CHAPTER
7
Alarms blared off all of a sudden around the Sinister
Six base. Tim who actually was sleeping on duty awoke
quickly and rose to his feet. IRA was already on the
case.
"Sorry
I let you sleep. But you needed it man!" IRA said trying
to yell over the alarm blaring off. Tim did not respond
however but moved to the Sinister Six's security defense
room. Andon was already there.
"We've
got an intruder for the first time Tim!" Andon spoke
with mouth wide open and wide worry filled eyes. Although
The Six had had villains raid their base before, but
nothing to this extent.
The base shuddered as Thunderman crashed through all
the Six's defenses. For some reason the automated weapons
refused to respond! Thunderman was determined to get
to his goal. To right those who have wronged. The automatic
phasers shaped out, and the rest of the security system
short circuited.
"The
intruder must be an electric type." Andon quoted. "Cause
I used my abilities to get them going. Only another
electric controller could shut them down." He had finished.
"Thunderman..."
The three of them bellowed with worry. But how did he
find their base...and worst of all. How did he find
his way through the Castle. It didn't add up.
Before the Sinister Six could think more on the issue
the lights had gone out and the entire fortress had
suffered a black out.
The Mechs gathered into the common room and expressed
a lot of worry. "What the hell's goin' on!" Yelled out
Hadrian. "What the hell happened to your security system!"
"It's
been knocked out." Andon came in shining the room with
his fists of electric blaze. Sparkman as well lit his
arms and they glowed with electricity.
Fireman's stove top head could be seen easily along
with it reflecting off Jason's scissors and Lennon's
body armor.
"Well,
looks like we all are okay." Tim said. "Thunderman is
trying to breach into the base soo..." He was interrupted
by Magnetman.
"Who..?"
Said the little red guy. "Who's Thunderman?"
The six raised their shoulders in question. "We donno,
but we do know that he's very intelligent. Due to the
fact that he found his way in here." Tim concluded.
Seconds later a crash was heard a few rooms down. The
members crowded together in a large pile of robotic
mold and walked together to the next room. The entire
palace was dark. Sparkman, Fireman, and Elecman were
the only ones illuminating the way. Scott stood close
to Tim as Hadrian followed from behind. The crew made
their way slowly into the next room. And then they saw
a large flash of light being shot straight at them.
The group quickly split apart as the blast hit them
and separated them in all directions. "Shit! He already
found us!" Shouted a fallen Mech. Another blast came
shortly after the first. Hitting the first darkened
figure Thunderman saw. Unfortunately it was Magnetman
who was weak against electric attacks. He fell to the
floor knocked out.
"Crap!
I can't see a blasted thing!" Yelled another voice.
Separated and frightened, the crews were left at a disadvantage.
Clearly Thunderman could see with his electric and glowing
golden armor.
Another blast came and missed the third intended target.
It had destroyed a piece of wooden furniture. "You're
paying for that you home wrecker!" Shouted out Tim in
the darkness.
Silence followed shortly after but not a moment later
another electric blast came. Only this time on the other
side of the room. A yell was heard as it hit head on
and knocked the person through the wall and into the
next room. The voice sounded like Snakeman's.
"Damn!
He's whipping us good!" Jason blurted out. Which was
a mistake. He quickly heard another blast. And it was
coming right at him. He jumped as he felt the electric
snapping up at him from below his feet. It had blown
up the sofa in which he hid behind.
Jason turned and fired a Rolling Cutter into the darkness.
The source of the blast. It tour into something metallic
and he heard a grunt. He had hoped he didn't hurt a
fellow friend.
"Nice
shot....Jason." Said the voice with a nasty snarl and
stern. Jason heard him pull the blade out from something.
He knew he had hit home.
Before Jason could respond he heard a large thumping
sound coming from Thunderman's right and yet another
grunt let off as it sounded like two bodies had hit
the floor. Gutsman was able to sneak up behind the warrior
and tackle him to the ground. Hardman helped as Thunderman
couldn't suppress both their strengths. He attempted
to shock Hadrian, but thanks to his reinforced armor,
he only laughed at the attempt. The other Mechs and
S6 members joined in on the fray.
Fireman's flame lit as Jason saw the Mechs and Sinister
Six Members working together to subdue Thunderman. He
was greatly outnumbered and overpowered. . With the
Mechs help they were able to subdue their intruder and
tie him up.
"I
would have won if these clowns weren't here." Thunderman
waved off angrily towards the five Mechanical Manic
members. It was true. The golden clad armored cretin
didn't expect there to be help for the Sinister Six.
So the odds of him winning were indeed against him.
Though not all the Mechs were present. Gauntlet was
still gone. Needlegal still down. But another was missing.
Clearly Topman was missing from them, but they all figured
he was still soured up in his room.
