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A Long Trip To War™
Admiral Cord. sat at his desk in a dusty office in Area 51. He was a young tall 35 year old man with brown hair, He was the youngest Admiral in history. He stay writing down classified notes on things the government doesn't tell the public, such as Visitors from other planets, discovery of new weapons, and discoveries of new planets. One which brings us to a certain one... Oobleck!A newly discovered planet far off in the Platoon nebula. Adm. Cord sighed as he kept writing. He slowly turned is head to look at some pictures of a greenish planet, then looked at pictures of the alien spacecraft they found a few days ago. For it was this craft that discovered the planet. Deep inside the craft laid a map telling where Oobleck stayed.The phone suddenly rang, Jophas Cord snapped awake then pushed the button for the holographic phone. A holographic picture of Mr.Kalae appeared. He was stubby short man with no hair."Yes?" asked Adm. Cord sharply. "Hello, Jophas," responded Mr.Kalae, " How is the report going?" " Fine, fine," responded, but Mr.Kalae knew he was really up to his head in paperwork. "Well that's.. umm.. nice.." Adm. Cord grinned into the fuzzy image," anyway I havesome good news for you!""What World War 3 has happened?" he asked hopefully. Mr.Kalae let himself smile a bit."No sorry," he responded, " but this ones better," Jophas blinked wondering what it was, " You have been assigned out of a few, to take an explorer up to this new planet was a group of people, to explore this new world. Jophas couldn't believe what he had just heard, He was going into space!There stood a tall man with silver hair, and glasses. He stood looking at the door waiting for someone to come in. He blinked as the door opened. There walked in Adm. Cordand Mr.Kalae. Mr.Kalae gave a brief smile as he shook hands with this person."Admiral this is Parkins your pilot and technician." Jophas and Parkins shook hands"So YOU are the person I've heard so much about." Jophas stared like a deadghost into Parkins eyes. "Tell me," continued Parkins, "How does it feel to be the youngest Admiral inhistory?" Jophas allowed himself to make a small smile."It feels tiring..." he responded. Parkins gave him an odd look as if He had just been insulted by the answer."Well," interrupted Mr.Kalae," I think we should get down to business. Parkins and Jophas both turned their head towards Mr.Kalae." Parkins I think you should show Adm. Cord here the ship you will be using to get to Oobleck." Parkins turned towards Jophas then at this huge odd looking craft. " This is the S.P. ( SpaceWolf™ ) this is the ship we will be using."Jophas took a good look at the ship it was a upside-down shaped bowl armed to the bonewith weapons and escape pods." This ship can take you up to Hyperspace. It's armed with a main laser turret, 150 escape pods, a cold fusion engine, several standard guns and a warp gate opener,"Jophas seemed impressed, " a lot of exploring ships come with it, and a data base.""How long will we be staying on this planet "Oobleck"?" asked Jophas."Thirty days," responded Parkins. Jophas stood for a second and tried to imagine what he had just got himself into." You will be leaving in a week." finished Mr.Kalae.
Hyperspace- Traveling at light speed but changing the gravitational field so a object will go 100 times faster.
Adm. Cord,Mr.Kalae, and Parkins walked into a large room filled with people standing in a row. Mr.Kalae stood in front of the first person. He was a young,tall,strong 25 year old man. He wore a black uniform which looked odd with his black hair. On his uniform was a symbol of a circle and star which meant he was a captain. Mr.Kalae turned to Jophas."This is Captain Akira Okayia, he will is a very skilled pilot and leader to your troops,"said Mr.Kalae, " You will be taking some infantry with you, just in case you encounter any dangerous." Captain Okayia spoke in a high voice." Pleased to meet you... You must be Adm. Cord," Jophas nodded then, Mr.Kalae walked in front of this other person, a average sized man with blonde hair and big glasses, that made his eyes appear large. He was wearing a white lab coat with pockets."This is your head scientist, John Ooblock," continued Mr.Kalae, "he is the one who discovered planet Oobleck, and that's why it's named that.'" Jophas and John shook hands. Mr.Kalae continued though the line of people. " This is Chris,Nick,Jason,Lance, and Josh. They are all brothers. Josh is the main fighter pilot, Nick the Mechs, Chris the underwater, Jason the special infantry unit, andLance the hacker." Jophas looked puzzled. Why would they need a hacker for a science mission? "Umm... Jophas?" said Mr.Kalae as he tried to get his attention. Adm. Cord snapped awake. Mr.Kalae gave him bizarre eyes as he wondered what Jophas was thinking."Yes..." implied Mr.Kalae, "There is one more person you have left to meet," Mr.Kalae looked worried, " he is here, but I can't see him." Jophas seemed confused, "His name is Zyphere, he is the most talented assassin ever, he is very stealthy and quiet."Jophas flickered as he saw a swift black shadow speed through the air almost instantly.This must be the one and only Zyphere. One week later the crew got ready for takeoff. The ship was very special, it could support people's life even when they were not wearing any special equipment or had any
special training. The slowly loaded the ship. Jophas waited behind to see "This Zyphere".
