Volume 46 - To Defend the Galaxy

== Chapter 541 - Arrest ==
"...What do you want with me?" Andromeda demands.
"It is as I said." Ares replies coldly. "You are under arrest for mass murder and being a general threat to the galaxy."
"All I want is to protect everyone, now..." Andromeda retorts.
"What you say you want changes nothing." Ares retorts back, before getting into a fighting position.
"Stay back, everyone." Andromeda says, as the others take a few steps back, Candice and Kasper trembling a bit as Andromeda manifested her Psychic Weapons.
She and Ares locked eyes, glaring at each other, before, in what seemed like an instant, Ares was in directly in front of her!
Andromeda, shocked, blocks a slash as quickly as she could, the Psychic Weapon she used to do so being cut in half by the blade. Ares is quick to slash again, Andromeda leaping back and to the side to dodge before tearing out a bench and table to throw at him.
The bench and table are sliced apart, as she just barely dodged decapitation by leaping back once again. Ares slashes the Psychic Weapons she was using to support herself in the air, causing her to fall, as she just barely manages to pull herself back from another slash.
Ares rushed at her for yet another, as she uprooted a tree to block with. The tree is sliced in half immediately, Andromeda throwing a hoverbike at the attacker. He slices the hoverbike in half without touching its battery or magnetic systems, before going to slice her limbs off.
She manages to dodge once again, and tries to slash at his neck, but he blocks and slashes apart that Psychic Weapon and rushes to attempt stabbing her in the forehead. She rolls to the side to dodge and slashes at his back, but he pulls the sword out of the wall and leaps above the Psychic Weapon, then swinging down.
Andromeda tried to block with the door of a car, but the door and weapons are slashed, as she is cut across the torso, yelling in agony as she fell backwards, magnetic cuffs clamping around her wrists and administering some kind of sedative.
"Anne!" Jack shouts, as Andromeda began to fade in and out of consciousness, feeling Ares grab her by the horn and lift her up.
"Soon, Andromeda, your execution will occur." Ares says bluntly, tossing her into something. "All of you...would do well to stay out of this, for your own good."
"We won't let you hurt her!" Candice shouts.
"That's not your choice." Ares retorts, just as everything goes black.
== Chapter 542 - Disorientation ==
Andromeda's eyes opened to the sight of a Huscil ceiling. She groaned in pain and held her head as she sat up, and noticed Huscil cuffs on her wrists and ankles!
"What...? WHAT?!" She roars, trying to no avial to break free, as the door to the cell opens, Ares and Sanjuro standing there. "You..."
"Me." Sanjuro replies. "Say, when was the last time we met?"
"As I state before, Andromeda." Ares interjects. "You are under arrest for all of the murders you committed, and the general threat you pose to the galaxy.
"I helped SAVE the galaxy, dammit!" Andromeda snarls.
"And now Arthur is dead." Ares replies.
"Please..." Andromeda pleads. "...let me see Jack again..."
"Weren't you intent on staying in a cell for the rest of your life only a little while ago?" Sanjuro asks mockingly. "I think we should make good on your desire, yes."
"I'LL KILL YOU!!!" Andromeda screams. "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU BOTH!!!"
"How typical of a response..." Ares remarks. "...a regression indeed...or perhaps a reveal."
Andromeda glared at them both, before beginning to calm down, and then, she closes her eyes.
"...I just...want to protect them..." She whimpers.
"And you did!" Sanjuro responds. "And now all the other guys are dead, so..."
"There is no need for further extension to this pointless conversation." Ares states. "In a few days, Andromeda, you are going to be executed by the Custodian himself. All resistance to this fate is utterly futile, I can assure you of this fact."
"...N...no..." Andromeda breathes, beginning to tear up as she trembled. "...N...n-no..."
"Yes." Sanjuro responds. "So anyway, make yourself comfortable. We'll have someone else be keeping you company until this all blows over. Ta-ta!"
And then, both of them left the cell, and the door closed, leaving Andromeda to curl up into a fetal position and start crying hard.
She had started absolutely despising the idea of being a prisoner, wishing nothing but death and torment for those who imprisoned her and her friends.
Then, she fully realized how much of a monster she was, and had resigned herself to being a prisoner of Sciarhiel forever.
