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it's high time that i redid the ✨masterpost✨ of all the shit floating around this blog where i say anything arguably insightful, existential/philosophical, or even just teetering on the cusp of being vaguely intelligent, so voila here you go and fucking enjoy:
worth having a looksie through this: longwinded anon (LWA)✨ masterpost
and then because i am actually so proud of these i did video edits to lewis capaldi (he's my hozier fight me) and im sorry but my beat matching is insane, godlike even:
season 2 (forget me)
season 1 (heavenly kind of state of mind)
also:
did i get emotional over crowley's fall and having to leave behind his creations and aziraphale's various conflicts in faith? you're goddamn right i did (credit to hillywood for the fall scenes that sent me into a frenzy)
stuff that is potentially relevant to s3 or is essentially my safe space to shit on these two incompetent-ass characters for being the most ridiculous beings god ever conceived:
(be warned, all of these will conflict each other bc im a loose cannon, a wildcard, and can't settle on a single thing)
(no seriously my opinion changes over time so interpretations that i once held might no longer be the interpretation that i have now, ya feel me)
you wanted a s3 plot prediction, right?
aziraphale brought an ak-47 to a fist fight and ohooo boy did it have Consequences
god i really ought to work out a tagging system in here, huh - this is my ramble on what i think could have happened during the fall
just a small one on the 1967 scene and the holy water thing (tw: suicide)
crowley found the book of life and tbh it was very james bond of him
saraqael rapidly slotting into my top 5 GO characters based on a singular hc wahoo
fuckin ✨1941✨ (this also upsets ALL of my interpretations of the Final Fifteen which... well what can u do)
a fucking rug just put shivers down my spine
more on raphael/azazel/scapegoat/fall theory, glorious smart anons are feeding me yummy soup
perhaps a more comprehensive rambling on omelas, scapegoats, and Those Promo Photos
an updated maggie rambling why not, she's still giving me a headache (and this ask neatly summarises some stuff too!)
my boy crowley really doesn't like change, does he wee baby (may develop this into a full meta who knows)
you know i think heaven might just be the bad place, i know - shocker
god i hope i was possessed by agnes nutter when i wrote this
a gifset format bc i cba to write, but aziraphale might have been, or might become, raphael
ive lied like a rug in previous theory posts: THIS one, this time travel clusterfuck, is the bottom of the barrel
spent hours studying michael sheens face in utter disbelief that he is capable of portraying every emotion known to man, and wrote about it (ie my take on the kiss)
i think goob might have been more important in the mega miracle than we initially thought (and no - not in the way you're currently thinking)
aziraphale and suffering are pretty well acquainted with each other (warning: i absolutely HATE this meta it's so bad)
um i guess you could term this as god is dead theory? nietzsche strikes again anyway
we REALLY hit rock bottom in the theory stakes with this one, lads (it's about whether crowley does in fact fully remember the fall)
(REWORKED) greasy johnson is the second coming. that's it. that's the post.
finally wrote about the book of life well done me
crowley was offered the same chance as aziraphale, im fairly sure, and as far as ive seen noone noticed??
the motif of lies in job made me come over all poetic
relativity is NOT my milieu especially in GO but giving it my best shot
hahaha is everything aziraphale's fault hahahaha
fuckinnnn BOOOOOOKKKSSSSS
EVERY DETAIL MATTERS? YEAH I SHOULD FUCKING THINK SO (and im still keeping this on here bc if im right in s3 im never going to shut up)
job is crowley and crowley is job except job didn't get sent to sit on the naughty step
never thought id see the day where i analyse richard curtis' 4WAAF but this show has got me whipped, jumping through hoops and over stalls like a fucking show pony
i have the dreadful feeling that we might have been fools by sleeping on aziraphale's own angelic importance all this time
did the costume department just simply go ham in s2 or are the angel costumes Important?
more on outfits
ruminations on the fall, morality and omniscience vs. free will, and making choices as if i have any idea what im talking about
okay this one is a little shitpost-y but the message is sound and im an un-apologetic aziraphale supporter, sue me
a sprinkle of s2 symbology, a dash of ineffable plan speculation, and laure girlbossing on how the two go together mwah
this was sooooo tasty i love talking about nietzsche
honestly this one doesn't even have a theme i just like talking to people
okay so this is the genesis of my aziraphale defence league (population: like 15% of the fandom) but i will not stop until he gets the recognition and empathy he mf deserves
Cancel Metatron 2k23
this was pre-s2 but the concept still stands: something feels icky about crowley's fall narrative and the book of life is ringing alarm bells
the concept of pedestals is one of my juicy favourites in psychology and you will find out just how much if you stick around this blog long enough (aziraphale's critique)
and lastly crowley's narrative of his fall? hm, big issue there and honestly the root of all Crowley discourse on this blog, be duly warned
old stuff if you fancy having a giggle at my expense
come chat to me about things
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awstenknyght · 3 years
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Wear a Necklace of Hope
A/N: here’s the next chapter! and the start of the deaths!!!
Warnings: death, murder, blood, stabbing, arrows, knives, angst. this is not fluffy.
Tags:  @piper-koko-barnes-rogers @thatsmycigarbutyoucanborrowit @brooklyn-is-here @the-cowbi @panicky-pancakes @buttonsdelaguerra @sour-picklee @gendistic42 (tell me if i forgot you/you want to be added!)
Taps stood on his circle, anxiety setting in. none of this felt real. It couldn’t be. How had he been picked? And how was his little sister, barely old enough to make the cut, picked too? The odds were definitely not in their favor.
As soon as he could, he ran toward his sister. He tried to grab her hand and lead her to the woods behind them, but she was running toward the cornucopia.
“We need supplies!” she called back. “I’ll be right there, just hold-”
She was cut off by a flying arrow. It landed right in the center of her chest. She lets out a small sob as she falls forward.
No no no. please no. Taps rushed towards her, holding back tears. “Butterfly! Look at me, it’s gonna be okay.”
He was too late. She was already gone. 
Before he could process what happened, he felt a sharp pain in his back. Reaching back, he realized it was another arrow. He collapsed next to his sister and closed his eyes.
***
Cora grabbed Davey’s hand. They rushed toward the cornucopia together. They had agreed on a plan before: Davey would keep watch while Cora grabbed supplies. 
As Cora dug through bags of food and weapons, she heard a cry behind her. “Davey!”
“Cora! Run!” Davey yelled. He took a deep breath and pulled the dagger out of his chest, handing it to her. “Win for me, okay buttercup?”
Cora nodded and ran toward the woods, a bag of food in one hand and the blade in her other. As she ran, she narrowly avoided being hit by another knife, thrown by the same girl who killed her Davey.
***
When the games began, King lost track of mouse. He was too focused on the two boys he was with. Spot and Bruiser were perfect. They were nice and hot and he loved them. It might not be right, or allowed, but it was love.
But love can’t last forever.
Before he knew it, he was cradled in Bruiser’s arms. He didn’t know what happened, but there was a sharp pain in his side, with warm liquid flowing out.
“King! No, don’t go!” B took the boy into his arms and held him tight. “Come on, stay with me baby”
King’s eyes fluttered open. “B? Spottie?”
Spot knelt down next to him. “We’re right here King, just hold on, okay?”
“I love you guys. I don’t care if it ain’t allowed, I love you.”
B was sobbing now. “No, you’re gonna be okay!”
“See you later,” King said with a laugh, before closing his eyes again.
A cannon shot rang out.
***
Mouse couldn’t find King. She was lost, walking blindly through the forest. Suddenly, she saw the girl. Sarah.
They’d gotten to know each other pretty well through training. She found out that Sarah had two brothers. One of them, her twin, had been sent to another district as a baby. The other was ten years old, watching from home.
Mouse had shared a lot with her too. About her family, about King, and even the fact that she liked girls. Sarah had told her that she was the same way.
And now she was about to kill her. Sarah’s bow was pulled back, the arrow aimed directly at her. But something in her changed. She lowered her bow, spit on her hand, and held it out.
“Truce?”
Mouse’s eyes widened. “You’re not going to kill me?”
“Are you gonna shake my hand?” Mouse rushed over and took the girl’s hand, giving it a firm shake. Sarah smiled. “We’re a team now.”
***
Salt looked up at the sky from where she was perched in a tree. Night had fallen, and the tributes were about to show in the sky. She couldn’t find Pepper or Hopper, and she was afraid of what would show among the stars.
The boy from district 2 The boy from district 6
Pepper
Salt froze. It couldn’t be. They couldn’t be gone.
But the image was clear. Her sibling’s face was up in the night sky, smiling as if everything was okay.
Salt couldn’t sleep that night. She couldn’t even watch the rest of the names.
*** 
Finn lay next to his sister. They had survived the day. Maybe they’d be alright after all.
Suddenly, a wave of heat came over him. He looked to his sister, who was fast asleep, then over a few feet away. There was a small fire, but it was quickly spreading, coming closer with each second.
“Lily! Lily wake up!” Finn shook his sister awake. “Come on Lil’ get up!”
Lily opened her eyes and immediately panicked as she noticed the flames. She hopped up and followed her brother as they ran through the woods.
Finn rushed through the green, pulling Lily behind her, barely realizing when she tripped. He kept running forward, only turning back when he heard a cannon shot.
It was too late.
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HAHAHAHA that was fun, wasn’t it? anyway, hope you liked it!
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softhoursboutique · 4 years
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You prided yourself on your ability to find the isolated kid and treat them better than anyone else would.  It was your life motto.  Granted, you were only a meager five years old, but hey, five-year olds can have life mottos too.  The playground was a thriving mob, the squeaking of metal chains on the swings accompanying the laughter of children at play.  The bright summer day brought hot slides and hornets, but the risks were worth it.
“Hey monkey brains!”
It seems the old-time bully was back.  Even at seven years old, Bret Sorden was the biggest jerk on the playground, and he entertained himself by making kids bawl.  This time, he and his friends had shown up on their mountain bikes, slingshots in hand, ready to terrorize whoever he reached first.  You paid him no attention.  That was all he wanted, so why give it to him.
“Hey you listen when I’m talking to you!”
You quietly closed your book and walked off, knowing full well he was too lazy to follow.  After shouting some less-than-holy profanities your way, the boys rode off, hunting their next victim.  Deciding it was time to stretch your legs, you took to walking along the cement borders encasing the playground in all its woodchipped glory.  It helped you clear your mind and focus on your surroundings. As you neared a corner, you noticed a boy around your age weeping, his big alligator tears only accenting his deep brown eyes.  In his arms he held a limp bird, its wing visibly broken.
“What happened?”  His head snapped up, the mop of fluffy black hair resisting the movement and dropping onto his cheeks.  Though his eyes were red and puffy, he was still quite handsome, and he seemed to have a gentle, princely air about him.  You’d seen him a few times before, but he didn’t seem to have any friends, generally keeping to himself.
“Those mean boys shot *hiccup* shot rocks at her and hurt her *hiccup* wing.  I don’t want her to die!”  He buried his head in his lap, sobbing harder as his whole body shook.
“My mom has fixed broken wings before; we can take it to her?”
“Really!?!?!?” The tears on his cheeks were quickly wiped away, excitement practically dripping from him.
Seven Years Later
“Why are they even friends? She doesn’t deserve him.”
“He’s too cute to hang out with an ugly face like y/n.”
“Hyunjin would be better off without her.”
           Their voices rang out of the small bathroom as you passed by.  Shocked, you were rooted to your spot, unable to process the cruel remarks of you classmates.
“Oh look, there’s little miss zits right there.  Stop being so selfish you little witch. Drop him, he’ll never love you.  He’s mine.”
           Your feet felt like lead as you stumbled backwards, slowly turning away and running.
“Go cry little baby.  You’ll never live up to him.”
Best friend! Hyunjin stood stunned across the hall.  How dare they hurt his Princess! “You’re wrong.  I’m y/n’s.  I love her. You are the one who will never live up to her.”  Sprinting after you, he could see the sobs already wracking your body.
“Don’t listen to them. Don’t EVER listen to them.  You are my world.  You always will be.  I love you.” He wrapped his arms around your shaking frame, calming you almost instantly.  “Best friends forever.  That’s a promise.”
Five Years Later
“PRINCESS!!!!!!!!!!” Two arms threw themselves on you from behind, pulling you against a rather large and comfy chest. “Hmmmm, did you get new perfume? You smell really good.”
“Pfft, you know I don’t wear perfume.”
“I know.  I think it’s from your cute personality.  It makes you smell like vanilla spice and cinnamon. It makes my heart flutter!”
You rolled your eyes and continued your stroll down the sidewalk.  Best friend!Hyunjin was a soft little koala bear, but he was also the biggest flirt.  You’d seen him grow from that sweet boy on the playground into a handsome young man.  At first, he was shy and reserved, but you were his weakness, helping him blossom and grow.  Part of his charm was his bubbly personality and his natural instinct to flirt, but sometimes you felt just a bit jealous at how easily it came to him to communicate with other humans.
