'Helping Wing would be the best thing we can do right about now...It doesn't seem like he wants to hurt these people...'

After having reasoned it through for himself, Ris nodded to Aero. "Let's go. But we'd better hurry; soon enough there won't be anything left of this place."

With everything that was going on, the fox felt stronger, grateful for the friendships he had made so far. Looking from one girl to the next, a light smile crossed his muzzle, but he turned his head away in an effort to regain his focus. Things needed to be done and they wouldn't wait for him.

The UPA officers looked around, their captain speaking for them.

"As you can see, we are in no position to start abandoning this ship...with the sounds going on out there, and my old instincts, we'd be killed before we got out of the ship! You must be mad. We will wait right here until Pharell kills all these damn bastards that opened fire on us for no reason! How dare you ask me to risk the remaining lives of my crew." He took a deep breath his face red. "I realize you people and our people were once enemies, and now we're working together...I will not give in to any attempt by you to break that trust between our organization and your rag tag bunch of wildly over-confident low lives."


Wing frowned, running a hand through his hair. "I can promise this is no attempt to kill you off." He raised a hand and suddenly every one of the UPA officers was shielded by a combination of wind and twilight. He didn't know how strong it would be against lasers and rail-guns, but he had to trust in the magic he possessed, it had gotten him this far, hadn't it?


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Lauren raced to Aero Maron and Ris just as they took off to find Wing. "What's the plan?" She asked, still running.

"We're going to try and help Wing rescue the group trapped in the Hanger..."

Lauren rolled her eyes. "Oh okay..." "As if he needs help...these girls have no idea what battle is, and no direction...the Vulpine, now he has some potential.

Little di Lauren know, the four of them would actually be helping Wing....
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"Come on, those of you that can't walk, I can help." He levitated one able bodied soldier to prove his point. The officers mumbled among themselves, most beginning to trust the sandy brown haired boy.

"Alright, let's get moving. We'll head for our ship it's not that far away." He looked at the ship's furious captain. "If that's okay with you, captain."


"THIS IS MUTANY!" He cried charging Wing with a small combat knife hidden in his boot. "How dare you lead my crew against me!"

Wing simply side stepped and caught the captain in the gut with one swift punch. "I suggest you listen to me, or risk getting killed by rouge cannon fire. Staying here, you're sitting ducks. And with the enemy busy, they won't notice you leaving."


"So you'd like to think." Came a familiar voice behind Wing. His blood ran cold as he turned around slowly to see Chaos standing with enemy soldiers behind him. "So nice to see you again, Wing, how've you been?"

Wing took a hesitant step back, throwing his arms to the sides. "Let them go, they can't defend themselves. You're a man of chivalry, are you not?"

Chaos laughed, shaking his head. "I'm no longer with the Knights, I have no needs for romantic ideas such as Chivalry and morals. The fact of the matter is, this is a war between this planet and the UPA, and last I checked...All is fair in war." He turned and walked out, the troops the had stood behind him, aimed their guns.

"Kill them." With the order, The troops fired. Wing gritted his teeth, holding his position. He stopped most of the bullets from passing, but the shield's he'd placed around the crew managed to stop the rest.

Wing drew his blades, and quickly disarmed the troops. "Wait here..." He commanded before racing out of the bridge, Chaos needed to be stopped.

When he stepped out of the ship, he was greeted by the sound of cocked rifles, and the low hum of engines. Troops had surrounded the hanger, and small tanks backed them up.

"Darius...I really wish you were here right now..." He sighed, closing his eyes, trying to focus his energy. "Xane, if you can hear me, I need you to get the ship closer to the base. We've hit a snag in the plan, diplomacy is out..." He closed the radio communication and opened his eyes to face the enemy.

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Aero and Maron saw the siege first, stopping on a dime. Lauren gasped seeing the hanger surrounded.

"Now what do we do? There's no way we can stop them all." Lauren placed a hand on Aero's shoulder. "The answer is simple, we fight until we've stopped enough. Not all battles have to end with all of one side dead or wounded, eventually, self-presevation kicks in and the troops retreat. So let's go." She drew her sword and raced for the hanger. Aero and Maron looked at one another, summoning their own weapons. Aero started after Lauren, Maron looked over to Ris. "Be careful...We're both coming out of this alive okay?" She smiled and kissed the Arctic blue Vulpine on the cheek, blushing a bit, before following the other two girls.