But now...now she had saved the galaxy, she had saved so many lives, so many families...she felt like she could be a hero, like she could turn her life around, like she could actually be a positive influence on this galaxy after all. She had thought she could live a long, happy life with Jack, the man who had once saved her.
She was wrong.
== Chapter 543 - Panic ==
"What was that?!" Jack shouts. "Why did he take Anne?!"
"That was Ares..." Kiyomasu answers immediately. "...of the Galactic Defense Force."
"Those high and mighty space cops?" Falqo demands.
"They must have heard about Andromeda's past crimes during the situation with Phantom." Kiyomasu explains. "They didn't come for her earlier because they were too busy dealing with Arthur's zombie apocalypse."
"What are they going to do to her?" Shunsuke asks.
"...They're going to execute her." Kiyomasu answers flatly.
Everyone went silent for a moment, processing what Kiyomasu just said.
"They can't do that!" Candice yells. "I won't let them!"
"There has to be something we can do!" Jack also yells. "She helped save everyone, don't they know that?!"
"...They probably do know." Kiyomasu continues after a moment. "They just don't care."
"We need to tell Reuben about all this." Shunsuke says. "I'm sure he can do something about this."
"I'll contact him, now." Kiyomasu replies, before fiddling with his cane as it began to turn into a computer.
"What if it doesn't work...?" Kasper asks.
"Then we bust into their base and get Andromeda out ourselves." Falqo answers. "I'm not watching my niece get killed for crimes she was practically brainwashed to commit."
"What's the issue?" Reuben asks, a moment after the hologram of him was created.
"Andromeda's been captured." Kiyomasu explains to him. "By the Galactic Defense Force."
"...Oh." Reuben replies. "...I'll see what I can do about that. What was the reason given?"
"Remember that anger chip that was making her kill people?" Falqo rhetorically asks. "They wanna kill her for the things that chip made her do."
"...Then I'll just explain the situation to them." Reuben states. "Thank you for informing me of this, I'm not watching a new war hero be executed for crimes she was forced by Darkstar to commit."
The hologram vanishes, as everyone breathes a sigh of relief for a moment. For now, the problem seemed resolved.
== Chapter 544 - Tunnel Vision ==
"I've come to discuss your recent apphrension of Andromeda." Reuben says. "I would like to appeal that she helped the save the entire galaxy, all of us, from Arthur's plague. We owe her and her friends our lives and our services for that."
"Our decision is final." Ares retorts. "Andromeda is a mass murderer, who is far more dangerous than any of the threats your people have encountered over tyour entire species' history. She will be detained until the day comes for her to be executed. Do not continue to argue, our decision is the will of the people, the will of the galaxy."
Then, the holograms vanish.
"...Dammit..." Reuben whispers.
== Chapter 545 - Unfortunate Briefing ==
"What?!" Jack shouts. "What do you mean they won't let her go?!"
"Sadly, they have a point." Reuben remarks. "Even though there's no chance in Hell she'll do it again, she still did commit all those horrible crimes under the influence of Darkstar's chip. And now that Arthur isn't around to pose an immediate and obvious threat, Andromeda has become their top priority."
"We can't let them get away with this!" Jack yells. "If they're not going to let her go, then we need to go up there and bust her out ourselves!"
"Wonderful plan." Reuben responds. "Except that this is the Galactic Defense Force."
"What does that matter?" Falqo demands. "I'm not lettin' my niece get executed for crimes she was brainwashed into committing, especially when she has already done so much to protect the damn galaxy."
"You need to understand the situation." Reuben retorts. "They have technology that borders on being magic, their scout ships are capable of glassing entire continents, and they no-doubt have some of their leading officers guarding Andromeda as we speak. We're not going to free her just by rushing in without a plan!"
"Then I can help you form such a plan." Kiyomasu replies from a doorway.
== Chapter 546 - The Plan ==
"Kiyomasu!" Jack shouts.
"I think I have what it takes to help Andromeda." Kiyomasu replies. "If you'll all give me time to explain."
"You have thirty minutes." Reuben retorts, crossing his arms.
"Alright." Kiyomasu responds with a nod. "I have connections in the Galactic Council, though not the Defense Force. I've been running an interstellar orphanage program for all kinds of species, so I know the ins and outs of the residential areas. One of these areas is close to the prison Andromeda is likely being held in as we speak. I can help you navigate your way to the GDF's headquarters."
"What should we expect?" Shunsuke asks.
