NO NEED FOR MAVERICKS AND SENSHI
By the infamous mrz
Legal Junk: I own none of the characters in here except for those I created. If you wanna sue, go bug someone else. : P
Thanks to: anyone who reads this. ^_^ ____________________________________________________________________________ ______
Part 9
The memories of the battle still lingered in their minds. The best of the Maverick Hunters and Repliforce were gathered at the Maverick Hunters' HQ along with the Sailor Senshi aand the Tenchi gang, both groups stranded in a time and place not their own. Recently a mysterious duo of warriors helped them in previous battles. They revealed themselves as Zapper, the Guardian of Time, Space and Destiny; and Zombie, his trusted undead friend and ally with a heart of gold. [Zapper]"This is the final confrontation. Sigma has moved his strongest Mavericks to a satellite in Earth's orbit. He has in his possession a weapon that could wipe out all seasons on Earth but a long winter. Humanity would cease to exist as would most reploids. Because of the urgency of this mission, we will send a shuttle up to disable the weapon systems and take out Sigma." But for how long? Until the next time he resurrects himself again because of his viral status? Because of these events, the future will change, but will it be for the better? Doesn't matter now. Have to focus on the current objectives. "The team will consist of Hunters X and Zero; Repliforce members Colonel and Iris; the Senshi, both the Inner and Outter; Tenchi, Ryoko, Mihoshii; and finally Zombe and myself will complete the team. We will be leaving in the next 48 hours! You are dismissed."
As the room cleared, the team members stand there for a moment. Colonel is the first to respond. [Colonel]"Zapper, may I ask why my dear sister is accompaning us on this dangerous mission? She could be killed!" [Iris]"I'm not a weakling brother! I can take care of myself!" [Zero]"Sorry Iris, but I have to agree with Colonel on this one. It's too dangerous. Zapper, I request that Iris does not come with us on the mission." [Zapper]"Request denied. I included her for two resaons. The first is that she requested to come. The second is that I was going to include her anyway because we need all the help we can get right now and just one Repliforce member compared to the others of the team seemed unfair to me. Either way she is coming on this mission. Anymore questions?" [X]"Just one, sir." [Zapper]"Please, call me Zapper. I hate formal titles." [X]"Ok, Zapper. Anyways, my question is that once we reach the satellite what are we going to do?" [Zapper]"Simple. We split into 4 groups and go into seperate sections of the satellite. I'll brief you guys more before we go but until then, take care of anything you need to within the next......" He checks the time. [Zapper]"47 hours and 35 minutes. I would hate for you all to have unfinished business when we go. Now you're dismissed."
Iris, Colonel, Zero, and X went to the training hall for practice. The Senshi and Tenchi gang went to the cafeteria for refreshment and to talk. [Usagi]"So what will happen when this is over?" [Tenchi]"I don't know but I just hope that we can go home. I miss it and all. Sure we're helping save innocent people's lives here, but we don't belong here. We belong in our own times and dimensions." [Makato]"That sounds simple enough right?" [Washu]"Actually it isn't. Not even I have been able to pinpoint why and how we were transported here. There may not be a way back to our homes. And some of us may not want to return." [Minako]"But we don't belong here. Zapper said that our being here could disrupt the flow of Destiny in this dimension. We have to go right?" There was a silence for a few minutes as the group thought about what Zapper had said. *enter cheesy flashack sequence* [Zapper]"I don't know why or how, but you guys are stuck here for the time being. Because of you're presence, the flow of Destiny here has already shifted. If you don't leave soon enugh, you'll be included in this dimension's flow of Desiny and won't be able to leave without this dimension collapsing on itself." *end flashack* [Usagi]"I could never forgive myself if that happened. We have to finish this mission as soon as possible and get back to our homes." [Haruka]"Well it isn't that simple is it?" [Washu]"I'm afraid not. Zapper has said this has happened only once before and that was over 10,000 years ago. He doesn't remember how it was resolved because it wasn't recorded down in his log book because of complications he refuses to divuldge." Usagi looks off to the side with a worried look.....
