Space Voyage

Chapter 36: The failed escape and the reason for Creams love for Matt

The failed escape

As Yukki remained motionless on the side of the VAT Takato looked down on her emotionlessly, cream wanted to help Yukki but she didn't know how. Yukki wasn't breathing she had swallowed too much water. The blue mask stood there shaking his head there was nothing no one could do Yukki was growing cold but Takato had a cold heart for he didn't care about Yukki. As cream cried silent tears, those tears fell onto her jewel as she softly whispered her name. "Yukki…" the jewel responded and glowed almost lighting up the whole building. As cream wiped away her tears she looked down at her jewel and suddenly found herself being pulled towards Yukki. As her jewel was placed upon Yukki's head, Yukki's who body became illuminated. As quickly as the light shone it disappeared again and then a miracle happened. A twitch from Yukki's fingers and a gently moan from her lips that were blue returned to a lively pink. As her eyes slowly opened her vision was blurred for a moment as she looked at cream she had realized cream had saved her using her abilities and the power of her jewel. Yukki was shocked to discover that cream had saved her; anyone else would have just left her for dead. Before she can even say thank you Takato grabbed her arm.

"You stupid girl, how many times have I told you not to damage The VAT." Cream watched in horror as Takato pulled Yukki straight up and forced her down the ladder with such force. As he climbed down the ladder he said to cream. "I'll be back for you later." Cream was worried what would happen to Yukki and hoped her daddy would come to save her soon. Back on the hope matt was busy in the holochamber training with Maeve and she was teaching Eskrima to him, their fast movement and dance like style really flared up the room. As matt's blade clashed with Maeve's Sais she said to matt.

"Your movements are too predictable; you need to be more…free spirited."

"I don't think I can Maeve, I'm not use to this sort of training."

"Trust me when we get started we will be on fire, now what's your favorite type of music or song." Matt looked confused at her.

"What's that got to do with anything?" as Maeve sighed she said to him trying to get his mind of cream. "Eskrima is like dancing, it has a rhythm to their movements. I had been trained in Eskrima when I used to be on my own, after escaping from the lab. Angel Rodriguez had been my teacher and he had been strict!" as matt hugged Maeve because she could sense what she went through like him when he was alone. As matt went back into position he said to Maeve.

"I don't know Maeve; i can't stop thinking about cream and what Takato did to her. When we land..."
"When we land we're meeting up with a resistance group with 8 other universal protectors" Said Maeve reminding him of what was going to happen in five days time. As matt nodded he knew the plan and Takato was going to be surprised, he wanted a war, and by shooting an innocent bystander he declared war. "Good now use that thought and re-route how you channel it that anger. That's how I give it my all whenever I fight. I release all of that pent-up rage and take it out on the enemy. It's like displacement, but in a good way. Give it a try."

"Okay. I'll try anything once." He then re routes his anger but as he began to glow black he nearly lost control with his fast steeping and sword slashing. Maeve dodged, ducked and moved side to side to avoid his wild attacks she had to disarm him before he did anything truly destructive. As she swept kicked him down to the floor and released the swords from his hands, she helped him back up and said. "Okay, let me rephrase that. Think of your anger like a violent river. What you need is a dam to convert it into a smooth current. Be smooth with your movements." she said.

"I'm sorry, i lost it. Let's try this once more. I have to talk to Ben later." She nodded while spinning her sticks.

"Fighting is like dancing in itself. You have to move in the same rhythm as the enemy, anticipate moves, and keep up the tempo. That's what Eskrima is about. Keep that in mind when you fight, Takato. You can strike fast, but you lack rhythm. Be aware of your own flow as much as the enemy." she explained. Suddenly matt smiled at her and said "You know, i just love that intelligence, my little volcano. Thank you for teaching me." Her cheeks blushed lightly and said, "You're welcome, be lucky that I'm nicer than my teacher. He was worse than a drill sergeant!" She had him practice the moves slowly in order to be familiar with his rhythm to his favorite song. Meanwhile back in the prison cell, cream was ordered to stay there until Takato came back for her. As she sat there a set of purple eyes watched her and looked around to look for any guards. As she sat back on the prison cells bench she looked up, as she looked she saw a set of purple eyes looking at her, before she could scream a pair of robot hands covered her mouth from behind her. As the eyes came down from the vents and dropped down in front of her cream muffled.