“You better be careful, Hyunnie, or all that heart fluttering could give you a heart attack.”
At this he fell to the ground in fake panic.
“Oh no, call the hospital, I think I’ve gone into cardiac arrest. Y/n called me hun!”
You smiled through the pain of walking right into that one and began your path down the sidewalk again.
“Hey, Princess, where are you going?”
“Away from your dramatic flair, Jinnie.”
“You love my dramatic flair and we both know it.”
You giggled. “Are you so sure?”
He jumped up, running until he was right in front of you, stopping you in your tracks.  “Y/n, are you trying to flirt with me?  Because I’ll take you on a date anytime, you know that right.”
You just grinned, side-stepped him, and kept walking.
“Y/n!!! You didn’t answer me! And what was that cute little smirk for?”  His bottom lip bulged outward as he pouted.
“You ready to study?” You redirected the conversation, hoping he’d drop the smooth talk.
“Ewww.  I’d rather take a nap.”
“Well when you fail the exams, I won’t comfort you then.”
He sulked the whole way to your house, ignoring any attempt you made at conversation.  You didn’t mind, comfortable silence permeating between you two.  The moment you opened the front door, Hyunjin was gone, already roaming the contents of your pantry.
“Gosh, who buys all this junk food?”
You pulled him out from the shelf he was crawling on, shutting the door behind you.  In his hands he held a pack of Oreos, and there was Cheeto dust gripping tightly to his fingers, the bag in a death hug.
“Hmmm, I don’t know, maybe you do so you have snacks when you come over.”
He grinned sheepishly and ran off, Pixie Sticks flying out of his pockets. You followed him to your bedroom, ignoring his sprawled form on your bed, pigging out on whatever else he had hidden in those pockets of his.  In front of you sat a large list of subjects you needed to study and homework you needed to complete.  Opening your math book, you started reviewing derivatives and working on your Calculus assignment.
“You’re so boring.  We should go do something.  I’m sure your parents wouldn’t care if we decided to go on a nice little date.  In fact, I bet they’d be happy their daughter was dating, let alone dating a hottie like me. And they already know I’m a nice hottie, so they wouldn’t have to worry.  Earth to y/n? Earth to y/n? Ugh.”  You could hear him slide off the bed.  Turning around you saw his legs still hanging onto the side, his torso scrunched on the floor, more Cheetos in hand.  You ignored him and turned back to your work.
“Why won’t you pay attention to me? I wanna flirt with you more.  It’s fun.  You’re the most interesting person I know.  Ooooo, are those pink stripes on your socks?  I thought you hated pink.  Maybe you don’t anymore.  I might have to buy you a big fluffy pink teddy bear to keep you company when I’m not here.”
“Hyunjin. NO.  I.  STILL. HATE.  PINK.  And if you buy me a big pink carnivore not only will you be dead meat, I’ll force you to wear flip flop crocs with socks to school.”
“Ahhhh not the sock croc flop!” His piercing scream rang in your ears as he attempted to crawl under your bed, ultimately hitting his head on the metal frame. “Ouch!”
You could see the tears threatening to fall from his doe eyes, his hands cradling his head.
“Oh, poor baby.” You flopped on the floor, wrapping your arms around his broad shoulders and pulling him in.
“HEHEHE I GOT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO ME!”  His hands were at your side in an instant, tickling you.
“Hyunnie, stop! Ahahahaha stop, you turd hahahaha!”  You attempted to pull away, racing towards your desk drawers, but that only trapped you in.  You turned around, knowing Hyunjin was right on your tail.  You didn’t realize how close he was though, his face mere inches from yours.  A small giggle escaped his mouth before his expression dropped, noticing the close proximity a bit late.
           His eyes held the universe, sparkling and full of promise.  You could see in their corners the adoration for you, an infinite field of love. You’d never looked at his face this close.  His emotions were raw and expressive, his face taking on a deeper form.  You glanced at his lips, knowing full well what a mistake that was.  Plump and full, they curved into a lovesick smirk.  Looking back into his eyes, you held his gaze for what seemed like an eternity. What was he doing?  What were YOU doing?  Oh no, you’d been looking at him for way too long.  You panicked.
“I…I uh….”  You brought your lips to his cheek, giving him a small peck before running off to start dinner.
Best friend! Hyunjin sat in a stupor on your bedroom floor.  Had you just…kissed him? It was only on the cheek, but still.  His crush had kissed him! This was progress.  Maybe one day soon you’d be ready for a confession. Oh, the possibilities!
Note: There is also a head cannon version here.
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firehair12000 · 4 years
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Oooooook star wars rise of skywalker thoughts and things I noticed time:
----------------STAR WARS SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!!---------------------
JOHN WILLIAMS?! Cute to give him a cameo. I FUCKING KNEW I HEARD QUI-GON!!!! I waited through the credits to confirm. Loads of voices talking to Rey apparently even Mace was one of them! Very cute to have it be Maz giving her "boyfriend" the medal. They do use whatever footage they could to have Leia be in it to a good effect. Her death though could really have been better setup or explained like at all really. I love that Mark had long hair like they quickly just pulled him off the Knightfall set for his bits. Little nod (and literal wink) to the audience about hey look Luke finaaaaally learned how to lift that x-wing out of the swamp. Seeing Rey wearing a rebel flight helmet is a very sweet little wrap around to TFA when she's pretending and wearing one in Jakku. Whyyyyyyy have Wedge appear for like one second exactly?? Lando is great actually, he's still got that smile. Though again not used as much as he could have really. I assume they were planning to do more with Jannah being his daughter or something but it all got cut? WOOOOOW Ben doesn't get to be a force ghost lol. Like oh thanks for saving me I guess now fuck off hahahaha. Ion cannon shots aren't green! The audio boom effect when Palpatine does the thing sounded great in the cinema. Duel of the fates was rumoured but it's a no show :(. I imagine that one was just talking about the one trailer they used it in. Hmmmmmm, I get the Han thing to show the change back to Ben and such but you can't help but also feel it was like eh fuck it put him in the movie too *shrug*. Same with the Tantive IV, could have made it do something of benefit in the big fight. It was nice to see her again but another fan service for fan service sake, the film does do that quite a lot more than any other has. I mean hell you could have started or ended the movie with the exact same pan down shot from a new hope showing her, to have it at least tie back in someway and be more effective.
When the Harrison Ford makes a cameo rumour was going around that was also when the Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter was too. I was like yeaaaaah yeaaaah that's not gonna happen.... Well boy was I wrong. I can't help but feel that yeah JJ wanted to finish HIS story as he envisioned in TFA and try to brush as much of TLJ away as he could. I realize some will say well good, but I'm not one of those people. "Oh Leia's signal during the battle of crait didn't get a response" like hmmm I see what you did there JJ. I dunno, but I felt kind of eh at the end. A waste of palpatine is a real shame, dragging him out and having him die almost as quick lessens him. He doesn't do much really. Also having the big emotional story lightsaber fight midway means there's not as much oomph in the last act of the entire skywalker saga. I didn't feel a fucking thing when Ben saved Rey, it was just alright is that it then?
With every star wars movie I come out going WOW I want to see this scene or that scene again right now!! There are very few I can think I'm itching to see again. I might feel different on a rewatch of course but we'll see
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supergaymess · 6 years
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Supergirl 3x18 Shelter from the Storm Reactions
Lena’s lived in a hotel FOR TWO YEARS???? She’s been afraid the city would reject her for TWO YEARS??
I mean, I guess so did Royal Tenenbaum?
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GIVE. LENA.LUTHOR. A. HUG. No, I rephrase. I will give Lena Luthor a hug. C’mere, girl. I got you!
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Aw, GuardianCorp is cute y’all. I’m still annoyed how they started out - for writing purposes it was just lazy in that they just didn’t lay the groundwork right for that relationship - BUT I do like Lena and James where they are right now and the last few episodes gave them both more screentime to actually display their relationship dynamic to the viewer outside of them both being territorial at work, not trusting a Luthor blah de blah. And I LIKE James. He’s such a great character, I want to see more of this secure, comfortable, good hearted, talented dude.
James doesn’t have his tie on yet, but he has his Shield on? YEAH OK
OOOOO Kryptonite Spray. Dang. I’d be afraid I’d mix that up with perfume or something. Also, it’s so pretty!
Reign’s up early lol
Space Dad and Space Grand Dad BEAAAANS
Lol Coffee as bean water is just so funny to me. Cuz it’s true
DEO & Legion Crew Where’s my Brainy & Winn BROTP
Cape tricks just sounds dirty to me. Is it just me? Aw THERE’S MY BRAINY & WINN BROTP lolz
“Future dirt” bahahaha I’m dying This reminds me of a time I went to an festival and forgot to get my brother something so I picked up a rock from the parking lot (I was going to steal a sign but I didn’t have the right screw driver) and gave it to him and told him it was from the moon. He believed it for about 5 hours. The look on his face when he realized it definitely was not a legit moon rock though….hahahaha. It’s been over 10 years and it’s still funny.
Brainy hugs like my Toddler and it’s terrifying. Here, let me squish your face. eeeeeeeeee
Alex at Luthor Mansion AN INVISIBLE MANSION??? WHAT THE WHAT And I thought invisible jets were cool
Kara & J’onn checking in on Lena & James Kara asking if Lena’s ok D’awww. MORE TENSION PLEASE Screw you James, no one cares hahaha JK, but really - y’all are friends. Shouldn’t you check in with him, Kara?
I don’t know what Lena’s dress pattern is, but I think it’d be tight as a bow tie.
Kara & J’onn go to see Mama “White Lady” Arias Lmao White Lady with a shotgun? Eeeeee
ARE HER SCRIBBLES KRYPTONIAN OH SHEEEEET
Can we talk about how neatly the Reign World Killer symbol has been penciled onto the wall?
“I’m not gonna turn away from her now” says Mama Arias but you were gonna pull a gun on someone looking for pills?
OKAY
Alex Visits Ruby at Luthor “It’s Invisible” Mansion Aw Ruby loves Alex
I LOVE MOM ALEX OMGGGG
Back to Kara & J’onn at Mama “White Lady” Arias’ house Hahaha Kara and food. I’m with you, lady. Pudding’s pretty great.
Dead flowers CALLED IT. REIGN IS BLIGHT HAHAHAHA SUCKAHS It might just be that I’m super gay, but holy hell Reign’s nails are terrifying.
Ohmygod. This just got TEMPLE OF DOOM level intense.
If Sam was upset about killing people as Reign before. Geeeez
Mon El/Imra and the Necklace at the DEO MONEL. GIVE. THE NECKLACE. BAAAAACK ALKDFSJ;LKDFJS;LDFJKSLDFJKSLDJKS
Brainy bugged the diiiirt?? Awww dude
Are you suuuuure there’s no blight?
Even if Sam comes back at this point, how is she going to live with herself?
Back to Luthor Mansion with Alex and Ruby ALEX LOVES YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN?!?
I didn’t think I could love her more.
Hell yes.
Aw, Rubes knows she’s being lied to. Kids know.
Back to the DEO Party SUPERGIRL, YOUR SECRET WEAPON IS LENA GODDAMMIT
Um, why can’t Imra just stay?
Also, did Chris lose a ton of weight? Are you ok? Is that why we have a beard?
Lena with Kryptonite
Weeeelll this is awkward
Soooo why is Kara ok with low levels of Kryptonite in the training room? Ok ok, I have to go back and rewatch that scene.
Rewatching-
This is OOC Kara, IMO and I like angst.
I dunno, it was just too quick jumping down Lena’s throat. Totes in character for Lena though.
“Even if I did trust you” says SG
That means you don’t. Ouch.
Reign found the invisible mansion without a generator....apparently I know it’s a plot point, but wouldn’t Lex friggin Luthor have a generator to avoid what Reign just did in cutting the power
What cat did they use for Reign’s growl? Damn
Uhhh WHERE’S THE KRYPTONITE SPRAY
Lena save the good stuff for her hotel room? Lmao
I didn’t know bullets could be extra. But that bullet Alex just shot? Super Extra
Reign Unmasked Aw Ruby. Aw honey baby pie. :((((((( I’m sorry, sweetie.
Reign contained in LCorp Oh shit. We back at LCorp
I LOVE LENA SO MUCH. DAMMIT
Aw I was weirdly hoping Lena and Monel would have a conversation. Is that weird? Hmmm
J’onn and his dad’s storyline just breaks my heart.
And Alexa and Ruby breaks my heart.
Lena and Kara breaks my heart.
SUPERGIRL IS BREAKING MY HEART.
I’d be lying though if I said I didn’t love it.
Kara & Lena in Elevator Whoaaaaa “She crossed a line. I can never trust her again”-Lena BREAKIN. MY. HEART.
I know some of y’all think Lena knows due to this scene. But I don't think so. I think that look was her being hurt about her relationship with supergirl and calculating/thinking that Kara is close to SG. If she already knew that Kara was Supergirl, I don’t think we’d get this frankness about what happened and this honesty about how she feels about it. IMO, Lena would shut her out, or wouldn’t give additional/in depth information unless absolutely necessary. This was an “overshare” to a friend.
