Post by Rutaba on May 11, 2017 4:26:52 GMT -5
The inner workings of a spacepod was all that Rutaba could really see at first, the window not providing much aside from empty space filled with stars as they flew off towards their destination, all the little lights and buttons sort of blocking out their view anyways due to how distracting and vibrant it all was compared to the void, a little communications button was open between his own pod and four other pods that were all flying in unison with his own.
The voice of Tunnip was the first to really speak at this point, breaking the silence amongst the pods as they were heading off to wherever it was that they were going. “So, Azukai, can you tell us more about this mission that command gave you? It is rare that they just hand it to one person on passing and let them relay it to the rest of the Squad. However, it has happened before so I am just going with one of those occurrences, however I still need you to tell me the details, alright?” the veteran would immediately stop talking to give the other male member of the group a chance to talk.
“Huh? Oh, well all that they really gave me was that a group of Space Pirates were held up on some docking station out in space. A bunch of innocent people are being held hostage there so they wanted to send us to sort of silence the operation and get the innocents out alive. If anything we’re just making it so that the innocents get their station back, don’t really have to extract them or anything” Azukai would respond into his communicator before going quiet again.
“That seems pretty cut and dry commander, a usual operation for us to be sent into. I guess that’s why they didn’t send us a formal message, it’s just a quick cleanup mission” Rutaba would finally reach down to push the button himself to speak into the communicator, before leaning back to listen in. “Yeah, I suppose so, I just worry that whoever is making these missions is getting a bit too lenient, this has been happening more and more lately and I don’t want to see it become a habit of sending us out on missions with little to no intel aside from who is where.” Tunnip would respond to Rutaba before going quiet himself.
“That’s fair commander but if it is really just space pirates, we shouldn’t have to worry about much, they usually aren’t really well kept together, low technology, and just all around bad teamwork. I am sure they don’t really need to give us intel because all they could tell us is that it is an easy operation!” one of the sisters spoke up from her pod, it was hard to tell which one it was exactly due to not being able to see their face, but at least they weren’t just fast asleep in their pods and were actually getting what little intel they could have on the mission before they even got there.
The flight over there was mostly quiet, the entire team relaxing and resting up their energies for the fight ahead of them, making sure their ki pools were fully refreshed before they got into any trouble on their ends, and before long, the docking station would come into view and surely enough, some vessels were there that were marked with mysterious logo’s that just spelled pirate to anybody who would look at it. The squad would just enter a formation with their pods as they started to direct their course for one of the hangars there, moving their pods in and securing them as they all got out and secured their gear, each one having something of their own, Rutaba himself sheathing his sword as that was his main tool of battle.
For the rest of the team, Azukai brandished a silver winged spear, the two girls both had little blasters that they holstered immediately, and Tunnip had nothing but his bare hands for the time being, that being his desired method of combat over the years but none of the younger peacekeepers were very trained in martial arts to even understand that. As all of them were set to go however, the door to the hangar would open revealing a decent sized group of people awaiting them all, armed with blasters that would immediately unload on them.
Being caught by surprise like this wasn’t exactly uncommon if the enemy saw them come in, or even sensed them for that matter, but a group of pirates doing this, and with the sheer number it was all a little overwhelming. This caused the squad to have to evade and go farther back in the station away from where most of the crew, and thus the pirates, would be, trying to catch their breath as they waited out the fire for a small bit while listening to see if they could hear any advances. “What the hell kind of pirates are those, they are equipped to the teeth. Even with sheer number pirates aren’t supposed to have tech like that, those blasters could shred us with well placed shots!” Rosémarie would say in a bit of an exasperated voice, staring at her sister and then the rest of the squad.
“I know, if these are pirates they sure don’t need to raid anything. They are probably all set for life with gear like that at their disposal.” Tunnip would say, slowly being enveloped in a golden aura, his power spiking up four fold as he leaned up against the wall and holding both of his hands up, ki orbs flowing into his palms as he stared over at Azukai and nodded. The saiyan boy returned in kind as he would also just hold two large ki orbs in his palms, both of the men staying in the room for a while as they were flowing ki into themselves, quickly moving out into the open as they pointed their palms forward, it seemed that now, the group of ‘pirates’ were taken by surprise, as laser after laser was fired from the duo of saiyan’s palms, tearing the group to shreds with shot after shot. However, it wasn’t fast enough as a good few were able to put well placed shots into Azukai who didn’t seem fast enough to protect himself in some way, but none were able to hit Tunnip before the entire group was annihilated.
