Y'know, I like the feeling of doing the opposite of what I'm told to do, but I feel kinda bad for them.
No time for sympathy. They'll thank us later.
Man, you're cold, Root.
You have no room to talk, Beat.
Yeah, I do!
Not when we get tangled up with-
Shut up. Now.
See?
Shut. Up.
Look, let's just drop the subject and get back to reasoning. If we wallow any longer, Boss'll fall off of that cliff 'cause of lack of concentration.
Gahhhh, fine.
Okay, so we need to make it seem like we didn't make that call, and we're still mad at them.
Yeah, but it'd be suspicious if we took that time, and we didn't cool down at all.
"Hey, Techno, you okay?" Gon asked, waving a hand in front of her face.
After a few seconds, she blinked, "Ah, um, I'm sorry, what? Lost in thought there…"
Nailed it.
"Well, Genthru's almost here, so we have to be ready."
"Yeah,"
Before the group could continue discussing a plan, a bright light in the middle of the sky grew closer and closer. When the star-like object crashed through the ground, Team Gon readied themselves for what could be their last battle.
"Killua! Erin! You take Sub! I'll take Bara. Got, you can get Genthru."
The group split up accordingly.
"Hey, Techno? Can I ask something?" Killua shouted.
"Now might not be the best time when we're about 'ta die!" Erin shouted back.
"Would'ja mind if you let me take this one mostly?"
"What? No way! I gotta help you out somehow!"
"Just trust me! I have a few experiments I wanna try out!"
"…Oh, fine. I'm still going to help you out!"
Killua laughed merrily at her determination. "Yeah, yeah, sure! I'll buy you some time to get ready!"
Still running, Erin crossed her arms. "Not like I'll need it, or anything."
Killua laughed again as they arrived at the plain where they'd be fighting. Sub, growing impatient with their lack of fear, started fighting immediately. Erin respectively backed out as Killua waved her out of the battlefield. Disappearing into the dense forrest surrounding the flatland, Erin climbed a tree, and closed her eyes.
"Okay, guys! Get up! We're going out for battle!"
Really?! Woo hoo!
It's been so long since I've snapped a good neck!
Yeah! My hands are aching just thinking about it!
Erin laughed, "Don't get too ahead of ourselves. I'm not one to be cocky, but this guy's nothing special."
Ooh! Ooh! Lemme take this guy! I have an idea!
"Alright, you're up. You better be ready!"
You know it!
Killua was in the middle of his second experiment as Error hopped out of the trees.
"Sheesh. Overly dramatic entrance much?" He grinned.
"Naturally," Error grinned back, laughing in an effervescent fashion. "Besides, I have an idea!"
"What would that be?"
"Check this…the coolest experiment ever…electricity plus Error 404!"
"Go for it!"
Erin started the attack, glitching across the field behind Sub, and hit him with her attack. Just when he started glitching out too, rendering him immobile, Killua hit him with a lightning attack. Sub soon disappeared into a ball of smoke and blood. Killua and Erin stared on in fascination, smiles slowly growing on their face.
"That was…awesome!" Erin laughed, slapping Killua on the back.
"I know! Now that that's over, we have to go help Gon!"
"Okay…but are you sure Bisky will be okay?"
Killua shuddered, "Trust me. I'm sure she'll be okay." That's right, he thought, she still doesn't know how old she is…
When the two caught up to Gon, Bisky was already there, and things weren't looking good. Both of them looked like they had taken several Little Flowers, while Genthru had almost no damage taken.
Killua and Erin ran into the fight, only to be quickly knocked back to give Genthru the perfect opportunity to use a rope item to tie Gon and Bisky to a tree.
"Erin! I'll hold him off. You get someone new out. Someone powerful." Killua suggested.
"A-…are you sure you'll be okay?"
Killua chortled, "Don't underestimate me. Of course I'll be fine." And with that, he ran straight for Genthru.
Erin wasted no time in her transformation into what was going to be Monster. However, Killua Couldn't buy her enough time. He spent about ten seconds fighting Genthru, but was hit by a Little Flower and thrown into a tree.
"Killua!" Erin stopped spinning instantaneously, and was left in an abomination of a personality. She had tentacles on one side, and her other side was composed of random, incomprehensible code.
Monster! Error! Are you two okay?
It..hurts! Make it stop!
That's it! We're using it! Get back here!
But…
Just get your sorry butts back in here and use it!
The abomination disappeared, leaving Erin defenseless and scared.
"Erin! What the heck do you think you're doing? Do something!" Bisky shouted.
"Book!" Erin shouted, pulling out a thumb drive from her jacket pocket. She held it in front of her teammates with a hesitant, worried look.
"Do you guys trust me with your lives?" She asked, holding the thumb drive over a USB port.
"Yes!" Bisky shouted, "Just do it!"
Killua nodded.
Gon looked down, obviously disappointed, but nodding slowly, realizing that there was no other choice.
"Sorry, Gon." Erin said as she shoved the thumb drive into the USB port, a new window popping up in her book.
Enter elimination code:
Erin entered a series of numbers and letters, makingabsolute sure that she was correct, and slammed her hand on the "enter" button.
It all happened in a flash. Genthru disappeared into a mess of jumbled code in a matter of seconds, but so did the trees surrounding him. Any blade of grass, any ant, or any living thing that touched them became part of the disoriented code. Bisky, Gon, and Killua caught up to Erin, who was now shouting for them to run.
"What the heck's going on?! Is that what was supposed to happen?" Got shouted.
"No! It was just supposed to make Genthru disappear! I think the file was damaged!"
They ran into the next city, where the code seemed to hit a wall. As soon as they were safe, Gon sighed in disappointment.
"Gon, I'm sorry that I couldn't give you the victory you wanted, but it was the only thing we could do!"
Gon said nothing, but sat down with the others.
"…But I have something that will cheer you up, Gon."