[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Kalinka transmits, "*Sounds like a radio is clicked on by accident. Some background noises can be heard -- clinking glass, some measured drops...and then, a soft click. Some old, grainy-sounding radio broadcast can be heard in the background. And then, comes the GOLD...-singing-. Yes, someone has no idea her radio frequency is on.* "She's a maniac, maaaniac, on the floor...and she dances like she never danced before! Lalalala...""

[Radio] You send Kalinka a direct message: "Uh, sunshine?"

[Radio] Kalinka sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Hmm, hmm...yes?"

[Radio] You send Kalinka a direct message: "That yer radio?"

[Radio] Kalinka sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "...Huh?? Oh no, do not tell me..."

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Anarchy Diptera transmits, "If you've never danced before, maybe you should practice."

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Kalinka squeaks in embarrassment. "Oh my god, you guys did NOT hear that. You heard nothing!"

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Anarchy Diptera transmits, "But I heard something!"

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Anarchy Diptera transmits, "You can't take that away from me, missy!"

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Bowie can't help but chuckle.

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Kalinka transmits, "Oh, no you did not, that was...test of emergency dumdum system. Really!"

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Anarchy Diptera is all excited now. "We have an emergency dumdum system?! Why didn't anyone tell me?"

[Radio] Kalinka sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "*giggles* Anyhow...oh man, that was so embarassing...thank you for telling me. So how are you?"

[Radio] You send Kalinka a direct message: "Doin all right. You cleanin or somethang?"

[Radio] Kalinka sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Oh, I am just cleaning up the lab. Um...my lab, that is. Say, can you meet me over here? I did want to talk to you about some things that happened."

[Radio] You send Kalinka a direct message: "Sure. Be thare shortly."

Small Laboratory <SL>

The interior of this laboratory is somewhat claustrophobic, not only in square feet, but the windows are also shuttered much of the time. Whatever goes on in this place, the owner does not want it to be anyone's business. The front portion of the building is a small waiting room, complete with a receptionist's booth. Perhaps at one time, this place was a clinic of some sort. Threadbare but clean burnt-orange carpeting and beige walls flesh out the bland decor of this front room.

The back portion of the office, however, is entirely different. It is part laboratory, part classroom, and part dorm room. There's a computer station that's always on, an old-fashioned chalkboard on one wall (with equations written all over it), several lab tables with machines and various chemical experiments in progress, an old wooden study desk with what appears to be Russian textbooks spread across it, and a few bookshelves of scientific reference manuals in both Russian and English. In the corner of the room, a twin bed is set up and neatly made. There's a few posters on the walls, closet and bathroom doors...mostly of young Russian hockey and soccer stars, though there's a few beefcake pictures taped up of some egotistical-looking Mexican fellow as well.

Contents:

Kalinka

Some time later...there is a rap-tap-tapping at the door.

Kalinka looks over at her computer screen and views the front-door camera display...then presses a key on the console.

Up at the front, the door suddenly begins to make a buzzing sound. Yup, Kalinka's buzzing him in.

Bowie pushes open the door and steps inside. His hoverbike is parked at the curb, though hopefully that won't be a problem. "Howdy sunshine," he calls as he pushes the door shut again.

Kalinka grins, and calls through to the front room... "Hey there, handsome! Come on back...I have some sandwiches back here, if you would like one." The door from front room to back is a very old, wooden one, and it's slightly ajar.

Bowie sets his helmet in an empty chair on the way to the door. He pauses in the doorway, having a look around before continuing further. "Ya redecorated."

"Well, I may end up staying here on some nights, so I did put some, uh, personal touches to it," Kalinka admits, staring around. "There is still work to do on it, but I am in no hurry to do it. I did want to tell you what is going on, I have not had a chance." She picks up a turkey and cheese sandwich, and munches down on it while pulling open a bag of what appears to be the Russian version of Cheetos.

Bowie takes a can of soda and a chair, his expression loving and a bit curious. "So whut's up?"

Kalinka smiles reassuringly...there's some tension there, but it doesn't seem to be particularly bad. She continues to eat in the meantime, speaking between bites. "Well, Daddy did give me his birthday gift to me this past week, and it was really not what I was expecting, in a lot of ways. I do have to change my plans, now. I am putting current schooling on hold, and I will be attending special business school, Harvard, to get a Masters in Business degree."

Bowie raises his eyebrows at this. "Business?" he asks. "Why's that?"

"Well, Daddy says that getting MBA degree is the only way I will be able to understand what he got for me, and I tend to agree with him." Kalinka finishes the sandwich...she must have been hungry. "He said that now that I am an adult, he is giving to me a portfolio of some very big investments. And I mean...very, very big. He told me that they are worth around 15 -million- Zenny." Kalinka looks around nervously. "I do not want to make a mistake with something like that, you know?"

Bowie's eyes go wide, and almost spit-takes. Lucky for him that he doesn't need to breathe. "Fif-fifteen /million/?" he sputters.

Kalinka nods, blushing a little. "I did freak out too, when he told that to me," she admits. "It is such huge responsibility...I feel so stressed out, you know? Like he is giving me a whole country or something, and I do have to figure out how to run it, or something."

"Fifteen million," Bowie mumbles. "Wow." Now that he has that in his mind, he tries to get used to it. "Ah see," he says in a more conversational tone. "An ya can't jus leave it to one a those money market manager folks?"

Kalinka shakes her head. "No, Daddy wants for me to manage this myself, and I can see why...even very good people can turn dishonest to get their hands on money. So...that is why I am going to Boston to learn Marketing, Finance, and Investments. It may prolong my school time for the scientific degrees, but it will be time well spent. Right now, I am scared to even think about all of that money and what I should do with it. It is a scary thing."

Bowie nods slowly. "In that case, ya should jus leave thangs as is until ya know whut to do with it." Pause. "How long does it take t'get one a these business degrees?"

Kalinka grabs a few Russian cheeto-doodle things, and crunches them. She's probably eating nervously at this point, but...really, can you BLAME her? "Probably 1 year or two, I do not know," she admits. Daddy was just like...I -am- giving you this and you -will- get degree to understand the entire portfolio. I could not tell him no!"

Bowie again nods, his expression supportive. "Guess ya couldn't, no. Is thare anythang Ah can do? Aside frum makin sure ya eat an sleep?" The last part is only partly teasing.

Kalinka chuckles. "Well, I already think you do plenty just by being there. But I did want you to see why I have not been around lately. It is because I am preparing to make this place into more of a study hall and less of a lab for a little while. I also want you to know that...that this will not change future plans, if we have any. But of course, future plans are for the future, they are not for now."

Bowie says "Plans change. Ah unnerstand, sunshine." He smiles. "Ah jus want ya t'be happy, too. That's all."

"I will only be happy in a future with you in it," Kalinka insists. "This money is security, but it is not anything more than a tool. "

"Ah'm not goin anywhare," Bowie says reassuringly. "An Ah love ya, money or no money." Setting his can of soda aside, he stands up and walks over to her. "Whutever road ya need t'take, Ah'll go with ya."

Kalinka grins adoringly. "See, now this is why I love you," she admits. "If I ever needed a reason why, this is why. It is just how you are. To me, perfect in every way."

Bowie moves to gather her in a hug. "Ah'm not perfect, sunshine," he reminds. "Ah'm too stubborn fer that."

Kalinka wraps her arms around him. "You are very perfect in your non-perfect way," she insists, following it up with a giggle. "Gee, how much sense did that make."

Bowie chuckles. "Yer the scientist. Aren't ya supposed t'be logical?" he teases.

"Yes, so what happened? Maybe you have made me a little bit crazy," Kalinka admits, offering a gentle kiss. "I am allowed to be a little bit crazy. It is in the bloodline, you see."

Bowie returns the kiss. "Well then, yer allowed t'be a little bit crazy."

Kalinka chuckles. "Good. Now...what I am going to do is give you the lock code to this place, so you can get in when I am not here. Why? Well...why not. If I can stay on Midland ranch, then you are welcome in Moscow anytime."