“Azukai!” Rutaba would charge over to his friends side, holding him up to make sure his wounds weren’t fatal, waving over the two sisters as Azukai would cough up some blood. “He’s going to be alright, this isn’t a fatal wound, we can repair him for sure.” Lavender would speak this time, her sister giving a short nod as both of them would charge ki into their palms and press it up against Azukai’s wounds, light returning to his eyes very quickly as he gasped and just slowly started to relax. “...That’s a lot better feeling, if I had to say.” Azukai would slowly sit up, his body coursing with power after being restored from such injuries. “Thank you guys, I am sure that I can better help now.. That was a lot of people so I am sure they are spread thin now” he would continue on to say while looking up at the commander who was already relaxing to restore his own ki.
After a bit of a wait, everyone would be back up to maximum capacity and they would head out again, making sure to check the entire hanger to make sure that nobody was left to really get the jump on them. This was when they would slowly move through the rest of the station towards where the crew would most likely be held, a surprising amount of ‘pirates’ being around the entire place still. However, with the squad on alert now, they wouldn’t be caught by surprise and the group of five would cut every pirate down with relative ease, each one using their respective tools and expertise to thin the numbers by either stunning the pirates and locking them up, or otherwise killing them depending on who was attacking. Rutaba and the Twins focused on restraining pirates while Tunnip and Azukai went the easier route of ending their lives.
This pattern would continue until the squad would make their way into a wide, open conference room. The door behind them would slowly close and be sealed behind them, blocking their escape. A few figures were sitting in chairs around the conference room and all would stare at the squad with more, sinister smiles. “Ah yes, they have arrived. Right on time in fact. We were almost getting bored in here.” one of the figures would say with a hearty chuckle, before glancing around at the members of the squad. “Yep, that’s all four of you. Well then, I guess it is time for the little show~” another would say with a grin.
“...You four, make sure they don’t try anything funny, I am going to blast through the door.” Tunnip would say with a bit of a gruff tone, he wasn’t having any of this. “Er, allow me to help. I’ll fire on your mark, this door looks pretty secure.” Azukai would say, both of the male saiyans charging energy into their palms, Tunnip’s aura glowing gold once more as he held his hands back, palms towards the door but layered together, a large purple ki glow emanating from his hands. “Oh, trying to escape huh? That is cute but you four wont get out of here before he kills you, it is all too futile.” a third figure would speak this time.
“Four? Why do you keep saying four?! There is five of us here. And who is he?” Rutaba would finally break his own silence, brandishing his sword while staring at the figures, the girls pulling out their guns and staring at them, sort of pointing the guns from target to target in a sort of threatening manner. “Oh, we won’t do anything… we promiiise.” the first spoke once more and just watched on in amusement.
After a short time, it seemed the two boys attacks were entirely ready to break through the door. “Extreme Gallick Cannon! Fire!” Tunnip would yell, throwing his hands forward as his attack would burn right through the door, his golden aura falling as he chuckled and huffed, using up all of his energy. “Easy as that, see, you didn’t even need to charge your energy Azuka-” Tunnips words would stop short, as a yellow beam would shoot him right through the chest, fired from one of Azukai’s hands, his other hand quickly turning towards Lavender whose attention was focused on the other figures, immediately blasting through her chest as well, leaving a large burning hole.
Both bodies would drop in unison, no more words coming out of either as the thud would cause silence in the room for but a brief moment. “Commander Tunnip! Lavender!” Rutaba would shout out loudly, quickly running to his commanders side as he knew that Rosémarie was to be on her sister in too short a time for that to really matter, both of them checking their lifesigns, Rutaba’s eyes sort of going wide as he felt nothing but silence and cold from Tunnip, the sounds of a crying Rosémarie nearby instantly making him know the situation over there as well.