"That's a good question." Kiyomasu quickly answers. "We'll have to expect the most heavily armed forces in the galaxy, on top of each of the GDF's leading officers. Ares is going to be the biggest challenge, though he's not actually the strongest of them all."
"So how do we beat Ares?" Reuben demands.
"We avoid him." Kiyomasu says. "He's skilled in all forms of combat, so stopping him from using his Psychic Weapons will not mean much of anything in the long run."
"We'll need a map." Reuben states. "Can you provide one?"
"Of course." Kiyomasu replies with another nod.
"We'll need to hope everything is working out fine..." Kasper remarks, looking up into the night sky above.
== Chapter 547 - Infiltration ==
Footsteps across the sidewalk, a mixture of steel and concrete, holding a briefcase in one hand, wearing a white fur cap and a large eyepatch that covered most the left half of his face, along with a white-furred coat.
Saparbek was making his way through one of the many habitats within the central space of the Galactic Community, his eyes darting around at those passing him, some made of rock, some with almost-Lovecraftian body plans, some sporting leaves and spores, the hub for all Space-Age civilizations in the galaxy. A creature that seemed like a cross between a squid, a centaur and a chameleon passed him, oblivious it seemed.
"Remember to keep a low profile." Saparbek says to someone not present. "You're a wanted criminal, while most of the galaxy doesn't even know I exist. Our agent on the inside will help us keep our cover."
"As long as I get to cover myself in all this blood!" A familiar, crazed voice replies with glee.
"Just don't get yourself infected with some disease after I spent so much time on those prosthetics." Saparbek retorts. "We'll reach the rendevouz point, soon. Just keep that damn cloak on, and only kill when you can be sure nobody's watching, listening, or using any other type of sensory organ."
A malicious voice chuckled in response on the other end, walking out of a building in what was a relative slum, a bladed and spiked metal tail, black and gold with magenta lights, slithering out from beneath the cloak. Steaming green blood pooled from outside the building, as the figure looked down at a screen which showed his position relative to Saparbek's, and began to move in that direction.
"Oh, I heard you loud and clear, Doctor." Malas'Vilin assures Saparbek. "I was just letting off a little steam, that's all, calming myself down with the one thing that gives me glee the most!"
A shrill laugh into the darkness, terrifying anyone who heard it.
== Chapter 548 - Unmasked ==
Cameras, their lights turned magneta, had been separated from the networks they once connected to. Bodies were all over the bar, one hidden from the authorities due to how many biohazards could get it shut down.
Sanjuro Akibara walked into the bar, remembering the last time he was in such a building, with the same expression he always had. He sat down at a table, where also sat Saparbek, Indra, Bellatrix, Malas'Vilin...and Proto, either rebuilt from the encounter in the Netraxian War's final days, or simply repaired. Its blank screen of a face remained as unknowable in expression as ever.
"Hey, Saparbek!" Sanjuro says, seemingly delighted. "I don't believe we've ever met in person."
"Nice to meet you too, Akibara..." Saparbek replies coldly.
"I'm glad to see that Atlas' newest recruit is someone...quite like myself." Bellatrix remarks, looking on at Malas with a curious expression.
"How've you been, Proto?" Sanjuro asks. "I heard you got roughed up pretty bad on that ship."
Proto doesn't verbally respond, only showing the ship's explosion from its perspective on its face, revealing that it was in fact a screen, before showing Atlas' rescue of it.
"This is why robots are th-" Saparbek starts, before the door opens again, and they all turn towards the entrance, falling silent immediately.
Atlas walked over to them, sitting at the seventh seat, while they remained silent. After a moment, he chuckles, and tears off his mask, green blood spurting from his currently-skinless face, though new skin quickly grew over it, blue skin, a Socqreath's.
He raised his head and lowered his hood to reveal both his neat blue hair and his slit-pupiled orange eyes to them...along with the same kind of royal Socqreath horns as Andromeda, Candice and Copernicus.
"You may all speak." Atlas says, tossing the mask aside. "I would be delighted to hear some insights from you all in regards to the plan."
"So that's what the Boss looks like beneath the hood and mask!" Malas says excitedly.
"I've seen this face plenty of times." Bellatrix says. "I was right there with him when he invited the Shazarak to trample our home planet."
"Oh, are you two a thing?" Malas asks.