In the training hall Iris was practicing her marksmanship abilities by shooting targets. At first they started out stationary, but eventually as the difficulty level got higher, the targets started to move and then moved faster and faster. [Iris]Only Zero and X have reached the highest difficulty setting on this. Well I'll show them what I am capable of! As she is about to start the next level, a stange looking armored warrior was using twin gatling guns to hit the targets with a bullets. The warrior had large shoulder armor plating. He had equally impressive armor on the rest of his body. While he was using the guns, he had a pole on his back. What kind of weapon it was she could only imagine the possibilities. She eyed his difficulty level and she was surprised. [Iris]HE'S AT LEVEL 86?! NOT EVEN THE BEST OF ZERO AND X'S UNITS CAN GET ABOVE 50! She watched as he hit target after target with precise accuracy, amazing in itself since the gatling guns were supposedly weapons that weren't built for their accuracy. When he reached 90 his shouders opened up to reveal a few hundred missiles. There were only 20 targets for each level and Iris thought this was over- kill. But instead of all the missiles coming out, only 20 did and hit the targets right in the center. Then after he cleared the level, he saved his spot onto a training hall card and removed his.....his head? It appeared this was someone in a suit of armor.....that someone, was Zombie.
Zero, X, and Colonel watched the scene below them from the control room. After witnessing Zombie's demonstration of his mobile armor, they hadn't spoken until Zapper entered. [Zapper]"So what do you think of our mobile armored suits? We discovered them once when we went to a world were military might depended on larger versions of these machines. They were quite impressive so Zombie suggested adding them to our arsenal for in case of an invasion." [X]"Invasion? From who? Who would try to invade here?" [Zapper]"It's not your world in threat of invasion, but my own. Some races despise my race because we've been around since the creation of existence. My race was gifted with various abilities. The most common ones are superhuman stength and speed. Then there's the seperate more personal powers we recieve at birth. Some recieve super intelligience and become researchers. Others go into other jobs dependeing on their powers." [Zero]"So you come from a race of gifted aliens. I can say why they'd be jealous. So what did you get?" [Zapper]"As a member of the Royal Family, we recieve the rarest of gifts. I recieved two abilities instead of one, which is a rare occurance. The first is the ability to copy any attack I see once. That's how I'm able to perform the Senshi's attacks for instance." [Colonel]"You still didn't mention the other one." [Zapper]"The other one I don't like as much. I also have is more like a curse than a gift." [Zero]"Oh what's so bad that it makes it more of a curse than a gift?" [Zapper]"Try the ability to how any person's Destiny will turn out. So far it occurs without my provoketion. I can't control it because I don't want to. I've known the Destinies of so many friends who died and I didn't do a thing to stop their deaths. [X]"I feel sorry for you but of they were destinied to die then that was their Destiny." [Zapper]"You don't understand! I lost so many friends when I was young! One day I saw that an explosion in one of those Destiny visions as they've been called. I ignored it at first because I knew that we were safe. Or so I thought. That afternoon there was an explosion. I remember because I was almost caught in it. One of my closest friends pushed me away before he was engulfed by the blast.....He died saving my life.....Later I learned that of the 1000 people in the immediate vicinity of the blast radius, only 27 of them, including myself survived......I could have prevented it! I could have prevented their senseless deaths from ever happening! But I had to believe in the false security of my own pride! I can never forgive myself for what happened!" With that, Zapper ran from the room with tears in his eyes from the painful memories. X started to motion towards the door before being stopped by [Colonel]"No X. Going now would only make it worse. We've got to let him collect himself and overcome his pain."
As he ran, Zapper thought to himself. [Zapper]I though I had buried these painful memories over 55 million year ago.....I guess I was wrong.....I should have never had mentioned anything about myself because it could alter the flow of Destiny even further! As he ran he bumped into Usagi and the other Senshi. He quickly ran off before they said anything. [Minako]"What's with him?" [Makato]"I don't know. Maybe something came up he had to rush off to." [Michiru]"Didn't you notice Haruka?" [Haruka]"You saw it too?" [Usagi]"Saw what?" [Hotaru]"He was crying." [Usagi]"You guys wait here!" Before they could complain she ran off. [Ami]"This could be trouble you guys. Let's hurry." [All]"Right!" And so they left as well on the trail of their princess.....
