"Not every day is sunny, so sometimes, even though a cold rain is falling,
just open your umbrella. There's no map of how to live, that's why we're
free. You can go anywhere." –Digimon ~*Brave Heart
Chapter 6:
Freedom Fighter
Rock ran over to Blues' side, helping his brother to his feet as said, "Blues! Are you okay?"
"Who…hit me?" The red and gray clad robot asked hotly, rubbing his still helmeted head tenderly. Rock pointed to the mechanical beast, which roared again and lunged. The two brothers screamed and jumped out of the way, rolling and landing on their knees.
Rock charged up his Arm-Cannon and fired, Blues doing the same. This only proved to make the mechanical monstrosity irritated.
Rock yelped as he was thrown backwards by the powerful claw of the monster, landing in the side of a building, creating a nice-sized hole as he landed, the chunks of cement acting as a stiff bed for the now unconscious Blue Bomber.
Blues fired charged rounds as often as he could, jumping to avoid the monster's made attacks and tail. "Holy c***!" Blues cursed, jumping out of the way of his enemy's tail. "Doesn't this guy get tired?!"
A plasma powered boomerang shot past his head and struck the motorized brute, whipping around in a curved arch and whizzing past Blues' head again as it returned to its master.
Quick Man jumped from the building, landing gracefully on the ground beside Blues, clad in his armor, the helmet having been discarded since his escape, allowing his muddled dark orange, almost red, hair to show. He winked and asked, "Need some help?"
"Hey! What about me?!" Someone else yelled from the same building, the owner of the voice jumping down and doing a flip in mid air. The armored robot landed on one knee and one hand, a smirk on his face as he stood and placed one hand on his hip. Crash Man's smirk widened as he and Quick Man DASHed in opposite directions, both firing off their own attacks at the mechanical beast.
"Here you go, you over grown scrap yard-reject!" Crash Man yelled, throwing a fist-sized bomb at the monster, jumping away before the bomb could explode in his face.
"That's it, Crash. Get him even more agitated." Quick Man said as he threw his boomerang, which he called 'Shikito'.
"Like that's gonna make him wanna sit down and have tea." Crash Man shot back.
Blues was in shock. This is interesting…he thought as he watched the two Robot Masters distract the mechanical monster. Quick Man's shout snapped him back into reality. "Hey, Blues! Are you going to stand there like a statue or help us beat this thing?!"
Blues shook his head and ran into the fray, firing off plasma rounds at random as he jumped over and rolled out of the way the creature's assaults.
Rock groaned and slowly opened his eyes, sitting up as he rubbed the dirt out of his blue eyes. "What the?" he watched as Blues, Quick Man and Crash Man attacked the strange motorized dinosaur…thing. Finally, he stood and fired charged rounds as quickly as he could, hoping that he didn't accidentally hit one of his allies.
The creature was thoroughly p***ed as of now. It roared and lashed out at Quick Man with his tail. Quick Man jumped over the tail, only to get back handed by a gigantic claw, sending him flying into the street, landing heavily on his back with a loud 'thud'.
The orange clad Robot Master groaned and laid on the ground for a good five minutes, just trying to regain his breath. "Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow…" he whined, sitting up and rubbing his back tenderly. "You're getting the whole enchilada this time, you mechanical piece of junk…" he growled, standing and holding his arms in front of him, his palms facing the mechanical monster, who stared stupidly at him.
He closed his eyes and, after a moment, yelled, holding one hand above his head before punching the ground, "Earthquake!" For a few seconds, there was silence and then slowly, the ground began to crack. Quick man smirked, as did Crash Man. Blues and Rock were just trying to figure out what was happening.
Suddenly, the ground shook and with a loud crushing noise, split apart, startling the monster and the two Light robots. The creature sunk into the ground and tipped to the side slightly as it roared in surprise.
Crash Man punched the air and grinned. Quick Man smirked and readied his boomerang and mentally chanted a spell. Just as he was about to let Shikito loose, he stopped when he heard someone screaming. "Nani?" He questioned, turning to the source of the screams.
