Hey people, I know it has been awhile. But I've had school and everything and its been crazy. Just finished exams and we get a bit of a break so I've been able to write this chapter. This is my longest one yet so I hope you enjoy it...if anyone is still reading. But! On with teh show!!!
Disclaimer: You already know, for sho
A/N: I'm pissed that they might not release SO4 for PS3 (that's my system)
Chapter 13: Retaliation
Fayt lay asleep in his bed in a dark room. It looked similar to Maria's old captain's quarters in the Diplo. Everything was quiet except for the mechanical whirs of the ship and the beeping sounds on his consoles and everything. The clock read Dec. 15th, 2:00 AM EST. That really helped in a foreign space system, you'd think they would try to create a standard time system for the galaxy. But then again considering the parameters and factors that would have to be configured, it would be kind of hard.
Nearly time. We have to be close to the Tetragene System by now. He thought. "Lights on," he said groggily. After he rubbed his eyes and paused for a loud yawn he walked over to his console in the wall. He looked up at the screen in front of him. It currently only projected the name of the ship Justice Avenger XPFSB-12456374-7885875. "Patch me to bridge control," he said to the comp.
"Connecting," the cool voice said. The screen changed to a picture of the bridge, the captain's chair currently occupied by a sleeping Albel. Fayt sighed and told one of the bridge officers to wake him up. None of them seemed to want to step up. After playing a couple rounds of rock, paper, scissors; an unlucky soul was chosen. The moment he poked him Albel woke up.
"Who dares try to attack me while I'm sleeping!!!" he pulls out his katana and finds his waker, "AHA!! I knew it was you. You've been eyeing me funny since I first boarded this damn ship….Prepare to feel my wrath…" His eyes glinted red, and the bridge official ran for it. Albel was about to chase after him, but Fayt told him to stop.
"First Mate Nox, I will demote you to Second Mate and promote Nel if you don't stay still!!!" he shouted. Albel grumpily nodded and asked him what he wanted.
"Have you located the supply ship that is scheduled to be making a run past here?" Fayt asked.
"Yeah..Yeah, one of those fools tracked it down earlier, its scheduled to pass by in an hour or so, so I told everyone to wait for you in the debriefing room," he replied.
"Why wait for me? Why not someone else?"
"Well, sir, you are the captain of this ship and you are leading the operation, jeez."
"Oh right, lemme just get ready. I'll meet you later, get Nel. And have you picked the soldiers we're bringing along?"
"Yes, I picked them myself, now stop nagging me and I'll see you in 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed. Fayt was afraid his head would blow up, so he cut the connection. Fayt sighed and went to the shower and undressed. He let the cold water hit his face to wake him up.
That's right he was the captain. The Expellians went ahead with their plans to join them and began by outfitting their flagships and battleships with crystal gemenite armor. The gemenite also enabled cloaking abilities, which was essential for this mission to work. The Expellians had made Fayt his own ship. Fayt's new ship was designed especially for him. Its main weapon was an ethereal cannon, hooked right to the ship's main reactor. Essentially it was a very big Hyperion Cannon There was a chamber he could go to, made of pure crystal gemenite. Then there was a well he could put his sword. Through it he channeled his energy to power the Cannon, it was untested, and it could or could not work. But theoretically all the numbers looked good :).
The Justice Avenger was shaped triangularly, engines in the back. Then the bridge was perched on top of a column jutting upwards. (Yes much like a Star Destroyer) It had numerous phase cannons located all around the ship. It had 6 Hyperion Cannons, 3 on either side. And had small Creation Guns all around the ship. It had three torpedo holes towards the front. And the front of the ship opened up to reveal the Ethereal Cannon. It had very strong shields, along with an onboard shield generator. The ship was relatively large, but amazingly agile for its size. It was twice as big as a Federation Battleship, and just a little bigger than the Nedian Battleships. The only ship in their arsenal bigger than the Justice Avenger, was the Diplo II.
The Diplo was being completely remodeled and they have only gotten the ship's main systems working, and the projected delivery date was Christmas Day, just in time for their attack on Earth. On the 31st, New Year's Eve Day. They had numerous scientists working on it. Expellians, Klausians, Aldians, Vendeeni, and even Fayt's mother were helping to design and create the thing. The ship was to be the main flagship of the group.
So there Captain Leingod was, finishing his routines and strapped on his trusty new sword. He exited his quarters and greeted some crewmembers passing by. They saluted him, and he did the same in response. He walked down a hallway, trying to remember where the Debriefing room for soldiers was. The hallways of the ship were bright white, and you almost got blinded from walking around. He soon found the room and entered it. It was a big room right next to the hangar. A bunch of soldiers were getting ready in the room. They saluted him, as he entered. Soldiers were putting on numerous types of armor and checking their weapons and strapping them on. He spotted Nel, Albel and Adray setting up by the corner. Cliff and the others had stayed on Expel, attending to ceremonial duties and more important issues.
So Fayt walked over to them. "Are the ships all prepped Nel?" Fayt asked. She had left her in the duty of taking care to it.
"Yes, the Dragoon, is all fueled up. And I have notified all the other captains of the fleet, what the signal will be, as to when to move in," she said quickly before he asked again. She gave him a quick smile. "Look, don't worry, your doing fine. Maria would be proud of you, you know," she said reassuringly. She lightly touched his arm before walking away to deal with another matter.
