(Opening Theme: Hamatora the Animation Opening 1)

-Sometime Ago on Pandora (Rhys & Shadow's P.O.V)-

Only a few minutes had passed before the four had regained conscious. Each of them slowly sat up and groaned, working through the pain that they each felt. "Ow…" Mion said, rubbing her head, "Dear God… It feels like a hangover but ten times worse."

Shadow spit out some sand that had gotten in his mouth, he groaned before saying, "I'm never going on that ride ever again…" He gripped his broken arm when he felt the pain.

Vaughn fixed his glasses, "The list of things that might kill us just keep getting longer…" He said to the group, "I hadn't even thought of moonshots…"

"Honestly, I don't think any of us had…" Shadow said, as he provided to make himself a makeshift cast with the stuff that had fallen out of the caravan earlier; Mion had helped him out.

Vaughn continued; at one point referring to the rakk hive, "Rakks, skags, bandits, dehydration, heat stroke, regular stroke, stroke stroke, whatever that is… That murder pile. The list just keeps getting longer…"

Vaughn had suddenly jumped from where he sat. "I NEVER FELT SO ALIVE!" Vaughn exclaimed; he couldn't help but laugh as he lifted his arms in the air. "THIS IS AWESOME!" He continued to shout, "I CAN'T IMAGINE GOING BACK TO FINANCIAL REPORTS… UGH BORING!"

Rhys, Shadow, and Mion couldn't help but smile at Vaughn's energy at the moment. "That's the spirit buddy!" Rhys said to Vaughn.

"At least one of us is having a good time." Shadow said, before ripping off a piece of his jacket to make the makeshift cast. After he finished, he helped Mion out with her wound.

"I know this must be weird to say, but I'm having a great time!" Vaughn said still filled with energy.

"Vaughn, I feel the same way." Rhys said to him.

"I did say that Pandora would rub off on you now did I?" Mion said to Vaughn, punching his arm, "Makes me almost wish I never left this planet in the first place."

Shadow scoffed at that; not agreeing with Mion's statement, at least not entirely.

"This! This is what I'm talking about! Mixing up with Hyperion, teaming up with grifters? Come on!" Vaughn said, "These are the types of stories we'll tell to our children when we're millionaires! I mean, we just survived moonshots! From Hyperion. Huh!? Fricking moonshots!"

He than shouted, in the direction of the Helios station, "I AM NOT AFRAID ANYMORE! YOU HEAR ME HYPERION!? I AM VAUGHN AND I'M NOT AFRAID!"

Soon enough they heard a chime go off, making Vaughn jump. "Gah! What the hell was that!?" He exclaimed.

Rhys got up from the floor and said, "Relax. It's just Yvette."

"Oh… Okay." Vaughn said still feeling a bit jumpy, "I have to pee. And not because I was scared… I had to go anyway."

"TMI man." Mion said, "TMI."

"Still, it's about time that Yvette called." Shadow said.

"Yeah, no kidding. Wonder what kept her." Rhys said before picking up the call. Of course they were right, it really was Yvette.

"Rhys! Shadow! Mion! You're alive!" Yvette said, sighing with relief, "Thank God you guys are okay. I thought that was it for a second there. I'm so relieved you guys are safe."

"Thanks by the way about warning us." Shadow said sarcastically.

"Yeah really." Rhys said with sarcasm as well, "Thanks for that."

"Trust me, I tried." Yvette told them, "I did."

"Tell her to send some supplies!" Vaughn said as he did his business.

"Yeah, uh… don't talk to us while you're peeing!" Mion exclaimed, "It's just gross!"

"Sorry!" He said, "I'm almost done!"

"Again! TMI!" Mion shouted.

"Anyway, I got them to stop shooting, but I can't keep Vasquez from wanting to take you guys out." Yvette said to them, "I'm doing what I can but it's chaos up here, so I can't talk long."

"Can you send us some supplies?" Rhys asked, "Preferable some water and medical supplies. Shadow and Mion both got injured from when the moonshots were firing."

