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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kirby" data-source="post: 41602" data-attributes="member: 541">[align=center][size=x-large]Chapter 15Unintentional Assistance[/size][/align]For the next few days, Reco stayed quiet.  No one wanted to disturb him knowing the loss that he went to, and the energy he expelled too.  Krystal obviously knew about this power that Reco holds inside of him from the time that the team pulled him out of the escape pod.  She warned Fox about it, and everybody else.  Soon after he saw his passed parents, Kirby told him that his parentsÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âand Kirby himselfÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âknew about his powers.  Why did they keep it a secret?  Were they even planning on telling Reco?  Reco connected the dots when his parents were more cautious when he moved out; they were making sure that he didn't cause an accident.Reco studied himself.  He wondered on whatever this whole "Light Caster" was capable of doing.  Before he could learn anything, he jumped into the Twilight RealmÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬ÂunintentionallyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âand then all of the sudden, he was in Rayne's hands, and then he was here.  If only he was able to stop for a moment and at least try to tap the surface of the "power".  He sat on his bed, and closed his eyes.  He focused in on himself, looking in on anything that could possibly trigger something.Then it happened.  It seemed like a bolt of lightning began to wrap around Reco's hands.  He stared at it, and waved around.  It wasn't something electrocuting him, it was something he was emitting.  He then focused on a wall, and punched in that direction.  Sure enough, the lighting shot from his hands loyally and struck the wall.  Luckily there wasn't anything there that was burned or damaged, badly.  He wanted to test this power a little more, but he was in too small a place, and he could damage something.The comm. panel in Reco's room dinged as someone called his room."Reco?"  It was Fox, as always."Yes?""You need to see this."  Fox said distressfully."Alright, on my way."  Reco replied.  The comm. panel clicked off.Reco jumped from his bed and walked to the door, which gracefully slid open, but when Reco walked through and the door began to shut, the door sparked and failed.  Something clicked in his mind telling him that he caused that.  When He got to the bridge, the first thing he saw was a large SSA cruiser, inactive.  Closer looks showed that it was infiltrated, and taken from the inside."There is no presence of life in the cruiser."  ROB said as if he read Reco's mind."They just cleaned house and moved on!"  Falco exclaimed.  He was right, whoever these were, they sure didn't want to stay when they were finished.  There seemed to be heavy collateral damage, a few sections of the ship seemed to have lost air."I want a look inside."  Reco demanded."Suit yourself."  Fox sighed.  "You'll need a suit though; most of the ship has no air."*    *    *Once the boarding hatch was locked, Reco, Fox and Krystal ventured inside. The suit that Slippy designed for Reco was actually very comfortable, although it did slow down movement a lot.  The ship was definitively dead.  There were signs of firefights everywhere.  Whoever took this ship really had a tough time doing so.  Only a few lights within the ship were still functioning, the emergency lights took over the rest.  SSA soldiers of all kinds were lying dead in the ships, or rather, floating if the section was blown open.  There were a few objects scattered across the ship that didn't look anything like SSA equipment.  There was a grenade that had a jet on the back of it!  Reco clipped it to his suit to look at later."I've found the files for the cameras."  Fox's voice made a break in the silence that made Reco jump. "Downloading them now."Reco continued his journey.  Step by step he walked through bunks, which housed some SSA soldiers, some died in their sleep.  One thing Reco noticed as he bounced around the ship was the fact that no matter what they were doing, the soldiers were wearing their armor.  When they were eating, there was an open mouth section, but the helmet didn't come off.  It was as if the soldiers were bound to their armor as soon as they joined the SSA.  Not even the leaders of the SSA kept armor on that held their appearance.  The other thing that Reco noticed as he looked at the carnage was the bullet entry areas of each kill.  They were all hitting in the heart, legs, chest or back.  The wounds where never scattered around the body, or directed to the head.  Whoever took these guys out knew that the SSA soldiers wore reinforced helmets, and to aim for other vital parts.  The legs must've been to knock them down then finish the job.  These exterminators where professional marksmen.  Reco looked around and saw a handgun that looked different from the others that were scattered around the ship.  Reco picked it up and studied it.  It had a large barrel, a large ring was looped around the trigger, and a clip was fed into the gun.  Reco removed the clip and tapped it until a bulletÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬ÂnoÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âa shell fell out of the clip."It's a shotgun!"  Slippy exclaimed.  His high shrill voice ringing through the earpiece hurt.  "It's so small, and the shells are different from the average energy shells that are issued to Cornerian troops.  You'll need to bring it in so I can look into it.""It doesn't even look like it uses energy shells, Slippy."  Reco replied, "It looks like the shells use gunpowder.""That's weird," Fox said, "the Cornerian Army stopped using gunpowder ammunition quite a few years back.""It's not even Cornerian." Reco said back, even though he had little experience with Cornerian arms.The conversation ended there and Reco carried on.  The engine room was the last interesting thing in the ship.  Instead of just being shot dead it blown up, from the looks of it, this was the work of a Rocket Launcher.  