Three robots, two in armor, one in regular cloths, tore down the street, a twenty-foot tall monster after them. Everyone recognized them immediately. "Elec Man? Fire Man? Gemini Man?!" the four robots said in union, their tones showing their surprise.
The three other Robot Masters were screaming and running, but the creature had already left them be. They stopped only when they crashed into Crash Man and Blues, knocking them flat.
Gemini Man was the first to recover, standing and dusting himself off, glancing over his shoulder nervously as he spoke, Elec Man and Fire Man standing and helping Blues and Crash Man to their feet. "Sorry 'bout that. We weren't watching where we were going like we should have."
Blues gratefully took Elec Man's extended hand and was pulled to his feet. "It's okay…just watch it next time, Gemini Man." He turned his attention back to the struggling mechanical monster as Rock ran up beside him.
Rock looked at his brother and asked, "Now what do we do? Even charged shots don't do anything to his armor!"
Blues made a veg 'um' sound and thought. "No clue…Even Quick Man's Boomerang didn't do anything…" A thought dawned on him. "Quick, how'd you do that Earthquake thing? I thought your only attack was Quick Boomerangs?" Rock nodded.
Quick Man glared at the mechanical monster as he answered. "I'll…tell you guys later when we have more time." He pointed at the monster, which began to claw its way out of the hole.
Suddenly, a barrage of mini-missiles came from out of nowhere; striking the creature and knocking it back into the hole. Everyone turned their attention to the shadows, where they saw five armored figures DASH out, their weapons pointing at the creature.
The one in yellow armor jumped into the air and twirled a long metal rod in his hand before stabbing it into the joint of the mechanical monster's neck as he yelled, "Electro Shocker!"
The creature roared as electricity sparked from Shock Man's hands and traveled down the rod, the thousand-volt shock wave of electricity slicing through its body. It flailed his arms and tail, struggling to hit the attacking Robot Master.
Forte ran at the creature, a stream of plasma firing from his Arm- Cannon. A smirk crossed his face as Shock Man continued to send the electrical currants through the monster's body. "Eat plasma, you d*** monster!" he yelled, firing into the creature's open mouth.
The other seven robots gaped as Magnet Man, Metal Man and Torch Man also attacked. Blues shook his head and said, "Okay! This is giving me a headache! Just how many of your people escaped Wily?!"
Rock ignored his brother's question and gasped, his eyes widening. "Shock Man? Here? Alive?!"
"This is it." Elec Man answered Blues' question. "Electro!" he yelled as his brother was thrown off the flailing monster and smashed into a building, slumping to the ground. Blues and Rock looked at each other then Elec Man as the Robot Master ran toward the fallen one.
"'Electro'?" they questioned.
Quick Man nodded. "That's what we call Shock Man."
"Oh…"
Blues growled and DASHed at the thrashing mechanical beast as he said, "You guys can sit there like babies, but I'm going to help these guys!" Rock, Quick Man and Crash Man followed suit, their weapons ready.
"Quick Boomerang!" Shikito flew, the titanium alloy slicing into the trashing beast and returning to its master, who fired several plasma shots from his Arm-Cannon, each shot hitting the wound he had inflicted.
"Crash Bombs!" Crash Man did the same, the Crash Bombs hitting the wounds inflicted by both Quick Man and Shock Man, following up with plasma shots from his own arm-mounted cannon.
Torch Man glowed bright red as he yelled, holding his hands out toward the screaming mechanical monster. "Nova…" a ball of white flame gathered in his hands, as he concentrated on the attack. "Force!" The attack was fired and burned into the wounds, making the creature's already loud roar rise.
Forte skipped the fancy attacks and simply fired off a stream of plasma, pausing only long enough for him to regain some energy to attack with.
Elec Man was to busy tending to his brother, who groaned, smiling slightly, "B-Big…Brother…" Shock Man then went out, letting his Auto-Repair systems go to work on repairing the damage he had sustained in the past five hours.
