Annihilation
Carlos: Alright, who are you?
'Carlos': (smiles) ...Follow me if you want to live. (pulls out katana)
Carlos: The Himitsuken?
'Carlos': Wrong. This is the Shin-Himitsuken. Unlike your pathetic sword and armor(Because of his job, Carlos lines his shirts with a lightweight body armor made of Super Alloy Alpha- Carlos S.), My sword, as well as my body, are made of a stronger metal; Super Alloy ß!
Carlos: !
'Carlos': Suprised, huh? Well, I can show you the Spear if you cooperate. Just follow me. (runs out at superhuman speed)
Carlos: ... (follows suit in Oldsmobile Delta)
(Later, the chase ends up in...)
Carlos: (stops his bike) The south end of town?
'Carlos': The Christian side, yes. I thought you'd find out long before I had to show you. Now- (points to a white, glimmering church) the SJR base is over there. That's all you need to know.
Carlos: ... (walks into church)
Joseph: (grabs Carlos' shoulder) Carlos, what's going on?
Carlos: I found the loaction of the Spear. (opens big, brass-plated doors, walks in)
(inside the church is a mass of black-cloaked figures, all exept one seated. All of a sudden, the black shapes rose and turned around)
Carlos: !
Joseph: Stand back! (throws grenade into room, slams doors shut as grenade exlpodes)
Carlos: ...Get back a little more. (unsheathes Himitsuken as 'Carlos' hides in the shadows)
(more cloaked figures run out of the church)
Carlos: (dashes toward cloaked figures) Tooohhh!!! (bloodily slices a few figures in half) I don't care about your worth, but I'm still cuttin' ya bastards! (continues slicing up cloaked men)
Joseph: (blows away more cloaked men with an M-16 full custom) Need some backup?
Carlos: Well, I just took care of the rest, so- behind you!
Joseph: (is stabbed with a katana) Gah-!
Carlos: Joseph!
Joseph: Carlos... Remember this... He's just a machine... an experimental android... Alloy Knight...
Carlos: Alloy Knight...
'Carlos': Yes, the one and only!
Joseph: Remember... His weakness... is in... the N-n-Naaauuuggghhh!!! (his head is smashed by 'Carlos" fist)
Carlos: Joseph!
'Carlos': (tosses Joseph's body aside) Now, to kill off my obsolete counterpart.
Carlos: Damn you... Gyaaahhh!!! (charges toward 'Carlos')
'Carlos': ... (grabs the Himitsuken and breaks the blade in half)
Carlos: (still holding the handle)!
'Carlos': Ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa! Haa, ha, ha, ha, h-aaah! (is hit by a '73 Oldsmobile Delta)
Carlos: Fu, I modefied the handle of the Himitsuken to a controller for my car.
'Carlos': How clever. (flips '73 Delta over) However, you're still no match for me. (pulls out shotgun, fires)
Carlos: (gets blown back) Gahhh! (tries to get back up)
'Carlos': (continues blasting Carlos back until Carlos flies into a small tool shack. A stunned silence occurs)
'Carlos': ...!
(Carlos bursts out of the shack with a chainsaw)
Carlos: Groovy.
'Carlos': The hell?
Carlos: (dashes toward 'Carlos') Tooohhh!!! (tears off 'Carlos's' arms with the chainsaw. Because he's constructed of a super-strong alloy, this takes a while)
'Carlos': Kraaahhh!!! You're totally chainsawing off my arms!!!
Carlos: Hold still!
(15 minutes later)
Carlos: Okay...that's one...
'Carlos': Damn you to hell!!! (Carlos starts on the other arm)
(15 minutes later)
Carlos: Whew, there. (tosses aside the broken chainsaw) That would have been a lot easier if you weren't screaming the whole time.
'Carlos': Kraaahhh!!!
Carlos: Now... (grabs Shin Himitsuken) Joseph said that your weakness is in the n-n-neck! Of course! (decapitates 'Carlos')
'Carlos': So what? The SJR base is in that church alright, but be warned: Unknown forces are against you, so I hope you-Ack! (loses power)
Carlos: ...
