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Disaster Strikes in the Most Unlikely Places
Strike ran into a cave in the Pinnacles, outrunning a bunch of policemen lead by Icy, a blonde, 18-year-old woman in a light green, thigh high and sleeveless jumpsuit over light blue stockings, black gloves over a light blue, elbow-high pair of eve gloves, white, calf long, high heel boots, and a metal bandana around her head.
The police force was after Strike for a crime he wasn't even involved in. He thought Icy was trying to get back at him for breaking up their relationship last year. It surprised him that she would go this far to scare the living daylights out of him. What a bitch!
Deep in the cave, Strike noticed Frida and Comet walking around while shining a flashlight on an old map they found in their parent's trunk. Whatever they were doing made Strike curious enough to follow. Unfortunately, halfway through the cave, half his body fell through a crack on the floor. His guns were caught at the bottom of the hole, causing him to get stuck as he tries desperately to pull himself out.
Heat leaned against the railing near the edge of the ferry. Due to a bad engine, he wasn't going to be able to make it to Toyama until somewhere around mid-night, and he knows how impatient Devo can get.
He would've called Devo to tell him he was going to be late, but Devo's cell phone was off and he wasn't in his trailer, so Heat couldn't even leave a message in his voice mail, and this could be a problem if Devo thinks dis-liking "Litter Box Warriors 5" also involved not being there to see his friends be in it.
After taking a lot of wrong turns and spending most of the day trying to study the map, Frida and Comet FINALLY arrived at the crystal room. There was a basketball size crystal with a Grim Reaper symbol in the middle of it that was giving off a bright pretty glow.
"Did you get it yet?" Frida yelled as she had Comet on her shoulders. Comet was trying to reach for the Soul Crystal that was higher than they were.
"Just a little higher," Comet grunted as Frida was now on her tippy- toes. Comet laid her fingers on the crystal causing it to suddenly glow and hit the two with a beam of light that startled them both.
Visions of a young boy in clothing much like a priests was killed by a strange monster that disappeared with a piece of the crystal that had been chipped off during the fight began to flash through thier heads.
After the strange slide-show, the glow fades as Frida and Comet find themselves on the ground, looking at the Soul Crystal.
"Whoa, what do you think that was all about?" Frida asked. Comet got up and walked towards the crystal and picked it up.
The crystal began glowing again and suddenly turned into a beam that shot Comet in the chest. The crystal soon disappeared along with the light. Comet dropped to her knees, groaning and covering her mid-section.
"Comet, what's wrong!?" Frida asked. Suddenly, Comet's forehead began to glow, showing the symbol that was on the crystal earlier. Frida grabbed Comet and ran out of the room, shining a flash light through the way.
It soon got dark. Heat decided to take another walk around the ferry just to kill time. When he got to the roof of the ferry, he came upon amateur break dancers on a perfectly waxed floor doing fast moves to Strike's old song, "Power".
"Oh, please," Heat mumbled with a devilish grin, "I can do better than that."
"Oh, really?" said a man from the crowd that had recently formed around the break dancers, "then why are you standing here, staring, home boy. Why not get out on the dance floor and make yourself look stupid." Heat looked at him and the grin grew wider.
"If you insist. But remember, I'm not going to be held responsible for burning your clothes off if I decide to let some fire loose." Heat said as he pushed his way through the crowd.
The break dancers walked towards the crowd, some muttering about seeing Heat on "Dancing Heroes", which aired last month and how he burned James Suneoka's clothes off just to annoy him.
Heat walked up to the boom box and looked at the CD that was playing. It was a burnt CD containing bootlegged recordings from the first Bust A Groove tournament, something Heat would be interested in.
While running towards the entrance of the cave, Frida trips over Strike and flung Comet into a rock pillar.
"OW! Watch where you're going, bitch!" yelled Strike as he rubbed the bump on his forehead, "And while your at it, how about getting me out of here?"
Frida shined her flash light where she tripped to see Strike waist deep in the ground, still trying to pull himself out. Comet was still freaking out about the Soul Crystal that had jumped into her body.
"EEK! The ghost of the Soul Crystal wants to take my life!" she screamed as she jumped up and ran around. Strike had trouble trying to get her attention.
"Hey, excuse me..."
*ZOOM*
"Do you mind..."
*ZOOM*
"I could use your..."
*ZOOM*
Strike had had enough. Before Comet could get past him, he grabbed her leg and forced her to fall flat on her face.
