What's up? I'm back with a new chapter. Now, I would like to mention I have THREE new ideas for a story. Don't know if I will begin them right after this chapter, but we'll have to see.

Also, I've went on an overhaul of the map of the USSO and the world it lives in, go check it out: art/The-World-of-the-USSO-723296413?ga_submit_new=10%3A1519434459&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1

So without further ado, let's begin...

The Little Girl and the Ottomans

Chapter 4

The loud landing that the spaceships caused alerted them to they're arrival. The doors opened, and everyone stepped out. Everyone marveled at the futuristic design the base had.

"This is so cool," Val said.

"Yeah...sure is. Welcome to Skyway Patrol HQ. We're just a little while away from Algiers, so we'll leave to recapture it from Shin tomorrow. Men! Get the xenomorphs into the test chambers. Make sure they are taken care of. We don't want an infestation on our hands," Sumer exclaimed.

"Could we please keep Shade out? She'll feel lonely without us," Val asked. Sumer looked at her giving the puppy-eye treatment. It may work back where she's from, but things work a little different around here.

"You do realize those don't affect me right? But since this Shade xenomorph is your friend...I think we can keep her out. But if she kills one of our soldiers, she's going with the others, understand?" Val smiled and nodded her head.

Sumer allowed the kids to roam around as long as they didn't do something that could get them in trouble. Damien, being the little alien thief he is, decided to sneak into the armory.

"Woah! Look at all these cool weapons," Damien exclaimed. He began to take the weapons and tested them out in the armory's shooting range, which was empty currently. The weapons he fount could do some serious damage to somebody. They are way more powerful than some of the alien weapons he's seen before he became a member of the D-Squad.

"Damien." Damien froze when he heard that. He turned around to see Gem glaring at him. He dropped the weapon he was holding, which shot off a big ball of plasma that destroyed part of the wall. Gem just face-palmed.

"Lets go before they realize you did it," she growled. Damien and Gem left the scene behind, somehow managing to evade the cameras this entire time.

Meanwhile, deeper inside the base, Val giggled as she clung to Shade, who is crawling over the walls and the ceiling. The few soldiers ordered to keep an eye on her fount it amusing, but at the same time, a little bit creepy. Xenomoprhs aren't really seen as lovable pets, more like vicious mutated bees.

"...uh...think we should tell her to stop," one soldier questioned.

"Nah, it ain't trying to murder us. Plus, it's the kid's personal pet, so it'll be just fine," another soldier said. Shade came down and Val got off.

"Lets go find Quinn and the others," Val said with a smile. She walked alongside Shade as the soldiers followed behind her, keeping they're guns in hand in case Shade ever went on the attack. She soon fount Quinn and the others. Damien quivered behind Aggie as Quinn gave him a threatening glare.

"Not even going to ask," Val said, holding onto Shade.

"Ah! There you all are," Sumer said as she approached them. "Follow me. I would like to show you something." They follow Sumer to a strange building. She opens the giant doors, allowing everyone to see inside. Multiple human and humal soldiers were already in there, practicing multiple different fighting styles.

"I decided to teach you five the proper ways of fighting in the USSO. Welcome to the dojo! We train soldiers in multiple different fighting styles, such as kung fu, wrestling, and karate," Sumer explained. They all awe at the machinery that worked the things used in the dojo.

"So where will we start," Quinn asked.

"Oh, you won't be going on those. You'll start with that," Sumer replies, pointing to her left.

"That!?" Damien wasn't too happy to find they're training device is a weird-looking dummy.

"Yes, since your all still children, I thought that this would be the best thing to train you all," Sumer explained.

"Hey! We aren't children! Do you even remember when we fought those rouges from before," Damien asked in anger.

"The reason why you were able to beat them is because they only know how to punch, and that's it. Soldiers who can do different attacks and dodges can take you all out easily." Damien shut his mouth after she said that.

"So these are the children you said were able to take those rouges out?" They turn around to see a red panda humal wearing oriental clothing.

"Uh...who are you?"

