A/N: During the first chapter in my story, Rage is seen in his 4thMIX outfit and this time in this eleventh chapter he still wears the outfit as most of his appearance in other chapters wearing his 5thMIX outfit. This next chapter where Schubert mistakes their target who looks similar to Disco and it's up to Rage and the group to stop them. Here is the eleventh chapter of DDRMAX: Operation Protect Disco.

Chapter 11: Mistaking the Wrong Afro

At late night, Boldo finally waves goodbye to his friends including his partner, Tracy Lyze in Soul Express Dome. By the time he goes back to the hotel that he stayed. He sensed a bad vibe coming and noticed a gun shot who almost hit him and seeing that snipers are targetting him with their sniper rifles as he quickly runs to avoid the gun shots.

"Wha-What's going on? What are they shooting at me?" Boldo said while avoiding the gun shots from the sniper rifles coming from Schubert's men as he quickly runs and screams in agony. "WAAAHHHHHH!"

The next day in Burning Dome, Rage is seen dancing solely to his own dance moves as most people were impressed to his performance (Still wears his 4thMIX outfit). While having his dance performance by playing the DDRMAX game with the song "WITCH DOCTOR(GIANTS TOONS VERSION)" has been played, Retsu and Beechum are watching him as Retsu is playing the brick game while Beechum was watching him.

"Gee, Retsu... I ever seen you're playing that game?"

"Yeah... I'm just trying to practice my brains when I play that." Retsu said calmly.

"Just like you impress the girls in the Computer Science Course." Beechum said happily. "With your good looks, the girls will definitely gone crazy over you."

"Oh really... I'm not like Reiji who keeps on wearing double shirts. I'm doing things a lot of fashion sense on mine." Retsu said mocking on Rage's outfit as Rage himself arrives to see them as he mocks him in retaliation.

"Is that so? You're always wearing purple and different colors of your vest?"

"...!" Retsu was shocked by this and the brick was finally on the top after losing his concentration as the game is over getting frustrated from his loss. "Dang it, I lost the game... Ugh..."

"Well mocking other people's fashion style of clothing wasn't a good idea, Retsu." Beechum smiled as Retsu raises his brow.

"Reiji, how could you?"

"I actually heard you mock something about my outfit that I've been wearing it today." Rage said while he angrily put both hands on his hips. "The color of your shirt looks just like Boldo's but in a shades of purple. Unlike you, who always too focused on other games like you play right now."

"Ugh... you even noticed what I'm wearing like in the 4th Competition. I guess that leaving you would be a good idea." Retsu said rudely to Rage as he accidentally bumped into Tracy while wearing a pale yellow openly buttoned shirt, black shirt and shorts and boots and they angrily reacted at each other.

"Hey. Will you watch were you going?"

"You're the one is supposed to watch out, pretty boy." Tracy angrily said as she shakes her head. "...what a nerve of his attitude?"

"Sup, Tracy... what are you doing in Burning Dome?" Rage greeted and Tracy wants to tell him in an urgent matter.

"Rage, thank goodness that you're here. This is urgent."

"You looked trouble or something, Tracy. Is something going on?" Rage asked calmly as Tracy tells him.

"Well it's Boldo... there's something happened to him last night."

At the Pizza shop, Tracy finally explains what happened to Boldo last night after their dance practice in Soul Express Dome.

"What?! Boldo was attacked last night. How is that possible?" Rage said shockingly.

"I heard by some of his friends, they say that Boldo was attacked by some armed and dangerous men or something." Tracy said worried to her partner.

"An armed men? Could it be Schubert's men?" Retsu said sensing.

"Who the hell is that Schubert guy, both of you?" Tracy asked and Rage tells her.

"Schubert Reinrich is the founder of the Eagle Eye Organization. He orchestrates his men to assassinate Disco. I think that stupid boss probably mistakes Boldo as Disco."

