Disclaimer: Like I said before.
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~It's been three days after the explosion. We had received no word from Pioneer 1. We tried to contact them, but they did not respond. Now, the Principal has come to the decision to send the Hunters down and investigate the surface of Ragol. I was one of them called out. I'm somewhat scared of what I'm soon to do, but how bad could it be? It might have been just some accidental explosion, or something, and we can't communicate...or it could be what everyone says. But we'll never know by just sitting around doing nothing. We Hunters must go and discover this mystery shrouding the communicational loss, and see what really happened to Pioneer 1. We must.
Kaiser YM-956//
Pioneer 2=Mid-cycle
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"Now, you know the mission." The Principal of Pioneer 2 said. "I want each of you to go and find any survivors."
"If you find anything, report back here." A scientist said. "And if, for any reason, it gets too dangerous, come back."
"Is everything clear?" The Principal asked.
"Yes, sir." The hunters said...but one.
"Good, dismissed." The Principal turned and walked back to his desk. The hunters walked back down the walkway and to the teleporter. Among those hunters was Kiarensire. Kia had short blonde hair, blue eyes. He wore a black vest, blue shirt, and black pants. He had on half finger gloves as well. Kia always had a distant expression on his face, as if he were mad, or trying to find something. Many say that because of his high rank, he keeps that expression on just to seem cool. He doesn't. Ever since the Pioneer Project was started, he had this look all the time. The principal didn't like it at first, but grew to accept it, after knowing why he was so distant.
As he walked down to the teleporter, he felt someone touch his shoulder. He looked over and saw a young woman. Kia knew this woman was the Principal's assistant.
"Kia, I have a favor for you." She said. "Will you hear it?"
"...sure." Kia said, in a soft, powerful tone.
"You know the Principal's daughter, right?"
"Yes."
"Alright. Well, you know she was on Pioneer 1 when the explosion was reported, and was not heard from." The women explained. "Since it's not really the Principal's place to ask for such a favor, I request of you to find his daughter, Rico...I beg of you." Kia looked at her for a few seconds, expressionless. To her, the look was like a death sentence, his eyes so distant and blank. He seemed dead in a way.
"...I will." Kia broke the silence.
"Thank you, very much...now, you'd better get going." The women walked back to her desk and went back to her report. Kia had teleported back to the city. After he did, the Principal walked over to his assistant.
"Lori, what did you tell him?" The Principal asked.
"I asked him to do me a favor, that's it." She replied, continuing to work on her report.
"Just, a favor?"
"Sir, that's all I asked of him, nothing more." Lori stood up. "If I'd have told him more I would have said so by now..."
"...right, forgive me." The Principal walked back to his desk.
'I understand, sir.' Lori said mentally. 'He is going to save your daughter.'
//In the city.//
"So they called you out to?" A Ranger (Ramar, black suit) asked.
"Yeah. But hey, couldn't be that bad, right?" An android (Racast, black) said.
"I don't know, Kaiser, they say it's pretty bad"
"Juno, you always think of the bad things." Kaiser stood up. "Come on, I'm pretty good when it comes to fighting."
"After what people say, I dunno...what if I get called out, I'm not that good." Juno leaned his chin in one of his hands. He ran his fingers through his purple hair. Kaiser sat back down. The two didn't say anything for a while. Deciding to break the silence, Juno spoke up. "I hear Kia got called out too."
"Why wouldn't he get called." Kaiser said. "He's the practically the best on P2."
"Do you, not like him?"
"What? Oh, no I do." Kaiser said. "I'm just saying. If we do get called out, maybe we can team up with him"
"...hey, look, there's Michelle." Juno motioned over to a young Fomarl walking just outside the Hunters Guild. "Man she's cute."
"I don't understand this human emotion." Kaiser said, looking at Michelle.
"You will, well, maybe android emotion, or...whatever it is."
"Emotional range?"
"Yeeaah I dunno." Juno looked back at Michelle. "To bad she doesn't like me. She has eyes for Kia."
"Wait, what's she doing?" Kaiser saw Michelle pull something from a bag.
"What the, she didn't have a bag when she left...she looks tired...you don't think she went on Ragol, do you?" Juno stood up.
"Maybe, lets go talk to her." Kaiser stood up and began walking her way. Juno followed. Michelle was examining the device she had pulled from the bag when Kaiser came up.
"Oh, hi." She said, looking up at Kaiser. Michelle was short, with long brown hair and green eyes.
"Michelle, where were you?" Juno asked as he came to a stop. Michelle looked around, like she was looking for anyone eavesdropping. She motioned for the two to follow her. She walked over to a corner, trying to stay out of sight.
"I was on Ragol, but not for long. I did run into some monsters, but don't wo-" Michelle got cut off.
"Monsters?! There are monsters on Ragol?!" Juno demanded.
