Chapter 2

Making our way…Sort Of


Metabee/Ikki fell on his back, flailing his arms around. "This...this is a nightmare! Somebody, pinch me!"

Brass/Erika sighed and leaned towards Metabee/Ikki, but instead of pinching him, she swiftly kicked him in the stomach.

"Ouch! ...Hey, it didn't hurt that much," Metabee/Ikki said bluntly, the last bit only in Ikki's voice. He lifted his shirt to exam it, but instead of it being skin, it was peach coloured metal! "AHHHHH!" he yelled out in both voices, almost fainting again.

"Calm down already! It's not a dream, it's...real!" Sumilidon/Koji said grimly.

"Actually, it's not too bad, I mean, haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to be a medabot?" Neutranurse/Karin inquired, in Karin's voice only.

"No!" Shouted out Metabee/Ikki, once again in Ikki's voice only. "This is horrible!" "Hey!" shouted Metabee's voice. "Well, you know, there's nothing wrong with Medabots, it's just that, well, what about to world championships?" came Ikki's voice. "Oh,"

"Um, This is more important than the world championships, nimrod! What about becoming normal again?!" shouted Brass/Erika.

Metabee/Ikki flushed a bit. "Good point..." both voices echoed.

"What do we do now, Ikki?" Neutranurse/Karin asked.

"Hey! Don't forget about me!" shouted Metabee/Ikki, in Metabee's voice.

Sumilidon/Koji rolled his optics as much as he could. "She meant both of you!"

"Oh," said Metabee's voice.

"Well, this is probably going to be a problem...we should come up with new names, so that we each know that we're talking to...you know, both halves!" Brass/Erika theorized, in Brass voice. "Good idea," complimented Erika's voice.

"Well...ours shall be...SumiliKoji," said Sumilidon/Koji with pride, now SumiliKoji.

"NeutraKarin!" Exclaimed Neutranurse/Karin, now NeutraKarin, smiling sweetly with her hands held behind her back innocently.

"Call us Sailor Erika," smiled Brass/Erika, now Sailor Erika.

Metabee/Ikki sighed. "(Ikki)I guess..." "(Metabee)We will be called..." "(both) Meta-Ikki!"

"Great, now that that's settled, what do we do now?" asked Sailor Erika.

"Well, what do you think? Try and find a way to get back to normal," scoffed Meta-Ikki.

"Of course, Meta-Ikki, but how? If people see us, they'll flip out!" exclaimed NeutraKarin worriedly.

"Good point…" mumbled Meta-Ikki.

"Well, I say we should find out who did this to us! Then, we can make plans," inquired SumiliKoji.

Everyone nodded. "But how?" asked Sailor Erika.

"Well..." thought SumiliKoji out loud.

"Well, I've never seen you bunch around,"

"Huh?" Everyone looked up, to the bridge that stretched out from both ends of the river, to see where to voice had come from. It was...Rokusho!

"(Ikki)R-Rokusho?" asked Meta-Ikki. "(Metabee)Is that you?"

Rokusho's optics widened. "How do you know my name, stranger?"

"I--It's us," Meta-Ikki explained. "(Metabee)Metabee," "(Ikki) and Ikki!"

"What--? But...how can I believe you?"

"Let's see..." Meta-Ikki started, "You thought Dr. Aki killed your medafighter, Prof. Hushi, so you tried to to take revenge. You beat Metabee in a battle using the medaforce, and was captured by the Rubber Robo Gang, so that they could steal your rare medal, but Metabee rescued you by using the Medaforce...need we say more?" Meta-Ikki sighed.

Rokusho was speechless. After a minute, he jumped lightly down from the bridge, and landed in front of Meta-Ikki. The lone medabot stared into his eyes for a minute, scanning him...and soon found two souls stuck in Meta-Ikki's body; Metabee and Ikki. "It...it is you," Rokusho stuttered, "I can see it in your eyes, it truly is you!"

"(Metabee) Told ya," Meta-Ikki smiled.

