A Nemesis Returns
Bucky O Hare was as prepared as he could be here as he made his way back into the forest. He knew that the menace that has hounded him and his crew for an age now was out in it somewhere. He took careful steps knowing he would have to keep every wit he had about him for this foe was one of the worst beings he has ever faced. Tough and Brutal with armor that was near impenetrable by nearly all maser fire even by setting his own at its highest power level it would not make a dent.
The Green Rabbit narrowed his eyes through the thick brush. The Cyborg that hounded him for so long was out there just waiting for the right moment to strike. He was not like his organic brethren. He was beyond that. More machine now than what little remained of the soldier that the armor was built around him.
Bucky pricked up his ears pointing his maser out at the nearest sound as the forest was far too quiet. Just shortly ago he and his crew were in a massive firefight but now it was so quiet he could hear the beat of wings from the birds in the tree's.
He kept his Maser pointed outward in front of himself. Though this Cyborgs armor was far too thick for his own weapon it still made him feel a lot easier with the use of his weapon in hand and if he could make the right move against his foe it may just save him yet.
"Where are you, swamp slime?!" Bucky seethed through his teeth as the forest's silence was now giving him some worry. It wasn't possible that his foe could be so quiet. With his mass one foot step could cause a shake on the ground and one swipe of his heavy fists could shatter a boulder.
Bucky heard a rustle come behind him. Alerted he turned around and aimed his maser but only saw it was only a small bush rustling due to a lizard moving through it. He scoffed at the false alarm but before he could prick up his ears again something massive dropped behind him like boulder that had fallen from a high height nearly making him fall over.
He quicky turned around only to be met with a large metallic hand that was opened up and coming down fast. Bucky just barely got away from it just in time flipping back wards a short distance. He aimed his maser taking a good look at the one who was the top three of his most hated and the most dangerous of all the Toad Empire, Toadborg.
"Id say its good to see you again, Toadborg but Id be lying!" Bucky yelled at him taking a shot at the Cyborg that stood nearly as tall as one of the trees.
The Maser blast bounced off the armor of Toadborgs chest plate amusing the Cyborg. "You never learn, O Hare! Nothing harms me!" Toadborg chuckled as he tightened his fists at the Rabbit that was the root cause of keeping the Toads from taking over the Aniverse. Bucky O Hare had brought to ruin a great many plans that would have assured complete victory. And he was built to succeed where the rest of the Empire had failed. Toadborg himself was the right hand of KOMPLEX his most trusted general and guard. Failure was once impossible to him once his old self was used in the A. I's greatest creation.
However, due to Bucky O Hare everything had done that would have pleased his master and gave them victory over all mammal's was met with failure. Every time that Rabbit somehow found a way to ruin his schemes and make a complete mockery over him. This time the green little goon would meet his end.
"I'll crush you mammal dust, Bucky O Hare!" Toadborg growled as he stepped towards Bucky with his arms out and then his hands stretched out from cables behind the wrists trying to make a grab for Bucky.
"Don't think so!" Bucky hopped up before the hands of the Cyborg could grab him as fired down an array of maser fire down onto Toadborgs head. The Shots there didn't phase him either. The Armor of the cyborg was far too thick to penetrate.
Toadborg reeled his hands back in place and jumped at Bucky who reached as high as he could go past the tree's. The Cyborg drew out sharp claws on the tips of his hands again taking another swipe at the Rabbit but, Bucky was prepared for that.
As he began to fall back down he took another shot aiming directly at the optics of the Cyborg. It didn't penetrate them, but he made Toadborgs sight vanish for a moment making him miss the rabbit by mere inches.
Bucky fell back down through the tree's hopping back down onto the forest floor by use of the branches from the trees. He looked up to see Toadborg had regained his vision and came down right through a tree shattering it completely down the middle.
The Cyborg was getting tired of the rabbit's antics. "Your finished here O'Hare. You and your infernal crew will not leave this planet alive!" He warned.
"I sincerely doubt that!" Bucky shook his head keeping his maser pointed at the Cyborg. He had to think of something fast. His Maser and the grenades he carried would not be powerful enough to damage Toadborg and with his crew occupied he had to figure a way to at least keep Toadborg from gaining an advantage.