"What, haven't you been down there yet?"
"No, we were told that we were going down there tomorrow, didn't you hear the meeting?" Kaiser said.
"Meeting?! Oh no, I missed a meeting! Was it important?"
"Yes, very." Kaiser said. "But, we'll explain later, what about this bag?"
"I found it near the Central Dome." Michelle said, pulling the device from earlier out of the bag. "This looks like some kind of message thing."
"Well, well, well, looks like someone forgot to invite me to the party." The three turned around and saw an android (Hucast). The three knew him well. He was always there to mess everything up. His name was Titan.
"I'm sorry, the daycare is two blocks down." Juno said. "Better hurry back."
"You shouldn't be talking, brat." Titan said. "Now let me see the bag, before I force you to."
"Just because you're ranked high doesn't mean you can do whatever." Kaiser said. He walked closer to Titan. "Now why don't you go home."
"I believe it is my job to investigate anything suspicious on Pioneer 2, my friend."
"You must really want to be low." A voice said. "Because your rank is too high to do something like that, Titan."
"Kia!" Michelle saw him out of the corner of her eye.
"Ah, Kia. Well, you still seem to have your brain." Titan looked at the other three. "Unlike some others I know."
"Why don't you shut up and get away." Kia stepped closer to Titan. "Technically, you don't have authorization to be here."
"And why is that?"
"You don't know? Shouldn't you be at a meeting with the Principal?"
"My dear fellow, you are right." Titan began walking towards the teleporter. "So, I'll just be on my way."
"You might wanna hurry." Kia said. He began to walk towards Kaiser as Titan turned and looked at Kia.
"I have plenty of time." Titan said in a low tone. He quickly drew a dagger and watched the small group of friends.
"So, what is this?" Kia asked.
"I found it on Ragol." Michelle said.
"We already talked it our, Kia." Juno said.
"I wasn't going to ask why." Kia said.
"Come one, let's go to my dome. I don't wanna get caught again." Juno said. He began to lead the group to his pad. Kia in back. Titan's eyes went from yellow to red as he ran quickly at Kia. Kaiser sensed someone and turned around to find Titan.
"Kia, watch it!!" Kaiser's announcement made everyone turn. Kia reacted first. He brought out his gold saber and blocked Titan's attack. Kia's speed impressed everyone watching. He did it in the blink of an eye seemingly. Titan was caught by surprise and ended up getting knocked into a wall.
"I think you're going the wrong way, the Principal's that way." Kia said, pointing with his saber. Titan's eyes flickered back to yellow, then black.
"Idiot, he just gives up like that." Kaiser said. "He gives androids a bad name.
"Not to mention hunters." Juno added. "Let's go." The group began to follow Juno. (Again) All but Kia. Michelle turned and saw Kia kneeling next to Titan.
"Kia, what are you doing?" Michelle asked. He didn't answer. Instead, the answer she got was Titan. His eyes flickered and went from white to yellow. He looked around until he noticed Kia.
"Never do that again." Kia said. "Unless you want to get locked in solitary. Now you might wanna get to that meeting, it's important." Kia stood up and followed his friends. Titan stared at Kia for a while before getting up.
"...I never thought I'd say this but, Kia's not bad." Titan said to himself. He watched Kia turn a corner and began walking towards the Principal's teleporter.
"I can see why many look up to you Kiarensire." Kaiser said. "There aren't many like you."
"And that's something I sometimes wish wasn't true." Kia said. Kaiser and Juno were left confused. But Michelle understood. She had gotten very close to Kia, and got to know his deep feelings.
"But, so, back to the earlier discussion." Juno said.
~~
"I hope everyone's alright." A Humar said, as they raced back to the Central Dome. On the way, they saw tons of bodies of monsters. "What the hell happened?" The person stopped as they saw one of the most terrifying sights they had ever seen. Hundreds of bodies, human and monster alike, scattered across the plain near the Central Dome.
I don't believe my eyes, this tragic sight. Why I leave. I left my friends here to die...without notice...I know there's nothing I could have done. The Humar looked down and found a disk.
"Rico?"
"Rico..." The Humar stood up and looked at the scene before them. Why did this happen? For what?
'Maybe if I'd had stayed, this wouldn't have..." The Humar turned and walked. He was now determined to find out what happened. He walked, doing so, he pulled his gun from his pocket, and stopped. He aimed his gun at the setting sun.
"I will accept this new mission brought before me. With all my courage, I shall fight for the lives lost in vain today." He said. "No matter what challenge befalls me, what monsters I meet, who tries to stop me, I shall accept it with courage. For my friends, for my comrades, for my family, and for wondering souls...I will accept this new mission brought before me."
He pulled the trigger on his gun. A huge beam erupted from the weapon and flew over the ground, lighting it. Grass and flowers flew left and right from the energy.
'I'm coming, Rico.'