"But--but how did this happen?" Rokusho questioned.

"Trust us, we're on the same boat as you," Sailor Erika sighed wearily.

Rokusho turned around, to stare at the other three. "...Erika, Brass, Koji, Sumilidon, Karin, Neutranurse!" he said in awe.

"(Koji)In the flesh…or, now metal, so to speak," SumiliKoji sighed.

"Well, all we know is that we were robattling this guy and his medabot, when he said something, I can't quite remember though, and we all blacked out! Next thing we know, we're all here, and like...this!" NeutraKarin explained.

Rokusho's optics narrowed. "This...is terrible! What fiend would do something like this?"

"Got us," Sailor Erika shrugged.


Meanwhile, many buildings away...


"You idiots! How could you let them escape?!"

Verra winced, who was bowed down on the ground humbly in front of a desk. 'I-I'm sorry, sir!! It wasn't our fault--"

"Silence!!!"The man behind the copper desk raged. His black hair swayed a bit as he shook it violently in pure anger.

Verra went silent, as well as a woman and another man, who were bowed down as well. The woman had jade coloured eyes, and strawberry blonde hair, while the man had black hair, as well as gray eyes.

"Now," The 'leader' of E.M.M.A. (Evil Malicious Medabots Association) huffed, trying to calm down, "I want you failures to redeem yourself. To do so, you must recapture the Meda-Morphs," he growled impatiently. "If you don't, you'll have hell to pay. Understand?"

"Y-Yes, Mr. Exodia," The woman named Valentina stuttered, getting up. Verra, Valentina, and the other man, Robert, all stood up, and walked out of the room.

Exodia sighed, closing his violet eyes. He opened them once more, as he stared at his TV screen on his expensive table. He picked up the remote that lay on his desk, and rewound the tape in his VCR. After it finished, he played it, reviewing the past events of the escape of the Meda-Morphs.

All of the subjects were in the long test tubes that held four Medabots and four human children. They looked to be in a deep sleep, as they were slowly formed together to become four new beings, the Medabots disintegrating from their tubes, and forming the parts on the humans. After the process was done, the wicked scientists congratulated each other, but could not be heard, since the tap e recorded no sound. Then, suddenly, it happened.

The boy that was mixed with the old fashioned KBT-type Medabot's green optics opened! He narrowed them, in anger. He didn't know what was happening, still in a dream-like state, since he was still unstable. He felt rage flow in his metal body, and he started to glow a bright shade of gold. He yelled something, but could not be heard. His optics began to glimmer a bright jade, as the aura around his android body brightened. He was calling on the Meda-force!

But how...how could the boy have done that?! Exodia thought to himself in frustration.

As Exodia continued watching the film, he noticed that a blast of energy came from the Meda-morph's arms, as the tube shattered into a million pieces, illuminating up the room like flash of lightning. The scientists tried to stop him, but failed miserably. He freed the other three test subjects, and blasted out of the building. Then, the tape went on a ski trip.

Exodia growled venomously, as he slammed his fist into his desk, his violet eyes glowing dimly. The desk cracked slightly. "My plans shall not fail, even if one of the Meda-morphs has the Meda-force...no matter what," he hissed to himself. "Still…there was something about that particular Meda-force that was different from any other I've seen…something much more powerful…"

"Jeez, Mr. Exodia sure is mad about our mess-up," Robert grumbled.

"Wouldn't you be, Robert?" Valentina asked.

"Yea, I guess so, but not that mad,"

"Well, then you know what to do," Verra remarked, "To lighten his mood, we must recapture to Meda-Morphs, to test on them more."

Valentina and Robert both nodded in agreement.

"Right, so let's go and track them down," Valentina, Verra, and Robert all walked down the hallway, and disappeared into the blackness of the building.


Later on that night, Rokusho, Meta-Ikki, Sailor Erika, SumiliKoji, and NeutraKarin trudged along the streets, in the light of the moon. It was completely silent, for everyone in the city were peacefully dreaming in their slumber. The Meda-morphs and Rokusho wished to as well, but could not; they decided it was best to travel during the night, so that they wouldn't stir any kind of trouble. A couple of hours later, on the outskirts of town, they soon reach a shed nearby a farm. They decided to rest for a few hours for the morning. The odd bunch had agreed that while they were out of the city, they could travel in the daytime; nobody would see them then.

The group entered the shed and Meta-Ikki and Rokusho said that they would stand guard for the night; nobody objected.

An hour had pasted since they settled in the beat-up and dusty shed, and everyone but Rokusho and Meta-Ikki were sound asleep...well, partly. Meta-Ikki's optics were off, sleeping peacefully. Rokusho would have raised an eyebrow if he could at Meta-Ikki, as he stared in annoyance at him.

"Hey, are you awake or what?" Rokusho he asked gruffly.

"(Metabee)...Yea, I'm awake," Meta-Ikki groaned.

"Well, what about…your other half?" Rokusho questioned, careful about his words.

"(Metabee) You mean Ikki? Nah, he's off like a light," Meta-Ikki chuckled.

'Shouldn't you wake him up then?"

"(Metabee) ...Hmm? No, I should give the kid a break for once,"

"Wow, that's really nice of you, Metabee, since the two of you don't always get along so well,"

"(Metabee) Well, you know...don't tell him this, but...he's my friend, I respect him, and...I'm glad he's, or was, my Medafighter. Right now, I really just find this
whole thing as an opportunity to get to know him better, you know?"

Rokusho smiled the best he could. "Don't worry, I won't tell him,"

"Thanks, man,"

Meta-Ikki and Rokusho went silent for a while. Then, Rokusho spoke again. "...How will you ever use the Medaforce again, Metabee?"

If he could, he would had blinked a few times in thought, but both sides of Meta-Ikki had to be alert to use their body properly. "...I really don't know, Rokusho, I really don't,"

They both went silent again, as Rokusho watched to golden sunrise sneak loftily into the morning. Don't worry, my friends, I'll help you...somehow, he thought, as he closed his optics for their last hour of rest.

"Wake up, sleepyheads!" rang the voice of Sailor Erika, who was getting up, refreshed for a new day.

Everyone but Rokusho quickly got up at Sailor Erika's wake up call. Rokusho slowly opened his optics, as he glanced around. He blinked, as the wind swept his silk cape that he had received as a gift from Karin a couple of weeks ago. Thinking of this made guilt make an appearance in his metal body.

Rokusho rose from the place that he had slept, feeling with the sensors on his feet the pavement underneath them. "Well," he started, "I guess we should leave before the farmer that lives here discovers us."

Everyone nodded. "We should head north, that's the way my sensors told us to go yesterday. I sensed a similar energy as yours coming from there, and I suspect that one of the people who did this to you would be around," Rokusho explained.

"(Metabee) Then let's blow this joint!" Meta-Ikki exclaimed.

Rokusho chuckled softly a bit, as the five walked out of the shed, towards the north, the noon sun dancing on their back.

"Hmmm....Valentina, we go this way," Verra muttered, looking at his remote, only it wasn't a remote; it was a tracking device. Verra pointed northwards with index finger.

Valentina raised an eyebrow, looking at the machine suspiciously. "Let me see that!" she yelled, stealing the tracking device from Verra's hands.

"Hey--!" Verra complained.

Valentina ignored Verra's objections, as she studied the machine. She unemotionally sighed, as she turned the device around a bit. She stopped, the arrow now pointing southwards. She growled in frustration. "You dumb-ass, you were holding it the wrong way!" she raged, as she tossed the tracking device back at Verra.

Verra growled, going tomato red in embarrassment.

Robert laughed hysterically at Verra. "Ha-ha-ha-ha, looks like Mr. Perfect made a mistake! He-he-ha-ha-he!"