"Zim? Is that you?" as Zim clicked his fingers, the robot hands removed them selves from creams mouth.

"Don't worry." He said to her to stay calm. "I'm here to get you out." Creams eyes suddenly sparkled.

"Did my daddy send you?"

"He sure did and so did Maeve…for a price." Creams eyes sparkled still but she looked round to see no exits the only way out was through the guards and there was no way a traitor like Zim could just walk cream out of here… or could he? "Stay here, G.I.R.R. its time to get to work."

"Yes sir!" he responded as he quickly as he jumped into the air vent, "Just stay here." He told cream as he disappeared back into the air vent above without a sound. As Zim crawled to the laundry room he saw the perfect disguise, a long white sleeve jacket with purple rubber gloves and black boots but there was a small problem, mostly the size of the coat to him. "This could be a problem…" he said as the jacket fell on G.I.R.R covering them both. Later wobbling down the hallway was G.I.R.R.'s robot legs holding up Zim who was pushing the laundry cart past dark claw soldiers. As he waved he said in a deep voice. "Hey, how's it going?" as they turned the corner he said to himself. "God! Human beings can be so…so…" unable to think of another he just insult the human race in his own language. As he reached the cell door where cream was being confined he opened the door and standing there behind the door was cream. As Zim walked in cream stood against the wall scared out of her mind of the freakishly tall figure coming in, the coat still had blood on it and the army boots had something on the end…it was a disfigured finger. Cream thought this figure was here to do whatever it did before it came to her, as Zim approached her she remembered what Maeve had said about men and their weak spots. As the figure approached her she ran and kicked the figure in its central gravity area. As the loud metal clunk echoed in the cell room, cream hopped on one foot while she held her other foot that was throbbing after the kick.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" she repeated. As Zim watched her hop around he asked her.

"Just what in the hell was that for?" as cream stopped hoping she said excitedly and angrily.

"Zim? Don't do that…you scared me!" as Zim tossed her the clothes she was wearing before she came in to the prison. As she put on her pretty dress that she wore before it seemed different but she didn't know what. As she twirled in it Zim said.

"Alright your royal highness your chariot awaits and your king of a father better pay me what I earn for this." As G.I.R.R lifted cream into the clothes cart he started to wheel cream out of the room with Zim in disguise, as G.I.R.R got underneath the coat Zim stomped on his head. "Hey, watch where you put your cold metal hands, stupid robot." As they walked passed guards and towards an exit, cream began to itch and fidget she scratched her arms and her back she couldn't resist the sweet scratch. As the cart shook and rocked side to side, Zim waved to the guards Zim to draw their attention he whispered to cream to tell her to stop. "Stop your scratching or we'll get caught."

"I'm sorry; I must be allergic to something." As cream scratched and itched everywhere she fell and her nose ended up in a pile of socks that stunk her nose had been traumatized and she found what she was allergic to, socks and clothes that hadn't been washed in fabric softener. "Uh oh!" she said as her eyes teared up.

"Uh oh…What?" Zim asked worriedly.

"I…I think…I'm. I'm about to…" suddenly before she could say anything she let out a huge squeaky sneeze sound. As she stood up from the sneeze the guards suddenly surround them, as Zim looked worried cream said, "…Sneeze. Sorry?" as Zim looked her angrily he suddenly heard the clunking footprints of familiar sound. His eyes that were once burning with rage suddenly turned ice cold as he heard the footsteps coming closer towards him; Zim didn't need to turn round to see who it was by the expression of fear from creams face he had a pretty good idea who it was. Suddenly a hand was placed on his shoulder. He gulped in fear as soon as he heard that familiar evil dark voice that made he quiver in the knees that said to him.

