Author's Note: Hope this chapter's good, I kind of rushed on certain parts, so it may not be good. Also in the beginning I decided to add some romance since I haven't really done any, Enjoy.
Chapter 3: Second Wind
It was the evening time and all the Rovers could be found outside, on the beach, watching the sunset together. All of them had smiles on their faces as they were all with their loved ones; it was nothing but a peaceful moment. Blitz had his back against one of the palm trees while he was holding his wife in his arms. Both of them enjoyed these moments of close contact, they didn't need words to express their love for each other. Just the contact of both of them was enough. Krystal leaned back in her husband's arms as he laid his head on her shoulder.
Exile and Jenna both on their towel; lying down on their sides. Small laugh could be heard from the two as they whispered things into each other's ear. They took the time to express their love at any given moment. Both of them never really had someone to love in their past, but since meeting each other nothing but love surfaced between the two. "I love you my snow angel," Exile softly said into his wife's ear.
Jenna giggled at the nickname her husband gave to her; it showed how much he truly loved her. Moving her mouth to his ear she responded, "And I love you too my handsome husky." Both of them didn't say anything more as they looked back out at the sunset, enjoying it.
Shadow and Sierra both sat closely next to each other; both holding each other's hand. They too enjoyed these kinds of moments since it allowed them to be with their children and their friends, who they considered a second family. Both of them were parents who were separated from their children but soon were reunited with them, which in turn caused them to find love with each other. And now they were grandparents and couldn't be happier for their children. Taking their eyes off of the sun they looked at each other eyes before nuzzling each other, and then went back to looking back to the setting sun.
Ariel and Axel both were leaning back, enjoying the view of the sun. Being surrounded by their friends and family only made things better than they were currently. "The sun is so perfect," Ariel said without taking her eyes off of it.
"I know, it just make things even better," Axel responded with a smile. He then looked right at her, just as she did the same thing. They both shared a quick kiss to each other before Ariel rested her head on her husband's chest. Axel leaned back more as he stroked his wife's hair, both enjoying the closeness.
Finally Hunter, Colleen and their son Christian, who was currently in his mother's arms. Both leader and second in command, meeting each other was love at first sight. Both hid it for a while afraid of what the other would say about it. Once they told each other of their feelings things started to pick up and they couldn't be any happier. Hunter sat next to his wife, arm placed around her shoulder. A picture perfect moment for the small family. "This is nice," Hunter spoke with a smiled.
Colleen couldn't help but responded, looking at her husband, "I know it is, especially since our little family could spend it together." They both were happy at that, anytime they could spend with their friends and family were things that they like to treasure. It's a great way to pull them all closer together like a true family.
They all turned when they heard Shag's voice, looking over they saw him by a BBQ grill calling them to come and eat. Happily obliging they all stood up and headed over for dinner, things that evening were turning out to be perfect.
Meanwhile the Master sat in his office, with a big smile on his face as he looked at the monitor in front of him. He watched as the Rovers were enjoying themselves. It always brought him happiness when he saw his Rovers all relaxed and worried free. This made him know that he could rely on them if any trouble presented themselves. Deciding he'd taken enough time checking in on them he switched off the monitor and went back to his work.
Typing on his computer he went over some reports from the space Rovers when he noticed a small red blinking light. Curious to why he didn't see it he clicked on it and a video footage was shown. He was shocked to see that it was the same intruders from the night before, and what shocked him more was that the source of the video came from the same research facility. A thought of them coming back to obtain whatever it was they were after came to him. Checking the feed he saw that it was taken only five minutes ago, knowing he had to alert the Rovers he opened a plastic case on his desk and pressed a button that lay underneath.
The Rovers chatted and ate when all of a sudden their ears flicked as a familiar high pitched whistle could be heard. Some groaned as they were disappointed at the fact that they were needed, something that they didn't need right now. Hunter was the first to speak as he turned everyone, "Alright everyone as much as you're disappointed we have a job to do, now lets move it."
