There we go! Finally I got an update on a Saturday! Last time on Code Name FE: S.T.E.A.M. running out of options to confront the aliens have decided to search for the Necronomicon. An ancient book that may help them find a way to defeat them. What will happen next? Let's find out!

Chapter 17: White house, Black magic

"We've got enemy aircraft incoming!" Kathrine warned.

Tiger Lily looked out the window. "We can't get the Liberty any closer."

"And time is short. You will have to deploy from here." The president said.

"The ground's gonna be crawling with uglies." John said.

"Perhaps you could use the tunnel…."

"Tunnel?"

"An escape route, intended only for emergencies. There's no reason you couldn't use it to sneak into the White house."

"I've never heard anything about that." Milton said.

"It's kept secret. Only presidents and my new secret service have ever known of it. The tunnel was actually built along with the White house itself, in John Adams's day."

"I'd certainly call this an emergency." Henry said.

"Well let's see. The fate of the world depends on whether or not we get to this book on time. Yes I think an "emergency" is one thing we can call it." Ike joked.

"Exactly!" Lion said.

"The secret vault is underground to." Randolph told them. "If all goes well, we can claim the book without being seen."

Fox smiled. "They will never know we were there."

"Aw, shucks. I was rarin' for a fight!" Tom smirked

"You may just get your chance yet, Tom!" Scarecrow said.

"He's right." Robin told the team. "We can't let our guard down. The may be waiting for us."

"I agree." Lucina added. "I have an uneasy feeling about this."

"Let them come. I ready." Queequeg smirked.

"As am I." Marth said placing a hand on Falchion.

"I'll guide you to the tunnel's entrance." The president said. "Now, get me that book!"

"Sir, yes, sir!"

"So this is the tunnel." Henry said.

"Yes. When it was first built it was a dark tunnel but since then we've expanded it and put in a railroad." The president replied.

"Then the Necronomicon is just ahead?" Lucina asked.

"Yes. Take the tunnel until you're under the White house." Kathrine told the team.

"Tom, duck!" Henry yelled.

Tom barely dodged a Prowler's attack.

Lucina and Fox shoot it right in the head.

"Are you alright Tom?" Lucina asked.

"Just swell, thanks!"

"Nice shot." Fox said.

"I have your advice to thank for that." Lucina smiled. "I won't let my doubts keep me from fighting for my father and all of you."

"Oh, your family fights crime as well?" Fox asked.

"My father has always fought for the peace for the world."

"I see. I myself have dedicated my life to helping the poor. It is a family tradition."

"I suppose we have a lot in common." The princess smiled.

"We should probably save the backstory and hurry on don't you think?" Randolph told them.

"Right."

Soon the team went into a doorway and found a room full of barrels.

"They could be hiding anywhere." Henry said.

"Hey, Henry. Aren't those the same explosives we used when we first meet?" Ike asked pointing to a red barrel.

Henry looked at it and then grinned.

"I think I got an idea."

Soon he led his team towards the doorway they came in.

"Tom, Professor, Scarecrow. Place some bait and mines in front of us."

Soon the doorway was filed with meat, candy and mines.

"Okay. Everybody go hide."

Soon the team did as instructed.

Henry shot at the explosive barrel causing it to explode and then went to hide.

The aliens that weren't caught in the blast ran around searching for their attackers. Soon they came upon the meat and candy.

They approached the bait and triggered the mines.

BOOM

Soon all that was left was a lone Berserker.

"Now!"

The team emerged from there hiding places and shot at the Berserker until the monster was destroyed.

"That did the trick!" Scarecrow said.

"Great plan Henry." Marth said with a smile.

"Now we can move on." John said.

As the team went back into the room Lucina noticed a crack in the wall and stopped in front of it.

"Lucina? What's wrong?" Robin asked.

The princess put her ear against the wall.

"I can hear footsteps."

Henry walked up the wall and knocked his fist against it a couple times.

"John blow this wall down."

The man shoot a grenade at the wall causing it to explode.

Behind it a staircase was revealed.

"I'll bet one of them are hiding somewhere in there." Ike said.

"Robin and Marth you two go after it. We will proceed through the main route." Henry said.

Marth and Robin nodded as they went on ahead.

Henry's team continued down the path to a railroad.

"Just across that track is the entrance to the White house." Kathrine told them.

"Looks like they have guards in front of it." John said.

"Do you think they know that the book is here?" Tiger Lily asked.

"Even if they know that it is in the Whitehouse they shouldn't know where exactly it is." Randolph told the team. "And even then they still need time to get through the security."

"We need to hurry." Queequeg said.

"Agreed. Let's go!" Henry ordered.

The team approached the railroad slowly.

Once she was close enough Fox shoot at the two Prowlers from a distance instantly killing them.

"Is someone keeping score?"

"I think that may be the least of our concerns." Henry said. "Incoming!"

Soon the team was surrounded by more aliens.

Extra parts appeared on Fox's Fox rifle including a green guiding laser and a bigger point transforming her weapon.

"Come and get me, if you dare!"

She shoot a Berserker instantly killing it.

The rest of the team fought back with her but no matter how many they defeated the aliens kept coming.

