The Warlord was in a large room within his starship, it was consisting of multiple screens with consoles being controlled by a different type of humanoid robot, these variants having six arms as they played footage of the various Omnitrix aliens dispatching the saucer dromes with ease.
"My lord.", the cephalopod warlord turned his gaze to look at the standard humanoid drone looking up at him with a salute. "Master Pysphon has made the neccessary improvements to the Type 2 Combat Drones' internal tracking system. Shall we launch them?",
"Yes, we need more information of this creature.", The Warlord stated flatly as he replayed images of the Tetramand easily destroying the Levithan Class Combat Unit, then at a screen showcasing him being capable of defending against armed bounty hunters for an extended period of time. "Whoever possesses the Omnitrix is learning and adapting to it fast, frightening creature of limitless potential indeed. Going in without proper knowlege is a fools choice."
"Understood, launching the Combat Units now.", the humanoid robot flipped a panel on its arm and began typing something.
Of course the frightening creature in question was just looking at a soda canned labeled A Beverage of Sorts, or something along those lines in his perspective, he didnt know what flavor it was or if it was actually good... but he could care less. What he did care about was the fact that Ben had stupidly pulled a box of cookies from a large tower which caused it to toppled over and land onto Gwen.
"Nice, really.", Alex commented flatly yet with an amused grin as Ben had the biggest look of embarrassment since it was a public place.
After another employee emerged from the back complaining about children to restack them, the three promptly bought what they came in for and just left as they saw Max had finished refueling tne RV and was now cleaning the windows from dust.
Max chuckled at the words Wash Me! :( scribbled in the dust by fingers. "Nice art work, Ben.", he casjally said before wiping it away.
"Makes a statement.", before Ben could even attempt to open up his box of cookies that he made Alex buy, a passing red armored truck passed by before the back of it was completely torn open by a resulting explosion from a rocket launcher causing it to skid to a violent halt.
"No, thats a statement!", Gwen exclaimed in horror at the sight.
"And here I thought it would be smooth sailing.", Alex let out an annoyed sigh, not at the situation of course but at the fact that things just... happen whenever they're around.
The culprits were a three person biker gang, all three had similar outfits. A black gothic leather jacket, a grey shirt with jeans ranging from brown to black, all three of them having a grey armband with red boarders and a Mexican Sugar Skull-like insignia exposed. Each biker had differently stylized helmets.
What presumed to be the gang leader, who had distinctive green eye-like markings and a mouth-like shape looked at over and saw the four looking back at them. "The hell are you lookin at?", like any sane gang leader they pointed their assault rifle to the four and unleashed a hail of bullets at them.
Max quickly shoves Ben and Gwen behind the rust bucket as Alex quickly dove for cover, the elderly man managing to dive onto the ground which resulted in a pained groan. "You guys stay here.", Alex primed the Omnitrix and ticked through his aliens.
As two of the gang members, one with a shark fin and one with a very normal looking helmet grabbed bags from the truck's hole only to be swept away by a powerful and sudden gust of wind. Pummel popped his shoulder with his usual confidence.
"C'mon, make my day.", Pummel taunted before turning his head to see the driver stumble out, still alive but dazed. "Hey, you okay?", he asked genuinely only to be met with the man coming to his senses and sprinted off with a scream of terror. "That was rude.", he scoffed as he crossed bis arms before being rammed with a sudden explosion from a rocket launcher.
"Hell yeah!", one of the gang members who wielded it exclaimed before they all collectively backed up as the sounds of amused chuckling came from fhe cloud of smoke.
"That was funny, six out of ten surprise attack.", Pummel looked at the Tennysons and used his head to gesture for them to keep cover as another rocket was launced at him only for him to catch it. Simply crushing it within his large hands he tossed the metal scraps away.
With a powerful stomp, the resulting force knocked them all back again only for Pummel to instantly be on them grabbing them by the collars and removing their helmets with his free arms. Only to see that it were actually two women, one having pale white skin with short black hair and glasses with the other having tanned skin and short blue braids.