There are 6 ships in total under Fayt's command. The Justice Avenger, The Divine Vengance, the Vendeen Sharktooth, and three other Expellian battleships. At that moment Ophelia walked into the room, combat ready and everything. She was determined to do her best, to free her planet.
"Ok, all troops participating in the liberation of Tetragenesis, can I have your attention?" he yelled. All the troops immediately stopped talking and took a seat somewhere in front of the tactical battle screen. Fayt activated the TBS, and cleared his throat to talk. "Anyways, men…and women this mission is very important. It is a key strategic point that we must capture in order to even fathom success in the battles to come."
"This mission will have three phases: Phase 1 will be to capture and hijack the Nedian supply ship. We will then pilot the ship onto the Nedian flagship. Our taskforce will attempt to do as much damage possible to create as much disarray as possible. Phase 2 will start with the calling of the fleet to clean up the rest. It will end with my taskforce going planet side, to re-take the Tetragenesis Capital City. At this point Commander Wifra will take command of the fleet and call in Commander Gordon's fleet to help end it. It is a tactic to catch them off guard. So there is a 0% margin of error, if you don't feel confident to carry out the mission, leave now. I'm sorry, but we can't carry any liabilities," he said coldly. No one left. "Well alright, load up on the battle cruiser Dragoon, we're leaving in 10." Everyone got up and saluted him and rushed to the ship.
Nel passed him on the way out and put a hand on his shoulder. She just gave him an approving nod and left the door. Even Albel seemed impressed, and just gave him a little smirk. Adray gave him a quick smile. Fayt suddenly felt a lot more confident and grabbed an assault rifle and a helmet and exited the room into the hangar.
He saw the Dragoon being loaded up. He entered through the ramp and made his way to the cockpit. Kian was at the controls already. "Kian! I didn't know your unit was assigned to me," he said surprised.
"I requested it sir, and your mom sort of told me to keep an eye on you," he said smiling. Fayt chuckled and strapped himself into the copilot chair. Nel, Albel and Adray soon clambered into the cockpit as well.
"This is bridge command, Captain Fayt are you there?" the voice rang inside the cockpit.
"Affirmative I'm here, ETA of supply ship?" he asked.
"About 5 minutes, we just picked them up on the long-range scanners, we're powering the Hyperion Cannons to 'disable' as we speak," the bridge commander replied.
"Good, open up the hangar blast doors, power up the laser airtight doors, get ready guys!!" he yelled.
The supply ship was soon in view and had spotted the Justice Avenger. It was maneuvering to avoid the ship but was too late, the ship's cannons fired and caused the supply ship's systems to stop. Soon afterwards, the Dragoon hummed to life and went to work. It quickly latched onto the supply ship. The ship's airtight hatch latched onto the side, and then cut a hole in the supply ship. It was just big enough for the people to get through it.
"I'm leaving Beta Team under your command Ophelia, keep safe," he said. She nodded and cocked her rifle.
"Alright, Albel, Nel, and Adray you're with me. Alpha team you're also with me. Beta Team, hold tight and protect the ship, if anyone or anything spots you, have no mercy. Then have your team leader contact me immediately. Alright let's go guys!" He turned his comm. link on and they ran down the hall. It seems they were located in the main cargo rooms of the ship. They spotted a bunch of food, weapons, and various miscellaneous junk piled high on top of each other. They were in crates chained to the walls.
They reached the end of the room and found themselves in a new hallway. They heard voices down one way. They decided to take the other one, to their right.
"Alright, Alpha Team where's the ship expert?" he asked. A man stepped up. "Where do you suppose the bridge is?"
"Well sir, considering we just came from the supply room I'd say we just have to continue going forward. The main cargo rooms are usually pushed toward the back, right next to the engine room. Then the living quarters, and weapons room; if there is any are very small. The bridge is usually at the very front."
"Thank you. Alright you heard the man, let's keep going. Keep alert, I have a feeling we are going to begin to see more of them now, besides they are probably panicking them right now. We have the element of surprise. He let Nel take the lead; she was the stealthiest of the group.
She paced down the corridor and peered down the corner. She made hand gestures back to the group. She rose three fingers, crumpled her fist(sign for an enemy), and then she pointed right ahead. It meant three enemies ahead.
Fayt answered back by punching his hand with his fist slightly, meaning she was 'weapons free'. She gave him a little smirk and watched her go to work. She disappeared in front of their eyes and appeared behind one of the soldiers. She slit his throat, then kicked the other in his throat. Then she wheeled around to suffocate the last man. After he stopped struggling, she signified it was all clear.
Suddenly his comm. was beeping. "Captain Leingod, we've encountered the enemy!!! We need backup!!"
"Alright, I'm sending Alpha Team back," he replied. He gave the soldiers a quick nod and they dashed down the hall.
"We're gonna have to fight our way to the bridge on our own," Fayt said.
"Alright!! Those worms would just get in the way anyways!" Albel said bloodthirstily. They continued down the hall and took two lefts followed by a last right. Then they walked right into a company of soldiers sweeping the ship.
"Damn!! We've made contact!!!" Fayt yelled. The three agily dodged the first round of fire from the soldiers. It gave them time to draw their weapons. Albel had gotten a shotgun from the weapons rack in the ship. He smiled when he pumped it. He dodged another round and jumped over the line of troops. When he was upside down in the air he unloaded three shells into the heads of three sorry Nedians.
