Ghost and the others finally made it to the army base with both Otto and Neyla walking out to greet them.

"Ha you did good show! So these are you friends a." The three stepped forward to greet the raccoon.

"Hi the names Shade."

"I'm Carmelita Fox."

"And I'm Bentley it's good to see you."

"Yes it's good to finally meet you all but we best get inside as the commander is about to give out the orders." The raccoon then quickly walked back into the base leaving the five outside to quickly talk. "Well Neyla I'd actually thought you would have betray Ghost but again you proved me wrong."

"And how many time will I have to prove myself to you, I don't really care if you don't trust me." Ghost walked in front of the two. "Ok that's enough right now we need to help Otto stop this group so let's put aside the arguments and work together." The fox then walked into the base followed by the raccoon and turtle leaving the tiger and leopard to talk.

"Do you think Carmelita will ever trust me?"

"Hmm I thought you didn't care what she thought." Neyla softly laughed under her breath. "I don't, not really anyway it's just I caused so much pain back then by my actions. I was still aware of what I was doing yet I couldn't control myself, I should have known better then to mess around with the Clockwerk parts." Ghost genially felt sorry for the tiger, she couldn't really let her guard down after all the leopard saw what she was capable of. "Don't worry in time she'll come around if you keep proving yourself to her she'll start to trust you."

"Thanks Ghost, strange to think of all the people I could have met it was you. The one person from my time who knew of me and listen to my side of the story."

"Any time Neyla, come on let's get moving before they start the briefing."

The two then ran into the base and as they entered a time rift opened with Silen coming out looking around. "Objectives confirmed: One find computer and activate it, Two find and kill targets: Ghost, Shade, Carmelita, Bentley, and Neyla." Silen then began to run quickly across the muddy lands, running into the darkness.

Inside the European army base

Ghost and Neyla moved in quickly seeing Shade and the others, they then moved behind them fitting in without notice.

"All right men I have orders from the king given to me by Otto Van Cooper! The message has ask him to infiltrate the base and destroy it from the inside!" The men and women began whispering quietly.

"Otto take that base out impossible!"

"No way one man can do that."

"That's a death wish."

"SILENCE!" The hall went silent as the commander paced back and forward in front of the group. "I have devised a plan that requires at lest ten or more men, Who voluntaries!?" Shade then pushed the men and women out the way as she made her way to the front. "I voluntary!" The men in the hall began to laugh as well as the commander. "You a woman!? I don't think you'd be up for it!"

"What afraid that I'll show you men up?" All the males in the hall went silent upon hearing while the women were surprised by the raccoons bravery. "Hmm very well if you insist, we need nine more!" With little choose Ghost, Carmelita, and Neyla stepped forward. "We voluntary too." The hall gasped seeing the women voluntary. "My, my it appears you ladies have a death wish indeed very well, six more people!" Inspired by there bravery one more female came forward. "I'll do it." Ghost saw her come forward and remembered it was the same cat who showed them to Otto. "Ah good, five more!" Five males came forward, a hippo, a peacock, a sparrow, a badger, and a mouse. "Ah good very good now state your names!"

"Shade!"

"Ghost!"

"Carmelita Fox!"

"Neyla!"

"Océane!"

"Maxim!"

"Diego!"

"Toby!"

"Brochod!"

"Hiiri!"

The ten saluted. "SIR!"

"Good you ten along with Otto shall go to the base, stay or come back in an hour and will begin the briefing dismissed!" The crowed moved out of the hanger leaving the ten to stay, getting to know each other. "Hey I have to thank you Océane."

"For what?" Ghost just chuckled. "You forgot, you pointed me in Otto's direction."

"Oh wait now I remember I'm terrible sorry I had paper work and oh how embracing."

"It's ok we all make mistakes, so why did you want to come?" The cat just turned around spinning in a circle. "I saw how brave you were and wished I could be like that. I though if I came with you I could see how you were like." Ghost was flattered but raised her arms out. "Well you realise this is going to be dangers, you could die."

"Oui I know but I have not much to back too."

"What do you mean?" Océane then stopped spinning and then turned to the leopard. "I wanted to dance ever since I was young, I trained and trained I even went to dance school and trained. But it happened one night I walked home and was attacked by three men, they batted me to near death stealing my money but before they could do any worse a friend scared them off and helped me. I then knew I couldn't have defend myself, I wished to how you say toughen up and seeing you I wanted to be like you brave and all that."

"If only you knew what I had to deal with."

"I want to dance again in my home town but I was to afraid that's when I decided to help in the war even though women weren't fighting in the battles I'll be willing to do whatever I can. I trained in the medical department and helped many hurt men, but seeing this opportunity I could not resist to see what it's really like out there!"

"I hope you know what your doing."

"Don't worry about me I'm more tougher then I look." Ghost smiled and watched as cat walked over to the others while Shade walked to her. "You seemed to like that girl."

"Do I detect jealousy?"

"Jealous me? No way I'm just saying for someone you barely know you seem to be close to her."

"Yeah well if we're going to hell might as well get to know everyone before we go right." Shade softly laughed and walked off. "Well I'm going for a walk I'll be back soon."

"You behave yourself I don't want to hear you've destroyed something or stole anything." Shade raised her hand up waving to her leaving a smile on Ghost's face. "The closes I'm going to get to parenthood I guess."

Unknown bunker

Silen walked to the metal door, ripping it of it's hinges. "Location found." She walked into the dark room looking around till she spotted the green light. "Computer has been located." The cat walked to the computer and quickly typed.

