Parasites, Stranded Robots and Romance!
Written by Liberate Ayane (AKA Chu2 Ayane)
A/N- More of the Weird Fic. This is the wrap-up chapters. Mucho action, a Transformation, The other Rangers and Aya Brea appearing are all squeezed in this. Hope you like it. Enjoy! P.S.- This is MY retelling of the end of PE2. If ya don't like it, sorry. I didn't like how it turned out.- ^_^ V Liberate A.
Parasites, Stranded Robots and Romance!
Chapter 3- This I Promise You
It was morning...... Eve woke up, and so did X.R. They looked at each other, smiling, hoping each other had a good nights sleep.
"So, did you have a good nights sleep?" Eve asked her friend. X.R. grinned and nodded his head.
"Jus' fine my dearest. How did YOU sleep?" X.R. asked the young girl. She shrugged her shoulders and told him a short description of her dream.
"I dreamed that someone was comming to rescue me. She looked alot older tham me, but we looked just the same! isn't that odd?" Eve said. X.R. thought for a moment. He nodded his head again and threw in his two cents.
"Well, I suppose so, but then again, I have had weirder. A-hah-hah. So... what are we gonna do to today?" He asked. Eve looked serious. She looked like she wanted to escape from this prison and start a new life.
"We have to leave this place. I've been around here, but I can't find an exit. I did try going near the parking garage, but I got scared of the loud noises."
"You are sensitve to noise right?"
"I believe so ... my ears hurt when there's loud machinery and yelling... almost like my ears are going to explode at any moment."
The robot titled his head and 'awwed' in sympathy. He then noticed the coloring table by the cabnet... with the drawing that almost any parent wouldn't want their child to draw. He picked it up, and inspected it carefuly, notcing the chared ANMCs, and Eve, drawn as a stick-figure of sorts, holding a ball of Pyrokenisis.
"Why do you even draw this.... stuff?" X.R. asked. Eve felt ashamed of that question.
"I... I think of that stuff all the time... after they do experiments on me.... kidnap me or put the PsyHelmet on me, and control me....." Eve stammered. X.R. then felt real sympathy and horror come to him. They experimented on this... young girl? AND put a helmet to control her brainwaves? That was downright cruel.
"Listen, Eve."
"Huh?"
"As long as I, X.R., the Experimental Ranger, am here, I'll protect you from any harm. I'll promise you that."
"You really mean it?"
"Yup. Would a cute face like mine, lie to a beautiful girl such as yourself?" He joked. Eve giggled and felt really happy right then. She had found her friend, and one that she really loved.
"Oh X.R.... I love you.... thank you for being a friend...." Eve hugged him again, and he blushed, well, if robots could blush anyway. Then Eve noticed something.
"X.R.... promise me you won't hate me for saying this... but... you smell."
"AWWWW DANG IT!!!!!!" X.R. yelled. Eve backed away a little.
"Really, you do.... do you have an air freshener on you?" Eve asked, holding her nose. X.R. then fell over in embarrassment at the question.
"I'll get back to you later.... hmmkay?"
"Hmmkay."
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In No. 9's personal quarters, he was resting..... that is, until someone on his speaker system called him with an important annoucment.
"*BZZZT!* King Golem No. 9! I have important news for you sir!" It was No. 4.... the infamous Golem who always caught No. 9 at the wrong place, wrong time. No. 9 jolted out of bed and was very angry.
"What do you want No. 4?"
"Sir, the girl you met in Dryfield.... Miss Brea.... she's here... and it looks like she brought a few... strange creatures.... what do you wish for us Golems to do?"
"Well, where is she currently?"
"Neo Ark Sir. She's just disabled the ANMC Generators with the help of those... people."
No. 9 tilted his head and got an idea.
"Activate the other Golem Ranks and set them out. Get No. 8 to put the PsyHelmet on the Queen. It is almost time......" No. 9 ordered. No. 4 nodded in response and left the intercom. The King Golem grabbed his Gunblade and sheathed it.