When he landed he unleashed his katana and fought with a katana in one hand and shotgun in the other. Fayt chuckled and let Albel have his fun. In no time at all the 'demon' had his fill and had killed all 6 of the soldiers. "Piece of cake," he said haughtily as they walked to him.
"I expect they've heard us now, well in any case they were bound to hear us let's keep going." They continued down the hall and kept trying to go as forward as possible. They encountered more and more resistance along the way and they couldn't just let Albel rampage this time. It looks like they had reached the bridge entrance. There were numerous soldiers trooped in front of a big double door bulkhead and a small number of steps in front of it.
"I think we've reached the bridge!!!" Adray yelled as they ran back down the hall trying to find cover.
"Really now you big oaf?" Albel yelled back. They scurried to the corner to find cover, there were at least 20 soldiers decked there. At that moment they heard footsteps down the hall they came from.
"Damn! They're trying to surround us, alright we need a solution quick," Fayt yelled.
"Easy," Albel replied.
"What?"
"We kill them all!!!" he yelled as he brandished his katana and stormed down the hall. About a minute later he came back down yelling "Holy Crap!! That's a lot of soldiers!!!" Everyone sighed. Adray cast a ward around their group and took on the group in front of them head on.
Well at least the worst news was that there was a mounted gun, other than that that was all. Fayt immediately brandished 'Destroyer'. With his energy running through the sword, he could deflect most photon rifles and disrupter rifles with it. He dashed in front of the group gracefully deflecting each bolt, waiting until he held them to the reload. At that moment the soldiers knew they were done.
The one closest to them whispered, "…Shiiiiitttt!!!!" Albel prounced with katana and shotgun and got to work. Adray used his brute strength to cut them down and Nel used her agility and quickness to dodge any enemies and cut them down. The wards were really helping. Fayt experienced three instances where Adray's wards immediately saved his life. They took down the man on the mounted rifle and stared at the big door in front of them.
"Sooooo, how do we get in, any ideas guys?" Fayt asked. Albel was about to open his mouth but Fayt yelled, "EXCEPT for beating the hell or shit out of it, Albel."
Albel pouted and examined the highly intriguing looking mounted blaster. Fayt sighed and took out Destroyer.
"Umm Fayt maybe we should deal with the soldiers coming so we aren't surrounded…again," Nel suggested.
"Good…idea," he said slowly. Albel smiled.
"Do I get to use my new toy???" he asked
"Yes Albel you can use it," once again the group sighed at his willingness to kill people.
As soon as the first soldier rounded the first corner, Albel began to fire like there was no tomorrow. The trooper was blasted into the air and yelled like an old lady. Fayt took out his assault rifle and began to pick off some of the oncoming wave. Adray was kept busy attempting to keep his wards up. A stray blast caught him though, finding a hole in his protective spell. He was out cold.
"Oh no Adray!!!" Nel yelled. Fayt unsheathed Destroyer and attempted to parry the oncoming blasts but, there were just too many. A blast singed Albel on the shoulder and hit Nel on the back.
"Damn, we really need some reinforcements!!!" Fayt yelled through his comm. link. At that moment, as if an answer to his prayer. Members from Alpha Team came in immediately doing work. They came down from the opposite hall and caught them off surprise. Fayt and Albel joined to help clean up.
The two jumped into the fray fighting back to back. They matched each other's moves perfectly, when Fayt sliced one enemy Albel poked his gun from behind his shoulder and put a shell into the man's face. Then they switched sides and handily dispatched two oncoming soldiers handily. He slashed one vertically and immediately twisted his blade around to catch the other in the stomach. Albel used his katana to knock the soldiers gun out of the way, who was about to shoot. Then he pointed the shotgun at the man, point-blank and put a hole in the man's stomach.
As Albel reloaded his shells, Fayt jumped over his head and brought his sword down on the next soldier's head. As soon as his feet touched ground he jumped over Albel again, still reloading to cut down the other soldier attempting to shoot him. Two instant kills. The two bodies lay limp on the floor.
There were two more soldiers on either side of them, aiming at them. Albel was done reloading and mercilessly shot one soldier in the head with the shotgun, his helmet not helping him there. The blast had actually blown his helmet clean off his head. Then, he turned around and threw his katana at the man on the other side. It got stuck in the gun as he was about to shoot. Albel smiled and just pried his sword and stepped back, he gave him a peace sign, as the gun backfired and exploded in the soldier's face.
The two looked at each other and smiled, they high-fived and looked at the scene around them. Alpha Team was finishing up with dispatching the men and looked on admiringly at their handiwork.
"Good-job fool," Albel said, actually grinning.
"You, too partner," he replied grinning. "Captain Kian, good work I'm promoting you if we live through this. You saved our lives you know?" he said as he clapped him on the shoulder
"Well shucks Fayt, thanks, now let's get this door down," he replied. Fayt had assigned Kian to lead Alpha Team on this mission, and had come at the exact time.
Fayt looked at the door and charged up Destroyer. He looked over at Nel who was finished healing Adray, who was good as new. They nodded at him and he slashed at the door and cut it like butter and the door crumpled onto the floor into two pieces. Everyone braced themselves as they entered the bridge.
Cliff watched on from the viewing deck of the Expellian Shipyards. He watched his beloved Diplo get reworked in front of his eyes. The designers had finished working on it and donned it as 'the greatest project the universe had ever seen'. It would be a ship that could rival the Nedian flagship in both size and firepower.