Elec Man stood and turned to the screaming monster and glared. Electricity sparked around his body as he growled, "Nobody hurts my brother and lives to tell about it." A ball of electricity gathered in his hand, which he held out to the monster. "Out of the way, you guys." He yelled. His friends obeyed and quickly jumped out of the way of the attack Elec Man was about to unleash. "Thunder…" the energy sphere grew in size. "Beam!" The sphere of energy shot outwards and through the thick titanium armor like paper, silencing the mechanical creature's agonized scream.
The beam of electricity slowly vanished, Elec Man dropping to his hands and knees, trembling violently from the amount of energy he lost during the attack, which he strengthened by adding energy from his own Energy Coil.
Rock gulped and quickly turned away, his stomach churning as blackish red fluids spilled from the now retired mechanical monster's chest plate. "Eww…" he grumbled, not daring to say anything else for fear of losing his supper.
Forte grimaced and spat, "Well…like I really needed to see that happen…" he turned to the others and ran over to Elec Man.
The Robot Master smiled weakly, looking up at Forte as he said equally as weakly, "I-I'm okay…J-just…a little l-low on…energy…is a-all…"
Forte nodded before helping his friend back to the others, watching as Quick Man ran over to Shock Man and lifted him into his arms, carrying the younger Robot Master back to the others as well.
Rock gulped and asked softly as Quick Man set Shock Man down against a building, pressing the button on the young Robot Master's gauntlet, "I- is…he gonna be okay?"
"Why's it concern you?" Crash Man asked hotly. Rock trembled slightly and answered.
"He's…m-my friend t-to, you know." Crash Man looked a little surprised.
"He is?" Rock's answer was a slight nod. "Huh. So that's why Electro was always…" the glare he received from Elec Man told him that the two Light robots didn't need to know. Crash Man quickly closed his mouth, not wanting to incite Shock Man's brother anymore then he already had. Rock gave them both a questioning look, but decided not to pry.
Blues spoke up after a second. "So…why is it we're the only ones left alive?"
All the Robot Masters looked at each, then to Forte, Blues, Rock and Torch Man, then to Shock Man, who groaned softly and slowly opened his eyes, blinking up at his friends in confusion.
"Wha-what h-happened?" he mumbled, reaching up and rubbing his head, his dusty blond hair falling into his eyes.
"I think…you all ought to sit down for this…" Quick Man said.
~*Freedom Fighter: Creed
Chapter 6:
Freedom Fighter
Rock ran over to Blues' side, helping his brother to his feet as said, "Blues! Are you okay?"
"Who…hit me?" The red and gray clad robot asked hotly, rubbing his still helmeted head tenderly. Rock pointed to the mechanical beast, which roared again and lunged. The two brothers screamed and jumped out of the way, rolling and landing on their knees.
Rock charged up his Arm-Cannon and fired, Blues doing the same. This only proved to make the mechanical monstrosity irritated.
Rock yelped as he was thrown backwards by the powerful claw of the monster, landing in the side of a building, creating a nice-sized hole as he landed, the chunks of cement acting as a stiff bed for the now unconscious Blue Bomber.
Blues fired charged rounds as often as he could, jumping to avoid the monster's made attacks and tail. "Holy c***!" Blues cursed, jumping out of the way of his enemy's tail. "Doesn't this guy get tired?!"
A plasma powered boomerang shot past his head and struck the motorized brute, whipping around in a curved arch and whizzing past Blues' head again as it returned to its master.
Quick Man jumped from the building, landing gracefully on the ground beside Blues, clad in his armor, the helmet having been discarded since his escape, allowing his muddled dark orange, almost red, hair to show. He winked and asked, "Need some help?"
"Hey! What about me?!" Someone else yelled from the same building, the owner of the voice jumping down and doing a flip in mid air. The armored robot landed on one knee and one hand, a smirk on his face as he stood and placed one hand on his hip. Crash Man's smirk widened as he and Quick Man DASHed in opposite directions, both firing off their own attacks at the mechanical beast.
"Here you go, you over grown scrap yard-reject!" Crash Man yelled, throwing a fist-sized bomb at the monster, jumping away before the bomb could explode in his face.
"That's it, Crash. Get him even more agitated." Quick Man said as he threw his boomerang, which he called 'Shikito'.
"Like that's gonna make him wanna sit down and have tea." Crash Man shot back.
