Author's Note: I'm very sorry for the long wait, I don't want to give any excuses but I have been having problems with Microsoft Word so I've had trouble writing. I'm very sorry and hope it won't happen again. Enjoy.

Chapter 16: Encounters Part 3

Hunter's group's hearts pounded as they listened to the footsteps getting closer and closer. "What now, we're trapped!" Hunter shouted to the others.

"There's nowhere to run," Colleen responded as they already themselves for the onslaught of guards.

As the seconds ticked away Axel's eyes then wandered up to the lights in the corridor. There was a little darkness as it was and these lights were the only thing making things visible. It was then the thought came to his mind, "Quick shoots the lights outs!"

"Rhat (What)?" Shag responded for them, as the three remaining rovers looked at him confused.

"Just shoot them out; they won't be able to see us!" Axel then aimed his blaster up at the light above them and shot it, engulfing them in darkness. The others didn't know what the Akita had in mind but decided to trust his judgment and fired at the nearest lights, making the corridor even darker. Soon not even the Rovers themselves could see each other, now they didn't know what to do now. "Press yourself against the wall!" hearing the command they all did what they were told. Colleen and Axel pressed themselves on one wall while Hunter and Shag did the same across from them. The footsteps grew louder, but nothing could be seen cause of the darkness. But just then Axel closed his eyes and then opened them, his aura sight activating. The colored auras of the other Rovers appeared, looking down the hall he could see more coming their way.

"What happened to the lights?" One of the guards shouted in the darkness.

"Maybe they blew," Another one responded.

The guards on both sides all then arrived right where the Rovers were but now they couldn't be seen. They all held their breaths since their breathing made a little noise. Axel watched as the guards interacted with one another and then left the other way. Luckily none of them moved close to the walls, which meant they were safe for now. And for some reason they didn't have flashlights with them, another plus since they could still hide.

"No matter, we need to reinforce the way to the robotics lab; the intruders will be coming soon enough."

"But shouldn't we help out with the ones near the entrance?"

"No!" another guard warned as they all moved down one of the halls. "That weird stranger clipped most of the wires and somehow made them spark again, that place is a whole mine field."

The voices faded as Axel watched as the auras disappear from view, they were in the clear. Still they waited a minute just in case before they said something. "That was close," Hunter spoke as he and Shag back up from the wall; they were having trouble seeing themselves.

"Yeah Hunter I know," Colleen then turned to Axel. "Good idea with the lights that helped."

"Rah rood rob (Yeah good job)," Shag agreed.

"Thanks, but what they said just now is making me worry about the others," The Akita responded to the others.

"I know what you mean, but…" The leader then turned down back to the hall where they came from. "I don't know anymore."

"…I think we should keep going, I'm sure they can handle it."

Hunter thought about it, but in a way he wanted to make sure they were ok, but also he knew that they could handle themselves. It was a tough call but they did need to stop the robots from being made. "Alright let move on."

Meanwhile

Blitz's group as well as T-Bone and Razor were inside the shipping crate when the cables fell to the ground. They couldn't step out of there without being electrocuted, so basically they were stuck at the moment. "What do we do now?" Blitz asked everyone present.

"I don't know either comrade, we go out and we get zapped," Exile responded, the sounds of static could be heard from outside.

"I don't remember Hard Drive being this difficult," T-Bone spoke out loud.

"Me neither buddy," Razor responded. "He must of grown a back bone while here."

"Either way, how can we fight him now?" Jenna asked the two toms, hoping they would have an answer.

"Well it'll be risky trying to walk around the area since the wires, but T-Bone and I can touch them since our gloves are insulated," The ginger tom responded.

"So…?" Krystal asked for all of them as the burly tom went next.

"We'll try to make a path for you all, just be careful." With that the two toms moved to the doors, already seeing wires close to them. "Ready buddy?"

