Chapter 11: Counterstrike
"GREAT BOOMERANG!"
"DOUBLE TOMAHAWK!"
"VENUS MISSLES!"
Outside the Ranger Nexus, the battle against the Metallix had gotten slightly easier, but not by much. The big problems was that the Getter G was piloted just by Michiru, which lowered the mecha's fighting capabilities, and that Sayaka was piloting Mazinger Z instead of Diana A, which was a big change for her.
"They just keep coming and coming!" Kou said, his GP-03 firing beam bolt after beam bolt, holding back the machines, only to see them rise again. "What's the deal here!"
"DG Cells perhaps?" Domon said, Burning Gundam smashing the head of a Metallix unit in. "If that's the case, we gotta destroy the Devil Gundam as soon as possible."
"You saw how protective that Sabian guy was!" Rain said. "He'd fight us all just to keep it."
"He doesn't understand! The Devil Gundam's dangerous!" Domon said.
But, I'm much more dangerous! Robotnik shouted as he raced toward the Gundam, only to be greeted by a pair of red, high-heeled mecha feet to the face of Cyclopsis, knocking him away. As Cyclopsis stood upright again, Robotnik saw Noble Gundam ready to fight some more.
"You thought your little machines could stop me? Ha!" Allenby said, striking a fighting pose. "Your little machines could never..." She stopped and began staggering, still not recovered from her beating at the hands of the Metallix.
"Allenby, you alright!" Rain asked, Rising Gundam catching Noble Gundam.
"N...no... still weak from fighting earlier." Allenby said.
"Fall back then." Domon said. "We got it covered here."
"Cover this, King of Hearts!" a voice called out. The three pilots turned to see Metal Overlord in his winged alien form racing towards them.
"You! I'll put you out of your misery for good!" Domon shouted, raising his right hand. "This hand of mine is burning red! It tells me..."
"...to DIIIIIIIIIIIE!" Metal Overlord shouted. What happened next seemed like slow motion. Faintly, Rain heard a group of voices call out, "We need the Power Sword, NOW!" Rain turned back to see a streak of silver zip by, slashing one of Overlord's wings, sending him into a spin and crashing him into Cyclopsis.
"What in the world!" Domon said, finally noticing the danger passed. The three Gundams stared at what stopped it: a strange, silver sword sticking in the ground. Then, they saw a massive robot picking it up. It was a multicolored robot of sorts. Red face with yellow eyes and a silver faceplate, a red and black torso with a chest designed like jagged teeth, black arms with a red 'M' in a yellow octogon and two legs, one blue eith a triceritops head for a foot and a yellow one with a sabertooth cat with upward pointing teeth for a foot. "Is that...?"
"That's the original Megazord!" Rain said. "Then... that must mean..."
"Are you three alright?" came the voice of the original Red Ranger.
"Yeah, thanks to you guys!" Allenby said.
"The danger isn't over yet, so let's save our thanks for later." Domon said.
You damn right it isn't over yet... Robotnik said, tossing Metal Overlord off him and standing up.
"Why can't you damn people just DIE!" Metal Overlord shouted.
What can we say? a pair of voices called out. Metal Overlord looked up to see Ninja Megazord and Red Dragon Thunderzord Warrior Mode coming at him, drop kicking him hard and fast into a nearby mountain, the two mechs leaping off halfway. WE DIE HARD!
So I see... Robotnik commented. He was cut off by the sounds of a flute playing. The hell? He made the Cyclopsis look towards the source of the sound, which was the roof of the former Power Chamber. Enhancing the view, he saw the person playing: Crystallis. Just who are you?
"Me?" Crystallis asked, stopping the music. "Oh, you don't need to worry about little me? I'm just a helpless Mobian. What you hafta worry about..."
"...is me..." Ashura said, stepping from behind Crystallis.
"...and US!" the voice of Anthony cried out, the Tigerzord, Dragonzord, Q-Rex, Astro Megaship Mk II, and the zords belonging to the Zeo, Turbo, Lightspeed and Wild Force teams racing out. Right behind them was the Nadesico, the Aestivalises, Devil Gundam, Gundam, GP-01 and Wing Gundam. "Doctor Robotnik , your reign of terror is OVER!"
"Alright, the big guns are all together now!" Koji said, both he and Mazinkaiser pumping their fists. "Hey, Anthony, wait up!" With that, Mazinkaiser raced towards the Tigerzord.
