CHAPTER 1 The Legacy of Aven and Ultra By Solar II

Note: The plot of this story has been slightly altered to my... how do you put this... in my best interest. There. It still has all the main elements of the original plot, but I just changed some minor things. Also, I know at some points this story may sound a little like one of those badly edited for TV movies, because this was edited... greatly. Just try to imagine it as it should have been, and enjoy.

On Pioneer 2...

"Darn it all, I want the central dome under control! Get Alpha squad down there right away," The principal screamed over the chaos that filled his small-yet-not-so-small office, making his immense blubber joggle with expectancy. Special agents and office workers scurried about, huffing and puffing from this computer to that, moderating activities down on Ragol, the planet that Pioneer 2 was orbiting. The principal's men had set up a main camp in the forest region. The reason they choose this area was because not many animal natives lived in the general facility, but they soon figured out why: A primordial Dragon. The mother base of all land structures was the Central Dome, where almost all of the planets research was happening, because the information that Pioneer 2 could get from space was limited. The team that first went down the Ragol found this nice spot where most of the flora was burnt away. They expected that it was because of a simple forest fire, so once the land there was completely level and cleared already, the team thought of it as the perfect spot to set up the Central Dome. But, unbeknownst to them, the ancient Dragon that slept there was awakened by the construction, and had come to the surface; directly inside the mother formation. Now, all contact to the Dome and all surrounding camps were lost, and the principal had ordered to send Charley unit down to Ragol to investigate. But the soldiers had experienced difficulty reaching their target because of supposed "mutated natives" in their way. About 2 hours into the rescue mission, Pioneer lost transmission to Charley. And that leads up to this moment. "Sir," One of the frightened officers came up to the walking tub of lard in which everyone entrusted their fate, "Alpha has just landed on the planet about 4 miles from the Central---" "Why the heck can't we transport any closer?!" The Principal barked back. The young man stuttered, "W-well, sir... an h-high density of violent electrons has been detected in that area, so it has scrambled the trans- pads there, or at least the o-ones that are left." The big man cursed again.

Meanwhile, on Ragol... A burly man with glowing body armor and camouflage paintings on his skin hefted a large ray gun in his left arm and motioned for his unit to move up to the first outpost near the central dome. A large, land shark like yellow monster stood with its scythe like arms extended in slashing position. Without warning, an assault warrior from the squad ran in front of his allies, and pulled out a high-tech Zonde' powered Bazooka, v: 1.28300BG. The young soldier kneeled about 2 yards away from the monster, and another man lunged up behind the first and jammed a large yellow bullet in the back of the immense weapon. Almost instantaneously, the first footman squeezed the trigger and launched the massive hunk of steel straight into the land- shark's chest, and it immediately exploded. They moved forward once again, this time spreading out to surround about three of the yellow beasts. More Bazooka men dashed ahead and set up their guns. This time, the creatures noticed the small platoon and let out a furious war cry... only to be horribly cut off by the BOOM of the Zonde' powered artillery. The entire trio was demolished in an instant. Yet again, the burly commander ordered for the assault on the valley of Hildebears in front of them, but to his surprise, no one answered. No one followed. Unknown to that man, the reason that they didn't follow orders was because there was no one to follow orders. Yet still, he whispered harshly into the night, "Lieutenant Gale! Herald! Where are you guys? What's going on?" He became more and more angry as a result of his fear for his comrades, "Darn it, where are you? Talk to me! I order you to---" Five Carnivorous Wolves suddenly flanked the leader from the left. They swiftly divided to all sides of their prey, and pounced in for the finishing blow... A flash of lightning, and shower of neon, and all was silent. Commander Johnson had felt like he had soiled himself, but he soon found that it was indeed red hot blood. All over him. "A-Am I dead?" "Don't worry. We're here for yaw'." It was pitch black. Deathly black. "Is that you, G-God?" "Lord, no!" That deep voice got irritated. "Oh, please," He whimpered, "Don't tell me I'm in hell..." The Johnson felt a yielding kick in his side, and heard a softer, more feminine voice cross his ears, "Get up, man, you're okay!" The commander glanced up ward. It was two hunters, one with glowing purple hair, and another shorter one with a staff that was radiating a soft white light. Their expressions looked oddly mundane for the circumstances. "I'm Ultra. Just Ultra." The tall one said. "And this is my partner, Aven Phoenix. He's a guy, if you're wondering." Aven sighed, and then bowed slightly. "Yes, I AM a guy. So don't say otherwise, or I'll be forced to rip out your still beating heart." The blond man laughed, and held out a helping hand.

