"I have finished the X-Ray on your ankle Ash," RZ informed the female Guardian as she lay their on a hard light bed with her foot in a cast, "your ankle is not broken, but it is severely sprained, I'm sidelining you from active duty for at least a week or two until your ankle is healed." RZ said which earned a sigh from Ash.

"Does that mean I cant play football, 'cause our season opener is next week." Ash explained to her leader.

"I'm sorry but I doubt you'll be able to play until your ankle is fully healed, all I advise is for you to sit on the sidelines and get some rest." RZ informed her with a sad smile. Ish then walked over to her and gave his friend a pat on the shoulder.

"Don't worry Ash, we'll all be here for you." he said with a smile which earned one from the female Guardian. Ish handed her a pair of crutches and gave them to Ash, which allowed her to stand up.

"My mom is driving us to football practice, all you got to tell Coach Jones is how you sprained your ankle." Ish informed Ash as the Guardians walked out the secret entrance of the HOK and into the Hall of Fame where Ish's mom, Sasha was waiting for them.

-Meanwhile-

Back beneath the construction yard the being who had sent the mechanical behemoth sat looking at a recording of the last battle, for it had quickly repaired it's borgs eyes and was now looking over the footage from that battle.

For when it had captured the one Guardian in it's hand it had began to look the Guardian over for a point of weakness, and when the Guardian had been flung against the wall the Guardian had shrieked in pain, and that made the being watching smile. It looked over the footage of where the Guardian had been flung against the wall and noticed how it's foot had been bent against it's leg and that apparently caused a lot of pain, for it seemed this species called Humans where not as tough as the being watching, for it had replaced every part of living flesh with unforgiving pistons and wires.

It also noticed how the Guardian had let out a feminine scream, so it assumed that this Guardian in question was a female, plus her armor was differently designed as opposed to her presumed male counterpart. It had learned a lot about Human anatomy since it's first battle with the Guardians, and it now knew how to inflict much pain, and it would only be a matter of time until it could enact that pain.

-Meanwhile-

"Sorry to hear about your injury, Ash," Coach Jones said as he rubbed his chin in contemplation, "Lucky for us we just brought on a backup kicker today, but rest assured your still the number one kicker, he'll just take over until your ankle is healed." Coach Jones said to his starting kicker.

"Who's my backup?" she asked upon hearing they had brought on board a new kicker. In response Coach Jones pointed over to the field where Ash saw a kicker wearing a number 4 jersey was kicking field goals.

"That's Adam Pollard, he was brought in from the Hawks across town, he's a really good kicker and his longest kick rivals yours Ash." Jones said as he patted his kicker on the shoulder. Ash nodded and used her crutches to walk over to Adam, while the rest of the team was working out by throwing passes back and forth. Suddenly Coach Jones blew his whistle and the whole team huddled up.

"Everyone into the film room." he instructed which earned head nods from the whole team and they all followed him off the field and into the teams film room.

"Alright let's focus on the task at hand, the Vikings," Jones said as he pressed a button on the projector and it showed the Vikings logo, it looked exactly like the Minnesota Vikings logo, "There are a few players we got to watch out for, number one is quarterback Jamar Francis number 11," Jones said as he pulled up some of Francis's highlights which showed him running with the ball and throwing bullets in between two or three defenders. "Another player we have to watch out for is their team captain Bruno Boston," Jones said as he pressed another button and it showed a player wearing number 83.

"I know Boston well Coach, mind if I explain?" Joseph perked up from his sitting position.

"Be my guest." Jones aid with a smile on his face.

"Alright Boston is a two way player, he plays Tight End and Linebacker, whiles he's good at both those positions, there's something else he's good at, and that's cheap shots," Joseph said before pausing to take a breath, "As far as I'm concerned he's written the book on cheap shots, every week he writes another chapter." Joseph said angrily as he clenched a fist as he remembered what Bruno did to his knee last season.

"Thanks for the warning," Coach Jones said sincerely as he tipped his hat to Joseph, "To beat the Vikings, we got to fire back on every play." Jones said as he turned the projector off and held his hand in the middle, which all his players followed suit, "Bulldogs on three, bulldogs on three, one, two, three, Bulldogs!" they all shouted as they left the film room and took the field.

-Later-

"That was the most fun I've ever had at practice." Joseph said as he and Carlos walked away from the field.

"I tell you what, I think we're going to have a great season." Carlos said as he lightly punched Joseph in the shoulder. Suddenly a rather tall African American woman approached Carlos and Joseph.

"Hi I'm Sash, Ish's mom." Sasha said as Ish walked up behind her.

"Nice to meet you," Joseph said as he offered his hand and shook her hand, while Carlos took off his hat out of respect.

"Ish tells me you two are great football players," Sasha said with a slight laugh.

"I'm to humble to brag," Joseph said with a small laugh which earned one from Carlos.

"Well the greatest football players end up in the Hall of Fame, where I happen to work, would you two like to go?" she asked sincerely.

"Would I ever!" Joseph said as he pulled out his cell phone and called to ask permission from his mom.

"I'm down for that." Carlos said simply as he gave Ish a fist bump.

Joseph got off the phone and said, "Can we go now?" he asked Ish's mother.

"Sure, come on to my car." Sasha said as she led the three young football players to her car and soon they where on their way to the Hall of Fame.

Unknown to everyone in the car was that RZ would be choosing a seventh Guardian, and one of them was in tow right now, which was the main reason he had sent Sasha to pick up Joseph and Carlos, for one of them would become the seventh Guardian, and he had already made up his mind as to who it would be...

So next chapter the seventh Guardian will be chosen, who will it be? Joseph Sanders or Carlos Nixon, please let me know who you think it will be and why.