Me: Another chapter, another day! ^_^;;
N-Blade: What's that suppose to mean? o.O;
Me: No clue.... X.x; Man, we in the Southern part of California have been getting some weird weather. Not really sure about the other parts of the state since I haven't been watching the news, but we got rain! It's not suppose to rain in summer! x.X;
Link: Big whoop. True rain is uncommon but no point in pointed it out.
Me: True, but first it was a slightly thunder storm last night, and now a hard rain shower this morning.
Alexis: Quiet you and get on with this chapter and such! You always write too much for these intros!
Me: Touchy......but you got a point. But I like my intros long. =B
Disclaimer: I don't own Medabots and you know it by now right? All borrowed characters belong to their respected owners.
Isis: Why don't I get to appear in this chapter? .o;
Me: Cause, you are hiding! b.b; Review time! ^_^
Xatu, Pokemon Fan: Here's the next chapter and thanks for the review!
Mad-Man: Dang, a halt in the reviews eh? But I won at least! At least I think I did, not sure until you say if I did or not. But, for now I declare I won! Mwuahahah! XD *smacked by Isis* Ow! Fine, this battle is a draw until you review again.
HFH: Is this ASAP enough for ye? And in Henry's defense, it hid the letter in the paper towels and forgot. Kind of like that dude in the Purloined Letter, but at least that guy remembered where he put it! ^_^;; If I buy a CD from you Warren will you quit asking? .o;
Warren: Yes!
Me: Fine......but first, Thanks for the review HFH!
Warren: Well, buy it!
Me: How much? e.e;
Warren: Um, for you $10.
Me: Fine. b.b; *grabs his wallet and pulls out $10 and pays Warren for a CD* There, now never ask for me to buy a CD from you again! .o;
Warren: NEVER SUCKER! MWUAHAHAHAHAHA! *runs off laughing*
Me: Can't believe I let him trick me.... o.o;; Better get on with these reviews..... b.b;
The People of the ERL: *pales from what he sees and hears* By the heavens... o.o Blade I need your katana for a moment, we got a new intro char to save.
N-Blade: Great, now Merrick is going to act mushy! x.X; *hands me his katana*
Me: DIMENSIONAL RIFT! *slices a hole through time and space and out of the hole falls Merrick and Kaira still holding hands*
Kaira: What's the big deal Matt?! *is rubbing her head with her free hand*
Merrick: Yeah, you told me to take Kaira home, so now you bring us both back here? What's the big deal?
Me: One, apparently the Elementle Realm of Light is under attack, and two Kaira must stay here.
Kaira: But if I don't get back, I'll be dead in the next 10 minutes!
Me: Problem solved, someone called Gabriala sent over something called an Impact Locket. And also told me to defeat Mad-Man, which I find odd since I won....*smacked over the head*......ok.....at a draw with.... e.e; *hands locket over to Kaira*
Kaira: *puts it on* So, I get to stay here then?
Me: Yup. Hopefully the gang in the Elementle Realm can handle whatever is attacking them.
Kaira: They might be able to, hopefully they can do so without me there.
Merrick: Don't worry, if things get too rough. Matt will send the 27 year old me, or just myself and N-Blade to help out.
Kaira: *feels slightly better after hearing that*
Phantom Kensai: Er, it was kind of like that episode now that I think about it. Hehe. Man, you got a good memory to remember that, yup got the mirror ball from Men In Black: The Series. It was only two years ago? Feels longer......and you're right all these battle do make it sound like an RPG. Well, thanks for the review!
N-Blade: Let's get on with the chapter!
Me: Not yet, I have an announcement. Guys, there are about only 3 or 4 more chapters before this is done my dear readers. Only two weeks until Alpha is unleashed, and I must do it in 3 or 4 chapters. Can I do it in that many? Let's find out! Mwuahahaha!
Chapter 26: Wolf's Bane and the Bounty Hunter
A week has past since the latest attempted robbery at the Museum of Cultural Arts and Wonders, but a certain Armound(or is it Armond? Can't remember spelling....x.X;) Meda-Evil didn't care. The newspapers were still talking about the mysterious Ninja of Shadows, but Meda-Evil knew who he was and hated him with a vengeance.
A sudden ringing caught his attention, turning to the video-phone on his desk he hit the button. The screen flashed to life, but whoever was the other end had their face cloaked in darkness. However, what little light that did touch the person, revealed it was a woman.
"Ahh, Nisiko I'm glad to see that you finally decided to return my call." grinned Meda-Evil.
"Can it Armound(Armond?)." replied the sultry voice of Nisiko. "I only returned your call because of two reasons: 1) I owed you a favor, and 2) You'd only call me if you had a job for me."
"That is right, Nisi I'm cashing in my favor and that I have a job for you."
Nisiko cringed at what Meda-Evil called her. "Don't call me 'Nisi' my name is Nisiko!" growled the woman.
"So it is, my mistake." mocked Armound(if this is wrong, someone correct it, cause this is what I'm calling him from here out, can't continue typing both). "But onto more serious matters, the job it requires your talents."
"Well, out with it man." demanded Nisiko.