When Usagi found him, Zapper was on the roof, sitting at the edge. He was staring out into the horizon. His tears had dried away by now but his face was still slightly red. [Zapper]"Is there something you need Moon Princess?" [Usagi]"How did you know it was me?" [Zapper]"I was able to sense you energy. You have an over-abundance of postive energy that makes you stick out like a sore thumb. It wasn't hard to sense it." [Usagi]"Why were you crying?" [Zapper]]"I thought I was moving fast enough that you wouldn't see the tears. I guess I wasn't fast enough. So do you want to hear my story? My life? My pain? My sorrow?" [Usagi]"The pain won't go away on its own. You need friends to help you with it." [Zapper]".....It's because of my friends that I have that this pain." [Usagi]"Who caused you so much pain and claimed to be your friend?" [Zapper]"It's not like that. It's the pain of their deaths that did this to me. if you wish t understand listen to my voice." For the next 15 minutes he goes over his past 70 million year of life with only the significant parts mentioned. After he finishes, he waits for her response. [Usagi]"I'm sorry. I know what its like to lose a friend. But you can't let it dominate you forever." [Zapper]"You're right. And I believe your friends believe so too." He turns to look at a large structure on the roof. The other Senshi appear from their hiding place, surprised that he knew they were there. [Makato]"An I thought we had such a good hiding place too." [Zapper]"You would have if I didn't have an enhanced hearing ability like most of my race. I heard your heartbeats from two floors down. But that doesn't matter now. Thank you all for helping me overcome the pain of loss. I may not have been able to pull through on this mission if I hadn't. Now let's go get some rest. We're going to need it if we're going to succeed."
On the way to his room, Zapper encountered X and Zero. They were in casual conversaion and didn't notice him approaching. [Zapper]Yet another benefit of my race. We can be unnotice when we want to be. He treasuered the startled look on their faces when he surprised them. X did his best to hold back a not so life threatening Zero. After a hearty laugh, Zapper apoligized. [X]"We're sorry about earlier." [Zapper]"It's ok. Thanks to the Moon Princess, I've learned to deal with it better now. I just never knew how to deal with it correctly because I lived a life of a Prince. I was supposed to be sheltered from such pain. Especially since I'm the yongest. But my mother and father were never there because they disappeared when I was young. I've been looking for them ever since in every dimension I go to." [X]"Well I hope you find them some day. Anyways, we're hitting the sack." With that, X and Zero fo to their respective rooms and Zapper went to his to collect an item of his before returning to the roof. He removed from a case, a violin. He then leapt to the top of a nearby pole and balanced himself while playing a familiar tune.....one that the one proud Silver Millinium he had visited once was fond of..... ____________________________________________________________________________ _____ With the mission about to be underway, will the team be successful? What ever happened to Double? Will he get revenge on Zero and kill Iris? And what about Zapper? Will he find his parents someday? Find out next time in Part 10 of...... NO NEED FOR MAVERICKS AND SENSHI
Legal Junk: I own none of the characters in here except for those I created. If you wanna sue, go bug someone else. : P
Thanks to: anyone who reads this. ^_^ ____________________________________________________________________________ ______
Part 9
The memories of the battle still lingered in their minds. The best of the Maverick Hunters and Repliforce were gathered at the Maverick Hunters' HQ along with the Sailor Senshi aand the Tenchi gang, both groups stranded in a time and place not their own. Recently a mysterious duo of warriors helped them in previous battles. They revealed themselves as Zapper, the Guardian of Time, Space and Destiny; and Zombie, his trusted undead friend and ally with a heart of gold. [Zapper]"This is the final confrontation. Sigma has moved his strongest Mavericks to a satellite in Earth's orbit. He has in his possession a weapon that could wipe out all seasons on Earth but a long winter. Humanity would cease to exist as would most reploids. Because of the urgency of this mission, we will send a shuttle up to disable the weapon systems and take out Sigma." But for how long? Until the next time he resurrects himself again because of his viral status? Because of these events, the future will change, but will it be for the better? Doesn't matter now. Have to focus on the current objectives. "The team will consist of Hunters X and Zero; Repliforce members Colonel and Iris; the Senshi, both the Inner and Outter; Tenchi, Ryoko, Mihoshii; and finally Zombe and myself will complete the team. We will be leaving in the next 48 hours! You are dismissed."
As the room cleared, the team members stand there for a moment. Colonel is the first to respond. [Colonel]"Zapper, may I ask why my dear sister is accompaning us on this dangerous mission? She could be killed!" [Iris]"I'm not a weakling brother! I can take care of myself!" [Zero]"Sorry Iris, but I have to agree with Colonel on this one. It's too dangerous. Zapper, I request that Iris does not come with us on the mission." [Zapper]"Request denied. I included her for two resaons. The first is that she requested to come. The second is that I was going to include her anyway because we need all the help we can get right now and just one Repliforce member compared to the others of the team seemed unfair to me. Either way she is coming on this mission. Anymore questions?" [X]"Just one, sir." [Zapper]"Please, call me Zapper. I hate formal titles." [X]"Ok, Zapper. Anyways, my question is that once we reach the satellite what are we going to do?" [Zapper]"Simple. We split into 4 groups and go into seperate sections of the satellite. I'll brief you guys more before we go but until then, take care of anything you need to within the next......" He checks the time. [Zapper]"47 hours and 35 minutes. I would hate for you all to have unfinished business when we go. Now you're dismissed."