As everyone else was boarding the ship, he still waited. Suddenly he sw a very
quick black image fly across to the ship. The image stopped moving right in front of
Jophas. There stood a tall slim,strong,man dressed in completely black. Jophas stared in
awe, as he looked at Zyphere's odd garments. he wore a black one piece suit with a black
cape and a black head cover that covered his entire head except a small opening from his
left eye to his right. Zyphere starred back.
"Yes?" Zyphere said. His voice was very deep and darkening. Jophas couldn't
keep his eyes off Zyphere's attire. His clothes, his X-shaped belt, and the huge sword that
rested on his back. Zyphere gave Jophas a evil glare then boarded the ship. Jophas
stood there gave a brief thought to himself then boarded the ship.
The launch commander waited to everyone one the ship was ready, then started
the countdown.
" Ten..Nine..Eight..Seven.." Jophas felt very nervous, he was going into space and
might not ever return, " Three..Two..One.." Jophas gripped tightly onto the seat, "Zero!"
Jophas felt the blood in his body running to the back of his head as the ship blasted
upwards into space. The ship ripped through the Atmosphere like a needle through tinfoil.
As the ship flew into space Jophas regained his blood. He screamed, "I LIVE!"
as the ship blasted on past the moon.
The G.E.P 1 quickly passed the moon. Jophas unbuckled himself then stood up.
He quickly floated up because of the of gravity. He hovered over to window to see a tiny
blue dot ( the Earth ) and a huge gray circle ( the Moon ). He turned to see Zyphere
floating to room. Jophas followed him in.
The room was large and circular with a large box shaped machine in the middle.
Zyphere floated to the machine and was about to push a button until he spotted Jophas.
He turned to Jophas then spoke, "Are you sure you want to stay in here when I turn on this
machine?"
" What does it do?" asked Jophas. Zyphere gave a brief smirk but no one could
see it because of mask.
"It's a Gravity Modifying Machine, it will change the gravity of this room and will not
change even in Hyperspace."
"So you will be spending your time here training i assume, why'll were in
Hyperspace sleeping?" asked Jophas.
"That is correct," responded Zyphere, "I will spend the valuable 8 days in
Hyperspace training instead of sleeping, this machine can change the gravity I train in so I
can get stronger, For example I could train in two times earth gravity and gain twice as much
strength." Jophas starred in wonder, " is the all?" said Zyphere cruelly, "if so then Get Out!"
Jophas seemed shocked at the rudeness of Zyphere, " What if I stayed and trained with
you?" Zyphere laughed, "You? You wouldn't last 5 minutes with me and my sword, I train
at five times earths gravity! I would slaughter you!" Jophas seemed enraged, " I've spent
my whole life with a sword!" Zyphere seemed agreeable, " all right he said as he threw
Jophas a sword, "Lets go!"
Jophas could fell himself sinking as Zyphere changed the gravity. Still he gripped
the handle gave out a scream of rage and charged at Zyphere.
Jophas found himself on the floor, his right arm bleeding like an active volcano. His
eyes starred hard at his severed arm, he knew that he would have a large scar, when
suddenly his anger took over him. He reached for the sword that lay on the ground next to
him, stood up, and glared into Zypheres eyes.
"Ready to give up?" asked Zyphere. Without warning Jophas did the unexpected,
he lunged at Zyphere with the massive sword and successfully slashed his right arm. A
small piece of Zyphere's black clothing fell onto the floor dipped in blood. Jophas glanced
at Zyphere's right arm it was dipping with blood! Zyphere acted as if nothing happened
and charged at Jophas...
Parkins opened the Hyperbolic hatch and turned on the paging system, "The
Hyperbolic chambers are opened all personals and crew please enter if not in the training
room." Parkins stood up and walked to a tube shaped cylinder with two large boxes on
each side. He walked into the chamber and pushed the button on the side. The glass door
shut then, the boxes made a humming noise. Suddenly the closed chamber started to fill
up with a watery liquid and then froze.