"Your job is to kill the Ninja of Shadows!" laughed Armound evilly.
"The Ninja of Shadows?" repeated Nisiko in surprise. "What has he ever done to you? From my sources, I've heard he's a pretty decent fighter and from what I watched on the news he has some kind of power."
"A bounty hunter isn't suppose to ask questions." stated Meda-Evil.
"Well, we do depending on the job." retorted the bounty hunter. "What did he do that it requires me to kill him?"
"I just need him out of the way. I know that you said whenever I cashed in this favor that I never needed to pay you, but this is a different case. If you kill him and bring his head and body to me, I'll pay you 25 million American."
"25 million American?!" repeated the bounty hunter surprised. She never was offered so much money on a normal job, let alone one that was a favor! Behind the shadows she was grinning. "Since I have no choice either way, I'll take the job."
"Good, and to let you know his real name is Merrick, and that he has more powers than that simple blast that was on the news," started Meda-Evil. "but he shouldn't be too difficult for a woman of your expertise."
"Have any more info on him for me? Like where he lives, or patrols? From what I know, he travels nearly all of Japan searching for any injustices. And I doubt even I can find him if he runs around Japan."
"I don't know where he lives, but he probably stays near the home of his counterpart. I'll send you the address." answered Armound.
"Counterpart? What do you mean?" inquired Nisiko.
"He has a Medabot counterpart. From my sources, it appears Merrick is from a different dimension, where his nemesis turned him into a medal. With what I've seen for myself, his Medabot counterpart has his own mind and personality as does Merrick. Yet, Merrick seems to remember his Medabot life, which I find odd." answered Meda-Evil.
"I think I have enough information, this Merrick won't know what hits him." declared Nisiko smirking.
"See to it that you do, see to it that you do."
It was early morning within the Brochette home. The time was around 5:57 and Merrick was the only occupant awake, except for Jonathan Brochette. Lucky for Merrick, the Brochettes never questioned him about the museum robbery, though he had a feeling they knew it was him that tried to stop it. Even though he and the others explained everything to Mr. and Mrs. Brochette, they never told them he was the Ninja of Shadows.
After taking a shower, he pulled on a loose white shirt and some grey sweats. As he finished combing his hair, he slid down the railing and headed for the kitchen. It was like that every day since he lived with the Brochettes. He'd shower, wear whatever clothes, and make breakfast for the family. He always had to leave Mrs. Brochette's breakfast warming in the oven, while Mr. Brochette always got to eat with his child, niece, and Merrick.
"So, what do you do for a living Mr. Brochette?" asked Merrick as he drank some of his orange juice.
"I'm the head engineer that designs and creates new Medabots and Medaparts for one of the other companies that feed into the Medabot Corporation." answered Jonathan.
"That explains why your son and niece here know so much about designing Medabots and Medaparts. Have you ever given any of Matt's designs to your company?"
"A few, but only with his consent first." answered the adult. Glancing at his watch and the clock for reassurance he got to his feet. "Excuse me everyone, but it's time for me to leave." Pushing in his seat and taking one more gulp of coffee he thanked Merrick, and bid the three farewell and left the house.
"So, that is where you got all your money from for creating these upgraded parts, eh?" implored Merrick. "Splitting the money your father gets from selling your designs? Pretty smart I suppose."
"Lets get the facts straight here. One my father does give me money from some of the designs I gave him, but that's not where I get the materials needed for creating and designing my own bots. I have my own connections, which is weird in itself for no 10 year old should have connections." answered Matt.
"You have connections? I never seen you leave this house in this form or as N-Blade, so how do you have connections?" asked a now curious ninja.
"He does alright? Just leave it at that, so I can finish my breakfast in peace." snapped Alexis, going back to eating her food. The two males raised an eyebrow at the girl.
"What's with her?" whispered Merrick to Matt.
"Don't know, but she acts moody at times." Matt whispered back.
"Quit talking about me!" shouted Alexis.
"Man she has good hearing....." mumbled both Merrick and Matt.
The ninja looked at the girl he befriended and wondered what was wrong with her. As N-Blade he remembered what Matt said to her, she does act moody at times. But why? Was something upsetting her? Highly possible, then it hit him Alexis always acted meaner and more on edge at a certain time. Numerous sweatdrops appeared behind his head as he knew why Alexis was acting weird, but slightly surprised at how someone intelligent and slightly mature for his age didn't catch on to why Alexis acted moody. Merrick made a mental note to not bug Alexis for the next few days.
"So what's on the agenda today?" asked the Wolf
"How about we head to the park? For a little quiet time?" suggested Matt.
"Sounds good." nodded N-Blade giving a thumbs up.
"Quiet time? Why do we need quiet time?" questioned Alexis.
"Hey, it's just a suggestion cuz." said Matt in his defense. "What do you want to do then?"
"I don't know, but the park does sound good." admitted Alexis.
"Want me to make you guys some sandwiches or something?" asked Merrick after finishing his breakfast.
"Why? Aren't you going with us?" asked the others.
"Not this time guys. I have to clean the house, and then I'm heading downtown to an antique shop."
"An antique shop? For what?" questioned Matt.