"Are you done yet?" he grumbled. Comet sat up, rubbing the bruise on her face and turned around to see Strike drumming his fingers on the ground with his head resting on his other hand. Comet studied him before reaching a conclusion.
"Hey, sis! Strike's stuck in a hole!" she said with a giggle. Both Strike and Frida groaned.
"Why, thank you for the information, Ms. State the Obvious," Strike growled sarcastically, "Now how about getting me out of...!"
*POINK*
"YEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!" Strike screamed in pain and shot out of the hole. Both Frida and Comet looked up before Daffy Duck emerged from the hole with a squashed thumb tack between his thumb and forefinger.
"Excuse me, ladies," he said, tossing the tack behind him, "would you mind keeping it down up there?"
"Oh...right...sorry." Both said. Daffy fumed up.
"WHAT!? SORRY!? SORRY! LISTEN, SISTER! I'M ON A NIGHT SHIFT HERE! HOW'S A GUY SUPPOSED TO GET SOME WORK DONE WITH ALL THIS RACKET GOING ON!?" Daffy got into Frida's face, "ME AND MY BUDDY WERE TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP WHEN YOUR BOYFRIEND INTRUDED ON OUR ROOM AND PUT HIS MUDDY SHOE PRINT ON MY NICELY CLEAN BED!" With a huff, Daffy jumped back into the hole, "You and your directions! I told you we should've rented a motel, Bugs!"
Heat played the "2Bad" track and stood in the middle of the circle of people. As the song played, people stared in awe as Heat danced more seriously. But as the audience were mesmerized by Heat's dancing, Heat began emit an eerie light that lit up the dance floor and once again, he felt himself going into a trance. Still no one noticed, thinking the dim, overhead lights were on as the sun disappeared into the sea.
Suddenly, as the song was reaching its end, the ferry a tidal wave appeared and rammed into the ferry, almost knocking it over. All the people on the ferry began running around and screaming. Heat suddenly snapped out of his trance and noticed the people running around like idiots. Most of them were jumping off the ferry and into the freezing cold ocean, trying to reach the life boats that had already pulled out with the panic-stricken people that had gotten on.
Heat didn't know what was going on until he noticed himself glowing. At first, he thought it was his groove-tron gaining power from his enthusiasm during his show, but he soon realized that it was calling someone (or something) as a giant began to surface from the ocean an inch near the ferry.
His eyes widened in shock as he saw a golden version of Robo-Z, mostly rusted and covered in seaweed now only ankle deep in the ocean. The giant robot turned its attention to the ferry and with one kick, sent it toppling over, sending the people who were still on the ferry and Heat flying into the ocean.
The temperature of the ocean shocked Heat as he landed head first in it. At this time of night and weather, the ocean can be deadly. Most of the people who tried to reaching for a life boat with enough space had already frozen to death and sank. Heat managed to pull through, with what little body temperature his groove-tron was trying to muster up.
Robo-Z Gold shot its hand into the ocean pulled it back out with Heat lying on its palm, shivering and barely conscious. Its eyes began to glow as it scanned Heat's frozen body.
"Robo-Z Backup data found," a computerized voice chirped, "Beginning download."
Its eyes glowed brighter as did the Heat until a white beam slammed into its face and blew it out. Robo-Z Gold yelped and flung Heat into the air, falling back into the ocean.
A figure with dove wings and a hooded cape flew around and grabbed Heat before he landed back in the ocean. The figure flew away from the ferry and Robo-Z Gold as both sank into the ocean and the life boats fled from the scene that mysteriously unfolded.
"A debt is a debt, right?" said a familiar voice, "even though I died while you were trying to save me, I at least saved you. And it's a surprise you lasted this long in this kind of weather."
"S-Sara?" Heat mumbled before he passed out.
"Why should WE take YOU with us?" Frida asked as she got into Strike's face. Strike opened his mouth to say something as buckets of sweat covered his face, but nothing came out. He then acted tough.
"Uh...it's really none of your fuckin' business anyway. So don't get into my face about it!" Strike demanded. Frida threw her hands up in defeat.
"Fine then. But if we're arrested for helping you 'escape', you can expect a very unpleasant drawing FROM ME." The last two words made Strike cringe.
"S-sure, whatever." he gulped.
Frida got onto her motorcycle with Comet in the back and Strike in the passenger side. They soon drove out of the cave and into the night sky. So far, the open field was empty except for some stones and boulders. But the minute they drove away from the cave, the sounds of guns clicking filled the silent air.
The motorcycle came to a screeching halt as the trio was now surrounded by Icy's police force.
