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Bune could not help but feel bad as he spun his tails and whizzed away holding Mura up in the sky with his hand. He knew that the others would most likely die against the SHADOW-bot horde coming. Was he copping out? Hector looked up at Bune as he flew away. Though he hadn't known Bune as well as he should have, he felt a trust in the fox. Why did he feel so...? What was it making him thing that Bune was so trustworthy...? What if he couldn't save Sash? "Bune... I trust you..." The last Hector saw of Bune was as he crossed over the forest of palm trees in the tropical forest. Then the SHADOW-bots came. They were terrifying. They were 9 foot killing machines fashioned by an insane automation in himself. Behind the visors lurked an automated mind, set on destroying the towns ahead so Eggman could claim the forests for his own. The 'bots came in huge numbers, impossible to win against. Yet... they did stand a chance. One of the ones fighting the fiercest was one named Todd Saiko, giving up his mind to the rage that overtook him completely and utterly. Laser blasts would destroy the scenery and ecosystems, but he was unperterbed, set on destroying all the 9 foot menaces with his faithful katana, guns, and almost mindless rage. Himster used a combination of close-up martial arts and his faithful gun to destroy the bots. Rico's agility allowed him to dodge the powerful paser blasts while shooting the bots like no other. Paws's heated paws could not make the cut, as SHADOW-bots had an advantage over fire-based attacks, so she instead used her small handheld Uzi gun to shoot the foes. Holy Dragoon Ryu expertly flipped on one of the bots and jammed his spear into its gun, overloading the technological nightmare and allowing it to explode. Booker, the resident roo, used her powerful legs to kick the 'bots' asses. Hector had a reason to survive the battle: he wanted to see the only ones he could consider sisters, Sash and Mura again. He was so intent that he not only destroyed the 'bots, he ripped their metallic bodies in half. The past 5 days of training had an obvious payoff. "I need to get another clip!! I'm outta ammo!" Paws yelled franitcally, beating at the nearest SHADOW-bot with her heated fists. The 'bot then found 5 bullets in its metallic brain. It dropped, and Paws ran towards the makeshift fort that Rico had made to snipe at the bots. "Thanks, Rico..." She said, panting. She ducked lower as a laser grazed over her head. The shooter fell to the ground under a blow from Himster. "I need you to tell them that we need some people to stay back and snipe while the more physically powerful people give the others their guns and let the snipers snipe at them from back here." Hector dove under a laser shot from one of the 'bots, then ripped the gun from its metallic flesh. He took the bot in arm and threw it forward with incredible force. The 5 in front of him were immediately destroyed whilst he started on the 5 coming in from his right side. "Hector! 5 coming in from your flank!" Rico yelled, shooting a mechanical nightmare closing in on Ryu. As he talked, an explosion destroyed the bots right behind Hector. It was far enough away so as not to hurt Hector. Rico looked up and sawa familiar face. "Monstro!" He yelled. "These kill all these motherf***ers, Rick!" [note: I have no idea where Monstro came from... he won't show up any time soon, so just forget it ever happened] 10 "s***! I'm running outta ammo!" Rico yelled. "Anyone got any Mark 23 clips left!?" Paws searched frantically. "No more, but I got a spare MiniUzi!" He tossed the gun to Rico, who took the gun readily. "Time to beat some 'bots' asses DOWN!" Hector ducked under laser fire, returned by a few bullets into the metallic skull of the SHADOW-bot. Hector turned the duck into a roll and caught one of the 10 'bots harassing Himster by surprise. He took it up and smashed 5 of them, leaving the other 5 in the capable hands of Himster. But a few 'bots grabbed Hector, barring his movement. He smashed one, but then he felt the barrel of a gun on the back of his head. With lightning fast speed, all the robots fell under a few bullers implanted in their circuitry. Hector flipped forward and dodged about 3 laser beams in his directions. Bullets, spears, kicks, and fists took the remaining SHADOW-bots down. Hector lay on the floor panting. "We... did it...!" "Not bad!" Paws yelled joyfully. "We're just about out of ammo, though..." "Yes indeed," A voice replied. All the eyes in the ruined town of Artail looked to wherethe voice came from. Near the makeshift enterance that the SHADOW-bots had made into the town, stood a 7 foot tall Mobian looking creature. He was clad in a sleeveless shirt with a vest. He had some sort of device on his wrist, and a smaller version of the same on the side of his head close to his eye. His sword, a thief sword, was securely fastened over his back. "Call me FAK," he spoke. "Are you our enemy!?" Himster said, his hand reaching forth to his gun. "Indeed, tiger-mobian," FAK said, his cold voice cutting the silence. "But you can most accurately call me your... death." |