Well, it's been a while hasn't it... I've been busy, and I probably will be busy until next year, but I'll update when I can... maybe.
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Chapter 5
All Together Again
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"It was a stupid idea for you to go out injured." Eagle looked down at the shorter Sami.
"Yeah, well it wasn't very bright for you to be fighting with Jess, when you could be trying to help liberate your country." Eagle sighed; she had beaten him in a battle of wits. Her idea hadn't been the brightest, but it beat his apparent 'idea'. Even though he would have been adamantly opposed to the idea of her going if he had known ahead of time, she fared well.
But no matter what, he figured he'd worry about her. He looked at her in the bright sunlight. She had the combat uniform on, as she usually did, but the one major difference was she had the sleeves rolled up to her biceps. Her muscles weren't as large as Max's but it was definitely obvious that she had some muscle. Her sweat glistened in the sunlight. Her face was perfectly framed by her short reddish-orange hair, though in the sunlight, her hair looked much redder. Her hazel eyes were framed by her glasses. He had rarely seen her in glasses, but he figured she most often wore contacts instead. She also wore the famous eight-tipped hat with the Marine Corps emblem sown on it. "What are you looking at?" He snapped out of his thinking.
"Oh, nothing." Sami crossed her arms and gave him a blantantly doubtful look.
"Yeah, right." She continued looking at him. She figured he was the most handsome man she had ever seen. At least, that she noticed. She wasn't into that sort of thing. She liked to keep track of how many men she turned down. But, no matter how adamant she was about not dating, everyone continued bothering her about it. Sonja, her friends, her relatives, even her father.
"Alright, everyone over here!" Nell shouted not but a short distance way. They had been talking out on the large balcony of the meeting room of the Green Earth Military Headquarters building in the capital. Max and Andy had also been out on the balcony, along with Sonja and Grit, a Blue Moon Commanding Officer. They all moved inside as Nell called them.
Nell looked around, and then noticing that everyone was inside, she started. "Alright, we've received word of a large Black Hole fortress to the north. It's time to attack their main base!" There were many nods and shout of joy as she finished. They were all together again and even with a few new faces. Together, nothing could stop them. But these next battles were going to be the hardest; they would be against Sturm, the head of Black Hole.
"Let's move out."
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They moved through the mountain pass, but they all promptly stopped when the Black Hole fortress came in to view.
"So this is their 'citadel' as they call it." Max eyed every visible part of the fortress.
"I don't care what they call it, but it's gonna fall." Many of the others nodded in agreement to Sami's comment.
"So, this is where they brought all the stuff they pillaged." Andy moved pass Sami and Max continuing to look at the large structure. "So, we'll destroy it and get all our stuff back then!" He turned to look back at the others.
"Perhaps, but we've only confirmed that it was all sent here, it may not be here anymore," Nell responded.
"Are you saying they might have moved it to another location?" Eagle's hands were in fists yet again. If that was true, then there were a lot more battles ahead.
"But why would they move it?"A big man spoke with a deep Russian accent from the back of the group. It was Olaf, the head commanding officer from Blue Moon.
"We we all gotta assume they weren't just gathering it for kicks," Grit started with his thick western accent filling the forest. "They've gotta have somethin' planned, 'n more than likely, they've gone 'n moved all of our stuff to where they're gonna need it." He looked back at Nell. "That sound 'bout right?"
"That's exactly right. Which means this battle will help us discover their true intents."
"So our target is…" Olaf spoke again before Sonja promptly interrupted.
"The three Black Cannons."
"Just the cannons? Are you sure, Sonja?" A tall man spoke from behind her. It was Kanbei, the emperor of Yellow Comet.
"Yes, Father. If we eliminate the cannons, should be able to rout the enemy. If there's nothing here for them to protect, they'll run. Proving whether or not this is their true headquarters."
"Okay! Let's go, guys!" Andy shouted as he headed down the hill. They rest of the commanding officers followed.
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