"PROJECT: WALKING SHADE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED! SELECT LOCATION."

"Now send to 1920 Europe."

"PROCESSING... CONFIRMED! PWS DATA HAS BEEN SENT TO USERS LOCATION POINT! SYSTEMS SHUTTING DOWN." The lights shut off leaving the cat in darkness, her eyes turned green again lighting the room. "Objective complete! Next objective: Kill targets." Her eyes changed again and she walked out of the bunker into the muddy lands.

Back in the hanger

The commander entered the hanger with everyone inside. "Good your still here, wait where is Shade!"

"Uh I thought she'd be back by now." "Sir permission to search for her!"

"Denied she probably got scared off typical."

"I don't really take to orders except when I need to, so I'm going to find her anyway." The leopard walked of out off the hanger. "Wait where are you going!?"

"To find my friend!" The commander just grunted with the others still inside the hanger Neyla turned to Carmelita. "You think they need us?"

"No Ghost has this covered, let's just hear what this guy has to say."

Inside the European army base

Ghost franticly ran though the base searching around every corner hoping that Shade would be there. "Where are you girl!? You better be alright."

The leopard turned the next corner seeing the other Bentley. "Hey Bent have you seen Shade around?"

"No sorry I been here the whole time examining the base, my guess is she's doing the same thing."

"Uh why did my other self teach her all this stuff!" She then ran off leaving the turtle puzzled but he then returned to back to his examining.

Shade inside the European army base

The raccoon walked though the base in amazement. "Whoa this must be the bases weaponry section, it's amazing what they had even back then." She walked towards a tank and examined it, she turned seeing the giant locked door. "Wow that must be a secret entrance out the side of the base to deploy theses tanks, wonder where the switch to open it is?" Shade then heard a strange sound coming from that direction. "The doors opening but how's that possible!?" As the giant door open the raccoon saw only one thing there. "Who are you? And why are you out there, most importantly how did you open the door!?" The shadowy person walked in. "My names Silen but that what everyone tends to call me."

"What do you mean!?" As cat moved closer Shade quickly reached into her pocket, grabbing the binocucom and activating the beacon. "You see I'm more then I look!"

"You still not making sense!"

"Then let me show you!" The cat then ran to her punching and sending the raccoon flying. Shade could barely move after that hit only able to stand for a few seconds before falling to her knees. "W-what the hell a-are you!?"

"I am the prototype of Project: Walking Shade and let's just say that it will be much more stronger then I."

"So might as well tell me what this project meant to accomplish." The robot looked at her and began laughing. "Very well my master wanted to make the perfect army to fight Clocklord and after examining you she found that you were the perfect copy."

"The perfect copy!? A copy for what!?"

"What do you think! What have you been fight all this time." Shade realised what it meant she put it down to that punch knocking her down a peg. "Ok but who's making you, I guess it's not Clocklord as we thought it was."

"No it wasn't him but you'll find out why when my master tells you."

"So when do we meet him." The robot began to chuckle. "Soon very soon indeed of course you wont see, but it was nice talking to you after all those mind numbing convocations with Cooper."

"Wait your talking about Sly aren't you? Where is he!?"

"Oh don't worry you'll see him in hell!" As Silen pulled her punch preparing to hit Shade the robot was then sent flying by Ghost. "Where the hell have you been!? I've been worried sick." The leopard picked the raccoon up who began softly laughing. "Oh you know... just having a chat with our new friend." Ghost turned seeing the robot getting up. "So I see who is she?"

"According to her she's the prototype of "Walking Shade."

"So this thing is what we found out in the old west. Great, I thought the giant robots where bad enough. She can't be that bad though right?"

"Carful she punch me just once and sent me packing I feel like dying already." Ghost then pushed the raccoon away. "Look I can handle this you just run, get help or whatever as long as your far away I don't care."

"What!? But I want to help." Ghost turned to her glaring angrily at her. "In you condition you wont last a second! Now go and tell the other NOW!" Shade grunted in anger and slowly walked away. "How touching telling your daughter to flee before she dies, of course she's not your real daughter though."

"Shut you mouth you over sized recycle tin! She may not be my own flesh and blood but I care for her like she's my own." The robot and leopard walked around in a circle waiting for the other to make the first move. "Yet you still want to find you real child and what then? Will there be room for her in your little family." Ghost kept her anger shut off. "I'm not falling for you trick, trying to anger me wont work so easily."

"Of course but I didn't exactly tell you that my master does know where you child is." Ghost began growling clenching onto the staff tightly. "Really well where is you master now?"

"You'll see but first I'm going to kill you for my masters revenge." The robot then ran at the leopard catching her by surprise but Ghost quickly maneuvered around her kicking the robot into the tank besides them. "A cheep shoot."

"Oh no this is a cheep shoot." The leopard then plunged her weapon into the robot and repeatedly stabbed her over and over. The floor poured with artificial blood with Ghost heavily breathing. "You better stay dead or I swear I do much worse." As she turned around she was kicked onto the floor, Ghost turned to see Silen cricking her neck and walked to her, picking the leopard up by her neck. "That was pretty good, my profile statist on you says your much weaker but oh well. I feel bad for kill a worthy adversary but orders are orders." The robot tightened her grip as the leopard was on the verge of death. "Get your hands of my mother!" The robot turned seeing the raccoon charging her with a katana, unable to do anything Shade sliced the robot in two. "Wasn't expecting me now weren't ya." The robot's upper half coughed blood up and glared at the raccoon.