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~It's been three days after the explosion. We had received no word from Pioneer 1. We tried to contact them, but they did not respond. Now, the Principal has come to the decision to send the Hunters down and investigate the surface of Ragol. I was one of them called out. I'm somewhat scared of what I'm soon to do, but how bad could it be? It might have been just some accidental explosion, or something, and we can't communicate...or it could be what everyone says. But we'll never know by just sitting around doing nothing. We Hunters must go and discover this mystery shrouding the communicational loss, and see what really happened to Pioneer 1. We must.
Kaiser YM-956//
Pioneer 2=Mid-cycle
~~
"Now, you know the mission." The Principal of Pioneer 2 said. "I want each of you to go and find any survivors."
"If you find anything, report back here." A scientist said. "And if, for any reason, it gets too dangerous, come back."
"Is everything clear?" The Principal asked.
"Yes, sir." The hunters said...but one.
"Good, dismissed." The Principal turned and walked back to his desk. The hunters walked back down the walkway and to the teleporter. Among those hunters was Kiarensire. Kia had short blonde hair, blue eyes. He wore a black vest, blue shirt, and black pants. He had on half finger gloves as well. Kia always had a distant expression on his face, as if he were mad, or trying to find something. Many say that because of his high rank, he keeps that expression on just to seem cool. He doesn't. Ever since the Pioneer Project was started, he had this look all the time. The principal didn't like it at first, but grew to accept it, after knowing why he was so distant.
As he walked down to the teleporter, he felt someone touch his shoulder. He looked over and saw a young woman. Kia knew this woman was the Principal's assistant.
"Kia, I have a favor for you." She said. "Will you hear it?"
"...sure." Kia said, in a soft, powerful tone.
"You know the Principal's daughter, right?"
"Yes."
"Alright. Well, you know she was on Pioneer 1 when the explosion was reported, and was not heard from." The women explained. "Since it's not really the Principal's place to ask for such a favor, I request of you to find his daughter, Rico...I beg of you." Kia looked at her for a few seconds, expressionless. To her, the look was like a death sentence, his eyes so distant and blank. He seemed dead in a way.
"...I will." Kia broke the silence.
"Thank you, very much...now, you'd better get going." The women walked back to her desk and went back to her report. Kia had teleported back to the city. After he did, the Principal walked over to his assistant.
"Lori, what did you tell him?" The Principal asked.
"I asked him to do me a favor, that's it." She replied, continuing to work on her report.
"Just, a favor?"
"Sir, that's all I asked of him, nothing more." Lori stood up. "If I'd have told him more I would have said so by now..."
"...right, forgive me." The Principal walked back to his desk.
'I understand, sir.' Lori said mentally. 'He is going to save your daughter.'
//In the city.//
"So they called you out to?" A Ranger (Ramar, black suit) asked.
"Yeah. But hey, couldn't be that bad, right?" An android (Racast, black) said.
"I don't know, Kaiser, they say it's pretty bad"
"Juno, you always think of the bad things." Kaiser stood up. "Come on, I'm pretty good when it comes to fighting."
"After what people say, I dunno...what if I get called out, I'm not that good." Juno leaned his chin in one of his hands. He ran his fingers through his purple hair. Kaiser sat back down. The two didn't say anything for a while. Deciding to break the silence, Juno spoke up. "I hear Kia got called out too."
"Why wouldn't he get called." Kaiser said. "He's the practically the best on P2."
"Do you, not like him?"
"What? Oh, no I do." Kaiser said. "I'm just saying. If we do get called out, maybe we can team up with him"
"...hey, look, there's Michelle." Juno motioned over to a young Fomarl walking just outside the Hunters Guild. "Man she's cute."
"I don't understand this human emotion." Kaiser said, looking at Michelle.
"You will, well, maybe android emotion, or...whatever it is."
"Emotional range?"
"Yeeaah I dunno." Juno looked back at Michelle. "To bad she doesn't like me. She has eyes for Kia."
"Wait, what's she doing?" Kaiser saw Michelle pull something from a bag.
"What the, she didn't have a bag when she left...she looks tired...you don't think she went on Ragol, do you?" Juno stood up.
"Maybe, lets go talk to her." Kaiser stood up and began walking her way. Juno followed. Michelle was examining the device she had pulled from the bag when Kaiser came up.
"Oh, hi." She said, looking up at Kaiser. Michelle was short, with long brown hair and green eyes.
"Michelle, where were you?" Juno asked as he came to a stop. Michelle looked around, like she was looking for anyone eavesdropping. She motioned for the two to follow her. She walked over to a corner, trying to stay out of sight.
"I was on Ragol, but not for long. I did run into some monsters, but don't wo-" Michelle got cut off.
"Monsters?! There are monsters on Ragol?!" Juno demanded.
"What, haven't you been down there yet?"
