Ghosts of the Past...

[Vo]

Remember the little man? Well, He has finally arrived at the battle that would take his life. And he can see what the code white was all about. From what he could see, there were at least 7 Liberty dreadnoughts... the worst part about it, they were all cut in half, a clean cut, right down the middle. He closed his eyes, and then, he knew that he would die. His mind filled with disturbing images, of the dreadnoughts and there crew being being violently cut, the coolant bubbles floating out in the vacuum of space, the screech of metal being cut and tarnished... "hold on..." he said softly. "Coolant bubbles.. there are no coolant bubbles" He opened his eyes... and saw something he never thought he would see in his life... his wing mate, in space, with his life pod cut in half. His wingmate was clawing at the cockpit view port of Neoa's defender. His eyes, were gone along with his legs, his blood was floating around him... or so it seamed. The blood wasn't moving. It was shimmering... like it was on a big crystal. Then it happened, Neoa's face fell still with fear as his wingmates body was cut yet again starting from his head through his body. Then he realized another shocking truth, his wingmate had been 20m from his ship just before he had closed his eyes... He looked over to see his now late wingmates ship cut and ripped in every direction. He looked again to his forward view port and, where there was nothing but broken liberty ships and the space of Alaska, there were Ships, AW, Zoners, Outcast, Corsair, Bounty hunter, and Liberty. Strangely enough, they were all working together. Then he knew why. He saw a large Crystilian being, as it ripped apart a liberty cruiser. Just then a ship came in front of his, facing him. The comm light lit up.

Vo: This is Vo, the Master Chief of the AW Navy. I don't have much time for talk, so lets make this short and sweet. I can kill you now, and you won't have to help, or you turn you and whats left of your wing over to my command, and help us beat this thing.

Neoa: Why should I trust you?!? I don't give my loyalty to the first ship I see!

Then 3 nomad cannons shot off in one direction, then focused back on the ship.

Vo: Like I said, you will join us or die.

Neoa: Fine.

Vo: Good lad, follow me now.

Neoa grudgingly formed with Vo, and they began to speed back to the action. As they passed through the split carpus of a liberty dreadnought. Neoa looked airily at the split beast. He saw the cut, and then he found out why the coolant had not come out. It was burned closed. All the pipes had been burned and melted.

Vo: Get ready, we cant seem to get a hit on this thing. No torps can get close enough to it for it to do much, we've unloaded at least 50 novas onto it so far, and it seems like it's still in good shape.

Neoa: It's hot...

Vo: Come again...

Neoa: It's hot, it melts the metal, it doesn't cut it, well, not entirely.

Vo: By god! How did you get this idea!?!

Neoa: Look at this Dreadnought, its burnt, no coolant bubbles, that thing burnt them closed.

Vo: BIRLLIANT! Come one son, we have something to take care of.

They punched into cruise and headed directly to the crystal being. Dodging fire the whole time. At one point, a nova torpedo blew up what was left of Neoa's wing.

Vo: Wings 10- 20 form on me, everyone follow me, we will end this now! All bombing wings position yourself on each side of that broken battle ship.

Vo sent out a system wide way point, normally, this is illegal, but now it was just desperate. The way point showed a broken battlestar it had been cut in two the long way.

Vo: On my mark, fire all nova torpedoes at the battleship. Now, Are all wings formed on me? Good, When I say go, you all cruise as far away from me as possible is that understood? Good. Lets go!

Just then over 500 ships flew towards the crystal ship unloading all of there missiles, torpedoes, and energy onto the thing. Naturally it followed them, taking out at least 50 of the ships on the way. The comm light turned on in Neoas ship, it was Vo.

Vo: I want you to turn on your tractor beam as soon as you cruise away from me, understood? Then you are to follow the rest of the ships back to my flagship, the Vitrus Oxide. I'm trusting you.

They flew through the two half pieces of the battlestar, and the crystal followed.

Vo: Go, ships go get away from here, hurry up about it. Fire Novas!

Just as the crystal met the ship, all of the novas exploded. as did the ship, and all of the coolant inside the ship. As did Vo's ships, the Armodragoon. Neoa hit the tractor, and flew away, he looked back for only a moment, and saw the biggest explosion he had ever seen. And the crystal exploded shattering everywhere.

Neoa and the rest of the Aw fighters arrived at the Vitrus Oxide. Most of the Aw ignored him, and walked out of the hanger, sobbing. One woman though walked up to Neoa, the little man.

Woman: Vo is dead, and we have a liberty militant on our ship... whats this universe coming to?

Neoa: I don't think Vo's dead... actually.


Neoa hit the "Open cargo hold button" and, sure enough, Vo rolled out, dressed in his armor. and clutching a crystal in his arms. He slowly got up, and stumbled out of the hangar without a word, and then he broke into a run, all the way up to the bridge.

Vo: I'm alive. Thats right... sorry guys, but you have to live with me...

As he said that into the ships communicator, a roar came through the ship. Every member of the ship was cheering and yelling like they were saved from hell. There leader hadn't died after all, he lived, and he will keep on living, as long as he had anything to say about it. But for now, he will rest, and find out exactly what he was holding is.

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