"So, I see you have accomplices," Icy said with a smirk. Both Frida and Comet gave Strike a cold, deadly stare. He gulped and shot up from his seat.
"Listen, kid! I'd like you to name one crime I have done in over a year!" Strike snapped, "And don't say that ending our Relationship is a crime, because everyone does that every once in a while!"
"Me, arrest you for humiliating me?" Icy said with a vixen laugh, "For shame. I wouldn't arrest ANY man who tried to end my relationship for no reason."
"Boy, what a bitch. For once, I actually WANT to save Strike from the police." Frida mumbled.
"WHAT WAS THAT!?" Icy snarled.
"I said if you want to arrest us so badly, you can take that badge of yours and stick it up your sissy ass!" Frida yelled as she revved up her motorcycle and zoomed off. Icy turned beet red.
"STOP OR I'LL SHOOT!" She yelled, pulling out her gun.
"Let's see you try!" Frida said as she continued onward as bullets zoomed passed her. One of the bullets nipped her cheek, causing her to flinch as she brought the motorcycle to a screeching halt.
"She actually did it, the bitch!" Frida squeaked, rubbing the burn mark on her face.
Strike took over the motorcycle as Frida was almost towering over him with a paint brush in her hand. Icy just grinned and pointed the gun at her until she saw Frida draw a mallet in thin air.
"COMING AT'CHA, BLONDEY!" Frida screamed as she grabbed the mallet and jumped towards Icy, bringing it down on her. One hand caught the mallet and Frida found herself in mid-air, looking at a towering, muscular man with a mugged face looking at her with a dog-like growl.
White in the face and covered with sweat, Frida gulped and laughed nervously as her mouth twitched slightly. Suddenly, smoke bombs surrounded the area as the police force began to panic and run around. A blimp emerged from the gigantic smoke cloud with Strike, Frida, Comet and Icy trapped in a net and dangling in the air.
A door was lowered as Blade emerged from it, grinning.
"Well well, Strike. We meet again." He said,
"What do you want with us now!?" Frida yelled.
"Well, if the infamous Strike is here, it means he just stole something of great value. Let's just see what he has for us." And with that, the blimp took off into the sky.
"Hey...HEY! You'd better put us down this minute!" Icy demanded as they left the Pinnacles.
Strike ran into a cave in the Pinnacles, outrunning a bunch of policemen lead by Icy, a blonde, 18-year-old woman in a light green, thigh high and sleeveless jumpsuit over light blue stockings, black gloves over a light blue, elbow-high pair of eve gloves, white, calf long, high heel boots, and a metal bandana around her head.
The police force was after Strike for a crime he wasn't even involved in. He thought Icy was trying to get back at him for breaking up their relationship last year. It surprised him that she would go this far to scare the living daylights out of him. What a bitch!
Deep in the cave, Strike noticed Frida and Comet walking around while shining a flashlight on an old map they found in their parent's trunk. Whatever they were doing made Strike curious enough to follow. Unfortunately, halfway through the cave, half his body fell through a crack on the floor. His guns were caught at the bottom of the hole, causing him to get stuck as he tries desperately to pull himself out.
Heat leaned against the railing near the edge of the ferry. Due to a bad engine, he wasn't going to be able to make it to Toyama until somewhere around mid-night, and he knows how impatient Devo can get.
He would've called Devo to tell him he was going to be late, but Devo's cell phone was off and he wasn't in his trailer, so Heat couldn't even leave a message in his voice mail, and this could be a problem if Devo thinks dis-liking "Litter Box Warriors 5" also involved not being there to see his friends be in it.
After taking a lot of wrong turns and spending most of the day trying to study the map, Frida and Comet FINALLY arrived at the crystal room. There was a basketball size crystal with a Grim Reaper symbol in the middle of it that was giving off a bright pretty glow.
"Did you get it yet?" Frida yelled as she had Comet on her shoulders. Comet was trying to reach for the Soul Crystal that was higher than they were.
"Just a little higher," Comet grunted as Frida was now on her tippy- toes. Comet laid her fingers on the crystal causing it to suddenly glow and hit the two with a beam of light that startled them both.
Visions of a young boy in clothing much like a priests was killed by a strange monster that disappeared with a piece of the crystal that had been chipped off during the fight began to flash through thier heads.
After the strange slide-show, the glow fades as Frida and Comet find themselves on the ground, looking at the Soul Crystal.
"Whoa, what do you think that was all about?" Frida asked. Comet got up and walked towards the crystal and picked it up.
