Title: Busted!

Rating: PG

Timeframe: Uh. . . I haven't figured that out yet. Sometime just before the WRC?

Synopsis: Phantom Renegade's identity is revealed after 'liberating' a rare medal from the Rubber Robo gang. How will he deal with having to share a prison cell with everyone's favorite lackeys? How will Ikki, Koji and the gang deal with visiting him in prison? How will Dr. Aki get him off?

Hopefully, my inspiration won't quit on me, and you'll be able to find out!

I know I've usually done Weiss Kreuz fics up till now, but lately, I've developed a thing for Medabots, and I decided to try my hand. R&R please!

On with the fic!

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Hikaru found himself a perch on top of a large crate inside the warehouse that was sufficiently in shadow to provide him with decent cover. From there, he surveyed the scene. The kids' Medabots were in a disheveled pile in one corner of the warehouse. They were all there: Sumilidon, Neutranurse, Brass, Kantaroth, Peppercat, Totalizer, Krosserdog, even Metabee. The kids themselves were tied together in a group. Seaslug held the medals in a pouch in his hand, and was lording them over them. The other rubber robos were focused on a television at the back. It had terrible reception with its rabbit-ear antenna, Hikaru noted. anyway, the bottom half of a man, wearing a lab coat, was on the screen.

"You?" said a distinguished voice behind him, none too pleased. Hikaru recognized it immediately.

"Hello, Rokusho." Phantom Renegade said, without looking.

"Metabee! Give me back my medal!" Ikki demanded, still tied up with the rest. The others were making similar demands. Wait a minute. Where was Rintaro? His medabot, Kantaroth was here, but the kid wasn't tied up with the others. Hikaru was forced to put it out of his mind when Seaslug laughed at them.

"Not a chance!" He said, not without a hint of pleasure in his voice. "We stole these medals fair and square. They're ours." It was Hikaru's cue, if ever he heard it. He took out a handful of Steel Medals and threw them down at Seaslug. Several hit the hand and arm that held the pouch, and Seaslug yelped in pain, tossing the pouch in the process. Like a black streak, Phantom Renegade jumped off his crate, and dashed across the warehouse, snatching the pouch in the process. He let out his trademark laugh once the medals were safely on his person, and stopped once he'd hopped onto another crate at the other end.

The rubber robos had ceased paying attention to the lab coat with legs on the television, and were pointing at Phantom Renegade, conveyors of the blindingly obvious.

"It's the Phantom Renegade!" they said in unison. "HEY!" Shouted Seaslug. "Give those back! They're ours!"

Were these guys total stock-villains, or what? Of course, Phantom Renegade tossed the pouch in the air, and caught it again. "Not anymore. Now they're mine." And with that he flicked his wrist upwards in a familiar motion that would set off his grappling hook and take him out of here. The only problem was it didn't work. Confused, Phantom tried again, to no avail. Of course, the Rubber Robos took this to their full advantage.

"GET HIM!" Shouted the lab coat with legs on the TV, and the Rubber Robos pounced. Hikaru hardly had enough time to lose the pouch.

"Rokusho!" Phantom shouted, and then tossed the pouch in the medabot's general direction, trusting that he'd return the medals to their proper owners. Thankfully, Rokusho caught it. Then the robos were upon him. They bound his arms behind him with a length of rope and forced him over to the television screen. The kids called out the Phantom's name, but whether that was out of concern for him, or just shock that the Phantom Renegade had been captured by a bunch of token idiot sidekick villains was another question.

"Excellent, robos." Said Dr Meda-evil gleefully. "Now. let me see his face."

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Okay! Here seems a good place to stop. ^_^ Again, if I'm horribly out of character, if I'm missing something, or if you just want to let me know in general terms how I'm doing, reviews are greatly appreciated. Thanks.