They all nodded as they left to get changed and head to the briefing room, only leaving Hunter, Colleen, Shadow and Sierra outside. Colleen held Christian in a loving hug, while whispering some words into her son's ear before giving him to his grandparents. "Take good care him, we'll be back soon."
Sierra nodded as she took her grandson, "We will, good luck to all of you and be safe."
Hunter then leaned in and kissed his son on the head, "Will miss you all till then."
"So will we," Shadow responded. Hunter and Colleen both then ran off to join the others, leaving their son and both grandparents behind.
They all assembled in the briefing room just as the Master entered the room with a serious look on his face. "Rovers we have a problem on our hands, I'll get straight to the point." He then pulled the same security footage he saw so they could see. "The intruders from the night before are back and are at the same place from before." They all were shocked at seeing the video, it only meant that their work from earlier wasn't done yet.
"So that means they didn't get what they were looking for then," Hunter commented first.
"That's my thoughts also."
They all continued to look at the video feed but were shocked when it was cut, leaving nothing but white static. "They must have cut the power to the cameras," Colleen called out.
"It's unfortunately that happened, since I can't inform you anymore, but for now time is of the essence and you all need to stop them before they fulfill what they have planned, good luck Rovers."
Hunter stood back up and faced all of the Rovers, "Ok everyone we get a second chance to get these guys. Lets not give them the chance to get way this time. Lets Hit The Road Rovers!" They were all pumped as they rose and ran to the hanger. Deciding to stick together this time they all piled into the sky Rover and took off to their destination.
Meanwhile at the building Skeam and the rest of his men were scattered, preparing for the Rovers arrival, since they knew they would be coming. Skeam walked up to some of his men as they faced them, "Is everything prepared?"
The first one nodded, "Yes sir, we just need the final product before we can continue."
Skeam grinned as he pulled the same rough sack he had from eariler and opened it, revealing a large silver canister. "Here, you know what to do with this."
The first one nodded as he accepted the object and left, leaving the last one. "Did you take out the cameras?" Skeam asked, needed to know this piece of information.
The second man nodded, "Yes those Rovers will be blind and not know what will happen."
"Good…" Just then his radio beeped, turning it on he answered. Nodding he turned it off and addressed the rest of his troops, "Hurry up they're here!"
On the roof the Sky Rover landed and the Rovers all exited out, their shock blasters out and ready in case someone jumped out to them. They all formed up and headed for the roof's door, but before they opened the door Hunter turned, "Axel can you get anything?"
Axel closed his eyes and started to concentrate, trying to feel around for any kind of emotion inside the building. After a minute he opened up his eyes, face had a worried face. "I'm not sure but…I feel something faint a couple of floors down. I can't really sense how many there are."
Everyone took that as a bad sign, since they wouldn't know he they were facing, it only prompt them to be even more careful. Turning back Hunter then opened the door; while keeping his blaster pointed forwards he found the stairway clear. Turning back he signaled that it was cleared and they all started to move down. Keeping in a straight line they all moved down a couple of floors till they got to the one that Axel informed them of. Keeping themselves pressed against the door Hunter was the first to open the door slowly, keeping himself to the side. They were all surprised to have found that nothing happened. Turning back to Axel, Hunter had questionable look, "Are you sure this is the right floor?"
He nodded," Yes I'm sure, I'm not sure what's wrong though."
Deciding to accept the answer they all headed into the room one by one. As they all entered they found a quiet empty floor, as if nothing was there to begin with. "This is getting weird," Exile commented.
"Rits Ruiet(It's quiet)" Shag added.
"I know, something must be up," Krystal agreed as they moved and looked around.
"Where to next," Blitz asked Axel as everyone looked at him.
Axel shook his head as he had nothing to give them, "I'm not sure, I can't really sense anything else."
After hearing him they decided to further their search, combing the whole floor for anything. As they walked one of them seemed to notice something, "Hunter look over there," Jenna called out. They all turned their attention and noticed that one of the heavy doors nearby was open, reveling a light that was on.
Deciding it was their best bet they moved towards it. Something didn't feel right to Axel so he pulled Hunter back a bit and whispered to him, "Hunter I'm not so sure about this."