"No, we were told that we were going down there tomorrow, didn't you hear the meeting?" Kaiser said.
"Meeting?! Oh no, I missed a meeting! Was it important?"
"Yes, very." Kaiser said. "But, we'll explain later, what about this bag?"
"I found it near the Central Dome." Michelle said, pulling the device from earlier out of the bag. "This looks like some kind of message thing."
"Well, well, well, looks like someone forgot to invite me to the party." The three turned around and saw an android (Hucast). The three knew him well. He was always there to mess everything up. His name was Titan.
"I'm sorry, the daycare is two blocks down." Juno said. "Better hurry back."
"You shouldn't be talking, brat." Titan said. "Now let me see the bag, before I force you to."
"Just because you're ranked high doesn't mean you can do whatever." Kaiser said. He walked closer to Titan. "Now why don't you go home."
"I believe it is my job to investigate anything suspicious on Pioneer 2, my friend."
"You must really want to be low." A voice said. "Because your rank is too high to do something like that, Titan."
"Kia!" Michelle saw him out of the corner of her eye.
"Ah, Kia. Well, you still seem to have your brain." Titan looked at the other three. "Unlike some others I know."
"Why don't you shut up and get away." Kia stepped closer to Titan. "Technically, you don't have authorization to be here."
"And why is that?"
"You don't know? Shouldn't you be at a meeting with the Principal?"
"My dear fellow, you are right." Titan began walking towards the teleporter. "So, I'll just be on my way."
"You might wanna hurry." Kia said. He began to walk towards Kaiser as Titan turned and looked at Kia.
"I have plenty of time." Titan said in a low tone. He quickly drew a dagger and watched the small group of friends.
"So, what is this?" Kia asked.
"I found it on Ragol." Michelle said.
"We already talked it our, Kia." Juno said.
"I wasn't going to ask why." Kia said.
"Come one, let's go to my dome. I don't wanna get caught again." Juno said. He began to lead the group to his pad. Kia in back. Titan's eyes went from yellow to red as he ran quickly at Kia. Kaiser sensed someone and turned around to find Titan.
"Kia, watch it!!" Kaiser's announcement made everyone turn. Kia reacted first. He brought out his gold saber and blocked Titan's attack. Kia's speed impressed everyone watching. He did it in the blink of an eye seemingly. Titan was caught by surprise and ended up getting knocked into a wall.
"I think you're going the wrong way, the Principal's that way." Kia said, pointing with his saber. Titan's eyes flickered back to yellow, then black.
"Idiot, he just gives up like that." Kaiser said. "He gives androids a bad name.
"Not to mention hunters." Juno added. "Let's go." The group began to follow Juno. (Again) All but Kia. Michelle turned and saw Kia kneeling next to Titan.
"Kia, what are you doing?" Michelle asked. He didn't answer. Instead, the answer she got was Titan. His eyes flickered and went from white to yellow. He looked around until he noticed Kia.
"Never do that again." Kia said. "Unless you want to get locked in solitary. Now you might wanna get to that meeting, it's important." Kia stood up and followed his friends. Titan stared at Kia for a while before getting up.
"...I never thought I'd say this but, Kia's not bad." Titan said to himself. He watched Kia turn a corner and began walking towards the Principal's teleporter.
"I can see why many look up to you Kiarensire." Kaiser said. "There aren't many like you."
"And that's something I sometimes wish wasn't true." Kia said. Kaiser and Juno were left confused. But Michelle understood. She had gotten very close to Kia, and got to know his deep feelings.
"But, so, back to the earlier discussion." Juno said.
~~
"I hope everyone's alright." A Humar said, as they raced back to the Central Dome. On the way, they saw tons of bodies of monsters. "What the hell happened?" The person stopped as they saw one of the most terrifying sights they had ever seen. Hundreds of bodies, human and monster alike, scattered across the plain near the Central Dome.
I don't believe my eyes, this tragic sight. Why I leave. I left my friends here to die...without notice...I know there's nothing I could have done. The Humar looked down and found a disk.
"Rico?"
"Rico..." The Humar stood up and looked at the scene before them. Why did this happen? For what?
'Maybe if I'd had stayed, this wouldn't have..." The Humar turned and walked. He was now determined to find out what happened. He walked, doing so, he pulled his gun from his pocket, and stopped. He aimed his gun at the setting sun.
"I will accept this new mission brought before me. With all my courage, I shall fight for the lives lost in vain today." He said. "No matter what challenge befalls me, what monsters I meet, who tries to stop me, I shall accept it with courage. For my friends, for my comrades, for my family, and for wondering souls...I will accept this new mission brought before me."
He pulled the trigger on his gun. A huge beam erupted from the weapon and flew over the ground, lighting it. Grass and flowers flew left and right from the energy.
'I'm coming, Rico.'
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