"I spy...with my little eye. Something beginning with...c!" A young voice echoes through the crisp mountain air, the voices owners eyes gleaming with excitement as he brings up a classic little game to the two older boys next to him.

"Is it... a cloud?" The blond one suggests, pointing towards a fluffy white formation drifting lazily above them.

The young boy grins, shaking his head. "Nope, not a cloud, Ike!"

Ike, the middle child of the three, furrows his brow, scanning the surroundings for any potential clues. His analytical nature comes to the forefront as he continues to carefully analyzes every detail.

"Could it be... a caterpillar?" A gruff voice exclaims, pointing at a tiny creature inching its way across a nearby leaf.

The young boy chuckles, shaking his head once again. "Not a caterpillar either, Jasper!"

Jasper, the eldest of the trio, falls forward a little and continues having his eyes dart around in search of the elusive object. With Star's boundless imagination, the object could be anything. Even the most obvious and in plain sight thing possible.

As the game continues, the two oldest siblings become more engrossed in their quest to guess the object. They explore the vibrant colors of the wildflowers that dot the mountainside, the distant calls of birds echoing through the valley, and the gentle rustling of leaves in the breeze.

The blond brother, Ike, looks out in the distance and blows raspberries as his eyes dart around looking for objects that started with the letter c. While Jasper starts to slowly lose interest and gets up to look over the mountain for the train.

"Well if Jasper's out, I am too. What was it Star?" Ike asks as the dirty blond boy of the trio identified as Star looks at his blue eyed brother and smiles mischievously.

Star points to a tree hanging off the mountain side in which Ike looks and squints trying to see the object until going wide eyed at a chipmunk that exits out of the tree.

"A chip- Star!" Ike grabs Star by the collar of his hoodie "You can't use your 'see in the dark' ability to see stuff Jasper and I can't see! That's cheating!"

Star lets out a mischievous laugh as he tries to wriggle free from Ike's grip. "Come on, Ike! It's not cheating. It's just using my observational skills!"

"He's got a point, Ike. Star has always had a knack for spotting things others might miss." The brown haired brother of the group says as he looks out for the train, covering his red irises from the sun as he does so.

Reluctantly, Ike releases his grip on Star's hoodie, still wearing a playful scowl. "Fine, fine. But next time, no using your 'superpowers' during our games."

Star grins and nods, his hazel eyes sparkling with mischief. "Deal!"

With the tension diffused, the three brothers continue their 'I spy' game. With Ike now the 'spy', curtesy of a guilty Star. His face lights up with excitement as"I spy... with my little eye... something beginning with....F!"

"Is it Flask?" Jasper nonchalantly guesses, not even batting an eye at the two.

This just causes Ike to slowly turn and look at Jasper.

"How did yo-" Jasper cuts off Ike with a sigh as he turns around and looks down at the two.

"You literally choose your flask every time we play!" Jasper shouts down at him. Ike tosses a yellow fireball at the eldest of the three who just swats it away and kicks a human sized boulder down at Ike who dodge rolls away while Star just sits in the same spot calmly and watches the boulder roll down the mountain.

As the boulder rolls down the mountain, Star calmly watches its descent, his hazel eyes flickering with amusement. Ike, still recovering from the surprise attack, shoots a glare at Jasper.

"Hey, no fair using your elemental powers!" Ike protests, brushing off the dirt from his clothes.

Jasper crosses his arms defiantly as he leans against the rocky wall. "You threw a fireball at me, Ike. I was just defending myself."

Ike grumbles, realizing his own transgression. "Okay, fair enough. No more powers from now on. Let's just stick to the game."

Star nods in agreement as he kicks his legs back and forth off the edge of the mountain.

Jasper looks out behind the mountain and squints "Uh. Rain check on the game. Train is coming."

Jasper's words catch the attention of both Ike and Star, who quickly join him in looking out behind the mountain. Sure enough, in the distance, they spot a train chugging along the tracks, its whistle echoing through the valley.