Blues was in shock. This is interesting…he thought as he watched the two Robot Masters distract the mechanical monster. Quick Man's shout snapped him back into reality. "Hey, Blues! Are you going to stand there like a statue or help us beat this thing?!"
Blues shook his head and ran into the fray, firing off plasma rounds at random as he jumped over and rolled out of the way the creature's assaults.
Rock groaned and slowly opened his eyes, sitting up as he rubbed the dirt out of his blue eyes. "What the?" he watched as Blues, Quick Man and Crash Man attacked the strange motorized dinosaur…thing. Finally, he stood and fired charged rounds as quickly as he could, hoping that he didn't accidentally hit one of his allies.
The creature was thoroughly p***ed as of now. It roared and lashed out at Quick Man with his tail. Quick Man jumped over the tail, only to get back handed by a gigantic claw, sending him flying into the street, landing heavily on his back with a loud 'thud'.
The orange clad Robot Master groaned and laid on the ground for a good five minutes, just trying to regain his breath. "Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow…" he whined, sitting up and rubbing his back tenderly. "You're getting the whole enchilada this time, you mechanical piece of junk…" he growled, standing and holding his arms in front of him, his palms facing the mechanical monster, who stared stupidly at him.
He closed his eyes and, after a moment, yelled, holding one hand above his head before punching the ground, "Earthquake!" For a few seconds, there was silence and then slowly, the ground began to crack. Quick man smirked, as did Crash Man. Blues and Rock were just trying to figure out what was happening.
Suddenly, the ground shook and with a loud crushing noise, split apart, startling the monster and the two Light robots. The creature sunk into the ground and tipped to the side slightly as it roared in surprise.
Crash Man punched the air and grinned. Quick Man smirked and readied his boomerang and mentally chanted a spell. Just as he was about to let Shikito loose, he stopped when he heard someone screaming. "Nani?" He questioned, turning to the source of the screams.
Three robots, two in armor, one in regular cloths, tore down the street, a twenty-foot tall monster after them. Everyone recognized them immediately. "Elec Man? Fire Man? Gemini Man?!" the four robots said in union, their tones showing their surprise.
The three other Robot Masters were screaming and running, but the creature had already left them be. They stopped only when they crashed into Crash Man and Blues, knocking them flat.
Gemini Man was the first to recover, standing and dusting himself off, glancing over his shoulder nervously as he spoke, Elec Man and Fire Man standing and helping Blues and Crash Man to their feet. "Sorry 'bout that. We weren't watching where we were going like we should have."
Blues gratefully took Elec Man's extended hand and was pulled to his feet. "It's okay…just watch it next time, Gemini Man." He turned his attention back to the struggling mechanical monster as Rock ran up beside him.
Rock looked at his brother and asked, "Now what do we do? Even charged shots don't do anything to his armor!"
Blues made a veg 'um' sound and thought. "No clue…Even Quick Man's Boomerang didn't do anything…" A thought dawned on him. "Quick, how'd you do that Earthquake thing? I thought your only attack was Quick Boomerangs?" Rock nodded.
Quick Man glared at the mechanical monster as he answered. "I'll…tell you guys later when we have more time." He pointed at the monster, which began to claw its way out of the hole.
Suddenly, a barrage of mini-missiles came from out of nowhere; striking the creature and knocking it back into the hole. Everyone turned their attention to the shadows, where they saw five armored figures DASH out, their weapons pointing at the creature.
The one in yellow armor jumped into the air and twirled a long metal rod in his hand before stabbing it into the joint of the mechanical monster's neck as he yelled, "Electro Shocker!"
The creature roared as electricity sparked from Shock Man's hands and traveled down the rod, the thousand-volt shock wave of electricity slicing through its body. It flailed his arms and tail, struggling to hit the attacking Robot Master.
Forte ran at the creature, a stream of plasma firing from his Arm- Cannon. A smirk crossed his face as Shock Man continued to send the electrical currants through the monster's body. "Eat plasma, you d*** monster!" he yelled, firing into the creature's open mouth.