"Uh you... you bitch! It won't matter my orders are complete, have fun with the real deal." Shade then stamped on Silen's head and put an end to the robots life. The raccoon the reached her arm out picking Ghost up of the ground who was still having trouble breathing. "You ok? I told you she was strong."

"Yeah, yeah I know, thanks for coming back to help." Shade gave the leopard a sly smile. "Actually I was out there the whole time waiting for the right time to move, when I saw you about to die I moved in."

"Well for once I'm happy you ignored me but still let's get moving the others are probably wondering what's happening." The two walked out the weapons hanger leaving the robotic coupes there, however a light flickered on the body.

"TRANSFERRING DATA TO PWS ROBOT. SYSTEMS SHUT OFF."

Back inside the hanger

The girls walked inside the hanger battered and bruised. "My god what happen to you two?!" The group ran to the two helping then too a nearby bench. "Shade was attack by a new type of robot she destroyed it though."

"New type of robot? How dangers was it?"

"Let's just say if it wasn't for Shade it would have snapped my neck." The team all whispered in unison while the commander grabbed everyone's attention. "All right listen up! It seems the enemy have deployed a more stronger model! We will start the plan now get to your stations on the double!" The team saluted and ran out of the hall. "What's the plan?" Carmelita sat by the two and explained.

"Otto's been working on a new plane, the commander wants four people to grab a plane, which leaves seven to ride in three."

"So we split into three teams ah ok who going with who?" The tiger pulled a chalkboard over with the teams.

Otto: Ghost, Océane, Maxim

Toby: Shade, Diego

Brochod: Carmelita, Neyla

Distraction: Hiiri

"What distraction?" Neyla walked to her. "Hiiri will make sure the skies are clear and if not he'll lead some away from the base at the same time will fly in and parachute into the base."

"Sounds reasonable enough ok let's get to it." The team ran out to the hanger.

Inside hanger G5

The team assembled together with the commander standing in front of them. "Ok the mission is simple! Hiiri will lure whatever bogies in the skies away leaving the entry team to parachute in from above! When in you are to spit again! Ghost's team will search for the leader of the "Shadow wings!" Shade's team will search around for the facility that make these things! Lastly Fox's team will search for a machine called TSW or The Silhouette wing! Right you have your assignment, operation: Falcons flight is a go!"

"SIR!" The teams then got into the assigned planes and made of. First Hiiri flew off leading the planes away.

"Ok I have several bogies behind me I don't think I can hold them for long so hurry!"

"Rodger!" The three pilots started their engines and flew into the dark sky.

Operation: Falcons flight. In the sky

The three planes flew fast toward the base with a few planes attacking them.

"Hey Otto we got contact you mind if I take them out?" The raccoon grabbed the radio. "Ok but don't forget the mission."

"Don't worry will be done quickly." The plane then flew upwards and flew behind the plane shooting down the bot following him. "Ha, ha one more down ok we're following behind."

"Good, how are you doing Toby?" The sparrow picked the radio up quickly. "Where being pursued by two bogies I wont be able to hold out much longer!"

"What Shade's in that plane we have to help!"

"But the mission." Ghost gripped the raccoons shoulder tightly. "I could care less about the mission if she dies I wont forgive myself! Now turn this plane around and help!" Otto shook his head and turned the plane around. "I hope we don't get shoot down!"

"Your piloting will be fine!" Otto zoomed toward the plane shooting down the two who where pursuing them. "Thanks Otto didn't think we where gonna make it." But the two got caught of when another plane zoomed towards them shooting Toby's plane. "Ah shit we been hit! Where going down!"

"NO SHADE!" The group witness as the plane crashed down toward the base leaving Ghost eyes watering, her anger soon surfaced as she climbed into the pilot seat. "Whoa what are you doing!?"

"That bastard wont get away with this!" She grabbed the stick and controlled the plane turning it around and shooting the plane down. "Take that you son of a bitch!"

"G-Gh-Ghost y-you t-th-there?" Ghost looked at the planes radio and quickly picked it up. "Shade your alive!"

"Just barely, can't say the same for Toby."

"What about Diego?" Shade turned to the side seeing the peacock climbing out on his own. "He's ok we're on the outskirts of the base we're going in, will see you guys later Shade out." Ghost put the radio back and wiped away a tear from her eye. "Let's get to the base quickly!" Otto turned to Ghost seeing the fire feeling her eyes. "This girl Shade must mean a lot to you!" The leopard just nodded looking of to the distant sky. "She my daughter, well sort of my daughter."

"You and her!? She like sixteen, you must be in your early twenties!?"

"Your good I'm twenty and she's eighteen!"

"How is that even possible?" Ghost just laughed. "Trust me if someone told me they came from another diminution, telling me that I'm their mother I'd probably laughed and sent them packing! But now I don't really know what's right or wrong in this world any more!"

"Wait she's from another diminution!?" Ghost laughed and shook her head. "Don't worry I'll explain on the way!"

On the outskirts of the "Shadow wings" base

Shade and Diego move slowly though the lands watching for any robots. "So we didn't exactly talk much."

"What and you think now is a good time to talk." The peacock chuckled and crept forward signalling the raccoon to move. "Well if we're going on a suicide mission might as well get to know each other."

"Fair enough, you go first."

