Disclaimer: I do not own Medabots or any related names and brand,I am writting this fic out of fun and I'm not making any profit from it and I'm poor,please don't sue me! My friend Palladin created the female Space Medafighter X and certain related concepts.
AN To Smoky: I'm always interested to hears readers ideas, I don't promise I'll take them, but it's always useful to me.
by:HellRavenmon
The atmosphere was tensed in the dark room. Seven figures were holding their breath, four in a first line, three more behind them. A spotlight was shining on each of them from the ceiling. They were the four Rubberobo Generals and the three Lieutenants, all seven of them were looking down in shame, they were kneeling on little cushion on the floor. Suddenly another light went on in front of them, making an old TV visible. The TV set came to life and through the statics the seven Rubberobo could see the lower body of a sitting man, his head cut off from the picture.
"Our base... 60% of our forces... LOST!YOU INCOMPETANTS FOOLS!" Roared the mysterious Rubberobo Leader."It was an easy task, fight Metabee until he drops of exhaustion and make sure nobody interfere. You had a supply of prime Medabots and you still managed to ruin it! What pathetic excuses do you bring me this time?"
"It's not our fault, this masked girl who called herself Shadow Rose K came in with her red ninja Medabot and kicked out butt!" whined Shrimplips.
"That Medabot took out every Noctobats without receiving a single scratch!" Added Squidguts."We didn't stand a chance!"
"And they used a dirty trick to take our Whitesord!An explosive kunai!" Pointed out Seaslug.
"YOU IDIOT! You should have anticipated a dirty trick!" Complained the leader. "And what about you Carpeye? It is your failiure that brought the Phantom Renegade into our hideout! Why didn't you warned anybody of his prescene? How could you loose with ROBO-EMPEROR?!?"
"Well...huh...The Phantom Renegade's Medabot... was too powerful...it like...shot a beam of light and... " Stammered the Lieutenant, not sure how to explain it all.
The leader gasped in realisation "The Medaforce! The Phantom Renegade's Medabot got a Rare Medal... It is amazing how many Rare Medals are gathering..."
For a moment the Leader was silent, pondering on what course of action to take next.
"Seaslug! I have a new plan... during the night of tomorow to tuesday at 3:30 AM an armored truck will depart from the Medabot Corporation HQ toward a secret testing groung. In that transport will be a prototype Medabot that I want you to steal. At least that time you were spying on the Meda Corp. was not lost. Take whatever you need, you will find all the data available in the data center. Once you have the prototype in your control, hurry up to challange the first Rare Medal Medabot you can find... do not fail me again Seaslug!" Explained the leader, before the TV shut down and the light turn back into darkness, leaving the Rubberobos alone.
"Can we go eat now?" Asked Squidguts, breaking the silence.
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The door of the little schack opened, letting Metabee and Brass leave the darkness of the night behind and enter in the soft light of the Medabot's secret hideout. It was monday night and the Medabots decided to hang together since they hadn't done that in a while. Brass wasn't wearing her new hat and was back to her usual helmet. Metabee surveyed the small room lined with rabbit cage. Krosserdog was there, next to Peppercat, they were softly whispering to each other about something, Totalizer was there as well but in silence. Gallahaste, Diama and Rokusho were there as well, Diama and Gallahaste were discussing about Japanese and European weaponry. Just as usual Sumilodon and Neutranurse were absent. All the Medabots stopped and greeted the late duo...or was it couple?
"Hey what took you so long?" Asked Peppercat. "Stopped to watch the full moon?" She added teasingly.
"What?" Both Brass and Metabee gasped.
"We just had to take a detour!" Explained the KBT.
"For a romantic stroll by the river?" Proposed Krosserdog, making Peppercat giggle.
"NO!!"Shouted the two Medabot at the same time, before blushing wildly when they realised what had happened.
"Calm down my friends and sit down." Said Rokusho, calming everyone.
The KBT and SLR agreed and sat down on small crates.
"So tell me, how did it go with Lady Erika?" Inquired Gallahaste.
"She was so mad dude, she kept complaining on how Ikki didn't tell her anything and she missed the scoop of her life." Answered Metabee.
"I'm not all too happy either. I too missed a great story." Complained Brass ,crossing her arms.
Metabee scratched his head to find a solution "I'll let you interview me later."
"I case that would do... altough I would have like to meet that RedRogue, my reader would have like to know more about her. Erika said we were going to do researched on ShadowRose K tomorow. We already did some preliminary works and she is in the Japanese standing." Explained Brass, showing the gang a sheet of paper that had some basic data on Shadow Rose K and RedRogue. " She's actually ranked 14th... but it's simply because she hadn't been in an official Robattle since...about a year ago, the time Metabee arrived. She's low in the ranking because she didn't robattle much since her first time three years ago, but... she never lost a single Robattle!"
"So? I never lost either!" Bragged Metabee.
"Oh REALLY?" Asked Peppercat, raising an imaginary eyebrow "What about that time you lost your legs to a shark type Medabot?"
"Or when the dark Medabot Urden took you down during our journey abroad?"Added Gallahaste.
"Allright allright... You got me." Sighed Metabee.
Gallahaste decided to continue with the conversation's topic "This Lady RedRogue do sound like a remarquable fighter, but I am not sure I am fond of her devious methods. That explosive weapon is a coward's trick."
"Correct, it is a ninja trick." Pointed out Rokusho. "Discretion and deception are the best weapons of a ninja, to hide one's true power is part of the art. The explosive kunai is the only weapon that come with the Hattori Ninja -type body, and only one is allowed during a Robattle. It can be used for close combat or as an emergency weapon. It is only the Rubberobo Gang's ignorance that made this a dirty trick. Those foolish bandits should know that knowledge is power and in this case, ignorance is not bliss but bumps and bruises."
"That's really insightful Rokusho, you seam to know a lot about Medabots." Commented Krosserdog.
"I learned many things with my late Medafighter, Professor Hushi..." The wanderer made a pause in respect for the man. " ... but I still learn new things everyday."
"I've never seen a red ninja Medabot around here, so Shadow Rose K is probably not someone we know." Pointed out Peppercat.
"Hmm... yes... it is a good point, but ninjas are known for their stealth and mastery of discretion, I bet she could be in here and we wouldn't realise it." Said Diama.
Metabee started to look around nervously, suspiscion in his optics, making Brass giggle at his antics.
"Maybe it would be advisable for us to go rest Lord Metabee, we must be at full power for tomorow." Proposed Gallahaste.
"What's going on tomorow?" Asked Diama.
"Since the final standings will be announced at the end of the week, tomorow at noon...we Robattle." Answered Metabee.
To Be Continued...
What Medabot are the Rubberobo Gang planning to steal? What secret does Shadow Rose K and RedRogue still hide? Gallahaste versus Metabee, who will be victorious? Who will be in third place? Don't miss the next chapter of Third Challenge!
AN: Okay I know it's not really big, but I've been busy recently and I'm sorry it took me too long to write a new part. I'm working on a new fic project and maybe a third, but I can't tell you much now, it would ruin the surprise. Thank you for your comprehension. On a more personnal note, I thank heaven for living in such a great place as Quebec, thanks to our French nature I just got hold of the Medarot manga's first volume. I love being bilingual, I get good anime in English and good mangas in French, I bet y'all jealous! It's not high flying manga but it's funny. The Medarot manga actually focus on none other than Hikaru Agata, AKA Henry! The similarities with Ikki's story are really funky. It's evident where they got the inspiration for the animated serie.