Gutsman wanted answers as he loomed over the hog tied
Thunderman. "Who are you and how do you know who we
are!?" He jolted face to face with the maniac who had
recognized them at the restaurant some time ago.
"How
do you know where we live and how to breach our base!"
Jolted out Andon shortly after. Andon had perfected
the Sinister Six Security System for ages. He had hand
tested the system himself. Nobody could have learned
how to penetrate it.
The Sinister Six minus Iceman surrounded the lug. They
wanted answers. Thunderman was indeed to smart for his
own good. It made The Six quiver at the sheer luck the
villain has had with them. It's almost like he was 2
steps ahead of them every time!
"And
how is it you know all our moves in advance..." Jason
spoke. Jason had thought about the entire problem. "Penetrated
Sinister Six Head Quarters. Able to tell them apart!
Even in their civilian outfits! Knew all their weaknesses
and attacks like the back of his hand." Then he pieced
it all together. He didn't believe it at first...but
only one person could know this much knowledge of the
Sinister Six.
Knowing their identities, knowing all their moves, knowing
how to access their base. Only a Sinister Six member
would know this information.
"Edward..."
Jason mouthed off suddenly. Grabbing everyone's attention
in the Mess hall. Even the Mechs who didn't know Edward
head on was surprised. They had heard about him before.
"Yeah!
It's me!" The mask around the body of Thunderman faded
off and what took place after that struck fear and horror
in the occupants of the room. A blond haired teenager's
face took the place of Thunderman's mask.
It was indeed Edward.
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The
system continued working without a master. Electricity
snapped, And another Neo Dragoon Clone was spat into
a capsule. Nearly six thousand Neo Dragoon Clones sat
with heads down. Claws extended out. Floating in a green
liquid that gave them life and purpose. Anticipating
their next battle assault. Waiting to be awaken to wreak
havoc on the Earth.
Iceman couldn't stand to watch this 'Army of Darkness'
being created right before his eyes. The Megaman world
would not stand a chance against nasty warriors like
these. Especially since the original Neo Dragoon was
Magma Dragoon's son! A Maverick 100 years in the future!
Even though Gary was close friends with Magma Dragoon
(Ben), he knew what power he could unleash. And it was
anything far beyond this time era could ever dream up.
Red's army would be invincible.
Iceman eye struck knew what he had to do. Stop this
process before it was too late. Another twenty Neo Dragoon's
or so were created in a blink of an eye as Iceman started
to head for the master control program. "Crap! These
things move at lightning speeds!" He crabbed about the
speed of the machines. "Red's Army will be ready within
hours!" He yelped. It was a shame he didn't find out
about this earlier and he could have stopped it before
these clones had mass reproduced.
Gary attempted at the Master Control Program. "If I
can destroy this, then the clones should stop reproducing
madly like this." He said silently to himself as he
pulled out a sharp Ice Pick from his hands. "THIS ENDS
NOW!" He yelled out as he attempted to stab the machine
with the iced over shrapnel.
Two claws immediately lashed out and latched upon both
of Iceman's hands. Iceman was pulled back by the sudden
eruption and the machine escaped unscathed. "NOOOOO!"
Gary yelled out in frustration. "What else can go wrong!!"
He yelped angrily.
"INTRUDER
ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! UNFAMILER VOICE READING!" The
computer shouted out in red alerts after Iceman blurted
out angrily.
"Dammit!"
Gary yelled loudly as he slashed the two claws shackling
him into smithereens. Before Gary could edge at the
computer a blast knocked him away from it and he landed
with a metallic thud against the back wall. Gary winked
with a painful motion to get a look at the attacker.
Standing eleven feet tall was Pulzar. Glowing White
eyes, large insect-like pincers, and a jaw that could
crush titanium. Pulzar clipped his claws loudly, like
he was itching for a battle.
"It's
the beast..." Gary could say in fear. He knew that if
he looked it into the eyes, that he would be a sitting
duck. But what was it doing here? Was it working for
Red?
Gary remembered the images he got from the meteorite.
It showed him Pulzar battling some invisible force.
Something stronger. It shocked Pulzar with Energy Vibrations
and took control. It was Red who subdued the beast.
It all made sense. THAT was the connection!
Before Gary could congratulate himself for puzzling
the pieces together Pulzar had attempted to swipe at
Gary with his enormous Beetle Pincers. It had missed
by inches as Gary ducked out of the way.
However as his claw hit the machinery a large hovering
device fell by Iceman's side. Gary knew that this device
could save his life from being clawed down. Without
much hesitation and before the next blow could chop
off his little Blue head, Iceman was off.
He was practically flying. The Hover Device which was
used to transport tools and such was now a flying skateboard.
Iceman flew smoothly through the laboratory air as he
swished and swayed every which way.
