"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.
Tyson, Peck and Victor were seen walking through the busy streets of a city. They wore cloaks to conceal their identities. "This place is..." Tyson dropped 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 was the hovering vehicles. "It's beautiful!" Tyson 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 Ebon Phantom crew's original plan was to wait in the cruiser until Salazar locks on to their signal.That was until Xing pointed out that the psychic might not be interested in meeting them at all. The crew end up deciding to check out his home planet and visit the village he was born in. "Here we are." They paused in front of a train."This train will take us to Sal's village."The train, like a car, was hov
"So, Sal is with the Oracle Crew." Tyson, Victor and Peck had returned to the Ebon Phantom to convey their findings to the others. "That's right, we're a step closer to finding him," Victor stated. "Something feels off here," Said Xing. Heads turned to her. "Sal's psychic powers allow him to feel our presence as long as we're in the same galaxy. Why hasn't he reached out to us." "Probably has something to do with the Oracle crew." The one who spoke was Kinkaid. "The Oracle crew were dubbed as the Five Vices. Five space pirate crew that rocketed to the top of the criminal empire in the span of 5 years." He smacked his lips. "I'd like to face them." "Five Vices?" Victor, Tyson and Peck tilted their heads. "Never heard of them." They said in unison. "Peck I understand. Victor too, since we have been away, but how is it possible for a hunter to not know about the Five Vices?" Xing darts Tyson a disgusted look. He scratches his head laughing sheepishly. "I didn't pay attention dur