"I believe it's ladies first." Shade breathed in and out. "Well where do I began I was an only child to a woman who was thinking about other things when I was growing up."

"So she abandon you?"

"No, no she did love me, at least I hope she did. Her friends where like family to me I'd call them uncle and auntie they were the ones who raised me while my mother was doing whatever."

"And your father?"

"I never knew him let's just say things happened to fast and my mother wasn't thinking straight at the time." The bird ran forward again examining the land seeing nothing her signalled the raccoon again. "So you where an accident." Shade nodded with a smile. "I was... a happy accident but when I grew up I couldn't see my father cause he was far away."

"Still you have the right to see him wherever he may have been." Shade admired the birds persistent to knowing about her she couldn't tell if he wanted to know or he was just making small talk. "Thank but it's really complicated."

"Come on how complicated could it be?"

"Well my fathers from the past, the old west to be precise." The peacock gave a strange glare at her.

"¿Qué demonios es esta chica es una locura." (What the hell this girl is crazy.)

Shade gave a angry glare. "Puedo traducir cuatro idiomas diferentes, incluyendo español gilipollas!" (I can translate four different languages including Spanish asshole!)

The raccoon then walked angrily off in front leaving the peacock punching himself. "Por qué no puede comportarse con las mujeres idiota." (Why can't you behave around women idiot.)

"Shade wait I'm sorry by what I meant it's just weird to hear someone saying." The bird stopped when he saw the entrance to the base. "Could she have gone inside? Well if she did she better be ok." Diego then ran inside with hope he can find the raccoon.

Back with the others

Ok we're above the target prepare to jump!" The teams all prepped up waiting for the signal. "On my mark!... GO!" Ghost team dropped first speeding down towards the base activating the cords at the right time flying down towards the north side of the base. Carmelita and Neyla then dropped and again activated the parachutes and headed for the west side of the base.

Ghost's team

Ghost, Océane, and Maxim made it to there destination, the leopard gathered the two to her. "Ok let's go over the plan. Step one find the leader, step two take down the target or if possible capture." The cat and hippo nodded with Ghost making some last minutes prep talk. "Look I probably know what you may be thinking. The goal is danger's and we could die, this person is planning to kill people, who knows how many but if he or she is aloud to get away they could endanger hundred if not thousands. If you wish to go it's a little late but I wont stop you from leaving." Océane stepped forward smiling at her. "This is why I volunteered because people like you give us hope that we can win. I wont back down now." The leopard smiled and looked to the hippo. "What about you Maxim? You wana go."

"I'm here now there's no point of leaving."

"Ok then let's get going!" The three ran into the base while Carmelita and Neyla touched down on the west side.

Carmelita's team

The fox and tiger dropped down next to the doors of the west entrance. "Ok so what was we meant to do again?" The fox face palmed herself and turned to the tiger. "Neyla listen ok. We need to find the Silhouette wing and destroy it." The tiger was on board with her and the two turned to the entrance.

"So the first time we worked together since those days."

"Let's just pretend those day didn't happen right now because remembering them wont help you from my shock pistol."

"When are you going to let it go?" The fox tightened her fist and walked to the tiger punching her chest. "You took away my life, if it wasn't for Sly I still be an outcast. You have the nerve to ask when will I forgive you and let go!?" Neyla walked away from the fox and walked into the base leaving the fox outside still in anger. "How can I forgive you for what you've done." Carmelita turned around and walked into the base behind the tiger.

Shade's team inside the base

Diego strolled thought the dark corridors still searching for Shade. "Shade! Shade where are you!?" The bird then jumped when someone grabbed him from behind pulling him into a dark corner. "Quiet you alert them." He look up seeing the raccoon who still holds him tightly. "Alert what?" She pointed to the corner seeing a big shadow moving towards them. "W-what the?"

"That's the giant robots we saw outside they must also been guarding the inside as well, this isn't going to be easy." The monster then walked of leaving the two safely alone. "Let's get out now." The two walked out in the open, making sure there was nothing about. "Ok all clear so where do we go?" Shade pulled out her binocucom and pulled out a map. "Damn it whoevers made this base put up something, I can't use the map."

"What on earth is that?" Shade turned to the peacock and showed him the device. "That my friend is from the future it's called a binocucom, not so crazy now ha." She placed it back into her pocket with the bird rubbing the back of his neck. "Look I'm sorry for what I said I didn't mean to insult you."

"It's ok let's just get to it and find where the robots are coming from." The two walked forward into the darkness searching the halls for factory.

Ghost's team inside the base

Ghost ran ahead of the two cutting down smaller robots as she moved. "Weird there was giant robots and we get little ones? Whoevers in charge wants us to find them."

"Ghost wait up!" The leopard turned to the cat and hippo trying to catch there breath. "How is it you run so fast?"

"It took years to improve my stamina and to improve my speed. I used to move around the world when I was young."

"What happen to you? You say your from the future but what truly became of you?" Ghost sighed and walked slowly forward. "My father was killed in front of me, my mother escaped leaving me an orphan. I ran to the orphanage in hope to get help from someone but I change my plans, I ran again with the help of one of my new best friends. From there on I travelled around trying avoid the bastard who killed my father, while at the same time finding my family's greatest treasure this." She showed the cat her weapon.

"Wow what is this?"

"My ancestor called it the "Scorpion tail" the end looked like a scorpions sting, the staff base resembles the tail, while the other side is blunt made for close combat."

"Amazing is that all it can do?"