'She's right.' Ris thought as his blue eyes flickered over the large group surrounding the hangar. 'We just have to survive and do enough to scare 'em off.'

He clenched his fists in anticipation for the oncoming battle, the tip of his tail giving a few quick twitches. 'We can do this. Maybe we're outnumbered, but I'm sure they're out-skilled.'

Ris' gaze switched to Lauren as she took off, her sword drawn and held at the ready. The two girls drew their weapons next, Aero charging after the knight. When Maron began speaking to him he looked to her, slight concern in his eyes, but the fox was instantly filled with warmth and confidence at her kiss.

Watching her as she, too, ran off, Ris smiled, following after.

'We'll both make it back alive. I promise.'

Wing watched the last of the ships fall from the sky, landing where the communications tower used to be. The enemy troops watched as their comrades perished, focusing their attention on Wing, the only one they could see to take their anger out on. Chaos stood behind them, smirking.

"I love how you'll be the one taking the blame for all this." He laughed, "Considering you wanted to do this peacefully. By the way, that wouldn't have worked out. The Crimean's are a very war like people, they don't take kindly to boy-scouts like you."

Wing scowled, holding his blades before him. This was going to be hard, but he needed to try and break a path.

"This man is the reason for the attack on your planet, the reason this fleet has killed your men! He wants you to be part of his empire! My friends, I give you the Emperor of the Ultimate Organization. A terrible man with hungry for power an thirsty for blood! He is the one from the Prophecy that wishes to kill you all! My fair Crimean's, Kill this man!"

A loud war cry rang out, and suddenly, tank cannons fired one after the other, and men charged Wing.

"He's Lying to you all!" But it was pointless, the sound of battle was to loud to hear the young warrior.

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Lauren and Aero reached the battle just as the Crimean foot soldiers charged the boy they both shared feelings for. Aero felt her heart sink, and a sudden rush of emotion that put her over the edge. Lauren, being highly skilled and trained, had seen Wing beaten and bruised hundreds of times, and every time he'd come out on top...save the battle that separated them. She shuttered at the though, readying her blade, and with a war cry of her own unleashed hell on the advancing troops from the back.

Aero confronted a group of troops that had seen the four approaching. With a quick flick of her wrist, the troops were thrown to the ground by a powerful blast of water. Lauren raced over to her and the two fought back to back as more troops took notice of the new enemies, figuring they wouldn't be much of a threat.


Maron raced into the fray, blade cutting though a few unsuspecting troops that were preoccupied, trying to get their shot at the two "easy" targets.

The earth shot up from underneath a nearby tank as it fired off its volley. The shot flew into the air and slammed down on the other side of the hanger, killing many of the siege troops.

"Ris! Protect Aero! I'm going to take out these tanks!" She turned to run, but met with a rifle butt to the face and gut, knocking her sword from her hand as she fell on to her back, nose bleeding, body and head aching. The soldier flipped his gun over, aiming it at her while she struggled to pull herself back to reality.

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Wing danced around the soldiers bullets, forcing many to take out small daggers to challenge him. He smirked, dodging with ease at first. Soon he found himself overwhelmed, and fighting defensively, unable to take control of the battle as ten troops tried attacking at once.
"Get away!" He shouted, a bust of air knocking the unsuspecting soldiers back. He took a few breaths, collecting himself, before resorting to using his powers, knocking the troops back, wave after wave. Using twilight only to disarm, and knock out. He was never one for killing.


"Leave them alive and they will surely come back for you!" Chaos's voice rang in his ears. Wing spun around, catching Chaos's shirt, leaving a small cut on the former Knight's chest.

"My, my, you've gotten pretty fast. This fight isn't between us, yet." With that, he vanished. Wing gritted his teeth and turned his attention back to the battle, troops rushed from all sides, tanks firing their volley's hitting the downed UPA ship over and over, blowing its hull to pieces.

He looked out to see Aero, and Lauren surrounded, but fighting together. He wanted to help, but he knew they were both strong enough to defeat some petty soldiers.

