Recap on episode three, Zach and his friends have been assigned to a recon mission to destroy Kravis's forces once and for all. During the mission, they discovered that the Kell's pilot servitor was responsible for keeping his forces alive and attempted to lead an attack on Sanctuary. After Zach destroyed the pilot Servitor, he realized that the mission he completed with his friends was only the beginning of his life in this strange world.
Prologue
Sanctuary is quiet throughout the night, and a full moon brightens the night sky. The scene traverses to the memorial of fallen heroes and a particular grave is shown. The grave is weathered and moss covered but inside lays a particular character. All of a sudden, strange essence rises from the earth and floats freely in the starry night. The essence travels far into the depths of space and arrives in a remote planet. The essence lands on a stone bed and begins to form the shape of a woman. The women's essence suddenly forms her skin, her hair, her eyes, every part of her body is shaped like it used to be. While her body is forming, various plants and vines shaped her clothes. Once her body was complete, the woman let out a gasp of air, and the scene cuts to black.
Project Crossover episode 4: Leafa
A day after the recon mission he completed, Zach woke up to admire the sunshine. He enjoys the view of the traveler and the city from his bedroom window. Suddenly, he hears a knock on his door. Once Zach walked up and opened the door, he saw Ariadoa once again. "Good morning Ariadoa," he says. "Good morning to you as well Zachary," said Ariadoa, "would you like some breakfast?" Then Zach smiles and says, "Sure." Once Zach got dressed, he walks downstairs to the kitchen and noticed Tanner cooking up some pancakes for the Sunbreaker. "Mmn, pancakes," said Zach. Tanner laughs and says, "Make sure to save some for the rest of us, alright?" Then Zach says, "Fair enough." Then Zach sits down on a chair while Tanner places two hot and ready pancakes on Zach's plate. While Zach applies butter and syrup on his breakfast, he notices Ariadoa pouring coffee into her teacup. Then she sits on her chair, and sips her coffee. "I'm astonished that you were able to complete yesterday's mission," said Ariadoa. Zach chuckled and said, "It's amazing what people can do with the light." "And superior military hardware," said Tanner. Ariadoa giggles and says, "I've never had any doubts about you guys and all of you are amazing." Ariadoa puts her teacup on a coaster and continues talking, "Zach, yesterday I heard you mentioning that completing yesterday's assignment was the beginning of life in this place." Zach nods his head and says, "Yep, that's correct." Then Ariadoa says, "Good to know, because I have important news to tell you." "I'm listening," said Zach. Then Ariadoa said, "Your next step in Sanctuary is to find someone to fall in love with." Suddenly Zach recoiled and says, "Oh boy." Tanner says to Zach, "Hey, it's some advice for you buddy. Besides, When you and Lefteris came here, Lefteris fell in love with Lucy." Then Zach says, "Yeah, and he passed out seeing her. Hopefully, when I do find someone, I don't pass out like Lefteris." Ariadoa giggles and sips her coffee. Once Zach finished his breakfast, he got dressed for the day and heads to the city bazaar. From there, Zach noticed Sean talking to a woman. So Zach walks up and says, "Morning Sean." Then Sean says, "Oh, good morning Zach." Then Zach asks Sean, "Who's this lady?" Then the lady introduces herself, "My name is Tifa Lockhart." Then Zach recognized her, "Oh yeah, you're one of the girls from final fantasy." "Obviously," said Sean. Then Zach and Tifa shakes hands and he says, "Nice to meet you Tifa." "Nice to meet you too Zach," said Tifa. Then Zach walks over to Lefteris and Lucy and noticed the two holding hands together. "Hey there lovebirds," said Zach. After what Zach said, Lucy blushes and Lefteris says, "Hey comrade, glad you could make it." Then Zach said, "Yeah, same here." Then Lucy said, "So Zach, did Ariadoa told you to find someone to set your eyes on?" Then Zach nods his head and says to Lucy, "Unfortunately, yes. I am not looking forward to this one." Then Lefteris breaks a smile and says to his buddy, "Come on man, love is not really that bad." But Zach was not taking notice and says to Lefteris and Lucy, "Love is a dangerous game. I won't accept it." After that, Zach leaves the bazaar. Then Lucy looks at Lefteris and says, "He's got to find someone to love eventually." Then Lefteris said, "I sure hope he does find someone." Then a man wearing a black shirt, a brown vest, and a pair of jeans walks up to Lefteris and Lucy and asked them, "What's going on here?" Then Lefteris said to the person, "Zach is not accepting any love for a girl right now." Then the man said, "That's unfortunate. Zach can be stubborn for some things at times but all and all, he is pretty cool with everything." Then Lucy asked, "By the way, what's your name?" Then the man introduced himself, "Glad you asked that question Lucy. Raymond Shawn, United States Space Operations. I'm a scout for the USSO and also for this beautiful city of Sanctuary." Lefteris outstretched his hand and said, "Nice to meet you Raymond." Then Raymond shook Lefteris's hand and said, "Good to meet you too Lefteris. I've heard a lot about you on social media. You are quite the anime lover." "Same with martial arts," said Lefteris. When the scene cuts back to Zach, he walks to the courtyard and sees Carlos and Tanner talking about the recon mission they completed. "Hey boys," said Zach. Then Carlos waved at Zach and Tanner said to Zach, "What's up dude." Then Zach says to Tanner, "not much. Just trying to survive today." Then Carlos chuckled and said, "Yeah I don't blame you Zach." While Zach was talking to his military friends, two pretty women walked up and said to the Sunbreaker, "Good morning Zach." Then Zach says, "morning ladies, how are you?" One of the ladies said, "not too bad, we're just enjoying the day." Then Zach says, "It's beautiful isn't it." Then the woman with black hair said, "Boy, its gorgeous out here." Then Zach focused back to the women and said to them, "Anyway, who are you guys, I just want to know who you are." Then the blonde girl said, "I'm Atago and this is my sister, Takao." Then Carlos said, "Interesting, you two are named after two Japanese battleships with the same names." Takao spoke up to Carlos, "That's correct." All of a sudden Atago and Takao surrounded Zach and Atago said, "We just want to thank you and your USSO buddies for helping Sanctuary out, we appreciate the help." Then Atago and Takao pressed their large breasts to Zach, one girl on each side of the Sunbreaker's body to make their move on him. However, Zach was getting really angry with the two women, so he yelled, "Get off of me now!," and freed himself. Atago said, "Sorry, but we just want to wish you good luck." Then Zach says in an angry tone, "Not like that you won't." Then Tanner spoke up and said, "Hey Zach, can we talk for a minute?" Then Zach said, "Okay, sure." Then Carlos says to Atago and Takao, "Sorry ladies, we'll be back." Then Takao said, "It's alright, take your time." Once they left, Zach, Carlos, and Tanner walked to the entrance to the armory and Carlos said, "What's wrong with you Zach, did you get any sleep today?" Then Zach said, "Of course I got some damn sleep. I apologize for the attitude, but I just don't want to be in a relationship with anyone right now." Then Tanner said, "Zach, I know you said that love is a dangerous game, but you must remember what I said to you earlier today, it's some really good advice for you. If you do set your eyes on a girl, try to take it nice and slow, get to know each other, then once the time is right, you might be on the doorway to marriage." All of a sudden, the