He nearly cried when they had stripped it down the week before. The design of the ship was simple. The old ship would become the bridge of the new larger ship. It would be right in the center, and then the rest of the ship expanded outward from it. It was shaped as an oval. It had 16 Rolls Royce Space Turbines. Each producing about 1 million tons of thrust, in the back of the ship. The engines were protected by a half-dome, not isolating the engines but merely protecting it. It produced its own shield.
It had two 'wings' that fanned out from the center of the craft. Then they curled upward producing a circle that didn't close. The two main Hyperion Cannons were mounted there; they were relatively big ones too. Two stabilizers were also mounted there as well, they provided the ship very good mobility. On the outside of the half-ring wings were lined by creation cannons, 16 on either half-wing, amounting to 32 in all. Then the rest of the ship was outfitted with phase and disrupter cannons all over. It had numerous torpedo holes throughout the body, too many to count.
The whole front of the ship, the part in front of the bridge, was comprised of two decks the top deck was an entire hangar bay, it could comfortably fit two battleships inside it, three would be stretching it. The top opened up, in the center revealing a laser air-lock layer for ships to pass in and out of it. The lower deck was entirely living quarters and dining area. It had rooms for the crew, and allotted a lot more space for more soldiers. It could house the entire garrison of the Federal City which was almost 100,000 strong. The tail end of the ship was mostly engine room, and ground assault vehicles.
Cliff looked from the viewing deck and admired the work they were trying to finish. It was indeed a masterpiece. They had engineers from all over working on it. The Klausians were immediately called to design the structure of the ship. They were known for producing very large ships. Fayt's mother incorporated the raw firepower put into Federation battleships. The Aldians and Vendeeni both supplied their own devices. They had smaller roles, but nevertheless helped. The Expellians oversaw all the technicalities such as the Hyperion Cannons and Engines, and just making sure the thing would work.
Cliff was reminiscing about the previous day. Cliff was actually reunited with his father the other day. The 'Honorable' Kirk Fittir. He was head of the Klausian Armed Forces.
2 Days Ago….
"They're remodeling the Diplo?" Cliff yelled.
"Cliff, calm the heck down!!!!" Mirage yelled. They were on their way to the Expellian Shipyards to meet up with King Elmond and oversee the battle preparations. They had taken a light transport vehicle, just T-16 Hovercraft. It had 4 hover pads that kept it about a foot off the ground. It had a simple windshield and had two seats with a trunk in the back. They reached the beginning of the complex. The Expellians dug out a really big crater for their ship yard, it was about 2 miles in diameter. The office space and viewing decks were built into the sides of the crater.
Cliff and Mirage looked on at the machines that were fast at work constructing numerous ships. The Diplo II took up half of the entire complex. Its skeletal structure could be spotted, it was going to be a huge ship indeed. There were three more docks on the other side that housed the Klausian Hawk. And the two docks next to it were busy at work, constructing the Tomahawk II, replacing the one they had just lost in the previous battle.
Cliff looked tense as they were on the elevator and it went up. "Cliff are you okay?" Mirage asked.
"Uh yeah, fine, just fine," he stammered. He was sweating beads and seemed nervous, Cliff was never nervous.
Mirage sighed, "He is just your dad…" she said.
"I know, but he doesn't think you're a big failure!!!! He is so friggin ashamed of my sorry ass that he can't even look at me straight!!!!" Cliff burst out. He was so unlike himself, anxious, nervous, scared…
Mirage suddenly hugged him. "He was never around when I was a kid!!! A father is supposed to take care of his son, not shun him or shut him out of his life!!! And when my mother died…he didn't really try any harder!!! Why is he so surprised how I turned out!!!" Cliff yelled. Boy was he pissed.
Mirage coaxed him and patted his back. "Look, you aren't a failure…you've influenced the galaxy so much just through your actions. Just look at Quark, you helped save the universe, and you're fighting to save it again. So stop selling yourself short and suck it up!!" she finished.
Cliff cooled down for a second and nodded. They entered the room and discussed their preparations for the war, and Cliff was reunited with his father.
"Dad, how are you," Cliff asked without really looking at him.
"Good. Late as usual Cliff, King Elmond said you were supposed to be here an hour ago," he said strictly. Cliff was the spitting image of his father. Only Mr. Fittir had a more wrinkled face and his blond hair wasn't as blond as it used to be.
"S-Sorry sir," he stammered as he sat down. They got to work and that was the end of it.
Present…
Cliff sighed again on the couch. "Good old dad," he said under his breath. At that moment the door to the room slid open revealing Mr. Fittir. Cliff jumped up and greeted him.
"Hey Dad, er I mean sir."
"Cliff, I've been meaning to talk to you."
"I don't catch your meaning sir."
"Well…I know that I wasn't much of a dad when you were younger… But, what I'm trying to say is that I want to try and makeup for lost time. Son, will you forgive me?" he asked and opened his arms as if to embrace him.
"Well, I mean…of course!!!" he said and father and son began to weep like big over muscualr crybabies in each other's arms. Stuff like "I love you son" and "Dad its ok, we can work it out!!" were heard throughout the entire complex.
Mirage was standing outside the door and was smiling. "I knew it would work out," she whispered. She turned on her heel and carried on with what final paperwork she had to complete.