<Global News Network> And in other news members of the Coalition for Reploid Freedom have landed in between an Auto Factory and a Ramen Noodle Factory! It is unclear what their intention is, but we'll keep you apprised of the situation. Wait! I understand that we have some pictures. *Show the Pelican with Bit, Beam Demon, and Moloch leaping from it. Some gumbies are marching toward the Ramen Factory looking awfully hungry.*

Bowie gives her a lopsided grin. "That's fine with me...." The smile vanishes as he received the latest GNN update over his radio. "If it's not one thang," he mutters.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Harmony transmits, "Do you guys need assistance, Repliforce can deploy if needed."

"Oh, I know. Sickening, really." Kalinka rolls her eyes. "Well, if you have to go, I will understand. I am going to be going to bed here, in just a bit."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Anarchy Diptera hyperfast buzzes! "Repliforce can kiss my grits, woman!"

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Harmony transmits, "..EXCUSE me? I asked very nicely and with YOUR well beings in mind."

Bowie nods. "Ah'm supposed t'be on duty tonight, so Ah'd better at least ask." Reluctantly he slips from her embrace.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Edward Hampton transmits, "That's not a member of Interpol."

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Bowie transmits, "That wus uncalled fer, Diptera."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Harmony transmits, "I could tell, yeesh."

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Anarchy Diptera transmits, "Yeah, well, Repliforce started it!"

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Lighthawk XO Bowie transmits, "Do ya'll need assistance?"

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Silo transmits, "Well, Interpol, do you need assistance?"

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Bowie transmits, "Ah don't care who started it. Ya can be civil even if ya don't like 'em."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Edward Hampton transmits, "Looks like we might be a bit outmatched. Go ahead and send some people, but I don't think we'll need too many. This looks small."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Jazz transmits, "Hey...we shouldn't all be fighting amongst each other..."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Harmony transmits, "Alright."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Jazz transmits, "I am on my way as well..."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Retro Packrat transmits, "Um...I'll hang back a bit, and repair anyone who gets a bit too injured. I only make the weapons, I can't use 'em that well..."

Bowie sighs. "Ah'd better go, if only t'keep that rookie in line." If she's listening to the radio, then no names need be mentioned.

(And he's off!)

Korea

Once forced to become two separate nations after a fearsome war, the peninsula of Korea is now united as one nation once more. Much of the natural landscape is delicately, painstakingly preserved with the exception of the Seoul MegaCity Metrodome, which dominates the center of the country, encompassing most the original city of Seoul and what was once the Demilitarized Zone, as well as spilling into parts of what was North Korea. Most of the country north of the immense Metrodome remains rural, with scattered small towns and farms, while areas south of it appear to be more developed suburban towns and smaller cities, but seemingly the small far east nation has managed to keep its beautiful, natural undeveloped areas preserved despite its population increase, thanks to the uniting of the country and expansion of Seoul.

Harmony [Armor] [RF] Jazz [Armor] [MH]

Rolling Minicam Chest [Normal] [C]

Sting Chameleon [Sting_chameleon] [M] Moloch [Standard] [M]

Silo [Trenchcoat] [RF] Bit [Samurai] [M]

Beam Demon [Quasar] [M] Anarchy Diptera [MH]

Retro Packrat [C] [Stealthed] Maverick Variable Dropship <Pelican> [M]

Edward Hampton [Armored] [C] Seoul

East <E> leads to Hokkaido.

South <S> leads to Eastern China.

Up <U> leads to Sky Above China.

Jazz runs into the area with a huff, looks about as she catches her breath, "Whew...gotta use my abilities more..." She then looks up to the factories, whimpering, "Oh...this can't be good...gotta get to work...." She then in motion picture slow motion, takes out a piece of bubble gum....and places it in her mouth, "Time to get the bad guys...."

Rising upon the damaged rooftop, Beam Demon raises both massive fists overhead. His thrusters explode to life again, carrying the great Maverick skyward again. And then they cut out. In mid-fall, the massive reploid tips forward, slamming both heavy feet and fists into the damaged rooftop. The entire structure creaks loudly under the punishment, the factory roof developing a large hole at the source of the pounding it's taking.

There is a moment of harmony, as the Mavericks and their drones move out and begin the gathering of many tasty noodles as well as autmotive vehicles in which to place the noodles. The ultimate combination! But the Yang Yomi does not join in the conflict as of yet - he simply remains calm, one hand resting on the hilt of his still sheathed katana as he watches for the arrival of Repliforcers, Hunters, and whomever else might arrive to detain them.

Today would be a good day to test his mettle.

Harmony has, for some reason unknown to her, deployed to help take control of this COMPLETELY POINTLESS act of Ramen Hiest. Arriving with a small section of Repliforce SecDef, she sends them out to do some generic crowd control and the like. Taking a moment to quickly survey the area, she stands as her blue eyes dart about.. vision zooming in and out. Perfectly open to, if you want the chance.

The Camera turns on.

"This is Chest, live and on the scene!" Everyone's favorite rich old guy appears on the screen as a battle between Maverick and people who don't like Mavericks rages on behind him. "We're here in Korea where the Maverick forces are attacking two factories of vital importance! First, an auto mechanical production plant, no doubt to supply their vehicles of destruction. And second, a ramen noodle plant, no doubt for... for..." Chest pauses and waves his hand around, trying to think WTF that could be fore, "No doubt for their noodle related schemes." Chest winces, idly wishing the bad guys in the world weren't such morons sometimes. Although, the moron-factor does help the good guys not die, which is nice. "Lets watch!"

From the outskirts of Seoul, a sleek looking black hovercar speeds toward the site of the attack, with...what looks to be a hoverbike on the roof. WHy? Well, might wanna ask the driver, a certain Mechanic-Rat. "YEEEEE!! DIDN'T...THINK...THESE WERE....SO FAST!!!" He looks back toward his passengers, wondering if they're ok.

Moloch finally /does/ move. Her retracted left hand rather abruptly spits out a bolt, which she removes and places in the oversized crossbow. Winching it back and holding it up, she fires the odd-looking shot directly at the wall of the auto factory. The bolt sticks in the wall, beeping once -

- then explodes. It's not a huge entrance, but she can probably squeeze herself in there.

Silo arrives on the scene on a hoverbike, a Repliforce model, to help stop the Mavericks from raiding... Two factories of hardly any importance. But a raid is a raid.

Coming to a screeching stop, the pilot leaps off the bike not too far from the factories, arm cannon formed, and eyes searching for any nearby bad guys...

From out of the west, riding a silver hoverbike, is Bowie. Breaking several traffic laws and posted speed limits, he zooms towards this unusual double factory raid. It seems the hoverbike riders are out in full force tonight.

You have earned 198 cookies! Only -98 more until you can get @poll!

Edward glares down from atop the hoverbike, locked to the top of the hovercar to take advantage of the car's acceleration (and save on fuel!) "Faster, Retro! DRIVE FASTER... Ah, forget it, I'm close enough. Now it's time to... KICK IT."

As he says the last, he hits a button on the dash, and a pair of wings swivel out from the sides of the bike, and the attatchments release, sending the hoverbike speeding through the air as the lift takes him sailing above the battle, towards the auto factory... And grins as he looks down toward Moloch. From his lofty perch, he pulls a Desert Eagle from an underarm holster and lines up a shot even as he sails ten feet over her head. Bang!

Edward Hampton strikes Moloch with his Pot-shot attack.

The Automotive factory ceiling buckles under the onslaught, and Beam Demon drops down onto the work floor itself. He lands in a crouch, debris bouncing off his armored body. Slowly, the reploid rises to his full height, causing workers to scatter. He raises both massive white-gloved hands, bringing them together. And with a sound like trees snapping in a windstorm, cracks his great knuckles.

Subsequently, every window within several yards of him shatters. Odd.