"Alright. We should get down there." Jasper says. The boys were about to start descending that was until Star spotted a Ray hovering over the train.

"Uhh...guys. There's a Ray hovering dangerously close to the train." Star points out causing Jasper and Ike to come back up and look.

"Hmm...maintenance crew?" Ike suggested causing the two brothers to look at him.

"Maintenance crew.,.? While the train is still moving?" Jasper asked with a hint of sass in his voice.

The three boys watch the train begin to get closer to the mountain. They share a glance at each other before nodding to one another. Star, Ike and Jasper begin sliding down the mountain towards the approaching train.

All three land on the train and look up at the Ray as the back of it opens up as Cog bots fall on the train and face them.

"Yeah....Ike. They're definitely not maintenance." Star states as he watches the cog bots slowly make their way forward. The three boys look at each other before Star puts his clenched right hand out to his brothers "Winner takes the cog bots."

Jasper and Ike look at each other before they put their clenched right hands out too. The first round was a tie. As was the second. In the third round however, Star was eliminated. He had paper while Ike and Jasper had scissors. As the two brothers competed, the cog bots drew closer which causes Star to look over with his hands behind his head.

"Those bots are getting closer." Star points out as the two started to pick up the speed of throwing Rock, paper and scissors at each other. Star witnessing their incredible tie streak, rolls his eyes and moves his hands from the back of his head to the pockets on his jacket and walks past them. He walks towards the cog bots who try to attack him however he simply moves around them "'Scuse me." He politely says to the bots as he hops to the other cart and stretches.

He kneels and grabs onto the ledge of the train and kicks his legs up in the air, hanging upside down. He then turns his body and falls forward with his legs bent and kicks out a window of the second cart and lands on the floor.

The brunette robber looks at the boy surprised before grabbing one of the train's security guard's gun and aiming at the boy and shooting. Star quickly puts his arms out stopping some passengers next to him from exiting their seats then backflips, dodging the bullets. He lands on the roof as if he was sticking to it then pushes off it towards the girl who drops the gun and attacks with her sword.

Star narrows his eyes and claps his hands together just as the sword gets close. Olivia looks in slight surprise that he caught her sword mid swing.

Back with Ike and Jasper, Jasper came out of the rock, paper, scissors duel victorious. Ike lets out a defeated groan while Jasper pumps his arm with a straight face with a gleam in his right eye. In an instant, Jasper puts his hands on the cart as metal spikes shoot out towards the cog bots.

"See. This is why I wanted to fight them. You have no fun..." Ike pouts while Jasper looks at him with a 'really' face.

"I think you mean I don't waste time! Like you right now considering that you should be where?" Jasper asks in a demanding tone.

The blonde of the group sighs and stands "In the train cart, I know I know." Ike says in a defeated tone before going to the back of the train and going into the cart casually while looking in front of him with a bored expression. His expression however changes as he sees Joshua turn to face him. Both their eyes lock and widen. Suddenly, Ike's mouth forms into a smile as he throws his hands up to the sides as if expecting a hug "Joshua!" Joshua doesn't waste time and fires on the blonde only for Ike to side step the smart bullet and fall into an empty seat then front flip over another seat to dodge the bullet coming back for him. Ike then stands up straight and runs at Joshua who fires again, only to have his bullets disintegrate as Ike spits yellow flames from his mouth at the bullets then shoulder charges Joshua.

Joshua tries to stand but Ike steps on his robotic arm. Joshua lets out a chuckle and looks up at Ike "Light....Still drinking?"

"Oh yeah. As alcoholic as they come." Ike says with pride not noticing Joshua's robotic arm open up as a black dagger ejects from it.

Joshua quickly moves his free had to his other arm and grabs the dagger "Maybe you should CUT down." He throws the knife at Ike's head but the blond leans back as the knife shoots up and sticks to the ceiling.

"Oh that was terrible!" Ike says as he then looks at the passengers "Don't worry everyone. My brothers and I have this whole thing under control." He reassures the passengers.