“Azukai! What the hell did you just do?!” Rutaba would yell to his comrade, standing up form his commanders side and staring towards him, the man showing no remorse in a sense. “...I waited till his energy was drained from the door, and his power up was down. That along with how he had his guard down made it easy to rip through his body, killing him instantly. He felt no pain, nor did he know it was coming. I gave him and Lavender a peaceful death… if I had an extra hand I would have gave Rosémarie one as well but she was farther and harder to hit, it is truly a shame.” Azukai would say with a sort of shallow voice, before brandishing his spear and lunging it at Rosémarie who was still in a sitting position.
Rutaba was however on him in a second, clashing steel with steel, the sound of Sword and Spear clashing against one another as they just stood there, sparks flying from pressure. “Why?! Why the hell did you kill them?! Why the hell don’t you care?!” Rutaba would say with tears running down his eyes, his arms wobbling a bit, outpowered by Azukai from his earlier zenkai boost. “...I love you all more than anything, but I was offered a lot of zeni and supplies, that I could use to start a second life. I don’t need to live off of peacekeeping if I do this. The grief over my loved ones being gone will only make me grow stronger, while not having to worry about saving the galaxy with no rest every other second. I do this for my future.” Azukai would say with a sort of angry sounding grunt afterwards as he finally used the extent of his power to push the confused Rutaba aside, his spear immediately stabbing through Rosémarie’s back.
“I am sorry… Rosémarie. I am sorry that you had to live without your sister for longer, Rutaba wouldn’t let me save you from that pain. You didn’t defend yourself, because your life was crushed the moment you felt her life force was gone. Maybe you aren’t even all here still, broken… I’ll fix you by letting you be with her in another life.” Azukai would say with a sort of sad tone to his voice as he would finally pull the spear out of Rosémarie as well, letting her body hit the floor with a thud.
“Yes, yes! You are doing it all perfectly! Now, now kill the boy, let it all come full circle!” a figure would speak up in glee over the bodies in the conference room. “You… agreed, to kill me too? You would kill everyone you spent years of your life with?! I.. wanted you to be my second in command, we were supposed to fight those who wanted to harm the universe, not join them! And for what… a second life, so that we lose even more people that could have protected everyone?! We were like brothers, I loved you as much as I would any family I had back home.” Rutaba would say in an angry tone, brandishing his sword again and just trying to talk down to his ally, before his aura would ignite gold.
“I can’t… forgive you for this!” Rutaba would state firmly, holding his sword at waist level as he dashed towards Azukai, swinging it towards him. From the sheer power boost that Rutaba underwent, Azukai wasn’t able to keep up even with his zenkai boost. However, Azukai was able to recognize the form at a moment's notice, his eyes widening as he clashed with his old comrade, before jumping back and relaxing a moment. “You.. you went into the same mode that Commander Tunnip uses. I… I am stronger than you naturally now but, with your power spiking four fold, not even I can beat you… I am just as outclassed as we all were against Tunnip…” Azukai knew that he lost, it was a cold, stale defeat but it wasn’t worth it to die, if he died right there, then the Squad’s death would be pointless.
“Thank you all for injuring me… and giving me this power. I expect three quarters of the deal… for three out of the four targets. But for now I need to leave.” Azukai would say before bursting through the burned open door, making a quick leave for his pod as Rutaba would be in hot pursuit immediately, leaving behind the bodies of his allies in a blind rage. However, he was not fast enough, and he lost his way in his anger, soon seeing Azukai’s pod shoot out of the hanger through some windows. Rutaba would quickly slow down his running and stop, before his form drop and he fell into prostration on the floor.
“I… everyone is gone… it’s just me now. I… have to report this back to base… and then return to Sadal, with their bodies in tow… they need… a Saiyan’s funeral.” Rutaba would mutter out before standing up, and slowly returning to the room where his squad was killed, the figures already having left in their time while he was gone. This entire mission was a trap by his closest friend to get stronger and eliminate everyone. He was the only survivor of the trap, and he felt guilty for it. “I need… to grow stronger.” the Peacekeeper would slowly say to himself as he got back into his own pod, setting it to go back to Sadal after the other three pods had shot off back home with their respective body, like caskets already.