cemetery guards rushed to the courtyard and shouted, "One of our graves is missing!" Then the townspeople rushed to the cemetery to find out what particular grave is missing. Then Carlos patted Zach's shoulder and said, "Come on, we need to find out who is missing." Once Carlos and Tanner left, Zach decided, it was time to leave Sanctuary. So he went straight to the hangar to ready his ship. While Zach was preparing his ship for the escape, the town of Sanctuary was trying to find a missing coffin. Then Carlos saw the gravestone lying on the ground. The gravestone was moss covered, but had a particular face of a woman. Carlos said, "Hey Zach, do you know this person?" But when Carlos turned around, Zach wasn't with him and Tanner. All of a sudden, Carlos asked Tanner, "were did he go?" Then Tanner said, "I don't know." Then the cemetery guard asked Carlos, "Where did who go?" Suddenly, the residents of Sanctuary heard the sound of flying engines racing off in the sky. "Oh no," said Carlos, "he's leaving?" Then Riley raced off to the hangar and notified the air traffic control tower to arm the disruptor cannon, which can disable ships without completely destroying it. Once they powered up the disruptor, it was too late. Suddenly, Zach's ship travels into light speed and flies away. "Dammit!," yelled Riley. Then General Riley says to the rest of his forces, "all units, Zach has evacuated Sanctuary. Find him and bring him back." Then Carlos intercepted Riley's comms and said, "Affirmative General. Were on our way." Then Lefteris rushed up to Carlos and asked him, "What the hell happened?" Then Carlos said, "Zach decided to leave Sanctuary, and now we have to bring him back." Suddenly Lefteris became worried about the situation and asked Raymond, "What's going to happen to Zach?" Then Raymond said, "Nothing is going to happen to him Lefteris, we're just concerned about him. He's a tough man, I'm pretty sure he'll survive whatever he's doing." Then Lefteris calmed down and said, "Alright, just bring him back home okay?" Then Tanner said, "Will do." After the brief conversation, the war heroes loaded up inside a USSO aircraft carrier to pick up Zach's ship once they find it. But the aircraft carrier was not alone, in case if they find Zach around unknown territory, the aircraft carrier is supported by destroyers. Once the ships are ready, they powered up the hyperdrive and launched into space. Meanwhile, Zach is still flying in light speed, trying to find his real home. While Zach is traveling, his ghost appears out of thin air and says to him, "Guardian, are you crazy? Sanctuary needs your help." Then Zach says in an angry tone, "At this point, I don't care about Sanctuary anymore. I don't need love for anything important. I'm going to find my real home, earth." Then ghost said, "I don't know if you can find the milky way to get back home." Then Zach said, "the universe is a very large area, I'm sure I'll find it." Suddenly, Zach's ship displays a flashing red light to let Zach know he is approaching planetside. Then Zach smirks and says, "Finally, I hope this is the right place." But when he disengaged the hyperdrive, he sees an asteroid belt surrounding his ship. "Maybe not!," yelled Zach. Then Zach steered his ship to the right, trying his best to avoid the asteroids within the belt. Suddenly, Zach also had to steer his ship to the left, to avoid another asteroid. Then Zach notices a planet within the outside of the asteroid belt. "That doesn't look like earth," said ghost. "Who cares," said Zach, "I wanna check this place out." Then ghost shakes itself from side to side, mimicking the head movements of someone shaking their head no and saying, "I am not looking forward to this." Then ghost disappears and Zach attempts to land on the planet. However, Zach didn't realize that once he left Sanctuary, his ship was low on fuel, making this landing very risky. Zach eventually entered the planet's atmosphere and despite the fuel tanks running empty, he landed on an elevated landscape, large enough to support the weight of his ship. "Did we make it?," asked Ghost. "Yep, we made it," said Zach. Then Zach noticed his fuel gauge and saw how little fuel was left. "Maybe I should check on my fuel level before we head out next time," said Zach. Then ghost said, "That would've been a wiser choice." After the brief fiasco, Zach warped out of the ship and looked around his landing zone. A remote but beautiful jungle landscape surrounded Zach and he actually fell to his knees to admire the beautiful view of the lush planet. Once he got back on his feet, Zach tried to contact Allen Riley, but there was no response. "This is an unoccupied area guardian," said Zach's ghost, "We can't contact anyone here until we find an emergency broadcast somewhere." Then Zach said, "Let's keep trying ghost. I hope they will contact us eventually." Then Ghost said, "In a remote environment like this, I am not sure if we can contact anyone." Then Zach heard some rustling in some jungle ferns. "Did you hear that," asked ghost. "I sure did," said Zach. Then Zach armed his rifle and investigated around the area. Once he got close to the ferns, strange green skinned men jumped out of the ferns and swung their clubs in the air to threaten the Sunbreaker. Then Zach aimed his rifle at his target and said, "I have a bad feeling about this." Suddenly, the short green people charged at Zach with their clubs and tried to attack him, but they were no match for him. Zach fired his rifle at the green skinned people, taking them out with great precision. After the attack, Zach's ghost appeared and checked out the strange creatures. "Strange," said ghost, "These creatures aren't like anything I've seen before." Then Zach says to his ghost, "they're goblins." Then Ghost asked Zach, "Goblins?" "They may be small, but they hunt in large packs," said Zach, "and also, they can ambush people like myself, but right now, I'm still standing." Then ghost asked, "How do you know about these things?" Then Zach smirks and says, "I've been doing some research, before you found me in the Cosmodrome." Then Ghost said, "Oh, that makes sense now guardian. Lets get moving." "I agree," said Zach. After the conversation, Zach's ghost dissapeared and Zach starts roaming around the remote jungle. After a few minutes of wandering around, he saw something running from an elevated patch of ground. "Was that another goblin?," asked Ghost. Then Zach said, "I'm not sure, that looked a lot taller than a goblin. Anyway, let me know if any more of those things attack again." Then Ghost said, "Got it guardian." Then Zach continues to walk around, his rifle is pointing forward just in case if more enemies gets in the way. Suddenly he hears a tree branch crashing to the ground and that got Zach's attention. Once he pointed his rifle at the location of the sound, he hears a lot of rustling from large bundles of brush. Then, a giant goblin leaps out of the brush and starts attacking Zach. The Sunbreaker jumped out of harm's way and fired his rifle at the goblin. The fired shots hit their target, but that was not enough to put the creature down. Eventually, Zach pulls out his shotgun and fires at the Giant goblin. The double ought buck shot hits the target and that sent the goblin running away from the Sunbreaker. "Thank god I scared that guy away," he said. Then ghost asked his guardian, "What was that?" Then Zach said, "by the looks of him, and the fancy pelts he was wearing, he looked like a chieftain." Then Ghost said, "that can't be good." Then Zach said, "Because it isn't. We should find a place to put a communication beacon around a clear spot and get the hell out of here." Then Ghost said, "I agree guardian. Let's go." Then Zach moved onward to the landscape and noticed a hill a few miles away from a large waterfall. Zach points to the hill