Zarvok Federations: Revenge Of The Inquisitors

This is a Private Canon Roleplay between Alexneushoorn and Joshua the Hedgehog that takes place during the events of Liam and Blade: Space Warfare. Only the above users can edit this roleplay and any other user caught editing will be reported.

Characters
Quentin Mick Vincent/Alexneushoorn

Sophia Nancy Vincent/Alexneushoorn

Lucas Pierpont Vincent/Alexneushoorn

Jayden Sarah Burns/Joshua the Hedgehog

Adex Zarvok Burns/Joshua the Hedgehog

Mark I Fulgore-Delta/Joshua the Hedgehog

Prototype Kilgore/Joshua the Hedgehog

Madison Lipson Sedvor/Joshua the Hedgehog

Celeste the Cat/Alexneushoorn

Story
While heroes for hire Liam and Blade, along with their companions Joshua, Marilyn, Sada, and Connie are away to help with a conflict in outer space, the Inquisitor Clan have returned back on Mobius. This time however, they are under the leadership of Sherman Smithers, cousin of the now deceased Graham Smithers. Zarvokian Faction Leader: Adex Zarvok Burns, calls upon his daughter Jayden and Colonel Lucas Pierpont Vincent, along with his children Quentin and Sophia to help with combating the Inquisitors. Will the Inquisitors win the war against Zarvok this time, or will Zarvok destroy the Inquisitors once and for all? Find out in Zarvok Federations: Revenge Of The Inquisitors.

Le RP
Let's get the ball rolling. o3o

Chapter I: An Old Enemy
(Your turn. o3o)

(Nope, it's yours c:)

('Kay. c:)

Quentin: Well, I've got a game called Grand Theft Knuckles on my Shaystation 4 over here. I'll show you.

Quentin started up the game and joined GTK Online, and demonstrated how it works.

(Did you know there's a road called Joshua Road in GTA V? XD) (O rly? XD) (Yup. XD)

Jayden watched as he was playing the game... she didn't look interested.

Meanwhile, in the Zarvokian Command Center...

Lucas was overseeing Zarvokian territories when he got a video transmission from a Zarvokian facility in Eurish. He answered it.

Lucas: Hello?

Zarvokian Officer: Colonel Vincent, we're under attack!

Lucas: Under attack? Really?

Zarvokian Officer: Yes, bombshells have hit near the facility of Outpost Trilex, and they are attacking our supply convoys and other resources.

Lucas: Who would be attacking you?

Zarvokian Officer: Hold on, I'm receiving information on who's attacking.

The officer received an information file from one of his staff members.

Zarvokian Officer: They call themselves The Inquisitor Clan. They want revenge for the death of their beloved leader Graham Smithers, and the fact you defeated them in 3236, and they won't stop the war until The Zarvok Federations are completely wiped off the face of Mobius.

Lucas: The Inquisitor Clan's back?! How's that possible?!

Zarvokian Officer: That I do not know, sir. But we need help as soon as you can send it.

Lucas: I'll talk to Mr. Burns right away!

Lucas then ended the transmission and ran down the hallway to Adex's office and rapidly knocked on the door.

"...Sweet Gaia, you may come in" Adex said from the inside of the office.

Lucas then entered.

Lucas: Sir, the Inquisitor Clan has risen from the dead and is attacking Outpost Trilex in Eurish!

"...What? That's impossible, every facility they had was destroyed, how did they get so much of their manpower and strength again?" He asked.

Lucas: We don't know how this is possible, sir, maybe they were being helped by some outside force or something, I'm not sure. What I do know is that we need to send people over to Eurish to help take care of the Inquisitors down there, posthaste. (Let's say the Inquisitors are being backed by the Keter Var Empire? :3) (That's highly unlikely, the Keterians don't even know where Mobius is in this time period) (Okay then.)

"An outside force...? Hm... well no matter" Adex said before he stood up "If they didn't learn from the last war, then history shall repeat itself. Send a regiment over there to deal with them immediately" He added.

Lucas: Right away, sir!

Lucas made his way over to the command center before calling over the intercom.

Lucas: Calling the 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment for duty! I repeat, calling 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment for duty! Get mobilized and prepare for deployment!

(They are in the command center. XD)

Adex watched as he left his office, before the commander of the 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment was hailed by Lucas and was told to mobilize "Affirmative sir! But where to?" He asked.

Lucas: To Outpost Trilex, they're being bombed by the Inquisitor Clan, and they are raiding our supply convoys in Eurish. Now get going!

"The Inquisitor Clan, they're back? We'll be there right away, sir" The commander said, before he quickly went to address his troops to prepare for battle, gathering their equipment and preparing their vehicles to enter Genesis and Holomane Transports, which were to go to a TA-650 Troop Transport aerostat.

Lucas was overseeing this process, as Sophia came out to look at it.

Sophia: What's going on, daddy?

Lucas: The Inquisitors have somehow returned to the face of Mobius, Sophia. Mr. Burns has ordered me to send in a regiment to deal with them.

Sophia: The Inquisitors?

Lucas: Yes, we were at war with them in 3236, but we won that war in one day after the Inquisitors surrendered due to crippling morale loss. We destroyed every single facility they had on this planet, but they somehow returned and are attacking our Outpost Trilex and their supply convoys down in Eurish.

Sophia: Well, let's hope they can handle the Inquisitors...

Lucas: Yes, let's hope so...

Meanwhile, Quentin was still playing GTK Online with Jayden, resupplying his Motorcycle Club businesses with other players.

Quentin: And my Document Forgery Office is still business! Alright!

Jayden was just sitting down on the couch as she watching him... still not remotely interested in the game he was playing as her head was resting on her hand.

Quentin and the members of his Motorcycle Club then went to sell product from their Cocaine Lockup.

(I've also read up on the future of the Zarvok Continuity, and I like what you've done with it. Made me start thinking of a future for Liam and Blade too.) (Okay [That moment when Alex needs to start thinking of a different father for Blade since Tails is actually already taken by Mina and not Cosmo]) (Blade actually already has a different father named Dave, it says so in my continuity. XD But I am going to have to think of a new love interest for Cosmo, however.) (No, no no, I'm referring to where Tails was his father before time was altered, since Tails never dated Cosmo in the archie timeline)

"..." Jayden's eyes then began to close, before her head laid on the couch arm.

Meanwhile, Lucas and Sophia continued to oversee the preparation process of the 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment.

The regiment itself was about halfway completed with their mobilization, as transports began taking the ones that were already mobilized into the TA-650 Troop Transport.

(S**t, now that you mention it, it means I'm going to have to change Blade's entire origins and make it that he wasn't originally Tails' son. Ugh, the work I'm gonna have to do...Then again, Cosmo isn't Blade's mother, Zooey from Sonic Boom is, but I'll still have to change it since Tails didn't date Zooey in the Archie timeline either...) (Yeh pretty much. Don't worry tho, originality always pays off c:) (So...Should I reboot Blade?) (Just so he isn't the son of Tails and Zooey, everything else is fine o3o) (I see. That's gonna make some of the roleplay material we've done so far inaccurate, though. o3o) (That's what the power of retcon is for, lol)

Lucas: Everything is going well so far...

Sophia: Yes indeed, daddy...

[Skip turn]

Meanwhile, somewhere on Mobius...

Sherman Smithers was having a meeting with Daniel Vercetti, a commander of the Twyops.

Sherman: So, the deal is through?

Daniel: Yes, we will gladly supply you with the weapons you need. However, the Zarvokians must not know we're helping you.

Sherman: They won't. Adex Zarvok Burns will pay for the death of my cousin Graham. I will take his life, just like my cousin took the lives of most of Colonel Vincent's family (wait wut) (Lucas acknowledged this at the end of the first Inquisitor-Zarvokian War). We will not give up until Adex has been successfully eliminated. We will give you the payment for the weapons.

Back at Fort Zarvok...

Jayden was still on the couch with her eyes closed, while the support regiment was still mobilizing, about 85% of it being completely mobilized.

Quentin, meanwhile was doing the Prison Break Heist on GTK Online. He had his headset on and was talking with his fellow players.

Quentin: We doing this, boys?

Player #1: Yes, we are!

Quentin: Okay, let's rock and roll!

Jayden then opened her left eye which looked out the window... getting a clear view of the mobilization that was taking place "Whoa... hey Quentin, look!" She said.

Quentin looked while still playing the game. He was so skilled he could play without looking.

Quentin: Whoa! A Zarvokian Regiment is mobilizing! Do you think something's happening?

"I don't know... I'm gonna go see!" Jayden said as she got up from the couch to go outside his quarters and find out what was going on.

Lucas and Sophia saw Jayden approaching.

Sophia: Hey, Jayden.

"Hi!" She said happily when she approached them "What's going on?" She asked.

Sophia: Daddy is mobilizing the 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment to deploy them to Eurish, as Outpost Trilex, one of our facilities, is under attack.

"What!? We're under attack?! By who?!" She asked surprised.

Lucas: By a hostile faction known as The Inquisitor Clan. We fought them before in 3236, where we destroyed every single facility they had on this planet, but they somehow rose from the dead and are attacking us again.

"The Inquisitor Clan? My brother told me about them, they're back?" She asked.

Lucas: Yes. We don't know how, but they are. Your father has given me the task of getting a regiment mobilized and sending them to Eurish. If it's a second war they want, it's a second war they're gonna get.

"Okay" She mouthed... before a suddenly thought struck her head "Hey! Can you save a transport for me? I'll be right back!" Jayden said, before she ran towards Quentin's quarters.

Quentin was still playing the Prison Break Heist on GTK Online. He and his comrades had just finished up the heist.

Quentin: Boom! We did it!

She opened the door to his quarters as she stood at the doorway "Quentin! Come here!" She said happily.

Quentin: Coming!

Quentin quickly shut off his Shaystation and went over to Jayden.

Quentin: What's the matter, Jayden?

"Follow me!" Jayden said as she began running towards his father and sister again.

Quentin quickly followed her.

Lucas: So...what were you thinking of, Jayden?

"I thought it would be obvious, silly! For us to come along!" She said.

Lucas: Well, you have my permission, but I'm not sure if your father's fine with you two coming along.

"Well, can you ask him for me? Pretty please?" She asked while making an adorable facial expression.

Lucas: On it.

Lucas went to Adex's office. Sophia followed him. Lucas knocked on the door of Adex's office.

Jayden watched as they walked away, which she tilted her head "...Why didn't he use his HUD?" She muttered to himself. On the other hand, Adex heard him knock on her door "...Mm? Come in" He said.

Lucas entered with Sophia.

Lucas: Sir, your daughter Jayden has requested to be deployed to Eurish alongside Quentin.

"...Oh? Seems my children want to do things nowadays... very well, she handled herself against Danny May, so I don't see why she couldn't do the same here" He said.

Lucas: Alright. And what about Quentin?

"...So long as he's kept in line this time, I will allow this second chance" Adex said.

Lucas: Very well, I shall inform them they have your permission.

Sophia: ...Sir, am I allowed to join Jayden and Quentin?

"...Oh?" Adex mouthed before he looked at Sophia "...Are you combat-effective, Sophia?" He asked.

Sophia: I have been training with M7-Y1 Plasma Swords, though I have nowhere near the swordsmanship that your children possess. But even so, I should still do very well in combat.

"...Mm, very well. Stay close to Jayden and your brother then" He said.

Sophia: I will, sir.

Lucas: Okay, we will arrange a transport for you, Jayden and Quentin. Let's get going.

Lucas and Sophia left the office and closed the door, then returned to Jayden and Quentin.

Lucas: You two have permission to be deployed to Eurish. And Quentin, Mr. Burns is giving you a second chance, so don't screw it up.

Quentin: I certainly won't, dad. If there's one thing I learned while in prison, it's not to make the same mistakes you've made before.

Lucas: Good. Also, Sophia will be accompanying you two, and because Sophia isn't as combat trained as the two of you, Mr. Burns wants the two of you to protect her.

"You're coming with Sophia?! Eeee!" Jayden said excitingly before she gave a quick hug to her.

Quentin sweatdropped, but Sophia just giggled.

Sophia: Yes, I'll be coming with you.

Lucas nodded as he slid down his Tactical HUD over his eyes.

Lucas: Hey, can I get a Genesis Transport for Jayden, Quentin and Sophia?

Jayden, while still hugging Sophia, looked at Lucas "But... why not a Holomane?" She asked curiously.

Lucas: Oh, my bad. *over his HUD* Actually, make that a Holomane Transport.

Jayden couldn't help but giggle at making Lucas' correction for him.

Lucas: ...Alright, thank you.

Lucas then removed his HUD from his eyes.

Lucas: A Holomane Transport is being arranged for the three of you. As soon as the 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment is mobilized, you have permission to take off.

Quentin: Understood, dad.

Sophia: Yes, we'll take care of things down in Eurish.

"Okay! We'll take care of the Inquisitors!" Jayden said with a smile.

Lucas nodded and awaited complete mobilization of the 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment.

At that moment, the entirety of the regiment had been mobilized, and ready for deployment. Jayden on the other hand kept her grip around Sophia's arm.

Lucas: Good luck!

Quentin: Thanks, dad.

"Thank you!" Jayden said happily

Sophia: Thank you, daddy!

Sophia and Quentin boarded the Holomane Transport with Jayden, and sat down in their seats.

Jayden of course followed, still having her arms around the former's arm in a clinging hug.

Pilot: Are we all set?

Sophia: Pretty much.

Pilot: Okay, off we go then!

The regiment then set off for Outpost Trilex, Eurish, as the Holomane Transport holding the three entered the TA-650 Troop Transport, before it activated it's rupture drive to open up a rupture to go to Outpost Trilex.

Outpost Trilex, Eurish...

Meanwhile, the base defenses of the outpost, along with it's personnel, were fighting the invading Inquisitor Clan remnants, while the supply convoys (which consisted of more TA-650 Troop Transports holding supplies and Quartz-67 Corvettes) tried to get out of the area as fast as possible.

(Sorry.)

The Inquisitors fought back using enhanced Plasma and Dark/Anti-Dark Matter weapons supplied to them by the Twyops. The weapons were being fired by fighter jets, tanks and a giant twin rotored helicopter/plane hybrid.

(Okay, what kind of weapons XD) (Plasma and Dark/Anti-Dark Matter, just like Zarvok.) (Specify it in the post so I know what is being used on what and by whom, lol) (There, all fixed. x3) (You forgot to tell me what is firing it. Y'know, like tanks, planes, any of the sort? XD) (Oh, right. XD)

The Antimatter shots would have easily cut down the plasma shielding of the Zarvokian forces... fortunately however, they had a second layer of energy shielding that prevented the antimatter shots from taking them down, while also protecting them from the plasma and dark matter shots. As such, the TA-650 convoys were taking this chance to get out of area while their defense plasma cannons were firing at the fighter jets, while the Quartz-67 Corvettes went straight for the large heliplanes with their light railguns.

As for the tanks, they were more fortunate as they didn't have to deal with a lot of B980 Defensive Turrets... though if they didn't get that shield down from the Mako75 Shield Generators, they were gonna be a big problem soon.

The fighter jet began to rain down their Anti-Matter shots onto the Mako75s (Does this count as autohitting? o3o) (Not really in a sense, it's technically an airstrike, lol)

The fighter jets antimatter would batter against the energy shield layering that protected it, since the plasma layer was already gone. At the moment... the 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment arrived, as the TA-650 Troop Transport carrying their forces had arrived via rupture over the outpost. Within their hangars, they were mobilizing all the troops within the Genesis and Holomane Transports.

Quentin looked out the window of the Holomane Transport that he, Jayden and Sophia were on. He then checked the ammo of his C-T34 Plasma Shotgun.

