Chapter 8 Weapons
Plaz, Anna, and Zinsu all arrived outside of Carol's house and Anna was feeling very anxious about this. She hoped her aunt wouldn't be against Plaz moving in with them. If her aunt Carol didn't allow him to move in then she didn't know how they were going to get a fighting chance.
"Hey Anna you alright?" Zinsu asked.
"Kinda, I'm nervous that my aunt won't allow Plaz to move in. After everything that has happened up to now I don't know if she'll allow him to live with us." Anna explained.
"Hey Kid, it'll be alright. I'll be on my best behavior and I'll follow all of her house rules along with her boundaries. After all, anything will be better than sleeping on a bench outside in the cold." Plaz explained.
"Okay, but let's see her reaction towards you first." Anna said.
Plaz nodded and Anna knocked lightly on the door, the three then heard footsteps coming up to the door. The door opened and Carol poked her head out of the door and when she saw them she seemed on edge.
"Hey Auntie it's me Anna. I'm just in the armor that me and Zinsu got from his old friend." Anna explained.
"Oh, well that's good... but who's this aline?" Carol asked as she noticed Plaz.
"This is Zinsu's other friend, his name is Plaz, and he's gonna help us out. But there's a bit of a problem, he's homeless so he's in need of a home. So I offered for him to move in with us, so I hope you'll allow it." Anna explained quickly to get it off her chest.
Carol stood there quiet for several seconds before she screamed "WHAT?!"
"Hey hey! Don't worry I'll help around the house and I'll obey any rules you have!" Plaz reassured.
"Anna! Are you sure about this?! You haven't even known this guy for five minutes and you told him he could move in!" Carol exclaimed in shock.
"Well yes, but Zinsu knew him for a long time so if he trusts him, then I feel like we can too." Anna explained.
"Um, I'm not sure, he is trustworthy right?" Carol asked.
"He is! Dont worry I trust him and he can help us out! He'll provide us with weapons me and Anna can use to fight back against the Cardinal 13." Zinsu explained.
"Okay, well let's get my stuff inside and I'll settle down wherever you'll let me." Plaz explained.
"You can stay in my brother's old room... not like he needed it for years now." Carol uttered the last part quietly to herself.
Plaz caught it and wondered what Carol meant by that, so he decided to ask her later as he just wanted to settle in his new place. Anna, Zinsu, and Plaz brought in his stuff and Carol brought them to the room she was talking about. When they arrived at the door Carol and Anna looked at it sadly as it had many memories behind it.
"Alright, this is my brother's old room, we haven't used it in a long time. After my brother and his wife passed none of us touched it as it just brings back to many memories of him. So you can use it while you're here, just don't break anything." Carol explained.
"Will do! Oh but I might need to set up something in the living room so your niece here can start on her bounty hunting." Plaz explained.
"Okay, just make sure it's out of the way." Carol said.
She then unlocked the door and opened it up, inside the room was some old hockey gear, trophies, and pictures. The pictures was of Anna's father and Carol when they were young up to graduation, her parents' wedding, and her birth. Anna fought back against tears when she saw her dads old things, as she missed him so much.
"Hey Anna, why don't we wait for Plaz in the living room?" Zinsu asked.
"Sure, I think that's a good idea." Anna said sadly as she went back down stairs.
"You just get your things in there and come down once you're done, but don't throw any of my brother's old things out." Carol satiated as she also went down stairs.
Plaz frowned when he saw how Carol and Anna reacted, he could understand how they felt as he felt the same grief for Galiz after learning about their death. Wanting to help Anna and Zinsu finish what Galiz had stated Plaz started bringing his things inside the room. Later Anna and Zinsu were waiting for Plaz to come back down so he could help them get started on their mission.
"Hey Anna, who was that alien guy who came in here?" Vincent asked.
"Oh that's Zinsu's old friend Plaz. Zinsu says that he'll help us out with taking down the Cardinel 13." Anna explained.
"Okay, well I hope that he can also help us find some foods that we can eat. I'm kinda scared to eat anything on this planet as I'm not sure what it will do to any of us." Vincent explained.
"Don't worry he will, and I can too. Also where's Shelly?" Zinsu asked as he noticed that Shelly wasn't anywhere.
"She's in the guest room trying to sleep off the shock. And Anna's grandparents are in their rooms taking their midday naps, or that's what Carol said." Vincent explained.