"It's been long enough. Time to get rid of that bothersome robot and use the Queen....." With that, he left his personal quarters and headed for the Golem Freezer. Elsewhere, No. 4 walked up to No. 8.... who was playing cards with No. 5 and No. 1.
"Straught Aces. Pay up with the Lazer Rifle No. 5!"
"Awwww man!" No. 4 snuck up behind and tapped him on the shoulder. No. 8 joled out of his chair and turned around, and saw the Bishop Golem.
"I hate it when you do that."
"No. 9 says you have to put the PsyHelmet on Eve, and kill the robot."
"Ahh okay." With that, No. 8 left the room with the helmet.... which was under the table. He opened up the door and headed for the Nursery on B2. When he got down there..... there was no one in there.
"Awww MAN! Wait... they'll be near the Derangement Speakers...." No. 8 went up the elevator and into the 'Particular Area.' And of coruse... there was Eve and X.R....
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"X.R.... you said earlier you had some friends.... where are they?" Eve asked, not notcing No. 8 comming in behind her and the Ranger. X.R. shrugged his shoulders in confusion.
"I dunno.... I wonder if they know I'm missing, but then again...." He was stopped short by the sound of Eve screaming, a Golem putting something on her face.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAA *MppppphhhHHHHHHH!!!*" Eve flailed her arms around, X.R. kicked to the side, hitting a wall. He looked shocked to see Eve with this....THING on her head, the Golem laughing.
"Oh no you don't!" The Ranger lunged for No. 8, punching him, and then repeadedly shooting him. Eve of course, started to go bonkers with the PsyHelmet on.
"X.R.... help me!" Eve shriked, muffled due to the sheer mass of the helemet. She felt herself being pulled further into the Particular Area room. X.R. got up from Golem boxing and followed her.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
"Puppet Stinger....."
"Puppet Sting...... oh my goodness.... that's a freaky thingie." X.R. looked face to face with the larger version of the brain Stinger- The Puppet Stinger. It looked reakishly like IG-88 from 'Star Wars', and Eve climbed onto it shoulder. The young girl looked down at the robot and wanted to let him on.
"Please come up here with me." Eve said in a robotized voice, probably because of he huge helmet on her face. X.R. hesitated, but as he was climbing on.... something shot him down.
"AAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
"Nooooo! Come back up here!"
X.R. fell to pieces (of course) on the ground at the Puppet Stingers feet. Eve, inside the helmet was very sad, but she couldn't do anything to help her friend, except fight the person or things, that shot X.R. down.
"Okay you over-grown Brain Stinger.... time to die!" A female voice said in anger. Gun fire was heard, of coruse X.R. couldn't see anything, because he was temporarly knocked out. More gun fire was heard, and then more voices and lazer fire.
"This thing... *ZAP!* Is invincible!"
"Not quite! *BLAM!*"
*GROAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!*
"What was the thing that tried to climb up with the girl?"
"That looked familiar... too familiar!"
"Don't get close! AIEEEEEEE! it's melting! YUCK!"
"What is she doing?"
"Those robot peices look familiar..."
X.R. then felt himself being picked up by Eve, and then felt air blowing aginst him as she ran into the Nursery... again. She quickly healed him before the voices could come inside.
"You're better X.R." Eve said in her robotized voice. X.R. shook his head and then saw some figures come into the room, one had a rifle in her hand, the others.... no... they couldn't be them? Could they?
"Don't shoot her." The first female said. The 3 that were with her backed away a little.
"What's up with the young girl?" Another female asked. As the first girl went to Eve, X.R., who was shoved into the closet, came bursting out and stood infront of Eve, as if protecting her.
"You gonna hurt Eve too huh? Well, get past me...." He was interrupted by the three others that were with the first female......
"X.R.!!!!!!!! You're here! And you're safe!" The second female said happily. The two others were happy as well. X.R. then did a double take and saw that Mira, Booster and Buzz were here... but how?
"WHAT?! What are you three doing here?"