Quentin: I'm just about ready to make mincemeat out of those Inquisitors.

Sophia had her M7-Y1 Plasma Swords ready.

Sophia: Me too.

Jayden on the other hand, was swinging her legs up and down eagerly, while her hands were on the bench. She still was in her happy, friendly self it seemed... which may make one wonder why someone such as her would even fight in a war.

(That's actually a really good question. XD)

Holomane Pilot: Mr. Quentin, Mrs. Sophia, Mrs. Jayden, are you all ready to depart?

Quentin: Yes.

Sophia: Yes.

"Mhm! I'm ready!" Jayden said.

Holomane Pilot: Okay, prepare to depart!

The pilot landed the Holomane Transport about a feet from the ground so that the trio could get off safely.

Holomane Pilot: I'll keep in position over here in case you want to leave.

Sophia: Alright, thank you very much.

Quentin and Sophia got off the Holomane Transport and waited for Jayden to get off.

They... were still on the TA-650 as it didn't even take off yet. Jayden looked at them curious "Hey, where are you going?" She asked them curiously.

(So...The TA-650 hasn't even reached Outpost Trilex yet? Or did it?) (No it did. The Genesis and Holomane transports within it's hangars just didn't take off yet.) (Oh, okay.)

Sophia and Quentin facepalmed at this mistake and sat back down.

Jayden couldn't help but giggle when they realized their mistake. Wasn't trying to mock them, but it might've been mistaken as such.

Sophia and Quentin awaited the Genesis and Holomane Transports to leave their hangars.

Soon, the Genesis and Holomane Transports that were carrying the regiment's ground forces had fully mobilized their forces into the transports. As such, one by one, they began to take off from the hangars and fly to where the outpost was. The Holomane Transport carrying Jayden, Sophia, and Quentin would go first.

Quentin and Sophia looked out the window at the battlefield, seeing all the Zarvokian and Inquisitor casualties so far.

Sophia: All those brave men and women gave their lives to ensure our freedom...You know, if you really take the time to think about it, why do we fight wars anyway? Why can't we all just get along with each other?

Quentin: That's a very good question, Sophia. A question we will probably never get an answer to.

Sophia nodded.

"I know why... because some people are just plain mean!" Jayden said, giving a bit of a pout.

Quentin and Sophia nodded.

Quentin: Pretty much, Jayden. Let's await our moment to enter battle.

(I read on your Database about a...you know being stored beneath Outpost Trilex. Should we use it in this roleplay or nah?) (Maybe c;)

Jayden nodded as well as she awaited for the transport to land... her expression then suddenly went from happy and friendly, to serious and battle-ready. What... just happened?

Quentin and Sophia noticed it but decided not to question it. They too awaited for the transport to land.

On the ground, the Outpost's personnel was fighting back against the Inquisitor Tanks that were attacking their foothold, along with the base's turrets. It was at that moment they saw the transports landing "Reinforcements! We got reinforcements!" One of the soldiers said.

The Inquisitors would notice the Zarvokian Regiment, but still remained confident in their ability to combat them. They awaited the Zarvokians' first move.

Now unfortunately for the Inquisitors... that would be a tremendous mistake, seeing how badly they kicked their asses in the first war. As such, giving them a chance to deploy their forces was a fundamental mistake, as the Holomane and Genesis Transports that landed, began deploying Zarvokian infantry and ground vehicles, in order to combat against the Inquisitor Tanks. The Holomane Transport with Jayden, Quentin, and Sophia would land first, opening it's side doors to let them out.

The Inquisitor Tanks were destroyed, though the Inquisitor Fighter Jets and Avenger managed to strike the Zarvokian infantry and ground vehicles from the air. Quentin and Sophia got off their Holomane Transport, and Quentin began firing his C-T34 Plasma Shotgun at any infantry within his range, while Sophia got up close and friendly with the infantry and picked them off with her M7-Y1 Plasma Swords.

Jayden herself was actually the first to come out of the transport, as she literally sped towards the Inquisitor infantry at max speed, quickly bringing out her M9-Z4 and DR-32 Plasma War-Axe, as she prepared to attack them in melee. As for the Zarvokian ground forces that were deployed or already on the ground due to being apart of the Outpost's personnel, there were indeed causalities, although somewhat minimal. Mostly deaths since it was a god damned airstrike, but some managed to make it out only wounded.

The TA-650 convoys that were there earlier had managed to escape from the area, bringing their Quartz-67 Corvette escorts with them, which meant this was a job for the fifteen Zarvokian MX46 Mobile Anti Air Vehicles, which most of them concentrated on the fighter jets with EB5 Surface to Air Missile Launchers, while four of them focused on the "Avenger" with their quad Antimatter/Dark Matter High Velocity Autocannons.

The fighter jets attempted to run evasive maneuvers as they attempted another airstrike, while the Avenger fired its weapons at the MX46s in an attempt to outnumber the Zarvokians. As for the Inquisitor infantries, there were quite some casualties caused by Jayden, Quentin and Sophia. Within the rear of the Avenger, some Inquisitors noticed the three going through the battlefield on computers that were inside the Avenger, so they contacted any ground vehicles and told them to move out of the way, which they did. As soon as the Inquisitors' ground vehicles were out the way, the Avenger crew tried to use the cannons to annihilate Jayden, Quentin and Sophia.

A blast hit the ground near Quentin and Sophia.

Sophia: What was that?!

Quentin: Up there, that helicopter/plane hybrid unit is trying to hit us!

Sophia: Looks like we'll have to depend on the MX46s to protect us!

The surface to air missiles that were fired by the MX46s continued to chase down the fighter jets at incredible speeds, which allowed the other MX46s to concentrate fire on the Avenger with their autocannons. The weapons fired by the Avenger would hit the shielding of the mobile land vehicles taking down a couple of their shields while the rest kept theirs, allowing them to concentrate heavily on the large aircraft.

Jayden on the other hand, had a blast nearly hit her as she skid to a halt, before looking up at the Avenger that had fired at her. Though seeing she couldn't do much against it, she just simply proceeded onwards carefully while attacking the Inquisitor infantry. The deployed Zarvokian infantry were also engaging the hostile Inquisitors, while a few Zarvokian Demolition Troopers tried their luck and fired Sermabin EMP Launchers at the Avenger, in an attempt to help the MX46s bring it down to an end.

Meanwhile, within the underground storages of Outpost Trilex beneath it's command center… something had been activated on it's own, within a stasis pod as well, which opened. The thing activated within the pod looked to be an automaton that looked similar to the Mark I Fulgore, except it's visor was different, it's armor plating different as well, and had miniguns for hands. It began making it's way across the storage unit, before entering what seemed to be an elevator... and then made it's way up to the surface.

(S**t's about to hit the fan with the Project Kilgore Prototype about to enter battle. o3o)

The Sermabin EMPs managed to hit the Avenger, causing its electronics to shut down and causing the Avenger to crash down onto the battlefield, killing any Inquisitor aboard the Avenger and any Inquistor ground vehicles and infantry that were near the Avenger when it crashed. The fighter jets were hit by the MX46s' missiles as they began to spiral out of control and collided into each other, killing the pilots.

Quentin and Sophia on the other hand continued to pick off Inquisitor infantry.

Sophia: This is a great way to put the skills I've learned so far to the test!

Quentin: You know it, sis! This chameleon still got it after doing time for a year!

Jayden on the other hand just kept going on the offensive, as well as the rest of the Zarvokian forces. They seemed to be pushing! That was... until sounds of plasma bolts firing could be heard from behind, taking the forces by surprise!

Sophia: What was that?

Quentin: I don't know...

Quentin and Sophia looked behind them.

Jayden and some of the Zarvokian ground forces were concentrated on the Inquisitors to turn around, though others did at the sounds. When they turned around, they could see that an automaton was firing at the Zarvokian forces from behind, of which it's surprise attack had managed to take out several Zarvokian troops before they could even react, despite their shielding. The automaton itself surprisingly looked like it was Zarvokian, though it also looked like it was glitching out… Unknown to all of them, it was the discarded prototype: Kilgore... and it looked like it had awakened itself from stasis!

Quentin: By Tetsu Katano's non-existent testicles, what's that?! (Who the hell is Tetsu Katano and how to they know it lol) (Tetsu Katano's a Sega of Japan employee who has produced and directed Sonic and the Black Knight, lol.)

Sophia: It appears to be an automaton, and it looks a lot like the Mark I Fulgore, but this one's hostile, as it is destroying our forces!

In turn, the Zarvokian forces that had noticed them getting suddenly flanked, had turned to return fire at the prototype Kilgore... which unfortunately, unlike the Mark I Fulgore, also had a plasma/energy shield layering, which in turn allowed it to fire at the Zarvokian forces as it pleased.

Quentin: Jayden, you might want to come look at this!

(Why aren't they doing anything!? XD) (I don't know. XD)

Jayden was... not within hearing range. In fact, thanks to her speed, she was pretty much on the front lines.

Quentin attempted to shoot Kilgore with his C-T34 Plasma Shotgun if he could get within range. The Zarvokian and Inquisitor forces fired at Kilgore as well.

Now unfortunately for the Inquisitors and Zarvokians on the front lines, they... couldn't quite get to Kilgore, as they were forced to battle themselves. The Zarvokians on the back lines however were able to, and managed to land many hits on Kilgore's shields... though, they were very durable, even tanking a medium ranged shot from Quentin's shot. This of course allowed Kilgore to retaliate by firing the plasma miniguns at the retaliating Zarvokians, while it's chest opened up and fired three small missiles at Quentin and even Sophia.

Quentin: Sophia, look out!

Quentin pushed Sophia out of the way to save her. Meanwhile, the Inquisitors on the front lines were busy fighting the Zarvokians on the front lines.

Jayden and the Zarvokians on the front lines would keep firing the Inquisitors, while the Zarvokians that weren't occupied with the Inquisitors were attempting to fend off the rogue Kilgore, whose missiles that were dodged by Sophia and Quentin had impacted the ground. It then concentrated it's plasma miniguns on the two, determined to take them out while ignoring the other Zarvokians.

Quentin grabbed his C-T34 Plasma Shotgun and fired more plasma shots at Kilgore, attempting to subdue him. Sophia stayed near Quentin for protection.

Thanks to the combined might of the Zarvokian forces and Quentin's attacks, Kilgore's shields were finally taken down, but not before it could fire another salvo of missiles at the two Sentriums, while it's miniguns were still firing at them.

Quentin and Sophia continued to dodge Kilgore's attacks, while Quentin tried to land more hits on Kilgore to send him packing.

After several seconds, Kilgore was finally brought down when a plasma shot to it's head was delivered, ultimately bringing it's demise. Of course, with help from the rest of the Zarvokians that had to defend themselves, as well as from Quentin's shotgun, it was pretty much rendered beyond repair, even for Zarvokian atom-construction technologies.

(R.I.P. Kilgore, lol.)

Quentin and Sophia took a moment to catch their breaths.

Sophia: Man, what was that...?

Quentin: Not sure...But I think Mr. Burns might know more about this...

They would see that the automaton was sparking out, implying it was glitching out the entire time, while Jayden was still fighting the Inquisitors with those on the front lines, assuming there were still any to fight that is.

As Jayden was finishing off the remaining Inquisitors at the scene, Quentin and Sophia looked at the destroyed Kilgore and the Zarvokian casualties it caused.

Sophia: Should we inform dad of what happened...?

Quentin: We should...

Quentin slid his BFT-Tactical HUD over his eyes and contacted Lucas back at Fort Zarvok in Downunda. Lucas answered immediately.

Lucas: Hey, son. You all right? Did you get the Inquisitors who were attacking Outpost Trilex?

Quentin: Well, yes, and we also had a large amount of Zarvokian casualties...

Lucas: Huh? How did that happen?

Quentin: You probably won't believe this, but...There was an automaton, that looked similar to the Mark I Fulgore, and it also looked like it was made by Zarvokians, but it attacked our forces. We managed to bring it down. Could you inform Mr. Burns on what happened?

Lucas: Sure, son. Stay safe, okay?

Quentin: We will, dad.

Lucas then ended the transmission and contacted Adex with his HUD.

"...Mm?" Adex mouthed to himself upon hearing the attempt to hail him, before he answered using his own BFT-HUD "Yes?"

Lucas: Sir, I just got a call from Quentin. He told us they managed to defeat a lot of Inquisitors, but we also have a lot of Zarvokian casualties.

"...So I see. The Inquisitors seemed to have stepped up their game, it seems" Adex replied.

Lucas: Well, according to Quentin, most of the Zarvokian casualties were caused by an automaton that looked similar to our Mark I Fulgore, and also looked like it was created by our people. Quentin said it was killing our people, but he and the other Zarvokians managed to destroy it. Do you happen to know anything about this automaton, sir?

". . ." Adex was silent to reply. But... why?

Lucas: ...Sir?

"...You're aware of Project: Kilgore, no?" He said finally.

Lucas: I am, sir. This project is why we have Fulgore. This automaton that attacked our forces at Outpost Trilex...Was it part of the project too?

"...It was the very prototype that we used as a template for Fulgore. After an... unfortunate accident regarding an RnD team, it was sent to the outpost and sealed away... I'm surprised it became active again" He said.

Lucas was silent for a moment, taking it all in.

Lucas: Yes, sir, I'm surprised it became active again too. But Quentin and our people managed to take it down and stop it from hurting anyone else.

"...Very good then. Now... what of the Inquisitors?" He asked.

Lucas: I think we should continue to take out the Inquisitors' operations across Mobius. I'm going to do some research and then I'll give Jayden, Quentin and Sophia, as well as what's left of the 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment their next target.

"...That's what I figured Colonel, but I'm referring to their attack on the outpost itself" He said.

Lucas: Oh, I see.

Lucas brought out a map of Outpost Trilex on his BFT-HUD while still conversing with Adex.

Lucas: The Inquisitors did quite a number on the outpost's shields, and a huge amount of the outpost's personnel has been murdered.

"...I see. But was the attack repelled?" He asked.

Lucas: According to the radar that comes with the outpost's map, I see no more Inquisitors standing, sir.

"So the attack has been repelled? ...Very well. Tell them to await further orders until we figure out where they're operating from" He said.

Lucas: You got it, sir.

Lucas then ended the conversation with Adex and then contacted Quentin again.

Quentin: Hey, pops. So, did you inform Mr. Burns on what happened?

Lucas: Yes, I have. Now you, Sophia, Jayden and what's left of the 1st Zarvokian Support Regiment have to await further orders until we figure out where they're operating from.

Quentin: You got me, pops.

Lucas: Okay. Once again, stay safe.

Quentin: We will, pops.

Quentin then ended the conversation as he looked at what's left of the regiment they came with.

Quentin: Attention, everyone. May I have your attention, please?

The rest of the regiment was... not paying a single damn mind to them as they were just waiting for an actual commanding officer to respond to them. A few did take a glance at him, but they just returned back to their business. Jayden on the other hand... ran immediately up to Quentin and Sophia before stopping in front of them "Hi!" She said happily to them... oddly enough she was just acting serious a second ago.

Sophia: Hey, Jayden! You alright?

"Mm-hm! Not a scratch on me!" Jayden said with a happy giggle.

Sophia: Okay. While you were busy with those Inquisitors, Quentin and I had our hands full with that piece of scrap metal over there.

She pointed to the remains of the glitched out Kilgore Prototype.

Jayden looked over to the Kilgore remains "...Is that a robot?" She asked with a curious tilt of her head.

Sophia: Yes, and as a matter of fact, it appeared to look like a Zarvokian automaton. It attacked us from behind and killed quite a lot of our troops, but Quentin, along with a large amount of our troops managed to destroy it.

"Ohh. Are you okay?" She asked.

Sophia: Yes, we are.