Iris, Colonel, Zero, and X went to the training hall for practice. The Senshi and Tenchi gang went to the cafeteria for refreshment and to talk. [Usagi]"So what will happen when this is over?" [Tenchi]"I don't know but I just hope that we can go home. I miss it and all. Sure we're helping save innocent people's lives here, but we don't belong here. We belong in our own times and dimensions." [Makato]"That sounds simple enough right?" [Washu]"Actually it isn't. Not even I have been able to pinpoint why and how we were transported here. There may not be a way back to our homes. And some of us may not want to return." [Minako]"But we don't belong here. Zapper said that our being here could disrupt the flow of Destiny in this dimension. We have to go right?" There was a silence for a few minutes as the group thought about what Zapper had said. *enter cheesy flashack sequence* [Zapper]"I don't know why or how, but you guys are stuck here for the time being. Because of you're presence, the flow of Destiny here has already shifted. If you don't leave soon enugh, you'll be included in this dimension's flow of Desiny and won't be able to leave without this dimension collapsing on itself." *end flashack* [Usagi]"I could never forgive myself if that happened. We have to finish this mission as soon as possible and get back to our homes." [Haruka]"Well it isn't that simple is it?" [Washu]"I'm afraid not. Zapper has said this has happened only once before and that was over 10,000 years ago. He doesn't remember how it was resolved because it wasn't recorded down in his log book because of complications he refuses to divuldge." Usagi looks off to the side with a worried look.....
In the training hall Iris was practicing her marksmanship abilities by shooting targets. At first they started out stationary, but eventually as the difficulty level got higher, the targets started to move and then moved faster and faster. [Iris]Only Zero and X have reached the highest difficulty setting on this. Well I'll show them what I am capable of! As she is about to start the next level, a stange looking armored warrior was using twin gatling guns to hit the targets with a bullets. The warrior had large shoulder armor plating. He had equally impressive armor on the rest of his body. While he was using the guns, he had a pole on his back. What kind of weapon it was she could only imagine the possibilities. She eyed his difficulty level and she was surprised. [Iris]HE'S AT LEVEL 86?! NOT EVEN THE BEST OF ZERO AND X'S UNITS CAN GET ABOVE 50! She watched as he hit target after target with precise accuracy, amazing in itself since the gatling guns were supposedly weapons that weren't built for their accuracy. When he reached 90 his shouders opened up to reveal a few hundred missiles. There were only 20 targets for each level and Iris thought this was over- kill. But instead of all the missiles coming out, only 20 did and hit the targets right in the center. Then after he cleared the level, he saved his spot onto a training hall card and removed his.....his head? It appeared this was someone in a suit of armor.....that someone, was Zombie.
Zero, X, and Colonel watched the scene below them from the control room. After witnessing Zombie's demonstration of his mobile armor, they hadn't spoken until Zapper entered. [Zapper]"So what do you think of our mobile armored suits? We discovered them once when we went to a world were military might depended on larger versions of these machines. They were quite impressive so Zombie suggested adding them to our arsenal for in case of an invasion." [X]"Invasion? From who? Who would try to invade here?" [Zapper]"It's not your world in threat of invasion, but my own. Some races despise my race because we've been around since the creation of existence. My race was gifted with various abilities. The most common ones are superhuman stength and speed. Then there's the seperate more personal powers we recieve at birth. Some recieve super intelligience and become researchers. Others go into other jobs dependeing on their powers." [Zero]"So you come from a race of gifted aliens. I can say why they'd be jealous. So what did you get?" [Zapper]"As a member of the Royal Family, we recieve the rarest of gifts. I recieved two abilities instead of one, which is a rare occurance. The first is the ability to copy any attack I see once. That's how I'm able to perform the Senshi's attacks for instance." [Colonel]"You still didn't mention the other one." [Zapper]"The other one I don't like as much. I also have is more like a curse than a gift." [Zero]"Oh what's so bad that it makes it more of a curse than a gift?" [Zapper]"Try the ability to how any person's Destiny will turn out. So far it occurs without my provoketion. I can't control it because I don't want to. I've known the Destinies of so many friends who died and I didn't do a thing to stop their deaths. [X]"I feel sorry for you but of they were destinied to die then that was their Destiny." [Zapper]"You don't understand! I lost so many friends when I was young! One day I saw that an explosion in one of those Destiny visions as they've been called. I ignored it at first because I knew that we were safe. Or so I thought. That afternoon there was an explosion. I remember because I was almost caught in it. One of my closest friends pushed me away before he was engulfed by the blast.....He died saving my life.....Later I learned that of the 1000 people in the immediate vicinity of the blast radius, only 27 of them, including myself survived......I could have prevented it! I could have prevented their senseless deaths from ever happening! But I had to believe in the false security of my own pride! I can never forgive myself for what happened!" With that, Zapper ran from the room with tears in his eyes from the painful memories. X started to motion towards the door before being stopped by [Colonel]"No X. Going now would only make it worse. We've got to let him collect himself and overcome his pain."