and says to his ghost, "How about that hill over there. We can deploy a beacon to signal Riley and the others." Then Ghost said, "Great idea guardian, but how are we going to get to the hill?" Then Zach said, "It would be risky to fight the current of the waterfall. But I do see a log that just fell over. That could lead us to the other side of the waterfall. However, I'm not sure if it's going to support me." Then Ghost said, "another factor is, what happens when more goblins show up?" Then Zach said, "Good point ghost. There's a lot of variables to choose, but hopefully, one of those variables doesn't get me killed." All of a sudden, Zach hears a horn blown by a goblin which signals more goblins to surround Zach. "What should we do guardian?," asked Ghost. Then Zach said, "Let's head for the log." Then Zach sprints to the log in hopes to avoid the goblin attack. Zach tries to maintain his balance on the log while quickly making his way to the other side of the waterfall. Unfortunately, some goblins were on the side that Zach needed to go, as well as the chieftain that he fought. The goblins started to walk on the log while forcing Zach to back up. While this is happening, Zach noticed the goblins behind him started to walk on the log. "Stop moving you savages," said Zach, but the goblins kept coming. The log starts to crack and bend under the sheer pressure of the goblins and Zach. Finally, the chief lets out a roar to begin the feast. After that, the chief jumps high in the air and lands next to Zach, ready to turn the Sunbreaker into his lunch. Suddenly, the log lets out a loud crack which made the goblin chief look at Zach with a worried expression. Then Zach looks up at the chief and says, "Ah, crap." Then the log splits in half, and the goblins and Zach fall. While Zach is falling, his ghost says, "Guardian, the vines." Then Zach activates his micro thrusters and outstretched his hands to grab onto one of the vines dangling from the side of the cliff. Once he clings on the vine, Zach watches the goblins crash into the ground, especially the chief. The goblin chief lands on the ground, but it wasn't expecting to see one half of the log racing down towards his stomach and the split log impaled him before he could react fast enough. "Ouch," said Ghost. Then Zach shook his head and said, "Stupid green skinned bastards, they never listen." All of a sudden, the vine that Zach grabbed on was starting to fail and once it broke, Zach starts sliding down the steep slope. Then Zach stopped sliding and landed on the ground were the goblins died from the fall. "That's real unfortunate for them," said Zach. "So much for that plan, guardian," said Ghost. Then Zach said, "Yep. Anyway, let's find another route to get to that hill." Before he could take another step, Zach starts hearing a woman humming a song. "Do you hear that?," asked Zach. "Hear what?," asked Ghost. Suddenly, Ghost hears the humming of the same woman that Zach heard. "Now I hear it," said Ghost. Zach pulls out his sidearm and says, "We should approach cautiously." Then Ghost said, "Agreed." Zach quietly approached the noise and hid behind
a tree. From there, he quickly changed his magazine to non lethal ammo and aimed at the source of the humming. Then he saw something that really caught his eyes. It wasn't a goblin, it was a woman, with long blonde hair tied to a ponytail with a hair band shaped like a flower. She also has green eyes and pointy ears. Her body was unlike anything Zach saw, a perfect hourglass shaped body with a slim belly, and large breasts, all covered up in a bikini made of various leaves and vines. Zach tried to stay focused on the mission, but he suddenly lost his way and started staring at the sexy girl. He lowered his pistol and he said to himself, "Hello beautiful." Unfortunately, the woman overheard what Zach said and spoke up, "Huh, who's there?" Suddenly, Zach hides behind the tree trying to collect himself. Once he collects himself, Zach looks back at the view, but the woman wasn't there. When Zach returned to the tree, he saw the woman right beside him. "Who are you," she asked, "You're not supposed to be here, for an outsider anyway." Then Zach said, "I apologize for any inconvenience, but I don't have any fuel on my ship to return to my home." Then the elf girl said, "Well, I'm sorry to say this, but you are not going to return to your home when I'm here." Then she reaches for her weapon, but she realizes she can't fight Zach without a weapon. Zach shakes his head and says, "It's going to be really hard to fight me when you don't have a weapon on you. I guess it's time for me to put you out of your...". All of a sudden, Zach stopped talking and starts staring at the elf's body. The elf woman suddenly takes notice and tries to make her move on him. So she puts her hands behind her head and says in a seductive voice, "What's the matter, can't get enough of my beautiful body?," and then she starts shaking her boobs from side to side. A low pitched boing is heard when her large breasts shake and bounce around. Suddenly, Zach falls into a trance and says, "You look so gorgeous. I think I might...". Before he could finish his sentence, Zach suddenly passes out in front of the sexy elf. Then the elf girl giggles and says, "And here I thought you would last longer. Since you're sleeping, I want to see what you look like without that helmet." The elf walks towards Zach and reaches for his helmet. Right when she was about to grab Zach's helmet, Ghost appears out of thin air and says to the elf, "I wouldn't do that if I were you madam." Then the elf said, "Sorry little robot, but I do what is necessary." Then she blows a mysterious electromagnetic dust at ghost and temporarily shuts him down. While Ghost is shut down, the elf girl turns Zach into a ball of pink essence and cradles the essence into her hands. Then she said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of you real well." She holds the essence next to her collarbone and readies her wings, then she flies away to her hut. Suddenly, Ghost turns back on and says, "Where is my guardian?" then he noticed the elf flying away, and he said, "Oh, don't tell me she captured him." All of a sudden, Ghost recieved a message from Riley and said, "Thank goodness you're finally able to communicate with me, General." Then Riley asked, "Alpha wolf, where the hell are you?" Then Ghost said, "Me and my guardian have landed in a strange jungle planet, my guardian is missing." Then Tanner said, "What do you mean Zach's missing?" Then Ghost said, "Some elf woman has taken him somehow, and I need to find him as soon as possible." Then Riley said, "hang on Alpha wolf, I recieved a ping from Zach's ship, we'll bring it inside the carrier, and we'll join up with you." Then Ghost said, "Affirmative general, Alpha wolf 774 signing off." When the scene cuts to the elf, she flew back to her hand built hut, and released the essence she was carrying. Suddenly, the essence releases Zach and lies to the floor of the hut. Finally, Zach begins to wake up and noticed he's inside a strange building. "Well, you're finally awake," said the elf. Then Zach said, "Where am I?" Then the elf said, "You're inside my hut. I live in this place." Then Zach looked at her and said, "Did you live in a place called Sanctuary?" Then the elf girl said, "Why did you bring that up?" Then Zach said, "I heard one of the guards saying that one of the graves is missing." Then the elf said, "I used to live there, but now, this place is my new home, and I enjoy it really well. But now, you are with me, and together, we're going to rumble in the jungle, how does that sound." Then Ghost said, "That sounds like a bad idea." Then the elf girl looked up and saw Zach's ghost next to the doorway and says, "you again? I thought I shut you down." Then Ghost said, "Only for a few seconds, thanks