"To get myself a new katana of course. I helped out the owner, so I might as well buy my katana from there."
"Makes sense, you needed a new sword." stated N-Blade.
"Well you want the sandwiches or not?"
"Er, why not?" said Matt.
"Fine, by the time you two are done with breakfast, taking a shower, and getting dressed I'll have your sandwiches." smirked Merrick.
"Yeah yeah." grumbled the two kids finishing their breakfast and headed upstairs.
Gathering the dishes, Merrick wasn't sure to clean them first or make the sandwiches. Better make the sandwiches. thought Merrick. With odd speed, he gathered bread, ham, cheese, and a variety of other sandwich fillings he made a total of 10 sandwiches. Wrapping each sandwich in plastic wrap, he stuff them all in a picnic basket. Throwing in a couple bags of chips, and a six pack of soda he was done.
"Er, don't you think you went a little overboard?" sweatdropped Link.
"Maybe so, but whatever. Those two are like my little brother and sister, so why not go a little overboard for them?"
"Well, that makes sense, sort of." answered the three Medabots.
"Now if you excuse me, I got dishes to wash." stated Merrick heading to the large pile of dishes. The three Medabots having nothing better to do, went to the living room to watch TV.
The time was fifteen after eight when Merrick finished the dishes. At the same time, his 'little brother and sister' came down the stairs. Asking Merrick where the sandwiches were, Matt went to the picnic basket and nearly fell over buy the weight of it. He wasn't expecting it to be so heavy, and looked at Merrick with a raised eyebrow.
"I won't even ask why you made so many...." said Matt. "Come on guys, lets head for the park."
With that said and done, the group of five were out the door. Looking over the house, Merrick wondered how long it would take him to clean before he could leave for the antique shop. Knowing using his Shadow Clone technique might scare Mrs. Brochette half to death, he decided just to do the job himself. Almost, an hour later of cleaning he was barely done with the ground floor. This is when Mrs. Brochette decided to come down stretching and yawning slightly.
"Good morning, Merrick." yawned Rose Brochette.
"Good morning." greeted Merrick back as he was dusting the wooden furniture.
"Where are the kids?" she asked noticing the empty home.
"Out at the park, don't worry they have food if they get hungry." answered Merrick now cleaning the inside of the windows.
"Merrick, you don't need to keep cleaning this house. It's clean as it is, and if you do I won't have anything to do." mock scolded Mrs. Brochette.
"Er, since you're mocking me somewhat, does that mean you want me to continue cleaning?"
"I wasn't mocking you."
"I concur, you were Miss."
"I wasn't."
"You were."
"I wasn't" insisted Rose.
"You were." argued Merrick yet again.
"I wasn't and that's final." said Mrs. Brochette slightly peeved.
"Fine, you weren't." sighed Merrick in defeat. "So you want me to continue cleaning?"
"No, but if you keep asking that I will. Now run along dear."
"Er, I have to get dressed in some street clothes..." sweatdropped Merrick gesturing to his sweats and shirt.
"Hehe, that's right. Now get dressed before running along." grinned Rose.
Merrick just sweatdropped some more before running upstairs into his room. His room wasn't much, pretty plain since he just moved into it. A desk, bed, closet, a dresser with a TV on it, and a window. Yup, that was his room pretty much. Going to his closet he took off his shirt and pulled on a grey one. Over that shirt he decided to wear a black vest. Replacing his sweats, was a pair of navy blue pants that looked exactly like the pair he had before. He put his wolf medallion over his neck, and wore his a normal black belt. Grabbing a pair of black sneakers he went downstairs and put them on.
"Later Mrs. Brochette. I'll be back sometime before dinner!" he yelled as he was out the door. Unknown to him, watching him from the roof was a silver clad woman. Sensing something, Merrick turned around and looked toward the roof, but saw no one. Shrugging it off as if it was nothing, he continued on his way. The woman reappeared and was watching him again.
"Hmm, I'm surprised he sensed me. Not many have, Armound was wrong, this might be more difficult even for me." declared Nisiko before disappearing in the wind.
The Park
It was about four hours(making it 12 PM) that our small band of heroes were at the park. They were in a slightly more unseen part of the park. They were in a small clearing, some couple yards from the larger clearing with the fountain. Matt was leaned against a tree snoozing slightly, while his cousin was reading some novel she brought with her. The Ninja and Elf Medabots were meditating, while the Wolf was curled up asleep. All was peaceful, until....
"WHAT'S UP DUDES?!" yelled Rintaro popping out of a tree.
"GAH!" screamed the five. "RINTARO!"
"So there you are." smirked Samantha coming into the clearing along with the rest of the Screws.
"What you doing hiding over here?" questioned Spike.
"We aren't hiding, we were relaxing." snapped Alexis.
"What's with her? Isn't she suppose to be the somewhat calm and quiet one?" implored Sloan. However, he was sent airborne by one good uppercut from Alexis.
"Nothing is wrong with me." The others huddled with Matt talking about Alexis.
"Something is up. I just don't know what." stated Matt.
"Yeah, we can tell." muttered the others.
"Does she always become moody dude?"
"At points, but like I said, I don't know why."