"What's wrong?" Anthony asked.
"Nothing. Just this!" Koji shouted, making Mazinkaiser leap on Tigerzord's back, Kaiser holding the Kaiser Blade outward. "Alright, let's cut down some Metallix!"
"Maaan..." Anthony said, sighing afterwards. "I think I should have picked Dragonzord..."
"Do not worry, Gamemaster, this is nothing. Then again, nothing's worse then getting tossed around like a rag doll. I know." Saba commented. "And there was that time Rita took over the Tigerzord..."
Inside the Nadesico, Washu and the rest of the crew watched the battle within the battleship's safety. From her holotop, Washu kept track of what was what.
"Wow, look at all those robots going at it!" Yurika commented. "I haven't seen anything like this! Well... outside of those cartoons Akito watches... and what we've been through..."
"In other words, same old, same old." Washu mentioned.
"I am worried though." Ruri commented. "The Aestivalises clearly are outmatched against the Metallix and we've nearly lost an entire set of frames."
"Hmm... and even if we can get those frames fully operational, they're still in danger of getting scrapped again!" Urubitake said.
"You know, I found some design drawings from Anthony's Earth that just might help you with that problem." Washu said. With that, Washu brought up different pictures on a seperate holotop board and sent it to Urubitake, the desginer drooling at these designs.
"Custom Aestivalises... a Super Aestivalis... this is incredible!" Urubitake said.
"Hey! We're getting a bit crowded out here!" the voice of Ryoko came over the speakers. At that, her face appeared on a viewscreen. "Mind giving us some backup here!"
"Ruri, are we far enough to use the Gravity Cannon?" Yurika asked.
"Affirmitive." Ruri said.
"Alright, then. Charge the cannon and be ready to fire on my mark!" Yurika said. As she said that, Washu opened up a link to the other mechs and the Ra Kalium.
"Everyone in range of the Nadesico's front better get out of the way." Washu said.
"What for?" Amuro asked.
"Gravity Cannon fully charged." Ruri said.
"That's why." Washu said.
"Ra Kalium and all fighters, out of the way of the Nadesico!" Bright Noah's voice came through. As the mechs stood aside, it left the Metallix confused.
Bzzt... what's going on? A wounded Metallix unit asked. It got its answer a few seconds later as the Nadesico's Gravity Cannon blasted through.
"Approximatly 55 percent of the Metallix Army remaining." Ruri said.
"Fifty-five, eh?" Washu said, thoughfully. "Interesting."
"Well, let's make the number lower!" Ryouma shouted. "Getter...BEAAAAAAAAAM!"
"GREAT TYPHOON!" Tetsuya shouted.
"GAIA CRUSHER!" Argo shouted. From the viewscreen, the crews aboard the two battleships watched as the attacks from Shin Getter-1, Great Mazinger and Bolt Gundam ravaged the Metallix army even more.
"Correction, approximatly 27 percent of the Metallix Army remaining." Ruri said.
"Alright, all forces, pair up and wipe them out!" Bright shouted.
"Roger!" the fighters replied in unison. With that, the units paired up into various groups.
"You little brats! Back off!" Metal Overlord roared as he backhanded Ninja Megazord and the Red Dragon Thunderzord away. Taking off into the sky, he began firing spikes from his back.
Heads up! DragonMetal shouted as both mecha dove out of the way of the projectiles.
Brats! Metal Amy said. Listen here, you overgrown Xenomorph reject, I'm 15 years old, too old to be a kid!
"You're still a brat to me!" Metal Overlord said. He raised his hand to fire some ice spikes from his fingers, only to have his hand shot off by two beam bolts. "AAAAAARGH! WHO!"
"Me! That's who!" Merc shouted as he made Gundam land on top of Metal Overlord.
"Well, well, if it isn't the Ani-Earth Slaughterer..." Metal Overlord taunted.
"Oh, don't you start!" Merc shouted, pounding at Metal Overlord's head until it tossed him off.
"Grrr... I should kill you where you LAY!" Metal Overlord shouted.
"Over my dead body!" Angel shouted as the GP-01 slammed into Metal Overlord.
"AAAUGH! More of them?" Metal Overlord said. "No matter! I'll take care of you ALL!"