"Blue braids? Really?", Pummel asked judgingly.
"See? Not just us.", the bespectled woman stated with the blue haired woman rolling her eyes.
"Forget about me freak?", the third woman had maroon hair, pale skin, and black lipstick and brown eyes smirked as she pointed her assault rifle at him and started spraying his back with bullets.
"Ugh, seriously why does every street gang keep shooting when not even a rocket launcher work?", Pummel turned to Rojo who quickly realized her error in trying to shoot something that was bullet proof and thats when he heard the sound of mechanical whirring.
He looked up at the drones and noticed an immediate difference, the ones he had faced off before were saucer shaped yet these ones were more beetle-like with two multi jointed metal limbs poking out from compartments in its under belly. "Cha'gun Hai Mi'dun.", a mechanical and monotone voice rang from the drones, the ends of the metal limbs unfolded to display a muzzle.
"Must be a different type of drone.", Pummel quickly put up his arms to block as he was knocked back by a powerful beam of energy. "Stronger than that smaller one.", despite his muscular frame he quickly dipped and dodged from the beams of energy.
A stray beam that he batted away tore through the money bags. "Hey! This is my heist!", Rojo exclaimed annoyed as she gripped onto the drifting dollar bills.
"You can have it, screw this!", the two other women weren't nearly as greedy as they both ran off and hopped onto their bikes and sped off.
Rojo seethed in anger at the sheer cowardice, she finally reloaded her assault rifle and aimed it at the back of Pummel's head as he attempted to swat at the Attack Drones like flies but she was immediately knocked out by a tire.
"The drones must be after the watch!", Max exclaimed to Alex, who gave a thumbs up.
Rojo hissed as she got up and aimed her assault rifle at him. "You get yours own, man.", she pointed at and directly above Max before shooting at rhe gas starion roof causing it to break in pieces and fall on top of Max, incapacitating him.
"Grandpa!", Ben and Gwen exclaimed in shock.
Pummel just let out a growl as he finally grabbed onto the drones, which started to flail helplessly. "Good try.", he hissed before crushing them together and tossing the husks at Rojo which knocked her to the ground unconscious.
"We gotta get him to a hospital, I'm calling 9-", before Gwen could even finish, she was hoisted up by one of Pummels hands as he held all three of the Tennyson's easy in his humungous arms.
"It'll take too long, theres a hospital up the street!", with his powerful leg muscles, he took a running start before leaping into the air and out of eyesight.
Rojo took a minute to regain consciousness but she wished she hadn't, it felt like something broke within her body which made it harder to stand up. She crawled to the drone husk as she was starting to lose conciousness again. "What the hell were you freaks?"
She forces herself to sit up to inspect the husk of the alien drone, it actually didnt seem that heavy. That was when the bulbs glowed a bright red, one of the fleshy tendon-like cords latched onto her neck and dug itself into her.
Red circuitry patterns grew across her neck as she felt a new searing pain. She felt her muscles break and mend themselves as she grew a bit in height as her skin turned a dark red, her jacket and pants tearing as her muscle definition increased. Bulbs bursted out of her shoulders as her fingers snapped snd erupted into sharp metal claws with three blades growing from her forearms, her eyes being replaced with those same eyes from the drone.
"Freeze!", Rojo looked behind her to see a few stunned coos holding out their fire arms.
"I already did my time, so how bout ya'll just fuck off!", as Rojo said that, the bulbs on her shoulders extended out and unleashed powerful beams of energy. This caused the officers to dodge as the beams effortlessly tore through and exploded their cars.
She casually walks past the fires as she picks up jer bag of money. "Oh this is gonna be a BLAST!", she exclaimed with a giddiness she hadn't felt in years.
It didnt take long for Max to get admitted but did take a bit longer for the doctors to actually check what exactly was happening to him internally. Ben and Gwen sat on a bench as Alex just stared out the window blankly. "Your grandfather has suffered a severe concussion, he'll be out for several more hours. He also has several lacerations and a broken leg."
