While I was still talking to Goldtooth a hand flew in between us. The man then kicked Goldtooth to the side and tried to punch me again. He missed and I jumped back pulling out the Zoom gun. I shot him in both of his legs and he fell to his knees screaming.
The bullets were silent and only a few people noticed at first. After that, more and more people started looking our way. The man on the ground took out a gun of his own and shot it in the air. The bullet exploded into a colourful frenzy slightly blinding the people for a second.
Screams rose and the sound of guns going off followed.
I used my power to see through the light and I saw someone dressed in the Turbulence attire running towards me with a glowing sabre.
I shot him down, pierced his shoulder with a bullet.
I saw Neo leading the locals away from the ship and Arnold getting ready to fight.
On another end was Mona rapidly attacking Goldtooth. Sekai joined in and they caught him.
All seven of us along with the now captured Goldtooth stood on one side, and his crew stood on the opposite side. Those sabres and the guns they were holding made it obvious that the eight men he was travelling with were the marines.
"We are here to arrest the Stowaway pirates who have been evading the capture of the glorious Lwapeng Empire. Resistance is futile." The scrawny man in uniform standing in front of them spoke.
"But how did they find us?" Arnold exclaimed.
"Isn't it obvious? This moon was the only inhabitable place we were yet to check." The man responded with his gun still pointed at Arnold.
"Stop lying. We all know that you were working with this old man and he led you here." Mona said.
"How dare you say something like that about me?" Goldtooth said as he stood up in rage.
"Please calm down, we know that it was not your fault," Sekai said.
"No, we don't." Mona persisted.
"Yes we do," Arnold said. "Why don't we take care of the empire's dogs first, and then we would discuss this later?"
"There will not be a later. Our Captains are coming here with an entire fleet to take you down. We know that you only have one escape route and not enough forces to stand your ground. Just surrender."
"That's all we needed to know. GET THEM!" Arnold screamed.
"You don't have to tell us that." Said Sekai as he jumped in.
There was a little struggle but the fight was over before it even began.
'I see, the ship up there sent these guys to spy on them but they could not contain their excitement when thinking about their bounties. But this could also be a part of the main fleet's plan, to wear them out. Then again these guys were too weak, so this means that they had another goal.' I thought to myself long as hard as I sat on the ground facing Goldtooth. Both of us were suspected of having lead the empire's forces here.
BOOM!
Something went off on the ship, and Choka alongside Tsame came running out.
"The engine room! They sabotaged the engine, we will not be able to protect ourselves from an ariel attack. I REPEAT, WE'RE FUCKED!" Tsame screamed frantically while standing in front of the entrance. Choka went back inside with the others and kept the fire from spreading any further.
When they came back outside they announced that not only was the engine fried but communications were also cut off. The same went for the Turbulence ship, so I guess these failed their sting operation just because they got too excited.
Arnold looked at me, "please tell me that you had nothing to do with this?"
"I am just as surprised as you are big fella."
"OH PLEASE! DON'T PLAY WITH US. HOW WOULD WE KNOW THAT YOU WEREN'T BUGGED WHEN YOU WERE BROUGHT HERE?" Sekai screamed.
"DON'T YELL AT TEDDY!"
"Even if that was the case, wouldn't it still be your captain's fault?" I said with a smug.
"JUST SHUT UP." Sekai rushed forward and threw a fist. It never reached.
"Did you forget who I was?" I said as I walked towards him, time has slowed down because I had activated my ability.
{Succeded in synchronising with ability}
{Ability name: Media control.}
{A reward will be given.}
{A divine skill will be awakened.}
{Supreme eyes awakened.}
{Supreme eyes synchronizing with young Astarian.}
{Host is now able to see the auras of a chosen target.}
{Would the host like a tutorial?}
'Not now.'
Time continued to go at its normal pace and Sekai flew past me.
Tsame grabbed onto my arm and pulled a dagger. That was her regent, regents are abilities people got from a cosmic disease that plagued the universe a few centuries ago. They were able to find a fruit that can cure the disease, and once a person healed there was a chance that they got a special ability.
Regents are born from desires like Tsame's, and sometimes skills that one already possessed like Grim's. Sometimes it is just up to lady luck what regent a person got like Arnold. These are people whose desires were too weak and their skill not exceptional but their affinity with power was great.
It's easy to tell if you have the cosmic variant because a star would appear on your body. These stars change from black to another colour when your ability is activated, sometimes they glow. Grim had two stars on his palms, one on each side. He had two other stars on his eyelids and one more on his back. These were what showed how likely it was for someone to gain a regent and how strong it would be. Five stars were the strongest.
Tsame was an exception to this rule, they did not have a star originally and the ones that they have were tattooed onto them by Grim when they were kids. I just assumed that it was due to their multiple personalities and before this Grim assumed that Tsame might also have more regents than she never shows.
They had 2 star tattoos on top of both their hands one on each and the same went for their feet. Tsame also had a mini star tattoo on their nose. The location of your stars was also a hint to your regent.
"Don't you dare put your hands on my Teddy!" Another strange thing I observed about Tsame was that the little tattoo on their nose had changed into a pink colour.
"Whoa, whoa now calm down. I don't plan on going against Grim but instead I am going to ask for his help defending the moon." Arnold said.