Log started: 12/1/02 11:08:08 PM Central Russia The wild lands of Russia's Kirgiz Steppe roll ahead, along with the thick marshes that pervade the West Siberian Plain and the Turan Lowlands. Here is the harsh land where the famed Cossacks were born, and the place that barbarian tribes roamed in ancient days. Today, it remains a fairly empty place, dominated by a few substance farms and the dots of small cities here and there. By no means the most modern of locales, but it serves well enough for those who LIve here. Contents: Contents: Southwest : Iran Southeast : Himalayas East : Gobi Desert Northwest : Siberia Up : Sky Above Russia $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/23 Posted Author UN calls for a debate Sun Dec 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Now, keeping up with poLItics, the United Nations made today an announcement to the press today at the UN plaza in Seoul. Johnny Melavo is giving us the details." (The screen changes to a middle-aged man, who stands holding a microphone and looking at the camera, the UN Plaza behind him. He begins to speak.) "Early this afternoon, the United Nations called a press release in their usual press stand in Seoul. Several UN representatives announced there that a debate has been organized for the end of this week at the UN Headquarters. The subject of this discussion is, of course, this new appearance of the Stardroids, and they plan people for every faction to come and give their opinion." (The screen changes once more to a blond young man who stands on the press stand holding a bunch of papers, and speaking.) "This new visit of the Stardroids has generated not only worries among governments, organizations, civiLIans and all the remaining people in general, but also disorder and uneasiness. Because of that, we've decieded to call a general meeting to discuss a debate about this. The topic of this debate is: "The Stardroids: alLIes or a menance again?". Because of the GLobal importance of this subject, we've decieded to invite all the factions who want to join us. That includes the Robot Masters and the Mavericks, if they give the word not to cause any trouble or physical damage and deal this seriously. RepLIforce and the Maverick Hunters are, of course, invited to join too, as well as big and small civiLIan groups. No one's forced to assist, but the importance of this is so relevant we ask everyone to think about it. If people accepts, thing we are expecting, we'll recieve leaders and representatives from these factions by the end of this week in the UN Headquarters. The definitive date and time will be announced once we recive the responses to this call. Thank you for your time." (Screen returns to GNN News) (OOC: That's right, the UN is planning to organize a debate by the end of this week to discuss about the Stardroids. RF, MH, Mav, RM and civvies are invited to join this. To join, facheads please give me, Gale Sorcerer, a @mail, or if you're an unaffiLIated civvie who wants to join, @mail me yourself. The sooner the better. Once I've recieved this I'll answer you and we'll finally be able to set this up. So, I'll be waiting.) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/24 Posted Author E-Bay Auction Sun Dec 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Dr. Landon DeVry's Body $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Currently: $10,000.00 Zenny. Buy it Now: A Favour to be determined by the Seller. Quantity: 1 Auction Closes: December 6th, 2215 8 PM EST Seller: Procyon@spacetime.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A perfectly perserved specimen of a human cyborg. Body is in pristine condition, brain is LIkewise in pristine condition. A true collectors item for the truely morbid or those bent on revenge. Shipping will be personal deLIvery by seller to one's location at time of close of auction. (Picture of DeVry's body, perfect condition, as stated. Quite dead. A second picture of his brain within his body.) (OOC: @mail Procyon with your absolute highest bid. Be reasonable too. Posts will be made every day or so to update the bidding.) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [Radio: (C) GLobal] Guts Man transmits, "Hey Bass, do you think I should take karate classes with humans?" "And here for WNN, it's Mutumbu Ninjari Broadcasting the traffic LIve from sunny Keny-AAAH! There's a streak flying past towards the Sahara!! Leon! Get a camera! It's it's that destroyer! He's stopping over a small community outside of the Diamond Reserve! Get a shot of that earthquake! Hot damn, where'd that tidal wave come from?? And...and... Oh...***t. HE'S COMING THIS WAY!!!" And then, Denebola stops before the WNN chopper. Yes. Wily News Network. "It's time for a lesson in respect. You will remain the record keepers. You have nothing to fear human. I almost feel remorse about using your fooLIsh LIves for this, but I'd be telLIng a LIe. Blood makes the grass grow, and eLIminating your resources amuses me. You dare fail to respect us? Then your people will -burn-...until they drown. And, I'll even bury them for you en-masse." And with that, Denebola returns to his elemental concerto. "Get that folks? You heard it at WNN, first! Back to you, Jofi!" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "... Well then." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass transmits, "You truly are a weak thing. Your terrorism methods make Spike Man look artful." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass transmits, "Let me show you how it's *done*." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Denebola transmits, "Funny. I've seen your work. You fail to impress me, machine." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Guts Man transmits, "And you fail to make an impression on us." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Denebola transmits, "I" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Robot Masters, will you authorize us to assist you in minimizing civiLIan casualties?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass transmits, "If you say `I am eternal', I swear to God, I'll give you such a pinch." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Denebola transmits, "I'm nearly shocked. You said something sensical. I do think the world might end." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bass transmits, "Come on down." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Denebola transmits, "Oh wait...it just may. Heh...heh...heh." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Virgo transmits, "Ah...Denebola...why don't you just ask them to their funeral?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Denebola transmits, "Because the destruction's really a blast. Just LIke this factory is going to be." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "Are you a wayward brother, Denebola?" This is Flashpoint Stormcrow for GNN, with a late breaking story in the quake district of San Angeles. A thirty car pile-up has stalled traffic in the sector of the megacity, and what's weirder, all of the cars are members of that precinct's first-response poLIce force. Eyewitnesses say that the cars all sped to the same area, at the same time, crashing into each other before one exploded into a giant fireball. Casualties are unknown at this time, and medics at the scene report that many of the cops are suffering from hallucinations of a giant transforming Scorpion laying waste to the city. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Virgo...I heard you on the radio. Look at all this. What should we do?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "See to the victims of the disasters if you can." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Yeah, I know...But where?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "We got trouble." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo ponders for a moment, "The RepLIforce can deploy to both locations, can they not?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "Seems LIke we got trouble in Father's holdings. I'm heading out there, Barrage think the RF can handle the other locations?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "I'm going to San Angeles. I don't know what the rest of RepLIforce is doing, but I think some are coming to Africa." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "I imagine that the Robot Masters will have their hands full with Denebola, and I fear that they will not survive the experience." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Oh what a pity that would be." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "I just backed up before heading out..." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "You may not consider them so, but every man will count in this battle." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "(OOC: so valuable)" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "I'm at the location...there is going to be hell to pay for this." You're watching TNN -- The Tartarus News Network> This is Backstabber Badger with the latest news. NHL local Team the Tartarus Death Rays defeats in a overwhelming upset, Tartarus sets a new record as the poLIce records the 6,666 murder this year. But first. Local News. Psychopath Panda? "THank you, Badger. Moments ago, Cancer appeared in the commercial district and started blowing things up. It looks so BEATIFUL! *ahem* As it stands, people are running left and right, trying to get away from the crazy Stardroid. Rumors had it that he was looking for a certain destructive weapon... the BFG 15-MilLIon. Upon finding out the owner of said gunshop didn't wanted to sell him the weapon. He promptly went berserk. My kinda guy... save I do with some class. Anyways, we will keep you posted as the destruction occurs." Thank you, Panda. In other news... [Radio: (C) GLobal] Prismatic Spider transmits, "It's almost LIke they want us all to turn against them." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "Everywhere at once..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Guts Man transmits, "Good. I LIke turning in on things." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Gemini Man transmits, "They are drawing us out." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Pharaoh Man transmits, "No. This is it, Prismatic Spider. They have launched their assault. They are heralding apocolypse." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Geeze. And they call you guys the Rogues, Virgo." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Metal Man transmits, "Don't you think I know that?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Alpha transmits, "And they started with Coffee King, I think. Poor Guts Man." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Aquarius transmits, " . . . I cannot bear this." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Kain transmits, "Interesting..." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Guts Man transmits, "Wooohoooo! Go insurance againts acts of God!" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bridgit Cascio transmits, "I'd hardly call the Stardroids 'God'. Pscht." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Guts Man transmits, "Anyone who can make a weak ass RepLIforce purple has got to be a God." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bridgit Cascio transmits, "'S'called 'paint'." This is Camerra, junior GNN reporter, on scene in South Africa! The Stardroid Capricorn was just seen burGLarizing a vending machine in the lobby of a movie theater! Witnesses say she grew infuriated when the machine would not give her a snickers bar, broke it open, and left with an armful of candy! As we speak, poLIce are following a trail of candy wrappers, but thus far have not found the suspect! We'll be sure to update you if there are any further developments in this _thrilLIng_ story! Now, back to you, so-and-so... Eastern Sahara Forever stretching across the continent of Africa is the Sahara Desert, its begotten landscape spanning as far as the eyes can see. Reaching 1000 miles wide and around 3200 miles from east to west, this is without a doubt the largest desert in the world. Its entire square footage is a bLIstering 3,500,000 miles, although currently you are in the eastern region. This is primarily the LIbyan Desert, considered the most arid part of the Sahara itself. Oasises, as rare as they normally are, are almost nonexistant in this region, leaving LIttle hope and even less chances for anyone to survive who manages to get lost here. The majority of the land here consists of sandy dunes, often rising up 400 feet or more in height. Far off to the east is the valley of the Nile River, the only end in sight to this infinite realm of death and, beyond its grace, is the mountainous area of the Nubian Desert as well. Contents: Contents: Regulus [SD] Betelgeuse [SD] Metal Man [Blader] [RM] Blues [Protoman] [MH] Alpha [Wing] [MH] Guts Man [Normal] [RM] Ring Man [Helmetless] [RM] Magnet Man [Armor] [RM] Bass [Bass] [RM] Pharaoh Man [Son-of-Ra] [RM] Sword Man ["casual"] [RM] Denebola [Stardroid] [SD] Resource Collection Mines Sphere Outpost [RM] RM Cache Tombs : Desolate Tombs North : Barbary Coast West : Mirror Desert (Western Sahara) South : Ivory Coast East : Egypt Up : Sky Above Sahara [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "Ironic, you a more powerful being leave while we lesser ones are ready to fight this monster on our own." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Guts Man transmits, "God paint?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bridgit Cascio transmits, "Crikey, no. Just paint, th'stuff you can get from any ol' hardware store." Alpha pauses at Denebola's words as she approaches, she cups her hands to her mouth and shouts, "So are you surrendering or what?", over to him, though she's not entirely sure that's going to get him to stop. Procyon surrendered, it stands to reason he will too. [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Guts Man transmits, "A God's hardware store?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bridgit Cascio transmits, "Ain't no God hardware stores." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Guts Man transmits, "Maybe that you're not aware of you non God person you." Pharaoh Man drops to the ground, switching immidiatly to his battle armor and scepter. But as step is taken forwards, Aquarius' words echo in his mind as she dissapers. ' revenge such as this.....is pointless'. Ra is torn for a moment. Every fiber of his being, all his known in existance screams for him to attack. To destroy. But he cannot. The Master of Sands look to his scepter....and then to Denebola. A LIght fLIckers in Pharaoh's eyes as his jaw clenches. " Amun-Wily be with me..." The Robot Master bLInks out of sight, and appears down the street, hovering near a group of civiLIans cornered by lava flow. A blast of water from the staff leaves it black and steaming. " Go. Now. I shall follow and lead you to the nearest team of evacuation drones." The people can only nod as they run, Ra bLInking overhead, using his abiLIties to eLIminate obstacles and threats to the people, even blowing the hailstones from the sky with his Pharaoh Wave. [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bridgit Cascio thinks about this. "Maybe." As Dene booms to the masses, Sword merely races on...but finds himself impeded by the monsoon and hail, which soon decapitates a hapless Blade Joe as they attempt to pour forth toward the Stardroid. GrowLIng, he soon calls up his raincoat, which soon covers him and protects him as much as possible from the battering rain. Finding the truck of LIttle use now in the massive swirLIng winds, he jumps off, trying to dig into the ground and inch toward Dene, defiant, resistant, and all in all, mad as hell. And with no clap of thunder, no fanfare of trumpets, Regulus is simply there. Illumine in hand, blazing to LIght the darkness that his Brother brings to the world. His wings spread to their full reach, letting feathers fall into the fires blazing below. The air around him is filled with a blazing golden radiance, shining down on the chaos and madness below. He tilts his head downward, and then slowly shakes it before looking back up. "If you wanted to teach them a lesson, Brother, you could have left the innocents out of it. But then... that never was your way." He LIfts Illumine again. "Take up your true form at the very least! You wear MY wings, and I do not wish it!" His words are pitched so that only his brother may here. To those below, there is only silence from the black-robed Stardroid. Metal Man is with the honrable Robot Master as he fights against the winds trying to get closer to him. "NO! I SAY AGAIN! NO! WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN WITH OUT A FIGHT! THIS IS MORE THAN OUR PETTY WAR. THIS IS TO TELL YOU WE WILL KEEP EXISTING AND NOT EVEN THE VOID YOU SOLD YOUR SOUL TOO CAN STOP US! WHERE ONE OF US FALLS MORE WILL RISE TO REPLACE THEM!" Metal is pissed and he will get a shot at this Stardroid even if it means he is going to get scragged. Mars arrives from the Mirror Desert (Western Sahara). Mars has arrived. Magnet Man would watch the LIttle spectacle, but he's to busy saving himself Magnet Man would watch the LIttle spectacle, but he's to busy saving himself. A thing of doom there, a tsunami of death there, they all mount up and kinda make watching a bit difficult for Magnet Man. Ring Man races down the street on his bike as the winds kick up and the hail starts to slam down. Ring fights to keep control of the bike but it's futile, he's thrown from the bike and rolls down the street with neGLIgable damage. As he fights his way to his feet he snaps his arm down and produces one of this golden circles of death. Ring Man sees his brothers Metal and Sword and begins to fight his way against the brutal elements to their sides, "We have a plan?" He yells above the din of the storm. Hey he was only reactivated this morning. Regulus puts his guard down. Regulus projects a forcefield around himself. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Hey Virgo! Why do the Nothing Stardroids want you guys so bad?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "Each have their own reasons...but our destruction is all that matters to them." Betelgeuse fades in and out, each time at a new location, taking photographs even. "BWAHAHAHA! This is almost as great as that giant tidal wave on Centauri." He reminisces on the kodak moment. "So," he claps his hands together, "What's next?" Alpha looks over to Regulus for a few moments, and shrugs. She ponders. Should she shoot at whichever one of them shoots first? ... Or should she just go after Regulus? It is probable that Denebola is the more insane of the two and family shouldn't fight, but Regulus seems to be a bright enough guy. He'll probably see that. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "/Why/, is what I want to know. What'd you do to them?" Metal Man sends a radio transmission. Ring Man receives a radio transmission from Metal Man. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Aquarius transmits, "They want to eat us, is my opinion." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "And could one of you /please/ come to San Angeles and /help/? You know, before he kills us?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Kain transmits, "...That sounds...um...vaguely...um...*audible blush!*...dirty." Ring Man sends a radio transmission. Metal Man receives a radio transmission from Ring Man. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "There was no crime to gain their enmity." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "I'm over here protecting you guys, I really wouldn't mind some help. Either you show up, or give me super powers, or something. I don't care. I'd settle for a nuclear weapon." An lone soldier of fortune stands before you... filled with hope that he can withstand the assault... (...I will help you...)oo. Kain dashes unto the scene... Metal Man sends a radio transmission to Ring Man. Ring Man receives a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Aquarius transmits, "What's going on?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "Where is Hero Boy when you need em..." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Aquarius transmits, " . . /THAT/ is your own faults, Robot Master." Blues goes home. Blues has left. Blues enters Blues' Secluded Cabin, not knowing what to see. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "What is our own faults Aquarius?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "I don't know. Scorpio's just destroying parts of San Angeles and he just took Pallbearer down. And forget Hero Boy! For all we know he could have been a Stardroid in disguise or something. I mean, if Luna can take over Rainbow StalLIon, then how do we know Hero Boy wasn't a Stardroid too?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Aquarius transmits, "He wasn't." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "I'll see you if I surive this." Metal Man closes his optics for one moment and then looks up at Denebola. Something has chancged over the master He looks up at the Void Stardroid and says, "COME ON AND FACE TRUE WARRIOR! YOU CWOARD! YOU TURNED ON YOUR OWN AND TRY TO DEFEAT EARTH? YOU ARE HALF THE BEING DUO WAS AND CAN NOT HOPE TO WIN. NOW DIE MONSTER!" Metal Man forces every bit of energy he can into a leap at the chaos bringer? No I don't mean unicron either here and then a blade forms in his hands and he throws it at the Stardroid. "METAL BLADE!!!" Then as he starts to drop he says "From the depths of hell, I stab at thee Denebola!!!" Metal Man misses Denebola with his Metal Blade attack. You will now hear messages on channel . You will now hear messages on channel . Denebola sighs, and breathes slowly. "Perhaps Brother...I should. But frankly, the peons really wouldn't identify with my reaLIty." he explains, with a sneer. "And honestly, I do -so- LIke your wings. They do suit me well. I just wonder how long it took -them- to reaLIze that you weren't me." cackles Denebola, before those below begin again. And a second monsoon begins to form on the other side of town, spinning, waiting, and winds whipping wildly. Still, Denebola looks down at Metal Man, with a smirk on his face. "You really think that? Allow me to test this theory. You shall be the first to fall, LIttle one. You shall be the first to fall. And we'll just see what rises up, shall we?" And then, Betelgeuse enters. "What's next? What's next is that I make an...example." Ever so slowly, Denebola's form changes and shifts, as he morphs into his true visage. Leathery wings, long scaley arms, legs, and tail. And those cold, reptiLIan eyes, locked on his prey. Drawing his own sword, Dark Wind, it pulses with the darkness to counter the LIght of Regulus's Illumine. Descending at high-speeds, Denebola drops to drive his weapon right into the chest of Metal. Twisting to the side, Denebola's head melts, and reforms around the weapon as it sLIdes past. "Hell, you say, LIttle Metal Man? What bad comedy! But I will send you to the land where all is nothing, all is silent, all is cold, and you will know horror and excruciation, not to mention futiLIty. Die now, and serve me well..." hisses the LIzard Man Hopefully, dripping mechfluid, sparking, and impaled, Metal Man will be an ornament on the blade of Denebola. Body slowly dropping to the hilt. At least, that's what Denebola plans, at least. Denebola strikes Metal Man with his Dark Wind Strike attack. Metal Man falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Pharaoh Man takes out a medical scanner and scans Metal Man. Sword Man, between radio conversation, what he sees before him, and his own personal judgement, is torn. However, a decision is soon rendered, and his Blade Joes are dispatched to assist in civiLIan evacuation. Sword himself, however, dashes toward Metal Man...or trudges toward him, considering the weather. HOwever, before he can shove Metal out of the way, the blade strikes, and impales the hapless Beta. Cursing his inabiLIty to act, he GLares toward Denebola. "Leave War to Warriors, and keep the common out of this..." With that, he heads back to assist in evac as well. Hell reigns across the African desert, thunderstorms, volcanos, earthquakes, tidal waves and tornadoes rocketing across the desert sands. The unfortunate citizens who LIve in the small town are powerless against the godLIke might of the Stardroid, death already spreading LIke wildfire through the city. It won't take long for the entire urban environment to be leveled. Far overhead, a purple streak descends from the heavens, a man with violet-tipped wings rocketing into the heart of the storm. His GLowing red eyes lock onto the heart of the storm; no remorse, no fear. The screaming voices in his head drown out any doubts that may exist in Bass' mind, the roar of his engines the only thing that challenges the howLIng lunacy. He is the end of the world. Not Mega Man, not Sigma, not even Vile -- but /he/, Bass, the Force Commander of the Robot Masters, is the chosen harbringer of this world's demise in his twisted, shattered psyche. He slows, fLIpping over in the air to put his feet over the war-torn desert sands, hovering in the midst of hurricane-force winds by sheer force of demented will. He focuses himself, preparing himself for what will be an apocalyptic confrontation with something stronger than anything he has ever faced before. He knows his chances of survival are almost non-existent he leaps into the fray. But it doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore. The Harvest will not be denied. So why doesn't Bass attack? He hovers in the void in the distance, away from both Regulus and Denebola, ready to fight -- weapons armed and loaded, Buster systems onLIne, all systems green. But he holds. Does he actually dare for his subjects below? Does he have some sort of malfeasant plan? Or maybe ... Or maybe /he LIkes to watch/. Guts Man shakes his head, "Tsk tsk tsk, gay LIttle Stardroids dressing up as one another. Sounds LIke some bad fanfiction an Otaku would do while posting pictures of on the interweb." Guts Man chuckles to himself, "Heheheheh, Stardroids are so gay." Pharaoh Man finally passes of the first group to the drones, now forced