"Oh, dear God! So those gunshots are trying to assassinate Boldo. That's terrible." Tracy cried sadly and she tells them. "He called me this morning that he needs to take a time off and he will go to Soul Express Dome for tonight's dance practice."

"Reiji, I think they mistaken Boldo as Disco. You know their appearance, right." Retsu said calmly as Rage's communicator is lighted up in a red light as Rage picks on his right pocket from his blue gray camoflauge pants and clicks the button as his grandfather's image appeared on the screen.

"What's up, grandfather...?"

"Reiji, This is an urgent news... I let Disco to take a little vacation for a while and tryin' to deal against Schubert and his cronies." Garuda said as Rage seriously tells him the bad news.

"We have a problem, grandfather. Boldo got ambushed by Reinrich's flunkies last night. Right now, he's hiding in the hotel that he checked in."

"Schubert... is nothin' more but a pain in the ass." Garuda commented as he tells them while he's in EMTI underground facility. "I want you, Retsu and Izam to protect Boldo from bein' ambushed and bein' assassinated. I believe Schubert thinks this Boldo fellow is Disco due to their appearance and outfit."

"How did you guess that?" Rage nodded.

"Ya know what Disco is wearin' in the 5th Competition?" Garuda said as he shakes his head. "I already watched on what Schubert is definitely up to. He seems to believe this Boldo fellow is Disco so that he sends his men to kill him."

"What? Is that really true?" Tracy said in a horrible shock.

"I want the three of ya to go to Soul Express Dome and no playin' any arcade games includin' the dance game that you played. Just to make sure that he's safe. If anything happens to the three of you even if ya save him, ya need to go to EMTI just in case." Garuda said as Rage agrees with him.

"Okay, I already danced from that game earlier... guess that I need a break for this."

"Well, good luck..." Garuda smiled as he finally cut off from Rage's communicator.

"So this means, you guys are going to Soul Express Dome?" Tracy said as Rage finally replies as he stands up.

"Yeah... we're going to Soul Express Dome, tonight. Just in case if some flunkies are here to get him."

"Here's the pizza." Charmy arrives to see them (She wears her 5thMIX outfit) and wondered what they were discussing. "Oh hey, Tracy and Rage. What are you discussing something about?"

"Actually... I came to tell him about what happened to Boldo last night." Tracy said in a calm manner. "That's why I need Rage to investigate in Soul Express Dome."

At Schubert's base, Schubert realizes his men failed to kill Disco who is unaware that he was killing the wrong person and one of his men arrived.

"Sir, the target is already run off."

"Hmph... he's aggressive as I thought. I want you to dispatch him in the place where he takes practice on the video arcade." Schubert said as one of his men salutes and leaves.

This is my only chance... I need to kill that person. However, these young ingrates are still there as well. This is my only time to face them... Hehehe...

In the night of Soul Express Dome, Rage, Izam and Retsu finally arrived and to see the place is similar to both Future Patrol Dome and Burning Dome.

"Wow... this place has a disco ball. I've never been to their area zone." Rage said amusing.

"I think there's a lot of fighting games in this place." Retsu said calmly as Izam determines to challenge Rage.

"Say, Rage... I think challenging you in a dance contest is the right time for..." Izam smirked as Rage intensively punch to his head. "Oww! Damn it that hurts...!"

"We have no time for playing games, Izam." Rage said angrily scolds him. "We came here to investigate not to challenge me in a dance. We're not allowed to play any games."

"A good leader always have a point." Retsu commented as Izam angrily gritted his teeth.

When they walked on straight, they saw Boldo and Tracy are practice dancing much to the people's applaud to their dance performance.

"So Boldo was the target, then?"

"Yeah, I think so..." Retsu said as Tracy arrives to see them.

"Thank goodness that you're here."

"I told you we can come, Tracy." Rage smiled as Boldo arrives to see them and became rude to them.

"Tracy, Rage is supposed to be in Burning Dome? Why he is here?"

"Don't be so rude, Boldo? They're here to help you on your problems?" Tracy said telling him.

