Twila@M3 - Thursday, February 15, 2001, 5:53 PM

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Message: 10/92 Posted Author

Myself, and Hunter Command Wed Feb 14 Rock

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Rock's face appears on the screen, for all the world looking like the boy he once was; the son of Dr. Light, except for a few noticeable details. His usually bright eyes, however, are dark, reflecting the light from the terminal dully.

"Attention all Hunters." Rock takes a moment to wipe the back of his hand across his eyes, as if he'd been crying. "As of right now, I am no longer your commander. At least for now; until I can... get through to myself... Seminole will be acting hunter CO. His acting XO will be Signas. I don't care if you have complaints, this is my decision. If you don't like it, deal with it."

Rock turns off the computer before you can see him cry more.

--X--

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Message: 10/93 Posted Author

Two cents... Wed Feb 14 Rick Morgan

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Rick appears on the screen, apparently reporting from the rooftop runway. He appears subdued, although not exactly mentally torn down like many others with the past events.

"Rock, Seminole...whoever's in charge right now, I don't care I'm addressing it to your general direction. Quite simply, I can't do it. In good faith, I can't. Especially not with Mavericks. There's been too many maybes and assumptions, and not enough cold hard facts for me to make up my mind to follow the same path as well. It's not just the issue of the Mavericks though, it's the whole deal with Repliforce. I know alot of us had our differences with them, and I have too, but it still dosen't feel right. I don't care who's saying what or what the UN has decided, or what the media says for that matter. A whole global organization dosen't just turn like that overnight, nor am I going to believe a word that comes from Sigma's mouth for that matter as well. Call me biased if you want...but well that's how it stands. Some people who've had these disagreements have left, and I'd do the same...if I had anywhere to go..." He pauses, as if suddenly struggling with something else, as his lower jaw quivers for a moment before setting tightly. "...but apparently I don't. So I'll continue with my in-base duties for now. I'll repair you all still, I'll keep the machinery running...but I can't...I WON'T fix a Maverick, nor am I going to attack the Repliforce. If you're going to brig me over it then...go ahead. I won't be hard to find on the base."

With that, he reaches forward and terminates the connection.

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Message: 10/94 Posted Author

Resignation Wed Feb 14 Magma Dragoon

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*Magma Dragoon appears on the screen, appearing more hurt emotionally then physcially.*

"Fellow Hunters, or of those few who still consider me one after tonight's incidents. We all know what happened because we saw it with our very own eyes. None the less, I will not take back my actions against the Mavericks. They are the true enemy and always will be in my mind. But that isn't the reason why I am here speaking tonight."

*Dragoon looks away for a moment, then turns towards the screen once more*

"Rock, This message is primarily for you. I apologize for my actions this evening, but the Mavericks are our prime enemy and I will continue to try to make you see that once more. Though, now I speak to all Hunters. It appears my presence here in the Hunters is only causing more grief than good. So, I shall state here and now. I am resigning from the Maverick Hunters for the remainder of this incident. I shall fight this battle as Zero is, on my own terms. This does not mean I am returning to the Repliforce, I am going lone. This is for the best. Swing shall lead Dragonfire from now on."

"If and when this blows over, I shall return to see if you want me back Hunters. I will understand if you do not. I will be battling the Mavericks and not you. I just wanted you all know that. Feel free to contact me via tightbeam transmissions if you need me. That is all.. This is Magma Dragoon saying.

*The Elite Hunter sighs deeply.* "Farewell."

*Hunter Insignia*

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Message: 10/95 Posted Author

My whereabouts Wed Feb 14 Spark Hyena

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I'm an ex-repliforcer. I'm sorry guys, I can't belive what is going on lately. I just can't. This alliance with the Mavericks really turns my mechanical stomach as well. If you don't know why you haven't seen me on the couch in the rec room lately, I've been out and about in Tokyo. I'm not willing to resign my commission guys but...

Anyway. If there's any more Robot Master raids, I will be there. You know my personal radio code. Spark Hyena out.

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Message: 10/96 Posted Author

Me Wed Feb 14 Defender Dingo

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BEFORE you even jump all over me, I'm not quitting, resigning, whatever the hell you want to call it, but I won't be livin' here at the labs anymore.

Magma's right. The Mavericks are still the enemy, and I ain't goin' to be chummy with them. Not after what they done ta Sydney back wehn they are callin' themselves the CRF.

"Fire" me, disallow me access to the Labs, do whatever, but I can TELL you this. I'm a MAVERICK HUNTER, which means I'm suppose ta be fighting them, and bringing them ta justice, not playing' nurse maids with 'em.

You all know how to contact me if ya need me.

Maverick Hunter Dingo OUT.

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Message: 10/97 Posted Author

WTF!?!?! Wed Feb 14 Dischord

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"ALL RIGHT!?!?!?! Let me get this straight... I'm sick for a couple of days, and the world gets flipped upside down. Both Rock and Zero quit, and Seminole and some fricken new guy who probably will just go Maverick in a week take over....'

"Don't take this the wrong way Sem, but I just find every bit of this stupid thing completely wrong, especially with everyone else leaving. So when I say that I'm going to..."

-Dischord

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Message: 10/98 Posted Author

Now hear this Wed Feb 14 Swing

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"Well isn't this just amazing. The doomsday scenario we all went through in training comes into reality, and the lot of you fall down like a sack of rotten potatoes." Swing looks down before snapping his head back up. "PATHETIC!" Swing grits his teeth, grabbing the camera with one hand - one also notices the gauntlet sports extendable claws now. "Rock says trust us - we did that. He said to consider the Mavericks allies - we did that. He said to march on Repliforce island - we did that. AND NOW HE QUITS." Swing's eyes flare with an evil crimson from within. "Well, that's fine. Run to your hideaways, throw down your resignations, thump your chest with pride on how you have standards, hell - go thshoot yourself in the chest." he adds with sneer. "This is war. If you don't want to make a difference, then stay the hell out of our way." Swing shifts to a /very/ military style stance. "Commander Seminole, I'm assuming command of our detachment until further notice. I suggest we keep all further operations on a tight beam transmission clearance as our current radio channel can be considered..." he looks into the camera, as if eyeing all the resigning Hunters. "Compromised. Out."

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Message: 10/99 Posted Author

Attention Maverick Hunters Wed Feb 14 Zero

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*Zero appears on the screen, half of his body is gone, he's laying on a table, looking up at a hovering camera*

"I'm hereby taking back my job here in the Labs, and seeing as how Rock is gone, I'll be taking command of the Maverick Hunters as a whole. If anyone would like to contest that, feel free to come down here and argue with my half dead aft. Speaking of which, I'd appreciate it if I could get repaired sometime today."

"Swing has a good point. This is war folks, no one is right, and everyone is wrong. It's how war works. If this wasn't what you were expecting when you signed up, well then you were delusional from the start. We have to make decisions that we're not always happy with, and sometimes we've got to hurt people who are close to us. It's how war works, and it's how it will always work. As an old general from the 20th century once said, "War is Hell." truer words were never spoken."

*Zero closes his eyes and sighs*

"Seminole, you're being bumped down to Maverick Hunter XO for the time being, Swing, Jazz, Signas, you three will serve as Squad Leaders. Sonata, I expect you to be there with Jazz every step of the way. Signas, you're on thin ice with me bub, but seeing as how we're in a current drought for command staff, you'll have to do."

*Zero reopens his eyes and stares at the camera*

"I will not tolerate such cowardice and whining in the Hunters any longer. We're supposed to be the elite here, we're the ones who do the things that NO ONE else can do. And if that means killing our own mothers, then that's what's gotta be done. I've had enough, the world has had enough, it's time we did our part for the people we swore to protect. Maverick Hunter Commander Zero out."

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Message: 10/100 Posted Author

Signas' Response Wed Feb 14 Signas

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"Attention, my good friends. I am honored that X has decided that I would make a fitting second-in-command in his absence, and I am quite moved by the sentiment. However, I have been less than a week old, and I honestly don't think that I should be given such a position without properly earning it: there are far more experienced and qualified individuals out there. I must decline this offer. For the time being, you may not see me moving about at HQ, however, I will not be off-duty, and if my help is needed, I will respond as quickly as I am able. As I said before, thank you for considering me for the XO of the Hunters, but I think it's best if someone who has been alive a bit longer for this situation. All of you have a good day, and hope that this battle will end soon: remember, we fight for the people and for peace, and that has made all the difference.

<The Hunter Insignia reappears, replacing the Colonel look-alike's calm mug>

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Message: 10/101 Posted Author

XO Response Wed Feb 14 Seminole

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"I have been watching every last Hunter and their brother post a reply about Rock's resignation, returning to the Hunters, how they feel, and what their kitty ate for breakfast. IT STOPS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! Don't you think this is stressful enough without having everyone fall apart at the seams! If you want to resign, then LEAVE. Stop whining about it. If you want to come back, you clear it through me. That includes you, Zero. Now, I have some Priority One orders for everyone."

"Jazz.. all of Silverstar, I want -every- piece of evidence against the Repliforce analyzed and re-analyzed. Look at Double's footage again, re-interview him. Examine the data recovered from any Repliforce bodies after the San Angeles attack. Raid the UN files on them if you have to."

"Medical, I want us restocked and repaired as fast as possible. I don't know who we're going to be attacking next, but you can be damn sure it's gonna be somebody."

"Everyone else, I'm officially recinding Rock's order to treat the Mavericks as non-hostiles. I didn't like the idea of working with them in the first place, and unless Zero is going to override me, that's how it's gonna be. They are to be treated as any hostile would. The Repliforce is still going to be treated as hostiles, for now anyway and we find out the truth."

"Zero... we need to chat."

"Seminole, OUT!"

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Message: 10/102 Posted Author

Reporting. Wed Feb 14 Rhapsody

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*Rhapsody appears onscreen as the camera activates, and pans upwards after a brief shot of her holding her detached left arm in her right hand, and fiddling with it.*

Rhapsody here. I'm around and about, so if I'm needed for something with all the recent resignations, just let me know. I've caught up with current events that I've been missing, thanks to a certain whacko scientist's habit of leaving things lying around in the closet. Quire, the next time I wake up in more than one component, you'd better have a pretty damn big head start.

*She looks away from the screen briefly, as coughing can be heard loudly in the background. Her nose wrinkles in distaste as she addresses someone off-camera.* You're disgusting, you know that? At least cover your mouth when you're going to do that.

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Message: 10/103 Posted Author

Beaver Report Thu Feb 15 Slapshot Beaver

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<Hunter spinny fades out to show the buckteeth visage of Slapshot, who looks very upset and is clenching Gordon angrily>

Slapshot Beaver an' Gordon reportin' in. Norm'lly, I don't make lotsa reports, leavin' it to the commanders an' all, eh, but this's gotta known. <he scowls darkly, black optics blinking rapidly>

I'd jus' woken up from a nap an' all, eh, an' m'radio was goin' haywire. Miss Peterson tol' me she'd been jumped by Phantom, an' she needed help t'get into th' Labs. I carried 'er in, an' currently she's restin' in th' medbay.

<thoughtful pause as he toys with the hockey stick> Oh yeah. An' Gordon an' I ain't goin' anywhere. We're gonna see this thin' oot. But I ain't raisin' a fist 'gainst Repliforce unless they start it, eh. Beaver an' Gordon, oot.

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================================Rock's Quarters================================

Rock's Quarters is a well done mix of official and casual, the walls are plain white, in the small spots where you can actually -see- the walls. Awards, certificates, pictures, and posters adorn the walls, all in a mesh of Rock the hero and Rock the fun loving guy. In the corner lies his desk, next to it, a small wastepaper basket. His bed is quite large, and lies in the center of the room against the far wall. The headboard serves as a shelf as well, and on them, several pictures and small toys and models. A nightstand sits next to his bed; on it is a picture of Twila Peterson, his ex-fiancé, in the green dress he'd given her as an early birthday gift; tied to the corner of the picture is a blue ribbon, a gift from Twila's pet cabbit, Kyo-Ohki. An entertainment center sits opposite the bed, containing a television (or at least the equivalent of which in this day and age) as well as some game systems and a stereo. A bookshelf takes up nearly all of the free wall, showing Rock's secret love of reading, as well as his love for toys and models, which occupy some of the shelves as well. A large window lies above the bed, allowing light to shine down upon it during the day, and giving him a good look at the night sky after hours. A door leading to the bathroom is located next to the bed opposite the desk, which is also where his closet is located. All in all, a fine meshing of Rock's personality, giving off the same cheerful aura that he himself does.

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Rock lies on his bed, splayed out. Zzzzzzzz....

Kyo-Ohki plops out of the air vent in the room...the same one she did from the night before...then trots over towards the Commander's bed and pounces on his stomach before reaching the side of his head. Right by his ear she shrills, "MAMA!!!"

"GYAH!" Rock shouts, fairly jumping into the air and slamming onto the ground on his chest. Eyes wide, he shakes his head, slowly rising up. "Uh, Kyo?" he says, looking at the little mech-animal.

Kyo-Ohki giggles and hops around and about Rock in glee...all the while shouting "MAMA!" as if on a rather large suger rush somehow. "Meimei Mama!" Afterwards, she gets up close to him and starts licking his face.

Rock blinks twice, and three times, slowly awakening. He hears what Kyo's miah'ing, and hmms, pickign up the rushing cabbit when she begins to lick his face. "Mama? Do you mean Twila's back?"

Kyo-Ohki nods rather readily, chirping a "Meimei!" in response...still squiggling and still excited. Although...one can also wonder if it's because Shield told her to keep quiet for so long.

Rock sets Kyo on the bed, and his pajamas shimmer into normal clothing... Rock getting good at doing this kind of thing. "I suppose we should go see her," he says, scooping back up the little mech-animal and nuzzling her.

Rock sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Hey... where are you, out of curiosity?"

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Rock: "*pause then a sigh of relief* Command Center at the moment. You?"

Rock sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "My room. Kyo came and woke me up screaming 'Mama!' *chuckle*"

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Rock: "I was wondering just where she happened to run herself off too. Rock, we really need to talk."

Rock sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "*soft sigh* Yeah... I know... I'll come up there, or we can meet somewhere more neutral."

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Rock: "It might be personal. I can come down there if you want. Or we can go to the Research Lab."

Rock sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Come down here, then."

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Rock: "On it..."

Twila Peterson lightly taps on Rock's door as a small warning first. She's seen dressed in her sweatsuit, the one she usually keeps in the med center. More notable is she has some cuts and bruises...and seems to be carrying herself slowly. "Hey..."

Rock looks up at the redhead with a soft smile and a nod. "Hey..." he says softly in return, eyes sparkling just a little as he watches the young woman.

Twila Peterson enters in more fully and takes a seat by him, watching him for a few moments before asking, "You...get my message?"

Rock nods slightly, setting Kyo down on his lap and scooting across, offering some bed to Twila. "Yeah, I did. What did Meredith want?" He almost reaches out, but stops himself.

Twila then has the feeling that maybe he saw...just...didn't read. "It was from me...not Meredith. She merely allowed me to use her account to contact you..." Since, he did cut her off those few times she wasn't certain if he would accept a transmission. "I wanted you to know whatever you thought of me now...I didn't hate you."

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Rock erks softly... nodding slightly. "I...wasn't really up to reading much of anything, Twila..." he responds, nodding again softly. "And I'm glad you don't hate me." Here, he emboldenly reaches out for the redhead's hand.

The young woman slightly shifts her hand in order to grasp his as well. "Rock, I love you. And that won't change. It won't ever." She gives his hand a gentle squeeze before continuing. "I don't know how you feel about the assault led on Repliforce Island. But I do know you stepped down as Commander."

The squeeze is gently returned, and Rock gives a soft sigh. "There're mixed feelings. But... I did what I had to do. UN was supposed to come in after the defenses broke and take RF into custody. So... I really don't know, anymore. But yes, I resigned as commander. At least until my head is on right."

Twila continues the hold, then brings her other hand to cup his. "Rock, you may not like what I have to say. I'll...tell you that in advance. But, I...believe that you were used by the Mavericks for what happened."

Rock looks away from you, squeezing your hand again. "You'd said that already, Twila. But... I still don't know. It's possible, just because UN hasn't gotten themselves over there yet..." He looks back, frowning. "There's just so much confusion."

The young woman speaks softly. The time for the yelling and accusations are over. "Then...let me help...one step at a time. Who has always been the more trustworthy and honest in the past? Sigma and the Mavericks? Or...General and the Repliforce?"

"General and Repliforce..." Rock murmurs, running his free hand through his perpetually-tousled hair, keeping his eyes on Twila.

"And...if General and Repliforce had gone bad...what would have Sigma and the Mavericks really had done?" she questions, still keeping her voice soft.

Rock shakes his head. "Dunno. Sigma, as a whole, is unpredictable at best. But I suppose either what happened now, or welcomed them."

"But judging by his past history...and that alone?" Twila again questions.

Rock nods softly. "The latter," he murmurs.

Twila Peterson inquires, "And would anything be gained by him if both the Hunters and Repliforcers were fighting?"

Rock nods slightly. "I see what you're getting at... there's no need to say anymore."

Twila Peterson raises one of her hands to brush through his unruly locks. She knows he attacked and killed innocent beings. And indeed, some of them were her friends. And yes, she's still grieving the loss. "Rock, you did something wrong...even though you thought it was the right thing at the time. We all, make mistakes...no matter how large or small. None of us is infallible."

Rock looks up, shaking his head and leaning into Twila, leaning on her shoulder. "No one is infallible," he repeats. "But I should've known better."

Twila Peterson let's go of his hand only to wrap both of her arms around him, holding him within an embrace. Instead of agreeing that he should have, she leans forward letting her cheek rest on the side of his head. "You didn't...not at the time," she says. "But, you do now."

