Author's Note: Sorry for the wait, Been busy lately. I wanted this to be one big chapter but decided to split it into two seperate ones. Hope they are good, Enjoy.
Chapter 14: Encounters Part 1
Inside the robotics lab of the island Zeke was seeing the completion of the final bots when one of his men can running into the room. "Sir tenemos un gran problema!" (Sir we have a huge problem!)
Zeke turned away from the machine's controls; he knew it was something he wasn't going to like. "qué es esto?" (What is it?)
The soldier seemed to be nervous with saying what needed to be said, "El jet aire destruido el SAMs y ahora se encuentran en su camino hacia aquí!" (The airborne jet destroyed the SAMs and now they're on their way here!)
The man growled at the piece of information, he knew things weren't going as planned and now things changed. Hard Drive saw the look and couldn't help but ask, "What did he say?"
Like before Zeke ignored the question, turning his attention back to the soldier, "Llevar a cabo, no me importa lo que usted lo haga!" (Take them out; I don't care how you do it!) Without any hesitation the guy turned and left the two alone.
"What's going on?" Hard Drive demanded. "I grow tired of not knowing what you're saying!"
"The jet outside took out the outside defenses…and now our intruders are coming," Zeke sighed, going back to the console and accessing the cameras around the base.
"What are you doing now? Planning on retreating?" both arms folded.
"No just checking out how things look," Just then the screen in the room lit up and showed footage of various parts of the base. Most of it showed the troops and bots moving about, getting into defensive positions, all waiting for the intruders. He kept on switching until he got to the cameras outside. Just then a growl came out of Zeke's mouth, "It's the Rovers and…friends of your?"
Hard Drive's eyes widen as he saw the other two kats with them, "How in the…"
Hearing that made Zeke raise an eye and look at the kat in curiosity, "You know those two then?"
Sparks of electricity sparked from the coat he wore, a sign that it wasn't good news. "I'll deal with them…personally," Without hearing a response, Hard Drive's coat flashed bright as he disappeared into the base's electrical system.
Outside
The Rovers and Swat Kats all moved towards the entrance of the base, which was a small building that leads underground. There wasn't anyone guarding it, which was good and bad at the same time since they didn't know what to expect. "You all ready?" Hunter asked everyone. His team nodded, and then he turned to their friends.
"We're good to go," T-bone responded as he and Razor took out of weird looking gloves and put them on.
"Whoa, what are those?" Axel asked, making everyone else look. The gloves looked high tech, like it could be used for combat, but also for more than punching.
"These," Razor started out, strapping the glove on. "Are called Glovatrix, a special combat glove I made."
"You made those?" Jenna asked.
"Yeah, these can carry smaller versions of our jets missiles, plus a few more surprises," T-bone smiled.
"Like what?" Hunter asked, now interested.
"You'll see soon enough," Razor responded with a grin of his own. "The best part is that these are insulated, perfect for fighting Hard Drive."
"You serious comrades?" Exile asked, as he received a nod from the two.
"Alright then, Fighting him should be easier then," The retriever responded, now heading towards the entrances. "Let's go!"
They all approached the building and lined up outside the doorway, Hunter then looked at his brother and asked, "Axel do you sense anyone inside?"
Axel then closed his eyes and started to concentrate. "Uh…what's he doing?" T-bone then asked, eye rising at the Akita.
"He's trying to sense if anyone is inside," Hunter responded.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about your powers," the burly tom responded, with the smaller one nodding also.
Just as then Axel opened his eyes, "No one inside, I can't sense anybody."
"That's a good sign then," Colleen responded, the collie then opened the door and then everyone burst in. The inside was some kind of check point, there was a large desk in the center, a few computers and a few weapons lining the walls. Further back they could see some stairs leading down.
"Ok this looks like the place," Blitz spoke as they all started to move in. Out of nowhere several robots jumped out from cover and opened fired.
"Scatter!" Hunter called out as they all jumped out of the way, dodging the incoming fire. Exile and Jenna were the first to respond and fire back, destroying two of them, leaving about three left. Both T-bone and Razor rolled and got up on a knee and aimed their Glovatrix, and fired small missiles from then, both objects flew out and hit two of the bots, exploding them to pieces and causing the last one to fly in the open. Seeing this opening Hunter fired a round at it, destroying it completely.