The crystal began glowing again and suddenly turned into a beam that shot Comet in the chest. The crystal soon disappeared along with the light. Comet dropped to her knees, groaning and covering her mid-section.
"Comet, what's wrong!?" Frida asked. Suddenly, Comet's forehead began to glow, showing the symbol that was on the crystal earlier. Frida grabbed Comet and ran out of the room, shining a flash light through the way.
It soon got dark. Heat decided to take another walk around the ferry just to kill time. When he got to the roof of the ferry, he came upon amateur break dancers on a perfectly waxed floor doing fast moves to Strike's old song, "Power".
"Oh, please," Heat mumbled with a devilish grin, "I can do better than that."
"Oh, really?" said a man from the crowd that had recently formed around the break dancers, "then why are you standing here, staring, home boy. Why not get out on the dance floor and make yourself look stupid." Heat looked at him and the grin grew wider.
"If you insist. But remember, I'm not going to be held responsible for burning your clothes off if I decide to let some fire loose." Heat said as he pushed his way through the crowd.
The break dancers walked towards the crowd, some muttering about seeing Heat on "Dancing Heroes", which aired last month and how he burned James Suneoka's clothes off just to annoy him.
Heat walked up to the boom box and looked at the CD that was playing. It was a burnt CD containing bootlegged recordings from the first Bust A Groove tournament, something Heat would be interested in.
While running towards the entrance of the cave, Frida trips over Strike and flung Comet into a rock pillar.
"OW! Watch where you're going, bitch!" yelled Strike as he rubbed the bump on his forehead, "And while your at it, how about getting me out of here?"
Frida shined her flash light where she tripped to see Strike waist deep in the ground, still trying to pull himself out. Comet was still freaking out about the Soul Crystal that had jumped into her body.
"EEK! The ghost of the Soul Crystal wants to take my life!" she screamed as she jumped up and ran around. Strike had trouble trying to get her attention.
"Hey, excuse me..."
*ZOOM*
"Do you mind..."
*ZOOM*
"I could use your..."
*ZOOM*
Strike had had enough. Before Comet could get past him, he grabbed her leg and forced her to fall flat on her face.
"Are you done yet?" he grumbled. Comet sat up, rubbing the bruise on her face and turned around to see Strike drumming his fingers on the ground with his head resting on his other hand. Comet studied him before reaching a conclusion.
"Hey, sis! Strike's stuck in a hole!" she said with a giggle. Both Strike and Frida groaned.
"Why, thank you for the information, Ms. State the Obvious," Strike growled sarcastically, "Now how about getting me out of...!"
*POINK*
"YEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!" Strike screamed in pain and shot out of the hole. Both Frida and Comet looked up before Daffy Duck emerged from the hole with a squashed thumb tack between his thumb and forefinger.
"Excuse me, ladies," he said, tossing the tack behind him, "would you mind keeping it down up there?"
"Oh...right...sorry." Both said. Daffy fumed up.
"WHAT!? SORRY!? SORRY! LISTEN, SISTER! I'M ON A NIGHT SHIFT HERE! HOW'S A GUY SUPPOSED TO GET SOME WORK DONE WITH ALL THIS RACKET GOING ON!?" Daffy got into Frida's face, "ME AND MY BUDDY WERE TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP WHEN YOUR BOYFRIEND INTRUDED ON OUR ROOM AND PUT HIS MUDDY SHOE PRINT ON MY NICELY CLEAN BED!" With a huff, Daffy jumped back into the hole, "You and your directions! I told you we should've rented a motel, Bugs!"
Heat played the "2Bad" track and stood in the middle of the circle of people. As the song played, people stared in awe as Heat danced more seriously. But as the audience were mesmerized by Heat's dancing, Heat began emit an eerie light that lit up the dance floor and once again, he felt himself going into a trance. Still no one noticed, thinking the dim, overhead lights were on as the sun disappeared into the sea.
Suddenly, as the song was reaching its end, the ferry a tidal wave appeared and rammed into the ferry, almost knocking it over. All the people on the ferry began running around and screaming. Heat suddenly snapped out of his trance and noticed the people running around like idiots. Most of them were jumping off the ferry and into the freezing cold ocean, trying to reach the life boats that had already pulled out with the panic-stricken people that had gotten on.
Heat didn't know what was going on until he noticed himself glowing. At first, he thought it was his groove-tron gaining power from his enthusiasm during his show, but he soon realized that it was calling someone (or something) as a giant began to surface from the ocean an inch near the ferry.
