Okay, I admit the last chapter was below par, but not one review during the delay? Sheesh! Tough crowd. Oh well, I'm still putting up the next chapter.

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Chapter 12 - It's a war-zone over there!!!!!!!!







Alex didn't get too far from Harley, when he heard someone cocking a shotgun. He dashed around the corner just in time to avoid getting slagged by shotgun slag.

"GET AWAY FROM MY HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A mean and somewhat ugly man shouted.

Alex then slowed down, and readjusted his cloak.

'Damn you Shawn!'

Then Alex walked away; glad to get away from that nut, but hoping he could stay with Tiffany..........





While Naomi and the others were talking, they were also watching some exhibition of yo-yo tricks, and one in particular was winning by miles. A teenager around Leena's age with brown hair and sunglasses. What was even more eye catching was the lightning effect in the yo-yo. It looked like it was one of those electric orb things while spinning. He finished five consecutive 'Around the World' tricks, and went to a 'Fence Hopper'. The others had long since lost spin, and all agreed he had to be cheating. Then the boy switched to what was probably a favorite of his. He spanked each and every single person calling him a cheater with the yo-yo.

"YEOW!"

"KNOCK IT THE HELL OFF!!!!!"

"THERE'S NO WAY YOUR YO-YO CAN SPIN THAT LONG!!!!!!!!!"

Then the boy smirked.

"Well I'm the good AND the bad of the yo-yo world. You're just the ugly dumps of it."

They got angry, and he snapped his yo-yo, tying them up.

"WHAT THE!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

"So you want to mess with me? Then take it up with me at the pier. Right now, I'm just interested in a break at food joint."

He untied the boys, and they left. Then he sat down.

"I've never seen anyone that good with a yo-yo," Someone stated, "Who are you?"

"I'm known as Dynamo to friends."

"You should enter a tournament."

"Tried it, they threw me out for being too good after I proved my yo- yo wasn't rigged."

Then the crowd left, and Dynamo's eyes shifted toward Naomi and the others.

'Strange folks. They're all wearing the same jewel. Some kind of gang?'

Dynamo switched his plain yo-yo for his weapon yo-yo, and went over to them.

"Hi."

"Hi, that was some show you put on." Leena replied.

"Well, it was interesting." Bill added.

Dynamo wasted no time, snapped the yo-yo like a whip, and had it around Vega's neck before they could blink.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Dynamo pulled Vega off the bench, and onto the ground, where he put his foot on the boy.

"Since you seem to be a gang of some sort, then you'd probably have the info I'm looking for."

"We aren't a gang!" Bill shouted.

"Then what's with the stupid looking accessories?"

Then Dynamo moved his foot under Vega's neck, shove him up, snapped the yo-yo off of him, and pressed him down again with his foot.

"Unless you want julienne strips of your friend here, we're going someplace private, and take our business there."

Then Dynamo snapped the yo-yo straight up, and blades popped out of it. Then Dynamo released the yo-yo, and it buzzed around him and Vega like a watchdog.

"Fine! Just leave Vega alone!"

Dynamo then snapped, and the yo-yo did a hop right into his hand, with the blades retracted.

"Good. The pier then."











Dynamo kept a close eye on Bill and the others. Jamie was thinking about fish due to the location, and Bit was thinking of tackling Dynamo.

"THERE YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!" One of the boys that Dynamo beat shouted.

Then the boys approached Dynamo.

"Let's settle this now."

Dynamo sighed, and tossed his yo-yo at one, who then started convulsing from high voltage currents running through him. Dynamo led the group off as the boy became like Colonel makes them.........EXTRA CRISPY!













"I'm back, and I think I rounded up some folks that can give us a lead!"

Then the lights in the once dark warehouse came on, nearly blinding the group except for Dynamo.

"TURN OFF THE HIGH BEAMS, WILL YA!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Leena shouted.

"SHEESH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT GIVES ANYWAY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Bit added.

Then Liquid had a Famas trained on them.

"If Dynamo thinks you have a lead on the location of Dr. Alexander Gainsborough, then you probably do."

"Who?" Jamie wondered.

"That's Orion's name." Bill stated.

Liquid smirked.

"So you DO know."

"Not where he is! We're looking for him too, but doubtfully for the same reasons!" Bill shouted.

Liquid sighed.

"Dynamo, make them talk."

"I just LOVE frying people!"

Then Dynamo came back with the power pack on his back, and the gauntlets on, with a visible electric current running through them.

"I'M OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!"

"ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!"

"WHAT ABOUT ME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

The three ran, and Bit, Leena, and Jamie ended up smacking into the warehouse door, which was now closed. Dynamo walked slowly towards them, smirking.

"Don't know why my shock treatments don't hurt me. Nothing's between my flesh and the metal in the gauntlets. Oh well, I still love seeing how other people fry!"

Then Dynamo was tackled by a now hybrid Brad.

"We can't just let them get us!"

Dynamo blinked, and sweatdropped.

"GUYS! WATCH IT! THEY'RE HYBRIDS!!!!!"

"HOW'D THEY TAKE HUMAN FORM!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

"SLAG THAT THOUGHT! WE GOTTA STOP THEM!!!!!!!!!!!"











Alex had arrived at the docks, thinking it'd be a great place to stay since it had food, shelter, and wasn't likely to have much trouble. Then a warehouse door literally exploded off its hinges, and several hybrids and mercenaries were battling each other. He sweatdropped, and took cover. Brad was trying to hold ground against Dynamo, but couldn't get another hit in since by now his body had lots of electricity running through it. Liquid was trying to blast Jamie out of the sky with his Famas, but Jamie was too fast. It seemed like the whole world was twisting around the fight with Enigma and Naomi. Naomi was obviously being terrified by something the others couldn't see. Rose Bane was also holding well against Leon, who was trying to avoid getting hit with a strange whip made of roses. Bit was fairing well against a guy wielding a flamethrower, even though part of his mane was scorched. Vega and Leena were trying to take on one guy, but he was zipping around WAY too fast for them, and was throwing things like razor sharp boomerangs, saw blades, ice blasts, and a huge variety of other things their way. Alex sweatdropped again. Then a familiar character came out of the warehouse.

"EEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS THIS, A WAR!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" She shrieked as she fled for cover.

It was Allesa. She took cover behind the same crates Alex was.

"Fancy meeting you here." He quipped.

"You seem so familiar........ who are you?"

Alex blinked, and then remembered he didn't look like he used to.

"My name is Alexander Gainsborough."

"Gainsborough is..........my name."

"At least I'm SURE you're my sister now."

"Huh? But you're........I'm........we..........This is confusing!"

Alex blinked.

"Maybe we'd better save it for later."

"Why?"

Then Alex pushed Allesa down just as a burst of flame set the top of the crates of fire.

"THAT'S why."

Brad had finally found a way to fight Dynamo. One of the crates that was smashed had rubber gloves and boots, so now he could fight Dynamo hand to hand, even if only for a short while. He was also beating up Dynamo pretty good. Liquid had switched to a Stinger Missile launcher to use against Jamie now, and Jamie was hard pressed to dodge them. Overall, both sides were evenly matched, and it was pure hell keeping track of it all. The police had long since arrived, and were going crazy trying to avoid the stray fire. A few civilians were also watching, though some of them weren't as lucky as the police in dodging the stray weapons and attacks.......

"Holy shit! Who's fighting who and why?"

"Got me, but those human guys have heavy duty artillery."