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"There she is!" Mura yelled frantically. Bune looked toward where Mura was pointing. He could see dark, glinting SHADOW-bots and a small red hedgehog in a cage structure emmiting flames. "Yeah! It has to be!" Bune flew lower, still over the trees. He silently dropped into them, setting Mura down on the next branch. He calculated the exact distance and time, thus determining the SHADOW-bots' speed. He did all of this in his head, and knew exactly what time to strike. "Get my hand..." He whispered. Exactly when she did so, his tails buzzed and they went forward at supersonic speed. Bune instinctively slashed the head from the robot, slicing it clean off. He turned around to another tall menace, whose gun blast he immediately dodged. He sliced its head clean off too. But the third caught him off guard. It had gotten behind him and suddenly issued a blast from its laser. "NOOO!" Mura cried, and her hands, outstretched, pointed towards Bune. As the Laser hit, it suddenly bounced off of him and returned right to the bot. An explosion marked the end of the bot. "Reflect..." Bune trailed off. "Mura... thank you." The silence was broken by an all-too familiar voice. "Forget about ME!?" the female voice yelled. "No... Sash," Mura replied softly. Bune walked over to the cage, dropped by a bot, and cut the flame-resistant lock right off. "Thanks, and Bune, when did YOU come back?" Sash asked as soon as she got out. "I was in Rico's town..." he said, trailing off. "Wait! They still must be fighting! We have to go back for them!" "Fighting? The SHADOW-bots have gotten there!?" Sash yelled frantically. Bune gave her a skeptical look. "You KNOW?" "Jucx is leading the charge... he captured me... he was a traitor after all..." Sash said. "No time to talk! We have to get there fast!!" 12 It all happened in a flash. Himster's .50 Desert Eagle was blasting away, the house that FAK was standing on soon becoming none more than a pile of rubble. FAK, however, was not hit. Himster trailed him with the aim of his powerful gun, but it was of no use. FAK was too fast. Another instant showed FAK suddenly right in front of Himster. Unready, Himster shot out with the gun; the bullet, however, hit a tree on the opposite side. FAK instantly hit Himster's hand, producing a tight cracking sound, and grabbed the gun from mid-air. "Now, tiger-mobian," He said coldly, "no more guns." He quickly crushed Himster's gunwith one hand, and dropped the useless, crushed parts to the ground. "Wh-what the f**k was that!?" Rico yelled, confused. "He moved so fast..." "Now, a fair fight," FAK replied, "yet, not fair at all. You are at a severe..." A sudden kick was made by Himster, silently lashing out at FAK. FAK, however, caught it easily, continuing with what the was saying undeterred. "...disadvantage." With a strong throw of his arm, Himster sailed through the air and hit a nearby tree, courtesy of FAK. "What..." Himster said, getting up. "...do you..." He winked at Rico. Rico knew what this meant. "...think..." He suddenly sailed forward. "...you're..." Then Rico shot his Mark23 at FAK. "Do-" They'd severely underestimated the 7' menace. With a swift jump, Fak kicked Himster in the face, knocking the big tiger back into the woods from which he jumped. Flipping back over his shoulder, he caught the bullet that Rico shot at him in mid-air! "F**K!!!" Rico yelled. "You thought a foolish BULLET can destroy ULTIMATE LIFE!?" FAK suddenly yelled, losting his temper. Suddenly, Rico found FAK right in front of him, then with a swift movement, he kicked Rico's hand. A similar crack that found itself emanating from Himster's handwas heard, and FAK didn't bother to crush this one. A quick and incredibly powerful knee to his chest sufficed to break Rico's ribs. Then FAK powerfully kicked Rico out of his way while he started on the others. I have to time it just right... Himster thought. then I can... He had come out of the forest quietly and was hiding, waiting for the time for him to strike with the explosive Booker had given him in case he needed to blow some 'bots up. It was improvising, yes, but Himster believed he could use it on FAK. He started in a silent run toward him. Then it was a jump and dive as FAK turned and swung outward. Himster dove over it and boosted himself over FAK's powerful arms, and dodged another blow with all of his dexterity, and planted the bomb square on FAK's chest. Without a word, FAK gave Himster a terrifyingly strong punch that made him sail right over everyone to the other side of the town. "What did the tiger-mobian do to me?" FAK asked calmly, unafraid. "A bomb..." "EVERYONE! RUN! NOW! HE'S GONNA BLOW THIS F***IN' PLACE!" That got everyone going. The resident fighters there started in a run in the opposite direction from FAK. Rico, Todd, Wes, Booker, and Ryu, who were the others beaten by FAK, were aided by a very shaky Himster and Paws, along with Hector doing most of the work, being the strongest, as Himster's strength had suffered from the battle. They had not gotten 50 feet away when FAK said, "You think I'm going to die? How... foolish. But if you really do... I'll take one of you with me!" His sword, launched in the air, flew toward the team. A specific someone, called Paws... There was a flash of white. The butterfly thief sword suddenly stopped. Its handle was held by the white fox called... "Bune! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?" Paws yelled. "Some people aren't easy to please, I guess..." Bune sighed. FAK suddenly jumped toward the fleeing team. "Whoa! Who's he!? Doesn't matter," He said, then threw the sword in his direction. FAK has to catch it, thus ruining his concentration, and dropping to the floor. "Time to get OUTTA HERE!" Sash yelled, suddenly thrown by the explosion. Mura looked back, seeing the town go up in flames. She then went ahead with the others, helping with everyone with her magic. "It looks like we won't be seeing any more of FAK for a while..." Rico said, also looking back at the ruins of the once-lively town. "What now?" "Station Square..." Bune started. "They're razing all the towns in the area..." |