The whole team is waiting for me when I enter the call room.

"Took ya long enough." Katelyn says, tossing her knife up and down.

"What's this about? You never call us all together like this." Laurence says.

"I got a message from Michael. He has a problem he needs fixed." I explain.

"Like a mission?" Garroth asks.

"Yes doofus, it's a mission." Lucinda sighs.

"Everyone ready?" I ask.

They all nod, and press the button to call Michael.

A large hologram pops up, and I step back. I recognize Michael, a silver haired snake eyed man, from pictures my dad has shown me.

"Ah, Commander Firewing." He says.

"Sir." I salute.

"At ease, ready for your mission?" He asks. I nod.

"Good. There's a problem on Starlight I need your help with." He says.

"Starlight, as in Starlight Wonderland? The amusement park planet?" Katelyn interjects.

"Yes. A monster known as the Ultima Werewolf has been located there. We need to take care of him before he causes any problems." Michael says.

"Isn't the Ultima a legend? What makes you think it's real?" Zane demands.

"Past experiences. Do you accept your mission? To kill the Ultima?" He asks me.

I glance at the others, they all nod or shrug. I look back at Michael.

"Yes sir."

He smiles.

"Good. Ein will meet you on Starlight and take you to where we've cornered him. I'm trusting you with this mission Firewing. Don't let me down."

The call ends.

Everything is silent, until Katelyn claps her hands together.

"Whose ready to go kick some Ultima ass?"

Everyone cheers.

"Emmalynn, tell Vylad to set a course for Starlight." I say.

"On it." The robotic woman replies.

"Let's go prepare." I tell the others. "I'll take two of you like usual, but I want everyone else on standby."

"Yes ma'am!" They chorus, before running off. Celestia and I go up to my room, and I pick up my photo of the whole team.

Starting on the left, Zane stands with his arms crossed grumpily while Nana has her arms around him and Katelyn. Travis is hugging Katelyn while grinning stupidly, and Katelyn looks like she's going to murder the photographer. I stand next to Katelyn, holding Celestia and Alexander while smiling hugely. Aaron has his arms around me from behind, smiling a little. Melissa is smiling wide next to us. Garroth and Laurence have their arms around each other, both grinning like idiots, and Lucinda just smiles, with her hands behind her back. Vylad and Emmalynn are both peeking in from the back, photo bombing us. We all had a good laugh about that.

I smile, and put the photo back.

It's been a long day. It will take a couple to arrive at Starlight.

I lay down, and go to sleep.

* ☆ *

Once I'm awake again, we all meet in the debriefing room to compare what we know about the Ultima.

"Okay, what do we know about the Ultima?" I ask, pushing the few files we have on the Ultima Werewolf forward.

"Uh... he's a guy." Garroth says.

"Yes. The Ultima is male." I sigh.

"He's a werewolf?" Travis suggests.

I face palm.

"How about in terms of abilities and danger level?" Lucinda asks.

"The Ultima's danger level is currently: unknown." Emmalynn says, appearing in front of us.

"Can you find anything about the Ultima in the databases?" I ask her.

"No." She replies, before disappearing.

"Well that's just fucking great." Katelyn sighs.

"Anybody have any ideas?" I ask, sighing.

"According to the legend, an Ultima can turn any human into a werewolf by either bite or eye-contact." Lucinda says.

"What about meifwas?" Nana asks, tilting her head to the side. 

"Nothing has been said about it." Lucinda sighs.

"Okay, so humans avoid eye-contact. Does this include any other species?" I ask.

"Witches and warlocks. That's all I know. I'd suggest everyone avoids eye-contact for now except Laurence and Travis. The process of changing has been told to kill often." She says. Everyone nods. 

"Any other suggestions?" I ask.

Nobody said anything.

"Right..." I sigh, leaning back in my chair.

"Hey, guys?" Vylad's voice carries over the loudspeaker, "You should come see this."

We all glance at each other, confused. Vylad rarely ever calls us to the cockpit.

Everyone stands up, and goes to the cockpit where Vylad is. When we arrive, he glances at us, and points at some ship wreckage ahead.

"Look..." he says.

We all peer out.

"It's a ship wreckage." Garroth says finally.

"I know that Garroth, look closer." Vylad sighs.

I blink, and see something. A peice of wreckage, with... the Phoenix Drop symbol!