"Take him down, Take him down!!!" Fayt shouted. Their group was pinned down and split up on the bridge. Fayt, Nel, Albel and Adray were on one side of the bridge taking cover behind some computers while the rest of the troop were taking cover and scattered positions. This one soldier had this lazer bazooka and kept them pinned down.
Fayt had had enough. He focused then yelled, "Dimension Door!!!" he disappeared and appeared behind the soldier and cut him in half through his torso. Destroyer's bright blue blade cut through like it was butter. When he was down the troops were able to recover and route the remaining soldiers.
"Get me a line with the Sharktooth," he yelled to one of the Alpha Team members. "Ophelia have your team run a sweep of the ship, we've taken the bridge, I'm gonna have Alpha Team follow suit."
"Roger Fayt, I'm on the way to the bridge as we speak," she replied. Fayt turned off his communicator once Commander Wifra's face appeared on the main screen.
"Woah Fayt, you look like hell," she said.
"Thanks, you try sacking a whole friggin ship. Anyways we have successfully obtained control over the Nedian supply ship. I'm gonna clean the place up and will alert you when we go into Gravitic Warp into Tetragenisis's orbit. I'll contact you once we've disabled the command ship there."
"Copy, over and out Captain Fayt," the main screen blanked and produced an image of space again. They saw the Justice Avenger, along with the Sharktooth on the starboard side of the Nedian Supply Craft.
"Alright people we have about 20 hours to get the ship clean, clear out the bodies, and get into Nedian Battle Suits, let's move it!!!" he yelled, Everyone sprang to work to clean up the blood, guts and any other signs of struggle. Before the left extra troops from the Justice Avenger boarded the craft. Then, they entered gravitic warp just in time so the ship would arrive on schedule. They had disguised themselves as the Nedians and nothing looked out of order.
"Wait Fayt, you can't be seen at all until we actually start blowing stuff up, you too Ophelia!!" Nel exclaimed.
"You're right, our cover would be blown. The Nedians have no idea who you guys are, so it will be fine. Alright Albel you have the Captain's Chair, Ophelia and I will hang out in one of the more isolated wings of the ship, just come to us when its time."
Albel smirked. "YES!!! I'm the Captain!!!! Woman, go make me a sandwich!!!" he yelled at Nel. Nel looked furiously from Fayt to Albel. She looked at Albel like he was a raving madman…more than he already was.
"Albel, get real. But someone is going to have to make him a sandwich. NOSE GAME!!!" he yelled. He immediately put it on his nose, Ophelia did it second, Nel third. That meant…
"Like hell im gonna make that brat a sandwich," Adray grunted. The other three just shrugged at him and Adray grunted. He stormed down the hall to find god knows where the mess hall was. Fayt and Ophelia trooped down the hall.
"Let's hide in one of the aft corridor supply closets, they'd never look their," Fayt said.
"Yeah you are right, they only really check the main cargo rooms when these ships come in," Ophelia replied.
Couple hours later…
"Captain Nox, we are coming out of Gravitic Warp!" the helmsman yelled.
"Great, what do you want me to do about it?" Albel asked stupidly. "And why the hell are you yelling at me?" he growled.
"Umm s-sorry sir, just thought that you would like to know," the poor helmsman mumbled.
"Well fine then, just get us into the damn ship and I want a group to make another round around the ship to make sure all the loose ends are tied up," Albel ordered. The men nodded and got to it. As the group left the bridge, the bridge doors, or what was left of them opened up. Adray came storming in with a plate with a sandwich and a bottle of water in his other hand.
"Here is your damn sandwich captain," Adray hissed through his teeth. Albel sneered at him, but thanked him all the same.
The ship was piloted toward the biggest Nedian ship they could find. They presumed it was the flagship.
Sure enough in a couple of minutes the ship opened a contact line with them. "Nedian supply ship XK-9, you are late on schedule," a Nedian commander said as he appeared on the main screen of the bridge.
Albel spoke up, "Sorry sir, our ship ran through a nebula and our gravitic warp engine got busted," he replied. Everyone on the bridge was speechless. They didn't know what was more surprising, that Albel knew what a nebula was or that he didn't use fool in his sentence.
"Oh that is all well captain, land your ship in section 3f of the hangar," the man replied and the screen blanked and showed the void of space once again. Albel sighed and took a deep breath.
"That was horrible!!!! So that is what being polite feels like, that man was a down right fool!!!!!!!!!" Albel fumed. He seemed happy again after saying fool. They piloted the ship into the hangar and found the space '3f' painted on the metallic surface in fading red paint.
"Alright you fools, when they send the team to check the storage that is when we will jump them. Then we will give their uniforms to Fayt and Ophelia and then we will act from there. Understood?" Albel asked.
"Yes sir!" the bridge crew replied. They turned away and moved to the storage room.
"Alright Nel you me and Adray will welcome the fools on board, lead them to the storage room then we kill them!!!!!" Albel said happily. Nel and Adray sighed as Albel skipped along and the other two followed him. They walked onto the already open ramp leading out to the hangar. A group of 4 soldiers with shiny golden armor on. Each had two shotguns hanging from either side of their hips.
Oh shit… Albel thought…We've been found out…
"Captain I presume?" one man asked. He was the commander that had greeted them on the way in.
"Err yeah that is me, shall I lead you foo-er I mean gentlemen to the cargo room? I assume you are here to get the cargo, correct?" Albel asked anxiously.
"Oh yes, of course. Lead the way captain."
