Chapter 20

Jim snapped up the mike, “Krang filth I have only one thing to say, come to me and DIE!” With that the lead ten ships exploded, there was massive confusion how could they have destroyed the ships? They were well out of range?

Mary was shocked also she had heard of guns like this but had never seen one. Jim calmly pressed another bank of switches another thirty ships exploded, on the screen the Krang was in a panic. Screaming orders this time there was no headache all the words flowed, Jim smiled adjusting all his weapons from what he heard.

An hour later, not a single ship had gotten within a mile of the station. Jim contacted the last of the Krang there. “Even though I know how you are going to answer, I will give you one last chance to stand down.”

The shocked Krang snarled at Jim, “You dare to mock us in our language?”

“Fine,” looking at Mary, “please activate the planet killers.” Mary smiled as they all watched the entire fleet and the two world ships flash out of existence. One ship was left out of the thousands. Jim contacted them telling them this was just a warning. Next time, it would be more than just the fleet.

The ship left screaming away, pulling into orbit. Jim shut down the shield grid. Amber told them that they were safe, but the two from before said that they’d be back. Jim sighed this shit was never going to stop as long as those asses were out there. Looking at Mary and Amber, they both nodded yes. Jim reached up, setting a course after the fleeing ship.

Jim had been pacing for an hour now. After destroying their invasion fleet, they’d set out after the only remaining ship of the Krang fleet. Mary and Amber had watched him almost the whole time. “Jim, if you don’t sit, I am going to knock the shit out of you. I can’t take much more of your pacing,” Mary almost snarled.

Jim quickly sat in the command chair, trying not to look at Mary, “Sorry, Mary, I hate this waiting. I have nothing on tap to do, nothing to work on. You know I hate being idle.”

“I realize that Jim, but driving me crazy isn’t going to help you either,” Mary said, not feeling any remorse for Jim.

A low, steady beeping caused Jim to glance at the control panel. Ah, good, they were finally starting to make headway after almost a week. Even as he went over the readings, he could see that they were gaining on the Krang ship. Adjusting their speed, Jim only followed the ship. He had to see where it had originated. A day later, they were approaching an odd grey-colored planet, odd in the fact that there appeared to be no clouds in the atmosphere. Staying well back, Jim started to scan the planet, looking for signs of prisoners or anything that might aid him in his new quest. He was only a few hours into his search when every proximity alert on board went off.

Looking out behind the planet, he saw another swarm of small ships that were not too unlike the Krong ships. They weren’t really a worry, but the four world ships that slipped out with them put him more on edge.

“Mary, charge the planet killers. Activate all rail plasma guns. Amber, I need you here to monitor all their reactions to our tactics. what they do at first will determine which strategy they are using.” Jim said, issuing orders. Both women were rushing to get what he’d said done; Jim was adjusting every piece of hardware on the station with almost blinding speed. After an hour, the swarm was still between them and the planet, and this was a very unusual development. As a matter of fact, it was the first time he’d ever seen them hesitate.

The space link began to crackle, and a bug-like creature with huge eyes appeared on the screen.

“Human, we Krang, no death, wish us,” it said as it stumbled over its imperial speech.

In the background, Jim heard others issuing orders to surround and destroy the intruder.

Smirking, Jim grabbed the mike and snarled out in the Krang language, “You piss ants! You claim to not want to be destroyed or to destroy us? Yet I hear others saying to surround and destroy.” The look of shock on the bug’s (he guessed it was) face was almost comical.

“You! We heard that a human had rediscovered the Creca’s mind touch talk. When we take you, your essence will be added to ours, and then no one will be able to resist us!” With that, the bug leader started to laugh till Jim pressed a few buttons, and half the fleet and two of the world ships exploded in a brilliant light.

“Now then, before I destroy the rest of you, I will tell you exactly where the brain hold is!” Jim was shouting. Mary and Amber had backed away from Jim his clicking and hissing starting to worry them.

Starting to laugh again, the bug leader stared straight at Jim, “As your people say, good luck finding it!”

Jim, though seething, snarled at the Krang, “You obviously don’t realize just how much more powerful this station is. I have increased the power and weapons many times; you are nothing to me compared to the long ass kicking I gave the Krong!” With that, the other two world ships and the rest of the fleet disappeared in another brilliant flash of light.

Entering orbit, Jim began to scan the planet for signs of the brain hold. Though he got promising readings there was nothing like he’d seen in the records they’d taken from the defeated Krong fleet. Sighing Jim activated one of the first two planet killers he’d used, almost fully charged. He readied it then struck watching the planet shudder, then slowly crack, explosions appearing all over the planet.

With a smile, he watched as the atmosphere went from gray to nothing. Already having pulled the station to a safe distance, I watched as finally the planet literally ripped itself apart and then exploded, leaving a huge field of debris. Feeling no remorse, Jim powered up and headed deeper into the Krang space. From all reports he’d gotten, they were still a few weeks away from the old Krong main home world. However, he could probably be there in a day if he wanted to clear all of these warmongering bastards before they reached it.