Chapter Seven - Skies of Animarium
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[Uuuugh... what... what happened?] DragonMetal said as he began coming to. The last thing he remembered was being brutally beaten by the Metal Overlord, then tossed away like trash when the Shuffle Alliance arrived. He looked around at his surroundings and saw he was in a forest. [Looks like I landed...and still alive.] He saw his body was very damaged from his fight with the Metallix and his landing. He stood up slowly and shook his head. [Computer, status.] Nothing. [Computer, I said status!] Still nothing. [Computer, I said... wait.] Now that he was fully awake and aware of his surroundings and noticed that... his sight was normal, no computer readings, no HUD, nothing. [Wh....what's going on? What happened to me?!] He raced through the forest until he got to a small clearing with a small pond there. He looked in and saw that part his eye visor shattered. He got a closer look and saw...a real hedgehog eye poking out. [Wh...what the hell?!]
He looked around, still stunned about what he saw. [What's going on? What happened to me?! I...I must see what I look like! I have to!] He grabbed his head and pulled it off, then looked back at the lake, seeing that he was a real live hedgehog. He had dark blue quills designed like his robotic head and he had blood red eyes. "I'm...I'm alive. I'm not a robot anymore... now I like to know where the hell am I?"
"Who are you and what are you doing here?!" a female voice called out. DragonMetal turned his body to see a brown haired woman standing there. She was wearing a white gown and a crown of flowers.
"Who are YOU and where the HELL am I?!" DragonMetal said, eyes narrowing.
"My name's Princess Shayla. This is Animarium." she said.
"An...Animarium?!" DragonMetal said, shocked. "That's...that's impossible!" He began shaking. "No, no, this...this isn't Animarium. Heheheh... I'm on Angel Island and you're Tikal in disguise! This isn't Animarium..." he pointed at Shayla. "...you're not Princess Shayla..." then, he pointed outward, not knowing he was pointing at a large red lion mech. "And there are NO Wild Zords here!" That little bit was met with a loud roar. DragonMetal turned his head and saw the mech. "N-no... nooooo..."
"Is...is there something wrong?" Shayla asked, confused about DragonMetal's condition.
"I thought they were gone... I thought they didn't show up anymore... I thought I was the only one LEFT! WHY? WHY?!" DragonMetal whined, dropping to his knees. Princess Shayla just blinked at DragonMetal. She walked over to DragonMetal and layed a hand on his shoulder.
"Is there a problem?" Shayla asked.
"YES, there is A PROBLEM!" DragonMetal said. "There are more POWER RANGERS! Why?! WHY?! I was supposed to be the only one! I though they all disappeared after the Imperiex War! What gives?!"
"I have no idea what you are talking about, young one, but there have been other teams, including my own, the Wild Force." Shayla said. "Do you have a problem with being one?"
"Yes! I am...well, was...a Metal Sonic! I was supposed to be a BADASS! I wasn't supposed to be connected to a team of teens dressed up in SPANDEX!" DragonMetal said. "GAAAH!"
"You know..." Shayla began. "You're taking this way too hard. Just because you're a Ranger doesn't mean its the end of the world." She took a look at DragonMetal's battle damaged Dragon Shield. "It takes some real guts to take up the role. Perhaps you were meant to be one."
"Bah..." DragonMetal scoffed. "I think they were better off dead and buried." Before Shayla could respond, the sounds of animals roaring, screeching and other sounds echoed throughout the island. "What's going on?!"
"Trouble..." Shayla said. "But...from whom?!"
"Heheheheh... Princess Shayla, pleased to meet you at last." the voice of Metal Overlord said, causing the two to look the Metal Sonic and the rest of the Metallix.
"Wh...what are you doing here?!" Shayla asked, trying to sound brave.
"Simple, your highness. To take your greatest possession..." Metal Overlord said.
"You aren't getting your hands on the crystals!" Shayla said.
"No, not those." Metal Overlord said. "The baby Soul Bird. With that, I'll have the power to take over the world."
"No, I won't let you get it!" Shayla said.
"Heh... we'll just see. Metallix, tear this island apart." Metal Overlord said.
"NO!" DragonMetal shouted, racing towards the Metallix units. With speed that virtually matched Sonic's, DragonMetal began taking down the Metallix units. As he took down a few, a few more joined in. Pretty soon, DragonMetal was easily overwhelmed and was beaten down.
"Oh, god..." Shayla said, seeing DragonMetal defeated.