When every but Zyphere and Jophas had been position in a hyperbolic chamber,
the ship's Ion Thrusters started to power up. Then, like a bullet shot from a gun, the ship
sped through space.
8 days later the ships two main Ion engines powered down. They had entered the
Oobleck solar system! Parkin's chamber slowly drained and he walked out. He walked to
the control panel and switched on the main screens. He viewed a map of the solar system
then hit the defrost button for all the hyperbolic chambers. He typed in the location of the
place they were landing, and sent e-mails to the government when suddenly a red flash
appeared and the ship shook. Parkins reached for the paging system and tried to page
Jophas, nut the pager in the training room was broken. Then he tried a all ship page,
"Attention, we are being attacked please do not panic, gunners man your stations. A
blood red ship flew across the screen with a symbol on the side. It was a Arkan Armada!
The ship kept on getting hit until the gunners reached the stations.
The Spacewolf™ fired at the ships and knocked down a few, but still got ship at.
Parkins pulled the ship around and fired the main canons, he shot a z-type fighter down. The
Spacewolf™ suffered many more hits till finally Parkins got an Idea. He turned the ship
around and flew straight for a asteroid field.
He entered the field and flew very skillfully through it. Many Arkin ships blew up by
hitting an asteroid. The Spacewolf flew out of the asteroid field then fired a proton missile at
it. The asteroid field exploded with a bright flash destroying the rest of the Arkin ships.
Parkins set the controls to automatic and ran to the training chamber. He was going to
find out where the heck Jophas was! he opened the door and felt himself being pulled to
the ground he tried to pick himself up but he couldn't, until someone turned off the gravity
machine. It was Zyphere! He stood up, then fell to the ground. Parkins looked around to
see Jophas on the floor along with Zyphere both alive, but both drenched in blood! Parkins
had a medic take them to the med. room to heal. He couldn't believe they tried to kill each
other!!Jophas woke up to find himself on a bed in the med. bay. He looked to the right a
saw Zyphere unmasked and unconscious. Zyphere had a very bold face and black hair. His
hair very messy from lack of treatment. Jophas looked around for his shirt, which had been
removed for treatment, when he noticed his right arm. It was healed! yet, still it left a large
scar. He paned over to Zyphere's right arm. It also had a very large scar.
Jophas stood up, just to find himself on the floor next to his bed. He scuffled over to
filers and opened them with a push of a button. The filer popped open and Jophas
searched for his name.
"Coralicus…Corbgo…ah ha! Cord," Jophas pulled his shirt out of the filer and put it "
on. He stood up straight and turned around just to find a dark black mask in his face.
Zyphere had awakened! Instead of fighting Zyphere again. Jophas simply walked around
him. Zyphere opened the filer and pulled out a little capsule, then threw it on the ground. It
exploded in smoke and under the smoke his sword appeared! Zyphere picked up the
bloody sword then walked off.
Jophas made his way up to the cockpit,greeted Parkins, then sat down. He looked
at the main screen and spotted a green planet not to far away. They had almost arrived!
Parkins stood next to Jophas.
"Sir, we will be landing shortly," he said, " Captain Okayia would like to speak with
you once we land." Jophas kept his eyes glued to the screen, " yes, yes, good, good…"
he responded. Parkins rushed to the controls and pushed some buttons.
20 minutes later, the Spacewolf™ started to enter the atmosphere. The ship shook
violently as it blasted through. Once the ship had got out of the atmosphere. it headed for
the water ( Oobleck ). It released a biodegradable floater from the button then hit the
Oobleck. It shook the ship, but no one was hurt. The ship had landed on the planet
Oobleck!
Jophas promptly ambled to the captains quarters. He walked to a white door with a
star on it. On the side laid a panel with a button. Jophas pushed the button and the door
flew up. Jophas walked in to see Cap. Okayia sitting in a chair.
"Hello Jophas," said Akira, "I would like to make a request." Jophas pondered on
what Akira was going to say next, "I have received information that life forms lay on Oobleck
and I'd would like to take some L.R.s ( Land Rovers ) to go investigate." Jophas seemed
cautious, " are you sure there are life forms? " he asked ," I received word that no life
dwelled on the surface." Akira responded, "They're are life forms, I can assure you of that,
and If I'm right it could be a very civilized race." Jophas still seemed uninfluenced, "well then,
if that's the case I suggest that you take some tanks too, just for safety." suggested Jophas.