"Here it is," Bill Johnson pointed to a large building past the lately slain Hildebears and Evil Sharks. "That's the Central Dome. I'll be going back to Pioneer 2 now, so you're on your own." The commander through down a Telepipe, creating a flashing vortex that sucked him in with atom-tearing force. "Gee, thanks." Ultra rolled his eyes sardonically. Aven felt the same as his partner, just as acerbically, "What a commander he was." The ranger and force waltzed straight into the giant dome. "Hello! Anyone home? Uh... Anyone alive?" Ultra screamed into the darkness of the control center with limited zeal. Aven suddenly made an observation by taking a sniff, "Smells of charred electrical equipment..." He sniffed again, crunching his nose with disgust, "And flesh." Out of the blue, or red to be more specific, came a stream of lava flying at the hunters with extreme velocity. This beam of heat lit up the entire structure. At first, it blinded Aven, but Ultra used his helm-visor to detect the incoming threat. He emptied his lungs as fast as he could, hoping his friend could react quick enough, "AVEN! MOVE!" Phoenix got the idea, and with his substantial mind ability jumped to the right and just barely avoided in time, yet still receiving a scorch on his sleeve. He instinctively yelled, "Barta!!" An ice bolt launched forth from his cane and flew across the length of the Central dome, just barely clipping an enormous Dragon's wing. It screeched in pain and stopped its assault, stumbling back. Just then, Ultra fired his own weapons straight at the demons head. Most of the shots landing on their target, and the creature once again screamed in agony. The Dragon reared its spiky head back into position only seconds later, though, and took off into the hazy atmosphere of the edifice. It hovered ominously above Ultra's body and then came shooting down, with him as its target. "Holy crap," The purple haired hunter's eyes grew twice their typical size and he began to sprint around the edge of the dome. The enormous dragon came down where Alex used to be, but didn't stay there. The thing burred under the ground, and chased after the tall man like a ground hog... a very, very monumental, lethal, and repulsive groundhog. "Shoot, I have to do something," Phoenix stood helplessly on the opposite side of the Central Dome, pondering to himself. Suddenly, an idea hit; most of the floor was scraps of metal, and there obviously must be tons of wiring and pipes underneath it. "Ultra! Jump on that rock!" "Wha?!" The other man glared at him, confused, "You gotta' be kidding me..." "NOW!" was the last warning Aven gave as he leaped upon a giant boulder next to him, and shot a titanic wave of yellow electricity from his left arm, "GiZonde'!" Ultra sighed, and jumped onto a smaller rock as well. The shocking wave of torrent abruptly flashed around all the metal and hardware that was kept inside the building, and the red Dragon came up from underground, shocking and dizzy. It moaned and swayed like an injured elephant. "Alrighty, now it's my turn," The purple haired hunter suddenly throw a massive grenade straight into the monsters mouth, and it exploded before the animal knew what happened. Black blood splattered amongst the equipment, and all over Ultra's armor. "Oh, that's just dandy." Aven cast Ryuker and the two strolled happily into it, heading back for Pioneer 2.

"So, what happened?" "We didn't make it, sir. I had to come back." He said it, but he knew it was a lie. It didn't really matter, though; those hunters wouldn't make it back. "Fudge, another company lost, and for nothing! The Dragon still lives!" Aven interrupted, "Um... sir? We killed it." "MOTHER MARY!!" The principal jumped back, "You're alive?! And you killed that monster?!" "Yep," Ultra smiled like an idiot. "Oh no..." The Johnson flushed. Aven watched with glee as the principal got furious and that coward commander got what he deserved... "You're relived of all rank! Now go clean those toilets, or you're fired!"

CHARACTER STATUS:

Name: Ultra Previous level: 17 Levels gained: 1 Current level: 18 Weapon used: Ice Mechguns + 3 New weapon: None Mesta gained: 35

Name: Aven Phoenix Previous level: 18 Levels gained: 0 Current level: 18 Weapon used: Baton + 4 New weapon: None Mesta gained: 27