Ultranova
Later, after the strange women had been taken to the hospital and James taken back to the Police Station,
Perkins: "James, I want you to check this Bounty Hunter Registration"
James nodded and walked over to the computer and opened up the Registration Matcher. A familiar loading screen greeted James for a few seconds until the Login screen invited him in
He entered the BH Registration Code and Registration Type before hitting enter
Error: No Matching Document
James tried again, carefully checking each number had been correctly inputted
The same error appeared on the screen. Perkins walked over after hearing James swear out loud
Perkins: "Whats going on?"
James: "Sir, the Document ID isn't matching with the System"
Perkins: "Why don't you refresh the server and check the back-ups of other servers in case that doesn't work"
James shrugged and clicked the refresh icon. A loading bar appeared on-screen
REFRESHING LOCAL DATABASE
PLEASE WAIT
Gathering Data
Once it had completed, James put the code in again. This time, it yielded a document
BOUNTY HUNTER REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
ID: ASUET - 16253 - AGT45 - KA876
Registered to: Four Star Fighter Squadron
Unauthorized Areas: Cygnus, SGG Territories
Affiliation: Neutral
Legal Status: Clean
Group members:
Xio
Ria
Zire
Mixe
Kryia
Zythe
Perkins: "The Four Star Squadron huh? I thought they were only a legend."
James: "They're as real as the Typhoon Tanks. Which reminds me..."
Perkins: "What happened earlier at the Hotel when you collapsed?"
James: "I remembered Chaze."
Perkins: "Tell me about it."
James shifted in his seat. He was clearly uncomfortable talking about the past
James: "It was a routine patrol around the city. Chaze was on his hoverbike, checking speed limits. I was driving past in my Arrow head Chaser when I saw a aiming beam sweep towards Chaze"
"I yelled out to him and he looked up and saw the aiming beam. He sped away from his post, sirens blaring. I decided to follow him from a distance"
James had closed his eyes by now. Remembering the past was never the best for him and it brought back scars he thought had faded away
"A laser bolt flew through the air and slammed into his Hoverbike. I overtook Chaze at this point. Another laser bolt collided into his bike. Chaze hollered out for me to get out of the area, but I waited for him to run over to my Vehicle and get in"
"He jumped in and told me, 'Go to the spaceport. Thats where the laser's are coming from!'"
"I turned the sirens on and sped off to the Spaceport. We were nearly there when the Arrowhead chaser got pounded by a Machine gun"
"Chaze leaped out of the Chaser and ran over to a empty silo. He bounded up the stairs, his pistol drawn."
James shook his head
"The bounty hunter had gotten away. He'd only left a cigarette behind. By the time I was up there, Chaze was lying on the ground with a bullet hole in his arm"
Perkins: "He can't have been dead. How else is he the leader of the R-UPA now?"
James: "No, he wasn't dead. He'd been bashed over the head by a sniper rifle and shot by a pistol. I reckon Chaze must have done some shooting as well, because he was pointing to a blood trail"
Perkins: "Who was the bounty hunter?"
James breathed in, as if he was struggling to remember
James: "It was... Juan Argot"