Meanwhile, Ghoul was frantically sending cog bots down to Jasper who was currently pulling the Ray down by the tail of the ship. Jasper looks at the cog bots surrounding him and ducks under one's swing and wraps the slacked part of the tail he's been pulling, around the cog bots neck and pulling the tail again causing its head to come off. He then looks at the others and kicks one off the train then grabs another and slams it on the tail before standing on it.

"What the hell are they feeding teenagers these days?!" Ghoul exclaims. An idea suddenly pops into his head. He starts typing on the console.

Back with Star, he was dodging swings and bullets from Olivia who swings wildly to the point where Star had to stop some of her swings from hitting people "You should really give up. I'm pretty strong however I always like to give girls a head start first." He suddenly trips and gets pinned by Olivia who raises her sword and tries to stab him. Star simply moves his head to the right which causes Olivia to get her sword stuck in the floor "Okay that was a little rude."

Star kicks her off him and goes to attach before suddenly feeling the train start to ascend.

With Ike, Joshua loses balance which gives Ike the upper hand as he slides on his back towards Joshua and kicks him in the shin, causing the Silver Moon bandit to fall forward, right into Ike's fist. Joshua falls back and loses his knife. Ike stands on his chest and smirks at Joshua. "I believe that's two-nil Josh."

Joshua struggles under Ike's strength as he grits his teeth "The first time wasn't a fight...!"

Ike ponders on their first encounter and clicks his fingers after a realisation hits him "Oh yeah! That girl you liked. How is she these days?" Ike questions which only enrages Joshua. Ike turns his attention to the suit case in the middle of the train and hums. He pulls out a long silver chain in which he ties Joshua up with. The chain still being attached to Ike's arms. "Let's see here." Ike makes his way to the suit case and opens it seeing all the jewels "Whoa! What a booty! Lots of silver and gold jewellery you got here. Mainly Silver. Your uh...trademark to take all the silver crap you can find?"

Joshua doesn't answer as he tries to free himself to which Ike just shook his head and picked up the case. Joshua watches and looks at his robotic arm. He begins to type more commands into his arm to the point, the knife he had begins to shake before slowly floating in the air by itself "Hey Ike...word of advice." Ike looks at the bandit "When you disarm someone...make sure their weapon is always in plain sight." Joshua inputs more commands into his arm.

Ike watches him type on his arm before his face drops and his arms slump down as if heavy weights were on them "It was a H.A.W.K wasn't it?"

He's answered as the train suddenly drops back onto the tracks, courtesy of Ghoul who got Jasper to let go of the tail of the Ray. Causing Ike to fall forward and almost lose an eye to the floating knife as it starts to try and cut him down while Joshua manages to get to his feet and free himself from the chains.

With Star, he's dodging slashes from Olivia who is coming onto him with more aggression "Why would you Silver Goons rob a train heading straight for Heavenly? Seems a bit risky."

Olivia stabs her sword into a wall in a failed attempt to kill Star who ducked under the sword then stood up straight next to Olivia "Do you ever shut up?!" Olivia shouts in rage.

Star just shrugs and roundhouse kicks her in the stomach which catches her by surprise as she skids back without her sword "I'll be quiet if you answer one more question Goon." Star says politely as he then holds up a brown sack full of jewels "What's with all the silver jewellery?"

Bianca's eyes widen slightly as she looks to where she left the sack of jewels originally and sees it gone "Give that back!"

Star looks into the sack "I know it's Christmas tomorrow but it ain't here yet. Santa's gonna give you coal."

"That's right you mean lady!" A small child next to Star says which prompts the teenage boy to fist bump the little boy with a smile.

Olivia, getting more livid by each sentence that escapes the dirty blonde's mouth, quickly taps on the wristband on her right arm which causes her sword to untuck itself and hover back towards Star in a spinning motion. Star's ears pick up the sound of the blade whirling behind him and backflips over it. Olivia regains the sword and spins around before making her way behind one of the female guard she had captured. Star lands on his feet and looks at Olivia again but with expression turned from coy to worry. "Hey whoa whoa." Star puts his hand out.

