-Sometime Ago on Pandora; Atlas Secret Lab-
Everyone got up from the floor trying to get through what had just happened. They saw that from Helios, they were still firing the Moonshots. "Moonshots!?" Sasha exclaimed, "Really? Moonshots!?"
"This is bad!" Mion said, "This is really, really bad!"
"We gotta get out of here!" Vaughn exclaimed.
Rhys picked up the core from the floor and desperately looked for a way out so that they could all get out. He soon realized that Loader Bot was still up there. "Loader Bot!" He exclaimed, waving over to him "LOADER BOT! HEY! GET US OUT OF HERE!"
"I can be of assistance." Loader Bot said. He had then proceeded to help each of them out of the lab. After everyone was out they went into the caravan and hitting the boost button they drove out of the arena.
Sasha shouted as she drove, "Why is Hyperion trying to kill us!? Don't you work for those guys!?"
"Yeah, we'll be sure to file a complaint when we get back!" Mion shouted.
"CAN WE PLEASE FOCUS ON NOT DYING!?" Vaughn shouted to them.
Another moonshot landed behind them, causing the caravan to jump slightly; Most of the small group had lost their balance.
"Can't this thing go any faster!?" Shadow shouted to Sasha.
Sasha had replied, "No! We used our boost to get out of there!"
"How long till it recharges?" Rhys asked her.
"A few minutes at least!" Sasha replied.
Rhys soon hatched an idea in his head, "Give me the wheel." He said to Sasha.
"What? Why?" Sasha asked him.
"I can dodge the moonshots!"
"That's impossible!"
"Not if I know where they're going to land!"
"Then what?"
Another moonshot landed next to the caravan almost hitting it. Everyone managed to keep their balance. "We'll go to Hollow Point!" Fiona said to Sasha, "They won't be able to track us there!"
Sasha turned to Rhys still unsure if she should give him the wheel. "Sasha!" Shadow shouted to her, getting her attention, "Trust him! He'll get us out alive!"
"Can't you do it!?" Sasha shouted to him.
"It's like I said before! My ECHOeye implant is not fully upgraded!" Shadow said, "The person that gave this to me is the only who can give me the upgrade, but he's gone! Rhys is the only one who can do it!"
"But-"
"He can help! You just need to trust him!"
Sasha turned back to the wheel, before turning to Rhys. She sighed and moved from the driver's seat, "You had better know what you're doing." She said to him. Rhys had immediately gotten into the driver's seat. Fiona said to Rhys as she kept Plutia close, "Okay! Here's what we're going to do! Just keep us alive until that thing is full, and then we can boost out of here! Got it!"
"Yeah, yeah, I got it!" Rhys said before shouting when he turned to the road, "I DON'T GOT IT!"
Through his ECHOeye, Rhys saw where the moonshots were going to land. As quick as he saw them he started to weave, dodging where the moonshots had landed on the desert ground. He continued this pattern to a point. He at first lost control of the caravan, but managed to gain control over it again, not knowing that he ran over something probably far worse than moonshots.
Rakks had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, hitting the window, of the drivers seat.
"GAH SHIT!" Rhys exclaimed, "WHERE THE HELL DID THEY COME FROM!?"
Up top on the roof, the rakks landed against the Loader Bot, causing him to lose his balance.
"Not cool." Was all he said before he fell off.
The rakks landed against the windshield blocking the view. "GAH! I CAN'T SEE!"
Shadow turned to Mion; He shouted "LET'S GO!"
"GOT IT!" Mion shouted back before throwing him a gun. They went up to where Rhys was and started to fire onto the rakks, making them move, but more just kept piling on top of each other. "DAMN IT!" Shadow exclaimed, "THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM!"
"SERIOUSLY! WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM!?" Mion couldn't help but shout.
Rhys groaned and said, "I can't believe I'm saying this but… FIONA HELP!"
"Plutie! I'm gonna need you to hang on tight!" Fiona said to her.
