Chapter 10

Skullman finished his story after what seemed like an hour. He looked at them both, their faces showing signs of contemplation, and thought. After a few minutes of silence that seemed like another hour or so to Skullman, X spoke. "Well...I say we give him a place to stay here." Signas nodded at X "I agree. And with time, if he wanted to-" He looked at Skullman "Become a Hunter as well. You're abilities would be useful to us, and our fight against the Mavericks." Skullman looked at Signas thinking about what was said. Joining the Maverick Hunters.... It sure beats joining the Mavericks, Skullman thought. But he doesn't have the power to really be of use...his fight with Sigma taught him that.

It was as if Signas read his mind, that he spoke again. "We could have you upgraded, make your current weapons more powerful." Skullman nodded, thinking that would be great...and perhaps while he was with the Hunters, he could find out more about what happened during his stasis, and the red robot. X stood up, and clasped his hand on Skullman's shoulder. "Well, let's go find you a room, hm? Then I'll give you the grand tour of the base." Skullman nodded, and stood up. X led him out of Signas' office, and in the first time in a while, Skullman had a sense of hope.

Two Weeks Later

He knew he was being hunted, so he ran. They all ran. And they were all caught. But he didn't care. He would fight them to the death if need be. He would kill them, and then go back to what he loves most, Killing humans. He ran down one of the streets where the lights were off, slinking into a shadowed corner, hoping they would over look him. Perhaps he could get the drop on them, and terminate them. He grinned with glee at that thought. However his grin disappeared when he felt something touch his shoulder. He whirled around, and saw nothing. He glared into the darkness, and then slowly turned back around only to find himself staring down the muzzle of a buster. His eyes went wide, and back against the wall. He looked at the one who was pointing it, seeing quite the frightful sight. His entire vestige was that of all skulls. Apparently this was the one known as Skullman. And he was good, so he heard. He decided that he wanted to have a glorious final battle this hunter. So he reached up to grab the buster...but that was all he done, when a force of energy litteraly took his head off, Skullman's buster smoking.

"That one is gone."

Skullman lowered his buster, and turned around as the MV clean up crew car came down the road, siren blaring. He watches the red and blue lights for a moment, then turns away to walk towards the hover bike he used to get here. He was glad this was over. It took him days to plan this trap for the maverick, and it went off without a hitch.