Chapter Eleven: Plans for Retaliation

As the group walked down the large corridor towards Queen Sally's royal chambers, Zac felt something. A small surge of Darkness seemed to come from his brother. Feeling grim, he kept walking, remaining silent. Most of the base was made up of Medical and Living facilities. It seemed there wasn't many training grounds. He shook his head. Did they expect to win by simply weilding weapons an going to battle? They'd be more likely to injure themselves...shrugging his shoulders, he ran after the others.

The hallway ended, revealing a set of large doors. Opening them, Gaming Force was surprised at the size of the room. It was small. The walls were white in color, while up a small flight of stairs sat a single throne. Queen Sally was sitting there, thinking. Toxic sneezed, causing Sally to flinch, before noticing the heroes that had entered the room. Walking down the stairs, they bowed with respect, before she stood before them. Her outfit had not changed much. The same blue vest and shoes. She had a small smile on her face.

"You've returned to our dimension...in our time of need. You all would have realised...that we are at war from the forces of Darkness, correct? The first attack caught us all off guard. A huge army, larger than the one in the Great Gigatron, swept through our planet, causing us to retreat. Many of us have been captured, but more have been killed. I fear we may have little time left before they find us here...Our forces are only 12,000 in number. We've lost all communication with the other planets..." Sally started.

Zac frowned, before stamping his foot angrily.

"Dang it! This stinks!" Zac groaned.

Seb kept silent.

"Hm? And who are these two? I've never seen them before." Sally asked.

Toxic stepped forward.

"My name is Toxic. And behind me is Veneno. We used to be mercenaries on Earth, before S.P.I.K.E tried to hire us. You see, they were going to destroy all resistance. When Gaming Force returned, they became a serious threat to S.P.I.K.E, so all mercenaries either worked for S.P.I.K.E, or were executed. Both of us, although we had gone our seperate ways before that, were almost killed. There was no way I was going to work for S.P.I.K.E! They wouldn't even pay you, or so I heard..." Toxic started.

"Correction, You almost got killed. I didn't have any problems. Although, it was kinda hard to resist getting paid 20 million..." Veneno interrupted

"...Anyway, we are running out of time. We are slowly dying off because of our injuries. Many have surrendered. We are all that remain. Gaming Force...You are our last hope." Sally sighed.

Seb grabbed his axe.

"Hah. I've never had any doubts. We've always come through. Nothing is going to stop us! While we are here, the forces of Darkness will not prevail!" Seb yelled

Loud cheers could be heard all around them. Zac gave a thumbs up, while Septhiroth simply crossed his arms and smiled. Veneno looked around at the cheering faces, even the wounded who had used thier strength to stand.

Eiko looked around, trying to see if Joshua was among them. But there was no sign of him.

"Joshua...Be safe. Don't let the darkness in you win." She whispered.

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