He enjoyed the air rustling through his face and how
his Parka was fraying against the wind. "Eat your heart
out Erik...." He motioned to his flying Wind buddy.
Gary knew that he still had to stop the production of
the Neo Dragoons. Now that he finally had blown Pulzar
away by flying out of his reach, he still had a chance.
Gary turned the Hover Craft around and headed back towards
the lab. He could feel the energy of flying in his veins.
"It's awesome!" He closed his eyes and let the wind
play with his face. Gary drifted off and flew a few
circles around some of the machines for fun. "All work
and no play makes Iceman...."
A large roar erupted right behind Iceman as Pulzar took
to the skies and swiped various machines out of his
way to get at the flying Eskimo. Iceman couldn't believe
his eyes! The monster could fly! Large insect beetle
wings made the monster capable of flight. And Beetles
were known for their flying speed. Iceman found himself
dodging for his very life. Pulzar continued its assault
only this time firing large dark blasts of energy at
him.
Iceman moved the Hover Craft in and out of heavy traffic
of Machinery and devices with Pulzar on heavy pursuit.
With the monster closing in at every turn, Gary had
to use some fancy flying tricks to keep Pulzar at bay.
Again another swipe from the creature’s mighty claws
closed in on Gary, but he was able barley sweep out
of its reach.
Again Gary took another sharp turn around a corridor
and Pulzar followed shortly after. Dodging Blackened
blasts of dark energy wasn't making things easier either.
Some of the blasts would nearly miss Gary and destroy
something ahead of him. Making yet another piece of
debris to lie in his wake.
"Ah!
Follow me in here you bastard!" Gary yelled at the pursuing
Pulzar as he flew into a small crevice. Pulzar's obvious
large size would be too big to fit into the small, narrow
Crevice. Pulzar flew upwards narrowly missing the small
hole.
Gary grinned to himself as he flew further down the
passageway. "Gotcha!" He joked happily as he stuck his
tongue out behind him. Gary's smile grew wider until
a large crash came from above.
Sure enough Pulzar made his way into the passage way
and swiped at Gary again. Gary's smile quickly vanished
as the monster once again continued his chase. Roaring
the whole way.
More electric buzzing was heard nearing ahead as Gary
flew as fast as the hover craft could go.
"Oh
no...not that.." Gary recognized the sound before. It
was used back at the Sinister Six Head Quarters.
Security Lasers popped out ahead of Gary. These were
designed to shoot down anything that didn't belong.
Gary now just realized that he was in the security tunnel
system.
"Shit..."
He mouthed off foully.
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The sun rose above Sinister Six H.Q., and unlike other
days since the Meteorite fell, it seemed peaceful and
serene. Though a lot was being discussed over night.
Since Edward was proven to be Thunderman, the Six tired
and worn out figured to ask him all the details in the
morning. Though half of the team couldn't sleep anyway.
Edward died sometime ago! During the first meeting with
The X-Force. How can it be that he's still living and
breathing! Plus he didn't age a bit since they last
saw him!
"I
told you...you abandoned me!" Shouted out Edward at
the top of his lungs. Edward showed no respect or concern
for his past team members. He especially showed disrespect
towards Andon. The 'new' Elecman.
"But
we saw you blow up on the Space Station." Tim spoke
in. He was badly hurt. One of his old Team members.
Totally disowning the fact that he was on his side.
"You have to believe us...we'd never abandon you!" A
small tear swelled up on his left eye.
"Don't
cry...it'll make your face rust." Edward saying staring
off away from Tim's concerned face.
The Sinister Six confirmed a meeting while the Mechs
were still sleeping. "I think he escaped somehow...and
someone or something had totally convinced him that
we abandoned them." Andon spoke with intellect.
"Hah!
Show's what you know! Iceman Red showed me the right
path! And I intend to see it!" He shouted with glee
after hearing their whispers. It all added up from there.
How Thunderman just NOW made his appearance. It all
fits. Pulzar, The Meteorite. And now Thunderman says
the very name that is the cause of all this.
"Iceman
Red is Evil. He's nothing but a..." Jason started to
talk but was interrupted and finished by Edward.
"Prophet."
Edward finished. "He's right you know. Humans are a
hypocritical plaque. Judge those who are different,
but want to be treated specially. Cause they are different
from everyone else." Edward finished with satisfaction.
Red has indeed brainwashed Edward. The old Edward would
never think like that. Never! Humans weren’t perfect.
Tim agrees there. But there's always the kind, and pure
hearted souls that made the difference in every race.
"So
how did you escape that Space Station." Jason wondered
slightly. "And how did you escape Scorpion's poison?"
He concluded.
"Bah...might
as well tell you eh?" The blond teenager warrior let
off. Still trapped and tied down to his seat. "Before
the explosion I was transported to a strange lab. There
I was dying fast by the poison that green robot inserted
into me." Edward continued talking, not making any eye
contact to the others.
