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And all the Metal Slug characters are property of SNK Playmore. But the Ferrari Slug is mine. ALL MINE!

Chapter 3: Disastrous date

Tarma walked over to the Ferrari Slug, when he noticed Alisa wasn't following. She was standing, with her arms folded. "Aren't you gonna escort me?" she said grumpily. "Huh?" Tarma said, confused. Then he realized what she meant. She actually wanted him to take her to the car with his arms linked with hers. It's only been a few minutes and she's already takin' it to the limit! Tarma thought.

"All right," He said, and linked his arms with hers. Now she seemed happier. Tarma just hoped none of the SPARROWS saw him. He shouldn't have thought that, because then Fio came out of nowhere and ran up to Marco and said, "So Marco, where…. Oh, my…..gosh….." She said, as she laid here eyes on the engineering couple. Tarma tried to hide his face, but Fio chanted, "Tarma and Alisa sitting on a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" and laughed her ass off. "Yeah, really funny," Tarma spat. "Well, let's go!" Alisa said, and pulled Tarma towards the Ferrari Slug.

En route

Tarma drove, with his full concentration on the road. He had a really tough time concentrating on driving when Alisa was staring at him. "Is there a problem?" he asked. "It's just that…" Alisa replied, "the way how you're driving hunched…"

So THAT'S why his back hurt! No wonder!

He then sat more relaxed. Alisa then thought of something, and without Tarma noticing, she laid her hand on his lap. "What are you doing?!" Tarma screamed, turning his head towards Alisa.

"TARMA KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE GODDAMN ROAD!"

Tarma then turned his eyes towards the road, and screamed, "Jesus Christ!" as he slammed, at 35 km/h, right into a rebel soldier. The soldier was knocked 25 feet into the air, slammed back on the asphalt road, and stood up and said, "Hah you Regular Army suckas! I'm still alive!" Almost as a coincidence, a Russian WWII tank came out of nowhere and steamrolled the poor man.

At the Robuchon Chateaux

The Ferrari Slug was parked right smack on top of a 'No Parking' area. The couple walked through the gates, and proceeded towards the Chateaux. The place was comparable to a French Chateau, even though it was a restaurant. Couples would come her for dinner, and take a walk in the beautiful long gardens. At exactly 7:15 pm, the engineers entered inside the chateaux. The whole place was like a 5 Star hotel. The chandeliers were of the best A1 quality, the designs were simply marvelous, but the noticeable thing was that it was kinda crowded.

Reserving a table for two, Tarma sat at his chair and stared at the blue haired gal sitting in front of him. There was something about her. Something that kept bugging him. It was a feeling. Not just any feeling. He had wanted to show this feeling to Eri. But she wouldn't listen. She never did. She was ignorant and cruel, and had hurt Tarma's feelings. Many times.

Yet, he still kept it for her, like a special gift. But now, he could feel it not wanting Eri anymore, but the girl sitting in front of him. The feeling wanted her alone. He could remember that when he slammed into the rebel, Alisa actually held him tightly, ducked her head on his chest, and screamed out loud. He was at that time so close to her face. When she put her head up, he then saw her beautiful, watery eyes.

Maybe that's what did it.

"Anyone home?" the waiter said and knocked on Tarma's head like a door. Tarma was staring at Alisa with his mouth open, and his drool all over the table, creeping her out. Tarma regained his senses and took his menu from the waiter. He then gave it to Alisa who gave her order to the waiter. Tarma then, without thinking, said, "I'll have what the lady's having." Oh noes! The feeling was taking control of his brain!

Alisa blushed at the 'lady' part. When the waiter was gone, she then said to Tarma, "Are you sure?" "About what?" Tarma asked. "Well, I ordered a golden plated lobster, and it was kinda expensive…" But Tarma wasn't listening. Without thinking, he had said that he wanted what Alisa wanted, lobster. Well there was nothing wrong with the price.

It was just that Tarma was ALLERGIC to lobster.