Elsewhere, the two Zeo Megazords, Red Battlezords and Mazinger Z were caught fighting a set of heavily armored Metallix units.
"Man, these guys just won't give up!" the blue Zeo Ranger cried out as the Zeo Megazord tried to slow down one unit with its Twin Cannon helmet.
"What are they made of? Adamantium!" the green Zeo Ranger commented.
"I doubt it." Red Zeo Ranger said. "I can dent them, but not by much..."
"You can dent them..." Sayaka muttered. "Guys, get out of the way!"
"What do you have planned?" the pink Zeo Ranger asked.
"This..." Sayaka said, making Mazinger Z reach back, then face forward, its right arm now sporting a massive new fist. "One of my father's great additions to Mazinger Z." With that Mazinger Z began spinning its arm a bit. "REFINED ROCKET PUNCH!" With that, the robot let the fist fly. At its incredible speeds, the other Metallix units watched in horror as the new Rocket Punch busted through the heavily armored unit. It dropped to the ground and exploded as the fist returned to Mazinger Z's hand.
Retreat! Retreaaaaaat! a Metallix unit shouted as the other ran away.
"Woah... they just ran like scared children!" the pink Zeo Ranger said.
"It's a good thing, too. I don't think it had enough energy to do another." Sayaka said. This caused the Rangers to look at her in shock.
In another part of the battlefield, the Shin Getter Machines had joined the five Turbo Zords and were heading for a large group of Metallix.
Fools. They think they can take us on by themselves with THOSE things! a Metallix unit said.
Sir, those planes were fighting us by itself earlier... Another said.
Big deal! the first one said, pulling out a large beam cannon and aiming it at the group.
"Guys, that thing's gonna fire!" the blue Turbo Ranger said.
"Let's see him try." Ryouma said, smirking. "Hayato, ready!"
"Let's do this!" Hayato said, the Getter Machines getting into Getter 2 formation. "CHANGE SHIN GETTER-2! SWITCH ON!" As the three machines fused, the TurboZords lined up and began its transformation into Turbo MegaZord. "DRILL HURRICANE!" At top speed, Shin-2 raced towards the Metallix, it's drill arm spinning. As the Metallix fired, Shin-2 tore through the gun, causing it to explode and take out the Metallix's arm.
GAH! BLASTED GETTER ROBO! the Metallix shouted as it followed the Getter's path, forgetting about the other mech until it was too late. It turned around just as the Turbo MegaZord closed in with its Turbo MegaZord Spin-Out Attack. Oh, no... At the last second, the MegaZord stopped and slashed at the Metallix, splitting him in half and taking him out permenantly.
"Alright, one down!" the red Turbo Ranger said.
"And many more to go!" the yellow Turbo Ranger said.
"Nothing we can't handle!" Benkei said as Shin Getter Robo landed beside the MegaZord as Shin-1. With that, Shin-1 pulled out a Getter Tomahawk and the two mecha raced into a crowd of Metallix.
Elsewhere, Great Mazinger, Venus A and the Isis Megazord were holding their own, despite the fact that they were slowly running out of steam.
"GAH! Why won't they just back off?" the blue Wild Force Ranger asked as Isis stabbed a Metallix with the Spear of Parados
"They just keep coming!" Jun said as Venus A fired off another burst of Photon Beam energy from its eyes.
"I'd try another Thunder Break, but Great hadn't recovered fully from the first attack!" Tetsuya said.
"Then, step aside and allow me to show you how it's done!" Boss said, the Borot and Warrior Wheel shoving the three aside. "Ready, buddy?" The Warrior Wheel nodded. With that, Warrior Wheel reverted back to wheel mode and the Borot hopped on it. "Let's GOOOO!" With that, Boss Borot began running with the now-spinning Warrior Wheel. As the two got close, the Borot slipped up and, comedically, grabbed hold of the Warrior Wheel and hung on as it kept spinning. As the Wheel went into battle mode, it tossed Boss Borot off, slamming him into a pile of Metallix. "Seeeee? That's how it's done... 'xcuse me... Urp..."
Damn, damn,...ARG!..., damn, damn... ARG,...DAMN! Robotnik shouted in between strikes. Koji's idea of lettling Mazinkaiser ride the TigerZord like a knight and steed and the two working their way to Cyclopsis paid off. Now they were circuling the mighty WarZord, Kaiser slashing at every chance.