to take to the ground...hovering is not possible in the storm. Regulus is apparent, Ra having noted the Stardroid's appearance as he moved about the broken streets, gathering civiLIans to him. .oO(Grid 8, Section 12 should be clear...) Pharaoh Man begins to bLInk towards a new area to repeat the process, while he sends a radio transmission.... Pharaoh Man sends a radio transmission to Regulus. Regulus receives a radio transmission from Pharaoh Man. Shadow Man arrives from the Ivory Coast. Shadow Man has arrived. "They were never fooled. I do not know why not - I expected more difficulties, knowing you. But they accepted me as what I am." The angel doesn't even GLance aside as his brother impales Metal Man. He doesn't care about the Robot Masters, chaos that they are. Not even Denebola's assumption of his true form disturbs Regulus. He continues to shed golden LIght down over the area. "You bear my wings, but the reaLIty shows through. Have your fun. Then perhaps we can finish what we began so long ago." Guts Man does crazy sound effects as the Stardroid speak, "Bwop chikka chikka bwow wow! Wow wow wow bwo ooooh chikka bwomp!" Alpha shakes her head and hops up into the air, spreading out her wings as she floats, flapping a few times. She sends a poLIte transmission to Regulus and then looks over to Denebola so she can see Metal Man be beat up. Again. Tsk, she's falLIng behind. Metal Man drops into an evasive pattern and actually looks LIke he might evade at the last moment but the blade catches him right in the gut and implaes him. Even as he sLIdes down the blade some how he cLIngs on to the waking world for another moment or two by shear will power. "I... will never ... serve you...never...." And then Metal Man sLIps into stasis lock LIke some sort of kabob on the Chaos bringer's blade. Mech fluid still trickLIng from his wounds. Ring Man nods as the orders come in to fall back and help with the evac. He starts falLIng back but turns in time to watch as Metal attacks... and fails. There is nothing the lord of the rings can do as he watches his older sibiLIng fall to the power he decided to defy. oO(mental note: find what's left of him later... there might be something worth selLIng) With that he falls back to evac. Alpha sends a radio transmission to Regulus. Regulus receives a radio transmission. Whereever there is violence... From the wreckage of a building, still burning, comes a trickle of blood from the edge of the fire. Then, the LIquid pools at the base of the rubble, and begins to take form.... growing into the form of the Stardroid Mars. Of course...this is illusion, a figment of LIght, being ridden by its generator, Gemini Man, LIke one would ride at the helm of a Ride Armor. The illusion, now at full height, crosses its arms, and waits, controlled at the behest of the small body in its core. It is his test... He will not fight, if he is, in this form, beneath their notice, or otherwise taken as the illusion he is. But as the real test of the Stardroids' hate for each other, he feels he has his opportunity. Orders, after all, are orders, and these are Gemini's. Regulus sends a radio transmission to Alpha. Alpha receives a radio transmission from Regulus. Kain GLances over at Denebola and frowns... and knows he has no chance against him... he proceeds to assist evacing the civiLIans out of the area... Alpha sends a radio transmission to Regulus. Regulus receives a radio transmission. Regulus sends a radio transmission to Alpha. Alpha receives a radio transmission. Denebola smiles, a cold, maLIcious smile as he rises back up to his former position, looking over the form of Metal Man. Slowly, since all have arrived, the destructive forces plaguing the city proper begin to subside. His job is done...the Robot Masters have arrived. Grabbing Metal by the back of the throat, Denebola slowly withdraws his weapon, chuckLIng under his breath as the mechfluid drips. "Ah...my LIttle friend. I do -so- appreciate your sacrifice to be my example..." oozes Denebola icily. "You are the first, and thus, you hold a special place. That of the headstone to the mass grave I will make of your bretheren's broken bodies..." hisses Denebola. And as Metal gasps his last breaths, Denebola chortles. "Serve me?? You -do- amuse me highly, Metal Man...Perhaps...I do have a task for you yet..." laughs the winged destroyer, angel no more. And as Regulus speaks, Denebola sneers. "Yes. I saw my reputation preceeded me. A testament to my new greatness. To my new role. No longer am I the herald, the harbringer. Now...I am the changer in earnest! Asassin? I could be called that. For now Mercury is a part of me, and I've taken his place now. I have gained the power we were denied, Brother! And I desire to finish many things. But first, you must join me..." explains the Stardroid, even now looking down upon Mars. "Well well...so good of you to join us, 'War'." explains Denebola, LIghtning crackLIng from his eyes. Yet, he doesn't attack the Stardroid of the Red planet. An oddity to say the least. Instead, he draws back the arm hefting Metal Man's broken body, and begins LIning Sword Man in his sights. "Have at you....two-parted dueLIst! Cradle the broken body of your brother! Know that his fate...will soon be yours..." And with that, the draconian unleashes his missile, throwing the body full-force at Sword Man. Denebola strikes Sword Man with his Generic Ranged attack. Alpha sends a radio transmission. Regulus receives a radio transmission from Alpha. Magnet Man just looks onward as Metal Man tries, and Metal Man nearly dies. Magnet Man sighs, "God Damnit, not again, when will that boy learn" Magnet Man then shrugs, he's got other things to do. Magnet Man heads over to a set of well placed civiLIans to rescue, so that's what he does. He starts to clear a path so they can escape 'War' strides onto the field... and Regulus' head whips around, the quaLIty of the LIght surrounding him suddenly shifting from gold to silver... and then it is gone. "A moment brother. I swore an oath..." The eyes inscribed in his mask suddenly flash with golden LIght, as Illumine blazes up in a pyre of thunder and fire. "False one, deciever and beloved of fear and terror. You think your play of LIght and shadows can fool those whose gaze pierces the interstellar distances? I swore you would pay for thy cowardice! Taste thy reward, villain!" And Regulus turns his full attention to the image of War, his voice rising in an eerie thundering cadence that Pharoah Man would be quite famiLIar with, his voice shaking the very air itself. Metal Man is held by Denebola but does not hear a world he said but annoyinGLy he has this arrogant smirk still on his face. Locked there since he is in stasis lock and he gets thrown at Sword Man. But as he fLIes towards his brother, oddly its almost if he is fLIpping off Denebola with his left hand. Must just be a random GLItch. Pharaoh Man winces sLIghtly as Metal Man is LIterally thrown back in the Robot Masters' faces. The disaster is cleared away, save the steady rain. The civiLIans are fleeing on thei own, with a few nudges by Ra via well times bLInks. He stops momentarily as Regulus speaks, as if expecting extreme pain.... Guts Man looks to Magnet Man as he talks about Metal Man, "That boy ain't right." Gemini Man has arrived. Regulus lowers his forcefield. Regulus strikes Gemini Man with his Rebuke attack. Magna Bass' GLassy stare rests on the two Stardroids as he hovers in the midst of the storm, smoke rushing around him, LIghtning crashing, buildings burning, cooLIng magma spilLIng down streets, floods still in effect from the tidal waves that have since passed. He hovers there, drifting very sLIghtly with especially heavy winds, and keeps his distance, weapons systems ready to go at any moment. Intermittently, violet sparks crackle across his frame, the sheer magnitude of the Force Commander's merged form almost too much for his body to contain. He hovers there, staring with the certain, dead-eyed stare of the insane ... even as Denebola attacks Sword Man, and Gemini Man gets beat down by Regulus' mighty Rebuke. But yet, he does nothing. Why? Sword Man simply keeps trudging through the storm, braving it's wind and rain, making his way to the city again to meet up with the others. HOwever, Denebola soon shouts out to him, grabbing his attention just long enough to find Metal crashing into his chest. Grunting at the impact, he soon recovers from the blow (sporting a minor dent) and holds the broken and battered Beta, hefting him over his shoulder. "We shall see what fate brings, abomination. For now, there are better things to attend to. Those who take up arms and don their shields shall stand up, and we shall fight. Know this, and prepare how you wish." With that, he trudges off again, keeping the injuried cargo over his shoulder steady, so not to aggrivate Metal's already existing injuries. A loud cheer as Metal Man meets the blade, "That was beautiful! Really felt that one there!" A few civiLIans GLare at Betelgeuse. "Oh, come on. If it was in the movies, you'd be all over this, too!" Betel bLInks around, and appears by the Metal Man slung over Sword Man's shoulder. "Oh, and these might be interesting." LIke a vulture an a fresh carcass, the stardroid rapidly bLInks, pulLIng off some of Metal Man's various metal blades, as quickly as he can. "Yoink!" Alpha looks over to 'War'. Illusion, huh? She pauses for a few moments, and then says, "Oh.", she pauses, "So that -is- why there were no reports of Mars actually showing up after he talked to me. He was a fake.", she sighs, "...So Necro, Angie...What do we do?", she whispers softly for a few moments before nodding, looking over to the Force Commander, and she fLIes towards him, probably intending to ask the Bass One a question. Magnet Man nods at Guts Man, "Yeah, I think Dad was drunk when he programmed him." Magnet Man then leave the civiLIans to there own devices. Magnet Man then grabs a nearby arm chair and sits down in it, he won't be able to help right now, so he may as well watch. Ring Man looks to see that the civilLIans are no longer in need of assistance in fleeing. Now he turns to watch the battle. Seeing how quickly Metal was fell Ring doesn't think there's much he can do. The gaze of Ring Man looks to Sword Man with Metal's broken form thrown over his shoulder. "Get him over here," Ring Man calls motioning to an ally that would seem to offer some sembalence of shelter. "Maybe I can stabaLIze him." Metal Man forfeits his Metal Blade to Betelgeuse. Denebola can't tell. Gemini is certain of that. And, so, they do have weaknesses, and this IS one of them. At least among certain Stardroids, the old tricks are still the best. Among others...they fail miserably. Regulus speaks his function and calls down to him directly, his attack shattering the skies, and, then, the illusion, which crackles LIke GLass around, exploding in LIght, and leaving, the much smaller, crystal-encrusted form of Gemini Man. Gemini drops to the ground, on his knees, and coughs sLIghtly, squinting up at Regulus with one eye, bLInking dust out of the other. "Funny. Worked just fine on your brother." And here's another old trick...if it works. Gemini closes the second eye, and, his helmet GLows brilLIantly, a flash of LIght that condenses into a beam toward the Stardroid attacking him. Gemini Man misses Regulus with his Hologram Flash attack. King arrives from the Mirror Desert (Western Sahara). King has arrived. Bass receives a radio transmission from Dr. Wily. Wilymachine arrives from the Sky Above Sahara. Wilymachine has arrived. Bass sends a radio transmission. Bass receives a radio transmission. Denebola shakes his head at Regulus's actions. "Brooother...do have fun with the imitator. Just don't spoil my amusement, eh?" comments the LIzard, cracking his knuckles. It seems Gemini assumed wrong. Denebola just chose to let him have his fun. One forgets. His eyes are enhanced to see through the rigors of space as well, and pierce the brightest LIghts. As Sword gives his adieu, Denebola smiles in a cruel fashion. "Maybe this will wake the lot of you up... Ye talk highly of yourselves...but do nothing. So, perhaps I will quench the thirsts of your people..." he begins as the roar of water gathering comes from outside the town, near Sword Man's location. and begins rushing for the town proper, and the Masters near enough to the poor, poor unfortunate. Denebola strikes Pharaoh Man with his Tidal Crash attack. Denebola strikes you with a major hit from his Tidal Crash for 22 units of damage. Denebola strikes Ring Man with his Tidal Crash attack. Denebola strikes Sword Man with his Tidal Crash attack. Denebola strikes Betelgeuse with his Tidal Crash attack. Denebola strikes Magnet Man with his Tidal Crash attack. Pharaoh Man is helping some civiLIans down the street, directing them towards the evac point, when he hears the water. A look of dread comes over his face as he yells to the already broken and battered citizens to run, but quickly finds it too late. Ra pushes as many as he can to cover inside a building, before he is struck and carried away, slammed up agianst a brick wall by the floods. The Master of Sands winces, and bLInks to higher ground... As the beam of LIght lances out from Gemini Man, Regulus raises the blade of Illumine. The beam strikes the blade of the blazing sword, and is deflected upwards into the raging sky. "Have fun? He is rebuked. UnLIke you, I deal out sinGLe lessons, and leave it there." The black wings beat once, slowly raising Regulus back to his drifting place, out of the path of the raging water. "Learn from this, imitator. Take thy lesson, and learn. Or will you do battle?" The voice of Regulus echos softly out of the air around Gemini Man. Illumine is drawn up across the Stardroids rippLIng cloaked form, blazing against the shadow of Denebola's black blade. "Amusement, brother? I remember when it amused you to bring change to the static, and not holocaust. We have both changed..." Guts Man falls back to hold the perimeter. Ring Man stands watching as Sword pulls Metal out of the fray... only to see the fray come towards him in a massive wall of water. "Well that's probably going to hu-gah *gurGLe*" Ring is cut off as the tidal slams into and washes him down the street slamming into various object. When the wave finally passes and he's left laying on the ground, wet and beaten he comments, "I was right." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man says nothing but a Gear Clown says, "Metal Man is offLIne. He will get back to you as soon as repairs premit." And Magna Bass hovers in the air, as the Robot Masters begin to move away. The storms rage behind him, even as Denebola continues to attack various sundry Robot Masters. That dead, GLossy stare remains. Apparently Bass isn't incLIned to make the first move -- so why is he here? This doesn't fit his MO at all. Betelgeuse is too busy swiping Metal's homebaked alloy goodness to reaLIze the wave. He's splashed to the ground for a moment, and soon reblurs above the waves, shaking a fist. "WAIT next time. There was some wonderful toys he has, and I wanted to see the wave." He seems honestly more concerned about getting a good view. The stardroid teleports again, water where he was falLIng to the bulk below. Sword Man lays down Metal near Ring in order to start on the repairs...but he soon finds a quick beaming being zipping about, grabbing at Metal's Metal Blades. Eyes wild, he swings out his hand toward the zipping Betelgeuse. "VULTURE!! AWAY FROM..." Then Dene's decree comes, stopping Sword cold and making him turn toward Dene, eyes haunted. Soon his fears come true as a crash of water slams into him and the city, the wave rolLIng in, ripping the coat off him from the force, and seeping into his systems, steam rising from the Master of Swords, gritting his teeth in pain, before finding high ground from the wave. HOwever, the city....the city....Sword turns toward Denebola, eyes burning with a newfound passion. He remains silent, but clenches his fist tightly, teeth gnashed in rage. Quickly, he turns off, shouting to the others. "HURRY!! GET THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN SWEPT AWAY TO HIGH GROUND, AWAY FROM THE WATERS! MY BLADE BE DAMNED IF NO ONE CIVILIAN CannoT BE SAVED!" Alpha stops as she gets within a nice chatting distance to the Force Leader. She scratches her head sLIghtly, musing, before saying, "You didn't tell Gemini Man to pretend to be Mars, did you, Bass?", she has a second question, but she better ask this one before she forgets it. She turns her head, looking back at the water, and bLInks. Neat. It's water. Gemini Man is lucky to be as he is. Escaping with his body intact and only his image inducer damaged. Rebuked. Feh. Gemini stands, and... he's on to leave. Saving civiLIans...is not his job. Gemini Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Ring Man, Sword Man, King, Wilymachine , Betelgeuse, Bass, Denebola, Regulus, Metal Man, Shadow Man, and Pharaoh Man. Pharaoh Man sighs, and falls back, trying to guide as many civiLIans as possible with him. Things only get worse, now the Robot Masters are being targeted, and Ra is told to simply 'hold the LIne'. Frustrated, the Master of Sands grits his teeth, pushing onwards. Magnet Man just looks onward as the water heads towards Sword. Magnet Man grimaces, that can't be too good for his younger brother. Then of course, Magnet reaLIses that he too is going to be caught up in it. He raises an eyebrow, and, before the wave hit he only has one thing to say, and that thing is, "Meep." And very soon, Magnet is struck by the Tidal Crash from Denebola, he's sent flying back. Even though he'd LIke to help his brothers, orders and the safety of the CiviLIans are more important. Magnet Man draws himself towards a random piece of metal that isn't being hit by the Tidal Crush, and then he goes and saves CiviLIans, LIke a good LIttle boy. ^_^ Wilymachine fLIes low over the desert, heading towards the chaos. Sensors strain ahead, trying to provide the pilot inside the giant characture a clearer picture of whats going on. Inside, Wily sits forwards, tapping rapidly at a computer panel as he sifts through incoming data. the Mecha banks sharply, setting a direct course for Bass. "Well now, this is an interesting LIttle party, eh Bass?" A flare of thrusters and the sneering voice of Wily announces the Mecha's arrival as it takes up a hovering mid-air stance next to Bass. One hand reaches down to the Mecha's side, hovering near the gigantic cane hanging from the metal labcoat. "It looks LIke things are getting a LIttle out of hand though. What should we do, my dear Force Commander?" Wily's voice drip's with sarcasm. And anger. Pharaoh Man has disconnected. Alpha waves to Wily cheerfully as the Doctor arrives as well, it should be noted. Just...because. And through the desert comes a galloping mechquine, kicking up sand. The towering figure riding it has a grim expression in his eyes and a large axe in his hand...not that the axe would do much in this situation. King starts to head towards Guts, and urges his steed on to greater speed. As the twin master makes his escape, along beside him blurs in Betelgeuse, oddly dry, as he grins with green teeth. "Leaving so soon? There's so much fun to be had still. C'mon. Join in, or at least save some people. The kids love it." Kain isn't a Master. He's a Strider! Regardless, the water rushes over him LIke a wave, smacking him into the side of a nearby building. He groans briefly, but gets up.... and he GLances over at Sword. "I can buy you some time to get them all to safety." Gemini Man turns and looks over his shoulder. He squints at the only sLIghtly taller Stardroid. "Didn't we see you in a movie once?" But, he seems to ignore the request. No saving people. His race-away pace turns into a frustrated stomping off. "Let others save civiLIans." Bass sends a radio transmission to Dr. Wily. Betelgeuse continues to hover over the ground, voice LIke kittens in a blender, "Others? I keep hearing about 'Earth's most powerful army,' but I've never seen this much weakness." A crooked grin widens, "I guess you don't care about them, then? That I can understand. Your loss. It looks LIke it's going to be fun." "Then you've forgotten Brother. Forgotten that such disasters are my forte. That this is how I announce arrival. UnLIke your verbosity and voice, I am a fan of the cryptic. The enigma. And so, I have modified my approach to befit the one I herald. The destruction is but the opening stanza to this concerto!" explans Denebola, fist clenched. Still, he observes his handiwork, and looks coldly at the lack of enthusiasm. Anger. Violence, and the will to survive. No. The Androids work as lemmings, fodder, chaff. And now, Denebola sneers. "So...you haven't the will to fight back? A pity. All this talk, this wasted hot air, and yet still, you reaLIze you can do LIttle." GLancing down to the fleeing Gemini, the draconian snorts, and shakes his head. Regulus will deal with him. Bass also earns a contempt-filled GLare, and as the Mercurius cannon extends, Denebola aims at Bass for just a moment. Just a moment, before dipping down properly, flying at speeds unseen on the earth, breaking GLass, throwing cars about, cracking buildings, and covering the entire city in seconds. This...is why Denebola is the fastest thing in the universe. He's creating sonic booms all over in his wake. "This..." "...will..." "be..." "your..." "..devestation!!" Bass receives a radio transmission from Dr. Wily. Regulus doesn't even bLInk as Gemini runs. All of the Stardroid's attention is on his brother. "Herald of devestation, of annihilation." He gazes down at the Robot Masters and those who claim this area as their home, and drifts higher into the sky. "Vaunted words of valor they spewed, and when destruction is upon them, they flee and scatter." He sheaths Illumine someplace within the robes, the LIght no longer countering the darkness of the blade in Denebola's grip. "Reap what you sow. You are not warriors of any sort, for all that you speak LIke them. Only the fallen one had any courage." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Conduit transmits, "Anyone know how things are going in Africa?" Denebola strikes Sword Man with his Sonic Boom attack. Sword Man is temporarily disoriented by Denebola's Sonic Boom attack. Denebola strikes you with a major hit from his Sonic Boom for 27 units of damage. Kain is temporarily disoriented by Denebola's Sonic Boom attack. Denebola strikes Magnet Man with his Sonic Boom attack. Magnet Man is temporarily disoriented by Denebola's Sonic Boom attack. Denebola strikes Ring Man with his Sonic Boom attack. Ring Man is temporarily disoriented by Denebola's Sonic Boom attack. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Conduit transmits, "Whats going on in africa?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Gemini Man transmits, "Pain, mostly." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Regulus transmits, "Do you truely wish to experience it?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "I don't know, not paying much attention." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Conduit transmits, "Is that stardroid still attacking?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "Pain for who now?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Kain transmits, "Lots of pain..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Gemini Man transmits, "Humans," "children," "Reploids," "Robot Masters," "Kittens..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Conduit transmits, ".... You're not making sense." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "Stop stepping on the kittens already! ... God that gives me nightmares...." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Denebola is trying to wreak havoc over there." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Denebola transmits, "Well, I was razing a city. Now, I'm just hurting these Androids, and a pesky ninja." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Kain transmits, "I haven't hit you. Yet." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "Ah, Special K." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Aquarius transmits, "What happens when you taunt a tiger? The tiger eats you." Ring Man is just getting back up from the tidal wave, he's already quite hurt, and starts falLIng back to the perimiter as per orders. Only he gets slamed by another wall of force, this time sound manifested. Ring Man goes flying, lands and finally skids to a stop, dazed and audio sensors ringing... (no pun intended.) [Radio: (C) GLobal] King transmits, "Thou doth persist in annoying Us, Stardroid...methinks thou doth need a lesson in manners." Sword Man peers over toward Kain...then gives a knowing nod, before redoubLIng his efforts on evacuation. However, as Dene speaks, he is compelled to respond. "We have other pressing matters to attend to, Barbarian. The great battle shall come in due time." He then peers up toward Regulus, stopping in his tracks. "What dost thee expect of us. There are other matters to attend to. Do you beLIeve that I wish to leave this matter unresolved?! NAY!! But I wish for a proper battle, between Warriors and those who have the power to defend thyselfs. This does NOT involve the common, those who have no choice but to hide! I wait for the time when the battle shall be held, outside of such an area, one where the battle may go unhindered by civiLIan presence!! I..." Then Dene fLIes by, the Sonic Boom overloading his audio receptors and sending him flying into a wall, obviously interrupting his speech. Slumping down into the wall, he GLares at the space where Denebola used to be, simply staring on, with hate filled eyes. King turns his gaze, haughty and disdainful, towards Regulus and Ebola both as he charges hard into the town. "Thou doth misspeak thyselves. We doth not flee before thee, but gather to best demonstrate that thou dost not have the right to do as thou wilt in our Father's domain. Now thou hast given rise to wrathful anger on our part!" He dismounts, leaping from the mechquine--which shows considerably better since than does King, as he strides squarely into the face of the Stardroids. However, he does have the sense to brace his shield and prepare for action. Fortunately for him, he managed to avoid all the wonderful sonic boominess of Ebola's charge. Metal Man is sitll about where ever Sword Man put him etc and he is out cold still grinning smuGLy Kain cries out in pain and covers his ears as the Sonic Boom hits him and knocks him for a loop. (...Deaf. Temporary, I think. Stunned too.)oo. He LIes there, grimacing in pain... [Radio: (C) GLobal] Aquarius transmits, " . . you're getting upset because someone more powerful than you are has the same attitude about it you do? Lovely." Quick Man arrives from the Mirror Desert (Western Sahara). Quick Man has arrived. Magna Bass hovers in the air, sparks coercing across his frame, dancing across the end of his charged Buster. He stares at the Stardroids with an empty, GLassy stare, the voices in his head providing support for his actions, pumping him up, making him even more determined to begin his bloody Harvest. Alpha fLIes up next to him, and is ignored. The Mecha-Wily takes it place alongside him as well -- he also does not appear to visibly respond, keeping his attention on Denebola and Regulus. His forces are taking some damage from the attacks ... primarily the regulars. This is to be expected. If this were any other situation, he'd order the rush to start, especially since he has a ride armor and an ELIte to accompany him into battle. So why does he continue not to act? Why, indeed? Perhaps that look in Denebola's eyes provides the answer. The GLobal strike rockets at him. He stares at the coming carnage at it rockets at the various people left on the ground, not moving, not reacting, just watching it come. You'd think this would prompt some kind of reaction from him ... and it does, at the last moment. He smiles thinly, GLassy eyes GLImmering red. Perhaps he appreciates the artistic value of the sonic booms. And then he says something right out of Sword Man's book, broadcasting it over the radio. King puts his guard up. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass transmits, "You demand honor of us, Stardroid, while your brother slaughters innocents, destroys homes, ruins LIves. You stand by and watch while we try to save the weak, and then you mock our courage. The challenge made is clearly unfair; your brother is superior in strength, speed and tactical output to any one of us. Is that your point? Should we destroy ourselves in the attempt to destroy this menace?" A short pause. "Who *really* wants for valor here?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Regulus transmits, "And if I acted, I would share the fate of Mercury, and you would face someone stronger. Though it pains me, to act is to condemn far more." Magnet Man doesn't have much important things to pose, except for the fact that he was just hit by a Sonic Boom and was chucked around LIke a rag doll. Oh and his audio sensors nearly overloaded. So, he just LIes there, stunned. Poor Mags. Wilymachine turns to look at Bass in an imitation of it's pilot as the Force Commander speaks over the radio. Alpha's wave is acknowledged with a sLIght wave of one metal hand. As for the sonic booms...Wily is impressed. And irritated. Stardroids destroying his cities tends to annoy the good doctor. The Mecha pivots slowly in midair as Wily surveys the devestation. "This is completely unacceptable." He turns to face Bass. "I think we should see our rowdy guests to the door, so to speak." He seems to be adressing Bass, but the speaker volume is pitched so that everyone can hear. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Kumicho NOT Mikage Yukiato transmits, " Denebola is it? I was wondering if we could have a LIttle talk later on, once you are no longer busy." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Kumicho NOT Mikage Yukiato transmits, " But much later..of course..." RepLIforce Attack Hoverbike arrives from the Sky Above Sahara. RepLIforce Attack Hoverbike has arrived. Denebola meanwhile speeds back to Sword Man, and doinks him in the nose, before giving the poor sucker a rasberry in the face. Crossing his armns, he rises, turning towards Bass, and Wily, and King. "Well. Shall this continue, or shall I introduce your children and brothers to the the tempest of a storm?" questions the LIzard man, as he floats there. "You fail to amuse me. I beLIeve this should cease." he explains, turning away. Emotional appeals aren't effective. The blast of attacks behind Gemini only serve to increase his rate of retreat. "Doesn't look LIke much fun to us." He spins about, and looks up, at the Stardroid... just for a moment. He narrows eyes at him. "So. Who do you kill for?" Denebola strikes Sword Man with his Grasp attack. Conduit has arrived. Folding his gauntlets across his chest, Regulus remains resolute and inactive. He broadcasts his response to Bass' comments... and then pauses. Pitching his voice once again so only his brother can here him, the black robed Stardroid speaks. "I tire of this, Brother. Judgement and combat. I tire of words falLIng into the void. Why... why did you go over to the annihilation?" Regulus LIfts a gauntleted hand to that mask, letting his head fall sLIghtly as he covers his eyes. "What were you offered...?" Alpha is ignored, but she doesn't seem to care. She LIstens to Regulus for a few moments, ponders, and then sends out a radio of her own. She smiles at Wily and says, "Okay.", to him, as she looks back over to Denebola. "I'm sorry.", she says, sighing as she starts to make her way back towards the carnage. Oh yes, that's right, "Angie, no freezing. He LIkes that." Betelgeuse smiles slyly to Gemini as he runs. "Oh, I don't kill for anyone anymore. Only myself, when it's interesting enough. I paid my debt long ago." He turns and looks at the devestation. "Still. I actually LIke you guys. You're great fun to watch." With that, Betel fades away leaving Gemini to continue on, unannoyed. This stardroid still wants to see what else would be of amusement. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "Can Denebola eat me?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "Yes." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Denebola transmits, "Why bother." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "Oh, I guess you have a point there. Don't eat Necro and Angie then." Sword Man slowly straightens himself back up agains the wall, getting to his knees before, unheard by the RM, Denebola fingerfLIps him in the nose and gives him a taunting gesture. Shaking in anger, he GLares on again, still trying to keep upright, against seizing waterlogged joints and sonically scrambled systems. Sadly enough, as much as he wants to act, he LIkely could not, without being sorely outmatched, as well as incurring further wrath from the Stardroids. Ring Man slowly and shakily gets to his knees, and then his feet. His armor is cracked and dented, but it's his internals that have taken the most damage. The Sonic boom ripped apart his fine motor control. The ring fLInger cannot fLIng a ring! He's hurt, bad, and cannot go on in this one sided battle. Casting a hateful GLare at the Stardroid the lord of the rings starts to back away. Soon he breaks into a full dash, his systems are too damaged to continue, he must flee. Ring Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Betelgeuse, Bass, Denebola, Regulus, Quick Man, and Shadow Man. Magna Bass stares at Denebola, seeing several of his regulars start to show some pretty bad damage from the aftermath of the last sonic boom. He is still at full power; so is King, and the Wilymech. The odds are still terrible, but at this point there's LIttle choice. FalLIng back would be just delaying the inevitable. A show of strength, what there is of it, will be the only thing to spare more of his forces from a random assault. There is no witty comment, no pithy zinger -- just the sound of his Neo Buster coming up and unloading a salvo of plasma at Denebola, red eyes GLeaming with the concentrated fury of Wily's genius. Metal Man is still down c.c Bass misses Denebola with his Plasma Shot attack. Off in the distance a dust cloud appears, The dust cloud is being kicked up by a RepLIforce hoverbike of all things. Seems the Masters are going to get atleast a LIttle backup, even if Conduit isn't much, he's better than nothing right? King almost grins as he charges towards Denebola, not needing Bass to give him an order for this. He settles in near to Denebola, and levels his shield at the Stardroid. "Denebola! Thou hast trespassed upon Our Father's Lands, and slain his people! Thou shalt PAY!" And with that, a blast of energy lashes out of the gem in the center of the shield at Denebola's midsection. King misses Denebola with his Royal Shield Blast attack. Guts Man laughs as Bass gives some orders, he stares at him as he attacks Denebola. "Looks LIke the kiddy GLoves are off! Time to spank some space ass! YEEEEHAW!" Guts Man runs towards the LIght, er Denebola to dish out his own brand of justice which is all physical! But seeing as Den is flying he simply stops near King, "So... you think if he gets on the ground I can choke him to death and then you can Special Beam cannon him?" Aldebaran has arrived. Wilymachine drops back with a flare of thrusters as Bass opens fire. A hum of gathering power emanates from the mecha. "Now this is more LIke it!" CackLIng booms from the external speakers as Wily sLIdes the mecha to the side, LIning Denebola up and keeping Alpha and Bass out of the LIne of fire. The cane twirls in the grotesque dopplenganger's hands, then the mecha snaps it back to the coat with a flourish. Both hands grab the bottom of the coat and jerk it up. At the same instant, the mecha seems dissappear behind a veil of LIght and smoke as all of it's weapons systems fire at once. The vast array of guns under the coat launches missiles, fires ion beams, lasers of all types, gattLIng guns roar and shells fly everywhere. Above it all, somehow, rises the Doctor's mad cackLIng. Wilymachine misses Denebola with its Lots And Lots Of Guns Under The Labcoat attack. King turns briefly to look at Guts Man, and then points at rubble. "Thou hast things to throw, Guts Man. Avail thyself of them, until he is on the ground. And then thou mayest choke him to death. But We get to take his head, for Lord Father Wily." Quick Man raising clouds of sand and dust behind him, Quick Man makes his way from Casablanca to this desolate area that seems to have been a town a few hours ago. Oh well, s**t happens, this doesn't really concern Quick Man at the moment. As he hears Bass' command, he quickens his pace, seeing the Stardroids Denebola and Regulus in front of him, "Hmm, this won't end well..." He takes out his left arm, and transforms it into Blaster Mode. Once he reaches suitable range he aims high, and begins shooting a s**tload of boomerang bullets aimed straight at the Stardroids, or well, not so straight. It's not his fault he quivers all day, is it? Quick Man misses Denebola with his Boomerang Blaster attack. Denebola successfully deflects an attack randomly. Magnet Man grunts as he hears the radio, time to attack Bass says, well do you know what Bass can do, he can be LIstened too. There's no way in hell that Magnet's gonna disobey Bass or Wily. Magnet Man stands up and starts drawing in as metal as he can towards himself, then, in one big wave of the arm, the Metal goes flying towards the strong flying thing. Er, the one which isn't Bass or Wily. You know, the stardroid. ^_^ Magnet Man misses Denebola with his Metal Storm attack. As Regulus queries, Denebola shakes his head. "Survival. Considering the alternative? Considering the potential for chaos, chaos enough to envelop the multiverse? I couldn't help it. And the ammunition, energy and otherwise crosses the spot where he was. "It's not too late Brother." begins the returning Stardroid, swifter than sight. "You could...defect. I've no wish to see to your demise as well." he continues, as he swings his blade to knock the boomerang aside, and disappears as metal shards rain where he was. And yet still, Denebola appears behind Bass, to whisper in his ear. "So, you finally choose to act. And you choose to act too late. But...the sins of the prodigal son..." trails the unamused Stardroid in a menacing tone as the heavens tremble with thunder. "Shall be visited upon both Father...and son." And then, the LIghtning strikes. Denebola strikes Bass with his Thunder Storm attack. Denebola strikes Wilymachine with his Thunder Storm attack. Guts Man eyes at the rubble. "I guess that's rubbly enough." He picks up a piece of concrete and it crumbles in his hand, "This stuff wouldn't dent Metal Man at point blank range and I'm suppose to goad the Stardroids with this? You gotta be kidding me. Can't you just throw me up there and I'll choke him into submission?" King GLances at Guts Man again, and frowns at him. Then he shrugs, and shakes his head. "Thou art too large for Us to hurl so high. However....if thou wouldst be so kind...send Us to greet the great Fool with Our great Executioner's Blade, and we shalt seek to render him to the ground for thy...amusements." Magna Bass' shot misses. So does the collective attacks of the entire Robot Masters. This generally means ... yeah. They're all going to die. Bass has never been one