After Reco examined the damage, he made his way back to the Great Fox.*    *    *"The name of the SSA cruiser is the Broken Hammer, and from the looks of the messages it received shortly before its takeover, another cruiser, the Spirit Hammer, suffered the same fate."  Slippy announced.  "I've also can conclude that with the destruction of these two ships, the planet that the Mushroom Kingdom rest on is now no longer under complete control of the SSA, only the ground troops are remaining, and the Cornerian Army is already on their way to aid the Mushroom Kingdom Army and take them out. Also, Princess Peach and the Mario Brothers were freed before transported onto on of the cruisers." He finished.Reco felt pleased to hear this.  To hear a planet almost liberated was music to his ears.  Everyone on the Great Fox soon started to camera recordings to see exactly who stopped these SSA ships.There was no action until 2:30 LUT.  There was a sudden burst in one of the boarding air locks.  Four armored soldiers jumped out.  All faces were hidden behind helmets, but Reco could easily tell that all but one were human. Their armor didn't look sinister like the SSA's, but powerful and protective.  There was armor plating was in different sections over the body, with camouflage flexible, thinner armor underneath.  They had what seemed to be a battery pack on their backs, most likely supplying a HUD or air or anything.  The helmet looked like it could hold extra air inside incase of a loss of air. They all held the same rifles, none of which were found on the Broken Hammer.  These soldiers moved like the wind.  The stopped at each corner and made clear of any threat.  Their actions were sudden when they came across their first encounter.  Each of them firing almost simultaneously, dropping enemy soldiers one by one.  The soldier that stood point the whole time was most likely the squad leader.  At one point he ordered the non-human member to shoot a rocket into the engine room.  The soldier took a Rocket Launcher from it's back, and lifted it to shoulder level.  Reco then noticed how enormous that Launcher was.  It seemed that could hold 4 rockets and billowed where the rockets were stored.  It would seem superhuman if someone actually was holding that monster.  The soldier fired in engine room and there was a large blast.  Obviously the Broken Arrow just lost engine power.Right then, a SSA soldier ran up to the soldier behind the rest.  As if he saw it coming, the soldier spun around in time to grab the SSA soldier.  The man quickly twisted the SSA's arms and kicked him in the gut.  The SSA stepped back and the soldier pulled a handgun that Reco quickly recognized to be the shotgun.  The SSA quickly did a kick and the shotgun was tossed behind him.  The soldier responded by jabbing the SSA like lighting, spun, and then kicked the SSA in the face.  The SSA fell to the floor, not moving ever again.  Reco heard Fox mutter a comment on the soldier's agility."You all right, Reigor?"  The soldier at point said."Yea, I'm alright, Stanworth."  Reigor must've said.  "When will you call me by my first name?""I don't know, it's a habit, remember?" Stanworth replied.The soldiers moved on.  Reco looked at the Shotgun that lay on Slippy's desk, if he could come across this Reigor, he should return his gun.The same thing happened for the next few minutes:  These soldiers running through and taking out the ship section by section.  When they got to the bridge, Stanworth was met head-on with a SSA.  Stanworth swung his rifle and hit the SSA with the butt of his rifle.  It made contact and the SSA flew back easily five feet.  That proved that these humans and one non-human were stronger than your average people.  Stanworth and the unidentified human soldier knelt down and fired grenades from their rifle attachments into the room.  After the bang, the room was clear.  The four soldiers walked around the room, checking the room for any live enemy presence.  After thirty seconds, they all said "clear".  Reigor walked up to the camera and spoke loud and clearly:"For any of you SSA idiots that may be watching, we just took over YOUR ship and I must sayÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦I was expecting more!"  There must've been sarcasm in his tone for he laughed once he was done.  The non-human soldier gave him a high-five and they waited, the unknown human soldier watched a display on his wrist."They comin' yet Sam?"  Reigor addressed the unknown human by his first name."Yep, get ready."  Sam replied, they all ready they're rifle.  Reco looked at the other monitors; the remaining SSA soldiers were dashing towards the bridge.It was a trap, and the soldiers must've have radars, because as soon as the SSA soldiers neared the bridge, the four launched grenade to the halls.  Most of the SSA's dropped and the remainder held back and lobbed grenades.  The soldiers leapt back and were unaffected by the bombs.  They quickly regrouped."Reigor, Dean! Air Fist round! Angle them to take out the rest!"  Stanworth barked.  Reigor and SamÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âlast name DeanÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âquickly detached their rifle attachments and slid a new one in place.  Then they release the front clip (which is concluded to be where the attachment ammo is held) and the clip holder then attached a new clip holder and clip.  They stood at the doors at an angle in which they were more lined up with the SSA's out in the hall.  They both pulled the trigger and almost immediately to burst erupted in the hall.  A non-lethal shockwave knocked the soldiers down.  Before they could regain their senses they were finished by Stanworth and the non-human."Let's get out of here, team."  Stanworth said.  The rest nodded.  Within two minutes, the four were back at their insertion point."Good job Reigor, Dean, Kignar."  Stanworth said. Kignar must've been the non-human's last name.  They piled into the hatch and that was the last everybody saw of them.  All at once everybody watching the video said "wow".</blockquote>

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