"Looking for you silly. But seriously, tell us the story later... Aya, why don't you take that confining helmet off of the young girl so we can see who she really is." Buzz said. Aya, the first female, nodded her head, and kneeled down by Eve, and took the helmet off of her head.
"Hey, she looks like you!" X.R. pointed out. Eve, confused as to what was going on, took X.R.'s hand as she hugged Aya for some odd reason.
"So this is Eve....." Aya discovered. X.R. groaned.
"Well DUH! Eve got this helmet put on her and..."
"Say... why don't you tell us what's going on?" Another man came into the room. it was Kyle Madigan of coruse. He sat down in a chair, and X.R. prepared to tell the whole story of what was going so far.
Chapter 4- Wrapping Up
"..... And that's the whole story, I swear!" X.R. explained. Everyone nodded their heads at once.
"I wanna know if the girl can talk." Mira asked X.R. He nodded his head too, and looked at Eve, with loving eyes.
"......."
"She isn't saying anything...." Aya said with a dull tone. X.R. panicked in fright. She wasn't talking.... what if she only talked to him? Nahhh... she'd probably talk to Aya and Kyle, maybe she knew them, or what if she was afraid to?
"Here's a plan," Kyle suggested as everyone else was talking. ", Why don't 2 of us take Eve out of here, so she can be free, while the others head to the Neo Ark and clean up any ANMCs there?"
"Good Plan."
"Okay, Eve, who do you want to take outside with you?" Aya asked. Eve pointed at X.R. and Aya. They nodded to the others, and they all seperated once again.
"We'll meet up at the Pod Serive Gantry. See ya!" With that, the gang went their seperate ways, and Aya and X.R. were left with Eve.
"X.R.... let's go." Eve spoke. Aya was suprised. X.R. blushed of course.
"All righty Eve, Aya, let's roll. Now then...." Later, when they were at the Labratory elevatore outside of the Nursery. "When we get outside, hang onto my feet, and I'll fly us outta here!"
"Yay! Flying!" Eve said with enthusiasm. Aya shrugged her shoulders and they went up.... but when they got ouside... Eve started acting weird again.......
"Eve... what's the matter?" X.R. asked. Eve then saw the bright lights (She was indoors most of the time), and then took off screaming. Aya was about to run after her but...
"Let me get her Aya. I'll call you hot momma, if I need back up hmmkay?"
"Why did you call me hot momma?"
"Cause you are a hot momma!"
"Argh..... First Kyle, then Pierce, now a robot from somewhere in Space. Okay then." Aya went over to the island, and X.R. into the submarine tunnel.... where No. 9 was waiting.... with Eve slung over his shoulder......
"Oh no!!!!!!!"
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"Yee-hee-haa!" No. 9 laughed, as Eve was crying. X.R. looked madder than a bull when it sees red. No. 9 had gotten to Eve.... he didn't fufil his promise......
"Aww.... sad that you didn't save her in time? Well too bad, because the ANMCs will take over the world... all thanks to the Queen here!"
"What are yout alking about you genetic freak?" X.R. said in anger. No. 9 pulled out a comm reader and called to someone.
"No. 4, No. 9 here. Get the Pod Service Gantry opened up for me and the Queen. Oh yes....." No. 9 spoke. X.R. got mad and kicked him in the shin, dropping Eve to the ground. X.R. picked her up and flew her out of the Neo Ark. The Golem threw a tantrum of anger.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHH!!!!" Just then, he felt a cap to the head, and Aya Breat stood there with the Rangers and Kyle Madigan.
"Next time you try to use a young girl for ANMC plans, don't even try it."
"Where was X.R. going with the girl?" Buzz asked Aya. She shurgged her shoulders.
"I over heard something about a 'Pod Serivce Gantry'...."
"Then let's check it out!" Kyle said eagerly. But Mira was busy mind reading the now dead No. 9. She looked in horror.
"Guys.... I think he might have put something in X.R. last night...."