Albel smiled fakely and gave Nel a concerned look. Something definitely felt wrong. Adray didn't seem to notice anything strange, and was actually having a striking conversation with one of the soldiers about weight lifting. As they were walking along the man stopped and rose his gun to the back of Albel's head.
"Sorry captain, but you can't fool us. We can access our ships' computer logs from any main flagship and we saw your carnage and murder of the ships' crew. Only one question, where is the man of the hour?"
"Who could you be talking about?" Albel asked slyly.
"You know who, where is Leingod," he spat.
"So I'm sure you've told everyone about your great capture and that you have reinforcements on the way as we speak?"
"No only the leaders of the ship are aware. One, Nedian command would punish us for letting a slip up in defense. And 2 I don't want anyone else to take the credit. So where is he?"
"You fool you should have contacted your leaders, you are going to regret it, maggots now!!!" Albel yelled. He unsheathed his katana in a flash and cut the man holding a gun to his head's arm off. He writhed in pain. Around him Nel had her daggers out agily dodging around the men holding guns. She was able to cut them all and disarm them.
Adray shrugged at the guy he was talking to and punched him in the face, knocking his lights out. "We're not exactly being stealthy are we, the whole damn ship is going to hear us!!" Adray shouted as he wrestled another soldier to the ground.
"To hell with stealth!!!" as he plunged his katana into the man's stomach, finishing the job. This one soldier on the ground pretending to be dead reached for one working shotgun, was kicked by Nel, in the head. He fell limp, dead.
"Well I suspect the whole ship is in blazes right now, Nel contact the bridge tell her to go ahead and contact Wifra. I'm going to contact Fayt," he said as he pulled out his comm. "Hey Fayt meet me at the exit ramp, we've been found out." He changed channels and contacted his troops. "Men meet me at the exit ramp, be alert, we've been found out."
He paced along the corridor but they heard footsteps along the hall. It was Fayt and Ophelia. "Albel what went wrong?" Fayt asked, concerned.
"They can access video from their main flagships. They probably checked the ship records as we came in. Luckily they tried to be greedy and didn't alert their command center. So what now, you've got the lead again."
"Alright so we may or may not be attacked if we go out there and it seems like they haven't boarded us yet. Alright here is the plan. Me Ophelia and Adray are going to try to take the bridge, I'll take Kian's group. While you two are going to try and make your way down to the shield generator and engine room. I'm hoping they will be too focused on stopping us and will draw attention away from you guys." As he said that Kian's group of soldiers came down the hall.
"What went wrong?" he asked. Albel explained and Kian swore, they told him the plan and he agreed. They gave orders to the bridge crew to assemble by the ramp. Once everyone was organized, Fayt took charge.
"Alright guys we going to try and secure the hangar. From there we will proceed to the bridge, a good portion of you will stay and secure the area. Alright let's go!!" He led the way off the ramp, and was met with immediate fire. He dodged and looked around, the hangar was teeming with soldiers.
"Nel, Albel!! You guys know what to do!!!" he yelled. He unsheathed his sword and run straight into the fray of soldiers. Nel and Albel followed closely behind him, as he cleared a path for them to run through. Albel hacked his sword from left to right until they reached a doorway branching off to the side. When Fayt saw them clear, he charged his blade with power and swung it like a jackhammer, sweeping multiple soldiers off their feet. Adray was quick at work working a ward around him from behind cover, with allied soldiers protecting him.
It was a bloody slugfest in the hangar. On either side of the huge hangar there were soldiers taking cover and shooting as they found opportunities. But Fayt's display of swodsmanship was unbelieveable. He was hacking, cleaving, and sweeping left to right. In the center of the hangar you saw a huge mass of gold and one lone soldier in the center totally wreaking havoc on their forces.
The Nedian troops began to back off, fearing the death blade 'Destroyer'. The Nedians were backing up against the far wall, forming a protective wall protecting the exit to the rest of the ship. Fayt looked menacingly at them as his men took defensive stances around him. "It seems like the whole ship is coming to greet us…excellent. Well it is all good, let's go!!!!!!!!" he yelled as he charged forward. The blaster bolts glanced off Adray's wards as he rushed forward. Adray took time to cast an explosion at the advance group and the soldiers caught in the blast screamed out.
Hurry up Nel and Albel he thought and sighed as he cut down his next foe.
"Alright, where the hell is the damn engine room!!!!" Albel yelled. They seemed to be lost in the huge ship. They were facing this door that said 'engine room'. Nel slapped him and she pointed at the door. "Oh," he said stupidly. They quietly stepped in. There was just one engineer in the room looking at one gauge on the wall. They crept towards him, and then Albel tapped his shoulder. "Hey pal!"
Then he turned around dumbly then Nel jumped up and then clubbed him on the head with her dagger.
Albel kicked his body, "useless fool, you would think they would have a stronger fool protecting the ship's engines."
"So how do we blow it up?" There were two huge tubes placed vertically on the wall, with green fluid coursing through it. There were numerous pipes on the wall, and the room was quite steamy.
"I have an idea!!!" Albel said excitedly. Albel pulled a thermal detonator from his belt and attached it to the tube. It blew up and caused the tubes to crack. A loud whimper sounded, probably from the engines.
"Well done, let's get to the shield generator room, it is right across the hall," Nel said.
"How did you find that out?" Nel pulled out a data disc that provided a floorplan of the entire ship.
"I snagged it off the dead engineer's body, not so useless after all huh?