"Well, as far as I'm concerned..." Bellatrix trails off.
"...Good to know." Saparbek-near groans.
"Be quiet, all of you." Indra orders. "Our Master will now speak."
"And who made YOU boss?" Malas demands, before Proto puts one of its swords to his throat, the killer's eyelids drooping as his wide grin turns into a wide frown.
"I am glad to see you all getting along." Atlas mocks. "Now, I shall refresh your memories on the plan. Bellatrix, Malas, you two are going to free Andromeda, Sanjuro, Saparbek, you two are going to sabotage the Galactic Defense Force's systems and personnel. Indra, Proto, keep what remains of Sciarhiel busy. I am going to be paying Andromeda a visit soon, and then, it will be off to excavate the final piece of the puzzle from beneath that hellscape of a planet the humans call 'Earth's twin'. Are we all clear, now? Or might I grant a bit more of an explanation for you to comprehend?"
"Bellatrix, Proto and I understand, Sir." Indra says. "I have doubts regarding the humans and the Qhaikra."
"I'm sure they got the gist of it." Atlas replies. "Now, let us begin."
== Chapter 549 - Arrival ==
Jack, Shunsuke, Candice, Kasper, Kiyomasu, Falqo, Reuben and Dione stepped out of the shuttle and into the massive city that the Galactic Defense Force called their headquarters. The round, shiny skyscrapers seemed near the same level of technology as Gnayliv IV, yet radically different in architecture. Hundreds if not thousands of GDF vehicles patrolled orbit, the skies, and even the streets, as soldiers and robots of all shapes, sizes and species marched throughout the streets. It was quite clear that this fortess of a city was the single best fortified settlement in the entire galaxy.
"Woah..." Shunsuke breathes.
"It's so beatiful..." Candice remarks, as Falqo looks around for a bit.
"How did you could get the clearence?" Reuben demands.
"Let's just say I know a few people!" Kiyomasu replies, waving a metal fan and grinning. Reuben chuckled for a moment, before turning back around, and going silent.
"Ruby?" Falqo asks.
"...We need to tell them about Atlas." Reuben finally states. "We need to tell them that Andromeda is a necessarily evil until his defeat."
"I'm not so sure they'd listen..." Kiyomasu responds, lowering his hat over his eyes.
"It's the only option we have left." Reuben retorts.
"Look, if Kiyo says it's a bad idea, then it's a bad idea." Falqo butts in. "These people are paranoid assholes, and you think they'd let my niece go over a different supervillain?"
"It's the only diplomatic action we have left!" Reuben shouts, as the younger of the eight flinch back. "We're not using force to try and break her out, and thus declare war against every other nation in the GALAXY, until every peaceful, REASONABLE option, has been exhausted!"
"You need to take a chill pill!" Falqo counters, as Dione turns towards Kiyomasu.
"It's worth a shot." She says.
"...Alright, we'll try it." Kiyomasu replies after a sigh.
With aid from both Kiyomasu and a local guide, they made it to Ares' office, and walked inside.
"...All of you again?" Ares asks. "We are not freeing her, that decision is final."
"Please listen to what I have to say." Reuben responds. "For around two decades now, a man known as Atlas, under the alias of Sechsgrad, has been manipulating various events in the galaxy. The Netraxian War, Arthur's plague, Phantom's attempted galactic genocide, Darkstar, the strengthening of the Shazarak, and everything Andromeda has ever done. We need her alive if we're to combat him. If not...we may all be doomed. Please, let her go for now."
"...Oh, I see." Ares says after a moment. "So Atlas has been using Andromeda as the central part of his plan?"
"...That's correct, Sir." Kiyomasu answers.
"...Then it is absolutely imperative that we execute her." Ares states.
"WHAT?!" Jack roars, Falqo covering his mouth before he could say anything else.
"If she is the main part of Atlas' plan like you all say, then killing her is the single best option to take in thwarting it." Ares explains. "Please tell give us more of a description of Atlas, so that we may execute him once we've executed Andromeda."
"...We cannot solve this diplomatically..." Kiyomasu remarks.
"And I hope you are not aiming to solve it illegally." Ares quickly replies. "Lest you all stand in the execution ground beside her."