"Now, then. Where were we?" Metal Overlord said. "Oh, yes. Metallix, tear the island apart." With that, the Metallix units began ravaging the place. Some of the Wild Zords that were there fought valiantly against the hoard, but failed in stopping them. "Yes... yes! Soon, Animarium and the rest of Arcadia will fall to the might of the Metallix! No one shall stop us!"
"ROCKET PUNCH!" a voice called out.
"HUH?!" Metal Overlord said, confused. He turned just in time to see a black fist zip past him and towards the Metallix units, smashing each and every one as it made its way back into the clouds. "No..."
"Who...?" Shayla asked.
"Heh...he followed me..." DragonMetal said.
"The super robot Mazinger Z." Metal Overlord said as the robot appeared from the clouds. The Pilder cockpit window opened and Koji stuck his head out, taking off his helmet and pointed at Metal Overlord.
"Alright, you bucket of bolts! I'm only giving you one chance: Surrender or get reduced to scrap!" Koji shouted.
"BAH! Metallix units, DESTROY Mazinger Z!" Metal Overlord said.
"Just as I thought!" Koji said, putting on his helmet and getting back in the Pilder, the window closing. "MAZIN GO!" With that, the robot leaned back as it flexed its muscles. As it went into a fighting pose, Metallix units lept at Mazinger Z. "Nice try... PHOTON BEAM!" From Mazinger's eyes, a powerful beam of light shot forth at the robots, melting the Metallix units to molten metal. As more came at him, Mazinger Z took off into the air, then began spinning his arms like a windmill. "WILD-SPINNING ROCKET PUNCH!" As the fists got to a certain point, they fired off and smashed the Metallix units. The right fist crashed into the ground, though the left one returned to its arm. "Damn... uh, oh..." Koji looked to see more Metallix units coming at him. "BREAST FIRE!" Mazinger's chest plates flared up, then fired a beam of metal melting energy at them, reducing them to scrap. "Ha! Got'em! WOAH!" He was caught off guard as the Metallix began ganging up on them. Their combined might was able to tear Mazinger Z from his Scrander. As Mazinger crashed to the ground, the Metallix wrecked the Jet Scrander. "No!"
"HA! Mazinger Z forgot how to fly?" Metal Overlord said.
"It's not over yet!" Koji shouted. Getting Mazinger Z to stand, he raced over to grabbed the fist he lost, reattached it, turned to face the Metallix and fired the Rocket Punch again. Some of the Metallix were taking out by that, but most had taken to the air. "Oh, man... RUST HURRI..." before he could fire Rust Hurricane, the Metallix got on top of him and began beating him senseless. DragonMetal and Shayla watched in horror as Mazinger Z was torn to pieces. The Metallix lifted the robot up, showing it to the others. Its left forearm, its legs, and one of its chest plates were torn off, its left eye gone.. "No, man, no!"
"BWAH-HAHAHAHAHA! The great Mazinger Z, BEATEN by the Metallix!" Metal Overlord said, laughing. "It's over! We won!"
"GREAT BOOMERANG!" the voice of Tetsuya shouted, a red streak zipping across the battlefield, destroying a group of Metallix and freeing Mazinger Z.
"WHAT?! NO!" Metal Overlord shouted as he followed the streak back to its destination, the waiting arms of the Great Mazinger. Right beside him was Getter Dragon, Diana A, and Boss Borot.
"Oh, my... KOJI!" Sayaka shouted, seeing Mazinger Z's condition.
"Aw, man! They wrecked Mazinger Z!" Boss said, shocked.
"You'll never get away with doing that!" Tetsuya said, making Great Mazinger point at the Metallix leader.
"Oh, and who's gonna me? You and WHAT army?" Metal Overlord taunted.
"Me and THIS army!" Tetsuya shouted back as Thunder MegaZord and the Aestivalises landed alongside the other super robots, the Nadesico and the Tornado X appearing from the clouds. A few seconds later, a series of explosions scattered the Metallix that held DragonMetal and Shayla captive.
"Wh...what...?" DragonMetal said, trying to get his bearings. As he fully came to, he saw Crystallis helping him up.
"DragonMetal, what happened to you?" Crystallis asked him "You're...ALIVE!"
"I like to know that answer myself..." DragonMetal responded. He looked around at who else was there. He found Anthony, Trunks and Vegeta with them. "How did you get here so fast?"
"Well, the Nadesico IS pretty fast..." Crystallis said.
"Or perhaps I was out much longer than I thought." DragonMetal said.
"Y...you're the Gamemaster...aren't you?" Shayla said, seeing Anthony.