"Heh, sad, isn't it? Getting beaten this way!" Koji said.
"Easy there! Don't get too cocky!" Anthony said. "We'll get cocky when he's dead."
"He's just good as dead!" Koji said. "One more round and..."
DIE! Robotnik shouted. Cyclopsis leaned back as its horns on its head began glowing, then fired, blasting Mazinkaiser off the TigerZord and back into Ranger Nexus.
"KOJI!" Anthony shouted just before Cyclopisis kicked the Zord off its feet and on its back. "GAH! NO!"
"Gamemaster, quickly, place me in that slot!" Saba said, nodding towards a slot in the controls. With Cyclopsis nearing for the kill, Anthony did what he was told. Just as Cyclopis went for the kill, TigerZord went into its warrior mode and caught the blade with its sword.
"Just in time... I dunno if I could pull that off again." Anthony said.
Won't need to. Robotnik said, raising the other arm of Cyclopsis. You're DEAD!
"SCRANDER...CONNECT!" the voice of Koji boomed from inside the Nexus. A few seconds later, Mazinkaiser flew back into battle, a Jet Scrander of its own on its back, this one resembling demon wings. "You're MINE, Robotnik!" With that, Mazinkaiser rammed into Cyclopsis, sending him flying. As Cyclopsis got up, Mazinkaiser landed and helped the TigerZord to its feet. "You okay, Anthony?"
"Yeah, thanks..." Anthony said. He looked up to see Cyclopsis standing up as well and its stomach opening to reveal a blaster.
Oh, I never told you what I told the Gundam pilots... Cyclopsis can copy any attack it sees. Like, oh, I don't know... Robotnik said, feigning a thoughtful look. ...GETTER BEAM! With that, Robotnik fired a blast at the two robots, Mazinkaiser taking the full brunt of the blast.
"KOJI! Are you okay!" Anthony shouted.
"Yeah... nngh... I'm fine." Koji said. To everyone's astonishment, Mazinkaiser didn't even recieve a sratch.
What! Impossible! That would have blown him to bits! Robotnik said.
"Not on your life." Koji said, grinning. "Now, it's my turn." With that, Mazinkaiser leaned back and flexed its muscles, the bat-winged chest plate glowing. "FIRE BLASTER!" With that, Mazinkaiser let loose a blast of energy at the WarZord, slamming into him. Unfortuantly, it only took out his right arm.
Hrrrgghhh... blasted boy. You're about as annoying as that blasted hedgehog! Robotnik said. At that cue, Cyclopsis shook as he felt the force of a group of Metal Sonic slam into its back as they kept on chasing Super Sonic. Damn you, hedgehog!
"Eh, bite me, egg-head!" Super Sonic taunted.
You won't be taunting after I do...THIS! Robotnik said, pointing his remaining arm into the battlefield and firing. The next thing that saw as robotic parts flying, some of them belonging to Wing Gundam, Dragonzord and Mazinger Z.
"NO! SEIYUKA! TRUNKS!" Super Sonic shouted.
"SAYAKA!" Koji shouted in fear.
"You...MONSTER!" the voice of Vegeta echoed through the battlefield. A few seconds later, Cyclopsis was struck by the Saiyan. "You're nothing more than a murderer!"
I aim to please! Robotnik said, making Cyclopsis strike Vegeta away. A few seconds later, a volley of machine gun fire and missles rocked the mecha. Robotnik looked to see Tails in the battle ravaged Tornado X coming at him.
"If you killed my friends, I'll never forgive you!" Tails said, firing again.
Don't worry, you brat. You won't even live long to find out! Robotnik said, making Cyclopsis fire again. Before the beam struck, Tails jumped out, but the explosion knocked him.
"TAILS! HANG ON!" Super Sonic said, racing over to his friend and catching him. "Tails! TAILS! You okay!"
"Uuuhhnn..." Tails muttered. Sonic let out a sigh of relief, only to let out a gasp of horror as he looked down the barrel of Cyclopsis' arm cannon.
Oh, how I've longed to do this... Robotnik said. Sayonara, Sonic the Hedgehog. With that, the robot fired... only to be blocked by a force field. What...!
"I think you may have to wait a bit longer." a female voice called out. Robotnik looked to find Ayeka hovering there in her battle gear.
"Ayeka!" Sonic shouted. "When did you decide to get into the battle?"
