The masked man is the winner! I had this idea for some time, so enjoy it!

The Resistance: Chapter 9

The New Plan: Rescue

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Standing in front of the group was the masked man. The group looked at Claus, then to the masked man, then back at Claus.

Lucas stood there with a fearful expression on his face. He didn't know why, but he knew that one way or another, he would be forced to attack. "Why can't I just take a break from fighting?" He thought to himself. "Why does fighting have to be so serious? Isn't there a place where people don't fight for the sake of the world and just do it for fun?"

The masked man then raised his sword up high, and then brought it down with quick-like movements. In seconds, a field of thunder surrounded the heroes. The ship could be felt being lifted back up into the air.

"Don't even try to escape." He spoke in a cold voice. "This ship has a psi barrier built inside, so you pesky kids won't be able to use your abilities. As for the rest of you, one touch will barbecue you in mere seconds."

"If there's a psi barrier, then how did you use Pk Thunder to trap us?" Ness questioned the man.

"Who says it was Pk Thunder and not regular lightning?" The man retorted. "Get comfortable in there, because you'll be there until master Porky comes back."

The group had no choice to but to sit down and wait. As they made room, Lucas and Claus walked up to the direction of the masked man. Once they were close enough, they stared at him.

"So exactly who or what are you?" Asked Claus.

"I am you, commander." The masked man replied. "I was created for the sole purpose of doing your work while you trained. While you were off training, I did all the work for three years. When we found out I couldn't pull the needles, Porky tossed me away. You got all the respect, all the glory, while I got deactivated. After I take you to master Porky, I shall finally get what I deserve!"

"So you're a robot?" Lucas asked.

"I prefer to go by android." The man smirked.

"So why aren't you mad at Porky?" Claus asked. "He's the one who deactivated you."

"If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been deactivated."

"Then you wouldn't have been created either."

"None of those things matter, I shall dispose of you later. Right now, I have to watch my intruders." The man walked over to a giant screen and flipped a switch.

On the screen were Ninten and the others, sneaking throughout the ship.

"Ninten's here?" Ness exclaimed.

"He and his little team are looking for the captured humans aboard this ship. With the psi barrier up, he won't be able to escape with Pk Teleport however!" The monitor then turned off. "Now let's sit and guess what will happen, shall we?"

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"EVE, can you try locating the hostages one more time?" Ninten told the female robot.

"Scanning area…" EVE rotated in a circle as the small group watched. "…unidentified source of energy interfering with scanner."

"So we just have to check every room?" Ana asked.

"It seems that way." Teddy said.

"How can we get around without getting caught?" Poo asked. "It's not like we can blend in with the army."

"We'll cause a commotion one way or another." Picky told them. "I don't think it really matters.

"We can still use Loid's prototype invisibility clocking thingy." Pippi told them.

"But we don't know how long it will last, especially with a large amount of users." Picky told her.

Footsteps could be heard coming closer to the group.

"Quick, hide!" Ninten whispered to the group.

They all scattered throughout the room, hiding behind various places. Luckily, there were many crates in the room. The team of seven hid behind some crates and peaked over them to see who was walking into the room.

A Mr. Saturn walked into the room. This Mr. Saturn looked different from the average Mr. Saturn. It wore a blue mask that covered about half of its face. The mask covered some ears, but not its nose. Long brown hair could be seen slipping out from under the mask. The bottom half of its body was blue, just like its mask. It had three claws on each foot. It even had a blue tail with a white tip.

Pippi jumped out of her hiding place and picked up the Mr. Saturn. "Oh look at you poor thing." She whispered. 'Did those mean pigmask experiment on you?"

Before the Mr. Saturn could respond, three pigmask rushed into the room.

"Look, there it is!" One cried.

"It's already started releasing the prisoners!" Another said.

"Quickly, we must capture it!" The third said.

Pippi backed up as the three approached her. She held onto the Mr. Saturn tightly.

"We've got to help Pippi!" Ninten whispered.

"We'll get caught too if we go out there!" Ana argued.