"You haven't changed after you lost in the 4th Competition with me." Boldo said in an arrogant manner. "Seems like you didn't take care of your partner even if you're confident to challenge me?"

"I maybe lost the fight even I get angry with only small things. But for you, you're just being victimized by Kaiser's monster fusion even I almost get killed in the huge explosion." Rage said remembering the incident after the 4th Competition and Boldo became terrified from his words.

"Just please... don't say these disgusting incidents. I tried to wash away with these horrible nightmares."

Retsu saw a sniper tries to gunpoint on Boldo with a sniper rifle as he yells.

"Look out!" Retsu quickly tackles Boldo on the ground as the shot missed. Due to the sound of the gunshot, all people are playing the arcade went panicked and causing to have a stampede making Tracy to get separated by them.

"Retsu, are you all right?" Rage said worried.

"I'm all right, he's safe now..." Retsu said as Boldo stands up and asks.

"Hey. Why did you tackle me from behind?"

"We'll explain it to you later, Come on." Rage said as he and Retsu takes Boldo to safety as Izam throws his boomerang to the snipers as he follows them.

"Rage, I'll take it from here... I'll deal these crazy snipers. You take Boldo to EMTI." Izam said as Rage reluctantly agrees as he and Retsu leave the dome as Izam deals against the snipers by hitting both of his boomerang and his frisbee.

At the back exit, The trio were safe until they quickly run from the snipers while almost being shot from their sniper rifles.

"Not these guys again? Why are they shooting at me?" Boldo said panicking as Rage angrily raises his brow and Retsu tells him snobbishly.

"Reinrich thinks that you're Disco because of your outfit. The main difference is that your outfit is the same as Disco but your afro is purple rather than black and also you don't have a moustache like he is."

"So that's why they were trying to kill me...? This is not good..." Boldo said scarily as Rage tells them.

"We have to take Boldo to EMTI, Let's go."

Both tries to take Boldo to safety while avoiding the gun shots as a boomerang hits the snipers' head knocking them down as Izam tries to stop them from shooting at the trio and he let them take Boldo to safety. However, Izam was ambushed by Schubert's men only to be knocked down by Schubert and was taken hostage.

At EMTI underground facilty, Boldo was happy that he was safe as Garuda and Robo2001 arrive to see them.

"Hey, if isn't the old man who always visits in New York?" Boldo recognizes Garuda as he replies.

"Course, I know ya...? You're the arrogant leader of Team Soul Express who beats my grandson in the 4th competition."

"I don't know why am I doing in this underground lab? Am I going to be experimented?" Boldo said scarily as Rage tells him.

"You're in my grandfather's laboratory, Boldo. He's not gonna experimented you or anything. He knows that you're in danger."

"Oh, really?"

"I think New York might be the only place he would be safe and not bein' detected by Schubert." Garuda said as he orders Robo2001. "Robo, I want you to take Boldo to New York. Once this trouble is done, take him back to Japan afterwards, got that."

"Got it, sir Garuda..." Robo2001 smiled as he grabs Boldo on his waist.

"Um... Rage, is this robot a new model? He looks just like Robo2000?" Boldo asked as Rage answers.

"That's Robo2001 and it's a successor to Robo2000. He can fly in space and acts like a jet plane."

As the roof opens Robo2001 retracted his space wings as his jet rockets is ready to blast off.

"3...2...1... Blast off?!" Robo2001 finally blasts off as Boldo screams in agony as Rage, Retsu and Garuda watched them fly.

"Wow... now he's blasting off..."

"Guess that he's afraid of heights just like Izam." Retsu shrugged.

Garuda then noticed something is going on as the trio went back to his other office. On his laptop, Schubert is not on his base as he presses the button as the virtual monitors finally activate and knowing that Schubert was here as Schubert finally meets them for the first time on the computer screen after he receives his call.

"So you must be the young ingrates, I presume...?" Schubert grins evilly.