That hug was so sweet though.
I’m bummed that this angst is occurring because of such out of character behavior from Kara. I guess it was the easiest way to have Kara be upset and set Lena up as following in Luthor footsteps?
I dunno. Maybe I’ve read too many fanfictions, but I think there were other ways for a similar dynamic to have been created without Supergirl acting out. Maybe I just needed more on screen reason for Kara to be so untrusting or SO afraid of her best friend? We’ve spent basically two seasons of Kara defending Lena against the world, literally. This included a video of Lena allegedly stealing kryptonite. Kara’s doubt happened too quickly.
Do I think she should be upset about the kryptonite thing? Absolutely. It adds to being upset about Lena not telling Supergirl about holding Reign in the first place. They could have worked together from the start, or at least, that would be Kara’s view of it and that’s realistic to her character. Having Kara hurt that Lena didn’t trust her? Now that I believe. That’s a more organic wedge to put between them. Kara being trusting and eager to help and having Lena be the one that’s insecure in their relationship with trust issues? I am here for in character angst. Honestly that’s why I love the two of them. Their dynamic is so wonderful with each of their histories. It’s why I keep reading SuperCorp fanfiction. And look - I’m not expecting SuperCorp to be cannon, but the things that make a romantic relationship believable are the same traits that make their platonic cannon relationship so endearing and believable as well. They’re complimentary opposites. Both come from a place of pain and loss, Kara with an almost endless optimism and outward empathy to the world with Lena holding things closer to the chest, a little more pessimistic/realistic but still working for what she thinks is right for the world and those closest to her.
Maybe that coffee was a mistake.
Anyways. I’m still frustrated with the show for writing out of character behaviors in order to move plots along. That said, it’s a campy superhero show and I’ve definitely been entertained by this episode and the last few while still feeling relatively connected to the characters so it’s not all bad.
Definitely looking forward to how they tie this up for the season or leave it hanging for next.
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In the White Light - Prideshipping fic Chapter 5
Also on AO3.
Chapter 5 – This Mask That I Have Become
He didn’t know and didn’t care about such trivial matters as “time” and “human interaction” anymore. As the most powerful monster out of the many roaming Domino City, Seto Kaiba didn’t care anymore. If one of Dartz’ many minions dared to challenge him, he would strike. If a human – even one he had met before – was foolish enough to get close to him, he would strike. As desperately as he wanted to hide – if not to avoid unnecessary fighting, then to hide his curse – creatures of this world would not leave him alone. Kaiba had always been annoyed by those he deemed as less than and wanted to get away from them most of all. All, that was, except for Dartz and his minion Rafael. But in the course of his own madness, he had forgotten why it was he only wanted to fight these two individuals in particular.
Unfortunately for Kaiba, this was not to be, for as he intended to land in a forest in the distance, he heard familiar voices below. “Kaiba! You better be out here somewhere, jackass!”
“Joey, please…” Téa warned. “After we just left Rex’s and Weevil’s soulless bodies at the hospital, don’t you think you could have a little more compassion for others?”
“He’s not at KaibaCorp.” Tristan came running. “We’ve been looking for a week now… Where could he be?”
“Uh… Guys?” Joey pointed towards the sky. “Don’t look now, but there’s a big scary monster coming this way!”
“And? Is that really new?” Tristan asked. “Shouldn’t we be used to that by now, o mighty keeper of the dragon Hermos?”
“Speaking of dragons, get out of the way!” Yami Yugi barely ducked himself and his friends in time to avoid a beam of light.
“Yo, yo, yo, check it out!” Joey’s voice mixed excitement and fear. “It’s the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon!”
“But what is it doing here?” Téa jumped back. “Just great…”
Yami Yugi took a bit longer than the others to get up from duck position. But he did not take long to recognize the monster before him, and completely froze at the sight of him. “Ah!”
“Yug, what’s up?”
“Yugi, we have to move!” Téa insisted. “Or… Or fight back, or something! Don’t you have your dragon Timaeus?”
“Well, if Yug’s not going to do anything, then I guess it’s up to me!” Joey slammed the Claw of Hermos onto his Duel Disk. “Protect us, Hermos!”
“Joey, wait!”
“Come on, what do you got, hot stuff?” Joey smirked, ordering Hermos to attack – and to his fortune, Kaiba fled immediately after just one shot. “Hah! ‘Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon,’ my ass. More like ‘Blue-Eyes Big Chicken!’”
“Now that that’s taken care of, can we please continue looking for Kaiba?” Téa suggested.
“I second that notion,” spoke Tristan. “Yugi, aren’t you going to come with us?”
“…Everyone, I think that Kaiba’s gone for good this time.”
“Eh? What do you mean, Yug?”
“He won’t be coming back…” Yami Yugi punched the concrete and began to cry. “And I’ve failed him. I’ve failed both him and Yugi!”
“Come on, Yugi, not again!” Téa knelt down in consolation. “Okay, so maybe you did fail our Yugi, but… You’re going to make up for it, right? Why else do you think we’re searching for Kaiba?”
“And what do you mean, ‘you’ve failed Kaiba?’” Joey snorted. “If anything, he failed us! Probably just sittin’ in some comfy office while us plebeians have to do the hard work.”
“Up you get, Yugi. Stop beating yourself up. We all make mistakes, don’t we?”
“Thank you, Téa…” Yami Yugi looked in the direction in which Kaiba flew off. Kaiba… Flee from me if you want, but I will see you again.
Meanwhile, Kaiba returned to the roof of KaibaCorp, having run out of other hiding places. He figured that if he couldn’t really hide anyway, he might as well stay on his home turf, complete with his private jets.
And right then and there, Mokuba had the same notion.
“Gee… Hah…” It was apparent that Mokuba had been running; he leaned against the ledge of the balcony to rest. “I don’t know who’s scarier, those bodyguards, or the monsters all over the- Seto?”
Too surprised by his little brother’s appearance, Kaiba didn’t bother to fly or even look away.
“Seto!” Mokuba started running to his elder brother, giving him a hug while crying tears of joy. “I knew you’d come back! Oh, man, running from the bodyguards keeping me from this place was worth it! I’ve… I’ve missed you, you know. Even though you can be a little mean sometimes. Can you please not run away like that again, Big Brother?”
Kaiba nuzzled his head into Mokuba’s face while the younger brother petted him.
“Oh, yeah, I forgot… You can’t talk when you’re a dragon, can you?”
Curling his tail around, Kaiba lightly massaged Mokuba’s back.
“Aww, you don’t have to worry about me! Roland and the others patched me up. And then I ran away from them again right after. Some grateful little brother I am, huh? Haha!”
“Yes, please don’t run away from me, so I can properly take your soul this time!” sounded a voice from the balcony entrance.
“Alister!” Mokuba rushed in front of Kaiba and blocked Alister’s path. “You’re not going to touch him! I won’t let you!”
“Kaiba, I know that you’re in there. Duel me so that I can finally have proper vengeance on Gozaburo!”
“Graaaaar!” Kaiba’s eyes and sapphires glowed, showing his intent to attack.
“What, you can’t duel me in that form, can you? Then, pray tell, how do you plan to retrieve the soul of Yugi?”
Kaiba… Seto Kaiba, you must duel him.
For the first time in a week, Kaiba felt his consciousness return. Who… Who is… Someone is speaking to me? But whom?
It is I, your guardian dragon Critias. You have to duel this man – not only to help stop Dartz, but also to give yourself a sense of peace.
Uh… Kind of hard to put a Duel Disk on a dragon’s arm. For that matter, I don’t have arms in this form. And how am I supposed to declare any attacks if I can’t speak?
Then you’ll have to change back into a human.
Excuse me? I need to destroy that Rafael for what he’s done!
You can’t win the trust of the pharaoh, not as you are now. If you can get your emotions under control, I’m sure it can be done.
But without the pharaoh, how can I…
Kaiba, you have a strong soul, and that’s why I’ve chosen you. I know you can do it. You want to see the pharaoh again, don’t you? I saw that look in your eyes when you fled from him just now… You didn’t really want to flee.
You’re right… Kaiba became surrounded in a white light. If I can’t become human again, then I can’t tell the pharaoh that… that I…
“Hmm…” Alister watched with curiosity. “That’s more like it.”
“Seto! Oh, thank goodness!”
When Kaiba had completely reverted forms, the first thing he said was, “Mokuba, get my Duel Disk.”
“Y-You got it, Big Bro!” Though he wasn’t comfortable with his brother dueling in these conditions, Mokuba went back inside the plane to fetch this item.
“So why the change of heart?”
“I just want you out of my life once and for all.”
“Here you go!” Mokuba handed the Duel Disk over.
“Little boy, you might as well get back in that plane so you can see your brother lose his duel.”
“So you intend to duel in my plane?”
“Precisely.”
“If I’m not going to lend my plane to the Dweeb Patrol, what makes you think I’m going to risk it for you?”
“Because how else are you going to look for them while dueling me?”
“!!”
“I’m sure you know that you need the pharaoh and the others to save the world. It’s killing two birds with one stone if you ask-”
“Okay, just shut up already!” As Kaiba lifted both himself and Alister up to the top deck, he spoke to Mokuba from a window, “Go and find a safe place to hide. Or better yet, stay here.”
“No! You’re not going to run away again! If you have to do this awful thing, then I’m coming with you!” Without a need for permission, Mokuba ran up the stairs and up to where the duel was about to take place.
“You little imp…” Despite how worried he was, Kaiba couldn’t help but smile at his brother’s devotion. “What am I going to do with you?”
Alister felt disgusted by what he was seeing. Starting up his Duel Disk, he declared, “If you’re done with the brotherly love, then it’s time to duel.”
“If you want a duel…” Kaiba began as he readied his own Duel Disk, “Then you’ve got one.”
“As the challenger, I’ll start,” Alister declared. “I summon Science Soldier in defense mode. That’s all for now.”
“Heh. Then, I’ll take you out… with my X-Head Cannon!” Kaiba declared on his next turn.
“Then I counter with my Cyber Soldier of Dark World in defense mode. I place one card face down, and end my turn.”
“You must be saving all of your luck for the end. Unfortunately for you, I don’t play that way… Here’s Y-Dragon Head! Attack the Cyber Soldier of Dark World! And now, X-Head Cannon attacks your life points directly! I place a card face down. Now that I’m done punishing you, I believe it’s your move.”
Upon drawing his next card, unfazed by his rough start, Alister spoke, “So, Kaiba, what was that you said about my luck? That I save it for the end?”
“What are you playing at?”
“No, my luck begins here and now.” Alister laughed as he held the card he just drew in his hand.
“Don’t tell me… Did you just draw what I think you did?”
“Yes, and in case you forgot about it, let me jog your memory… Hahahaha!”
“Mokuba!” Kaiba turned sharply around. “You need to get out of here!”
“Huh?”
“I activate the Seal of Orichalcos!” No sooner had Alister smashed this card on to his Duel Disk, when light and wind began to kick up. Mokuba, unable to hold his footing, flew into the nearby stairwell and passed out instantly.
“Mokuba!” Kaiba looked up. Without his control, the top deck of the plane began to open up. Wind whipped his face as the Seal rose him and Alister into the air.
“Ah… Isn’t this fresh air nice!”
“Alister, cut the crap and the magic act this instant!”
“Aww, but my magic act is just getting started!” In addition to the high-speed winds, shadows began to kick up. “For my first trick, I’m gonna need some help from the Orichalcos…”
“Hmph. How boring.”
“Oh, I’m sure that you’re not going to be bored in a few seconds, when you get to experience the same kind of pain I felt.”
When the shadows had engulfed them both, Mokuba had finally come to. “Where… Where are they? Heeeey! Seto! Are you- Aieee!”
The plane tilted sharply to the left, and Mokuba held onto the rail. “Alister… He must have deactivated the autopilot! I have to go do something…”
By the time Mokuba got to the cockpit, the plane straightened slightly, giving him a chance to turn on the radio. “Mayday! Mayday! This is KC-1! Anyone! We’ve lost control! I repeat, we’ve lost control!”
So spoke Mokuba as he frantically pushed every button he could in the hopes of contacting the outside world.
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isakthedragon · 6 years
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Super Sonic Thieves Chapter 4
Chapter 4 - Thieves of the Caribbean
Intro Cutscene:
Sly: During our stay with Thaddeus Cooper, I was looking into the Thievius Raccoonus (being sure to keep Thaddeus from looking into it so he doesn’t gain any future knowledge) to spot any changes to my ancestors. Just as suspected, I found the entry for Henriette “One-Eye” Cooper had drastically changed. Born to Rioichi Cooper, my Japanese ancestor, in the 17th century, Henriette had all the thieving ambition of her father. But not so much his stealth. Rather than follow in his footsteps as a ninja, she went down the opposite path and became a pirate. Not sure how old Rioichi felt about that but I’m sure he became proud as Henriette became one of the most successful pirates of all time! By the end of her career, Henriette’s pirate booty was the biggest of them all!