"Good to see you again…Zimmy!" the stench of foulness in his breath was more than enough to turn white rice black. As the figure behind him removed the clothes from Zim, he snapped his fingers and the guards picked up the itchy cream and carried her away, as she struggled to scratch the figure turned to Zim. "Zimmy, Zimmy, Zimmy…you broke my heart, now what can I do to you to make you feel the same way?" as he paced back and forth thinking around Zim, Zim watched his every moments. Suddenly the figure stopped. "I know…" he said with an evil smile, Zim was not looking too pleased at the smile. Meanwhile aboard the hope, matt was taking a break from Maeve's super tough training the girl could be a personal instructor if she wanted to. As matt sat on the sidelines of the training hall Madison walked in through the doors, she had been watching from the control just above them. She had been watching since day one and wanted to be part of the crew. She had felt since take off a bit out of place, everyone on the ship was either a vampire, a vampire hunter, a new vampire, a fire mutant, a chameleon, a magical girl, a genetic project, an alien, a hero with an alien watch and a guardian beast. Everyone had the abilities but what was she capable of? As she approached Maeve she asked.

"Hey Maeve?"

"Yeah Madison?" Maeve answered back.

"I was wondering" "Yes?" "Could you teach me what your teaching matt?"

"You mean… Eskrima?" Madison nodded. Maeve smiled. "Ok, because I do not want you to be defenseless should you ever be alone. You're a part of this crew, too." Madison hugged and said to her happily.

"Thanks, but first can I ask you something?"

"Sure, ask me anything." Maeve said confidently towards her. For someone who seemed so closed up before she was finally ready to open up to people.

"Do you think I'm a useless human because i have no abilities?"

"What? No, you haven't discovered your true potential, yet." Maeve answered her "Besides, I would not call a person who makes disguises and boosts morale useless." This brought a smile to Madison's face. Madison was ready to learn as she stood in a strong stance Maeve shook her head. "You don't need upper body strength just relax. All it takes is speed and using gravity to your advantage. Catch them off balance and you will win." Madison relaxed and said okay I'm ready. We have five days left so let's get training."

"Then we should get started right away. I will turn you into a real fighter and self doubt is not allowed." she said and grinned as they began the lesson. Back in Takato tower Zim was groaning and moaning as he wore thick rubber gloves and goggles to scrub cream back in a healing bath. As he wore the gloves and goggles for his own protection. As soon as cream was healed from the itching she and Zim were confined into the medical room under high security until Mia was healed. Cream wasn't allowed to eat, sleep or even itch until Mia was healed. Zim helped Cream with the task reluctantly since he had advanced knowledge in biology and medical technology.

Even though he helped her he still has a lot to learn about empathy and compassion. This situation reminded him when he thought back to his crime of abducting Todd and what motivated Maeve to attack and rescue the boy. He remembered the time he had Maeve in a large glass cylinder being in suspended animation as the hair and clothes moved ever so slightly by the jets of bubbles released in the fluid in which she was submerged. As he approached him in a marching pace and said in his highly toned voice, "Yes, these will be excellent test subjects. An immature male and an adolescent female of the species. Both are young and the Tallest would be very pleased on my findings of how human maturation occurs. Now that I have obtained a female, we shall study how the reproduction function operates." "I don't get it." Todd said as he was confused with the high vocabulary.

"No matter." he said casually while obtaining a scalpel from the table at Todd's right side.

Todd's body began to tremble, the sweat seeped freely through the pores of his face as it condensated down his nose and chin. He grinned wickedly as he lifted the garment with one hand and had begun to insert the scalpel into the little boy's stomach. Before the blade could connect to his skin, a deep and mechanical voice spoke from a loud speaker, "Warning! Containment field in danger!"

"In danger? How?" he said, looking to the speaker.

"The field is increasing in heat at an alarming rate due to an unknown energy source." "What?!" he shouted in dismay. His eyes widened and had been frozen in a dumbfounded stupor at the sight of Maeve's watery cell to be brought to a frothy boil as well as her face expressing an unsuppressed rage. "How is this possible?!" he exclaimed and screamed in horror as the glass shattered.

Maeve fell to her knees as she had been surrounded by steam, the flames forming on her hands as she stood up slowly with the water dripping off her body and hair. "Cut him and I'll kill you!" she said between clenched teeth.

"Just what form of earth monster are you?!" he shouted.

