...Does corruption always come to paradise from above...? ..So has it this time...again... ...but perhaps salvation will come from above as well... ...Come forth brave Hunters! Both of us know not why you were chosen, but perhaps we will learn together... ...Your challange awaits you... ...I will be watching... Epsillon stared up at the clouds. It was mid-morning and the sunrise had long ceased, but Ep continues to stare up at the coulds. His brothers, X and Zero, were not yet awake, but he imagined they would be soon. Ep was very comfortable with his brothers, but sometimes he just needed quiet time to himself to think, outside of the base. ...Yes, the base...He'd have to be going back inside soon; Signas was expecting a Maverick attack sometime soon. He sighed, once more looking at the clouds. To Ep's back was Alpha the dragon, his friend and pet. Leaning against Alpha's shoulder, he felt the dragon shift, then settle back down to nap again. The sky is bright today... Ep thought. It was almost enough to blind him. Very bright... Next thing he knew, it was blinding him. He put a hand up over his eyes to block it. He felt Alpha stired from his nap, growling deeply. When the light cleared it was dark, too dark. Ep stared up at the sky through a small patch in some trees that shouldn't have been there. The sky showed it to be night time. Ep stood up immediately, as did Alpha. All around him was the sounds of heavy machinery and fires burning. Smoke clouded the air. This new place was a far shot from what had been Ep's quiet field not far from the base. Air wasn't necissarily important to Ep's systems, but he liked to breath none the less. He pulled his scarf over his mouth and retreated from the area, Alpha following closely. Ep eventually cleared the forrest, in time to see the sun rise again. This whole experience had openned a whole in the pit of his stomach. He tried using his teleporter, but all he recieved was a error message saying he was out of the range of the satelite that controlled the jumps. Ep stared out at this landscape, alien to him, silently… Unclipping his buster arm from the recharger at the maintenance section of the Maverick Hunter Base, Jaguar2X looked down at his fully restored body and krinked his neck a little. Just a bit ago in place of his whole armor, had been slash and burnt marks, puncter holes and sever dents. The only thing that had saved him was a explosion gas line that the maverick he'd been fighting had failed to notice. It was suppose to had been a simple task of clearing out a few drones from a supply complex down town dropped in from a carrier amongst 20 that had been lucky enough to get past the outter city defenses, sadly he had not counted on a fire elemental type maverick which had stowed away with the drones that had gotten in, a type he was seriously in experienced with. The gas line he had tricked it into igniting was just enough to cause it's main weapon to backfire and explode exposing his inner circuitary allowing Jag2X's tazor rang to get in and cut into it's fusion core. But it had been a long dragged out fight, and during that fight the reploid feline had taken more than his share of blows and had nearly had his power levels knocked down to zero, which is why he'd been in the repair chamber for so long. Running a final check on his systems, he cursed a little upset with himself for allowing himself to get so cocky when he had the drones backed into a corner, he wondered if he'd watched his back a little bit better that his wings wouldn't of been disabled. He could still feel that flame thrower peircing into his jet pack and sending multiple and new found surges of pain throughout his entire nerve network. With the check complete he started to make his way to Zero's office to report that his mission had been carried out and had been completed when suddenly the room seemed to get brighter. Thinking that his visual scanners still had a few glitches in im, he started to run another check as the light in the room grew stronger to the point where he had to shield his eyes squinting them. With a final flash everything around him changed... The repliods that now surrounded him seemed to be just as surprised as he was when he uncovered his eyes. Before he could utter a single word some one yelled out "intruder!" and with that everything around him went ballistic. What happened next was hard to describe as dozens of repliods drew their weapons and fired as Jaguar2X ducked down dodging most of the blasts but still taking a few direct hits. "So much for that maintanance