Sonic: Hahahaha!
Sly: Shh! Anyway, point is, Henriette was awesome. Unfortunately, as I discovered from the Thievius Raccoonus, all of her exploits had disappeared! Not a trace of her entry remained! No doubt Dr. Eggman and his goons have interfered with Henriette’s entry into the pirate life. Once we were ready, the gang and I headed off to 17th Century Caribbean to kickstart Henriette’s career!
Sly Cooper and the Gang in…
*It starts off with a view of a mast of a ship until the sail unfurls down, showing the title: ‘Thieves of the Caribbean’ *
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Hub Layout:
The gang’s hideout is in an abandoned shop on the outskirts of town. The town itself is moderately size filled with various shops and bars for the pirates to drink at. Northwest of town is a jungle with a river, and is mostly uninhabited. Southwest of town is the pier where all the pirate ships float, waiting to be weighed anchor. Out at sea is plenty of pirate ships floating about and varying sized islands hiding treasure.
Enemies:
Monkeys: Brown monkeys in low-ranking pirate uniforms that swing across trees and rooftops in search of anyone trying to rob the loot of their captain. Provoking them may cause them to screech out, calling for other guards. Carries/drops 6-8 coins to pickpocket has 10% chance of treasure.
Parrots: Colorful birds in mid-ranking pirate garb that fly around also in search of pirate robbers. Attacking them will bring on a counterattack with a bite from their beaks. Carries/drops 8-10 coins to pickpocket has 25% chance of treasure.
Coconut Crabs: Orange crabs in high-ranking pirate clothes that are in constant guard of their captain with their flashlights. Unless you sneak attack them, don’t ever attempt to attack them save for strong characters like Murray, as only they can break through their shells and defeat them. Carries/drops 8-13 coins to pickpocket has 50% chance of treasure.
Pirate Pawns: Pawns dressed like pirates that attack by swiping their swords and hook hands at you. Best to attack them from above to avoid their attacks. Drops 7 rings when smashed.
Skele-tons: Pawn/Badniks also dressed like pirates, they will throw their bone-like appendages at you. Attack them after they throw them. Drops 9 rings when smashed.
Egg Cannoneers: Giant badniks that carry around cannons on their shoulders (Think Egg Hammers, but with cannons). If they notice you, they will aim at you and fire away. Quickly get away from their target markers to survive. Only strong characters like Knuckles and Murray, or cannon shots can destroy them quickly. Drops 11 rings when smashed.
Par-rots: Flying parrot badniks that spit coconuts at in front of them, or drop coconuts from above. Drops 6 rings when smashed.
Octus: Floating octopus badniks that spit missiles at you. Drops 7 rings when smashed.
Aquis: Flying seahorse badniks that spit globs of oil that slow you down. Drops 8 rings when smashed.
Treasures:
From Guards:
Bronze Compass: Worth 45 coins and 23 rings.
Silver Compass: Worth 65 coins and 33 rings.
Gold Compass: Worth 85 coins and 43 rings.
From Pedestals:
Maltese Liquor: Rigged with a fall-damage trap. Worth 350 coins and 175 rings. Hiding on the roof of a bar.
Black Pearl: Rigged with a 1:45 bomb trap. Worth 500 coins and 250 rings. Hiding in a pirate ship in the port.
Golden Sail: Rigged with a fall damage trap. Worth 450 coins and 225 rings. Hiding on the roof of a shop.
Titanium Pegleg: No bobby trap. Worth 600 coins and 300 rings. Hiding in the forest.
The coins have a skull and crossbones design on them.
Secret Sighting of Clockwerk: Acting statuesquely on top of the ‘skull island’.
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A Pirate’s Life for Me?
Find Henriette Cooper
Bentley: “It’s becoming increasingly clearer with each passing time that we need to find your ancestors as soon as we can!”
Sly: “Ah, so you want us to go and find Henriette here, huh?”
Bentley: “Correct.”
Sonic: “It’s a good idea, especially against a guy like Eggman’s croney, Captain Whisker.”
Blaze: “Captain Whisker is a dangerous robot to go up against, for sure.”
Sly: “I wonder if he’ll be as much of a challenge as Lefwee was...”
Tails: “You’ll see. Come on, let’s help you find your ancestor.”
*The player takes control of Sly and Tails as they go around town, searching for pairs of guards sitting out in the open. The player must find a secret spot to hide to start the cutscene. This is done 3 times at a shop to the north, under a bridge in the middle of town, and a bar roof to the south.*
*At the shop*
Monkey Pirate 1: “Heh he, we sure did show Henriette not to mess with Captain Whisker!”
Parrot Pirate 1: *SQUAWK* “Showed her!”
Monkey Pirate 1: “She even sold the last of her ship stuff she could salvage.”
Parrot Pirate 1: “Wonder where she’s going? Last saw her going south from here!”
*At the bridge*
Parrot Pirate 2: *SQUAWK!* “Poor Henriette!”
Coconut Crab Pirate 1: “Heh, such a sad sack. Didn’t really feel right attack her considering what we did earlier to her ship and her mates.”
Parrot Pirate 2: “Maybe go drown her sorrows?!”
Coconut Crab Pirate 1: “Did seem to go south to the only bar that sells rum and lemonade.”
*At the bar*
Monkey Pirate 2: “Heh, did you see Henriette stumble by?” *He laughs*
Coconut Crab Pirate 2: “Seems she was already rummed up.”
Monkey Pirate 2: “Have to admit she holds well while holding all those bottles without breaking them.”
Coconut Crab Pirate 2: “Stumbling towards the docks, hope she doesn’t fall in the water and sink.”
*The player then heads to the pier. Upon finding Henriette at the dock*
Henriette: *Takes a long drink of her rum* Blow a man down is a blow me down trick. Blow - Blow - Blow - a man down…
*Sly and Tails cautiously approach Henriette*
Sly: Um… Henriette?
Henriette: HEY!!! Can’t you hear that I’m SHINGING?! It’sh very rude to interrupt one during a sea shanty. And don’t call me Henriette. I’m more privy to… Henri! *Takes another long jug at her rum*
Tails: Oh boy, I see someone’s has taken more rum than necessary.
Sly: I’ll say… *Puts hand to telecommunicator* Hey guys, we found Henriette. Er, “Henri”. But we’re gonna need help getting her to the Safe House. She's really drunk.
Bentley: Oh my! Okay, we’re heading out to help.
*The enemy pirates appear behind Sly, Tails, and Henriette*
Enemy Pirate: There you are, Cooper! We got you where we want you!
Henriette: UGH! WHAT DID I JUST SAY?! DON’T INTERRUPT ME DURING A SHEA SHANTY! That doesh it! Imma fight you all!
Tails: Oh man, you guys might wanna hurry! We’re getting ambushed!
*The player has to fight against the 4 waves of pirates with Henriette, also making sure not to let her be defeated.*
*During the fight*
Henriette: I may not have my cane but I can give a beating! Once this is over, YOU will be the ones needing a cane!
Tails: Man, for someone whose mental capacity has slowed, she sure can fight.
Sly: From past experience, alcohol can really bring the fight out of ya.
*Once all the enemy pirates have been defeated*
Henriette: Yeah, that’s right! Run away you stupid landlubbers! *To Sly and Tails* Sorry about yellin’ at you earlier. I shee now that you’re friendlies! Let’s celebrate our victory with a drink! *Chugs bottle of rum*
Tails: Oh, no thanks. I’m very underaged.
Sly: Yeah, and rum’s not my drink order. But we gotta-!
*Henriette falls onto her back and snores loudly, obviously passed out from too much rum*
Sly: Um...
Tails: Hehe, good thing we asked the rest of the gang to come. Now they can help us carry her to the Safe House.
*Job Complete*
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Sly: “Not wanting to chance another attack from pirates wanting to finish off Henriette, we hurriedly got her back to the safehouse. Once there, it took her a while to wake up in a hungover stupor. Through her slurring, she told us that she was severely depressed.”
Henriette: “Argh, how can I call myself a pirate anymore? A stupid robot pirate named Captain Whisker attacked my ship in the middle of the night. His first mate Johnny dragged me out forcibly and made me watch him kill all of my mates, steal all my booty of the past year, and then sunk my ship I worked so hard on! And worse, he then stole my cutlass canes! I… I’m a failure of the Cooper Clan. Rioichi… I failed you…”
Sly: “We did our best to try to relieve her of her funk, and tell her she’s unfairly had the deck stacked against her and we wanted to help her. It somewhat worked…”
Henriette: “No… Rioichi would want me to fight back myself… but how when I got nothing…”
Sly: “I then told her of our gang’s work of going through time, helping out our ancestors who were cheated, including Rioichi.”
Henriette: “Mmm… alright… you’ll be my crew, but I get to defeat that damn Captain Whisker!”
Sly: “None of Sonic’s friends objected and it was set. We would help my ancestor become a great pirate. Sounds like fun if you asked me.”
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Bentley: “From what I understand from Sonic and his friends, Captain Whisker is not a badnik to mess around. He’s probably gonna come back and finish the job so we are going to have to get moving on out of here. To do that, we have to build a ship. We know how to, but someone is going to have to gather the materials.”
Marine: “Oooh! Me! I can help find the materials! Sonic and I did it before!”
Sonic: “Heh, shouldn’t be much different to what we did in the Sol Dimension.”
Bentley: “Alright, since we don’t want Captain Whisker to get too much of an upper hand than he already as, we better canvas the bars and examine the info Whisker’s pirate crew have here.”
Rouge: “Leave that to me, I can bleed them dry of that.”
Murray: “Aw! I wanted to rough up some pirates!”
Rouge: “Mm, I guess I may need a distraction or a hand if things go south. Alright Murray, you’re with me.”
Murray: “YES!”
Henriette butts in suddenly. “HEY! What about poor ol’ me?! I wanna look for treasure! I can’t be a pirate if I don’t do pirate stuff!”
Bentley: “But I don’t got-”
Sly: “Uh, don’t worry about that, Bentley. I’ll help her with that. Besides, I’ve always wanted to embrace the pirate life.”
Henriette: “See, he gets it! Hooray!”
Bentley: “Right… well, we better get going!”
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Lemon ’Aided’ Information
Enter the first bar and take recon photos of the information there.
Enter the second bar and steal the information.
Fight the pirates of the 3rd bar and gain the last bit of information.
Rouge: “Alright, Murray, ready to become a distraction?”
Murray: “Always ready!”
Bentley: “Just do anything you can to drag their attention away from the information we need and get as much as you can.”
Rouge: “As an agent, that’ll be easy. And Murray should make it quite interesting.”
*The player enters the bar and finds a lemonade drinking contest going on.*
Murray: “Oh! You go to the rafters and take recon of the maps they have here! I’ll join the contest to distract them.”
Rouge: “Smart hippo. Alright then.” *She climbs onto the rafters.*
*First, the player controls Murray as they press buttons to drink up as many mugs of lemonade as they can. The more drunk will bring more of the pirates. Break the record, and all the pirates will be called away so the player can then control Rouge and take pictures of the 4 sea charts.*
*Once that’s done…*
Murray burps strongly, knocking out all the pirates. “Oop, excuse me.”
Rouge comes down from the rafters. “Heh, any escape would do. Come on, 2 more bars to go.”
*The player makes their way to the next bar.*
*They enter the bar and this time, the attention of the pirates immediately turn to Rouge.*
Pirate 1: *Wolf whistles* “Look, salty lads! A beautiful siren!”
Pirate 2: “I’ve never seen a lady dress so scantily, she must be a siren!”
Pirate 3: “I wouldn’t mind a piece of that booty, er, I mean, treasured lass!”
Rouge: “Oh? Such praise from the boys.”
Murray: “Reminds me of the time I was a geisha for a mission.”
Rouge: “What? A geisha? I- Never mind, this isn’t the time. I’ll distract them and you grab the blueprints around here.”
Murray: “Got it.” *He finds a corner to hide at.*
Rouge: “Right, Rouge, better turn on the charm. Heh, this is gonna be fun.”
*The player controls Rouge as she does a mini game similar to, er THAT, infamous minigame from Sly 4, but in a more tasteful manner (to her skills of course. :) ). Doing well will quickly drag the pirates away from the tables and to her. Getting all the pirates attention will bring control over to Murray as the player steals the 3 blueprints of Captain Whisker’s ship.*
*Once done…*
Rouge: “Alright boys, show’s over.” *She pulls out some grenade like device and drops it. It opens and releases a gas that knocks out all the pirates.*
Murray: “Wow! You really knocked them out!”
Rouge: “Heh, sometimes a man is better asleep. Come on, let’s go.”
*They leave and the player heads to the third bar.*
*They enter the 3rd bar and find some irate pirates.*
Rouge: “Hmm… drunk pirates…”
Murray: “How do we get by them?”
*One of the pirates notice them.*
Pirate 1: “Heeeeeey! It’s those landllllllluuubers that Cap- *Hic* -tain Whisker told us about!”
