Unknown Battleground

"You declared they don't use the Moonfour gun. Now we are locked by it," Storm 01 yelped into his comms.

[Well, surprise, I guess... Operate the A1 capsule. If we can manage to land on the planet, the Moonfour gun will be valueless]

The A1-capsule is a one-person emergency landing ship. Its only known use is to discharge the user to the ground level from their spaceship.

"Captain! We've received a call request from the enemy. Permission for second contact?" the pilot questioned. He turned to Storm 01, waiting for his response.

[Accept the call, let's hear what they want to say] Miss Havishma ordered from the other side of the comms.

"Permission granted."

A hologram of a bald, slightly stout man appeared in front of the Storm troopers as the pilot accepted the call. The man raised his hand to his mouth and coughed into it.

"They accepted, we are live sir," a voice stated from the background.

The man wore the military clothing of the Clave-Ar; a perfectly neat green buttoned shirt with five medals attached to his right chest and two stripes of red that ran down the hand from the shoulder.

"Greetings people," he started with a vicious grin on his face. "Moonfour is not currently open for visits. It'll be a really smart decision if you turn your ships around and return to your planet." The man looked to his side. "I don't think... Do you think they can hear me?"

"I'm sure they can, sir."

"What are the chances that we dodge the attack from the Moonfour?" Storm 01 probed.

"One percent," the pilot revealed. "Based on previous uses, the success rate of the Moonfour gun is ninety-nine percent, missed once due to insufficient Pure fuel, we won't be able to dodge a shot from the gun."

"I'm guessing we got this from the intel that claimed they don't use the gun, and now we are in this mess," Rory argued.

[Use the capsules for quick landing]

Storm 01 clicked on his communication device. "Flight 1090, proceed to use the A1-capsules and prepare to engage the enemy, over"

[Roger that, captain] the agents on the second ship responded.

"I can still see your spaceships getting nigher. Do you not see that we have the Moonfour gun locked on you?!" The man from Clave-Ar yelled furiously. "Goddamn it. Shoot it! Shoot them down, now!" He yelled before the hologram disappeared the way it appeared.

Storm 01 and the other Storm troopers covered their faces with their helmet and picked up their rifles. They rushed to the exit section and quickly boarded the A1 capsule.

"All agents set descend location to 50X 150Y."

The Department H agents could hear the loud roaring sound from high in their ships as the people on Moonfour charged the gun to fire.

The A1 capsule rocketed the agents downward at full speed. They heavily hit the ground with a loud thud, causing dust to fill the air.

Storm 01 crawled out of the capsule, coughing heavily. "I knew a ship that has 'emergency landing' as its alias is not gonna have a pleasant landing," Ada complained as she walked up to the dark-haired boy with Sox behind her.

Sox quickly helped Storm 01 out of the capsule. "Are you okay?" She asked.

He answered with a light nods. "What's the plan now, captain?" Ada queried.

Storm 01 puts his rifle away and used his headgear to zoom in on the Clave-Ar army approaching them in their vehicles. "Miss Havishma?" He called into his comms but there was no response, the signal had been lost after they crash landed.

Storm 01 suddenly starts to feel the atmosphere around him turning hot. His hands start to tremble and he felt his breath hooked in his throat. The pressure was getting to him.

"Hey." Sox grabbed his right hand with both her hands. Her headgear retracted into the suit. "Calm down. It's nothing serious, just breathe, okay?"

The dark-haired boy shook his head. "But it is serious. We are in an unknown battleground with no plan, my signal with Miss Havishma is out and all these people are waiting for me to give them orders. It is overwhelming Sox," he shuddered. "I don't think I can do it..."

"Listen," Sox shuts off his words with hers. "I admire you, and some agents in Department H envy you. They relentlessly desire what you possess... Give them reasons to envy you more," she added.

Storm 01's headgear retracted and he took a deep breath. "I don't know about you, but I think now may be the perfect time to bring to life those tactical training you took."

Storm 01 gasped in shock. "You knew?" During the training for the last bullet, Storm 01 attended some tactical training classes that he never got to use. He was the only one who signed up for it, so he was shocked that Sox knew he took it.

Sox shrugged. "That you wasted your time in a class where all you do is draw lines on the board? yeah, I knew," she revealed.