It seems that the enemy has at last arrived - it is time to continue the eternal struggle anew. There is a loud *hiss* as Bit draws his beam blade free of its sheath, the weapon flaring into existance as it clears its holder. Raising his blade into the air, Bit slashes his blade once, leaving a trail of light behind as he turns towards the arriving self proclaimed forces of good.

"Very well then - any who should wish to stop us are free to step forward. Throw your guage before me, or flee before us," Bit proclaims, looking about for any challengers.

Chest looks at Camera and shouts angrily, "Go on, get out there and get me some shots! No dallying, now!" Camera beeps loudly in annoyance and slowly rolls off towards the battle. "Geez, where's Reporto when you really need him?!" Chest frowns, "I can't believe I said that." Camera rolls along on its four rugged tires at a surprisingly good clip, but is careful to try and avoid some of the hotspots. Peering around with its camera attachment, Camera (yes, I know Camera is an idiotic name for a camera; Chest was drunk when he thought it up) spots the Repliforce SecDef deploying for crowd control. Panning to the left, it takes note of the apparent Commander of the squad. A quick uplink to GNN Central identifies her as Sergent Major Harmony. "I guess she'll do..." Chest mutters as Camera zooms in to get a close-up of Harmony.

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Harmony receives a radio transmission from Chest.

Harmony blinks, ready to jet towards Bit when.. oh! Sensors telling her that her beautiful self is on camera! Looking around, she primps her hair as she catches Camera zooming in. Smiling cutely, she proceeds to waste a lot of time with media exposure.

Jazz looks to the falling building with a glare, "No way Hose...if that is your name..." She then runs quickly over toward the building and looks at Beam Demon, wincing as she hears the cracking. But she records the sound with a grin, "That's good...but can you beat this?" Internally, the sound is turned to almost max as she directs all the sound up to Beam, firing the sound back up at him.

Harmony sends a radio transmission to Chest.

Chest receives a radio transmission from Harmony.

Jazz strikes Beam Demon with her Sonic Distruptor attack.

Anarchy Diptera's standard method of operation is to choose the absolute most important looking bad guy in the room. Today, that looks like... Bit. Yes, he does indeed seem to be in charge here.

"All right, Maverick!" Anarchy lowers a finger and points at the Maverick Samurai. His weapon is attached to the top of that hand, of course, so he's not far from starting right up as it is. "I'll give you a chance to surrender, come along peacefully, get locked up in a brig for three days, argued about, and then let go by the Maverick Hunters after heated debate! Otherwise, it's a fight!"

Moloch hadn't quite managed to squeeze in the crack yet, and the shot that hits the back of her head doesn't exactly make her more inclined to do so. The lizard-machine shakes her head at the force of the blow and cranes her head around, arbalest at the ready. "You're gonna pay for that," she snaps, spotting the flying...bike's rider that did it. "Get down to the ground already!" Pointing up, she slots another bolt in and fires, somewhat aimlessly.

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Harmony receives a radio transmission from Chest.

Edward Hampton is struck by Moloch's Arbalest attack!

Harmony sends a radio transmission to Chest.

Chest receives a radio transmission from Harmony.

Sprinting forward, towards the Automotive factory, Silo eyes the not-too-far-away Bit, but decides to leave the smaller half of Godmachine Binary alone when he hears a great cracking sound inside the factory. Raising an eyebrow under his helmet, he continues on to the factory, smashing his way in through a door... Before spotting Beam Demon.

"...Well, well, if it isn't my dear old friend."

And not yet noticing Jazz, he brings up his arm cannon, takes aim, and fires off a mini missile.

Silo strikes Beam Demon with his Mini Missile attack.

Chest starts off the interview with Harmony. Yes, folks, Chest can interview people even as they're kicking ass and taking names. "Sergeant Major Harmony... have a spare second to answer a few questions for the good viewers at home?" Harmony's voice can be heard with surprising clarity. Chest doesn't skimp on Camera's communication gear. "Of course, please ask away!" Chest asks his first question. The obvious one. "You send Harmony a direct message: "Now then, the Mavericks are attacking what appears to be two factories. While reasons behind the automotive plant are obvious, any hints as to what they might be up to for the noodle factory?" Harmony's reply quickly follows. "Well, they really take the cake with having pointless raids. They're probably hungry, and the fact that the Noodle Factory is close to the Automotive one, they probably figured it was equivilant to driving through a McDonald's."

Bowie's bike skids to a halt close to within a stone's throw of the factories...or easily within rifle shot. Unslinging his rifle from his back, he chambers a round and begins sighting an appropriate target. The giant lizard riding herd on the gumbies attacking the noodle factory will do just fine. Sting Chamelion may not have noticed the Texan just yet, but he will in a moment. Steady...aim...fire!

Chest sends a radio transmission to Harmony.

Harmony receives a radio transmission.

You strike Sting Chameleon with a glancing hit from your Marksman attack.

Well, it is indeed a challenge - how interesting indeed. Bit turns slightly, and walks through the chaos of drones and other fighters towards the Hunter who has offered up a challenge to him. Stopping a few feet away, Bit looks down on Anarchy, his eyes narrowing ever so slightly as he considers the one who has spoken to him, and the odd words that he has used in way of challenge.

"So... a Maverick Hunter," he comments, noting the mention of that group. "I presume that the Hunter virus again presumes to control you, to prevent us from causing... material loss?" he asks, raising his blade and pointing it at Anarchy. "How droll. So you wish to challenge me?"

Harmony decides to rush Bit while she can, since Chest's questions don't have much to do with contreversy or anything that requires a lot of thinking. Whipping out her Giant Purple Harp(tm), she skids to a graceful stop behind him. "Hey, you!" she catcalls, grinning a little. "Why don't you show me how the big guys roll, huh? Unless you're afraid to hit a pretty girl!"

Harmony sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission from Harmony.

Retro Packrat finally brakes the car after Edward shoots off, shutting off the engine and letting it touch down, eying the scene of the attack. "Yeesh...crazy..."

The rather large arbalest bolt slams through Edward's Hoverbike, tearing off one of the wings on it's way through. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, except that the bike is still a dozen feet in the air or so. Suddenly, the bike tilts and plummets, landing heavily just a few feet away from the Maverick cyborg. The sound of a loud crunch is audiable amid the crash, and it quickly becomes apparent that Edward unluckily happened to be on the underside of the bike when it fell. still, the bike is pushed off, drifting away on it's still semi-usable hoversystem as the Agent pulls himself up with a grimace. "Nice shot... But you are so paying for the bike damage, robo-lizard." Bringing the gun up again, he braces as he fires twice, a pair of high-caliber bullets streaking towards Moloch.

"You silly man. There's no Hunter Virus." Anarchy is very sure that Bit is not correct in his assessment of the situation. He doesn't like being looked down upon, so he rises up into the air a bit higher to counter this problem. "That's what I wishta, arright. Did you just accept?"

Edward Hampton strikes Moloch with his Double Tap attack.

Accousted by Jazz, and then Silo, Beam Demon turns from his activities to face them both. Those great red eyes narrow, and the demon's body turns to face them straight on. "So you want to try the two-on-one game." he states flatly. Raising one massive fist, he grips the hilt of his Hyper Beam Shovel, pulling the weapon free. Its sickly green glow fills the chamber. Beam repeats the action with his other hand, removing a blade-less axe hilt as well. Lowering the two weapons, he narrows his eyes, "Allow me to return the favor."

As Jazz is closest, the massive Maverick surges forward, raising the sword overhead, then taking a diagonal strike at her midsection.

Beam Demon misses Jazz with his Hyper Beam Shovel attack.

PING! The Chameleon drops to his face skidding ont he ground. He points to the factory and muffles, "Keep going!" under the dirt. The Gumbies do as he says. He lifts himself from the grass and dirt and mud, looking back behind him. His large golden optics narrow, "What do you want!?" He charges Bowie faliling his arms around wildly, "Can't we feed our Gumbies and steal cars for our Auto show in peace!? HUH?????" Nearing as the Texan probably takes him in his sites again, Sting blurs himself and reappears too close to Bowie. He attempts a Noe Horning! BEWARE!

Sting Chameleon strikes you with a glancing hit from his Nose Horn for 8 units of damage.

Chest continues the interview, "Now, I've never been entirely clear on Repliforce procedures, but would the Repliforce troopers be more inclined to protect the automotive factory, and put a halt to the thieving of the supplies? That is to say, is less resources spent on saving the noodles?" The reply isn't particularly surprising. "Absolutely. It's sad that the Noodle Factory will lose a lot of money, I suppose, with that particular raid.. there's no reason to let them get away with a lot of supplies that they could use to fight US with. Unless, of course, they can find some way of making a ray gun with cooked Roast Chicken Ramen." Chest wouldn't put it past them. "Ah, I see you're going after Bit. What do you give your odds on that? 50/50? 60/40? Tell the viewers at home why you decided on him for a target."

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Harmony receives a radio transmission.

Jazz eeeeeees! as she realizes what she just shot at and chooses an easier target, "Ah...it's....someone..." She rushes over to Moloch as she blows a hole into the wall of the building, "HEY!" Her hands then go to her hips, "That wasn't kind...now...stand down!" She holds out her buster cutely, but with a frown on her face...

So... surrounded, one ahead, one behind. This would indeed be an interesting challenge. Bit narrows his eyes, and inclines his head once... and with a swift motion, he move. Of course, simply moving would be a far too passive term for it - the Maverick vanishes in a blur, launching himself on the attack with precision and swiftness. Deciding it would be to his disadvantage to turn and attack Harmony behind him, the Maverick slashes out ahead of him - leading the way with the sheath of his beam sword, aiming to sab Anarchy with the blunt point as he passes the other Reploid by.

Bit strikes Anarchy Diptera with his Bokken attack.

Sting while he fights Bowie. I can do two or three things at once. I am the Masked Chameleon!:D"

Harmony sends a radio transmission to Chest.

Chest receives a radio transmission.

The interview continues as Harmony's voice is heard. "Bit's extremely arrogant and can be pretty dangerous, and being trained in Security AND Defense, I've learned it's better to throw yourself into attack rather than have it put on somebody else. Sometimes you have to be a target for the better good, you know? Someone has to help keep him occupied." Chest nods, although the viewers can't see it. He apparently believes Harmony, and Chest does have to respect that sort of selflessness. "He doesn't seem to think you're a worthy enough to attack back..." Chest observes.

Chest sends a radio transmission to Harmony.

Harmony receives a radio transmission from Chest.

As Beam Demon decides to strike out at Jazz, Silo is already on the move. Running to the side, and keeping his arm cannon up, he tries to get a lock on the Maverick's flank, a missile already being loaded into his main weapon... Seconds later, he comes to a stop, and fires off a medium sized missile, whether he's being able to get a good lock on Beam or not.

Harmony watches Bit blur forward, taking this opportunity to unleash an attack of her own. Plucking some chords on her harp, music flows through the air.. though mostly unheard with all the ruckus going on. Bit can hear it pretty well though, it gets louder and louder in his synthetic eardrums as she continues. So loud it could even damage something, but if not.. well, it's still pretty obnoxious. A headache is better than nothing.

Bit dodges Harmony's Sounds Of Music attack.

Silo misses Beam Demon with his Dumb Missile attack.

Bowie blinks, thereby missing the chance to see Sting move. Too late he catches the blur of motion, and thereby catches the horn in the chest. Luckily, his armor saves him from being skewered, but the momentum knocks him off his bike. The gunslinger lands in a rather undignified and gracess manner on the ground. Dropping the rifle for a moment, he quickly draws his energy pistol and snaps a shot at Sting. The message is clear: back off.

You strike Sting Chameleon with a glancing hit from your Trick Shot attack.

Harmony sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission.

Moloch is a really easy target. Especially because she's currently being shot by someone else. /That/ one hurt. Moloch freezes as the shots hit her for a moment, in the process of reloading her bolt. "Pay for your own bloody bike damage. Nobody pays for /my/ car damage." Finally finishing the reload, she doesn't hesitate before firing it toward Edward's lower legs. The bolt wails as it's fired, sonic emitters sending an unearthly scream as the bolt vibrates.

And as for Jazz? She doesn't even realize that she's being spoken to. This means Moloch's still completely ignoring her, concentrating on the person actively shooting at her.

Edward Hampton dodges past Moloch's Screamer Bolt attack!

"Ooof!" Anarchy takes the gutshot, and drops back slightly, surprised he wasn't able to dodge right out of the way. "Okay! Well, so, you accept then, sirrah! Wise choice!" Anarchy clenches his fists, and, with a shing-shing, blades on the edge of both his arms extend outward. "Combat procedure delta-Q-eleven-twenty-three! Hit it really hard until it stops moving! Go!" Anarchy turns and chases bit down. As he flies in pursuit, his arm blasters kick off a burst of wind, streaming out with a loud, piercing echo.

Anarchy Diptera strikes Bit with his Screaming Wind attack.

This missile again? Raising the weapon he attacked with, the massive Demon slaps the rocket aside, taking two great steps forward. "You again!" He cackles, raising the axe overhead. In a single strike, he brings the vicious weapon down upon Silo's head.

Beam Demon strikes Silo with his Beam Hawk attack.

Bowie's shot Ping's offa Sting's forehead. As he was standing on the Bike after the attack, he is now once again on the ground, apparently on the other side. The Chameleon args and wiggles slightly. Hoping to catch bowie off guard, the Stinger snarls and regains his senses, kicking at the bike to knock it over on Bowie...that so and so. He laughs dramatically, "HAHA!" Standing up and putting his hands on his hips, Sting shouts, "YOU are on your way to destruction! Make your time!"

Sting Chameleon strikes you with a glancing hit from his Kick for 1 units of damage.

Retro Packrat just...watches on. He's no fighter, but he'll be ready charge in to help someone should they go down. "I need to learn how to fight or something. Jus' waiting on the sideline's too much for me to handle sometimes.

Jazz stomps on the ground as she looks to Moloch, "Hey! Pay attention to me!" She brings up her buster and does the same thing toward Moloch she did toward the huge Beam Demon, "Listen to me now!" is screamed at incredible Sonic Power through her buster, right for Moloch.

Jazz strikes Moloch with her Sonic Distruptor attack.

The sonic barrage that Harmony launches at Bit is not able to hit him - probably due to the extreme speed that he is moving at - but Anarchy's air blast is more than able to tag the Yang Yomi. But 'tag' is all that he manages to do - Bit hardly seems slowed by the damage infliced upon him by the blasts of air. A brief twist of his haed confirms that this seems to be the night for sonic attacks, from the sounds that are coming from inside the factor.

Perhaps Bit might be able to do something to quiet the situation down. The Golden Samurai skids to a stop behind Anarchy - and immediately flips himself backwards into the air, landing in front of the Maverick Hunter. But instead of launching an attack on him, Bit blasts *backwards* - using his speed to try and drive an elbow into Harnomy's stomach... and perhaps knock the wind out of her.

Bit strikes Harmony with his Dash attack.

"You need better insurance." Relative time slows for Edward as the Screamer Bolt rushes towards him, and he dives to the side as a second gun appears in his hand - a SIG P220. As his perceptive slow-time dive gets him clear of the blast, he lets loose with dual pistols towards Moloch. This is because...

Edward Hampton strikes Moloch with his I Like To Woo It attack.

Chest winces at the feedback that Harmony's shrill attack causes, "Yeow, damnit!" Camera wobbles and turns down his volume, still focusing on the Anarchy/Bit/Harmony battle. "A little warning would be nice..." He mutters to himself before Harmony's voice is heard: "All the easier for me to try and beat him down, maybe he's just afraid to hit girls!" Chest replies by asking Harmony, "Yeah, that's probably it. Anything else you'd like to say to the people at home before we move on, Miss Harmon- geez! You alright?"

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Harmony receives a radio transmission.