job I just had", he thought to himself. Igniting his tazor rang in his right hand and arming his buster cannon in the other, he slashed out at the nearest repliod, his tazor rang's energy blades cutting through his legs in the blink of an eye. The surprised repliod giving out a scream of pain, his anxiety was cut short as a fully charged buster shot ripped through him as a bewildered Jaguar2X tried to comprehend where he was and how'd he gotten here. Hooking into a repliod's left leg and digging a bit into it's surface, the feline's tail hoisted him around into Jaguar2X's buster cannon as a shot blased straight through the middle of his chest sending him offline instantly as Jag2X gained a body shield, it's surface already battered from various shots flying every which way. A few of the unknown repliods had run out of energy for their weapons already, whether having exhausted them from being triggered crazy or from just being bad shots was anyone's guess. Whatever the reason they moved in on the feline rather than go recharge their weapons. 2 of them had been shot down while the remaining one took a hit in the leg and staggered a bit before being taken out by a loose charge to the head. Jaguar2X's armor meanwhile had taken a few hits in differant areas, but the feline was quick and fast being a hard target for his new adversaries. Rolling along the ground, ducking and returning fire as his tazor rang flew out and circled around picking off a few attacking repliods here and there had been the only way he'd lasted this long from the unprovoked fight. His tazor rang returning a 3rd time since the fight had been began he targeted what looked like a unmanned tower. Leaping and bounding as now more powerful energy blasts missed him, he gave his buster time to charge up before unleashing it on the base of the tower, it's support beams flying few feet as the main structure toppled over crushing a few unfortionate repliods that had not had enough time to get out of the way. Taking cover behind his new but rudely constructed cover zone, he took a slight breather to examine his surroundings. He was at a base of some kind, it's security not to the point where a flee couldn't get in, but to the point where it be impossible to get in unnoticed. He then examined the building structures, they appeared to be simple enough to be torn down and relocated in specific areas. Making a few observations, such as the fact he was still alive suggested that the weapons he had encountered here were the best that this base had to offer, also he looked at the transports. They appeared to be simple enough, the armament they had seemed to be used for standard patrol missions not for major assualts. As for the outter defenses, all they had were 1 foot walls composed of a metal that would be hard to penetrate with the weapons he had now. Also the number of the remaining repliods he'd been fighting didn't seem to high now, but enough to finish what their predecessors had started. The last thing he noticed was a high antenna probably used for communications. It was your standard outpost, possibly a part of a bigger operation, what type he didn't know. The antenna was the part that had caught his attention the most, if the remaining repliods sended out a message for backup, he'd be dead unless he could get out, which wasn't likely with the number remaining. Making his way between small complexes, taking out a few squads with a fully charged buster shot along the way he eventually made his way to the communication outpost. Keeping hidden behind a parked vehicle he looked at the two gaurds. They weren't as armed as the repliods he'd been fighting so far but there was a huge gap tween them and him to where anyone could spot him and/or nail him after he'd done away with them. Looking down at his unignited tazor rang, he looked a barrel full of fule next to a transport. Grinning evily to himself he brougt his buster cannon up and lined it up with the barrel. Firing off a quick shot amd ducking back down he watched as the barrel exploded incinerating a refuler and seriously damaging another thus catching the attention of the two gaurds who ran to see what had happened abandoning their post for a few minutes. Making a mad dash for what seemed like a eternity, but was really just a mere 30 seconds, Jaguar2X stood in the passage way, his buster raised up ready to nail the two gaurds as they came back as a ion blast zipped by his head as he saw his actions had not gone unnoticed by one of the three remaining towers. Looking between the tower and