Storm 01 smiled. "Well, those lines are about to save your life," Storm 01 said before he turned to scan his environment.

They were in the middle of a sand-filled area with a few high towers scattered around the place.

"So?" Rory and Ada said simultaneously.

"I want every sniper we've got up on those towers and wait for my instructions. The rest of you, put down some shield," he ordered.

The Storm troopers took out a hand-length device and placed it around on the ground some meters in front of them. The device created some energy shield that made a fence around where the stormtroopers were.

Storm 01 turned to Ada. "Gather some of our troops and rush the right flank," he ordered.

Ada grinned mischievously. "Oh yeah, now we are talking." She quickly round up some agents and charged in the ordered direction.

"Sox, you take the left."

"Roger."

Storm 01 turned to the pilot that flew their ship. "Is there a way we can turn those A1 capsules into at least a normal flying spaceship?" He questioned.

The pilot turned to the second one and drawled. "Errr... I'm not sure. It has no code that enables the user to fly it," he revealed.

"But it can be coded to become a single target missile," the second pilot disclosed.

"Can you do it?"

"I took ten hours of technical training every day back when I was a trainee. Ten hours," the second pilot emphasized.

Storm 01 shoots his lips to the side and his brows up. "Can you do it?" The pilot facepalmed.

Rory swallowed hard as Storm 01 turned to her. "Please don't give me any commanding role. I'll fumble," she stated.

"I was gonna say get ready to engage the enemy." His helmet enveloped his head as he strolled toward the energy shield. "Wait for my signal," Storm 01 added to the list of commands he had given before walking through the shield.

The Clave-Ar army was getting closer and they were now visible from where the stormtroopers were. He started forward with tiny steps before picking up the speed, running even faster than he did during his fight in the last bullet training.

The Clave-Ar soldiers stopped their vehicles ready to fire their guns. They put their guns down, entirely confused when they noticed that it was just Storm 01 that was approaching them.

Sparks of electricity began to form all around the storm agent's body, and in a few seconds, his entire body was covered in bright blue energy. Storm 01 used the electricity to propel himself high up in the sky, causing the sky above him to grow dark as the energy poured all around the place.

"I'm guessing that's the signal?" one of the agents mumbled to Rory who was staring at the scene with her jaw buried in the ground.

"I guess so. Get everyone ready to charge forward."

Storm 01 came down with a tremendous rumble in the middle of the troopers, sending shocks of electricity all around that knocked the Clave-Ars away. He launched a punch on one of the soldier's jaw that sent him crashing into his partners.

The electric spark still surged through his body as he fought in the middle of the enemy. A soldier from the enemy shot rapid fire at Storm 01 who swiftly dodged them all. He used his electricity to grab the man and fling him into another soldier behind him.

He launched himself up again and crashes into one of the vehicles there, causing it to explode. The stormtroopers charged in. They rained fire at the Clave-Ar soldiers as they were hooked on Storm 01.

The battle raged on for some time, but eventually, the Storm troopers eliminated the entire Clave-Ar soldiers present, with very few casualties.

Rory dropped to the ground and sighed loudly. "Did we win? Is it over?"

Storm 01 looked around the place in suspicion. He felt a cold chill run down his spine. He raised his hand to his earphone and clicked on it. "Storm 03 report, over?" Just as he feared, there wasn't any reply from the other side. "Sox?... Ada?!" He yelled furiously.

Five fighter jets appeared above the stormtroopers. The roar of the engine filled the air as the spaceships flew around. They ignored the agents on the ground and blast their guns at the towers, taking out the snipers on them.

"No," Storm 01 gasped.

"They are turning," he whispered to himself as the jets turned in their direction. "They are turning, everybody take cover!" Storm 01 yelled as he ran back to his comrades.

The fighter jets rain down missiles on the Storm troopers before they could react to the warning. The wave of the explosions sent Storm 01 flying back, he hits the ground with a loud thud.

Storm 01 quickly got up to his feet. He felt a piercing pain in his left shoulder that made him to fall back down to his knees. His headgear retracted as his breathing sped up. He looked around the place only to find it covered in flames. He held his chest, gasping as he became short of air. His body starts to tremble rapidly and sparks of electricity form all around him.

An exceedingly loud barrage coupled with an extremely bright light and a huge dense mushroom cloud filled the sky.

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