"I'm going to kill him. The moment I see him, I'm going to make his nerves turn into thermite, and laugh in rhythm with his screams!" Shiva swore, furiously throwing a box of ammo into a wall. Yoda sat in a Full-Lotus on the floor as Siberus and him watched Shiva lose his cool. When Yoda felt Drake take off in the Light Lancer, and discovered the five monks he had to kill to escape with it, he went right to Shiva. And the outlook of this was bleak. Drake with Crislin means Crislin had advance warning, and with his limitless resources, Drake could execute whatever plan he had in mind. Plus an army of Predators complicated the issue...

"We'll need more help than a couple thousand monks and some weapons. We may have numbers, but they are not borne of war. They won't make good troops." Shiva surmised. Yoda nodded in agreement. "Suggests we surrender Siberus-"

"I would rather die than surrender to them! How could you even consider-"Shiva interjected with venom.

"Your temper, you must control. If so, then know you will that Siberus suggests we trick our way in. Accept us, Drake will. Earn his trust, we must then do. From inside, crumble will his power." Yoda counter-interjected. Shiva stopped and blew air out of his mouth, and considered it. After a bit his mouth dipped into a frown. "Are you sure Drake will not just kill us on the spot?"

"Certain, nothing is. Our best chance, it seems. Trust in justice of the Force, we must." Shiva ran his hand across his head. "I don't like this, trusting in a 'Force' to help win. We should invest in a plan in case this fails."

"To sometimes win, all or nothing you must go. Full force must be assembled, for Drake to most likely believe us. Any secrets, he will find," Yoda sighed. "A good position, we are not in."

****A Day Later****

"So you just surrender?" Drake asked with incredulity. He, Dunnovoocha, and James stood in front of Yoda and Shiva's whole army in charcoal black cloaks, hoods over their heads. The two Sith Apprentices surveyed for trickery amongst the troops while Drake made the questions; a whole army of Predators lay underneath the ground in case of an attack.

Yoda continued the ruse however. "Foolish to attack you, it would be. What victory would it bring anyway? Better to let the world run handicapped, than decapitate it completely."

Drake eyed Yoda. "Bold phrases. I do not believe you though."

"Believe, you do not have to do. Accept though, you must."

Drake was silent for a moment. The wind whistled and picked up speed as grey clouds moved in. In the distance, flashes of internal lightning exploded. Yoda turned towards it, and after a couple seconds he cracked a smile. "Nice trick."

Drake raised his eyebrows and turned into the distance. Thunder boomed as he finally spoke. "I did not do that purposely. I find my feelings are able to influence forces around me."

"How appropriate then." Yoda replied. Drake gave Yoda a fake smile. "Fine, you may join us. Perhaps you've come around. Perhaps you wish to take us on from the inside. Either way, it was getting boring around here, and there is something I must talk to you about."

He snapped a finger and the door to Crislin's new fortress opened. Without further ado, Drake turned around, and headed back. Yoda and Shiva shared a look, and went inside. But unbeknownst to Drake, someone else saw them heading inside. From the foothills tens of miles away, a lone soldier watched with a pair of binoculars, and a Sound Catcher. The portable relay was clipped to her shoulders, and could catch voice frequencies from up to 100 miles away. With her headset, she heard everything, and saw everything.

What she saw worried her.

"Come on, give me the signal..." she prayed. As if he heard her, just as Yoda went in, he balled his hand into a fist, and then shot out two fingers. The door closed right behind him a moment later, but Drizzle caught it.

She smiled, and nodded. Big Daddy was on her side, and he had gave her the signal. Bringing out her wristpad, she spoke, "Ignition, it's time. Big Daddy is in posititon. Codename: Messiah."

From out of the storm a massive flotilla of cloaked gunships landed. The doors opened, and Mouse jumped out before hugging Drizzle tightly. "Glad you made it!"

Drizzle scoffed. "Please, nothing kills me. Sorry I had to split so suddenly when the Predators came, but I couldn't get back. And everyone was gone was I had returned to the hideout." Alamo came up behind them "Big Daddy's in there?" Drizzle nodded. Alamo shook his head. "This is going to be a great thing on our resumes'. 'Saved the world'" Mouse said as he looked into the sky. Alamo and Drizzle smiled while the remaining members of DragonDen came. Ignition gave a look at the looming fortress. At 3000 feet tall, massive spires pointed towards sky. Gun turrets patrolled the air and watched the ground, and numerous hangers pockmarked the place. It was the definition of impenetrable.

"Oh boy..." Mouse said as they all checked it out.

"How the hell are we supposed to get in?" Ignition asked with resignation.

"We wait. Big Daddy is working on a plan, but us just attacking outright will not help him." Drizzle stated. Aresole returned from his scouting, out of breath. "Guys, we have a BIG problem."

"You mean the Universe still isn't done with us?" Mouse groaned and sat on the ground.

"Not quite. It would appear that Arswatt and Anatricla are on their way with the US Army to put Crislin under arrest for crimes against humanity."

"You're not serious!" Ignition yelled. Drizzle was confused. "Wait, why is that so bad?"

"Think about it. Bullets against light-sabers! And these guys don't know BD is undercover, they'll shoot at everyone. It'll be a massacre...for the US."

"Then we have to move now..." Drizzle concluded. She grabbed her Barrette .75 Cal, Custom.

"Aresole, tell the army that everyone not a machine is on their side. We'll buy time for you so they can make it in, since they'll have more firepower than we do." Ignition ordered. He checked his pistol for extra rounds.

"I doubt that." A burly soldier named Obliterate said as he started up his mini-gun. Ignition flashed his eyebrows. "Well how do we get in with the least casualties possible? Suggestions?" he asked.

Mouse put a grenade in his FPL Grenade Launcher. "We knock. Grenade-style." he said with a grin, and took mcok-aim towards the door."

"Hey Aresole, got any more smoke grenades?"

Three more chapters left, plus two Epilogues, and then it's sadly bye-bye until the next fiction. Just to clarify, when Yoda turned and cracked a smile, he had seen Drizzle, and that was why he smiled. Just wanted to put that in there. Thanks a ton for the reviews, and I'll upload the next chapter either later tonight, or tomorrow. Take care guys!-LLL