to me having built in mechanisms." Then the elf said, "I'm going to turn you into scrap metal." Then Zach pulls out his pistol and says to the elf, "That's not going to happen." Then the elf girl looks over and prepares to make her move on Zach again, but Zach wasn't taking any chances and fired his gun. The non lethal round hits the elf girl right in the stomach and she falls to the ground unconscious. Ghost looks at Zach and says to him, "you...you shot her." Then Zach ejects his magazine and says to his ghost, "With an icer." Then Ghost said, "I'm not going to lie guardian, but you had me worried for a second there." Then Zach said, "Don't worry about me ghost, I know what I'm doing." Suddenly, Zach and his ghost hears a loud noise from above. It was the aircraft carrier that Riley and the others climbed aboard. Riley landed on the ground next to the elf's hut, alongside the other USSO heroes. Once they landed, Zach asked them, "So what's the problem guys?" Then Riley said, "Apparently, nothing is wrong actually, but we were concerned about you buddy." Then Carlos noticed the body lying on the ground and asked Zach, "Did you shot that woman?" Then Ghost said, "yes he did, but with an icer." Then Carlos said, "Okay, I thought you killed her because we were actually looking for her." Then Zach said, "well, here she is. Anyway, did you find my ship?" Then Riley said, "It's already inside the carrier." Then Zach felt a sign of relief and said, "Thank the lord." Then Zach carried the elf and said to Riley, "Once she wakes up, I want to know about her origin." Then Riley said, "Very well then, but we are putting shock cuffs on her just in case." Then Zach said, "That's alright with me." Once they finished talking, the war heroes and Zach loaded up inside the carrier and traveled back to Sanctuary. A few minutes later after jumping into light speed, the elf girl wakes up inside a strange vessel and notices her hands are locked inside strange handcuffs. Zach walks in the room were the elf girl is inside and said to her, "Good, you're finally awake." Then the elf tried to break free from the cuffs, but the cuffs started squeezing down on her wrists, which became quite painful for her. "Don't try to break free," said Zach, "those are shock cuffs, they will only get tighter the more you move." Then the elf said, "I just realize that. Let me tell you something, where in gods name am I?" Then Zach said, "You are inside one of the USSO ships, specifically, the USS Firehawk, one of my aircraft carriers. The reason I'm here is because I want answers from you. Why are you here?" Then the elf asked, "Why should I tell you?" Then Zach takes off his helmet and sits down. Then he says, "because I heard that some strange essence has left Sanctuary and traveled into space. That might've been you. Now, were did you come from?" Then the elf girl had no choice but to come clean. She cleared her throat and began to tell her story, "Well, it started when my creator, Suguha Kirigaya, and her brother played a game called Sword art online, I was apparently Suguha's avatar, and I had a few skills that not even the best players had, I can see and type a certain code and I can utilize flight, as you know." Then Zach said, "Yeah, but I was unconscious for a little bit and you turned me into a pink ball." Then the elf said, "Sorry about that. Anyway continuing on with my story, I was a master of the fairy dance. It was pretty cool, but that game had a serious problem. If you die in the game, you die in real life." Then Zach shook his head and says, "That's not right." Then the elf said, "it's messed up, I know. That's why I made the ultimate mistake and paid the price. I died, same with my creator. And that's pretty much all I know." Then Zach said, "I understand how some of your creators friends feel. I lost some good friends too." Then the elf said, "You lost some friends? Are you saying?" Then Zach said, "When Dominus Ghaul attacked the last city, I lost some of my best friends, James for example, he was a pretty good hunter, and he always carried a powerful revolver called Hawkmoon." Then the elf girl said, "I'm sorry for your losses." Then Zach said, "Thank you for understanding my pain." Then the elf said, "You're welcome." Then Riley speaks through the comms relay on the carrier, "we will be approaching Sanctuary in 5 minutes." Then Zach said to Riley, "Copy that, General." Then Zach turns back to the elf girl and says to her, "I've been tasked to find someone to love, but I have been quite blunt today. I'm hoping you would like to be my guest." Then the elf said, "actually, I've been thinking about it when you landed on my home, I'll accept your request." Then Zach said, "Excellent, but before we get crazy on each other, we should know each other first." Then the elf girl said, "Smart thinking, but can you take off these cuffs first?" Then Zach said, "sure thing, but I am optimistic about you trying to attack me." Then the elf said, "No, I'm done for the day." Then Zach deactivated the shock cuffs on the elf's wrists and introduced himself, "Zach Huehn, United States Space Operations." Then the elf introduced herself as well, "Leafa." Then Zach said, "That's a lovely name." Then Leafa blushes and says, "Thanks for the compliment, Zach." Then Zach smiles and says, "No problem, Leafa."
Once the firehawk existed light speed, it returns to Sanctuary to offload the soldiers inside, as well as Zach's ship. Riley said to Zach, "Next time, let us know if you're going to run off like that again, okay?" Then Zach said, "I apologize General." Then Riley said, "It's alright, we're just worried about you. You are the best soldier in the USSO, I would hate to see you fall in combat." Then the townspeople gathered around and noticed the person that was resurrected. Then one of the Cemetery guards said, "so that's the person that decided to leave our grave." Leafa giggles and says, "I decided to take on a better role than just lie down inside a coffin." Then Ikora said, "I'm not sure if you made that choice, I think it was the traveler that brought you back." Then Leafa said to Ikora, "Then I'm glad to have the giant white ball in the sky to bring me back." Then Ikora continued, "I realize that you sacrificed yourself to save your friends, but times are different now. Now that you have returned, do you want to protect humanity and the traveler." Then Leafa smiled and said, "I'm willing to fight not only for you and Sanctuary, but also for him," then Leafa points to Zach. Then Zavala said, "Very well then, just don't embarrass him." Then Zach stepped up and said, "don't worry Commander, if she starts getting out of control, I'll take care of the problem." Then Leafa said, "I'm not sure if you'll take care of yourself like the time you met me earlier." Then Raymond said, "I don't wanna know." Then Zach said, "Trust me Corporal, you don't." Then the heroes start laughing at the joke. Once they collected themselves, Zach said to Ariadoa, "You told me to find someone to love, I think I found that person." Then Ariadoa smiles and says, "I hope you and Leafa will get along with each other." Then Leafa said, "I hope so too." Then Zach and Leafa head for the Slums to snag some sleep.
Epilogue
Once Zach and Leafa entered the Slums, Zach says to Leafa, "Honestly you look really nice." Then Leafa said, "I know I'm gorgeous and all, but I think I should wear something better than my leaf bikini." Then Zach said, "Don't worry, tomorrow morning, I'll make some contacts to get you properly suited up for whatever lies ahead." Then Leafa said, "That sounds like a plan, Zach." Then Zach said, "Excellent, but right now, let's get some sleep, I'm pretty tired." Then Leafa smiles and says, "You aren't the only one who needs to rest." After the conversation, Zach and Leafa prepare themselves for a busy day by sunrise.