(a little later, Carlos finds himself in a massive server room, with a seated man in the middle, Spear in hand)
Man: So, the greatest sinner on Earth has finally arrived.
Carlos: And our little story has come to a conclusion.
Man: Now, let's finish this! (short tower rises)
Carlos: Plug-in ports. Oh, I see.
Man: Yes, how about a little Net-battle?
Carlos: You've got it! Plug-In! YamatoMan.EXE, Naomi.EXE, Execute!
(ChurchComp)
Yamatoman: ...
Naomi: ...
Carlos: ...
(red, YamatoMan-looking navi with a purple-grey claw warps in)
(Editor's Note: I forgot he had any purple-grey on him when I drew and sprited him. Just use your imagination.)
Carlos, Yamato, Naomi: ...! GekkoMan!
Gekkoman: Welcome back, friends. Miss me?
Yamatoman: Not at all. (puts both hands on spear, attains combative stance) This ends now.
Gekkoman: Even so, the odds are in my favor.
Naomi: (one of her arms go into buster mode) We'll just see about that.
Gekkoman: It's time for a showdown. (runs toward YamatoMan and Naomi) Graaahhh!!! (tries to stab YamatoMan with his claw)
Yamatoman: (jumps back and avoids GekkoMan's claw) Tooohhh!!!
Gekkoman: (thrusts his spear into Yamatoman in the air)
Yamatoman: Agh!
Naomi: HyperMissle! (fires missle at GekkoMan, but is blocked by GekkoMan's claw) Well there's another trick up my sleeve! AirCa-(Before she can shoot, Gekkoman slashes at her with his spear)
Gekkoman: Operated navis are so slow with their chips.
Naomi: Oh yeah? (aims toward GekkoMan) Missle Storm! (mass of missles fly towards GekkoMan)
Gekkoman: Gekko Koushen! (blasts every missile out of the sky with a beam from his crest)
Yamatoman: Daisharin-!
Gekkoman: (leaps back and throws his claw like a boomerang, which cuts through Yamatoman's shoulder before returning to his wrist) Slow even with your own techniques! You don't stand a chance against me!
(Outside the church)
Zenigata: ...! (notices a burned, upside-down Oldsmobile Delta, walks to it) Carlos, don't you dare die before I arrest you! (notices 'Carlos' amidst the wreckage) ...
'Carlos': (head reacivates) Inspector Kouichi Zenigata, I presume.
Zenigata: What the-? I've been pursuing a robot the whole time?
'Carlos': No, you haven't. He's in that church to your right.
Zenigata: Well, who are you anyway?
'Carlos': Well, I'm not really Carlos H. Lupin. I'm just a machine hiding behind his identity. But remember this: sooner or later, you'd be lucky if you end up like me! (shuts down)
Zenigata: ... (runs to church) Carlos! (kicks open door) ! (walks around, pokes his head out of behind the stage curtain) It's empty! Did that android just lie to- (notices a piece of paper with an 'H' and a downward pointing arrow pinned to the wall with an icepick) Hey... (picks up paper) You just set yourself up.
(Back at the heart of the SJR base)
Gekkoman: I'll gut you! (prepares to uppercut Yamatoman with his claw)
Yamatoman: Iai Form! (quickly slashes Gekkoman when he gets close)
Gekkoman: Agh! Not bad!
Yamatoman: Why don't we settle this spear to spear? Or do you prefer hand-to-hand combat now?
Gekkoman:(stands firm, puts hands together) Don't underestimate it, it's been growing ever more powerful throughout this battle as the moon moves into perfect alignment. It's already more powerful than you can ever imagine! (beam of light comes forth from GekkoMan's hands and reform his large, demonic spear) This, is the true might of the Gekko Spear!
Yamatoman: Impressive.
Naomi: Not really.
Gekkoman: You mock my power?
Naomi: Obviously.
Gekkoman: Well, you'll be eating your words when I'm done with you, bitch! (dashes to stab Naomi with his spear)
Naomi: Invis! (becones invisible)
Gekkoman: Oh where oh where did you go? Moonlit Night! (eerie light emmanates from crest. Naomi instantly becomes visible. Gekkoman makes a direct hit with his spear)
Naomi: AAAHHHH!!! (falls back onto the ground, incapacitated)
Gekkoman: And now to finish you once and for all...
