We are approaching the holidays! Who else is exited? By the way I'm kind of late with saying this but this fanfic besides giving away the plot of Code Name S.T.E.A.M. also has spoilers for Fire emblem awakening sooooooo yeah if those of you that haven't played that game yet (both of you.) and don't want the story ruined for you may want to play the game first before you start reading. Also I'm sorry to say that this chapter came out shorter then I would like. When we last left off: Robin and Lucina recovered and told their new friends that they are from a distant future of Marth and Ike's world and now the Liberty is being attacked. What will happen next? Let's find out!

Chapter 7: The Fires Below

Henry landed in a bush from the Liberty with the rest of the team behind him. (With Robin and Lucina recovering from the shock from being launched like cannonballs.)

Robin grunted after he got out of the bush. "I can't help but think there has to be a safer way to dispatch a team."

"They could at least stop shooting us into bushes." John grumbled.

The team looked around the area until they heard the Liberty take another hit.

"We can't take much more of this! Neutralize the alien artillery before it destroys the Liberty!" the president yelled over the wireless. (Causing Robin and Lucina who just received wireless earpieces from Katherine to jump.)

"You'll get used to it." Ike reassured them.

BOOM

Another chunk of ice hit the ship.

"Henry, it came from behind that building!" Robin called pointing.

"Alright! Let's move!"

Before the team could take one step further Lucina called to them.

"Look out!"

The team looked up and jumped out of the way in time to avoid a huge chunk of ice about to land on them.

"Ain't that the same artillery that's attacking the ship?" John asked.

"What!? Imposable!" Lion panicked "How could they know we're here already!?"

"Look!"

The team turned to what Marth was pointing at. A floating red eyeball with blue tentacles under in.

"What is that?" Henry asked.

"It appears to be…An eye." Kathrine said over the wireless. "I get a feeling it might be spotting for the alien artillery."

"Oh great." John murmured.

Henry shoot at it but it teleported a few feet away.

"Damn it's pretty fast!"

Henry was about to fire again when Robin stopped him.

"Wait, look!"

The eye was now green and was blindly looking around.

"It seems to have forgotten that we're here…."

"Alright let's try to stay out of its sight." Henry called to the team.

"Henry, lets split up the team and meet in front of the building. If we move in smaller groups it won't spot us so easily. Well also could move faster."

"Good idea Robin. You're pretty sharp." Henry said impressed with Robin's quick thinking.

"Robin is the tactician of my father's army. He's very reliable." Lucina said to him.

"A tactician huh? Sounds like we can count on you with the quick thinking. Care to pick out the teams then Robin?"

"Alright. Lucina and I will go through the main path. King Marth will go with Lord Ike under that structure while the rest of you will use that ramp to get on top of it."

"Alright let's go." Henry said.

"Be careful everyone. And Robin."

"Yes, sire?"

"You may call me Marth."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course." The king said with a smile. "I want my allies to think of me as a friend before a king or a leader."

"Same here, just Ike is fine. I never cared much for formalities." Ike told them.

Robin and Lucina stared at them in surprise.

"Let's move everyone." Ike called.

"They are just like my father." Lucina said to Robin once the others left.

"Yeah. And like Tiki said Marth is quick to smile despite the situation. The einherjar did an okay job mimicking them but the real Marth and Ike are even more amazing."

Meanwhile….

Ike and Marth hid in the narrow pathway between the beams supporting the structure above them that Henry, John and Lion ran up on.

Henry shoot a Prowler with his rifle while lion pounced on a Hound.

Soon a bunch of aliens charged at them.

"Get back!" John called to the team.

John stepped in front of them. Suddenly his mechanical hand moved into his arm and a giant gold hammer came out.

"And down comes the hammer!"

With great force John swung the hammer on top of an alien squashing it with the shockwave destroying the other enemies next to it.

"Not bad!" Lion smiled.

"Was that the upgrade you said you got earlier?" Henry asked.

"Sure is!" Took a while but it was well worth the wait!"

They moved on ahead until Lion noticed something.

"Look, a steam cannon."

Henry noticed a group of Hounds and Prowlers in front of the building the team was going to meet at and hatched a plain.

"Lion, get in the cannon and John get your Bear Grenade. I'm going to help clear the enemies in front of the building out of the way for the others while you two cover us."

"You got it." John said as he got out his grenade launcher.

Marth and Ike destroyed more aliens with their swords as they approached the building. Soon they meet up with Robin and Lucina.

"Are you two alright?" Marth asked using his Falchion to heal all four of them.

"Yeah thanks. We managed to sneak past that eye and deal with the enemies around it but it looks like the building is heavily guarded." Robin said looking at all the enemies in front of the entrance.

BOOM

The four turned around to see the remains of a Hound that was trying to sneak up on them.

They looked on top of the structure near them to see John and Lion giving them a wave and a carefree smile.

"What kind of weapon is that?" Ike asked.

"A steam cannon." Henry said as he approached them. "But I doubt it can reach the aliens in front of the building."

Robin called John and Lion with the wireless.

"John, Lion get down here as soon as you're done with the aliens trailing us."

"Roger." Lion called

"Can the rest of you get their attention and lure them into this narrow pathway?" Robin asked looking into an alleyway.

"Why? There's no room to fight in there. We won't last long." Henry told Robin.

"Trust me, I've got an idea."

The team slowly approached the aliens and Lucina shoot one with Nidhogg while Henry killed one with his rifle. As soon as the monsters noticed them they ran back to towards the pathway with the aliens chasing them.

"I hope Robin knows what he's doing!" Ike said.

"Have faith in him. He won't let anyone die." Lucina told him.

Soon they ran into the alleyway with the aliens following them.

"Now what?" Marth asked Robin.

"Get behind me!" Robin said holding a yellow tome.

As soon as he knew all of the enemies were in the anyway everything was in place.

"Checkmate!"

Robin held out an open palm at the aliens and lightning surrounded him.

"THORON!"

A large bolt of lightning shoot out of his hand and priced through the aliens destroying all of them in one move.

"That's that." Robin smiled closing his tome.

"That was incredible Robin! That kind of magic puts any magician I've ever seen to shame!" Henry said to the tactician.

"So that's why you wanted them in this narrow pathway. So you could get them all at once without giving them a chance to avoid the attack." Marth said.

"Clever plain." Ike smiled.

"Like I said Robin won't let anyone down." Lucina smiled.

"Thanks." Robin said putting his tome away. "That should be all of them. Let's meet up with John and Lion."

Good glory that was short and lame. Sorry I'm trying to make the ones I'm currently on more exiting. (I just finished chapter 18 by this upload.) In the meantime. What awaits at the other side of that building? Will our friends destroy the artillery in time? Who is better in smash between Marth, Lucina and Roy? Find out all this (Except that last one because a lot of you would hate me and thinking about it that's more of an opinion question then anything.) And more next time!