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Chapter 5: Crashing Thunder!

Fang wasted no time as he unloaded shells from his Desert Eagle. As bullets soared towards Tristan, the Overlander was quick to avoid each shot, his hands forming fists as light sparks coursed around them. He charged straight for Fang, his fists ready as he shot it straight at the Weasel. Fang was quick to block the punch, able to take it, but was shot back when a jolt of electricity shocked the sniper as he was propelled into the snow.

"Agh! What the hell?!" he shouted as he began to get up, grabbing his arm. It felt as though it was burned to the muscle as Tristan smirked.

"G.U.N.'s newest toy. They call it the 'Shock Gauntlets'. It's like punching someone with a taser." the soldier explained as he charged at Fang. Fang growled as he fell back on his tail, it acted as a spring as he launched himself over the G.U.N. soldier. Just in time for Fiona to come in from the side with a well placed kick to his side, knocking Tristan into the snow.

"Ha! He's not so tough." Fiona scoffed as Fang hurried towards his bike.

"Easy for you to see." the Weasel scowled, "You aren't the one getting socked with a taser." as he said this, he opened up the seat of the Marvelous Queen, showing to Fang a black duffle bag. He dug through the bag, replacing his Desert Eagle with two Mini Uzis as he grabbed a syringe and shot its content into his arm. With the violent mix of pain killers and adrenalin pumping through his veins, he slung the bag over his shoulder and closed his bike.

Meanwhile, Fiona was effortlessly avoiding Tristan's punches. The Mobian was quick and flexible, able to easily avoid the various punches of Tristan as she threw a few hits of her own at the agent.

"Is that really the best G.U.N. can throw at us?" the Fox taunted as Tristan smirked.

"Actually, I got a few tricks of my own." He put his hands together as sparks flew off the electric gloves. He slowly pulled them apart as an electric ball formed in his hands. Fiona was confused by this, but was quick to grab her stolen rifle and aimed it at Tristan.

"I call this the Thunder Bolt!" Tristan threw the ball at Fiona as she unloaded ammunition. The bullets were swallowed in by the ball of lightning as it hurled itself towards the fox. Fiona threw the rifle at the orb and jumped back, the electric orb exploding when it by the gun as fire and shrapnel was sent flying everywhere, a few scraping the fox as as Tristan blocked some with his gloves.

"Holy shit..." Fiona muttered as Tristan prepared another Thunder Bolt. Tristan didn't get the chance to throw it, having to use his gloves to block a barrage of bullets from Fang as he unloaded hell with his Uzis.

"Where would you be without the sniper?" he asked cockily as he ran into the fight, continuing to shoot at Tristan as he steadily backed up.

"Stop running and fight, coward!" Devlin was less than amused by the Demo Duck. In fact, he was furious. Bean was jumping around chaotically, spinning and ducking every swing of the Lynx's blade.

"What's wrong, Pinky? I'm not that hard of a target." Bean shrugged. Having to wear two jackets, he felt a bit heavier. The cold wasn't helping as it was quite difficult for the mad-duck to keep his footing. But somehow, the dynamite managed and it irritated Devlin. Bark had stood on the sidelines watching the fight proceed. He had a certain feeling that Devlin had something up his sleeve and was waiting for him to unleash it.

This is one of those times Bark wished he was wrong.

"You have tampered with my honor..." Devlin growled as he put his palm on the blade of the Katana. Before either Duck or Polar Bear could understand, lightning surrounded the Katana's blade as he swung the sword, an arch of electricity was shot towards the Hooligans. Bark grabbed Bean and threw themselves to the snow, ducking under the swing.

"Did you see that, Big Guy?! He swung a shiny at us!" Bean observed as Bark picked himself up as well as his partner, "How did you do that?!"

"I...am Devlin Raiden, proud member of the Raiju Clan. And I hold before you thieves our clan's most ancient technique: Wrath of the Thunder Beast." Without warning, Devlin had vanished from sight. Before either of them could react, he reappeared right before Bean, "And you will pay for insulting my fur."