Plutia nodded and grabbed onto the kitchen counter provided in the caravan, and held on with a tight grip. Fiona ran up the stairs, and Sasha threw her a gun. She started to do what Shadow and Mion did and fire on the rakks, getting rid of them; the windshield had broke.
Just as they cleared the rakks they saw a moonshot coming towards them.
"INCOMING!" Fiona shouted.
The moonshot hit the back of the caravan, causing it to jump and everyone to go flying. Fiona flew from where Rhys, and Sasha were, as did Shadow and Mion. Plutia had accidently let go of where she was holding and she hit the ceiling and fell to the ground passing out; her marks started to glow purple. Fiona, Shadow and Mion fell to the ground hard; Mion losing her gun in the process.
The three of them struggled to get up; Shadow and Mions eyes widened in shock.
"Oh shit…" Mion said as she stood.
"Guys, we have another problem!" Shadow told them as he standed up.
"What!? What is it?!" Fiona said. Shadow helped Fiona to stand up and saw what they with the open space in the caravan what they were talking about.
…
rakk hive
it's a skin condition
…
Shadow and Fiona started to fire at it.
"What is it?!" Sasha shouted.
"RAKK HIVE!" Fiona shouted in reply, "IT'S A RAKK HIVE!"
Sasha jumped on to the table, with her gun in hand.
"THIS IS NOT AWESOME!" Vaughn shouted.
A rakk had suddenly flew through the open window where Rhys was. "GAH!" Rhys exclaimed.
"RHYS!" Vaughn, Mion and Shadow shouted.
Mion and Vaughn ran to Rhys to help him out with the rakk. Shadow continued to fire upon the rakk hive and the other rakks. "SASHA!" Fiona shouted, "GO AND HELP THEM! SHADOW AND I WILL COVER THE BACK!"
"WATCH OUT!" Shadow shouted.
Fiona was rammed with one of the rakks, and she fell on her back. Shadow was the same and he had fallen. The rakk attempted to bite his face off, and he tried to punch it off seeing as how he lost his gun and couldn't reach for his sword. But in an attempt to get him off the rakk with it's mouth grabbed his left arm and managed to break it; he cried out in agony.
"SHADOW!" Mion cried out before getting bitten on the shoulder by the rakk, "GAH! FUCK!"
Vaughn had hit the rakk that was on Mion with a frying pan.
Fiona tried managed to pin the rakk that was on her, but saw that Shadow was having trouble due to the fact that his arm had been broken.
Just than the purple light once again blinded most of the people in the caravan. "GAH THE LIGHT!" Vaughn shouted, "I'M GONNA GO BLIND!"
The purple light vanished as quick as it came. Iris stood in once again in all of her glory; When Mion, and Vaughn jaws dropped at the sight of Iris. She walked over to the rakk.
"HEY MOTHER FUCKER!" She shouted to the rakk, "NO ONE MESSES WITH FIONA, BUT ME!" She stomped on the rakks head that Fiona had pinned, killing it instantly, then kicked it towards the rakk that was on Shadow. The two rakks hit and they fell out of the caravan.
Shadow rolled on his side gripping his arm. "Go check on him Fi! I've got the rakks!" Iris said, taking out her sword and activating the whip mode (AN: IDK I couldn't think of a good name for it :P); She started to hit the rakks.
She ran over to Shadow and helped him to stand. "I've got you, you're okay!" She reassured him. "Gah! Shit!" Shadow groaned still gripping his arm.
"I know, I know." Fiona said.
Iris took down at least 20 of the rakks now, but saw that the rakk hive was still running. "Hate to rain on everybody's parade but, this giant piece of shit is not gonna stop!" Iris shout to them.
"Rhys talk to me!" Fiona shouted to him.
Rhys turned his attention back to the road and saw that the moonshot had hit one of the mountains. "HANG ON!" He shouted. He pressed on the gas pedal and drove fast. It fell on top of the rakk hive but it shook it off.