His eyes widened in shock as he saw a golden version of Robo-Z, mostly rusted and covered in seaweed now only ankle deep in the ocean. The giant robot turned its attention to the ferry and with one kick, sent it toppling over, sending the people who were still on the ferry and Heat flying into the ocean.
The temperature of the ocean shocked Heat as he landed head first in it. At this time of night and weather, the ocean can be deadly. Most of the people who tried to reaching for a life boat with enough space had already frozen to death and sank. Heat managed to pull through, with what little body temperature his groove-tron was trying to muster up.
Robo-Z Gold shot its hand into the ocean pulled it back out with Heat lying on its palm, shivering and barely conscious. Its eyes began to glow as it scanned Heat's frozen body.
"Robo-Z Backup data found," a computerized voice chirped, "Beginning download."
Its eyes glowed brighter as did the Heat until a white beam slammed into its face and blew it out. Robo-Z Gold yelped and flung Heat into the air, falling back into the ocean.
A figure with dove wings and a hooded cape flew around and grabbed Heat before he landed back in the ocean. The figure flew away from the ferry and Robo-Z Gold as both sank into the ocean and the life boats fled from the scene that mysteriously unfolded.
"A debt is a debt, right?" said a familiar voice, "even though I died while you were trying to save me, I at least saved you. And it's a surprise you lasted this long in this kind of weather."
"S-Sara?" Heat mumbled before he passed out.
"Why should WE take YOU with us?" Frida asked as she got into Strike's face. Strike opened his mouth to say something as buckets of sweat covered his face, but nothing came out. He then acted tough.
"Uh...it's really none of your fuckin' business anyway. So don't get into my face about it!" Strike demanded. Frida threw her hands up in defeat.
"Fine then. But if we're arrested for helping you 'escape', you can expect a very unpleasant drawing FROM ME." The last two words made Strike cringe.
"S-sure, whatever." he gulped.
Frida got onto her motorcycle with Comet in the back and Strike in the passenger side. They soon drove out of the cave and into the night sky. So far, the open field was empty except for some stones and boulders. But the minute they drove away from the cave, the sounds of guns clicking filled the silent air.
The motorcycle came to a screeching halt as the trio was now surrounded by Icy's police force.
"So, I see you have accomplices," Icy said with a smirk. Both Frida and Comet gave Strike a cold, deadly stare. He gulped and shot up from his seat.
"Listen, kid! I'd like you to name one crime I have done in over a year!" Strike snapped, "And don't say that ending our Relationship is a crime, because everyone does that every once in a while!"
"Me, arrest you for humiliating me?" Icy said with a vixen laugh, "For shame. I wouldn't arrest ANY man who tried to end my relationship for no reason."
"Boy, what a bitch. For once, I actually WANT to save Strike from the police." Frida mumbled.
"WHAT WAS THAT!?" Icy snarled.
"I said if you want to arrest us so badly, you can take that badge of yours and stick it up your sissy ass!" Frida yelled as she revved up her motorcycle and zoomed off. Icy turned beet red.
"STOP OR I'LL SHOOT!" She yelled, pulling out her gun.
"Let's see you try!" Frida said as she continued onward as bullets zoomed passed her. One of the bullets nipped her cheek, causing her to flinch as she brought the motorcycle to a screeching halt.
"She actually did it, the bitch!" Frida squeaked, rubbing the burn mark on her face.
Strike took over the motorcycle as Frida was almost towering over him with a paint brush in her hand. Icy just grinned and pointed the gun at her until she saw Frida draw a mallet in thin air.
"COMING AT'CHA, BLONDEY!" Frida screamed as she grabbed the mallet and jumped towards Icy, bringing it down on her. One hand caught the mallet and Frida found herself in mid-air, looking at a towering, muscular man with a mugged face looking at her with a dog-like growl.
White in the face and covered with sweat, Frida gulped and laughed nervously as her mouth twitched slightly. Suddenly, smoke bombs surrounded the area as the police force began to panic and run around. A blimp emerged from the gigantic smoke cloud with Strike, Frida, Comet and Icy trapped in a net and dangling in the air.
A door was lowered as Blade emerged from it, grinning.
"Well well, Strike. We meet again." He said,
"What do you want with us now!?" Frida yelled.
"Well, if the infamous Strike is here, it means he just stole something of great value. Let's just see what he has for us." And with that, the blimp took off into the sky.
"Hey...HEY! You'd better put us down this minute!" Icy demanded as they left the Pinnacles.