"Thanks for telling us Vince... and I'm sorry for dragging you into this whole mess." Anna said.
"Hey Anna, this isn't your fault. And I actually wanted to thank you." Vincent said.
"Huh? What are you thanking me for?" Anna asked confused as to why Vincent wanted to thank her.
"Well if it wasn't you, Flare, and Zinsu here then those aliens would have done who knows what to us. We could've been killed or way worse, so thanks for bringing us here. Even if it's all a big shock to us you saved us all form a horrific fate." Vincent explained.
"Well... I love you all, I would never want to leave you all behind." Anna explained.
"I love you to Anna, and thanks for saving our lives." Vincent said and scooted closer to Anna.
The two cuddled one another and even shared a loving kiss with each other. Zinsu kept himself out of their way as he wanted to allow Anna to continue on with her private life. While they where bonded he still wanted Anna to like him and be his friend like how Galiz was. One of the ways of achieving that was him staying out of Anna's relationships.
"Hey Um, is this a bad time for me to be here?" The three heard someone ask.
They all looked and saw Plaz standing in the stairway with some items in his arms and new clothes on. Anna saw that the clothes he was wearing were her fathers old clothes that they just couldn't let go.
"Why are you wearing my dad's old clothes?" Anna asked confused as to why he had them on.
"Oh well, my current ones are all dirty as I hadn't been able to wash them. And your pops old stuff fits me well so I thought I should wear them till mine are all clean." Plaz explained.
"... Okay, just don't rip them, they are important to us as they hold my fathers memories in them." Anna explained.
"Don't worry I wont, anyway I have some tech in my arms here that I'm gonna use to build a teleporter that will take you to your bounties location. Well it won't take you directly to the bounty itself but it will take you in the area that they're either in or near." Plaz explained.
"Hey I remember that! Galiz and I use those old things all the time! Man I miss doing that." Zinsu explained feeling a little sad at the memories. "... well you might make some good memories with me." Anna said, trying to cheer Zinsu up. Zinsu smiled at Anna's efforts and was happy that she was trying to help him feel better as they both understood each other's pain.
"Alright I'll set it up in the corner behind you two and once it's set up, I'll set up a bit of a training session for you Anna." Plaz explained.
"What? Why?" Anna asked, confused.
"Well as you humans say don't bite off more than you can chew." Plaz explained.
"Yeah he's right, I might have experience with this line of work, but not you. So you'll need to know how to use some of the weapons that Plaz has so we won't die on our first bounty." Zinsu explained.
"I think that's a good idea as you do know good physical combat but that won't be effective against guns and whatever else the aliens got. Besides, you do need to also know how to use the guns so you won't be left in a panic when you go out to hunt." Vincent explained.
"Fair point, I might have a black belt in karate but I don't know jack shit about guns or any alien weapons." Anna explained.
"Yeah so I'll help you learn how to use the guns and weapons I got. Oh and if you bring any back from your bounty then I can show you how to use it." Plaz explained.
"Sounds good to me, alright you get to work on that um, bounty thing and let me know when you're ready to teach me." Anna said.
"Will do! Ah! I can't wait to take down the Cardinel 13 and show them what happens when you kill my friend!" Plaz declared excitedly.
"Um... yeah hehe." Anna tried to sound confident but failed as she was incredibly nervous.
"Hey Anna you alright?" Zinsu asked.
"Um... not really, I'm nervous about everything. This is a really scary situation to be in so I'm not sure if I'm ready for this." Anna explained, expressing her concern.
"Hey kiddo don't worry, you've got Zinsu here to help keep you safe, and don't worry after training I'll set you up with a simple bounty. Don't worry this one ain't with the Cardinel 13 so they won't be on your tail once you take this one out." Plaz explained reassuringly.
"Okay, that helps a little." Anna said feeling a bit better.
Plaz smiled at this, happy that he was able to help Anna calm down and not so anxious. Anna then got up and the two went outside to start their practice so Anna can start taking out the Cardinel 13. Once the two were outside Anna saw that Plaz had converted the part of the backyard that came with them from earth into a training course. The floor now had a thick metal plating covering it, and some of Carol's garden gnomes were put up as targets.
"It's convent that your house came with targets. It was a little less work for me." Plaz explained.