The First time they had met Bucky was easily beaten having underestimated his newest foe at the time. Unaware of him of being a Cyborg he didn't know that the armor was strong, and his foe was conniving having many deadly weapons and gadgets at his disposal which allowed him to capture him. Since then, he was always careful when facing the Cyborg menace that was Toadborg. He was not just some poorly programmed robot he was a clever thinker and knew how to use every gadget he was built to its most deadly potential.
"Don't get cocky, Bucky as this fight will be your last and I will enjoy peeling the furs of your precious crew!" Toadborg grumbled stomping towards the Rabbit with tightened fists and his optics narrowed down at the Rabbit.
Bucky's eyes scrunched in anger. "You won't be laying a single painted green finger on any of them you tin plated mud scupper!" He leaped forward and collided his two feet right onto Toadborgs face before launching himself over him and landing behind him.
The Cyborg growled angrily with steam coming out of some of the ports of his armor. "Hairy rodent!" He turned his upper body around and from his fingertips came out muzzles that began shooting plasma fire at the Rabbit.
Bucky leaped backwards barely avoiding the blasts that impacted across the ground and trees around him. Toadborg kept the onslaught going turning his lower body in the right direction continuing to fire on Bucky.
The Rabbit leaped behind a large boulder and took cover behind it as the Plasma fire continued to rain all over him. He was pinned!
"Not good!" He told himself as the plasma fire all around him was getting closer. He huddled close and lowered his ears to keep them from getting hit but this was a bad spot to be in. He could hear Toadborg coming towards him, and the Plasma fire was across the ground and around the trees. The Tree's were being blasted apart and the boulder was starting to shatter and the sound of Toadborgs thundering footsteps were coming closer to where the ground beneath Bucky started to make him bounce.
He thought of only one way he was going to get out of this bad spot. He pulled out one of the two energy grenades he carried and waited. Toadborg had to come closer for this to work.
"No way out this time, O'Hare. I'll roast you and haul your carcass to KOMPLEX!" Toadborg cackled as it seemed victory was his now as he was only a few short steps away from the boulder Bucky was hiding behind. Many Trees were blasted into bits around the boulder and the Rabbit once he got close he just move his hands over it and blast Bucky O'Hare away.
"That's right just keep coming closer." Bucky curled up seething through his bucked teeth holding the grenade in his left hand. He tightened his grip on the explosive device as this had to work.
Just when the ground felt like it was going to break apart and the Plasma fire was starting to whiz past his folded ears he took the chance and clicked the grenade and tossed over him. Within two second there was a massive explosive and Toadborg's firing ceased.
"Grrrr…Infernal Rabbit!" Toadborg shouted as the grenade had only just appeared in front of him just before he could see just over the boulder and the device exploded right into Toadborgs face blinding his optics again.
Bucky took the chance and ran deeper into the forest while the Cyborg was trying to recover. He grinned as his plan had worked. Far too often he would get trapped or fall into a trap of someone else, but he was a quick thinker and it served him well during his service in the Toad Wars.
He may have gotten away from Toadborg for the moment, but he knew it wouldn't be so easy. Toadborg never gave up on anything when it came to destroying his enemies and with their rivalry having grown tremendously since they both first encountered each other he would pursue him.
Bucky could hear the crashing of trees behind him as he continued to run through the forest. Toadborg was chasing him. This both good and bad. The farther he led the Cyborg away the better his team would have in dealing with the Toad Base, but he could not allow himself to perish as the hands of Toadborg. He needed a plan to be rid of the cyborg. If not destroy then at least incapacitate him for a time that would allow he and the rest of his crew to finish what they came there for.
"What to do?" Bucky asked himself as he started to see a clearing ahead past the trees. He ran through the last few trees to come upon a cliff that overlooked much of the dead land behind, and the drop below was far. Even if Bucky were to hop down it would be very risky and even his rabbit legs would not take the impact.
Bucky then snapped his fingers. "Bingo! I may have something." He said turning around and waited near the cliff's edge. Within a few seconds Toadborg came crashing through the Tree's running towards the rabbit.