the returning gaurds, who's attention was now fixed on him, he had to think fast. Making a suicidal jump out into the open, he let the tower currently focused on him fire. Right before the cannon fired and the gaurds were just about on him, he gave a sudden backwards summersault over the two gaurds letting the blast wipe them out. Upon landing on his feet, he returned fire back at the tower, as a reasuring explosion at the top told him, the buster shot had found it's mark. As the imflamed remains of the gaurds' smoke filled the air, the maverick hunter quickly made his way to the door of the communication's center. Inside, the last thing the ones at the communication's board heard was the sound of a metallic door being blown away, and two homing torpedos flying at their faces was the last thing they saw. Switching off his homing torpedo attachment, he dragged the two bodies away from the controls and checked everything. Breathing a sigh of relief once he found that no message had been sent out. Resealing the door, he immediately started to implement his plan into action. He knew it be only a matter of time when the repliods of this place figured out where he went, so he had to act fast. Taking a volt catfish adapter, he took off a panel from the main control board and inserted it just right. He then double checked to make sure that no back surge was possible. But before he could do that he suddenly heard a loud blast near the door that nearly shook it off it's hinges. Figuring a second blast would finish it, he pressed the send button. As outside the sudden surge of raw power went out through the entire camp, as repliods within the entire complex shorted almost instantly, or some were twitch a bit before going offline completely. Some repliods that were recharging got more than they bargained for, as a surge of energy went up their arms as everything went black for them. Vehicles crashed into small complexes and each other as the repliods manning them shortened out. As the final repliod gave a few twitches before the lights in it's eyes went out, a door slowly opened as Jaguar2X stepped out. He slowly walked backwards from the complex that had shielded him. It was dome shaped, designed to shield the occupants and equiptment inside, should a electrical storm take place, less they lose their only contact with their main contacts. After recharging and repairing his armor and weapons, he checked his comlink to see if he couldn't reteleport back to base. But a error appeared, the same one that Epsillon had recieved 12 hours ago. He sighed and shaked his head. He then checked to see if the same thing hadn't happened to any other hunters that had happened to him. After that he wen't back to the area where he had originally appeared, amist the bodies of repliods and debry, he found a small capsule. Upon finding it, a image of a unknown being appeared and explained to him about the failed settlement on this planet and how the repliods of this world and turned on their makers, then finally how they needed them to take care of the mess they were unwilling to clean up themselves. Many feelings and thoughts wen't through Jag's head at once. Angry at the other worlders for bringing him and others against their will. Then more anger at the fact, that they were forced to fight a war that they hadn't started and weren't leaving till it was over. Then a feeling of concern for the war being fought back at home, if Maverick Hunters were being snatched up, then odds are the Mavericks would gain a edge in the war. Finally, a feeling of curiousity of what wonders this world held and when or if he and his friends would get him. He checked up on Ep's position. They were about 5 miles from each other. He looked over in the direction that Ep was in. The direction took him through a swamp, a second home for jaguar's like himself. Once checking over his systems again, he started out in Ep's directions, but not without bringing along some supplies and a modiefied ion cannons, that he and any other maverick hunter could modify to their buster should they need them. Leaving the base behind, his form slowly vanished into the swamp. And with him, the sun as it setted over the hill as the long and first of many possible hectic days ended. Ep had desided to take a break by the time he had reached a swampy area. Alpha prowled around near by, uneasy about the recient change of events. Not too long ago he had met with one of the holograms of the Avalists. He detested their arrogance in additude, and they over- all seemed to be the type of people