"Emmalynn, do a scan." I order.

"Scanning ship wreckage." Emmalynn replies. The results pop up in front of Vylad.

"Scan results confirm this is the wreckage of the old Phoenix Drop." She says.

"No way... it's been here all this time?" Katelyn asks.

"Yeah, apparently." Vylad says.

"Prepare a shuttle, I'm going in." I say.

"You sure? There's no telling how stable what's left of that thing is." Laurence says.

"I know, but it's fine. I just... I need to see what's left..." I trail off.

"Yeah, I get it. Who are you taking?" Vylad asks.

"Kawaii~chan and A-" I cover my mouth quickly.

I almost did it again. Irene, it's been 3 years and I still can't shake the habit.

"Kawaii~chan and... Lucinda." I correct myself.

They both nod.

"Alright, let's go suit up. We'll let the rest of you know what we find." I say, before walking away.

*☆*

The shuttle lands safely on the wreckage. Nana presses the button to open it, and the door lifts up. The three of us jump out and land safely on what's left of the ship.

"Commander, be careful. Em is picking up movement ahead." Vylad says over the radio.

"Probably just some floating debris." Lucinds says.

"We'll be careful." I assure Vylad.

"Good. Last thing we need is for you to get hurt again." He replies.

"I know..." I sigh, and we start walking.

Nana's ears twitch.

"Kawaii~chan can hear something Commander~senpai." She says, looking around.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"Kawaii~chan can't tell... but thinks we aren't alone here." She says.

"Let's keep an eye out." Lucinda says.

We both nod, and continue walking.

"Hey look!" Lucinda rushes over to a door that's been locked tight. She blasts the debris away from it, and pushes it open. We follow her inside.

It's the old meeting room.

We separate, and look around.

"Commander!" Vylad comes on suddenly, sounding panicked.

"What is it Vylad? What's wrong?" I ask.

"Emmalynn is picking up heat signatures right outside the room your in, two people, both werewolves." He says. I stiffen, and draw my hand canon as the door bursts open. Lucinda draws her staff, and Nana takes out her dual pistols. We all point our weapons at the door.

When the smoke clears, two werewolves stand there. Both extremely familiar.

Melissa and Blaze.

"Melissa? Blaze?" I ask, lowering my gun.

"Firewing?" Blaze lowers his gun, and grins.

"Aphmau!" Melissa drops her gun and runs over to hug me. I hug back.

"My Irene, it's been so long! How are you?!" She exclaims.

"I'm doing just fine Mel." I laugh, "What are you doing here though?"

She pulls away.

"We're... looking for clues about what happened here." She says. "Blaze and I, we have a suspicion that the explosion... wasn't an accident."

The explosion of my ship had been deemed an accident. Nobody knows why.

"What makes you say that?" I ask.

"The explosion hit us at a bad time, in s bad place. It obviously wasn't a gas tank or engine failure." She explains.

"You have a point." Lucinda says. Nana and I nod in agreement.

"Yeah, and that's why we're here." Blaze says, "What about you?"

"We found the shipwreck, and I decided to explore it. Just... see what's left, y'know?" I smile faintly. They both nod.

"Hey, where are you headed next, you don't suppose... we could get a ride to Starlight, could we?" Melissa asks.

"Starlight? Why?" Lucinda asks.

"It's where we came from. Dad is expecting us back soon." Melissa says.

"Of course. We're headed to Starlight ourselves." I say.

"Why is that?" Blaze asks.

"Mission." I reply, "Come on." We all start walking back to the shuttle.

"Who are your friends?" Vylad asks.

"Melissa and Blaze, they were exploring like us." I say.

We get back on the shuttle, and fly back.

*☆*

"We're orbiting Starlight Commander." Vylad says over the speakers.

"Zane, Travis, ready?" I ask, opening the door to the shuttle.

"As we'll ever be..." Travis sighs. Zane nods.

"We're just a call away if you need backup." Laurence assures us. We all nod, and climb into the shuttle with Melissa and Blaze.

"Hey, do you know anything about the Ultima?" Travis asks Melissa.

"Why do you ask?" Melissa replies.

"Well, your staying at Starlight, and we heard the Ultima was here." He says.

"Oh, well no." She replies quickly. Zane gives her a suspicious look, and I shrug.

The shuttle lands, and the door opens.