Sighing softly, he nods, wrapping both arms around Twila. "I... didn't like what I had to do. But at that time... it was the only thing viable."

"There are some who blame you, Rock." Twila certainly won't lie to him. Conversations with a certain Repliforcer who was emotionally battering her rather hard just last night...doing just that. "But I don't. You were a victim."

Rock looks up and shakes his head. "But not everyone'll feel that way."

Twila sighs. He's right. "No...they won't. But they have to deal with what happened in their own way...and perhaps come to the truth in their own time."

Rock nods, not saying much now. He squeezes Twila and looks up, saying, "Hopefully this can be worked through."

The young redhead comments, "I'm hoping that it can be. Colonel was here earlier today...'taking the first step' as Rick called it. He want's to improve relations. It won't be easy. There are bad feelings on both sides. And both sides...have made mistakes."

Rock nods... "All of us have. And time'll tell, I guess, if everything can be worked through."

Twila Peterson offers some gentle pressure. "That's all we ever have to work with," she says. "Colonel took a first step, Rock. But it's up to you to take your own first step."

Rock nods a little, leaning in to give Twila a kiss on the cheek, before his radio beeps and he sighs. He keys it in, sending a response. "We'll... have to see."

Twila Peterson tilts her head, not being the nosy one this time and asking just who it is. She waits by patiently. At least...this is a start.

Rock looks back up for a moment. "Signal Shrike, saying something about Mavericks and an assualt, assemble on RFHQ..."

Twila Peterson lets out a sigh. "Another siege then. What is it you'll do?"

Rock shakes his head. "For the moment... nothing, since the UN is backing it and I don't want them turned on us."

Twila Peterson closes her eyes and nods. Drawing a sigh: "I see," she muses. No accusations, only sadness. "Rock...during the original assault...I was trying to find information at the UN. And...I did find some."

Rock blinks slightly. "What did you find?"

Twila Peterson comments, "Thackery...has a rather big hold on the United Nations right now. Hardly any of the others there oppose him...even if they know he's in the wrong."

Rock Frowns slightly, eyes narrowing. "Oh great..."

"Bruce Fury was the one I spoke too. He also saw the folly in all of this. But for some reason no one there is either able or willing to put a stop to it. And," she pauses. "Shrike stated he was to meet with a contact concerning the UN yesterday. The contact was killed by the Phantom...aka Heather Jade...who roughed me up a bit this morning. I...can't help but think there's another connection."

(Ch. B [Hunter]) Shield transmits: 'Alright people, stay sharp. Signal picked up something on the Maverick frequencies. Sounds like something's up.'.

Rock nods slightly, hrrming softly. "There might be."

Twila Peterson glances down again. "Possible Thackery would hate your kind so much...to make a deal with the devil?"

Rock nods a little. "Maybe..."

But if it's true...how does one go about exposing it? "Thackery wants all robotic life eliminated. Sigma wants all human life eleminated," Twila muses. "Either way...if either one or the other succeeds, they would need each other o take out all the opposition to them first...it it's indeed true."

Rock nods. "If it's true. Which we'd have to find out..."

"There has to be a way of finding out," Twila exclaims quietly. "Before it's too late. Those at the UN aren't 'risking their necks' because they're afraid of doing so. But they don't realize if someone doesn't do something...there's not going to be a neck to stick out soon if the Mavericks are allowed to get what they want."

Rock nods a little. "Yeah. I might..." he says, and goes silent, pondering a few things... "A might be able to get some things... maybe the Musica."

Twila Peterson recalls them. "Whatever you would be able find out would be a great deal of help. Whatever is going on...it needs to be exposed. Right now...the entire world is buying into Sigma's lies."

Rock nods. "We'll see what I can see."

Twila Peterson lightly brushes his check, trying to stave off her worry. Oddly enough, it's not as oppressive as it had been a day or two before now. "Hopefully something will turn up."

Rock nods a little, reaching up to take your hand and give it a squeeze. "Hopefully."

Twila Peterson smiles softly towards him and brushes her lips against his.

Rock returns the smile, and the light kiss as well. "I love you, Twila."

"I love you, Rock. Now and always. That won't change," she promises.

Rock squeezes your hand once more, smiling. He looks QUITE brighter than he has all day, and stands, pulling you up with him. "That means a lot to me."

"And just seeing you smile means alot to me," Twila returns.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: '... Hunters, I'm coming back on-duty. And we're going to do some investigation.'.

(Ch. C [MH/RF]) Dawn transmits: 'Hmm? Ok...'.

(Ch. C [None]) Shield transmits: '...on duty as CO?'.

(Ch. C [Replihunters]) Guardian Sasquatch transmits: 'Ho ho? All ears.'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Yes, on duty as CO.'.

(Ch. C [Broadband]) Slapshot Beaver transmits: 'Glad t'have ya back, Commander.'.

(Ch. C [None]) Quire transmits: 'Is this a social club? People seem to be able to resign and come back whenever they want. Not that I don't love ya, Rock, but people are doing it an awful lot these days.'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'This isn't a social club. I was... under some emotional and physical stress, when I left.'.

(Ch. C [Silverstar]) Signal Shrike transmits: 'So... what's the position with Repliforce, boss?'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Right now, EVERYONE is on neutral standing except the Masters.'.

Twila Peterson smiles a little more as she overhears some of the broadband chatter. "You're doing the right thing, Rock."

Rock nods a little, and kisses you gently again. "I hope you're right."

Twila Peterson lays her free hand on his shoulder upon the returned kiss. "I know I'm right."

Rock chuckles a little. "Mmm. I know, but... I can at least say it."

Kyo-Ohki is within Rock's stash of cookies while the two are discussing matters...having a grand ole time...

[OOC] Rock says, "LOL. :>"

(Ch. C [None]) Shield transmits: 'So if sigma asks for help again, we tell him to stuff it but we don't shoot him?'.

(Ch. C [None]) Chain transmits: 'The light labs aren't equipped witha revolvin' door either, next time ANY of yer folks leave, I expect ta be fer good. If yer can't take the war, go bloody be a anti-war hippie 'r sumthin, and leave the dirty werk to the soliders.'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Correct, Shield. And you... we need to talk. you DON'T shoot yourself, in the command center, to disobey my orders.'.

(Ch. C [RF-MH]) Seminole transmits: '...'.

(Ch. C [None]) Shield transmits: 'I never disobeyed an order sir. Ever.'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: '-uneasy crackling, as though the radio was damaged- Are we going to go on another senseless battle on UN decision alone?'.

(Ch. C [None]) Shield transmits: 'Is there a fight breaking out somewhere?'.

(Ch. C [RF-MH]) Seminole transmits: 'Not as far as I know.'.

(Ch. C [RF-MH]) Seminole transmits: 'And no, Mike.'.

Twila Peterson hmmmmms... "Maybe," she slightly teases...feeling a little better than she had been in the past few days. "You know how to contact the Muscia?"

"I can radio their airship," Rock responds. "And leave a message."

"Terrific. We're the Musica Guard. If your trying to save the world...leave a message when you hear the beep," she mimics.

Twila Peterson settles down some. "Think they would be of any help? I mean...if they're working for the UN..."

Kyo-Ohki releases a burp...not quite fast enough to stop herself. Seeing that she's eaten one third of the bag without meaning too she blinks and dumps herself into the trash can.

*PLUNK*

Rock nods. "They'll be of help. I'm sure of it. They're reploids... they wouldn't do well if Thackery had his way."

Twila doesn't overhear Kyo's attempts at suddenly hiding really. "That's...very true. Anything I can be doing?" she asks, not caring about the injuries she sustained. With the proper care and treatment they should be healing soon. Besides, it wasn't all that serious. It was the energy drain that made it all the worse. Then again, she's also a stubborn redhead who could care less.

Rock shakes his head. "Just your job, the medical stuff... at least until I can hire a comm person, that's part of it too."

Twila Peterson dips her chin. "Sounds good enough for me..." she responds, then frowns. "I...already started work on Zero until...I was put down a little while in Med Bay after the encounter with Jade. Zero's...going to take awhile."

Hopefully he won't be as cranky when he's repaired.

Rock nods slightly. "As long as it gets done. And you can rest when you need to, as well." He hugs you very gently, and kisses you very softly, on the lips.

Twila Peterson returns the hug whole-heartily and holds it there even while they kiss, not realizing how much she had missed Rock. Or...perhaps...she did already know. "Missed you."

"Missed you too, love," he murmurs, his confidence back in full, his head back on straight after the talking-to.

Still holding him firmly, Twila states: "Hey, I'm there for whenever you need me, kay?"

Rock nods slightly. "I know. It goes without saying."

"I know." With that Twila lets her necklace show from beneath her sweatshirt to let Rock see. There...the chain yet bears his past engagement ring as well as the locket he had given her.

Rock smiles a bit wistfully when he sees the engagement ring. "Y'know. That looks better on your finger, than on a chain..." he comments slightly, sliding his hands to take your free one. "But for now... the chain is fine."

Twila Peterson lets the chain drop lightly against her chest as gently, yet firmly, holds her hand. "For now..." she muses, knowing both of them had discussed such a topic before. More than likely, it's one such which will not simply be allowed to pass. Neither, it seems, will allow it. "We'll see."

The Blue Bomber bobs his head in response. "We'll see."

Twila blushes a little as something comes to mind. "Oh, and about the other night. Uh...sorry for calling you insane."

Rock smiles, shaking his head. "It's alright. Maybe I was, a little bit."

Twila won't verbally disagree with him on that. At any rate. "So...Musica Guard, huh? Mind if I try to gain contact with Bruce Fury? He's the one that gave me the original information regarding the UN. Although I'm wary that if myself and another were already assaulted for trying to gain info...he might be as well. I don't know. One thing I do know..." she pauses. "He's one of those who...talks a little more freely with a human."

Rock nods. "Go for it. Anything would be helpful. So if you can get it, get it."

Twila Peterson offers Rock's cheek a kiss. "I'm...going to do so now then...just by chance he's available, kay?"

Rock nods. "Go for it, Twila. I'm going to clean up then head up."

Twila Peterson offers Rock one final hug before pulling back and turning to the door. "Kay. I'll let you know if I find anything. Take care?"

Rock nods. "You too." He returns the hug and a kiss on the cheek, and then disentangles himself from Twila's arms, moving across the room and scooping Kyo up out of the trash. "And take this one with you." He moves the cabbit to her mistress.

<However...shortly...>

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Bruce Fury: "Mr. Fury, you available?"

Bruce Fury sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "... *snort, grunt* Wha, huh...? *grumble* Who is it.. ?"

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Bruce Fury: "Mr. Fury, this is Twila Peterson. I'm the redheaded young woman you spoke to a couple of nights ago in Seoul...during the assault on Repliforce Island."

Bruce Fury sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "... ahh, yes. I remember you. *sound of glasses tinking* ... What can I do fer you, Mrs. Peterson."

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Bruce Fury: "I was wondering if...there was anything more about the present state of the UN you could tell me. If...you don't feel comfortable speaking over the radio...I can do so in person if you rather."

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'C... Commander?'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Nani-yo?'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'I... I wanted... I just wanted to say... ... ... I'm sorry about what I said. It wasn't my place to blame you.'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'No... I think, under the circumstances, you had every right to blame me. I was already under a lot of stress... and it just got worse the further we went.'.

(Ch. C [Hunter]) Fugue transmits: 'Okay, okay, that's enough. There'll be no more self-blame and angst on this frequency while I'm around.'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'No. If I had a problem, I should have brought it to you in private, not in front of everyone. ... If... if you no longer want me in the Hunters, I'll fully understand. I just felt like I needed to apologize to you.'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Mike. you're still welcome in the Hunters.'.

(Ch. C [Election]) Defender Dingo transmits: 'NO! You can't quit Mike! You just can't!'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Mike. Drop it. Your'e back, and that's all that matters.'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'Yessir, commander.'.

Bruce Fury sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "... *grumble* Yea, yea, I'd be delighted too. Ain't got much ta do here anyways. *more grumbling* Got a place en mind?"

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Bruce Fury: "Off hand, not particularly. Any place you would rather? Where are you now?"

Bruce Fury sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "...One sec. *pause*... heh. Passed out in my office. Damn, I got a headache... fresh air'll do me good. Care fer a walk about New York? Gotta keep an eye on them damn rabid toasters anyhow. -_="

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Bruce Fury: "Possible...would take a little extra time due to the teleporter situation if you don't mind waiting."

Bruce Fury sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Hell, I ain't got no problem with it. Better yet, meet me in San-an. I'd been meaning ta take a drive anyhow."

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Bruce Fury: "Right. I'll...meet you at the teleporters then in the West Ma;;."

Bruce Fury sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "... Aye. I commendered a ride, so gettin' about shouldn't be that hard. -_="

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Bruce Fury: "Thank you."

(Ch. A [Rock]) Twila Peterson transmits: 'Rock, Mr. Fury has agreed to meet in San An. I'll be headed over there...just to let you know.'.

<After Twila reaches the Command Center...>

Twila Peterson lets out a small sigh and heads off the lift, headed for the teleporters in some extra gear she had. She doesn't seem to mind that she was injured just that morning. But then...extra medicine is helping with that as well.

<Live News><Reporto> Double strikes Air Wraith with his Charged Darts attack.

Seminole has arrived.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Dang it.'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: '-pause- Nani?'.

(Ch. C [MH/RF]) Dawn transmits: 'What's wrong?'.

(Ch. C [None]) Shield transmits: 'Didn't Shakespeare write something about nani?'.

Seminole continues watching Mike as he returns. The officer grins slightly, but otherwise remains unchanged. He continues to listen on his radio, as well as watch the sensors. Turning his chair to Signal Shrike, Sem inquires, "Any progress?"

Twila Peterson moves across the Command Center, about to head into the teleporter...when some exclaimations are heard over the radio. She shakes her head and makes her way in...

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Erm. Sigma's about to launch the last attack on Repliforce HQ...'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'And as such. We're going along. But we won't actively fight... we'll watch the Mavericks.'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'Right... give me a minute to change.'.

(Ch. C [None]) Shield transmits: 'Ah.'.

(Ch. C [MH/RF]) Dawn transmits: ''Kay, I'll get th' Vorpal warmed up in th'

(Ch. A [Rock]) Twila Peterson transmits: 'Would...you rather I stay here?'.

(Ch. A [Hunter-Main]) Rock transmits: 'Please.'.

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Bruce Fury: "I'm sorry. Something just came up. Sigma is launching his final assault in the Island."

Bruce Fury sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "... Good God. -_= That baldie's stupider than I thought."

Twila Peterson makes her way back inside. Well...looks like she won't be going after all...at least not there...

(Ch. C [MH/RF]) Dawn transmits: 'Vorpal's...almost ready for takeoff.'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Stay back, Hyena. Work with Twila to coordinate our efforts.'.

Michael Eildath returns after about 10 minutes. -Cue Boss Select Music- He's back to normal!

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Bruce Fury: "Either that or just persistent. Although Insane works well too."

Seminole walks back out of the teleporter grid, expression still rather stonefaced. He flicks a brief gaze around the room, before it finally settles on Sonata. "Please make a report on Colonel's visit, then keep working on that little problem," he states, jerking a thumb back at Signal Shrike. "I'll see in the Security Office if I'm needed." That said, Sem heads for gravlift.

<Meanwhile...>

Art District - Neo-Tokyo

Hovering towards the group is the hotshot, Air Wraith. The faint humming of his jetpack is no longer present for the moment, turned down for now. He has no desire to interfere with Colonel or Fugue, they no doubt will have a long boring conversation that doesn't include him in the spotlights, something he has no desire to deal with. Instead he is following after Double to see what's up and to get out of those dreadful enclosed labs.

In response to Double's words comes a hauntingly familiar voice, issuing orders that are only too , "Use whatever means you can to recriminate him." The voice of Sigma. There is no need for further reply. The bumbler continues on, headed in the direction he believes Colonel went. Just another day for the friendly familiar face, as he smiles and waves to various citizens. The perfect facade of innocence.

Air Wraith sighs softly and continues to watch the others from the corner of his eye. Taking out a mirror, Wraith begins to refix his hair and places his long black mane into a ponytail. Hey he has to look good if he sees any cute chicks walking around.

Double takes a few turns, left, right, left again. He's not just swaggering for the public, he's whistling as he walks. This is going to be a good day, he can just feel it.

Right in that spot where 'Colonel' stabbed him.

The thought is so good that he can't help but laugh. After all, no one here will notice or care, so ingrained is the image of 'Double the bumbler'. "Oh, my dear Colonel, what I have in store for you will be so sweet...." What a pity he hasn't looked UP.

Air Wraith gives himself a quick satisfied smirk in the mirror and chuckles proudly to himself. .oO(Oh yes, Air Wraith you are great. Heck even Zero himself can't match his own looks. He surpasses Zero in practically everything.)Oo. The arrogant fool suddenly becomes distracted as soon as Double is lost from view. Blinking several times AW looks over the area carefully. It isn't long till he spots Double once more. Thank goodness for aerial view.

As a few tidbits of information trickle back to Double via his security access, he weighs their import. These Hunters have ever been the chatty type, and now is no exception. Perhaps another quick communication is in order. Without breaking stride, he turns the corner into an alleyway, one garishly lit by a half illuminated red neon sign. He once again speaks, seemingly to himself.

"My lord..."

Air Wraith blinks several times at Double, gazing at the pudgie form of the traitor for along moment. Tilting his head in confusion AW heads towards the alley slowly begins to descends towards Double. Not low enough that it would let him get spotted right away of course, but just enough to hear and see what he is doing. Who is Double talking too and what the hell...lord. Okay...Double went off the deep end and has completely lost it.

Again comes the powerful voice, echoing off the close walls of the alleyway...

"...label Colonel a traitor to Repliforce's cause. Destroy him, Double, and anything else that stands in my way..."