that made mavericks go berzerk... Ep really didn't trust them, but then again he didn't trust any foriegn human he knew nothing about. He wasn't sure why, but he just didn't. He probably developed it during his childhood, but he wasn't about to tell X or Zero; they'd probably freak knowing he didn't trust humans... Someone Approaches.... Ep turned in the direction Alpha indicated. He could make out someone on the way, but he couldn't be sure who it was. He got up and stood beside Alpha to wait for the approaching person. Suddenly somthing landed behind Ep as Jaguar dusted himself off. He had been traveling for hours along the vines and branches of this swamp they were in, following Ep's signal on his comlink. His joints were a bit sore from all the leaping, climbing and felt like they would fall apart at any second...though his personal mech scans showed he just needed to rest and recharge for a little bit. No sooner had he landed was a buster cannon trained on his head with a angry looking CND growling at him about ready to pounce. But this only lasted for a few seconds as Ep realized who he was and gave the signal for Alpha to back down, as he lowered his cannon. "Relax boy, he's one of ours", reasured Epsillon as he looked around switching his buster back into hand mode. Jaguar instinctly wiped his hand across his mettalic and furry brow, even though there was no sweat there it was pure instinct for the once normal feline. After hours of discussion they decided upon a reasonable course of action. So far their comlinks hadn't showed any signs of any other Maverick Hunters being teleported to this planet and thankfully no other Mavericks as the teleportation system couldn't decipher tween friend and foe. But this also prooved to be a severe disadvantage, they were obviously on their own, dangerously outnumbered and outguned in resources and men. Jaguar had mixed feelings, he wanted more reforcements to show up as the sooner they took care of things here, the ones who brought them to this planet of war would let them return home. However he also knew that as long as him, Ep and whoever else were teleported here against their will, would be tied up, allowing the mavericks back at home to have a certain edge. Then suddenly a thought crossed his mind. If mavericks were really being teleported here as well, then that might even things out to a extent, though if a certain MH was teleported at the right time, then whatever post he or she was gaurding might let any Maverick in without enough time to replace him or her. Also, if the Mavericks here joined up with the ones from him and Ep's world...then this war would become much more harder and possibly alot longer. As Ep and Alpha turned in for the night, Jaguar stayed up for a little while longer serveying and enjoying their current surroundings. Part of him that was still feline enjoyed being in his natural habitat as it wasn't often he was allowed shore leave, once a year, twice if he was lucky. He sighed a little as he ran his mettalic paw along a tree branch, so far this small patch of swamp had been spared from the viles of war but he knew if this war kept up it wouldn't be that way for long. After a while the call of sleep started to slowly over take him, as one by one he allowed his systems to shut down for the night. Keeping only his scanners on full alert, he closed his eyes finally as he curled up feline style as he hoped that tomorrow would offer better circumstances and a little bit of hope. *It's Three Weeks after Gate's attempt to control the Nightmare Phenomonon,and Zero has been awakened to help with the Earth's Recovery.As he investigates an area of the planet infested with the Nightmare,Zero looks up and wonders if total recovery will ever become a reality* Zero:"Zero to base, I've entered an area severly devastated by all three factors: the Colony Crash,The Sigma Virus and the Nightmare,I estimate that Recovery will take at least 3 months or more". Alia: Understood,Zero...There has been an Energy Abnormality close to you...see if you can find anything... Signas: Zero Be Careful,We don't have any information to give you on the Type of energy it is... Zero:"Understood,Zero out..." *with that Zero heads to the Energy Signature's coordinates...with every step the Light where the Signature is keeps getting Brighter and Brighter until it's almost Blinding...he passes out due to overload on the Visual Receptors* *8 Hours Later,Zero Finds himself alone on a vast wasteland...