"Once I found out Crystallis was fine. That monster has threaten too much as it is. Since those people on that battleship won't let me take revenge on that hedgehog for breaking Sasami's heart, I'll do it on him for the others he's harmed!" Ayeka said. "Get Tails out of here. I'll handle him."
"No, all three of you get out of here!" Vegeta said, flying up to them. "He's mine." With that, he went after Cyclopsis.
"We'd better listen to Vegeta." Ayeka said "I doubt he's in the mood to argue."
"SEIYUKA! TRUNKS! SAYAKA! ANSWER US!" Anthony shouted as the others raced towards where the robots were attacked. There, Super Zeo Megazord held up both Mazinger Z and DragonWing Gundam, both ravaged from the blast.
"Are... Are they okay?" Hikaru said, concerned.
"W...we're fine..." Seiyuka said, weakly.
"If it wasn't...for Sayaka..." Trunks said.
"Sayaka? Please say Sayaka's okay..." Koji said. With that, Mazinkaiser brought itself close to Mazinger Z, allowing Koji to hop from his cockpit to the other. He looked at the unconsous Sayaka with fear in his eyes. She looked pretty beat up, her face covered in burns and blood and her outfit torn in places. "Sayaka? Come on, Sayaka..." He held her up to his face. "Come on, Sayaka, if Boss can survive anything and I can, surely you can!" No responce. This worried Koji even more. He embraced her as the other pilots arrived.
"Sayaka... she can't be..." Michiru said.
"No, she can't..." Tetsuya said. As Koji kept trying to call her back to get a responce, he started worrying even more. He, then, embraced Sayaka.
"Sayaka... you... you can't leave me... you can't..." Koji said.
"K...Koji...?" Sayaka whispered. Koji's eyes widened and he pulled back to see Sayaka looking at him weakly, a small smile forming. "Koji... I couldn't leave you..."
"Sayaka, you nut..." Koji said, tears finally rolling down his face as he embraced her again. "...don't do that again..." With that, he picked her up and hopped back into Mazinkaiser. As he went to take the controls, Sayaka reached over and grabbed one side. "Sayaka?"
"You can't do this alone." Sayaka said. Koji smirked and nodded.
"You're right." Koji said. With that, Mazinkaiser stood up just in time to catch Vegeta, Sonic, Tails and Ayeka.
"What the hell!" Ashura said, seeing the four. Then, he looked up to see what did it. In the confusion, Metal Overlord and Cyclopsis had fused into one being, winged and much taller. "Holy..."
"We're outmatched here!" Crystallis said.
"If you're gonna say we gotta pull back, you got another thing coming!" Merc said. "I'm not running from that thing!"
Why not? Robotnik said. Like the girl said, you're outmatched.
"We've faced worse than that, you despot!" the original Red Ranger said. What he was going to do next was risky, but it had to be done. "WE CALL ON THE POWER OF THE MEGADRAGONZORD!" With that, the surviving parts of the Dragonzord appeared on the shoulders of the Megazord. "Take this!" After saying that, the other Rangers joined in in saying "MEGADRAGONZORD, FIRE!", causing the mecha to fire a volley of energy blasts that staggered the mech a bit.
Why you...! Robotnik growled as he knocked away the MegaDragonzord. With that, he was greeted by the blasts from the other Megazords. AARGH!
"You mess with one Ranger, you mess with all of us!" Red Zeo Ranger said as the Red Battlezord started smashing Robotnik's mech. Robotnik grabbed the Battlezord and tossed him aside.
"ENOUGH!" the voice of Anthony called out, causing Robotnik to face the Gamemaster and the Tigerzord. "I'm sick and tired of you harming people! I'm going to finish this, ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
Oh, really. You had me the last time because I underestemated you. Not this time, Gamemaster. Robotnik said.
"Everyone stay back, this is my..." Anthony began to say before he cut off as the mech smashed its fist into Tigerzord's head, knocking him for a loop. As Tigerzord flew, the mech followed, leapt into the air, then dropped into the Zord, feet first. "Ow... that hurt... but, how?"
You forget, this has the power of Metal Overlord as well. Cyclopsis Overlord is the greatest device ever! Robotnik gloated as he began pounding the Tigerzord in the chest.