"I'm just a freak, nothing special. Now, get us back to where you found us or I'll burn you to a crisp!" she demanded. "Now that you've revealed your power to me, I don't think that would be possible." he shook his head as the mechanical spidery-legs emerged from a device upon his back which elevated his height to eight feet tall. Maeve breathed heavily as his uniform began to envelope in flames, her target screeching in excruciating pain while attempting to smother the blaze. As he was distracted, she ran toward his mechanical legs and kicked them with such heavy force which caused their captor to fall to the ground. He successfully snuffed the flames, but that did not stop his opponent from lifting him up by the neck and throwing him across the room. As he came out of the flashback he shuddered. "Maeve said "Matt was ten times worse than her" I hate to think what he would do to me." As he helped cream by staying awake the few days and helping her concentrate on the main body structure of the injured person who couldn't help but help and this strange feeling that had over come him. He had no idea what was happening and had to ask someone who has experience in this feeling. As he gulped and turned to cream he asked her.

"Why do you earth creatures help each other?"

"It's our nature to help others in need of help; sometimes we help people who hurt us, even at times when we don't understand it ourselves." And at that point Zim realized the epiphany

"It must be some communal trait all of you have..." he said and pondered. Suddenly the moment of great truth came to him. He learned that in order to help himself, he must help other people first, he then suddenly realized what makes matt…matt. Before he could say anything a flash light filled the room…Mia was healed. As she moved her hand freely without pain and that she could walk around freely without the use of crutches. Mia laughed happily and insanely just like her father and said.

"Finally! I'm healed! And when Sonicble gets here I'm going to murder him, but first a little fun with his daughter." she said as she cracked her knuckles and moved towards her, cream was scared as Mia raised her fist in the air her fist came down like a thunderous blow on creams head but a brave warrior stood between her and the punch that could have hurt her. As Zim's eye turned black and was knocked down to the ground, as cream watched she looked at him and thought "Why?" as she watched Zim laying on the floor she didn't notice the second punch coming her way. As she turned round she saw the fist coming towards her, this was going to hurt.

"Stop!" a voice called out from the doorway, as the voice echoed cream opened her eyes to see the fist of Mia's to be no less than two inches from her face. As she stood there frozen in fear she saw Mia's eyes glaring at the figure in the door way.

"What do you want?" she said angrily.

"I don't want anything but father wants to see you." The glairing eyes of Mia turned to fear, the only time her father wanted to see her is when he wanted something of her or she was in trouble. As she walked out quickly Yukki walked in and asked. "Are you alright cream?" cream nodded as she healed up Zim's eye. As Zim groaned and rubbed his eye which healed up quickly. As Zim stood up all of a sudden guards rushed in and grabbed cream and Zim and took them away dragging her away from Yukki, cream struggled against them and yelled to Yukki.

"You wanted to tell me something…what is it?" as the guards dragged her down to the prison cells level Yukki yelled down to her as the clang of the metal stairs echoed in the room Yukki said something that brought a sparkle to creams eyes.

"Your father has just landed on this planet." Cream smiled as she was thrown into a prison cell and smiled in the moonlight through the bars. As Zim was thrown in next cell the smile still stayed on creams face. As the guard turned to Yukki he said.

"Your fathers not impressed."

"Really (!) Why doesn't that surprise me (!)?" she said sarcastically to him.

"He's asked me to put you in charge of the prisoners." As he walked out cream still smiled. As Yukki turned to her she asked cream.

"Why are you smiling, how can you smile after all that's happened?"

"Because…" cream responded "There's always hope in darkness, and the hope has arrived." Yukki couldn't understand what cream was talking about but he made cream very happy, this got her thinking maybe just maybe; life wasn't as bad on the hope as her father described it to her, because if cream was happy to go back she'd like to see it one day.

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The reason for Cream's love for Matt

It had been several hours when Yukki told the news to cream that her father's ship had just landed on the planet, cream looked through the bars and saw the moon shinning down on her she had been there for nine days and nine nights now. As Yukki sat outside the two cells which were open bar cells she sat there wondering about a question in her head about cream and matt. As the room grew quiet Yukki broke the silence.

"Cream?"

"Yes Yukki?" cream answered.

"Why do you call matt Sonicble "daddy"? He doesn't look anything like you?" as cream sighed she said to her with happy eyes remembering why she calls matt daddy.

"Because Yukki…he saved me from a horrible place." Suddenly Zim in the next door cell in an orange prison uniform asked her.

"He…saved you? This sounds like an intriguing story, would you mind telling us?" cream smiled and said.