So when the dishes arrived, he gulped, and started choking it down. He continuously struggled to breathe as the allergy started taking away his breath. "I'm gonna die like this!" He thought desperately. "Tarma, what's happening to your face?!" Alisa asked, as she saw his face was starting to swell. His cheeks, his nose, and other parts of his face. "What? Nothing!" he said through his swollen mouth.

The waiter came back, and was shocked to see his condition. "Uh…. The bill is 10,450 yen monsieur," the waiter said. Tarma then put his hand into his pocket. And he couldn't feel his wallet. The shock actually stopped and even cured the swelling. Tarma turned his head around at the people sitting nearby. "Somebody's taken my wallet!" he said to the waiter. The waiter seemed uninterested. Tarma then laid his eyes upon Marco and Fio, who were sitting a few tables way. He then angrily got up and stomped up to Fio.

Fio noticed him, but didn't say anything. "Fio, give me back my wallet," Tarma spat. Fio then wiped her face with a napkin, and he expected her to lie, when she said in a completely plain tone, "Eri took it."

The name went like a pistol shrimp's sonic blast through him. Tarma then shouted, "Eri get out of your hiding spot!" A ninja then leapt down from the ceiling, causing everyone to gasp. The ninja pulled off her mask, and Eri stood there, her arms folded. "Very funny Eri," Tarma said, "now give me my wallet back." "Hmmmm…." She said, "no. Do you really think I'm going to forgive you after you got that rose thorn stuck in my rose and ran off?!" Now everyone was looking at them. Even Walter and Tyra were here, and were looking at them.

"I said I was sorry!" Tarma reminded her, but she kept on, "Fio had to pull out the thorn, but it still hurt anyway! And only a while later, I had to do makeup for General Blackout, and the powder flying around caused severe irritation! And it scratched, causing more pain! I will never forget! You hear me? I will never forget the day you Tarma Roving III got a rose thorn stuck in my nose!"

"I said I was sorry you *****!" Tarma blurted out before he could stop himself. Fio and Alisa gasped. Marco said, "Oh boy…" Walter and Tyra were on the edge of fainting. Did Tarma… just call ERI the 'B' word? Because if you ever pull that off brothers and sisters, then trust me, you'll find out if whether or not there is such a thing as an afterlife in seconds.

Eri's face twisted in rage. She pulled out a grenade and a monolith, and was about to kill Tarma with these, when the ceiling blew up. Surprisingly (or NOT surprisingly) the debris crushed tables and chairs, but no one got hurt, except Eri, on whose head a large chunk of boulder knocked her unconscious. As the smoke cleared, Alisa opened her eyes, and saw Tarma was holding her to protect her from the falling debris. This caused her face to go red.

Everybody looked up to see what had caused the ceiling to explode. Holy cow! It was a Martian Dai-Manji! These heavily armored, flying ships, shaped like basket balls with rings similar to Saturn, were pretty big and armed with Mini-UFO's and dark energy spheres.

On board the Dai-Manji

"All right sir," A Martian said to a White Martian (these guys were superior officers) , "PF targets are in sight!"

"Excellent," the White Martian said, "Pull out the attractor beam!"

"Yes sir!"

Back on ground

Everybody panicked when the bottom part of the Dai-Manji opened up, and a small light appeared. Tarma knew what it was. "An attractor beam! They're going to pull us up into it!" he shouted. All the people, except Marco, Fio, Walter and Tyra, ran off screaming like little girls. The light then shot out straight at Tarma and Alisa.

"We're going to be abducted!" Alisa screamed.

But they didn't get abducted. The light was right on top of them. So, why weren't they floating? It's because Trevor had hopped into the scene from nowhere. Tarma noticed that somebody had used a board marker over his face, making the spectacles and moustache design, and had written 'Jackass' on his forehead. Trevor wasn't panicking though. He actually kept his cool and said, "Look at me! I'm going to be the first Korean to be abducted b aliens!" and he did the guitar man imitation, rock n rolling on an invisible guitar.