* Zero: "Zero to Base come in....Hunter Base Respond!" *Nothing comes back on the Comm link*... Zero:...This is Not Good...Where am I?...well...I'm picking up two life forms nearby...mabye they can tell me where I am.. *as Zero closes on the two life forms he hears footsteps, as quickly as the sounds were coming he jumps up into the treeline and waits for the sounds to pass. As soon as they pass,Zero Jumps down Sabre Drawn and Buster Ready* Zero: Ep!? Jaguar??? What are you doing here?! Do you even know where here is?? Just as Zero said that, something lunged out from behind a sand dune. It took Alpha only a split second to realize it was Zero. He quickly corrected his jump, avoiding a woud-be nasty collsion involving Zero and his claws... "You shouldn't sneek up like that!" Ep said, alittle shaken at the near accident. Alpha had sensed something and had gone around behind to be sure it wasn't one of the Avalin Reploids. Ep gave a short explination of what had happened to him, then Jag have his version of what had happened. Zero took in all of this, considering it. "You mean they think that 3..." Alpha snorted. "Sorry, 4 maverick hunters can solve this problem?" ~(It would seem that way...)~ Alpha said to Ep and Zero. Jag still didn't have the translation program, and he didn't seem to intersted in giving it to him, so he'd have to make due with not understanding the dragon. "I think they plan to send others, as they find them, but until then, I don't think we have a choice..." It had been 2 days since Jaguar, Epsillon, Alpha and now Zero had been teleported to the strange maverick infested planet. They had made some slight adaptions given to the environment. Weapon adapters were put aside for real important use, as they had no way of knowing if this planet had any way to recharge them. As for normal weapons such busters, Zero's saber and Jag's tazor rang those were in no danger of running out as they fed off of their systems. The only major problem that Jaguar was suffering from was from Ep's pet Alpha. He'd never gotten a real good chance to know Ep back on earth as he was no good at names and introducing himself to people given the type of person he is. So naturally he'd never had had a chance to get to know his mettalic dragon as it had never come up as nessassary. But now here he was on this strang but in areas where war hadn't ravaged it, beautiful planet with his commanding officer and two other repliods who he had hardly any chemistry with on the battle field. However, he knew if he and the others were going to survive this war let alone win it, they'd have to learn to trust one another. He knew that specially wouldn't be easy with Alpha whome he had a feeling didn't like him,...as some times the dragon had a tendancy to chomp down on his tail for no reason. He wouldn't cause any major damage, hardly even a dent, but enough to send a slight surge of pain through his system which was kinda annoying. He looked towards Alpha as Ep repaired a slightly damage cuplink on his left shoulder. The dragon as if sensing his feelings growled a bit at him as the feline wen't back to minding his own business...which at the moment was nothing. He wondered if he'd been better off with the insain repliods back at the base where he had first arrived on this planet. o.o "Sir, we have located the unknown that attacked the Gamma294 base. It is in sector72-853." "Very good. Keep a watch on it at all times until we are ready to capture it." "...Sir...?" "What is it?" "Sir. It has joined up with other unknowns. They are a group of four now..." "Do you think THAT is a reason to be worried?!" "Sir...one of them is a dragon..." "........." "...Sir?" "Keep watch on them." "Yes Sir." *night has fallen and the four Hunters decided to call it a night,the only two hunters that remained awake were Ep and Zero* Zero:(towards Ep): perhaps you should try to convince Alpha to give the translation program to Jaguar,this way all of us are in constant communication and we all can understand each other. If Alpha won't it could jeapordize this mission and our lives...I mean what if the both of us were captured and the only two left are Jag and Alpha...it'd be impossible for them to work together Ep turned to look at his brother, frowning slightly. "It isn't that simple," Ep said, looking at the stars above. "The translation program isn't just a simple reploid programing plug- in. From what I can understand from Alpha, it's a gift..." Ep turned to look at Alpha, sleeping beside him. "Alpha has only given it to afew people, those that he feels will understand the worth of it, or those few that are so stupid and