"Alright I'll see what I can do." Yvette said, "I'm able to track you guys so just stay safe. I'll see if I can get you the supplies."

The call ended and the three of them couldn't help but say sarcastically, "Coooolll…"

Vaughn was soon done with his business, but the three were surprised by what Vaughn was packing. He had his white shirt around his head, revealing his six pack which they were all surprised by. "Hopefully she can help us out." Vaughn said not yet realizing that they were just in complete shock, "We can't be walking through the desert too long. To go through all that dehydration would be lame."

Vaughn had finally noticed that they were just in shock. Before Vaughn could ask, Mion had suddenly fainted when she had a sudden nosebleed, causing Vaughn to jump. "Ummm…" Vaughn said with confusion, "Is she okay…?"

"She'll be fine just give her a minute." Shadow said to Vaughn.

"More importantly... Should one of us be calling a doctor?" Rhys asked.

Vaughn was even more confused, "What? Why? What's happening?" He asked with confusion.

"Cause you look all cut up!" Rhys said laughing at his own joke. Shadow couldn't help but shake his head.

Vaughn started to panic, "Wha-what!? Am I bleeding!? Where am I bleeding!?"

"No, no, no, it's not that you're bleeding." Shadow told him, "What he means is you're just weirdly buff."

"Oh, is that it?" Vaughn asked, "I put an exercise bike in my office a few months back don't worry about it."

"Right." Rhys said.

It wasn't long till Shadow and Rhys heard a voice behind them. "He is pretty yolked." They jumped when they saw that it was once again Handsome Jack. Vaughn just tilted his head in confusion when they reacted like that.

Jack walked past them and towards Vaughn, "I gotta say I'm a little envious of the definition he's got going. Saving the world, it doesn't leave you much time for the gym, I mean, I got muscles, where it matters sure, but… Damn I can never get that toned!"

"Could you not sneak up on us like that!?" Rhys said to him.

"Pssh." Jack said, "Who's sneaking? I don't sneak."

"Oh so what, you've been here this whole time?"

"Yeah."

"Oh."

Shadow asked him with a quizzical look, "Where did you go? I mean after Rhys hit his head you just, well... Vanished."

Jack had simply replied, "Well that's what I've been quietly contemplating, as I take in the desert air and wonder what kind of training resume you're new pal is on."

Mion got up wiping the blood from her nose and asked Shadow, "Are you talking to Jack right now?" She whispered

Shadow was about to answer her but was cut off when he heard Jack say, "Holy shit, is that Mimi? Damn it is her! Almost didn't recognize her with that ponytail!"

"Yeah, it's him." He whispered back, just to clarify it.

Rhys raised his eyebrow when he heard the name Mimi. "I'm sorry, but did you just call Mion Mimi?" He asked Jack.

"Well yeah." Jack said, "Shadow is Shady, and Mion is Mimi. I've always called them that! What Shady here didn't mention it?"

Rhys turned to Shadow. He felt slightly embarrassed, "It's sad but true." Shadow admitted.

"Shadow, Rhys? Who are you guys talking to?" Vaughn asked them.

Jack waved his hand in front of him; than he waved his hand in front of Mion, "So he and Mimi definitely can't see me right?"

"You two are kind of freaking me out, we're the only ones here."

"Rhys, Shady, there's no way this guy is gonna believe you two. I mean I get why Mimi there would believe you, but not this guy."

"You two have been acting pretty weird."

"I mean seriously, I barely believe this crap, and I'm in the middle of a nightmare!"

Shadow turned to Rhys, as if he was asking, "Are you really going to tell him?"

Rhys simply nodded and all Shadow did was sigh and motioned him as if to say "Go ahead". "So… You remember earlier when I said that Shadow and I saw Handsome Jack?" Rhys asked him.

"Sure, right after you fell down the ledge." Vaughn replied.

"Yeah, well, it's true. He's standing right next to you." Rhys said.