"Yeah, I am. I'm pretty sure at least ONE of the Wild Force Rangers told you about me, huh?" Anthony said.
"Indeed, but... you don't look like the type to be such a...regarded figure." Shayla said.
"Well, at least she didn't call me an accountant..." Anthony said to himself.
"Grr... Metallix, destroy them!" Metal Overlord shouted to his remaining forces. Taking that as their cue, the four on the ground went after the Metallix.
"Guys, scatter and protect Koji, DragonMetal and...that woman down there." Tetsuya said, not knowing who Shayla was. As the Metallix attacked, the robots took to the air, dodging it. "SCRAMBLE DASH!" Great Mazinger's Scrander expanded itself, allowing to dodge the reach of approaching Metallix. "BREAST BURN!" Flexing its muscles, it released a blast of red energy that toasted a group of Metallix.
"Alright, girls, Buttercup Formation!" Ryoko shouted as her, Hikaru and Izumi's Aestivalises pulled out their machineguns and fired, the three robots moving in a circle to confused the robots.
"You don't know how long I've been waiting to do this!" Hikaru said.
"I have a craving for cheese..." Izumi muttered to herself. As the Aestis moved out of the way, Getter Dragon got ready for its attack.
"DOUBLE GETTER TOMAHAWK!" Ryouma shouted, Getter Dragon grabbing the handles of the weapons on its shoulders, then tossing them at the Metallix, destroying the rest in their path. At another part of the battlefield, Sayaka had just landed Diana A.
"Woah, rough landing..." Sayaka said. She looked up and saw the Metallix charging at her. "Uh-oh... DIANA MISSILES!" From Diana A's chest, two missiles shot out and took out a few Metallix, but the rest charged on. "HELP!"
[Don't worry, Sayaka! I'll help ya!] Metal Amy said, having Thunder Megazord chop down one Metallix horizontally, then a second vertically. Overhead, Tails began his assault on the Metallix, first firing its machineguns, then firing its missles, taking them down. Landing on the ground, the Boss Borot and Akito and Gai's Aestivalises raced towards the remaining Metallix, taking them out...or, more like Boss knocking them down and the Aesties finishing them off.
"Wh...what?! This is impossible! My forces destroyed!" Metal Overlord said, shocked.
"Yeah, and you're NEXT!" DragonMetal shouted, racing up to fight him.
"Get out of my FACE!" Metal Overlord shouted, grabbing DragonMetala and tossing him into a nearby mountain. Doing this caused a strange bird robot to fly out.
"No...SOUL BIRD! GET OUT OF HERE!" Shayla shouted.
"YES! It's MINE!" Metal Overlord shouted, flying at and getting on the creature, it screeching in fear. "Now, face the full power of the METAL OVERLORD!" As he laughed his head off, pieces of the Metallix taken down flew up and began surround Metal Overlord. The others looked on in horror as the pieces began attaching itself on the Soul Bird, taking the form of a monsterous body, Metal Overlord becoming a head like those seen in those Aliens movies. By the time he was finished, he was a flying monstrosity.
"Oh, my god..." Shayla said.
"Hooolyyy..." Benkei said. "I think we're in over our heads!"
"Now, you fools, you will all DIE!" Metal Overlord boomed.
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Elsewhere, at a site near the battlefield, a group of young adults and a wolf-like creature was talking to a young man.
"I'm sorry it had to come to this, but we need your help." the young man said.
"What's the problem?" one of the young men said.
"I'm sure you heard about the goings on with the Metallix..." the young man said. The group nodded.
"Yeah, the Gamemaster and a group of mecha pilots from Japan and outer space were fighting them." one of the young women said.
"Indeed, but they've found Animarium..." the young man said, causing the group to gasp.
"Oh, man... what can we do?! We gave up our powers!" another young man said.
"I got that solved." the young man said. At that, he produced six colored vests with a group of cell phones. "You don't have to help, you know. I can get someone else to do this."
"No..." One of the young men said, grabbing a vest and phone. "Princess Shayla's in trouble, and I'm going to protect her."
"The same goes for the rest of us." another said. The group grabbed the vests and phones.
"Very well, then." the young man said. "And may the Power protect you."
"I wanted to redeem myself for what I did in the past... and what a way to do it by aiding my ex-foes." the wolf creature said.
"Ready?" one of the young men said, looking at his companions. They nodded at him. In one quick motion, they activated the phones and brought it to their ears, pushing a certain button as they did.