Nothing would make this individual, this traitor, this MAVERICK, happier. Turning back towards the entrance to the alley, the garish light reflecting oddly off his golden armor, he starts to return to his chosen path, only to pause. He has not survived so long as a double agent by missing subtle clues in his environment. There is a sound, or perhaps a flicker of movement, that alerts him, and considering the confines of his location, there can be only one option.

He looks up.

Air Wraith folds his arms gently across his chest and glares down at Double, trying to catch Double's conversation to himself? No definitely not himself. He has heard that powerful voice before, mostly in his nightmares. As the bold voice of Baldy echos through the quiet alleyway, Wraith can't help but shudder. His emerald eyes narrow and focus on the traitor's form as Sigma's words repeat in his head. Raising his gunhand, the Zero wanna-be aims carefully at Double. "Traitor..." Is the only thing he is able to force from his lips.

What can Double say? A million denials run through his mind, each more implausible than the last. He stares up at the Maverick Hunter for long heartbeats, and then smiles.

"So be it. You will not live to enjoy the knowledge."

The lighting in the alleyway, already red, takes on a more sinister tinge. Murder will be committed in or around this enclosed space, someone will die. Maverick or Hunter will come to a violent end, and for that to happen, there must be a violent beginning.

With a growl that starts low, the form of Double, Friendly, bumbling Maverick Huter begins to shift, to change, to glow. That growl becomes a roar, and there is a transformation. The anger he keeps inside himself, the contempt, the lust of the death of everyone who has believed him to be 'friend' spills out in the violence of a single heartbeat, condensed into a single flash of crimson light. Destructive light.

Let the battle begin.

Air Wraith's eyes widen abit with a sign of fear? Nah Air Wraith doesn't fear anything. He is just too cool to know fear. .oO(Either that or just way too stupid.)Oo. His worst fears have come to life and now he stares down at his former 'friend' with hatred. "You tricked us! Dangit even I should of figured this out .oO(Hmm...perhaps he isn't as smart as he thinks...nah)Oo. Wraith doesn't even have time to shoot, either that or he just doesn't want too. Lowering his weapon slightly Wraith blinks at the traitor. "Why? We trusted you?" He is way too confused to even move out of the way as he is blasted in the chest. The hit forces him back, sending him slamming into the wall. He lifts his gun arm up once more, Wraith fires a shot straight towards Jello Man. "I will stop you I swear! You are going down, buddy!"

Where Double was now stands a nightmare.

Elongated, flexible limbs in a sickly shade of lavender. Gold armor a mockery of a lost friend. A sinister smirk. Evil, bloody eyes. This is Jello Man, in all his glory.

Was Double ever really there?

The beam of light from Air Wraith's laser scorches a pinprick hole in one spiked shoulder, the only apparent effect being he ignition of two mauve energy blades from the Maverick's forearms.

"No," he says, mock sadly, "You will not." Lifting one arm, almost negligently, the energy blade fires off several small replicas, each one hissing through the air as they streak upwards.

Air Wraith still hasn't gained his sense back from the shock. He tries to think of this as some type of nightmare that he can't wake up from but the stinging pain from the attacks are only a reminder of how true this actually is. The shots riddle his fragile and weak body crippling him to the ground. Wraith slowly begins to breath heavily as mech-fluid flows down his black armor. This can't be happening. Raising his gunhand once more Air fires off a stronger blast. Still he keeps up his cocky attitude. "What do you think? You going to actually defeat me. You are confused Double...Jello Man whatever you are called. I am putting a stop to this now."

Jello Man watches the Hunter fall, expression full of contempt. As Air Wraith's attack smashes to the side, blowing holes in the alley wall, the Maverick sneers.

"No...I am."

Energy pours thought the gelatinous parts of his body, going from receptor to receptor in a visual symphony of light, building to the inevitable crescendo. The forearm blades begin to glow brighter and brighter, lighting the alleyway and the whole street in their lavender brilliance. Nothing needs to be said, as he brings his hands up, and then down, with a motion seeming to wash away all before him.

Air Wraith winces in pain as black fluid pours down from his form. His body is weakening from the massive onslaught. He can't continue this, but he is going to have too. Even with injures he received his jetpack still works fine and thats what matters. Gaining a burst of energy, Wraith hits his pack and the wings spring out once more. The thrusters begins to explode with flames and shots the hunter back up into the air and away from Jello Man's attack.

Gazing down Wraith can't help but laugh even with his pain. "You know...you just might win this one and thats unusual. But so may I. I am not about to let you get the upper hand. You Lose jerk!" Turning on his radio he screams into it.

(Ch. B [None]) Air Wraith transmits: ' Yo listen up! Double isn't who he may seem! He is a traitor! He is a maverick! Shoot him on sight! He is Jello Man!'.

Jello Man is not pleased to see that the Giant Slash has not obliterated the arrogant Hunter. Two drones emerge from his shoulders, and immediately become one, a bright center of energy within it.

As his once 'friend' leaps skywards and screams into the radio, a scowl replaces the sneer. Enough. The drone fires.

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Air Wraith: "Wraith,

current status?"

(Ch. C []) Swing transmits: 'WRAITH!'.

(Ch. C []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'What's going on?'.

(Ch. C [Repliforce-Main]) Magma Dragoon transmits: 'Wraith come in!'.

(Ch. C [Hunter]) Shield transmits: 'Say what?'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'What? WRAITH!?'.

(Ch. C [MH/RF]) Dawn transmits: 'Double? D-2? Air Wraith's saying you're Maverick...? What in the world?'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'NOOOOO!'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Lockdown the base, and the command center.'.

(Ch. C []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'Base undergoing lockdown.'.

Signal Shrike sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Twila! Enter this into the security console <string of commands>!"

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Signal Shrike: "Doing so."

(Ch. C [Hunter/Main]) Double transmits: 'What is going on, my dear, dear friends...is that I have just blown Air Wraith into oh so many small scraps of metal. Repliforce is finished, you can not save them, and when THEY are gone...*sinister, mocking laughter*'.

(Ch. C [MH/RF]) Dawn transmits: 'Wha? Hey, that's not funny, quit joking around D-2...'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'DAMN IT! Someone go kick the living **** out of HIM!'.

(Ch. C []) Twila Peterson transmits: '*angrily* Don't cash in your chips yet, *Double*'.

(Ch. C [None]) Shield transmits: 'Double! No dammit!'.

(Ch. C [Hunter]) Fugue transmits: '...Double? You mean the little cute... We've gotta help Repliforce.'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'Double... how... how could you... I trusted you... you saved my life... from... from... YOU ******! YOU MIND-GAME-PLAYING, MAVERICK *****!'.

(Ch. C [Repliforce-Main]) Magma Dragoon transmits: 'That is what you think Dimwit... if I ever see you again. I swear I'll rip that head right from your body!'.

(Ch. C [RM-MAV-MH-RF-Joint]) Blues transmits: 'Now...He dies...'.

(Ch. C [Silverstar]) Signal Shrike transmits: 'Remotely accessing mainframe to lockout access...'.

(Ch. C [Repliforce-Main]) Magma Dragoon transmits: 'Destroy him Protoman... make sure he pays.'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: '...'.

(Ch. C [Election]) Defender Dingo transmits: 'Protoman, destroy that freakin' Aft!'.

(Ch. C [RF-MH]) Seminole transmits: 'Enjoy your final moments of life, Double.'.

(Ch. C [None]) Quire transmits: 'Destroy? Not like incapacitate? I didn't think we killed, except for Zero in his rages.I mean, come on guys, we can't blame him for catching the virus.'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Don't kill him, Blues. Just kick the living **** out of him.'.

(Ch. C []) Swing transmits: 'Short him out now, sort him out later. We don't have time for this kind of chest pounding. Get to work, Protoman.'.

(Ch. C []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'I ain't reapiring him.'.

(Ch. C [None]) Quire transmits: 'We can just put him in cryo until we can get the real Double out of there.'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: '-quiet- There is no real Double.'.

(Ch. C []) Twila Peterson transmits: 'Yes, there is. Double Agent.'.

(Ch. C [Election]) Defender Dingo transmits: 'All there is a bloody good actor. Kill 'im.'.

(Ch. C [Repliforce-Main]) Magma Dragoon transmits: 'Good to hear you've all come to your senses.'.

(Ch. C [Phoenixflame]) Michael Eildath transmits: 'Back when the Stardroids first appeared, I was shot down over Seoul. Double's... Jello Man... appeared... and tried to kill me. Double appeared and 'saved' me. There is no Double... only a Maverick.'.

(Ch. C [Hunter]) Fugue transmits: 'I think we've got everyone's opinions on the subject now. Let's save the rest and let Protoman handle Double, huh? We've got some people to save.'.

(Ch. C [Repliforce-Main]) Magma Dragoon transmits: 'Accept their help my child.. Raven would have wanted that.'.

(Ch. C [Hunter/Main]) Double transmits: '*more laughter* Oh! D-1, you're the best! We'll be a great team! *a slight vocal switch* Twila, do we have a soul? *another* You go, Commander X! *and then back to that sinister cold* I don't think so, my friend. I do hope you don't and losing Protoman as WELL as Air Wraith. Perhaps I will find that nice man, Twila's father, and encourage him to write even MORE Anti-Reploid propaganda. I'm sure I can give him many, many reasons, although X and Twila have given him plenty already...'.

Air Wraith can't help but giving him Jello-Man one last smirk. Yes that proud and arrogant smirk of victory. He has won this fight. Throwing back his head alittle, he emits a laugh. "You lose traitor! I won this time." He eyes the drones forming but doesn't pay much heed. Hey he can get out of the way when the time is needed. It is his time to gloat. "Jello you are as good as dead. Just wait til the Hunters find you!"

But Wraith doesn't manage to get out of the way. He is still weakened from the last attacks. Absorbing the blunt of the attack, AW's body explodes. He isn't even given time to say a little prayer. Oh yes he sees the attack coming but his eyes soften with sadness knowing that this is his end.

The only thing that survives the blast is his favorite jetpack that he loves so much. The jetpack goes flying from the shattered body and smacks against the wall....never to be powered up again.

A whistle blows across the streets of Neo Tokyo... It's heralded one robot for the past 14 years.. he's been known as Blues, Break Man... and yes, now as Protoman.

A crimson beam of energy lances through the air and strike down right infront of Double. As the energy disapates, Blues stands in the middle of the street, scarf blowing in the cold night air, shield wielded in his left arm, buster aimed at Jello Man and charging.

He says not a word.

Jello Man smiles with the most sincere satisfaction. Today, he has done nearly everything he could have ever wanted. He has sown death, and ain in the ranks of those who trusted and loved him.

It has a delicious taste, this emotion. Satisfaction.

The beam lances down, delivering Mr. Nick-of-Time, and Jello Man turns, the smile in place. "Shall we? I want to deprive X of more of his precious Hunters before today is done, and I don't mnid starting with you."

Protoman smirks. "It won't be me who's destroyed today, Traitor..."

Running forward, the non-Hunter leaps into the air and attempts to fire off a shot at Double's mutated form as he soars through the air. A medium blast of superheated plasma... millions and billions of free floating electrons and protons... streaks towards it's target.

Ah, the famed Buster of Protoman. The first of those mighty weapons to be created, and if Jello Man has his way, the first to be destroyed. As the non-Hunter arcs skywards and fires, the Maverick is on the move. He has no intention of dying today, and not getting hit is the first step in that. Dashing fowards, he is out in teh street before the plasma hits the alleyway, turning as his arm blades flare, projecting an energy wave at his ranged foe.

The energy wave strikes Protoman's shield, deflected off in some various direction. Blues comes out from behind the shield, his Buster glowing a bright green as it's charged up to the next level. Still, however, nothing is said by the Hunter. He's deterimined now, his purpose clear. Planting his feet firmly on the ground, the crimson loner let's off an even higher blast of energy.

Again, Jello Man refuses to stand still. Refuses to be subjected to the destruction wrought by the Buster. Dashing to the side, his libs are already charging to the point of release, glowing with the supressed fires descovered so long ago by ancient man. The power of energy can be harnessed for good...Jello Man harnesses it for destruction. Raising and lowering his hands in one fluid motion, he unleashes another Giant Slash.

To quick for each other, Protoman dashes out of the way from Double's attack and counters with his own. Buster now glowing with a full charge. Blues releases the charged up energy, a huge ball of heated energy streaking across the streets and lighting up the buildings... and hopefully lighting up Double.

(Ch. C [Hunter/Main]) Double transmits: 'Oh, I do believe Protoman will be needing an emergency medical evacuation soon...such a pity...'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Double! If you hurt Protoman, I'll come and retire you myself!'.

(Ch. C [Repliforce-Main]) Magma Dragoon transmits: ' Don't worry Traitor, if you defeat Protoman. We all will be making sure you are a dead man.'.

(Ch. C [None]) Quire transmits: 'Again with the retiring thing.'I don't get it.'.

Ah, the joys of tormenting the Maverick Hunters. As his transmission goes out, Jello Man allows himself another satisfied smile.

Too cocky by far. He should not have underestimated Blues.

The Megablast consumes him, wiping away even his silhouette with it's fury.

For just a moment, it seems that the threat is ended, but as the momentary new sun fades, the lavender glow of those wicked arm blades remains, and they are moving fast.

Gold armor partially melted, gelatinous parts smoky with absorbed soot and ash, the Maverick dashes towards the individual who he was just mocking. Both arm blades are hungry for his life.

Break Man's armor shifts into a bright orange, his Buster reconfiguring with a click for a stolen weapon. What weapon, you ask? Just wait and see... Flames begin kicking up around Blues' body, until finally he is totally ablaze sending off a wave of fire at his opponent.

Off on the side of the street, a small japanesse child screams out, "DOMO ARIGATO, MR. ROBOTO!"

Jello Man could care less about small Japanese children. Maybe Protoman will acidentally kill one and have that on his concience.

All in all, Blues is a LOT faster than Jello Man had counted on.

He skips away from that fiery blast, and it's resultant blaze, the drone that obliterated Air Wraith moving to hover just over it's master's shoulder, already powered for a full charge.

The smirk on the Maverick's face says everything, oh so plainly.

Surprise.

.oO(Incoming...)Oo.

This time, Blues is prepared for the attack. Once again, his armor shifts colors... to gold? Well, yeah, that's odd. What's even odder is the spear that materializes in his hands. The look on Blues face also says it all, he's pissed off, but he knows what the fuck he's about to do, and it's beautiful. As the blast is about to hit Blues, a shimmering field appears around the spear, actually reflecting the blast and converging the energy into a more concentrated blast.

Suprise, Double.

(Ch. C [None]) Signas transmits: 'Whom specifically are our allies at this point?'.

(Ch. C [MH/RF]) Dawn transmits: 'Repliforce.'.

(Ch. C [RF-MH]) Seminole transmits: 'The Repliforce'.

(Ch. C [Twila]) Rock transmits: 'Repliforce.'.

(Ch. C [RM-MAV-MH-RF-Joint]) Blues transmits: 'In the end, Signas, you're always by yourself... you're all you've got. That's the point of this entire Civil war.'.

(Ch. C [None]) Signas transmits: '... Are you the one who so openly attacked me a few days ago without reason?'.

(Ch. C [RM-MAV-MH-RF-Joint]) Blues transmits: 'As you see now, you were in the wrong.'.

(Ch. C [None]) Signas transmits: 'Then you should have said something, instead of taking down your teammates.'.

Ah, those kodak moments.

For an instant, Hunter and Maverick are joined by a bright lance of energy, two golden sentinels.

Then the light fades, and Jello Man staggers. There's a hole in his lower torso, where the gelatin has been burned away, taking the two ribs on that side with it. It doesn't seem to reform, and he looks down at it stupidly for just a moment, then straightens.

with a thought, one arm elongates, streaking out and away, then looping back in a wide arc behind the Hunter.

Jello Man's sneer is gone.

Break man is almost imediatly wise to the attack, and before the arm can reach him, he's already in the air... poinging? Yup. Blues is riding a pogostick. A crimson pogostick. *Poing! Poing!* Named Sakugarne.

"Know this Double, all good things must come to an end."

The Hunter bounces across the streets and tries to poke Double in the head.

As fast as a thought, Jello Man brings his arm back, but ProtoQuint is faster. The Pogostick of Doom passes in front of him, and before he can realize it, his entire front armor has been ripped off, pounded into scrap underneath the semi-sentient Jachammer.

And exposing the power source deep within his gelatinous chest.

Without a sound, for he will not give Blues teh satisfaction, the Maverick steps back, staggering really, and calls his drone to his hand. It comes, shifting as it does so into a cruel looking throwing weapon. Energy blades ignite even as he sends it spiing towards Megaman's elder sibling.

It is desperation that drives him.

(Ch. C [RM-MAV-MH-RF-Joint]) Blues transmits: 'Now Double dies...'.

(Ch. C []) Swing transmits: 'Do it.'.

Leaping off of a disappearing pogostick, Protoman is struck by the blades in the chest, slamming hard into the ground. "Not good enough, Double..."

Blues' armor turns gold and red, and once again, flames appear around his body.

"As I said, All good things must come to an end, and right now... that mean you..."

The blast from his Buster is giagantic.... a litteral tornado of fire and wind spiralling outward towards the traitor. Wind, yes. Air. That can't be to good for Double.

(Ch. C [Hunter/Main]) Double transmits: 'Before I die, you will know that I have no regrets. My life's work is complete. You have aided me with your fractious paranoia. You have turned on your allies, betrayed the Repliforce as surely as I betrayed you. When they needed you, you stood aside and let the UN destroy them, let the UN destroy San Angeles, and allowed this entire travesty to happen. You are fools. Even if you win...you lose...Goodbye D-*zzz*'.

Jello Man can see the end. He accepts it. He welcomes it.

