The second Shadowmaru walked in to the Deckerd room, all optics focused in on him. He didn't look at them, just headed over to get himself a proper fueling and then a full rest before he set out on his mission.
"Ah, look who finally came back." Dumpson teased, smiling from his desk.
"Yeah he only came crawling back for fuel." Power Joe snickered.
"Should be lucky he was able to survive the night," Drill Boy piped in, leaning his head against his knuckle, staring at the purple mech. "You didn't have last night's refueling either. You should be collapsed somewhere."
"Shadowmaru can take care of himself. You three leave him be." Deckerd said as he looked to them, the three construction mechs tipping her helms away towards the floor.
Shadowmaru smiled, "Thank you, Deckerd." Deckerd only smiled at him and nodded.
Yuuta leaned over his desk and pouted, "Shadowmaru try not to have us worry so much. I could hardly sleep last night wondering where you were."
The purple mech sighed softly, "I apologize, Little Boss, I just wanted some time to myself. These past few hours have been life changing."
The young boy perked up and smiled wide, "You're new Brave Cannon mode is super awesome! It makes you the biggest mech we have! And the strongest!"
Duke chuckled, "Not even Fire J-Decker can stand up to that kind of firepower."
Shadowmaru ran a hand over his helm, "It startled me, I'll give it that. I thought I was surely done with."
"Either way we're glad to still have you around, Shadowmaru." Deckerd said, "You're a valuable asset to this team, even if you don't think so."
Gunmax knocked on his desk with his fist, smirking, "Certainly gives me someone to pass the time with. Everyone else here is out of control."
"Hey! Who you calling out of control?" Power Joe called form across the room, glaring.
"You're the one out of control!" Drill Boy yelled back, shaking his fist.
"Quiet, you two." McCrane sighed, rubbing at his temples.
Shadowmaru chuckled and snagged an extra can of fuel when the others weren't looking. He would need it for later.
"If you don't mind I think I'll take a good long recharge before assisting any of you." The ninja said, shifting into his canine form and heading for his little place in the desk.
That was something the others could all agree on and they nodded, "You've certainly earned it, Shadowmaru." Deckerd said, smiling.
Shadowmaru was fortunate to say the least. Just before he reached the island prison, it exploded violently in two places and he watched from under the water as a speed boat and two helicopters fled away, voices ringing out and gun fire clipping the water. The purple mech took it upon himself to sneak in while the guards were busy and head towards the cells, using his selective abilities to temporarily disable the cameras and run through unnoticed.
The prisoners' cells had been released and them ordered to head to the emergency boats for relocation. Shadowmaru hid himself in the shadows of the hallway until he saw who he was looking for and snatched him up after the group of men ran passed.
"Unhand me you good for nothing machine!" He growled, even throwing his book that he had at him.
Shadowmaru simply swatted the book away. "Please." He said softly, "If you help me with this then no one will bother you ever again, especially me." It was painful to beg but he was desperate enough at the moment.
The man tapped his fingers against the mech's hand in contemplation. "You look familiar…" he murmured before realization hit his features. "You're that mech that sabotaged my sub…"
"You have a back up copy of Kagerou's mind stored in your file in Excellent Co.'s databanks. I want- I need it."
The man chuckled darkly, "Why should I help you? You'll just hand me back over to your friends and then I'll be stuck here again."
Shadowmaru shook his head, "No. You have my word. I will do whatever you wish of me as long as you do this one favor for me. So I can have Kagerou again…"
"Shinjo Ken!" A guard called out from down the hall, the two looking over in surprise. "Shinjo!"
An opportunity dawned Light glinted off the man's glasses as he smirked, looking back at Shadowmaru. "Anything, eh?"
A news reporter standing on the beaches closest to the island prison stood staring at a camera, droning a report. "Just four hours ago the island prison that held all of the criminal masterminds that the Brave Police force has captured had a terrible accident."
The reporter turned to the side so the camera could get a better view of the smoke billowing out from the distant structure. "As you can see the fire has already been put out. Two attacks to the docking bays holding the boats and subs were held and a prisoner has managed to escape."
A police photo of the man flashed on screen as the reporter righted their self. "A man named Victim O'Rand was last seen by the police chapters heading west towards the nearby town. Another prisoner by the name of Shinjo Ken," The police photo changed to suit the correct man, "Has mysteriously vanished during the attacks. It is assumed that he either ran off separately with Victim or was lost to the attack. If anyone has seen these two criminals, contact us immediately at-"
McCrane frowned and cut off the feed from the television, sighing. Two very dangerous and intelligent masterminds of the A.I. programming just up and vanished…it sounded like they were going to have their hands full soon.
"This doesn't look good." Power Joe sighed, basically pouting as he twirled one of his tonfa around.
"Fire J-Decker might not be enough this time…" Deckerd whispered, staring down at the table.
"We can't have a situation like that again!" Dumpson cried, clawing at his helm, "It was too much!"
"Max Cannon Mode was useless against their shields." Gunmax scoffed, sounding offended. "We need better firepower."
Duke suddenly smiled and held his hand up, "We can ask for assistance."
Deckerd lifted his head up at the words, Gunmax smirking in their direction as the Build Team stared with mixed expressions.
"…Who?" Drill Boy asked, tilting his head to the side in thought.
Shinjo Ken was a man of supreme intellect for the day and age that they were in, having developed A.I. and many other advanced forms of tech that no other man could ever even dream of processing. He thought to himself was he was at least a bit more respected as a person but apparently Shadowmaru didn't apply human rules to himself as he flew at high speeds through the air with the man clinging to his form for dear life.
The pale man paled even more when they suddenly dipped down and cleared a line of trees, branches assaulting his face causing him to duck his head down into the purple mech's form to protect himself.
Shadowmaru leveled himself out when they were only a few feet from the ground and hovered, waiting for the man to stop shaking. Finally he did a barrel roll when the man loosened his hold enough and made him fall to the ground, Shinjo grunting and immediately going into a coughing fit.
Shifting, Shadowmaru stood by the mech and sighed, watching him; he would've felt bad for dropping him like that if he actually liked him, which he did not. He waited a bit impatiently for Shinjo to finally collect himself and stand on shaky feet, looking around before finally noticing the large shadow encasing him before turning around.
"W-where are we?" he demanded, correcting his glasses.
Shadowmaru didn't reply, just turning around and pausing a moment before turning back around, a bagged suit in hand. He casually tossed it down and Shinjo had to take a few steps to catch it, inspecting the military grey color an frowning in disapproval.
"Where did you get this from?" He asked, looking back up at the mech.
"You ask a lot of questions." Shadowmaru huffed, folding his arms across his chest. "I borrowed it from a friend." He might have visited the commissioner's house before heading to the prison. "Put it on. We can't have you walking around in prison garb."
Shinjo thought hard as he stared at the compressed bag before looking back up at the mech, inspecting his form with his eyes. "…Where is your storage compartment at?"
Shadowmaru flushed briefly and looked away slightly. "J-Just put it on!" He pointed to some thick looking bushes by a tree before turning his back on the man. "And don't even think of running away. My scanners will be on you."
"Comforting." Shinjo muttered, still wondering where the mech's compartment was and feeling extremely uncomfortable as he slowly shuffled towards the bushes, hiding himself behind them as he changed quickly.
This was not what he was exactly expecting when he had agreed to this.