"In the middle it can come apart, held by a strong string, from that I can attack with two weapons." Océane gasped as she saw a robot behind her. "Watch out!" Ghost just smiled and pulled the weapon apart flinging the stinger end at the robot stabbing it, Ghost then pulled the robot in kicking it and trying to pulling her weapon out. "You just don't wont to let go do you?" She then ripped it out destroy it in the process.

"You have an interesting fighting style. Why not just use a gun?"

"That's not my style, if I do use a gun it's on special occasions." She put the staff together and placed it on her back. "Let's keep moving where getting close I can feel it."

Carmelita's team inside the base

The fox and tiger walked quietly not speaking a word to each other. "So how far do you think we have to go now?" Carmelita just carried on walking with Neyla getting annoyed. "Hey I ask you a question!"

"I don't know! How am I suppose to know where we're going!" The tiger just turned away. "I'm gonna look over here."

"Yeah you do that." Carmelita just carried on walking and was left to her thoughts. "Why the hell did we have to bring her along? I know I said ok but I wasn't myself, I can't exactly forgive her I mean when we find Sly he's going to be exactly like me."

"ARRR!" The fox turned around hearing the tiger, as much as she wanted to leave her she had to go back. "Ok what the hell going on now?" She entered the room where Neyla was and was taken by surprise. "This is the weapons room."

"PREPARE TO BE ASSIMILATED." Carmelita turned seeing Neyla inside a tube with a robotic bear pressing a button.

"ASSIMLATION IN PROGRESS." Carmelita then ran, jump kicking the bear while trying to get the tiger out. "Carmelita just leave me find the TSW!"

"Shut up Neyla! I'm saving you as much as it pains me to say." But the machine activated causing the tiger to scream.

"ERROR, ERROR ASSIMLATION FAILED! SUBJECT NOT ORGANIC." The doors open and Neyla stepped out, clasping to the ground. "Not organic? But you look organic enough, what the hell happened to you?" The fox turned to look around seeing nothing she dragged the tiger of hiding her so she wont be in harms way. "You better be here when I get back. Cause if you aren't I'll personally will hunt you down." Carmelita then ran of into the room hunting down the TSW.

Back to Shade's team

The raccoon and peacock walked casually though the dark halls seeing nothing, on occasion they saw giant robots in which case they hid in the dark corners. "How far now till we find where there made?"

"Who knows maybe we walked past it already, but I'm guessing it has to be close."

"We haven't seen a giant robot in awhile how can we be getting closer to the room." The raccoon then ran ahead and gave a happy yell. "Yes finally!" Diego ran to her seeing the factory, he felt a happy feeling finally finding the room but he couldn't shake the feeling they where being watched. "Let's just destroy this room, find the others and the hell out of here."

"NOT SO FAST YOU LITTLE PEST!" Shade looked around the room but could barly see anything since the room was dark. "Hey where are you!? Show yourself!"

"BETTER YET LET ME GET THE LIGHT." The room flashed as the lights came on showing the room filled with bodies on hooks. "What the?"

"DO WORRY THESE ARE NOT REAL BODIES JUST METAL, BUT THEY WILL BE ONCE PROJECT: WALKING SHADE DATA HAS COME TOO ME."

"Tell me what is this project? Your little prototype only mentioned a bit." The voice laughed upon hearing this.

"I KNEW SILEN WOULD FAIL ME AFTER ALL HER JOB WAS TO GET DATA FROM COOPER AND THEN FROM GHOST AND TRANSFER IT TO THE COMPUTER BACK IN THE OLD WEST BUNKER."

"Yeah that bunker what was the deal with that? I saw bodies there too like these, what are you gonna do?"

"STUPID AS EVER, MY GOAL IS TO STOP CLOCKLORD AND PROVENT THE FUTURE FROM BEING DESTORYED. WHO BETTER TO SAVE THE FUTURE THEN ME."

"What an insane person traveling though time using machines to target one persons family? Yeah that's the person I want to save the future." The voice began to growl under it's breath.

"OF COURSE YOU SHOWN ME THAT NORMAL ROBOTS WHERE USLESS SO I UPGRADED TO SPECIAL TYPES OF ROBOTS. I CALL THEM "PWS" TYPE. AND IN A MATTER OF MINTUTES THE VERY FIRST WILL BE MADE AND BROUGHT HERE, IT WILL KILL YOU ALL."

"I sliced the prototype and killed it, I guess this ones not going to be so blind."

"THE PWS ROBOT HAS A NUMBER OF UPGRADES YOU'LL SEE WHEN IT ARIVES IN ABOUT SAY FIVE MINTUTES." The speaker then cut out with Shade standing there looking around the room. "We need to destroy this room now!"

"How dangerous will these things be?" Shade turned grabbing the peacock shoulders tightly. "Imagine you up against ten guys, you take all of them down somehow but then they all get up like nothings happened. That was what the prototype was, this thing will be ten times worse then that so yes this thing is going to be dangerous!" The bird just nodded while Shade ran to the computer, activating it and typing hoping she could find a way to stop it."

"Shit I can't do anything AHHH!" She punched the computer in anger while Diego cleared his throat getting her attention. "Why don't we just use some grenades."

"No, no that wont be powerful enough but a chain explosion would that's it!" Shade ran to the peacock. "I wont you to find anything that will explode in this room, when you put enough to destroy this room put a grenade down. Hell use all your grenades make sure nothing will I've live or at least get out before we find a way to destroy this place." Diego saluted her and ran around the room, piling up whatever he could find near the bodies. Shade then activated her binocucom hoping to speak with Ghost and Carmelita.