As the attack of Firestorm Phoenix, a fellow Maverick, engulfs him, he begins to shift. On one side, he expands, and shrinks, almost bubble like. The air enfuses the gelatin that remains, making it unstable, making it lose cohesion. The fire reaches the unprotected core, incinerating it. There will be no massive explosion. The lights go out, forever.

The thing that is left in the street is neither Hunter nor Maverick, it is both.

One half of it's face is a brutal killer, an insane machine of deception and hatred.

The other half is a simple, bumbling, Hunter, full of hope and fears for the future, full of concern for his friends, and full of love.

Back at Hunter HQ, a mop rest against the wall in the command center, held upright in a half full bucket of water. It waits for it's master to return. It will wait forever.

(Ch. C [RM-MAV-MH-RF-Joint]) Blues transmits: 'My job is done, Rock. Double is dead. Sigma will be taken care of. I'm going for a walk. Until then, Brother, heed my advice, and back off when backing off is due. *click*'.

<Elsewhere...>

New York - Repliforce Island

Repliforce Island is simply that, an artificial area that has grown so much its now its own separate Island of New York City. Mazes of rampways, bridges, and shafts give access to the Island, as hovercars, hoverboats, and barges constantly move from New York City's main area to Repliforce Island. In the center of the island is the sprawling dome of Repliforce Headquarters, surrounding by small, futuristic Reploid housing developments and such. Its like a miniature city within a City, situated around RHQ.

Screen> Delphi> Cyber Peacock makes a pff-noise as he scans Firestorm. "My word. Hold still." He sets to work before snorting back at Firestorm. "Mind your manners, Maverick. I still outrank you, and I am the one who can repair you!" Tomahawk gets a narrowed look. "Don't start."

Screen> Tango> Sting Chameleon's face pales, as does the rest of him, cause well, he's a chameleon. But hey, something pretty scary just reared it's ugly head, and that's given him enough reason to start slowly backstepping, sending a furious wail of lasers in his wake to slow down the advancement.

Screen> Grenadier Medic wheels around on one foot! The MSE squads behind him cheer, and pull the worst of the wounded out of the way as the fresh troops swarm out of the headquarters. Unable to retrain himself, his shoulder launcher spews missiles into the advancing Maverick Gumbies.

Screen> Dawn looks as Repliforce's lines charge, shrugs...then looks /enraged/. She takes off after Repliforce, looking right ahead to the Maverick forces. Something's got to have caused that...

Screen> Tango> Shield lays in the dirt, bleeding mainly from the chest. Were he human and not wearing a sealed helmet, he would literally be drowning in his own blood at this point. As it is, it's very messy, as he he rests on Mother Earth, abandoned by his comrades. But he doesn't mind. He has been enough of a pain to those he would call comrade.

Screen> Tango> Agile eyes become huge, almost doubling their size, the grin on his face suddenly disapearing with a scowl, as a fireball flies into his frame, sending him flying into the air. His large, lanky purple frame zooms across the battlefield and his hands open, his beam scimitar falling to the ground, still crackling with it's hungry energy, while it's master cashes down into the dirt, digging a deep trench in it.

Screen> As a revitalized Repliforce charges out of their base, and the UN tanks begin firing on the Maverick forces, Tango grid does not seem as lost as it seems. And with the resurrgence of forces, Seminole charges forward again, still firing his cannon at the Maverick forces. "CHARGE!" he yells, with no care for Maverick retaliation against their stampeding forms.

Screen> Zephyr> Rock charges up again, and fires into the dead Maverick gumbies. "Then you'll go down, Guts Man. I have no regrets in retiring you!" His colors shift then, to Punk's, and he leaps for guts, beginning to spin like a top. "You'll have to do MUCH better than that..." he screams, angered further in hearing Dingo dying. "SCREW CRUSHER!"

Screen> Tango> Templar draws his Morning Star, beginning to whirl the chain-mace over his head in long, rapid circles. He thumbs a control on the handle, and a crackling green energy field hisses angrily around the sphere, burning an emerald trail in the sky like a portent, or a meteor, or some of Anthem's coffee. "<CHARGE!>" Well duh.

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi looks towards the threshold of the base, rank upon rank of Repliforcer fighting with renewed vigour. The dread weasel fills with dread herself as the Maverick spearhead is oblitterated. She directs her legion of plague rats towards the onslaught but knows it will do little. Still she fights on. "REPLIFORCE SHALL BE CLEANSED!" comes her fanatical battlecry. "FOR LORD SIGMA!"

Screen> Delphi> Firestorm Phoenix thanks Cyber Peacock and works his shoulders a bit, "Alright, lets finish this."

creen> Delphi> The General's order rings forth from the Repliforce HQ. Hurricane rockets into the area, behind him, his divison, and a HORDE of repliforce Gumbies "BLAST THEM STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!"

Screen> Delphi> Tomahawk Zebra continues to hover by Firestorm, checking him over. "Are you alright?" she asks, not paying any attention to the change iun ground combat.

Screen> Granite Griffin soars over a sea of Mav gumbies. Though he is high enough up as to obscure any level of detail, flash after white flash appear beneath him, each teleporting an explosive boulder in from an unknown location. As the car sized pieces of granite strike the ground, they explode, sending shrapnel-like shards flying all over the place below. Gumbies are felled in droves.

Screen> Signas V Enker Enker seems amazed when Signas doesn't fight back. "I could destroy you without even breaking a nail, you know. Yet you continue to /help/ them." Enker stands there for a second, pondering things. "You stay with your ideals. I admire that. Maybe we'll meet again, under more... appropriate circumstances." With that, he dashes off to find another opponent.

Screen> General tromps forward alongside the flood of Repliforce soldiers, driving through many gumbies. Many meet their end by being crushed, though the General does unleash a series of beams from his wrists to increase the effeciency of the job. The return fire is essentially useless on his heavily armored frame, the shots being absorbed or simply lashing off and into the air. His voice continues to bellow out, to drive his army onward, "Keep up your fire, boys! Don't let up! They're breaking!"

Screen> Crush Crawfish snarls as he recovers from being blinded, only to get pummeled by Star Man's attack, and getting knocked backwards by the blow. Ow. Grumbling, he staggers to his feet again, even as whole ranks of gumbies are obliverated. "Keep fighting! Die for your cause if you must, but you will NOT SURRENDER! Otherwise I'll rip your cowardly processors out myself! Onward Mavericks!" As close as he gets to insperational speeches, he turns back to Toad Man. "As for you..." He spins around, swinging his massive powerful tail at that wiggling bum even as the harsh acid burns into his armor.

Screen> Wheel Gator screams in an un-mannish-type manner, fire has /NEVER/ been a favorite of his and that goes double now, seeing as he's, y'know, being enveloped in a huge inferno and is dying. That never helps. "AAAAAGH!!" He dives into the moat, extinguishing the flames, then pulls himself up the shoreline, dripping water and looking considerably blacker and more crispy. "That ... wasn't a lot of fun ..." but, like worms after rain, there emerges the Gator's wide, toothy, ear-to-ear grin, though with a far more sinister edge. "Now you'll see what I'm made of," he growls, before charging forward, huge mouth wide open and bearing down on the Hunter.

Screen> Tango> Guardian comes moving back into the field. As explosions surround him he moves one striking down a gumby with his scimitar. As he moves on he notices to same Maverick he never got to finish fighting. holding his hand out he says, "Hey Maverick I'm back"

Screen> Zephyr> Chi comes running down the field, and seeing X still fighting, he smiles, and snaps off a quick message. Then, seeing Violen, he speeds up a bit more, actually leaping into the air. As he comes down, a rather large shockwave comes from the force of his mighty mass impacting with the ground, and with extreme force. "Have at you VIOLEN!!"

Screen> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> rises from the ground, hovering in over the battlefield, looking for anyone who needs pickup.

Screen> Delphi> The General's order rings forth from the Repliforce HQ. Hurricane rockets into the area, behind him, his divison, and a HORDE of repliforce Gumbies "BLAST THEM STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!" (re for Granite)

Screen> Gear Otter sends a radio transmission.

Screen> Tango> As a revitalized Repliforce charges out of their base, and the UN tanks begin firing on the Maverick forces, Tango grid does not seem as lost as it seems. And with the resurrgence of forces, Seminole charges forward again, still firing his cannon at the Maverick forces. "CHARGE!" he yells, with no care for Maverick retaliation against their stampeding forms.

Screen> Tango> Enforcer Malamute turns around as he heards Guardian, "Some of you don't ever learn, do you?" He says, crouching down for when Guardian gets near him...He goes to a three point stance, and charges back, aiming to tackle Guardian

Screen> Tango> So Templar wants to play tough? So does Fury. She has no squad to back her up, but she's Russian, so it's an even fight anyway. She storms towards Templar to charge him and his men. For the Glory of Sigma. For the Glory of the Cause.

Screen> Toad Man screams and goes flying passed Star Man, bits of steel shrapnel launching from his leather bondage gear, "HOLY FUUUU" he screams and is cut off when he strikes a concretee bunker or reinforcement of some kind. He bounces to his feet woozily, and then in a daze sort of staggers towards Crush and says, "He He He." and punches Crush, and he's so dazed it's probably more of a tickle

Screen> Tango> Agile gets up slowly, rubbing his head, crawling over to take hold of his scimitar, staggering about, his head ringing with the blast the dying Maverick Hunter delievered to him, as he tries to orient on the forces charging the field.

Screen> Star Man is jumping backwards from his attack, though he still gets caught in the Rain Flush for a little bit. He tries his best to shake off the acid, but it still burns through in patches. He shakes his head and calls up a Star Crash. He looks down and sees Toad get SMACKED hard, and his eyes shoot to Crush with a vengence. He snarls and starts getting very angry. "You! You are going down for that you big ugly dork!" He raises himself up for range, and then accelerates down as fast as he can with his antigravs at full power. Aiming for his flank, he screams, "STAR CRASH!"

Screen> Forte vs. Tiger> Neon Tiger ignores the war happening around her as well. She nimbly leaps out of the way of the falling limb, waiting for her chance to strike back.

Screen> Delphi> From down on the ground...A black form rises straight up, "Aahahahahaha!!!" Skyblade's lost it again...She rockets straight up into the air...And towards Tomahawk...Pulling a barrel roll as she does...It looks like she intends to just slam right into Tomahawk as she barrels upwards...

Screen> Magma Dragoon growls loudly as he leaps back from the teethed mouth. Instead, He plays Gator Hunter, "Aye Mate! CRIKEY! Look what we have here lad! A wild Maverick gator! We all know Gators do not fare well out of their Habitat! Lets see!" He reaches down and clenches Wheel Gator's Mouth tightly with both of his hands. Then picks him up and SMASHes the Maverick into the ground about three or four time.. (Payback's a bitch)

Screen> Tango> Guardian watchs as the Enforcer charges towards him. With simple grace he flips over the Maverick and lands behind him, "No it is you that does not learn Maverick. Now time for me to teach you a lesson" with that he puts his hand up and fires off a burst of energy at him.

Screen> Tango> Sting Chameleon is, coincidentally, in the line of fire of Seminole.. and just as he gets a certified transmission, he begins to fall back even more. Green rain pelts the ground where Seminole charges- a random gumby getting knocked in the head and falling over in the process by his side.

Screen> Signal Shrike has left.

Screen> Ricochet bashes a few gumbies to pieces as he runs through, along with his little rat, who seems to be electrocuting a good number of them. Unfortunately, the signs of battle are beginning to wear on him... his armor is scored with burn marks and dents. He scowls, spitting out some oil as he searches for more Repliforcers...

Screen> Zephyr> Guts Man scowls as Mega Man fires into the dead Maverick gumbies, there goes his projectiles. "Ha! I'll never go down bro!" He stands his ground as the blue bomber comes crashing down on him, spinning like a top. The attack is powerful enough to rip off one of Guts Man's arm and knock him down. He's hurting badly and will not likely survive another round. It's now or never for Guts Man. Will he achieve fame and fortune? Or will he be mocked for ages to come?! If Mega Man thinks he can use his own comrades primaries against him, well he'll use his own and show him how it's really done. Doing a one hand push up, the squared jaw Master gets back up on his fist, a mystical aura can be seen coming from his remaining arm. Near by a piece of concrete lays dormant. Suddenly Guts Man darts off to the side not wasting any time. Picking up the slab of concrete with his one hand he lifts it over his head. The way he holds the piece of concrete is the same way Krillin holds his destructo disks. With what is probably going to be his last breath unless he hits, Guts Man shouts, "SUPER ARM!!!!! ATTACK!!!!!"

Screen> Magna Centipede shakes a pair of mighty fists as he begins to back into the water, shell after shell shaking the ground about him. "NEXT TIME, REPLIFORCE!!!! NEXT TIIIIIIIIME!"

Screen> Tango> Templar charges Fury right back. For slimy, miserable, disgusting, bloated megacorps around the world! A threat to bloodsucking capitalism anywhere is a threat to bloodsucking capitalism everywhere! His squad pretty much splits off to fight the horde of Gumbies, but Tempie continues his jumpjet charge right at Fury. . o O ("Her again...") O o . For a moment, he hesitates. Then, a surge of blind obedience and patriotism and stuff saves him from the dangerous 'thinking' process, and he rushes winged vengeance.

Screen> Tango> Enforcer Malamute brings his shield up in front of him, blocking the shot, before he charges with the shield, to knock Guardian over

Screen> Delphi> Maverick Ride Armor <Raven> stamps forward, watching the flurry of Gumbies invade. Although it's heavily damaged, Cyber is not about to give up yet. "For the glory of SIGMA!" he yells, the shout reverberating throughout the loudspeakers. The armor starts to back away slowly, blasting scatterfire all through the field.

Screen> Forte vs. Tiger> Bass continues through with the swing, even though it misses in the process. He comes to a halt, blinking as the chaos of the war around him picks up another notch...and blinking to himself. With that, he straightens, and glances towards the battle lines...the repliforcers...and the towering hulk of General himself. For a moment...he twitches, before suddenly turning and tossing the severed arm to the side, sending it clattering to the ground. "Forget you...." he mutters finally. "...I'm through playing around. If the big man himself choses to come out...then I'll play his game...on HIS terms!" And with that, like he suddenly had a complete change of heart...he streaks away in a cloud of dust.

Screen> Payback is /indeed/ a bitch, but then so is Wheel Gator, after a form, because without waiting to check for damage after Magma's very familiar-looking attack he scrambles forward, not even standing up first, slithering forward on all fours with his huge mouth snapping viciously.

Screen> Delphi> Granite Griffin is in the process of reloading as he once again changes direction. Several more pumps of his wings and he is almost directly behind his commander. .oO(No wonder they called me in from suspension...) Granite Griffin is semi-occupied radioing his boulder supplier, "Yes.. that's right, one about the size of a house."

Screen> Signas runs in from around the corner, taking in the rear of the charge. He looks calmly to the crowd fighting endlessly before him, and he decides that it is time to stop this. Silenly he closes his eyes and concentrates on the energy now moving about on his form. Those standing around him notice that thier hairs stand up on thier necks, and thier clothes tend to stick a bit. Crackling bluish-purple lighting courses about his form. Above the fighting, a cloud forms quickly in the moonlight, rumbling suspiciously of thunder. The phenominon is small, but flashes with occasional light. Signas violently lowers his arms, touching the ground with his hands. Lightning spreads about, striking everywhere, but mostly toward the gumbies as they fight.

Screen> Tango> Guardian ,just like before he jumps into the air and without batting an eye lash lands right behind Enforcer Malamute. With his scimitar in hand he leaps at him slashing downwards at the powerful Maverick.

Screen> Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> has arrived.

<Live News><Reporto> Funk stumbles as Muse plows into her, but as soon as she regains her balance she runs after Ska and McLaren without resistance - though she shoots a furious glance back at Sigma.

Screen> Magma Dragoon roars in pain as he is bit, but shrugs it off and happily returns the FAVOR!

Screen> Tango> Dawn is among those charging as Repliforce streams after the Mavericks and Seminole gives his orders. She's still carrying the Hoverbike overhead, and seems to have found someone all too recognizable to her. Corrosion Kamaitachi. And Dawn looks /furious/, too.

Screen> Tango> Agile finally looks up from where he is, seeing Repliforce closing in on him, his frame battered and sparking heavily from the hunter's death-price. "Curse you, from the scrap yard you still defy me! You deny me vengence by going to the grave! Curse you, "brother"! Curse you!" And with that, Agile does his best to dart off the field and out of danger.

Screen> Delphi> Signal Shrike has been mostly destroying Maverick gumbies in the air while keeping an eye on the general situation, as much as he can. As he spots the massive Maverick Air Armor, he swoops down towards it, powering up. "I think you owe us an armor, Peacock. Not to mention, I still want to match hacking skills someday with you!" He thrusts his arms out and discharges a massive electrical charge.

Screen> Zephyr> Charging. Charging. Charging. The X-Buster draws in energy as Guts Man makes his speech. "Then we'll just have to put you six feet under while you still function!" He watches Guts Man... holding the charge in his Buster, though cycling through colors. "Come on, let's get this going..." he says, watching Guts' power increase. And then the concrete. "MUSICAL MACE!" The charged energy is shunted into the stolen weapon, and more or less a wrecking ball-sized mace appears, jutting out of Rock's buster. Which is subsequently taken to Guts Man like a hammer to a nail.

Screen> Tango> Enforcer Malamute ducks to the side, the blade missing him...He snarls a bit, and charges up his wrist mounted taser again, pulling his arm back, before swinging it in Guardian's direction, to shock him in the side

Screen> Slash Beast runs across the field unnoticed by anyone including his own team..but as Magna withdraws his mind goes from revenge to his primary objective, "Some other time Magna.." he quickly pivots and heads back into the fray

Screen> Tango> Seminole leaps over the fallen Repliforce gumby, continuing to lead the charge back at the Maverick forces. He spots Sting Chameleon in withdrawl, ignoring the green rain that assaults the ground around him. Sem sneers angrily, raising his arm cannon and snapping of a much more accurate and concentrated shot at the Maverick. o0(The Mavericks have been voted off the island)0o.