"As ever as I'll be," With a nod the two reached out and grabbed a wire, the static flared but it didn't affect the two as they threw them to the side. They moved out as they started clearing away more of the harmful obstacles. Once a good amount was cleared they looked around but couldn't see Hard Drive anywhere. They then checked the ceiling wires but didn't see him so far. But just then another wire disconnected and plummeted towards them, they saw this in time and hopped out of the way. They managed to dodge the wires that were scattered around the ground as they kept their senses peeled for more.

The remaining Rovers carefully moved out from the crate and looked around also, but couldn't see anything also. "Where did he go!?" Blitz shouted as he and the others moved around, being sure to avoid the live wires.

"We don't know, but keep your eyes on anything electrical!" T-Bone responded.

In a flash Hard Drive appeared behind Blitz, the Doberman felt the presence behind him and turned. The kat cocked his fist back as electricity surrounded his whole body and launched a punch at him. Out of reflex Blitz caught the fist but cried out as the electricity shocked his hand, the one that was still bandaged. He withdrew his hand and clutched it but that was a mistake since Hard Drive launched another punched across Blitz's face, shocking and throwing him back some. Luckily he landed away from the other wires.

"Blitz!" Krystal cried out as she saw this.

T-Bone and Razor turned as they heard the cry, saw Hard Drive and fired some mini missiles at him, but the kat disappeared in another flash. Taking the chance Krystal made her way to her husband and kneeled beside him. "Blitz are you alright?"

The Doberman grunted as his breathing increased some. The bandages on his hand burned off, but luckily it took most of the damage. His palm was a little dark, but there wasn't any damage. His face seemed to be much better since the blow was quick, just some burnt fur on his right cheek. "Ja…" He panted some as he tried to get back up. "Just burns some."

"Look out!" Jenna's voice shouted, Hard Drive appeared holding two of the wires. He then threw them at his opponents, the first being Exile and Razor. They both ducked down but had to leap out of the way as more sailed at them. Unfortunately Exile's foot stepped on one of the wires, the electric current traveled up his leg, his cries filled the room as his leg went numb.

"Exile!" Jenna shouted, but before she could move the husky stopped her.

"I'm fine…just numb!" he clutched his leg as he tried to get to cover, using his only good leg.

Hard Drive laughed as he disappeared again, but this time he appeared behind Jenna. Both hands reached out for her. "Duck!" T-Bone shouted as he ran and jumped as the female husky hit the floor. Cocking his fist back, the one with the glovatrix, the tom launched a powerful right hook which struck the kat across the face. The insulation of the glove plowing through the electrical field.

Hard Drive stumbled back, stunned for a sec, T-Bone landed but cried out as he used his injured arm. Pain radiated through the whole arm as he cradled it. But he managed to ignore it and went to launch another punch, but the kat disappeared before it could connect. This angered the burly tom since they couldn't manage a good offense if he kept disappearing. It was then Razor thought of something, "T-Bone remember how we caught Hard Drive the first time?"

Without looking at his partner he thought back to that one time, then his eyes widen. "The wire clipper missiles!"

"Yes, and I happen to have a mini-version of it," the smaller tom reached into his suit and pulled out a couple of small missiles with wire clippers on the top. "Catch!" he tossed the other one to his friend, who caught and loaded it into his weapon.

"Thanks, now we just need to fire them at the wire he's in."

"Remember we only get one shot at this!" Razor warned as they looked at the wires above. The static which was Hard Drive moved too fast that they couldn't shoot yet.

"We need to help them!" Krystal announced as they heard and watched their friends try to capture the villain.

"But how comrade?" Exile grunted as he struggled to get back to his feet, leg still numb.

"He keeps jumping from wire to wire, we need to isolate that!" Jenna explained as she went to help her husband.