"He's...gonna be okay, right?", Ben asked standing up with the obvious
"For a man his age, he's remarkably strong. He'll be fine after some rest.", the doctor said before reading through the admittance form he had on his clipboard. "Now, it says on his admittance form he was hit by a car bumper, did somebody back into him?", he asked politely.
"Actually, the bumper flew through the air, after this robot drone blew up the car!", Ben states, which caused Alex and Gwen to grimace.
The doctor blinked at Ben blankly and patted his shoulder. "Vivid imaginations are good coping mechanisms for situations like these.", he calmly reassures the worried child as he walked off.
Rojo now feeling better than she had in years casually strolled into a jewelry store, she watched as people ran out in horror, made things easier for her anyways. Using one of her lasers, she melted through the glass casing ans grabbed a handful of the jewelery...
Though she noticed gold shavings as a result of jer stronger grip slip out of her hand. "No!", she hissed as she threw the dust away in anger. "Dammit! Youre wortheless now!", she turns to one of the terrified employees but before she could do anything an ear piercing ringing sounded in her head.
Rojo grabbed her head as she heard whispers of some unintelligible language, yet it sounded so familiar to her. "Mitas, Shorah. Listen to me, whoever you are."
Rojo quickly got up and looked around in fright at the voice in her head. "Where are you? Who aw you?! Howd you get inside of my head?", the ear piercing ringing had finally stopped, allowing her to relax her body again.
"Such trivial questions for a maggot here to serve me."
"Guess again, I work for me and only me.", Rojo defiantly stated as the pain returned, only worse as she fell to the floor writhing in agony... that was when she found herself in some sort of hellish void with a creature made up of nothing but darkness with burning red eyes staring at her.
"You now possess power your feeble mind couldn't ever imagined, but unless you find a way to use it properly, it will be WORTHLESS!", Rojo found herself on her knees, she felt as if she was being suffocated by some intense pressure, a pressure made out of pure and unadulterated malice. "Fufill my demand and I will mold you into a powerful warrior. But if you dare to fail me, I'll make you wish for death!"
Rojo finally managed to catch her breath as she looked up at the creature of nothing but pure darkness and hate. "What do you want?"
"Only one item is needed for this bargain, a piece of valuable technology that I need. And luckily, you are already programmed to find the device.", it was just then Rojo found herself back in the jewelery store once again, the weight and pressure finally being released as she now had a new objective.
Ben and Gwen sat next to Max's unconcious body, Ben particularly keeping a closer eye on his breathing. "Ben, the doctor said hes gonna be fine. He's Grandpa after all.", Gwen patted her cousin on the back with a genuine attempt to ease his nerves.
"I know... just cant help but worry is all.", Ben said as he still looked downtrodden by the situation. He took a quick glance at Alex who was still standing at the window in the hallway like a statue. "Alex, you okay buddy?", his grandfather being unconcious was one thing, but Alex being very silent and not very emotive was another thing.
"Hey, if its about Grandpa, it wasn't your fault.", Gwen said as she hoped to get some kind of reaction, both her and Ben walked out just to see how he was dealing with it.
"It was, don't try and cover for it.", Alex said flatly. "If I stopped dicking around and just get the job done, you wouldn't be here.", he twitched slightly, his he took a deep breath and resumed his stance.
"Hey, don't be like that. You kicked their butts anyways.", Ben jabbed Alex a little bit, but he remained firm as he began twitching again.
Alex finally moved away from the window looked at Max with a genuinely sad look, something Ben and Gwen hadn't really seen before. "He's not my grandpa, but I don't think that matters. Right now hes taking care of me and... I feel like I should've worked harder to make sure he didn't get hurt. So no matter how I look at it, it really is my fault you guys are here."
Ben and Gwen looked at each other, they weren't exactly sure what to say to him to get him to understand. "Maybe I could use Overclock to merge with those machines... no, or I can use Parapparition and make him better like that.", he said as he activated the Omnitrix.