End of episode 4.
Prologue
Sanctuary is quiet throughout the night, and a full moon brightens the night sky. The scene traverses to the memorial of fallen heroes and a particular grave is shown. The grave is weathered and moss covered but inside lays a particular character. All of a sudden, strange essence rises from the earth and floats freely in the starry night. The essence travels far into the depths of space and arrives in a remote planet. The essence lands on a stone bed and begins to form the shape of a woman. The women's essence suddenly forms her skin, her hair, her eyes, every part of her body is shaped like it used to be. While her body is forming, various plants and vines shaped her clothes. Once her body was complete, the woman let out a gasp of air, and the scene cuts to black.
Project Crossover episode 4: Leafa
A day after the recon mission he completed, Zach woke up to admire the sunshine. He enjoys the view of the traveler and the city from his bedroom window. Suddenly, he hears a knock on his door. Once Zach walked up and opened the door, he saw Ariadoa once again. "Good morning Ariadoa," he says. "Good morning to you as well Zachary," said Ariadoa, "would you like some breakfast?" Then Zach smiles and says, "Sure." Once Zach got dressed, he walks downstairs to the kitchen and noticed Tanner cooking up some pancakes for the Sunbreaker. "Mmn, pancakes," said Zach. Tanner laughs and says, "Make sure to save some for the rest of us, alright?" Then Zach says, "Fair enough." Then Zach sits down on a chair while Tanner places two hot and ready pancakes on Zach's plate. While Zach applies butter and syrup on his breakfast, he notices Ariadoa pouring coffee into her teacup. Then she sits on her chair, and sips her coffee. "I'm astonished that you were able to complete yesterday's mission," said Ariadoa. Zach chuckled and said, "It's amazing what people can do with the light." "And superior military hardware," said Tanner. Ariadoa giggles and says, "I've never had any doubts about you guys and all of you are amazing." Ariadoa puts her teacup on a coaster and continues talking, "Zach, yesterday I heard you mentioning that completing yesterday's assignment was the beginning of life in this place." Zach nods his head and says, "Yep, that's correct." Then Ariadoa says, "Good to know, because I have important news to tell you." "I'm listening," said Zach. Then Ariadoa said, "Your next step in Sanctuary is to find someone to fall in love with." Suddenly Zach recoiled and says, "Oh boy." Tanner says to Zach, "Hey, it's some advice for you buddy. Besides, When you and Lefteris came here, Lefteris fell in love with Lucy." Then Zach says, "Yeah, and he passed out seeing her. Hopefully, when I do find someone, I don't pass out like Lefteris." Ariadoa giggles and sips her coffee. Once Zach finished his breakfast, he got dressed for the day and heads to the city bazaar. From there, Zach noticed Sean talking to a woman. So Zach walks up and says, "Morning Sean." Then Sean says, "Oh, good morning Zach." Then Zach asks Sean, "Who's this lady?" Then the lady introduces herself, "My name is Tifa Lockhart." Then Zach recognized her, "Oh yeah, you're one of the girls from final fantasy." "Obviously," said Sean. Then Zach and Tifa shakes hands and he says, "Nice to meet you Tifa." "Nice to meet you too Zach," said Tifa. Then Zach walks over to Lefteris and Lucy and noticed the two holding hands together. "Hey there lovebirds," said Zach. After what Zach said, Lucy blushes and Lefteris says, "Hey comrade, glad you could make it." Then Zach said, "Yeah, same here." Then Lucy said, "So Zach, did Ariadoa told you to find someone to set your eyes on?" Then Zach nods his head and says to Lucy, "Unfortunately, yes. I am not looking forward to this one." Then Lefteris breaks a smile and says to his buddy, "Come on man, love is not really that bad." But Zach was not taking notice and says to Lefteris and Lucy, "Love is a dangerous game. I won't accept it." After that, Zach leaves the bazaar. Then Lucy looks at Lefteris and says, "He's got to find someone to love eventually." Then Lefteris said, "I sure hope he does find someone." Then a man wearing a black shirt, a brown vest, and a pair of jeans walks up to Lefteris and Lucy and asked them, "What's going on here?" Then Lefteris said to the person, "Zach is not accepting any love for a girl right now." Then the man said, "That's unfortunate. Zach can be stubborn for some things at times but all and all, he is pretty cool with everything." Then Lucy asked, "By the way, what's your name?" Then the man introduced himself, "Glad you asked that question Lucy. Raymond Shawn, United States Space Operations. I'm a scout for the USSO and also for this beautiful city of Sanctuary." Lefteris outstretched his hand and said, "Nice to meet you Raymond." Then Raymond shook Lefteris's hand and said, "Good to meet you too Lefteris. I've heard a lot about you on social media. You are quite the anime lover." "Same with martial arts," said Lefteris. When the scene cuts back to Zach, he walks to the courtyard and sees Carlos and Tanner talking about the recon mission they completed. "Hey boys," said Zach. Then Carlos waved at Zach and Tanner said to Zach, "What's up dude." Then Zach says to Tanner, "not much. Just trying to survive today." Then Carlos chuckled and said, "Yeah I don't blame you Zach." While Zach was talking to his military friends, two pretty women walked up and said to the Sunbreaker, "Good morning Zach." Then Zach says, "morning ladies, how are you?" One of the ladies said, "not too bad, we're just enjoying the day." Then Zach says, "It's beautiful isn't it." Then the woman with black hair said, "Boy, its gorgeous out here." Then Zach focused back to the women and said to them, "Anyway, who are you guys, I just want to know who you are." Then the blonde girl said, "I'm Atago and this is my sister, Takao." Then Carlos said, "Interesting, you two are named after two Japanese battleships with the same names." Takao spoke up to Carlos, "That's correct." All of a sudden Atago and Takao surrounded Zach and Atago said, "We just want to thank you and your USSO buddies for helping Sanctuary out, we appreciate the help." Then Atago and Takao pressed their large breasts to Zach, one girl on each side of the Sunbreaker's body to make their move on him. However, Zach was getting really angry with the two women, so he yelled, "Get off of me now!," and freed himself. Atago said, "Sorry, but we just want to wish you good luck." Then Zach says in an angry tone, "Not like that you won't." Then Tanner spoke up and said, "Hey Zach, can we talk for a minute?" Then Zach said, "Okay, sure." Then Carlos says to Atago and Takao, "Sorry ladies, we'll be back." Then Takao said, "It's alright, take your time." Once they left, Zach, Carlos, and Tanner walked to the entrance to the armory and Carlos said, "What's wrong with you Zach, did you get any sleep today?" Then Zach said, "Of course I got some damn sleep. I apologize for the attitude, but I just don't want to be in a relationship with anyone right now." Then Tanner said, "Zach, I know you said that love is a dangerous game, but you must remember what I said to you earlier today, it's some really good advice for you. If you do set your eyes on a girl, try to take it nice and slow, get to know each other, then once the time is right, you might be on the doorway to marriage." All of a sudden, the cemetery guards rushed to the courtyard and shouted, "One of our graves is missing!" Then the townspeople rushed to the cemetery to find out what particular grave is missing. Then Carlos patted Zach's shoulder and said, "Come on, we need to find out who is missing." Once Carlos and Tanner left, Zach decided, it was time