The other seven robots gaped as Magnet Man, Metal Man and Torch Man also attacked. Blues shook his head and said, "Okay! This is giving me a headache! Just how many of your people escaped Wily?!"
Rock ignored his brother's question and gasped, his eyes widening. "Shock Man? Here? Alive?!"
"This is it." Elec Man answered Blues' question. "Electro!" he yelled as his brother was thrown off the flailing monster and smashed into a building, slumping to the ground. Blues and Rock looked at each other then Elec Man as the Robot Master ran toward the fallen one.
"'Electro'?" they questioned.
Quick Man nodded. "That's what we call Shock Man."
"Oh…"
Blues growled and DASHed at the thrashing mechanical beast as he said, "You guys can sit there like babies, but I'm going to help these guys!" Rock, Quick Man and Crash Man followed suit, their weapons ready.
"Quick Boomerang!" Shikito flew, the titanium alloy slicing into the trashing beast and returning to its master, who fired several plasma shots from his Arm-Cannon, each shot hitting the wound he had inflicted.
"Crash Bombs!" Crash Man did the same, the Crash Bombs hitting the wounds inflicted by both Quick Man and Shock Man, following up with plasma shots from his own arm-mounted cannon.
Torch Man glowed bright red as he yelled, holding his hands out toward the screaming mechanical monster. "Nova…" a ball of white flame gathered in his hands, as he concentrated on the attack. "Force!" The attack was fired and burned into the wounds, making the creature's already loud roar rise.
Forte skipped the fancy attacks and simply fired off a stream of plasma, pausing only long enough for him to regain some energy to attack with.
Elec Man was to busy tending to his brother, who groaned, smiling slightly, "B-Big…Brother…" Shock Man then went out, letting his Auto-Repair systems go to work on repairing the damage he had sustained in the past five hours.
Elec Man stood and turned to the screaming monster and glared. Electricity sparked around his body as he growled, "Nobody hurts my brother and lives to tell about it." A ball of electricity gathered in his hand, which he held out to the monster. "Out of the way, you guys." He yelled. His friends obeyed and quickly jumped out of the way of the attack Elec Man was about to unleash. "Thunder…" the energy sphere grew in size. "Beam!" The sphere of energy shot outwards and through the thick titanium armor like paper, silencing the mechanical creature's agonized scream.
The beam of electricity slowly vanished, Elec Man dropping to his hands and knees, trembling violently from the amount of energy he lost during the attack, which he strengthened by adding energy from his own Energy Coil.
Rock gulped and quickly turned away, his stomach churning as blackish red fluids spilled from the now retired mechanical monster's chest plate. "Eww…" he grumbled, not daring to say anything else for fear of losing his supper.
Forte grimaced and spat, "Well…like I really needed to see that happen…" he turned to the others and ran over to Elec Man.
The Robot Master smiled weakly, looking up at Forte as he said equally as weakly, "I-I'm okay…J-just…a little l-low on…energy…is a-all…"
Forte nodded before helping his friend back to the others, watching as Quick Man ran over to Shock Man and lifted him into his arms, carrying the younger Robot Master back to the others as well.
Rock gulped and asked softly as Quick Man set Shock Man down against a building, pressing the button on the young Robot Master's gauntlet, "I- is…he gonna be okay?"
"Why's it concern you?" Crash Man asked hotly. Rock trembled slightly and answered.
"He's…m-my friend t-to, you know." Crash Man looked a little surprised.
"He is?" Rock's answer was a slight nod. "Huh. So that's why Electro was always…" the glare he received from Elec Man told him that the two Light robots didn't need to know. Crash Man quickly closed his mouth, not wanting to incite Shock Man's brother anymore then he already had. Rock gave them both a questioning look, but decided not to pry.
Blues spoke up after a second. "So…why is it we're the only ones left alive?"
All the Robot Masters looked at each, then to Forte, Blues, Rock and Torch Man, then to Shock Man, who groaned softly and slowly opened his eyes, blinking up at his friends in confusion.
"Wha-what h-happened?" he mumbled, reaching up and rubbing his head, his dusty blond hair falling into his eyes.
"I think…you all ought to sit down for this…" Quick Man said.
~*Freedom Fighter: Creed