"I guess," he scoffed as they dashed out the room.
"Hiya!!" Fayt yelled as he cut down this soldier. Except he was suddenly thrown off balance by a huge rock of the ship. He still smiled as was thrown back. Well done Albel, Nel. He looked up and was facing the shield wall separating space and the inside of the ship. He saw Commander Wifra's Sharktooth accompanied by her fleet. And then his Justice Avenger arrived shortly after with his fleet. It made him smile even more. As he was getting up he saw a man pointing his gun at him. The soldier was smiling but he suddenly shrieked in pain.
"Yeah take that yah bastard!!" Adray yelled, he had hit him with a lightning bolt. He helped him up and smiled. "Let's finish the mission, eh captain?"
"Yeah! Kian gather group and follow me, we are taking the bridge!!!"
"Oh Apris!!!!!!!!!" Nel yelled running from the room of blazing enfermo. Albel followed…they were being chased by a soldier.
"Check the map woman where we going now? We just took down the shields!!!!"
"I dunno, Fayt said that he was going after the bridge right??"
"Uh yeah…alright let's go then."
"One problem, what about skippy shooting like hell behind us?"
"Oh, I almost forgot about him," Albel turned around and took out his shotgun that he snagged from the men on the ship. The man sprinting behind them tried to slow down and turn the other way. Too late. Albel shot and the man was running into the blast but was suddenly violently flung backwards.
"You know, your recklessness does wonders sometimes," Nel said in awe.
"Why thank you, let's go to the bridge, the skipper is waiting." Nel scoffed and checked the map briefly, then took the lead.
"Man I am getting tired of this!!!" Fayt yelled as he cut down the last man defending the bridge.
"Of what?" Adray asked as he clubbed a man with his katana.
"Like fighting through hordes of men and taking over ships, it is getting kind of repetitive, you know us killing masses of them. I guess all in a day's work right?"
"Yeah I guess so, okay Commander Wifra's fleet has made contact. What are we gonna do now?"
"Well we have to contact Nel and Albel, they obviously accomplished their mission. Oh yeah, hey Kian program the ship to run a crash course into the other Nedian ships, then hardwire the bridge door so they can't get in."
"Right, I'll get onto it, come on boys you heard the man!" he gestured to his troops. As Fayt was trying to change his comm. link's channel Nel and Albel came through the bridge doors. They were examining the mangled mess of troops, probable killed by Fayt.
"Nice job you fool," Albel said. He continued to admire Fayt's handiwork.
"Good job you two, are there still a lot of soldiers about the ship?"
"Yes, but they are in total disarray and have no way of escaping, since we still have the hangar secured." Nel said.
"Good, alright make your way down to the hangar prep the ship and crew to leave, I'm just gonna wait for Kian to finish up."
Kian and his crew happened to be done as Fayt spoke and ushered them all out as he hard wired the door.
"No way they could get through that, we encrypted it with a complex 100 character code. The ship will be blown to smithereens by the time they decrypt it."
"Good job guys, we executed the mission well, all we have to do now is do well planetside," Fayt said. Everyone nodded and they began their trot towards the hangar.
When they reached the hangar they heard loud yelling and shots being fired.
"What the hell, I thought we had it secured!!" Fayt yelled. He took out his sword and the others followed him as they dashed into the hangar. They witnessed a scene of destruction. Numerous ships in the hangar were falling apart and two gigantic men in the center had their troops scattered across the hangar bay.
"Are those two of the 10?" Nel asked.
"Probably, I didn't expect them to be here," Albel said.
"Alright guys be on guard, these guys are strong and I don't want anyone to get hurt," Fayt said. "Kian, we'll distract the Wise Men, get to the ship and prep it to leave. Just in case we can't take them, we gotta be ready to fly."
"Yessir!!!" he replied. He took a quick salute and got to it. They ran across the hall when one of the huge men leapt at the group. Fayt quickly stepped up to deflect the blow. The Wise Man seemed surprised.
"Hmm, you're different, you seem stronger than these other weaklings," the man said. He wielded a gigantic ax, bigger than Fayt.
"What makes you say that?"
"No one has deflected any of my blows in centuries."
"Ah don't make him feel special Marsilio."
"Quiet Ruprecht just deal with the others, this one is mine."
"Alright, this should be quick," Ruprecht said. He brandished a thin longsword and a shotgun that hung on his hip. Albel smiled as he pulled out his katana and his shotgun he had grown to like.
Nel pulled out her daggers and Adray just assumed his normal stance. Ruprecht suddenly moved in a flash and tackled Adray against the wall with his whole body. He was out cold and blood trickled down Adray's neck.
Nel shouted in rage and she moved to attack him. Ruprecht swung his sword at Nel and she stopped it with her dagger, and then he clubbed her with his shotgun, it caught her shoulder hard and she staggered backwards. Ruprecht aimed to shoot her at point-blank but, Albel kicked the shotgun upwards. He held onto it but his arm seemed to freeze in the air. Albel lunged at the opening but Ruprecht parried with his sword.
Nel used the distraction to jump up and kick Ruprecht in the face. He staggered backwards and Albel shot him in the side with his shotgun.
"Damn you!!" he yelled out in agony as he was thrown backwards. Meanwhile Marsilio and Fayt were already in a battle only increasing in heat. Fayt was having difficulty getting a strike at Marsilio due to the size of his ax. It literally created a barrier between them. And Marsilio's strength was so great he wielded the ax with major speed as well.
