middleofsomewhere | Blue Team Onward!

Initial Guarding

Once the other teams fly off it is quiet once more at the military base. Blue team will be allowed to start patrolling, though there will be some areas such as the main command floor that are off limits. Any medically-inclined Void treckers will be welcome in the med bay and the guards will happily have some volunteers to do outside patrols.

But for the first day or so it is quiet, Hitrinto works as a liaison between the void treckers and the command staff, relaying messages and keeping them informed of the progress of battle.

Attack!

Late on the second day there is a break to the peace, alarms blare and lights flash red. "Enemy ships approach. Enemy ships approach."

Anyone who can get to the hanger quick enough will be given ships and sent off to fight. There aren't many enemy ships, four or five and hopefully they are beaten off easily.

But this becomes a semi regular occurrence. At least twice a day there are attacks. Patrols are stepped up, extra people are put on standby to man ships as quickly as possible.

Sabotage

Perhaps the attacks are a distraction. Because it is clear that something isn't right. Power goes down in one section or other. Equipment is messed with. Emergency doors are tampered with or left open. There aren't many people on this base but sometimes they will get the feeling of being watched. Of not being alone.

It soon becomes clear there are enemies inside the station and they are clearly biding their time. It is not known for what purpose. But finding them is probably a priority.

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Seeing Prompto running towards danger, Ignis grabbed him. He was remaining behind on the station with Madoka to keep her safe. And if everyone on the blue team abandoned the space station no one would be here to protect it with the guards. The advisor was sure the shield was around here somewhere and he was looking forward to fighting alongside him. That went for Prompto too and Ignis of course wanted to keep everyone safe.

"We're not going out there right now." the advisor said with a small glint of glee behind his spectacles. "We've something more important to do here.."

Prompto's mind was spinning over whether to take a solo ship or find someone who might need help. They didn't have time for him to stall for more than a couple seconds, so he hoped it would be obvious. Just as he was concluding that, he felt something tight on his arm. He yelped, but managed to stop his momentum before he fell over.

"We're not? Why?" He wasn't sure what to make of that look on his face. Iggy was up to something!

"Because we've an army at our door and those still here will need protection." He had enough faith that the other teams could accomplish their missions, but the Blue needed to focus on theirs. And that meant defending the station.

"We've children to protect as well." Which of course brought Joss to mind and another. "Plus our shield is here with us, and I've no wish to leave him to do this alone." They were a team, they were brothers and Ignis would keep all of them together.

"Whose leaving me alone?" Gladio asked as he strolled toward the other two, great sword resting across his shoulder and a grin upon his face. He hadn't been eavesdropping, he'd only caught the end of their conversation so he really had no idea what was going on or why they were talking about him.

He stopped near Ignis and looked at them both curiously, sensing something was up. "I've missed something?"

Prompto glanced back at where everyone was running but then focused on Iggy. He'd follow the adviser's instructions anywhere. So he squared his shoulders and lifted his gun. "You got it, Iggy. What should we- oh hey!"

He looked up with a bright smile at Gladio joining them. Was it just him or was Gladio never really that far behind him wherever he went? Don't tell, but he really loved it.

"Iggy says we're going to be protecting people here on the station while everyone else goes to meet the attackers. Should we split up or go as a group?" He looked to Iggy to make the call.

Prompto always seemed to have the presence to make even the really grim situations tolerable and this was no exception.

There was only a slight smile to acknowledge Gladio's presence. "No one is leaving you alone, so count yourself lucky." For some reason his own comment reminded him of a conversation they'd had with Prompto in Galdin Quay out on the docks but it was then immediately banished from his mind.

"We go in as a group." Ignis replied decidedly. He had been wanting to do something like this for a long time, ever since he'd shown up by himself. He wanted some time to be the badass crew from Eos, without risking their necks too much of course.

"Huh." Gladio grunted softly, not sure if that was as interesting as the conversation has seemed from across the room, but he was in regardless. His attention turned to Ignis to see what he wanted to do. Head off as a group or separate and check around, either were fine with him. Though he was somewhat relieved when his old friend came back with an assurance of sticking together. Gladio smiled and clapped the advisor on the back. "Good call!" he said approvingly. They had always worked better as a team. Even when they were one man down. That didn't stop them from being a force to be reckoned with.

"He said that we need to protect the kids and something weird was going on," Prompto filled in Gladio for what he was guessing was the part he'd missed. "I think so too. It's strange that things keep breaking."

He smiled with a nod that they were doing this as a trio. He liked that idea way better than splitting up. "Should we maybe start on one level and make our way up to the control center?" He would, of course, defer to either of his friend's judgement on this but he tossed the idea out to be helpful.

They had been one man down when Gladio had taken off on them. But Ignis only cautioned the king to remind him of that (though it was entirely unnecessary) Gladio got a smile and a nod because this was going to be fun and they were still going to accomplish their objective.

Turning back to Prompto, Ignis shook his head. "Things keep breaking because their structure isn't solid to begin with." It was irritating to the strategist that this was so, but when he and the shield had done their initial walk through the place wasn't very sturdy to begin with.

"The control center is the part I'm worried about the most." The guards he'd met were solid, but if Ignis had to place bets, it would always be on his friends.

Gladio nodded at Ignis' words. The command center was the main weak point. Though it did have one advantage. "One way in and out of there. It'll be easy to defend, if push comes to shove." but it wouldn't be pretty being all contained like that.

"We need to reinforce the weak points. Put fighters where the Enemy are most likely to enter. Give them as little time on the station as we can." If they had people there waiting when the bastards arrived, they would be cut down before they even knew what hit them. All they really had was the element of surprise. Though it would only work once, maybe twice, before the Enemy worked out what they were doing.

Prompto frowned at Ignis' words, worry setting in that this place wasn't as well guarded as one might suspect. "What do you mean the structure isn't solid?" He eyed the walls of the space station, suddenly concerned there would be cracks that would suck them right out to space. "How do we protect against that?"

He listened to Gladio's instructions, but still kept nervously glancing at the walls. "If we start from the command center and fan out then even if we hit a point we can't move forward, we're still between them and the command center, right?"

Ignis shook his head. The advisor had thought the guards were better trained, but this is what it came down to, the Crownsguardsmen. They had a king to do proud by and the kingdom. Even if those things weren't here, for Ignis it was a point of pride that he still worked.

Looking at Prompto, Ignis frowned. "The structure itself isn't as sound as it should be." At the next question, he recalled an answer he gave to Tony once as his green eyes slid to Gladio. "Together."

"We do what we need to, hopefully the guards are still somewhere relatively in place. However, there's only one true way to find that out. So shall we?"

Blue Team Onward!

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