Quentin: We're currently awaiting orders from Fort Zarvok on our next Inquisitor target.

"Oh... yay! I'm happy you two made it out fine!" She said happily, before giving the two a sudden, clingy hug.

Quentin and Sophia smiled when she did that.

Jayden was just silently purring on them while she clung onto them.

(Seperating the chapters now.)

Chapter II: The Urban Trommel Campaign
Back at Fort Zarvok, Lucas was researching the holographic map of Mobius to find any Inquisitor territory. Suddenly, he saw a large amount of Inquisitor controlled territory in Efrika, and it appeared that the Inquisitors in Efrika were armed to the teeth, both weapon wise and vehicle wise.

Lucas: This should be interesting...I'll inform Mr. Burns immediately.

Lucas used his BFT-HUD to contact Adex once again.

Adex would reply again "...Greetings" He said.

Lucas: Sir, I found a large amount of Inquisitor controlled territory in Efrika. These Inquisitors are armed to the teeth, both weapon wise and vehicle wise, so it appears they're quite dangerous. Apparently, the leader of this Inquisitor controlled territory in Efrika is this man.

Lucas sent a photo of the leader to Adex's BFT-HUD.

Lucas: His name is Urban Trommel, and he appears to be a lieutenant-general for the Inquisitors, and is the leader of the Inquisitors' Efrika Corps. As I said, his troops are armed to teeth with both weapons and vehicles, so we should strategically plan our next move on the Inquisitors.

Adex narrowed his eyes when he received the photo from Lucas "...A lieutenant-general is somewhat satisfactory for me, Colonel. This little war needs a swift end to it before we're forced to divert resources from the Keterian front. I need you to try and find out who their leader is, and where they are located on Efrika" Adex said.

Lucas: I'll find out the identity of the Inquisitors' new leader and their location and I'll get back to you once I've found them, sir.

"...Very good, colonel. In the meantime... contact the young ones. Tell them that they have a high priority target to... capture" He said.

Lucas: Yes, sir! Right away, sir!

Lucas then ended the conversation with Adex and contacted Quentin.

Quentin: Hey, pops!

Lucas: Hey, Quentin! Listen, I found a large Inquisitor controlled territory in Efrika. I gotta warn you, these Inquisitors in Efrika are armed to the teeth with both weapons and vehicles, so you better be careful. Go to Efrika and capture this territory from the Inquisitors.

Quentin: On it, pops!

Lucas: Okay, good luck.

Quentin then ended the conversation and looked towards the Zarvokian troops.

Quentin: Everyone, we have orders from Colonel Vincent to capture a large Inquisitor controlled territory in Efrika! Get ready to set course for Efrika!

"Large territory?" Jayden said with a tilt of her head.

"...W... Wait, I wasn't finished!" Adex said when Lucas hung up, before he tried to contact Lucas back.

Quentin: That's what my father said.

"Ohh, okay!" Jayden said, understanding.

Lucas picked up Adex's call.

Lucas: Yes, sir?

"...First off, I wasn't finished. I need them to capture Trommel... alive. We're changing up the tactics this time from the previous war. We'll be taking out their chain of command covertly while defending our territories in the meantime. There is no need to claim any territory that they have... that is until they figure out what's going on" He said.

Lucas: Okay, so we need Trommel alive for interrogation?

"...Exactly. That way we can know how they made a sudden comeback, and we can get a step closer into finding out who their leader is" He said.

Lucas: Good idea, sir. I'll contact the young ones once more and give them your orders.

"...Good. Oh and, Lucas? Don't hang up on me again when discussing an important matter... it's rude" He said.

Lucas: My apologies, sir. I won't do it again. My word as a Sentrium.

"...Thank you. You may give the word to them now" He said.

Lucas: Right away, sir.

Lucas hung up and proceeded to contact Quentin again.

Quentin: What now, pops?

Lucas: I made a little mistake in my orders. Mr. Burns wants you all to go to Efrika and track down the leader of the Inquisitors' Efrika Corps, Urban Trommel. We need you to capture him alive and bring him over to Fort Zarvok for interrogation. Got all that?

Quentin: Understood, pops. Bye.

Quentin hung up and looked back at the Zarvokians.

Quentin: Colonel Vincent made a little mistake in his orders. He wants us all to go to Efrika and track down the leader of the Inquisitors' Efrika Corps, Urban Trommel, and capture him alive and bring him to Fort Zarvok for interrogation. Did everyone get that?

When he turned to look... everyone had already gone the hell out of there. In fact, the rest of the regiment was ordered to reinforce the Outpost until the war was over or when viable replacements were found. Jayden on the other hand, was still there "Ooo, we're capturing someone?" She said.

Quentin: I guess so.

Sophia was still there too.

Sophia: Well, no time to lose then. Let's set course for Efrika.

Quentin nodded.

Quentin: We're going to have to take care of business in Efrika by ourselves, as it appears the regiment has other things to do.

"Okay! That just means we get to do more things!" She said happily.

Quentin nodded and looked towards their Holomane Transport which was still there.

Quentin: Well, shall we?

Sophia: I'm about ready to set course for Efrika.

"Sure! Let's go over there!" Jayden said happily.

Quentin and Sophia walked over to the Holomane Transport and boarded it.

Jayden simply followed them in, attempting to sit in-between the two so she could have each arm around one of them to pull them in closer to her for - of course, affection.

Pilot: Where to, everyone?

Quentin: Take us to Efrika. Colonel Vincent has given us orders from the Faction Leader to capture an Inquisitor lieutenant-general alive and return him to Fort Zarvok for interrogation.

Pilot: Okay, you got it.

The Holomane Transport then took off for Efrika for Quentin, Sophia and Jayden's mission down there.

Jayden just... well, sat there while having the two of them pulled closer to her, being an adorable furball.

Meanwhile, in an unknown location, Sherman Smithers, the new leader of the Inquisitor Clan was walking down the halls of what appeared to be some kind of facility together with 5-Star General, Austin Cullen.

Sherman: The Zarvokians appear to have deflected our attack on Outpost Trilex.

Austin: Are you worried that the Zarvokians will defeat us again, sir?

Sherman: I'm not worried, Austin. We've got backup from the Twyops in case anything seriously bad were to happen. The Twyops have reinforcements hiding on the Space Colony ARK, which is circling the Mobian orbit. We will call them for duty in case of emergencies. Plus, under my training regiment, Inquisitor infantry have learned to shoot hostile infantry in the head. Take The Walking Dead, for example. There's a reason why shooting an undead man in the chest 15 times won't work. Because the only part active in a zombie is its brain.

Austin: And with the Plasma and Dark/Anti-Matter Weapons the Twyops have supplied us with, we are now a force to be reckoned with.

Sherman: Yes indeed, Austin. The war has only just begun.

Now of course, unknowingly to them... Zarvokian detection systems, and their ships in orbit, would have obviously seen whatever ship that had gone to the Space Colony: ARK, and would have notified the United Federation about it. This in turn... would eventually lead the Guardian Unit of Nations to send a recon team to figure out what the hell was going on. For now though, the Space Station would be left alone...

As for the three Sentriums in the Holomane Transport, they would... well, probably still going to Efrika as Jayden was still being the adorable furball that she was.

Quentin and Sophia chuckled as Jayden was being adorable with them.

Meanwhile, back at Fort Zarvok, Lucas was trying to pinpoint Urban Trommel's exact location, although this was very hard, as it appeared that unknown to him, the Inquisitors were trying to prevent any hostile forces from using their tracking technology on their people.

Lucas: How come I can't find Urban Trommel on the map? (Now, fortunately, Lucas is a Level 9 Sentrium, so he isn't that quickly angered nor frustrated.)

As Lucas was looking over the Holo-Map, came a certain Mobian fox with cyan fox... it was Commander Madison herself, as she walked up besides him to see the Holo-Map of Mobius "...What's that you're doing there, Colonel?" She asked.

Lucas: I am trying to pinpoint the exact location of an Inquisitor lieutenant-general in Efrika, but for some reason, it keeps throwing me off.

"Oh... well, if the detection systems are having problems, have you considered sending in some Fireteams or spies to survey the ground? Or maybe even try to ask some of the locals?" She asked. (I'm lowkey making an entry for... uh... I forgot her name, but yeah lol) (Not sure who you're referring to, but okay.) (...The hero for hire that's mute. XD) (Ah, you mean Celeste. XD)

Lucas: Ah, yes, that'll do. I'll send some Fireteams over to Efrika, posthaste. Thanks, Commander.

"Anytime, Colonel. I'll stay here in case you need me for... whatever it is that's going on" She said.

Lucas then used his BFT-HUD to call a few Fireteams for duty.

Lucas: Calling Fireteam Jex (Don't worry, I'll make sure they'll survive.), the 1st Zarvokian Recon Fireteam and the 2nd Zarvokian Recon Fireteam for duty! I repeat, calling Fireteam Jex, the 1st Zarvokian Recon Fireteam and the 2nd Zarvokian Recon Fireteam for duty!

"Roger, we're coming now" A male voice said to Lucas on his BFT-HUD.

Lucas: Okay, expecting you soon.

Lucas then ended the conversation and awaited the Fireteams' arrivals.

A few minutes passed, before the three Fireteams arrived. The first to arrive would be Fireteam Jex, as from the looks of it, one of them appeared to be a Mobian Pronghorn, two of them Humans, and one of them... an Overlander! Soon, the two other Fireteams arrived as well, looking to be a mix of Mobian, Human, and Overlanders "We're reporting for duty, Colonel" The one looking like an Overlander said, standing at attention.

Lucas: Good.

Lucas showed the Overlander the photo of Urban Trommel.

Lucas: You see this guy? This is Urban Trommel, a lieutenant general for the Inquisitors and the leader of the Inquisitors' Efrika Corps. Mr. Burns wants us to capture Trommel alive and bring him back to Fort Zarvok for interrogation. I was trying to find Trommel's location using the Holo-Map, but it appears that the Inquisitors were constantly throwing me off. I need all of you to head down to Efrika, and find Urban Trommel's location so that we can capture him. Understood?

Jex Travis took the photo in his hand before inspecting it "Hm... so we're doing reconnaissance? You can count on us, Colonel" He said.

Lucas: Very well. I will arrange Transports for all of you.

"That won't be necessary, Colonel. Unless it's to Mobius' orbit with an infantry drop pod" Jex said.

Lucas: Very well. Now go and get us the information we need.

"Will do, sir" Jex said, before he and the others left the room to go to a couple of Holomane Transports to bring them to an aerostat in orbit.

Meanwhile, on the Space Colony ARK, the Twyops reinforcements that served as a backup force for the Inquisitors were awaiting orders from the Inquisitors while defending the ARK from trespassers. One of the Twyops' vicious higher ups, Darth Nimrod was among the Twyops backup powers. A staff member was talking with Nimrod.

Twyops Staff Member: Sir, we still haven't received any orders from the Inquisitors regarding our assistance in their war against the Zarvok Federations.

Darth Nimrod: This war has only just begun, you nerf herder. Don't forget that we're the Inquisitors' backup force, and that they will only contact us when we're needed.

Twyops Staff Member: Right, I'm sorry, sir.

Darth Nimrod: It's fine. So, have you found anything...interesting aboard this space station?

Twyops Staff Member: We have discovered that quite some mighty weapons and other things have been developed aboard this space station, sir. One of these things is a certain "Ultimate Lifeform". Quite some time ago, some events have occurred aboard this station, and it's been abandoned ever since before we came here. What has became of the Ultimate Lifeform is unknown.

Darth Nimrod: I see...This space station could be of use to us in times of war...

At that moment... if they managed to get the station's radar systems working, they could detect an incoming object. It was... large.

There were Twyops crew members who were manning the station's radar systems, and they could detect the large incoming object and they sounded the alarms.

Darth Nimrod: What's going on?!

Radar Crew Member: Sir, there's a large object incoming! What do we do?!

Darth Nimrod: If they are hostile, shoot them down!

Radar Crew Member: Understood, sir!

If they managed to look out the windows of the station, they could see that the object itself appeared to be an aerostat of some kind, which it was making it's way towards the station. The aerostat itself however... didn't look Zarvokian. No, the TA-650 Troop Transport was closer within Mobius' lower orbit... this was the Guardian Unit of Nations, who was coming to figure out what the hell was in their station that they abandoned for very good reasons.

Radar Crew Member: Shit! It's the Guardian Unit of Nations that you told us about, sir! (Sherman Smithers has told the Twyops about G.U.N. when requesting their help.)

Darth Nimrod: Damn. Shoot them out of the sky with any weapons you've got!

Radar Crew Member: Yes, sir!

The crew activated any weapons available and began firing at the aerostat that was coming their way.

Now unfortunately for the crew, the Space Colony: ARK didn't have much weapons... in fact it was a research station as they probably knew. Now the only weapon it housed was the infamous Eclipse Cannon that was used during the Black Arms invasion of Mobius... though even more unfortunate, they weren't even able to fire the damn thing, as it required the use of the seven Chaos Emeralds... which they probably didn't have. As such, the aerostat was allowed to move on freely towards the station.

Radar Crew Member: Sir, we don't have any weapons to fire!

Darth Nimrod: Damn. Well, grab any Plasma or Dark/Anti-Matter Weapon you can get a hold of and give those filthy Mobian humans a warm welcome!

Radar Crew Member: Yes, sir!

The Twyops soldiers all grabbed a Plasma or Dark/Anti-Matter Weapon and awaited the G.U.N. troops to board the station.

Soon, the aerostat would come to a docking airlock upon the station, as a bridge extended from the aerostat to the station, where a squadron of G.U.N soldiers would be walking through "What'd you think is inside, corporal?" One of them said "Eh, probably just Eggman, who knows. Maybe it was a false alarm" Another said "We're about to find out. Now cut the chatter and open the door" A third soldier said "Yes sir" The first one said, as he went to the airlock door that connected the bridge to the docking airlock, and opened it.

On the other side of the door, the G.U.N. soldiers were greeted by a large regiment of both Hurricanetroopers and Twyops soldiers, all armed to the teeth with Plasma and Dark/Anti-Matter weapons. They eerily and quietly stared at the G.U.N. soldiers.

Just as they were about to take a step inside, they immediately saw the regiment of troopers "Oh, shit!" One of them yelled out, before they immediately took cover right besides the door on the other side, specifically inside the bridge "What the hell are those things?!" One of them said "I don't know, but they're definitely not from Eggman!" Another said.

Twyops Sergeant: Eggman? You mean that wannabe dictator?

The sergeant began laughing and all of the other Twyops soldiers and Hurricanetroopers laughed menacingly as they opened fire at the G.U.N. soldiers.

They would be protected by the cover they had as they were caught under suppressive fire. One of them pulled out a radio "This is the recon squad, we're under fire by an unknown enemy! We need reinforcements before they overrun us!" He shouted in the radio.

The Twyops and the Hurricanetroopers marched forward as they continued to spray their Plasma and Dark/Anti-Matter gunfire at the G.U.N. recon troops.

"...Copy that, sergeant. We're sending in reinforcements now, try to hold out for as long as you can" Someone replied on the soldier's radio "Roger that Captain, over!" The soldier said, being identified as the sergeant, before he faced the others. One of them was already holding some kind of grenade "Let's give them a little bang" He said, before he quickly tossed the grenade out of the door, towards the soldiers.

Quite a few Twyops soldiers and Hurricanetroopers were caught in the blast and killed, angering the remaining troops as they continued to march forwards and fire at the recon squad.

"...Oh shit, I thought that was my flashbang" The soldier said, sweatdropping "I got it" Another soldier said, before he reached for a flashbang, pulled the pin, waited a couple of seconds, and threw it out the door.