He was beginning to tire so he simply sidestepped, dodging each blow. As Marsilio raised his ax to bring its full weight down on Fayt, Fayt quickly locked his weapon in the air by raising his sword to the ax. Then in a quick motion he quickly skimmed Marsilio's hand and aimed a strong sidekick at his stomach. He expected to get a good solid hit but was stopped by Marsilio's opposite hand. Then he brought his cut hand to twist Fayt in the air. Fayt was sent spiraling backwards, he quickly recovered and faced his opponent again. Marsilio had dropped his ax and was debating whether to fetch it yet or not.
Back to Nel and Albel's fight…Ruprecht stripped his armor off, it was only weighing him down. They saw how the shotgun shell had really torn apart his side. It was a bloody mangled mess, but he seemed to have shrugged it off.
"Damn, swole body!!" Albel exclaimed. Ruprecht really was huge and muscular, a lot like the other Wise Men.
"I swear Albel, I sometimes think you are gay," Nel said.
"Woman, I'm going to kill you once we have defeated this fool." Albel rushed forward again, in an attempt to strike the man still recovering. Ruprecht grinned evily, he lifted his shotgun, and shot it at the uncoming Albel. "Shit…" he whispered. He brought up his claw to defend himself. The blast tore off the claw but, it did protect him. He was flung backwards and it revealed his already damaged arm. He was also out cold.
"Albel! I'm gonna make you pay!!!" She used her flying guillotine skill and flung it at Ruprecht. Then she jumped on the swirling energy guillotine, and rode it towards Ruprecht. He got ready to block it, but then Nel jumped up. Ruprecht lost concentration and got caught by the guillotine. He staggered backwards a second time, it wasn't over, Nel brandished both her daggers and thrust them into his body as she landed. He still wasn't dead.
"Damn, why won't you die!!!!!!!" Nel yelled. She lost concentration and Ruprecht was already storming at her, he stabbed with his longsword, and luckily it hit her rib, it broke it but it didn't strike any major organs. She fell backwards and Ruprecht was already standing over her ready to deal the finishing blow, when she heard him scream out in pain again, She suddenly saw a katana sticking out his stomach.
"Payback is a bitch maggot," he said as he pulled the sword out. He screamed in agony and then fell on the floor. Albel slumped to the floor and fell crippled next to Nel. Ophelia came out of the ship with Kian and picked up Nel, Albel and Adray. As they were going back in she yelled at Fayt.
"Fayt, come on! Let's go the ship is ready!!"
"I'm a little busy here!!" he said as he parried another tremendous blow. Ophelia sighed and shook her head. "Come on Kian, he'll be ready to go once the ship is all powered up." Kian looked back and nodded as they pulled the three to the medical wing of the ship.
He parried a second blow but his arm was growing sore. I have to end this he thought as he sidestepped and dodged another blow. He threw a quick combo at him. He striked high, middle, and low in rapid sequence. He faked a strike to his head, and Marsilio fell for it and blocked upwards, and then Fayt plunged 'Destroyer' into his belly.
"Arghhh!!! You bastard!!!!!" he yelled. Fayt pulled out the sword and he gave Marsilio a quick peace sign as he boarded the ship. The ramp closed and Fayt was panting.
"Go now, go now!!!" he yelled into his comm. link. The ship's engines whirred to life and it shot out of the hangar.
"You won't get far!!" he yelled as he was about to fly out the hangar but suddenly he felt a hard rocking and the everything around him was beginning to blow up. "NOOO!!!! Indalecio…I'm sorry!!!!" The ship was crashing into another Nedian battleship. It was surely a sight to see. It caused the ship to crash into the next one, then the next one and then the next one, and so on. It eliminated a bulk of the Nedian ships. Soon the space forces were thinned out and they were scattered among the Allies' fleet.
"Make sure no ships escape, we can't have Nedian command to find out about this!!!" Fayt yelled into his comm. as he was walking to the bridge. Suddenly all the battleships began to fire mercilessly as the remnant ships. Fayt made it just in time to the bridge to watch the Justice Avenger tear apart the last Nedian ship. Fayt smiled grimly.
"Get me Commander Wifra," Fayt said tiredly. The troop nodded and opened a line with the Sharktooth. Wifra appeared on the main screen.
"You rang?" she asked simply. The bridge of the Sharktooth was hard at work behind her.
"Yeah, contact Gordon and prepare the invasionary force, I'm gonna go ahead and take my team in and try to land as stealthily as possible. Contact me when you can."
"Roger, over and out," she saluted to him and the screen blanked. He slumped in his chair and rubbed his temples. His head was throbbing like mad. He saw a flash of red hair and Ophelia was beside him.
"You ok?" she asked.
"Yeah, fine," he said with a yawn, as he straightened himself in his seat.
"I can take over for you while you get some rest in the Medical Wing. I'll wake you up when we land," she suggested.
Fayt quickly nodded and exited the bridge and slowly made his way to the Mediwing. I can't take this, taking all these lives, and even more over Nel, Albel and Adray got really hurt today. Oh well I gotta keep pushing through, everyone is relying on me, and if I am positive they'll be positive. And this will all be over when we get Maria back. Yeah. He was content and entered the medical wing. There were two nurses in the room tending to the injured. Nel and Albel especially, because they had certainly gotten a beating.
He fixed himself in a bed, and was out like a log.
To Be Continued... R&R