"Hey, relax.", Gwen lightly patted his back. "Grandpa's gonna be fine, he'll wake up in a few hours remember."
"I know, its just...", Alex felt an anger build up, he lightly tapped a trash can with his foot before throttling it violently. "FUCK!", the outburst scared the two ten year olds as what sounded like a sonic boom from a jet occured.
That was when a red blur crashed through the window, Rojo quicklu stood up and popped her neck. "Give me the Omnitrix!"
"Come get it then!", Ben exclaimed as he and Gwen ran but they quickly noticed Alex standing still with a mix between anger and childlike joy.
"Lets go, ya little bitch!", Alex exclaimed as he sprinted at Rojo, who was surprised he actually was coming towards her. Extending the weapons on her shoulders, she blasted at Alex who erupted in a green flash and tackled her through the hospital as Sunburn.
Rojo grits her teeth as she elbowed the magma-alien as he loosened his grip and kicked him back, unleashing two more blasts at Sunburn as dropped to the ground before propelling himself at blinding speeds and headbutting her stomach violently. Rojo coughed before being axe kicked out of the sky and onto the road below.
The cyborg woman didnt get a moment to rest as Sunburn foot dived her right back into the ground as he grinned, cocking his fist back the vent on his elbow exploded with fire at the same time he threw the punch, propelling it forward at dangerous speeds as it collieded with her jaw.
Rojo felt intense pain from both the resulting flames erupting and the sheer strength of the punch, she blasted lasers at him again as he quickly dodged by propelling himself in the air. This allowed her enough breathing room to propel herself up to her feet, baring her long claws. "Little brat!"
Sunburn landed on the road and smirked, tapping his foot against the ground as he tapped his temple. "Merging with a robot really does wonders for you, too bad you suck at using it."
Rojo scowled before launching herself at Sunburn at high speeds, he smiled as he got into a boxing stance. The moment she got close, he sidestepped and delivered a roundhouse empowered by flames that connected to her stomach. Rojo hissed as he grabbed him by the ankle, planting her feet on the ground she picked him up and slammed Sunburn into the asphalt.
Rojo kept her grip on his ankle tight as she flew into the air and threw him into a nearby bridge and began shooting at him with her shoulder blasters. In response, Sunburn pointed his arm and unleashed a powerfum beam of fire that clashed with her blasts.
The cloud resulting from the smoke temporarily blinded Rojo before she was immediately tackled by a speeding Sunburn. Who grabbed her head and unleashed a beam of fire from his mouth, the cyborg grits her teeth as she grabbed his collar and rocketed down with a sonic boom.
"How about this, you cocky little fucker?!", Rojo hissed as she slammed him through the asphalt, causing the nearby construction workers to just run away from the fight as she lifted him back up and threw him into a nearby truck full of dirt. Unleashing a consecutive stream of energy blasts as she let out a scream of pure frustation.
She finally stopped after what felt like minutes, the sheer destruction of the blast laid before her as an oil tanker was tipped over and leaked oil, nearby construction equipment was torn to pieces as a few windows had bursted and shattered into shards. Sunburn let out a laugh as he stepped out of the smoldering crater.
"That all you got, bitch?!", Sunburn beat on his chest while laughing at her, Rojo grits her teeth as she rushed at big again only for him to quickly sidestep out of the way. Rojo stopped in her tracks to avoid colliding with the oil tanker. "This was a fun distraction, but I'm done."
Rojo put her arms up as Sunburn released a powerful blast of fire that ignited the oil and caused an equally strong and fiery explosion that engulfed her. "Later, loser.", Sunburn flipped her off before flying back to the hospital.
It had taken Alex a bit to get back into the hospital, but one of the nurses actually led him down a different hallway and into a different room. He looked at the Tennysons and it turns out, Max was finally awake. "That bitch from before must've merged with those robots, so she must've tracked me when I turned this thing on."
"As long as you dont transform and since Ive been moved, we should be safe." Max said as he noticed his changed in demeanor, he still didn't sit down and just stood there.