"What do you mean?" He responded, curious.
They both stopped, but the others kept walking, not noticing that they did. "I just got a bad feeling that something is up."
Hunter very well knew where Axel was getting to, whenever he had bad feelings something bad was bound to happen. Know he had to inform the others the two of them sprint to catch up with everyone else. They saw them enter the room and just as Hunter was about to enter he felt himself getting grabbed. "Hunter watch out!" Axel yelled as he pulled the retriever back just as the heavy door slammed closed. Both fell on their backs but recovered quickly as they ran back to the door, both trying desperately trying to open it. Unfortunately it was locked tight.
Inside the room the Rovers entered a small room that had a couple of tables and shelves but jumped as the door slammed closed, all turning towards it. "Whoa what happened?" Exile called out.
Colleen and Ariel both ran to the door and looked out the window that was on the door. They could see Hunter and Axel outside trying to open the door. They could see them saying something but couldn't hear them. "We can't hear you!" Colleen called out, now they were trying to get the door open, but weren't having any luck on their part.
"The door's locked!" Ariel called out, it seemed that they couldn't hear them either.
"Comrades out of way, I will melt door!" Exile called out as he charged his heat vision but stopped when they heard something. Just then they saw something coming out of the vents, a bright golden like powder was being sprayed into the room. A huge amount of it was being sprayed into the room that they couldn't help but breathe it in. In a few moments they all could feel their bodies feeling a bit slow, then sluggish. They all soon fell to their knees just as their eyes felt like they were made of lead. Then just like that they all fell to the floor and shut their eyes.
Outside Hunter and Axel panicked as they saw this, "What's happening!" Axel yelled out.
"I don't know but we have to get this door open!" They tried to think of what to do but nothing came to them. They both had to watch helplessly as their friends and loved ones all hit the ground, not knowing what was going on.
Just then they both heard footsteps and turned to see the Skeam and his men turned in the direction they were in. They all stopped in shock at the sight of the two Rovers, "What, how did you-"Skeam shouted out first but was interrupted when the two remaining Rovers fired at them. They missed their Targets as they fled for cover. "How did you two escape it!" Skeam called out.
"What did you do to them!" Hunter yelled out in anger, both of them keeping their blasters pointed in case they decided to jump out.
They could hear him laugh, he seemed to be enjoying this, "That's for you to find out, it's unfortunate that you could join your friends!" Just then they could hear them running away.
Angry as he was Hunter was about to run after them but was stopped by Axel, "Hunter I know you're mad but we need to make sure the others are ok." Even though he was consumed by anger he knew that he was right, deciding to let it go they tried to figure out how to get the door open. But to their surprise they saw that the door surprisingly opened itself. Deciding to act on impulse Axel was about to run inside but Hunter stopped him, "Wait whatever was in there is still in there." Axel knew that he was right, and if they weren't careful they could breathe in whatever the stuff was and ended up like everyone else.
Looking back inside they both wondered what to do, but then they looked on the ceiling they saw the room's sprinkler system. Smiling Hunter aimed his pistol at on and fired, the shock causing the sprinklers to go off, bathing the room in water and washing off whatever was sprayed in the room. Waiting a minute they both then moved inside, kneeling down to their wives first. "Colleen wake up!" Hunter called out gently shaking her.
"Come on Ariel you need to get up," Axel said next.
It was weird, they were all fine but it appeared that they were asleep. They tried their best to wake them up but nothing worked, not even the water spraying on them worked. They checked on the others but it was the same for them. "What do you think happened?" Hunter asked.
"I don't know, but one thing is for sure, is that they aren't waking up," Axel shook his head.
Hunter then lifted Colleen into his arms, "Whatever that stuff they breathe in was must have done this. We have to get them back to HQ and get the professor to check on them." Axel nodded as well as carrying Ariel in his arms as both of them one by one carried them all back to the Sky Rover. Something happened to their teammates and they didn't know what had happened.
A/N: Hope you like, I tried with this chapter. Things are starting to get easy right now with the story, so I hope it'll be good. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon.