Operation: Phoenix Egg

It took them two days to get to Sonara. The ships flew in a defensive formation until they reached the Sonaran Solar System. Sarah turned on the broadcast to her site so that people could tune in and watch the invasion live.

Asteroid traps surrounded them, and moved unnaturally towards the fleet, blowing up, whenever in proximity. Anti-Cruiser artillery fired at them, whenever they triggered alarms while passing moons of nearby planets. The Aeromachs outmaneuvered them all, avoiding them and returning fire, nearly destroying some of the moons.

Two of the ships had sustained heavy damages and needed emergency landing for repairs before proceeding. They settled on an asteroid, deploying terraformas and cloaking themselves.

The rest continued heading towards Sonara, with the Aratris in the lead. As soon as they were about to be within distance of the Sonaran atmosphere, they split up. With each departing to their own destinations.

The Aratris flew towards the prince's castles dodging more missiles being fired on them, followed by bursts of lasers. Then the Aratris bombarded the castle's defenses circling overhead, as ten shuttles exited heading towards the castles. When they all left, it launched back into space, while being pursued by several enemy spaceships.

Behind Astrya's castle...

The planet was almost desolate, stripped clean of a majority of its natural resources and covered by a thin film of air firmly held together by thousands of terraformas. The children of Atlas built factories all over Sonara and used over 700 million slaves to mine the planet for resources year-round. Residential camps were built like cities, away from the castles, to not disturb the children of Atlas. However, every once in a while, they would come down to the camps and pick up a new toy.

Carina was a bit nervous. She couldn't understand how Amaara was so calm and collected, as she wiped out multiple soldiers rushing out of the castle, as the soldiers noticed the shuttle randomly appear out of camouflage. More infantry yelled war cries behind the castle walls, then poured out shooting and charging at the Novas.

Carina stepped forward. "Create: Tsunami!" She yelled, as a wall of dirt, blocked all of the incoming shots. Then the horizon before her seemed to rise forward towards the oncoming soldiers, like a massive wave, burying them alive, as she condensed it down further.

Amaara was impressed. "Yes, Carina! That was cool!" She praised.

In the distance, behind them, two enemy aircrafts cracked the sky aiming for them. Amaara leaped up, spewing flames, from under her feet. "Ignite: Shan!" She yelled, with her hands placed in front of her, targeting the alien jets.

Flames burst out of her palms, beaming and engulfing the first aircraft, as the second one broke away, trying to escape. However, she dragged her hands towards it, combusting them both in midair.

Amaara landed back down with flames cushioning her fall. "Ahhh, did you see that? We got this." She said looking back at Carina.

"Are you sure about that?" The mysterious voice from behind her shook her and placed her on alert, however it was too late. The assailant kicked her side with immense force, sending Amaara crashing through the castle walls.

"Amaara!" Carina called out, worried about her, then quickly turned toward the enemy, bracing herself. "Who are you!"

The child of Atlas before her, had light blue skin, wearing an indigo and violet outfit, bringing out her skin tone. She had an athlete's build, with the same slits under her eyes as the rest of her family, and silver-white hair.

The princess unsheathed the short dagger at her hip, licking it, before playing with it. Then gave the Nova, the most sinister smile Carina had ever seen. "I am the 132nd child of Atlas, Astrya. You do know whose planet you guys are invading right?

Carina gritted her teeth, knowing she was all alone, then snarled back at her, not giving up. "Yeah, but it won't be yours much longer."

Inside Galzed's castle city walls...

Osei zoomed from corner to corner incapacitating soldiers without mercy. Helio trailed behind him, watching out and trying not to step in pools of blood, as well as piles of corpses, obstructing his path.

They got to a big clearing, in front of the main castle. There, standing in front of the gates was a blue giant, wearing black armor from head to toe, except on his arms. He had a massive longsword, which he stuck headfirst into the ground and used it as support.

"I couldn't believe my ears when I heard were being invaded. It's been so long since I've tasted a good battle! Warriors declare your names!" The giant demanded.

"Is it not courtesy to give yours first?" Osei smirked, stepping forward and bracing himself. Helio finally caught up behind him, with his eyes growing wide, as he took in the sight of the blue giant.

"Hmph, fair enough. I am the 111th, Prince Galzed, Demon of Frost. Now what are yours?" Galzed replied, impatiently.

"The... the 111th Prince?" Helio stuttered, he was starting to get nervous. "Doesn't that mean he's stronger than Zaryon was?" He asked Osei, as he backed away.

