Well, i want to thank everyone who's read it so far and i'm giving special thanks to Malacia Mysitcs and Kudleycraze12321 for the feedback, i really do use it to help. Now this one might not be as good, lots of stuff is happening and ill going to be away for a week, (yipee...) So this one is a lot longer than planed.

On with the Show!

Drakonis: The Prologue: Ch.3: No Coincidence, Just Necessity

"What did you just say?!" The voice of General W. R. Monger cut through the meeting room. He looked at his top scientists and Dr. Cockroach who was also attending. All eyes were focused on the board, showing several diagrams.

"Well sir…" A scientist with a long scar on the side of his face sputtered out in fear. "It seems that the 'nucleus' that Dr. Cockroach found was-"

"Just say it" the Doc interrupted, getting all eyes cast on him. "Just say what it was…" He closed his eyes slowly, crossing his arms.

The scientist cleared his throat. "Uh…well…it seems that the nuc-" He coughed twice getting a scowl from the large eyed Doctor. "The…the n-nucleus…" the scientist repeated, not able to bring himself to say what it really was; "The nucleus that was in the processor of the robot was in fact dead before the Doctor pulled it out…"

All was silent once more. "Are you saying that it was killed in the fight?" the general asked. The scientist shook his head quickly. "Ah, no…it was dead before it was placed in the robot…" Dr. Cockroach stood "But from what we could tell…" He walked to the door "It had only existed for three days."

This fact made everyone look at the scientist, save for one cockroach. "Keep me updated General…" the Doc said quietly, walking out of the meeting. The scientist pushed his glasses back on his face, touching the side of his scared face, and continued .

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With a small whoosh, the door to the holding area opened. Dr. Cockroach entered to see Susan sitting at the table with Bob and Link, Insectosaurus still sleeping in its cell.

"Ah…I'd have thought you all would have been asleep…" he said, walking in slowly.

Susan shook her head, massaging her forearms. "Too restless…" she said softly, looking at Dr. C. After a minute of silence, the cockroach forced a smile. "Well, that was an exciting day, wasn't it?" he said, hoping to change the mood. "Who's up for a good game of go fi-"

"Bob told up doc…" Link finally chirped in, the Doctor's expression falling. "He told us what you had in your arms on the way back…" Dr. C. looked away. "We just wanted to say-"

"Forget it." Dr. Cockroach's tone was sharp and harsh, two things that had never went with him. "Just…forget it…" He turned and walked toward his cell.

"Good night."

And with that, the door shut and his cell was lifted to it position several levels up. Everyone, even Bob, looked at what had just happened and everyone, yes, even Bob, had the same thought.

'What's going on with the Doc?'

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With a huff, the scientist with the scar fell into his chair, throwing his glasses off. "Damn him…" he said, anger rising. "Damn that Man! How long do I have to keep this up…" In silence, he looked at the certificate on the wall.

Dr. Ed Stevens, MD, PhD.

The scientist glared at the forged papers with hate. "Ill never forgive that bastard for sending me on this mission…" He stood, picking up a remote and turning on a monitor. "Just how did my robot fail…"

For the next several hours he went over and over, trying to figure out what went wrong. He watched as the Area's team of Monsters fought the robot; he watched as it went under Bob's 'control' for the few minutes. He massaged his head on that one, trying to thing how he didn't think of that.

After finishing his report, he watched the video once more and froze as he saw a slight shadow move on the screen. He froze because there was a shadow, yet nothing to cast it. Ejecting the tape, he inserted it into his personal, non-Area laptop, enhancing it as best he could. Once finished, he took a hard look and his eyes widened slowly. Picking up the phone, he bypassed the reception of the Area system, dialing in a secure line so it wouldn't be traced. As it was ringing, he looked once more at the picture. A simple wisp of black smoke…something that the Area fools would never see or even understand…that's what caused the explosion. Finally, a male voice picked up the phone. The scientist was silent for a moment, smiling.

"Tell the Senator that Stevens has found something" he said, sternly; "Something for Valhalla...."

In less than ten seconds, another male voice, deeper this time, got on the line. The scientist smiled wider.

"Sir…I think we have a new lead…"

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Several days pass in monotony. Susan had put out of her mind the boy she could have saved, but it still lingered in her eyes somewhat.

Dr. C. however had yet to come out. All three were worried; even the rare time that Insecto was awake, Insecto worried too as best as Insecto could. After all three had waited almost three days, Bob quickly sloshed in, pulling a very reluctant cockroach out.

"You insolent little puddle!" he yelled as he was pulled onto the table. "How dare you do thi-"

"No Doc, how dare you!" Link interrupted, visibly angry. "You put yourself away for three whole days, and don't tell us why?!" He walked up quickly to the laid out bug.

"We were worried about you!" Susan piped in on the side, looking at his large eyes. "Bob told us about what happened in the robot…"

Link nodded. "Yea! And what so important about that thing was you were carrying anyway?! You wouldn't let anyone see it or touch it." Even with all the vocal prodding, the Doc refused to budge.

"It's important, that's all you need to know…" he eventually responded. "Now just leave it be!"

Link looked at Susan and was then on officially pissed. "I just can't do that…" he said holding back his anger. "Now…" He moved close enough and actually looking threatening, said "What the hell happened to you?"

Dr. C looked from Link to Susan, and with a very heavy sigh, he finally gave in.

"Before I was…well…" He stopped, but decided that he had to continue. "Before I was Dr. Cockroach, I was in love with this lovely girl…" He looked off into the distance. "Her name was Ann, but I had always called her Angel…" A tear came to his eye. "She had this dark hair that sparkled in the sun…and these two eyes…" He looked up at the light. "When you looked in those eyes you though you would lose yourself in them….." He took a long pause before continuing.

"One day, she found that she was pregnant, and we were so happy together…but we never did go through all the hoops of marriage…" Dr. C shifted himself softly. Susan had a tear coming to her eye, afraid she knew what was going to happen next. With a sniff, he went on.

"Well, about six months into the pregnancy, she found out that she has some incurable disease…I can't even remember the name of it because I had never even heard of it…"

He looked up at Link, who was keeping eye contact with the Doc. "It was because of that…that's why I started my experiments…building my machines…" He shifted himself once more. "I was so sure I had it…so sure…" He looked himself and the reflection from the table. "But as you can see…something was wrong in my system…"

He paused, holding tears back and failing. "It was as soon as she saw me at our house that she went into labor…" He paused again, not able to hold his tears back anymore. "I couldn't even get her to the hospital…I couldn't see my love or my son…" Link sat next to him, unsure of what to really do.

"I was able to get there, but not as a father" he said, giving a slightly psychotic laugh. "No, I got there as I was…what I am…a cockroach…" He scowled, breathing heavily; "But as a cockroach, I could hear the nurses talking…talking about how my wife died giving birth to my son…" He cried even harder. "And how he died only minutes after…" For the Doc, the tears wouldn't stop at this point.

"I couldn't claim the body of my Ann…not even my son…I couldn't even give them a funeral…" He looked up at Susan who had placed her hands over her face, covering her nose and mouth. "But I was able to get one look at him from the ceiling…he had a scar where they cut the umbilical…it looked like a half moon…" At this, both Susan and Link feared where this was headed.

"That robot…" he said, his face with anger. "That robot had an infant for a nucleus…" He paused.

"One with a half moon scar on his belly…"

Both Susan and Link were speechless. At this point even Bob had come over, interested for the wrong reasons in the story.