"QUIT TALKING ABOUT ME!" roared Alexis who's yell threw the everyone into the clearing. Everyone's eyes were swirling. "That's what you get."
"Er, what happened here?" asked Metabee as he and Ikki just came upon the scene.
"What does it look like Metabee? It seems that someone threw them all there." answered Koji who just came as well with Sumilidon.
"This will make a good story! "Trouble at the Park" will be the headline!" exclaimed Erika snapping pictures, while Brass sweatdropped slightly.
"Ugh, well it seems the gang is all here....well almost....no Warren and Dragonite, but like normal they are bugging Henry." said Matt wobbling slightly.
24 HopMart
Warren and Dragonite were singing once again and Henry was getting more impatient. He asked the two to stop over ten times, but they never heard him. He was reaching for something behind the counter and pulled out.......a broom!
"WARREN AND DRAGONITE THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU TWO WILL BE SINGING IN MY STORE!" shouted Henry chasing after the two swinging the broom.
"GAH! All you had to say was stop!" yelled Warren ducking under a swing.
"Yeah!" agreed Dragonite who kept tripping slightly every now and again over his own blocky feet.
"I TRIED! THIS IS THE LAST TIME! YYYYYAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!" screamed Henry striking the two with a powerful swing with his broom.
"OOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!" screamed the two in pain.
Back at the Park
Wolfbane's ears perked up and Peppercat's twitched. "Did you guys hear something?" asked the two in unison.
The others strained their ears, but heard nothing. "Um, no....why?"
"I thought I heard a cry of pain." answered the two in unison.
"You two probably did, your audio receptors are better than the Medabots here, and better than human hearing." commented Matt.
The gang didn't need good hearing to hear a branch snap. As they turned their attention to where the noise came from, a bombardment of missiles flew at them. Scrambling out of the way, the missiles struck the ground, throwing dust everywhere.
"Man, what's with it that we always seem to be missile targets?" coughed Alexis.
"Well, it's always the Robos...that we know. The day it isn't is the day I eat my sock." coughed Matt in reply.
"Mwuahahaha!" came the laugh of the Robo Generals.
"Told ya cuz...."
"Didn't like Darkwolf's Magna Rockets did ya?" cackled Gillgirl.
"Darkwolf?" questioned the others and then they saw Darkwolf.
The dust was clearing to reveal and black and red male Medabot. The shocking thing was is that he looked exactly like Wolfbane, that is if he wasn't black and red. Like Wolfbane he looked like a wolf, however unlike Wolfbane his armor didn't have actual fur appearance. His armor, was just like any other Medabot's armor. His legs were sleek and black on the outside, but red on the inside. His feet were like that of a wolf's and had wicked long clawed toes. He had slightly thinner torso skirt protection than Wolfbane, but if it was weaker or stronger, no one was sure. Like Wolfbane, he had on a belt, but the buckle was a black wolf head with red eyes. His body was sleek and aerodynamic. The center of his chest was red, while the rest was black. He had round shoulders and black and red arms with wick claws for hands. His head was that of a real wolf's and black on top while the bottom of his snout was red like his chest. Red optics shone brightly and seemed enhanced thanks to the dust still in the air.
Vital Stats
WLF-3724
Darkwolf, Type: Wolf
Medafighter: Dr. Meda-Evil
Temporary Medafighter: Seaslug
Specialty: Plasma Fury
"Hmm, a dark version of Wolfbane. Think you can handle it buddy?"
"More than able too." declared the Wolf.
"Well, you aren't alone my friend. We're behind you all the way." said N-Blade.
"Yeah!" agreed the others.
"Thank you. Now it's time to rumble!" smirked Wolfbane.
"Then it's agreed!" shouted Mr. Referee after squeezing out of top of the fountain. "I officially declare this a submission Robattle between Darkwolf and Team Wolfbane. The rules are simple, the first to stop the other from function wins. The loser must then submit one Medapart to the winner for keeps. I, Mr. Referee, shall act as referee so no one gets hurt. Medafighters ready?"
"Yeah!" cried everyone.
"Medabots ROBATTLE!"
Even though Darkwolf was out numbered 10-to-1 he didn't seem worried. The glint in his red eyes showed it. The ten Medabots of the good side charged at the lone wolf, but he didn't even move. The Robos were calm and so was the Black Wolf. But why?
Downtown
Merrick walked most of the way towards downtown, before getting fed up and using his ninja speed to get there faster. It was three hours he spent walking, and it was now 12 PM. But within most of those three hours he kept turning his head back, he had a feeling that someone or something was following him. He just wasn't sure what.
Turning a corner he saw the shop he wanted to go to Rare Finds and Antiques. I never noticed the name before...kind of glad I didn't.... thought Merrick as he had giant sweatdrops on the back of his head.
From what he remember, the shop owner was an elderly man he only knew as Mr. Clark. But when he entered the shop, there was someone else behind the counter. She was quite short, only around 5 feet Merrick guessed. She was 17 years old, had raven black hair that fell past her shoulders and violet eyes. She was wearing a red shirt and white skirt(that the counter covered). Around her neck was a gold choker and had on gold armlets. When she heard the bell, she looked up from her magazine to look at Merrick.