"This is Shifu, second-in command of Skyway Patrol and one of the few officers to come from the Republic of China when we made an alliance with them," Sumer explained to them.

"China? Didn't you say that basically the USSO and Europe are the only nations that are still alive," Quinn asked.

"That was the case for many years, but since Britain, France, The Weimar Republic, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, and Belgium began trading with small and large kingdoms in Asia and Africa, they finally managed to get back together. Sadly, these nations did go back to colonization," Sumer explained.

"Oh..."

"Anyways, show Shifu what you can do," Sumer ordered gently, smiling under her veil. Though she didn't want to fight, Val stepped up to the dummy. She gave a tiny, light punch, causing the dummy to make a bubbly noise and sway a little.

"I got this," Damien said, gently pushing Val to the side. He sent a powerful punch at the dummy, causing it to lean back.

"How tha-ACK!" The dummy came right back, somehow whacking Damien into the adult training grounds while knocking a tooth loose. Quinn and Aggie were about to help him, but Shifu blocked them with his walking stick.

"Woah!" Damien tries to balance on the spinning machines as multiple wooden wrecking balls with spikes on one side begin to swing around. He lost his balance, and he got his legs caught in the machine, causing him to do the splits. He yelped in pain when one of the wrecking balls hit him with it's flat side, sending him screaming into a large metal bowl, which he began to roll around in because the sides were slippery.

"And I thought thieves were nimble on they're feet," Gem said, bursting out laughing at Damien's misfortune.

"I think I'm getting a little nauseous," Damien managed to say while holding his head in pain. He managed to get out of the metal bowl, but was soon whacked around by a bunch of spinning wheels. One of them managed to get a lucky shot, landing a direct hit on his crotch. Quinn and Aggie cringed at the cracking sound that filled they're ears. Gem began to laugh even louder.

"My...tenders," Damien grumbled as he grabbed an arm of a spinning wheel in pain. That only started the chain reaction back up, sending Damien into the last area. The floor was made of metal pipes. The pipes began to charge up something when Damien noticed them.

"Uh on." The pipes released columns of fire that turned Damien black with soot. He managed to crawl back to Val and the others, bruised, burnt, and a small flame had caught itself in a few strands of his hair.

"D...did I...show them...who's boss?" Val, Quinn, and Aggie looked around the room, trying not to meet his gaze while Gem continued to laugh.

"*sigh* Get him to a medic," Sumer ordered, looking at one of the soldiers present in the room. He gave a salute and carefully picked up Damien, who had passed out from his ordeal earlier, and began to walk to the infirmary. Quinn looks at Shifu.

"He's usually better than this," she told him in embaressemnt.

They walk outside after a long training session. The dojo was apparently connected to the shooting range, where the soldiers learned how to use they're primary, secondary, and complementary sword. Sumer let them watch the soldiers training, but something grabbed Quinn's attention. It looks like a watch tower that was still under construction.

"Hey Sumer, what is that," Quinn asked regarding the structure.

"That is supposed to be a watch tower. It's still under construction, but with a recent increase in Cluster activity, they've kinda abandoned it," Sumer replied. As they watched the soldiers, Val noticed a blue butterfly fluttering around. Being the cute and innocent girl she is, Val chased after it. She chased it far from the others and near the abandoned construct when she finally caught it.

The butterfly looked at her. It looked as if the butterfly was waiting for her to crush it. Val managed to grab her orcarina and began blowing into it, which caught the butterfly's attention. It listened carefully. A little while later, the butterfly flew up to her face as she quit playing.

"I'll call you Natalie," Val said with a smile. Natalie flew back into her hands as she cupped them over her. Suddenly, without warning, the wires holding the construction broke, sending heavy material towards Val as it fell. The snapping of the wires caught the attention of everyone in the shooting range. Quinn and the others eyes widened in fear.

"VAL!" She didn't hear them as she looked at Natalie in awe. Before the structure crashed right on top of her, Dark Twilight appeared out of her ring and blocked the whole structure with one hand, not even cringing from the weight the structure is putting on her. Val released Natalie, which landed on her head and held onto her hair.