"No more bravado, O'Hare! This time you will not escape me!" Toadborg shouted as Bucky shot more maser fire at him. He had to keep the Cyborgs full attention. If he moved too soon the plan wouldn't work or if he was too late then his crew would have to find a new captain. That option would not happen!
"Wait for it." Bucky told himself as Toadborg was entirely focused on finishing off his hated foe. Bucky kept firing his maser as the continued to ricochet and bounce off his armor. He saw where his first grenade left a blast mark but nothing to damage the cyborg's systems. The Cyborg came down on him with his fists clamped together raised high and slammed them down upon Bucky.
Bucky was waiting for that. He ran forward and slid under the Cyborg between heavily armored legs before his fists came down and shattered the ground near the cliff causing it to crack immensely.
The Cyborg steamed from another miss. "Hey, Toadborg! Hold this for me!" Bucky O'Hare called to him.
"What?" The Cyborg jumped around only see another grenade come up to his face and exploded. The Shockwave propelled him backwards causing him to take a couple steps back and on the third step he was standing just over the edge of the cliff.
Bucky knew this was the right moment as he ran and jumped straight at the cyborg and impacted his feet right onto Toadborgs left eye. Toadborgs balance was too far back, and he found himself falling off the edge of the cliff.
Bucky landed on the edge of the cliff and watched the Cyborg fall down the side of the cliff grinning. "See you next fall, Toadborg!" He waved down at the cyborg. But to Bucky's surprise Toadborg impaled his fingers into the side of the rocky wall using his clawed fingers to hold on. He immediately began to climb back up.
"Not so easy, O'Hare!" Toadborg shouted up at the Rabbit as he climbed fast. He had fallen a good distance, but he was moving upwards. He was not going to allow Bucky to humiliate him again.
"Your right!" Bucky agreed sighing. He should have known it wasn't going to be so simple. Toadborg was never that easily rid of. Within a minute or more Toadborg would climb back up and Bucky just used his last grenade. His Maser was useless against the cyborgs armor and his maneuvering capabilities could keep up with him.
For a moment he was at a loss but then saw the cliff he was standing on was cracked from Toadborgs strike earlier. Perhaps with a bit more power it may collapse entirely and just may deal something against his enemy who was only now just a few more lifts away.
"I hope this works!" Bucky hoped as he powered up his maser to full and aimed it at the cracks on the ground after hopping back from them. He fired a concentrated beam upon the cracks. It was working! The Fully powered maser was tearing through them like a knife through butter.
Toadborg was close now. Just a few more traversing climbs and he would be at the cliffs edge. But then he saw a maser cutting through the top of the cliff. He watched it carved away through it and then big chucks of the cliff come down upon the cyborg.
"No!" He yelled in defiance as the massive chunks collided against his massive robotic body each one impacting him so hard that his fingers came loose from each one and when one final chunk collided against his head his fingers came loose completely from the rocky wall, and he was sent back falling again this time too far from the wall to grab it again.
Bucky O'Hare got near the edge of the cliff again this time seeing Toad Borg fall all the way to the ground. The impact was so immense that he made a hole through the ground itself. He saw sparks fly from the mechanical body indicating he was damaged but not out yet.
He wanted to continue to cut away more of the cliff's edge and bury the cyborg beneath boulders weighing by the tons but had been away for too long now. His crew surely had reached the Toad Base by now and they would need his help. His Crew was more a priority than just one Toad.
"Till next time!" He called down to Cyborg that groaned hearing that wretched little rabbit's voice reaching his audio sensors.
Toadborg was damaged badly from the fall. Many of his joints were sparking electricity from immense damage. He could barely move his arms and legs. "That cursed O'Hare! Ill make you suffer for this!" He promised as he pulled himself up his body continuing spark in many areas. The Impact had damaged him immensely, but he was far from finished. It would take a lot more than a fall to defeat him. Again, the Rabbit had failed to destroy him, and while was still laying he watched as Bucky could have tried to finish him, but he left him.
"Your compassion for others will be your undoing! Soon enough we will find out just how much you care for other mammals! That will soon become your own doom!" Toadborg snickered as he began to run system diagnostics to access his damaged state and initiate a repair protocol while he called for a transport to pick him up.