(I'm assuming a flashbang is more powerful than a grenade? XD) (...Are you fucking kidding me, you have no idea what a flashbang is? XD) (I just had to look it up. Forgive me for not knowing. XD)

The flashbang's light disoriented the Twyops and Hurricanetroopers, blinding them.

Not only that, but it would also bring out a loud bang, deafening them for a few seconds as well. Taking the chance, the eight soldiers suddenly emerged from the cover at the door, firing their weapons at the Twyops and Hurricanetroopers, their weapons consisting of either lasers or caliber bullets - one of them even had an undermounted grenade launcher on their rifle, which they used as well. As they did, they were making their way over to some other type of cover.

While the caliber bullets were not all that effective due to the armor and helmets the Twyops and Hurricanetroopers were wearing, the lasers were more effective as the Twyops and Hurricanetroopers were struck by them. Suddenly, Darth Nimrod began speaking to the recon squad.

Darth Nimrod: G.U.N. agents, you are making a grave mistake. My name is Darth Nimrod, and I am speaking to you because I don't want you to be around here. We are on this space station because of reasons we cannot tell you, as it is our business, and not yours. Turn back now before I am forced to terminate you. Do you know what you are fighting for? Fast food and cable tv? Wake up! We are fighting for far more important matters. I will say it again: Turn back now, and if you do not comply, I will be forced to terminate you.

While Darth Nimrod was monologuing, another soldier pulled out another flashbang and threw it, intending to keep the Hurricanetroopers and Twyops blinded and disorientated "Over our dead bodies!" The G.U.N sergeant said "This is our station, not yours!" Another said, before the squad peeked out to fire their weapons at the enemy.

Darth Nimrod: Very well then. I showed mercy, but you defied it. You will see how the decisions your puny little Mobian human brains make will be your downfall.

Darth Nimrod then ended the conversation. Meanwhile the flashbangs the soldiers were throwing kept the Twyops and Hurricanetroopers blinded and disorientated, and were hit by the recon squad's weapons.

"Keep the pressure up!" The sergeant said, as the squadron kept firing their weapons. Then all of the sudden, more shots rang out from another side in the Twyop's flank... it was G.U.N reinforcements! They brought about several more squadrons, about eight squadrons in total, who were firing their weapons at the enemy.

Suddenly, the G.U.N. forces felt their weapons and gadgets being yanked out of their hands and toolbelts on their own. It was Darth Nimrod standing at the end of the hallway as the weapons and gadgets floated towards him. Darth Nimrod was shown to be some sort of alien, having a bald head, yellow and green skin and wearing a black Twyops robe. His eyes glowed menacingly red.

Darth Nimrod: Foolish Mobian humans...I gave you the option to flee, yet you choose to continue fighting...

The reinforcements saw as their weapons had floated around Darth Nimrod... though they kept calm. In fact... Darth Nimrod didn't realize it, but he dun goofed, real bad. By monologuing, he gave somebody the perfect chance to take a shot at Nimrod's head... and that someone was a highly trained sniper, who had lined his shot with his sniper rifle all the way from the bridge that allowed them to board in the first place... before he pulled the trigger, and a laser beam was shot, straight at Nimrod's head.

Nimrod was then shot through the head with the laser beam, unaware of the sniper that was stationed at the other end of the hall. The weapons he had stolen from the squads dropped to the floor.

Twyops Sergeant: Fuck, Nimrod bought it! Let's move!

The Twyops forces hastily attempted to make their escape through their escape ships.

"...They're retreating! After them!" One of the soldiers said, before they hurried over to where the dropped weapons were at, while the sniper kept lining up his shots to try and kill as many Twyops as possible, while one of the soldiers radioed the captain of the aerostat "Captain be advised, the enemy is making a run for it!" He said.

The sniper managed to pick off a lot of Twyops with his laser sniper rifle, while the other Twyops did their best to avoid the gunfire.

Most of the G.U.N personnel by now would have retrieved their weapons from the ground, before they opened fire at the retreating Twyops.

The remaining Twyops were taken down by the G.U.N. personnel as the ARK was now free of the Twyops. However, this would of course spark a reaction from the Twyops out in Sector 5, who were going to mobilize part of their forces to be deployed on Mobius. This was unknown to G.U.N., however, as they were unaware of the Twyops' reach within the Mobian galaxy. However, the Twyops probably wouldn't do something about G.U.N., as they had bigger problems on their hands in Sector 5. (Sure. Also, these were my final edits for today, as I have to get up early in the morning to go to work. We could do a few edits in the morning, though that depends on when you go to bed. Anyways, I'm packing in for today. Night!) (M'kay. See ya)

"...Enemy has been neutralized, sir" One of the soldiers reported in with the Captain "Very good, sergeant. Now someone want to tell me who the hell was that?" The captain said "We... don't know sir. All we know is that they took the station" The sergeant said "Hm... well it's ours again. We'll remain on station for a while, in case anyone else tries to take it" The captain said "Copy that sir, we'll get ourselves situated" The sergeant said. And like that, unknowingly, G.U.N just cut the Inquisitors from their suppliers.

Meanwhile, back at the unknown Inquisitor Facility, Sherman Smithers was having dinner with his most loyal henchmen and henchwomen.

Sherman: Before I took over the Inquisitors, I used to be Head of Research for an unknown military governing body. They made me research stuff that looked crappy. Despite that, I managed to turn everything I researched into something epic. I also was a key character in this military's strategic planning, so I was quite the tactician.

Austin Cullen: That's quite interesting, sir. You have the most interesting stories of all Inquisitors.

Sherman: I know you're just kissing my ass, Austin, but I still appreciate your comments all the same. I'm still a better leader for the Inquisitors than my idiot cousin Graham. My superior leadership skills make him look like Jay Barker and Jett Chrome, the creators of North Park.

An Inquisitor subordinate enters the room with a message as Sherman is talking.

Sherman: The fuck you want?

He takes the message.

Sherman: North Park seems to be quite the cult following, but I don't find that surprising. Politically incorrect humor, toilet jokes and the like are society's guilty pleasure. It disgusts me.

Sherman reads the message.

Sherman: ...G.U.N. has wiped out our Twyops suppliers...The Twyops were hiding on the Space Colony ARK as they were awaiting our orders, and managed to get detected by a Zarvokian ship out in orbit...They informed G.U.N. and they were sent to the station to deal with the Twyops...Not a single Twyops survived the assault...G.U.N...Out of the bloody factions, G.U.N.! Those bloody communist pricks...This is the worst news of the day! Adex, yeah. Manages to fend off my attack on Outpost Trilex! Then he sends G.U.N. to wipe out our Twyops suppliers! Communist cocksucker, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Damn G.U.N.. Why did they have to be involved? Without our supplliers, we will no longer get the weapons we need! Without them, we're dead! ...Everyone, leave me alone with Austin Cullen, Velma Walters and Anton Coburn.

Everyone except the three Sherman mentioned got up.

Sherman: Oh yeah, and I want you to capture Lucas Pierpont Vincent.

Subordinate: My Leader, why do you want him in particular?

Sherman: He is Adex's colonel, so he must know quite a lot about Zarvok's way of working.

Brian Coburn (An Inquisitor 3-Star general): Should I send people to find him right away?

Sherman: Yes, of course!

Everyone except Austin, Velma and Anton left the room.

Meanwhile, with Jayden and the Vincents...

Jayden was still sitting with them with her arms around them... but yet, she started to look sad.

Sophia: ...What's the matter, Jayden?

She lowered her head a bit "...I miss my brother" She said sadly.

Sophia: I'm pretty sure he misses you too, Jayden. He's on a mission in space, just like you're on a mission with us. You both have your own business to attend at the moment. But I'm pretty sure he'll come back sooner or later.

Quentin: Sophia's right. He always makes it out alive. He's an experienced fighter, so he knows what he's doing up there in space.

"I know he does, he's my brother! But... the fact that he isn't here makes me sad..." She said.

Sophia: I can understand that, Jayden. You two are very close with each other, so when he's gone for so long, I understand that you're sad.

Quentin: Yes, me too. But you've got us to keep you company right now, so chin up, okay?

"Mmmmnn… okaaaay…" She said, pretty much forcing herself to say it.

Quentin: Come on, I know that wasn't genuine.

Sophia: Leave her, Quentin. She misses Joshua. The two of them are closer to each other than any other pair of siblings I know.

Quentin: True, true...Let's just continue to fly towards Efrika...

Sophia nodded at that and kept an arm around Jayden to comfort her.

Jayden just laid her head on Sophia's side when her arm was around her. Her morale wasn't looking so good, because of her absence from Joshua... something might want to be done.

(And what would that be? Communicating with Joshua in space or something?) (I'unno, try to cheer her up or something. XD) ('Kay.)

Sophia: ...Hey, Jayden...Would you like to watch a funny video?

Jayden's ear twitched before she looked up at her "A... funny video?" She asked.

Sophia nodded and looked up a funny video on her BFT-HUD, then put it over Jayden's eyes. It was a video of two kids trying to record a singing video, but are interrupted by their mother who comes into the room and swears at them. (...Oh god I know this one. XD) (Yeah, me too. XD)

"...Um... okay...?" She didn't find that funny. She needed to try again it seems.

Sophia then showed a video of a goat flying away while a guy was hysterically laughing in the background.

Jayden... lightly chuckled "That goat flew away" She said. It's working, but she needed more.

Sophia then showed a video of two rather stoned looking guys in lederhosen and alpine hats playbacking to a song about saving trees (I'm pretty sure they were playbacking, because at one point one guy misses a sound, and I don't think those are their real voices.).

Jayden tilted her head "Um... Sophia, what's wrong with their voices?" She asked, confused.

Sophia: It's playback, Jayden. That's why they sound so strange.

"What's playback?" She asked.

Sophia proceeded to explain what playback is.

(Um... I actually have no idea what that is either XD) (It's basically the same thing as lip-syncing: You move your mouth and pretend to speak or sing.) (Ohh. I see.)

"...Oh!" She said, giggling a bit "They were trying to sing!"

Sophia nodded.

Sophia: Yep! That's what they were trying to do!

Several funny videos later...

Jayden was... well, she was practically giggling out of her mind now.

Quentin (whispering to Sophia): You did it, sis.

Sophia nodded and took her HUD off Jayden's nose.

Sophia: That was fun, right, Jayden?

Jayden then hugged Sophia "It was fun!" She said, giggling.

Sophia smiled at that.

The next morning, at Fort Zarvok...

The business at Fort Zarvok continued as usual while the second war against the Inquisitors continued. However, Lucas was nowhere to be found in the fort.

Adex was walking through the halls of the fort, heading straight towards the command center with his hands behind his back.

(Say, does Zarvok have a navy commander? XD) (Depends what you mean by naval commander, lol) (As in the guy who's in charge of the Federations' navy.) (Ohh, you mean admirals. Ah... no, they're all in one branch of military, so the generals are the highest in command - besides the Faction Leader that is lel) (Ah, okay.)

A soldier ran up to Adex.

Private: Mr. Burns, Mr. Burns! Terrible news!

As Adex was about to open the door to the command center, he heard the soldier approached from behind and turned to face them "...Mm? What happened?" He asked.

The soldier held up a note.

Private: Colonel Lucas has been kidnapped!

"...What" He said, before he took the note in his hand to read it.

Note: We have kidnapped your colonel! If you want him back, disband the Federations! - BC

"..." He then began to chuckle... which then turned to laughing.

Private: Sir, why are you laughing? Our colonel just got kidnapped!

He then showed him the note, still laughing "Did you read this? It's so ridiculous it's funny! Sure, they captured our colonel... the only colonel on this planet being Lucas, but disbanding the entire Zarvokian Federation just to get one man back? Are you starting to see how ridiculous that sounds?" He asked.

Private: ...That is indeed ridiculous, sir. What will we do to get Colonel Lucas back?

"Well, the way I see it Private, we have two options..." He said, turning around to walk towards the command center door "We either A. Give into this... BC's demands, or B..." He paused, before he looked at the soldier... with a grin "...We kick the door in, and get some Great War nostalgia from it" He said.

The private nodded.

Private: We're gonna pick B. Then we can tell him: My bad, man, we picked B. Ain't that a bitch?

"...Exactly" He mouthed, his grin growing slightly wider before pointing to the note "Take that note to a forensics team, see if they can get this BC's identity by the way he writes. And I want them to go through every single record we have to see if we have anything to be a match" He said.

Private: Right away, sir!

The private took the note to a forensics team immediately.

"Very good" He said, before he went inside the command center "In the meantime... let's find out where you went, Lucas... it's obvious what they want with you: information. Little do they know though, you are one tough nut to crack... all Zarvokians within this part of the chain of command is, it was taught, enforced, and expected... so do me a solid, and hold onto that strength. At least until I come get you" Adex thought to himself, as he approached a table, before activating a holographic projection of Mobius, as to begin his search for where his befriended colonel was.

According to the Zarvokian Holo-Map, the Inquisitors were holding Lucas captive at the Northern Tundra (The Mobian equivalent to the North Pole. c:) (I know what it is XD)

"...Wait, wh... Wow. I didn't even have to look far... so the Northern Tundra... well, I guess if it's in a region covered in ice..." He said, before he turned around to walk out of the command center "...Then I might as well take the environmental advantage opportunity" He said, his hands behind his back as he was making his way to a Holomane Transport.

Meanwhile, somewhere at the Northern Tundra...

Lucas was being held captive in a foundry along with a female yellow cat who appeared to be taciturn, much to the frustration of the Inquisitors.

Inquisitor Torturer: That cat hasn't spoken at all despite everything I've done with her, sir!

Brian Coburn: Well, even if she doesn't say anything, she's not going anywhere. As for that Zarvokian colonel, how is he doing?

Inquisitor Torturer: We've been forcing him to listen an eerie go-round tune on loop for a long time now, but he's one tough nut to crack, sir.

Brian Coburn: Leave it to me then!

Brian walked over to Lucas and kicked him over while he was tied to a chair. He then proceeded to grab a jerrycan filled with dirty water.

Brian: If my mama hadn't used the waterboard on me more often, I wouldn't be the gun hauling psychopath you see before you!

Lucas: You'll never crack this chameleon!

Brian: We'll see about that!

Brian put a lap over Lucas' face and began waterboarding him.

About almost ten minutes later... if the place had any radar capabilities or the like, they could detect six signatures, the size of aerostats even, were heading straight towards the foundry.

The alarms began sounding as the foundry's radars had detected the signatures.

Brian: Damn! Zarvok's here already?! Damn them!

Brian left a badly beaten and bruised Lucas behind to help with defending the foundry. Outside the foundry, Inquisitor soldiers had set up Plasma Cannons to shoot the birds out of the sky.

As they looked outside, they could see, of course, six aerostats... though it probably wasn't like what they expected. Five of them appeared to resemble a UFO, while the sixth one was... wait... was that the... ZFAS Velocity!?

Inquisitor Sergeant: What the hell? Have they sent extra-terrestrials to deal with us?

Brian: Not sure...As for that sixth ship...I have a bad feeling about this...

…Suddenly, drones began to fly out from the sides of the five UFO aerostats, as all of them began to gather up around the aerostats, before charging straight for the foundry. There were... dozens. No... hundreds of drones coming at them, ready to attack.

Brian: Drones! Attack them immediately!

The Inquisitors began firing their Plasma Cannons towards the drones immediately.

The plasma cannons... battered on some kind of plasma shielding on them, before the ones at the front began to retaliate... all having 5mm Miniguns, and electromagnetic Missile Launchers. Looks like they were gonna do a strafing run, the ones at the front at least.

Quite a lot of Inquisitors and their artillery caught in the gunfire and were downed. the electromagnetic missiles then proceeded to disable all the electricity at the foundry.

Lucas: W-What was that? Why are the lights out?