"All right little girl, hand us the Mr. Saturn." One pigmask said.

"If you do, we'll let you play with Master Porky." Another said.

"Eww, no way in hell I'd let you have the Mr. Saturn!" Pippi yelled. "I won't let you take it for your own personal experiment!"

The three pointed their guns at Pippi. "Suit yourself." They all said at the same time.

The Mr. Saturn then jumped out of Pippi's hands and attacked the three pigmask with a powerful head smash attack. The pigmask were sent stumbling back and into the wall. Once they recovered, they pointed their guns at the Mr. Saturn. However the Mr. Saturn flew up into the air and avoided each shot with ease. It then unleashed a powerful gust of wind against the pigmask. The pigmask were lifted high up into the sky and blown out a nearby window.

Pippi rushed up to the Mr. Saturn and hugged it when it landed. "You're no ordinary Mr. Saturn, are you?"

"Me Was ExPeRimEnTeD oN. NoW mE a FrEaK." The Mr. Saturn wailed.

"Don't say that!" Pippi hugged the Mr. Saturn even tighter. "I know people who are way freakier than you. You're not a freak, you're just special. A special someone like you needs a special name too." The Mr. Saturn stared at her as she thought of a name. "I got it, how about Seresute?"

Ninten walked up to her. "Is Seresute even a word?"

"Of course it is!" She told him. "I made it up! Do you like that name?"

The Mr. Saturn jumped up and down happily.

"Then Seresute it is!"

(to see a picture of Sresute, visit this pic: gallery/#/d55hfkj )

"Ok guys, you can come out." Ninten called over to the crates.

Ana, Teddy, EVE, Picky, and Poo walked over to the three. Seresute backed up when the three approached it but Pippi gently picked it up. "Don't worry, those are my friends." She said.

"Look at what they are doing to these poor creatures…" Ana sighed.

"Lucas once said that there were more strange creations like this called chimeras." Poo said to them.

For a few moments, no one spoke.

"Well, let's make sure they won't do this to any other creature!" Ninten broke the silence.

"What about the prisoners?" Pippi asked.

"We can save them both. We look for the prisoners and rescue any animal we find!"

As the group of eight discussed their plan, Pippi noticed a control panel in the other room. She also saw a big purple monster walk past with a yellow bird on its head. She walked over to the other room.

Inside the room was a bunch of monitors. The control panel she saw was filled with flashing, colorful buttons. Pippi thought for a moment as she stood over the control panel.

"Let's see…" She started reading the labels under the buttons. "Release chimeras, self-destruct ship, do not press, release prisoners, disable psi barrier, master Porky's personal videos, call service robot, release captive animals, disable ship defense, wild frenzy mode…"

Pippi felt something breathing down her neck heavily.

Meanwhile in the other room…

"Does everyone understand?" Ninten asked.

"We find the animals and prevent them from being turned into chimeras…" Ana began.

"Then we release them and take them with us…" Poo said.

"Then we release the prisoners…" Teddy said.

"…and take out any pigmask in our way during our escape!" Picky finished.

"I think we should also try to take control of one of the ships later." Ninten said. "We can take out the air fleet too!"

A loud roar was heard. It sounded like a cry of pain. Then the ship started to shake.

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"What was that?" Ana asked.

"Wait, where's Pippi?" Picky had just noticed she was gone.

"…" The group rushed into the other room.

When they entered the room, they saw Pippi pushing many buttons on the control panel. A huge, purple creature was lying behind her. It looked badly damaged. The ship shook violently as she pressed the buttons.

"Pippi what are you doing?" Teddy cried.

"I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm having fun while I do it!" She exclaimed.

Ninten rushed up to her and grabbed her. "Pippi, stop pushing colorful buttons!"

"I can't help it, they're so colorful!"

"Stop it this instant!" Ninten slammed his hand down on the control panel.

"Self-destruct sequence activated. Number until countdown: wouldn't you like to know?"

Everyone stared at Ninten.

"Oh shoot…"

"Now what do we do?" Teddy asked. "We don't even know how much time we have left."