Valentina growled, a glint in her eyes, as Verra tried to hold back his temper. Valentina turned towards Robert, and shouted loudly (and monstrously), "YOU'RE NOT ANY BETTER, BUB!!!!!!"

Robert squealed fearfully, as he stopped snickering. Verra half smiled at Valentina, calming down at his amusement towards Robert's frightened obedience.

"Now," Valentina huffed, "If you would please, we need to find those Meda-Morphs! Catch my drift?"

Verra nodded, and Robert did as well, quite nervously.

"Good. Now, which way do we go, Verra?"

"Umm...I think south,"

"You THINK??"

"I know!"

"Good," Valentina walked ahead of them, still fuming at the part, Robert and Verra a safe distance behind the scary woman.

As the five continued to walk to their destination in the north, Meta-Ikki was thinking a bit. The 'Ikki' part discovered that now that he was partly medabot, he didn't need to consume food. It made him a bit sad that more of his humanity was lost, but it was also a good thing; they didn't need to waste any time trying to find something to eat, or go into the city and risk getting spotted! He also started to think about his mom; he had been gone for a while now, she would be so worried about him! ...And, he missed her...

'You really miss her, don't you?' Metabee said to him in his thoughts.

'Ya, wouldn't you?'

'Hey, she's my mom too, she tucks us both into bed at night, remember?'

'...Ya.'

'Right. I miss her as much as you do, pal, don't worry, we'll return to normal soon.'

'Thanks, Metabee. That means a lot. But don't get all soft on me, ok?'

Metabee laughed a little bit.

Somebody calling him disturbed Meta-Ikki's thoughts. "Meta-Ikki! Meta-Ikki!"

"Huh?" Meta-Ikki said out loud. He looked around, and saw Sailor Erika, peering at him. "What?" he asked innocently.

"Meta-Ikki, pay attention! Rokusho just saw some people heading towards us! If we don't hide quickly, we'll be spotted, and who knows what will happen to us!"

Meta-Ikki's optics widened. "(Metabee) Run awaaaay!" Meta-Ikki shrieked, following Sailor Erika into some prickly bushes, at the side of the gravel road they were traveling on.

Meta-Ikki accidently made some grinding noises as he moved his parts, clamoring into the bushes.

SumiliKoji hushed him. "Keep it down!"

"We don't want to be caught, Meta-Ikki!" said NeutraKarin worriedly.

"Sorry," Meta-Ikki whispered.

Valentina, Verra, and Robert continued their quest to find the Meda-morphs for their boss Mr. Exodia, following the tracking device that Verra was holding.

"They should be...around here...somewhere..." Verra muttered, moving his hands back and forth, scanning the device.

"Well, hurry up!" Valentina hissed, "We don't have all day!"

"I'm hurrying, love," he hissed back.

"Hey, did you here something?" Robert questioned, stopping dead in his tracks, just as Valentina was about to give Verra a blast.

Valentina and Verra stopped too. "...What do you mean?" the woman questioned, her eyes rolling from left to right, looking around.

"It sounded like...metal squeaking," Robert whispered.

Sailor Erika banged her left fist onto Meta-Ikki's head. "Idiot!" she hissed angerly.

"Owie..." Meta-Ikki whined softly, nursing his head with his purple fingertips.

"Quiet!" Rokusho muttered, annoyed.

"Hey, I just heard something else!" Verra gasped.

"Me too," Valentina agreed.

"Me oh my!" Robert laughed at himself childishly.

Valentina slapped the immature man across the head in disgust.

"Ow!"

"Idiot," Valentina grumbled, rolling her jade eyes.

"Hey!" Verra exclaimed, "I found 'em!"

"Where, Verra?"

"Right...there," Verra whispered, pointing towards the bush where Meta-Ikki, SumiliKoji, Sailor Erika, NeutraKarin, and Rokusho were hiding.

"Crap," Meta-Ikki cursed, closing his optics tightly in thought. What now; We should have just stayed in the shed for the day until night came...

To Be Continued...