Dr C eventually focused once more. "Once the door opened, I could see inside it and I couldn't believe it…he was attached to so many different tubes and wires…" He looked at his hand. "I reached out for him and he opened his eyes, reaching for be as well…" He shivered slightly. "His hands…his hands were cold…as if someone had forced life into him unwillingly." Dr. Cockroach shook his head slowly. "I still don't know whether I should have removed him or not…but I did…pulling out the tubes and wires and pulled that infant out of there…" He started to breathe faster. "But he was dead…he has been dead for fifty years…and he just laid limp in my arms…just laid there…"

After a moment of silence, Susan opened her mouth to say something, but as she did, one of the metal doors opened and the General came hovering in. "Monsters!" he said, getting the attention from all of them except one. "I got another mission for you! Saddle up!" And with that, he hovered away, leaving the door open for them. Link looked at Dr.C. and placed his hand on the Doc's shoulder.

"We got this one Doc, don't worry about it…" After getting no response, he simply walked away. "Come on Susan, Bob…" The three left leaving a Cockroach with its legs pulled to his face, rocking back and forth slightly.

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With a bump, the plane landed, letting off Ginormica, Bob and Link. "Insectosaurus will be along shortly!" the General yelled, smiling like he always does. "Be careful with this one though!" he added as the doors were shutting. "It's supposed to be a big'n!"

Bob looked around with his single eye ball as the plane took off. "Wow…it must be quiet too…Just like that pickle monster…"

Link's shoulders collapsed. "We never fought a pickle monster Bob…"

Bob just looked at Link with a blank look. "Are there pickles somewhere?"

Link simply ignored the mass, nodding slowly. He looked around carefully. "Yea…" He took a few steps forward then turned to look at his team mates. "So where the heck is this thing anyw-"

Link froze instantly as he felt hot breath behind him. He looked to see the shocked looks on both Ginormica and Bob and knew what was going on.

"It's behind me isn't it…" he said in a not so brave voice, getting a nod from Susan. He turned and faced a large nose with lots and lots of teeth beneath it. A long and loud roar emanated from a large mouth, showing just how many hundreds of sharp teeth there were to be dealt with. Link went pure white as he saw the creature in its full length. Its four arms and sharp claws might have been bad enough, but a long tail with spikes at the end looked quite threatening as well. Its face was very lizard like, but its body resembled something more like a fish with scales that looked like diamonds, glistening in the sun.

"Huhh…"Link finally said, passing out. Susan looked at the monster, readying herself as best she could, but Bob stepped in between them.

"Don't worry, I've got this guy…" he said in a serious tone. "Hello!" he yelled to it, making Susan a bit nervous. "How are you?! We are here to stop yo-" The mass was interrupted by a claw swiping at him, spreading blobs of Bob everywhere.

"Bob!" Ginormica yelled but only got the lizards attention. She knew that a beast like this would be tough, with both Link passed out and Bob gathering himself slowly. "Ok…I can do this…" she said as the beast got closer. She backed up, getting cornered from several buildings. The monster got closer, sniffing her slowly. Eerily, a high pitched sound emanated from the monster's neck, causing the creature to rear back in pain. As it was back, Susan caught a glimpse of something shining around its neck, but was gone when the beast looked at the giantess once more. It snapped at her with its mighty jaws; Susan giving a yelp and jumping to dodge the beast.

She got up as the monster was pulling its head out of ruble from a building. "This'll be difficult…" she mumbled as the thing faced her once more. She was ready to run when she heard a voice cry out.

"Hey Ugly! Over here!!"

Susan froze. She knew that voice. Just as soon as she turned to see who or what it was, her thought had been confirmed. They boy had actually survived the explosion! For an instant, the two locked eyes and Susan could have sworn he winked at her; she felt like she needed to cry something out at the top of her lungs, not exactly polite however, but was stopped short as the pitch increased in volume and intensity. Susan turned back to the beast, watching as its face grew more in pain and rage. The beast stormed after the boy at frightening speeds, causing the boy to yelp as well and start running.