She looked at Twilight. "Hi Dark," Val greeted. Most of the soldiers pointed they're guns at Twilight, who looked at them without fear and smirked.

"Are you seriously going to shoot me without ammo," she asked mockingly. The soldiers were confused by this. They check they're ammo cases and fount them empty. Even they're secondary guns were empty. They look at Twilight and we're shocked to find the ammo clips in her hands. She throws them away, causing them to dissappear before throwing the structure away. It slammed hard onto the ground as Twilight picked up Val, with Natalie still on her head, and walked over to the others.

"Phew! That was a close call," Quinn said as Twilight puts Val down.

"You should've learned not to walk off by now," Sumer scolded, a blank look growing across her face as she looks at Twilight.

"What's the meaning of this!?" They all turn around to see a tall humanoid alien. Sumer and the soldiers quickly saluted the alien.

"Uh...nothing sir!" The alien wasn't convinced, and looked down at Val and the others.

"Why are there civilians here," he demanded.

"Uh...well...you see sir...these little ones snuck they're way into the base earlier. I was just about to escort them out," Sumer lied. The apparent officer grew a look of suspicion on his face.

"No your not. You wanted us to stay here until we leave for Algiers to take it back tomorrow," Val spoke. Sumer's eyes widened in fear as the alien gave her an angry look.

"Your doing what!?"

"*sigh* Okay look. If we can talk in a private area, I'll explain the situation," Sumer said. Her forehead was visibly sweating as the alien sighed.

"Fine. But you better tell me the truth." She lead him and the others to a secluded area, where the other soldiers won't hear her. She then explained in as much detail as she could about the current situation, and as well as some information on Val and the others about they're powers.

"Hm...I won't believe that these kids have some sort of fighting abilities until I see it with my own eyes," the alien growled.

"I'm surprised you aren't surprised by Dark over there," Quinn commented, pointing at Val's aforementioned clone. The alien soon looked at Twilight.

"Why should I. Only aliens have blue skin like that," he said.

"Oh I ain't no alien, trust me," Twilight responded.

"How so," the alien demanded. Twilight suddenly appeared right behind him.

"Believe me now?" He didn't look surprised in the slightest.

"What? We are in the works of similar technologies. I wouldn't be surprised if the humans managed to make some sort of light-speed device for humans," the alien scoffed. However, he grew a look of interest when she summoned a gun out of thin air and pointed at him.

"I'll make you believe." The alien didn't seem afraid of her. In fact, he was impressed.

"Interesting. So YOU are the one with these supposed abilities," the alien questioned. Dark made her gun disappear as he looked at Val.

"I would assume that what Sumer said is true, that you five are just civilians that shouldn't be here?"

"No! We actually aren't normal! How many times do we have to tell you," Rocco growled.

"How so," he questioned. Val suddenly sneezed, pushing everyone, minus Twilight and herself, to the ground. The alien looked generally surprised to see that.

"Hm...you do have powers...alright. I believe you," he said. Everyone got back up as Sumer looked at him.

"Darumai, this is Val, Quinn, Aggie, Gem, and Rocco. Kids, this is Darumai. He is the leader of Skyway Patrol, and, for your confirmation, he is in fact a Sangheili," Sumer introduced them to each other.

"Sumer. If your going to retake Algiers from Shin, you'll need help."

Hoorah! Finally done! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. If you have an idea for this story, or any of my other stories (hopefully you read them), go ahead and put a review telling me about it.

So let me explain a few things. I know a few of you may be surprised by Shifu's appearance in this chapter, but that's because I could see him as an officer in the Chinese army (since I did explain that China is in this world). As well, the Sangheili are also members of the USSO, as some elites wanted to live away from the Covenant, so they fled to the USSO and began to live among them. You are probably also wondering about the Predators being introduced in the last chapter. I actually made it canon in the USSO's history that the USO (which is the predecessor of the USSO) made an alliance with the Predators all the way back in 2004, saying that if they're worlds are in danger of being or are destroyed, they can come live here. So the Preds took up on that offer.

Anyways, this is Sporedude135, signing off...