The drones in the front then passed by the foundry as their strafing run was complete... as for the drones behind them, well... they just simply went into VTOL mode, and began firing their weapons at any hostile in sight. Some of them had railguns and a plasma ray cannon instead of the miniguns and missiles, while others even had a plasma rotary autocannon and explosive missile launchers. The ZFAS Velocity on the other hand, was making it's way above the facility.

Many Inquisitors at the foundry were murdered by the drones while Brian fled inside, trying to use the darkness to his advantage.

Fortunately for Brian, the mass swarm of drones weren't able to come inside with him... anyone else however would practically be screwed. Soon, the ZFAS Velocity was directly above the foundry. A few seconds later, a drop pod would be dispersed from the Velocity, as it was quickly making it's way straight towards... the foundry itself!?

Brian hid in the dark with an Anti-Matter Sword he got from the Inquisitors, waiting for any hostile who would enter the foundry to ambush them.

It would then be at that moment that the drop pod would crash in through the roof of the foundry, before it landed on the floor. (I'll leave you to determine where it lands lol) ('Kay.)

The drop pod landed in the middle of the foundry. Brian could hear the drop pod crashing through the roof, as he kept in position with his sword.

Soon the hatch of the drop pod opened up, before an individual exited said pod... the individual was, of course, Adex himself, who had want appeared to be a shotgun in his hands "Hm... that could've gone smoother... oh well, let's see where Lucas is..." Adex thought to himself, before he began to wander around the foundry, in attempts to finding Colonel Lucas.

Brian could hear Adex's footsteps.

Brian (inside his head): I wonder who that is...If it's Adex Zarvok Burns himself, I'll probably get promoted to 5-Star General if I kill him. Let's do this!

Brian snuck around to get Adex at the right moment, using the darkness to his advantage.

Adex's ear twitched upon hearing movement, coming to a stop upon hearing them, and listened in ". . ."

Adex could hear the footsteps getting closer and closer...And then he could hear the sound of a sword swiping in his direction.

". . . !" Adex quickly turned to face whoever it was that swung a sword at him, leaping backwards a bit to avoid as swipe. If successful, the sword would graze on his uniform, leaving a bit of a tear on it.

The sword would indeed graze on Adex's uniform, leaving a bit of a tear on it. The person continued to swing his sword at Adex, attempting to slay him.

"...Hmph" He mouthed a bit, taking yet another leap back to avoid the swing. In mid-air though, he would aim his shotgun in front of him, before firing - a widespread shot of plasma being fired.

The person was hit by the plasma shot and screamed in pain. The person was mortally wounded, as he was on his hands and knees as the power in the facility went back on, revealing the person to be Brian Coburn, 3-Star General of the Inquisitor Clan Remnants.

Brian: Пошел ты, ты член ... (Fuck you, you dick...)

Adex saw as the power went back on, a bit surprised that it was, before he saw Brian on the ground "...Well well, who do we have here?" He asked aloud.

Brian: *cough* *cough* I am Brian Coburn of the Inquisitor Clan... *cough* You have slain me...

"...Oh, so you're 'BC' then. Well in that case... I believe Zarvok has some words for you" He said, before he walked past him on the ground, rearing his head to face him "But first... you're going to tell me where Colonel Lucas is" He said.

Brian: *cough* He's in the torture room...Down the hallway, middle door on the left side...

"...Well, that was awfully easy. Don't move an inch" He said, before he proceeded down to where he was instructed to go.

Meanwhile, in the torture room, Lucas was still tied to the chair which was knocked over. The female yellow cat was tied to her chair as well.

About a couple of minutes later, they could hear a shot ring out at the outside of the door, as a hole was made literally into it's door handle - before it was kicked open. Afterwards, Adex himself entered the room, seeing the torture methods they had at their disposal "...Gasoline? Really?" He said aloud.

Lucas: M-Mr. Burns? Is it really you?

Adex turned to look over to where Lucas was "...But of course. Did you really think I was going to let them have you hostage for long?" He asked, putting a foot on his chair so he can have him sit upright.

Lucas: Of course not...

"...Very good. Now let's get you out of here" He said, before coming behind his chair to begin untying him... but before he could, that is when he noticed the yellow furred cat "...Eh? Who's she?" He asked aloud.

Lucas: I'm not sure. She never talks, so I don't know her name. All I know is that she was captured by the Inquisitors as well.

The cat frowned at Adex as she looked at him.

"...I see" Adex said, before he untied Lucas. Afterwards, he went to walk up behind the cat's chair "Well if they want her, then she must be of importance to them... which means setting her free will severely hamper their progress" He said, before he began untying the cat's restraints.

Lucas stood up once he was untied. The cat stood up as well once she was untied. She smiled and shook Adex's hand as a sign of gratitude.

Adex saw her offer for a handshake, and would obviously shake her hand "...I guess this a thank you? What's your name?" He asked.

The cat didn't respond, because she was taciturn.

Adex tilted his head a bit "...Er… your name, please?" He asked again, not quite getting it yet.

Lucas: She's taciturn, sir, so she doesn't talk.

Adex's eyes had slightly widened a bit, not expecting that "...Oh. I apologize, I wasn't aware..." He said to her.

The cat simply nodded to accept his apology.

Lucas: Anyway, I think we should get out of here now...And I think we should take our silent feline accomplice with us, because I see potential in her.

"...Oh? Hm... you might have a point. There must be a reason they captured her, so... it might be best if you came with us, Miss... um... I'm sorry, there has to be some way for me to know your name" He said.

The cat took her wallet out of her jacket and showed Adex her ID card. Her ID card showed that her name was Celeste.

Adex took a look at her identification "...Huh, that works... alright then Celeste, let's get you and Lucas out of here... which, speaking of which..." He said, before turning to look at the latter "...Did they break you?" He asked.

Lucas: They did not, sir. It'll take a lot more than what they did to me to crack this chameleon. You'd need a true sociopath like Negan from The Living Dead (Parody of The Walking Dead) to crack me.

"...Heh, I expected as such. Very well" He said before looking at Celeste "...Shall the three of us be off now?"

Celeste simply nodded and hand waved Adex to direct her to any available transport to make an exit.

"...I believe I already have a Holomane Transport waiting for us outside. We'll be using it to get up to the ZFAS Velocity" He said.

Celeste nodded again and together with Lucas, she was making her way over to the Holomane Transport waiting outside.

Adex was following them outside as well. Once they made it out, they could see a Holomane Transport landed on the ground with it's pilot waiting outside... along with the swarm of Attack Drones.

Lucas and Celeste boarded the Holomane Transport and waited for Adex.

Adex walked up to the transport as the pilot looked at them "Oop, we ready to go?" He asked them "...Indeed. Let's get out of here... I'm pretty sure none of us want to stay in the cold" Adex said.

Lucas: Not really.

Celeste shook her head.

"Alright, let's get going then" The pilot said, before he too entered the transport to go to the cockpit. Within a couple of minutes, the sidedoors of the transport closed, and it began to head over to the ZFAS Velocity. All of the drones began to go to their respective hangars as well.

Lucas and Celeste just sat in their seats as they awaited the Holomane Transport to enter the ZFAS Velocity.

The transport would enter the single hangar of the Velocity, which the velocity then activated it's rupture drive upon the transport's entry, along with the other aerostats. Soon, they all began to make their way towards Fort Zarvok.

Lucas and Celeste were wandering the halls of the Velocity.

Lucas: Man, I'm aboard the ZFAS Velocity, Mr. Burns' personal transport. To be fair, I've never been aboard this transport until now.

Celeste nodded.

"...You mean to tell me I never once let you aboard the Velocity, Lucas?" Adex asked, as he was walking behind him with his hands behind his back.

Lucas: I don't recall having been let aboard the Velocity before, sir. I mean, usually when you use the Velocity, I stay behind at Fort Zarvok to assist General Lester and the rest of the generals in maintaining order at the Fort while you're away, like the time you and your kids went to assist the Buthuaian Armed Forces (This should be pretty obvious, but he's referring to the events of Not Far Away From Home and The Awakening. XD) (I know lol)

"...Right. Well be thankful you weren't there during my trip to Fermodix" He said.

Lucas nodded.

Lucas: Alright, sir.

Lucas and Celeste continued to wander the halls of the Velocity.

Meanwhile, Quentin, Sophia and Jayden had arrived in Efrika. Quentin and Sophia were asleep because they took the whole night to go to Efrika.

Jayden was... also asleep, her head resting on Sophia's arm. Huh...

The pilot landed the Holomane Transport and looked to the back to see the three asleep. He got up and went to the back carefully waking the three up.

Pilot: Hey, wake up, we're in Efrika.

Quentin and Sophia both woke up, yawning.

Quentin (groggily): No, today isn't a school day...Yeah, I checked...

Sophia (groggily): Hmmm...I am the alpha female...

The siblings then regained consciousness.

Quentin: Huh? Are we in Efrika?

Pilot: Yes, we are.

Quentin: Oh, good. You ready to go, Jayden?

Jayden was... still asleep on Sophia's arm, still purring silently in her sleep.

Quentin and Sophia looked at Jayden in silence.

Quentin: ...Can you inform her we are out to find Urban Trommel?

Sophia: I don't think she'll be happy that we left her here, Quentin. I think we should stay here with her until she wakes up.

Quentin: ...Okay. But don't forget: Every minute wasted here will mean another minute added to the Inquisitors' campaign.

Sophia nodded and let Jayden sleep on her arm until she woke up.

Jayden would be asleep for about another half hour, before her eyelids twitched a bit and opening slightly "...Hmmmm…?" She mouthed tiredly.

Sophia: Wakey wakey, Jayden. We're in Efrika.

"Mmmm…" She slowly rose from Sophia's arm to rub her eyes "Okaaay…"

Quentin: Well, let's go and capture this Urban Trommel guy and return him to Fort Zarvok for interrogation.

"Sure thing!" She said happily, getting up on her feet "...Um... wait where in Efrika are we?" She asked.

Pilot: We're currently in Central Efrika. The Inquisitors' Efrika Corps is located in North Efrika, and according to Colonel Lucas, they are heavily armed to the teeth with both vehicles and weapons, which is why I landed here in Central Efrika.

"Ohh, okay!" She said to the pilot "But... that's a long walk, isn't it?" Jayden asked.

Pilot: Yes, it is. That's why Colonel Vincent has lent the three of you an AM5 Light-Armored Vehicle for your use during the Urban Trommel Campaign.

"Wait, he gave us an AM5? But... where is it?" She asked curiously.

Pilot: We had a second Holomane Transport carry the AM5 and follow us to Efrika. There is your AM5.

The pilot pointed to the AM5, which was just unloaded by the pilot of the second Holomane Transport.

Jayden looked outside the current transport to see the light reconnaissance vehicle "Oooo… I get shotgun!" She said happily, before running up to the vehicle.

Quentin: I'll drive.

Quentin took place in the driver's seat while Sophia took place in one of the back seats.

Pilot: If you found Trommel, come back here and I'll fly you back to Downunda.

Quentin: Roger that. Well, we're off!

Once everyone was in the AM5, Quentin drove off, making their way towards North Efrika.

Jayden waved at the pilot before the three drove off. She of course sat next to Quentin, though couldn't help but turn to look at Sophia "Hey... why didn't you get on the turret?" She asked.

Sophia: Oh, right. Quentin, can you stop real quick so I can get on the turret?

Quentin: Sure.

Quentin stopped the AM5 so Sophia could get on the turret. She got on the turret.

Sophia: Okay, ready to go!

Quentin nodded and continued driving.

Jayden giggled when she watched Sophia go on the turret, before she just casually sat on the passenger seat of the vehicle, right next to Quentin.

Meanwhile, Lucas was still aboard the ZFAS Velocity together with Celeste and Adex. Lucas was watching tv in the main room.

Lucas: Your transport is quite the luxury, Mr. Burns. It is amazing.

"...Thanks, Lucas. I ensure that my guests are comfortable while aboard" He said, sitting on an adjacent couch with one foot resting on the other leg.

Lucas: I can see that.

Celeste nodded in agreement as she sat on the same couch as Lucas, crossing her left leg over her right leg. Celeste was currently wearing a white t-shirt under a blue denim jacket, blue jeans and chestnut boots. She also wore brown gloves on her hands.

Adex then stretched his arms out a bit, before facing Celeste "So... I know you're not fond of speaking, but is there any way for you to tell me on where you're from?" He asked.

Celeste nodded and used sign language to tell Adex that in 3234, she emerged as a contender in a Northamer fighting ring and left it in 3237 to become a Heroine for Hire. She also told Adex in sign language that she doesn't exactly recall where she's from, except that she recalls spending her time as a young adult on the West Coast of Northamer, specifically, in the State of Pandafornia (My Mobian take on California. XD) (Cripes lel)

". . ." Adex then raised both of his hands, and... "...Ah, I see! A fellow Hero for Hire like the Monteiro brothers, correct? Well, no wonder the Inquisitors went to capture you then" He said, though not with his mouth, but with his... hands!? He knew sign language as well?!

Lucas was surprised that Adex knew sign language as well.

Celeste: *sign language* (I haven't heard of these "Monteiro Brothers", but they must be pretty good Heroes for Hire. As for the Inquisitors capturing me, they captured me because they mistook me for a Zarvokian agent.)

". . ." Adex stifled a laugh, before he went to move his hands again "I don't know why they mistook you as such, but it's pretty hilarious that they did... speaking of which, do you have any information on these Inquisitors?" He asked in sign language.

Celeste: *sign language* (Well, one of those Inquisitor fools was dumb enough to tell me that one of their lieutenant-generals, Urban Trommel is hiding in a submarine off the coast of North Efrika. He's got goons all over North Efrika, and they're armed to the teeth with both vehicles and weapons. He told me that Trommel's submarine is being protected by a sea mine field. That means we're going to have to dispatch some submersibles to take out the minefield so we can board Trommel's submarine.)

". . ." He moved his hands again "A submarine you say? Hmm... that'll help my team pinpoint their location faster and to avoid any unnecessities... I'll have Lucas notify them, but in the meantime... I have a proposition for you" He said in sign language.

Celeste: *sign language* (What kind of proposition?)

". . ." Again he moved his hands "You did say you were a Hero for Hire, correct? Well, let's say I have need of your services..." He said.

Celeste: *sign language* (Of course. I'll gladly give you my services for a small fee. But for you, I'm willing to do it for free.)

". . ." Adex was a bit surprised, as he moved his hands "...Huh... first one's always free it seems" He said in sign language, referring to Liam and Blade's first deed for them.

Celeste nodded.

Celeste: *sign language* (So, what's the first thing you need me to do?)

". . ." Adex again moved his hands "...First we will wait for my team to return from their job. Afterwards, I'll need you to accompany them on another mission. In the meantime..." He spoke to her via sign language, before facing Lucas "Have we caught wind on who the Inquisitor's leader is, and their location?" He asked.

Lucas had an impressed look on his face, as he was impressed by Adex's grasp of the sign language.

Lucas: Yes, I know sign language too. Urban Trommel is hiding in a submarine off the coast of North Efrika, which is protected by a field of sea mines.

"...Yes, I know Lucas. But that is but a lieutenant-general... I refer to their actual leader" He said.

Lucas: ...Their actual leader? Sir, I'm not sure if the Inquisitors' leader is aboard that submarine as well. I'm certain that whoever is leading the Inquisitors now is smart enough to not let himself get caught alongside Trommel.

"...Perhaps, Colonel, perhaps... but that doesn't mean they're not around here somewhere... we must find him or her, and take them down before they can do anymore damage to not just Zarvok, but Mobius as well" He said.

Lucas: That we can agree on, sir. We must find this mysterious new leader of the Inquisitors and stop them from hurting anyone else.