to leave Sanctuary. So he went straight to the hangar to ready his ship. While Zach was preparing his ship for the escape, the town of Sanctuary was trying to find a missing coffin. Then Carlos saw the gravestone lying on the ground. The gravestone was moss covered, but had a particular face of a woman. Carlos said, "Hey Zach, do you know this person?" But when Carlos turned around, Zach wasn't with him and Tanner. All of a sudden, Carlos asked Tanner, "were did he go?" Then Tanner said, "I don't know." Then the cemetery guard asked Carlos, "Where did who go?" Suddenly, the residents of Sanctuary heard the sound of flying engines racing off in the sky. "Oh no," said Carlos, "he's leaving?" Then Riley raced off to the hangar and notified the air traffic control tower to arm the disruptor cannon, which can disable ships without completely destroying it. Once they powered up the disruptor, it was too late. Suddenly, Zach's ship travels into light speed and flies away. "Dammit!," yelled Riley. Then General Riley says to the rest of his forces, "all units, Zach has evacuated Sanctuary. Find him and bring him back." Then Carlos intercepted Riley's comms and said, "Affirmative General. Were on our way." Then Lefteris rushed up to Carlos and asked him, "What the hell happened?" Then Carlos said, "Zach decided to leave Sanctuary, and now we have to bring him back." Suddenly Lefteris became worried about the situation and asked Raymond, "What's going to happen to Zach?" Then Raymond said, "Nothing is going to happen to him Lefteris, we're just concerned about him. He's a tough man, I'm pretty sure he'll survive whatever he's doing." Then Lefteris calmed down and said, "Alright, just bring him back home okay?" Then Tanner said, "Will do." After the brief conversation, the war heroes loaded up inside a USSO aircraft carrier to pick up Zach's ship once they find it. But the aircraft carrier was not alone, in case if they find Zach around unknown territory, the aircraft carrier is supported by destroyers. Once the ships are ready, they powered up the hyperdrive and launched into space. Meanwhile, Zach is still flying in light speed, trying to find his real home. While Zach is traveling, his ghost appears out of thin air and says to him, "Guardian, are you crazy? Sanctuary needs your help." Then Zach says in an angry tone, "At this point, I don't care about Sanctuary anymore. I don't need love for anything important. I'm going to find my real home, earth." Then ghost said, "I don't know if you can find the milky way to get back home." Then Zach said, "the universe is a very large area, I'm sure I'll find it." Suddenly, Zach's ship displays a flashing red light to let Zach know he is approaching planetside. Then Zach smirks and says, "Finally, I hope this is the right place." But when he disengaged the hyperdrive, he sees an asteroid belt surrounding his ship. "Maybe not!," yelled Zach. Then Zach steered his ship to the right, trying his best to avoid the asteroids within the belt. Suddenly, Zach also had to steer his ship to the left, to avoid another asteroid. Then Zach notices a planet within the outside of the asteroid belt. "That doesn't look like earth," said ghost. "Who cares," said Zach, "I wanna check this place out." Then ghost shakes itself from side to side, mimicking the head movements of someone shaking their head no and saying, "I am not looking forward to this." Then ghost disappears and Zach attempts to land on the planet. However, Zach didn't realize that once he left Sanctuary, his ship was low on fuel, making this landing very risky. Zach eventually entered the planet's atmosphere and despite the fuel tanks running empty, he landed on an elevated landscape, large enough to support the weight of his ship. "Did we make it?," asked Ghost. "Yep, we made it," said Zach. Then Zach noticed his fuel gauge and saw how little fuel was left. "Maybe I should check on my fuel level before we head out next time," said Zach. Then ghost said, "That would've been a wiser choice." After the brief fiasco, Zach warped out of the ship and looked around his landing zone. A remote but beautiful jungle landscape surrounded Zach and he actually fell to his knees to admire the beautiful view of the lush planet. Once he got back on his feet, Zach tried to contact Allen Riley, but there was no response. "This is an unoccupied area guardian," said Zach's ghost, "We can't contact anyone here until we find an emergency broadcast somewhere." Then Zach said, "Let's keep trying ghost. I hope they will contact us eventually." Then Ghost said, "In a remote environment like this, I am not sure if we can contact anyone." Then Zach heard some rustling in some jungle ferns. "Did you hear that," asked ghost. "I sure did," said Zach. Then Zach armed his rifle and investigated around the area. Once he got close to the ferns, strange green skinned men jumped out of the ferns and swung their clubs in the air to threaten the Sunbreaker. Then Zach aimed his rifle at his target and said, "I have a bad feeling about this." Suddenly, the short green people charged at Zach with their clubs and tried to attack him, but they were no match for him. Zach fired his rifle at the green skinned people, taking them out with great precision. After the attack, Zach's ghost appeared and checked out the strange creatures. "Strange," said ghost, "These creatures aren't like anything I've seen before." Then Zach says to his ghost, "they're goblins." Then Ghost asked Zach, "Goblins?" "They may be small, but they hunt in large packs," said Zach, "and also, they can ambush people like myself, but right now, I'm still standing." Then ghost asked, "How do you know about these things?" Then Zach smirks and says, "I've been doing some research, before you found me in the Cosmodrome." Then Ghost said, "Oh, that makes sense now guardian. Lets get moving." "I agree," said Zach. After the conversation, Zach's ghost dissapeared and Zach starts roaming around the remote jungle. After a few minutes of wandering around, he saw something running from an elevated patch of ground. "Was that another goblin?," asked Ghost. Then Zach said, "I'm not sure, that looked a lot taller than a goblin. Anyway, let me know if any more of those things attack again." Then Ghost said, "Got it guardian." Then Zach continues to walk around, his rifle is pointing forward just in case if more enemies gets in the way. Suddenly he hears a tree branch crashing to the ground and that got Zach's attention. Once he pointed his rifle at the location of the sound, he hears a lot of rustling from large bundles of brush. Then, a giant goblin leaps out of the brush and starts attacking Zach. The Sunbreaker jumped out of harm's way and fired his rifle at the goblin. The fired shots hit their target, but that was not enough to put the creature down. Eventually, Zach pulls out his shotgun and fires at the Giant goblin. The double ought buck shot hits the target and that sent the goblin running away from the Sunbreaker. "Thank god I scared that guy away," he said. Then ghost asked his guardian, "What was that?" Then Zach said, "by the looks of him, and the fancy pelts he was wearing, he looked like a chieftain." Then Ghost said, "that can't be good." Then Zach said, "Because it isn't. We should find a place to put a communication beacon around a clear spot and get the hell out of here." Then Ghost said, "I agree guardian. Let's go." Then Zach moved onward to the landscape and noticed a hill a few miles away from a large waterfall. Zach points to the hill and says to his ghost, "How about that hill over there. We can deploy a beacon to signal Riley and the others." Then Ghost said, "Great idea guardian, but how are we going to get to the hill?" Then Zach said, "It would be