"W-Wait!" Susan finally said, trying to figure out the situation. She ran after the monster, grabbing onto the tail above the spikes and pulled. The beast lost its center of gravity, falling face first. Susan picked it up by the tail, hoisting it over her shoulder and slamming it into the pavement. She turned back and got down to get a closer look at the boy. He simply smiled at waived.

"But…you…how…that…" she stammered, trying to figure this situation out. "You were there!" she said, getting a nod from the boy. "In the city!" Another nod. "But that thing blew up!"

He nodded once more. "Well, I figured it must have been bad when it started humming, so I ducked into a basement." He laughed a bit. "Just my luck it was a bomb shelter…"

Susan just looked at him in disbelief. "So you're actually ok…" She sighed getting a third nod. "Good…" she said, giving a sweet smile. "Then I won't feel bad for doing this." She gave him a light flick on the head, propelling him seven feet sideways.

The boy sat up, rubbing his head. "What was that for!?"

Ginormica just gave a half grin. "That was for making me worry…" She turned to see the monster finally getting up from the ground, its rage visibly higher. "Oh dear…"

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Link got up, looking around. He saw several destroyed buildings, but no evidence of defeat or success of bagging this thing. He turned to see a blue mass lying out in the sun. "Bob!" he yelled, running over to it.

"Link…" Bob said, dazed. "Link…is that you man…"

"Yea Bob…I'm here…" he said. "How are ya man?"

Bob looked at Link with his one eye weakly. "Oh, ya know…" He coughed violently. "Link…do something for me…"

Link shook his head. "Come on man…you aren't that bad…"

"Link…" Bob said forcefully yet weakly. "Tell…tell Janet…"

Link leaned closer, listening to his friends last words.

"Tell Janet…tell her I love her…" After that, Bob's arm collapsed, his eye falling into the middle of his mass.

Link simply let the hand fall to the ground. "Bob…" A tear came to his eye as he stood and walked away. He then stopped, slapping his face in his palm. Link turned back, and angry look on his face. "You moron! You're an indestructible mass!"

The blue goo simply sloshed around to Link's other side, laughing. "Ha! I gotcha though!" he said, smiling. Link simply got mad, fuming a bit. "I got Link to cry! I got Link to cr-"

Link reached in and pulled Bob's eye to his face. "If you tell anyone about this…" He paused. "Who the heck is Janet?"

A loud bang broke the moment as they both turned to see a large cloud coming down the street in the distance. A bulldozer was approaching at high speeds, preceded by a too familiar laugh.

"MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

Both Link and Bob blinked twice, eyes wide.

"Doctor Cockroach!?!"

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"Look out!!"

The beast rammed its tail through another building as Susan jumped over an overpass with the boy, holding onto her shoulder for dear life. The beast let out a roar, trying to follow its target.

"What the heck does this thing want?!" Ginormica yelled in frustration. The boy was going to respond but was silenced by a bang in the distance. The boy, Ginormica and the beast turned around to see a bulldozer barreling toward them with Link and Bob in the scoop and one mad-eyed Dr. C in the driver's seat.

"MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" he cried, smashing into the head of the monster, dealing a glancing blow. Bob and Link jumped out, getting next to Ginormica as the beast shook its head looking around to see the flying machine coming at him once more.

The claw of the bulldozer smashed right into the beast's chest, causing it to scream and fall back. Dr. C had jumped out at the last moment, getting propelled backward form the explosion. With a grin, he looked at the team, sanding on a pile of ruble.

"Doctor Cockroach!" Susan said lowering her head to him. "I didn't expect to see you here!"

The Doc smirked. "Well, it's hard to crush a cockroach…" he said, looking at the rising beast. "But even harder to stop a mad scientist from creating!" As the exhausted monster rose, the high pitched sound increased severely. Dr C noticed this and squinted at the beast, his brain working at full speed once more.

"I've got it!" he yelled. He then noticed the boy out of the corner of his eye. "Ah…you again?" he asked. The boy just smiled.