Back to Ghost's team

The leopards leg vibrated, she quickly picked the device out and activated it.

"Ghost we're all in trouble wrap up whatever you have to do now!"

"Why what's happening?"

"Whoever's behind this spoke to me, they said the PWS robot will be coming here in less then five minutes, after that their gonna copy it into I don't know how many but they wanted to "save the future" so perhaps hundreds."

"My god the prototype was tough as it was the having to deal with hundreds of the real thing I don't know if we can deal with that."

"Look we have a plan it should at least distract them when their made for a few seconds or more just hurry please." The connection dissipated leaving Ghost worried for Shade. "Ghost we found something!" She turned to Océane and ran to the cat and hippo.

"What's going on, watcha found?" The leopard looked up seeing a long flight of stairs with a door at the end. "Just when I was getting used to not seeing stairs, oh well let's get moving then." The team ran up the stairs with Ghost hoping they get to the bottom of whoevers behind all of the problem. She kicked the door down and she was taken by surprise when she saw her.

"P-Penelope? What the hell is going on?" The mouse turned with a smug look on her face. "Ah Ghost is it? Last time we meet was England, helping Cooper."

"Yeah and last I heard you where in a high matinee prison cell and escaped. So what brings you here?"

"If you must know I'm planning to kill Clocklord." Ghost then paced towards the mouse. "Good we both have the same goals then so let's team up!" But Penelope didn't agree, she pulled out a weapon. "Is that a?"

"Shock pistol nope this happens to be one of my man made weapons using laser instead." She pointed at the leopard aiming the weapon and firing, but Ghost was pushed out the way by Maxim who took the shoot. The small beam pieced though his body with Océane tending to him. "You have no right to fire when we don't plan to do any damage to you!"

"Oh really it so happens I been watching you though out you little adventures." She pressed the button next to her displaying the gang thought the times they where in on the screens behind the mouse. "You've been quite annoying taking out my men."

"Oh and it so happens they where attacking Sly's family at the same time! Stop being a bitch and get to the point!"

"Very well my plan was to make a army to combat Clocklord." Ghost stood there crossing her arms giving the mouse an angry glare. "But for some reason they began serving Clocklord I take it that wasn't apart of the plan?"

"No it turned out he was more advance then I thought he turned all the robots I made against me from the future." Ghost chucked to herself. "Wow he must great wifi then."

"Laugh all you want I device the perfect solution, to make the perfect fighting machine. Studying you and Shade I made an exact clone of her taking DNA from her and DNA from you along with Carmelita, Neyla, Bentley, and all the ancestor you encountered including Sly who happened to be with Slytunkhamen right now."

"Wait so Sly's in Egypt?" Penelope laughed making her more angry. "It took you long enough to figure out but to little to late I'm afraid. I'm going to save the future and take revenge on Sly! He took Bentley away from me I'll take all he cares about from him"

"You still have that little grudge against him still! Grow up you sad, perfetic, bitch!" Penelope then shoot the beam again but this time the leopard dodged it, the beam hit the wall which caused it to bounce of and hit the mouse's chair. "Look's like your little toy has a weakness." The leopard gave a cocky smiled while the mouse just growled under her breath.

"Well it doesn't matter anymore. Times up for all of you!" She then turned and pressed a button causing the room to flash red.

"WARNING, WARNING ACTIVATING PROJECT: WALKING SHADE ALL OCCUPANTS PLEASE LEAVE THE AREA!" The mouse's chair then sank down while Ghost tried to stop her Penelope lifted the weapon and aimed at her. "It's to late Ghost you might as well run PWS is going to hunt you down in this time and any other." The floor closed as Ghost punched the floor. "Damn you why did it have to be you of all people."

"Ghost it's Maxim." The leopard turned to the cat with the hippo bleeding out. "Is he going to be ok?" Océane shook her head and got up leaving the hippo with Ghost. "Hey Maxim how things going?" The hippo laughed but grabbed his chest where the hole was. "I've been better, but I need to tell you something."

"I'm all ears."

"I was originally a captured solder taken to this base a couple of weeks ago, I escaped though a special tunnel created for when this place is going to self destructed. All you need to do is, is." The hippo was fading out of conscious with Ghost slapping him gently. "Hey don't go just yet what then, what do I need to do?"

"You need to activate section five dash two and destroy this base from there all doors should open or close should you allow it."

"Great so no giant robots escape, that's exactly what we need, ok Océane try to keep him alive a little longer please." The cat nodded and dropped to her knees trying to do everything to keep the hippo alive. Meanwhile Ghost ran to the computer and try to work it.

ENTER PASSWORD:

"Ah a password great ok let's try."

ENTER PASSWORD: SHADOW WINGS. ACCESS DENIED

"Ok let's try this then."

ENTER PASSWORD: PENELOPE. ACCESS DENIED. LAST CHANCE BEFORE SHUTDOWN.

Ghost began to panic until she remembered what Penelope said. "Wait that it!"

ENTER PASSWORD: BENTLEY. ACCESS APROVED. WELCOME PENELOPE.

"So she still cares for Bentley. To bad she kinda turned out like she has oh well, let's see what we have." Ghost explored around looking for the area Maxim said. "I can't find it Maxim!" The hippo slowly got up and looked at the cat. "Océane can you help me over there?"

