"Hurry up slowpoke!" Ryker yelled at Kinkaid who treading behind him."Geez, give me a break Rykes, using my psychic powers takes a toll on me!" The usually cheerful Kinkaid snapped back. "We're here." Ryker paused. The two of them plopped to their knees to catch their breaths. They noticed a door in front with a caution sign on it."Do you think he's here?" Askes Kinkaid. "Top floor, danger sign. Nah, I think a mermaid is on the other side of the door." Kinkaid's eyes lit up. "Mermaid! I've never seen one." Ryker facepalmed. "Have you never heard of the term sarcasm before?" Kinkaid tilted his head. Just as he was about to speak... "Never mind, don't answer that," Ryker said getting back to his feet. "Let's go." Kinkaid followed suit. "The man we came to free is on the other side of that room." They gave each other silent nods and opened the door. What awaited them was a dark cell room. "This place is giving me weird vibes." Both Ryker and Kinkaid cringed. "I can't believe

"What do we do now?" The guards were in a state of despair. Some plopped to their knees having lost all will to live."If those battle cruisers fire their astral cannons at us, none of us would survive.""Tck," Ryker clicked his tongue seeing the guards despair. "How pathetic can you guys be!?" He snapped at them grabbing one of them by the collar. "The first thing you do in the face of death is losing the will to live? What a bunch of losers!" He exclaimed throwing the guard to the ground. "Look!" He points at the cruisers. "Instead of wasting your time whining like babies, clench your teeth! Help us fight cause I'll be damned if I go down like this.""Hahaha!" Peck laughs. Turning to Jackal, he said, "You sure got a feisty one there."Jackal grinned like a Cheshire cat. "Believe me, he's a hell of a person alright..."Peck nods. "I'll take your word on that, Capitan."Walking toward Ryker was Peck with his arms folded. "You heard this man!" He placed his hand on his shoulder. "It

"Tck," Ryker clicked his teeth. He was latched onto an asteroid with Peck beside him. "This sniper is starting to get on my nerves."They were at the mercy of the continuous firing from the unknown sniper. "Alright! Lesson time!" Peck grabbed Ryker's collar much to the latter's dismay. "Hey, let me go!" Ryker snapped. "What is the one thing a sniper hates the most, and what is the major weakness to a sniper?" Peck asked as he slaps a shot that aimed at them. "Eh?" Ryker bares his teeth at the large man. "Are you seriously having a quiz session, now of all time!?""Oh, me, pick me!" Kinkaid raises his hand from an asteroid behind them. "Purple one!" Peck pointed at Kinkaid.Ryker facepalmed. 'We're sitting ducks in space under the mercy of a dangerous sniper and these idiots are making light of the matter.'"A sniper's biggest weakness is a close ranged encounter!" Kinkaid answered. "Correct purple one!" Peck gave Kinkaid a thumbs up. He then turns to Ryker. "You should be more l

LOCATION : BOUNTY HUNTERS ASSOCIATION HQ, PLANET SKRULL. Leonidas and August were seated in the latter's office as the former's phone rang. Leonidas answered the transmission. "Yes." He said in a cold tone. His current vexed state was as a result of a transmission prior to this one. He had learnt that his plans to destroy Buukatraz and with it, the Black Stallion crew was foiled. "Leo." It was thr voice of a woman. "Zara, I heard you also failed to take out our enemies." "Minor setbacks, I won't stop until I bring the Black Stallion crew to their knees and crush my sister's hopes!" Leonidas smiled maliciously. "Good, and to help you on your crusade, I'll be sending someone even Jackal Knight won't expect to see." "Thankyou." With that, the transmission ended. August chucked afterwards. "What's so funny?" Leonidas darts him a killer look. "Oh nothing," He said trying to control his laughter. "It's just great to see someone else fail in capturing Jackal Knight for a change."

LOCATION : MILKY-WAY GALAXY, PLANET EARTH. Ryker, Peck and Jackal were seen walking through the busy streets of a city. They wore cloaks to conceal their identities. "This place is..." Ryker drops his jaw as he was left dumbfounded by the scenery in front of him. The city was in every way a futuristic city with multiple advanced technologies. One of which were the hovering vehicles. "It's beautiful!" Ryker exclaimed. "Welcome to earth, snow-white. The first planet to invent space travel millenniums ago." "This is where Sal grew up." Peck added. "I've got to admit, this is better than waiting in the cruiser." The Black Stallion crew's original plan was to wait in the cruiser until Salazar locks on to their signal.That was until Ming pointed out that the psychic might not be interested in meeting them at all. The crew ended up deciding to check out his home planet and visit the village he was born on. "Here we are." They paused in front of a train."This train will take us to