I come in peace?...

"Kaida, ready for Phase 2?" Hiro asked with a sly smirk on his face, though you could barely see it through the darkness of the night.

"Yes, Master." She replied.

Kaida expertly aimed her grenade launcher and fired a couple of smoke bombs toward the dense gathering of Arcadian troops in the open space in the middle of the outpost.

The projectiles hissed through the air like angry serpents before landing with a dull thud, immediately releasing thick clouds of smoke that began to envelop the disoriented soldiers.

Panic and confusion rippled through their ranks as they suddenly lost sight of their surroundings.

"Smoke deployed, Master," Kaida reported through the communication channel.

Inside the force field, chaos erupted. The Arcadians could be heard shouting and trying to regroup in the smoky haze.

"Where did this come from?!" one of them yelled, his voice piercing through the chaos.

"What's happening? Where are they?"