"Hurry up slowpoke!" Tyson yelled at Kinkaid who was treading behind him."Geez, give me a break Ty, using my psychic powers takes a toll on me!" The usually cheerful Kinkaid snapped back. "We're here." Tyson paused. The two of them plopped to their knees to catch their breaths. They noticed a door in front of 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." Tyson facepalmed. "Have you ever heard of the term sarcasm before?" Kinkaid tilted his head. Just as he was about to speak... "Never mind, don't answer that," Tyson 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 Tyson and Kinkaid cringed. "I can't believe
"Peck!" Xing ran up to the bulky man. "Haha!" He laughs triumphantly with his hands folded. "Xing," he grins. "It's so good to see-" The android cut him off by running into him and embracing him. "You look skinny," She said. "What have they been feeding you?" Peck smiled faintly as he patted her head. "One chocolate bar. Sometimes a day, sometimes a week and most times, monthly." Tyson dropped his jaw. "What do you mean he's skinny!?" He, exclaimed, expressing his shock. Xing darts the ex-hunter a killer gaze. "That's all you heard in our conversation?" She said, separating herself from Peck. "Forget the fact that he's a monster who can go months without so much as a decent meal except a single chocolate bar... What do you mean he's skinny!?"Xing facepalmed as Peck burst into laughter. "I see we've got new crew mates?" He grins, staring at Tyson, Kinkaid and Tristan. "Unfortunately..." Xing rolled her eyes. "Grr." "Kikiki." Tristan walks over to Peck and bows. "It is an
"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 fired their astral cannons at us, none of us would survive.""Tck," Tyson 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 because I'll be damned if I go down like this.""Hahaha!" Peck laughs. Turning to Victor, he said, "You sure got a feisty one there."Victor 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 Tyson was Peck with his arms folded. "You heard this man!" He placed his hand on his shoulde
"Intruder!" Several guards pointed their blades at Tyson, who dropped from the ceiling. "Halt!" One of them yelled as they charged at the ex-hunter."I'm sorry," Tyson dashed forward. "I'm in a hurry at the moment."A purplish aura engulfs him as he blitzes past them, knocking them out in the process. "Ebon Rush!" he said softly."Halt!" More guards stood in his way as he made quick work of them like the previous set. "I am used to my powers now." Tyson looked at his palms. "Unlike before, I can keep my astral akin active for as long as I want. Hehe, there's no better way to gain experience than with physical encounters." He forced his fist forward, sending out a blast of his astral energy at the guards sprinting towards him. "Ebon Burst!""The more I fight, the more I get closer to thumping the higher ops." It didn't take long for Tyson to make it to the command room. "Now to figure out how to disable the cannons." He peered over at a screen that depicted the time left before al
"Tck," Tyson 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 Tyson's collar, much to the latter's dismay. "Hey, let me go!" Tyson snapped. "What is the one thing a sniper hates the most, and what is the major weakness to a sniper?" Peck asked as he slapped a shot that was aimed at them. "Eh?" Tyson 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.Tyson 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 close-ranged encounter!" Kinkaid answered. "Correct purple one!" Peck gave Kinkaid a thumbs up. He then turns to Tyson. "You should be m
The Ebon Phantom landed in front of the fortress. The first to come out was Xing, who rushed to Victor's arms. "Captain! You did it!" "Haha, we did it!" The others followed suit with Tyson walking toward Victor. "You single-handedly stopped a planet wrecking blast, you're a monster alright." Victor rubbed his nose. "I wouldn't have done it without these guys, they learned their astral energies." He pointed back at the guards and prisoners. They bowed to the Black Stallions. "We believe Captain Victor is just being modest. Our combined astral energies did little to no help in stopping the astral cannon.""So that's that, eh." 'If it weren't for that thing, the captain would have stopped all the cannons on his own.' Xing thought to herself. Victor looked behind the crew. "Where's Peck?""Oh, he's fighting a sniper in space." "Okay." His carefree reply showed his faith in his companion."More importantly," Tristan spoke up. "You freed the prisoners?" "I figured they should kno
LOCATION : BOUNTY HUNTERS ASSOCIATION HQ, PLANET SKRULL. Leonidas and Harold 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 learned that his plans to destroy Buukatraz and with it, the Ebon Phantom crew, was foiled. "Leo." It was the 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 Ebon Phantom 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 Victor Knight won't expect to see." "Thank you." With that, the transmission ended. Harold chucked afterward. "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 Victor Knight for a change."
LOCATION :BOUNTY HUNTERS ASSOCIATION HQ, PLANET SKRULL."I'll be on my way then." Harold was escorting Leonidas to his cruiser. It was a silver colored cruiser with the head of a lion on its front and the logo of the BSA on both sides. "So, this is the Silver Mane," Harold said to himself. "Have you heard of the Flag Masters summit being held in two weeks?" Asked Leonidas as they paused in front of the cruiser."Unfortunately," Said Harold, sounding annoyed. "All the Flag Masters have to be presented, including the Grand Flag Master. That old coot barely shows his face." "So I've heard. I've never met him in person haha, I'll be looking forward to seeing the Blind Death. I'm not too excited about the other Flag Masters. Most of them still haven't accepted me as one of their own." "I wonder why's that." "That sarcastic attitude of yours won't land you a woman." "I had a woman! Or at least, I had someone I wanted to be my woman. Until your captain took her away from me weeks ago.