He nodded "Good. Now hopefully by capturing their general, we'll get some information and get his identity and location. If not? Well... we'll have to risk it" He said.

Lucas and Celeste nodded as they went back to watching tv. They were watching rerun episodes of Lucas' reality show Lucas Knows Best.

Adex on the other hand, put his hands behind his head as he began to ponder "...I wonder how my son and his girlfriend are doing in 'Sector 5'..." He said.

(Should we go to Space Warfare now or stay here?) (Still wanna stay here lol) ('Kay.)

Lucas: I'm pretty sure they're doing just fine up there in space, sir. Joshua and Marilyn are old enough to take care of themselves. Heck, I recall Joshua having his current level of independence back when he was around 12 years old or so. He's really grown up to be like you.

"...Heh, ain't that the truth" He said with a soft sigh, before he began having memories of the past few years, crossing his arms "I remember the very first day that he wanted to be trained to become a soldier... he was eleven at the time. Of course I said no but, overtime... I gave in to his determination, and granted him military training... I had never thought that he'd become such a warrior, someone who'll fight to the last breath to keep his loved ones and those around him safe. Heh... he does he proud" He said, a slight and proud grin on his face.

Lucas smiled at that.

Lucas: Yes indeed, sir. He's the kinda man that my son Quentin wants to be like. He's working very hard to become like Joshua, and it does me proud as well.

"Ah, I see... do you remember the first battle I've sent him in?" He asked.

Lucas: Quentin's first battle? Not really.

"...Not the person I was referring to, but... huh... I don't remember his either..." He said.

Lucas: I see...Well, it's great our sons are such determined fighters.

"Mm-hm" Adex mouthed in agreement.

Meanwhile, Quentin, Jayden and Sophia were taking their AM5 across the plains of Efrika.

Jayden was... still sitting in the passenger seat, being all adorable while waiting to get to their location.

Quentin was still driving the AM5 while Sophia was manning the AM5's turret. Suddenly, they came across an Inquisitor owned Barrage ATV (A vehicle in GTA Online available since The Doomsday Heist update). There were 4 Inquisitors inside of it: one driver, one passenger and two gunners.

Quentin: We gotta watch out, guys. I think these guys are Inquisitors.

Jayden took a look at the Barrage ATV "Huh? How do you know?" She asked.

Quentin: I'm not sure, but something tells me they are...There's only one way to find out: Make contact with them.

Sophia: Yes, let's talk to them and see if they're friendly.

Quentin nodded and flashed the AM5's lights at the Barrage. The driver and passenger of the Barrage noticed it.

Inquisitor Trooper: Hey, there's unknown individuals over there.

Inquisitor Barrage Driver: Yeah, I think they wish to make contact with us. Let's do that.

The Inquisitors drove over to Quentin, Jayden and Sophia in their Barrage and got out.

Jayden watched as they got out "Ooo, they're coming! I wanna greet them!" She said. But before Quentin and Sophia could reply, she immediately hopped out of the AM5 to approach the Inquisitiors, full-blown adorableness kicking in "Hi!" She said to them.

The Inquisitors chuckled.

Inquisitor Barrage Driver: Hi there. What are you doing out here in the Efrikan plains?

Quentin: We're smugglers who want to supply the Inquisitors with weapons.

Inquisitor Barrage Driver: You do? Great! Where do you have the weapons?

Quentin: Follow us, and we'll bring you to them.

Inquisitor Barrage Driver: Alright.

The Inquisitors got back in their Barrage and Quentin and Sophia got back in the AM5 and waited on Jayden.

"...Huh?" Jayden tilted her head at Quentin and Sophia, seemingly confused as to what they were doing.

Quentin (whispering to Jayden): We're gonna lead them to a place, and over there we're going to knock 'em out, and we'll steal their Inquisitor uniforms and hijack their vehicle so that the Inquisitors will think we're on their side. Clever, right?

"Oh, right... Aww, and I wanted to make friends with them, they seemed nice" Jayden whispered.

Quentin couldn't help but feel bad when she said that.

Quentin: Hey, wait up, guys!

Inquisitor Barrage Driver: Yes, what's the matter?

Quentin: We actually...Don't have the weapons yet. They'll be coming in in about...a few days.

Inquisitor Barrage Driver: I see...Well, is there anything we could do for you guys?

Quentin: Yes, you could. Could you take us to your base?

Inquisitor Barrage Driver: Sure. By the way, my name is Quickdraw McGraw, and these are my partners Sharpshooter McDonald, Deadeye McFly and Convoy McCoy.

Quentin: Alright, my name's Quentin, and this is my sister Sophia. As for this adorable hedgehog girl...Her name is Jayden.

Quickdraw: Okay, nice to meet you all. We'll take you to our base.

Quickdraw and his partners drove off in their Barrage and Quentin, Sophia and Jayden followed in their AM5.

Jayden giggled when she was introduced "Your names all have 'Mc' in them!" She said, still giggling.

Quickdraw chuckled, rubbing the back of his head for a bit.

Quickdraw: Yeah, we do.

She giggled again, before she hopped into the AM5 with Quentin and Sophia, allowing them to drive off now.

Quickdraw and his crew took Quentin, Jayden and Sophia to a large Inquisitor controlled Efrikan base. Quentin and Sophia were impressed.

Sophia: Wow, the Inquisitors actually have quite some craftsmanship.

"Ooooo… hey Quentin, how do we know if the rest aren't going to recognize us as Zarvokians?" She asked Quentin in a hushed tone.

Quentin (quietly): Not sure. If our cover is blown, we'll just attack them. Something tells me that Quickdraw and his crew don't really support the views of the Inquisitors, so maybe we could get them to defect to the Zarvok Federations.

"They don't? What makes you say that?" She asked curiously in a whisper.

Quentin (whispering): I can just sense goodness in them, I really can.

"Umm... okay?" Jayden said in a whisper, a bit confused as she scratched her forehead.

Quickdraw: Welcome to Outpost Graham, one of our largest outposts in Efrika.

Quentin: Thank you.

Quickdraw: We shall bring you to our superior, Sergeant Karel Faustin.

Quentin: We would like that very much.

Quickdraw nodded and he and his crew guided Quentin, Jayden and Sophia to the office of their superior officer, Sergeant Karel Faustin.

"Okay!" Jayden said as she followed them to the office "Wait, Sergeant? I thought we were looking for a general" She whispered to Sophia.

Sophia (whispering): Yes, we were looking for a lieutenant-general named Urban Trommel, but I guess he's got other leading officers working under him. Plus, we don't have Trommel's exact location yet. I think these Inquisitor people could lead us straight to where Trommel is.

"Ohh… okay" She whispered "...I wonder how dad is doing" She said.

Sophia: Me too. I wonder how Quentin and my dad is doing as well. (She forgot Quentin was with them lol)

Back aboard the ZFAS Velocity, Lucas had finished watching the last episode of Season 2 of Lucas Knows Best.

Lucas: Well, that was basically my reality show. Unfortunately, the ratings weren't as good in the second season, so they pulled the plug on the show. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

Celeste nodded.

Adex was still sitting on the couch with his hands behind his head "Hm... how long do you think it'll take them to capture the general?" He asked.

Lucas: I'm sure they'll get him soon, sir. We'll just have to be patient.

"You have a fair point, Lucas... though it's only now that I'm realizing we haven't told them about his location" He said.

Lucas: Yes, that's true. Should I contact Quentin and inform him of Trommel's location?

"If you wish to do so" Adex said.

Lucas nodded and slid down his BFT-HUD and contacted Quentin.

Back at Outpost Graham, Quentin received the call and quickly slid down his HUD and accepted the call.

Quentin (quietly): Dad, you're kinda calling at a bad time, we're kinda busy...

Lucas: What's going on, Quentin? Why are you speaking so quietly?

Quentin (quietly): Believe it or not, Sophia, Jayden and I are currently in Inquisitor territory in Efrika. Can you make it quick?

Lucas was shocked, but nodded.

Lucas: Sure. I called to let you know that Urban Trommel's aboard a submarine off the coast of North Efrika. Maybe those Inquisitors can lead you there, but look out, the submarine's protected by a field of sea mines.

Quentin (quietly): Sure, dad. Thanks for the info. Bye now.

Lucas: Good luck, son.

Quentin then hung up and both men slid up their HUDs.

Lucas: Sir, you probably won't believe it, but Quentin, Sophia and Jayden are currently in Inquisitor territory. I think some Inquisitors thought they were friendlies and took them to one of their bases.

Adex looked at him like he was in insane "...I'm sorry, what?" He said.

Lucas: I'm not kidding. Quentin told me him, Sophia and Jayden were in Inquisitor territory.

"...And because they thought they were friendlies? ...I thought their idiocy was bad with the note this 'BC' gave me, but this certainly just took the cake" He said.

Lucas: It certainly did, sir. Let's hope that their cover won't be blown.

"...I hope so as well. Give someone enough time and they'll eventually figure it out" He said.

Lucas nodded. (I don't really have an idea how to continue here. How about we do Space Warfare in the meantime?) (I'unno lel) (It's up to you.)

Meanwhile, back at Outpost Graham, Quickdraw and his crew brought Quentin, Sophia and Jayden to Sergeant Karel Faustin. Quickdraw knocked on the office door.

Quickdraw: Sergeant?

Karel: What is it?

Quickdraw: We got some people over here you might want to meet.

Karel: Very well, let them in.

Quickdraw and his crew entered the room, with Quentin, Sophia and Jayden following them. Behind his office desk sat Inquisitor Sergeant Karel Faustin. Karel appeared to look like a human, but had dark blue skin, black hair and red eyes without pupils. It appeared that Karel wasn't a human, but instead an alien.

Jayden took a look at Karel for a bit, noticing his distinct features "...Oooo. Hello!" she said.

Karel: Hello, young travelers. I am Karel Faustin, Sergeant for the Inquisitor Clan Remnants and leader of Outpost Graham. Tell me, what brings you to our Outpost?

Karel spoke in a thick Russian accent.

"Well, um... ummm…" Jayden said.

Quentin: We were sent by Inquisitor sympathizers to see Urban Trommel, they wanted us to deliver a message from them.

Karel: Inquisitor sympathizers, eh? Show me this message, I need to see if this is true.

Jayden looked at Quentin and Sophia a bit nervously, before looking back at Karel "Its, um... it's in our minds! So we can't show you the message!" she said.

Karel: The message is in your minds? Hm, fair enough. I will tell Lieutenant-General Trommel to expect you. Quickdraw, I want you and your crew to escort these three to Trommel's location.

Quickdraw: Will do, sir!

Karel: Okay.

He then turned to Quentin, Sophia and Jayden and his expression went serious.

Karel: Just a word of advice, kids: Don't fuck with our people, or we will fuck with yours.

Sophia: You got it, sir.

Quentin nodded and he and Sophia proceeded to follow Quickdraw and his crew to an escort that would bring them to Trommel's submarine.

"Okaaaay," Jayden said to Karel, before she followed the others with the escort "It worked!" she whispered to Sophia happily.

Sophia smiled and nodded.

Sophia (whispering): Yep, we'll have Trommel in no time.

Quickdraw and his crew proceeded to get into the escort, and Quentin and Sophia proceeded to get in as well.

Jayden gave a happy, but quiet giggle, before she entered the escort as well, sitting next to whoever was in the passenger.

The escort then proceeded to drive towards the location near where Trommel's submarine was.

Jayden was just happily tapping her hands on her legs, before she looked over to whoever she was sitting next to.

She was sitting next to Sharpshooter McDonald, who was sitting next to Quickdraw McGraw, who was driving the escort. Deadeye McFly and Convoy McCoy sat in the back with Sophia and Quentin.

Jayden smiled with happiness, before she suddenly grabbed McDonald's arm to cling onto it... for like, no reason whatsoever as far as the latter is aware.

Sharpshooter was surprised by Jayden suddenly clinging onto his arm. He then turned to Quentin and Sophia.

Sharpshooter: Uh...Does she always do this?

Quentin and Sophia chuckled.

Quentin: Yes, she's quite the clingy one. She always tends cling onto people's arms to express her affection for people.

Sharpshooter: Ah, I see...

Quentin and Sophia chuckled again as the escort arrived at a dock where a submersible was stationed.

Quickdraw: This is the place. We're taking this submersible to the submarine.

Jayden giggled when they told them that she was clingy, before she began nuzzling on McDonald's arm for the entire duration of the ride. After their arrival, she looked out to see the docks "Ooo, a submersible?"

Deadeye: Yes, we use submersibles to travel to the submarine and back to the surface. Let us move on the submarine.

Quentin and Sophia nodded and got out of the escort together with Quickdraw and his crew and proceeded to enter the submersible. Once everyone was inside, Convoy closed the lid on the submersible.

Quickdraw: Okay, are we all set?

Quentin: I sure am.

Sophia: So am I.

Sharpshooter: Me too.

Deadeye: And me.

Convoy: And me.

Jayden followed them into the submersible, watching as the lid was shut "I'm good! ...Ooo, it's a bit crowed in here though," she said.

Quickdraw: Don't worry, lass. This submersible can hold about 10 people, so we should be fine.

The submersible proceeded to descend under the sea surface and began making it's way towards Urban Trommel's submarine.

She looked around "...Ohh, right!" she said, giggling.

As the submersible traveled through the ocean, Quentin, Sophia and Jayden could see Urban Trommel's submarine come into view. It was a large submarine that looked like a real life WW2 U-Boat, but in the colors of the Inquisitors: Spring blue and pearly white.

Quentin: Whoa, is that Urban Trommel's submarine?

Quickdraw: Yes, it is. Quite amazing, isn't it?

Jayden was looking out to see the submarine "Ooooo."

Quickdraw: Gotta watch out here. We're going through a sea mine field.

Quickdraw steered the submarine through the sea mine field and went to the submarine's hangar for submersibles. Once the submersible surfaced, Convoy opened the lid and everyone got out of the submersible.

Quickdraw: Follow us, we'll bring you to Lieutenant-General Trommel.

Quickdraw and his crew brought Quentin, Sophia and Jayden to Urban Trommel's office.

Jayden watched as they carefully traversed through the sea minefield, before they were in the hangar. She of course, got out with the rest "Okay! We'll follow you!" Jayden said.

Quickdraw nodded. They then arrived at Urban Trommel's office. They walked into a room before Trommel's office where a security guard was sitting behind his desk.

Security Guard: Hello, gentlemen. Are you here to see Lieutenant-General Trommel?

Quickdraw: Yes, these three younglings were sent by Inquisitor sympathizers to deliver a message. They claim the message is inside their heads, so we couldn't inspect it.

Security Guard: ...Alright. You may enter.

Quickdraw nodded and they proceeded to enter the room. Quentin, Sophia and Jayden could see Urban Trommel sitting at his desk. He appaered to be a middle aged Overlander man who wore an Inquisitor uniform in the colors of spring blue and pearly white. He looked at Quentin, Sophia and Jayden who entered the room with Quickdraw and his crew.

Urban Trommel: ...So you are the three Inquisitor sympathizers whom Sergeant Faustin claimed had a message for me?

"Mm-hm! We have a message!" she said.

Urban Trommel: Very well...What is this message?

She just sort of stood there silently with a smile. Uh...

Sophia: Our superior officers would like to establish an alliance with the Inquisitors. They agree with the Inquisitors' views and agree that Adex Zarvok Burns should be eliminated for what happened to the former leader of the Inquisitor Clan, Graham Smithers.

Urban: ...Very well. I shall have my subordinates send a message to the new leader about this alliance.

Jayden perked up "Ooo, leader? Can I speak to him too?" She asked eagerly.

Urban: ...I don't think you can, because the leader doesn't like to speak with messengers he is unsure of trusting.

"Awww, but I want to meet hiiiim," she said.

Urban: Sorry, but the leader's orders are final.