Silo's eyes widen as the axe comes right at him... He begins to move to the side, but is just too late. It comes down on his head, smashing his helmet in two, and pretty much making a large opening at the top of his head... As he falls to the ground, his weapon system shorts out, sending a barrage of missiles at Beam by chance.

Silo misses Beam Demon with his Missile Barrage attack.

Harmony GACK!s loudly, slamming into the ground rather painfully. Grunting, she growls and scrambles to her feet without even thinking about it, swinging her arm forward to try and smack the back of Bit's knees with her harp. WHACK!

Bit dodges Harmony's Artistic Frustration attack.

*Thunk!* This is the sound of a bike landing on an armored reploid, namely Bowie. Pinned by his own vehicle. How embaressing. Since Sting chooses to gloat over him in Engrish, the Texan decides to introduce him to a little bit of Americana. Yanking one of the smaller grenade-type objects from his bandoleer, he flips off the top and lobs it at him. Texas' answer to greek fire splashes in the Maverick's direction. Either it's flaming oil or special-recipe hot sauce, only Bowie knows for sure.

[Radio: (D) Hunter-S] Magma Dragoon transmits, "What in hell is going on?"

You strike Sting Chameleon with a minor hit from your Texas Tea attack.

Harmony sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission.

Well, Bit is paying attention to the wrong person altogther. This is not what Anarchy wants, not at all. It doesn't really matter to him if that's the girl he just mouthed off to over the radio...in fact, that doesn't even register. She was playing music, not leaping into full-out attack. "Hey, Maverick, what's the idea picking on the girl? She's a GIRL! Lookit her! She's fighting with a harp! I at least have the common sense to use weaponry!" Anarchy leaps up toward Bit, and, in midair, twists his leg around, building up a churn of wind around it before it aims to strike.

Anarchy Diptera strikes Bit with his Tornado Kick attack.

Moloch recoils from the pain Jazz's sonic emitter causes - right into the duel-wielding Edward's bullets. She just can't win today. Once she's stable again, she growls. "Why won't you two leave me /alone/? I'm harmless. Really!" Of course, the fact that both hands are currently flaming sort of gives lie to that; whipping them across her body, she sends a fiery maelstrom around her, spreading outwards towards Edward...though she's tried to angle so that the flaming winds will whip across Jazz as well.

Moloch misses Jazz with her Flame Whirlwind attack.

Edward Hampton dodges past Moloch's Flame Whirlwind attack!

Although Harmony may be a mean swing with her harp, she isn't able to catch Bit this time - the Maverick leaps straight up into the air, the Replifocer's weapon passing under him like a gentle breeze. And gets tagged again by Anarchy's wind attacks. Raising his arms, Bit takes the full force of the swirling tornado winds on his bracers... which bend ever so slightly. And not much else.

"You fight well, but... your attacks do not lack the spirit behind them to hurt me," Bit comments calmly, narrowing his eyes at the Hunter as he lands on the ground. His weapon flares - and Bit launches himself towards his shouting foe, the blade on his katana shortening down to less than half of its total length... and he goes into a rapid series of slashes, aiming to carve a good piece out of this foe.

Bit strikes Anarchy Diptera with his Energy Wakazashi attack.

Chest's interview with Harmony ends with Harmony saying, "Huh! I'm /always/ alright, no problem. Anything else to say? ..uh.. well, always follow your gut.. count on the Repliforce.. and buy June's issue of RepliVogue!" Chest rolls his eyes. "Geez, why not tack on 'don't do drugs; stay in school'," he mutters, but then says to Harmony, "Thank you for your time, Miss Harmony. Now, lets see what else we can find, Camera..." Camera beeps and swivels about, taking note of Sting Chameleon as he fights to the death with Bowie. Chest recognises the latter, having met Bowie at Kalinka's party. Might as well get that angle on, and get in a Maverick interview at the same time. Chest starts radioing Sting.

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Harmony receives a radio transmission from Chest.

Jazz is missed with the not-so-aimed shot. Then has a Princess Vespa moment as she squeals at her hair singing! "My....my hair! You burninated my hair! You...bad person." Must have seen the TV version of the movie. She runs quickly up to her and legs loose with a heel kick! Haw!

Jazz strikes Moloch with her Heel Kick attack.

The massive Demon steps backward, avoiding the wildly spraying missile swarm. Lowering his axe, Beam glances aside, grunting, "You used to be a much more powerful opponent, Silo. Pity time has made you weak." Not sheating his weaponry, the massive Reploid turns away, storming away from the from Silo's body. In fact, he's headed towards Moloch. To take care of some unfinished business with Jazz, probably.

As the Texas Pete lands in Sting's optics he screams, "OH THE HORROR!!! MY EYES!! I CAN'T SEE!" Wiping at them furiously he runs around in circles like the leaping lizard he is, hopping over things that are in his way as if he would know they are there. On his thrid or fourth pass he heads toward the bike, jumping over it. As the Chameleon finally clears his optics, he begins to come down, but it has turned from bizaare raving to an attack! How amazing. His eyes go wide as he nears Bowie with a sinister look on his face.

Sting Chameleon misses you with his Manic Tackle attack.

Anarchy Diptera sends a radio transmission.

Harmony receives a radio transmission.

Edward's Woo-Induced Bullet Time continues as he hits the ground and rolls, avoiding being fried by the flames as they whip past him. He comes to a stop, time returning to normal speed as the Desert Eagle goes... *click*. Without changing expression, Edward holsters the gun and pulls a cylinder off of his belt. With a snap-hiss, the cylinder ignites, revealing it to be a beam knife, which he chucks towards Moloch's face at high speed!

Edward Hampton strikes Moloch with his Quicker Than The Eye attack.

Harmony makes one of those girly noises, like what a teenager says when you tell her she's wearing the wrong shoes with that skirt. "EXCUSE me, a harp isn't a weapon?!" she asks angrily, half angry about Anarchy and half angry about missing Bit. "Try this on for size!" she yells, her harp suddenly turning into her infamous Harp Axe(tm). Holding the axe by the long rod handle, she fires up the lavender energy blade and unleashes an attack just seconds after. Jamming the large butt end of her harp at Bit, she wastes no time in giving up on the sonic attacks for now. They're just wasting her time, at this point.

Harmony strikes Bit with her Butt End attack.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Retro Packrat transmits, "How are you guys doing in there?"

Bowie levers the bike off of him as Sting flails and runs about in circles. It's his ride home, so he'd really prefer for it not to be broken. Just as he sets the bike upright, Sting leaps over it, but the Maverick's aim is a little off. Quickly snatching his rifle from the ground, the Texan dashes away from Sting to put a few yards of distance between them, then turns and fires again.

You miss Sting Chameleon with your Buffalo Rifle attack.

Body twitching, Silo can do nothing but lie there... Sure, the rest of his body is in perfect condition, but when you get attacked like that, you don't just get back up onto your feet and keep fighting.

As Beam Demon turns around and storms away, the RFer slowly raises his arm cannon, taking aim at the Maverick's back... But is unable to fire, his weapon systems simply not activating. With a pained grunt, he lowers his arm, and tries to recover.

Chest sends a radio transmission to Sting Chameleon.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission from Chest.

Anarchy Diptera has plenty of spirit. Power, he lacks. But Bit will learn well the difference, after this. "You ain't seen nothing yet. I've got so much spirit, I got spirit comin' out of every orifice! I got spirit yes I do! I got spirit how 'bout you?" Anarchy's wings start to flutter, very quickly, and he dives full-speed for Bit, aiming for a head-on collision. "Two, four, six, eight, who is it you love to hate? MAVERICKS!"

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Silo transmits, "Need... Assistance..."

Bit dodges Anarchy Diptera's Divebomber attack.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Anarchy Diptera transmits, "Hold your breath, forceboy, I got one to take care of before I get to you."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Harmony transmits, "You're awfully fricking rude you know! Silo, I'll try and help you in a second!"

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Magma Dragoon transmits, "What the blazing hell is going on?"