He would slowly mess with his uniform, taking off a little camera, his hands moving around it till he pulled out its data center.
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The voice of Tunnip was the first to really speak at this point, breaking the silence amongst the pods as they were heading off to wherever it was that they were going. “So, Azukai, can you tell us more about this mission that command gave you? It is rare that they just hand it to one person on passing and let them relay it to the rest of the Squad. However, it has happened before so I am just going with one of those occurrences, however I still need you to tell me the details, alright?” the veteran would immediately stop talking to give the other male member of the group a chance to talk.
“Huh? Oh, well all that they really gave me was that a group of Space Pirates were held up on some docking station out in space. A bunch of innocent people are being held hostage there so they wanted to send us to sort of silence the operation and get the innocents out alive. If anything we’re just making it so that the innocents get their station back, don’t really have to extract them or anything” Azukai would respond into his communicator before going quiet again.
“That seems pretty cut and dry commander, a usual operation for us to be sent into. I guess that’s why they didn’t send us a formal message, it’s just a quick cleanup mission” Rutaba would finally reach down to push the button himself to speak into the communicator, before leaning back to listen in. “Yeah, I suppose so, I just worry that whoever is making these missions is getting a bit too lenient, this has been happening more and more lately and I don’t want to see it become a habit of sending us out on missions with little to no intel aside from who is where.” Tunnip would respond to Rutaba before going quiet himself.
“That’s fair commander but if it is really just space pirates, we shouldn’t have to worry about much, they usually aren’t really well kept together, low technology, and just all around bad teamwork. I am sure they don’t really need to give us intel because all they could tell us is that it is an easy operation!” one of the sisters spoke up from her pod, it was hard to tell which one it was exactly due to not being able to see their face, but at least they weren’t just fast asleep in their pods and were actually getting what little intel they could have on the mission before they even got there.
The flight over there was mostly quiet, the entire team relaxing and resting up their energies for the fight ahead of them, making sure their ki pools were fully refreshed before they got into any trouble on their ends, and before long, the docking station would come into view and surely enough, some vessels were there that were marked with mysterious logo’s that just spelled pirate to anybody who would look at it. The squad would just enter a formation with their pods as they started to direct their course for one of the hangars there, moving their pods in and securing them as they all got out and secured their gear, each one having something of their own, Rutaba himself sheathing his sword as that was his main tool of battle.
For the rest of the team, Azukai brandished a silver winged spear, the two girls both had little blasters that they holstered immediately, and Tunnip had nothing but his bare hands for the time being, that being his desired method of combat over the years but none of the younger peacekeepers were very trained in martial arts to even understand that. As all of them were set to go however, the door to the hangar would open revealing a decent sized group of people awaiting them all, armed with blasters that would immediately unload on them.
Being caught by surprise like this wasn’t exactly uncommon if the enemy saw them come in, or even sensed them for that matter, but a group of pirates doing this, and with the sheer number it was all a little overwhelming. This caused the squad to have to evade and go farther back in the station away from where most of the crew, and thus the pirates, would be, trying to catch their breath as they waited out the fire for a small bit while listening to see if they could hear any advances. “What the hell kind of pirates are those, they are equipped to the teeth. Even with sheer number pirates aren’t supposed to have tech like that, those blasters could shred us with well placed shots!” Rosémarie would say in a bit of an exasperated voice, staring at her sister and then the rest of the squad.
“I know, if these are pirates they sure don’t need to raid anything. They are probably all set for life with gear like that at their disposal.” Tunnip would say, slowly being enveloped in a golden aura, his power spiking up four fold as he leaned up against the wall and holding both of his hands up, ki orbs flowing into his palms as he stared over at Azukai and nodded. The saiyan boy returned in kind as he would also just hold two large ki orbs in his palms, both of the men staying in the room for a while as they were flowing ki into themselves, quickly moving out into the open as they pointed their palms forward, it seemed that now, the group of ‘pirates’ were taken by surprise, as laser after laser was fired from the duo of saiyan’s palms, tearing the group to shreds with shot after shot. However, it wasn’t fast enough as a good few were able to put well placed shots into Azukai who didn’t seem fast enough to protect himself in some way, but none were able to hit Tunnip before the entire group was annihilated.