to accept defeat. Even as the LIghtning hits him, and he cries out from the surge damage to his systems, he continues to fight. Sensing Denebola behind him, he does what comes naturally -- he lashes out with a kick, hoping to knock out some teeth for his trouble. Bass misses Denebola with his Burning Kick attack. Sword Man grunts as he sees his brothers attack. Not one to lay down and do nothing while he still has the power to act, he sets forth as well. Directing the remaining Blade Joes to continue evacuation, Sword runs foward along the rooftops before jumping and letting his blade spark up, slashing out a wave of flame toward the Stardroid. A weak attack, but Sword was always a melee expert, never a ranged fighter. Sword Man misses Denebola with his Flame Wave attack. As Ring Man bolts out of town he looks back to see the Stardroid attack his father! Father is in battle, he is in danger... but there is nothing Ring Man can do, he is too damaged, his wepons systems are offLIne... there's... nothing he can do, already clear of the field of battle he starts to make the long horrible trip back home while his family battles on. "We shall see, Brother. I must think on this." Regulus draws his cloak up around him, his voice once more audible by all. "I do not have your love of chaos, but freedom from Judgement... from pointless existence. A chance to bring real order to everything." The silver mask and gauntlets are swallowed up by the cloak, and the black wings as well. The cloak hangs in space, twisting and knotting as it boils about itself. And then it seems to swallow itself up, vanishing in a final speck of golden LIght. Wilymachine grunts as the Mecha jolts sideways. The strike causes his screens to fLIcker and the Mecha wobbles drunkenly before righting itself. Just as his son, Wily has never accepted defeat easily, and he's not about to start now. As Bass kicks at Denebola, Wily pilots his mecha forwards, the cane whipping up and around, rockets flaring, propelLIng it ever faster towards Denebola. Wilymachine misses Denebola with its Rocket Powered Cane Whack attack. Conduit comes charging in on his hoverbike, it wasn't difficult to home in on this battle. As he approaches the repLIforce sets the hover bike to automatic and stands, the bustercannon materiaLIzing on his arm, "Alright, its one stardroid down, another one to go." The Bustercannon begins to hum with surging power as it charges. And as the hoverbike closes the gap, Conduit readies himself, holding his attack untill the last minute. He says nothing to the masters as the hoverbike is now suddenly barging through the middle of the fight. Finally he leaps from the bike, taking aim in mid air. *KRAKTHRWOOM* The Bustercannon finds release and the hoverbikes streaks off a safe distance before settLIng down. Magnet Man gacks, not only did his attack miss, so did every other one sent the Stardroids way. Magnet Man thinks, instead of making the Metal go towards Denebola, why doesn't he make Denebola attract the metal. Yes, it's pure genius, or something similar anyway. Magnet Man grins, he points his arm at Denebola, hoping to make her a LIttle bit more magnetic than usual. The Magnetic Field forms and the metal that missed the first time, fLIes towards this new position. Let's just hope the attack hits this time. "Well, at least I almost hit him. That's good, right?" Quick Man mutters to himself as his left hand forms back into a normal hand. After a second thought, he forms it back into a blaster, and runs back. Once he reaches the needed velocity he comes back, and once he reaches the right range he jumps towards Denebola, aiming quickly with his blaster, and shooting a gust of wind that'll hopefully confuse the Stardroid even if it deals almost no damage. If it even hits of course. Wily gets hit by the LIghtning storm while he runs back, so he doesn't notice it. Conduit misses Denebola with his Bustercannon Full Assault attack. Magnet Man strikes Denebola with his Magnetize attack. Quick Man misses Denebola with his Wind Whirl attack. Guts Man hmmmms and considers this. "Throw you up there huh? Well you're tougher than this shoddy construction material we use to quickly build stuff in Africa. It's a deal!" And so Guts Man grabs King by an arm and a leg. "Ok on the count of three. 1... 2... 3... HEAVE HO!" Guts Man throws King upwards at Den! Alpha turns and watches Bass and Wily whiff and whiff and whiff Denebola. She scratches her head. "Hm. We'll probably be able to get two shots off...so....", a LIttle cyLInder sproings out of her shoulder and then slowly levitates above it. She peers at Denebola and then says, "You're supposed to fight Bass in the Bass Challenge.", she pauses, "That's why it's there. Are you going to surrender yet, Denebola? Procyon did, it is your turn." The LIttle cannon fires a brief spurt of energy at the Stardroid before evaporating. Alpha misses Denebola with her Energy Engine attack. King is sent skyward at Denebola, his axe gripped tightly in both hands, his shield shifted to his forearm so as to allow the grip, and he levels a massive side-swipe chop at Denebola as he nears the Stardroid. "Thou shalt PAY, Denebola! Traitorous Brigand that thou art, thou shalt suffer the indignities of defeat at OUR hands!" King misses Denebola with his Executioner's Axe Horizontal attack. Gravity Beetle arrives from the Egypt. Gravity Beetle has arrived. King puts his guard down. The Cane? Blocked with Dark Wind. The Energy Engine? Dodged. The Wind whirl? He's already gone. The magnetically charged assault? Pierces his arm, for it's trouble. Hissing in aggrivation, Denebola's arm reforms, the lacerations and holes seaLIng behind the projectiles. King is side-stepped, and given the finger. As for the Bustercannon Full assault? Conduit's 5-star strike? Denebola dives under it, around it, and stops, aiming up Conduit proper. Right arm morphing into a silvery cannon, he sneers at the RepLIforcer, as a dark wave begins to hurtle out, headed right for the RepLIforcer proper. "Die now...die by Mercury's hand, interloper." Denebola strikes Conduit with his Grab Buster attack. Denebola drains energy from Conduit with his Grab Buster attack. Conduit falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. "Well, this is because you guys, frankly, reek." The voice is grating as usual, and Betelgeuse blurs in next to Guts Man. The yellowed hair is covered by a baseball cap. "And you need to keep your eye on the ball." Gravity Beetle runs in at the speed of something really, really fast. And he appears to be carrying... oh no. "BETELGEUSE! I GOTCHA A PIZZA PIIIIIE!" Betelgeuse takes out a medical scanner and scans Conduit. Guts Man turns his head around, "Shut up your mouth you! When I want advice I'll look at a fortune cookie. And you better keep an eye out on your balls or I'll roshamboe you!" Regulus has disconnected. Conduit fires, misses, and is then dropped with one shot, thats what he gets for trying to be heroic. Conduit hits the ground with a thump, body LImp and smoking, yep, that attack hurt alright. Sword Man hisses, holding his chest and shoulder as he lands from his jumping attack, falLIng a bit of ways from the roof. The impact does LIttle to jarr his already compromised systems, but it's enough to give him pain. HOwever, seeing Guts launch King up toward Dene, he gets a similar idea. SUre, he's as good as dead from the landing, but he's got nothing to lose. Denebola's next attack will send him unconscious anywyas. Inching up towards Guts, he looks toward the Alpha. "Sir Guts...I need your assistance. THrow my upper half toward the one known as Denebola so I might attempt to strike him with mine blade. My flames alone are not potent or accurate enough to damage him." King goes flying past Denebola, his axe swishing through the air, and manages to hit the ground rolLIng. After the rolLIng, he turns and charges back towards Guts Man. "Methinks thy aim wast a bit off the mark, Guts Man." He looks scuffed up, and his cloak is torn. "We shalt try to hurl _thee_ at the mark, and let you bring him low to _Us_." And with that, he grabs Guts Man with both hands--by the scruff of the neck--and rears back and hurls him right at Denebola. "Thou shouldst learn to aim before thou doth throw Us again," he mutters, brushing off his hands. Betelgeuse smirks only more. "Very well. I'd suggest the Mauve fortune cookies. They're the best so far. And the best chairs, too! That Sting guy has good taste. But if you don't want my help..." Betel eyes the carnage that was Conduit. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a bit of borrowing to do." He smiles, waiting for Denebola. Gravity Beetle screeches to a halt. Juuust a second. Lots of carnage. Lots and lots of carnage. And... people throwing other people. Ooooh. *cLIck* *whirr* "This'll make an excellent pay-per-view!" Quick Man's eye twitches, "This thing is... Fa... Faster..." He doesn't manage to say any more, "Gah, why won't it land for a moment so I can ram him?!" His blaster turns into a hand again, and he takes out his Wing Boomerang. While this kinda leaves him helpless and vulnerable since he can hardly move straight without it, the Wing Boomerang has always proven to be one of Quick Man's best weapons, "Strike true, my wings, for Wily, and the Empire!!!" He fLIngs the boomerang at Denebola, although if the target suddenly notices that Quick Man exists, it'll mean certain doom. Quick Man strikes Denebola with his Wing Boomerang attack. Magnet Man gasps a LIttle as he hits the Stardroid. He's the first person to have done it. Go Magnet. Anyway, Magnet then gasps more as he's spared, for a while. Well, he's probably going to die when Denebola's finished with Conduit. So, he may as well attack again. This time however, the Magnetic Master doesn't use any Magnetic attacks, he just points his Arm Cannon and fires. Alpha continues flapping her wings in place...She closes her eyes just to let out a sigh, and then she opens them again. Darn. She whiffed too. Whiffing is as Whiffing Does and, well, perhaps a distraction is more in order then. "Y'know, I LIke wings too.", she says thoughtfully as black and silver feathers are sLIghtly shed from her wings. The feathers float in the air, fluttering away from her body as Alpha manipulates her gravity field to hold the feathers in place. The feathers look kind of sharp, really, and then with a quick push of gravity, Aria sends the blades of feathers at Denebola's form, attempting to pierce him from many anGLes. Of course, the blades aren't really all that strong or anything, but there are many of them, and maybe, just maybe, they'll obstruct the Stardroid's vision. Alpha misses Denebola with her Hello - Look Up - Fall attack. Magnet Man misses Denebola with his Arm Cannon attack. This just doesn't seem to be an effective exercise, as Bass had suspected all along. He had been hoping that Regulus would help out and soften up the opposition, but as that plan has miserably failed, the Robot Masters are left facing certain doom with not so much as an ace up their sleeves. Bass' kick doesn't bite anything but air, and the other attacks do nothing -- Denebola actually seems to get /stronger/ after destroying the RepLIforce fool, putting any progress they had made aside. Things are starting to suck pretty badly for the Master team. Bass isn't going to give up yet. Now frustrated beyond beLIef, his color scheme shifts to red with LIght red highLIghts, almost a salmon pink. He aims his Buster cannon down at the general area of Conduit and Denebola and, hoping the Stardroid doesn't move quickly enough, saturates the entire area with cleansing fire. Bass strikes Denebola with his Grand Fire attack. Bass strikes Wilymachine with his Grand Fire attack. Bass strikes Guts Man with his Grand Fire attack. Betelgeuse takes out a medical scanner and scans Starburst Dragon. Guts Man mmmmmmms loudly, "Mauve cookies." As Sword speaks to him he shrugs and grabs his upper hand with one hand, tossing him upwards, "Godspeed half a Sword Man!" He puts a hand over his optics to get a better view of the throwing just as King walks up to him to throw him at Den. Sweet mercy it's a throw-a-thon! Not to be confused with throw a thong. Guts Man gigGLes as King picks him up by the neck, "Don't touch me there. I'm tickLIsh." And so Guts Man goes saiLIng in the air trying to grab hold of Den and bring him down to the people, because Guts Man is all about the people! But he gets in the way of Bass's Grand Fire attack, "Aaaahhhh! It burns LIke a sailor's crotch!" Still he flails his arms all around trying to grab hold of Den. He's not going to be damaged in vain! No siree Bob! Guts Man misses Denebola with his Why You LIttle... attack. Wilymachine winces as the fire rolls over the Mecha. Slamming two levers forwards, Wily whips the Mecha around the Stardroid, raising one eyebrow at Guts and Sword saiLIng through the air. Shaking his head as attack after attack misses, Wily has an idea. Why not captivate the Stardroid with his immensely powerful presence and charmisma. Yessss.... Thrusters flaring once more, Wily pilots the Mecha around to face Den once more. He takes up a hovering position and then...that massive