“Are you sure this food will be enough, Roger?” Jin-Woo asked, looking at the food that Roger had brought to the barbeque. “If you could have told me to bring food alongside the drinks.”
“Jin-Woo, the others have not shown up yet, maybe they are bringing more food.” Yuri said. “Roger, you know my brother is a glutton, yet he doesn’t gain weight.”
“You’re right he always eats too much and never gains weight.” Roger agreed with Yuri. “How do you do it? Do you do extra training?”
“Nope, the only training I do is the one we do.” Jin-Woo answered.
“Also, I noticed that lately you’re becoming stronger at a fast pace.” Roger commented. “Ever since we came back from Muna your growth accelerated.”
“Desserts and vegetables have arrived.” Aria said as she arrived. “The store was busy. I also brought some snacks.”
“And I have brought lots of meat.” Nicole said, arriving behind Aria. “Wait, I don’t think we have plates, cups, nor any utensils.”
“I figured you guys would forget them, so I grabbed some from the store. I also bought some condiments.” Oliver said, walking towards the table and putting down his bags.
“How did you even know to do that?” Jin-Woo asked.
“In the group chat, no one mentioned they were bringing them.” Oliver replied.
“Then why didn’t you say anything if you noticed?’ Yuri questioned.
“I was going to say something, but I forgot because I was working on these.” Oliver responded as he opened his duffle bag and took out five Elemental Guns. “There is one for everyone!”
“This is great, thanks Oliver!” Jin-Woo was excited as he grabbed his Elemental Gun. “I didn’t think you would make me one so soon.”
“I never thought you would give me one of these.” Roger said, as he examined his Elemental Gun.
“This is great! More firepower!” Nicole was excited. “I finally have another use for my stock of Magic Stones. Thank you, Oliver!”
“A great weapon at our disposal, I believe Platoon 12 now should be one of the strongest platoons on Lunaria.” Aria said while getting a feel for her new weapon. “The one you hastily made on Muna was amazing and now that powerful weapon belongs to me too. You’re incredible, Oliver! I didn’t think you would have enough time to make them by today!”
“Cool, I am going to test it out!” Yuri quickly took out a few Shadow Magic Stones from her pockets and put them into the Elemental Gun and shot at a rock. In less than a second a black blast hit the rock and it was blown into pieces. Everyone was looking at Yuri with shocked expressions. “It feels a bit more powerful than the other one.”
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“YURI!!” Jin-Woo yelled. “What were you thinking!?”
“I just wanted to test it out, brother!” Yuri responded while trying to look innocent and cute.
“Don’t get too mad at Yuri, Jin-Woo. She is just having fun, and no one got hurt.” Oliver said.
“Alright, but Yuri don’t do anything like that again.” Jin-Woo said.
“I won’t!” Yuri said, giving him a thumbs up.
“Time to cook!!” Roger said enthusiastically. “I am starving!”
Oliver took out the meat and vegetables and placed them on the table. Aria and Jin-Woo began cutting the meat, while Nicole and Yuri prepared the vegetables. Roger put some charcoal on the grill and used Fire Magic to start a fire to let the grill heat up while the others took care of preparing the ingredients. By the time the ingredients were prepared, the grill was hot, and Roger began grilling.
“Oliver, come here. The first steak is yours!” Roger loudly said. “Those Elemental Guns will help us a lot!”
“Alright!” Oliver approached Roger with his plate and Roger placed a juicy steak on Oliver’s plate. “This looks and smells really good.”
“Let me also give you some vegetables.” Roger said as he placed some grilled corn and grilled zucchini on Oliver’s plate. “Enjoy!”
Oliver went back to the table and sat down. He put some of the sauce they had made earlier on his steak. He began to slowly eat the steak to fully savor it.
“That’s what I call a good steak!” Oliver exclaimed. “You really outdid yourself!”
“That’s my special seasoning and grilling skills for you. HAHAHAHA!” Roger was laughing. “The next few are ready, Yuri, Nicole, Aria, and Jin-Woo come for your steaks!”
“One by one the rest of the group grabbed their steaks and began eating. Roger began eating after he had finished grilling all the steaks. After eating their first steak everyone grabbed a second.
“Have you heard that Governor Li is going to run for President of Lunaria?” Roger asked.
“Xiao Li the governor of Twilight District?” Oliver asked.
“Yeah, the governor of our District.” Roger replied.
“That man, huh?” Jin-Woo clenched his fists, and he had a complicated expression. “Well, it makes sense he would.”
“Of course, that man would!!” Yuri said sharply, her face full of fury.
“Something wrong, Yuri?” Aria asked.
“I just don’t like that man!” Yuri answered as she looked at the ground. “Please don’t bring him up.”
“Sorry, I didn’t know.” Roger apologized. “It looks like I ruined the mood. I guess this is why my Mom says I sometimes lack consideration.”
“It’s not your fault, I just had never said anything about that before.” Yuri said.
Roger’s phone began ringing and when he saw the caller ID, Roger’s expressions turned into one of surprise. And he answered his phone urgently.
“Hello, Colonel Miyamoto. Is something wrong?” Roger asked. As Roger began listening to Colonel Miyamoto his expression became grimmer. “We’ll be there as soon as possible. We’ll do everything we can, and we will not fail.”
“What’s going on, Roger?” Aria asked.
“What did my dad say?” Nicole questioned.
“Sol City High School has been occupied by the terrorist organization Sukui and they have taken the students as hostages.” Roger answered with a grim tone.
“Sukui is making another attack!? My little brother is there right now!” Oliver said in a desperate tone. His face had an expression of anguish. “Damn it all!!”
“Mei is also there! I know she is scared and crying!” Aria was distraught. “What is my little sister going through?”
“Aria, Oliver pull yourselves together! You are soldiers!” Roger said in a commanding tone. “Our mission is to go there and save the students, even though you’re not officially part of Platoon 12 you’re also coming, Oliver!”
“What’s the plan?” Jin-Woo asked.
“They have two Moon Units, so Aria and Nicole head back to the hangar, get your Moon Units and head to the high school. Yuri and Oliver, you two are going to sneak into the school and try to keep the students safe from within. Jin-Woo, you, and I will go to the front of the school and assess how we can attack them from the front.” Roger commanded. “I hope we can solve this without a problem. Be careful when using the Elemental Guns as they could do more damage than expected.”
“YES SIR!!” Everyone responded.
The group quickly ran towards their vehicles. Before heading out Yuri put a barrier around everyone’s stuff. Oliver took Yuri on his motorcycle, and they sped off towards Sol City High School as fast as his motorcycle could go.