CORRIN FROM FATES JOINS SMASH 4 TODAY! YEEEEEEEEEEEEES! (Oh, and Bayonetta) In the meanwhile. Last time on Code name FE: Henry and his friend are preparing to find the source of the aliens called The Great Shuggeuth but their hidden base is now under attack! What will they do? Let's find out!
Chapter 20: Sabotage
The team meet in front of the gate.
"How did they locate us so fast?" Lion asked.
"The retrofit crews have reported seeing a "Ghost" aboard the Liberty." The president said.
"A ghost?" Henry asked. "Do you think it could be an alien?"
"It is possible that we could have acquired an alien stowaway in the attack on the capital."
"That would explain how they found us." Robin said.
"We should split up the team." Henry said. "Lion, Tom, Queequeg, Fox, Califia, Marth and Ike, you guys guard the base and see if you can find this stowaway. We will deal with the attack force."
"Yes sir!"
Soon the gates opened for the team and they walked outside.
As they passed by a pile of metal it got up and turned to them.
"One moment, if you please!"
The team spun around to see a man made of gold metal with blue hair and a mustache as well as a gun with a turtle on it.
"Allow me to accompany you!"
Scarecrow smiled. The rest of the team was shocked into silence.
"Fascinating." Randolph said.
Henry checked the wireless.
"Mr. President, what is this? Some kind of wind-up machine man?"
"Watch who you're calling a machine!" Scarecrow said. "He's an old friend of Lion's and mine!"
"This is Tin man, another of S.T.E.A.M.'s uniquely talented agents." The president said. "He was a woodcutter before his….incident."
"Oh, you mean he's human? Sorry, friend. I'm Henry. Glad to meet you."
"Please, it is nothing." Tin man said. "I do not blame you for thinking me an unfeeling machine. But it is my heart's desire to help you defeat the vile alien menace."
"Then we are glad to have you with us. I'm Robin and this is Lucina, John, Tiger Lily, and Carter. And you've already meet Scarecrow and Henry."
"Professor." Randolph said.
The team sighed.
"It is a pleasure." Tin man said.
Lucina looked around.
"It looks like the enemy can be hiding anywhere. Where do we start?"
"We have confirmation of two alien "Queen" units." Kathrine said.
"If we can destroy them, then the attack will die down." Robin said.
"But where do we look? Lucina's right, they can be anywhere!" Tiger Lily said.
"Heads up!" John said.
Soon Crashers started to drop down near them.
"Robin, Lucina these ones are explosive! Don't use you're swords!" Henry warned.
Robin brought out his fire tome and Lucina brought out Nidhogg.
The team fired repeatedly at the aliens but they just kept coming.
"We won't last long at this rate!" Tiger Lily said.
"I've got an idea!" Scarecrow said. "Everyone gather here!"
The team did as instructed and they gathered to Scarecrow as he explained his plain.
Soon more Crashers were upon them.
"Now, Tin man!" Scarecrow said.
"From my heart to yours!"
Tin man's chest glowed and he unleashed a massive amount of steam from his steam pack that surrounded the area.
The aliens were blinded until it cleared.
Then they realized that the team was nowhere to be seen.
The confused aliens decided to look around.
Meanwhile the Henry, John, Scarecrow and Tin man looked from the side of the canyon wall they climbed.
"That was close." John said.
"This is Henry. Can anyone hear me?"
"We hear you." Lucina replied.
"Is everyone alright? John, Scarecrow and Tin man are with me."
"Good. The rest of us got out too." Robin said.
"Nice trick there Tin man!" John said. "It even refiled our steam tanks!"
"It was nothing." The man smiled. "My Steam Projector can also transfer my steam to your tanks. If you need any more you can have mine."
"Are you sure?" Henry asked.
"Of course. You can use it better than I can. Besides my steam tank can produce steam faster than yours."
"So what know?" Scarecrow asked.
"Robin, take your team and start searching for the Queens. Look for giant pod monsters with spider legs." Henry said.
"Alright. Be careful." The tactician replied.
"You too."
Robin turned to his team.
"We should get going."
They climbed further up the mountain.
Suddenly Robin and Lucina grabbed Randolph and Tiger Lily and pulled them behind a rock.
Tiger Lily glared at them. "What are you—!?
Robin put a finger on his lip to signal her to be quiet.
They slowly peaked from their hiding place to see a flying bird-like alien fly past them.
"Fascinating. A Shrike." Randolph said.
"What?" Lucina asked.
"That is what we are calling that species. It is said that these entities, which are capable of traveling through outer space, are in the service of Hastur, the so-called Unspeakable. If only there were some way to transform their ability into concrete technology…."
"Too bad Miriel and Laurent aren't here." Robin whispered to Lucina with a smile. "They could talk with this guy for hours."
Lucina giggled at the thought.
"This is Tigger Lily. It looks like they have flying aliens patrolling the area."
"Got it. We'll be careful." Henry responded.
The team continued until they saw a thin wooden beam and jumped down to it. They followed down the narrow path until they found a red Queen monster hiding in a hole in the wall.
"That must be it." Tiger Lily said.
