When we last left off: Henry and his team went inside the palace to save the queen as well as a S.T.E.A.M. agent after they helped Milton. Meanwhile Robin and Lucina were about to look for the Hero King and the Radiant Hero but were ambushed by Prowlers. What will happen to all of them? Let's find out!

Chapter 5: Save the queen

"Those freaks sure made a mess of the place!" John said as the team entered the palace.

"Look over there!" Marth said pointing at someone standing on a crate.

A lion with red fur and a gun standing on two legs turned around to see the team.

"Is that a Laguz!?" Ike asked.

"Graawr! You took your sweet time!" The lion said.

"Is that….an alien?" John asked.

"Ha ha ha. Perhaps I should have warned you. S.T.E.A.M. maintains a diverse roster." The president said over the wireless. "Lion here is one of our top agents. He's strong, sturdy, and reliable. Don't be put off by his unusual appearance. He's a valuable ally."

"I suppose unusual is one way to put it." Ike replied.

"Don't let him get to you. I'm Henry, and this is John, Marth and Ike. It's a pleasure."

"Henry Fleming?" No introductions needed—I've read of your exploits! Good to have you aboard, my boy!" Lion said to the captain.

"You seem to be well known." Marth smiled.

"I kind of ended up making a name for myself during the civil war." Henry replied.

Lion took a closer look at Marth.

"Hey wait! You're one of those guys I saw earlier!"

"Pardon?"

"No wait. They had longer hair then you."

"What are you talking about?" John asked.

"I'll tell you once this room is a bit more alien free!" Lion said pointing out the enemies around them.

The team looked around to see a bunch of lizard shaped aliens with some kind of weapons.

One of the Prowlers threw a red object that exploded blowing the team away.

"Great." Henry grunted getting up "Looks like they're arming themselves with grenades. Spread out so they can't hit all of us at the same time!"

Lion used his Lion Launcher to send himself hurling onto a Prowler crushing it.

"Two can play that game!" John said blasting two of them with a grenade of his own.

Henry used the Medi-Carbine to heal the rest of the team as Marth and Ike finished off the remaining enemies with their swords.

"It's not over yet. There may be more upstairs" Henry called.

"The queen should be up there somewhere." Kathrine said over the wireless.

"We should proceed with caution." Marth said.

As they went up the stairs a one eyed Hound alien tried to ambush them and shoot ice shards from its tail but Marth deflected them with his sword and struck the creature down.

More Prowlers appeared and tried to attack them but John shot one with his Steam rifle on the purple light on its head while Lion did the same with a Steam crossbow.

Henry used his Eagle rifle to finish the last alien off.

"That's done it!" Lion cheered.

"Good work team!" Katherine said.

"Hey lion, what was that you were saying earlier about people you saw?" Henry asked.

"Oh yeah! I saw two people running down the halls earlier. They didn't hear me when I called to them so I tried to follow them but those creatures cut me off."

"You said one of them looked like me?" Marth asked.

"Yeah but they had long hair and their uniform looked a bit different." Lion said looking at Marth. "The other guy was wearing a black coat of some sort."

"It must be the ones Milton told us about! Do you know where they went?" Ike asked.

"Down that hall." Lion replied.

"We need to find them!" John said looking where Lion pointed.

"But our priority is to find the queen!" Lion told him.

Marth turned to Lion. "But we can't just leave them behind!"

"I agree. Henry, Marth and I can go look for them while you three get to the queen." Ike told the captain.

"Alright. Call us on the wireless if you find them." Henry replied.

"I'll…try to." Ike said awkwardly.

"Come on. It can't be that hard for you to figure out." Henry smirked.

"Well…we'll see." Ike sighed before he and Marth hurried down the hallway.

After heading up another staircase and across a couple halls Henry, John and Lion soon found the queen at the throne room.

"Your majesty, are you all right?" Henry asked the queen.

"Thank you all. We thought we were certain to rejoin our dearest Albert."

"This is Lion. We found the queen."

