'Talk in head with Ultra-Link'
"Talking out loud"
Chapter Four
REPROGRAMMED
X376 was laying to the side of the sewer since he had completed his mission in trying to reboot Steel. His energy cell was low as he contacted Mega Metal.
"Mega... Metal. Mission... a-a-accomplished," X376 said in a painful voice.
"Good work X376. Now, to reboot the traitor," Mega Metal Elemental said with triumph.
He waited for his team members to pick him up but they never did. He waited for an hour and X376 was on his last ten percent of energy when he saw a figure farther down the sewer. As the figure came closer, X376 realized it was a girl. She looked like a sixteen year old human girl. Her hair was long, red, and braided, her eyes were a deep green, and her skin was a dark tan. She wore a long, white trench coat that covered her white blouse, and white pants and boots to match. There were two pairs of sais attached to her belt. When she reached the fallen Ultra-Link, she knelt down.
"Now why is an Ultra-Link all by itself?" She asked with curiosity.
"I'm not... all alone. I'm sure... my comrades will... be here to pick... me up any minute," X376 defended.
"In that case, I'll just leave you here for them to find," the girl said with a shrug.
"You can't... just leave... me here!" X376 shouts the best he could.
"Why not? You said it yourself that your team mates were coming for you," the girl said with a little fake irritation.
"Well... I don't actually-" X376 was interrupted by the girl picking him up.
"You aren't sure they are coming for you, are you?" She asks. X376 looks in the direction of the floor, refusing to answer. "They aren't very good company if they just leave you after you finished your job." The girl thought for a moment before answering. "I have the ability to keep you energized but if you try to take complete control over my actions without asking me, I will make sure you get a short circuit."
"What... are you talking... about?" The nearly dead Ultra-Link asked. "You're a... human, you shouldn't... have enough power to... keep me alive for... more than a week."
"I am not human," the girl said as her hands started to glow green. X376 gained a little bit of energy from it but no more than an hour worth. "I am a Takion." X376 thought about this for a moment.
"If I link with you, would I be fighting against Makino?" X376 asks.
"Yes. We would help keep the city safe," the girl explained. She had let him go and he was now hovering in front of her in thought. X376 looked out the man hole and at the city. People going in and out of sight. Talking and laughing could be heard from many different directions. "Do you really want to kill thousands of innocent people?"
"But I was built to serve only Makino, not defy him," X376 said with confusion.
"Steel did. Yet he was built by the same person as you," the girl pointed out.
"What is your name girl?" X376 asked.
"Rune Mk'rah. What about you Ultra-Link? What are you called?" Rune asked.
"I am X376." Rune thought about this information for a moment.
"I'll call you Glex," she said with a smirk. X376 gave her a look that said that she was crazy. "What? If you look at your name upside down, then it says Glex."
"Glex... I kind of like it, but Makino will know if I betray him," X376 says. He was still debating whether to join Rune or not.
"Would you rather be the reason many innocent people are killed, or the one that changes their mind and helps to save the world?" Rune asked. Putting it into this perspective made X376 think even more. "I have to get going. I need to check something out." Rune grabbed the Ultra-Link and hugged him. Green energy swirled about X376 before it disappeared and Rune let go. "Find me if you decide to go against Makino." Rune walks away and leaves X376 to think. X376 watched as she left. Rune took a turn before before she was out of sight.
"Glex..." X376 quickly hovered to catch up with Rune. "You know my kind took your planet, right?"
"I know for a fact that you took away three planets that I was associated with," Rune said.
"Then why are you willing to help an Ultra-Link?"
"Because, if an Ultra-Link can see what his is truly doing to those whose planet they destroy, then they might see the fact that they don't have to fight on Makino's side. They can chose what they want to do or become." X376 thought about what she said before deciding.
"I want to be Glex. I want to fight Makino!" X376, now Glex, said with confidence and Rune smiled.
"Then will you want to be my Ultra-Link?" Rune asked.
"Yes," Glex said. The two linked. The suit was a lot like Max Steel's but instead of white, it was red, and instead of blue, it was green and there were two pairs of sais attached to the legs of the suit. "Let's go help stop Makino!"
FUGITIVES
"Why don't your share more about your past? I mean it took this long just to get you to tell me why we are trying to protect an Ultra-Link bounty hunter!" Glex practically shouts as he hovers next to Rune's shoulder.
"The past hurts to talk about," Rune said as she continues to walk through the sewers. "And you don't ask all that often."
