{disclaimer is in the first page}

{by the by, sorry for the long delay, my father deleted everything inside this computer, so, i had to start over again}

Vicious, watched as the television, annoyance covering his face. the man on the TV stood in front of a Seige that had Happened just a day earlier. the reporter stood over a ship that had contained Orious, now with five dug up bodies. " Sources say that the carrier was Carrying a Group of martians and a convict with them. The convict has yet to be found, but the authorities are still searching. they left us with one note though, if the Convict is found, he is to be caught and held for Unreasonable Manslaughter."

Vicious growled at the screen and threw a can at it. Vicious, wanting more as he put it, "fun" had told the titans the location of the base in which he, Gren, and Xyphenos were staying. they told him the attack would commence in Five days, at sunset. till then, it was all a waiting game to Vicious.

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the mechanical Arm had grabbed the glass too hard. Cracks started to show. Jet sighed as he looked at it. the barkeep, a Stout little man brought his tired eyes up to Jet. "be careful there, i don't want my mugs breaking." Jet smirked a bit. "sorry, i was just testing my new arm. the barkeep smiled warmly. "how did you get it?" jet's eyes turned away from the man. "from a career riddled with mistakes." the barkeep just chuckled. Jet looked up on the TV. some new show was on. It was called "Big Shot: for bounty Hunters."

A man looking Like quite the Mexican appeared onscreen. "howdy Cowboys! there are 1,478 bounty hunters in the Sol solar System, How y'all doin?" he was soon joined with his cohost, a Voluptuous blonde in a skimpy cowgirl outfit.. Jet stared at the screen and smacked his Metallic hand on the counter, cracking it a bit. " that's it! i'll become a cowboy!!!" he got up from his seat and gave the barkeep a twenty woolongs. the barkeep looked into Jet's eyes. "so your going to be a bounty hunter?"

Jet smirked and walked away. he yelled back to the little barkeep. "i wanna see how unpredictable my Future is!" the barkeep started to chuckle. then, all of a sudden, he laughed Obnoxiously.

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two days had passed, and Orious could not find his way to a small pit stop. his canister of water was just about empty, and he was almost blinded by all the sand flying into his eyes. after a five minute walk, he had collapsed, everything began to darken, as the sand quickly started to bury him. his breathing started to become shallower. it all seemed hopeless until he felt the collar of his suit being wrenched free. he opened his eyes a little to see a figure, totally covered in rags, so the sand wouldn't sting the skin. a voice came from behind the rag covering the mouth. Orious had soon learned it was a woman, but couldn't make out what she was saying, for all the sand stuck in his ear. Orious looked at her once more as darkness enshadowed his vision.

area: Uninhabited Area

Two hours later

Orious awoke to the sound of a fire crackling. he looked up, to see the woman pouring water into a tin cup. "here", she said, "take this, it'll help." she extended her hand toward him. He took the tin cup and drank a large gulp. quickly, he gulped down the rest, not caring if he would choke. the woman just stared with indifference as he gulped it down. he stopped and looked at her. "sorry, i was dehydrated" she shook her head, signaling it was nothing. she looked at him and smiles as she stretched her hand out. "my name is fiona. whats yours?" Orious looked at her warm eyes. "it's Orious... I can't tell you anymore though..for security reasons.. security reasons for both of us." Fiona looked at him, her eyes had lost a bit of warmth. "your not a serial killer, are you?"

Orious looked bemused. "No, not that i'm aware of. but.. lately, i have done things i regret" his eyes fell to the floor.. he looked around him, to see the dimly lit ship interior around him. his eyes spotted the shadows on the wall that weren't his or hers. "Ummm.... If you don't mind me asking, where are we?" Fiona took a sip of the water, and looked around the place. "Around twenty years ago, a major Lightning storm took place in this area. this was a transport that was obviously holding a device that the ISSP wouldn't tell. well, the ship made a wrong turn somewhere, and it ended up right on the side of the lightning storm. the exterior would probably have been sufficient enough for only minor damages. but the satellite images showed that it was inbetween two lightning storms.. those are the worst. it had crashed here, and since then, this area is off limits to everyone, including the army."

