Chapter 8
-Juno's Call To Arms

-Raas Region (Ginko Forest)

Bunny Lord and Juno were walking down a dirt road in a pine forest known as the Ginko Forest. There was a gray sky above them, with the low rumble of thunder filling their ears. Juno got a signal telling that a Jet Force base was near by. Juno was running frantically down the path of fallen pine needles with Bunny Lord in quick pursuit. Juno quickly stopped and Bunny Lord ran right into him.

"Ouch. What the hell was that all about?" Bunny Lord said.

"I got a bad feeling. Why isn't the Force answering my call?" Juno said, pushing a few buttons on the communicator.

Bunny Lord ran ahead to see a destroyed base of some sort. The base looked as though it was recently attacked. Maybe it was like this for a month or so. The thick door was ripped open, and spark occasionally shot up.

Juno looked at the sky, it was starting to rain. "Know any towns near here? It's starting to rain."

"I haven't been here for centuries." Bunny Lord said.

"Why? Aren't you the lord?" Juno said.

"Yeah. It happened a long time ago. About a year after The Bunny Emperor passed away."

-Flashback (Aionoshidi Grand Temple, 800 years ago)

Bunny Lord, Rabbot, a Bunnyite Lancer in silver armor named Slai, and three non-zodiac Jet Force Officers were running down a golden corridor with odd hieroglyphs on the walls. An explosion rocked the part of the corridor behind them. Three bird demi-humans came out of the flames. Slai and Rabbot quickly dispached them. They all kept running. Soon, they came to a communicator. Bunny Lord slammed a button to see Admiral Rune's image on a screen.

"What's going on?" Rune said.

"The Falcos Order is killing our troops. Jet Force looks as though they are handling things alright. From now on, you take Aionoshidi. It's under Jet Force Command."

".....I see. Alright." Rune said.

"Put Slai's pod in a safe place in the base in the Ginko Forest."

"Yes, Rashin." The screen then closed.

The six then ran into a room with endless gold pods a large gold one a room was lit by dim light crystals on the floor. The pods were floating in midair. The three Jet Force officers guarded the opening. The room looked as though it was a part of outer space. Bunny Lord made tricks like this to confuse invaders. As him, Rabbot, and Slai walked towards the pods, they saw the entire Bunnyite race here. From peasants, to Battle classes like Knights, Lancers, Archers, Time Mages, and Wizards. Bunny Lord and Rabbot approached their pod, and Slai went into his. Bunny Lord felt himself being Cryogenically Frozen.

One of the officers looked at another, "What are they doing?"

"Freezing themselves with 'Blue Mana'. It stops the aging process if done right."

"Will they live though?"

"Maybe. Who knows? All I know is that we have complete control of Aionoshidi."

-Ginko Forest

"Wow. You talked to Rune?" Juno said.

"Yup. Years before you were around, and before JFZ was around." Bunny Lord said, approaching the base.

"Is this the base my reader picked up?" Juno said.

"Not sure." As Bunny Lord approached the entrance, a voice was heard.

"Are zee Manamutations ready?" A voice said.

"Almost sir. Good thing we found this empty Jet Force Base." Another voice said.

"Why are we doing Manamutations?" A third voice said.

"Rabbot said zat it is creepy and zee can make zee changes to people. Evil ones."

"........it is a Jet Force base..." Juno said.

"What do you need to do?" Bunny Lord said.

"Protocol 118: Silently grab any innocents and a distress beacon. Protocol 142: Stop the mastermind."

"So you're truly with us? You know, to stop the Heindo?"

"Yeah." Juno said.

"SHIBBY! Alrighty then, do you have a melee weapon?"

Juno reached under his armor and grabbed a huge two handed axe. How he got this into his armor we will never know. It was made of iron, and it had large blade on it.

"Uh......okay." Bunny Lord grabbed his axe. "Let's go!" The two heroes then walked into the base.

-Destroyed Jet Force Base

Bunny Lord and Juno walked into a room of melted metal. It seemed there was nothing here.

"Were we hearing things?" Juno said.

"Maybe....no, it sounded real!" Bunny Lord said.

"Hello." A voice said. Juno and Bunny Lord saw a weasel demi-hman with a cybernetic eye looking at them, "I am Dr. Kujaminatarojucatamaranica, or Dr. K. You heard about our plans? Well, you and......and....my......god......."

Juno looked at him, "What?"

".......I-i-i-i-i-it's Junon! RUN! RUN FOR YOUR FREAKING LIVES! SHNELL! SHNELL!"

No one else came.

"Oh, yeah. I'm zee only one here." The Doctor then ran, followed by two robots.

"What the?", Juno said, "Bunny Lord, who's Junon?"

"A hero from the Legends, they said that he was a..........human......that landed.........on.........dude. DUDE!"

"What?" Juno said.

"You're a destined! You're related to Junon!"

"I am?" Juno said.

"Yes! One problem though."

"What?"

"Manamutations gave him dragon wings, which I think you currently lack in that department." Bunny Lord said.

"I see. Hey, look." Juno said, pointing at the entrance. The rain died down.

Bunny Lord thought, *Slai's here. I can't revive him yet though.*, "Alright. We can't do a thing in Raas right now. We'll get killed. We need to get back to Bastet Castle in Kali."

"And how, exactly, are we going to get there?" Juno said.

"It'll take awhile, we need to find a port town called Aquar, then get ship to take us across the Tenku Sea. Then, we'll be in the Scuzzonian port town of Ruida." Bunny Lord said, "By the way, the monsters are a lot tougher then the ones in the Leo Plains."

"Whatever. I still need to find a distress beacon."

"If we find H.K., he'll get you one."

"Alright then."

Juno and Bunny Lord then walked along the dirt path once more in the Ginko Woods.

To be continued in Chapter 9, 'Scuzzball, Rai Scuzzball'