"Wait a minute…Seresute, can you use that wind power of yours to get us out of here?" Pippi asked.

"Me CaN oNlY sEnD wInD tHaT hIt BaD pEoPlE." Seresute replied.

Ninten looked at the control panel. "Hey, look at this button!" He exclaimed. "It says 'send all non-pigmask off ship'."

"PRESS IT!" Everyone yelled.

Ninten pressed the button.

"Please set coordinates."

"Just put in a random number!" Picky yelled.

Ninten put in the coordinates.

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Porky and Pokey walked along the burned ground discussing their next move.

"So what shall we conquer next?" Pokey asked.

"I suggest going back to Eagleland and get revenge on our parents, but then we will have to run into Pigs butt and his friends…" Porky suggested. "It can be risky, so I'm not sure how this will work. After all, I can barely walk now."

"Perhaps another world could use a new dictator."

"That other world would also have new heroes as well."

"Well shoot, ruling one place isn't fun." Pokey kicked the ground.

"It is a good start to becoming an evil known all over the galaxy though."

The two evil males came upon a brick wall.

"So where will we go?"

Porky leaned against the wall. "Might I suggest somewhere with a weak defense?"

"Wait…do you smell that?"

Porky took a whiff of the air.

"It smells like…pig?" He said after a few moments.

"…" Porky stared at Pokey.

"…" Pokey stared at Porky.

"PIGS BUTT IS STILL ALIVE!" They exclaimed together.

"Of all the low down, dirty tricks that damn slime ball could pull…" Pokey muttered.

"…this has got to be the lowest." Porky finished the sentence.

"His friends must've survived as well!"

"Shit, let's get back to the-"

A loud explosion was heard. Upon looking in the sky, the two tyrants saw one ship bursting into flames. It slowly fell out the sky and into a nearby lake.

"They've already started boarding the air fleet!" Porky said.

"Oh shit, this is bad…" Pokey started to panic. He kicked the wall.

A brick moved when he kicked it, causing the rest of the wall to collapse.

"A secret passage…"

"This must be where they set up base…" Pokey said.

The two looked around.

"It seems like they were just here." Porky said.

"They must be on one of the ships now…" Pokey cried. "What are we going to do? They'll come and kick our asses, and then-"

"Calm down, I still have my android and my secret weapon." He muttered.

"How many secret weapons do you have?"

"…This is my last one…and it will end all those heroes…"

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"Hey…"

"…Ness…"

"…"

"WAKE THE HELL UP!"

Ness jumped up. "Oww my ears!" He exclaimed.

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"Get your lazy ass up now…" It was Kumatora, standing in front of him with an irritated expression.

"Nice to see you too…" He muttered. "Why did you wake me?"

"We've got a video message for you."

"Where are we anyway?"

"Back at our base under my castle."

"How did-"

"Ninten will tell you everything. Once you're ready to hear the message, come and talk to me. I suggest making sure everyone else is okay. Lucas is missing, so they may be a little worried."

"Lucas is gone?"

"Yep. My guess is that he went to find that android."

"Shoot." Ness got up, and then realized he was on the floor. "Why am I on the floor?"

"Do I look like I carry beds?" She walked off aggravated.

"What does Lucas see in her?" Ness thought to himself. "I guess he li-"

"CRAP!" Ness jumped out of the way to avoid a Pk Fire Ω.

"I HEARD THAT!" Kumatora called.

"…" Ness simply walked around.

The first person he bumped into was Jeff, Poo, and Picky.

"Looks like sleeping beauty is awake." Jeff teased.

"Nice to see you are safe too, bed wetter." Ness retorted. He then turned to Poo. "Did your part of the plan go well?"

"Not exactly as planned, but it was a complete success." Poo told him.

"We took all of the captive people to the Saturn valley in our time." Picky said. Poo punched him in the arm. "Oww…Ok except for a few who insisted on staying."

"Who insisted on staying?"

"Just a few people, such as some kid named Fuel and a man named Wess."

"I guess it's okay as long as they can defend themselves. Now what about Lucas?"