"A
reddish figure had somehow used his god-like powers
and healed me. Even made me nearly twice as strong as
I originally was. At first I thought it was Gary, but
soon he proved he wasn't." Edward's smile grew thicker
as he continued talking.
"He
led me in the right direction! That humans hated anything
different from what they are! And how you all abandoned
me to my fate!" He said with eyes glaring and smoking
hatred.
"THAT
IS NOT TRUE DAMNIT!" Tim couldn't take it anymore. Tim
didn't want to listen to the nonsense any longer. Red
has really outdone himself this time. Not only did he
seemingly kill Gauntlet's sister, completely destroyed
the Mechanical Maniacs, and is killing the entire planet.
Now he's turned one of his old loyal team mates against
him. Edward was better off dead.
"Team
meeting has been finished! We have to go search for
Pulzar and stop this before the planet gets any worse!"
Tim said turning his back to the surprised Edward.
The other Sinister Six also stared at Tim with surprise.
They don't think they've ever seen the large armored
robot so angry. "Ummm...Tim. What should we do about
Edward..." Andon said motioning a hand towards the tied
down Edward.
"Leave
him there." Tim said plainly and coldly. "Let the traitor
sit there alone." Tim said as he walked out of the room.
IRA, Jason, Scott, and Andon were left starting blankly
at each other then at Edward who still didn't look them
in the eye. "Well, surprised the water works didn't
start." Edward said with a grin.
"Listen
here you bastard!" Jason yelled out suddenly. "You should
be grateful that we didn't throw your electric ass in
prison! Keep it up and we just might you little prick!"
Jason also blurted off and left the room in anger.
"I'm
so scared. Haul me off to jail...I'll just be back..."
He spurted off after Jason. It was Andon who grabbed
Edward this time. "I'd advice you to shut up...and this
coming from me is quite serious!" He gagged Edward as
the remaining members fled the room.
Edward mouthed off gibberish as they left. Nobody really
understood him, but in translation he motioned off "Pansies."
About 10 minutes later five beams of light shot down
at the coordinates of Pulzar's set pattern of attacks.
His next attack pointed out was East Megalopolis. Near
Forte-Chan's Cooking House. They had figured that Pulzar's
plan was to attack her and drain her of her energy.
Tim walked around impatiently around the targeted area.
"Well...where the hell is Pulzar at!?" He grumbled.
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With another slash Pulzar nearly nicked Gary by his
backside. Gary had nearly dodged that move when a laser
shot for his head. "Crap! This is what I need!" shouted
the little Eskimo. Though he knew if he got past this
defense hazard he'd clear the building and be able to
fly around easier. He was very surprised such a large
interior fit in such a small warehouse. By the looks
of the building on the outside, you'd think all this
was an illusion.
Another laser had shot Gary in his arm. "To bad it's
not an illusion...cause that HURT!" He shouted dodging
a blast from Pulzar. Gary had flown through the air
slicing through layer and layer of thick laser beams.
He slanted to the side to brush off a pair of lasers
that shot towards his feet. Another pair of lasers continued
shooting for his backside, and nearly shot down Pulzar
in the process.
Gary then got an idea. He neared the next pair of laser
guns and flew to an upright angle. The lasers immediately
fired, but Gary was already well out of their reach
and they had blasted Pulzar's big enormous body right
in the chest.
Pulzar flew off course and bounced off the side of the
walls. Since his body was so large he had less room
to move around and the lasers knocked him straight into
the wall. Iceman looked back quickly as he avoided more
laser power.
Pulzar continued bouncing off walls until he crashed
right through one and tumbled into another room of the
warehouse. Gary flew faster as he left the monster behind
in his mist. Without Pulzar continuing his pursuit Gary
could now concentrate on the fire power being blasted
at him.
Though victory was shout out again as Pulzar blasted
through a wall ahead of him leering his enormous bulk
in the way of Iceman's flight path. Gary gestured the
middle finger to the lingering beast who awaited Iceman
to fly into his claws.
Gary knew that Pulzar would use its size to its advantage
so he shot Pulzar down with an Ice Blast from his hands
and shot right through the beast without looking it
in the eyes.
Again the lasers shot Pulzar down and this time he fell
through the floor. Gary saw light up ahead and he quickly
shot for it. Pulzar this time was down and the exit
was coming up. He was almost there! He had to get out
and warn the others of Red's plans.
A laser beam had hit Iceman's hover board and Gary's
victory plan again was shout out from under him. Iceman
didn't feel like 'Peter Pan' anymore as his Hover Board
was lazily scuttling on the ground. Causing sparks to
fly up every which way. It was now a Skate board. Without
wheels.
Gary had hit a patch of wires and tubes sticking out
from the ground, and the Hover Board sent him flying
into the light.
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