The area seemed to be clear as no more enemies could be seen nor any weapon fire being heard, so everyone got out of cover and formed up. "Is everyone ok?" Hunter asked.
"We're all good comrade," Exile answered for everyone.
"Good," He then looked at their friends, amazed at what their weapons could do. "I guess you were right, those things really do pack a punch."
Both kats grinned at the response, but Razor was the one to respond, "Thanks, but that's not all they can do."
"We'll be surprised once we see it," Colleen responded just as Hunter and Axel moved to the stairs. Both brothers moved and aimed their weapons down the stairs.
"It's clear!" Axel announced to everyone, following Hunter's lead as they followed the retriever down the stairs, but making sure to keep their ears opening for anything. Things got a little dim as they proceeded further down, an end coming in sight. Once they got to the end they entered a fairly large room, there were a few shipping crates inside, a few tables with chairs, and various doors that lead somewhere.
Nothing seemed out of the ordinary as everyone filed into the room. "Which way should we go?" Axel asked, looking at the doors.
"I'm not sure…try to find some signs or something," Hunter responded as they started to spread out. They didn't move that far as their ears flicked as static could be heard.
"What's that?" Blitz asked.
"It's coming from the ceiling," Krystal responded as they all looked up, seeing various cables above.
A bright flash showed before a figure appeared on top one of the crates, laughing echoing in the room. The Rovers and Swat Kats all turned and aimed where the voice came from. "So you really are here," T-bone growled as he saw Hard Drive before him.
"I'm surprised," Said kat responded, walking from side to side on the crate. "I didn't expect you two to be here."
"Likewise," Razor responded. "Why don't you make it easy on yourself and give up."
"No chance," With another flash he was gone, disappearing into the cables above but yet his voice could still be heard. "Show me what you got!"
"This isn't good," Colleen responded as they kept an eye out to see where he was.
"You all go on ahead, we got this," T-bone spoke up, eyes never leaving the celling.
"No, that's not a good idea, we'll stand by you," Hunter responded, taking his eyes off the ceiling and looking at his friends.
"We know how to handle him, we got this," Razor seconded, the reasoning slowly convincing the retriever.
"Maybe I should leave a few of us here to help," Hunter suggested.
Before an answer could be heard a flash appeared and Hard Drive materialized in front of one of the shipping crates. A spark appeared as the doors opened, reveling some deactivated bots. Before anyone could stop him an electric current flowed from the coat, into the robots and they activated. "You know, I think help would be most helpful," T-bone uneasily responded.
"Move!" everyone scrambled out of the way as the robots filed out of the crate and started to open fire at them. Most took cover behind another crate while the rest flipped over the tables and hid behind them, thankfully the tables were really thick. "Ok we're going to move out," Hunter told T-bone and Razor before looking back at his teammates. "Blitz, Krystal, Exile, Jenna, stay here and help!"
"We'll do what he can!" Blitz shouted back from behind the table.
The retriever nodded before looking at the rest of his team, "Colleen, Axel, and Shag you're with me."
"You sure you're going to be ok, with only the four of you?" Razor asked.
"Yes, we can manage," Hunter responded, looking out from cover and then firing blindly. "Give us some covering fire!"
"Alright, you heard him!" T-bone called out as everyone staying got ready and then popped out and started firing. The four remaining Rovers then rushed from cover and headed for a random door, not caring where it leads right now.
Being the first one there Axel slid on his knees towards the door, grasping the handle he pulled the door open and let the others go in first. Seeing that they were clear the Akita rushed in and slammed the door behind him, leaving their six remaining teammates behind.
The fire stopped as the last bot fell to the floor, prompting the Rovers and Swat Kats to come out from behind cover. "Is that all you got Hard Drive!" T-bone called out to the kat that couldn't be seen.
"No, I don't," Another bright flash and Hard Drive appeared in front of them. "I'm just getting started. Two more crate doors opened as more robots came out. "Oh and here's a curve ball." He pointed to a corner of the room, in the shadows was a powered down turret. A grin appeared on the kat's face before disappearing and static headed for the machine. Apparently Hard Drive was interfacing with the turret, powering it on.
"Not, good, not good at all," Blitz responded as things seemed to turn bad for them. They were outnumbered by more robots and now there was a turret against them. Things weren't going to be pretty now.
A/N: Hope you like, I'm trying now but the end result is differen't from what I planned. There's only a three, or two chapters left. I thank you for still reading.