"Good points," Glex says. Rune stops for a moment before she takes a turn and starts running. "Let me guess. Ven-Ghan is in trouble." Glex was trying to keep up with her.
"Might be but I can't tell." They eventually made it to one of the manholes. Rune climbed up and opened the manhole enough to see. Above ground rune could see Max Steel and Ven-Ghan fighting another Ultra-Link bounty hunter. "Something tells me we should head outside of town," Rune says as she sees Ven-Ghan being eaten by a giant robot lizard.
"What about sneaking onto the ship?" Glex asks.
"We better hurry then," Rune says as she jumps off of the ladder. "Stealth mode!" She shouts as she puts her arms out like she is stopping traffic. Glex links and places them into stealth mode. They quietly climb out of the sewer and quickly runs over to the bounty hunter's ship. They make it just in time. They hear Steel coming towards them and sees the bounty hunter catch him. Glex and Rune hid behind the giant robot lizard just in time. After the explosion, they hear Steel scream so they peaked out and found the bounty hunter in one piece.
'He is going to be a tuff one to beat,' Glex said in Runes head.
'That's for sure,' Rune thought to Glex. After Steel was imprisoned and the cargo door closed, Rune and Glex left their hiding spot and went over to the lizard that was still wide awake. 'How do you shut this thing down?' Rune asked her Ultra-Link. Glex scanned the beast before he answered.
'There is a button where his year should be on the left." Rune nodded before pushing the button. Just in time too because Steel released himself and started scanning the lizard. Noise started coming from the belly of the beast and Steel tried to use some of his Turbo energy to release the prisoner. 'Button at the end of the tail,' Glex said. Rune hurried over to the tail and found the button. Ven-Ghan and a motorcycle was released.
'Now that those two are free, we need to help them get out of the ship,' Rune told her Ultra-Link. They went to one of the other power grids so they could help open the door. A few minutes later and the door was open.
"Grab those wheels!" Steel shouts. Ven-Ghan grabbed the motorcycle and found a strip of cloth. He tied the cloth around himself before putting Steel in the pocket.
"This is our stop," Ven-Ghan said as they drove out of the ship.
"Will we be able to stay in stealth mode if we go into flight mode?" Rune asked.
"Unfortunately, no," Glex answered. The other bounty hunter burst into the cargo room and started messing with his lizard. He gave up for a moment so he could shoot and Ven-Ghan and Steel. Rune pushed his gun a little bit and the hunter missed. He looked around the cargo area.
"Is someone there?" The bounty hunter asked in his heavy accent. Rune quickly ran off of the ship.
"Flight mode!" Rune shouts as they fell. Glex activated the mode and they flew into the clouds. They continued to follow Ven-Ghan and Steel until they went into the cave. That was when they landed and changed back into stealth mode. They followed them until they got off the bike. Ven-Ghan made it go into the path to the left but they went to the path to the right. They were a good distance away before the other bounty hundred caught up.
'I am going to mask your heat signature,' Glex explained. Rune nodded as the other bounty hunter scanned the area. He found his targets and started chasing them.
"There is a dead end that way," Rune said.
"Why did you let them go then?" Glex asked.
"Unless Ven-Ghan uses his ablilities, then they have to come back this way."
"And if it is the bounty hunter with his hunt then we would fight the bounty hunter, right?" Glex deciphered as Rune nodded. "Smart." they waited for a while before the hunter came back but the catch did not. The linked pair waited until he was out of the cave before they started running to find the missing pair. On the way, they found Steel crawling on the ground with low battery. He was mumbling about Ven-Ghan leaving him behind.
'Didn't you say that he was good?' Glex asked.
'Yes. He would never willingly leave a friend behind,' Rune thought to her Ultra-Link. She lowered herself so she could be closer to Steel. She placed a single finger on Steel's back. Steel stopped where he was.
"Is someone there? Ven-Ghan? Max? Anyone?" Steel said with worry. Rune and Glex kept quiet. The Takion girl's finger glowed green a little bit and she gave Steel another thirty minutes worth of energy.
'That should at least get him outside,' Rune explained to her Ultra-Link before he could ask. They followed Steel to make sure he made it out of the cave. They watched the battle occur from a safe distance.
"There he is," Rune says as she points at Ven-Ghan's ship coming towards the other bounty hunter. "Told you so."
ONE WEEK BEFORE CHAPTER ONE
Rune and Glex were once again in stealth mode. Only this time they were in Dredd's hideout. They had followed Naught to this cave.