"Does that mean I have permission sir?" wondered Akira. Jophas simply
responded, "Permission granted!"
2 hours later a boat docked near land. It opened it's front and released 3 Tanks and
Akira's own personal land rover. It was a Jet blue smooth flat machine with two large
canons on the side. Akira drove it out of the boat and gave commands to the tanks.
"All right crew, this is a search mission, in the unlikely event we will run into hostile
creatures, so Josh, tell Nick and Lance, your trigger happy brothers to focus more on the
mission.
"Hey!" said Nick I'm not trigger happy all the time. " "Yeah!" agreed Lance, "We
won't blow up everything…" Akira gave a command before they said anything else.
"Lets move out!" he commanded. The force began to move as Akira took the lead.
The drove into the dark forest as Nick and Lace kept rotating their turrets. They drove until
they came to a big lake of Oobleck and suddenly Akira stopped. The tanks almost crashed
into him as he began to listen.
"Did you here that?" he asked briefly. Nick looked around, "Here what?" he asked,
"That sound!" insisted Akira. Suddenly a human shaped figure jumped out of nowhere and
scared the life out of the group. Without thinking Lance did what his relaxes told
him, he released fire! A boom exploded throughout the forest. Akira didn't know what
happened, he waited for the smoke to clear and saw an object on the ground. It looked like
a human. Akira quickly sent a instant DNA test to it. He now knew for sure it wasn't human!
It looked like a human body with an odd blue jumpsuit. Out of nowhere another
jumped out,but this time they didn't shoot. This strange creature said something they couldn't
understand, "Ohkaÿka lamaÿkas ÿas doÿsa ÿsdajsa jfiemvÿ!" it screamed. Akira used a
Alien transmitter to figure out what he was saying. Everyone looked down at their screens
which read:
Death to all who kill a clan, all shall tremble beneath our hands!
They looked up to find the alien gone! Akira gave orders move. They reloaded
in the ship at headed back to the Spacewolf™.
Back at the ship Akira lunged into Jophas's office. Jophas quickly stood up, "What wrong Akira you look really worn out!" Akira caught his breath before he said anything
"Ale…Aliens…In the forest!" he finally said, "What?" Jophas asked, "Aliens? "How civilized?" Akira tried to remember, "Very! There genetic structure is a fused combine of…"
"No! I mean technology wise!" Jophas explained, "Oh!" said Akira, "I see…Well I can't say for sure but I think they could be using… " Akira was cut short, suddenly the ship shaked like an earthquake. Sevrverl alarms went off along with a load of blinking red lights and sirens. Jason,Chris and Parkins came in through the door.
"Sir," said Parkins, "We had been hit by a biocentric fused particle ray!" Jophas looked at him very oddly, "What?" asked Jophas Jason interrupted, "Someone shootin' lasers at us!" Chris walked up to Akira and Jophas, "Sir, i suggest we take off and contact Nevada, we can call for back up!" Jophas liked that Idea, "Great plan,Parkins get to the controls,Chris, you Nick,Lance,Josh, and Jason get to those guns. Keep them off as long as possible." The ship shook again, "Hurry!" finished Jophas.
Parkins ignited the main thrusters and blasted upwards. The gunner held off the ships until they got into space. Very oddly once they got into space. The Oobleckians ships left then alone. This was their chance. Jophas ordered Parkins to open the 2 way warp gate.
Parkins over righted the system then a joy stick popped up. Parkins carefully aimed it then fired it about one mile away from the ship. Akin walked into the control room.
"HQ has been notified they are sending backup as we speak." Jophas sat down in a chair and stared out the window A giant blue black hole looking form appeared about a mile away, and through it would come backup.
1 hour later ships began to come up of the warp gate. X1 fighters came out first followed by X2 fighter, A1 transports, and 3 World Class E.W.A. assault ships. Each about a mile long and a fourth of a mile wide. akira rushed to the window very surprised.
"What are they doing? We asked for backup not planetary assault ships!" he yelled, "they must be out of there minds!" the ships flew over to the Spacewolf™. The commander of one of the W.C. E.W.A. assault ship spoke with Jophas, "The Earth World Army has directed us the be of service in this endeavor. Please state your command!"
Jophas stood up with his hands behind his back.
"All ships forward attack!" he commanded. The ships begain to move toward Oobleck's atomosphere. The planetary assult ships just hover over the planet, while the smaller ship brought down units and mechs. Oobleck fighters came out in space and tried to atttack the planetary assult ships, but there atempt was in vain. They were quickly shoot many by the X1 Fighters.
