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The three jets, blue, white, and red, blasted the city. The red one split off and went for the mainframe, the anti-aircraft weapons not targeting a ship perceived to be friendly. As the mainframe blew up, most drones not on the island shut down. Xeon shot Tahu the now-familiar told-you look and started tearing through the metal supports on buildings.
By now the drones were fighting back, shooting at aircraft and fighting Toa on the ground. Nuika's blue aircraft took a hit, exploding and crashing into a building. Arak's red vehicle and Kryx's white were in a one-sided dogfight with a blue-black jet. As Arak's spiraled to earth, the pilot ejected and let the plane explode against one of the bigger fortresses. Kryx followed suit, his plane also injured by the more skilled Renegade.
An hour later
Xeon used magnetism to crash the jet, but another took its place and started firing. Xeon grimaced and used magnetism to stab the pilot through the windshield with a rod. As the robot and vehicle smashed to the ground, a dozen Beta Renegades ran out from a nearby street. Knowing that he couldn't fight all of them alone, he brought down the buildings nearby down on them. Xeon levitated up to look for Renegade, but saw nothing of the ex-Toa. Tahu had already wrecked the large building in the middle of town, but it was just a weapons testing range. Xeon had no idea where to look, so they had split up. This tactic had proved ineffective, however, as Renegade had not appeared during the battle.
Gali and Takora searched the water desperately, trying to find anywhere Renegade could have escaped. So far, they hadn't even seen a boat and Xeon kept anyone from flying to escape. Renegade was either still on the island or someone had told him that they were coming.
Tahu tore through another building. Renegade didn't show off much, which made it difficult to find him. The center of town had yielded nothing, nor had the borders. In all, things weren't going as planned.
Arak and Kopaka walked through Ba-Arkah's quiet streets, finding nothing. The Ice Toa said nothing, each thinking to themselves. Kopaka's Mask of X-ray told him there was nothing in the immediate area, so they just looked for a way to locate Renegade. Arak finally spoke. "He's nowhere near here. Something's very wrong."
Kryx blasted another Renegade. Having found nothing, he and Nuika amused themselves by blowing up drones. Nuika spray-painted another hideous pink, triggering a logic glitch. Suddenly, a dozen Betas appeared. Nuika took a shot to the leg, dropping her. "How'd they find us?" Kryx demanded, before being knocked out by lightning.
"Guess who." Takanuva, Zivax, and Hydrix were using a simple strategy to find Renegade; smash everything and hope to find the enemy. It had worked pretty well until plasma blasts slammed them from behind. What looked like Kryx and Nuika stood in the doorway, except that there were a dozen of each. "What the slag, Nuika!" Hydrix readied her twin blades, and the beings behind her fell into battle stances. "Oh, I'm not Nuika. Renegade is just trying out instant manufacturing." The drone that looked like Nuika said. "Than I don't feel bad about this." Zivax said, as Takanuva dragged her backwards. Zivax motioned and the roof collapsed. Once out the back door, the other two explained the trap. "Let's regroup. We need to wreck this place before someone else gets captured." She sent the regroup signal through the headset. Out of nowhere, five aircraft shot forward, blasting them with more plasma than could be held off. Hydrix, Takanuva and Zivax dropped, unable to withstand the surprise attack.
Fifteen minutes later
The remaining Toa regrouped near the ruined weapons test range. "We need to find the others and Renegade." Tahu said. Xeon said, "We have two options. Search methodically, find Renegade, resolve our differences peacefully, and locate the others. Or blow up and smash everything, find Renegade, and dissect his well-armored cranium for info and still find the others." Everyone agreed on the first course of action. The Nuva formed the two Kaita, while the rest stayed on the ground. As Tahu's Kaita rammed a Renegade into a building, Kopaka's pinned one and let Xeon climb inside. "Now we're talking!" Xeon cheered, obliterating an opposing Renegade. Suddenly, Xeon noticed something.
Kryx woke up in a cell next to Nuika, Hydrix, Takanuva, and Zivax. Outside, there were sounds of fighting, but a long ways off. Standing in front of them was a Renegade drone, different than the others. "It's the real one," Nuika said. Kryx jumped at the bars, straining to hit the rogue Toa with plasma and his fists, but his efforts were stopped by a force field. Renegade smirked. "I'm going to kill him!" Several of his prisoners were shouting. "Wrong." Renegade's voice was like the drones', but it was deeper and more organic. He walked away.
The battlefield
Kopaka's Kaita took a direct punch from a Renegade, but Xeon tackled it. Kopaka's stood up, and then noticed something wrong. Kryx was there, fighting Renegade drones. Suddenly, this was the least of his concerns. Xeon's Renegade titan had been shot and exploded.