"Good work team. Hurry and get her to safety." The President called.

"Alien!" Lion warned.

The team turned to see a Prowler approach from the direction they came in with two Hounds behind it.

"You're majesty, get back!" Henry warned.

Lion launched himself at the Prowler crushing it and John and Henry destroyed the Hounds.

"Looks like the way we came in is out." John said.

"The palace is swarming with aliens, and it looks like the window's going to be your only safe way out." Kathrine said over the wireless.

"Got it. Lion you and I will take point, John watch the queen." Henry said readying his rifle.

Marth thrusted his rapier into a Prowler's forehead while Ike crushed a Hound with his Urvan.

"These things keep coming!" Ike growled.

"Wait, listen!" Marth said.

Ike stopped and heard footsteps coming toward them from around the corner.

"Let's go!" Ike said running ahead of Marth.

They hurried around the corner and to the source of the sound to see a man in a black coat with a wound on his chest panting heavily holding an unconscious woman in his arms.

Marth and Ike ran up to him.

"Thank the gods….I found you…" Robin said weakly.

"Are you Robin!? What happened!?" Marth asked the man.

Robin handed Lucina to Marth.

"Please…take her… somewhere safe….."

"What about you!? Are you alright!?" Ike asked.

"Please…save her…I beg of…you…"

Robin began to collapse but Ike caught him before he hit the ground.

"Damn! He's badly wounded!" Ike said looking at the gash on Robin's chest.

"So is his friend!" Marth said looking at the woman in his arms.

Marth set Lucina down and tried to heal her and Robin with his Falchion.

"Can you heal them?" Ike asked.

"Not completely. But this should be enough to keep them alive."

Ike looked at Robin.

"He must have strained his injury when he carried her here."

"We need to get them out of here!" Marth said sheathing Falchion.

"Right!" Ike agreed pressing buttons randomly on his earpiece. "How do you use this blasted thing? Hello! Can anyone hear me!? Hello!?"

"Relax, we hear you loud and clear Ike." John said over the wireless sounding irritated.

"Yeah, perhaps a bit too loud!" Lion added.

Henry sighed. "Maybe I was wrong."

"Er…sorry." Ike said rather embarrassed.

"Well, never mind that. Did you find them?" Henry asked.

"Yes, but they are both injured! Marth did what he could but we need to get them medical attention!"

"Ok. We found the queen and are on our way out. Break through the first window you find and head for the Liberty!"

Ike and Marth looked at the window in front of them and saw aliens approaching it blocking their way.

"Marth, grab the girl and get behind me." Ike said lifting Robin over his shoulder with one hand and picking up Urvan with the other.

Marth nodded and lifted Lucina in his arms.

Lion busted thought a window crushing the aliens under him as he landed with Henry following suit and John close behind him carrying the queen on his back.

As soon as the landed on the ground Henry checked his wireless.

"Ike, we just got outside! Where are you now?"

"Close!"

"How close?"

As if on cue Ike bashed through the window behind him carrying Robin over his shoulder with Marth right behind him carrying Lucina.

"About that close." Ike smirked.

"Are these the ones you saw Lion?" Marth asked.

"Yeah! Are they alright?"

"They'll be fine for now but we need to get them out of here!" Ike said before the team ran towards the road.

More Hounds followed behind and started shooting at the team.

"Really? More running?" John asked.

"What's the matter? Getting rusty?" Lion teased.

"Watch it, hairball…." John grumbled.

Ike and Henry couldn't help but grin trying to suppress laughter.

"Sorry for all the bother." The queen said from John's back.

"No need to apologize." Marth said from behind.

"Yeah, all in a day's work ma'am." Henry said behind him. "Now hold on tight. This could get rough."

The Hounds continued to fire at the team as the Liberty dropped a latter behind them and they all hurried back aboard the ship.

What will happen next now that our heroes saved the queen? Will Robin and Lucina recover? Why am I asking you guys when I am the one who knows all the answers? Find out all this (Except that last one. Good lord knows the answer to that last one.) And more next time!