"Lucas was the only one not here when we did a check." Poo said. "We think he may have been the first to recover and left to find that android."

"I hope he's alright."

"Perhaps you should be more worried about a certain girl…" Jeff told him.

"I'm sure Paula's okay. She's tougher than she looks." He sighed as he walked off.

Next, Ness bumped into Ninten, Ana, Loid, Teddy, Pippi, EVE, and a strange looking Mr. Saturn.

"Someone tell me why we are here?" Ness said.

"Ninty blew up the ship!" Pippi exclaimed.

"I also saved us and the prisoners." He muttered under his breath.

"Loid told us we were on the same ship." Ana said.

"Who would've thought we were right above you?" Teddy said.

"Glad to see you guys are ok." Ness smiled. "So how do you feel about Lucas missing?"

"We tried to use EVE to find his whereabouts, but she can't find him."

"Lucas' exact coordinates are unknown…" EVE muttered.

"We'll have to go out and find him." Ness said. "If Pokey finds him, we'll be at a disadvantage."

"Then go check on everyone else!" Loid exclaimed.

Ana slapped Loid. "What he means is don't worry about us, we'll be ready when the time comes, just go check on everyone else." She gave him a warm smile.

"Right, but what about the Mr. Saturn?" Ness asked.

"This is my new pet, Seresute!" Pippi exclaimed.

"Pippi you are not keeping that Mr. Saturn." Ninten told her.

"Why not?" Pippi looked at him wide-eyed.

"WhY nOt?" Seresute copied Pippi.

As the three argued, Ness slipped away. He then bumped into Sonic and Tails.

"Hey Ness, you're awake!" Tails exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's nice to see you awake too." Ness said. "You two ok?"

"Sonic and I are fine. We've been surveying the top area for Lucas. So far we haven't had any luck." Sonic looked as if he was in deep thought as Tails spoke.

"Well take a break, because soon we're going to put the final part of our plan into action."

"Ok, Sonic and I will be ready to help out!" Both Sonic and Tails gave Ness a thumbs up.

Ness gave them the peace sign as he walked off. He then noticed Flint and Hinawa over by a wall with a hole in it. Claus and Boney were also there, talking to the two parents. Lil' Miss Marshmallow was also there, standing by the hole in the wall.

Ness walked over to the two. "Are you ok?" He asked.

"Mom's worried about Lucas." Claus answered for them.

"Whimper… (We can't find out where he is…)" Boney whimpered.

"I hope he's alright wherever he is." Hinawa's voice was filled with worry.

"Lucas is a tough one when he needs to be Hinawa, I'm sure he's fine." Flint pulled her closer to him. "I'm worried too, but we've got to have faith in our son. I refuse to lose another son to Porky."

"We'll find him, I promise." Ness chimed in. "So be ready for battle, we will head out soon."

". . ." Hinawa did not reply.

"We'll be ready, just give us some time." Claus said.

"Estimated time is unknown…" Lil' Miss Marshmallow said.

Just then Alec came up to them. He was breathing heavily.

"Any sign of him?" Flint asked.

"He's heading to…the mountain top…" Alec said in between breaths.

"WHAT?" They all exclaimed.

"Read…this…" He pulled out a note from his pocket. Claus took the note and began to read it.

Lucas,

You were originally supposed to be my enemy. Instead you faced your brother. Sadly, I was built with emotion, so I know how you feel. I also feel rage towards you and your brother. I shall make one simple request. Even though the porkship blew up, I know you are still out there. Heal yourself and come to the mountaintop. You know the one where your brother's shoe was found. Where the pigmask also found him. Meet me there and we shall engage in battle. You win; I shall help you get into master Porky's ship. You lose; I get to bring your head to master Porky. I don't care if you bring backup, so do as you wish. I shall be waiting. If you don't come to me…

Then I will come to you…

The Masked Android

"We've got to get to that mountain!" Claus exclaimed after reading.

"You guys go after him. I'll send Duster and Kumatora your way." Ness said.

"Right, we'll be back soon with him." Flint said. The family, along with Lil' Miss Marshmallow, rushed out the room.