"Get OFF HIM!" Koji shouted as Mazinkaiser, Shin Getter and Nu Gundam rammed into Cyclopsis Overlord.
GET OFF ME! Robotnik shouted as Overlord tossed the three off him. Take THIS! GETTER BEAM! With that, he fired his own Getter Beam at the three. The heroes looked in horror as the three bots slammed into the ground. He got off the Tigerzord and walked over to the three. The great Super Robot Trinity. Great in their own way... defeated by the very thing they feared. I wonder what they would say if they were alive...
"They'd say 'Try harder!'" Amuro's voice echoed from the dust cloud. As it began to fade, Robotnik saw Nu Gundam first, sheilded by the beam barrier created by his Fin Funnels. Mazinkaiser was next, once again, unharmed. Then, it was Shin Getter, but he looked like hell. With no good armor or barriers, it took the brunt of the hit, nearly losing its left arm and right leg and various wires hanging out of the open areas.
Hahahahaha! Poor Shin Getter, ravaged by his own attack! Robotnik gloated.
"It's not so bad, really..." Ryouma said. "Look." With that, Robotnik looked as Shin Getter's damaged parts began to be healed. Nearby were scraps of the Metallix.
No... the machine's assimilating the parts. Robotnik said.
"It's repairing itself!"Sabian said. "Amazing..."
"It ends here, Robotnik." Amuro said. Almost like the last time, Cyclopsis Overlord charged at Nu Gundam, but this time, Amuro was ready. His Newtype abilities kicking in, he unsheathed his main beam saber and stabbed through the stomach.
N...no! But, how? Robotnik said.
"Something you'll never understand!" Amuro said, kicking Cyclopsis off his beam saber. "You've killed untold thousands and for what? Controling the world! YOU'RE WORSER THAN THE ZABIS!"
Well, like I said, I aim to please... Robotnik said. Amuro's anger began to grow, and it showed as Nu Gundam was soon covered in green energy. As if it was calling them, Burning Gundam, Red Battlezord, Ninja MegaFalconzord and Akito's Aestivalis joined the three.
Thousands of families torn apart because of your greed and desires! DragonMetal shouted.
"You nearly destroyed a world because of your ambitions!" Domon said.
:"Rita, Zedd, Divatox, Astromeda... at least THEY had a bit of goodness in them!" Red Zeo Ranger said.
"You want our great, green Earth?" Ryouma said.
"It'll be over our dead bodies!" Koji and Sayaka said.
"We won't let you destroy our future!" Akito said.
"Everyone, LET'S GO!" Amuro shouted, racing out with his beam saber out, Mazinkaiser right beside him with its Kaiser Blade unsheathed. Getting in close, the two robots slashed at the mech with all their might, sending him flying. Before he got far, both the Ninja MegaFalconzord uppercutted him with all of their might, sending him airborne. He was met by Shin Getter and the Aestivalis, both of them stabbing him with with bladed weapons. As they released and pulled back, Burning Gundam landed on Overlord, plunged his Burning Finger-mode fist into the machine and used Heat End, splitting the robot in two. While the legs and waist landed on the ground, the rest was able to float in the air.
Is that the best you got! Robotnik snarled.
"This isn't even the beginning..." Ryoko said. As the dust from the earlier action settled, Robotnik saw virtually every active robot ready to attack, the Nadesico and Ra Kalium right behind them. If they were in some super mode or a combined mode, they were in it.
Oh, no... Robotnik muttered.
"This is for everyone you harmed, Robotnik! FIRE!" Anthony yelled. What happened next went in slow motion. Before Anthony let out the command, Vegeta raced out towards the machine in an attempt to destroy Robotnik before everyone else. Vegeta came in as the first blasts struck. The Red Wild Force Ranger was the first to see Vegeta. Instinctivly, he called out for the Red Lion Zord and had him pull Vegeta out. It saved him just as the blasts from the Mazingers struck, really starting the fireworks.
Wha...? Vegeta thought. A red lion... wait. That boy... Cole. He saved me again...
As the dust settled, the heroes looked as they saw Cyclopsis trashed and Metal Overlord holding Robotnik.
You haven't seen the last of me! Of this, I can assure you! Robotnik said as the two flew away.
"NO! DAMMIT!" Koji shouted, pounding the control panel with his fist..
"He got away..." Ryouma said.
"We'll get him next time..." Amuro said. "I'm sure of it."