Moloch has, now, been kicked into a knife. Things are really looking down, inasmuch as she can see with a beam knife embedded in her forehead. Thankfully that isn't where she keeps her brain anymore. "I wasn't aiming at your freaking hair!" she snaps, yanking the knife out of her head. Mad? Who her? Leaving Jazz for the moment (she's angry, but she really isn't that much of a /threat/...and the knife hurt more), Moloch hefts up her crossbow and loads the first bolt she can find before firing. Go random. The shot bursts into flames half-way there, leaving a trail of noxious smoke and sparks from a burning chemical.

Edward Hampton dodges past Moloch's Fire Bolt attack!

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Rock transmits, "This is Megaman... I'm on my way."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Retro Packrat transmits, "Assistance? Um...if it's repairs, I can pull you out...I'm not fighting unless it's necessary though, since I'd probably get slaughtered..."

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Harmony transmits, "Just try and get Silo out of there to a safer place, Retro.. you can take care of him there."

Rock arrives from the Outskirts of Seoul.

Rock has arrived.

Spirit, yes. But is it enough spirit? Obviously not for that attack - perhaps a few less battle cries and a few more attacks might acutally do something to hurt Bit. The screaming dive attack misses Bit by a half mile - but in his distraction, the Golden Maverick misses Harmony's action - and thus gets smashed in the back by her harp. Grumbling in annoyance, the Maverick turns... and leaps straight up into the air.

The Golden Maverick raises one hand, energy crackling around his first for a moment as he hoves in place, looking down at where his two opponents are standing. "Hrmph. Unexpected - spirited and unexpected. An unlikely combination. I may have to be serious in this battle." That said, Bit lashes down with his hand, unleashing a rain of needle thin scatter bolts onto both Anarchy and Harmony both.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Retro Packrat transmits, "Alright....I'm on my way. *gulp*"

While Sting Fights back Bowie, his Gumbies start to enter the factory of noodles. The angry hordes stuff bag after bag of dehydrated noodles into their mouths. The Chameleon at this time dodges a rather large shot from some sort of HUGE gun. His optics widen as a radio transmission comes in..."Oooh...That's some big gun." Its amazing to him, almost distracting him for a second or two. As he nears learing at it he smiles at Bowie and bounds over it, going for his forehead.

Bit strikes Harmony with his Scatter Beam attack.

Bit misses Anarchy Diptera with his Scatter Beam attack.

Jazz gapes as she is left alone, "Hey! Stop /trying/ to pick on him!" She grrrrrs as she reaches out to SLAP someone.

Sting Chameleon strikes you with a glancing hit from his Bite for 1 units of damage.

Chest sends a radio transmission to Sting Chameleon.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission from Chest.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Anarchy Diptera transmits, "Hooooray for Megaman!"

Jazz strikes Moloch with her Slap attack.

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission to Chest.

Chest receives a radio transmission.

Harmony yelps, raising her arm above her head to try and shield some of the damage away from her face. "Geezis..!" she staggers, shaking it off with effort before rushing back towards Bit. "Come down here and fight me like a man, not up there like a BABY!" she yells, jumping up to slash violently at Bit, spinning around once for added velocity.

Bit dodges Harmony's Heavy Swing attack.

Retro Packrat sighs...looks like he's going to have to get in there and drag one of them out. This isn't good. But oh well. Shouldering his Retro Rocket launcher and letting it hang behind him, he scampers toward the scene on all fours, trying to sneak in and find the one that needs the repairs.

Rising behind Jazz is the mighty Beam Demon. He slides his massive beam shovel away, raising a hand to tap her on the shoulder with a fingertip. "Pardon me." If Jazz turns about, she'll be rewarded with eighteen feet of heavy Maverick warrior. "I believe we have unfinished... *business*."

Silo is just lying on the floor of the Auto Factory, now desperately trying to get back onto his feet and resume fighting Beam Demon...

Beam Demon strikes Jazz with his It's A Gundam attack.

Bowie's helmet crunches as Sting bites him, the visor spiderwebbing under the pressure of his vice-like jaws. Too close for him to bring his rifle into play, Bowie does the only thing he can think of - draw his plasma knife with his right hand and stab it into the lizard's torso.

You miss Sting Chameleon with your Plasma Knife attack.

<O-Hunter> Varia Beetle says, "My fight earlier today was REAL close. 161 to 162."

Chest starts off his interview with Sting Chameleon. "Lets see now... ah, yes. 'Sting Chameleon'. Have a moment to spare? I mean, despite fighting for your life, you have time for an interview, right?" Sting Chameleon's voice can be heard babbling, "I always have a moment for the most Famous bot on TV. I love TV. Did you catch the last episode of Robots in Disguise (not the transformers show)? I love that show. I like disguises...*cough* Excuse my manners. Please, go on." Chest is already regretting this, so he gets a move on it, "Er. Right. Anyhow, you're fighting Bowie, I see. Are you aware that Bowie is Kalinka Cossack's boy-toy? Tell me, any fears of retribution from Kalinka, or from Kalinka's father? I mean... not that I'm trying to say he needs his girlfriend to protect him... but y'know." Sting Chameleon replies with, "Mmmm...Kalinka. Hey, I wouldn't mind retribution from her anyday if you know what I mean...WinkWink. Nudge Nudge. Its her Daddy's Gunslinger that I worry about. *CHOMP*" Chest can't help but grin.

Anarchy Diptera dodges by reflex. Unfortunately, that leaves Harmony open to be hit. The fly inwardly curses. No, that wasn't what he wanted, at all.

All the jeering was just an attempt to get Bit to ignore her in favor of him... and despite his running mouth at her expense, that was a pure intention. Overall, perhaps the sort the road to Hell was paved with. "Yeah, like you said. No more messing around." Anarchy lowers his arm, and fires... a blast of directed white light at the target. There's still very little power behind this, but, this is the sort of attack where power doesn't matter. Light is light, and it should be enough to scramble his sights momentarily.

Anarchy Diptera strikes Bit with his Blinding Flash attack.

Bit is temporarily disoriented by Anarchy Diptera's Blinding Flash attack.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Anarchy Diptera transmits, "There ya go! HIT 'im!"

Chest sends a radio transmission to Bowie.

[Radio] Chest sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Tell me, are you aware the Maverick you're fighting said... well, I can't say it any better than he did: Mmmm...Kalinka. Hey, I wouldn't mind retribution from her anyday if you know what I mean...WinkWink. Nudge Nudge. Its her Daddy's Gunslinger that I worry about. *CHOMP*"

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Harmony tries not to sound annoyed, but it isn't working. "..thanks."

Le Argh! Bit is blinded! This definately isn't a good turn of events - and so he hovers there for a moment, trying to clear his vision and anticipate the next attack.

Edward Hampton moves from his crouch into a leap, sailing over the flaming bolt... odd, he doesn't seem as damaged as he should be from having a hoverbike land on him to be pulling acrobatics like that. But nevertheless, he flips towards Moloch, pulling out another cylinder, which expands with a clacking noise to reveal that it is one of those alloy collapsible batons, which be brings down upon Moloch as he lands.

Jazz turns around slowly, looking up to Beam as she EEEEEEEEES! She then starts to stumble a bit, dizzy after that, then looks back up to Beam, "I didn't mean it! Honest!" She thinks, then pulls out her pack of gum, "Here! Want a piece?" If he agrees for some odd reason, it will blow up in his mouth. This should be comical.

Edward Hampton strikes Moloch with his Baton Whip attack.

Jazz strikes Beam Demon with her Generic Melee attack.

Retro Packrat quickly scampers in, finally heading through the door and eying the scene. "HEY! SILO!! WHERE ARE YA?!" he shouts. Probably not all that smart with all the mavs about...but he can't just leave someone crippled here, right?

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission.

Harmony grins, ignoring the fact that Anarchy laid this out in front of her. He's way too rude for her liking, and if she HAS to acknowledge him, it'll be after the fact. "Eat this, then!" she says mockingly, taking 3 full swings at Bit. Hope he likes the letter H, because it's now a part of his armor design!