Screen> Forte vs. Tiger> "Make up your feeble mind, Bass!" Neon Tiger calls out after him, firing off a series of energy blasts at the broad fins on the Master's head.

Screen> Grenadier Medic continues to lay down covering fire as his Medical teams pick up the wounded they had to leave behind before. The renewed Marines pour out around him, laying down more fire.

Screen> Zephyr> Guts Man explodes into energy rings! Dying forever! Oh wait, he's not a Maverick or Maverick Hunter or Repliforcer. He's going to live through this! Boo-yah!

Screen> Tango> Fury lets out a cry of anger as she approaches Templar. What does this fool think he's doing? "Don't be a damned fool!" she yells, ejecting her blades, and swinging her clenched fist in an attempt to separate Templar's head from his shoulders.

Screen> Tango> Guardian moves his arm down using all his force to block Enforcer Malamute's arm. As he struggles against his much stronger opponent he smirks and says, "Remember what I said about acrobatics? Well try this out"with that Guardian flips into the air kicking at the Maverick

Screen> Delphi> Tomahawk Zebra oofs as the eagle impacts. "Back for more eh? You look like Shadow Raven these days..." she sneers. As the order comes over her radio she scowls. "Looks like we'll have to finish this dance later Skyblade..." she says, as she attempts to jet out of there. "C'mon Firestorm! Cyber! Let's go!" she yells.

Screen> Crush Crawfish is FLUNG backwards as Star Man's primary slams into him, hurtling the crustatean Maverick onto his back, where he flails about a bit. "Gaaah! Someone get me up! DAMMIT!" Knowing better than to disobey this officers orders, a few remaining gumbies run over to help him. "Good. Now cover my tactical retreat." He proceeds to beat haste towards the tank as the gumbies, fearing their life at his claws more than Repliforce's guns, do as told.

From afar, General doesn't have to let him win, like he did with Rock. ^_-

Screen> Delphi> Hurricane Hawk roars in laughter, "Who are the cowards now Mavericks?!" The commander calls as the swarms force the mavericks back. He doesn't care, the victory is theirs, and nothing will ever change that this night!" his laugh intensifies as the Maverick armor plumets to the ground. "Don't ever come back! lest you feel the full fury of this Hurricane and all the others of the aerial divison!"

Screen> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> hovers in low, searchlights looking for downed allies. The laser cannons that most people didn't notice on teh Vorpal open fire on the Maverick gumbies as it does so, the ride heading for Tango Sector.

Screen> Delphi> Granite Griffin raises both arms out in front of him. Between, there is a bright white flash, and yes, that house sized piece of granite he ordered appears in his palms as the flash fades. What he is going to do with the hyoooge piece of stone... one might not want to stick around long enough to find out.

Screen> Delphi> Firestorm Phoenix reactivates his weapon systems and prepares for oncoming forcers. But jsut then... Sigma orders the mavs to fall back, "Well damn." Kicking his thrusters into full reverse Firestorm jets back, flips, reverses thrust again and jets off, "Come guys, we got orders to fall back."

Screen> Tango> Templar has a giant sheet of metal strapped to his arm with a red picture of some chick with snakes in her hair for a reason. Shameless product promotion. ... and keeping his vacuous head on his shoulders. He snaps the aegis up, and the claws rake 'uselessly' across it. ... well, okay, not so uselessly; they shred the metal and sort of mess up the snake-hair-chick's face. But it might hurt more if he manages to smack right into Fury with it.

Screen> Delphi> Cyber Peacock sighs quietly as he reappears into the battlefield, looking quite annoyed. "Another armor. I am going to be in so much trouble," he mutters quietly as the Raven falls to the ground, flickering and fizzling. With his l33t skills, the bird activates the automatic transporter inside the armor, and sends it back to base in its battered condition. "Now, it is time for me to go." And the peacock blinks out.

Screen> Tango> Sting Chameleon is hit in the booby. Ow, he winces, staggering back. In fact, he's convinced to turn tail and flee full fledged now, and does so.

Screen> Wheel Gator is quickly dragged to safety in the Crustacean by gumbies - they know he'll return the favor later.

Screen> Enker watches one particular crab-looking Maverick fleeing, and tries to pick him off with a round of laser fire from afar.

Screen> Toad Man shakes his fist in the air angrily as Crush begins to run, "OH YEAH! WUSSY!"

Screen> Zephyr> Violen smirks, hearing the repliforcer approach. His optics narrow and as they turn from Guts man and Rock. He jumps into the air as the crash spreads in a huge circle. The ground shakes and loosens. Landing in the new soft ground. He smirks, "Next time, don't make yourself known!" He drops to one knee and stands straight. He growls and stomps his foot making his equivilant.

Screen> Star Man watches as he bashes Crush into running away. He stares into him as he makes his getaway. "No way, you are not getting away that easy! I'll get you for what you did! Meteroite Launcher!" He looks at one of the meteors hovering by him, and it ZOOMS at Crush.

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi hisses viciously, watching a young 'human' type reploid countercharge her efforts. With but a thought, the chemical launcher morphs into a wicked scythe sprouting from the palm of her hand, giving her a matched set. "Come, little girl. You shall be the first to taste the plague!"

Screen> Magma Dragoon dashes off, dodging all energy blasts as he takes out his opponent. Despite him bleeding, He pushes on and helpes retrieve the wounded for the rest of the fight

Screen> Robot Master reinforcements have arrived, from the direction of New York. It takes the form of a massive, statuesque golden figure, who's regal bearing and noble features can not be mistaken.

Wily has Commanded that someone pay, and so, someone shall. It matters not, at this point, WHO, just as long as the damage is done, that it is severe, and that the message he sends is clear.

King goes hunting.

He would go after General immediately, were that notable not inaccessable to him due to the intensity of the fighting between them. So he begins to carve a path, starting with Ricochet and Phoebus.

Screen> Zephyr> Rock absorbs the energy rings. "Alright!" You got: Super Arm! And he turns, panting from exhertion. He looks about, over at Chi and Violen...

<Live News><Reporto> Admist the chaos that now ensues double time thanks to the evacuation and Colonel making his big entrence, another figure walks through the main entryway to the assembly. He stands there for a moment, the lighting in the room causing his frame to simply be a solid black silhouette of a reploid.

"They've always told me, that the two most dangerous Reploids in existance, are ones that should be feared and respected. They also tell me that those two Reploids may very well one day be responsible for the death of mankind. What were their names again? Oh yeah, former Repliforce Officer Sigma, and former Robot Master Elite Zero..."

The figure steps out of the shadow, revealing the form of Zero, a wide smile creeking across his lips, "Tonight, Sigma. I plan on lowering that count to one." he draws his sabre and stares daggers at his counterpart and flicks his hair back, "Besides, I can't let Colonel have -all- the fun, now can I?" he leaps into the air of the large assembly room and kicks in his dash jets causing him to momentarily streak through the air, landing him near the other two combatants, "Well Colonel, I'd say let's make this short and sweet, but I'd like to make Sigma feel the pain he's caused others... although I'm sure you and your morals are against all that."

Screen> Zephyr> Like a scythe cutting it's way through wheat, a dark figure practically rips a path through the troops in it's way now. Weapons blaze in a blurr all about him, as Bass rips asunder first retreating Maverick troops...and then advancing Repliforce troops. Blasts streak past, some hitting his shoulders and torso....and yet, he feels none of them, carrying on through, leaving a path of death in his wake. It's like a path of spare parts and severed armor and limbs being sent behind him. And his target? None other than the biggest one that's here. With a snarl of animalistic insanity, Bass kicks in his dash jets in the next instant, leaping high into the air, as he brings his buster to bear, aiming it straight at General's immense, pondering form.

Screen> Zephyr> Bass screams, "LET CHAOS RULE THE DAY!

Screen> Tango> Dawn is about to wound Corrosion Kamaitachi's inner child, Vorpal. Her backpack thrusters deploy and rocket her along the ground at high speed, and she seems really, /really/ angry. Shouting back in Japanese, "(Shut up! You won't have your way anymore!)" She lowers the hoverbike as though it were a lance and tries to ram into the Kamaitachi with it.

Screen> Zephyr> Chi smirks. "Oh?" he asks, leaping into the air. He snarls as he takes a swing at Violen with Masamune, letting lose the deadly might of his weapon. "Time to take you down...once and for all!" he screams, bringing the halberd across and back at Violen's body.

"I will defeat you here... FOR THE REPLIFORCE!"

Screen> Ricochet sends a radio transmission to Phoebus.

Screen> Delphi> Skyblade Eagle raahs! As Tomahawk starts to fall back, bringing up her launchers, "Yeah!? Well! This one's for Shadow!" She brings up both Skyblade launchers, and opens fire on the fleeing Tomahawk with a pair of ion disks...Only to notice Firestorm fleeing too...Switching ammo, she opens fire on him with another set, this time of normal razor bladed disks...Only to spot Cyber about to blink out...Unloading with a pair of flame disks in his direction..

Screen> Enker hears Bass' cry from afar as he beats back Repliforce's met army. He pauses to golf clap. "Wonderful melodrama."

You paged Magma Dragoon with 'Ah. Ok. Farewell. :)'.

Screen> Tango> Slash Beast reveals himself and begins to issue orders, "Gear Otter, I saw two Hunters go down with critical injuries" he points in the two seperate directions....retrieve them."

Screen> Toad Man runs up to Enker, in full bondage gear and begins to jump around ecstatically, "ENKMAN!" he cries happily while bouncing with super exhuberance, "ME AND START CHASED OFF A BIG CRABBY CRAB DUDE! AND NOW SIGMA WILL KNOW THAT WE"RE IMPORTANT!"

Screen> Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> kuhkuhkuhs toward King immediately... of course... its slow..and isn't going to be able to fire first..and even if it did.. last time it did what? one damage?...its a melee weapon...the ride armor moving almost as if its Phoebus's own body...but not quite...he isn't that used to it yet.

Screen> Ricochet pants slightly, talking on the radio, as he and his li'l rat notice the massive lumbering form... "Once more onto the breach, lad?..." "*BLURP BLIP BLOOP*" <I'm not a lad, I'm a rat.> says Orbit. "Details, details." he takes up a defensive posture, waiting until the warrior is in range.

Screen> Tango> Enforcer Malamute growls at his radio, poiting at Guardian, "I'll be back for you!" He yells out, before turning...And running away like the rest of the Mavericks are, or should be, doing...

Screen> Star Man sneers and stomps his foot as his shot misses. "Ah well, we got em good, Toad Dude!" He floats over to the Transport which Bass "landed" earlier and smiles as he looks out at the combat. What a site. "Stupid Maverick Dorks!"

Screen> Slash Beast reveals himself and begins to issue orders, "Gear Otter, I saw two Hunters go down with critical injuries" he points in the two seperate directions....retrieve them."

Screen> Tango> Fury doesn't move an inch as the shield slams into her face. Indeed, she just stands completely still, staring at Templar for a good few seconds. "You would be a great Maverick, Templar. Join us." Ewww. How cliche. Even so, she brings up her free arm, which pops open, revealing a small chaingun, which begins to spin at an amazing speed with a lovely *WHIRRRRR*. And then a shower of bullets fly towards Templar.

Screen> Tango> Seminole slows his own advance as Sting Chameleon his hit. In the boobie. As the rest of the Repliforce gumbies fight on and push the Maverick troopers back, Seminole moves back toward the Island to see where else his skills can be best put to use.

Screen> The Med Gumbie squad continues to slowly home in on Shield. There, the med squad surrounds him, and begins their work. Otter in the lead, staring down with his disturbing single optic. /_u "... Damn hunters." He doesn't, however, refuse treatment.

Screen> Tango> Guardian looks on as Enforcer starts running away. "Oh no you don't" he shouts firing off a shout at Enforcer.

Screen> Down a fair way slinks off a glowing Maverick tiger. She'll be back for revenge... some day.

Screen> Tango> Signas runs into the main battlezone, to search for the wounded and fight off any forces willing to stop him. He calmly pickl up a hand, thinking that it may belong to a member buried under a pile, but it is a detatched hand. Silenlty, he drops it, and continues his search in quiet thought of the recent events. Following him is a large lightning storm that begins to just... dissipate as he manuevers about.

Screen> Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> kuhkuhkuhs toward King immediately... of course... its slow..and isn't going to be able to fire first..and even if it did.. last time it did what? one damage?...its a melee weapon...the ride armor moving almost as if its Phoebus's own body...but not quite...he isn't that used to it yet. (rp for king)...

Screen> Zephyr> General slowly looks up as another set of Maverick warriors met their end, his eyes blazing across the battlefield to the approching figure as he belows out, shots racing through the air. They collide against his form, but they do very little to harm him. Instead, they only cause him to rear back to full height, arms raising and hands clenching into fists, "Not while I yet live, Bass! This battle is won -- and as long as I stand, your ideals shall not prevail! The time has come, Dark One, for you to fall alongside your brethern!" Lowering one arm, the right one remains, energy humming from it fairly quickly. It grows in volume very quickly, unleashing in the form of a beam that races through the air for the ebony demon.

Screen> Ricochet scowls faintly, mimicing Phoebus's action. With a clunkclunkclunk, his scorched but intact armor underscores his movement as he heads headlong into the fight with Phoebus.

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachis eyes go quite wide, not expecting this tactic at all. She has no chance to dodge the oncomong bike and ends up getting run over in spectacular fashion, rollong several times after the fact. More disoriented than damaged, she gets back to her feet. Wobbling, she tries to hinder a repeat performance by getting the hunter off of the bike. Reaching back, Corri prodices a small grenade which she hurls towards Dawn.

Screen> Med Gumbies, having no time to activate the EGP and give Shield teh reploid version of piankiller, begin peeling back the armor, revealing the torn wires, shot fluid lines, and fracture cracks. Otters hands become a blurr, rewiring, repprimeing, stopping leaking fluids, the hoarde of Med Gumbies helping a hell of a lot.

Screen> Rock zooms away from a VERY flattened area, where he more or less splattered Guts Man.

Screen> Tango> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> starts blowing away Maverick gumbies to slow or dumb to run. Smoking bats, those spiked wheel things, what have you. It comes in low to pick up wounded.

Screen> Tango> Templar slams into the 'ploid, but is unable to to make her budge. She does have about three and a half feet on him. His shoulder servos are nicely crunched from the shock, and before he can fully recover, a hail of bullets nail him in the chestplate, bypassing the piece of metal with the snake-haired-chick on it. The bullets blow straight through the hardened alloy, and mechfluid and sparks spray out as they tear through his internals. However, he keeps on fighting, too dumb to know that that hurt. He swings his Morning Star right at Fury's chest, hoping to bash her/zap her with some nice electric current.

Screen> Enker looks at Toad Man, eyebrow raised at his unique choice of costume. Eyeing his injuries and acid-dripping wounds, Enker says "You are damaged, Delta Advisor. Sit down." He brings a dead met around to act as a makeshift chair while Enker treats Toad's injuries. He opens one of his own compartments and removes a medical scanner and various equipment and starts scanning Toad.

Screen> Maverick Water Tank <Crustacean> sinks below the waters, the command staff of the Maverick army dissipating to leave the underlings in chaos.

Screen> Star Man zips over to Enker and company. He nods to everyone there and says, "We took out that Maverick, real good!"

Screen> Slash Beast points towards Defender Dingo, "I think that there is nothing that I can do for that Hunter..see if you can help." after that he leaps towards Shield

Screen> Mirror Pegasus can be seen as a itty bitty speck in the sky as she's hurtled away from teh battle by an explosion, still clutching her prized trophy to keep from losing it in the flight. *ping*

Screen> Toad Man is bursting with happiness and jingling zippers and chains as he hops around ignorant of Enker's scanning, "I SHOWED THAT BALD GUY BY BEATING HIS CRAB MAN! HOO HAA!"

Screen> Tango> Blitz Crane lands heavily on the ground with a smirk, having dealt with the pegasus already. She's in decent condition,a nd looking for something else that needs attacking

Screen> Shield slowly stops bleeding. Wee. Of course, that doesn't really alter the fact he still has way less blood then he should.

Screen> Grenadier Medic holds the fort, MSE pulling the wounded out of battle more and more.

Screen> Tango> Guardian starts to gather a group of gumbies together. Pushing them forward they converge around fallen warriors giving them cover.

Screen> Silence Tsetse zoomes down from the sky with the other victorious air forces, then begins skimming over the ground, looking for targets - not that she thinks she's going to see any Maverick ones causing much more trouble. It may have been garbled, but judging by the radio - Mavs won't be causing any more problems.

Screen> Tango> Dawn isn't /on/ the bike. She's using it as a weapon! As she slams into, and past Corrosion, she spins in mid-flight only to get pelted by an acidic grenade of some kind. It's met with a wince, but she seems angrier still, and still stressed to the point she's shouting in Japanese. "(Bastard!)" Dropping the Hoverbike, Dawn lands and runs at Corrosion, aiming an uppercut at her jaw.

Screen> Tango> Guardian looking down at one of the wounded and with the help of a gumby starts to take the reploid back to base.

Screen> Tango> Fury gasps for breath, forcing some air into her tormented lungs. Even as the chaingun disappears into her arm, her other hand is brought up. Just like happened with that silly Hunter, a ball of fire is summoned by her adorable little flamer.