"WILD ACCESS!"
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[Uuuugh... what... what happened?] DragonMetal said as he began coming to. The last thing he remembered was being brutally beaten by the Metal Overlord, then tossed away like trash when the Shuffle Alliance arrived. He looked around at his surroundings and saw he was in a forest. [Looks like I landed...and still alive.] He saw his body was very damaged from his fight with the Metallix and his landing. He stood up slowly and shook his head. [Computer, status.] Nothing. [Computer, I said status!] Still nothing. [Computer, I said... wait.] Now that he was fully awake and aware of his surroundings and noticed that... his sight was normal, no computer readings, no HUD, nothing. [Wh....what's going on? What happened to me?!] He raced through the forest until he got to a small clearing with a small pond there. He looked in and saw that part his eye visor shattered. He got a closer look and saw...a real hedgehog eye poking out. [Wh...what the hell?!]
He looked around, still stunned about what he saw. [What's going on? What happened to me?! I...I must see what I look like! I have to!] He grabbed his head and pulled it off, then looked back at the lake, seeing that he was a real live hedgehog. He had dark blue quills designed like his robotic head and he had blood red eyes. "I'm...I'm alive. I'm not a robot anymore... now I like to know where the hell am I?"
"Who are you and what are you doing here?!" a female voice called out. DragonMetal turned his body to see a brown haired woman standing there. She was wearing a white gown and a crown of flowers.
"Who are YOU and where the HELL am I?!" DragonMetal said, eyes narrowing.
"My name's Princess Shayla. This is Animarium." she said.
"An...Animarium?!" DragonMetal said, shocked. "That's...that's impossible!" He began shaking. "No, no, this...this isn't Animarium. Heheheh... I'm on Angel Island and you're Tikal in disguise! This isn't Animarium..." he pointed at Shayla. "...you're not Princess Shayla..." then, he pointed outward, not knowing he was pointing at a large red lion mech. "And there are NO Wild Zords here!" That little bit was met with a loud roar. DragonMetal turned his head and saw the mech. "N-no... nooooo..."
"Is...is there something wrong?" Shayla asked, confused about DragonMetal's condition.
"I thought they were gone... I thought they didn't show up anymore... I thought I was the only one LEFT! WHY? WHY?!" DragonMetal whined, dropping to his knees. Princess Shayla just blinked at DragonMetal. She walked over to DragonMetal and layed a hand on his shoulder.
"Is there a problem?" Shayla asked.
"YES, there is A PROBLEM!" DragonMetal said. "There are more POWER RANGERS! Why?! WHY?! I was supposed to be the only one! I though they all disappeared after the Imperiex War! What gives?!"
"I have no idea what you are talking about, young one, but there have been other teams, including my own, the Wild Force." Shayla said. "Do you have a problem with being one?"
"Yes! I am...well, was...a Metal Sonic! I was supposed to be a BADASS! I wasn't supposed to be connected to a team of teens dressed up in SPANDEX!" DragonMetal said. "GAAAH!"
"You know..." Shayla began. "You're taking this way too hard. Just because you're a Ranger doesn't mean its the end of the world." She took a look at DragonMetal's battle damaged Dragon Shield. "It takes some real guts to take up the role. Perhaps you were meant to be one."
"Bah..." DragonMetal scoffed. "I think they were better off dead and buried." Before Shayla could respond, the sounds of animals roaring, screeching and other sounds echoed throughout the island. "What's going on?!"
"Trouble..." Shayla said. "But...from whom?!"
"Heheheheh... Princess Shayla, pleased to meet you at last." the voice of Metal Overlord said, causing the two to look the Metal Sonic and the rest of the Metallix.
"Wh...what are you doing here?!" Shayla asked, trying to sound brave.
"Simple, your highness. To take your greatest possession..." Metal Overlord said.
"You aren't getting your hands on the crystals!" Shayla said.
"No, not those." Metal Overlord said. "The baby Soul Bird. With that, I'll have the power to take over the world."
"No, I won't let you get it!" Shayla said.
"Heh... we'll just see. Metallix, tear this island apart." Metal Overlord said.
"NO!" DragonMetal shouted, racing towards the Metallix units. With speed that virtually matched Sonic's, DragonMetal began taking down the Metallix units. As he took down a few, a few more joined in. Pretty soon, DragonMetal was easily overwhelmed and was beaten down.
"Oh, god..." Shayla said, seeing DragonMetal defeated.