"I just can't stop running into you guys…" He looked at the beast. "Ok Doc, what is it you've got?"

The Doc shook his large head, getting his focus. "Ginormica, I need you to distract the beast and if possible, get him on his back!" Susan nodded, running ahead.

"Bob! Link!" the Doc said, getting the two's attention. "I need you to get close to its neck and tell me what you two see…"

Link nodded, smiling. "You got it! Good to have you back!" he said, heading off.

"Look, three birds!" Bob said in the same serious tone, earning a face plant from Link.

"Bob! Will you quit messing around!?" Link yelled, running off to the beast with Bob sloshing behind.

The boy walked up to Dr. C, nodding twice. "You seem better" he said, getting a look from the large bug. The Doc simply nodded, agreeing with what they discussed ten minutes ago.

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…Ten Minutes Ago…

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Dr Cockroach arrived at the city shortly after the plane had departed from it on a stolen/borrowed jet pack. "Useless bloody thing…" he said, fumbling with it to get it off. The Doc then saw people running and screaming; although this time they were running and screaming towards him instead of away.

"Run!" One person of Asian decent said, running. "Gorzira! Iss Gorzira!"

The Doc raised and eyebrow and saw the monster in the distance as well as the Area plane flying off. "Susan…" he said, running towards the city. As he got through the crowd he saw a boy running toward the monster as well.

"Are you crazy!?" The Doc said, getting the boy's attention, but still running. "There's some sort of 'Gorzira' thing there!" The Doc skittered along at a quick pace.

"I know!" He yelled, running even harder. "But that woman in there saved my life before…" He looked at the skittering Doc along side of him. "If I can return the favor, I will." The Doc looked a little flush at that statement, but stopped as he noticed the boy did as well.

"Wait…" he said, looking the Doc over. "Aren't you one of her teammates?" he asked accusingly. Dr. C took a step back at the remark. "Why weren't you with them…"

Dr. Cockroach opened his mouth but froze up with guilt. The boy just looked at him. "Well then" the boy said. "Looks like we both have something to make up for…" Once more, the boy charged off. After a minute, the Doc heard a 'Hey Ugly!' and closed his eyes.

"Bugger…" he finally said. When he opened his eyes, he saw a bulldozer, two jackhammers, a trashed compact car and a bottle of Gin. For a moment, the Doc just saw a bunch of junk. Then, the wheels in his large head started to turn, ever slowly, finally making the junk into something better. An evil grin slowly crept over his face as his antenna twitched.

"Perfect…MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

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…Ten-ish Minutes Later…

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"Grah!" Ginormica yelled out, getting the beast to topple over. "Yes!" she yelled, right before the tail swept her off her feet.

"Ginormica!" Link yelled, running up the beast. He saw Susan stand up again and was relieved, just before a claw swiped him and knocked him into Susan, causing her to fall once more.

Bob extended himself, grabbing onto something shiny on the monsters neck. "Hey guys! Something shiny!" The monster tried to swipe at this mass, but kept hitting air or its neck.

After it swinging of rather forceful hits, the hidden neck brace stared to spark due to the strikes from the monster. The beast thrashed around as the Doc skittered up it quickly, trying to get the thing out of pain.

He saw the neck brace, it's few lights and gizmo's whizzing about. With a few button pushes here and a couple of forceful hits there, the high pitched sound stopped and he relaxed. The device unlocked from the neck of the beast as a voice said

"Self destruct in Ten…Nine…"

Dr C's wide eyes widened. Without a word, he jumped off the beast and saw Susan standing up once more. "Susan!" he yelled, getting her attention. "Neck! Bomb! Throw!" was all he could get out. With a nod, she quickly stood, running over and grabbing hold of the brace and throwing it high in the sky.

As it rose, a thin cloud of black smoke entered the device and exited just a quickly.