"For now, sure.", Alex states calmly, he looked at the Omnitrix with contempt for once. "Doesnt matter with this watch around, she'll come running the second I use it.", a part of him knew that explosion most likely didn't kill her, for some reason she's significantly stronger than that drone he dealt with earlier.
"But since it wont come off, theres nothing we can do about it.", Gwen says with the attempt to encourage the older boy.
"Yeah, besides, you can just keep kicking her butt anytime she comes running.", Ben lightlu patted Alex on the back with the same intent to encourage him, just a bit more direct about it. Alex however, said nothing.
On the otherside of town, Rojo stumbled in an alleyway away from people. She had no idea how she even got there, one second she was being blown up and the next, she was here. She felt the pain and that god awful ringing again, grabbing her head as she heard the whispers. "The Omnitrix, where is it?"
"I couldn't get it, in fact I got my ass kicked.", Rojo said calmly before shaking her head. "Also thanks a lot for telling me I'd be fighting a superhero, jackass!", she snapped at the mysterious voice in her head. "Im done with this, I want out-"
Rojo suddenly found herself on her hands and knees against her will, then finally finding herself back into that void again. This time being surrounded by mountains of broken alien skeletons as the creature shrowded in black was much, much larger than before.
Rojo looked at her hands and found herself in her original form. "You dare to actually defy my orders? Because I can respect having the gaw to even do such a moronic action, I'll allow it once. There won't be a second time. Know your place, foolish puppet."
Rojo couldnt help but stare on in fear as the entire void was covered in this inescapable black void. "Now for a change of strategy, make him come to you."...
Back at the hospital, Ben, Gwen and Max had fallen asleep with Alex quickly leaving soon after without a word. He left the hospital and sat at one of the benches in a nearby park. "Why? Why does it always comes down to this?", Alex looked back on the last day of school where he got into a fight trying to stop a kid around his age from harassing someone else, then getting politely decked in the face. "I always get called a troublemaker, a fucking no good deliquent. I had to deal with my teachers calling me a future serial killer and for what? Because I wanted to help someone? Is that so wrong? How the fuck is that supposed to be fair?!"
That was when he overheard something from a radio playing a few feet away from him, the woman was just reading a newspaper but it still played. ["Reports say the armored assailant has incredible firepower, and has blown up several police barricades before arriving at the Police Academy Training Center, just outside of Albuquerque."]
"She wants to go another round just to lose again huh? Whatever, I'm game.", Alex hissed as he stood up and walked off to transform in private.
Gwen finally woke up after an unspecified amount of time, but all she did know was that it had gotten much darker outside. She looked over to see Ben had a note taped to the side of his head, she reached over and yanked it off which jolted Ben awake. "Ow!"
"Be seeing you, Alex.", Gwen read what was actually a note aloud, she wasnt really surprised by how short it was but was surprised that he just up and left.
"What is it?", Max yawned awake, rubbing his eyes.
"Alex is gone, I dont know where he went but-", Gwen started but she immediately saw Ben flicking through the channels and furrowed her brow at her doofus cousin. "Ben, what are you even doing?"
"Trying to find the news channel.", Ben casually said, he wasn't sure why but his gut was telling him to look for it. It took a second but he finally found it after a bit of a delay from the hospital TV.
["-The siege at the Police Training Center continues. Early reports say several officers have been injured.", said the newscaster who was a fair ways away from the action to not get caught in the cross fire.
It took Gwen a minute but she realized exactly what Ben had been doing. "Wow, you actually used your brain for once... terrifying.", Gwen jokingly shivered as Ben blew a raspberry in response. "But, now we know where he is, we gotta go."
As Ben and Gwen were getting ready to run out, Max attempted to sit up on his bed. "I'm coming too.", the elderly man said in labored breaths. "Both of you cant go at it without me."
Gwen quickly snatches the remote that controls Max's bed, pressing a button that immediately made it go completely flat. "I-I cant get up now.", the elderly man already had trouble getting up, this just made it much worse.