"Calm down. We can handle him, just give me some support." Osei replied, reassuring the Nova. Then he turned his attention back to Galzed. "My name is Osei, the Prince of Rennaya and a Commander of the Beyond Space Force. My comrade here is Helio of Earth. Surrender now or we'll be forced to eliminate you." He spoke with a commanding tone and avoided, as much vulgar words as possible, just like Sarah forced him to learn, for the broadcast.

The giant laughed out loud. His laugh pierced every inch of Helio's body, as the Nova trembled, unable to stop himself from shaking.

Osei switched into first gear, as Galzed picked up his sword and assumed a stance. "Well bring it on then!" Galzed exclaimed, welcoming the challenge. Then Osei and the child of Atlas, lunged at each other, aiming for each other's throat.

Floating above Bolgan's castle...

Tobi charged himself full of energy. He understood his mission well enough, but more than that he wanted to prove to himself, that he was capable of handling his own. The battle with Zaryon still bothered him over the last four months.

He could have died, he pondered over and over. How powerless he was, having to borrow strength from those he needed to protect. It continued to bother him, as he firebombed the Cerian forces stationed around Bolgan's castle while he circled overhead.

Bullets sailed at him then past him, following missiles and lasers. He covered his body with a dirt and stone dome, then launched massive balls of fire at the artillery and those shooting at him.

Five aircrafts targeted him, emptying their entire clips and inventory. He deflected all of their projectiles with ease, by raising stone and ice barriers, shielding himself. Then blew up the first two with condensed electric balls off fire.

He looked off in the distance, seeing the rest pulling maneuvers to circle back. He jetted after them and caught up to two of them before they could turn. He then froze their engines and cockpits in midair. With no way out, the pilots followed their planes crashing down to the ground, while the final plane flew off, running away.

"It doesn't get any easier." He whispered to himself, shaking his head at the lives he's taken.

Suddenly a large flying object struck the plane in the distance, blowing it up in midair. Tobi frowned, wondering what had just happened. Then an object in the distance began to get bigger and bigger until he could make out a massive boulder jetting towards him. He dodged to the left and stopped it in midair, scanning down below for the attacker, then smiled.

Standing on one of the rooftops of the castle buildings, was a brown giant, who he concluded, was a child of Atlas. The giant was holding a massive axe on his shoulder, slits running down under his eyes, and a dark grey, and purple contrast, armored bodysuit.

"Intruder state your business!" He demanded.

Tobi smirked, setting the boulder on fire, and charged it with electricity. "That's no way to treat your men." He responded.

The giant laughed raising hundreds of boulders all around him. "Boy, that is none of your concern. Deserters don't have a place in the Cerian Empire... I am the 105th prince of Ceria, Bolgan the Destroyer, they're supposed to follow my orders till death. Now who are you?"

Tobi changed his expression, getting irritated, and settled into a serious tone. "I'm Tobi of Earth and I'm here as the Commander of the Beyond Space Force, to subjugate you and take this planet. Now do you surrender?"

Moments before, on Selvin's ship.

Selvin's ship had to make an emergency stop with another ship, on a nearby asteroid, after taking heavy fire. He had never been to space and was slightly nervous.

He watched as the androids fixed the repairs on the ship. There were soldiers, from all around the world roaming around the decks, going about their duties and preparing themselves for the battle. However he could tell, they were a bit anxious themselves.

A replica of Sarah came and assured them all, that they would be on the way to Sonara soon. His Nova prime suit was below deck and he had practiced using it on the moon several times, but not yet out on the field.

They touched down on Sonara, twenty minutes after the invasion commenced. Their goal was to take over a heavily armed versillium mining facility, which had tons of soldiers, kaycers, mutant monsters, and giants.

The men rushed out excitedly behind Sarah's android militia, to go kill some aliens. Their moods quickly changed once they saw how terrifying the enemy soldiers and monsters really were.

Selvin got in the top half of the Nova Prime suit, and switched it on, then watched it put itself together with its torso outside of the ship. As the doors dropped open, he noticed near the entrance of the outpost a massive Valmerian giant, like the one Tobi faced in New York, swinging its axe and sending soldiers flying.

He switched on the Prime's flight mode, then flew up above the giant and laid down a barrage of fire, trying to get its attention. The giant looked up, seeing the giant robot as it covered its head, protecting itself from, Selvin's attack. It grabbed a large boulder nearby and with tremendous strength, threw it at the Prime up in the air.

Selvin moved the suit to the right, nearly missing the boulder, then stopped firing and drew out its sword. It lit up as he charged at the giant. Who in turn welcomed the challenge and with a running start, leaped up with its axe too, ready to strike back.

Their weapons collided and knocked some soldiers off their feet. Then the rest rushed for cover, as intense winds reverberated from their strikes. Blowing up a storm of dust and rocks, while the both of them tried to find an opening.