"You! Where's Izam?" Rage asked savagely.

"Oh... that rainbow hat fellow of yours is right here?" Schubert said as he pointed on Izam who got tied both hands on the ropes while hanging on the satellite of the tower.

"You bastard... let him go?"

"Perhaps... dealing with you is very simple. Come to the abandoned tower building, I'm waiting for you to face me, hahaha..." Schubert laughs maniacally as the computer screen deactivates.

"Ugh... that bastard needs to take him down personally." Rage said angrily clenches his fists as Garuda tells him.

"Looks like Schubert is finally shows himself after lurkin' in the shadows. Listen, you and Retsu go to that place and save Izam. I can handle the rest."

"Grandfather..."

"Don't worry about me... I got somethin' right into my sleeve." Garuda smirked as Rage and Retsu leave the the underground facility and to save Izam from being kidnapped by Schubert and his men. Garuda knows that he wanted to face Schubert and all the crimes he had made 25 years ago and has a plan to stop him.

At the abandoned tower building, Rage and Retsu managed to dispatch some of Schubert's men one by one. When they arrived at the rooftop of the building they were cornered by Schubert's men who were armed with different firearms.

"Damn, it's a trap..." Rage said gritted his teeth as Schubert himself arrives and faces both of them.

"It seems that you're the one who disperses my men. Perhaps, dealing with you would be too good for beating the hell out of my men."

"Rage, you need to get out of here... This guy is lost it!" Izam yells loudly as Rage recognizes him.

"You must be Reinrich... and you're the one who attempts to kill Disco. I'll never forgive you for this."

"I think you and your friend will be gunned down to your death in a pool of blood." Schubert said wanted to kill them as they were interfere by Garuda who actually in the other building.

"I think yer plans are lay to waste, Schubert..."

"What?!"

Garuda appears as he watches them while having his arm crossed as he smirks to see his adversary get frustrated from his appearance.

"Schubert Reinrich... how dare ya messin' up with my grandson and my apprentice includin' the dreadlocks idiot?"

"Now stop calling me an idiot, old man? Didn't you know I got tied up in here?" Izam yells angrily.

"What?! I know you, you're that man from the robotics exhibit. So you're behind in this charade for messing up my plans..."

"Your plans is to kill my friend, Disco. I know your practical motives. Killing business people is not enough to make yer big fortune into yer own greed. Looks like yer plans are far from over." Garuda said wanted to put an end of his assassination plot as the song "Firefly" has been played. Schubert tries to order his men but each of them were subdued by both Rage and Retsu as one of them shoots the machine gun on the other soldiers as it accidentally shoots the rope that Izam was hanging as he falls into the building and screams in agony.

"AHHHH!"

With that Robo2001 manage to rescue him in time, and was happy to see him.

"Rescuing the hostage, complete."

"Thanks, Robo..." Izam said thankfully as he untie the ropes and ready to fight some of Schubert's men.

"Damn it, why is my men are easily down with just one knock out blow?" Schubert said shockingly as Garuda tells him.

"Yer men are nothin' more but untrained soldiers only they knew how to shoot and kill the victims."

"Why you!?"

To his horrible surprise, Rage manages to beat his men by punching them in the face and landing a powerful kick to the chest and adds another punch to the other soldier. Retsu deals each of them with either punch or kicks as he lands a powerful punch knocking the soldier down. Garuda then orders Robo to disperse his men.

"Okay, Robo... now hit it with yer best shot. Hittin' them with yer Super Rocket Explosive Punch!"

"Switch to battle mode activating Rocket Explosive Punch!" Robo2001 then shoots two rocket punch as it directly hits most of Schubert's men in explosion and Schubert was shock to see his men are totally been defeated.

"Grr...! Damn you, Garuda! I will never forget this! I will succeed my plans no matter what!" Schubert said furiously as he quickly flees the scene as Rage, Retsu and Izam watches him flee.