risky to fight the current of the waterfall. But I do see a log that just fell over. That could lead us to the other side of the waterfall. However, I'm not sure if it's going to support me." Then Ghost said, "another factor is, what happens when more goblins show up?" Then Zach said, "Good point ghost. There's a lot of variables to choose, but hopefully, one of those variables doesn't get me killed." All of a sudden, Zach hears a horn blown by a goblin which signals more goblins to surround Zach. "What should we do guardian?," asked Ghost. Then Zach said, "Let's head for the log." Then Zach sprints to the log in hopes to avoid the goblin attack. Zach tries to maintain his balance on the log while quickly making his way to the other side of the waterfall. Unfortunately, some goblins were on the side that Zach needed to go, as well as the chieftain that he fought. The goblins started to walk on the log while forcing Zach to back up. While this is happening, Zach noticed the goblins behind him started to walk on the log. "Stop moving you savages," said Zach, but the goblins kept coming. The log starts to crack and bend under the sheer pressure of the goblins and Zach. Finally, the chief lets out a roar to begin the feast. After that, the chief jumps high in the air and lands next to Zach, ready to turn the Sunbreaker into his lunch. Suddenly, the log lets out a loud crack which made the goblin chief look at Zach with a worried expression. Then Zach looks up at the chief and says, "Ah, crap." Then the log splits in half, and the goblins and Zach fall. While Zach is falling, his ghost says, "Guardian, the vines." Then Zach activates his micro thrusters and outstretched his hands to grab onto one of the vines dangling from the side of the cliff. Once he clings on the vine, Zach watches the goblins crash into the ground, especially the chief. The goblin chief lands on the ground, but it wasn't expecting to see one half of the log racing down towards his stomach and the split log impaled him before he could react fast enough. "Ouch," said Ghost. Then Zach shook his head and said, "Stupid green skinned bastards, they never listen." All of a sudden, the vine that Zach grabbed on was starting to fail and once it broke, Zach starts sliding down the steep slope. Then Zach stopped sliding and landed on the ground were the goblins died from the fall. "That's real unfortunate for them," said Zach. "So much for that plan, guardian," said Ghost. Then Zach said, "Yep. Anyway, let's find another route to get to that hill." Before he could take another step, Zach starts hearing a woman humming a song. "Do you hear that?," asked Zach. "Hear what?," asked Ghost. Suddenly, Ghost hears the humming of the same woman that Zach heard. "Now I hear it," said Ghost. Zach pulls out his sidearm and says, "We should approach cautiously." Then Ghost said, "Agreed." Zach quietly approached the noise and hid behind
a tree. From there, he quickly changed his magazine to non lethal ammo and aimed at the source of the humming. Then he saw something that really caught his eyes. It wasn't a goblin, it was a woman, with long blonde hair tied to a ponytail with a hair band shaped like a flower. She also has green eyes and pointy ears. Her body was unlike anything Zach saw, a perfect hourglass shaped body with a slim belly, and large breasts, all covered up in a bikini made of various leaves and vines. Zach tried to stay focused on the mission, but he suddenly lost his way and started staring at the sexy girl. He lowered his pistol and he said to himself, "Hello beautiful." Unfortunately, the woman overheard what Zach said and spoke up, "Huh, who's there?" Suddenly, Zach hides behind the tree trying to collect himself. Once he collects himself, Zach looks back at the view, but the woman wasn't there. When Zach returned to the tree, he saw the woman right beside him. "Who are you," she asked, "You're not supposed to be here, for an outsider anyway." Then Zach said, "I apologize for any inconvenience, but I don't have any fuel on my ship to return to my home." Then the elf girl said, "Well, I'm sorry to say this, but you are not going to return to your home when I'm here." Then she reaches for her weapon, but she realizes she can't fight Zach without a weapon. Zach shakes his head and says, "It's going to be really hard to fight me when you don't have a weapon on you. I guess it's time for me to put you out of your...". All of a sudden, Zach stopped talking and starts staring at the elf's body. The elf woman suddenly takes notice and tries to make her move on him. So she puts her hands behind her head and says in a seductive voice, "What's the matter, can't get enough of my beautiful body?," and then she starts shaking her boobs from side to side. A low pitched boing is heard when her large breasts shake and bounce around. Suddenly, Zach falls into a trance and says, "You look so gorgeous. I think I might...". Before he could finish his sentence, Zach suddenly passes out in front of the sexy elf. Then the elf girl giggles and says, "And here I thought you would last longer. Since you're sleeping, I want to see what you look like without that helmet." The elf walks towards Zach and reaches for his helmet. Right when she was about to grab Zach's helmet, Ghost appears out of thin air and says to the elf, "I wouldn't do that if I were you madam." Then the elf said, "Sorry little robot, but I do what is necessary." Then she blows a mysterious electromagnetic dust at ghost and temporarily shuts him down. While Ghost is shut down, the elf girl turns Zach into a ball of pink essence and cradles the essence into her hands. Then she said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of you real well." She holds the essence next to her collarbone and readies her wings, then she flies away to her hut. Suddenly, Ghost turns back on and says, "Where is my guardian?" then he noticed the elf flying away, and he said, "Oh, don't tell me she captured him." All of a sudden, Ghost recieved a message from Riley and said, "Thank goodness you're finally able to communicate with me, General." Then Riley asked, "Alpha wolf, where the hell are you?" Then Ghost said, "Me and my guardian have landed in a strange jungle planet, my guardian is missing." Then Tanner said, "What do you mean Zach's missing?" Then Ghost said, "Some elf woman has taken him somehow, and I need to find him as soon as possible." Then Riley said, "hang on Alpha wolf, I recieved a ping from Zach's ship, we'll bring it inside the carrier, and we'll join up with you." Then Ghost said, "Affirmative general, Alpha wolf 774 signing off." When the scene cuts to the elf, she flew back to her hand built hut, and released the essence she was carrying. Suddenly, the essence releases Zach and lies to the floor of the hut. Finally, Zach begins to wake up and noticed he's inside a strange building. "Well, you're finally awake," said the elf. Then Zach said, "Where am I?" Then the elf said, "You're inside my hut. I live in this place." Then Zach looked at her and said, "Did you live in a place called Sanctuary?" Then the elf girl said, "Why did you bring that up?" Then Zach said, "I heard one of the guards saying that one of the graves is missing." Then the elf said, "I used to live there, but now, this place is my new home, and I enjoy it really well. But now, you are with me, and together, we're going to rumble in the jungle, how does that sound." Then Ghost said, "That sounds like a bad idea." Then the elf girl looked up and saw Zach's ghost next to the doorway and says, "you again? I thought I shut you down." Then Ghost said, "Only for a few seconds, thanks to me having built in mechanisms." Then the elf said, "I'm going to turn you into scrap metal." Then Zach pulls