I'm late again. Sorry…there's so much to do. Anyways, here's another chapter. Enjoy!

Don't own anything expect the concept of the story.

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: RENEGADE BASE

As the others looked over the Renegade Base deciding on how to get in undetected, the Darknut General O'Brien (in case you don't remember, he worked for Irving) laughed on the metal catwalk as a helpless Yuan was blindfolded and tried up in chains over a boiling pot of molten lava. He struggled to get free.

"Who are you!" he yelled out. "And more importantly, what are you doing here!"

"You won't have to worry about us any longer," replied O'Brien.

"What do you want?"

"What else? All the access codes to the central renegade computer; my master needs the information you have about this world which is stored into this computer."

"This world? You mean you're not from here?"

"You can say that. Either you cooperate with us or not, one this stays the same of what your fate is."

"And that is?"

"You will die, of course."

"If I die, the access codes die with me!"

"It makes no difference. We will gather the access codes from another source."

"And what is this other source? No one knows the codes but me."

"Really, is that true? Maybe some of your troops say otherwise."

"Even if they did know, they would never tell you."

"Believe me; I can be very persuasive…" He grabbed his sword and told the guards "keep an eye on him. He will crack sooner or later. The heat will become unbearable soon enough."

Back on the hill, the team just finished formulating the plan.

"Alright," said Lloyd, "this is what we have. First, Genis, Aryll, (little) Raine and Kratos will keep the aerial patrols and patrolling guards distracted. The rest of us will sneak in, save the renegades and defeat whoever did this."

"Why am I a decoy?" Genis asked.

"Because you're completely useless in battle," replied Zelos.

"Although I hate to say it, I have to agree," said Professor Genis. "I mean, what hopes does a ball and cup stand against a darknut?"

"A pretty good chance," replied little Raine irritably. "What hopes does a stick stand up against a darknut?"

"Stick!" yelled Professor Genis. "How dare you…"

"Will you two quit it?" replied Xavier. "Fighting will get us nowhere."

"He's right," said Aryll. "We must work together."

"Stick to the assigned tasks and we will prevail," replied Wilder.

The two ended the fight with a simple, "Humph."

"Let's get this thing over with," Kratos grumbled. "Let's go."

"Right, Da--, Kratos," Lloyd said, moving to the front.

"What was he about to call me?"

"Trust me, you don't want to know," replied Xavier.

"………"

The team ran down the hill (those with wings flew) and started to attack the ground and aerial patrols. Genis, Aryll, little Raine and Kratos handled all the darknuts on the ground with a few spells.

"Watch this!" yelled Aryll, "Fireball!"

A few of them hits the darknuts.

"That was nothing," replied Genis, "Infinite Powers, grant me thy strength, Meteor Storm!"

The storm annihilated most of the ground troops.

"Stop competing with each other," said Kratos.

"He's right," replied little Raine, "we got to meet the others in that base."

They ran for the base which was perpetually unguarded now.

"Wow! There's a lot of them!" exclaimed Lloyd as he struck a darknut in his armor. "What are these things anyway?"

"Darknuts," replied Wilder. "They're created for one purpose and one purpose only."

"And what's that?" asked Sheena.

"To conquer," replied Professor Genis. "They're working for Ganondorf."

"Who's Ganondorf again?" asked Zelos.

"Believe me, you don't want to know."

"Cut the chatter," Professor Raine hissed. "We must make our way to the central processor, quickly!"

"What's the rush?" asked Colette.

"I've seen the renegade's computer system. It contains information about the world. If these darknuts get their hands on that information…"

"They could use it to target any landmark they wish," replied Regal.

"It gets worse. It is rumored that there is a Cyclops System situated under the base."

"What's that?" asked Colette.

"Very bad. The Cyclops System is a powerful microwave weapon devised by the renegades, which consists of a large array of dish emitters. Once activated, the Cyclops System rapidly heats the water that makes up about seventy percent of the human body. Ultimately the intense radiation heat will destroy even buildings and the array itself."

(Got that whole thing from wikipedia under GUNDAM SEED super weapons).

"If they touch one button in the main control, they could easily activate the Cyclops System by mistake!" exclaimed Sheena.

"Then there's no time to lose," replied Lloyd. "We gotta get to the person behind this, pronto!"


Meanwhile, back to where Yuan was held:

"It seems that you're troops did not have the loyalty that you have suggested to me before," smirked O'Brien.

"What are you talking about?" asked a blindfolded Yuan.

"One of your men just told me all the access codes to the central computer."

"No!"

"Oh, yes. He was very loyal to you but propose the proper incentive, he proved quite useful to us."

"…where is he?"

"He's dead, along with all of your men. Don't worry about it. Now that we have the information we need, we can leave you and your former comrades in peace."

"For how long?"

"About five minutes. We discovered that there was something called a 'Cyclops System' situated under your base."

"No! Don't tell me you activated it!"

"We were curious about what it was and discovered it was a self-destruct mechanism. My bad."

"………"

"Well, I don't want to get caught in the blast so I'll just make my way outside."

"Not so fast, O'Brien!" yelled a voice.

He spun around. It was little Raine and her friends.

"You're not going anywhere!"

"I like to see you try to get me."

He tried running the other way but was blocked by Lloyd's group.

"No where to run," replied Lloyd. "You're trapped."

"Do you really think you can stop me? My men have already made off with the information. And in a few more minutes, the Cyclops System will explode, taking all of us with it!"

"That's not cool," replied Zelos. "We got to deactivate the system now!"

"I'm already on it!" said Professor Raine.

"I will assist you," replied Professor Genis.

"Humph. We'll see how far they will get," said O'Brien. "Now you will die!"
He started to swing his sword towards little Raine. She dodged and the sword was stuck the metal catwalk. He struggled to get it free. Meanwhile, Genis and Presea pushed him over the edge, right into the pot of molten lava (not much of a fight scene was it. Did I mention that O'Brien was very clumsy?).

Colette freed Yuan from his chains.

"Did Raine deactivate the system?" asked Yuan.

Just then, there was a voice from the intercom saying, "...Core implosion aborted all systems normal. Have a nice day."

Everyone sighed relieved. The two professors came out of the core room.

"That was close," sighed Professor Genis.

"Too close if you ask me," replied Professor Raine. "If you weren't so slow…"

"I was slow? You didn't know what you were doing half the time. Without me…"

"I could have done better."

"Why you…"

Yuan checked the computer. "They took everything. Including all the maps of all the mass populated areas are."

"We must find them and defeat them quickly," said Regal, "Before they can strike again."

"I agree," replied Sheena. "Who knows what that evil Lloyd is planning…"

"Sheena, I'm standing right here," replied Lloyd.

"Oh…sorry…"

"Evil Lloyd?" asked Yuan. "Lloyd is right here…and there are two Raines, two Genis', two Zelos' and…Kratos, I thought you were on Derris-Kharlan."

"Derris-what?" asked Kratos, "Never heard of it."

"You know, Cruxis' base, Derris-Kharlan. A comet made from a giant mass of mana. You left this world on it."

"……man, I have no life…"

"We have to explain everything to him too?" asked little Raine.

"Yes, Raine," replied Professor Genis. "The more help, the easier it will become on all of us."

I thought that the Renegade Base was going to explode! But it didn't! What will they all do now? Please R&R.