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"Where are we going? This doesn't look like the top world....." Eve asked nervously. You see, to avoid any plot-holes and such, the reason X.R. smelled really badly to Eve was because, he had the scent of No. 9 (Which was like onions).... when he transplanted a program to follow up his plans if he were to die before they were set in motion.......... Now you know. And knowing is half the battle. ANYWAY.....
"Pod Service Gantry....." X.R. said in a dull tone. Eve started to freak out. What was going on here? Why was he taking her to that freaky Pod? She started to cry.
"Why are you doing this? I don't wanna go there!" Eve cried. X.R., who was following the Basic Program of Golems, didn't listen. He just flew to the Gantry.
When they got there.... the gigantic Pod was sitting there.... as if it were staring into cold, lifeless eyes that had no emotion whatsoever.... to Eve it felt like her mitochondria were boiling, to X.R., it felt spooky, of course, he'd have to go with 'Very Spooky'. Anyway though, moving on.
"Why... are you doing this?"
"Because my dearest Queen..." X.R.'s tone got that insane, No. 9 feel to it. "... It's for your own good!" He then shoved the nubile girl infront of the reactor, watching as she cowered in fear. A giant tube came sprouting out from it's head and hovered above the girl.... little specks of light popping from it.
"aaaaAAAAAAAAAaaaa....." Eve screamed. She was about to be swallowed whole..... into that hideous thing.
'HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!" She screamed. And then.... X.R. came back to it, the program, seemingly gone from his circutry. He saw Eve infront of the Pod Reactor and panicked, but keeping his cool and trying to remember Ranger Training for this sorta thing.
"EVE!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!" He then jetted over to the young girl and shoved her out of the way as it was about to suck her right inside.... only this time, X.R. was the one sucked inside..... because he was trying to save Eve.
"X.R.!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Eve shriked. She then tried to pull him out, but as she was trying, she got pulled in as well...... and at that precice moment, Aya and the Rangers came rushing in....
"Oh no..... what just happened?" Mira asked Aya. Aya looked pale, as Eve was just sucked into that.... that.... thing.
"Something really bad........"
"Iee..uhhh.... what really bad thing?" Booster panicked as he asked Aya. She shook her head in dismay....
"Trust me, you don't wanna know."
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X.R. had been through some of the weirdest situations in Ranger History, but nothing could ever prepare him for something on this grand scale. Inside a freaky power generator, that was living too. He felt himself land on something hard.... very hard... which made him...
*SMASH!!!!!!!!!!!* "This just isn't my day...."
... break into pieces. His head, although seperated from his body, looked at his suroundings.... dark lights, blood and mitochondria..... Not very pleasant.
"I'd rather be on Tradeworld than in this freaky thing...." He muttered as he tried to get himself together... literteraly. But as he was doing it, a familiar voice spoke, although a bit deeper in tone....
"Help me......"
"Huh? Eve? Is... that you? Where are you exactly, cause I need help getting back together...."
And with that, an all-too familiar healing spell came about, placing the robot back together. He got up and flew through the belly of the beast to find Eve. Looking high and low wasn't all that easy.....
"I am over here...." Eve called out. X.R. went in the immedate direction the voice was calling from, which was.... west.
"Eve? You over here?" X.R. called out. No answer. He started to freak out badly. Eve wasn't anywhere.... what did that mean? He was about to give up finding her.
"Aaaahhh, It's useless, she's not here...." He then felt a hand on his shoulder. There, was a girl, no, a woman, transformed.
'Huh? Eve? Is that.... YOU?" X.R. said in disbelief and shock. 'Eve' nodded her head and extened her other hand for his. He gently lifted his metalic hand and took Eve's, and then they found each other in a hug.
"Save me from this.... torment of the Reactor.... I've become a hideous creature that can destory all life.... kill me now." 'Eve' asked her dearest friend. X.R. was faced with a life-deciding question- Would he kill Eve and save the Earth beings... or let her live and killa ll the Earth Beings?
"Eve..... as much as everyone may hate me for this.... I won't kill you. You're too sweet and gorgeous to kill ya' know." X.R. said, making the choice. 'Eve' felt something come over her, and she flew out of the reactor, X.R. in tow of course.
