You hold the pad as far away from you as possible, and press the button.
"What're you doing?" Blackfire asks.
"If this thing blows up, at least only my hand will be hurt."
As Blackfire laughs at you, the pad emits light. It is a holographic image! The image is of someone wearing gray armor and a black, faceless mask.
"Hello, Blackfire..." the person says. "How long has it been? A year, maybe more?"
"Blackfire, who is this?" you ask. "And how does he know you?"
She hesitates for a moment, and eventually speaks.
"His name is Transgression, and he's a crime boss. He knows me because I messed up one of his jobs. Basically, I stole what his men were planning to steal, and got away from both them and the authorities. Then I sold the thing to a rival of his. Nothing much really."
"Well, I have a feeling it meant a lot to him."
"I'm sure you want to know where your little Woburgins went, and I'm sure you've figured out it was my men who took them. The hologram device will act as a guide, just follow it to the destination. They'll be there waiting."
The guide function activates, and an arrow points off to the East. You fly there as fast as you can.
Within ten minutes, you arrive to the spot, the arrow pointing downward.
You see the thugs pacing about, probably waiting for you to arrive.
"Screw meeting these guys, just blast them!"
*ZING ZING ZING* You start chucking starbolts down at the thugs.
*BOOM BOOM* The bolts explode and the thugs scatter. One in particular looks familiar...
Blackfire shoots starbolts as she descends. *ZING ZING BOOM* More thugs scatter.
You dive down after her, giving cover fire. *ZAP ZAP BOOM*
The thugs finally get to weapons, and fire back!
*PZZ PZZ PZZ* and *BEW BEW BEW*, their weapons shoot big red beams and plasma balls.
"WHOA!" Blackfire shouts out as a beam almost hits her skirt. It's one thing for these guys to hold a grudge against her, another to take allies hostage to settle that grudge, but shooting at Blackfire was one thing you wouldn't let these guys get away with!
You divebomb the thug that took the shot.
*PZZ PZZ* He fires, but misses. Even with three eyes, this guy's depth perception must be off.
You land not even a whole foot away from him, and he panics to take aim.
*BAM BAM* Two body blows, one from each hand.
*BBBRRII* You charge a starbolt in your fist.
*BLAMF* One hell of a haymaker right hand to the center of the thug's three eyes! He goes flying into a makeshift table the thugs had set up.
*CLUNK CLUNK* The table collapses underneath the thug's weight and the velocity you gave him.
*ZING ZING* Blackfire shoots more bolts at the other thugs.
"I see the Woburgins!" she yells. "Over there!" She points to something to your right. You turn to see the thugs' spacecraft. The Woburgins are hanging from the wings! Are they alive? You look closer, and... YES! They're alive, just hanging by their belts!
"Blackfire!" you yell. "I'll cover you!"
You blast a path open, and Blackfire flies towards the ship.
*ZAP ZAP* You lazer eye some thugs with small rifles.
*ZING ZING* You starbolt another, who dared to try and grab Blackfire in mid-air.
She makes it to the ship, and snaps the ropes with her lazer eyes. The Woburgins are glad to see her, but they seem a little tired. The thugs must have left them up there without food or water.
"YOOOOOU!!" a voice roars. You whip around to see a familiar--and reconstructed--face. It was "Rocky", the horny thug from the night you met Blackfire. But now, he had a kind of face-cast holding his head together.
"You did this to me!!" he bellows. "You smashed my face, and now I need to wear this... THING... on my head!"
"Trust me, buddy," you say, "you were ugly before I smashed your face!"
Before you can fight with the rebuilt Rocky, Blackfire screams. You whip around to see Blackfire on the ground, and Transgression standing over her.
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