Blast it! Leo had killed Autumn and incorperated Allecto into his own implants. This was really bad. Not only had he regained his memories, but he had managed to recruit his bastard of a daughter and the mistress from his marrage back into his life while he was at it. Son of a b****! This was turning out to be a mess. The Order would be onto my tracks soon if I didn't make it back quickly, they already had their beliefs of what I was and who I was. I paced the room waiting for the docking clamps to open while the bastard Black Company armada battled ours outside. As the station docked with the flagship, I noticed several hundred fighers leave the ship and headed straight for the station. I blinked twice and saw that one was going off by itself, towards the bay near where that Katacuchi girl was at.
Not if I can help it.
"Lock down Bay Alpha and send an entire squadron down there to meet our friend."
"Yes sir."
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Distant Omicron System
Leo's Fighter Cockpit
My ship landed on the pad very hard and skid to a halt. I climbed out and fell to the floor with my weapons ready. I looked up and saw an entire squadron waiting for me. They all smiled and went Nomad. There's no way I could shut them all down...that would probably kill me too...there were too many, I would have to fight them, here and now...there was no backing down. I kicked my Nomad abilities into high gear and fell into a defensive position with my blades out.
"Well, come on then...lets see what you boys are made of these days." I said. They broke loose screaming, waving their blades in the air...
As the guards rushed me, I felt my implants and implants almost sync together in beautiful perfection. The world erupted into beautiful color, pointing out the dangerous items and potential advantages on each target, and then...they reached me. My arms no longer "moved on their own accord", I actually commanded them. The first guard reached me and swung his plasma sword. I easily leaned back, missing the tip by mere inches. I shrugged my shoulders, brought my own blades up and swung them so that they formed a scissor like form and beheaded the guard. By this time, guards up on the balcony began firing down upon me.
Two bullets found their mark, one slammed into my right bicep, the other in my left shoulder. I screamed in a mix of pain and rage as I continued to fight the huge mass of guards moving their way to where I still stood. I continued to kill as I pushed my way to the entrance, getting hit with attacks, some missing, some landing their targets. Then the door the the balcony burst open and my men killed the marksmen up top and killed the rest of the guards that still stood in my path.
I became nauseous and fell to one knee and placed my hand on the cold metal. I thought back to my father on Kyoto...
"Remember Leo, my son...remember this phrase...you are always outnumbered, but never outgunned."
I stared ahead, cold determination gripping my thoughts. I rose to my feet. He was right, I was not outgunned here, they were, and I was only outnumbered. They would taste my wrath. I rose to my full height as my men cheered me on. I felt strong, nay, unstoppable. My blood rolled on both my hands and sizzled on my plasma blades, some fell to the floor, my other wounds seeped blood to the floor, but I stayed standing. One of the blades had been a near miss to my face and the cut was the exact opposite as my other one, forming a cross on my face. Time seemed to slow down as I stood standing there over the massive pile of dead Tainted guards. I stood there, blades in my hands.
They would feel my fury.
I ran ahead, charging through the door and into the hallway as I looked ahead at the one person who stood in my way. Takashi stood at the door blocking my path, laughing at me. Jeering me on, daring me to come towards him to take him down. I started walking slowly towards him as he laughed.
"You're weak Leo. Those guards did a number on you." he spat laughing.
"You apparently don't know me very well Takashi, you used to, before they took you here."
"Save it weakling." he said rushing me.
I saw the past, him and me laughing about the good times. Fighting arm in arm with the Blood Dragon, each other saving each other's life defending one another, and here we stood, fighting one another. I brought my blades out and dodged to the right, cutting his rib cage open as he slid slowly to the floor against the opposite wall.
"Y-you-" he stuttered. I bashed his head with the hilt of my plasma sword and allowed him to fall unconscious.
"Gwen, come and get Takashi, he's rendered harmless for the time being, see if we can't recover how previous memories."
"On route." she said and cut the comm. I opened the door to see Shan on the floor huddled in the corner. She looked up at me with tear filled eyes and tried standing up. I reached down and helped her up into my arms.
"I was so scared..." she sobbed "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to get you out of here." I said picking up her legs and carrying her down the hall just as Gwen appeared.
"We have to move dad." she said "I've counted another two squadrons coming here, the first one led by...him"
"Roger, get Takashi out of here. Get him to the ship and ensure he cannot get lose, have Allecto disable his abilities in full until we can recover his old memories and get him back to normal. I'll take Shan to my fighter." I keyed in my mic to Al. "Al, are you there?"
"As always sir." he said.
"Stop calling me sir you idiot."
"Right, sorry Leo. What do you need?"
"Do you have what you need is the real question."
"We're already circling the station destroying re-enforcements as we see fit, we're waiting on you my good leader."
"En-route, keep the celebration moderate until I get there."
Gwen grabbed a hold of Takashi's shirt and went Nomad, she then drug him down the hall in the direction of the bay. Shan looked down at him with tear filled eyes.
"I can't believe he's still alive...that bastard..." then she fell asleep, her head resting on my shoulder. I looked ahead and saw my biological father staring at me down at the end of the hallway, eyeing me with malicious intent.
" Touche my son...
"Touche"
With that he turned around and allowed the door to slam shut, I eyed the door for a few moments before returning to my ship. Gwen and I sat our two unconscious members in the seats in back while we climbed in the front, and quickly launched, heading straight for the Black Company flagship.