Although that was a lie since Jack was still standing next to him and Shadow. "Right..." Vaughn said in disbelief, "So Handsome... HANDSOME JACK. Is standing right next to me?"

"Right." Rhys said while Shadow nodded his head.

"And I can't see him, but you and Shadow are able to see him, and also talk to him." Vaughn said still not believing it.

"That is also correct." Rhys told him.

"He's right you know." Shadow added. At this point, Vaughn had just stood there dumbfounded; not knowing what to say. Jack leaned over to them and said, "He definitely thinks you both are crazy. Who exactly is this little musclebond tool?"

Vaughn turned to Mion as if to ask, "Is this for real?"

Mion replied, "I believe Shadow and Rhys here are telling the truth."

"Vaughn, we know, how crazy it sounds but it's true." Shadow said, "If you want to, you can give a little test right now, that way we can prove it to you."

Vaughn let out a sigh of defeat before putting his hands behind his back, "Okay fair enough… Ask him how many fingers I'm holding up."

Jack walked behind Vaughn to see, crossing his arms. "I don't know…" He said, "He's scratching his ass and uh… OH GOD! I think he may have pissed on his shirt! That's not clean!"

"How many?" Rhys and Shadow said at the same time to Jack.

Jack just gave them a look before saying, "Three."

Rhys than said to Vaughn, "Three. You're holding up three fingers."

Vaughn was taken back by this, "Lucky… Guess…" He said, just in mere shock.

"You know it's not." Rhys said.

"Well, I guess that proves it than." Mion said.

Shadow looked up at the sky, using his hand to cover the rays of the sun, "We should try to find some shade, till Yvette can get us the supplies."

"I…" Vaughn said still in shock, "I don't understand…"

"Join the club." Rhys, Jack and Shadow said at the same time. Rhys and Shadow both looked at Jack just to give him a really look, "Jinx." Jack said out of amusement.

"Let's go." Rhys said. Rhys walked along with Jack and Vaughn who was still in shock. Shadow and Mion were about to follow behind, but he was stopped when he felt himself step on something. Shadow looked down and moved his foot, when he saw a familiar doll lying on the ground. "Hey." Mion said noticing the doll too, "Isn't that Plutia's doll?"

"Yeah." Shadow said, picking up from the ground, shaking off the bit of sand that was on it, "It must've fallen out when I turned on the boost."

"Still can't believe she changes into a completely different person though." Mion said shuddering at the memory, "I mean, did you know that?"

"I did as a matter of fact." Shadow said, "But even so, I'm still in shock about it."

"Well aside from that, Plutia seemed really attached to this doll. She's really going to miss it when she finds out it's gone."

"I guess we only have one option than."

Shadow placed the doll on the side of his belt like how Plutia does to hold it easier. He heard a click sound and made sure that it wouldn't fall off. "Awww." Mion couldn't help but say, "You're still such a sweet guy aren't you?"

"Shut up." Shadow said before catching up with Rhys, Vaughn and Jack; Mion did the same.

As they walked through the desert Jack couldn't help but say, "I don't know what state of being I'm in right now but uh... Well walking still sucks."

Vaughn couldn't help but say, "Man, I mean, what are the odds?"

"What does he mean?" Jack asked Rhys and Shadow.

"What do you mean?" Rhys asked Vaughn.

Vaughn had then clarified, "I mean, of all the people Jack could be appearing to, it just happens to be the guy who's totally obsessed with him! I mean it's crazy! It's like destiny!"

Shadow, Mion and even Jack stopped in their tracks when they heard the word obsessed from Vaughn. They knew they were talking about Rhys, and they all equally had the same look on their faces; basically they had the "WTF" look and they specifically giving it to Rhys.

Rhys looked at them, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed. "I'm sorry, but did he just say obsessed?" Mion asked him.

"Should we be concerned right now?" Shadow asked him.

"No, I think the better you should be asking right now Shady is, should we, or in this case I should be a little creeped out right now?" Jack asked, "Because I am feeling a little creeped out."