After a couple more exchanges Selvin found his chance, unholstering the Prime's pistol and shooting the giant's knee. It hopped back holding onto its wound and swung with the other. Selvin sidestepped, slicing its arm off, and letting it howl in pain. Finally, it charged at him, like a cornered animal, as he sighed, and gracefully put it out of its misery.

Suddenly, violent tremors drew his attention and shook his vision. He looked around frantically wondering where it was coming from. His question was answered moments later, as six more giants poured into the battlefield from behind the outpost.

Beyond's soldiers immediately began retreating with the androids. However, Selvin stayed behind and leaped into the air, gaining a bit more altitude to dodge the first one's lunges. They were enraged, by their brethren's death.

As the giant, landed back down, he aimed for the back of its neck, making his shot and falling it forward with a loud thump. The next used the distraction to grab the Prime's foot. With a third propelled up, towards them by the rest. Both used their momentums to smash the Prime back down, causing it a great amount of damage. The others gathered around, all ready to beat down on the giant robot.

Selvin quickly spun the Prime around at jet speed and sat up as he did so while sticking the Prime's sword out. It made him sick, the spinning mixed with the large, flying body parts of the giants near him.

He recovered and flew back up, charging the laser in his palm. Then released it, when it felt right, as it incinerated the giants with the landscape behind them, in a fiery explosion.

"Whoa, Sarah you're a lifesaver." He said, out loud to himself.

Then out of nowhere, an object blew off his left arm. The object as he looked closer, was almost 9 feet tall, with a grayish skin tone and physical appearance as the children of Atlas.

They called out to him. "I am the 751st prince, Abon. You! Warrior dwelling in that steel giant, you seem like a worthy challenge. Face me!" He smiled, readying himself.

Selvin didn't think he would be running into one of the princes here. He remembered what Sarah told him, that there were more than fifty thousand princes, but only two hundred were granted abilities.

Out of respect, he still introduced himself. "My name is Selvin Hykes. I am a General of the Beyond Space Force. Surrender or I will restrain you with force." He said, sticking his sword out.

Abon crouched down to jump, with veins nearly popping out of his calves. "I have no plans to surrender." He replied before leaping at sonic speed up to where Selvin was, as he tried to bat him back down with the giant sword.

The prince blocked it in midair, and pushed it back, teetering the Prime back. Selvin was shocked, by Abon's strength. 'His hammer must be made out of versillium,' he thought to himself.

Abon threw his hammer, destroying the hand holding the sword, then somersaulted onto the Prime's leg. The prince continued to climb his way up, as Selvin struggled to grab him with the Prime's remaining arm.

To no avail, as Abon managed to hop up onto the arm when he got the chance. Then reached out as his hammer returned back to him, just in time for him to cave in the Prime's chest. Nearly reaching Selvin.

The Nova Prime recoiled hard, crashing into the side of the mountain. The prince followed up by leaping into the air once again and brought his entire might down. However, Selvin managed to roll the Prime over just in time. Flying up higher than the prince could reach and pointed his remaining palm at him and charged up its laser.

Abon smiled, getting a bit excited, then threw his hammer at sonic speed. Breaking the laser cannon in the Prime's palm before Selvin could fire it.

"Damn it!" He said, then quickly pulled the gun from the holster and began firing.

The prince dodged, each of the large bullets and zipped around the field, racing towards the Nova Prime as his hammer returned back to him. Abon didn't stop there. He stretched his arm back as far as he could, then threw his hammer up once more, and leaped from the mountain onto it, using it as a launchpad. Succesfully, giving the Prime an uppercut, and blew its head off.

He grabbed on as it started rising. Found the chance to jump higher than it, then smashed it back down, as hard as he could, this time, completely destroying the Nova Prime. However, just before Selvin had ejected himself and grabbed as much energy from the Prime as he could.

Abon looked up at him, floating by parachute, with his laser cannon charged and aiming at him. "So that's what you look like out of your shell!"

Selvin grimaced, as he gathered every bit of his energy into his attack. "Take a good look, because I'm the last person you'll see." He replied, before releasing the beam, and recoiled himself back further than he intended to land.

Abon yelled out, sweating, from the incoming danger and not realizing how dangerous the attack was, sooner. As he called back his hammer to save him, he was completely engulfed, by a continuous stream of laser fire. Screaming, as he was incinerated away.

Selvin unbuckled his parachute near the ground, as he was being dragged somewhere unsafe, regardless, he ended up injuring one of his legs as he fell.

He sighed laying there as he tuned into his comm. "Sarah, I think the mining station is clear now."