Yamatoman: (Standing in front of a Stone Cube he has just set down) NOBeam3! NOBeam3! (YamatoMan's image is beamed at GekkoMan, damaging stunning him on contact, a followup NoBeam deals even more damage while YamatoMan leaps back behind the RockCube) AirShot3! (blast of wind pushes RockCube at GekkoMan, but GekkoMan frees himself from the paralysis in time to smash the RockCube with his spear)
Yamatoman: !
Gekkoman: So, you think that I'm ignoring you, huh? I wanted to make you angrier by deleting her, but I think this will have even better results. Get up! (hooks the open end of his naginata blade around Naomi's neck)
Naomi: Urk!
Yamatoman: No! Let her go!
Gekkoman: I will when you throw down your spear and surrender to me. With the flick of a wrist her head comes off. That will be very difficult for Carlos to reprogram without irreversible damage. It may even delete her permanently.
Yamatoman: You rat! I...I have no choice.
Carlos: It's not worth it! Charge him and finish him off!
Gekkoman: Master Carlos? I-I can't!
Gekkoman: YOU would jeopardize her safety? Hmph, that can only mean there's been a substitution. (In one swift motion Gekkoman pulls his spear through 'Naomi', dives to the ground, and rolls to avoid the trio of shuriken that rain down on his former position.)
Naomi: Missed! (floats down to the ground next to Yamatoman. The decapitated plush doll near Gekkoman hits the ground at the same time she does)
Yamatoman:...of course, I should have realized. I am sorry I hesitated Master Carlos.
Naomi: Don't apologize. It just showed you care.
Yamatoman: ...Gekkoman! Leave her out of this! It's me you want!
Gekkoman: You'll regret this, both of you! (GekkoMan's spear is absorbed into his claw, as GekkoMan dashes toward YamatoMan) Raaahhhrrr!!! Full Moon Claw!
Yamatoman: ... (attains defensive pose with his spear pointed forward)
Gekkoman: Grrraaahhhrrr!!! (is about to smash YamatoMan when-)
Yamatoman: Tooohhh!!! (stabs GekkoMan in the stomach, and keeps him up)
Gekkoman: Grrr... (claws at his injury as he quickly slides to the ground while YamatoMan lets go of his spear)
Yamatoman: (takes back his spear) Is that your most powerful attack? It seems you're the one who has lost his temper in this fight.
Gekkoman: Grrr... Damn you...
Naomi: Incredible. ...X-Scanner! (scans GekkoMan's wounded body) What the-?
Yamatoman: (looks at Naomi) What's going on?
Naomi: GekkoMan's bug infestation is beginning to split his power scource in half!
Yamatoman: What?
Voice: GekkoMan... You failed me.
Gekkoman: I'm not done yet!
Voice: It doesen't matter. (a massive sillouette stomps out of the shadows and slices GekkoMan in half) Now, finish him off! (sillouette stomps on GekkoMan's lower half, deleting it, but GekkoMan holds up his spear before the sillouette can step on him)
Gekkoman: Getsumen Corps! Come to my aid at once!
(one by one, the Getsumen Corps. appear)
Yamato, Naomi: ! We thought we deleted you bastards!
Gekkoman: (crawls up to Getsumen Corps.) Yes, you have, but not permanently. Their data is tougher than you think. Now, get me the hell out of here!
Voice: LifeCross! What are you doing just standing there? Delete those sinners at once, all of them!
LifeCross: Delete... delete! (swings his LifeSword toward GekkoMan and the Getsumen Corps. but they plug out before he can damage them) Rrrr...
(Outside the room)
Zenigata: Carlos! Open up this door! You're under arrest!
(everybody snaps to reality and turn to the door)
Zenigata: (kicks open the door) Alright, you've got nowhere left to go!
Carlos: Shit!
Voice: Leave at once, sinner!
Zenigata: What are you talking about? I'm trying to put a wanted thief to justice!
Voice: It will not be thou who will kill the Great sinner.
Zenigata: Kill? I'm only gonna arrest him. That's all.
Voice: It doesen't matter. For interfering, you shall die first.