== Chapter 550 - Free to Die ==
Andromeda was laying in her cell, awaiting her execution, when she heard screaming and the firing of bullets, lasers and tasers. She shot up, eyes wide, wondering if Jack and the others had come to save her. She raised her hand, just about to call out to them, before lowering it. Did she really deserve to be saved? After everything she'd done...no, she didn't think so. She deserved to die, indeed, maybe dying would finally foil whatever twisted game Atlas was playing. And then she could leave it up to her friends and loved ones to take him down in her stead, and finally, truly, save the galaxy.
The screaming and fighting stopped, and for a moment, complete silence. Andromeda watched the door carefully, before it was sliced apart and kicked down. And the ones standing on the other side weren't her friends...they were Bellatrix and Malas'Vilin!
"YOU!!!" Andromeda snarls, glaring viciously at the two.
"Miss me, 'Anne'?" Bellatrix taunts with a laugh, as Malas sliced Andromeda's restraints apart and kneed her to the ground.
"I bet you thought I was dead, after the last time we met!" Malas remarks with glee. "Hmm, have you taken my words to heart, perhaps? I'd love to hear it if so!"
"...When I'm done with you two..." Andromeda muttered, the muttering turning into a growl as she stood back up, her head bowed down. "...they'll have to scrape you off the FLOOR!!!!!"
The two were quick to block Andromeda's Psychic Weapons, Malas flipping and twirling around to dodge them as he and Bellatrix backed up against the hallway. Andromeda slowly walked out of her cell, remembering back when it had been Darkstar's cell she was leaving, Darkstar's halls she was entering, Darkstar's base she was aiming to escape. She lifts her head up, letting them both see her eyes once more.
Malas is quick to rush right back at Andromeda, slashing at her with the chakrams in his hands, the bladed claws on his feet, and the axe-like blade on his tail. She was equally quick to block and dodge it all, realizing that the blades were made from Huscil, and that Malas' new prosthetics were the same color scheme as everything else Saparbek built. As she rolls to the side to avoid a stomp from Malas, she slashes at his torso, but he once again blocks it with a laugh, ready to rush at her again when Bellatrix stabbed at her forehead with an extending spider leg!
Andromeda dodges that leg, but sees another one slashing at her horns, and leaps back once again to try and dodge. Bellatrix spits a substance at her which she leaps back from, the substance hitting the floor and beginning to disolve it, as the spider-like Shazarak starts stabbing and slashing at Andromeda repeatedly with numerous legs at once. She desperately tries to block and dodge, but Malas zips behind her, and slashes at her back with one of his chakrams.
"Argh!" She grunts, slashing at Malas, who just leaped back to dodge again as Bellatrix webbed her to a corner!
"Damn...it..." Andromeda growls, trying to get herself free from the webbing. It was no use, it was just as durable as her Psychic Weapons...because it was Bellatrix' own Psychic Weapons!
She looked on at Bellatrix' head, noticing the large horns present. How could she have forgotten that Bellatrix was a Socqreath...? The two close in on her, Malas raising his tail, ready to stab her in the stomach with the speartip on the end of it.
She closed her eyes, taking dark solace in the fact that Atlas probably sent them to free her, meaning this was the opposite of what he wanted them to do.
However, the stab never game, as she heard a shout from Bellatrix as a horn fell to the ground.
== Chapter 551 - Calvary of Steel ==
"Argh..." Bellatrix groans.
"Bella?!" Malas yells, turning towards her as she, in turn, turned towards the one who had sliced off her horn, Erzomaur.
"Wh..." Andromeda groans weakly, as the webbing vanishes.
"AND WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!" Malas roars, the Shazarak turning towards him in contempt.
"A savage like yourself is not worthy of my name..." Erzomaur retorts, rushing at the Qhaikra to slash at him.
Malas manages to block the slashes, soon enjoying himself once more, even as a gash appears in his stomach from a slash far too fast for Andromeda to have seen in her current condition.
Erzomaur briefly grunts in pain when Malas manages to slam his tail into his chest, leaving gashes and holes where blades and spikes dug in, the lime-green substance within all Shazarak spilling out from the massive wounds. He groaned further in pain, blocking Malas' next slash before nearly slicing his forearm off.
"ARGH!!!!!" The killer shrieks, preforming a backflip and landing on his feet before holding his forearm, then glaring and grimacing at Erzomaur. "THIS ISN'T FUN ANYMORE!!!!!"