'Don't forget to record this,' Rune told her Ultra-Link.
'No worries, I am,' Glex said. Naught walked over to Dredd, Toxzon, and Extroyer.
"I hate Max Steel. I hate N-Tech. I hate their portal making friend!" Naught shouts before falling to the ground.
"The bounty hunter is becoming troublesome," Dredd says.
"Why don't we all attack him at once?" Extroyer asked.
"Because Max Steel will stop us before we get the chance. We need to come up with something that will get the bounty hunter out of the way long enough for us to get rid of Max Steel." All three villains thought for a while.
"The bounty hunter is an alien with powers so I might be able to make something that could turn him human," Toxzon suggested.
"That is an excellent idea," Dredd said. "Let's get started. Extroyer, let's go make a weapon that will shoot the poison at the bounty hunter. Naught, go make us lunch." Naught starts mumbling about not being able to help destroy Max Steel while walking into the kitchen. "Toxzon, get started on the poison."
'Let's hurry up and follow Toxzon,' Glex said. Rune nodded before chasing after Toxzon. They watched as Toxzon put many different chemicals into different tubes and beakers. He only left when Naught said that it was lunch time. That was when Rune and Glex went over to the computer and downloaded the chemical information.
"Let's hope this will help Ven-Ghan," Rune said.
"What do you think N-Tech will do when Dredd does hit Ven-Ghan with the chemical poison thing. What do we even call it?" Glex asked.
"Ven-Ghan is close to Max Steel's age so probably school. We could just call it a potion," Rune said.
"Okay. I have another question."
"I have another answer."
"How are we going to get this to Ven-Ghan?" Glex asks as the download finishes. This question made Rune pause in thought.
"We'll have to find a way, won't we," Rune says. "Let's hurry up and get out of here before someone finds us." They run out of the room and sees all of the villains in the cafeteria. Rune looks over to the computer where they were planning the weapon. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She whispers.
"We are linked and I am in your head. Of course I know what you're thinking and I agree," Glex whispers back. Rune runs over and starts messing with the computer. Before they left, Rune short circuits the computer with her Turbo energy.
CHAPTER ONE
"Why are we here again?" Glex asks as the linked pair stood outside of Copper Canyon High.
"You are going to put me into the school system while I distract the principal," Rune explained.
"Right. Any specific classes you want?"
"No cooking. I did enough of that on Noxev."
"Got it," Glex said as he floated to the open window that led to the principal's office. Rune grabbed a rock and used her Turbo energy to turn it into a basketball. She then threw it to Glex. He snuck in and opened the door of the office. He threw it into the hall. Rune then used her Turbo energy to make the ball bounce around and make noise. This got the principal's attention and made him leave his office. That was when Glex snuck back in and added her to the attendance and gave her a schedule.
'Glex, the principal is heading back,' Rune said.
'I am almost done. I just need to print your schedule," Glex said as he pushed the print button.
'Hurry!' Rune rushed.
'The printer is taking a long time!' Glex practically shouts. He hears footsteps approaching the office. The printer finally finishes and Glex grabs the paper and rushes out the window. He meets Rune by the front door and hands her the paper.
"June McGrath?" Rune asks.
"I noticed that there was a kid named McGrath and Mk'rah isn't exactly a normal human name," Glex explained and Rune nodded.
"What about the June part?"
"I typed the wrong letter in by accident," Glex says with a nervous laugh. Rune shakes her head.
"How did you not notice that?" Rune asks.
"I was in a rush!" Glex defends. Rune starts laughing.
"Let's get going and rest up. We start school tomorrow," she says as they begin to walk away from the school.
"Actually, you start school tomorrow. I don't need to," the Ultra-Link says.
"True but you still have to come with me since you need Turbo energy to survive," Rune says.
"You got me there. Good thing we got all of the school supplies we need, right?"
"Yeah." Rune yawns. "Can we go home now?" They transform into their flight mode before taking to the skies and to their own little hideout, which was an abandoned, old house on the other side of town.
And there's that filling chapter. That was a lot longer than I thought it would be. Did anyone else notice that Ven-Ghan sounds/spelled a lot like Van Gogh? I thought it was kind of ironic when I saw Van Gogh's first name, which happens to be Vincent. Also, Sagittarian-Dragon, I will put your request in to the best of my ability and don't you think Ven-Ghan would quickly realize that Sydney is more level headed than the boys? I will see what I can do with it. I hope you all enjoyed! Please review and don't forget to stay human!
