Day 26

Location = ANDROMEDA

Time = STABLE

Mind = STABLE

You: Let's go get Stiner.

Carle: How will we do that?

You: I arrange a meeting with him and lower his guard.

PRIVATE CALL 108 CONNECTING...

Steiner: Oh It's you, Commander.

You: Yes, Dr.Stiner we found something that might interest you.

Steiner: That's great but I am a little busy right now, Commander.

You: We found Augmantium.

Steiner: You are joking right, Commander?

You: No, I am not joking. We found 620gram of Augmantium.

Steiner: 620GRAMS WHAT. Sorry, Commander, I got a little excited. I will be there as soon as I can be and you be ready for another promotion.

PRIVATE CALL 108 DISCONNECTED

You: Stiner will be here soon. We need to prepare an Ambush.

You: Prepare the missile. Also, fire up the Orion cannon. Send some mines with drones. We also need some reinforcement. Ask the clan to send some fighter to assist. They will be here in about 45 minutes.

After 40 minutes your preparation is complete. You see the ships coming in from the east.

PRIVATE COMMS INVITE

ACCEPTED

Stiner: Commander, I am here.

You: Good.

As the ship reaches the ambush spot the explosives start to go off there are about 15 ships and 1 Command ship. The explosion takes down three of them.

Steiner: Commander we are under attack.

You: Not we Stiner Not we.

As the realisation hit Stiner.

Stiner: You did this.

You: Finally you noticed.

The Orion cannon blast a ball of EMP. It hits the command ship and sends it offline. Then the missile destroys the engines and sends the ship toward the star.

Stiner: Why commander why?

You: You can't just get away with killing my friend.

Stiner: Your friend? That thing is your friend. You don't even know who he is.

You: I know who he is.

Stiner: Tell me then did he told you who he is?

You: Yes, He is the leader of the shadow people.

Stiner: And?

You: What do you mean by "And"?

Stiner: So he only told you half the truth.

You: Half the truth?

Stiner: In reality, he is the leader of -

Out of nowhere a beam of laser, tear open the command ship and accelerate it toward the star faster.

The ship then starts to melt and all you hear are the scream and then the ship explodes and absorbed by the star.

UNKNOWN COMM INVITE

ACCEPTED

UNKNOWN MAN: Hey, It is better if you get out of here. The star is about to supernovae

You: That voice? Mandeep is that you?

The ship then goes into hyperdrive and disappear.

You: Wait?

You turn on hyperdrive and go to the nearest safe planet away from supernovae.

All the planets near them are evacuated.

You see the last batch of the ship going into hyperdrive.

You take a moment to relax.

You: [ Half the truth? ]

UNKNOWN COMMS

Dragon clan guard: Sir, we are under attack by the dragon or phoenix looking thing we need back up. Our base is under attack. I repeat we are under attack we need back up.

You: [ That thing again ] Let's end this then.

You enter hyperdrive again. As you reach the base the base is destroyed mostly. But you didn't see anything.

You: [ Are we too late? ]

Your ship's engine explodes and the ship crash into the base.

You exit the ship with Anne and Carle.

The dragon thing fires a laser through its mouth.

You quickly enter the station. But it doesn't stop following you. It starts to break the door and with the laser.

The dragon thing is huge 10-20 meters. It is half machine and half organic. It is the next prototype. The dragon was not responsible for Mandeep's death but it did have killed members of his clan.

You reach a hall to fight it face to face. The dragon break enters the room by breaking the roof.

It flies and sits right in front of you.

The dragon: Where is Mandeep?

The dragon speaks in its deep voice. As you look at it the dragon is covered in the fire with fiery eyes and its red color.

The dragon: I mean no harm to you. Just tell me where he is?

You: He's dead.

The dragon looks at you and then your hear its creepy laughter.

The dragon: You think I will be fooled by this, Human? NOW TELL ME WHERE HE IS?

You: I TOLD YOU ALREADY HE'S DEAD.

The dragon: If you don't want to live. THEN DIE.

The dragon power up and fire the laser. Suddenly a woman comes in front of you and form shield. The shield stops the laser. The woman is covered in a full-body suit and a bicker-type helmet

The woman: Attack it now.

You take out your katana and from side moves run toward the dragon.

As the dragon moves to attack you. The woman hits It with her laser eye.

The dragon's face explodes revealing its mechanical head. You see gear and cogs moving.

Anne and Carle also attack from the side.

Three you start to attack the legs. The dragon fails to maintain balance and falls on the ground.

It quickly recovers and tries to fly. You jump and climb on its head. With the katana, you thrust it right into the brain of the dragon.

The dragon falls on the ground and the woman cuts its head off with a laser.

But you still hear its heart beating. With you katana, you finish it off. You thrust the katana into its heart. It explodes into a bloody mess.

You look around the woman is gone. But you have won this battle. But the war is not even started you.

NEAR THE STAR

A man in a full suit with no helmet. Stand looking at the star.

The woman: Is master safe?

The man: He is safe well you can say he is doing as he said he will. Soon he will be free. All we got to do is wait.

The woman: Still I should have protected him.

The man: By not doing that you helped him.

The woman: You can continue your mission. I will wait for him.

The man: Alright. I go to meet that commander.

The woman looks outside through the huge glass.

The woman: I am waiting, master.

The station's shield goes up.

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The star explodes into a supernova. But the shield didn't even let the supernova to make a single scratch.

The woman places her hand on the glass and looks.

The woman: There he is.