New Kid On The Block

Chapter 3 – The First Meeting

Hey guys! Sorry that it took a little while to upload this chapter, I'm in the middle of my GCSE's atm so I don't have much free time! But yeah, in this chapter Blaze and the Loonatics meet for the first time. Will they be able to reason with him? Or will there be a fight? Time to find out! Enjoy

Blaze's POV:

Blaze spun around in mid-air and smashed kicked the robot closest to him in the face knocking its head clean off in a shower of sparks. He landed gracefully back on solid ground as more bots closed in on him.

Phew, this is a good workout thought Blaze to himself with a chuckle. He prepared himself for the oncoming wave of robots.

The bot closest to him swung his metallic arm at Blaze; he effortlessly dodged it and then grabbed the very arm he had just dodged, grabbing it with both hands and swung it round, swinging the entire robot with it. With a crash, metal met metal as Blaze swung the robot like a baseball bat into another oncoming robot sending it flying. Blaze swung once more and then released his iron grip on the robot sending it crashing into the closest building.

Blaze regained his balance with ease as another metallic fist flew towards him. He quickly ducked as the arm whooshed overhead. Blaze then drove his fist upwards upper cutting the robot in the chin causing it to stumble backwards. Blaze used this moment of weakness to his advantage and he force palmed the bot in the torso knocking it over.

As the robot fell to the ground with a crash, more ran at him. This is stupid. There is so many of them! If I didn't know any better I'd say I was up against the entire Acmetropolis Police force observed Blaze in annoyance. And he was right, they kept coming. Everywhere were the broken frames of robots that Blaze had destroyed. But no matter how many he knocked down, they just kept on coming.

Right, I've had just about enough of this said the tiger as he frowned let's see em get back up from this. Blaze took position as he planted his feet firmly on the ground to steady himself as he started gathering what energy he had left. The bots were closing in… Wait for it thought Blaze to himself as he continued to bundle up his energy. He wanted to wait until the last possible moment for a maximum effect. He continued to charge for a few more seconds and then finally… "Ready" said the anthro tiger to himself.

His eyes started to glow dark blue and his aura started to emit from him again. Blaze smiled and then he shouted "Eat this you waste of tin!" and with that he slammed both his fists into the ground shaking it and cracking the surrounding buildings. The energy that Blaze released was incredible. The energy flowed from Blaze into the ground through the impact creating a blue shockwave which headed straight towards the oncoming robots obliterating them in a haze of blue electricity.

The shockwave lasted for a few more seconds, shaking the ground until it eventually stopped. Such a burst of energy had left Blaze exhausted, and it didn't help that he had spent the last half an hour fighting non-stop. He collapsed to the ground panting.

He had done it. Inbetween his deep breaths he chuckled slightly. "That's…. what I'm….. talking…. about…" the exhausted tiger joked with a smile. But his relief was short lived…

In the distance Blaze's sensitive ears were picking up something he had got sick of hearing: more sirens. "Haha, are you actually having a laugh?" Blaze said aloud in disbelief as he slammed the ground with his fist in frustration. He had regained his normal breathing rate so he slowly stood up. Then suddenly, he picked up another sound. He looked up, he recognised that sound but he couldn't make light of it, and then his eyes widened. He recognised the sound now: Jetpacks…

Loonatics' POV:

"Whoa, did you see that?" Lexi asked after witnessing the shockwave. Ace responded in a voice with a slight hint of fear "I felt dat Lex." The Loonatics gave each other shocked looks. Whoever this Blaze was, he was powerful… To be able to take on the entire Acmetropolis police robot force single handed and hold your own is one thing. But to actually BEAT them is a whole different story.

"This is so baffling. Those robots are made with Blancxeterium; the hardest metal this side of the galaxy. Those robots should be close to indestructible. I should know, I invented them." Explained Tech. "But this guy is making them look like a load of rust buckets" he continued.

Ace was deep in thought. Dis guy is gunna be tough ta beat he reasoned within himself. Then his ears caught the sound of the approaching sirens. It took a few seconds of deep thought but the leader of the Loonatics had a plan. "Okay team dis is what we're gunna do…" Ace started to explain "I'd rather not fight dis guy unless it's absolutely necessary so I'm gunna try and reason wid him. You guys gotta buy me some time. So what I need ya ta do is go and stop those police bots ok?" He waited for everyone's nod of approval, but Rev had a query "Shouldn't-one-of-us-come-with-you-chief-incase-he-gets-aggresive?" the roadrunner asked. Ace thought for a moment but then shook his head "Na I'll be ok. Besides, he will feel more threatened if dere is more dan one of us." They all pondered on this for a second but then realised that their leader was right. "Okay let's do dis."