"Be free.... free from this living Hell...." 'Eve;' said aloud as the two bursted from the remnants of the giant, now dead creature.
"EVE!!!!!!!!!! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?" X.R. yelled about the loud wailing of the dead creature. The thing that was Eve, stood high about the bottom of the core reactor, wings extended, and X.R. in her arms. Down below, everyone was in shock as to what was going on.
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"What in the Gamma Quadrant is that thing?" Buzz said in suprise.
"And why does it have X.R.?" Mira asked. Aya Brea pulled out her MM1 Grenade Launcher and was about to shoot, but something hit them all.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" They were all slammed against a wall, slumping down steps and almost falling into the molten core. Aya looked up and saw Eve, cradling X.R. as if he were a small child.
"What is she doing?" Aya muttered as she regained sight. Mira looked up and noticed something interesting.
"I have an idea, the reason why Eve has X.R..... she wants to repay him for protecting her.... of course I could be wrong...."
"Then that means X.R. is the only one who can talk Eve to stop doing this!" Aya guessed. The others nodded their heads and backed away, as if to retreat. In Eve's arms, X.R. saw all this going on, and he looked at Eve, and her soft eyes looking down at him.
"Eve.... why don't you stop this? You can come back to Star Command with me, the LGMs can help you, and we'll be together forever! How's that sound?" X.R. asked. Eve felt herself getting weaker as a kinder side kicked in.
"Us?..... Together?"
"Yep missy, and you can come with me perhaps on missions and such!"
"I'd.... like that...." She then felt herself float the to the ground, and her wings dissapearing. X.R. was set on the ground, and then Eve.... filled with hope and happiness, turned back to normal, young Eve. X.R. grew happy and reached out his arms to hug the girl.
"C'mon, let's have a nice big hug!" He grinned. Eve giggled and jumped into his arms, and the group watching, 'awww'ed at the sight.
"Isn't that the cutest thing you've ever seen?" Booster said, getting warm fuzzies. Aya, Mira and Buzz looked at each other and smiled, knowing that all work here was finished for each of them.
"Well, I'd say it's about time for me and the other Rangers to head back to Star Command Miss Brea. Nice meeting a woman such as yourself." Buzz said, his hand out ready to shake. Aya shook his hand and she smiled.
"Pleasure meeting you."
"Hey... what about Eve? Where is she gonna go?" Mira asked. The group looked at each other and sighed.
"It should be her choice...." X.R. popped in. He looked at Eve, who was now playing it a stuffed animal X.R. pulled out his inventory.
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"Eve.... where do you wanna go? With Miss Brea, or us, Tean Lightyear?" X.R. asked, looking at the young lass. She smiled and looked at everyone happily.
"I wanna go with......... Team Lightyear! I wanna become a Space Ranger like X.R., and go with him on missions and have fun also!" Eve said with enthusiasm. X.R. could see Aya's face fall in sadness, but she looked happy anyway. X.R. wheeled over to Eve and picked her up in his arms.
"Come along little Eve, we're goin' home!"
"Yay! I'll always be with you now!!!"
With that, Team Lightyear boarded the ship, waving goodbye to Aya and Kyle, before taking off. Of course, just to be sure...
"Eve, are you sure you wanna do this? Go with us to Star Command?" X.R> asked again.
"Just to be with you."
"Awwww...."
And then, the ship took off, and all was as it should be for everyone. Who knows what adventures Team Lightyear and Eve will have in the near future? Perhaps they might meet up with Aya Brea and Kyle Madiagan.... but who knows.
As always.... but this time, Eve and X.R. said it before Buzz could.
"To Infinty... and Beyond!!!!!!!!!!" They both laughed and Buzz sighed.
"She learns quick eh Mira?"
*The End*
A/N- Abrupt ending yes, but I hope you like it, and perhaps in the near future, I'll do a fic in this AU where Eve is a Star Command rookie... who knows. Hope you liked it! Ja!
-Liberate A.