Rhys let out a nervous laughter and said to defend himself, "Whaat? I wouldn't say obsessed. I mean I admire his work sure, but obsessed I wouldn't think that-"

"Okay, I'll be honest right now." Mion started to say, "You're taking this to a weird place."

"I agree with Mimi here." Jack said, "So do me a favor and take it down a couple of notches kiddo. Not really digging how you're looking at me right now."

"I'm not sure obsessed is the word I would use, I mean, really think about it." Vaughn said, "You got all those Handsome Jack posters in your office, so I think that's pretty weird."

"That makes two of us." Jack said.

"Wait, you have posters of him all over your office?" Mion asked him.

"I'll agree with Vaughn and Jack here." Shadow said, "That is pretty weird."

Rhys laughed nervously and said, "Those are, motivational posters, you know like the cat hanging from the… They're Hyperion issued!"

They started to walk towards the shade that was nearby and sat down to cool themselves off from the beating sun. The group got to the shade and sat down to cool themselves off.

Mion couldn't help but say, "But what I don't understand is, why you two are the only ones that can see Jack. I mean, don't get me wrong, it is pretty cool, but it sucks that we can't see him."

"I'm still trying to figure that out too." Shadow said, as he thought about it in his head.

"Hmm…" Vaughn said before suggesting, "Maybe it has something to do with that Nakayama drive that we found."

Jack gave a quizzical expression as he leaned back against the wall with his arms crossed. "Namayaka?" Jack asked, "Why does that name sound familiar?"

"It could be that." Rhys said, "I mean, we did both shove a bunch of data, straight into our heads."

Jack snapped his fingers, "Ah, that's Nakayama, right! The weirdo who was obsessed with me." Jack turned to Rhys, "The other weirdo who was obsessed with me."

"I'm not obsessed!" Rhys said to Jack.

Mion stood up to stretch her arms. As she did, she said, "I can totally see that Hyperion would just kill to get there hands on what we just uncovered!"

"Huh?" Shadow couldn't help but say.

"In english so we can understand please." Rhys said.

"You! Both of you!" Mion clarified, "Or body! Whatever Jack is in right now!"

"Yeah…" Jack said, scratching his chin, "They would, wouldn't they?"

"Hey, she's right!" Vaughn said, "Whatever version of Jack you both got in your heads, Nakayama must have stored it for a reason!"

"Damn right, even this idiot and Mimi get's it!" Jack said to the two of them.

"Hyperion would scour the ends of Pandora, hell maybe the ends of the universe to get to it!" Mion said.

Shadow turned his head to the side and Rhys had said, "You know… This could actually save our careers."

"Yes, yeah, exactly!" Jack said, "You and Shady need to get back up there kid! Get me to Hyperion… And you won't regret it."

"Well yeah, I guess so." Vaughn said.

"I mean if you really do want to put it like that…" Mion said scratching her neck, before asking Shadow, "How about you Shades what do you think?" It wasn't long till Mion noticed the look in his eyes, as he looked to the sky, his head resting on the rock wall. "Shades?" Mion said, a bit worried for her friend.

Rhys, Vaughn and Jack walked ahead of them as they heard Jack say, "We'll run that place together kiddo, you, me and Shady. Mostly me, but whatever, that's what we gotta do."

Mion walked over to Shadow, and tapped him on the shoulder, making him jump slightly. "Shadow?" Mion said, "Are you okay?"

"Ye...yeah." Shadow replied, getting up from where he was sitting, "I'm fine, I was just thinking."

"Alright, if you say so.." Mion said, still a bit worried about him. They caught up with the others and as they walked to what appeared to a mill. They stopped in their tracks when they heard a booming sound in the sky; They all knew what it was exactly.

"It's about time." Vaughn said.

They saw that a moonshot had just fired from the Helios Station. "Yes!" Rhys exclaimed, "That's gotta be from Yvette!"

"Hopefully she included some medical supplies, because we really need em right now." Mion said.

However they saw that the container was heading towards them. "Uh-oh, incoming." Jack said as he was laughing.