"Of course its one of my best memories and my worst nightmare." As cream thought back to the day where she was playing and waiting for matt, as the shadows grabbed her and dragged her away she screamed but no one came. She was taken to a desert just south of where she lived and placed in a big government secret base, her kidnappers were two rouge Dream X agents, at this point there had been a break down in command but matt knew nothing about it. The fences were high, too high for anyone to jump over them and with watchtowers at every corner there was no way anyone could break in or out, motion detecting cameras littered the halls and a retina scan was outside the main room. As the scientist walked in the door after having his eyes scanned he gazed upon the specimen in a glass holding chamber, a young rabbit who went by the name of cream was scared and frightened, her long ears her beautiful dress and exotic markings all over her amazed the scientists. As she whimpered against the glass she pleaded to them in a sweet scared voice.

"I didn't do anything, please let me out!" as camera lowered down to scan her, it instead scared her because cream thought it was a monster with its rotating big eye and card slot like mouth. "What kind of a place is this? Please let me out" she pleaded, but the scientists ignored her and continued their research. In the office next door the two rouge dream x agents collected their money and were on their way out when the general said.

"Thanks to you our plan is now a success; as long as you took care of the twilight agents." They froze on the spot.

"The…Who?" said one of the agents confused about who the twilight agents were.

"You idiots! If they find us who knows what they'll do." As cream looked at them with frightened she hoped someone was on their way to rescue her, little did she know fast pounding boot feet were stomping their way to her. As the black boots and black shirt ran with the body the shining chain of pocket watch shone the reflected light, as a boy with blonde hair pounded the road with his feet he had an infra red scanner on his head which also severed as a two way radio link. Suddenly a girl spoke down his radio.

"Matt, can you hear me?"

"Yeah I can hear you loud and clear Madison." As matt continued to run towards the base, Madison told him while watching him through a small camera on the scanner she gave that she invented.

"When you get into the main building go through an air vent that should be a blind spot for security, got it?"

"Got it, Madison." As Madison turned she saw a worried mother holding her baby's photo as tears rolled onto the glass window Madison then said to matt. "Listen to me matt, once you get inside you won't have much time, so think quickly and act quickly and try not to be too reckless." As matt approached the gates he said to her.

"Thanks for the tip, I'm going in." as he ran and jumped over the gates. As quickly tucked and rolled to some barrels the security cameras looked everywhere as an alarm went off in the main room, as the security frantically searched for the intruder the alarm kept calling out different sectors of where the intruder was. As matt quickly ran underneath the cameras he smirked at how slow they were suddenly ahead the ventilation shaft was ahead. As he jumped into the curve metal shaft he slid down the long tunnel to reach the underground facility. As security camera swung round it was too late to catch matt. As matt slid down the vent he said to Madison.

"I'm in, but it's a long drop."

"Just be careful." She said worrying about him. As matt came to a sudden stop at the end of the vent he exclaimed silently in pain.

"Ah, great it feels like I've got skid marks on my butt." Madison tried to hold in her laughter for matt's pain but realized there were more important things at stake here. As matt crawled forward he could see laser sensors in the air vent.

"How does it look in there matt?"

"Just great (!) Laser sensors in the air vent, I trip one of these and I'll be needing a rescue." As matt looked for an alternative way through he saw a grill cover from the vent system into the main hall. As he looked through he could see security cameras the hall was littered with them as he smiled he said to Madison. "I found a way in, but there's a mess of security cameras isn't anyway you can loop the tapes to cover me."

"Sorry matt without an original tape I cant do that, but I can turn you invisible but only for a short time." As Madison pounded away at the keyboard typing in different codes to cover matt, but not one code seem to work. Suddenly she said with triumph "I'm in, now get going you only have thirty seconds." As matt smiled to himself he said to her.

"Don't sweat it, this'll be a piece of cake." As matt removed the cover he hung down from the vent he waited for the camera to turn and then he dropped down underneath it at it's blind spot. As he waited for it to turn he took his chance and ran to the other wall underneath the other security camera, he knew they were off but took no chances. As he darted down the hallway quickly avoiding all the cameras he made it to the blind spot for all cameras down a small hallway, as he smiled and said overconfidently. "I'm just too fast for them."

"Matt be careful your thirty seconds are up." But matt ignored the warning and said to the cameras mockingly.