Suddenly more Crashers came out of it and ran down the narrow pathway towards them.
"The enemy is close! Too close!" Randolph panicked.
The team shot at the monsters one by one causing them to explode but more kept coming at them.
"They just keep coming!" Tiger Lily said.
"Wait! Stop shooting! Robin said.
"What? Why?" Randolph asked.
"Let them come to us." Robin said getting out his Thoron tome.
The Queen spawned more and more Crashers as they came towards them.
"Robin, they'll swarm us at this rate!" Tiger Lily said.
"Wait…"
Soon the one in front was halfway down the path.
"Any day now, Robin!" Randolph said.
"Wait…"
Soon they were a few feet away.
"Now!"
Tiger Lily shot the one in front of them.
The monster exploded and caught the alien behind it in the explosion causing the one behind to explode.
Like a stack of dominoes they exploded one by one until the one in front of the Queen exploded.
The Queen was left dazed from the blast. Its shell slightly opened reviling its purple body.
"Ignis!"
Suddenly flower petals flew around Robin.
"Thoron!"
Robin who was focusing all of his power shoot a massive bolt of lightning at the Queen.
The attack burned a hole in the alien's body as it cried out in pain before it turned to ice and shattered.
"Most impressive!" Randolph smiled.
Suddenly Robin started to collapse.
"Robin!"
Lucina grabbed him before he hit the ground.
"Are you okay?" Tiger Lily said.
"Just….tired." The tactician said breathing heavily.
"This is Carter. We eliminated a Queen."
"Robin's exhausted thought from using some powerful form of magic." Tiger Lily added.
"Alright." Henry responded. "Take him back to the base. We can deal with the other queen."
"Yes sir."
"I'm sorry." Robin said as Lucina and Randolph each put an arm around their shoulders and helped him walk.
"What for?" Lucina smiled. "You destroyed one of the queens on your own. This is the least we can do."
"The rest is up to us then!" Scarecrow said.
"Right. We should hurry." Henry said.
Soon they approached an area of soft dirt.
"Wait. Do you hear something?" John asked.
"It's coming from underground." Tin man said.
Scarecrow shot a pumpkin stunner at the ground and waited for it to detonate.
Four dazed Lurkers appeared from the ground.
"Oh, a hostile!" Scarecrow said. Before shooting them with a Nail Gun. "Guess I was the sharper one! Get it?"
"More of them can be hiding anywhere." John said.
"Approach slowly team." Henry said.
After crossing the field the found the Queen on top of a boulder.
"That's the queen! Let's take her down!" Henry said.
The team fired at the queen and it spawned more Crashers.
"Here come more uglies!" John warned.
While Henry John and Scarecrow fired at the aliens Tin man used his steam projector to refill their steam tanks.
Suddenly the queen charged at them.
"I think we made it angry!" John said.
"Look out!" Henry yelled.
Bang
Tin man shoot it with his Steam Musket.
"Sadly unavoidable..."
"Nice shoot Tin man!" Scarecrow smiled.
"Yeah. Maybe you should save you're steam for yourself." Henry said.
"It was nothing you couldn't do. Besides I prefer to avoid violence if necessary. My steam would be put to better use by you." Tin Man replied.
"If you say so." The captain said.
"John here. We took down the other Queen."
"Good work! There pulling back!" Kathrine reported.
"We're on our way back to the Boiler room." Henry said.
Henry's group entered the base and the gates closed behind them.
Lion was the first to greet the newcomer.
"Tin man! It's been too long old pal!"
"It certainly has Lion! It brings my heart good joy to see you again!"
"You okay there Robin?" John asked looking at the man siting against the wall.
"I'm fine. Sorry if I made you worry."
"Looks like we chased them off." Henry said to the president.
"Hm. So it would seem, but we can't be sure…."
Pshhhhh
"What's that?!" The President asked.
The team turned to see a Prowler ripping a pipe apart.
"Sabotage!" The President yelled.
The alien pointed its weapon at them but Henry grabbed the monster and punched it in the face
"Looks like we found our ghost!" He said.
The Prowler got up and pointed its weapon at Henry and the President.
Then its eye caught something next to them. An explosive barrel.
The President turned to what the alien pointed its weapon at and his eyes widened.
"Look out!"
The Prowler fired at the barrel just as the President grabbed Henry by the shoulder and threw him out of the way. He tried to back away from the barrel himself but it was too late.
BOOM
Henry saw as the president turned to him and smiled before he was caught in the blast.
The Prowler aimed at Henry but Ike blocked the attack with his sword.
"DAMN YOU!"
He mercilessly hacked the alien to pieces.
Marth and Tiger Lily ran up to the president's body and tried to heal him.
Henry stared in horror.
"No…."
Will the President survive? What our heroes do without him? How did it take nearly 4000 words in total which made two chapters to cover a short and bland level like a line in the sand? Find out all this (Seriously. I surprised myself when I stopped typing and checked the word count.) and more next time! CORRIN FROM FATES JOINS SMASH 4 TODAY! YEEEEEEEEEEEEES! (Oh, and Bayonetta)