"It's coming right for us." Rhys said processing what it was happening.

"I guess that tracker is working huh boys and girls!" Jack said to them as he continued to laugh.

Everyone seemed to process what was happening and Rhys had shouted, "IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!"

"COME TO PAPA!" Jack shouted, waving his arms in the air.

"EVERYBODY MOVE!" Shadow shouted, "NOW!"

Everyone, excluding Jack jumped to the side as the moon container hit the floor; Jack disappeared in an instant. Shadow had accidently landed on his broken arm, causing him to cry out in agony. The container opened and it revealed to be a red car. It drove were they were with great speed before coming to an abrupt stop. This caused a cloud of sand to fly into their eyes, and caused them to cough.

The window opened, and they heard a voice that was too familiar to them say, "Nice sock Rhys."

They picked up their heads and saw that is their former boss, Vasquez. He took something from the passenger's seat and exited the car. It turns out what he had gotten out of the car was a gun of some kind, which made the group back up slightly. Shadow attempted to draw his sword but realized that his sword was missing. "Shit!" He cursed mentally, "I must've dropped it when we fell out of the caravan!"

"Fancy meeting all of you here." Vasquez said, "Here I was out on a nice drive and I just happen to drop on right on the guys I was looking for."

Rhys glanced over at his car, "I thought you wanted your car in black." He said.

Vasquez started to laugh, which sent the group into confusion. They looked at each other, and they couldn't help but shrug to one another.

"I see what you did there." Vasquez said, "That's funny. You steal my car, and you make jokes about it. That's good, great stuff."

Vasquez approached and they couldn't help but back up from him, since he was the one holding the weapon.

"Look, I know we had a deal…" Vasquez said, "And while I don't like going back on an agreement… Made man to man… The circumstances have changed."

Before any of them were about to ask, the three of them heard Vaughn suddenly say, "THAT'S RIGHT WE DID HAVE A DEAL!"

The three of them turned to Vaughn, all of them equally had a surprised look on their faces. Vaughn had continued to say, "YOU CONVINCE TO DOUBLE CROSS MY FRIENDS INCLUDING MY BEST FRIEND, AND THE DAY ISN'T EVEN OVER AND YOU'RE DOUBLE-CROSSING ME!?"

Vasquez chuckled, "When you put it like that, it does sound awful."

"Vaughn?" Mion said questioningly.

"Wow man…" Rhys said, "Just… Wow."

All Shadow did was stare at him wide eyed; unsure of what to say at the moment. He felt rage build up in his blood, but his rage was soon calmed when he saw the look in Vaughn's eyes. Vaughn gritted his teeth and said to Vasquez, "Should've known better than to trust a snake like you."

"Oh don't be like that little guy. It's just the way of the…" Vasquez's words trailed off as he suddenly shuddered at the sight of Vaughn, "Listen I'm gonna go see if I got a shirt in the back cause your body is making me uncomfortable. Hold tight kids."

Vasquez walked back to the car to get something from the trunk. The three of them in the group turned to Vaughn. "You mind explaining to us about this?" Mion asked him.

"Did you really make that deal with Vasquez?" Shadow asked him.

Vaughn had immediately said, "I know what this looks like, I really do. I told him I would sell the three of you out but I swear I wasn't going to do it. I was just saying that to get that jerk off our backs! I wasn't going to follow through with it. Please believe me. I swear to you guys, I would NEVER do that."

Shadow sighed and said, "Normally when people say stuff like that to me, honestly I wouldn't buy it for a second since I would know that they were lying to me. But you're telling the truth, so I believe you."

"I believe you too buddy." Mion said to him.

Vaughn sighed with relief, "Okay good." He turned to Rhys, "What about you? You believe me right?"

"It's cool." Rhys said with his arms crossed.

"Is it?" Vaughn asked him with a quizzical look.

"Sure."

"I can't tell if-"

Vaughn was cut off when two shovels were thrown at his and Rhys's feet. "Umm…" Mion said, "Why are their shovels?"