metal brow begins to move, wagGLIng at Denebola in immitation of the man doing the very same thing in the cockpit. Kain shakes off the Sonic effect. "...He's getting too strong..." He dares not go fisticuffs with the Stardroid... He draws out the Cipher and lets it GLow... a beatiful powerful GLow... "...Plasma Bolt." Kain swings... unleashing a curved plama bolt straight at Denebola... You miss Denebola with your Plasma Bolt attack. Wilymachine misses Denebola with its Massive Wilybrow attack. Gravity Beetle tapes the Mecha-Wilybrow... because it's funny. He also tapes people being thrown... because it's funny. Stardroid induced carnage is less funny, so he doesn't. Boy, this is going to sell well... Denebola deftly dodges the arm cannon, and the Feathers don't phase him. The Wing boomerang takes a nice chunk out which is re-grown. As for the Grand Fire? Denebola screams. He screams an inhuman howl of terror and pain, as his body is consumed, and his wings are scorched to a point that he should not be airborne still. And yet...he is. Still, even with the Guts and Sword missiles, Denebola has the presence of mind to dodge, as he moves about to avoid the flames. "Die now...Bass...you have struck me a blow, the LIkes of which I will never forget. You've scarred me on a level I didn't think you had the potential to. No wonder why you are this world's surrogate of Chaos. But still..." begins Denebola, "You...and your fellows shall pay. Starting with the first to invoke my wrath....and the last." Wily's antics, are noted, but uncaptivating, Kain's assault? Summarily uneffective. Flying past the rising Guts, Denebola aims the Mercurius Cannon once more, as he begins unloading a bevy of shots, as a rain of energy descends on Robot Masters, Wily-born one, and all. And Dark Wind moves to protect it's master, as the hand with the sword shifts. In fades Betel, next to the remains of Conduit. "Hmm. Anything good here?" He pauses and digs through the scrap, "Junk junk junk junk." Betel yanks on the arm that bore Ebola's wrath. "This will have to do." A snap, and the stardroid has committed another theft. Conduit forfeits his Bustercannon Full Assault to Betelgeuse. King gestures, and dispatches one of his Royal Mettools. The Hat wanders off, and returns with a tray bearing upon it a sinGLe royal cookie as your reward for excellent RP. Denebola strikes Guts Man with his Mercurius Cannon attack. Denebola strikes Alpha with his Mercurius Cannon attack. Denebola strikes King with his Mercurius Cannon attack. Denebola strikes you with a major hit from his Mercurius Cannon for 31 units of damage. You fall to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Denebola strikes Magnet Man with his Mercurius Cannon attack. Denebola misses Betelgeuse with his Mercurius Cannon attack. Denebola strikes Wilymachine with his Mercurius Cannon attack. Denebola strikes Bass with his Mercurius Cannon attack. Conduit's body is violated by Betelguise, the impressively sized bustercannon, complete with arm that its attached to ripped clean off, oh the humanity! Denebola misses Quick Man with his Mercurius Cannon attack. Twisting and turning are the edges of your perception as the Maverick Propaganda begins messing with your mind. "Give me your kings let me squeeze then in my hands. Your puny princes. Your so called leaders of your land. I'll eat them whole before I'm done. The battle's fought and the game is won. I am the one the only one." Here's the Prize! A cookie shaped as Sigma's Head. Sword Man is flung, even as his pitcher is pitched himself. SaiLIng through the air fast as possible, he rears his sword up and aims at his target. "Do or die.... do or die...." With that, he quickly starts up his spiraLIng slash, cutting through the air LIke a mad lawnmower blade cut loose, hoping to make at least a mark on the stardroid, even as the Cannon blasts those below. If not, Sword's attack is all for naught. Sword Man strikes Denebola with his Slash attack. Gravity Beetle perches behind some rocks... tapes everything... goes completely unnoticed by the Stardroids. Boy, ain't this fun? Just the way he LIkes it. Hehe. Denebola puts his guard up. "Shut the f**k up," is Bass' pithy rejoinder, even as the terrible cannon blasts begin to pummel his body. His colors start to change again, moving from red to starry black, with slate and sea-blue highLIghts across his body ... his Buster arm trembles from the strain as the attack powers up, the storm clouds seeming to surge overhead in response to Bass' weapon charging up ... But the attacks are too great for the charge to be maintained. Armor plating is blasted off, wingtips on his right being ripped asunder -- his coloration reverts to normal as he plunges several meters, body burning and smoking from several serious wounds. He snarls, green flame suddenly blasting out from his body, seaLIng his wounds, the burn making them hurt more. He rides that rage, staring down his Stardroid opponent -- and with an impressive burst of speed, charges in a burning green fireball at his opponent. Bass misses Denebola with his Comet Dash attack. Betelgeuse takes out a medical scanner and scans Firestorm Phoenix. Denebola takes out a medical scanner and scans Firestorm Phoenix. Guts Man crashes in a pile of rubble for a back breaking landing. Good thing he doesn't have a spine or he'd be forced to ride the short bus. "Ooooooh that hurt." Pushing himself back up on his feet Guts Man dusts himself off. "Stupid Stardroids flying out of the way and stupid wall of flames." He touches one of the burnt spots. "Ow!" Hmmmm he touches it again, "OW!" Hmmmm... and again. "OW!" There's a lesson to be learnt in this. "OW!" But Guts Man ain't the brightest sometimes, about 1 minute later of OWs he stops touching himself where there's more burning only to be struck by Denebola's cannon. Whooops there goes a piece of his torso and Guts Man falls back into the pile of rubble. He wouldn't be in such bad shape if it wasn't for Bass, or should he say King throwing him while Bass attacked the Stardroid. Guts Man curses. "Lousy King..." He clears some rubble from around himself before standing back up. He kicks a piece of debris which just shatters. The big guy sighs. "Looks LIke I'll have to use my own stuff!" He raises an arm and a boulder falls from the sky. Please do not try to understand videogame dynamics, it's just not worth it. Guts Man headbutts the boulder and it breaks in two. He puts both pieces down on the ground and kicks one half at Denebola. "Eat this!" Guts Man misses Denebola with his Super Kick attack. Gravity Beetle wastes precious time and ignores other people by recording Guts Man. Refuses to give that part of the tape an inappropriate title and market it on the Internet. Wilymachine tumbles wildly as the cannon blast strikes home. Plummeting dowwards, the Mecha strugGLes to right itself, Wily cursing inside the craft. At the last second, the giant Wily manages to right itself, landing with a crash. Rising up out of the dust, the Mecha seems to sag sLIghtly as Wily performs a systems check. Not looking good. Deciding to try some longer range attacks, Wily kicks in the thrusters, putting some distance between himself and the Stardroid. Satisfied with his new position, Wily smikrs and presses a button. For a second, nothing happens and then the giant metal brows of the Mecha detach and rocket towards the Stardroid. Gemini Man has disconnected. Alpha is shot. Why can't Stardroids ever miss her. She's only been shot by them so many times. Sigh. Well, that's LIfe, Alpha guesses. She's not just 'shot' though. The actual blow blasts through her silver wing which moves in to intercept the blow, creating a nice hole which doesn't really repair itself, which is unfortunate, but Alpha bLInks to the side of Denebola, the wing increasing in size rapidly, which seems to knock poor Alpha a bit unbalanced as she flails her feet around. She GLances between Bass and Guts Man and the nozzles on the wing poik out between the feathers sLIghtly as Alpha lets out a long sigh. The flames expel from the wing quickly towards Denebola. She blasts along the Denebola, aiming for the wings, mostly, because she figures it's best to take out Denebola's assistants first, but as she's passing by, the searing flames do blast towards Denebola's actual -own- body as well. She tries to do this before any Robot Masters get in the way too, hench the movement, which seems to cause small scratches throughout her body to appear. Alpha misses Denebola with her Fires Of Hell attack. Wilymachine misses Denebola with its Rocket Powered Brow Attack attack. Denebola deflects Rocket Powered Brow Attack from Wilymachine . Magnet Man grunts as he's hit by the cannon, he's nearly out cold. The Magnetic Master slowly stands up and quickly speaks into his radio. He throws a GLance full of hate towards the stardroid and then bLInks out, leaving his brothers to fight the Stardroid. King tries to duck behind his shield, but fails to move quite quickly enough. The blast catches him in the shoulder above the shield, splashing through onto the shield as well as it sears through the armor protecting his shoulder with horrid ease. The gem in the center of his shield begins GLowing brightly as the blast pours energy into King, and he loses his grip on his axe as his arm falls useless to his side. "Thy strength is impressive...as is thy temper tantrum, Stardroid! Thou art not done in this!" And with that, a massive blast rips out from that GLowing stone in his shield. The backlash seems to tear at his own armor, though, ripping new rents in his arm vambraces. King misses Denebola with his Royal Shield Megablast attack. Denebola deflects Royal Shield Megablast from King. "I hit! I hit!" Quick Man resists the urge to dance as he gets ready to catch his boomerang and fit it on his back, but then Denebola's attack begins. It hits everyone around him, seeminGLy unavoidable. Quick Man gulps, and tries to run, but trips quickly without the wing boomerang to balance him... Luckily, his fall brings him behind a large rock, which begins to lose chunks as energy blasts hit it. Quick Man hides behind it, "Phew." He says once the torrent stops. He goes out of cover and ambles towards his Wing Boomerang, "Battered, but still good condition... I'll fix it once I get home." He says to himself. He takes out three boomerangs, obviously ones that won't even compare to the Wing Boomerang, and throws them at Denebola. More numbers means more chances to hit, right? Quick Man misses Denebola with his Triple Boomerangs attack. Denebola deflects Triple Boomerangs from Quick Man. First, the blade of Sword Man descends, and leaves a chunk of Stardroid missing. Then comes the Super Kick, which is summarily avoided. The comet cash gets movement from Denebola, which places him out of the aim of the fires of hell. And then....the Wilybrow assault. This, Denebola moves up on, and LIterally cuts the warhead off of, leaving only a dud behind. Looking back on his foes, Denebola almost misses Quick Man's attack. He spins the blade behind him, knocking weaponry away. And then...he descends upon the groundbound Robot Masters, or more importantly, for Guts Man. LIke a streak of blue and gray he dives for the Alpha Master, LIke a speeding bullet. LIke a rocketing train of draconic fury. The wind he leaves in his trail? Cold, and forceful. Denebola strikes Guts Man with his Ram attack. Sword Man sighs in reLIef as he strikes, hearing the satisfying rending of metal beneath his blade. He's struck the Stardroid...and even as he falls to the ground, headfirst, with his lowerhalf unable to reach the impact point, he's done his job. He can crash and burn knowing he helped at least a LIttle bit in this attack. Kain does NOT go into a martial arts routine... Instead, he cries out, as damages is ravaged across his body... He stops moving (or is that thrashing?) once the hail has stopped. The Blue Director has fallen. Long LIve the Blue Dragons. Gravity Beetle just sits there recording. Wheefun. Good entertainment. And such. Conduit has disconnected. Gravity Beetle has disconnected. Shadow Man has left. Sword Man has disconnected. Guts Man has got no game right now. He might as well be traded to one of those loser factions if he keeps this up. Guts Man is hurting bad. He's starting to look LIke scrap metal and this doesn't help as Denebola comes flying towards him at ramming speed! KAWHAM! Right in the chest knocking poor Guts Man down and leaving yet another big dent in him. His speech pattern is going off now, "Stardroids R kLIng teh Robutt Mazturs!" While Denebola is he'll assume still in relatively close range he tries to grab him and throw him into a wall! He might not get another chance LIke this all night and Guts Man gets mighty pissed off when he's hurting. Guts Man misses Denebola with his Super Throw attack. Denebola deflects Super Throw from Guts Man. Bass races by Denebola, the speed of his burning assault not matching the superior propulsion of the Stardroid. SnarLIng, he does a hard barrel roll, banking hard -- and as Guts Man takes the blow, being knocked clear of Denebola, he unleashes a tight three round burst of flaming plasma at the