"Now that should take care of that old bastard down to his knees." Izam smirked happily and Rage then faces his grandfather who is in the neighboring side of the rooftop of the building where they were standing as he loudly calls him.

"Hey, grandfather... can't you go to the other building? We can rendezvous with us in here."

"Don't worry about me... I have Robo2001 is in my side. You guys can rest for tonight." Garuda replies smiling to the trio.

After the incident, The trio returns to Soul Express Dome as Boldo and Tracy came to see them as Boldo wanted to apologize for his rudeness and thanking them for saving him.

"Rage, I'm sorry that I'm being too rude and arrogant. I didn't expect that you manage to fight them off and thank you for everything that you done."

"It's okay, Boldo. Apology accepted." Rage smiled happily. "At least that Robo2001 manages to take you back in Japan after what happened."

"Guess that Tracy and I will go for another dance practice today since it was postponed after the shooting incident." Boldo said nicely as Tracy tells them.

"Since you saved Boldo from being attacked, you three can play here in our dome if you want."

"Okay, now I can challenge Rage in a dance contest." Izam smiled excitedly wanted to face Rage as he ignores him.

"Ask for you, the guy in a flashy purple undershirt in a khaki cargo vest?" Boldo said while pointing at Retsu after mentioning his outfit that he was wearing. "I'd like to thank you for saving me from being shot yesterday. You can have my thanks."

"Sure, no problem..." Retsu smiled as both Boldo and Tracy leave to practice dancing as Rage angrily loses his temper and seeing that Retsu has been complimented by him due to his heroic actions.

"Retsu... how come Boldo complimented you so nicely? Why only me and Izam just thanking us for what happened yesterday?"

"Well... I was the first one who saved him from being shot by Schubert's snipers." Retsu said and he snobbishly tells him. "You two only just stood up and do nothing while I manage the sense the enemy's presence."

"Come on, you two... we don't have time for glaring each other like that? This is ridiculous?" Izam reacted but noticed to see Rage getting angry to Retsu.

"After all this time you actually saved him once we arrived in this dome. The leader is supposed to save Boldo not you."

"Hah, you're just a guy with a bad temper as always." Retsu said snobbishly as Rage angrily snaps while clenching his fists as he yells.

"Retsu, don't ever calling me that?! You're far more snobbish?!"

With that both Rage and Retsu are chasing like cats and dogs as Izam watches them while he shakes his head in disappointment.

"Hey come on, you two. There's no time for a cat and mouse chase."

"Seems like Reiji is always gettin' annoyed on Retsu's teases." Garuda arrives to see them in Soul Express Dome as Izam noticed him.

"Hey, old man... I thought that you're going to EMTI?"

"I'm just an old man passin' by and seeing Retsu actually makes Reiji getting annoyed." Garuda said knowing of their actions. "The thing that Retsu's enjoyment is to mockin' Reiji's horrible temper from his words as a borderline sociopathic."

"Oh?" Izam nodded and both continues to watch Rage angrily chases Retsu for mocking his personality as the latter smiles to see him getting angry.

Trivia:

*Rage and Boldo are mentioning Retsu's appearance in his attire of both 3rdMIX and 4thMIX that he wears in purple motif in which Rage mocks his outfit as a retaliation for being wearing purple. Although in both chapter 1 and 11, Retsu's shirt is dark magenta instead of dark violet while wearing a khaki cargo vest in which Boldo comments as the guy in a flashy purple shirt.

*Boldo and Tracy makes their appearance in this chapter.

*Garuda's formal jacket in both Chapter 1 and 11, resembles the color scheme of Rage's gray and black sneakers in both of his appearance in 3rdMIX and 4thMIX.

*Schubert resembles Raizo Imawano of Rival Schools series and Giovanni in the Pokemon series.

*Rage's most iconic outfit before SuperNOVA was his 4thMIX outfit instead of his appearance in the game series until EXTREME 2/STRIKE wearing his 5thMIX outfit.