"Heads up." As he quickly darted down the hall avoiding the sight of the cameras he made it to the end of the hall without being spotted and went to look for cream. In the security room the guards were still looking on the monitors searching for this intruder that was hard to find. Matt however continued darting down the hallways avoiding the sight of the cameras as he got closer and closer to the room the radio went dead, no contact was being received or transmitted. Madison became worried not for her sake, but for sakura and vanilla's sake. As she held her finger to her lip she said worriedly.

"I hope he's alright." She said as she listened to the static of the radio. In the science experiment room cream was still behind a glass case imprisoned and alone, as she curled into a ball she looked above her to see a scanner glowing green moving towards her. As it came down in front of her the scanner started to scan her biological structure for reasons unknown. As scientists stood in awe and shock cream whimpered she didn't like it one bit.

"I don't like this, please let me out." But once again her pleas were not heard. Meanwhile outside the main door with the high tech eye scanner and motion detectors matt pondered how to get in.

"Maybe that's were they are?" as he thought about it he realized it wasn't going to be easy getting out as it was coming in. "I have to get in somehow, but this won't be easy. I mean if it was me I'd bust loose and get out of here quick, but with cream I can't get too reckless." Suddenly the lights above him went out and all the electronics shut down simultaneously, as warning lights went off in the security it was showing electrical wires had been damaged. In the lab where cream was being held the scientist frantically ran around trying to get the data and to restore power. Suddenly a loud smashing was heard from the shadows, when the scientists turned round they saw that cream had escaped. No traces of blood or hair were found. Meanwhile in the shadows watching them was matt and in his arms was a small grateful cream, maybe a little excited.

"Mr. Sonicble..." her small voiced echoed, in the room. As matt shushed her she kissed his cheek, as matt turned red he said.

"No problem." That's where it became a problem as the other scientists flashed a flash light they spotted matt and cream, as matt picked up cream he whispered to her "Hold on to me."

"Okay." Said cream as she let matt carried her out the door and running down the hall in the pitch black. Meanwhile in the electrical room with wires cut and sparking out electrical volts the men tried to fix them as quickly as they can, a shadow watched them and suddenly disappeared. As matt continued running down the hall with little cream in his arms she asked him as she gazed into his eyes.

"Wow, Mr. Sonicble. How did you shut off the all the electricity?"

"I didn't do it cream, I guess it sort of happened." As she smiled at him she said to him.

"Maybe it's because you bring good luck wherever you go, Mr. Sonicble." he smiled back at her and said.

"You could be right cream!" suddenly the good luck stopped as the lights got turned back on and the security cameras caught sight of them. As he stopped and looked at them cream ducked her head down and said.

"I shouldn't have said anything, I must be a jinx."

"This isn't your fault." Said matt cheering her up, but it was going to take a lot more than that to get through the hallway of death. As the cameras pointed at them they opened a small hatch on top to reveal a small but powerful laser. As matt held cream tightly he said to her. "Cream hang on." As cream ducked her head down into his shoulder matt ran into the lasers path dodging every single one with the lasers firing at their heels. As Madison listened to the laser fire she asked him.

"Matt are you and cream all right." Back in the hallway with the laser cannons becoming more and more accurate matt said to her while running for his and creams life.

"Not exactly!" as a laser singed some of matt's fringe he got down lower and put cream on the floor while using his new ANBU blade to deflect the lasers.

"Sonicble…"

"Run!" matt said as he jumped up and sliced a security camera in half. As he pressed his feet against the wall he forcefully took control of the security camera and turned it against the others. As cream watched the cameras exploding she saw matt enjoying destroying them. As a camera fell down in front of her barely missing her matt yelled to her. "Keep running." He said as he ripped the camera right out of the wall. Cream nodded and ran down the safe hallway missing a camera being tossed where she was standing. Unfortunately a lockdown was in progress and cream wasn't exactly the fastest runner as the doors down the other end started to close she could see the door in front closing and she knew she wasn't going to make it.