"Sorry grandpa.", Ben nodded looking a bit apologetic as he and Gwen ran out of his hospital room.
"Ben, Gwen, get back here!", Max exclaimed as he tried getting up but still wasnt in the condition to even sit up on his own.
Downtown at the police training center, the SWAT team had been called as they opened fire on Rojo who simply stood there with a grin on her face. She casually lifted an already broken police car over her head and threw it at the SWAT team. A black and blue blur wizzed by, the SWAT team vanishing within it as the police car exploded on contact with the ground.
"Hmm?", Rojo cocked a brow as she was suddenly hit with a stream of punches that sent her tumbling back. She rubbed her cheek with a grin seeing who it was.
TopGear's visor slid up as he popped his neck. "Just cant play dead can ya?"
"Nah, not my style. If he wants his Omnitrix, he can have it.", Rojo smirked as her shoulder bulbs popped out and aimed at the speedster. "This is gettin fun."
"He?", TopGear's visor slid down as she immediately started a rapid fire of lasers beams, his incredible speed allowed him to casually dodge the blast and quickly close the distance between him and Rojo. Just like before, he unleashed a barrage of punches with a burst of blinding speed.
Rojo attempted to backhand him away but he quickly dodged this, continuing with a left jab that he countered with a kick before manuvering his body to dodge another blast from her shoulders. "Swing and a miss, moron!", TopGear taunted as he slapped her back with his tail, she smirked as she kept attempting to attack him physically to which he effortlessly evaded and dodged every single time.
Rojo grinned before punching the ground with enough force to create a shockwave that knocked TopGear off balance. With this she cocked her fist back and punched hard in the stomach, causing him to lurch forward in surprise as she grabbed his back fins just to toss him into the swat car.
"Do I still suck, you little shit?", Rojo mocked as she made sure to lean forward. Suddenly... he was gone. "What? Whered he go?"
"Over here, jackass!", before Rojo could block she was immediately blasted with another quick barrage of punches. Once he stopped she attempted to claw at him, shooting energy beams at him to change her patterns yet it didnt matter.
The speedster just laughed. "Is this your entire strategy? Just gonna keep flailing around untill you're dead?!", he mocked as he slapped her away with his powerful tail combined with his speed to knock her back.
Rojo quickly regained her footing, popping her neck with a smirk. "Till I'm dead? Ain't got time for all that, and neither do you!", her bulbs unleashed powerful beams of energy that nearly pierced TopGear. "Should've picked that big red guy, would've ended this quicker."
"And yet, you only got one hit so far.", TopGear smirked under his visor, he tapped his helmet tauntingly as Rojo flew at him with a grin on her face. TopGear as usual easily dodged but immediately followed with a strike to her face.
The cyborg grabbed him by the wrist which led to TopGear being yanked and colliding with another gut punch to knock the wind out of him, not releasing her grip she slammed him onto the geound and started stomping on him violently.
TopGear hissed at this before using his tail and wraping it around her ankle and pulling her off her feet and into a headbutt reinforced by his speed. Rojo stumbled back, rubbing her jaw gingerly. They were going to continue their brawl until both heard the sounds of heavy rumbling, looking over to see a tank had rolled up with its barrel aimed directly at them.
"Uh, good luck with that.", the speedster gave her a thumbs up before vanishing in a black and blue blur.
"Back off, speedy's mine!", Rojo levitated before rocketing at the tank, grabbing the incoming shell and throwing it right back at the sender. The driver climbed out quickly and was picked up by a blur right as Rojo blew up the tank.
The red cyborg narrowed her eyes as she was suddenly throttled by a rock bring thrown at high speeds then suddenly recieved a quick barage from TopGear. This time, she jabbed him in the head which caused him to stumble back in surprise but still sped off as Rojo attempted to shoot at him.