"Now, then. Where were we?" Metal Overlord said. "Oh, yes. Metallix, tear the island apart." With that, the Metallix units began ravaging the place. Some of the Wild Zords that were there fought valiantly against the hoard, but failed in stopping them. "Yes... yes! Soon, Animarium and the rest of Arcadia will fall to the might of the Metallix! No one shall stop us!"
"ROCKET PUNCH!" a voice called out.
"HUH?!" Metal Overlord said, confused. He turned just in time to see a black fist zip past him and towards the Metallix units, smashing each and every one as it made its way back into the clouds. "No..."
"Who...?" Shayla asked.
"Heh...he followed me..." DragonMetal said.
"The super robot Mazinger Z." Metal Overlord said as the robot appeared from the clouds. The Pilder cockpit window opened and Koji stuck his head out, taking off his helmet and pointed at Metal Overlord.
"Alright, you bucket of bolts! I'm only giving you one chance: Surrender or get reduced to scrap!" Koji shouted.
"BAH! Metallix units, DESTROY Mazinger Z!" Metal Overlord said.
"Just as I thought!" Koji said, putting on his helmet and getting back in the Pilder, the window closing. "MAZIN GO!" With that, the robot leaned back as it flexed its muscles. As it went into a fighting pose, Metallix units lept at Mazinger Z. "Nice try... PHOTON BEAM!" From Mazinger's eyes, a powerful beam of light shot forth at the robots, melting the Metallix units to molten metal. As more came at him, Mazinger Z took off into the air, then began spinning his arms like a windmill. "WILD-SPINNING ROCKET PUNCH!" As the fists got to a certain point, they fired off and smashed the Metallix units. The right fist crashed into the ground, though the left one returned to its arm. "Damn... uh, oh..." Koji looked to see more Metallix units coming at him. "BREAST FIRE!" Mazinger's chest plates flared up, then fired a beam of metal melting energy at them, reducing them to scrap. "Ha! Got'em! WOAH!" He was caught off guard as the Metallix began ganging up on them. Their combined might was able to tear Mazinger Z from his Scrander. As Mazinger crashed to the ground, the Metallix wrecked the Jet Scrander. "No!"
"HA! Mazinger Z forgot how to fly?" Metal Overlord said.
"It's not over yet!" Koji shouted. Getting Mazinger Z to stand, he raced over to grabbed the fist he lost, reattached it, turned to face the Metallix and fired the Rocket Punch again. Some of the Metallix were taking out by that, but most had taken to the air. "Oh, man... RUST HURRI..." before he could fire Rust Hurricane, the Metallix got on top of him and began beating him senseless. DragonMetal and Shayla watched in horror as Mazinger Z was torn to pieces. The Metallix lifted the robot up, showing it to the others. Its left forearm, its legs, and one of its chest plates were torn off, its left eye gone.. "No, man, no!"
"BWAH-HAHAHAHAHA! The great Mazinger Z, BEATEN by the Metallix!" Metal Overlord said, laughing. "It's over! We won!"
"GREAT BOOMERANG!" the voice of Tetsuya shouted, a red streak zipping across the battlefield, destroying a group of Metallix and freeing Mazinger Z.
"WHAT?! NO!" Metal Overlord shouted as he followed the streak back to its destination, the waiting arms of the Great Mazinger. Right beside him was Getter Dragon, Diana A, and Boss Borot.
"Oh, my... KOJI!" Sayaka shouted, seeing Mazinger Z's condition.
"Aw, man! They wrecked Mazinger Z!" Boss said, shocked.
"You'll never get away with doing that!" Tetsuya said, making Great Mazinger point at the Metallix leader.
"Oh, and who's gonna me? You and WHAT army?" Metal Overlord taunted.
"Me and THIS army!" Tetsuya shouted back as Thunder MegaZord and the Aestivalises landed alongside the other super robots, the Nadesico and the Tornado X appearing from the clouds. A few seconds later, a series of explosions scattered the Metallix that held DragonMetal and Shayla captive.
"Wh...what...?" DragonMetal said, trying to get his bearings. As he fully came to, he saw Crystallis helping him up.
"DragonMetal, what happened to you?" Crystallis asked him "You're...ALIVE!"
"I like to know that answer myself..." DragonMetal responded. He looked around at who else was there. He found Anthony, Trunks and Vegeta with them. "How did you get here so fast?"
"Well, the Nadesico IS pretty fast..." Crystallis said.
"Or perhaps I was out much longer than I thought." DragonMetal said.
"Y...you're the Gamemaster...aren't you?" Shayla said, seeing Anthony.