"The door, we can't make it out." As matt saw the door closing he knew he had to do something and quick. As he ran down the walls and grabbed cream, he carried her once again in his arms running as fast as he could ducking under the slowly closing metal door with cream still in his arms and dodging laser fire. As they came down the hall they stopped to see lots more security cameras and it would be impossible. Matt really needed a miracle, to save him and cream. As they looked at certain doom looked down the hallway to see a fast moving shadow coming towards them. As it enveloped the hallway with darkness cream said terrified. "What is that?" as matt looked he saw the shadow coming towards them and destroying the cameras all around them, as the cameras exploded or fell to the floor matt watched them and how easily this walking shadow made quick work with them. As cream watched she asked matt. "I don't understand, what's going on?"

"There's no time to find, we gotta go now." He said as he ran with cream in his arms towards the closing doors avoiding all the falling cameras and the shadow. As they made it out of the door that closed behind them the shadow disappeared into the lights turning off the electrical system. In the security room the monitors and the lights were shutting down, as one by one the cameras and the lights shut down so did the system in the security room and soon the whole base went pitch black. As destruction and ruin lay in the halls all over the base. However the surviving cameras went berserk and started firing lasers wildly. As they destroyed through walls and each other there was nothing that could stop them.

"It's no use, the cameras are out of control, and they'll destroy this base in minutes." Said a guard panicking. As the cameras continued blowing apart the base from the inside out some fired up ways and sideways, meanwhile running up the stairs avoiding the laser blasts was matt and dragging behind him was cream, as she tried hard to keep up with matt and ducking from the lasers she asked him.

"Mr. Sonicble are we going to make it out?" as a laser brushed past matt he said to her while running.

"Don't worry we'll make it." Little did he know that up ahead the laser had cut through the metal stair case, as matt stepped on it the staircase gave way and cream nearly fell with it as she screamed at almost falling matt stopped and gripped on to her to prevent her from falling but with the lasers flying around he couldn't use his Jutsu to form a new stair case. As lasers brushed by them creams eyes filled with terror and tears looked at matt and his determined face, determined to never give up and to not drop cream. As the laser from down below cut through the staircase just above them matt soon realized he had no time left and had to think of something quick. As he grabbed cream with both hands, he carried her close to his chest and jumped using his ninja abilities to the wall and broken staircase opposite; as he jumped the staircase that they were just on was cut in half and fell to the bottom. As matt dodged the lasers and making sure he thought quickly and made every step count he made it to the top, the safe area away from the lasers. The whole time up cream listened to matt's heart for it was beating very fast, she wanted to know what made him so scared because cream remembered before that matt told her he wasn't afraid of anything. As matt gently put her down he looked over the edge and saw down below the rapid laser fire and the fires created by them. As turned back to cream he knelt down on his knee to her level and said.

"You see princess cream, I told you we would make it and we did. You didn't doubt me for a minute? Did you?" as cream shook her head saying she did not doubt him for a minute, her eyes sparkled and she said sweetly.

"Thank you, for rescuing me Mr. Sonicble." As matt blushed he said.

"Any time, cream…anytime." Suddenly matt got a radio transmission from someone the message was unclear but it said, "Prepare for pick up." As matt thought long and hard he suddenly realized who it was. "Looks like our rides here…sakura Avalon the light agent." Meanwhile outside two huge white wings flapped above the base, as a girl with brown hair, green eyes and a pink staff with a dream x uniform flew above the dome shape area she waited for something to happen.

"This is the pick up point." She said reminding herself of what Madison said. Suddenly the outer wall of the dome building burst open and out flew matt and cream. "There they're!" she said as she swooped through the debris to catch them. As matt reached out his hand sakura grabbed it and held matt tightly. As matt held onto sakura with one hand while wrapping his other arm round cream in a cradle position he smiled at cream and said.

"Hold on tight." As cream gripped him hard matt looked up and said to sakura "Nice timing." Sakura giggled at the compliment suddenly cream said to her.

"It was you…you're the one who helped us get out of there." Sakura said to cream being modesty about her role.

"I helped but Matt's the real hero." As she flew them all the way back to creams hometown the sun was beginning to set. Back in her cell cream sighed as she looked at the moon and wished her dad was her, every night she would wish on every star that her dad was here. Yukki was in shock, she found out what matt had down for her and she knew her dad would never rescue her like that she had to ask.

"How did matt Sonicble, become your dad? Isn't it a bit odd?"