"Um those are my aunt's gnomes, I don't think she'd like us using them as targets for training. If we broke them then she'd probably scold me and beat you." Anna explained, expressing her concerns.
"Oh... well is there something else I can use? I don't want your aunt beating me because I did something I wasn't supposed to do." Plaz asked as he didn't want to make the people giving in a place to live kick him out.
Anna hummed and looked around, her eyes then landed on some old flower pots that her aunt had not used. "We can use those flower pots. My aunt doesn't care about them as she's not a fan of gardening so she said that if I wanted to use them for anything, then I could." Anna explained.
Plaz looked at the pots for a bit, he then walked up to the pots, picked one up, and examined it. "Hmm, sure lets go of these then." Plaz said.
Anna smiled, and Plaz went over to the targets he set up, he then swapped the gnomes for the pots. Once all the gnomes had been swapped Plaz went up to a metal box he had set on the other side of the training course and began digging around the inside of it. He then pulled out a weapon that looked like an cybernetic gun, an artificial glove arm, and the handle of a knife, but the handle was missing the blade.
"Alright, the first one on the list for me to show you how to use is the multi shot pointer." Plaz explained.
"Huh, that sounds interesting." Anna said.
"It is, that was one of Galiz's favorite." Zinsu said.
"Yes it was, I hope you'll like it to kid, watch!" Plaz exclaimed an pointed the gun at one of the pots. He then fired it and a big blue blast shot out of it and once it hit the pot it exploded into nothing.
"Wow! That's cool!" Anna exclaimed, her eyes glowing with some excitement.
"HA! If that impresses you, wait till you say what else it can do!" Plaz exclaimed, more excited than Anna.
Anna then watched as he toggled with something on the gun then pointed at another pot. He then fired another shot and this time a bubble came out of it and when it made contact with the pot it burned away like acid.
"Wow what was that?" Anna asked.
"That was the second out of the three settings this baby has. The third one I feel you'll find very useful to use." Plaz explained, he then once again messed with the guns controls.
He fired it for the last time and this time a green blob was blasted and it latched onto the bot it hit. The pot was then reeled back to them and Plaz grabbed it before it made contact with the gun.
"Hehe, that's it's goo grapple, it'll allow you to get from one location to another. This one is very useful if there's a place you need to get to that's out of Zinus reach." Plaz explained.
"Wow, okay, let's test it out then." Anna said.
Plaz then gave the gun to Anna and showed her how she should use it, as well as how to change the settings of the amio in it. Thankfully changing the amio wasn't too hard as theirs a dial on the back of it that shows which setting the amio is on.
After Anna was done testing it out herself, which thanks to Plaz didn't take too long, they moved onto the next one. The next weapon was the glove and Plaz showed Anna that when she punches the air a plasma blast in the shape of a fist will be fired out of it. He then showed her that when she punches something with it then it'll explode. Once he was done showing her what it could do he put it on her right arm and allowed her to give it a shot. She tested it out a few times, and it was a little wonky at first but Anna soon got the hang of it and managed to get the workings of it down.
Plaz then showed her how to use the final weapon which was the knife handle thing. However he pressed a button that was on the side of the handle and a laser knife was instantly formed. He then explained that when the knife was used to slice through the air then it would create plasma like slashes in the air that would fly in the direction they are facing and only stop once they've hit a target. He also explained that if Anna were to stab someone with the knife then it would cause some major damage to their internal systems.
He then passed the laser knife to Anna and she tested it out by first slicing through the air. Sure enough plasma slices appeared where she had slashed at the air and they quickly flew into a nearby pot. They cut through the pot nice and clean, having it fall into the pieces that it was cut into. Finally she went up to another pot and stabbed it with the knife, which cut through the pot as if it was butter.
"Wow this is cool, I can't wait to get into action with thies." Anna said.
"Yeah, but let's wait till tomorrow, it's getting late and I don't have the coronets to that bounty I was talking about. So kid, you rest up and I'll find that bounty for ya. I'll have everything set up for you two in the morning so you can get started." Plaz explained.
"Alright, come-on Anna lets go get some rest and prepare for tomorrow." Zinsu said.
Anna nodded and allowed Zinsu to take her back inside the house. Once inside they went into Anna's room and laid down on her bed thinking about what was about to come for her. She was about to face all kinds of battle's and challenges of her life if she wanted to save earth and hopefully go home.
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