Author's Note: I'm very sorry for the wait, my brother moved out. I've shared a room with him ever since I was a newborn, I was very close to him. I couldn't write because of that because I was feeling down. My work may have slipped, oh and sorry it's short. Enjoy.
Chapter 15: Encounters Part 2
Hunter's group moved down the hall as Axel watched the rear; any unwanted surprises wanted to be avoided as much as possible. They have been trekking down the hall for a minute and haven't run into anyone yet, which was odd. "Axel do you sense anything yet?" Hunter asked, keeping his eyes forward.
"No…nothing yet, and no one is trailing us," the Akita responded, keeping his weapon pointed.
"Huntie, where should we go now?" Colleen asked her husband, walking right next to him.
"I'm not sure yet, there's nothing that points us to the robotics lab," The retriever responded as he stopped when they came to an intersection. "Now which way?"
"Too bad there aren't any signs to help us," Axel spoke as he turned around and saw their current situation.
"It'll be too risky to split up, we need to stick together with the numbers we have," His brother responded as he looked down both halls.
"Plus the face we have no idea what we'll find," Axel added in.
"Re Rould Rake Ra Ruess (We should take a guess)," Shag commented on.
"I think Shag is right on this," Colleen responded.
"Rah! (Yah!)," the big dog responded.
An echo of an explosion sounded from behind as the four Rovers turned to see what it was. Nothing could be seen down the hall, which was bad since it made them fear the worst for their team. "You think we should go back for them?" Axel asked.
"They should be able to handle it," Hunter responded with a worried sigh as he turned back to the intersection. "Right now we need to get to that robotics lab and stop those robots from being made."
"Then it's decision time Hunter," Colleen responded.
"Aright then," the retriever looked down both ways before turning left. "Let's move."
Back with the others
The remaining Rovers and Swat Kats were all back to back as more robots came out and the turret in the room targeted them. They all were thinking of something to do but couldn't voice their plans. Just then various clicks of weapons sounded as all the present foes prepared to fire. "Move!" T-bone shouted as he moved behind the Rovers as Razor moved in front of them. Round metal like shields popped out of the Glovatrix, and both kats used them to block the incoming bullets. Many sparks were made as the incoming fire bounced off of the shields as both toms blocked the fire. "Run!" Razor shouted as the Rovers all scattered around the room. Seeing them get to safe spots both toms went for cover as well.
"Get them!" Hard Drive's voice sounded from the turret as he tried to get another lock on them. Behind one of the shipping crates Blitz, Krystal and Razor pressed their backs against the metal, shielding them from incoming fire. "We can't fight back with that turret still working!" Blitz voiced out to his current companions.
"I know, but it's going to be hard to get close to it, or even get a clear shot," Razor responded as he crouched.
"We need a diversion," Krystal suggested.
"But what?"
One the other side Jenna, Exile and T-Bone took cover as well, but they were blindly returning fire. "Not looking good," Exile spoke.
"Any ideas?" Jenna asked the two.
"Take out the turret first!" T-Bone suggested, firing a small missile before returning to cover. "As long as it's still out we can't make a proper offensive."
"Any ideas of your own?" The female husky asked. "He is your enemy."
"Let's try moving from cover to cover, that way we can get closer." The burly tom then pulled out the same shield. "Wait for my go, I'll cover you two." The two huskies nodded and waited for their friend to give the go. Sharply turning T-Bone placed the shield in front of the incoming fire, "Move!"
Exile and Jenna then shot out of cover, running closer to the turret's location and dove behind another crate. T-Bone rushed behind them, shield still up and banging against the metal.
On the other side Blitz, Krystal, and Razor saw this happen, and caused a distraction. Taking the chance the three moved out of cover and fired at the bots. They managed to hit six of them before having to return to cover.
"We're never going to get far like this!" Krystal spoke, reloading her weapon.
"What can we do?" Blitz responded.
"Just let T-Bone and your friends take care of the turret," Razor responded, loading another mini missile on his Glovatrix. "Just keep behind cover and wait for them."
"Easier said than done!" Krystal responded as all three ducked as the fire was getting closer.
Back with Exile's group they dove right under the turret's blind spot, which was unfortunately because there was hardly any cover. The two Huskies ducked as T-Bone took aim at the turret and fired a mini missile at the machine. It collided and exploded the weapon, just as a huge electrical spark flew out and went into the cables in the roof.
The remaining Rovers and Razor saw this happened and unloaded at the rest of the bots. The machines stood no chance as they were being hit at all sides. It only took less than a minute before they were disposed of. They all then took the time to scan the room, making sure that they had gotten all of them.
T-Bone then looked up at the ceiling, "You have no one else to defend you now Hard Drive! Just surrender now!"
There was nothing but silence after that statement, not really a good sign for them. Just then one of the wires broke off and plummeted to the ground. "Move!" Blitz responded as everyone moved out of the way. The wire then hit the ground, many volts of electricity spewing out of it.
"There are more of them!" Razor shouted as more wires broke away and fell to the ground. They all took cover inside the crates, shielding themselves from the falling debris. A minute passed and dozens of wires were scattered around the ground, some were still attached to the ceiling. A bright flash came and Hard Drive appeared, once again on top of a crate. "Let's see you fight now," chuckling he extended his arms as waves of electricity flowed from his coat and into the wires, making them live again. The whole area was now an electric mine field, one wrong step and it could be over for one of them.
Meanwhile back with Hunter's group they all stopped as the lights flickered. They didn't know that Hard Drive's current action messed with the electrical system. "Careful, something tells me the lights will go off here."
"We won't be able to fight in the dark," Colleen responded. "Well maybe Axel."
Said Akita shook his head, "No, if we're going against robots I won't be able to see anything since they aren't living."
"Well that's not good," The retriever responded as he then at their forth companion. "Hey Shag do you have anything that will help in case the lights go off?"
"Raybe, ret re reck (Maybe, let me check)," The big dog then started to search his fur for something.
"Wait," Axel then spoke, stopping everyone as their attention was on him. "Someone's coming."
"Who?"
"A lot of them…that way," He pointed down the way they were going.
"Not good, there's no cover here," Hunter then turned back the way they came. "We need to go back-"
"No, the same thing is happening on the other side!" Axel warned, making everyone gasp.
"You mean…they're coming from both sides?" Colleen asked.
"Yeah, we're boxed in," The Akita confirmed their fears. There were two sets of soldiers coming from both directions; there were no escape routes anywhere. They were all trapped.
A/N: Hope you like, I'm trying real hard now, but like I said I've been feeling down since my brother left. But I'll try hard now. Thank you for waiting.