"Welcome to Rare Finds and Antiques. How can I help you?" asked the girl politely.
"Er, where is Mr. Clark?" asked Merrick in response. "He had a sword I wished to see and possibly buy."
"My grandfather is away with my uncle and asked me to run the store. He never told me that he was holding a sword for anyone. What is your name, sir?"
"My name is Merrick. And you are?"
"Holly." simply answered the girl. "I'll take you to where we hold the swords, come this way please." Holly got around from the counter and was walking up the stairs. Merrick followed the teen and lead him to the section upstairs dedicated to swords. Merrick didn't remember seeing this many swords the last time he was here, there were over 20 swords!
"Which was the sword you wanted to see and buy?" asked Holly.
"Now I don't even remember. I don't remember seeing this many swords here last time..." admitted Merrick.
"Well just look them over, and don't try anything funny because I have self defense training."
Merrick just sweatdropped at the girl's comment. Like he would do anything, the swords were in a giant glass case. Not like he was going to break the glass with his fist or anything to get them cut up to get a sword. Walking to where a variety of katanas were displayed he looked them over.
Then he saw the one he wanted. It was the blade was long and bluish silver. The hilt was gold and black and its sheathe was plain save for a few markings etched into it. If he didn't know any better, Merrick would have said this was his old katana, but that was impossible, wasn't it? The sheathe did look a lot like the one he had a home, but how would that be possible? Not wanting to think about it any more, he said this was the sword he wanted. Pulling out a set of keys, she unlocked the case and sheathe the katana.
"You picked my favorite one out of the bunch. But it is probably better in your hands, that is if you know how to use it." smirked Holly.
"I know how to use a sword of any kind, Miss Holly." retorted Merrick.
"Don't call me Miss Holly." scowled the girl before leaving downstairs with the blade. Merrick followed the girl down.
"This sword costs 36,100 yen. Cash or credit?" asked Holly.
"How about 100 pure gold coins that are worth more than 36,100 yen?" smirked Merrick.
"No one carries gold anymore, these aren't the Middle Ages." snorted the girl. Merrick fished out his leather pouch and dumped its contents on the counter. Holly's eyes widen in wonder and surprise. She looked up at Merrick wondering who he is if he carries gold.
"I'll take my sword thank you." concluded Merrick as he took the katana and strapped it to his back. "Good day to you and tell your grandfather hello for me, if you tell him what sword I took, he'll know who I am." Barely recovering from her shock she just nodded to him as he left.
Deciding it best be time to patrol, he shifted his form and became the Ninja of Shadows. Clothed back in black he jumped to the roof of the nearest building. Then he felt that feeling of being watched again and turned quickly throwing a storm of shuriken. His stars just clashed with the steel of a heating duct. Whatever this feeling was, and whoever was following him didn't leave this time.
Reaching for his sword his hand was hit by a round object forcing him to rear his hand back in pain. Looking at the object he saw it was just about the size of a quarter, heck it was a quarter! Someone hit him with a piece of American currency. Rubbing his hand he looked around for whoever threw the quarter. Then he heard it, it was laughter, and the mocking kind to boot. Turning around he saw that it was a woman.
"Is it me or do tons of women like annoying me?" muttered the ninja to himself.
This woman was clad in all silver and 5'10 in height. The material of the clothing was either leather, or some form of rubber. Whatever it was made of, it clung tightly to the woman's skin showing off all her curves and chest. She had on silver high heel boots that stopped a bit before her knees. On her waist she wore a silver belt with many pouches around it. Her hands were covered by silver gloves that had fins on their respected sides and went almost to her elbows. Strapped to her back was a sword that had a silver hilt. She wore a simple silver mask that covered her eyes and nose. She had silver hair that went down to the small of her back.
"Who are you? Silver Woman?" joked the Ninja of Shadows to the slightly shorter person before him. (A/N: I just realized I never said how tall he was in the past few chapter... o.o; He's 6'2)
"Grr, I am not Silver Woman! I'm Nisiko the Dreaded Bounty Hunter!" growled the silver woman...*kicked and punched*....not again.....*cough*.....Nisiko.
"Bounty Hunter, eh? Who'd want my head? Never mind, let me guess....Meda-Evil....."
"I never reveal my client's name! Now prepare for battle!" challenged Nisiko drawing out her silver sword.
What's with this woman and silver? I wouldn't be surprised if her eyes were silver too! And for all I know they are. thought Merrick. He just sighed and drew his sword. If it's a fight she wants it's a fight she gets, it'll be her funeral.
The two charged at each other and their clash began. Who'd be the victor?
The Medabots were upon Darkwolf, but the Black Wolf just disappeared! A sudden volley of Magna Rockets flew at the group. Everyone managed to avoid the volley, but Totalizer who defended himself with a new option he discovered, the Crystal Barrier(it forms a red energy shield around himself the shape of a basic crystal). The group was going to return fire, but he suddenly gone.
"How do we fight this guy?!" shouted Peppercat constantly scanning the area and keeping her ears open. A sudden noise caught her attention from above and she brought her staff up just in time to block a powerful slash from the gold energy blade of Darkwolf. She was surprised her staff even held against the weapon. Not wanting to lose him, she threw him off her staff by shifting her weight and connected with his jaw.