"They're everywhere!" Lion said.

"Their attack patterns are well organized." Ike said. "They must be taking orders from a leader."

"It must be hiding in that hidden area Marth and Robin went in!" Scarecrow told him.

"Marth, Robin this is Henry! Were surrounded by aliens and believe that they have a Commander hiding somewhere! Find and eliminate it immediately!"

"Three steps ahead of you there Henry!" Robin told him.

A Commander blocked Marth's Falchion with its weapon.

"Now!"

At Robin's signal Marth moved out of the way to dodge a fire ball that hit the alien right in the face.

"Let us finish this!" Marth said.

Robin drew his Levin sword and they stabbed the alien.

The monster fell.

"This is Marth. We defeated the commander."

"Good. Looks like the attack is slowing down." Henry replied.

"Alright. We will search the area and meet up with you latter."

While he was talking the Commander raised its arm and pointed its weapon at Marth.

"Watch out!"

Robin pushed Marth out of the way and took the hit to the chest and was sent flying to the ground.

Before hitting the ground Robin shoot another fire spell at the Commander. After that everything went black.

The next thing Robin saw was Marth running to him.

"Are you all right?" He asked as he helped his friend up. "That's the end of him." he said as they looked at the shards of ice that were once the Commander.

"Thanks to you we can rest easy now."

Robin suddenly suffered a massive headache.

Marth looked at the pained expression on his face.

"What's wrong!? Hey! Hang on!"

Marth's Falchion glowed and started to heal the wound on Robin's chest. His headache died down slightly.

"This is just like….!"

Robin backed away from Marth.

"What's wrong?" Marth asked looking at the panicked look on Robin's face.

Robin looked at his hand and was relieved that he wasn't about to cast magic on Marth against his will.

"Robin?"

His attention redirected at Marth who placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Sorry, it's nothing."

"It doesn't look that way." Marth said looking at him.

Robin sighed realizing that he wouldn't successfully hide anything from him.

"After you and Ike rescued me and Lucina back at Buckingham palace I had a dream of a battle similar to this with Chrom against a man named Validar."

"And?"

"After the battle I hand a headache. The next thing I knew I….I killed Chrom."

"I….see. That would explain why you looked tormented in your sleep. You shouldn't worry though. It was just a dream. Nothing more."

"But I had the exact same dream multiple times in the past."

Marth was silent.

"I….I can't help but worry that it might actually happen! It felt so real! I even saw the Fire Emblem glow with all the gemstones in it before I killed him!"

"The Fire Emblem!? What do you think this Validar plans to do with it!?" Marth asked.

"I know that he worships the Fell Dragon Grima."

"Grima? The monster that destroyed Lucina's future?"

"Yeah….maybe he is plains on using it to revive that monster….maybe that's also how he controlled me…."

"Where is the Emblem now?" Marth asked.

"Chrom has it. It currently has four gemstones. We were trying to locate the last one before Lucina and I were brought to this world."

Marth thought for a moment.

"I think I have an idea."

"What?"

Marth whispered in his ear….

"I see….but Validar probably has spies watching us. If we do that then…."

"Is there anyone in your army that you think they wouldn't be spying on? Or someone who can do it without being noticed?"

Robin thought for a moment.

"Maybe Gaius? He was an expert thief. Or perhaps Kellam? No one would ever notice him. Nobody ever seemed to. Or maybe…."

Robin eyes light up as he remembered someone. Someone Robin was secretly keeping touch with. Someone that everyone else in the army believed to be dead. Someone who agreed to play dead and stay in the shadows in case they needed a backup plain.

"Thought of someone?' Marth asked smiling at the look in Robin's eye.

The tactician smiled himself.

"I think I have. Thank you Marth. I believe I know what I am going to do as soon as Lucina and I get back to our world and time."

"I am glad that I can help." Marth replied.

"One thing though. Please promise me that you won't say a word about this to anyone."

"Not even Lucina?"

"Especially not her. I don't want to make her or anyone else worry about me."

"Very well. You have my word."

"Thank you Marth."

"That should be the last of them." Lucina said after she drew her sword out of a Prowler.

"That wasn't easy thought…." John groaned.

The battle left the team beat up and tired.

"Healing wind!"

A red bird flew around them dropping green dust on them healing the team's injures.

"Thanks Tiger Lily. Now we just need to wait for..."

Boom

Henry was interrupted as a wall exploded and Marth and Robin walked out.

"Never mind then."

"Is everyone alright?" Marth asked.

"We're fine know." Lion said.

The team looked at the doorway in front of them.

"This is the entrance." Kathrine told them. "You're clear to move up into the White house."

"Alright. The professor, John, Tom, Robin, Lucina and I are going in." Henry said. "The rest of you keep our way out secure."

"Yes sir!"

Those of you who have played Awakening should know what this plan Marth mentioned is about but I figured I should cut that out for those who don't know what I'm talking about to avoid spoilers. So that was chapter 17. Will our heroes get the Necronomicon in time? What can the Necronomicon possibly do to help? Why dose Necronomicon sound like a Yu-gi-oh card? Find out all this (Good glory I'm such a nerd.) and more next time!