Dark Wolf had his crew in a state of fear. One minute they were fine and holding the enemy at bay. And the next minute, an explosion sends a shock wave and their power fluxed and went dead. He had to get the ship back online, or at least make the landing not so hard.
"Alright crew, I'm deploying the manual override.", he called out.
Dark Wolf pulled a lever on the side of his chair and the chairs shifted into bicycle seats and everyone started peddling as fast as they could. The ground was coming in fast which made them peddle even faster.
"Sir", a crewman called out, "we're almost within ground level!"
Then there was a slight flash and for that moment, Dark Wolf activated the ships transformation mechanism.
The base shifted and folded til finally, it hit the streets along with the others that formed similarly and with a bump and a crash, three huge battle robots were laid out on the Petropolis city streets alongside the ruin their crashes caused. When everyone caught their breath, Dark Wolf did a look over.
"Is everyone alright?", he asked.
His crew looked a little frazzled, but they'll be alright.
"Sir, our power is low and this transformation of our ship can't function.", a crewman reported, "We're going to have to peddle just to get necessary things going."
"And communications?", Dark Wolf asked.
"Are functional, but only for short distances.", another crewman stated.
Well that was good to hear. Dark Wolf got his communicator on his wrist and tried contacting the other ships.
"This is Dark Wolf to other leaders. Repeat, Dark Wolf to other leaders, over?"
After a few seconds of static, there came an answer.
"This is warship two, we are alive, but upside down. We'll try and get our things in order. Over."
Dark Wolf waited for the other, but no answer came. He tried again, and no avail.
"Their communications must be down.", Dark Wolf thought to himself.
And then he remembered something: Jeremiah. Instantly, he tried them on their communications.
"Dark Wolf to Jackal. Dark Wolf to Jackal. Are you there?"
The static filled the communications screen, but Jeremiah came on although he flickered every now and again.
"This is Jackal to Dark Wolf. Receiving message well."
"What just happened?", Dark Wolf asked, "What made our ships fall?"
"Zero booby trapped his facilities.", Jeremiah reported, "He knew we would go for them so he thought ahead. The resulting shock wave according to Doc will shut down electronic devices in a minute."
"Can it be countered?", Dark Wolf asked.
Dorian did some writing in the background. Then Jeremiah read over it and went back to Dark Wolf.
"Doc thinks that if another shock wave of the same power and flux occurs, then the effects should cancel out."
"Copy that. We'll get our forces back up while you find Dudley and his group.",Dark Wolf informed, "Make sure that he knows about what the facility is before he gets there. Dark Wolf out!"
With that, Dark Wolf hung up and went on to more important matters. With the warships down, they were going to be in big trouble if Zero's forces assaulted them in this state. Even with a lot of people putting in a tremendous amount of effort to peddle and get the power they needed, things were now looking pretty grim.
Byron and Glacia had been following Dudley's group into the eastern part of Petropolis and although they were close behind, they kept out of sight. Then after seeing that Dudley's group had halted outside the facility of the area, Byron and Glacia pulled out their special binoculars to eavesdrop on the conversation they were having.
"Alright listen up, this facility is going to have guards at the ready the moment the alarm goes off.", Jack informed, "We need to get inside and shut this place down before anyone knows we're here. Got it?"
Dudley opened his mouth to talk, but Kitty put her hand over it to pause it. She knew too well that Dudley would use a loud voice more often then a quiet one.
"I think you got it.", she guessed and Dudley's nod was just the answer she wanted.
Now Glacia wasn't one to be patient for she would like to kill first chance she got and Byron sensing this gave a concerned look her way.
"Patience Glacia", he assured her, "our master will send us to dispose when he-"
"Sees fit.", Glacia finished and she calmed down.
Byron wanted to get a kill in too, but they had orders and when Zero put orders on their heads, they dare not break them. Just then, as it looked like Dudley's team was wrapping up their conversation, Galaril showed up and the Gemini were not at all pleased to see him as they lowered their binoculars and sneered his way.