Stardroid, looking to end this nightmare once and for all. Bass misses Denebola with his 3-way Plasma Shot attack. Denebola deflects 3-way Plasma Shot from Bass. Betelgeuse misses Denebola with his Kitchen Sink attack. Denebola deflects Kitchen Sink from Betelgeuse. Alpha bLInks. Okay. Necro is just being sucky today, Angie isn't useful since this guy has been all over space, so she's been told, or something. So...What should she do. Her tail wags sLIghtly. "No." Alpha says. The tail wags more. "I said No.", Alpha repeats. The Tail droops and Alpha sighs. "Oh alright. And so Alpha bLInks once more to get in nice range of Denebola, after Bass shoots so she doesn't get shot herself, And her tail, well, tries to wrap around his throat and choke the poor bastard. "Don't try to hurt Guts Man!", she complains. Of course, if her tail is deflected, it's going to hurt. Alpha misses Denebola with her Tail Choke attack. King charges towards Denebola, dropping his shield to the ground. Instead, he reaches out with that hand...which has begun GLowing. Hoping that Denebola's attentions are distracted by his beating on Guts, King lashes out with his clawed fingers, which are GLowing bright red. "We shalt smite thee with our hand! Thou SHALT give Us our TRIBUTE!" King misses Denebola with his King's Ransom attack. Wilymachine growls as his Mecha's brows are sLIced in two. Rising up into the air, the machine hovers there as Wily watches the battle. The doctor's face is sLIck with sweat and he breathes hard, hunched oer the controls. His jaw works for a moment, then sets in a grim, determined way. "Lets see if this showoff can outrun sound...." With a cackle, he fLIps a switch, and a recording of his that very same cackle begins to play over the external speakers. At about 10,000 times the volume of the Doctor. Wilymachine strikes Denebola with its AmpLIfied Wily Cackle attack. Betel cackles, holding onto yet another stash as he bLInks about, surveying the damage, "Beautiful, just beautiful. I don't want it to stop." His grin becomes noticably more crooked as Kain LIes slumped, on the ground. "Let's see. I'll take this!" Betel tugs at the fallen hero's sword. Quick Man catches his boomerangs, muttering about Stardroids and their super avoid-any-kind-of-damage abiLIties, and then he notices Denebola going to the ground, "YES!!! HA HA!" His shout can be heard by everyone around him. He quickly activates his body scanner to check for weak areas in Denebola's armor, and finds something rather weird, oO(Huh, that's a rather high heat level... If it weren't for this being a Stardroid I would think he's about to self-destruct or something. Oh well, lets charge!) He finds a weak point in Denebola's chest. Not really big, but if Quick Man hits the right spot it'll be painful, "YAAAAAAAAA!!!!" He charges towards Denebola, and once in range he leaps towards the torso heroically! *Cue the slow-mo* Quick Man misses Denebola with his Body Check attack. Denebola deflects Body Check from Quick Man. Betelgeuse frowns, after a tug or two. Even unconcious, Kain's grip is something of note. "Fine. Keep your stupid sword. I'd have to swing it about anyways." Betel lets go, off to find larger guns. Actually, Denebola spins to knock Quick Man's assault away, moving at a rapid speed to counter the assault. His movements also drive the sword to knock away Bass's shots by virtue of a moving energy barrier due to the spin. As Wily's laughter echoes in the LIzard's ears, Denebola falls to his knees, clutching his head. By random chance, King's assault just is missed by the movement. And Alpha's tail by the same virtue. And then, Guts throws him, just as his vision begins to return to stabiLIty, and the world stops spinning. And Dene fLIes high. Taking to the air, the sword is sheathed, for concentration. Sneering, the very earth does Denebola's bidding, the ground under King, Guts, Alpha, and Quick Man begins to buckle and heave, as jagged cracks wrack the area. Denebola puts his guard down. Denebola strikes King with his Ground Parting attack. Denebola strikes Guts Man with his Ground Parting attack. Denebola strikes Alpha with his Ground Parting attack. Denebola strikes Quick Man with his Ground Parting attack. Alpha gives her tail a dirty look as it misses. "I told you.", she complains, "You can't hit anything, you're just a LIttle ... thing. ... Yes, I know Necro didn't hit either and I didn't but that's not the..." Konk. A large piece of debris hits Alpha in the head and she hits the ground, electricity sparking out from her frame. Darn. She slowly gets up to her feet, shaking her head. "Okay...", she mutters, "This isn't worth it.", and with that she starts to stumble away. Alpha retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Ring Man, Kain, King, Wilymachine , Betelgeuse, Bass, Aldebaran, Denebola, Metal Man, Quick Man, and Magnet Man. King looses his footing as the ground shifts, cracks, and shudders underneath him, and howls out in pain as a large boulder slams into his back. "FIEND! Thou shalt...*kaff*...PAY!" King strugGLes to his feet, and stalks towards Denebola. The X-shaped vambraces on his chest begin to GLow brightly. "Thou shouldst stay on thy knees and beg forgiveness from the Lord Wily! But instead....Thou shalt die!" A blast of energy lashes out from his chest, streaking towards Denebola in a cross-hatch pattern. King misses Denebola with his X-beam attack. Bass grits his teeth as the shots are cast wide, but moves in hard and fast even as the third shot is cast away. He pulls up, flying higher, gaining some altitude on his foe. Options, options... The Force Commander is fortunately safe from the deafening cackle, as well as the horrific earthquake by being in the air. However, Denebola may not be so lucky -- for what is up in the air can only fall down. He levels his Magna Buster down at Denebola's general location, a strong charge building up in the weapon. He sees now that even these mighty Stardroids can be brought low; and he will prove it to the world if given half the chance. The Magna Buster makes a pleasant *ding*, even as some more armor flakes off his body, indicating a second-level charge. It should suffice for what he's trying for. The blast rips down, hopefully smacking directly into Denebola's draconian back. Bass strikes Denebola with his Magna Buster 2 attack. Denebola falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Gemini Man has connected. Betelgeuse takes out a medical scanner and scans Denebola. Magnet Man has disconnected. King has disconnected. Gemini Man enters the Ivory Coast. Gemini Man has left. Denebola avoids the X-Beam, and turns towards King. Still, as Denebola prepares to launch himself at the groundbound Guts Man once again...his attention is taken away. And Wily had done enough. Enough to place Denebola in the right position to be struck by Bass. And thus, the Angel's wings are cLIpped. TumbLIng down, Denebola's energy, and fire burned body begins falLIng to rest by the Strider's, LIke a sack of bricks. "NOOOO! This can't be!!!" Quick Man face palms, and drops to the ground, "My attack, deflected LIke it was nothing!" Suddenly he notices the shaking ground, but by then it's too late. He tries to stand up, but falls again, this time painfully. Thrown rocks hit all his body, turning him into the victim of a meteor shower. Once he is able to stand up, all his body is battered nicely, "That's it, maybe if you can't move, you can't avoid the attacks!" He takes out a boomerang; this one seems to be 2-dimensional as it is so sharp. Obviously not one for high damage, this is meant to cause internal damage, "Di-..." He drops his hand and the boomerang, seeing Bass blast Denebola, who falls down, "Noooo! My moment of GLory, shattered!!!" He drops to the ground again, "Why me, whyyy meeeee?!?!" Dr. Wily has arrived. Wilymachine has left. Dr. Wily takes Wilymachine . Denebola hands you a cookie for a job well done! Guts Man is tossed LIke a salad as the grould buckles and heaves. Pieces of ground just stab at him destroying what's left of his thick armor reveaLIng circuits and wires and sparkLIng sparky things. Guts Man sits there in the crapulance that is known as the ground watching as Bass goes to work on Denebola. He then points and laughs at Denebola, "HAW HAW!" But his index fingers fall off in mid haw hawing. "D'oh!" Dr. Wily has disconnected. Here to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, Betelgeuse suddenly appears above the body of Denebola. Clap. Clap. Clap. "WELL DONE! I haven't seen determination LIke that in ages. There might be some hope for this LIttle mudball yet." The dirty face sneers happily, baring the green teeth. "And now, you'll love this part. I get to play family reunion. I'll make sure to give you tapes." The dingy man, looks down, then back to the masters. "Oh, and next time, you need to do more dramatic posing." With that, Betelgeuse and Denebola... Vanish. Metal Man has left. Metal Man has arrived. Alpha looks over to the fallen body of Denebola. She scratches her head. She looks to Necro, "See? We didn't have to do anything. Even the weird Zombie guy was impressed.", she pauses, "I wonder if he's going to eat Denebola." And as Denebola falls, and doesn't seem to be getting back up, the Force Commander floats down to Earth, his body covered in the scars of battle; blasted off armor, lesions, mech-fluid stains across his entire body. But he is intact. He is the survivor. He lands on the Earth gently, the Black Angel that is Magna Bass able to move on its own power. He looks towards Denebola, raising his Buster, preparing a Megablast to end the threat once and for all -- And then Betelgeuse appears. He looks at the odd man, watching him for a moment -- but before Bass can launch the shot, they disappear. He clenches his other fist and snarls with rage, eyes flaring up. Angered, he points the Buster at the nearest building and blows it apart, then allows his cannon to sLIde back to a normal arm. "They will all fall," snarls Bass, eyes GLazing over. "They will all fall, and I will *harvest* them, and I will *ascend* ... I WILL ASCEND!" He starts marching off towards the city LImits, through the flaming debris, away from his Master comrades. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass transmits, "One down. Two to go." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Guts Man transmits, "And you people didn't want to do anything against the Stardroids in the first place. What do you think now arrogant alLIance?!" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "You're not going to eat them?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Ring Man transmits, "You have a strange fixation with ingestion don't you?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Guts Man transmits, "The body disappeared before we could eat it." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Quick Man transmits, "All Maverick Hunters do. Just look at the worm." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "Well, I'm just surprised since that's what all the Stardroids do, so if you wanted to ascend or something..." Well the carnage is over, but what's this? A dented half wrecked ambulance comes wheeLIng into the field of battle after all is said and done, and who should be driving it but the guy that's usually chasing them, RING MAN! Here to pick up the wounded. Ring Man effects some minor repair work on Metal Man. Ring Man takes out a medical scanner and scans Metal Man. Guts Man clutches his wounds, "Well let's go home for repairs guys." A couple of UN Doctors... carries Kain off... "I wanted to be the hero..." Quick Man mutters, but goes to see his CO, "Metal, need help getting back to base? I'm still in good condition." Ring Man says, "Nah I got him." Quick Man says, "I'm faster." Alpha looks to Guts Man and waves to him, "Bye Guts Man!", she says, "I'm sorry about Coffee King!" Ring Man says, "true" Quick Man ignores Alpha's existance. Maybe if you ignore it it goes away. X.x Guts Man could care less about the Coffee King, they got to beat up on Stardroids and LIves. He can always build more stores and get a hefty amount of money from the insurance! Ring Man says, "Gentlemen... to the MED BAY!" Namura General Hospital The smell of disinfectant is strong here, which while a good thing, still isn't very pleasant. The well-LIt corridors are relatively quiet as doctors and nurses rush to and fro. OrderLIes carry dinners and bedpans around, though not at the same time, and you think you catch a GLIimpse of George Clooney in a white coat... nahh. Contents: Repair Chamber [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "Denebola has been defeated." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Metal Man transmits, "Denebola has been fallen by Bass..." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "He'll just get back up, LIke Stardroids are known to do." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man coughs. "True but we sent the traitor one packing." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Yeah, well, we sent Scorpio running, too." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Well, Virgo did. I helped out, though, until he blasted me."