Suddenly, TopGear's fail whipped around Rojo's neck and rocketed her into a building. In retaliation, she bit down hard on his tail causing the blue speedster to yelp in pain. "Oh you motherfucker-!", before he could say anything else she had thrown him into one of the ruined vehicles.
Just then, the ambulance actually arrived with two paramedics exiting. "Who needs help-oh.", one of them was going to ask but noticed the unstoppable red cyborg had pointed her bulbs at them. To which they quickly dropped to the floor as she fired, taking this moment to run to safety.
TopGear shook his head but quickly noticed the back door to the ambulance was open ajar, very quickly noticing the two Tennyson children the speedster gasp before rushing at them and speeding off down the street before turning the corner into an alley and dropped the two. "What the hell are you two doing here?!", he exclaimed as his visor slid up to show a furious expression.
"You taped a note to my ear man, figure it out.", Ben crossed his arms, to which Gwen did the exact same.
"Ugh, I dont have time for this.", TopGear was about to head back before hearing a beeping. "You gotta be kiddin me...", he sighed before being enveloped by a red flash, reverting to him back to his default form as the Omnitrix had timed out. "Fuck."
Alex heard the same sonic boom heard everytime Rojo flew off. "Lets go.", he said before sprinting off with the two ten year olds as the cyborg turned the corner. He nearly lost his leg as she attempted to shoot at him but missed by just an inch.
Rojo hissed before flying after him, quickly closing the distance and turning the corner to find nobody in sight. She hovered across before rocketing away, what she didnt notice was that they had hid behind a plaque.
"Ugh, you two should've stayed with Max!", Alex snapped at the two ten year olds with his voice lowered.
"You cant just up and leave like that either!", Gwen snapped back.
"I don't care what you think, I got the watch and it's my problem, not yours.", Alex took a peek over the plaque before dropping back. "I'm the one she's after, you guys just go away."
"Dude, just cuz its your problem doesn't mean you have to do it by yourself.", Ben stated with a smile, strongly hoping Alex hadnt watched Sumo Slammers considering he may or may not have stolen that line.
The three heard the same ringing sound Rojo's blasters made. "We're sitting ducks out here.", he peeked over and noticed a building. "Lets go.", he said as he got back on his feet and sprinted across with the two younger children running as fast as they could after him. Quickly entering the door he opened for them as he quietly entered, silently closing the door.
The building he saw was actually an empty gym, to which they moved towards the center until Alex suddenly got a call. He pulled out his phone and cleared his throat as he answered. "Hey, Max. Can we talk later? I got a female terminator hawking me down and I'm not exactly sure how to get her down."
{"Alex, I need you to relax and focus on other methods of beating her. You don't need to be directly combative to fight against her."}
Alex nodded at Max's words before hanging up abruptly and wordlessly. "Be less direct... she somehow combined with one of those drones from before. If I cant hurt her on the outside, maybe I'll hit her from the inside."
"Looks like you need grandpa too, huh?", Gwen snarkily asked as she nudged Alex who playfully rolled his eyes.
"You two get cover.", Ben and Gwen nodded, looking around before quickly hiding behind large columns. With the press of a button, Alex quickly sprinted behind his own pillar as only seconds later did Rojo crash through the roof of the gym.
Rojo scanned the environment before quickly snapping backwards once a green light being casted breifly. She quickly sprinted over to the column and blasted at the spot she expected him to be but saw nothing. Quickly moving on she walked away from the spot before being tackled by a black and green blob.
Rojo attempted to claw at Overclock's viscous shape but with every slash, more of him covered her body before enveloping her head completely. Red sparks started surging as Overclock had found himself in that hellish void with the same unintelligible whispers.
The being made of pure darkness appeared before him, the whispers stopped as it was replaced with total science. "Listen to my worss carefully, human. Be very afraid. There is nothing in this universe thaf can save you from my wrath, because when I find you, I will annihilate you!", it roared as Alex was devoured by that darkness.
Back in the real world, Rojo had finally managed to get a good grip and ripped off Overclock and tossed him into a column. "That was really weird.", the black and green alien groaned as he rubbed his head disoriented.