arrogant that they don't realize that CNDragons are on the same level, if not higher than other reploids, that they just speak a different language..." Ep looked down at the ground, seeming to sigh slightly. He had been homesick ever since he had been kidnapped to New Genesis, but now it was begining to show. "I'll talk with Alpha, but it is his gift, and I won't force him to do it..." He turn again to look at the dragon. "I won't be that kind of master..." (2 hours pass since Zero talked with Ep,and all are asleep except Zero who is on Night watch) Zero thinks to himself: "why are we here and who are we supposed to fight???,none of this makes any sense....Has Sigma come back and is trying to enslave this place??...(sighs)Why can't anything be easy??" (looks back at the three that are asleep)...we're definitely going to need help...even with Alpha there... As the night slowly progressed, even the most vigilent of hunters, such as Zero, found it hard to keep awake. Zero eventually gave into his own wearyness, falling asleep as well. But as the hunter slept, others were on the move... "This is scouting unit 79a. We have located the foreiners in sector A56...Sir, the dragon is not real. It appears to be mechanical..." "That does not matter. Destroy the dragon and capture the foreiners." "Understood. Scout to attack unit, prepare to move in..." Just then, a time portal opens behind Zero and Epsillon.4 Reploids fall out, then the portal re-closes.The Reploids are a futuristic version of Zero, Iris, and Colonel.A robot dog also comes out. The Future Zero looks at his past self and says: "This just keeps getting weirder and weirder." The new Iris says to Future Zero: "Do you think they might be imposters designed by Mavericks?" The Future Colonel says: "We're probably not even in the same dimension. I'll try to communicate with them." He turns to the "natives" and says, slowly: "I am Colonel. I come in peace. We need food and shelter." The dog just whines. Epsillon, Zero, and Jag had been all but shocked out of sleep. They immediately took up a defense. "What the...?" Zero started, not used to seeing himself without a mirror... "I'll bet they're Maverick imposters! It's the only explination!" Jag started. "I don't know who they're with, but they're definitely imposters. ALPHA!!" Epsillon called sharply. The red dragon responded immediately, leaping to his master's side, then again forward, possitioning himself inbetween the group and the newcomers. Alpha arched his shoulders and stiffened his body, ready to charge or take a blow if necissary. He immited a low growl, causing the dog to back up a ways. Even though the lighting was dim, Alpha's armor and blade-like claws glinted dangerously. "Alright! Who are you imposters?!" Zero called over to the group, taking command of the situation. Zero:(Studies the other Reploids)...(a change of face appears on his face)...Jaguar,Epsillon..Stand down,here we are thinking that they are Mavericks...however they just came out of that portal,and they probably thought the same about us...(walks up to his Future self)...so,what brings you to our neck of the woods?... (hears Jaguar shift his feet)...one more step in hostility,Jaguar I'll have you peeling potatoes before you can say "Enigma"Got me!? F(uture).Zero:"Whoa buddy, hold on. We didn't mean to startle you." F.Iris: "In fact, as you probably guessed by now, we didn't mean to come here at all." F.Colonel:"We were at our dimension's/time's Maverick Hunter Headquarters when all of a sudden this portal opens up, sucks us in, and here we are." F.Zero:"Ok...uh...Zero...this is my dog, Treble2. He can turn into a Super Adapter Suit.However, due to our recent modifications I don't think that he'll fit you. But he doesturn into other stuff you may find useful." F.Iris:"Is it night around here? If it is we may not be able to sleep. We have "Portal Lag"". (Zero turns to F.Iris) Zero: Actually it is just about Sunrise...(turning to F.Zero)...as for the Super Adapter...you know as well as I do that it's incomaptible with our systems because it only worked on two different Robots....Bass and Megaman...you know that...how you got it to work,I probably will never know...