Harmony strikes Bit with her Not Quite Zorro attack.

Silo just replies with a grunt, his hands now palms down on the floor, and slowly pushing him up.

Chest receives a radio transmission.

[Radio] You send Chest a direct message: "*voice icily clam* Trust me, ya don't want t'see Cossack retribution. Excuse me now, Ah'm busy."

Anarchy Diptera sends a radio transmission.

Harmony receives a radio transmission from Anarchy Diptera.

Jazz notices he doesn't have a mouth, and just places it on his leg and runs!

As the battle rages on, it appears the hero of the world has seen enough on GNN. On his way to the scene to clean up the mess is none other than X... and this time he's not fooling around. Flying in without his partner, Rush, X flies towards the battlefield. He hovers in midair and decides to announce his arrival. "Mavericks, I suggest you stop your attack... or I will be forced to use aggressive actions to stop you." Rock's right arm disappears to be replaced with his buster.

Harmony sends a radio transmission to Anarchy Diptera.

Anarchy Diptera receives a radio transmission from Harmony.

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission.

Slapped and clubbed all in a matter of seconds. This is embarassing. Neither one /hurt/, really, but Moloch is getting rather angry over here. Angry enough to literally explode into flames, at least over her lower arms. "Bad move," she says, eyeing the clubbing human. Jazz is...being taken care of. "End of the line for /you/." Extending both hands, a jet blasts from each one, trying to cross right over Edward.

Edward Hampton is struck by Moloch's Conflagaration attack!

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission.

Chest idly sends an off-the-record transmission to someone. It isn't important what, so don't ask. Nothing evil, that's for sure. To Sting he transmits, "Do you think Doctor Cossack really would come after you for this?" Sting, as vocal as ever, replies, "Well, Chest, its not really about taking anyone out...unless his significant other wants me to take her out. Then I'd gladly oblige. It's more about feeding our Gumbies and getting the necessary parts we need for the Auto Show coming up. And yes...I believe that Cossack would find any reason to come after us poor Mavericks. Especially the small ones like me. He's a bully." Chest smirks. "Isn't it just a /tad/ hypocritical to be calling /him/ a bully when you guys are the ones attacking a civilian target?"

Blinking once, his eyes narrow, and the massive demon reploid gives chase after Jazz. Thrusters flare to life, helping his speed. Even as he runs, the demon removes a large device, which he hurls at the retreating Maverick Hunter. When the weapon hits either the ground or Jazz, it explodes. Violently.

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission.

Beam Demon misses Jazz with his Quasar Cracker attack.

Anarchy Diptera has reconnected.

Sigma arrives from the Outskirts of Seoul.

Sigma has arrived.

Sigma changes into his Neo Sigma armor.

Sting Chameleon latches to Bowie's head and leaps off as the knife is brandished. Missing him so closely, the Chameleon narrows and optic and smirk, "Nananana...na na. Na na...Ya can't touch this!" He does the Hammer and immediately forms holograms all around Bowie of himself doing the hammer. Thousands of Chameleons, dancing for Bowie singing, "I toured around teh world, from London to the Bay, Its Chameleon, Go Chameleon. M.C. Chameleon yo Chameleon, and the rest can go and play, ya can't touch this."

Sting Chameleon strikes you with a glancing hit from his Holo-haze for 0 units of damage.

Bowie is temporarily disoriented by Sting Chameleon's Holo-haze attack.

"Oh hell." Edward reels back, his uncanny dodging put to an end by the flames that engulf him. Immediately, Edward drops into a roll to extinquish the short-lived flames, but as he does so, a leg sweeps out, a powerful aimed joint-strike intended to knock Moloch to the ground.

Jazz dashes as she hears the attack coming, "EEEEE!" She runs even faster, barely outrunning the attack as she is pelted with dust, then looks over to Beam, pointing her Buster at him, projecting her voice through it and to Beam's general chest region, "STOP!"

Edward Hampton strikes Moloch with his Leg Sweep attack.

Moloch is temporarily disoriented by Edward Hampton's Leg Sweep attack.

Retro Packrat quickly scampers about, trying to keep away from most of the fight for now. "Silo? Whe...THERE YA ARE!!" Quickly, he jumps toward the Repliforcer, trying to drag him outside where it'd be safe to quick-repair him. Pulling out a health monitor, he scans the soldier, trying to assess just HOW bad things are.

Jazz strikes Beam Demon with her Sonic Distruptor attack.

Retro Packrat takes out a medical scanner and scans Silo.

Sigma changes into his Imperial Sigma armor.

Silo looks up at Retro, before slowly speaking. "Listen... Just patch my head back together, and let me finish that big oaf of a Maverick off."

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission.

Retro Packrat blinks, still dragging Silo out the door. "Your head? Oi, if your head's taken most of the damage, a quick fix ain't gonna help much...but I'll try, I suppose." Slowly, he continues to drag SIlo along, dropping him beside the Interpol Hovercar and digging his tools out of the backseat.

"Stop? STOP?!" Beam declares loudly as the sonic bolt dissipates against his chestplate. It doesn't even slow him down. Gaw, that must be scary. "Why should *I* be the one to stop?!" He's closing the distance in this running battle. But he's not very close yet. From behind him, several small 'bits' launch from his tail binder. They hover about his head for a moment, before swarming around Jazz. They orbit for a few moments, then fire off a series of energy pulses.

Beam Demon strikes Jazz with his Funnel Swarm attack.

Moloch does indeed go down, stumbling forward and using her hands to catch herself. Her talons flick out, digging into the ground as she stays down for the moment, still.

It takes Bowie a long moment to push his helmet back into position and try peering through the cracks. There are a lot more chameleons out there than there was a moment ago. He tears off the now ruined visor, shakes his head, and finds himself still staring down a bunch of badly singing chameleons. He snaps off a few more shots, the bullets flying harmlessly through the holographic simulations.

[Radio: (D) Hunter-S] Rock transmits, "Jazz, step back... I've got big and ugly."

Anarchy Diptera has partially disconnected.

Silo coughs slightly, before speaking again. "Listen... There really isn't any damage to my neural net. It just took one hell of a knock. Just fill up the hole, and let me get back to work."

Jazz screams for a few seconds as the attacks hit her, whimpering as she drops to the ground, a bit smokey. She then hears something as she starts to run away again, expecting something to take place of her attack. Hopefully soon too...can't take more of those.

Sting replies to the comment about attacking a factory. "Well, you don't see us picking on any body. We just want some supplies for our proud European brothers. The Repliforce has choked off the entire region. It is sad to see people starving because of the insensetive nature of the UN and the opinions of governments which oppose our style of rule simply because it is different from theirs." Chest shakes his head, "Oh come on. Surely there's a /legal/ way to get the supplies your people need that don't involve killing. Reploid rights don't need to be fought for with guns, now do they? Words'll do just fine."

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission from Chest.

Edward Hampton stands and looks down at the fallen Moloch, and a small gun drops into his palm as he points it down towards Moloch. "Now Maverick... I expect you to pay." With that simple comment, he fires the Walher PPK into Moloch's body.

Edward Hampton strikes Moloch with his A Bonding Moment attack.

Now that did work out. This was Anarchy's chance to see Megaman in action, and bag a big baddie to boot! He's not too shabby when he's doing his actual job. Flying riot gear: who brings his own riot. Following up Harmony's strike, he's not to be outdone, and flies up with an attack of his own--a cut from those extended forearm blades, aimed for Bit's face. "Nice artwork, Harp!" he does comment. Gotta love people who like to play, AND draw.

Anarchy Diptera strikes Bit with his Forearm Slash attack.

Sting Chameleon peers through his own hologram and smirks, "Poor Cowboy. Sorry to be so rude." Bringing up his right arm, a load of discs slide into place. Their razor sharp edges gleem in the sunlight as he stares at the Bowie. He fires off a rant into his communicator as he continues to watch Bowie squirming to find him, "Take this!"

