Chapter 229 The hunt for space pirates
The entire castle was sealed off and surrounded, nobody would be making it inside or without a proper form of identification.
Tion and his men were circling above monitoring the environment from the roof like a couple of birds hunting for prey below.
More than one hundred mecha warriors made their way to the site of the old garbage dump, that's where the tower was predicted to open and where they would land if the pirates managed to survive the rough journey.
"So," Beord asked Adler as they headed there, "Who is the girl?"
"Nobody, and she is not a girl." Adler replied.
"She is nobody but at the same time you know her well enough to be sure that she is not a girl, pick a side brother." Beord chuckled.
The other however was not amused, and he scowled at his brother, letting him know just how not amused he was with his glaring facial expression.?"Shut up." he said.
"Did she break your heart?" Beord however was like a dog with a bone, pushing more as his brother became more and more displeased. Even his countenance had changed, it was threatening, and it reminded Beord of the time he tried to come close to one of the chickens his sister kept in the backyard of the castle. The stupid bird almost pecked his hand off.
"Leave it alone Beord." Adler said harshly. He almost bit Beord's head off.
"Sheesh, it was just a question, you don't have to take my head off big brother.
The two brothers found a war of authority warring in the spot where the pirates were expected to land. Captain Zorl was shooing the mecha warriors away like unwanted bugs because they were encroaching on his territory.
"Space pirates are mecha warrior territory." Captain Vangar insisted, unmovable like a mountain.
"Not on ground, that's RGB territory." Captain Zorl replied.
"We have bigger guns Zorl." captain Vangar answered.
"We have shoot to kill drones, and address me by my proper title of captain." Captain Zorl answered Captain Vangar unhappily.
"Jeez!!" Adler shouted when the air waves started becoming thicker and the ground shook, indicating that a ship was coming down hard, and fast. "Can you both measure your dicks later, now is not the time."
Both captains glared at Adler, finding his words to be extremely unpleasant.
"The landing spot has been diverted, captain, you are all thirty minutes away from the landing spot."
This message was shouted loud and clear into the ears of all RGB officers who took off running in the direction of the new coordinates which were being given. Not to be left lagging behind,?the mecha warriors followed. Some were on the ground and others were flying high above. Space pirates were killers, and they did not discriminate, male or female, adult or child, whoever got in their way ended up with a hole in their bodies. They did not spare babies as long as they got what they desired.
The fact that they had no more information about the specific number of pirates or what kind of weapons they were wielding was worrisome. They also hadn't had much time to evacuate the citizens which heightened the present danger because these pirates could hide or take hostages.
"Everyone just fly to the landing spot," Vangar yelled loudly, there is not time to waste.
One minute flying in a mecha of their kind would cover that entire distance completely.
They arrived at the new landing spot just as a long black tower visually appeared, it was moving around like small squares which were being forced apart by an uncontrollable power. The huge gust of wind it was releasing sent those with ordinary or weak mechas flying away with force. It was one of the reasons why the tower was not yet in use, it was not stable, it could close at any moment, trapping those inside and it moved around, opening up anywhere random, you never knew where it would take you.
They were close to the hospital right now, which was not a good thing. It had remained open because patients could walk in at any moment.
"Lock up the hospital." Captain Zorl shouted to some of his men. "Seal it off completely, surround it with drones, no one goes in or out."
The first space ship landed while he was yelling, out of one of the small black floating square shaped like boxes, it was spat out as if the tower was regurgitating garbage. The space ship rolled through the air and the mecha warriors who were closest opened fire on it.
"What are you doing, we want them alive." Captain Zorl shouted.
"We don't follow your orders, the general says to do as we see fit." Captain Vangar responded. "Shoot it down." he commanded his men.
The moment they received word of the space pirate ship heading their way, he had contacted the general who told him to do as he deemed but ensure to shoot the space ship down, especially if the situation was judged to be dangerous. He did not share this fact with captain Zorl because for him, capturing a single space pirate alive was a way of gaining recognition. If he captured an entire crew, he might even get a promotion and more stripes out of it.?They had two different motives at this moment and completely different plans for the space pirates. But shooting down a space pirate ship was not exactly easily accomplished, one had to be an expert marksman because they reinforced their ships with shields from stolen vemirite minerals which made them bulkier and slower but added an extra layer of protection. So, when one shot, they had to target a specific tiny spot, like the inside of a thruster, the hinges around the wings, or any other part of the space ship which would send it crushing.
Captain Zorl cursed after hearing Captain Vangar's answered.
The space ship went crushing down on the ground hard, producing blue sparks as it screeched, its wide wings opened and the occupants exited and went off running in different directions while shooting. Shoot to kill drones analyzed and announced, "Sixteen hostile space pirates detected in the vicinity, this is your first warning, you are surrounded, lay down your weapons, get on your bellies and lower your mental shields."
Space pirates were not the kind to give up because they knew the fate which awaited them, a life of suffering and misery as miners on the Red star or execution on the last day of the first month of the new year. Their heads would be cut off in a publicly televised ceremony with the the families of their victims in live attendance as witnesses.
They would not be surrendering, they kept running in the hopes of taking their chances out there. Two of them were in mechas, and these two fired back the most at the pursing mecha warriors as they took off running in the direction of the hospital.
The big cross hologram at the top of that building declared what it was. To others it was a place to heal but to them, it was a big buffet with hostages that could be used to bargain for a ship and freedom.
"Shoot them all, don't miss a single one." Captain Vangar shouted.
Adler and Beord had flown up to one of the thorn trees. During winter, the green leaves had dried up which left the branches bare and spread out. From there, the two brothers had good vantage point from which to take shots excellently.?Adler was the shooter and Beord was his spotter. They managed to take out two space pirates with a direct shot to the head.
One of the space pirates in the mecha was taken down by the mecha warriors but the other one shot his way into the hospital, wounding the RGB officers at the entrance greatly.
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