Orious looked at her. "that...was..quite..a thourough explanation...." Fiona chuckled. :yeah, i took it in me to find out what happened..." her smile faded as she sighed "it took my fathers life... and my mother died at birth.. so... i dedicated my life on finding out why he died. what do you think it was?" Orious shrugged and looked at the shadows suddenly it hit him.. only once in history, had something like this happened. he looked at her, and her eyes stared at him in solemn agreement. "just like hiroshima.. it was a nuclear bomb. nearly destroyed all of the terraforming land plots."

Orious looked at her, flabberghasted. "wha? how can that be? they lost the codes for all nuclear devices in the gate accident!" fiona shook her head. "think about it, once the gate accident happened, nothing really happened for an hour, and then it only took twenty four hours, and the world was in ruins. it hit mostly everywhere, detonating these sort of things.. Obviously, the army had to make sure the care of nuclear devices like these were kept underwrap! after people evacuated, the army started the transfer of the remaining few devices. they decided that Titan was a good place. obviously, they were mistaken when the goverment was forced to start terra-forming."

Orious looked to the ground. "so your saying there's more warheads hidden on this moon?"

Fiona nodded "and a small folly of the army was not to disarm the bombs. so any slight impact upon the bombs, half of this moon is decimated. the only thing i remeber is my father telling me he was going into the dark. so i suspect a large trench somewhere in this planet."

silence fell upon the room. Orious looked at fiona. "so...your searching for the nuclear weapons?"

"yes...and the truth..."

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, the ground started to shake. Orious grabbed the walls, feeling a hideous warmth coming from it Fiona screamed as the interior lurched downwards. the quake seemed to make the place start to cave in. a peice of debris fell upon Fiona, causing her to be unable to move. Orious ran to her and pushed it off, only to find her leg cut open. he grabbed her and set her on his back. quickly, he ran to the hallway, leading to the door outside. he ripped off a peice of his shirt as the rumbling grew louder. quickly, he wrapped her leg around it and ran out. Fiona panting shook her head and pointed back inside. "we need the canteens and masks! otherwise, we won't survive a day out here!!"

Orious set her down and hesitated before going back in. he ran to the room, right before the hall collapsed. the small dome shaped room kept on rumbling. he grabbed the mask and canteens. a small case full of pistols sat on the wall, so he ran and grabbed four 9mm Sig Suers and placed them in his pack.

He then looked around him for an opening, a large vent was right on the other side, so he grabbed a glock and shot at the corners. as the vent door fell on the ground, he looked at the case and saw a handcannon. quickly, he grabbed it and some mags before he went inside the vent. he felt as th ground trembled violently beneath him. debris was falling everywhere as he ran in the narrow corrider, finally, he saw light coming from the other side if a vent door:: quickly, he grabbed the glock and shot at the vent corners, before kicking it down. he jumped out just as the whole ship collapsed.

for ten minutes, he layed on the ground, shaking. he finally got up and made his way to Fiona, who was lighting a smoke. "what took you so long? i thought you died." Orious smiled as he plopped down next to her. they looked as the last of the ship sank into the sand.

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the door to the convenience store opened as the theif ran out. His cohorts were all waiting in the getaway car. the man jumped in the car, and the driver stepped on the gas. he suddenly stepped on the brake. right in front of the car stood a man in a blue suit and wild greenish black hair. Spike jumped onto the hood of the car and peered down at them. the thug in the passenger seat brought out a glock and was about to open fire when Spike's foot exploded into the car and right into the thugs face. the three other thugs yelled in shock and got out of the car. before the driver could even turn away from the car, a quick sidekick to the face had him down. the thug with the money dropped the bag and fished his pockets for his gun. a second later, and a bullethole in his shoulder, he was on the ground. the last thug took this time to run, but being quite chubby, didn't get that far before Spike fired his net gun.

thus the capture of spike's first bounty. and he felt quite accomplished. now he just had to make enough money for a ticket to Titan.

{well, the end of my long processed chapter. sorry it took so long to write, i lost it for awhile. well. hope you liked it. now..time for ramen! WOO!!!!}