Another person entered the scene on a Walking Machine. It was an enraged Nadia. "Trevor Spacey, hold it right there!" she screamed out loud and hopped off the Machine and dashed, and with unbelievable accuracy, leapt and caught Trevor by the legs. She then started pulling with all her force.

Inside the Dai-Manji

"Sir we have a problem!" A Martian said to the White Martian. "What is it?" he asked.

"Another force is pulling on the PF dude we're trying to abduct. We don't know what it is, but it's far stronger than ours!" the Martian said.

"Well then," the White Martian replied, "PUT MORE POWER INTO THE BEAM!"

Lord it was quite a tug of war! Nadia Cassel pulled with all her might while the Dai-Manji struggled to pull both Trevor and Nadia. Then the Dia-Manji started moving upwards (Cheating!). Suddenly, a Brown Martian (second senior most rank) came to the White Martian and said, "The engine's almost out of gas!" "What?!" the White Martian sputtered, "Didn't we fill it up on the last fueling station we stopped at?!" The Brown Martian replied, "Uh…no… but at least I bought snacks!" and he showed a bottle of Pepsi and a large bag of potato chips.

Normally, large things that fly start falling slowly and then pick up speed in midair. However, since Nadia was pulling on Trevor, creating pressure on him, which traveled through the attractor beam and into the Dai-Manji, the ship kissed the ground at an incredible speed of 145 mph. There was a lot of smoke, and when it cleared, Marco saw the White Martian crawl out, and shout, "ATTACK!" And after this, a firefight started between the heroes, who had snuck weapons with them, and the Martians, and the music Entering the Stronghold, by a musician whose name I forgot, started.

EPILOGUE

Tarma and Alisa sat together on a bench, with a fountain in front of them. Tarma was just staring at the fountain. Alisa was staring at him. Here it was, the perfect place for him to say it, she thought. So why the heck wasn't he saying it?

"Hey Tarma?" she asked. Tarma craned his head and said lazily, "Yeeeeeeah?" "Don't you like me?" she asked. "Well, yeah…" Tarma answered. "And aren't you gonna say thank you?" she asked, irritated. During the firefight, she saved Tarma's butt at least 4 times. "Right, sorry. Thanks," he said clumsily.

Alisa then sighed. Maybe she had been right. Tarma didn't like her one bit. He just liked that totally destructive, uncreative, cruel Eri. Not her. Perhaps this whole date had been pointless. But then why did he ask her out?

"So you don't like me," she said with a sigh, and stood up to leave. Tarma felt like a total jerk. She had saved his life at least 4 times, so why didn't he say thank you before? She couldn't leave right now! Not when Eri was out for his blood…

He then felt what was like an arrow piercing into his heart. The feeling was horribly stinging. Alisa then took one step, and Tarma grabbed her and said, "Please don't leave! I just need to say something!" Alisa turned her head. "The thing is…." Tarma said, pieced together what he was about to say, and blurted it all out, "I love you! And if I got separated from you by an army of rebel soldiers, I would beat the crap out of them all ,like Ralf, and tear their tanks apart and sell the pieces to end global poverty, all that to get to you!" (Sort of an exaggeration really).

Alisa turned tomato red, and then scarlet red. "Y-y-yo- you really mean it?" She stuttered. Tarma held her hands and said, "Yes. Sorry I didn't mention it before." He then sat down and seated Alisa on her lap. Alisa blushed even harder. "Will you forgive me if I've been too… cold towards you?" Tarma asked. Alisa wrapped her arms around Tarma and said, "Yes I do." He smiled. She smiled. They both shared a kiss. Alisa then snuggled her head on Tarma's chest. Tarma looked up, and saw an angel-like figure flying 50 feet above them. He could see it was wearing armor, and had a bow in it's hand. He then thought 3 words:

Thank you Cupix.

The end.

And that is the end. So how was my TarmaXAlisa fanfiction? Please review your opinions, and thanks for reading!