Ris looked to Maron as she told him what to do, nodding to show he understood. However, in that time he witnessed her get attacked and his tail began lashing out behind him as he dashed toward her. The man that had attacked her had time enough to look up to see Ris charging and quickly readjust his aim.

But he didn't have enough time to pull the trigger.

Just as the vulpine was directly in front of the man he bent backward and to the left, placing his left hand on the ground as he twisted, his right foot flying up and striking the soldier's hand. With an exclamation of pain he dropped his weapon, backing up a few steps as Ris quickly got to his feet once again. His blue eyes were narrowed as he carefully watched the soldier, his fists clenched and his ears perked.

The soldier threw a quick glanc at his weapon, then looked back again at Ris. Without any further warning he bolted towards his gun, but it was close enough to the fox to let him make it their first. Swiping it from the ground, Ris straightened up and bent backwards just slightly, tiling his muzzle upwards--The man's hand flew just past his throat. Sidestepping, the fox smacked the butt of the rifle into the back of his head, sending him to the floor. Tossing the weapon aside, seeing his work was done, Ris hurried to Maron and crouched down beside her. "Come on, you're fine. Let's get back up..." he calmly encouraged her, keeping his ears perked in case someone else tried to take them on.

OOC: Sorry guys!!! I have a horrible connection at home! And haven't been able to access this site...I'm going to end this crazy side thing right here and now!

BIC:

The battle was over as quickly as it had began. Wing looked over his shoulder, jabbing his blade into the gut of the final solider, just as the UPA's ships landed on the defeated base. Those that had survived the space battle emerge hesitantly from the hull of their heavily damaged ship. Breathing a sigh of relief as men an women dressed in the same uniforms came to collect the dead and wounded. Every one of them would receive a hero's burial. Wing sighed, his swords vanishing into thin air. He walked away from the UPA operitives, not feeling like being chewed out by Pharell.

Aero stood, bloodied and panting. She fell on her butt, leaning on Lauren for support. Lauren wasn't in to much better shape. He blade was shattered, her face covered in mud and blood, whether it was her's or her enemies wouldn't be known till she could wash up. The two girls gave each other a weak smile, and clasped one another's hands.

Maron sighed, leaning onto Ris, the one who had saved her from a quick and painless death. She felt proud to stand by his side, he'd managed to beat more soldiers with his bare fists than she did with her blade and magic combined.

The three girls looked up, as Wing walked past them, he smiled to each, but you could feel the anger and regret from his entire being. His arms were folded across his chest, wounds bleeding from the bullets that had managed to get past his defenses. He didn't seem to notice. Maybe it was the adrenaline rushing through his magic filled veins, or maybe it was the anger at the entire situation and Chaos's escape. Perhaps even a combination of the two. He wasn't ready to confront his thoughts, right now the mission was what took president. He walked the way back to the WingWhale as if he'd done it a thousand times already. The pockmarked landscape posed no issues, he simply levitated over the holes and imperfections, never missing a beat.

He headed right for the showers, turning the water on as high and warm as it could go, and stepped in, clothes on and pounded his fist against the wall.

"Chaos..."

******

Aero and Lauren managed to get themselves back to the ship, following Wing's example and heading right for the showers, in their cases, two long bubble bathes in jacuzzi tubs. Maron would join them a few minutes later. None of them talking about the battle, all two tired to even focus on the bath. Aero felt her self drift into sleep, but she didn't fight it. A long rest was what she needed to get over the rush of the battle, and avoid the pain that was gripping her body with every beat of her heart.


The ship's engines fired and the Ultimate Organization was on their way, UPA ships right behind them, their mission ready to continue.

Bellatrix rubbed the back of her neck, frowning from worry. The new recruits would have their hands full with fighting, now that they were on their way again. The Ultimate Organization always seemed to be getting into fights, rarely coming across a place or mission that didn't require any. Many members had been lost along the way because of it, either as casualties or those who simply wished to fight no longer. Really, the only thing that kept her coming back was the loyalty she felt for the group and the fact they were her friends. Maybe the fact that the peace of the worlds relied on them as well, but really, it always relied on someone. There would never be true peace. Why were they the ones who had to fight to keep it for but a moment in time?

"I wish we still had a healer or found another one at least," she muttered bitterly as she headed to the kitchen.