"Four…Three…Tw-"

An explosion occurred in the middle of two as the neck brace was completely destroyed. All eyes were then on the creature as it had begun to shrink down slowly. Dr. C looked at the situation carefully. "The collar must have been a control device…"

Susan looked at the Doc then nodded. "Yea…but what made him so large?" she asked, picking up the beast, not at seven feet tall and still passed out.

Dr. Cockroach nodded. "The collar could have had some drug in it…" He looked at the sky. "Well, we'll never know…whoever did this didn't want to be found…"

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The scared scientist who was viewing this slammed his hands down on the table. "Damnit!!" he yelled in pure anger. "How could they have beaten another of my creatures!?" He used the camera to look at the boy. "One day…one day I'll have you in here…"

Suddenly, his phone rang. "What?!" he yelled, a look of dread then passing over his face. "Oh-oh General Sir!" He stood, putting on his weaker persona. "No sir, I'll be up there right now…" He hand the phone up, his eyes seething in anger. After a few seconds, he said picking up the phone once more, securing the line again.

"Get me the Senator."

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After an hour of waiting, the now smaller beast was awake and chasing after Link. Susan watched, laughing as Bob tried to figure out what it really was with Dr. Cockroach's help.

"I think it's a dog…"

"No Bob…"

"Cat?"

"No-"

"Lizard?"

"Bo-"

"Oh! It's a pickle!" he said, smiling. "And it's a boy pickle too! It has boobies!" Dr. C scowled at the fleeing Link, angry that he hadn't had the talk with Bob.

The boy had been watching from the side, chuckling to himself. Eventually the plane landed and the General stepped out.

"Well!" he yelled in his boisterous tone. "You all did a number on this town!" Susan scratched the back of her head in embarrassment and gave a weak smile. "But, I see the creature has been…contained?" he finished by changing his thought to a question as he saw it chasing around Link. With a sigh, he walked back into the plane. "I'm getting too old for this…"

Bob and Dr. C disgusted the creature as Link was finally able to get it away from it, running on the plane. Susan picked it up and it rubbed against her hands, making herself laugh as the strange scales rubbed against her skin. Susan looked over at the boy and waived as she stood.

"Hey Susan!" he yelled, getting both her attention and the rest of the monsters as well, poking their heads out of the plane. "I…uh…"

"Wanted to thank me again for the saving?" she finished for him. "It's really not necessary." The boy shook his head, getting a raised eyebrow from Susan. "Then what?"

The boy gave a weak smile. "Well…I was wondering…if maybe…" His voice got softer so Susan had to lean close to hear. "Iwaswonderingificouldtakeyoutoaomovieorsomething" he said all at once, blushing slightly. Susan took a moment to process that statement and smirked. She put her finger down to his nose and flicked it a bit, causing him to fall back.

"Fine" She said. Susan turned to see the shocked look of all there, including a slightly disheartened Dr. Cockroach. "I could do a movie…"

The boy stood up, smiling widely. 'Yes!' he thought inside.

So, you've got a crush on the giantess…how typical…

'Shut up you… I won't let you ruin this for me'

Oh, you will do that fine all by yourself… the voice said, laughing as it faded. Susan stood, turning back to the boy.

"One thing though."

"Yea?" the boy said, looking up at Susan, frustrated slightly by the voice, but tried to keep his cool.

"What's your name?"

The boy's face just grew a small smile as he looked in her eyes.

"Drake."

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"Existence is perception, perception is existence." -Unknown

"People fear what they don't understand. If they don't fear it, then they know it." -Unknown

No gain without loss

No loss without a winner

No winner without a death

-ÐѓдҜΘИΪ§

Yep, that's it! Ill work on four and five while gone so i might have a double chapter up; it all depends on how much this liked or even disliked, i survive on all kinds of feedback!

Also, Susan is keeping that Beast thing, so it needs a name. Send me your ideas!

Thanks ya'll!