(Puls F.Zero off to the side) If I were you,I'd do my best to keep Treble over there Away from Alpha (Points to the Dragon)...Alpha doesn't care much for Dogs... (addressing the F.Colonel)...Was there a Bright Flash before you arrived here?...that was pretty much the same way were brought here too...the problem is that we don't know who our enemy is,we have a hunch,but no solid proof. F.Colonel: Yes, there was a bright flash. I'm not sure what you're getting at, but I would be happy to help you. F.Zero: This is no suprise to me at all. Hey, Zero (I still feel uncomfortable with that) have you been through the Nightmare Crisis yet in your time? It's REALLY weird! F.Iris: And if you need a nurse, I'm the girl to call! I helped re-attatch "my" Zero's buster once! (Looks at Alpha) Hmm...a Mechadrake...I may not be able to fix him, so he needs to be extra careful... Alpha growled deeply at Iris, seeming angered. "Mechadrake?" Ep said in an annoyed, but confused tone. "Alpha is a CNDragon. I don't know whatever a Mechadrake is, but Alpha won't be needing repairs. Not with his armor..." He had wanted to say 'not from you', but he figured his brother wouldn't have taken kindly to that. Ep had nothing against them personally, but he had heard the stories about the Repliforce rebellion, and he KNEW that these were not the people they knew from their own demention. They may have been from the future, but it wasn't Ep's own future. 'If they were, then where's Delta?' Epsillon thought. 'Our Iris wouldn't go ANYWHERE without her own CNDragon. And then that dog... Ramadan's too interested in Zero to let a dumb dog take his place...' Ep looked over at Alpha. He'd really have to keep an eye on him now. If Iris made any more verbal mishaps like that, she might get on Alpha's bad side, and that wouldn't be a good thing at all. "I just hope none of them start calling me 'kid'," He muttered under his breath. (turns to F.Zero) Zero:How'd you know about the Nightmare Crisis? to answer your question we're in the middle of the Recovery process,that's how come I'm Here in fact,I was investigating a infestation of the Nightmare Phenomenon and the Sigma Virus in the Same place,then this Bright flash knocked me out and I woke up here...(hears Ep muttering) (Zero Chuckles at Ep's Comment) Zero:No,Ep...only I can call you that...(laughs)... (all of a sudden presences appear all over his scanners...) Zero:Uh oh,we got some trouble...everyone on your guard!!...(turns to Future Zero)...you'd best do the same F.Zero: I'll handle this! C'mon Treb! Treble2: GrrrrRUFF!!! (Dramatic music, fancy transformation sequence) F.Zero: Here we go! F.Colonel: (to "present" Zero) I tried to tell you. We think we're from the same dimension as you, except 105 years into the future. Don't ask me why we don't remember this, we just don't. When you cyrogenically froze yourself, my sister and I were revived shortly after. Wanting to be with you, we froze ourselves for 102 years, thawed out, hunted for 3 and ended up here. During those 3 years Treble2 was found. Signas wound up dying, so you'll inherit his position as General. (to Alpha) I'm sorry, Alpha...Iris didn't learn much as Lifesaver's assistant before Agile came back and killed him. She doesn't know her Dragons very well. And by the way... Don't take this too hard...X.....is........dead. It didn't take long for the others to join the fray after F.Zero jumped in. They were out numbered three to one, but with skilled hunters it didn't take long to begin to wear them down. Durring the fight, the future reploids began to get a good idea of why Zero had told them to be cautious around Alpha. His armor was repelling even the strongest energy blasts as though they were nothing, and his claws made quick work of shredding through armor. The unknown enemy eventually began to pull back, unable to match the Hunter forces. They were finally able to take a breath from the fightning. Zero didn't get much rest though; he became quite alarmed. Epsillon was missing. (Zero starts panicking)... Zero:(turns to F.Zero)...I don't understand in the Battle,I was reading Ep's Signature...now it's like he was never here...Why did they take him??... (Alpha smacks Zero with his Tail with a "get a hold of yourself" look on his face...) Zero:(To Alpha)...I Swear to you...I will get Ep Back if it's the last hing I ever do... F.Zero: I have an enhanced radar...let's see...he's drifting away pretty quickly...He's out of range. (Treble2 disengages) Treble2: Sniff...Sniff....aarooOOO!!!! F.Zero: Hey I think he found something! His...Scarf?...uh-oh...he's helpless without that....right? (Treble2 starts walking into the brush, sniffing) F.Zero: Hey let's follow him! F.Iris: Yeah! Alpha:Grrrrrr... F.Zero: (switches to Astro Crush) Don't touch him! F.Colonel: Where'd you get THAT? F.Zero: During the battle...But...Now's not the time to fight! (((Writer's note: - As mentioned in F.Zero's profile he has a weapon copy system. He can only have up to a total of 9 weapons at any given time, including standard ones. In order to attain more, he must upload 1 or more special weapons into a computer of some sort, where they can be exchanged later. All weapons can be charged, but it takes about 3 seconds...long enough to slip up.))) (Zero picks up Ep's Scarf and until they find Ep,puts it around his neck,Kinda like Protoman) Zero:You know what,you guys?...the longer we wait the more the enemy can and will harm Ep...so if you're gonna talk...stay put if not,then let's go....