Devlin wasted no time swinging his sword, Bean not able to dodge in time as it sliced through the duck's jackets. The jackets gave little protection, but was the only reason as to why Bean had avoided any serious damage as the bird Mobian stumbled back. Bean materialized a bomb in his hand and tossed it at Devlin, the ninja-lynx slicing the explosive in half before Bean could detonate it.

"Whoa. This is pretty bad." Bean chuckled as he tried to get some distance, but Devlin was too swift as he appeared in front of the duck, his sword prepared to deliver a painful strike to decapitate the rogue.

"Perish!" Before the sword made contact, a large fist collided with the Lynx, sending him flying backwards as he dropped his Katana, hitting the snow face-first as Bark cracked his knuckles.

"Nice save, Big Guy. I might have been a goner." Bean laughed, "Now taste my furry!" Bean shouted, throwing bomb after bomb towards the downed Lynx. Devln wasn't going to take that as he shot himself back, avoiding the raining explosives as he held his sword in the air, his eyes having a look as though he was ready to kill everything for the sake of his honor.

"Hey, what's he doing?" Bean asked as he watched the Lynx. Bark took a step to the side, not wanting to know the answer to that.

"Thunder Beat's..." Devlin chanted, electricity generated through his hands into his blade as a jolt of lightning was shot into the air. The clouds darkened as they circled around the Lynx.

"What the hell?" Fang mumbled as he and Fiona looked at the sky. Everything was dark as the fox, weasel, and overlander noticed the sudden lost of light.

"Oh no..." Tristan mumbled as he looked around and saw Devlin in his stance with his sword pointing directly upward.

"Thirsty..."

"DEVLIN, STOP!"

"ROAR!"

It was too late. Far too late. Lightning struck Devlin like the lightning rod he was acting as. Its energy, far too much for the Lynx to contain, resulted in an explosion that could have been seen from the mountain's base as electrical energy was fired up and down the mountain, resulting in a powerful avalanche to follow the electrical force that hit the spot where Devlin stood.

Back in the G.U.N. base, Tower looked in great shock at the sight he saw from the hidden cameras around the scene before lightning struck, short circuiting the cameras.

"Agent Tristan! Agent Devlin! Come in! What happened?!" The Commander seemed frantic. Why wouldn't he?! A freak electrical storm just struck two of his agents in the harsh cold of Northern Tundra. A full five minutes passed before the Commander called again, "Agent Tristan, Devlin, COME IN!"

"Agent Tristan to base, we hear you loud and clear." responded a voice from the radio, that voice belonging to Tristan.

"Agent Tristan, status report! What happened?! What's going on?!"

"Calm down sir, it was just a random strike of lightning." Tristan didn't know what else to say him. Was he suppose to say 'My ninja partner brought down a storm and nearly blasted us off the mountain'? His winter gear, although burnt, was in one piece, as was Devlin, although his fur seemed charred and he looked exhausted. His sword was back in its sheath, not having the strength to even grab it, let alone hold it in his hands.

"Random strike my ass!" Towers shouted into Tristan's ear, "Have you apprehended Team Hooligan?!"

"About that...we may have lost them when the lightning hit. They were most likely-"

"I don't give a damn what they most likely were! I want you to find those four: dead or alive! We're sending backup immediately for any wounds. Commander out." Tristan sighed as Tower hung up. He pocketed his radio as he looked at his partner.

"I lost my temper again." the ninja said simply.

"No, really? I didn't notice that when you went Ninja Gaiden and nearly killed me too." Devlin ignored his partner's complaint as he struggled to stand, only to fall into the snow. "Stay down, bud. Back ups coming as we speak."

"I'd rather be dead at this point." Devlin felt a great amount of shame. Not only did he let his emotions cloud his judgement and interfered with the mission, but he almost killed his own partner just because of what a duck said. To add insult to injury, he almost killed himself with that last move and now he was lying in the snow, too weak to get up and waited for back up.

(Those thieves better be dead.) he thought before passing out.