As the others flew towards the approaching army of police bots, Ace slowly flew towards the square where Blaze was staring up from. He thought about what he was going to say and how he would react if the tiger got aggressive. Ace finally flew over the top of the building looking down on the square and saw him for the first time. Blaze was standing in the middle of the square, with carnage all around him. Ace cautiously descended towards the ground, Blaze's golden eyes following him the whole time. He finally landed. Ace shut down his jetpack and got his first real look at the tiger that had been causing all this havoc. In terms of build, Ace noticed that he was very similar to himself; about the same height and same muscularity. Blaze had clearly been in the wars, he had scratches on his arms and a shallow cut on his left cheek. His clothes were tattered, affirming that he was homeless, but this fact made the tiger all the more fearsome. The thing that captured Ace most about Blaze was his eyes. They were a deep golden colour like a raging fire, and deep as if they were windows leading into his very inner being.

The two anthros stood staring at each other. The atmosphere could have been cut with a knife until eventually, Ace broke the ice.

"What's up doc" spoke the bunny in a cool voice. Blaze's facial expression didn't change and for a few seconds, he just stood there, not budging. But then suddenly, he spoke "Don't try and sweet talk me" he said in an ice cold manner. "I know who you are and I know what you're here for and I'm telling you now, I'm not gunna let you just walk up to me and cuff me ok. I stole a loaf of bread so what. I'm just a tiger trying to survive. I know you couldn't care less about that considering that I just wiped out most of the Acmetropolis police force, but I've never been one for accepting authority. So if you want me in cuffs you're gunna have to force them on me."

He had a very commanding voice Ace noticed, he spoke with conviction and authority. Ace wasn't surprised by the tiger's response. He had expected it, and he knew exactly what to say in response.

"Na you got it all wrong doc. I aint here ta arrest ya. I know about your powers. Well, ta be honest it was pretty hard not to" Ace commented with a smile "And I know ya didn't mean any harm before all of… this." The yellow bunny said as he gestured to the havoc around him "Considerin that ya know who I am must mean ya know who de Loonatics are aswell, well we would like ya ta join us. I must say ya have some pretty awesome powers, and we could use an anthro like you. Whadaya say?"

Ace looked hopefully at Blaze whose facial expression remained blank. After a few moments, Blaze uttered a low chuckle. An evil smile appeared on his face. "So that's it huh? Everyone just forgets about the fact that I just wiped out an entire police robot division, I walk away scotch free and become a hero/crime fighter? Haha, I don't think so… I know exactly what you are doing, trying to get me to lower my defences so that you can spring the trap on me unsuspectingly" stated Blaze with an angry voice and a frown "Well I got news for you bunny, I'm a lot smarter than I look, and to be honest, I am really not in the mood for getting screwed around with right now." the tiger continued. His tone was starting to get threatening.

Ace frowned as he detected the sudden increase of hostility in Blaze's voice. "I'm not screwing with ya, I'm being serious! You gotta believe me." Ace said as he started to get cautious. Blaze seemed unpredictable Ace thought to himself, he was clearly not happy so Ace had to be on his guard.

Blaze's frown deepened, he was clearly getting agitated. "I'm not buying it" said the tiger with a slight row. "I'm not buying it now, and even if we stand here for the next hour and you keep trying to convince me I still won't be buying it. So why don't we just get this over with."

Ace surrendered. He had tried but there was no way he was getting through to the tiger. There was only one thing for it… "Fine, I gave ya a chance, but if you're gunna be stubborn and not see that I'm here ta help ya, then I'll have ta beat it inta ya."

Blaze growled at Ace's remark. "We'll see…" said Blaze in a dark voice. He was tired but there was still some fight in him. If he was going out, then he was going out in style. He took his usual fighting stance and opposite him, Ace did the same.

The board was set. Ace's eyes turned yellow as he took out his Guardian Strike Sword and prepared to attack.

Blaze's eyes turned blue and he clenched his fists as they became shrouded in his blue aura. "Let's do this" Blaze said to himself out loud.

They were ready…

Whoa! Things are really kicking off now aren't they! So Blaze and Ace are going toe to toe, anthro to anthro in an epic clash. Its gunna be a kick-ass fight so do NOT miss it! Next chapter will be up ASAP!

P.S Thank you guys so much for your reviews, they really make my day. Loonaticslover13 I nearly fainted when u saw you reviewed ;) thank you so much and I'm glad you are enjoying the story. And Fairytale River thanks a lot for your idea. I did consider doing a Blaze, Ace and Lexi love triangle in this Fic but I have other ideas for Blaze's love life concerning the mystery person mentioned in his past in chapter 1 ;) but I will bring in a love interest for Blaze in the sequel to this Fic, but thanks a lot for your idea all the same and feel free to give me any other ideas

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