Pirate 2: “Let’s geeeet them, then Captain *Hic* Whisker will promote us!” *The pirates drunkenly get up.*
Rouge: “Oh? A bar fight, huh?”
Murray: “Heh, prepare to lose to ‘The Murray’!”
Rouge: “Hey, save some for my kicks!”
*The player controls the duo as they fight off 30 drunken pirates.*
*Once all are defeated*
Murray: “Once again, ‘The Murray’ proves triumphant!”
Rouge: “Now boys, will you kindly tell us where Captain Whisker is, or do we need to give you a worse thing than a hangover.”
Pirate 1: “Argh, no lass… please don’t… he’s outside of the harbor… waiting for you guys…” *He, and the other pirates, fall asleep.*
Rouge: “Hmm, seems we are in more trouble than we think.”
Murray: “Let’s hurry back to Bentley. He’s gonna have to hear this.”
JOB COMPLETE
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Material Goods
Knock down trees and return them to the safehouse for wood.
Steal some cannons from some ships.
Steal some rope and sails.
Bentley: “Alright, I need you guys to bring stuff that we will need to build a boat big enough to fit most of us.”
Sonic: “Well, we need a lot of wood, and I bet the trees in the forest would be useful.”
Marine: “Ooh! Cannons! Boom! We can steal from the pirates for some at the pier!”
Sonic: “Guess that just leaves sails and rope, and that should be easy to find in a town like this.”
Bentley: “Excellent! You guys know your ship building! Normally I have to goad Sly and Murray exactly 100 times to look.”
Sonic: “Well, we did it in the Sol Dimension and can do it again.”
*The player takes control of Marine and Sonic as they first head on off to the jungle.*
*Once there, the player has Sonic use his homing attacks to snap the trees at the base and make them fall over (Watch out for being crushed. :P ). Once that’s done, then it’s a simple task of pushing/rolling the trees to the Safe House. Do this for ten big trees to move on to the next task.*
*The player then heads off to the pier to rob the ships of some cannons. After fighting off the pirates guarding them, Marine must hit a target switch on the side of the cannor to flip the cannon over, so as to not damage the front end. Then it’s just a matter of pushing the cannons to the safehouse. Steal 12 of them to move on.*
*Finally, the player just has to search through town, on the hunt for free rope and sails for the ship. Finding enough will end the mission.*
JOB COMPLETE
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Pirating an Island
Pirate 2000 coins from the pirates and the island.
Sly: “Alright, Henriette, what would you like to do?”
Henriette: “I want to plunder treasure from the loser landlubbers on this island! I need to get back in the pirate groove!”
Sly: “Sounds like fun. How much should we steal to make you feel better?”
Henriette thinks for a second. “2000 coins! I want my booty!”
Sly: “Heh he, booty.”
Carmelita (In voice): “Don’t even think about it, Ringtail… not now…”
*The player takes control of Sly and Henriette as they plunder the town of its riches. Other than for the obvious coinage bouncing all over the place, Henriette also has ‘Pirate Sense’, which makes coins she steals from guards worth twice as much, and also raising the chances of getting treasures (also doubled) from guards.*
*Once 500 coins are collected*
Henriette: “Ah, how I missed the sparkle these coins make in the light.”
*Once 1000 coins are collected*
Henriette: “Just holding these bags of coins makes my spirits lift!”
*Once 1500 coins are collected.*
Henriette: “Oh? Almost there!”
*Once 2000 coins are collected, the mission is complete.*
JOB COMPLETE
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Bentley: “Alright, I got some good news and bad news. Good news is the ship building is going by quickly, thanks to Tails, Marine, myself and the pirates we bribed thanks to the treasure Sly and Henriette found. Bad news is that the other pirates of Captain Whisker have heard about what we are doing, and planning to sabotage us.”
Sly: “I’m guessing you want us to help out build and protect the ship?”
Bentley: “Correct. Carmelita, you and Amy will stay on deck to protect the mast and cannons and Murray, you and Knuckles will stay on the pier and thin out the ranks for Carmelita and Amy.”
Murray: “ ‘The Murray’ will beat the sense into the pirates.”
Knuckles: “Hey, save some for my own fists!”
Carmelita: “We’ll do our best to keep the ship safe.”
Amy: “They better not mess with us!”
Bentley: However, as cruel and hypocritical it may be, we’ll also have to destroy the other ships while defending our own. We can’t risk letting these guys chase after us once we hit open seas and take us down with their experience and numbers. For this job, I’m gonna have Panda King and Blaze team up once again to put their combined firepower to very good use.
Panda King: *Chuckles ominously* These ruffians will learn to fear the power of fireworks, and respect its beauty.
Blaze: I’ll certainly enjoy ending the “careers” of the low-lives that are pirates.
Bentley: “Good, then this shouldn’t take long at all.”
Building a Ship
Protect the workshop from pirates.
Destroy the other ships.
*At the ship*
Carmelita: “Hey! Those pirates are trying to attack the building crew!”
Amy: “Let’s stop them before they can hurt them all.”
*The player has Carmelita and Amy fight off the pirates attacking the crew on the ship and some that come their way until Murray and Knuckles arrives.*
*Once Murray and Knuckles arrive, the player takes control of them.*
Murray: “Alright! We’re here!”
Knuckles: “We got this!”
Carmelita: “Hmmm… now that Murray and Knuckles are here, perhaps we should help the crew?”
Amy: “Good plan, we finish that much faster.”
*The player now fights off 10 waves of pirates and badniks, that come at higher numbers and harder defense.*
*Once all the pirates are defeated*
Murray: “No number of pirates can stop us!”
Knuckles: “They’ll think twice about fighting next time.”
*We jump cut to Panda King and Blaze.*
Blaze: “Ready to blast up their ships?”
Panda King: “The pirates will be in awe of their destructive beauty.”
*The player takes control of them and uses Panda King’s fireworks and Blazes fire to supercharge the fireworks and blow the ships to pieces. Destroy all 10 ships to move on.*
Blaze: “That’s all the ships sunk!”
Panda King: “Perhaps we should return to the ship and help them finish now.”
*Jump cut ahead an hour to the ship being finished.*
Bentley: “Alright, that’s it, the ship is finished!”
Henriette: “Yar! Now we can set sail! Splice the mainbrace and all that pirate stuff! I want to go now!”
*Upon setting sail*
Marine: Alright, Henri! Normally sailing a ship is bloody hard work that takes countless people to operate, but me, Tails, and Turtle guy managed to make this ship require very simple controls! To steer left and right, just use the L2 and R2 buttons! And when we’re fighting other ships, go up to the cannons facing them and press the Circle button on one of them! All the cannons on that side will fire and the cannonballs will hit the enemy! Be careful though, for the cannons will need to cool down before they can be fired again, those lousy blowhards.
Henriette: I don’t exactly enjoy being taught how to sail a ship by a child, but thanks I guess, kid.
*The player is free to mess around a bit to learn the controls as they leave the bay, when a cutscene starts in the open waters.*
*A ship covered in steel and larger that the player’s comes speeding in and floats close by. A metallic voice pierces the sea air as Captain Whisker comes into view.*
Captain Whisker: “Ah, I see the wee lass who thinks she can be a pirate has procured another ship, and some friends too. *Laughs* How sad.”
Sonic: “Captain Whisker!”
Cap. Whisker: “Hmm, you look familiar. What’s your name again?”
Johnny: I recognize that landlubber! That be Sonic the Hedgehog, and he’s brought that mutant fox, the princess, and that annoying raccoon sailor as well (the other one)!
Cap. Whisker: Oh… OH! Not you again!
Sly: “Why are you attacking my ancestor?!”
Captain Whisker: “Heh, same reason my and my other acquaintances have! Dr. Eggman has a plan involving your ancestor’s canes and displacing their history! I’m simply fulfilling my duty in the place where I’m most at home. I admit, though, I enjoy shattering a young lass’ dream of adventure and sinking her ship ‘n’ crew while making off with her booty!
Some of the guys snicker, unable to contain their inner immaturity.
Henriette: You bleeding, knuckle-dragging, fish belching bag of VOMIT! You killed me crew and downed my ship and it wasn’t even personal?! Oh, once we sink your ship I’m cutting your head off and mounting it in my captain’s quarters of my new ship!
Cap. Whiskers: WELL! Such a vulgar threat from such a young lass! Very well! Let’s fight right here, right now! You beat me, you get me head! But I get yours if I be the victor…
*The player is sent into a battler against Captain Whisker, controlling Sly and Henriette, and they do their best to keep the ship afloat and fire cannonballs at Whisker’s ship. But it is mostly a losing battle as his cannons can damage your ship more severely than yours can to his (they just bounce off.) Once the ships is near to sinking, another cutscene plays.
Bentley: “Uh, guys, we need to get away! One more cannonball from him and we’re sunk!”
Marine: “Oh! I got an idea, mate! Silver, can you help me?”
Silver: “Sure, what can I do?”
Marine: “I’ll focus on making a wave with my hydrokinesis, you lift it up higher so we can be swept far away!”
Silver: “Got it!”
*Marine focuses on the water between the ships and starts to make it lift up in a hill like shape. Silver helps her lift it high enough to reach the masts of the ship.*
Captain Whisker: “A wave? How is that gonna stop me?”
Marine: “Drop it, hard!”
*They drop it together, which creates a huge wave that pushes the ships far away from each other, the heroes ship going really far away.*
Captain Whisker: “Argh… lost them..., aw well. The sea will get them sooner or later. TIme to return home…” *The ship speeds away*
JOB COMPLETE
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Bentley: “Alright, we are in deep trouble here. At our current ship strength, we have no chance at even damaging Captain Whisker’s ship. We need to find tech to make our ship stronger in all ways! Luckily though, it seems I have stumbled upon weak computer signals scattered across the sea. Since this is the past, it can only mean they belong to Captain Whisker. We better find out what they are and take them for ourselves.”
Sly: “Do you think we can do something for Henrietta too? She’s looking really sad right now.”
Bentley: “I guess we could go find treasure, but I’m not sure where to begin.”
Sly: “Seems obvious that we should just steal Captain Whisker’s treasure. Jerk deserves it for messing with her.”
Bentley: “Agreed, but we’re gonna have to find where it is first. We’re probably gonna have to keep an eye out for docked ships on islands.”
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Shanghaied!
Engage in pirate ship battles and rob the ships of their tech.
Bentley: “Five bogies off the forward bow, and since there’s a signal, it has to be Whisker’s ships!”
Sly: “Looks like they’re pretty weak, so we could take them on… wait… it looks like they have some technology on board.”
Bentley: “We might be able to use them! Don’t sink the ships, guys, just incapacitate them!”
Henriette: “That means shanghaiing them! I’m pumped! Let’s go!”
*The player is entered into a sea battle, like in Sly 3. First, you must incapacitate the ships of their cannons and mast, so they are sitting ducks. Then, Henriette and Marine will travel aboard each vessel and defeat the captains of the ship so the rest of the gang can steal the tech. Do this to all 5 ships to complete the mission.*
JOB COMPLETE
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Where’s The Kaboom?
Gather the 5 mines floating around the sea.
Bentley: “Hmmm, mines… clearly from Whisker…”
Marine: “Should we destroy them?”
Bentley: “Perhaps… but I think I got a better idea.”
Sly: “Ooo, I see that devious grin… I sense hacking and destruction in our future.”
Bentley: “Oh yeah.”
*The player goes through a hacking mini game. Once it’s done.*
Bentley: “Aha! I deactivated the mine! Now we can dive underwater and grab it!”
Dimitri: “Did someone say diving! Greasy sweet, bro!”
Vector: “Why grab it?”
Bentley: “If you guys attach them below the ship, we can use them like, well, mines, and blast Captain Whisker in surprise!”
Dimitri: “The danger, I love it!”
Henriette: “Is it alright if I join them? I can swim.”
Bentley: “Well, if you can stay safe while doing it, I won’t stop you.”
*The player then goes swimming into the sea below the boat with the trio, in search of the mine’s anchor point.*
*Once it’s found.*
Vector: “Who should grab it.”
Henriette immediately volunteers before Dimitri can and grabs the anchor.
Vector: “Strong minded lady… and strong. :P “
Dimitri: “Best not mess with her, bro! Come on, let’s hurry and protect her for the return trip.”
*The player returns to the surface, and a cutscene plays of them attaching the mine. They jump back on the ship to see Bentley*
Bentley: “Alright guys, good job! I scanned the sea, and found 4 more mines floating about. Let’s go acquire those as well.”
*The player does this 4 more times to complete the mission.*
*Once completed*
Bentley: “Alright, that should be enough. Heh, Captain Whisker is going to be surprised, for sure.”
JOB COMPLETE
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You Are A Pirate
Rob 1000 coins and steal the map piece from the first island.
Rob 1000 coins and steal the map piece from the 2nd island.
Rob 1000 coins and steal the map piece from the 3rd island.
Rob 1000 coins and steal the map piece from the 4th island.
Sly: “Whisker ship spotted off the port bow, on land.”