"Feral Fire!" yelled Darkwolf. His left arm transformed into a large rectangle with a giant barrel and fired a barrage of yellow lasers at Peppercat. The KAT-type dodged with ease, but Totalizer didn't see the attack coming in time to raise his Crystal Barrier. The lasers blew some holes through his armor exposing some circuitry, but he was alright and willing to fight. He returned the favor by firing multiple rounds off his Omni-Cannons at Darkwolf. Sloan, worried for his Medabot glanced at his Medawatch to see how much damage really happened to him.
Totalizer: 23% Damage to Head. 46% Damage to Body. Warning! Internal Circuitry Exposed! 21% Damage to Right Arm. 24% Damage to Left Arm. 33% Damage to Legs.
"Well, he's not that damaged I guess." commented Sloan.
Darkwolf's arm quickly changed back to normal and he dodged the lasers. Smirking, the insides of his mouth, and his hands were ablaze with white energy. He was going to use Plasma Fury! The group noticing this fired whatever projectile they could to stop him, but it was too late. He avoided the attacks and sent the three beams of plasma energy at Totalizer! Totalizer tried defending with Crystal Barrier, but his internal circuitry sparked and wouldn't let him and he was nailed by the plasma blasts and thrown right into Krosserdog.
Totalizer: 135% Damage to All Parts. Function Ceased.
Krosserdog taking some damage from having Totalizer thrown into him and being hit by some of the plasma threw Totalizer off of him and stood up. Being madder then he's ever been, his Omega Rifles popped out and he fired on the Black Wolf. Metabee and Kantaroth fired their Seeker Missiles at Darkwolf as well. The Black WLF grabbed the missiles and threw all four at Metabee. Summoning his Golden Blade he deflected the lasers flying at him to Kantaroth. Trusting the energy blade within the earth, it sent two shockwaves of energy that hit Krosserdog and Kantaroth. All three Medabots hit the ground at the same time ceasing to function.
The gang looked at Darkwolf with looks of shock tinged with fear. Darkwolf seemed to be doing the impossible, and was an expert at it. Knowing if they panic now or lose confidence, they'd fall to the might of Darkwolf. Gathering what confidence they had left they ordered their Medabots to strike the foul Wolf.
Darkwolf dodged out of the way of lasers and stars. Using his Golden Blade he was able to bat Sumilidon's Fang Rockets into the sky. The Black Wolf blocked Peppercat's staff blow with his left arm and Link's sword with his energy blade. However, he didn't get a chance to avoid Wolfbane's Lupine Laser to the chest. Stumbling back, he was tripped by Peppercat and hammered with a lightning fast strikes. Link was going to go for a stab, but Darkwolf blasted him and Peppercat away with dual plasma blasts from his hands. Getting up, he reared back his head and unleashed Sonic Blast wiping out both Link and Peppercat in one shot. Only N-Blade, Wolfbane, and Brass now stood in his way.
The bounty hunter and ninja's blades clashes against the other. Merrick was using a katana, while Nisiko was using a knight's sword. He noticed that her sword had runes etched down the center. If this wasn't a fight for his life, he may have been able to translate the runes and find their meaning. Slamming his right leg into the woman's side he was able to break up their grapple fest.
Pulling out three kunais he threw them at the fallen bounty hunter. True, he may have honor to a certain degree, but never would show honor to someone like a bounty hunter. The dagger like weapons went through Nisiko and she appeared behind Merrick. If he never did this before it would have surprised him, and he blocked an overhead sword blow without turning.
Nisiko being surprised at Merrick's skill jumped back slightly. Deciding play time was over she sent out a silver blast at Merrick. She never expected the ninja to slice through the attack with his glowing black sword. Surprise was written all over the bounty hunter's face.
"How did you....?" asked Nisiko in surprise.
"I'm the Ninja of Shadows and former Shadow Knight. A warrior from a different time and dimension! I've faced worse than you!" declared Merrick running at her.
Nisiko barely blocked Merrick's attack, she and her blade strained under the might of Merrick and his glowing sword. Deciding it's better to live then keep her own powers secret her blade flashed a radiant silver throwing Merrick back a bit. Charging at him, she gave a powerful kick to his stomach. Merrick stumbled back holding his stomach.
"Watch the heel would you?" groaned Merrick as he rubbed his stomach.
Nisiko just smirked at him sensing a kill now. Her blade flashed violently as she charged at him. Merrick thought ahead, ducked under her sword and delivered a shoulder thrust. The two went down and landed in a funny position. Nisiko went ballistic, threw Merrick off of her and was blushing furiously as she stood up. Merrick rubbed his head and noticed how wild Nisiko was slashing at him. All he could do was defend.
Man, she goes ballistic just because my head landed on her chest? Like it was my fault! thought Merrick bitterly looking for any opening but finding none. Screw it, I'll risk getting hurt...
