collar.