(dashes away in the direction of Ep's last signal transmission) (Alpha follows Zero) (Jaguar Starts up his Jet Boosters and follows behind a little later)... (5 hours into the search) F.Colonel: How much further? F.Zero: Well, looks like about 50 more miles...sigh... F.Iris: We should stop to rest. Treble2: Pant...Pant...whine... F.Zero: I wish we could, but Zero's...I mean my...I mean our... (frustrated muttering)...our little bro's in trouble, sowe have to...waitaminute...3 Giant Mechaniroids dead ahead! And they ain't the wimpy kind, either!!! (the next thing that is is seen is multiple,yet large exploisons,Future Zero Reads the energy on this came from the Giga Attack "Rekkoha",immediately taking down one of the Mechaniloids) Zero: (through a Hunter Communications Frequency) You Know, I could use a hand here!...I managed to take down an already damaged Mechaniloid,however two have just arrived no damage..so hurry it up! No-one else got the chance to attack the next two; Alpha got to them first. The first one was severed in 4 places, leg, waist, arm, and neck, leaving it to be nothing more than a pile of scrap. The second was finished off by a high intensity fire bomb. It took Alpha under 30 seconds to deal with the robots. He looked anything but happy though; he was very peeved at the delay. ~(WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!!?)~ Zero was the only one who was able to register what Alpha had just said. To the others, it sounded only like a vicious roar. Alpha lept forward, continuing on the search. The trail may have been faint to Treble2, but it was quite clear to Alpha, and he was determined to follow it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ep slowly began to come to. He rubbed his head from a dull throbbing pain. His senses were still in a muddle, but he remembered slightly what had happened. In the middle of the battle someone had come up behind him and got him with an electric pulse. He had blacked out instantly. He closed his eyes for a second, then looked around again. He was in a small, box-like cell with no visible doors or windows. The floor benieth him vibrated slightly, almost as though he was in a transport possibly. Ep sighed and leaned his back against the wall. He staired at the floor with a worried, anxious look. He hoped the others were alright. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F.Zero: I got 'em! (Takes down next 2) This just isn't our day! (LARGE CNDragon Appears) F.Zero: I'll take 'im! C'mon Treb! Engage! Treble2:grrrrrroOOAAAAARRRRrrr!!!! (Transformation) F.Zero: I'm going in. F.Colonel: By yourself? F.Zero: I don't want any more of my people sacraficed! (Where have I heard that before? Oh well.) (Everyore else backs off) F.Zero: RAKOUHOUHA!!!!!! (Flies up and smashes the CNDragon's chest) [BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Mushroom Cloud)] F.Zero: (From within the cloud)Treble2! Disengage! (When the dust clears, F.Zero and Treble2 are standing triumphantly on top of a pile of scrap, unscathed.) F.Iris: (Runs up and hugs F.Zero, followed by a peck on the cheek.) Zero! You're alive!!! F.Zero: (Blushing) Oh, it was nothing, but we might have to carry Treb. He's pretty pooped, and I need my Weapon Sub-Tank Recharged. Treble2:zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............ (walking forward from behind Alpha,Sheathing his Sabre) Zero:Easier said than done I'm afraid,there are no energy relays to speak of unless you want to subject your body to unhealthy levels of radiation. You might be able to recharge your Weapon tanks from Extracting the remaining energy from the Pile of metal your on,I'm sure it has a Backup battery,these aren't too dissimilar from the Mavericks you and I have fought (sees tire tracks on the ground) Zero:what are these?...whatever they are they seem to be heading north by north west...(looks at alpha)...Come on,Alpha...these Tracks may lead us to Ep and hopefully lead us to our enemy...(dashes off following the tracks)