Throwing out his right leg he tripped Nisiko. But in the process one of her wild swings went for his head and just managed to block with his left gauntlet hand. Kicking her a few feet away he checked his wrist and was relieved his gauntlet held, but his hand was painfully numb. Shaking his left hand back and forth brought the feeling back into it slightly, but he didn't have much time before having to block a foot flying at him. He grabbed her foot and held onto it forcing Nisiko to balance only on one leg.
Her sword was going for his head, but he blocked with his katana. Bashing the hilt of his sword into her wrist forced her to drop her sword. Gasping in pain and glaring at Merrick with eye full of hatred she wanted to hurt him badly. But she didn't get a chance to react as Merrick grabbed her other foot causing her to crash down onto the roof. Doing something on TV, he lifted her over his head and did a Power Bomb!
Nisiko cried out in pain as her back slammed into the roof. Groaning, she didn't notice that Merrick was walking towards her sword. Trying to sit up, she did it with difficulty and was clutching her pounding her head. Opening her eyes and blinking away tears of pain, she saw Merrick standing over her with her sword in his hand. Nisiko widen her eyes in terror and was crawling back in fear.
Merrick was ignoring her state of shock and examining the runes on the blade and smirked. What the runes translate into made it the perfect sword for someone in her profession. Noticing that she was crawling away in fear he just smirked. Walking up to her, he just trust her blade into the roof.
"The runes translation suits you Miss. 'Sword of the Hunt' it fits your profession. I defeated you, so I'll give you the choice of running away and not bothering me again. But if you do come back, I won't go easy on you, and that's a promise." declared Merrick turning his back to the bounty hunter and walking off.
He made a big mistake! thought Nisiko as she got back to her feet. She drew her sword out of the roof and charged at Merrick sword raised.
Darkwolf was dodging left and right to avoid the lasers and stars that flew at him. And he was getting fed up with it, from his palms popped out a single laser barrel each. Using this move known as Wolf Blasters, he managed to nick the three and force them the break their current formation.
Using this distraction, he leaped up into the air and summoned his Golden Blade. He was going to bring it down upon Brass' head to cleave her in half, if the Arctic Blade blocked the Golden Blade. Growling at the Black Wolf, Wolfbane threw Darkwolf back. He blew Darkwolf away using Wolf Howl. After the Black WLF got up and noticing the sonic based attack flying at him, he braced himself and was thrown back by the sound attack.
Darkwolf: 15% Damage to All Parts.
Growling, the Black Wolf reared back his head to unleashed Sonic Blast, and would have done so if N-Blade didn't hit him from behind with a few explosive shuriken. Now being pissed, he stabbed his blade into the earth and sent out three shockwaves for the remaining bots. N-Blade jumped up a tree to avoid the attack, but it followed him up the tree! He jumped off as the tree split in half. Brass thought she could avoid the wave coming at her by jumping to the side, but it changed position and hit her badly. Wolfbane jumped forward confusing the wave forcing it to cancel itself out. Erika glanced at her Medawatch as did Seaslug.
Brass: 94% Damage to Head. 97% Damage to Body. 93% Damage to Arms. Weapons Off-Line. 95% Damage to Legs. Mobility Compromised. Shut-Down Imminent.
Darkwolf: 21% Damage to All Parts.
"Brass is pretty much out of the picture. But who knows if she might be able to pull something. So let's keep Darkwolf away from her." suggested Wolfbane. The Ninja-type just nodded in response.
The two ran at Darkwolf, Arctic Blade and Shadow Blade charged katana in hand. Darkwolf grinned and used Wolf Blasters Delta; rail guns appeared on his shoulders as did chain guns on his sides, and his normal single barrel cannons in his palms. A volley of golden lasers flew at the two, forcing them to break their charge. The dirt where they once stood was riddled with holes. His guns and palms moving independently to follow the two, until he was forced to turn around.
N-Blade appeared behind Darkwolf and was going to slash down when suddenly the four extra guns pointed at him and blew him back. His armor was riddled with dent like holes. He was lucky he was able to land on his feet to run away from further attack. Knowing the weapons were a danger, he decided to take them out. He sheathed his sword and pulled out his daggers. Using Shadow Dagger Trust, he managed to cut off the two rail guns.
N-Blade: 49% Damage to Body. 23% Damage to Arms. 25% Damage to Legs.
Wolfbane seeing how N-Blade sliced off Darkwolf's extra weapons he liked the idea. Darkwolf turned around to deal with N-Blade, but the chain guns were still aimed at himself and firing. Quickly running to the side the fired a blast from his laser cannon and destroyed the right chain gun. Using the same strategy he ran quickly to the left and blasted the left one.
"AAAAAAARRRRRRRWWWWWWOOOOOO!!!!!!" howled Darkwolf in anger. His red eyes glinted a darker shade and aiming his cannon missile launcher he fired off multiple rounds of his Magna Rockets at N-Blade. The Ninja-type countered with a swarm of his own explosive shuriken, but even firing with both shooters, it seemed the missile payload was faster, and he was struck by round after round until Wolfbane sliced the missile launcher off.
N-Blade: 91% Damage to All Parts. Knee Servos Damaged. Mobility Compromised.
