Author's Note: For those of you who are wondering what happened to the original content, I'm in the process of rewriting my story.
Lance left Jump City the moment the opportunity presented itself. And as predicted, he was found again. The following weeks were marked by a number of skirmishes between Lance and the hunting party of machines. Such conflicts followed the same pattern that had existed since the very day it all began for Lance. First, the droids would find Lance and attack, forcing him to use the watch to fight in his defense. Lance would destroy a number of the droids and then lose the enemy by running off and going into hiding. Eventually, the droids would find him again and the cycle would start all over again. How many times this process had occurred was a mystery to Lance, he had lost count long ago…
Lance would sometimes reminisce about times before long ago, different times, another era. Another era, had it really been that long since he had had a home to live in, a family to provide company and comfort, something to wake up in the morning for? Well, he really never had that much time to think about anything apart from finding his needs or keeping on the move. This was what Lance had been reduced to as a result of having the dumb luck to come across an alien pod. Now, that dumb luck had him walking aimlessly through a rugged wasteland, miles from any human habitation.
The sun continued to beat down upon him, forcing him to remove his sky-blue jacket and tie it around his waist, allowing him to be somewhat cooler. His knapsack however, despite its small size, was slowly becoming a heavy weight. Not that he wasn't accustomed to it, ever since the chase began, he had become quite used to roughing it out. The terrain was beginning to get rockier, a canyon could be seen up ahead. Perhaps he could find shelter up ahead. But he probably wouldn't get there until sunset.
Well, at least he could soon get some rest sooner or later, and so would end another day...Lance's mind jarred itself awake upon seeing six shadows casting themselves over him. Lance whipped his head upwards to see six red insect-like droids swooping down at him. "I thought I just lost you guys…" Lance growled to himself as he leapt away from the path of his pursuers, rolling down a small slope. Grunting in discomfort, he shot his right hand towards his left wrist and wrapped his fingers around the watch…
The six droids made to follow their quarry down the slope, but then stopped when a green light flashed before them. Before the droids could register what had happened, a blue blur zipped past them. The droids turned to see a trail of dust that headed for the canyon ahead. They scanned an incredibly fast moving object ahead of them and decided to chase. The blue blur, which was now a decent distance away, traveled up a plateau and stopped at the top. Looking down from its perch was a blue alien dinosaur. Lance's visor raised itself, allowing its owner to see six dots in the distance that were growing by the minute. "Well," Lance said to himself, "I guess I could give them a head start…" Lance lay on his side. The droids continued to get closer. Lance scratched his stomach. The droids began warming up their weapons. Lance let out a yawn. The droids were getting closer to the plateau. Lance was falling asleep. The droids were flying up the plateau, the saurian was in their sights, target locked...
The saurian's green eyes shot open with a smirk. The droids fired and the beams of energy missed their target at the last second. "TOO SLOW!" A blue blur was once again zooming around the place. The blur leapt and one droid was smacked aside by a strong tail. The blur used the motion generated from its attack to land on a second droid. The first droid, still spinning, recklessly fired at Lance. The laser missed its intended target, which had again evaded at the last moment, and instead destroyed the second droid.
The blur landed back onto the top of the plateau and traveled down the side in a vertical fashion as the five remaining droids resumed their chase. Lance raced towards the canyon again, easily staying in the lead. The path was becoming even rockier and large slabs of earth jutting from the ground began appearing more frequently, this gave Lance an idea… When he arrived at a small clearing in the stony forest, Lance unexpectedly turned around and stopped. Unconcerned with Lance's action, the droids rushed at their target. Bad mistake. As soon as he felt that the droids were in just the right position, Lance zoomed towards the small hunting party and then swerved around them. He went around again and again, moving at an incredible speed. In almost an instant, the droids were engulfed in a blue tornado that tore through the ground, whipping up a small dust storm in the process.
All five droids were sent spinning around in the air until each one of them collided at full force with the large jutting rocks that littered the ground. Five explosions filled the air. "Takes care of that!" Lance looked at the smoldering remains in contentment. His smile vanished when he heard a noise, the sound of rock falling not to far from where he was. Lance could also hear something walking across the ground. Whatever it was, its feet were striking the ground too hard for it to be an animal with soft padded paws, delicate hooves, or small claws. He was also too far out for there to be any people around. Lance could only assume the worst. "Trying to sneak up on me are ya…?" He said under his breath.
Lance zipped up a rock formation and shifted himself towards the direction of what was sure to be another droid of some sort. Peering over a ledge, Lance readied himself to pounce. A shadow cast itself near the bottom of Lance's perch. "Just a little closer and…." The shadow was close enough, Lance leapt down like a leopard. "AH—HUH?!" Lance had started a triumphant yell but was cut short upon seeing something he had not been expecting. Instead of an insect-like droid, he was seeing a blonde-haired girl who was now looking up at him in fear and surprise. What happened next was even more unexpected.
After letting out a terrified yell, the girl's blue eyes suddenly glowed yellow and a piece of earth smacked Lance aside in midair. Lance was sent tumbling head over tail across the ground until he rolled into a rocky wall. The world had been turned completely upside down, or so it seemed to Lance, his wheel-shaped feet were in the air as his head and shoulder blades remained on the ground. The blonde girl began edging nervously toward him, her eyes filled with an odd mixture of apprehension and fascination. "Uhh," this was a tad awkward for Lance, "Hi?" He gave a cheesy toothy grin in an attempt to break the ice.
The girl let out another yell in surprise, whatever had just ambushed her was now talking! Her eyes glowed yellow again and the rocky wall Lance had his back against crumbled and collapsed in a great cloud of dust. The girl looked on and gasped in horror. "NO!" She hadn't meant for that to happen.
"Phew, that was a close one!" The girl looked over her shoulder to see a blue pointed reptilian face. The girl yelped again out of shock, despite herself, and a pillar of rock erupted from beneath Lance's feet. Lance was sent spiraling into the air before he landed in an ungraceful heap.
"Wh-who are—, Wh-what are—," The girl was trying to form words with her mouth but her surprise was still too great. Her anxiety intensified when Lance leapt back onto his feet and poised himself into a fighting position. Lance's response had been more out of habit than from a desire to fight, but that didn't stop the girl from jumping a foot back. Lance realized his mistake when the girl made a stance of her own as her eyes and fists began glowing yellow.
"WAIT!" Lance held out his two claws in front of him in a defensive gesture, "I-I'm not out to get you, honest!" The glowing in the girl's eyes dimmed a little and her stance relaxed, but not by much.
"N-not out to get me?! You tried pouncing me!" the girl retorted indignantly. Lance felt like slapping himself on the head. After being ambushed, what else was she supposed to think about him?
"I was…expecting someone else?" Lance replied feebly, producing a weak smile.
"Like who—" The girl was cut off when she felt herself swept off of her feet by a blue blur. "H-hey!" she protested, "Let go of—" The girl stopped again in midsentence when Lance stopped running and turned them both in the direction the girl had had her back to. Her eyes widened at the sight of what appeared to be a large swarm of red insect-like droids hovering in the air. A large scorch mark was present in the spot where the girl had been standing only moments before.
"I was kind of expecting those guys earlier…" explained Lance.