Hope's Guardian

[KamiFaby]

Garrus let out a sigh and hit with his fist on the console. "I am late already. What in Christ's name are you doing Sarah? Is that supposed to be funny?" Garrus wasn't as calm as he usually was when speaking to Sarah. He reached after the controls again and swung the ship around to face the Chrysaetos. "Did I anger you Garrus? Just stay a little longer, no one will notice if you arrive a tad later. Oh and don't try to hold back." Sarah pressed a button and an alarm started to sound in Garrus' cockpit. "Incoming Missile!" Another impact. "I suppose you know what happens next Mister Hendrix. Show me what you got and don't hold back from the-" Before Sarah was able to finish a heavy weapon impacted on her shields. A Mini Razor was fired of Garrus' ship and impacted directly on Sarah's cockpit, leaving the ship shaking and the shields weakening. "I won't Fenn."

Both ships charged at each other, exchanging a few shots. Garrus was not playing around this time, he knew Sarah had the upper hand, maybe even skill wise. They flew pas eachother, desperatly trying to get behind the other one. Suddenly, one shield dropped. "Well done with a broken powercore." Sarah started to laugh as they continued to circle around in space. After Sarah got a few shots on their hull she was able to drop Garrus' shield and manage to hit a Mini Razor. "Warning! Critical hull damaged detected!"

"Satisfied now? You've beaten me. Twice." Sarah didn't answer. "What? Did you grew silent while watching me get beaten?" Garrus was still angry, although he calmed down quite a lot. "I hope you packed enough bots Garrus, we are not alone. Move! Outcasts emerging on our location, ready your weapons, and sent out the Nanobots!" Garrus quickly pressed a button and released some Nanobots that quickly patched up the hull to restore it to a degree that can still take a few shots. "That is the worst timing ever. I'm right behind you Sarah, let's show them how we deal with unwanted guests." Garrus paused for a second until he opened a com channel to the Outcasts. "Outcasts, this is Crayterian territory, turn back now or get eliminated. This is your last chance."

No response came from the Outcasts as they exited cruise and powered up their weapons. "Guess they won't talk then, be ready Garrus." As soon as the Outcasts were in range, Garrus and Sarah split to the sides and together with focused fire, they took down the first one, leaving two to be dealt with. "I'll take care of this one. Shout if you need to be saved." "I'll be not the one shouting for help, Garrus." Again they split up and started to enter a dogfight with the remaining two enemies. Not knowing how Sarah's doing, Garrus forced down the enemy's shields. Severely handicapped by the now empty power core, Garrus struggled to hit the hull of the outcast. They continued to circle in space, slowly drifting away from Sarah and the other one. As soon as the shields of the Outcast regenerated, the pilot started to fly reckless, getting hits on Garrus without giving a damn about getting hit himself.

Garrus's shields dropped, as well as the ones from the Outcast. Both shot a Minirazor, one of them hit. "Warning! Hull integrity dangerously low!" Garrus' was shaken around by the hard impact. With one eye he saw the Outcast taking aim and preparing himself to shoot. Suddenly shots flew from behind the Outcast that ripped apart his hull and forced the pilot to escape. "Don't stand around idly, we got to get back as soon as possible, I doubt they forgot to call for backup."

Both ships entered cruise and aimed for Glendalough Orbitals. Garrus ship, barely able to sustain more damage, was the front man, closely followed by Sarah. "Move, I've just had more on my scanners." Sarah paused for a second, looking at Garrus' ship she realized that the Outcasts are gaining on them. "This is Sarah Fenn to Glendalough Orbitals, we got enemy ships on our tails, we need assistance, Knight Captain Hendrix is severely damaged!" "Acknowledged miss Fenn, we're sending the Seraphim squad to your location. Hang in there."

After a few minutes, the Outcasts caught up on them. Two missiles were flying towards the Chrysaetos and Hope's Guardian. "Incoming missile!" Both impacted.