Chapter 7: Conflict of Interest

Death Star sighed contentedly as they reached the fire. X1 was there, talking to someone. Other than that, the camp itself seemed quiet. Shrugging it off, he walked over to a rock and sat there, leaning against it to get comfortable. Iceheart laid next to him and smiled warmly as she kissed his cheek. "Nice vacation so far, I might add."

"Oh, do flatter me...you should see what I got scheduled this summer..." he joked as he got himself comfortable. Suddenly the leader of the group appeared before them.

"We need your help! North Star's forces are heading down the tunnel. We need more fighters...." he pleaded. Death Star nodded and ordered X1 to come with him. Iceheart followed too. As they ran down the tunnel, he smiled at Iceheart. "At least when we get out of here, we can continue our fun...lets hope we're near our shuttle at the crater," said Death Star. Suddenly they arrived in an open cavern with the leader and they looked around. Deserted. "Hey, what IS this?!" asked Death Star as he glanced around.

"Simple....a trap...." the leader said and suddenly the three where surrounded by the group of Reploids claiming to be their friends. The group attacked with a fierce attack that Death Star barely managed to dodge. Iceheart froze 1/4 of the group as she jumped back, her back next to Death Star's as the group continued to close in on them.

Death Star slashed another Maverick's gut open as he knelt down some, panting. X1 was finishing up his side. It looked like the three were going to make it out a-okay when suddenly he heard his voice as the last of the group fell. "Well, well, well..." Turning around, he saw North Star there, his eyes gleaming angrily as Shella stood next to him.

"Hooooooboy...this is exactly what I wanted to avoid...innocents in the crossfire..." muttered Death Star. North Star smirked as he placed a hand on Shella's shoulder.

"She did good, but not really good enough. But don't worry, Shella baby...you won't fail me again, isn't that right?" he asked her sweetly. Shella nodded sexily and hugged him. Suddenly the three heard a whine of a blaster and Shella collapsed, blown away through the gut by North Star. "Now you can never fail me again, isn't that right, guys?" he asked the three.

"You PHYSCHO...." shouted Iceheart. Death Star felt slightly off. Could North Star had REALLY become such a cold blooded reptile after what happened?! North Star stepped forward, as if reading his mind.

"Oh, yes, yes I could....and it's all thanks to you....why don't we tell everyone?" he hissed.

Death Star slammed his fist down on the table, causing everything on it to jump. Everyone in the room stepped back, unsure of what to do about their angry leader. Only one Reploid stared him down in the face, and that was North Star. "ForGET it, North Star. I will not risk the life's of my men on some crazy ass gamble!" he shouted at him.

"What!? It's sound proof and could help end this entire conflict with CorSec NOW. If you weren't such a spineless, gutless chicken, like you were back when I risked MY life to save you, we wouldn't be in this position, now WOULD we?!" screamed North Star and threw his coffee mug into the wall, shattering it.

"Get the hell out of here, NOW..." Death Star hissed as he glared at North Star. North Star turned to go when the entire base shook on it's foundation. One of the REBEL officers turned to him. "Sir, we're under attack by CorSec forces..." The next thing the two knew, North Star and Death Star, they were friends again, to a degree, and where in the lower levels of the base fighting to hold off the CorSec officers. But one of them threw a bomb next to the floor and exploded it, opening up the ground to the quicksand under the base, that was meant as a protection item. The base wouldn't sink due to the engineering.

As the CorSec officers took off, one blasted North Star into the quicksand and he began to sink. Death Star proceeded to continue on and catch the attackers when North Star screamed in fear. "NO!!! YOU GOTTA SAVE ME!!!!" he pleaded. Death Star turned to him. He bit his lower lip as suddenly the base rocked even more and a large beam crashed down nearby, falling over the hole in the platform. North Star continue to bop, trying to reach it. Turning, however, Death Star left North Star to continue to bop there. To die...

North Star nodded, smiling at the expressions on Iceheart's and X1's face. "That's right, he left me to die....I sank beneath the quicksand and 'died' there, until revived by the Mavericks in this year. There, being a look alike of you, I was put on Vile's squad...so I could extract my REVENGE on you....but first I wanted to play mind games with you....but, enough games....lets just end this, now..." he told them all.

"Wait. I thought you could grab the beam, honestly. I never would have left you if I thought otherwise..." Death Star pleaded.

"Enough talk. I had enough chitchat...now you will die...and die that the death of a traitorous friend..." North Star said and blasted at Death Star, but suddenly a cave-in began and the blasted was nullified by the cave in.

"C'mon, lets move it..." Death Star shouted and grabbed Iceheart as the three ran for the surface. They found it a few minutes later as the cave-in increased and buried the entire cavern. Coughing, Death Star dug the rest of the way to the surface and sighed, happy. "It's over...it's finally over..." he said.

"What? Game Over?! Damn," said X1.

Iceheart laughed softly and turned to DS. "Now what?" she asked, as if forgetting about what she learned below.

"Why, we finish out vacation....finally."

North Star appeared on the ground, having teleported away in time. "Heh heh...they will head back to Arizona to grab their shuttle...there, there....we'll end this entire matter...when I destroy the MHHQ...and Death Star..." he promised.

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