Screen> As the power grid is driven away from Shield's fractured power core, a small reserve tank is passed from hand to hand to paw. There, Gear wires the small replacement in... and turns the switch, lettinthe juice flow. He pulls out a bit of slap patch armor, and begins covering what holes he can... /_-

Screen> Seeing that the Ride Armor is coming his way, King shakes his head, and brings forth the Royal Shield. He wil have to be careful about how this works out, he decides, and hold the massive aegis at the ready, while swinging the axe in an easy way.

Hopefully it won't get stuck in the broken chassis of one of these Repliforcers.

With a grim look of determination, he enters combat, coming up almost immediately to Ricochet, and slashing out. Time for a little pain.

Screen> Zephyr> Bass draws his arms down, clenched fists at his sides, as he gives a howl and practically PUSHES himself upwards, and through the air to climb up and above the beam's path. He lands with a hard *CRUNCH* several dozen feet away, amidst the building rubble and kicked up earth from all the weapon impacts. A turn at the waist shows him drawing up his buster once more, now levelling it at General's massive midriff, a more powerful charge cycling into the weapon. His eyes flash with the blood lust that's built into him all this time....still snarling all the while. "You'll fail...as you've always failed! We fall to no one...we BOW to no one! CHAOS is SUPREME!"

*BWOOOOOM* The kickback of the buster is actually enough to cause Bass' body to rotate back around to the way it's supposed to be facing.

Screen> Tango> Blitz Crane looks around as she stands "ANyone need a hand here? Ahm ready t'fight!"

Screen> Shield groans and blinks. He tries to salute Otter but fails, as his arm refuses to move due to exhaustion. "Corporal Shield of Repliforce, reporting for

Screen> Zephyr> Violen poses in surprise. He's smacked across the chest and falls back. Rolling across the ground he comes to a slide. The dusst settles and Violen rises. His optics are glowing yellow. His fury is apparent as a viscously sour note strikes when he nails the Ground with his mace. The note rings out and begins to even hurt everyone's auditories. The mace begins to whirl and it begins to howl an evil howl. He points at Chi and gives this promise, "You are to be the last soul composed in my symphony. I will wear the smell of your death on my body." Suddenly the chain lengthens as he throws out his mace. He screams in the loudest of voices, letting every tortured soul scream out from his mouth and states, "MUSICAL MACE!"

Screen> Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> growls as King already starts off swinging at Ricochet... He brings his spiked chain around to swing at King's head... "Archer! Fire! Get behind me Ricochet!", and then swings the arm at King... "Brave...", he says... almost a complement.

Screen> Slash Beast lands and kneels near Defender Dingo and sighs....

Screen> Tango> The Sixteenth lunges into combat fearlessly, in truly Spartan style - and the hordes of Mavericks, thinned by artillery, start to fall under them and stumble back. A gigantic seven foot Reploid with a double-handed vibroaxe slices one clean in two, moving right through the halves to lash another with the scythed lower half of the axe. A samurai-esque Marine howls a battle-cry as he blurs into a whirling dervish, slicing limbs and weapons and heads alike apart with his katana and wakizashi like they were ... something really easily cuttable. And so on.

Meanwhile, Tempie learns a skill called dodging, dropping altitude suddenly to avoid the gout of fire. He deflects what he can't dodge with his shield, and replaces his Morning Star with his chaingun. Pushing his taxed energy systems to the limit, he maintains flight while pulling the trigger, setting the gun to maximum fire rate.

Screen> Gear Otter grins slightly at Shield, patting him on the shoulder: "Your left arms down and out for the time being, you'll have to stick to normal punches. But, personally, I'd suggest you just get behind defense lines and hole ut in the MSE tents. Got it?" With a grin, he packs up his tools... signals.. and he and the Gumbies are gone, towards Defender..

Screen> Zephyr> Grenadier Medic stays low as he moves into the area, his concern for the recent repairs on General bringing him into the area. His squad sticks close to him, bearing heavy grade energy packs and other equipment. He watches Bass fire with a wince. Still - he's got his assignement, and moves towards the battle.

Screen> Enker nods approvingly as he scans. He's got to admire Toad's morale under such dismal conditions. "Sigma will learn today that he cannot manipulate the world as if he were Dr. Wily." He then proceeds to patch up Toad's injuries as best he can with his limited time and resources.

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi shows how much damage was done to her wee weasel brain by not even being able to tell if Dawn was riding or using the bike. Either way she was hit hard. Watching her beautiful bomb explode in a spray of acid, she becomes distracted by chemistry in action. However it would seem her beautiful chemicals were a catalist for the blow she's about to recieve. Again, the weasel goes tumbling. She's starting to look a little less than pleased as well. "That HURT' Springing to her feet despite the protesting of her systems, she charges back into the fray, scythes slashing wildly.

Screen> Zephyr> General takes a step back as the blast strikes him, fists remaining clenched as he stares at Bass with narrowing eyes, "Are you truly so blinded by your own vaunted beliefs that you cannot see that the day is lost for you? So be it! I will dispatch you, Bass, if you so force me. Fall back and I will not pursue. Remain and I will -do my duty-!" Readying both arms, the General rears back as electric energy begins to course along his arms. It gathers quickly, condensing until, with the fists training upon Bass' ebony form, it's unleashed in an explosion of electricity.

Screen> Star Man looks over Enker's shoulder as he works/ "He going to be okay, Enker Dude? We really kicked that MAverick's butt!"

Screen> Rock stops in the middle of the battlefield to waste some Maverick Gumbies. "Who wants some?"

Screen> Toad Man blinks and lets Enker do his thing for a bit, "THanks buddy, " he pauses. and lets Enker work "I promise I wont get drunk and make you drive me home for a month, okay?"

Screen> Ricochet attempts to follow Phoebus's orders... but suddenly turns around as suddenly the King is upon him! He grimmaces, and attempts to dive, trying to avoid the axe coming towards him. Orbit leaps off of Ricochet's back, ane lectrical bolt powering up withiin his main capacitors as the axe smashes off most of the back layer of his partner's armor. "*BLURP!*" <RICOCHET!> Orbit yelps, landing as he turns 'round towards King... he growls... before releasing a massive electrical bolt at King. "*BLURP BLIP!*" <Back off Rico!>

Screen> Zephyr> Chi leaps back, the mace crashing harmlessly into the ground. "Nice try Violen...but not good enough." he says, as he gets into a three point stance. "Now...you face the fury of the mountain unleashed! Here it comes! Here it comes!!" he screams, as he begins running towards Violen, shoulder-first. The ground shakes and thunders with the power exherted.

As he comes up on Violen, he whispers, so softly. "The Midnight Train."

Screen> Slash Beast flags Gear Otter down and takes a step back.....he angrily swallows and looks up again at the sitauation.....

Screen> Tango> Dawn spins under the first slash from the scythe, lunges back from the next, pivots aside in midair to avoid another, and finally uses her thrusters to rocket back a few feet to avoid the rest. "(Good.)" Her mouth remains open with that cold, angry statement, and out comes an icy mist to punctuate it. It's more meant for fire-fighting than as an actual weapon, but it might cause a little armor cracking...

Screen> The Med Gumbies continue to move towards Defender... but Otter pauses. Blinks as a familiar voice strikes his ears. He slowly straightens, peering about with his last remaining eye. /_= "X!!"

The Gumbies, mean time, take over for Slash, performing general procedure. Pull back the armor, rewire, reclip, reprime, and get the damn guy to stop leaking.

Screen> Charge Man sighs as he exits the Transprot once more, seeing as his guess that the Masters were more then a match for the opposition. He lokos around as he walks out onto the firld once more. . o O (Never leave a soldier to do a commanders job.) he says as he smashes his two large fists together.

Long distance to Sarah Storm: Twila Peterson wonders if there's going to be a mass funeral now for all who died...

Screen> Tango> Signas watches as a Maverick gumbie threatens a Repliforce gumbie with a gun-like weapon. With presicion he snatches the Maverick up and tosses him aside and into a few more gumbies, letting the wounded alone. Yet, this figure doesn't respond to any action to wake him, or have contact. Upon closer inspection, he find the head to be cleanly removed from the body. With a sigh he stands and returns back to see what he can do...

Screen> Tango> Fury is too close to dodge something like that. Luckily, a wannabe hero attacks hero, and she grabs ahold of him, using him as a shield. Templar's gun tears open his back and the poor Repliforcer lets out a bloodcurdling scream, only to be tossed to the side. Just for the record, that soldier is in a world of pain, but not dead. In the meantime, Fury looks down at the Sergeant, sending him a glare, and... moments later, twin rays of Stygian energy flies towards Templar.

Screen> Shield nods at Otter as his head clears. Wait, he's no longer Repliforce. Oh well. Days like today he wishes he still were. He staggers to his feet and makes his way to the medical tents.

Screen> Star Man zips over to Chrage Man's side outside the Transport. "Toad Dude and I ripped apart some Maverick lobster, Charge Dude! We so OWN them!"

Screen> Zephyr> Bass crouches for a moment, his hand reaching down to lay flat on the ground....before he springs into the air once more, very grasshopper like as the electrical blasts hurtly by underneath. "Your duty...you live, eat and breathe your duty..." Bass snarls, his buster once again building a charge, cycling to the next most powerful level. As he comes down once more, he lands roughly on the uneven terrain, falling flat on his face and rolling over, coming up in a heap and facing upwards, his weapon trained on General's massive body, as it's tip builds into a eye-searing energy ball. "I'll just see to it personally that in the end...you DIE with your duty as well! It's of little consequence if that's what you want...it more than satisfies ME!" *KRAKA-THWOOOOOM*

Laying on his back, the kickback isn't so bad this time, though it does push his body backwards and through another kicked up hill of overturned earth.

Screen> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> hovers back into the area, blowing hell out of dumb Mav gumbies... and any RM gumbies it happens to notice. Searchlights cover the battlefield, and the pilot looks for wounded.

Screen> Skyblade Eagle flies around above the area, blwoing the sh*t out of Mav aerial gumbies as they fly around, "Come on! You've got nothing!" She yells out as she blows something else up, "Ahahahaha!" More gumbies go down..

Screen> Gear Otter growls slowly, and begins walking for Rock. His last optic gleams, the other eyepatch looking just a tad jaunty. "... Yea, thats right. Repliforcer. You remember me, don't you? You retired me..." a paw goes up to his eyepatch, the last one narrows: "... You shoulda finished the job." /_=

Screen> Hurricane Hawk is doing the very same as his XO, Bolts of lighting followed by claps of thunder ring across the skies. The maverick aerials falling rapidly.

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi is fortunately a nimble thing. As she finds her blade ducked she leaps into the air and over the hunter where she comes down with a double axe handle. She seems to forgoe the traditional combat banter, it is a silly thing.

Screen> Charge Man looks over to his XO and nods. "Good." he says shortly. He then looks back to the field and lets a blast of steam go. Walking in long steady strides, he looks back to Star as he moves away, "I'll be back soon. I have work to do." he says cooly before turning back to the field and marching onwards.

Screen> Slicing out at Ricochet was easy, but getting hit by that Ride Armor was not. Not easy at all.

Fortunately, the Royal Shield absorbs quite a bit of the damage, systems within it storing the energy for use by the Regal Master. As it glows, the systems within King signal tha tit is ready to return the kinetic energy as something a bit more tangible.

He is all too willing to comply.

In a spectical of light not witnessed for some time, King unleashes the full power of the Royal Shield upon the Kangeroo. So powerful is the drain on his systems that even he takes some damage from it.

He suspects it will be well worth the sacrifice.

Long distance to Gear Otter: Twila Peterson hees/

Screen> Blitz Crane jogs up from the front lines, looking around through the chaos for Anthem of X. She doesn't bothe rmuch with the Maverick gumbies, mostly just jumping over them or smashing their heads in with her feet

Screen> Rock Frowns deeply at Gear. "And it was a mistake. We learn from mistakes..." he says, looking Gear over with a soft, apologetic frown.

Screen> Star Man nods quickly with a strong face. "Go get im, Charge Dude! Give em one for me!"

Screen> Zephyr> As his greatest weakness, Violen is prone to sudden and instantaneous bursts of rage. When his mace hits a sour note it destroys any symbol of consciousness for a good while...or at least until his momentum stops. Barely aware of anything, he screams and turns around just in time to miss the bull. He is nothing but a slobbering mound of really dense angst. He walks slowly over to Chi, regaining his sanity...at least for a little while. His feet rustle the dirt. He swings his mace and lets out the Mace Song without saying a word. Nothing is more important to him now than stopping this reploid.

Screen> King strikes Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> with his Royal Shield Megablast attack.

Screen> Tango> Dawn gets struck in the head by the axehandle, but spins so that it's little more than a glancing hit. She too has no more words for now, trying to grab Corrosion's arms with her own, and then lunge in and kick her in the midsection with a foot.

Screen> Slash Beast glances over the area again checking for more injured and more threats to the injured then his gaze falls over Charge Man walking confidently onto the battle field. Slash Beast growls and sqauts, his battered form barely responding. If he comes this way..he's got rouble

Screen> Tango> Templar widens his eyes behind his obsidian-black t-visor, watching the gumbie get shredded by the chaingun. He doesn't even have time to react to the glare ... he doesn't notice it, until the streams of ionic energy burn through his wounded chest area and course into his internals. He drops his RFAPPC, throwing his head back in agony. It only lasts a moment, though, and the burst almost seems to energize him somehow. The 'ploid grabs his Xiphos from his hipsheath, and coaxes another flare from his jumpjets, lunging forward in an attempt to drive the dagger through her cold, black, Maverick heart. My ... name ... is ... Templar ... *ducks tomatoes*

Screen> Gear Otter slashes his hand in a cross "YOUR MISTAKE KILLED INNOCENTS, /X/." He looks damn near ready to shoot, a harpoon actually loading itself in his weapon arm, the tip pointing out: ".. For Cryogen. For Static. For Shadow, and King Dragon. For every single person whose died beause YOUR mistake, X, You /will/ face justice. I'm not going to retire you. I'm going to /kill/ you." /_=

Screen> Zephyr> General forces himself to stand on through the blast, eyes remaining narrowed as the hands relax, the energy washing over his form. He shakes his head slowly, then takes a step forward, the earth trembling beneath him, "I have died in my duty more than once, Elite ... This time, it is not necessary. You will not prevail. Be buried in your own madness, Bass!" Rearing upward with a leg, the massive titan suddenly brings the appendage down for Bass' downed form, seeking to drive through earth or whatever else may be required to do what must be done.

Screen> Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> makes a KZZZZZT! noise as it takes heavy damage..but it doesn't stop there...its merely brings back a first and whacks at King with it, "Take this! I owe you one for this very armor!"... spikes come out of the arms of the fist... ouch..that could hurt..then again, its king.

Screen> "It's a fact of war. An unpleasant fact, but a fact nonetheless," Rock says. "And I -AM- sorry for their loss." He slowly backs away from Gear, snapping off a radio.

Screen> Zephyr> Chi has faced the wrath of the Ballade Song. This minor melody is naught. He sneers again, and whirls his blade around in his hands. Silently, with the grace of a dancer, Chi swings the Masamune around in a deadly arc, attempting to take one devestating slash at Violen and his inner circuitry. He's got to put Violen down. For the good of the earth, not to mention for the sake of the Repliforce. This is his duty...this is his task. This is what he was made for.

Screen> Zephyr> Grenadier Medic watches those power flows from a distance, pride in his heart as the Massive form of the General does battle with the Black Knight of the Masters. He rebuilt those systems. And they're holding up. His squad lays out their equipment as their Sergeant stands at safe distnace, head down as he watches.

Screen> Blitz Crane catches sight of X's white armor int eh din and alters course to approch the pair. Once she sees Gear with a weapon pointed at the Maverick Hunter commander, she skids to a halt "What the?!"

Screen> Ricochet grimmaces, rolling over as he attempts to get to his feet, Orbit transforming into floating orb mode as he does so. He coughs... "Doin' all right, Orbit..." "*BLURP BLIP!*" <Phoebus isn't!> Ricochet scowls... "You're right..." he materializes another orb, palming it, fondling it for a moment... before sighing. "Better give him all we've got..." he says... before, with a grunt, he hurls his most powerful weapon - the Ricochet Sphere... "GO!"

Screen> That harpoon readied arm is lifted, and then lowered, pointing directly towards Rock: "... But you know what? This is especially for Admiral and Flash. Flash, /X/. Flash Rabbit. The most harmless reploid that could be on the Force... and /you/ murdered him. Whether or not by your own hands, your deeds.. your ACTIONS lead up to this war." He damn near screams: "THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T SIDED WITH THE MURDERS, X!!! YOU'RE NO BETTER!" He growls: "You're worse. You're a MIDNLESS weapon..."

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi catches Dawn's foot, but not in a good way, no. A swift kick to the gut knocks her back a bit. Seeing that this will be a very dangrous opponent to melee, Corri levels her arm cannon and lets fly a glob of sizzling liquid.

Screen> Silence Tsetse leaps at a Maverick gumbie, the rather heavy bug toppling the gumbie over. Before it can push her away, Silence coughs a huge gob of goo in its face, drawing a scream from the gumbie as its face begins to melt. Silence is about press the attack when she catches sight of Gear and X out of the corner of her eye. Silience stares for a moment, the gumbie using the distraction to flee. The giant fly could hardly care. She begins crawling towards the pair slowly, watching intently.

Screen> Skyblade Eagle hears Gear from up in the air, "Oh shit.." She mutters to herself, turning around to look down at the little guy challenging the Hunter Commander...Now, she may not like the Hunters that much...But damnit, she's not gonna let this happen, since they just re-formed the alliance...She turns her direction, and flies down towards where Gear and Rock are...As quick as she can, "Gear!" She yells out, landing between him and Rock, "Stop this." She looks at Rock, "X..Let me deal with him." She looks back at Gear, "Do you want this, Gear, really?"