Blitz then started to think, they needed to reduce the amount of wires so their friends could have an easy shot. The only problem was that Hard Drive moved so fast that it would be impossible to get a clear shot. His eyes then fell onto the wires that were on the ground, the current that was still going in them brought thoughts to him. "Wait…if he used his suit to charge these wires…then that means they both should have either a negative or positive charge…and if they come together then…" An idea came to mind as he looked up at the surge of energy that was traveling along the wires. Hopefully the kat's interaction with the wires was charging them, so this should work. Taking a big gulp Blitz darted out for one of the wires; Krystal saw him move and realized what he was doing. "Blitz don't!" It didn't matter as the Doberman scooped up a handful of wires, the surge of electricity flowed into his body as loud cries of pain were shouted from him. Using what strength he could muster he launched the wires at the ceiling, before falling to the ground.

The wires made contact with the others on the ceiling; there was a loud cry as Hard Drive seemed to shout. The electrical surge stopped, and this gave T-Bone and Razor the only chance they had. "Now!" The burly tom shouted as both kats fired their missiles at the ceiling, the wire clippers cut the wires Hard Drive was in. Both missiles and the wire fell to the ground as the electrical surge disappeared, and the wires around them lost their charge.

Razor moves over to the missiles and inspects them. "Did we get him?" T-Bone asked as he stopped near his partner.

The smaller tom only chuckled as he held up the missile, "See so for yourself." There was a small screen on the tool as an electrical face was shown on it.

"Let me out!" Hard Drive's voice sounded out.

This only made the burly tom grin, "We got him." They were both feeling pround until they heard a concerned voice.

"Blitz are you alright!" Krystal's voice broke their thoughts, they both looked over at the downed Doberman.

Blitz's eyes were shut as his breathing was rapid, his wife was by his side in an instant. "Don't touch me!" he shouted, knowing that any kind of contact would hurt.

"Why?" She stopped herself from doing so.

"It'll hurt…if you do," He breathed in. Just then everyone else came over but stayed back a bit to give him some air. It was then they saw the damage the electricity caused. Blitz's body was trembling, his fur looked a little bit darker, and his right hand seemed to have less fur on it and was red.

"Comrade don't move at all," Exile called to his friend as he tried to think about what to do now. He then decided to radio Colleen, touching his collar he called the collie, "Comrade, come in."

There was some static at first but then her voice came over the line, "I'm here Exile, what's wrong?"

"Comrade, bad news and good news. The first is that we caught Hard Drive, he won't be problem anymore."

"What's the bad news then?" There was a hint of worry in her voice.

"Comrade Blitz took nasty electrical shock, he is on ground in pain, we can't touch him or else pain will flair. We don't know what to do."

There was silence on the other line as the husky could hear her talking to the others over the line. Just then her voice came back, "Ok tell me again what's happening with him."

Exile went back over to Blitz and kneeled next to him, "Comrade you're going to have to tell me what is wrong, so comrade Colleen can tell how to help.

The Doberman lay on the ground, still breathing hard as his eyes stayed shut. "Body…won't stop…shaking…arms…legs…torso…feel tight…feel…hot…"

Exile nodded as he repeated what his friend said back over the comm. Colleen then told them the problem, "It sounds like the electricity tightened his muscles, just don't touch him and he should be fine in a few minutes. Plus his temperature may have heightened some, but it'll go down. Are there any burns?"

"Yes, on his hand."

"Ok once his muscles loosen up take him back outside and to the sub Rover, treat the burn with some cream and wrap it up. And also get the authorities here, we'll take care of the main person here."

"Alright comrade, are you sure you don't need backup?"

"We'll be fine, besides you all done enough now, best you heal up."

"Alright comrade over and out." He disconnected the transmission as he turned back to the others. He just hopes that they would be ok without their help. They had a hard time as it was with Hard Drive; god knows what this main guy had in store.

A/N: Hope you like, this story has taken longer than I thought, please bear with me i'm trying my best. I thank all who have stayed with me. Things have been really hard with school and all, plus the problem with word. Once again i'm very sorry.