“Azukai!” Rutaba would charge over to his friends side, holding him up to make sure his wounds weren’t fatal, waving over the two sisters as Azukai would cough up some blood. “He’s going to be alright, this isn’t a fatal wound, we can repair him for sure.” Lavender would speak this time, her sister giving a short nod as both of them would charge ki into their palms and press it up against Azukai’s wounds, light returning to his eyes very quickly as he gasped and just slowly started to relax. “...That’s a lot better feeling, if I had to say.” Azukai would slowly sit up, his body coursing with power after being restored from such injuries. “Thank you guys, I am sure that I can better help now.. That was a lot of people so I am sure they are spread thin now” he would continue on to say while looking up at the commander who was already relaxing to restore his own ki.
After a bit of a wait, everyone would be back up to maximum capacity and they would head out again, making sure to check the entire hanger to make sure that nobody was left to really get the jump on them. This was when they would slowly move through the rest of the station towards where the crew would most likely be held, a surprising amount of ‘pirates’ being around the entire place still. However, with the squad on alert now, they wouldn’t be caught by surprise and the group of five would cut every pirate down with relative ease, each one using their respective tools and expertise to thin the numbers by either stunning the pirates and locking them up, or otherwise killing them depending on who was attacking. Rutaba and the Twins focused on restraining pirates while Tunnip and Azukai went the easier route of ending their lives.
This pattern would continue until the squad would make their way into a wide, open conference room. The door behind them would slowly close and be sealed behind them, blocking their escape. A few figures were sitting in chairs around the conference room and all would stare at the squad with more, sinister smiles. “Ah yes, they have arrived. Right on time in fact. We were almost getting bored in here.” one of the figures would say with a hearty chuckle, before glancing around at the members of the squad. “Yep, that’s all four of you. Well then, I guess it is time for the little show~” another would say with a grin.
“...You four, make sure they don’t try anything funny, I am going to blast through the door.” Tunnip would say with a bit of a gruff tone, he wasn’t having any of this. “Er, allow me to help. I’ll fire on your mark, this door looks pretty secure.” Azukai would say, both of the male saiyans charging energy into their palms, Tunnip’s aura glowing gold once more as he held his hands back, palms towards the door but layered together, a large purple ki glow emanating from his hands. “Oh, trying to escape huh? That is cute but you four wont get out of here before he kills you, it is all too futile.” a third figure would speak this time.
“Four? Why do you keep saying four?! There is five of us here. And who is he?” Rutaba would finally break his own silence, brandishing his sword while staring at the figures, the girls pulling out their guns and staring at them, sort of pointing the guns from target to target in a sort of threatening manner. “Oh, we won’t do anything… we promiiise.” the first spoke once more and just watched on in amusement.
After a short time, it seemed the two boys attacks were entirely ready to break through the door. “Extreme Gallick Cannon! Fire!” Tunnip would yell, throwing his hands forward as his attack would burn right through the door, his golden aura falling as he chuckled and huffed, using up all of his energy. “Easy as that, see, you didn’t even need to charge your energy Azuka-” Tunnips words would stop short, as a yellow beam would shoot him right through the chest, fired from one of Azukai’s hands, his other hand quickly turning towards Lavender whose attention was focused on the other figures, immediately blasting through her chest as well, leaving a large burning hole.
Both bodies would drop in unison, no more words coming out of either as the thud would cause silence in the room for but a brief moment. “Commander Tunnip! Lavender!” Rutaba would shout out loudly, quickly running to his commanders side as he knew that Rosémarie was to be on her sister in too short a time for that to really matter, both of them checking their lifesigns, Rutaba’s eyes sort of going wide as he felt nothing but silence and cold from Tunnip, the sounds of a crying Rosémarie nearby instantly making him know the situation over there as well.