"Of course hold on." She grabbed him and pulled Maxim over to the computer, Ghost then got out of the chair and helped the cat lift him into the chair. "Leave.. this to me."

Back to Carmelita's team

The fox ran though out the weapons hanger with no luck in finding the plane. "Where the hell could this thing be? I've been searching for ages." But before she could turned she felt a gun pressed at her back. "Not another step or I shoot."

"Penelope is that you?" The mouse then jammed the weapon into her back again. "I said don't move now I want you to do me a favour."

"Like hell you I'll help you!" But the mouse was in no mood and simply hit her. "That shut you up, now to activate TSW and get out of this time." Penelope then pulled away the cover of the plane next to the fox as she looked down at her. "Funny how you've been searching and it's been right here in front of you." Penelope then aimed the gun to the fox preparing to pull the switch but was caught of guard when Neyla used her whip hitting her arm. "I don't think so! She can't die just yet."

"Ah so your Neyla forgive me I only know a little about you besides you becoming Clockla."

"That was a long time ago and beside that's not me anymore."

"Oh and by the look of your face you have the scars to prove it." The tiger rubbed her metallic face and tighten her fist. "And what do you know of it!?"

"Oh enough to realise how it happened it's rather simple really, when you entered the frame and became Clockla your mind began to be taken over by Clockwerk. All that time you thought you were in control, you wanted the parts when really Clockwerk was controlling your mind finding someone so full of anger and sorrow or should I say gullible."

"You still haven't answered my question!"

"About your face? Again simple inside the hate chip your soul was being taken over by Clockwerk in essence you were going to be Clockwerk the next Clockwerk in a line of Clockwerk's. Your appearance was most likely because you where ripped out before the process was complete, but a piece of your soul is gone."

"So I basically part Clockwerk now?" Neyla ran her hand down her face from the metal fore head to her Clockwerk shaped eye. She felt a strange anger from nowhere as her eye turned red. "AH what is this why am I so angry!?"

"It seems Clockwerk wants to be back."

"What's to be back where!?" The mouse simply laughed and walked to the tiger who feel to her knees in pain. "These parts are actually Clockwerk parts and it seems their calling out to Clocklord. They want to be assembled."

"A-assembled? Why!?"

"It's their true purpose, well their new purpose. When Clocklord came to our diminution he destroyed are future but the only way he could fully destroy it is with this diminutions Clockwerk." Neyla looked at the mouse leaning over her looking smug. "And what happens then?"

"Clockwerk becomes apart of the beast, another part to the already monstrous beast." She then walked around the tiger. "It started with the very first Clockwerk, I theorized that he killed Sly and the others. With them out the way he did as he pleased but then he found a way to travel though diminutions where other Coopers where from there he travelled. But he couldn't do anything to kill the Coopers, mainly because he already did. You see if one has done it in there diminution they can't do it again." Neyla simply shook her head. "I don't understand!"

"Let me explain easily then. I kill you I travel to another diminution and want to kill you again but I can't because it already happened for me I won't be able to touch you though the whole space time mumbo jumbo! Clockwerk then had a theory, by absorbing the same person he could become that person in that timeline and diminution. He then dub himself Clocklord and killed every Cooper in every diminution from then on, but for some reason he had trouble with this one mainly because Clockwerk was technically dead until he took him away."

"When I was ripped out of the hate chip!" Penelope clapped and then stood at her feet. "Well done of course Clocklord is looking for someone who might have entered that very some body namely you."

"W-what!?"

"Well yeah after all you still have a piece of Clockwerk inside of you, your like a living hate chip with pieces of the old bird on you. Until he finds you he'll most likely rip you apart and do whatever, or put you back inside the frame and you'll merge with the bird to become Clockwerk again."

"I still don't understand why I was in the old west and that voice telling me "I'm of no use anymore."

"Most likely Clocklord trying to bring out the hate inside you after all you are useless to him if you have no hate to fuel the frame. Of course knowing this I'm going to kill you now." Neyla was still a little drained from the angry experience. "Why do you want to kill me?"

"You heard me Clocklord need to absorb this diminutions Clockwerk so he can destroy both the future and us. If killing you prevents him from destroying the future then so be it!" But the mouse was sent flying by Carmelita who was waiting for the right moment. "Need a hand?" Neyla reached her hand out and was lifted up. "Well at least we know what the hell going on with me."

"Yeah I guess, I'm sorry about being a bitch to you Neyla." The tiger place her hand up. "No you where right I don't deserve forgiveness after what I done."

"But like Penelope said Clockwerk was controlling your mind making you think it was your idea." Neyla still felt a bit down and realised. "Penelope where did she go!?" The two turned when they heard something. "What the?" The mouse had quickly entered the Silhouette wing, activating it and flew away.

"Shit why did I take my eyes of her!" Carmelita then reached into her pocket pulling out her binocucom.

Back to Ghost's team

Ok all set all you need to do is warn everybody and run to the tunnel system below."

"Thanks Maxim, you did good." Ghost walked away activating her binocucom.

"Shade you there?"

"I'm here what's going on?"

"Good news for a change, we found the self-destruct system at the same time Maxim told me of a tunnel system that was made to get away from the explosion."

"That is great news so how long till the explosion?"

"Nothing yet just gonna warn Carm and I'll arm the system. It's set for an hour so we have enough time to get to the tunnel before then."