Vasquez had said to Rhys and Vaughn specifically, "You two freaks start digging. I wanna see a decent grave going before to long." He than turned to Shadow and Mion, "You two just stand away from them where I can see you both."

Both Shadow and Mion slowly and hesitantly walked over to the side, at a distance away from Vaughn and Rhys.

"You're not gonna make them dig their own graves?" Vaughn asked.

"Nah, see, they're not going to be the ones that die on Pandora." Vasquez said.

"What are you planning on doing with them?" Rhys asked him.

"Like I'm gonna tell you that." Vasquez said, "Now stop talking and start digging."

Vasquez pointed the gun towards Vaughn, and he hesitantly picked up the shovel and started to dig. Rhys didn't pick up his shovel, and Vasquez pointed the gun towards him. "Don't make me tell you again.

"Let's just work this out." Rhys said to Vasquez.

"We're waaayyy past that." Vasquez said.

"No listen to me, I don't know what you're planning on doing with them, but we can make a trade." Rhys said, "I can-"

"Sorry, but I'm not up for negotiation." Vasquez said, "Seeing as how you're going to be dead in a few minutes."

Rhys looked to the shovel, wondering if he should really dig his own grave.

"What part of dig don't you understand!? Let's get going Mr. Universe!" Vasquez said to Vaughn.

"Okay, okay! Just don't shoot." Vaughn said as he started digging.

Rhys looked over to Vasquez; He bought back the shovel and threw it towards Vasquez. He dodged it and instead of hitting Vasquez, it hit the car's windshield instead. Mion couldn't help but stifle a laugh when that happened, and Shadow's jaw just dropped when he saw that happened. Vasquez's jaw dropped as well.

Rhys said awkwardly, "To be fair, that was supposed to hit you."

Vasquez hit Rhys in the stomach. Shadow was about to go hit Vasquez in the face but Mion had stopped him from doing so. He hit Rhys on the head and the ringing sound echoed through Shadow's head again and it had caused his eyes to squeeze shut. When he opened them, he saw that Jack was there as a hologram again.

Jack turned to Rhys and Shadow and just shook his head. Vasquez groaned as he rubbed his forehead, "Gah! Damn that smarts I think I did that wrong. You got a tough noggin. Looks so easy in the movies but…"

"Ametuar hour." Jack said, before pointing to a part of his nose, "You gotta aim for the bridge of the nose dum-dum."

He said to both Rhys and him, "How is it everytime I show up you guys end up in a worse situation than the last?"

"Not helping." Rhys and Shadow said through gritted teeth.

"Alright fun's over." Vasquez said before pointing the gun to Rhys and Vaughn, "Looks like we'll be settling for the shallow variety of graves. Rhys you die first, than these three can load your body in the car. I'll have these two bury Vaughn."

"What?!" Vaughn and Mion shouted at the same time.

"Yeah they want this idiot's body up there for something uh…" Vasquez said, "Important floating around in his head."

Rhys, Shadow and even Jack turned to each other, knowing exactly what Vasquez was talking about. Rhys mouthed to Shadow, "He thinks I'm the only one?"

"Looks like." Shadow mouthed back to him.

"Wait, why did you ask Rhys to dig his own grave if you were going to put him in the trunk?" Mion asked him questioningly. Vasquez ignored her question and finally explained the gun he was holding, "This is a prototype. The most advanced gun Hyperion has ever made."

Jack chuckled slightly, "Someone's overcompensating."

The gun started to charge, making Rhys and Jack (Despite the fact that he's a hologram) backed up slightly. Shadow was yet again, about to go and stop him, but the gun started to glitch out. The gun shut down, and everyone stood there in silence even Vasquez stood there dumbfounded; Shadow and Mion both moved back to Rhys and Vaughn. "Any… Last words?" Vasquez said awkwardly as he tried to figure what was wrong with his gun, "Before the… How does it… Inevitable…God-Damnit."

"I've got two for you." Rhys said, "Eat shit."