"NEWS FLASH MR. ROBOTO, BUT YOUR PLAN DIDN'T WORK!" Iris shouted to him.
"WHOA, WHOA WATCH OUT!" Sasha shouted.
The moonshot soon hit near the caravan again; this time it caused it to spin; most that were standing had almost lost their balance; The caravan lost its wheel. It was forced to stop in it's tracks and the rakk hive ran over it before stopping. It was preparing to charge.
"That's definitely not good!" Mion said holding her injured shoulder where the rakk bit her.
"Just when I think I can't take this thing anymore!" Vaughn exclaimed.
"We can't stop it! Not with these guns!" Sasha said.
"Let me at em, I can take it out!" Iris said but was held back by Fiona.
"Don't forget Iris, you'll end up killing yourself and Plutia if you go up against it!" Fiona said to her.
"Well than what the fuck do we do!?" Iris shouted.
Shadow heard the ringing sound as he did many times before. His ECHOeye started to show static when it had activated. Shadow suddenly saw where the moonshot was going to land. "The hell!?" Shadow thought in his head. But he soon realized where the moonshot was gonna land; it was right in front of the rakk hive. He saw that the boost cannon was almost done charging.
"The moonshot…" He thought, "That's it!"
Shadow made his way to where Rhys was. "Hey, what are you-!?" Rhys asked but was cut off when Shadow said, "Don't worry, I have a plan!"
He had his hand over the button and wait for when the boost was charged.
"The hell are you doing!?" Iris shouted.
"Come on, come on!" Shadow mumbled to himself.
Just as the boost was fully charged, the moonshot fired. "BRACE YOURSELVES!" Shadow shouted, as he hit the button.
(Song Starts: Kiss the Sky by Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra)
"DAMN!" Rhys exclaimed, the caravan drove with a great amount of speed.
The small group couldn't help but cheer as they went fast. The rakk hive charged at them; as they drove under it the moonshot hit the rakk hive; causing it to lose it's balance and land on it's side. The group had barely made it.
I hold my head enough to see the sky
And when we go we won't slow, we'll put up such a fight
When they fade into dust and into ash
But all the children know for sure this pain will surely pass
The caravan had suddenly lost it's other wheel causing Rhys to literally to fly out of the driver seat, and Fiona to fly back; Iris flew back as did Shadow. The four of them managed to grab ahold of something before they flew out of the caravan.
"RHYS!" Vaughn shouted, before losing his grip.
Rhys reached out to him; and Vaughn did as well. They managed to grab a hold of each other's hands. But do to the speed that caravan was going Rhys was pulled by Vaughn.
Mion ended up being the same as Vaughn; she flew from where she stood.
Shadow was forced to let go of what he was holding onto and grabbed ahold of Mion's hand. He was pulled by her.
Iris grabbed a hold of Shadow's jacket collar before he and Mion could go flying out; Fiona grabbed ahold of Rhys's foot to keep him from flying out as well.
Strong and wise and you are love
And when the tide it comes you will float up above
And you will be one day exactly what you are
Just keep your head held high, kiss your fist and touch the sky
The fabric of Shadows collar ripped and it caused him and Mion to fly out of the caravan; they both let out a scream as they flew. Rhys's foot slipped out of his shoe and it sent him and Vaughn flying as well.
Too late, to keep the world from dying
It's not too late, to spread the love you have
One day, when we are ready for crying
One day, I know we'll be there little girl
Not only did they fly out of the caravan, but most of Fiona, Sasha and Plutia's stuff flew out; including Plutia's doll which Iris desperately tried to catch as it flew off. Sasha quickly went for the wheel to regain control of the van; as this happened more moonshots fired on their position.
Too late, to keep the world from dying
It's not too late, to spread the love you share
One day, we'll all be there yeah
Yes we will
The four of them hit the ground hard, and rolled in the sand, before coming to a halt. The last thing each of them saw was the caravan driving off in the distance, than the whole world turned black.
(Ending Theme: Bleach Ending 6 My Pace)