"...A real fight...is never...fun..." Erzomaur manages to reply, before turning around to block Bellatrix's stabs.
She coats her legs in acid and tries to slash at him repeatedly, almost seeming like a blender to Andromeda, but Erzomaur managed to block most of the slashes, howling in agony from the ones that landed as he was able to slice multiple of Bellatrix' legs off and stab her in the stomach with his tail, kicking her in the face to send her flying, and then tumbling, to the opposite end of the hallway.
"Ugh!" She growls, slashing the power box to cause the lights to flicker rapidly. She rushed at Erzomaur, slashing at him again as he once again tried to block, feeling a leg stab through him as he howled again.
"Ahahahahahahaha..." Bellatrix half-chuckled, half-snarled, before spitting more acid at the Shazarak and throwing him against the same wall as Andromeda, holding her bleeding stomach in pain. Malas swung his tail at Erzomaur again, but right before it could land...it was blocked by a machete.
== Chapter 552 - Breakout ==
"WHA-" Malas barely has time to say, before he is sent back by Falqo's shotgun, having narrowly deflected the shells.
"So these are the creeps who beat us to my niece." Falqo remarks. "Thanks for doin' all the hard work for us."
"Quip while you can, human..." Bellatrix growls, as the others arrive on the scene.
"Erzomaur?!" Shunsuke shouts, as Erzomaur looks over weakly at him, Candice running over to try and heal Andromeda and Erzomaur's wounds.
Falqo, meanwhile, steps out to stand between them and the villains.
"Can't say I'm gonna let either of you touch 'em." He says.
Falqo once again fires at them, Malas cartwheeling out of the way of the bullets as Bellatrix just tries to block them with her arm, grunting. Malas swings numerous slashes, punches and kicks at Falqo, laughing maniacally, as Falqo blocks and dodges them, bashing the killer in the side of the head with his shotgun and kicking him in the jaw before he can leap back from his latest slash. As Malas is stunned, Falqo slashes him in the stomach, and goes for another slash, though that one is blocked.
"TAKE THIS!!!!!" Malas screams, swinging a kick at Falqo, who sidesteps it and elbows Malas in the middle of the spin to send him to the ground, then slashing him in the back. "AGH!!!"
Then, Malas points his arm at Falqo, and blasts at him!
"Woah!" Falqo yelps, just barely dodging both it and a stab from Bellatrix, who's slash he then blocks with his machete, firing at a weakened joint in that leg to sever it before firing at one of Bellatrix' eyes. She had blocked it with her regular arms, then grabbing Falqo's wrists and forcing him into the air, ready to stab him in the heart with her last spider leg.
"I do enjoy tearing families apart..." She says maliciously, but as she stabbed at Falqo, he barely pulled himself over it, and headbutted her to make her drop him. "ARGH!"
Right as Bellatrix managed to right herself...her head was suddenly cut off. Everyone looked on in shock, as Falqo was swiftly disarmed and palmed to the ground before he could react, Malas swiftly being decapitated as well. It was only when the figure stopped moving after at most half a second of appearing that they could all tell who it was, Ares.
"...no..." Jack breathes, taking a trembling step back.
"...I can guess what you were all doing here." Ares remarks.
"But seeing as I am pressed for time..." And then, without another word, he grabs Andromeda by the wrist, both vanishing in a blur.
"NO!!!!!!" Jack roars.
"Dammit!" Falqo yells. "We almost got her out of here!"
"This was a terrible idea..." Reuben mutters.
"We're not giving up, yet!" Dione declares. "We know where she'll be, the execution ground. We just need to get there before she's dead!"
"Right!" Candice replies, having just finished healing Erzomaur.
"I will come with you all..." He groans. "...it's the least I could do for all I've done to you."
"We don't have much time." Kiyomasu adds. "It won't be long, before--"
However, right then, all the lights suddenly changed to magenta, all screens changing to a particular eye-shaped symbol!
"...Saparbek..." Jack remarks.
"But how did he access the Galactic Community's computers?!" Kiyomasu demands, before realizing. "...Atlas has someone on the inside! We need to warn Ares NOW!"
"All the more reason to head there!" Shunsuke replies.
"...I'll handle Saparbek, and inform the rest of the Human Star Realm of all this." Reuben says. "The rest of you, get Andromeda out of there."
"Yes, Sir." Kasper responds, as they all begin to leave the building.