"Mmnnnn… fiiiiiine," she said, puffing a bit with crossed arms.

Urban: Anyway, is there anything else I can do for the three of you?

"Um... of course!" Jayden said.

Urban: Okay. What is it?

"First, turn around! It's a surprise!" she said.

Urban nodded and turned around.

Urban: Yeah, and now?

Immediately when Urban turned around, Jayden quickly grabbed what appeared to be an axe-handle of some sorts, before quickly jumping up and swinging it at the back of Urban's head... thankfully there wasn't an axehead, so her attempt was only to knock him out.

Urban was then knocked out. Quickdraw and his crew were shocked.

Quickdraw: Whoa, what are you doing?!

Quentin got out his Plasma Shotgun and aimed it at the crew.

Quentin: Don't worry, we won't hurt you. Just follow our orders and everything will be fine.

Quickdraw: Whoa, you're from the Zarvok Federations!

Sophia: Yeah, we are. Are you going to hurt us now?

Quickdraw shook his head.

Quickdraw: Not at all. We hate the Inquisitors, we only joined them because we were forced to do so.

Sophia: Oh, really, huh? Well, how about we gave you the chance to defect to the Zarvok Federations?

Sharpshooter: ...You really want us to join you guys?

Sophia: Yes, you can get a chance at a better life this way.

Deadeye: I'm in.

Convoy: And me.

Sharpshooter: And me.

Quickdraw: ...And me too. Let's get Trommel and then get out of here.

Jayden watched as she knocked out the general. Afterwards, she looked at the others 'Really!? Yay!" She said happily, before she went to hug each and everyone of the defectors.

Quentin proceeded to carry the unconscious Urban Trommel over his shoulder.

Quentin: Okay, I have Trommel! Let's go!

An alarm suddenly played inside the submarine.

Quickdraw: Shit, they know you're not friendlies now! Let's go!

The group began making a dash for the submersible hangar while eliminating any Inquisitor in their path.

"Oop! Hurry!" Jayden said as she followed them, igniting the plasma axe-head on her handle, using it to neutralize any Inquisitor that dared got in their way.

The group made it to the submersible hangar and got in, then waited on Jayden.

Jayden would get in last, before she quickly closed the hatch of the submersible "Hurry, let's go!" she said to the others.

Quickdraw nodded and piloted the submersible away from the submarine, through the sea mine field.

Quickdraw: I think that once we surface, we're going to have a lot of heat from the Inquisitors on our tails!

"Um... don't worry! I have something that can help us!" she said.

Quickdraw: You do?

She giggled "Of course! I thought this through a bit!" she said, before looking over to Sophia and Quentin "Um... do either of you have a BFT-HUD?" she asked.

Quentin: Yeah, I have one. Should I call for backup?

She gasped happily "Perfect! Please hand it to me!" she said.

Quentin: Okay, but be careful with my HUD, okay?

He handed his BFT-HUD to Jayden.

"Sure!" she said, putting the BFT-HUD on her eyes, before she pressed the side of it "Hmm... ah, there's land! Now just got to send him the coordinates, and... done!" she said aloud.

Quentin: Great! We should have Zarvokians come and rescue us soon!

She giggled to Quentin "They're not giving us a ride, silly!"

Quentin: They aren't?

"Nope! They're sending in someone to help us out! Someone very special!" she said.

Quentin: Well, I can't wait to see who it is!

"I knooow who it isss!" she said.

Quickdraw nodded and continued to make his way towards the surface with the submersible.

Jayden was happily sitting down in her seat, eager to get on the surface.

The submersible soon reached the surface, where a bunch of Inquisitors were waiting to annihilate them.

Jayden looked out the window to see them, and gasped "Oh no, they beat us here!" she said.

Convoy: We're fucked...

She looked at Convoy "Don't worry! He's going to be here any minute!" she said.

Convoy: If you say so...

She giggled "You'll see!" she said. At that moment, the Inquisitors may hear a loud "boom" in the sky... like something just broke the sound barrier.

The Inquisitors quickly turned their heads to see what broke the sound barrier.

It would take a few seconds... but they would see that something was coming straight towards them... a Zarvokian drop pod from the looks of it.

Deadeye: What's that?!

Quentin: You'll see.

After half a minute passed, before the drop pod landed on the ground in the middle of the Inquisitor forces with a loud metallic thud.

A few Inquisitors forces were killed by being crushed by the drop pod. Quickdraw and his crew looked horrified at that. (Oof.) (Yeh. x3x)

Jayden gasped happily upon seeing the pod land "He's here!" she said. The drop pod's hatch then popped off, allowing whatever was in it to exit... yet, nothing was seen from the inside. Except... a glowing red visor.

The Inquisitors were confused by the glowing red visor, and some Inquisitors were creeped out by it.

Soon they could see that the visor moved closer to them... before finally, they could see something emerging from the drop pod. It looked to be... an automaton of some sort, a bit humanoid in appearance, standing at 6'4" feet tall. Soon, it would be standing in front of the pod, looking at all of the Inquisitors that surrounded it.

The Inquisitors stared at the automaton in silence, with one Inquisitor being brave enough to look the automaton right in the visor.

Inquisitor Soldier: What the fuck are you?

The automaton looked right at the soldier with a glare "...I am unit designation Fulgore of the Zarvok Federations. In the name of the Faction Leader, surrender your arms," it said, before a pair of plasma claws suddenly ignited from it's wrists "...Or face immediate devastation."

The soldier then pressed a Plasma Pistol up to the automaton's head.

Inquisitor Soldier: Why don't you surrender instead, pal?

"...Action recognized," Fulgore stated, before he simply swung a plasma blade across the wrist of the soldier holding the plasma pistol to his head.

With this action, Fulgore sliced off the soldier's right hand as he screamed in pain.

Inquisitor Soldier: What the fuck, man?!

Then, with a swift motion, Fulgore used his free hand to grab the soldier by his neck, using his superior strength to lift him off the ground "Hostiles refuse to stand down, initiating combat directives: ...Annihilate all who pose a threat to the Federations by any means necessary," he said, his visor staring right at the soldier. It was hard to tell if he was looking at the soldier dead in the eyes or not.

The soldier was looking quite fearful.

Deadeye: Oh, shit, that guy just signed his own death warrant!

Quentin: He sure did. Our Mark I Fulgore is the type of killer robot that every faction would like to have, because this guy gets more bloodshed than a Quentin Tarantino character.

Jayden giggled at their conversation "I knew he'd be right to help us in case we got into trouble!" she said "But, um... he can be a bit... brutal," she added.

As she said that, Fulgore's grip on the soldier's neck tightened, as if he was going to choke the soldier to death... or worse, break his neck.

Inquisitor Soldier: Urgh...White flag...White flag...Help me...

Deadeye: Damn, I see what you mean with the brutality...

"Mm-hm... but, that's why he has Delta! In case Fulgore starts going too far!" Jayden said happily.

At that point, Fulgore… flat out broke the soldier's neck. Afterwards, he would drop the corpse onto the ground, before looking at the other soldiers.

The other Inquisitors dropped their weapons and put their hands in the air, apparently surrendering to Fulgore.

Deadeye tilted his head towards Jayden.

Deadeye: Delta?

Sophia: Delta is Fulgore's A.I. companion, and also acts as Fulgore's brains. Delta looks a little strange, though, so you might be a bit startled by the way he looks.

Deadeye: I see...

Fulgore looked at the other soldiers with a glare. His visor began to glow bright, implying he may be about to fire some kind of ranged attack. Was he really about to attack a bunch of people unwilling to fight? As the answer was about to be confirmed... the glow faded, as Fulgore's aggressiveness suddenly halted "...Acknowledged. All surrendering personnel are to await extraction. Stay away from your weapons," he said.

The Inquisitors nodded and proceeded to do as Fulgore said.

Deadeye: Hey, his aggressiveness is gone.

Quentin: Yeah, Delta calmed him down, just like Jayden said.

Quickdraw: Well, I think we're safe to head to the docks.

Quickdraw brought the submersible to the docks, allowing everyone to get out. Quentin had Urban Trommel over his shoulder again.

Quentin: Hey, Fulgore, great job today, buddy.

Jayden giggled "Yep!" she said, before they got to the docks. Afterwards, she went with the others to go where Fulgore went, who turned around to face them ". . ." he was rather silent.

Quickdraw: Your Fulgore appears to be rather silent...

Quentin: Yeah, even though our people have programmed him to have a free will and such, Fulgore's not exactly the sociable type, and he usually lets Delta speak for him.

Quickdraw: I see...

"Mm-hm! But don't let his deadly vibe deter you, he can be really friendly!" Jayden said happily, before hugging Fulgore's waist "Isn't that right Fulgore?" she added with a giggle. Fulgore was only silent to Jayden's question. However, he raised his right hand, which descended onto Jayden's head... his metallic hand softly rubbing it.

Quickdraw: I can see what you mean.

Sharpshooter: So, what now?

Quentin: Take a vehicle, and follow us to our pickup location.

Quickdraw: Okay, we'll rejoin you soon.

Quickdraw and his crew then went to get a vehicle.

Sophia: Well, I think it's about time for us to get back to the Holomane Transport.

"...Negative. Awaiting further transports," Fulgore said aloud.

Sophia: Transports of what?

Fulgore simply looked over to the masses of Inquisitor soldiers that were still there.

Sophia: Oh, right. But we need to get out of here quickly, before Trommel regains consciousness.

Quentin: I've got an idea. You and Jayden stay here with Fulgore, while I go to Fort Zarvok with Trommel and the defecting Inquisitors. Sound like a plan?

"Okay, sure!" Jayden said to him happily.

Sophia: Okay. Stay safe out there, big brother.

Quentin: Will do, lil' sis,

Quentin and Sophia hugged and Quentin then made his way over to the AM5 that was still at the Outpost. He placed the unconscious Trommel in the passenger seat and made his way over to the Holomane Transports. He was soon followed by Quickdraw and his crew, who were piloting an Akula Stealth Helicopter they stole from the Inquisitors.

Quickdraw (over the intercom): Hey, Zarvokian dude, we're following you to where you need to go! We'll keep an eye out on you until we get to your pickup location!

Quentin: Sure!

Meanwhile, with Adex, Lucas and Celeste...

The three of them had made it back to Fort Zarvok, as they were in the Command Center.

Adex was looking over of a holographic projection of Mobius once again, specifically at a region in Efrika "Hm... Fulgore's deployment has been successful," he said.

Lucas: Sure looks like it, sir. Now we just gotta wait for the kids to return with Urban Trommel.

"Indeed. Hopefully he gives us vital information to ending this war quickly," he said.

Lucas nodded.

About a few hours later, Adex could see both two Zarvokian aircrafts and one unknown aircraft showing up on the radar.

"...Hm? Lucas, come look at this," he said.

Lucas walked over to Adex, holding a coffee mug in his left hand.

Lucas: Yes, sir?

He pointed at a local holographic map of Fort Zarvok, specifically it's outer perimeter "Do you see that signature right there? It's unknown, but yet it's being escorted by two Zarvokian aircraft. What do you think it may be?" he asked.

Lucas: Not sure. It might be some forces who wish to propose an alliance or something...

"Hm... perhaps. We will see soon enough," he said.

Soon after that, the two Holomane Transports landed on the Fort's runways. Soon after, Quickdraw and his crew landed their Akula Stealth Chopper they stole from the Inquisitors on the runway as well. Out of the first Holomane Transport stepped Quentin, having Urban Trommel over his shoulder once again. Out of the second Holomane Transport, the AM5 used during the Efrika campaign was unloaded. Quickdraw and his crew got out of their Akula.

About a few seconds later, Quentin and the others could see someone approaching them... it was of course, Adex.

Quentin saluted Adex.

Quentin: Mr. Burns!

"Greetings Quentin. Er… where's your sister and Jayden?" he asked.

Quentin: They stayed behind in Efrika with Fulgore, because Fulgore demanded more transports to be sent there so that the surrendering Inquisitor forces could be taken into custody.

"...Ah, so that's what happened... very well then," he said.

Quentin: Yeah. Also, I got Urban Trommel with me, as well as some defecting Inquisitors.

"I can see that... wait, did you say defectors?" he asked.

Quentin: Yeah, we gave them the chance to defect, and they took it.

Quickdraw: Hello, sir. My name is Quickdraw McGraw, I'm the leader of the bunch.

Sharpshooter: I'm Sharpshooter McDonald.

Deadeye: I'm Deadeye McFly.

Convoy: And I'm Convoy McCoy.

"Uhh, I see... why do all of your surnames start with Mc?" he asked.

Quickdraw: Because we're all of *Insert Mobian counterpart to Scotland here* descent.

"...I see. Anyways, it's nice to have you on board," he said.

Quickdraw: Agreed, sir.

Quentin: Yes. Anyways, where do I bring Trommel, sir?

"...To a cell in the command center. Interrogation must be commenced as soon as possible," he said.

Quentin nodded and brought Trommel to a cell in the command center, leaving Quickdraw and his crew with Adex.

Adex only watched Quentin walk off, before looking back at Quckdraw and his men "..."

Sharpshooter: So...What now?

"Well... first I have to get the necessary paperwork done to officially assign you in a fireteam… tsk, great," Adex said with a sigh "...But first, do you have any information on the Inquisitors that we can use?" he asked.

Deadeye: Yes, we know that the Inquisitors have set up a weapon manufacturing plant down in the rainforests of Soumerica. They manufacture Plasma and Dark/Anti-Matter weapons that were supplied to them by another faction.

"...What? They were supplied and armed by another faction? Tell me... who is this faction?" he asked.

Deadeye: That we do not know, as it was classified to infantry personnel such as us. Only the Inquisitor hierachy knows of these suppliers.

"...Only the hierarchy? Hm... then I guess that's on the list of things to get from your former general, during interrogation," he said.

Convoy: Yes, Trommel might know more about these suppliers. So, what should we do now?

"Hm... just roam around the fort a bit. But don't go too far from the Command Center, I'll need to get ahold of you when I get the paperwork situated," he said.

Quickdraw and his crew nodded and roamed around the fort while staying close to the Command Center. Lucas then walked over to Adex.

Lucas: Hey, I saw Quentin carrying Urban Trommel through the Command Center! We got him! That means I'm going to have to call the Fireteams I sent to Efrika back here, though.

"...Wait, they're still out there? Hm... alright, send them back. In the meantime, we'll wait for Trommel to regain consciousness… then we'll get as much information as we possibly can," he said.

Lucas nodded and slid his HUD over his eyes and contacted the Fireteams he deployed.

Lucas (over the HUD): Calling all deployed Fireteams back to Fort Zarvok! Target has been captured! I repeat, target has been captured!

"Roger that colonel, we're going back now," a soldier replied to Lucas.

Lucas: Okay, good.

Lucas then slid his HUD up to his forehead.

Lucas: The fireteams are on their way back to the fort.

"Very good then. Now we need to have the others come back once the transports pick up the POWs," he said.

Lucas nodded.

(Seperating the chapters now.)

Chapter III: Battle Frontier
(A little while later, Sophia was on a transport together with Jayden and Fulgore as transports had arrived to pick up surrendering Inquisitors.

Sophia, Jayden, and Fulgore would be riding in a Holomane Transport on their way back to Fort Zarvok. As for the prisoners, Verstrafe Dropships with a T7-N4 VTOL escort were sent to gather them up by the dozens, before making their way to a TA-650 in orbit, where they'll be taken to many prison facilities throughout Zarvok's interstellar territories. As for Jayden, well... of course she'd be hugging and nuzzling on Sophia.

Sophia giggled as she was being given affection by Jayden. She was like an adorable kitten who would be given affection all the time.

