Medabots will never end
Chapter 5: Search
By: Lily Maxwell a.k.a. Shinigami Lily

Legend:

"" Talking

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Disclaimer: I. Do. Not. Own. Medabots. Got. That?

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Erika finally woke up. Before opening her eyes, she had the feeling that something wasn't right. She felt a bit of pain on her back, like she was laying on something very rigid.

'Strange. I don't remember the couch being so uncomfortable.' She thought. Slowly, she opened her eyes. Looking around, she finally found out what was wrong. She was in a cell, lying on the ground. Was a small cell, without bed, or anything. The only thing inside it was herself.

"What the...!" she exclaimed.

"You're finally awake. How are you feeling?" asked a concerned voice from in front of her. She looked at the person who spoke, and found herself staring at a very beautiful woman. She was inside another cell, and was talking with Erika close to the bars.

"Who are... Wait! Are you.... Mrs. Tenriyo?" asked Erika. The woman looked confused, then smiled.

"Yes. And I guess you're Erika." She said. Erika's eyes widened at her sentence.

"How do you know who I am?" she said. The woman giggled.

"Reporter intuition." She said. Erika eyed her suspiciously. Then it shook her. Her hair... Her eyes... She was...

"You're...!" was all Erika could say.

"Yes." She nodded, guessing what Erika was going to say.

"Where are we?" Erika asked.

"We're in the Rubberrobos hideout. And I have no idea of where it's located... I've tried many times to trick some stupid rubberrobo with smart questions, but when they were about to say anything, they appeared." She said.

"They?" asked Erika curious.

"Yes. Their 'code names' are Nuriko and Hotohori (bwahahahahahahahaha! I love when I do this! First Duo, now even Nuriko and Hotohori! I'm insane, bwahahahahaha! Duo: And you're proud of that? Lily: Well... uh... no... but! Well!), but I have no idea of what their real names are. They are like the leaders of the Rubberrobos, I think. At least they're the most intelligent ones, I think they actually have brain. I've saw their medabots once and I can tell they're the strangest and strongest medabots I've ever seen. Of course, they aren't worse than Metabee." Mrs. Tenriyo said with a grin, and Erika laughed.

"But, wait a minute... Where's your medawatch?" asked Erika, noticing that Mrs. Tenriyo was without it.

"Hotohori took it out of me a few days ago. He said it was to prevent the others from 'cheating'." She said.

"Oh... Well, I think I'll have to find a way to get us out of here." Erika said, then they heard a cling.

"It's them! Hurry, hide your medawatch somewhere!" Mrs. Tenriyo said, and Erika quickly threw it at a corner of the cell.

A few seconds later, two figures appeared in the corridor between the two cells. They didn't use black rubber suits though. One figure, that was a woman (yes, it's actually a woman) with violet hair in a braid, that came to her waist, wore a black Chinese suit (very similar to the one he/she, whatever, usually wears). And the other, a tall man with chestnut hair, as long as his companion's, wore black clothes as well.

"Oh, well, look what our new friend brought to us, dear Nuriko." Said the tall man. Erika noticed that he wore a dark-red medawatch.

"Yeah, and that'll own him an award. He brought no one more than Erika. The young Erika." Nuriko said.

"Hey, aren't you Rubberrobos? Why aren't you using rubber suits?" asked Erika. They looked at her disgusted.

"We hate that stupid rubber suits. They are horrible, and make us look like brainless freaks that want some attention." Nuriko said, and Erika almost agreed with her.

"Don't worry, Erika, Mrs. Tenriyo. Soon you'll be free... Or maybe not. It's just up to the Ikkis." Hotohori said, and he and Nuriko left, laughing hysterically.

"Ikki... Please... Come soon..."

Meanwhile, at Dr. Aki's house...

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IN IT! HOW DARE THEY?!" shouted a very angry Ikki, slamming his fist on the table, where all the others were reunited.

"Calm down, Ikki. That won't lead us anywhere." Said Metabee.

"He's right, Ikki. The only thing we need to do now is find a way to found out where they're keeping my mom and Erika." Elisa said.

"I know but..." Ikki said.

"Err... Mr. Ikki?" said a very shy Brass.

"Yes Brass?" Ikki asked.

"Well, when Ms. Erika was kidnapped, she was with her medawatch, wasn't she?" Brass asked and Ikki nodded. "Well... Why don't we try to contact her? I can do it." Brass said. A sign of hope appeared back on everybody's eyes.

In the Rubberrobos hideout...

Erika was placing the medawatch back on her wrist, when she heard something.

"Ms. Erika?" she heard. She looked at her medawatch.

"Brass?" she asked.

"Erika!" came a very happy voice from the watch.

"Ikki?" Erika asked, her happiness coming out, as Mrs. Tenriyo glared at her.

"Erika, are you all right?" he asked.

"Yes Ikki. I'm.... okay." She said, trying to keep her voice down, cause a stupid rubberrobo was sleeping just outside her cell.

Erika glanced at Mrs. Tenriyo. Erika knew that, without having how to communicate with her husband, and with this opportunity, she was crazy to talk to him. Erika smiled at her.

"Ikki? Can I talk to the older Ikki?" she asked. She heard something like a complain, then she heard the voice of the older Mr. Tenriyo.

"Yes Erika?" he asked.

Erika threw the medawatch to Mrs. Tenriyo, and she got it.

"Dear?" she asked.

"Oh, darling! It's you! Are you alright? They didn't hurt you, did they? Because if they did..." he said, but Mrs. Tenriyo stopped his sentence.

"I'm okay. They are just keeping me here. They're even being surprisingly nice to me. The only thing that sucks is the food, and that they have my medawatch. Besides that, I'm okay." She said, and she heard a sigh of relief from the other side (for those who didn't get it, the others are talking to the girl by Brass).

"Look, aren't there any clues for you to try to find out where you are?" he asked. Mrs. Tenriyo looked at Erika. They both closed their eyes, trying to hear anything to help. But they didn't hear anything! But... hey... didn't hear... anything...

"That's it!" they shouted at the same time.

'How could I didn't find it before?!' Mrs. Tenriyo told herself. She threw Erika's medawatch back to her. It was better for her to say, because she wasn't sure yet.

"Look, we can't hear anything. Any sound, of water, of cars, of anything. We can only hear the sound of the wind and the sound of birds. So, that means..." she was saying, when a voice completed for her.

"You're in the air! In some kind of big plane or something like that!" said the younger Ikki's voice.

"Bingo!" said Erika, a little too loud, because the rubberrobo moved on his chair.

"Look, Ikki, try to find out where we are quickly! They're up to something, and I'm afraid they want Metabee's medal to do it." She said.

"Don't worry, Erika. Ikki Tenriyo is going to save you, and Mrs. Tenriyo too. By the way, before I go to find you... Could you tell me what's her name?" Ikki asked. Erika smiled.

"You need to see by yourself. Because if I told you, you wouldn't believe me."

"Huh?"

Hiding in the shadows, Hotohori and Nuriko watched the whole scene.

"Everything's going as the plan. They'll find us in no time now." Said Nuriko.

"Yes, and then we will finally be able to catch all we want. And Phoenix will be very glad with us."

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Mr. Referee: What are the rubberrobos up to now? Are Hotohori and Nuriko that strong? Who's this Phoenix anyway? And will Ikki and the other ever find out the answer to all those questions? Discover in the next chapter!