"Good just to say the PWS robots aren't moving in fact nothings happening, we just blew up the room so hopefully they got destroyed with the WHOA!"

"Shade? Shade?! Respond!" However there was only static, the leopard gripped her fists and prayed nothing bad happened. The binocucom began to vibrate.

"Ghost I have bad news."

"Carm? What's happening?"

Back to Shade's team

The raccoon was laying on the rubble, she slowly opened her eyes seeing a robot with no appearance what so ever. "Hmm I like the new image fits you just fine. I was getting board of the bland robot monkey or the giant badger with a weapon for an arm." The PWS picked the raccoon up by her throat examining her.

"Life form detected: Lily Jenna Cooper AKA Shade."

"Wow fancy your extremely new but I'm guessing your not the original PWS."

"No I am a line of what will be thousand, we will destroy the beast at the end of time and save it."

"Yeah no offence but people would probable think your more dangerous then the bird itself." The robot tightened it's grip chocking Shade. "I do not care for thought I only follow my orders. And my orders are to kill you and other target."

"Get you hands of her!" The PWS turned to see Diego charging at it whacking it with his gun, the weapon barely did anything to the creature.

"Life form detected: Data unknown, match unknown no id match. " Diego still tried to do damage but his weapon wasn't doing anything, as Shade soon began to lose air the PWS dropped her and grabbed the peacock instead.

"No let him go! You wanted me didn't you!?"

"Yes but this subject has angered me. He shall be destroyed." It then tighten it's grip chocking the bird, as his life faded he looked down to the raccoon who couldn't do a thing. "R-run... N-now!" The PWS then broke his neck snapping it sideways. "Life form has been killed." Shade couldn't think all she thought was of the peacocks last words, she then got up and ran as fast as she could. "Target escaping shall hunt, track, and eliminate her." The robot slowly walked down the hall following behind.

Shade just wept as she ran wiping the tears away as she fled for her life, she then pulled out her binocucom which was slightly cracked but still working.

"Ghost! Ghost! Please respond!"

"Shade your there, I thought you died."

"I'm gonna one of those PWS things is following me. It killed Diego in front of me, snapped his neck without mercy."

"Calm down Shade and listen, the activation has already began you have about fifty minutes to get to the tunnels before the place is destroyed."

"Yeah but what about that thing it's still following me what should I do!? I scared out of my mind right now!"

"Look for know try to find Carmelita she's in the weapons hanger which from the map is close I'll send it to your binocucom." The map was up on the raccoons screen as she then tracked her way though the corridors and dark hallways while being hunted down by the PWS.

Shade somehow managed to avoid the robot and track her way to the weapons hanger with thirty minutes to spare.

"Carm, Neyla you in hear!?"

"No but I am." Shade turned around but was then grabbed by the throat and lifted up. "Prepare to die." The PWS was then shoot by Carmelita using her shock blast it then short circuit the robot shutting it down, Shade then ran to the fox hugging her cry away. "I though I was gonna."

"There, there it's ok that thing dead now let's get to the tunnel before more of those things show up." The three then made there way out of the hanger leaving the metal coupes alone.

"TRANSFERRING DATA UPLOADING TO PWS ROBOT. SELF-DESTRUCT ACTIVATED."

The girls turned when they heard the explosion. "What was that?"

"Sounded like it came from the hanger. Let's hope it was that thing, now let's get moving."

Back to Ghost's team

Ghost still in the control room with the cat and hippo prepped up and turned to them. "Let's get moving you said there's a hatch that leads to the tunnel around here?"

"Yes down the stairs and behind it, it's on the floor you can't miss it."

"Good then let's move." The hippo chuckled and began coughing. "I'm sorry Ghost but I can't I'm dead already, leave me to die, to die as the man who help save thousands. Rather that then the man who had to be dragged out in the mud." Ghost could tell he was joking, trying to liven up the mood and she went along with it. "Ok I can do that for you, I promise when we're out you'll be remembered as a hero who save us." Maxim then passed the leopard something. "A piece of paper?"

"It has the locations of the tunnels, where they lead and from where they lead. You'll be able to find your friends and the easiest way out." Ghost put the paper in her pocket and hugged the hippo. "Thank you Max I wont forget you." She got up and turned around walking though the door. "Let's go Océane."

"Oui right behind you." The two ran down the stairs and found the hatch, climbing down into the tunnels. Maxim then moved toward the computer and activated the security camera finding out where everyone was. "W-what is t-that?" He saw one of the PWS's walking though the corridors going toward the computer room. The hippo then clicked the speakers and talked to everyone.

"Watch out there's something coming toward the computer room! I'm gonna move the time from twenty minutes to ten!" Shade, Carmelita, and Neyla heard the hippo and the moved fast toward the tunnels entrance. Maxim then did whatever he could to destroy content and security but the PWS turned the chair around and stabbed him cutting upwards till it's hand came out from his skull. The robot then grabbed the hippos half cut corpes and chucked it to the floor, it then quickly examined the computer.

"Uploading files, imagery, ERROR security has been disabled." The robot looked at the hippo and laughed. "Cleaver but it wont help them." The machine then pulled away from the computer and walked down the stairs. "Targets last location this way." The PWS found the hatch and began to pursue Ghost and Océane.

That's the end of part one and I have to say it's getting more interesting. Did you expect Penelope to show up? What's gonna happen next, I'm getting kinda excited on what will happen next I better get writing. I don't think it will be as long or at least I hope it won't. Any better get to it!