Ness walked around, looking for Duster and Kumatora. However he soon bumped into a little boy, about the same age as Lucas. He wore a white shirt with red pants. He wore blue shoes that were covered with red spots. He had brown hair, which was also covered in red spots.

"Sorry little guy." Ness said. "I wasn't looking where I was going."

"It's ok; I was looking for my dad, so I wasn't looking either." The boy said.

"My I ask what your name is."

"The name's Fuel, honorary member of the resistance! Nice to meet you!" The boy saluted Ness.

"My name is Ness, one of the leaders of this resistance. Nice to meet you too!" Ness saluted him as well.

"Now if you excuse me sir, I must locate my dad!" Fuel then walked off.

"Heh, nice kid." Ness walked along again. He then bumped into Duster and the old man from before.

"Ah, just the person I wanted to see." Duster said. "Ness, this is my master and father, Wess."

"Nice to meet you sir." Ness shook the man's hand.

"See there, you moron? There's a boy with manners." The man called Wess said to Duster as he shook Ness' hand. "I'm Wess, and I'm sticking around to end this damn army."

"Well I'll be the judge of that." Ness said. "If you can go to the mountain top and help Lucas, I'll let you stay."

"What? Lucas is at the mountain top?" Duster exclaimed.

"No time for questions you moron, let's go!" Wess ran out the hole in the wall, with Duster close behind.

"Okay, now to find Kumatora." Ness said to himself. He started walking again. This time, he ran into Amy and the chaotix.

"Oh hey there Ness!" Amy sad to him. "Glad you are ok."

"Great to see you four ok as well." Ness said to them. "Everyone all right?"

"Well we went to look for Lucas, but we couldn't find any trace him." Vector said.

"Maybe it's because he's gone." Charmy said.

"No, he's still out there somewhere." Espio said. "We thought the same about Mighty and look what had happened."

"Well, we're going to take a break so we can be ready when you need us." Vector said.

"Speaking of which, I think Sonic was looking for you Amy." Ness said with a sly grin.

"Really?" She gasped. "I'm coming Sonikku!" She exclaimed while running.

Ness simply walked off with a smirk on his face. 'Let's see if sparks will fly."

Next, Ness ran into Dr. Robotnik and Fang, who were working on Mighty.

"Any luck on that antenna?" Ness asked as he walked up.

"Nope, it won't move an inch." Fang muttered. "For god's sake doc, what did you use to make this?"

"Why did you take it in the first place and didn't know how to take it off?" The doctor retorted.

Mighty stood there motionless.

"Yeah…good luck with that." Ness walked off.

This time, he bumped into Knuckles and Kumatora.

"What do you want Ness?" Kumatora asked.

"Just telling you Lucas needs your help at the top of the mountain." He told her.

"…" Kumatora rushed off without a word.

"What's with her?" Knuckles muttered.

"No clue." Ness lied. "Anyway, how are you feeling Knuckles?"

"Well…I was just thinking about the emeralds." He said. "They sent us here, so will they take us home?"

"If they won't, we can figure something out."

"…"

"Are you sure you are ok, Knuckles?"

"Yeah, don't worry about me. Just call when you need me."

Ness walked along. This time, Paula bumped into him. Nana and Popo was behind him.

"There you are silly." Paula said. "You need to look at this." She handed him a device with a small screen.

"Someone left us a message." Nana said.

"This person is very serious." Popo said.

"It looks like a Gameboy." Ness said. He pressed the power button.

A small hologram of Porky appeared.

"So, you thought you could pull a fast one on me? Well pigs butt, you have another thing coming. The final battle. Bring your whole team and everyone else. I have a very special surprise for you. I also have news for you Ness, and it concerns your little girlfriend. So when you are ready, come to my new battleship. Don't keep me waiting."

The hologram disappeared.

"What shall we do?" Paula asked him.

"We do what we can do." Ness said.

"We fight."

Seresute is a fan character inspired by a good friend of mine :)

Next time, Lucas vs. The Masked Android!