out his pistol and says to the elf, "That's not going to happen." Then the elf girl looks over and prepares to make her move on Zach again, but Zach wasn't taking any chances and fired his gun. The non lethal round hits the elf girl right in the stomach and she falls to the ground unconscious. Ghost looks at Zach and says to him, "you...you shot her." Then Zach ejects his magazine and says to his ghost, "With an icer." Then Ghost said, "I'm not going to lie guardian, but you had me worried for a second there." Then Zach said, "Don't worry about me ghost, I know what I'm doing." Suddenly, Zach and his ghost hears a loud noise from above. It was the aircraft carrier that Riley and the others climbed aboard. Riley landed on the ground next to the elf's hut, alongside the other USSO heroes. Once they landed, Zach asked them, "So what's the problem guys?" Then Riley said, "Apparently, nothing is wrong actually, but we were concerned about you buddy." Then Carlos noticed the body lying on the ground and asked Zach, "Did you shot that woman?" Then Ghost said, "yes he did, but with an icer." Then Carlos said, "Okay, I thought you killed her because we were actually looking for her." Then Zach said, "well, here she is. Anyway, did you find my ship?" Then Riley said, "It's already inside the carrier." Then Zach felt a sign of relief and said, "Thank the lord." Then Zach carried the elf and said to Riley, "Once she wakes up, I want to know about her origin." Then Riley said, "Very well then, but we are putting shock cuffs on her just in case." Then Zach said, "That's alright with me." Once they finished talking, the war heroes and Zach loaded up inside the carrier and traveled back to Sanctuary. A few minutes later after jumping into light speed, the elf girl wakes up inside a strange vessel and notices her hands are locked inside strange handcuffs. Zach walks in the room were the elf girl is inside and said to her, "Good, you're finally awake." Then the elf tried to break free from the cuffs, but the cuffs started squeezing down on her wrists, which became quite painful for her. "Don't try to break free," said Zach, "those are shock cuffs, they will only get tighter the more you move." Then the elf said, "I just realize that. Let me tell you something, where in gods name am I?" Then Zach said, "You are inside one of the USSO ships, specifically, the USS Firehawk, one of my aircraft carriers. The reason I'm here is because I want answers from you. Why are you here?" Then the elf asked, "Why should I tell you?" Then Zach takes off his helmet and sits down. Then he says, "because I heard that some strange essence has left Sanctuary and traveled into space. That might've been you. Now, were did you come from?" Then the elf girl had no choice but to come clean. She cleared her throat and began to tell her story, "Well, it started when my creator, Suguha Kirigaya, and her brother played a game called Sword art online, I was apparently Suguha's avatar, and I had a few skills that not even the best players had, I can see and type a certain code and I can utilize flight, as you know." Then Zach said, "Yeah, but I was unconscious for a little bit and you turned me into a pink ball." Then the elf said, "Sorry about that. Anyway continuing on with my story, I was a master of the fairy dance. It was pretty cool, but that game had a serious problem. If you die in the game, you die in real life." Then Zach shook his head and says, "That's not right." Then the elf said, "it's messed up, I know. That's why I made the ultimate mistake and paid the price. I died, same with my creator. And that's pretty much all I know." Then Zach said, "I understand how some of your creators friends feel. I lost some good friends too." Then the elf said, "You lost some friends? Are you saying?" Then Zach said, "When Dominus Ghaul attacked the last city, I lost some of my best friends, James for example, he was a pretty good hunter, and he always carried a powerful revolver called Hawkmoon." Then the elf girl said, "I'm sorry for your losses." Then Zach said, "Thank you for understanding my pain." Then the elf said, "You're welcome." Then Riley speaks through the comms relay on the carrier, "we will be approaching Sanctuary in 5 minutes." Then Zach said to Riley, "Copy that, General." Then Zach turns back to the elf girl and says to her, "I've been tasked to find someone to love, but I have been quite blunt today. I'm hoping you would like to be my guest." Then the elf said, "actually, I've been thinking about it when you landed on my home, I'll accept your request." Then Zach said, "Excellent, but before we get crazy on each other, we should know each other first." Then the elf girl said, "Smart thinking, but can you take off these cuffs first?" Then Zach said, "sure thing, but I am optimistic about you trying to attack me." Then the elf said, "No, I'm done for the day." Then Zach deactivated the shock cuffs on the elf's wrists and introduced himself, "Zach Huehn, United States Space Operations." Then the elf introduced herself as well, "Leafa." Then Zach said, "That's a lovely name." Then Leafa blushes and says, "Thanks for the compliment, Zach." Then Zach smiles and says, "No problem, Leafa."
Once the firehawk existed light speed, it returns to Sanctuary to offload the soldiers inside, as well as Zach's ship. Riley said to Zach, "Next time, let us know if you're going to run off like that again, okay?" Then Zach said, "I apologize General." Then Riley said, "It's alright, we're just worried about you. You are the best soldier in the USSO, I would hate to see you fall in combat." Then the townspeople gathered around and noticed the person that was resurrected. Then one of the Cemetery guards said, "so that's the person that decided to leave our grave." Leafa giggles and says, "I decided to take on a better role than just lie down inside a coffin." Then Ikora said, "I'm not sure if you made that choice, I think it was the traveler that brought you back." Then Leafa said to Ikora, "Then I'm glad to have the giant white ball in the sky to bring me back." Then Ikora continued, "I realize that you sacrificed yourself to save your friends, but times are different now. Now that you have returned, do you want to protect humanity and the traveler." Then Leafa smiled and said, "I'm willing to fight not only for you and Sanctuary, but also for him," then Leafa points to Zach. Then Zavala said, "Very well then, just don't embarrass him." Then Zach stepped up and said, "don't worry Commander, if she starts getting out of control, I'll take care of the problem." Then Leafa said, "I'm not sure if you'll take care of yourself like the time you met me earlier." Then Raymond said, "I don't wanna know." Then Zach said, "Trust me Corporal, you don't." Then the heroes start laughing at the joke. Once they collected themselves, Zach said to Ariadoa, "You told me to find someone to love, I think I found that person." Then Ariadoa smiles and says, "I hope you and Leafa will get along with each other." Then Leafa said, "I hope so too." Then Zach and Leafa head for the Slums to snag some sleep.
Epilogue
Once Zach and Leafa entered the Slums, Zach says to Leafa, "Honestly you look really nice." Then Leafa said, "I know I'm gorgeous and all, but I think I should wear something better than my leaf bikini." Then Zach said, "Don't worry, tomorrow morning, I'll make some contacts to get you properly suited up for whatever lies ahead." Then Leafa said, "That sounds like a plan, Zach." Then Zach said, "Excellent, but right now, let's get some sleep, I'm pretty tired." Then Leafa smiles and says, "You aren't the only one who needs to rest." After the conversation, Zach and Leafa prepare themselves for a busy day by sunrise.
End of episode 4.