Indeed, Jayden was like an adorable kitten to some. In fact, her craving for adorable was almost like no one else has every seen possibly. And alas, Jayden was about to pull her biggest affection card that she had "...Mmwah!" She gave Sophia a quick smooch on the cheek, followed by some giggling.

Sophia giggled even more at that.

Jayden smiled happily before she poked her own cheek a couple of times as a gesture. Oop, she wanted Sophia to return the favor.

Sophia proceeded to give Jayden a smooch on the cheek back. She giggled at that.

Jayden giggled happily before grabbing a hold of her right arm, clinginess activated.

Sophia giggled again before she continued to mind her own business while Jayden held her arm hostage.

Meanwhile, back at Fort Zarvok, Quentin was with his father Lucas in the Command Center, awaiting permission from Adex to interrogate Urban Trommel.

Adex was in the command center, as he gave a couple of blinks "...Please tell me why you should be the one interrogating him?" he asked Quentin.

Quentin: Well, in case he doesn't want to talk, I've got a couple of...methods to loosen his tongue, shall we say.

Quentin then pretended to whack with a wrench.

"...You refer to torture then," he said.

Quentin: Pretty much. Is that bad?

"...It's a morally questionable procedure. I don't think I can personally condone the action," he said.

Quentin: Alright. We'll just stick to talking then.

"...Very well then. But... let your father accompany you in the interrogation," he said.

Quentin: Certainly, sir.

Lucas: Yes, we'll take care of it.

He nodded "Good. Remember, try to get as much information about their leader as possible. This war needs to end ASAP," he said.

Quentin: We'll see what we can get out of him, sir.

Lucas nodded in agreement and he and Quentin proceeded to head into the room where Urban Trommel was. He was tied to a chair by his arms and legs. He then started to regain consciousness.

Urban Trommel: Oof...Where am I...?

He then noticed Quentin and Lucas and looked angry at Quentin.

Urban Trommel: Damn, kid! You're a Zarvokian spy!

Quentin: I'm no Zarvokian spy, pal. I'm a member of the Zarvok Federations who tries to serve the Federations with as much loyalty as possible. (That's, uh... the same fucking thing there, Quentin. XD) (Oof. XD)

Lucas: Yeah. Now tell us, who is the new leader of the Inquisitor Clan?

Urban Trommel: You'll never get that information out of me!

[Skip turn because what tf am I supposed to do lol]

Lucas: Tell us who your new leader is!

Urban Trommel: I'm not telling you! Even if you pay me 1 million rings, you'll never get anything out of me!

Quentin: We're not going anywhere 'til you give us the information we need!

Urban Trommel: Well, then we could be here forever, because I'm not giving you anything!

[Skip agaaaain]

3 hours later...

Quentin and Lucas were still in the room with Urban Trommel, who still hadn't given them any information.

Lucas: This guy is tough to crack...

Quentin was now getting REALLY annoyed with Urban Trommel.

Quentin: Come on, man! Just give us the information!

Urban Trommel: Never!

Quentin then got up and left the room.

Quentin: That's it, I've had enough!

Quentin then walked out of the Command Center.

Adex meanwhile was just watching the entire thing upon a screen with his arms crossed... he was looking dissatisfied "...This is child's play. They have to do better than that," he thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Lucas wouldn't give up, and decided to torture Urban using a song that was bound to drive anyone crazy. Lucas selected the song on his BFT-HUD and began playing it, putting it on speakers so that Urban would be able to hear it. The song went like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArFZ3_b-3Ds

Lucas: If I play this long enough, you will tell me everything you know.

He grinned menacingly.

Urban gulped. He hated that song.

Adex… blinked "...Verbal torture. Huh..." he thought to himself. My, that was a new one.

About another 3 hours later, Urban Trommel was shivering, as the song had drove him insane.

Lucas: So, you ready to tell me everything you know?

Urban: Yes, I am! Our new leader is Sherman Smithers, Graham Smithers' cousin! He got help from an intergalactic faction known as the Twyops, who supplied us with weapons and vehicles and all that kind of stuff! He's holed himself up with a whole bunch of staff in an underground ex-government facility in the forests of Northamer! That's all I know!

Lucas: That wasn't so hard now, was it?

Lucas then turned off the song. Urban Trommel sighed in relief.

"...The Twyops!? So that's how they made a comeback! How long were they planning to go after Mobius, I wonder... it doesn't matter, the others have them covered. For now..." Adex thought to himself as he was watching on the screen.

Lucas: You wait here while I discuss with the Faction Leader on what to do with you.

Lucas then left the room to go see Adex.

Lucas: That is a wrap, sir!

When he entered the room that Adex was in, he could see that he was deep in thought.

Lucas just looked at Adex as he was deep in thought.

Adex finally noticed Lucas a few seconds later out of the corner of his eye, before turning to look at him "...Of all places I expected them to be, I did not expect Northamer," he said.

Lucas: Yes, I wasn't expecting him to be hiding in United Federation controlled territory either. What are we gonna do?

"...They're in United Federation territory? Hm... this is troubling," Adex said, before turning around to face the screen.

Lucas: I'm not saying they are in United Federation territory, I was just saying that because the United Federation has a lot of territory there.

"...So I see. Nonetheless... we know where their leader is. It's about time this war ends," he said.

Lucas: Yes. We now have to wait on Jayden, Sophia, Fulgore and the rest to return, then we will work out a strategy.

He blinked "...You know they're already here, right?" Adex asked.

Lucas: ...Whoops.

He blushed in embarassment at that.

Adex sighed "...It's alright, you were busy. Anyways, they're in their respective quarters if you want to go get them," he said.

Lucas nodded.

Lucas: Okay, you go get the silent cat girl, and I'll go get Quentin, Jayden and Sophia.

Lucas then left to round them all up.

Adex nodded when he left the room, before looking back at the screen.

Lucas went to see Jayden first. He knocked on her quarters door.

Lucas: Jayden, could you get over to the meeting room? A meeting is about to start.

"Mnnnn…" was all that was heard from the room. It sounded like Jayden but... she sounded sad.

Lucas was concerned and he went inside.

He could see Jayden lying on her side on her bed... or was it Joshua's bed? Hard to tell, but her back was facing Lucas when he entered.

Lucas: Jayden...? Are you okay...?

"Mmmnnn…" Jayden only mouthed in a sad tone of voice. Quite obviously she was sad about something.

Lucas sat down next to Jayden.

Lucas: What's the matter...?

"...I miss Josh..." she said sadly, slowly curling up her legs to be in a little ball.

Lucas: I understand, Jayden, and I bet he misses you too. But you both got a job at hand to fulfill. Joshua is off saving people in space, and you're here saving people on Mobius. Joshua knows what he's doing out there, so I'm pretty sure he will return just fine.

"Mmmnn… I still miss him..." she said.

Lucas nodded before he tried to think of a way to cheer her up.

Lucas: Hey, you up for ice cream?

"...Ice cream?" she asked, slowly turning her head for her left eye to make contact with his.

Lucas: Yeah. Maybe some ice cream might make you feel better.

"M... Maybe..." she said, slowly rolling over on her other side to face Lucas.

Lucas: Come on, I'm taking you for some ice cream.

Lucas took Jayden by the hand and they left the Fort to go to an ice cream joint.

"O... Okay..." she said, allowing Lucas to take her by her left hand, crawling out of bed to follow him.

Meanwhile, Celeste was sitting in the Fort's courtyard, minding her own business and cutting something out of a piece of wood.

As she was in the courtyard, she could potentially see Jayden walking with Lucas. She may also see a cyan fox over at the firing range, training with what seemed to be a plasma rifle.

Celeste could indeed see Jayden walking with Lucas, and the cyan fox training with her plasma rifle.

She proceeded to walk over to the cyan fox, and watched her train.

The fox apparently was using what seemed to be a plasma rifle that fired in bursts. Her accuracy with the weapon seemed to be significant.

Celeste appeared to be impressed by the fox's accuracy as she continue to watch her train.

The fox didn't notice Celeste watching her, as she was more concentrated on her training.

Next to the fox was Quentin, who was at the shooting range to blow off some steam with his Plasma Shotgun. His accuracy was notable as well. Celeste was impressed by Quentin's gun skills as she watched him shoot.

[I don't know what else to do here lol]

Meanwhile, Lucas had taken Jayden to an ice cream joint in the city. Lucas had a two scoop strawberry ice cream.

Jayden had no idea what to get at this point... after all most of her thoughts were focused on her brother.

Lucas decided to get Jayden a two scoop mint ice cream.

Lucas: Here you go, Jayden. Enjoy.

Jayden saw the ice cream handed to her as she took it "Th... Thank you," she said.

Lucas smiled.

Lucas: You're welcome.

He then began eating his own ice cream.

Jayden only looked at her ice cream for a bit before she bean softly licking it. Of course it tasted good so she continued to do so.

Meanwhile, back at Fort Zarvok, Quentin and Sophia were each in their respective quarters, minding their own business.

[What am I supposed to do here lol] (Have Adex round them up, since Lucas is out getting ice cream with Jayden lol) (Didn't he tell Lucas to do that in the first place lel) (Damn it lol. We'll skip to their return then lol.)

About 30 minutes later, Lucas and Jayden had returned to the fort, having returned from getting ice cream in Genesis City.

Jayden was walking right besides Lucas when they came back. She was... only a little better. There was only so much a cone of ice cream could do anyway when someone's missing a relative.

Lucas then gathered Quentin and Sophia and they went to the Command Center for a meeting.

When gathered, Jayden went from being near Lucas to being near Sophia. She could notice that something was up.

Sophia could indeed notice something was up.

Sophia: ...Jayden, what's the matter?

Jayden... suddenly clung onto Sophia's left arm as she held onto it tightly "...I still miss my brother," she said sadly.

Sophia: I'm sure that he misses you too, Jayden, but he's busy up in space, while you're busy down here on Mobius. So we should have our eyes to the front, and our mind on the job at hand. So come on, big smile!

"...Mmnnn…" Jayden looked down onto the floor with a sad look in her eyes. Seriously she was told this for the third time now, was third time's the charm not going to work here?

Sophia frowned. She knew she had to think of something to cheer her up. She then began thinking. Quentin and Lucas looked to Jayden and Sophia as they frowned too. At the same time, they were awaiting Adex's arrival to the meeting.

Adex was actually waiting for them the entire time as he was standing there... huh. He noticed Jayden's sorrow as well and couldn't help but look concerned.

Sophia: She misses her brother Joshua greatly, sir, and I'm not sure how to make her feel better...

"...It's... difficult to get her cheered up when she feels separated from him. Joshua must be feeling the same way, they're bonded to a fault after all," he said while Jayden was still looking down at the floor, all sad.

Sophia: Yes...Perhaps it would be better for her if she stayed at Fort Zarvok while Quentin and I go get the Inquisitors' new leader.

"...Hold up now. I said it was difficult... but not impossible. You forget there's one thing she always loves," he said, walking up to Jayden, who looked up at her father curiously.

Quentin, Sophia and Lucas proceeded to look at Adex as well, looking just as curious as Jayden.

"..." he looked at the others with a blink "...Y... You seriously don't know?"

Quentin: Oh, right! We know exactly what to get her! I'll be right back!

Quentin left the Command Center, got in an AM5, went to the nearest fast food joint, and then returned with a bunch of milkshakes.

Quentin: This'll do!

Adex sweatdropped when he saw that Quentin came back with some milkshakes "Uh... that's not what I-" Before he could finish however, Jayden suddenly gasped out of happiness "Milkshakes!" she exclaimed before running over to Quentin and grabbing one of them, immediately slurping on one. Adex… was immediately dumbstruck.

Quentin chuckled.

Quentin: Looks like that worked.

Sophia giggled.

Sophia: I'm surprised that it did.

"...Th... Okay," Adex said before he just shrugged it off, pretty much taking it. Jayden pretty much finished her milkshake within a couple of minutes before giggling happily. She then went to go for another one and start slurping on it... oh god okay, someone stop her from drinking the rest.

Quentin chuckled and took the rest of the milkshakes away.

Quentin: Okay, Jayden, save some for the rest of us, okay?

Jayden quickly noticed that Quentin took away the rest of the milkshakes "What, nooooo!"

Sophia: I'm afraid he's right, Jayden. The rest wants some milkshakes as well, and we don't want you going into the battle on a sugar rush.

"Aaaww… okaaay…" she said, before slurping on the milkshake she already had. Adex meanwhile was just... casually whistling silently. Quentin may notice two of whatever milkshakes they were with him were missing.

Quentin indeed noticed this and was stunned.

Quentin: Okay, who stole two of my milkshakes?

"Wha? Someone stole them? Who?" Jayden asked. Adex meanwhile kind of just slowly held out a milkshake and tried to drink it as silently as possible. H... how did he get that?

Quentin: What the? How did you get that milkshake from me?

Adex blinked before looking at him "...What are you talking about, I had this stowed the entire time," he said. Jayden upon noticing couldn't help but giggle. Yeah she knew what was going on here.

Quentin: Don't bullshit me, sir, I know you stole it from me.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Adex said with a straight face before slurping on the milkshake.

Quentin just sighed.

Quentin: Whatever. Now that we're all here and now that the mood has been lightened, we can get down to business.

Lucas: Yes, we have managed to get the information we needed out of Urban Trommel. The new leader of the Inquisitors is Sherman Smithers, a relative of the Inquisitors' former leader Graham Smithers.

Lucas had a slight hint of anger in his voice when he said Graham's name.

Lucas: According to Trommel, Sherman has taken up residence in an ex-government facility in a forest in Northamer. We're going to need to work out a strategy to get to the facility without causing too much damage on Northamer ground and take out Sherman Smithers.

"...Indeed. We must send in as little personnel as possible, but personnel that are able to do things effectively... by which I mean you three," Adex said, gesturing to Jayden, Quentin, and Sophia.

Quentin and Sophia nodded.

Lucas: Yes, and perhaps we could also send our mute accomplice with them.

"...I was thinking the same thing," Adex said "Huh? Mute accomplice?" Jayden asked with a tilt of her head.

Quentin and Sophia were curious too.

Lucas: The Inquisitors had kidnapped me and taken me to the Northern Tundra, and they had also captured a yellow cat. Mr. Burns saved me along with the yellow cat, and we found out that she is taciturn and doesn't speak. She only communicates through sign language. Does any of you know sign language?

Sophia raised her hand.

Sophia: I have studied sign language before, so I know it.

Lucas clapped his hands.

Lucas: Great, then we got someone who can communicate with our mute accomplice!

"...Ahem," Adex cleared his throat because Lucas forgot he spoke in such a language. Jayden on the other hand gasped happily "Ooo! I want to meet her!" she said eagerly.

Lucas: I'll call her over here.

Lucas then spoke over the intercom.

Lucas: Mrs. Celeste, please come over to the Command Center.

Celeste heard Lucas speak over the intercom and she began walking over to the Command Center, eventually reaching the room where Adex, Jayden, Quentin, Sophia and Lucas were. She then walked inside.

Lucas: Everyone, Mr. Burns and I would like you to meet Celeste, our mute accomplice we rescued from the Northern Tundra.

Celeste raised her hand to greet everyone.

"...Indeed," Adex said as he watched Celeste walk in, waving his hand to greet her back. Jayden on the other hand gasped happily and ran up to her, stopping in front of her "Hi!" she said.

Celeste smiled.

Celeste: *sign language* (Hello. It's nice to meet you all.)

Jayden only blinked with a tilt of her head, not understanding the words she spoke through words. Adex noticed this and sought to inform her "...She says it's nice to meet all of us," he said to Jayden "Oooh. Well it's nice to meet you too!" Jayden said with a happy giggle.

Quentin: Agreed.

Sophia: Same here.

Celeste then turned to Adex.

Celeste: *sign language* (So, what do I have to do next?)