"What now?", they asked in unification.
Galaril looked hurt.
"Did you see that shock wave earlier?", he asked, "And now the little trouble maker is going to short out the other one."
The Gemini pulled their pistols out again and pointed them at Galaril.
"No need for the obvious Galaril", Glacia growled, "we are just doing what Zero-"
"Tells us.", Byron finished.
"As am I.", Galaril stated, "Doing Zero's will and all he has you two do is observe."
That must have struck a nerve because the Gemini both fired a shot at Galaril although both missed as they intended.
"The next shot we fire will be through-", Byron sneered.
"Your head.", Glacia finished.
Galaril could tell that they were both not intent on listening to what he had to say so he bailed before they changed their minds on firing again. As the Gemini went back to observing, they noticed that Dudley's group had moved inside the facility and were nowhere to be seen.
"Cursed horse.", they huffed in unification.
Just then, Bird Brain and his fellow fliers came in and landed behind them.
"Zero sent us to you for interception.", Bird Brain informed, "Know where the target is?"
The Gemini turned around with a demonic smile on their faces.
"Actually we do.", they answered.
Getting inside was not easy, but Dudley's group managed(in their own way). They had gone about a couple feet in when a patrol came by. Quick as a wink, they hid under an assembly line. The clangs and bangs were ringing around the place as the mechanics worked. If he wasn't under Kitty's eye, Dudley would be in awe. Jack led Kitty and Dudley to the control room where most of the facility got their orders and the mechanisms worked. Unfortunately the door was locked( of course) so Jack got to work on the code while Dudley and Kitty kept lookout.
"Jack, any luck?", Kitty asked trying to keep quiet.
"Don't rush me.", Jack informed her, "This requires accurate memory and skill. And with me on Zero's hunting list, I can't afford to get this wrong."
Dudley opened his mouth to talk, but Kitty noticed and put her hand over it again.
"Dudley, we have to keep quiet. Understand?"
Dudley nodded and as Kitty moved her hand away, Jack turned to around.
"I think I got it. All I need to do is press the-"
"Hold it Jack, I think I can do that faster than you.", Dudley said rather loudly.
And that was when things went from bad to worse starting with an alarm going off.
"Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Intruder alert!", the alarm rang.
Jack and Kitty frowned at Dudley who now had a very guilty look on his face. Why was Kitty not surprised? Now androids were coming their way in waves and Jack quickly pulled his blaster out and shot the door handle causing the door to swing open and the threesome got in and shut the door.
"Dudley, I told you to be quiet.", Kitty stated and it was clear to see she was certainly not very pleased.
"Sorry Kitty, when I get nervous I do things.", Dudley said with a shrug.
"Forget it.", Jack informed, "You two need to keep our company at bay while I set this place to blow. We have no time to argue here. Got it?"
Kitty tried calming down. Jack did have a point. Pulling her blaster out, she headed to the door with Dudley at her heels. But as they got to the door, Kitty noticed something.
"Dudley, where's your blaster?"
Dudley looked at his empty hand and quickly looked around.
"Oops, I think I left it outside while we were talking."
"You forgot your blaster!", Kitty screamed.
Just when things were getting harsh for Kitty and Dudley, a plasma bolt fired and almost hit them. That ended an argument. Dudley didn't wait for long. Kitty opened fire while Dudley bolted around the firing androids and saw his blaster near the base of the stairs leading to Jack besides a squad of androids. This was one really dire situation, but Dudley managed to get through and retrieve his blaster to start firing on the assaulting androids. Everything seemed fine til the alarm changed tone.
"Self-destruct sequence activated! You have ten minutes to leave the building!"
Kitty and Dudley quickly disengaged battle and saw Jack crash through the window of the control room and fire several shots from his own blasters and take out the rest of the androids before pocketing them again to land safely on the floor.
"Alright, let's beat it!", Jack ordered and the group went running.