Bentley: “Hmm… they possibly are stealing treasure on the island.”
Henriette: “Hey! Pirate speak! We call it BOOTY!”
*Sly and the other immatures giggle.*
Bentley: “Fine. Why don’t you take Sly, Sonic, Charmy, and Murray along and find 1000 coins worth of ‘booty’ so you can drag the captain of the ship out? Surely, they might carry a map to where they stash all their ‘booty’.”
Henriette: “Finally! Now you’re talking my language! Come on, Charmy, you first!”
*The player has them go around the first island in search of 1000 coins. Again, some are scattered on the ground, but also in the air, which Charmy can grab. And as usual, robbing pirates always works.*
*Once 1000 coins are collected, a cutscene shows of the Captain leaving the ship. That is your cue to then go after the Captain and steal his part of the map.*
*Once that’s done.*
Henriette: “Got it! A map piece!”
Bentley: “Hmm, bring it back and I’ll study it as you bring more.”
*The player then heads off to 3 other islands marked by waypoints and robs the island of 1000 treasure and the map piece of the Captain. Once all pieces of the map have been collected*
Henriette: Thank you so much you guys! I feel like a true pirate again! And with the map now fixed, we’ll be on our way to get big booty!
*All the partners snicker at that last comment*
Henriette: You know, maybe we should start calling booty something else, cause this is ridiculous.
*JOB COMPLETE*
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Treasure Island
Follow the pirate map clues to find the treasure.
Bentley: “Eureka! I’ve found out where they’ve hidden their treasures, or at least the island. It has to be this one!” *A waypoint appears*
Henriette: “Well, what are we waiting for?! Sail away!”
*Once on the island*
Bentley: “Alright… it seems Captain Whisker left clues on where to find the treasure, so you’re gonna have to read them and follow them.”
Henriette: “Yar! Pacing away! Sly! With me!”
*The player has them head on to the island and follow the clues written on the pirate map that leads them all around the island, and to the treasure.*
*Once they find the end destination.*
Sly: “Hmm… it ends at this mysterious wall…”
Henriette rubs her hands on the wall for a switch “Obviously a hidden cave, just gotta find the- AHA!” *She finds the switch and a cave entrance is revealed.*
Sly: “Ladies first.”
*They both head down. Below, they find piles of treasure going for a while*
Henriette: “It… it’s a pirate’s dream!”
Sly: “Makes Kaine Island look empty by comparison.”
Henriette looks and notices something. “Oh? Is that? …” *She jumps into the piles and swims for a bit until returning with something in her mouth.* “My canes! Oh! How I missed them!”
Sly: “Well, no need to worry about your honor now. Let me call the crew and we will load the ship.”
Henriette: “Yeah… Oh!”
Sly: “Yeah?”
Henriette: “I think I remember where Captain Whisker and his men are.”
Sly: “That’s great! Where?”
Henriette: “Johnny, that weird green robot shark thing, was gloating about beating us up, and said something about how I’d never find them hiding on an island with a big skull rock on it.”
Sly: “Sounds like we have to pay them a visit.”
Henriette: “Gonna teach them a lesson about messing with Coopers, we are.”
JOB COMPLETE
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Bentley: “Alright, I think we are ready to take on Captain Whisker with Operation: Battle Out On the Yargh- wait, who wrote this? That’s a terrible…”
*Stifled giggling is heard*
Bentley: “B… o… o… SLY!”
*Sly and the other immatures laugh, and even some of the non-immature ones for still continuing the joke and getting Bentley good.*
Bentley: “You’ve lost Operation naming, pal! Now, if we’re done being little children, we have to take on Captain Whisker. Getting anywhere close to the island is obviously going to provoke a response from his ship, and he’s gonna want to settle the score. But this time, we’re ready. We’re gonna drop the mines so his ship runs aground on them and explode the armor off, then it’s just a matter of blasting the ship with the cannons.”
Tails: “Destroying their ship is probably going to evoke Johnny to fight us, so we better be ready to fight him. Then it’s just a matter of defeating Whisker.”
Bentley: “We got our work cut out for us, but we should be able to succeed.”
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Operation “Battle Out On The Yargh”
Take down Captain Whisker’s Ship
Defeat Johnny
Look for Captain Whisker and defeat him.
*Once the pirate ship is close enough to the island, a cutscene plays of Captain Whisker’s ship  coming towards them.*
Bentley: “Full reverse, guys!”
*They turn their ship around and attempt to sail away from Captain Whisker’s ship, which is hot on their tail.*
Bentley: “That’s it… follow us… NOW!!!”
*Their ship gains a burst of speed, which lets them release the mines behind them. Whisker’s ship runs over them all, breaking off the metal armor and flipping the ship in the air 360 degrees.*
Bentley: “Attack them! We can incapacitate them while they’re dazed!”
Henriette: “Finally! Some revenge!”
*The player enters a sea battle with Captain Whisker’s ship. It may be slowed down, but it is still dangerous with its strong cannons. Best to attack their ship from the distance a bit. 5 full range cannon shots (About 30 cannonballs) will break the mast off Captain Whisker’s ship.*
*Once the mast breaks, Henriette and Marine raid their ship, only to find Johnny on the helm.*
Johnny: “Argh, so it be you two lasses that’ll exchange blows with me, huh?”
Henriette: “Don’t let our size fool you, you annoying tin can!”
Marine: “We can beat you!”
Johnny: “I’d love to see you lasses try! YAR!” *He takes to the air and zips around*
Henriette: “He’s a feisty one!”
Marine: “I got this, let me slow him down.”
*The player heads into a fight against Johnny the Pirate. In order to defeat him, Marine must first hit Johnny with her hydrokinetic water balls. Hitting him enough times will cause his propellor to fail and he’ll crash onto the deck. Once grounded, Johnny can only swing his small sword at you. This is then the perfect time to have Henriette wail away with her canes. Once enough damage is done, he’ll return to the air again to repeat the process. Do this 3 more times to defeat Johnny.*
*Once defeated, the other board and tie him up so he can’t escape. But they find the ship missing Captain Whisker.*
Sonic: “Hmm… where is Captain Whisker?”
Johnny: “Bah! You’ll never find him! NEVER! I was made for distraction!”
Henriette: “Quiet, prisoner!” *She smacks Johnny.*
Sonic: “Sounds like he might be back at ‘skull’ island?”
Sly: “All we can do is check.”
*The player is sent to ‘Skull’ Island with Sly and Blaze and go on the hunt for Captain Whisker. Like on Treasure Island, the player follows clues to find him, though his are much more dangerous to follow.*
*If you survive, the player ends up in front of a cave that they all enter. Down below…*
Sly: “Wow… it’s dark down here.”
Henriette: “Did anyone bring a light?”
Blaze: “Hang on…”
*She uses her pyrokinesis to light up the cave… to reveal dangerous stacks of TNT right next to where Blaze is standing.*
Blaze: “Uh-oh…”
Henriette: “Move, lass!” *She tackles Blaze away before the TNT explodes, causing a cave in that separates them and the rest of the gang, who are safe.*
Sly: “You guys alright?!”
Blaze: “Yeah! You guys?!”
Murray: “Yeah! We’re safe, but we’ll need to break you guys out!”
Captain Whisker lights the torches in the cave with his flamethrower. “Damn… didn’t do as I hoped, but at least I get to settle the score, with both ye lasses!”
Henriette: “WHOA!”
Blaze: “Captain Whisker!”
Captain Whisker: “No more talk! We battle for the others’ head now! Be prepared to go to Davy Jones Locker, lasses!”
*The player fights against Captain Whisker in the cramped cave space. Besides his flamethrower he showed earlier, he also can attack by launching his fists at you and creating shockwaves which rain rocks from the ceiling. You may think the cramped space is a curse, but it’s quite a blessing because he can sometimes knock himself out with the rocks falling from the ceiling or lose his fist in the rock walls, giving you time to attack him as he recovers. Just keep on your toes and Captain Whisker will easily go down.*
*Once defeated, Captain Whisker collapses in a heap.*
Captain Whisker: “Argh… defeated by the pirate and princess lasses... How honorable…”
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Outro Cutscene:
Sly: “It felt great to help Henriette and get her on the way to success. It took a little convincing to make Henriette not take the robots’ heads, but we able to take Captain Whisker and Johnny and return them to Sonic’s world and be handled with over there. Afterwards, we decided to honor Henriette with the ship and plenty of rounds of drinks at the bars at port. Heh, Henriette and Murray got into a lemonade drinking contest and it was pretty close with them drinking 100 glasses each, but Murray succeeded… and immediately burped and shot them into the walls. How fun that was, heh. I wonder what ancestor we’re gonna help next?”
Next Time: It’s time to get ready for war in WWI Germany.
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S.IV - Ep. 4: The Indignation of War
Written by Metal Man X
----------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. NEW GUINNEA – Jungles – DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
Caption: November 16th, 21XX. Moments Ago.
Commander Yammark flies in the skies high above Repliforce Guerilla HQ as he begins to notice Mechaniloid activity far ahead of him.
COMMANDER YAMMARK: Alright, I'm getting close.  So far it doesn’t look too bad. Just a few minor burns to patch up.  That's okay…
As he flies closer, suddenly he notices that he is quickly descending without meaning to.
COMMANDER YAMMARK: Hm? What's this??
His descent gets ever faster as he struggles to keep his body above the trees.
COMMANDER YAMMARK: Oh man.. My jetpack is malfunctioning!  Have to brace for..  IMPACT!!!
Without panicking, Commander Yammark tries to focus on dodging the passing trees at his fast velocity.
All at once, he violently crashes against a large tree, which causes a giant explosion to erupt in the middle of the forest.
-pan far South of Commander Yammark’s location-
Near Web Spider’s gateway, X, Zero, Takuma and Zephyr all turn their attention to the violent explosion in the far distance, north of them.
X: Haww?
ZERO: What the-!?
ZEPHYR: What do you think?  Suicide bomber??
Takuma looks hard at the fiery explosion by the trees in the distance.
TAKUMA: I dunno.  I don’t think so.  That area doesn’t seem to be occupied by Repliforce at all.
X: You two investigate.  We have to talk to Web Spider.
ZEPHYR & TAKUMA: Yes sir!
-cut to-
----------------------------------------------------------------- INT. Guerilla Post – Secret Storage – DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
Caption: NOW
ZERO: Hyyyyyuuuuhh!!!
Zero misses a saber slash to Web Spider, who swings away to the far wall and rebounds back in his direction with a swift drop-kick.
ZERO: Kaaaaugh!
Zero gets knocked down to the floor.
X charges up and takes a shot at his shoulder.
WEB SPIDER: /Grr!  Take /that.
After taking a /hit, he /fires an electric web at X.
X jumps back as the web hits the floor and spreads directly below him.
ZERO: (concerned) X!!
X gasps as he nearly falls into the web, but then a new instinct kicks in like a reflex within his upgraded boots.  Two thrusters ignite, causing him to temporarily hover in mid-air and evade his way to safety.
ZERO: Huh?
WEB SPIDER: WHAT!?
ZERO: Nevermind!!  /Hyah!!
Zero slashes at Web Spider's side.
WEB SPIDER: Gyaaah!
He immediately retreats to the trees above with a web that shoots out of his back.
As he gets to cover, X takes a charged shot at a 45 degree angle.  When it hits Web Spider, he is knocked out of the tree and back down to the ground hard.
X: Give it up, Web Spider.  We have you surrounded.
WEB SPIDER: (panting) Never!!!
-cut to-
----------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. NEW GUINNEA – Crash Site - DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
Zephyr and Takuma run and dash, quickly amongst the brush until they finally spot the dead Reploid by a broken, blackened tree.
TAKUMA: (gasping) Over there!
They both hop over and look at his scattered pieces carefully.
ZEPHYR: What the..  Who Is this!?
TAKUMA: I have no idea.  No Mechaniloids in the area either, just like I thought…
ZEPHYR:
So you think this guy just.. had an accident?
TAKUMA:
..I guess so…
ZEPHYR:
Huh..  That’s really strange.  A random guy flies in the middle of a warzone, and he's not even a suicide bomber?
TAKUMA:
Gee…  what should we do?
ZEPHYR:
I guess we should snap some pictures and send them to the 14th Unit.  Let the Special Investigations Department handle this…
TAKUMA:
Good idea.
-cut to-
----------------------------------------------------------------- INT. GUERILLA POST – Secret Storage – DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
Web Spider looks at the two Maverick Hunters in disgust.
WEB SPIDER: I am not the enemy here.. You are!
X: No Spidus, that’s what I've been saying. We don’t have to be enemies!!
WEB SPIDER: NO!!
He shouts so loud it causes X and Zero to flinch.
WEB SPIDER: When I left the Maverick Hunters, it was because of that Maverick, standing right next to you.
X: (irate, losing patience) For the last time, HE’S NOT A MAVERICK!!!!
Zero looks away with closed eyes.
WEB SPIDER: BWAHAHAHAHH…  Keep telling yourself that.
He sets off a web again and hangs just a few inches from the ground by a tree branch.