"Yeah, I am. I'm pretty sure at least ONE of the Wild Force Rangers told you about me, huh?" Anthony said.
"Indeed, but... you don't look like the type to be such a...regarded figure." Shayla said.
"Well, at least she didn't call me an accountant..." Anthony said to himself.
"Grr... Metallix, destroy them!" Metal Overlord shouted to his remaining forces. Taking that as their cue, the four on the ground went after the Metallix.
"Guys, scatter and protect Koji, DragonMetal and...that woman down there." Tetsuya said, not knowing who Shayla was. As the Metallix attacked, the robots took to the air, dodging it. "SCRAMBLE DASH!" Great Mazinger's Scrander expanded itself, allowing to dodge the reach of approaching Metallix. "BREAST BURN!" Flexing its muscles, it released a blast of red energy that toasted a group of Metallix.
"Alright, girls, Buttercup Formation!" Ryoko shouted as her, Hikaru and Izumi's Aestivalises pulled out their machineguns and fired, the three robots moving in a circle to confused the robots.
"You don't know how long I've been waiting to do this!" Hikaru said.
"I have a craving for cheese..." Izumi muttered to herself. As the Aestis moved out of the way, Getter Dragon got ready for its attack.
"DOUBLE GETTER TOMAHAWK!" Ryouma shouted, Getter Dragon grabbing the handles of the weapons on its shoulders, then tossing them at the Metallix, destroying the rest in their path. At another part of the battlefield, Sayaka had just landed Diana A.
"Woah, rough landing..." Sayaka said. She looked up and saw the Metallix charging at her. "Uh-oh... DIANA MISSILES!" From Diana A's chest, two missiles shot out and took out a few Metallix, but the rest charged on. "HELP!"
[Don't worry, Sayaka! I'll help ya!] Metal Amy said, having Thunder Megazord chop down one Metallix horizontally, then a second vertically. Overhead, Tails began his assault on the Metallix, first firing its machineguns, then firing its missles, taking them down. Landing on the ground, the Boss Borot and Akito and Gai's Aestivalises raced towards the remaining Metallix, taking them out...or, more like Boss knocking them down and the Aesties finishing them off.
"Wh...what?! This is impossible! My forces destroyed!" Metal Overlord said, shocked.
"Yeah, and you're NEXT!" DragonMetal shouted, racing up to fight him.
"Get out of my FACE!" Metal Overlord shouted, grabbing DragonMetala and tossing him into a nearby mountain. Doing this caused a strange bird robot to fly out.
"No...SOUL BIRD! GET OUT OF HERE!" Shayla shouted.
"YES! It's MINE!" Metal Overlord shouted, flying at and getting on the creature, it screeching in fear. "Now, face the full power of the METAL OVERLORD!" As he laughed his head off, pieces of the Metallix taken down flew up and began surround Metal Overlord. The others looked on in horror as the pieces began attaching itself on the Soul Bird, taking the form of a monsterous body, Metal Overlord becoming a head like those seen in those Aliens movies. By the time he was finished, he was a flying monstrosity.
"Oh, my god..." Shayla said.
"Hooolyyy..." Benkei said. "I think we're in over our heads!"
"Now, you fools, you will all DIE!" Metal Overlord boomed.
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Elsewhere, at a site near the battlefield, a group of young adults and a wolf-like creature was talking to a young man.
"I'm sorry it had to come to this, but we need your help." the young man said.
"What's the problem?" one of the young men said.
"I'm sure you heard about the goings on with the Metallix..." the young man said. The group nodded.
"Yeah, the Gamemaster and a group of mecha pilots from Japan and outer space were fighting them." one of the young women said.
"Indeed, but they've found Animarium..." the young man said, causing the group to gasp.
"Oh, man... what can we do?! We gave up our powers!" another young man said.
"I got that solved." the young man said. At that, he produced six colored vests with a group of cell phones. "You don't have to help, you know. I can get someone else to do this."
"No..." One of the young men said, grabbing a vest and phone. "Princess Shayla's in trouble, and I'm going to protect her."
"The same goes for the rest of us." another said. The group grabbed the vests and phones.
"Very well, then." the young man said. "And may the Power protect you."
"I wanted to redeem myself for what I did in the past... and what a way to do it by aiding my ex-foes." the wolf creature said.
"Ready?" one of the young men said, looking at his companions. They nodded at him. In one quick motion, they activated the phones and brought it to their ears, pushing a certain button as they did.
"WILD ACCESS!"