"The sack! Or this bitch gets her brains splattered all over the wall." Olivia demands.

Star raises an eyebrow, assessing the situation. He slowly lowers his hand and holds up the sack of jewels. "Alright, alright. Just calm down," he says, his voice soothing. "No need to do anything rash."

Olivia smirks triumphantly and takes a step back, keeping the guard hostage. "Smart move, kid. Now, toss it over here."

Star puts his left hand out while holding the sack of jewels tightly with his right. His hand shaped like a claw with his palm facing up "Give me the girl and you get the sack."

Olivia narrows her eyes as the guard whimpers. "....At the same time. On three." Star nods and slightly loosens his grip on the sack. "One...two..." both Star and Olivia narrow their eyes "....Three!"

Olivia tosses the guard while Star tosses the sack. In a quick motion, Star catches the guard and drops her on the empty seat next to him as a light shines from Star's hands. The light fades showing Star with a white desert eagle in his hand. Olivia goes to catch the sack but is caught off guard as a gunshot hits the sack causing the sack to rip open  and the jewels to fall out and hit her in the face. She covers her face as the stinging from the sudden impact of the jewels settles, while Star rushes in and punches her through the door and into the next train cart where she collides into Joshua's back which causes him to stumble forward and suffer a cut to his face which Ike uses as an advantage and Sparta kicks Joshua back at Olivia.

"We need to leave now." Olivia says. Joshua couldn't agree more as he sees Ghoul hovering the ship behind the train.

"Until we meet again Light." Joshua says as Olivia cuts a hole I the roof while Joshua's H.A.W.K keeps Ike and Star away from the two of them. Once the hole was cut, Olivia grabs the part of the roof and throws it at Star as if it was a frisbee to which Star takes it to the head and falls flat on his butt.

Ike looks at Star with worry and gets stabbed in the arm by the knife and groans. Joshua and Olivia smile and go through the hole and slowly walk towards the Ray. The see Ghoul standing in the cargo bay doors yelling at them "What's he saying?" Olivia questions.

They focus on Ghoul, trying to figure out what he's shouting "I think he's shouting...Run...?"

The two look behind them to see Jasper stomping towards them while covering his face from the wind. The two siblings gasp and go as fast as they can to the Ray. Ghoul puts his hand out as Joshua jumps to the cargo bay first then Olivia. They all scramble to the controls and take off from hover mode but are stopped as a giant metal hand grabs the Ray. Olivia simply rolls her eyes and goes back to the cargo bay. She opens the door again and taps on her wristband again as her sword releases itself from its sheathe and starts slicing at the metal hand which causes it to fall apart into pieces.

Jasper is shocked by this as the sword quickly comes back to Olivia and sheathes itself. The Ray begins to distance itself from the train as Jasper just watches it disappear into the horizon. Star and Ike climb up through the hole and come next to Jasper while following his gaze "They got away huh?" Ike points out.

Star rubs his head and looks at his brothers "What did they want with all that silver jewellery?" He questions.

"Must be their group's trademark or motto. They are the Silver Moons after all." Jasper points out.

Star looks at Jasper "Silver Moons? Ike! You said it was Silver Goons!"

Ike turns to Star "No. I said Silver Moons."

Star covers his face and blushes with embarrassment "I was acting so cool during that fight and I fumbled with the name...!"

Jasper sighs and turns back to the hole "It's not the end of the world Star. Now come on. Let's make sure everyone's okay." He says while walking slowly back to the hole Olivia made.

The three brothers head back into the train except for Star who sees a giant city on the horizon with giant steam clouds surrounding the city's sky. He smiles at the sight as he spots the giant defence towers with giant ballistas and machine guns on the large concrete wall surrounding the city.

"Finally. A home we'll be safe in." Star says quietly to himself as he jumps into the hole.
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Until next time :)