"Nice choice of words." Shadow said with his thumb up.

"Yeah, that's the spirit." Jack added.

"That was seven words. But I'll be sure to put 'ate shit' on your tombstone." Vasquez said.

"Yeah… If I were you, I'd be more worried about his tombstone if you knew where the safety was." Shadow said with a smirk.

"Oh you're hilarious." Vasquez said sarcastically.

Vaughn had said awkwardly, "Um… Is there a problem?"

"I know how to shoot a gun!" Vasquez said, "I just want to get the maximum damage out of this thing!"

Finally Jack had gotten fed up, "Alright, as much as I'd love to watch this idiot kill you four idiots, I can't let that happen! I mean I'm inside one of you… I mean I'm not inside one of you, look if one of you goes, I don't know who, than I go!"

"What do you suggest we do exactly?" Shadow mumbled so that Vasquez couldn't hear him.

"We can't exactly fight our way out of this!" Rhys said.

"I've got that covered!" Jack said, before turning to Rhys, "I've enhanced your ECHOeye so use it to hack something, and get us the hell out of this jam. Figure out how you can pay me back later, I've got both of your backs." Jack went to pat them both on the back but both of his hands went right through their shoulders, earning a look from both of them.

"Riiight…" Jack said awkwardly, "Okay, now mess this guy up!"

"You might as well." Shadow said to Rhys, "I mean, I can't exactly fight in my condition, plus, I lost my sword."

Rhys nodded his head to the both of them, and his ECHOeye started to become active. He had decided to see if he can get into the car, but he saw something that was all new to him. He was now able to access the car.

"Hohoho, deeper subsystem access, that's new." Rhys said.

"You think you'll be able to do something with that?" Shadow asked him.

Rhys got the radio to turn on which made Vasquez jump. "Did you do that?" Vasquez asked him, but all Rhys did was shrug and had an innocent look on his face. "And paranoia! It begins!" Jack said with a smile.

"Did you really do that?" Mion whispered to Rhys.

"Yep." He replied.

"That's so cool!" Mion said, "What else can you do?"

Rhys had activated the horn, which had started honking like crazy, which made Vasquez jump again. "SURPRISE!" Jack exclaimed.

"The hell is going on?" Vasquez said.

"Anything that can help us?" Shadow asked him.

"Working on it." Rhys said back to him. Finally he had activated the car, and he started to drive it. The car backed up at a good distance. He pushed on the accelerator and it drove right into Vasquez. Everyone jumped to the side as the car drove right by them. "Whoa man!" Mion exclaimed, "That was amazing!"

"Did you do that just now Rhys?" Vaughn asked him as he stood up.

"Yeah, I just did." Rhys said, "Pretty crazy right?"

Shadow got up from the ground, and what surprised them was that Shadow had started laughing like a madman. "HAHA!" He shouted, "HE SHOOTS HE SCORES! OH GOD THAT IS FUCKING HILARIOUS! DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT CAR HIT HIM!? IT JUST WENT BAM AND HE WAS LIKE AAAAHHH! OH GOD I CAN'T HANDLE IT!"

He continued to laugh to the point where tears started to come out of his eyes, while pointing over to Vasquez who was unconscious at the moment. The group after a closer look at Shadow soon realized that his ECHOeye, was blue instead of red. This had freaked the three of them. "Shadow?" Rhys said, "What's wrong with you?"

"You're freaking us out here." Mion said.

"Yeah." Vaughn said fixing his glasses, "Why are you laughing like a psycho? Or for that matter, almost talking like one?"

Shadow suddenly threw his hands over his mouth; his ECHOeye was back to the familiar crimson red color. He said to them hesitantly, "That… wasn't me."

The three of them had a quizzical expression on their faces.

"Wasn't you?" Mion asked him, "What do you mean?"

Shadow blinked, and his ECHOeye was once again back to the blue crystal color. He looked at his own hands, and was pretty amazed by this. He started to feel his own face, slapping his cheek a couple of times, before his eyes widened in realization.

