the coalition episode 1 part 4

(the guardpost, meeting room)

the meeting room was rather standard, at least when compared to the rest of the ship. That is to say, it still looks like the J J Abrams star trek movies had a glorious lovechild with cowboy bebop, but it looked more...to the point, as it were. There was a large window overlooking earth to the right, and a large round table in the middle. At the table sat three people, one was shantae, sitting at the table with both of her feet crossed, trying her best to be patient, the second was cole mcgrath ( I'm done with describing people for you ninnies, if you don't know what they look like, it's called google) who sat with his feet propped up, scowling intensely at how long it was taking their new boss to show up, and finally we have shovel knight, who was sitting much more patiently than the others, sipping on a cup of tea through a small door in his helmet, revealing his mouth. Unfortunately, the waiting finally got to shantae, who stood up and slammed her hands on the desk

shantae: ugh! I'm BOOOOOOORRREEEDD!! I've had enough of being jerked around by these alien creeps! Why are we here, what are they going to do, why does knight-boy over there have horns on his helmet as big as my head?!

cole rubbed his temples during her rant, veins popping on his head. Not being able to take it anymore, he spoke up in his usual voice that sounds like if ron pearlman was threatening to kill someone while having not drank anything for three days

cole: we're all bored and we all have questions, but that boredom and those questions aren't being helped by your whining, so sit the hell down shut the hell up!

shantae shot up at his words and looked over incredulously at the electric man, but crossed her arms and sat back down, but now even grumpier than before. However, shovel knight also had something to say, setting his tea down to make his point known.

shovel knight: I do not appreciate your language regarding the young lady, sir mcgrath.  I suggest you drop the attitude.

cole looked over at shovel knight with a raised eyebrow

cole: or what, tin man?

shovel knight: or I drop you like a sack of hammers.

cole stood up, his fist arcing with lightning

cole: is that a challenge?

shovel knight remained seated

shovel knight: figure it out for yourself, I haven't the time for fools.
shovel knight then raised his hand, stopping cole's fist in it's tracks, cole's lightning useless against the knight's armor, which made for a nice make shift faraday cage. Shovel knight stood, towering over cole

shovel knight: although, I suppose time can be made for your case.

shovel knight wound back a fist and slammed it into cole's face, sending him bouncing across the table before catching himself and running back, this time pulling out the amp. Cole leaped into the air, charged the amp with electricity, and flew down at shovel knight, who reached behind him and swung out his trusty shovel, blocking the amp with minimal effort, and sending bolts of lighting around the room

shantae: eep!

is what shantae blurted out before hiding under the table as lightning blasted around the room. Cole jumped back when that assault didn't work, allowing shovel knight to sweep his shovel at cole, who back flipped out of the way. After landing on his feet, cole extended his hands and unleashed a barrage of lightning onto the knight of shovels, who stabbed his spade into the ground which, acting as a lightning rod, allowed the lightning to pass through him and into the ground. However, this move left him open, which is what cole had planned, so he ran up and kicked him square in the face, sending him toppling back. Cole then jumped into the air and hurtled down at him for a finishing kick to the chest. However, shovel knight rolled out of the way of cole's kick, which dented the metal floor upon impact. Shovel knight stood up as cole faced him and, from behind his back he pulled out the flare rod, which he used to blast a fireball at cole, who just jumped over the attack and shot another round of lightning. However, shovel knight was ready, so he activated his phase locket, which turned him intangible for the precious seconds it took to run over and ram right into cole, sending him back more and allowing shovel knight to retrieve his shovel from the ground. Cole stood again, thoroughly pissed off at shovel knight

cole: is that it?

shovel knight: you seem plagued by unprovoked aggression, sir mcgrath, perhaps you require a nap...

shovel knight swung his shovel onto his shoulders, readying it for combat. However, the slamming of a cane interrupted their fight, and revealed that prometheus and layton were standing in the doorway the entire time. Prometheus, surprisingly wasn't too torn up about the fact that two supermen decided to duke it out in his ship and wreck the meeting room. Whereas layton was more intrigued in the fight than impressed  

prometheus: that'll be enough of that, gentlemen, now sit down. We have much to discuss.

cole and shovel knight stood straight and, begrudgingly went back to their seats and sat down. Prometheus gestured for layton to sit down as well, to which he complied. As prometheus walked past the table, he knocked on the table twice

prometheus: ms. shantae, it's safe to come out now

shantae arose from the table and sat back in her seat, dusting off her leg. Prometheus sat in his own chair, overlooking the others

Prometheus: ladies and gentlemen....let's get down to business