Zenigata: What?
Voice: Enjoy your stay in Hell.
Zenigata: The hell? (a trapdoor opens below Zenigata)
Zenigata: Whoa! Ahh- (a hand grabs Zenigata's arm before he can fall)
Zenigata: ...Carlos! What are you doing?
Carlos: You unexpectedly fell into my business. I despise you, but you're an innocent bystander that stumbled into my personal battle. Now, once I get you out of this trapdoor, leave the same way you got into this mess.
Zenigata: I'd rather die than take orders from a thief!
Carlos: (begins to lose grip) Well, if you say so, then-
Zenigata: Alright, alright!
Carlos: (gets Zenigata up, then swings him through the door) Good luck, Oyaji!
Zenigata: Alright, I'll leave. But remember this! (while running out) I will follow you to the ends of th earth, and put you to justice!
Carlos: ... (faces the figure) Now, where were we?
Figure: Ah yes. If it weren't for that intruder, your navis wouldn't have had that breather LifeCross accidentally gave them.
Carlos: LifeCross?
Voice: LifeCross is a revised and updated version of the infamous LifeVirus. Well, ever heard of the Scuttles?
Carlos: Who hasen't?
Voice: Well, we captued many, fused them together, and modefied them to a powerful crusader that takes our command.
Carlos: And all this because of a voice that goes on in your head.
Voice: Silence!
Carlos: That doesen't work anymore.
Voice: Why don't we just resume our battle?
Carlos: Very well, then. We have a score to settle, anyway.
(Once again, in the SJR Comp)
Yamatoman: So you must be LifeCross.
LifeCross: It's time to be deleted!
Naomi: We'll just see about that. HeatMissle! (launches missle toward LifeCross' legs, destroying them and crippling LifeCross)
LifeCross: So, want me to show you how inneffective that was? (regrows legs)
Naomi: Well then, lets see how you handle this! AntiRecover! ElecMissle! (fires missle toward LifeCross' right hand, but recovers without loss of HP)
Yamatoman: DoubleSword! (YamatoMan's spear divides and transforms into two swords)
LifeCross: LifeSword! (massive sword appears in his hands)
(both sword-wielders begin to clash blades)
Yamatoman: Bolt! (lightning is shot from his swords into LifeCross' face)
LifeCross: Aaaarrrggghhh!!!
Yamatoman: (puts both swords into his right hand as he aims toward LifeCross' torso with his left) Yamato Punch! (launches his fist toward LifeCross, who bats it away with his LifeSword)
Naomi: (jumps up from behind YamatoMan) Missle Storm! (barrage of missles explode on LifeCross, who fires a ray out of his eyes that knock down YamatoMan)
LifeCross: Is that all the mighty YamatoMan can handle?
Yamatoman: (whispering) No. Not at all. (DoubleSword reverts to a spear)
LifeCross: Well, it's time to put an end to your miserable existance! Yaaahhh!!! (is about to slice YamatoMan with the LifeSword, but YamatoMan puts up his spear. Before LifeCross could attack, he ran into YamatoMan's spear and falls on top of him)
LifeCross: (gets back up) ...So this is how I get deleted, falling into a simple trap. Kinda weird how a single stab can do me in though when I can regenerate limbs.
Yamatoman: I hit your weak point. (gets back up and extracts his spear from LifeCross' body) The Steel Jesus Republic dies today.
(LifeCross begins to explode as YamatoMan and Naomi plug out)
Carlos: The base is about to go out! I'm not staying here to die!
Voice: You'll die with me. Then, (pulls out detonator) We'll see who goes where. (presses button, church explodes as Carlos is seen running off)
(Later, on a hill outside Crescent City)
Carlos: Finally, my vendetta is over with. Now, I can move on to a psuedo-normal life. All that is behind me now, so now I can finally work as a Net Guar-!
(a japanese police car approaches from the distance)
Zenigata: Alright, Carlos! You're under arrest!
Carlos: Maybe, maybe not. But anyway, (hops into his car) No one can stop Mr. Domino! (drives off as Zenigata follows)
(the japanese symbol 'Owari', meaning 'The End' zooms into the foreground)