Jophas and some of the crew of the Spacewolf™ left the ship in space and traveled down to the battlegrounds in transport ships. Nick held a huge assult canon in his two hands just waiting to get battlegrounds. Jophas knew Nick wouldn't care if he died. All he wanted was to go down and fight!
 
warp gate- A mode of interdemensial travel which can transport objects instanly from on place to another, but can only be used once per ships life.
The transport ship slowly landed in a secluded jungle so they wouldn't be shot down.
Then started to unload the crew. Jophas ambled out of the transport and ordered the infantry to come out. A large group of 25 Assault Troopers stepped out and stood in front of Jophas.
"All right men we have a job. We have received notice that a large Oobleck strike force is heading in this direction. We will encounter them and shoot them down. Our Air units are fighting to keep the bombers at bay." the men looked uneasy, "there are a lot of others groups fighting right now se lets do our part to win this war."
Suddenly a proton shot fired and killed one of the troopers. The strike force had arrived! The men got on their knees and fired. They exchanged fire with the Oobleckians killing many but losing troopers as they did. Nick brought out his huge gun and fired. A giant beam of light destroying at lease 10 Oobleckians. They fire fight lasted for about 40 minutes. Many people died but in the end the E.W.A. emerged victorious.
The Assault Troopers jumped for joy until something unexpected happened. Nick who had killed at lease 100 Oobleckians was shot to the ground. Jophas quickly shot down the sniper that was hiding in the trees, then ran over to Nick. Nick gasped for breath, trying to keep his eyes open. Jophas could only stare in despair. Finally Nick spoke.
"Let my brothers know that I died in combat. Tell them I will see them again someday." After these last word, Nick took his last breath then closed his eyes. Nick had died. Jophas couldn't control himself. He picked up Nick B-2 Assault Canon that was blood driven. Then charged at a nearby fire fight.
Jophas fired many times killing dozens of Oobleckians. Tears piercing him he still fired. He fired until there were no Oobleckians to kill. Then fell to the grounded. He realized that all of kills in the world would not bring Nick back.
Jophas picked himself up. Then dusted himself off. He tried to keep himself standing. He called for a new weapon. A trooper brought him the Sephiroth Blade™, a large sword sharper then anything. A weapon of terrible destruction, yet wielded by a tainted heart fueled in anger.
Many Oobleckians stepped up to shoot Jophas. They fired, but there shots were in vain. He ran swifter then any bird alive, then stepped behind one of the Oobleckians. With a mighty force he slashed off it's head. It's body fell to the ground and it's head flew into the air with a green fluidly wave gushing out. Like lighting Jophas flew behind another one in fe5ya flash, and cut off his head. He did this until everyone of them were dead.
Jophas killed off anything that came close enough to him. Until suddenly he was knocked straight back by a powerful force. He jumped up and blindly slashed at nothing. He waited and watched. Swiftly he jumped straight up and slashed down. His sword ripped something. As he landed he saw an odd looking Oobleckian. It looked like a black nightmare. It's arm lay on ground next to him. The next thing that happened was very odd, he grew back his hand.
Jophas panned down to what was in his left hand, a sword! The creature spoke in English.
"Youz…Will payz for a clanz dethz!" He charged at Jophas and slashed, but Jophas jumped out of the way. He had learned from his training.
"Who are you?!" Jophas asked. The creature responded with the answer, "I'mz Zasz…Lord of Hoyazz clanz…" Then Zasz attacked again, but this time he slashed Jophas's right arm. It didn't hurt him a bit, because of his metallic arm. Jophas slashed off Zasz's arm, but it still grew back. Zasz countered with another slash, this time slashing his face. Jophas jumped back in pain. Then the two fought each other in powerful battle.
Jophas fell to the ground, ravished. He was about to be killed! Zasz raised the sword and hacked down at Jophas. Suddenly a black flash attacked Zasz. Theta next thing that Jophas saw with Zasz's head on the ground, and Zyphere locked in a position with is sword drenched in green blood. Zyphere had killed Zasz!
Zyphere helped Jopha back to the ship, they had won the war! Jophas thanked Zyphere and laid in his bed. Jophas thought about his life. He thanked god he was alive.
Jophas woke up to find himself home, in his bed. Jophas was home! He walked out to find thousands of troopers cheering his and Zyphere's name. Jophas fell to the ground so happy yo be home, that he began to weep. Jophas never again regretted home, and how much he was board.
 
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