"Well hello. Now this is an interesting little development we have here." He said as he felt his own arms and legs, "Man, I gotta say it feels kind of strange to be in a body again, especially like uh... How old is he again? He's like a teenager, right? Rhysie, kiddo help me out here."

Rhys raised his eyebrow but had soon put together what was happening right now. "Jack?" He said questioningly.

Mion and Vaughn did a double take when he had said a single name. "What?" They both said.

Shadow started to groan agony and he fell back to his knees; as he blinked his ECHOeye kept switching from blue to red. "GET OUT OF MY HEAD! YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, SO GET OUT!"

Switching to blue he had said, arguing with himself, "Ah come on Shady, don't be like that!"

"Shadow!" Rhys exclaimed running over to him.

"What's wrong with him!?" Mion exclaimed, "Why is he screaming like that!?"

"I don't know!" Rhys said.

Vaughn saw Vasquez getting up from off the floor, "Uh guys, we've gotta go! Now!"

"Rhys…!" Shadow managed to say his ECHOeye changed back to red, "You mind doing me a favor?!"

"Yeah, sure what is it!?" Rhys said.

"I need you to punch me!" Shadow said to him, before his ECHOeye changed back to blue; he smirked and said, "Seriously kiddo, that's your little plan? You know that's going to hurt you more than it hurts me. Pfft, who the hell am I kidding, I just found out about this and it's fucking awesome! Don't get me wrong it's still weird but, it's awesome! I'm practically shaking here!"

Rhys said, "Punch you why?"

His eye changed back to red, "Don't ask questions! Just punch me! NOW!"

"Okay, okay!" Rhys said, before letting his robot fist impact with his face making Shadow to fall over on the ground; his blood started to come out of his mouth, since Rhys actually knocked out a tooth. It wasn't long until Rhys heard the actual Jack say, "Ha! See I knew that was going to happen! That is gonna sting like a-" And than he had vanished.

"GUYS!" Vaughn shouted. He pointed towards Vasquez who was looking very pissed off. Rhys helped Shadow off the ground, they had started to run from him. Vasquez got back in his car, "GO AHEAD AND RUN! YOU'RE JUST MAKING THIS FUNNER FOR ME!"

He started the car and drove towards them attempting to run them over. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"

"OH SHIT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT GOOD!" Mion shouted.

"WE'RE GONNA END UP DEAD!" Vaughn shouted.

They soon heard something fly from a distance. It flew towards them and lifted them up off the ground. It had turned out it was none other than-

"LOADER BOT!" Rhys exclaimed.

The group couldn't help but cheer. "YES! I KNEW YVETTE WOULDN'T LET US DOWN!" Vaughn shouted through the wind.

"I missed you." Loader Bot said.

"I've missed you more." Rhys said with a smile.

As the group flew away, Vasquez stopped to get out of his car. He raised his fist to them. "THIS ISN'T OVER! YOU HEAR ME!?"

The four of them flew through the air with, Shadow and Mion on Loader Bots shoulders while he was holding on to Rhys and Vaughn. "So what do we do now?" Vaughn asked the group, "I mean should we meet up with the others at Hollow Point or Old Haven? It's not like they don't know where we're going!"

"I suppose we could go to Hollow Point, but that could be dangerous!" Rhys said, "Or we could go straight to Old Haven from here!"

Shadow then suggested, "Wouldn't it be better if we just split up!?"

"Huh?" Rhys and Vaughn said not quite hearing him.

"I said we should split up!" Shadow said, "You guys can go to Old Haven while Mion and I can meet up with them at Hollow Point, so they don't get the wrong idea!"

"Yeah that could work!" Vaughn said, "I don't mind doing that!"

"Let's go to Hollow Point first then!" Rhys said, "After we drop you guys off we'll head for Old Haven with Loader Bot!"

"First stop, Hollow Point." Loader said to the group.

Loader Bot started to fly them to where Hollow Point was with great speed.

(Ending Theme: Bleach Ending 6 My Pace)