Suddenly X receives a com-link from Zephyr
ZEPHYR: (o.s, filtered) Commander. Our “bomber” is a John Doe. We've taken pictures of the body and sent them to the SIU.
X: Okay.. Fall back. I'll see you at HQ.
Web Spider points to Zero as he lightly swings back and forth.
WEB SPIDER: You nearly killed my best friends from the Hunter ranks!  How any of them forgave you is beyond me…
ZERO: Hmph.  First of all, I took an unexpected 'leave of absence' four years ago…  And, when I came back from that 'leave'.. it met with some complications.
WEB SPIDER: In other words you became a Maverick! Just admit it!!
X: Mind Control is more like it, but who's counting…
ZERO: …You didn’t understand my condition back then, so /Why should I bother explaining it Now!?
At the dash, Zero holds his saber in an underhand position and raises his arm above his shoulder, ready to strike.  
WEB SPIDER: Your return divided the Hunters! None of us trusted you!!  The smart ones left to find their own way.  The rest stayed out of fear for what you might do next, had they not been in your sight.  
X: Back off Spider…
X aims his buster and charges up.
ZERO: (smirking, grinning) Keeping their enemy closer, huh? Hahaha. Hahaha!!!
WEB SPIDER: WHAT? What’s so funny?
ZERO: I'm laughing because you have no idea what you’re talking about!  HaHaHaHa!!!!
WEB SPIDER: Why you-
Zero cuts him off with a quick spinning air-dash strike.
ZERO: //Kyah! /Hah!!
His saber /slashes against his side in a spiraling twirl, /twice. When Zero lands on his feet, he turns his hilt upright and takes a large vertical swing with two hands.
WEB SPIDER: Gya-aah Aaaggghhhh!!!
He quickly retaliates with a lightning web that catches Zero and begins to electrocute him.
ZERO: /Awh. /Aaaahh.
X: /NO!!  You’re wrong about Zero!
He /fires a charge shot at Web Spider, who gets knocked down to the ground from the blast.
WEB SPIDER: Agh!!  That’s it.
He shoots a web back up to the trees to catch his bearings. At the dashes, X /fires off quick rounds of level 2 and three shots.
X: His programming was /tampered with. He fought /hard to /get himself back. And in the end, his real friends under/stood that!
All three of his charged shots miss Web Spider, who is hiding amongst the brush of the trees.  X takes this moment to help Zero out of his electric web and gets /electrocuted in the process.
X: /Gah.
ZERO: Thanks. (calling out)  And not for nothing, but all those friends of yours who left turned out to be Mavericks in the end after all. What makes you any different…?
X: (calling out) Gravity Beetle, Blast Hornet…  Just about all of them!
WEB SPIDER: Fools//…!!  
Web Spider drops down to the center of the room and //dropkicks both of them to the ground.
X & ZERO: /Koough.
WEB SPIDER: I don’t care about the past any more.  The difference lies in the fact that I am with Repliforce now.  We are the future.
He creates a huge lightning web, which he latches onto.  Then he points to the cannon behind him.
WEB SPIDER: And with that cannon, I'll ensure that the Maverick Hunters NEVER EXIST!!!  Ahahaha!!!
At the dash, Zero and X slowly /get up.
ZERO: /Aagh..  That’s exactly what we were worried about.  And that is why you can no longer exist…  No matter the consequences…
X grimaces at the thought.
WEB SPIDER: Mmmm.. Enough of this. It’s time for my morning feast.
He shoots out four spider babies from his back, and then four more.  They all crawl towards X and Zero.
X & ZERO: (skeeved out) Wuaah.
WEB SPIDER: Come, my Children! Feed upon your prey and bring the remains to me!!
They back up as they fight them off with swats, kicks, blasts and swings.
WEB SPIDER: Hah!
He fires two electric webs.  One catches X, while Zero manages to dodge the other.
Zero dashes around and jumps after Web Spider, cutting him with a big slash.
Web Spider retaliates with a lightning web which catches Zero at close range as well.
ZERO: Awh!
Without warning, a charge shot catches Web Spider in the side of the head.  X continues to blast him with level one shots.  He also takes aim at Zero's web from afar and manages to free him with well-aimed pellet shots.
When Zero is freed, he falls down a short distance and lands on his feet.
WEB SPIDER: Nooo!!!
He grabs Zero from the back of the head and shoves him down to the ground, face first.
X: Ah!! Zero!!!
WEB SPIDER: Hahahahahaaa! You two are finished.
Without warning, suddenly Web Spider is engulfed in blue plasma.
WEB SPIDER: WHAAAAAAAA!!!!
Just below him, Zero sits with a knee to the floor and his fist planted in the ground.  His body, shrouded in an aura of blue plasma.
ZERO: Actually Spider… We're JUST GETTING STARTED!!! /Hrreh!!
He gets up and stylishly /uppercuts him with a saber as the plasma aura around his body fades away.
The blade of the saber cuts directly into Web Spider's sternum as his inner core becomes exposed.
ZERO: Now X!
-pan to the right-
X is floating in mid-air from his new boot thrusters, fully charged up with his buster out.  Without hesitation, he takes a Charge Shot.
-camera follows the blast directly as it collides with Web Spider's core-
WEB SPIDER: GyyyuYAAAAAHHHHGGggghhhh
His armor breaks apart as his inner core ruptures and wildly explodes.
-cut to-
----------------------------------------------------------------- REPLIFORCE HQ – Command Center – DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
General sits in his chair and monitors all Repliforce activity.  He does a double take when he notices the last red dot from the Guerilla Unit fade away.
GENERAL: What the!?  The Guerilla Unit has been completely taken off the map.
Colonel gasps and turns around to his Commander.
COLONEL: (gasping) They’ve been destroyed!  Are you sure?
GENERAL: The morning news broadcasted that the Maverick Hunters were planning on visiting our Guerilla Camp today.  It looks like they’ve made their choice.
COLONEL: Hmph.  Fine.  Then we shall make ours.
GENERAL: Yes.  Give the order Colonel.  It’s time for our Navy to strike!
COLONEL: Yes sir!!
-cut to-
----------------------------------------------------------------- EXT.  PACIFIC OCEAN – Repliforce Naval Territory – DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
Tidal Whale and Jet Stingray stand tall and proud on their battle ship amidst their fleet of King Poseidon clones.  Suddenly they receive a com-link.
COLONEL: (o.s, filtered) Repli-Sea Force!  Lieutenant Web Spider and his Guerilla Unit have been killed by the Maverick Hunters.  Attack by any means necessary.
Tidal Whale shakes his head at this news in shock.
TIDAL WHALE: Wait, that can’t be…
JET STINGRAY: The Order has been given Captain!  All Sea Forces ATTACK!!!
Jet Stingray dives off of the ship and takes flight as he rushes ahead.  A swarm of King Poseidons power their speed boats and follow their eager Second in Command.
TIDAL WHALE: (v.o, thinking) I thought for sure they would have let up by now…  This isn’t at all what I signed up for.
Tidal Whale witnesses Jet Stingray and their army of King Posiedons rush against swarms of Maverick Hunter battle boats. They inch closer to the Maverick Hunter Submarine in the far distance.
-pan inside the Submarine-
----------------------------------------------------------------- INT. MAVERICK HUNTER SUBMARINE – DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
TYPHOON TETRA, BOLT BARRACUDA, JACK MACKEREL and ELECTRIC NEON of the 6th Maritime Unit all look at each other with slight trepidation as they collectively take a gulp and put a brave face on.
TYPHOON TETRA: Alright Men.  This is it.
BOLT BARRACUDA: We all saw this coming.
JACK MACKEREL: LET’S GET OUT THERE AND GIVE THEM HEEEELLLL!!!!!
-pan out of the Submarine-
----------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN – Underwater/Sea level – DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
Under water, we see the gigantic Submarine fire missiles upon the fleet as Jack Mackerel and Electric Neon peer out from the top hatch first.
ELECTRIC NEON: We’ll go in first and save our biggest guns as a last resort.
JACK MACKEREL: (smiling, eager) Yeah, yeah!
The two swiftly swim after the oncoming King Poseidons and take several of them head on without a problem.
Then, Jet Stingray barrels through in the near-distance.  He scowls at them and fires two ground hunters, which pin them down into the sea upon contact.
MARITIME HUNTER 1: Noo!  I won’t let you-
One of many Maritime Hunter recruits jump after Jet Stingray, only to be batted away by his impressive forearm.
JET STINGRAY: Be gone, pest…
He falls into the Ocean.
JET STINGRAY: Hehehe. HAHAHAH!!!!
Jet Stingray fires more ground hunters at the surrounding Maritime Fleet around him.  As well as Jack Mackerel and Electric Neon when attempt to attack from out of the sea.
-pan back to Tidal Whale who does not move a muscle-
TIDAL WHALE: (v.o, thinking) No…  This isn’t us…  We’re supposed to be protecting the World by eliminating Mavericks.  Not warring amongst ourselves.  I never thought their silly squabble would amount to something as serious as this!
-pan to Jet Stingray-
All of the Maritime Maverick Hunters ships have been destroyed except for the giant Maritime Submarine.
Bolt Barracuda and Typhoon Tetra both bravely exit the top hatch and put their fists up, ready for battle.
TIDAL WHALE: (o.s, v.o, thinking) We’re killing each other over nothin’!
BOLT BARRACUDA: This is IT, bud.  You ready for THIS!??
TYPHOON TETRA: Only one way to FIND OUT!!!
The two bravely charge after Jet Stingray, who easily overtakes them and tackles them both in mid-air.  He fires his ground hunters at close range, uses his wind-buster to pull them into him and lands strong punches and kicks on both of them causing each to reel in pain.
-cut to-
----------------------------------------------------------------- MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – Control Room – DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
X and Zero teleport in from their successful mission only to find a worried Captain, Double and Iris.
CAPTAIN: Boys, come and take a look at this.
X: Hm?
He puts Web Spider’s weapon chip away in his compartment belt as he walks over to the control console with Zero.
ZERO: What’s going on?
IRIS: Your Maritime Unit…
DOUBLE: (in awe) It’s getting… destroyed!
ZERO: WHAT!?
X immediately feels choked up in his throat. He hangs his head low and lets out a grim sigh.
CAPTAIN: I knew this was coming…  This is by far, the hardest War we’ve ever faced.
He grips his Control Chair so hard, his fingers make imprints on the arm rests.  That’s when the last 2 dots of the Maritime Unit fade away from his Halogen Screen.
CAPTAIN: That’s it..  Damn, DAMN!!
ZERO: NOOO!!!!!   I KNEW We should’ve gone after them first.  I KNEW IT!!!  This is /YOUR FAULT, X!!!!
He angrily /points to X before he turns around and heads for the door.
IRIS: (crying) Nooo, Zero!  That would’ve only gotten you kiiilled!!!
ZERO: HMPH!!!  …I don’t think so…
X’s hurt face quickly tightens up into a scowl as he folds his arms.  He looks down at Zero from the raised pedestal.
X: (annoyed, disapproval) I’m sorry…  And what part of preventing a huge Death Cannon from firing at us seemed less important to you??
ZERO: Is that Derision I hear in your voice, X!?  It doesn’t suit you!!!
X: Yeah, well ya know what?  I don’t like your Tone either, Zero!!  You’re not the only one who’s hurting here.
ZERO: Well, it seems like I’m the only one who cares!!
X is so shocked he shakes his head and needs to recompose himself before speaking.
X: (calmer) …Are you, kidding me…? Those are our Friends out there…  And it’s Killing me that we have to go to War with them.  Let alone the fact the people who are Supposed to be our friends have either betrayed us or already decided that we’re the enemy.
Zero turns his head and looks away with a grimace on his face.
X: …You always talk about how I let my emotions get the best of me.   How I need to distance myself from getting distracted in the field, because I’m too upset.  …Well now I’m going to reflect that mirror back upon you and suggest that you do the same.
Zero grits his teeth and gets annoyed at this.
ZERO: Hrrr-agh..  Don’t.. use my words against me.
X: I’m not saying Anything against you!  That’s where you’re misunderstanding me.  I’m trying to Help you.
ZERO: I don’t WANT your Help!!
He runs toward the door, irate.
X: COOL OFF, Zero!  This is getting us nowhere!!
ZERO: Just STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!
He runs out of the room.
-pan across the corridor as he runs on-
ZERO: (v.o, thinking) I’ll do this My way.  On My terms…
-pan back to the Control Room-
X, Double, Captain and Iris all look at each other, surprised.  X’s gestures are mixed with annoyance and disappointment, however.
DOUBLE: …Wow!  Is that guy always like that?
Double breaks the silence.
X: Not really..
CAPTAIN: It depends on his mood.
Iris slightly frowns at this and looks away.
DOUBLE: Do me a favor and Please do not assign me with him!
X: Hahaha.  No need to worry, Kid.  You’re with me.
DOUBLE: Pheeeew.  Maaan!  Thank you!!