N-Blade was on his back unable to get back up thanks to the damage to his knee servos. Darkwolf and Wolfbane glared at the other, both unleashed their sonic attacks at each other and the two sound attacks canceled each other out. White energy gathered in Darkwolf's hands and mouth, as blue energy gathered in Wolfbane's hands and mouth. They both were going to see who was stronger with their ultimate attacks.
"Plasma......" said Darkwolf.
"Arctic........" said Wolfbane.
"....FURY!" they cried as one.
The triple threat white and blue blast met each other in the air. It was a battle of strength, but this battle seemed like a stalemate. If one end seemed to be gaining the edge, the other would counter with more strength bringing it back to an even blast and pushing a little further. This was no battle of strength, it was of endurance. The energy bubble that was created due to the two blasts, was suddenly growing larger and larger. Everyone noticed this and didn't want to see that thing burst...........
Too late, the bubble exploded throwing the two wolves away from each other. Not only that, but the explosion flew towards the humans, a black aura surrounded the humans shielding them, but they were knocked back and still passed out thanks to the force of the blow(except for Mr. Referee, he was the only one standing). The grinding of servos was heard throughout the clearing and the two wolves took heavier damage due to the fact they were the nearest to the blast. Matt and Seaslug's beeped out their damage status.
Darkwolf: 87% Damage to All Parts. Servos Damaged. Mobility Compromised.
Wolfbane: 89% Damage to All Parts. Mobility Compromised.
"You're finished Good Wolf! Feral Fire!"
Darkwolf's arm transformed into the giant gun and fired a bombardment of lasers flew at Wolfbane. Trying to run to avoid the blasts, he just ended up and tripped over his feet. The lasers struck the fallen Wolf and threw him into the air before crashing back down and ceased to function.
"Now, only to destroy the Ninja!" cackled Darkwolf. He aimed his gun at N-Blade, but was surprised to see him standing. Firing his giant gun on the Ninja, the giant lasers flew at him, but were met with a multiple bursts of shadow energy. It was going to be another stalemate, if a sudden blue light caught the two's attention. Turning to their right(or left in Darkwolf's case) they saw the badly damaged Brass with her hands cupped back.
"As a great Medabot would say: 'It's time to kiss your bot good-bye!'" cried Brass sending the blue beam known as Astral Pulse at Darkwolf. The Black Wolf didn't have time to even react and was thrown into the nearest tree.
Darkwolf: 189% Damage to All Parts. Function Ceased.
"The winners are Team Wolfbane!" declared Mr. Referee. At that, the humans woke up, and the Robos ran away like normal, but after picking up Darkwolf.
"Good job, Brass." grinned N-Blade giving Brass a thumbs up.
"Thanks." said Brass before falling to her knees. "N-Blade, remind me to never use that again in this sort of state."
"Er, ok...." sweatdropped N-Blade.
"Darkwolf is a force to be reckoned with. Wolfbane is almost his equal, but with all those extra weapons, I'm not sure Wolfbane can stop him...." admitted Matt as he inserted Wolfbane's medal in his Medawatch.
"Don't worry, Matt. I know what he's fully capable now, next time we bout I will win." declared the voice of Wolfbane.
"That's my wolf, never can keep you down. But if the Robos keep getting stronger like this, I don't know if we can stop them." stated Matt.
"Don't fret, Matt. Self confidence is a key element in wining a Robattle. Just have faith and confidence and nearly no one can stop you." declared N-Blade.
"You are wise my friend, so very wise. Well at points." smirked Matt. "Come on guys, we need to repair some bots."
Picking up their Medabots they took them over to Matt's house for yet another Repair Party. Yet, unknown to them, that Merrick was fighting like them, or that Merrick's life was in danger at the moment.
Merrick's ears never heard the noise of sword going into scabbard while walking away. He knew the choice Nisiko made, and sighed. Turning around with fluid motion he grabbed Nisiko's sword arm and forced her to drop it. Pulling her arms back and pinning to the ground he pulled back her hair and leaned down to whisper something in her ear.
"I gave you a chance Nisiko, and I'm giving you one more right now. If you value your life, don't try anything stupid like that again. I've always given my foes two chances, and you are on your last one Nisiko. So, don't come after me."
Giving a sharp tug on Nisiko's right arm, a sickening cracking noise filled the air and a cry of pain from Nisiko. "Something to remind you not to come after me. I bid you adieu." In a flash of light and puff of smoke Merrick was no where to be seen.
Cradling her right arm, and chanting something through tears of pain a silver light engulfed the arm and it was good as new. Picking up her sword she sheathed it, and somewhere in her mind she knew Merrick could still see her and hear her.
"Merrick, this isn't the last time we meet. I swear to you that next time I will win and you will lose." declared Nisiko.
"We shall see." whispered the voice of Merrick in the wind. "We shall see, indeed."
To Be Continued.....
Isn't that Darkwolf something? One tough customer he is. And what about Nisiko? How does a human like her have powers? And what's with her obsession with silver? Only two weeks remain before the Alpha Project is complete, can our heroes stop it before it is complete? When will Nisiko attack again? Will she win the next time they meet like she declared? Or will Merrick have to put her in her place? Find out in the next chapter of Ninja-Wind!