Screen> Charge Man looks about as he strides into the battle field. "Well then?!" he yells, "Where is your strong now?!" he challenges. He grips his fists tight and slams them loudly together, letting a long and loud blast of steam off in the process..

Screen> Zephyr> Violen is flattened and struck across the ground once again. He lies there for a few seconds and begins to blink. He gets up and stares at Chi. Regaining his senses fully he smirks and nods at Chi. "You wish..." He charges Chi and lashes out, "This is your end!" He flies into the air...as much as a Big spikey bulldog can. He falls to earth straight at Chi, hoping to flatten him. If he misses it will leave a mark.

Screen> Blitz Crane shouts over the din of combat "Gear! If you attack him, this will all jsut happen agaiN!"

Screen> Zephyr> Bass stares straight upwards...as that massive foot....how much does it weigh? Ten? Twenty tons on it's own? It's pretty damn big...is brought up over his position. His eyes widen for those few seconds, as he seems about to be made into an impression of a bug. So at that, he suddenly snaps into motion, rolling hard to the side, as the General's foot comes down with an earth-shaking *BWOOOOOOM* where he once was but a few seconds ago. Not about to let this course deter him...he comes up once again, buster held at his side as it starts charging all over again, now building to the fourth, and final level of power. Although this is a time consuming process at best. "It dosen't matter General..." he leers, tauntingly. "This could be your darkest moment, or your brightest. In the end, it's all little more than fanfare and glitter that gathers on the ground as a pile of rubbish."

Screen> Rock frowns deeply again, and then spreads his arms wide. "Then strike me down, if it'll make you feel better. I did what I had to do because that's what I thought was NEEDED to be done. If General were in this position, would you do the same thing?" He holds his arms out still, colors slipping ot neutral blue.

Screen> Tango> For perhaps the last time, Fury's claws are brought out. The left claw moves to intercept Templar's Xiphos, while the right one simply tried to embed itself in the Repliforcer's armor. Or internals. While her left blades fail to be of much use, her right fist may have more luck. Not a sound is made by the poor Maverick as the dagger pierces her armor, sending a thin spray of circulatory fluids at the man. What is she gonna do? Bleed on him? Yes.

Screen> Tango> Dawn lets go of Corrosion the moment the kick lands, easily permitting the arm cannon to fire. And seeing as she's charging right after the Reploid 'Sickle Weasel', the acid burns right into her face, melting some of the synthetic flesh there.

Speaking of melting, Dawn's hands are suddenly surrounded by fire as she closes the few meters seperating them, arcing a left jab at Corrosion's face, and trying another uppercut with the rest, this one aimed for the chest.

Screen> Zephyr> Chi gets knocked down, but rolls out from underneath the bulldog. Getting to one knee, he grips Masamune tightly, as a protective shield of energy covers his body in a small sphere. "I'm not done...just wait..." With that, Masamune's tip begins to crackle, as it begins to charge.

Screen> Slash Beast merely watches Charge Man from the action, closely. If he makes a move that is threatening at all...you better believe that Slash will be all over him

Screen> Gear Otter just walks. Right towards Rock. Ignoring everyone else... except... General. Generals orders. /_-... He reaches up with the tip of his harpoon, tapping it against Rock's chest: "This isn't finished, X. It's far from over. I don't care how long it takes, you're going down. You're going to burn in hell for everyone you've murdered. ... General's orders stand." /_=

Screen> King staggers back from teh drain on his systems, it being more than he expected, but seeing the Kangeroo take a shredding was worth it. right up until that meddlesome Ricochet throws the sphere at it, preventing him from recovering sufficently to block. As the Kangeroo's fist rings off the Shield, far less solidly this time, the regal Elite stands tall, even towering. The head of his axe glows with the light of battle, the promise of death. "You continue to annoy us. One more repliforcer shall make the ultimate sacrifice for the cause. Your life is forfeit."

Screen> Zephyr> General rears himself back up after the miss, his foot sliding through rubble and bringing him back to full height. He frowns from behind the facial guard and, though he is not yet compromised, he knows that the Robot Master is too quick for the size. If he is to overcome him, more will have to be done. Thus, rearing one arm back, General states calmly, "As I have said before, Bass ... This battle is not yet decided." Throwing that arm forward, a concentrated ring of energy is unleashed, surging through the air for Bass' form.

Screen> Skyblade Eagle is ignored? Oh...She doesn't like being ignored...She turns around, and walks up right behind Gear, "Alright Gear...Maybe I need to rephrase this...BACK THE F*&# OFF!" Skyblade Eagle - Anthem's Mini-Me with wings. ;)

Screen> "I am sorry..." Rock says softly, the sincerity obvious in his voice. "I did what I had to do. If General had ordered you against the Hunters, and a small, harmless hunter like Roll had been killed, it would be no different." He shakes his head. "And no, it's not over. For every Maverick, and Repliforcer, that I've retired... I'll regret that, every day of my life. But it's an inevitiability of war. People DIE. Soldiers DIE in their line of duty. I'm sure Flash Rabbit wouldn't want you to do this... not after he died in this war."

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi shrieks, the flaming fist contacting the armor plating that protects her precious chemical tanks, heating up the contents. "No you fool! Are you trying to blow us both up!" Drawing her hand back, the plague scythe springs fourth once agian, its deadly toxins bleeding from the blade. The weasel brings it down, trying to force the hunter once and for all out of melee range.

Screen> Tango> Templar deflects one slash, but his Xiphos is knocked from his hand. He tries to give himself some breathing room with another aerial shield bash, but her claws pierce through that gap in his chestplate created by the chaingun volley.

Screen> Blitz Crane ndos once...good, it doesn't look like Gear'll wax Rock after all...She relaxes a bit, bashign a random gumbye with her fisrt before approching Rock at a more leisurely pace. She needs orders, and she can't find her own XO - so she's going to the next best thing.

Screen> Zephyr> Violen smirks and stops his attack. He shakes his head, "You're moe injured than you appear. You wish time to catch your...breath." He stands there...the lonely Maverick in this area. His hands move to his hips, "Well...Why not just finish this...like two true warriors."

Screen> Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> growls as he once again launches his attack at Ricochet... "Don't ignore the giant armor please!", and he attempts to smash the ride armor into king's body...with a burst of nifty speed. "Deal with me!"

Screen> Charge Man looks around behind him and eyes the battle between King and his two opponents. He narrows his eyes for a moment as he watches the battle and slowly moves forewards.

Screen> Zephyr> Chi just kneels there, as Masamune begins to glow a soft Yellow color. Soon, the Halberd contues to crackle, as the color slowly turns to a bright red, matching the intensity in Chi's optics. "Because...a true warrior knows when to parry, and when to strike. I am waiting for that strike." he replies calmly, slowly getting to his feet.

Screen> Gear Otter's has only ears for Rock. Only eye for him. Skyblade once again ignored, the full brunt of the once Cheerful Otter's attention on Rock: "... You don't get it, X. It wasn't retirement. They aren't coming back..." His voice drops to a harsh whisper. As if revealing a secret to the commander: "... You killed them. You /murdered/ them. They are DEAD. You.. are a gun. A mindless automaton doomed to destroy and destroy again for some perverted version of heroism. I could almost take pity on you. If I didn't want to feel your processor in my paws before I smash it." With that.. he turns, the harpoon tip scrapping just a /little/ along the torso armor. And he storms off, back towards the MSE tents. Not Happy. /_=

Screen> Tango> Dawn snaps back to Corrosion angrily, "(I am!)" And she gets struck fiercely by the scythe, rolling back several feet, the blade and its acids melting a huge gash along her, almost as though bisected. "(Not yet...not beaten yet...)" Dawn arcs a fist down at the ground, causing a localized quake. But it's not going to be enough to knock anyone over, just unbalance. It's only a prelude for a wider mist of ice than before snaking out for Corrosion...

Screen> Zephyr> Grenadier Medic snaps his hand down, splitting his squads. He keeps one eye on the General, cheering as the Commander of Repliforce fires at Bass. The second squad crawls towards Chi and Violen, bearing one of the heavy energy tanks with him. Wherever Repliforce fights... MSE is there picking up the pieces.

Screen> Ricochet grunts, curling a fist in victory. "All right! We hit him! We... uhoh." "*BLURP!*" <DODGE!> Ricochet leaps over the axe and Orbit ducks under it, the blade passing by with high speed. Ricochet's arm flicks, another orb being summoned... "Missed us by a mile..." he coughs, however, reclaling the large injury on his back... "That time..." he says, quietly, before hurling the weapon. "GO!" he echos again.

Screen> Tango> Fury closes her eyes as Templar's shield rams her shoulder, staggering back a few steps. "Why can't you just..." she trails off, knowing it's pointless to try to reason with the Misguided. Instead her eyes open and she reaches down, trying to scoop him up for a cuddly hug. Even as she moves towards him, sparks begin to fly around her form.

Screen> Slash Beast slowly and carefully makes his way to the area of Charge Man, "Your presence is not wanted here. Withdraw immediately or you shall be removed."

Screen> Rock snaps back after Gear. "Don't you think I -KNOW- that? I don't like to think of killing, when I have to do it... so retirement is my word." He shakes his head. "Just like so many Hunters I've watched be killed." He looks over at Dingo's body. "So you aren't the only one who knows how that feels!"

Screen> Skyblade Eagle watches Gear for a moment... She looks back to Rock, "Sir..I'd like to apologize for..That..Lt. Otter's been...Under a lot of stress...Although we all have..." Rock should know Skyblade...Though, with the black armor, he probably won't recognize her..

Screen> Zephyr> Patriot suddenly appears in a flash of spherical light. After teleporting into the immediate vicinity, Patriot rushes in towards General and Bass. His dashboots jet him forward, the rail of blurred red, white, and blue colours trailing behind him. He kicks his feet forward and slides them sideways to cause friction and comes to an abrupt halt beside the behemoth and the dark knight. "Oh no, GENERAL!"

With the flick of his wrist, he snatches the handle of his sword hanging from the belt. It hasn't been activated in a good long time, and Patriot prefers to not activate it now, but despite his optimistic perception of the world around him... Bass has always been a grim epitomy of the dire times, a terror with no hope of redemption because he has no desire for anything else -but- destruction. Everything that Patriot doesn't stand for. Everything that he is against. Everything. "Be gone Master! You have already lost. Cease this madness!"

Screen> Silence Tsetse stops several yards away from Gear, X and the others, watching silently. X...how can he apologize so easily and think it will all just go away? She may not be shouting at him, may not be threatening to attack...but she is not forgiving either. He has too much to answer for. Not just for the deaths...but for what he did to Gear. The giant fly shudders, turning away.

Screen> Zephyr> Violen stands there...motionless. His optics focus on Chi. he does notices however that he and Chi are being surrounded? He smirks and relaxes, "It seems, Chi...that no one would wish us to discover who was the better...Your pathetic compatriots continue to get in our way." His Mace begins to swing so that he can keep the drones at bay.

Screen> Ricochet would be castigating X along with Gear, but right now he's fighting a guy with a very large axe.

Screen> Zephyr> Bass is caught by the ring of power, lifted off his feet as it impacts with his chest, and smashes him back and THROUGH a burnt out hovertake. The vehicle's wreck is tipped over on it's side from the sheer impact, as Bass' body flips back and over the edge, to land facedown and eat a mouthful of earth and broken concrete.

It's short lived however, as he climbs to his feet once more, breathing heavily, a thin trail of smoke rising upwards from his scorched chest armor. "You're absolutely right General..." he leers, as he braces his buster once more, this time using his free hand to hold it steady as well. It's tip is by now near blinding to look at, as he levels it straight at the middle of the General's torso. For a moment...he considers his aim...and then suddenly moves it lower, this time aiming it straight at the General's knee. "...this fight ISN'T decided just yet. We'll see if that power of your really is an illusion or not!"

And with that, his buster roars to life, unleashing in a crackling display that releases a vortex of energy with a spiralling ring around it's base. The recoil from this blast slams Bass' arm straight up in the air, even pushing him back a step...and one can actually see a shockwave rolling outwards from the sheer power unleashed.

Of course...Bass' target is no longer there. A Repliforcer stepped in front of it.

Screen> Gear Otter pauses at the snap. And growls back: "... Murder. Retirement. Unplugging. Either way, their blood is on your hands, X. Yours. And no one elses. Burn, X. Burn long and hard." He /now/ continues his storming, snapping off a radio order.

Screen> Tango> Templar slams into Fury, sparks flashing from agitated and torn wires in his chest. He remains silent behind his mask, and simply draws his Morning Star once more. The guy doesn't seem to know the meaning of 'pain' or 'fatigue', especially after Leethe's Smooch zapped a bit of his memory. He swings at Fury, although he exposes a gap in his defenses by lowering his shield in the process.

Screen> Continuing his spin, even as the axe passes between the troublesome two, King takes that ride armor in the side. He's looking beat up by now, as one would expect from someone who battles ride armors and others all by himself.

He is not pleased.5r

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi nearly laughs off the tickle of cold undoing what the flaming fist did to her internal tanks. Corri reaches up, securing her filter mask in place as vents open up about her body. A loud fan kicks in as a yellowish mist begins to permeate the air. "Well, I'm not in the mood to fall with you today."

Screen> Tango> Dawn begins dashing for Corrosion...and runs into the fumes, systems momentarily thrown into shock and disarray. She falls into a crouch, glaring pure venom at Corrosion, and breathing hard. Even though Reploids need not breathe...

Screen> Anthem steps up between Rock and Gear Otter. She's in a tattered flak suit, since all her usual armors are wasted. She's carrying a smoking pulse rifle, the ammo counter at triple zero, and not a clip left on her. Dead serious look on her face, she walks up behind Rock, and carefully sets a hand on his shoulder. "I forgive ya, X."

Screen> Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> gets a large slash through the ride armor..almost disconnecting an arm... but not quite... with an awkward WHIRR... Phoebus says, "Still good...for a little bit longer!", and it indeed is.. two hits more ... maybe one... He raises both fists above its head leaving one hell of an opening but its ride armor so it doesn't matter, and brings them crashing down on King.

Screen> Rock shudders when Anthem's hand touches him... and his closed eyes snap open when General's radio scream htis his ears. "Oh shit." His boosters ignite and he tears off across a sea of dead Mavericks, Hunters, and Repliforcers, heading toward where General is.

Screen> Gear Otter blinks at a radio command.. and swears, running for General's position. /_=

Screen> Blitz Crane blinks at Rock's sudden departure, then looks at Anthem "Think he'll need 'elp?"

Screen> Zephyr> Watching helplessly as Patriot essentially sacrifices himself for his defense, the General closes his eyes and bows his head. A fist clenches, but he somehow seems to remain mostly relaxed. A soft prayer is uttered, then the eyes open sharply. A step is taken forward, causing the earth to tremble beneath him, "Bass ..." The eyes narrow, expression tightens and his fists lock together, "...You will not escape judgement for you have just done! Another soul has been sacrificed by your insane ways! This will not happen again!" Rearing his body back with arms raising overhead, the General lunges forward and brings both arms down in a mighty overhead smash for Bass' form.

Screen> Tango> Fury takes the blow to the shoulder. She's not a heroine by most standards, but the Anime Laws still play in. She falls to her knees, staring at the cursed Repliforcer through a red haze. She might fall this night, but there will be others after her. She knows there will. But till then... she summons another bomb out of thin air, tossing it at the guy.

Screen> Zephyr> Violen is knocked off of his feet, but not that badly. He shakes his head and laughs. The scars across his chest are obvious and his anger apparent. The monster rises and smiles insanely at Chi. He states plainly and calmly, "That was your last mistake." He smirks and lashes his hand out, pointing all spikes at Chi, and shooting them at him, to rip his body to pieces.

Screen> Zephyr> Bass waddles about like a beercan with feet.

Screen> Slash Beast only growls in response and his diamond tip claws spring from his finger tips and his feet as he draws himself up to his full 12', "I have warned you once and I will not again. You are badly outnumbered here. If I do not turn you away...someone will. It is up to you." he grunts a little as a spark *zaps* in his torso but he stands there none-the-less

Screen> Gear Otter has left.

Screen> Silence Tsetse stares after the departing X, General's cry and his response cutting through the general babble of radio channels running through her head. She...is confused.

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi cackles softly at her slightly disabled foe, then decides it is time to finish this. Getting down into a three point stance, she charges in. "And now I shall tear you limb from limb!"

Screen> Anthem feels the ground shake as General pummels Bass like a sledgehammer hitting a watermelon. ".....No, Blitz, I think that this situation is well in hand." She glances back at the rookie crane, and smiles. "I see you kept listenin' to me, and managed to pull through."

Screen> Tango> Templar smashes Fury down to ground level, and kills his jumpjets, falling down towards her shield first. The sticky bomb latches on to the metal-block-with-snake-haired-chick, and blow it clean off. He doesn't flinch, aiming a shoulder drop-type maneuver at Fury.

Screen> Tango> Blitz Crane runs up to the line, skidding to a halt She looks around quickly, searching for anyone that needs an assist in the least

Screen> Zephyr> Gear Otter comes hustling into the area, making a beeline directly for his Sargeant.. and Phoeubs, cussing a mile wide streak many peole wouldn't believe the once cheerful Otter could do.

Screen> Zephyr> The spikes stick in Chi's armor, but they are far from stopping him. He grins, and crouches, taking a mighty leap as he hits some air. "This one is for you Gigas...MOUNTAIN CRUSH!!" he screams, imitating one of the Russian's favored manuvers as he tries to come down hooves-first on Violen. "RRRRAAAAAAAGH!" he yells, echoing the savage Minotaur of legend.

Screen> Tango> Dawn gets bowled over, fiercely...and actually does let out a /loud/ shout of pain. However, she rises near her hoverbike, picking it up...and /flinging/ it right at the Kamaitachi. "(GO DOWN!)"