As he ran, Zapper thought to himself. [Zapper]I though I had buried these painful memories over 55 million year ago.....I guess I was wrong.....I should have never had mentioned anything about myself because it could alter the flow of Destiny even further! As he ran he bumped into Usagi and the other Senshi. He quickly ran off before they said anything. [Minako]"What's with him?" [Makato]"I don't know. Maybe something came up he had to rush off to." [Michiru]"Didn't you notice Haruka?" [Haruka]"You saw it too?" [Usagi]"Saw what?" [Hotaru]"He was crying." [Usagi]"You guys wait here!" Before they could complain she ran off. [Ami]"This could be trouble you guys. Let's hurry." [All]"Right!" And so they left as well on the trail of their princess.....
When Usagi found him, Zapper was on the roof, sitting at the edge. He was staring out into the horizon. His tears had dried away by now but his face was still slightly red. [Zapper]"Is there something you need Moon Princess?" [Usagi]"How did you know it was me?" [Zapper]"I was able to sense you energy. You have an over-abundance of postive energy that makes you stick out like a sore thumb. It wasn't hard to sense it." [Usagi]"Why were you crying?" [Zapper]]"I thought I was moving fast enough that you wouldn't see the tears. I guess I wasn't fast enough. So do you want to hear my story? My life? My pain? My sorrow?" [Usagi]"The pain won't go away on its own. You need friends to help you with it." [Zapper]".....It's because of my friends that I have that this pain." [Usagi]"Who caused you so much pain and claimed to be your friend?" [Zapper]"It's not like that. It's the pain of their deaths that did this to me. if you wish t understand listen to my voice." For the next 15 minutes he goes over his past 70 million year of life with only the significant parts mentioned. After he finishes, he waits for her response. [Usagi]"I'm sorry. I know what its like to lose a friend. But you can't let it dominate you forever." [Zapper]"You're right. And I believe your friends believe so too." He turns to look at a large structure on the roof. The other Senshi appear from their hiding place, surprised that he knew they were there. [Makato]"An I thought we had such a good hiding place too." [Zapper]"You would have if I didn't have an enhanced hearing ability like most of my race. I heard your heartbeats from two floors down. But that doesn't matter now. Thank you all for helping me overcome the pain of loss. I may not have been able to pull through on this mission if I hadn't. Now let's go get some rest. We're going to need it if we're going to succeed."
On the way to his room, Zapper encountered X and Zero. They were in casual conversaion and didn't notice him approaching. [Zapper]Yet another benefit of my race. We can be unnotice when we want to be. He treasuered the startled look on their faces when he surprised them. X did his best to hold back a not so life threatening Zero. After a hearty laugh, Zapper apoligized. [X]"We're sorry about earlier." [Zapper]"It's ok. Thanks to the Moon Princess, I've learned to deal with it better now. I just never knew how to deal with it correctly because I lived a life of a Prince. I was supposed to be sheltered from such pain. Especially since I'm the yongest. But my mother and father were never there because they disappeared when I was young. I've been looking for them ever since in every dimension I go to." [X]"Well I hope you find them some day. Anyways, we're hitting the sack." With that, X and Zero fo to their respective rooms and Zapper went to his to collect an item of his before returning to the roof. He removed from a case, a violin. He then leapt to the top of a nearby pole and balanced himself while playing a familiar tune.....one that the one proud Silver Millinium he had visited once was fond of..... ____________________________________________________________________________ _____ With the mission about to be underway, will the team be successful? What ever happened to Double? Will he get revenge on Zero and kill Iris? And what about Zapper? Will he find his parents someday? Find out next time in Part 10 of...... NO NEED FOR MAVERICKS AND SENSHI