"Well that's the thing, you see hours after rescuing me he was packing up to leave." In creams flashback she was standing by her mother saying good bye to matt and sakura.

"Don't be strangers, come and visit us anytime. I'll make some lovely strawberry cheesecakes for you." Vanilla said to them as she handed them a small package for the road. As matt took it and put in the small brown case he carried he thanked her and said goodbye to cream. As sakura winked at her and said goodbye they walked off into the sunset with matt creams eyes filled with sadness. As matt was nearly out of reach of her sight she suddenly screamed something completely unexpected even she couldn't believe what she had just said.

"Daddy, don't go!" as matt stood still from the sudden shock of hearing those words. As he turned round he said.

"What?"

"Did you say…?" sakura followed.

"Cream?" said vanilla stunned of hearing cream say that to a stranger before. As matt walked slowly back cream ran to him with tears in her eyes she wanted to hug matt like a father would. As matt knelt down he said to her.

"Cream look at me, I look nothing like you how can I be your dad?"

"It doesn't matter what you look like, you rescued me and protected me like a real dad would." Matt knew that was a very good argument he tried to say something but he saw the sadness in her eyes, the same sadness he had a long time ago. As matt gently placed his hand on her little head and stroking the front of it he looked into her eyes and said to her sincerely.

"Cream, I make you this promise. Before your fifth birthday I will return for you and then I'll be your daddy." As cream wiped her tears she said sniffing.

"You pwomise?"

"I pwomise…promise." As cream smiled, she kissed matt on the cheek and said.

"Goodbye, daddy." As cream came out of her flash back she cried a silent tear. "That day was my birthday, and I had been given a promise from the lone man who saved my life." Zim had discovered that there was a soft side to matt, one that could be exploited to evil proportions…if he was still trying to conquer the galaxy. Yukki wept silently and said.

"I think my allergies are playing up." As cream sighed she told Yukki.

"Do you know what my biggest wish is right now?"

"No, what is it?" she said as she wiped her tears away.

"You being happy and my dad to rescue you." Yukki was stunned, but she said all tough.

"Please your daddy wouldn't rescue me; I'm his enemy's daughter. The first thing he'd do if he saw me is kill me." Cream shook her head but was too tired to counter attack that comment she would try again in the morning, as she took one last look at the moon through the bars she gently closed her beautiful brown eyes and sighed sleepily as she wished on the moon.

"Daddy, I wish you were here." Night nine was over and day ten had slowly risen. As cream slept away near some of the power stations outside the base men in shadows with armor moved quickly as something bleeped on the side of the power plants, a shadow hand held what look to be a detonator. As the men cleared out quick one of them said.

"All the men are cleared from the area, begin operation liberation." As the shadow hand pressed the detonator the bleeping increased and then exploded. As a joint chain reaction followed the base shook and shuddered. As cream awoke from the explosions and trembling Yukki and Zim woke up as well.

"What the hell's going on?" Said Takato from his overload bedroom, as he raced to his balcony he saw the fires of his power plants, his electro wall had fell but the shield was still operational as he smiled he said to himself on the balcony. "The day of war has finally arrived." Suddenly he yelled down to his soldiers below. "Soldiers prepare for battle, guards open the gates and release our new army outside to the battle field." As they saluted they went to grab their weapons and awaited for the sound of war. As the guards released the gates the new army was a bunch of robots, the Techbot mk2 a fully functional war android that Takato had taken control of on the planets main production factory. As they were activated they stood and moved forward to the battle. As Takato watched his army marched to the frontline he said to himself. "I hope you're ready for a real war matt, I gave you enough training now let's see how you do in a real warzone. My declaration of war was loud and clear, for it was your daughters screams of pain." He then laughed insanely as the rising sun was covered by darkness by the dark clouds coming over his base.

Matt- the day of war between us and Takato has begun its time to show how strong the universal protectors are, we've been trained, we are many and we are waiting.

???- Matt the generals are waiting to see you and the others its time to get suited for war.

Matt- understood!

NEXT TIME: DAWN OF WAR; THE FIGHTING DREAMERS GET SERIOUS.

Matt- you cannot be serious, you want to appoint me and Ben as head generals, me I can understand but Ben….you've got be kidding!

Rise, power! (Instrumental) (Naruto closing credits)