Finally regaining her senses, Rojo's bulbs popped out and shot at Overclock who quickly dropped into a puddle. Slithering along the ground he casually dodged the beams Rojo shot at bim before turning into a giant fist and slamming it against Rojo, knocking her back into a pulldown machine that was quickly upgraded by him.
Cords wrapped around Rojos neck as she tried to get up, she choked as he kept making the weights heavier and heavier before releasing a pulse of green electricity into her body. The Cyborg screamed in pain before tumbling into a treadmill upon being released, this was also overtaken by Overclock as she was immediately propelled off by him sending the upgraded treadmill at max speeds.
Rojo immediately boosted herself up only to be met face to face with Overclock as green energy surged around his eye. She quickly dodged as he unleashed a beam before quickly turning his head to trail after her, the energy digging into the ground. Rojo flew up to dodge and started shooting at him again.
The SWAT team kicked down the door to the gym as Rojo contiously shot at the dodging alien. "Watch out!", Ben exclaimed as a stray beam passed right above them.
The swat team started unloading into Rojo, who quickly turned her attention to them. Energy built up around her blasters that causes the SWAT team to back away and run out as she unleashed powerful beams that sliced through the building.
She was suddenly slammed with a weight, knocking her off balance before being tackled by Overclock. "This wont hurt, much.", he mocked as he melted over her, enveloping her body as she attempted to break free.
Red electricity sparked around the merged cyborg which suddenly became green. "Get- out of me!", Rojo exclaimed as he did just that, slithering away and reforming into a humanoid form. Rojo stood up quickly and was going to attack before she was met with a searing white hot pain. Red energy cracking around her skin, radiating from her back as it chipped off her body slowly, the blasters snapping off to expose pale skin. The red bulbs around her face cracked as it finally crumbled into red dust, leaving her in her regular human form.
"I-Im, normal?", Rojo looked at her hands confused.
"Roughly.", Overclock gave a so-so hand gesture.
"Hey, I dont know what came over me. Ya gotta help me!", Rojo remembered one thing that she always kept on her just in case. "I'm just a girl-", she pulled out a pistol that was quickly enveloped by the black and green mass, tightening around her hand and lifting her up.
"Nice try.", Overclock didnt need to consider anything else as he quickly knocked her unconscious. He looked around as the building had started to rumble, her wild beams from before cleaved through the colums, leaving the roof without support. "Hey! Lets move it!", he shouted out as the two ten year olds came out from their hiding place.
They sprinted towards the ruined entrance, which was quickly cleared up as a giant hand scooped up the rubble allowing them to pass. Overclock quickly stepped outside as the building collapsed, he casually walked to an officer and dropped Rojo, spitting out her gun shortly after.
"She's all yours.", Overclock waved them off as he walked away with Ben and Gwen waving them off as well.
The night had come and gone as the sun was high into the sky already, Max left the hosptial in crutches as he was discharged that day thankfully, just a bit of rest and he'll be fine. Taking in the fresh morning air he let out a relieved sigh. "Good to get out of there finally and back on the road!"
The three trailed behind Max as Alex rubbed underneath his eyes. "Hey Alex, what happened back at the gym anyways. Once you latched onto that biker lady you and her started muttering something."
Alex was confused by what she meant but realized she was talking about his first attempt. "Im not sure, I latched onto her then I'm suddenly in front of this big black creature with what looked like tendrils coming from it's back. Told me I should be afraid."
Ben looked up as Max had opened the door with horror stricken eyes and a paler complexion than usual, causing him to raise his brow curiously. "Grandpa, you look afraid.", Ben commented.
"I'm fine...", Max quickly snapped back into his regular demeanor. "And you'll be fine too, just as long as we stay together. Okay?", he said directly towards Alex.
Alex let out a sigh before hopping into the Rust Bucket. "You got it, gramps.", he was quickly joined by Max's grandkids as he stayed behind and looked up at the sky, narrowing his eyes before entering the motor home.
/End/