Screen> Charge Man looks to Slash, obvioulsy not impressed. "All I hear is talk. You show me no proof. I however, am more them willing." he then unfolds his arms and leaps forrwards towards the Repliforcer, his fists more then ready to back up what he says..

Screen> Zephyr> Patriot doesn't even have a chance to activate his sword. Why did he even bother? Bass has no reasoning, he is simply a monster without any purpose. A soulless beast that feeds the void within him through the agony of others. No, Patriot won't -let- him continue. As Bass fires an unholy comet of fury towards General... Patriot doesn't hesitate. He knows what to do.

Diving forward, he places his body between Bass and the General. Not because he wants to be heroic, but because it is his sworn duty to protect Repliforce. Without General, there is no Repliforce. And in this way, Patriot serves his function.

"Long live Repliforce!"

And with that, the shot impacts upon his intervention. The explosion is blinding upon contact. The fury of the blast flooding the entire area with light, casting shadows that dance about their respective forms. In the heat of it all, at the source of the chaos, is patriot. Simply a dark figure being within the unfathomable rage of the megablast. His very forming dwindling into particles of microscopic atoms being spread about in every direction, like sand in a powerful merciless wind.

Screen> Tango> Blitz Crane eyes Dawn and her slimy opponant for a moment before leveling her shotgun. The crane grunts and fires off a burst of deadly, explosive shotgun pellets - a deadly hail "Why not fight someone yer own size?"

Screen> Zephyr> Grenadier Medic staggers to a step, the energy tank falling from his limp hand. One of the gumbies manages to catch it as the Medic just... slumps. There was... nothing he could do. It was... over in that single instant.

Screen> Tango> Chain drops to the ground from the Scimitar, "Who #*&#ing wantsa peice..." he glowers around the battlefield, and points the weighted end of his chain towards Corrosion, "Back away from 'er, muther#$*^, if yer know what's good fer yer."

Screen> Slash Beast falls back with the blow and takes it along the side of a shoulder..effectively removing half of the armor there and tries to help Charge Man on his way...but this is a really bad time for Charge Man..with Repliforce dying left and right Slash Beast roars in protest and tries to sink his claws into this one

Screen> Tango> Oh well, that sucks. Fury is on her knees, unable to move in time to avoid the foolish Facist Pawn. But she doesn't yell, even though it hurts her deeply. Instead she stands up, scoops the man up in an embrace, lifting him off his feet. Will she zap him? No. Instead she gives him an actual hug, whisphering something to Templar moments before she releases him again, and turns to run. Brave, brave Lady Fury, she bravely ran away.

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi quickly leaps aside as the hoverbike again becomes a projectile and then, from the corner of her eye she sees the Crane draw up a shotgun at her. Ducking quickly she brings her chem launcher up and fires a blast at the Repliforcer.

Screen> Ricochet scowls, as does Orbit... Phoebus... "PHOEBUS!"... he glances at his wrist. The hit to his back has damaged his subspace systemm... no time to reroute power... "We're gonna have to do this the hard way!" Orbit nods, grimly... and the two charge at King, in unison, attempting to lunge at him, in a leaping batering-ram attempt... Orbit using all he has (being an orb), and Ricochet, his shoulder... "GET OFFA HIM!" he roars.

Screen> Charge Man takes a few steps back as Slash strikes, but still manages to get caught. His armor is slightly torn and beaten, bu its far from anything major. Sneering at the RF he leaps forewards once more, bringing his arms high overhead before descending upon Slash. Using all his might, weight and momentum, he prepares to dive him into the ground..

Screen> Tango> Blitz Crane activates her leg and back-mounted jets, thruster-jumping up over the acidic liquid. She levels her shotgun, cycling it, and fires off a birst of explosive slugs at a machinegun pace, all aimed at the Kamaitachi

Screen> Zephyr> Bass's right eye twitches slightly, as he watches Patriot's form flash brightly...then all but disintegrate under the onslaught. His form droops just a bit, systems struggling to reorient themselves after the sudden chaotic power drain. "Yet another fool....obliterated...in my wake..." he breathes heavily, finding a sense of satisfaction to his blood lust at having claimed a life in all of this. It proves to be his undoing for that matter, as he realizes far too late that the Repliforcer's sacrifice meant that General was able to carry through, unaffected by his most powerful of weapons. He raises his arms up overhead far too late...and ineffectuallly as those hands come down on him, the ground heaving violently under the impact and creating a huge crater with it's chaotic impression.

And when the hands lift away? Bass is nowhere to be seen....although seconds later, the built up rubble begins to shift...and is suddenly pushed aside, as a white gloved hand actually extends outwards. With something on the level of herculean proportions, Bass actually pulls his now severely dented and battered body free, stumbling forward for a few steps. Gone is any light of sanity in his eyes...gone is any sense of individuality whatsoever. No...there's little more than the beast there, as he lurches another step forward, almost drunken towards the General's form, his laughter bubbling forward like a maniac, mocking drone.

"Muhahahahahaha....BWAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Screen> Zephyr> Violen falls back and is thrown across the ground. He manages to stay on his feet and gets off a couple of transmissions. He needs to fly. He knows that this is not going to be his burial place. He growls at Chi and states, "...I will have your head."

Screen> Tango> Templar crashes into Fury, his helmet flying off in the impact. He feels the 10 foot Maverick's arms wrap around him, and tries to struggle free, but his weakened state prevents it. Then ... she whispers to him, pecks him on the cheek, and lets go. He falls to his knees, trying to stay up. A Maverick nearly takes him out, when a burst of automatic laser fire knocks the 'ploid back. Templar blinks and struggles to his feet, looking a bit dizzy.

Screen> Tango> Dawn looks to Blitz Crane for a moment, surprised...and moreso when Chain offers help as well. She's in terrible shape, but her backpack and arms still work /quite/ well, and she rockets off towards Corrosion. "(I'll give back what I received!)"

Remember the double-axehandle to the head from earlier, Corrosion? Dawn's trying it too. And she's a /lot/ stronger than most.

Screen> Slash Beast amazingly for his condition happens to dodge the attack or more accurately not be there when the attack came...quickly side stepping and just leaping with all of his might and landing on the Master, "I repeat. You may leave now with all of your parts intact or be sent floating across the Atlantic!'

Screen> Zephyr> Optimistic Prime... or the Otter who once was.. is now Vengeance Maximus. And forth from his throat... a scream of pure, raw emotion as Patriot is torn from the mortal world, beyond his grasp. He quite simply charges. Pulling that harpoon forth from his weapon arm, gripping it fully in his paws, he charges, simply screaming. /_= For everyone thats died, he will kill X. But for the person who just died... he /will/ kill Bass. That same harpoon that was going to be used to pierce Rock's flesh and pin him to the ground is instead used in the most forceful way possible.

Direct and up face. Of course, he is only a medic. But he's a medic with a Mission!! /_=

"I'LL KILL YOU AAAAAAALLLLL!!!!!"

Screen> Zephyr> Chi slowly walks over to Violen, placing Masamune on his back again. "No. This ends...here." he declares, as he grabs for the X-hunter. If he succeeds, he plans to fling Violen towards the bridge, where the Mavericks can pick him up. "Time to say good bye Violen!" he yells.

As the battles in New York and Seoul come to a close, one can see the carnage left in the wake of the past week. Many cities are heavily damaged, physically and financially. Much of Repliforce Island lies in ruins. Yes, Repliforce and Maverick Hunters have won. But at what cost?

Screen> Tango> Fury leaps into the air, letting her wings carry her away from the lost battle. And that's all, folks.

Screen> Zephyr> Grenadier Medic snaps his gaze to Bass. For the first time since coming online, he actually feels hate. Bass didn't give Patriot a chance to say goodbye. Nothing left to bury, even. A little used system activates, and his shoulder whirrs. The head of a missile cues up as Grenadier locks onto the mocking Dark Knight.

"For the Repliforce."

The next two missle cue up, and the trio all launch in streamers of smoke and fire, the Vengance of Repliforce riding along it.

Screen> Zephyr> "BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASS!" Rock fairly screams, boosting into the air, leaping for the Dark Master. Buster gathering energy, his face turned in an angered expression, he cries out, "There's too much death already! You'll PAY for destroying another Repliforce Officer!" The Buster continues to gather charge... Rock air-dashing along the way. "X-BUSTER!" A blast, only a smidge smaller than his Megablast, launches out at Bass, moments after Gear's attack strikes home.

Screen> "It would seem," King comments, after the Kangeroo smashes him into the ground, bringing the mighty Elite to one knee, "That I have underestimated your will to carry this day." Using the haft of his axe to push himself up, he draws the shield off his shoulder, back into it's place of protection. He needs it. Armor is crumpled, and doubtless internal damage is severe.

"The Battle is yours."

Screen> Tango> Chain growls, he hates it when mofo Mavericks ignore him. It just pisses him off, a lot. And if you know Chain, his NORMAL mood is pissed off. So how pissed off is he now? Well, ever take a cold shower? Multiply that by like 10 million, THAT's how pissed Chain is. He drops his length of chain and grabs his crowbar, which quickly charges with some odd red energy. He charges Corrosion, seemingly intent on killing the Maverick, but it's feint, Chain chucks the crowbar at the ground in front of Corrosion, causing an explosion that knocks the Maverick away from the fight, more specifically, away from Dawn.

Screen> Ricochet scowls, preparing to follow... but he sees the ride armor move off... everyone's retreating... and they need more firepower... "Bass." he states to Orbit, who nods. The two head off towards Zephyr sector...

Screen> Zephyr> General rears both arms up once more after he steps back, eyes narrowing down at Bass, "...See what you have reaped, Bass... The time has come for your end. This insane campaign comes to a close! Flee back to your master, Bass, and huddle with him in your insanity! This ... Has finished." Training both arms toward Bass, energy begins to focus and cascade down their lengths into a concentration at the wrists. The humming intensifies, becoming more violet with each passing moment until, finally, twin beams erupt from the forearms and surge down at Bass, "...Fall!"

Screen> Zephyr> Skyblade Eagle comes flying in at full speed as she spots Bass obliterate Patriot, "NOO!" She yells out, zooming in...Then, in something she doesn't do too often...She switches her Skyblade launchers onto full

Screen> Zephyr> Hurricane Hawk soars into the area where Bass is, he lands hard. A glare to Bass and nothing more. He Screeches out as he slams his claws into the ground again, all cannnos armed, wings pumping hard, the storm begins, in all its savage fury, the very fury that was in the Holodeck only hours ago. "Long Live Repliforce!" he roars out, the winds heading for Bass as well as Lighting blasts and water blasts

Screen> Charge Man watches as Slash leaps towards him as he misses with his own smash. However, Charge is faster them most bots credit him and is already planning his counter attack. With a sneer, Charge crouches quickly, letting a large blast of steam go in the process, hoping to get the RF as he passes overhead..

Screen> Zephyr> Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> burts forward...ignoring all the damage caused by friendly fire... "YOU KILLED HIM!!", and charges forward.... of course...the kangaroo won't work anymore after this... it raises both its spiked chains and swings at Bass, "Die! Die Evil! You killed my...my.....You're done!"..of course..since Phoebus is being dramatic he'll most likely miss. its sort of like a rule...oh well..bass won't mind...

Screen> Tango> Corrosion Kamaitachi staggers back, holes tearing appearing in her frame where the explosive rounds contact her armored flesh., somehow through this managing to stumble away from Dawn's furious attack, or is she. No, she's tossed aside by an exploding crowbar. Now it is time to retreat. Repliforce is in ruin, the hunters ranks proven they can be complromised and she.. is still alive to continue her Lord Sigma's fight agianst them. It is time to retreat and recover.

Screen> Tango> Templar looks around at the fleeing Maverick hordes, rubbing his cheek with one gauntleted hand, staining

the undamaged synthflesh with glistening, sickly-black lubricant. He turns slowly to face his savior, a Marine from his squad. "*Sir!" "...I'm fine, Private."

Screen> Zephyr> Chi hops back, and then smirks. "Tsk tsk Violen." he says. "I tried to show you mercy...." he says as he grabs for the bulldog's neck, hoping to pick him up off the ground.

Screen> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> continues blasting, but most of the gumbies are gone. Slowly, the laser cannons on the Vorpal cease, and Mike swings the ship back around, coming in for a landing.

Screen> Tango> Blitz Crane cuts her thrusters and lands with a loud clank. Her shotgun sycles again with a loud 'SHK-SHICK!' as she draws a bead on the retreating maverick. Her weapon wirrs, then fires. There is no muzzle flash, though the kick sends the barrel of her Shotgun arm up a full 70 degrees. She fired a slug, a railgun slug, that rips towards Kamaitachi, leaving a blue con trail of spiraling matterial a-la-Quake 2's Railgun.

Zero looks over and smiles at Colonel, "We sure did, bud... we sure did." Zero loosks over as Twila and Swing arrive and greets them with a faint smile, "Hey guys... thanks for coming to bail my ass out again." he rubs the back of his head as he looks up at Twila, an innocent childlike smile on his face, "I know I promised to stay out of trouble... but you know me."

Screen> Fury comes flying through the air on her leathery like a morbid gargoyle. A pity they Hunters turned on them. Victory was so close. But tomorrow is another day... another struggle. Time to go home.

Screen> Slash Beast flies completely over the Master and is burned for his trouble as he goes over him...landing in a heap he draws himself up a slight smile on his battered face, "You are almost alone. You time here is coming to a close. Why not leave now and let this battle end with you functioning." he crouches for another leap but instead of leaping he swipes his claws with incredible force that seems to actually manifest itself as a tangible attack.....

Screen> Tango> Dawn looks to Corrosion as the Kamaitachi flies away, and manages "(This isn't finished, bastard...)", then looks to Blitz, bowing lightly. "Thank you...you too, Chain." With that, she falls over.

Screen> Zephyr> Violen backs up and ducks those hands. He snarls and looks at the mav nike. He smirks and salutes Chi,

Screen> Zephyr> Violen backs up and ducks those hands. He snarls and looks at the mav nike. He smirks and salutes Chi, "Its been fun." He then promplty takes off.

Screen> Silence Tsetse is sitting up among the fortifications, skanning the channels as the battle below begins to fade.

Screen> Zephyr> Chi turns and watches Violen run, and scowls. But the battle is over. He who was the better was proven this day. He gets on his radio, and sends out a few messages.

Screen> Magma Dragoon receives a radio transmission from Twila Peterson.

You send a tightbeam radio transmission to Magma Dragoon: "So it is, for now. But if Sigma lives, he'll be trying again."

Screen> Zephyr> Blitz Crane skids to a halt, having run across teh field over gumbie and corpse alike. She's a little battered, but looks like she's ready to fight Sigma himself by the odd, irritated sounds that issue from her beak. She looks around for a target...

Screen> Tango> Templar notices a badly wounded Maverick humanoid brandishing a knife leap from the piles of the fallen, a crazed look in his eye, as he tries to take out the Sergeant. Templar whirls around and catches him midair, twisting the blade around. They grapple for a moment, then Templar cracks the Mav's wrist servos so that the knife point is aimed right between his eyes - and with a merciless slam of his fist, punches it through before dropping the now lifeless corpse. Sorry, after I made fun of the fascist pawn all night, he needs to look cool.

Screen> And lowers her weapon. It looks contained here...

Screen> Charge Man is already in motion though, and leaps into the air as the cutting wave passes underneath him. Clenching his fists as he nears the RF he activates his thrusters and sticks out his right foot, attempting to nail Slash with is patented kick..

Screen> Tango> Chain shakes his head, "You've truely 'ad enough, Dawn..." he chuckles, then gets deadly serious as she falls to the ground, "Buggah! Dawn? Dawn?! Great... can yer speak?" He kneels beside her and looks for signs of conciousness, or at least life.

Screen> Zephyr> Violen ignores his radio...Actually, ripping it off of his wrist. he runs to the Hoverbike and jumps on.

Screen> Zephyr> Hurricane Hawk sneers as the robot master elite falls finally. He takes that moment to scan his systems, and realizes, he's exhausted worse then earlier... "nggh..."

Screen> Slash Beast growls at being ignored and instead of dodging this time he leaps up..equally high as Charge Man and tries to land all of his claws on this Masters form, "You will learn to heed the warning of Repliforce."

Screen> Zephyr> Zooming down from the sky comes a hoverbike. It's driver? That glowing Maverick tiger. She guides the 'bike down close to Violen's location and waits for him to hop on.

Screen> Zephyr> Bass continues to lurch forward...the first of the arriving blasts striking his shoulder, and spinning him back halfway. Who knows where it came from? Does it really matter? It's soon followed by the others. Sharp objects imbed into his body, explosives blast nearby, causing him to almost fall back, as other weaponry from every different angle begin to cut into him. For a moment, he falters, one hand reaching out, fingers spread slightly wide as he falls to one knee, growling audibly...as if he could even then reachin out and grab onto General....as if ready to strangle the very life from him despite the size differences if needbe. In all truth, if he could have, he would have torn out a chunk with his teeth in his frenzy. Another volley arrives, this time blasting -through- his devastated armor. His helmet is practically ripped from his forehead, hair spilling out awkwardly, as his right arm all but explodes at the elbow, coming off with a thick, trailing strand of wires and fluid. "Rrrr....AAAAARGH!" That's it for his final words...as the ride armor finishes the job, smashing him with teh dual spikes sending his body hurtling through the air, end over end, before landing in a heap with a clatter of metal on metal.

For a few seconds...he lays there, then puts his good arm under him, struggling to get up, his entire frame smoking and trembling until finally...the last of the light from his eyes goes out completely. A fizzle in itself, followed by darkness, and his entire form goes limp with a harsh *CLANK*, laying face-down, hand still outstretched ahead of him.

Wily's greatest creation, the general of the Robot Masters Bass....

...is not dead. But he's as darn close as he'll get.