Captain and Iris lightly chuckle at Double’s jovial and clownish nature.
X: (smiling) No problem, bud.  Speaking of which, I should introduce you to the rest of the gang.  We need to put you to work.
X begins to lead Double out of the room.
DOUBLE: Oh yeah?
X: Yeah.  I want you guys to keep an eye on that bug in the Mother Computer, or whatever…
DOUBLE: Ahh, yes.
When they leave the room, Captain looks at the forlorn Iris.
CAPTAIN: Hey, Iris.
IRIS: Yes, sir?
CAPTAIN: Go ahead and take the rest of the day.
IRIS: (gasping, surprised) Really??
CAPTAIN: Yeah.  This isn’t going to get better any time soon..  with or without your assistance.  You don’t need to monitor it with me and be any more miserable.  Go ahead and take a nice, long break.  Come back whenever you want!
He smiles at her.
IRIS: Oh, /thank you sir!  /Thank you!!
She /salutes and gratefully /bows with her hands held together.
CAPTAIN: Just.. whatever you do, please talk to Zero and see how he’s doing for me, okay?
IRIS: Uh, okay..
CAPTAIN: I don’t need him doing anything, wreckless and stupid, now…  Hahah!
IRIS: Eheheh…
Iris is not amused at this at all.  But she feigns a polite laugh anyway.
-cut to-
----------------------------------------------------------------- MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – Training Room - DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
BARYON and SCORCHE stand by their newly transferred ‘recruits’, Frenzy Foxkit and Freeze Alopex as Recon Raccoon gives them all a grim look.  Their training session has been cut short by some very unexpected news.
RECON RACCOON: …and that’s what happened.
SCORCHE: Oh my God!!  Cross-Hare and Leap Frog are Gone for Good!??  You mean, we can’t even pull together some sort of fusion, like we did for me?
BARYON: Or me??
RECON RACCOON: They’re long gone…  I don’t know what to do.  I’m sorry guys…  /I know you were excited about comin’ into this…
He /gestures towards the familiar transfers.
FRENZY FOXKIT: Are you kidding me?  This is probably the Best time for us to come in.
FREEZE ALOPEX: FRANK!!!
She slaps her brother in the back of the head.
FRENZY FOXKIT: /Agh!  I didn’t mean it like that.  But… you know what I mean! …don’tcha?
The rest of the 9th Unit give Frenzy Foxkit such a dirty stare, it causes him to actually perspire beads of sweat across his brow.
BARYON: You are very lucky that you are a skilled warrior.  And that we need people.  Otherwise you and your sister would not make the cut.
FREEZE ALOPEX: Hmph!  Like we need you!!
FRENZY FOXKIT: Ah come on, Sis.  We’d fit in best here.  Lets just write the whole thing off as a misunderstanding, okay?
RECON RACCOON: Hmph.  The last thing we need is any more misunderstandings.  …What happened with your old Unit anyway?
FREEZE ALOPEX: You mean, besides our Leader betraying us??  Well…  the rest of them were so damn rude, that I had to go - For my own dignity.
FRENZY FOXKIT: I…  I really trusted Dragoon.  So when word got out that he betrayed us, I knew we wouldn’t be coming back.  Turian’s gang is cool and all, but they’re definitely their own thing.  And I really don’t want to be ordered around by him.
RECON RACCOON: That’s fair enough.  Now, Alopex, you’re an Arctic Fox.  Why not join the 13th Polar Battalion, just out of curiosity?
FREEZE ALOPEX: That cliquey pack of Wolves?  No thank you…
SCORCHE: Hahahaha, she’s cool.  I like her.
FREEZE ALOPEX: That’s nice…
She shoots him a dirty look, not wanting to be objectified by anyone.
RECON RACCOON: Hmph.  Well, liking each other isn’t gonna be enough.  We need to re-establish Team Dynamics and Strengths again!! URGH!  I Hate figuring out who is going to Lead!!!
FRENZY FOXKIT: Well clearly, not us.
RECON RACCOON: Hah!  Clearly…
SCORCHE: I’m good…
BARYON: …Do you want to lead?
RECON RACCOON: (shocked) Wha-?  R-Really!!
BARYON: …I’m still relatively new to the group.  And while I provide sufficient muscle and firepower to the cause, perhaps it is best to leave tactical operations to more of a Veteran, like yourself.
RECON RACCOON: What the…  You Mean It!!?? Is this really Happening???
SCORCHE: Hahahaha!!!  Looks like you got it, Furball.  You’ve been Grandfathered in.  There’s no one left to shut you down.  Hahaha!!
He pats his new leader on the back.
RECON RACCOON: Oh MAN!  This is gonna be great!!!
Frenzy Foxkit smiles.
FRENZY FOXKIT: (v.o, thinking) Hmm, this is way better.  I think I’m gonna like this Team a lot.  
Freeze Alopex smiles, until she thinks about the old team for a quick moment.
FREEZE ALOPEX: (v.o thinking) …I wonder how the others are doing.
-cut to-
----------------------------------------------------------------- INT. VOLCANO – Lava Pit - DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
A bruised and battered Blaze struggles to crawl amidst the hot gravel floor, while she passes by her offline sister, Blizzard and her broken best friend, Turian.
Tethlon’s body is thrown right next to Blaze.  Her eyes widen as she sees the huge hole, burned through his chest plate.
MAGMA DRAGOON: Hahahahah!!!  Foolish Hunters!!!  You never should have faced me!
Blaze struggles to get up, but manages to make it to her feet.  Instead of putting her dukes up for the 10th time, she puts up a hand with her palm up, signaling for him to stop.  She is begging and pleading at this point.
BLAZE: M-magmard…  Please…  We were wrong…  You can fight X and Zero all you want…  Just… Please!  …Don’t kill us!
He scowls at her for a short moment, then bellows in rich laughter.
MAGMA DRAGOON:
Bwaaaahahahahahh!!!!!  I always knew there was something about you that I liked, Blaze.  You were my favorite.  You really were!
Blaze looks up at her former leader, and manages to crack a hopeful smile from her cracked face.
BLAZE: Heh..
Magma Dragoon gives her a swift spinning kick into her stomach.  She is flung directly into the wreckage of her teammates as she rolls over, multiple times before finally coming to a stop.  She is so winded from the kick that she is heaving right next to Turian’s broken frame.
MAGMA DRAGOON: You pathetic little girl…  You wouldn’t even make a good Maverick…
He blasts a fireball at her, which knocks her further across the terrain towards Tethlon’s body.
She managed to carry Tethlon’s torso with him.
BLAZE: (coughing, hurting) Agh-aaaa.  Daaamn, Dragoon.  You know thisss’ll go on ffforever-r-ugh.  J- just grab me by the core and kill me already!
MAGMA DRAGOON: Hah. Never!
He runs over to her.
MAGMA DRAGOON: This is too fun!!
He dives after her with another deadly flame kick.
BLAZE: Aaaaaiiiiii!!!!!!
-cut to-
----------------------------------------------------------------- MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – R & D Lab - DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------
X sits at the Mother Computer with Double, Zephyr, XANTHE, JUNO, AESON, POLLUX, CASTOR and ALECTO by his side.
X: Well, now that we’ve all gotten acquainted, we might as well see what’s going on inside this thing, huh?
X hovers his hand over the track pad, which wakes up the screen.  Then, he clicks on the icon shortcut to look inside the computer.  He doesn’t do it often, because it always reminds him of MIDDY and his ultimate sacrifice to save Cyber Space that one time.
X sighs as the program loads up.
XANTHE: Uh, sir. I beg your pardon, but do you really need all of us to do this?
X: (smiling) Hm… Maybe not, but don’t you want to keep our new recruit company?
Xanthe can do nothing but gawk at the pudgy little reploid.
XANTHE: ..Not really.  No…
X: (smiling) Aw come on.  Don’t be like that.  It might not seem exciting now, but this might be one of the most important missions we do, today.
AESON: (surprised) No waay!
JUNO: Really??
X: Oh yeah.  You guys weren’t around for it the last time our Mother Computer was infected, but it caused all sorts of catastrophies. All over the World even!  Don’t ask me how that worked.
ALECTO: Yeah guys.  It was really crazy.  Honesty, I don’t know how we got out of it.
CASTOR: Well it was all thanks to our Fearless Leader!  When it came down to it, he was really the one who saved the day.
X: (happy, pleased) Aw shucks, guys.
ZEPHYR: Wow.  I had no idea.
POLLUX: Well…  I mean, X was the only one who could interface with it at the time, so.. none of us had a chance to exactly, get in there.
XANTHE: Wait a minute.  What??
X: Nevermind that, I don’t see anything in here.  It’s clean!
They all look at the current state of their Inner Mainframe, and everything checks out.
DOUBLE: Hmmm. Interesting..  Well, that’s good news!  No?
JUNO: I.. guess?
X: Whoever is trying to hack us isn’t doing a very good job.  Thats why I think you should monitor this thing for me, Double.  Maybe you’ll spot something that we don’t have time to look at.
ZEPHYR: At least give the rest of us something else to do, other than Computer Duty.  Come on, there’s so many Repliforce soldiers out there who need-
X: No.  We are the Elites!  We are above this petty squabble against the Repliforce!!  We have to be the Example, not the problem.
ZEPHYR: What…?
XANTHE: But you just attacked-
X: That was wrong…. I aided Zero in taking down Web Spider, because he was becoming too dangerous. We had a grudge to settle, so I finished it.  That was foolish…
DOUBLE:   No it wasn’t, my Liege.  You took down the enemy.  That’s part of the job, Isn’t it?
X: …Our job is to protect the innocent.  And to stop the Mavericks!  Somehow everyone seems to have forgotten that.
XANTHE: With all due respect, sir..  What if we have to protect ourselves?
X shoots him a dirty look, and then looks back at the computer as he closes out of the program.
X: I don’t know…  I guess we’ll deal with that as we need to.  
He stares at the monitor, annoyed as he opens up their mission dossier.  Web Spider’s mugshot has become black and white, but the rest are still glaring at him, taunting him to take the initiative and do battle once again.
ALECTO: Um.  So now what, sir?
X: You guys train with Double.  Get him up to speed…. I need to investigate this lead.
On screen, he hovers an arrow over to Split Mushroom’s mugshot.
POLLUX: Hmph…
CASTOR:   This is stupid.
X: Ya know what?  I didn’t ask for your opinion, now did I?
ZEPHYR: But sir, Zero has already left with his Unit to take out the Supply Train!
X gasps.
X: Really?
ZEPHYR: Yeah..  And you have us just sitting here, like ducks.
X clicks on Slash Beast’s mugshot.  He finds that Zero has joined the 5th Police Squadron on this mission.
X: (v.o, thinking, intrigued and annoyed) Huh…  So he’s going about his own agenda now.  Idiot..  Why doesn’t he see that this will only make matters worse?
ZEPHYR: Sir?
X snaps out of it and acknowledges his team.
X: Look…  I need to rest and gather my strength, before I go back out there again.  So, I really meant what I said when I told you guys to train Double.
XANTHE: Ah, come on man!
POLLUX: This sucks…
They all leave the room in protest, as Double looks at X, embarrassed.
DOUBLE: (frowning) …Please don’t make me train with them, sir..
X studies his recruit with soft eyes, then lets out a sigh.
X: I’m sorry they’re acting this way.  …It’s not a reflection on you.  They’re just frustrated at me for not letting them go out into battle, yet.
DOUBLE: My liege, may I ask why you’re so opposed to fighting the Repliforce?
X: If I’m honest, it’s not even the Repliforce.  It’s all fighting in general.  I’m not into it, kid.  I’m just really good at it.
DOUBLE: (Interested) Reeeally!?
X: I guess…  One thing lead to another.  And eventually, Sigma forced my hand.   I was inspired to protect my friends and humanity from ever being harmed again.  But then…  most of my friends died in the wars we’ve lead.  …by my hand…
Double blinks, completely surprised.
X: They became Mavericks, you see… and I was forced to…
X holds a tear back and takes a deep breath.
X: Well, anyway.  There’s nothing going on in Cyberspace right now…  So you should go ahead and train with the guys for a couple of hours.  It’ll be good for you.
Double gives his mentor an inquisitive look.  Then he smiles and offers a shrug.
DOUBLE: Well, if you insist..  Just make sure you let me know when you’re leaving.  I’d like to… monitor your mission from here, if I may.
X smiles.
X: Sure!  I’ll let you be my Navigator.  Thanks, bud.
X shakes his hand.  Double offers a warm smile in return.
-Freeze Frame. Grainy Effect.-
NARRATOR: (v.o) As another War begins to unfold, X finds an unexpected comfort in making a new friend out of his new protégé, Double.  While his best friend seems to have a Warpath of his own, that he is more than ready to follow. The Repliforce have lost their Guerilla Unit, and exchanged losses by taking the Maverick Hunter’s Maritime Unit. What Faction will come out on top?  Who is really the Maverick in this situation?  And is X on to something about the mysterious reploid known as Split Mushroom?  I look forward to updating my next entry.
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