“Azukai! What the hell did you just do?!” Rutaba would yell to his comrade, standing up form his commanders side and staring towards him, the man showing no remorse in a sense. “...I waited till his energy was drained from the door, and his power up was down. That along with how he had his guard down made it easy to rip through his body, killing him instantly. He felt no pain, nor did he know it was coming. I gave him and Lavender a peaceful death… if I had an extra hand I would have gave Rosémarie one as well but she was farther and harder to hit, it is truly a shame.” Azukai would say with a sort of shallow voice, before brandishing his spear and lunging it at Rosémarie who was still in a sitting position.
Rutaba was however on him in a second, clashing steel with steel, the sound of Sword and Spear clashing against one another as they just stood there, sparks flying from pressure. “Why?! Why the hell did you kill them?! Why the hell don’t you care?!” Rutaba would say with tears running down his eyes, his arms wobbling a bit, outpowered by Azukai from his earlier zenkai boost. “...I love you all more than anything, but I was offered a lot of zeni and supplies, that I could use to start a second life. I don’t need to live off of peacekeeping if I do this. The grief over my loved ones being gone will only make me grow stronger, while not having to worry about saving the galaxy with no rest every other second. I do this for my future.” Azukai would say with a sort of angry sounding grunt afterwards as he finally used the extent of his power to push the confused Rutaba aside, his spear immediately stabbing through Rosémarie’s back.
“I am sorry… Rosémarie. I am sorry that you had to live without your sister for longer, Rutaba wouldn’t let me save you from that pain. You didn’t defend yourself, because your life was crushed the moment you felt her life force was gone. Maybe you aren’t even all here still, broken… I’ll fix you by letting you be with her in another life.” Azukai would say with a sort of sad tone to his voice as he would finally pull the spear out of Rosémarie as well, letting her body hit the floor with a thud.
“Yes, yes! You are doing it all perfectly! Now, now kill the boy, let it all come full circle!” a figure would speak up in glee over the bodies in the conference room. “You… agreed, to kill me too? You would kill everyone you spent years of your life with?! I.. wanted you to be my second in command, we were supposed to fight those who wanted to harm the universe, not join them! And for what… a second life, so that we lose even more people that could have protected everyone?! We were like brothers, I loved you as much as I would any family I had back home.” Rutaba would say in an angry tone, brandishing his sword again and just trying to talk down to his ally, before his aura would ignite gold.
“I can’t… forgive you for this!” Rutaba would state firmly, holding his sword at waist level as he dashed towards Azukai, swinging it towards him. From the sheer power boost that Rutaba underwent, Azukai wasn’t able to keep up even with his zenkai boost. However, Azukai was able to recognize the form at a moment's notice, his eyes widening as he clashed with his old comrade, before jumping back and relaxing a moment. “You.. you went into the same mode that Commander Tunnip uses. I… I am stronger than you naturally now but, with your power spiking four fold, not even I can beat you… I am just as outclassed as we all were against Tunnip…” Azukai knew that he lost, it was a cold, stale defeat but it wasn’t worth it to die, if he died right there, then the Squad’s death would be pointless.
“Thank you all for injuring me… and giving me this power. I expect three quarters of the deal… for three out of the four targets. But for now I need to leave.” Azukai would say before bursting through the burned open door, making a quick leave for his pod as Rutaba would be in hot pursuit immediately, leaving behind the bodies of his allies in a blind rage. However, he was not fast enough, and he lost his way in his anger, soon seeing Azukai’s pod shoot out of the hanger through some windows. Rutaba would quickly slow down his running and stop, before his form drop and he fell into prostration on the floor.
“I… everyone is gone… it’s just me now. I… have to report this back to base… and then return to Sadal, with their bodies in tow… they need… a Saiyan’s funeral.” Rutaba would mutter out before standing up, and slowly returning to the room where his squad was killed, the figures already having left in their time while he was gone. This entire mission was a trap by his closest friend to get stronger and eliminate everyone. He was the only survivor of the trap, and he felt guilty for it. “I need… to grow stronger.” the Peacekeeper would slowly say to himself as he got back into his own pod, setting it to go back to Sadal after the other three pods had shot off back home with their respective body, like caskets already.
He would slowly mess with his uniform, taking off a little camera, his hands moving around it till he pulled out its data center.
[Fleshed out continuation from App]
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[Requesting PL please]