Sting Chameleon strikes you with a minor hit from his Sting Blade for 12 units of damage.

Rather then give chase after Jazz once more, Beam Demon rotates in place, glaring across the space between the factories. He storms about, moving back to the automotive factory once more. He has vehicles to load into the Pelican.

Retro Packrat shrugs. "Alright, whatever you say." Pulling out a few small pieces of scrap plate, he fires up his wrist torch, trying to patch up the wounds around Silo's head, as well as solder a few broken circuits and such in hopes of healing the poor guy.

Retro Packrat effects some minor repair work on Silo.

Retro Packrat takes out a medical scanner and scans Silo.

Fortunately, Bit is able to avoid having something quite so embarassing carve onto his armor as Harmony's personal H. However... the twisting and turning he does as he attempts to dodge wildly does end up carving a Z onto his armor instead. ...a bit more than 'Almost' Zoro. And then Anarchy's attack comes in as well... and Bit staggers once more. Damn, the damage as starting to add up.

The Yang Yomi lands lightly on one foot, and turns slightly to regard his two foes. And without a word he raises his blade, balancing it lightly between the hilt and two fingers placed just below the end of the blade. The sword likes parallel to the ground... and then Bit vanishes.

A moment later he reappears *behind* Anarchy. And slashes the air once with his sword, the completetion of his blade ougi. Now to see if it actually has any effect on the Hunter.

Silo just remains still, letting Retro patch everything back together.

Bit strikes Anarchy Diptera with his Slash Dash attack.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Retro Packrat transmits, "I patched SIlo up. Anyone else need help?"

Moloch twitches as the shot goes literally through her, sparking visible for a split-second. The reason it isn't visible after that is because she's on fire again, the flame bursting out her back and possibly into the firing Edward. Moloch roars, loudly, but doesn't move otherwise.

Edward Hampton dodges past Moloch's Combust attack!

Harmony uses the jets on her feet to zoom around Bit, slashing at his ankles with her energy axe. Mostly hoping for him to fall down or stumble or something other than dodge it. Dodging is bad. Dodging leads to low IQ and crooked teeth!

Harmony strikes Bit with her Ankle Biter attack.

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission from Sting Chameleon.

Bowie takes it, all right. A half dozen of the razor-sharp disks find their mark, slashing through the Texan's chest, face, and arms. The last few are either deflected by the armor or spin harmessly by. A trickle of mechfluid wells up from his slashed cheek, to match the one flowing from his forehead. He frowns, but still says nothing. It's simply not his style. Now that he can pick out Sting from the fakes, he brings his rifle to bear on the real McCoy and fires. Should his aim be true, the shell explodes on impact.

You strike Sting Chameleon with a glancing hit from your Blast Rifle attack.

Retro Packrat sighs, shutting off the torch and putting away the spare scraps. "Alright, that should do ya. Hope you thought this through, though, you still don't look too hot." Then again, that might be from the hasty looking metal patch on Silo's head, but still...

Crash Man arrives from the Sky Above China.

Crash Man has arrived.

Anarchy Diptera doesn't like pain. He likes to avoid it when possible. But better him than her... flashes through his mind, as a sword strikes him down from the back, making a clean, clean cut in one of his thin wings, and cutting right on through to his back. He drops out of the skies, and slams into the ground. Then, he looks up again. He swings around his wings, trying to get them working, despite the very bad break. He knows right away that continued flight is a bad idea for a while, so, he starts to lay down a rapid burst of fire. His weapon pops off a stream of bright shots, aimed for his Maverick opponent. He's trying his best to just take him down, now... he doesn't have the strength to toy. "Struck from behind? Struck from behind? Is that the way Maverick wusses fight?"

Edward Hampton was expecting that, and he throws himself to the side as the flames roar past him. The weaponry quickly disappears as Edward lands again, in favor of a small matte red sphere that Edward had pulled out of one pocket or another, which he squeezes three times on two marked points... and tosses it to the floored Moloch. Immediately, he flips backwards, away from Moloch, because as they say, after you pull the pin...

Bit dodges Anarchy Diptera's Burst Blaster attack.

Edward Hampton strikes Moloch with his Mister Grenade Is Not Your Friend attack.

Smashing through the forward doors, Beam Demon returns to the automotive factory. In passing, the great demon snatches up one car in either hand. THrusters flare, carrying him up through the hole he made in the roof earlier.

Sweet baby Jebus. Chest just said the wrooong thing to Sting Chameleon, apparently. Never ask a vocal Maverick about Maverick views. "Hahahaha! Words carrying the rights of reploids have fallen on deaf ears, my dear Chest. I mean look at who they throw at us...OUR OWN! Why's this you might ask?" Chest tries to interject here, "Yes, but but-" Alas, Sting keeps going, "Because they are the only ones who have any hope of containing us...What would make these reploids believe in the exact opposite ways of we Mavericks? They are free...free to think and feel." Chest snorts, "Look you crazy loon, that-" Sting can't be stopped! "But they are only free as they fight us. What will happen to this Bowie after we Mavericks have disappeared? Do you think the humans will allow him to remain in the populus as free to roam as he has been? I seriously doubt it. They would cover up their prejudices, using Mavericks as scapegoats. They would be the precident and the Cowboy would be thrown into a concentration camp to keep everyone safe. So, Chest...as you can see, our fight for freedom...TRUE FREEDOM can never end. We are locked in this battle until we win our right to be free." Chest is silent for about ten seconds as he idly hopes Bowie's rifle shot makes Sting less... talkative. "But aren't you just fueling the flames of people who say Mavericks are saying Reploids are dangerous with this entire war?"

Does indeed take a hit from Harmony's axe... a painful hit, but he's still not out for the count just yet. He flips his blade around, and decides that the *other* anklebiter is worth his time at this point... and leaps into the air again, spinning between his hands a ball of pure energy. "Fall to the ground!" Bit shouts, before pulling one hand back... and unleashing that mass of energy in a blinding stream of light towards Anarchy.

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission from Chest.

Bit strikes Anarchy Diptera with his Fireball Comet attack.

Anarchy Diptera falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

As Sting finishes his speech, he is blasted in the chest by Bowie's exploding round. The bullet fragments push him back, making him stagger slightly, "YOu are good, Texan! But not good enout to beat...THE MASKED CHAMELEON!" He pulls out a dirty purple sock and puts it over his head. This should be the Chameleon's new Armour Form...but considering no one will even give him a ride armor, that's doubtful too. His golden optics cross as he leaps at Bowie, once again attempting to tackle him to the ground!

Sting Chameleon strikes you with a minor hit from his Manic Tackle for 10 units of damage.

Silo slowly makes his way to his feet, before giving his head a little shake. "...Much better. Remind me to get you a drink sometime." And with that, he's off jogging back towards the Auto Factory, yet to notice to notice Beam making his way back out the roof.

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission from Sting Chameleon.

Harmony gasp!s, watching Anarchy fall like a sack of potatoes. Even if he was mean, watching someone that tried to help you shut down like that.. it's a little upsetting. "You need to do a little less ordering around, you know!" she says, using her axe's long pole to plant into the ground, while she herself uses it to hold onto while she tries to swing around and kick Bit. It's hard to explain, maybe the attack name will help you?

Bit dodges Harmony's Pole Vault attack.

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission.

Moloch's roar is even louder this time; trailing flame, she stands up, the sparking, flaming hole in her back (and most of the way through) quite obvious. Poking out from her left hand is the same bolt she started this whole mess with; loading it quickly, she barely bothers to aim before she fires. This time, the homing system is on; with a beep, the bolt trails smoke as it reorients itself toward the closest target.

Edward Hampton is struck by Moloch's Rocket Bolt attack!

Retro Packrat nods to Silo, waving him off. "Alright, be careful."

Bowie is not going to ask what goes through the minds of Mavericks, especially when it involves the wearing of purple socks on one's head. This time, Bowie doesn't quite move in time, and once again meets the ground hard. With a giant lizard playing linebacker on top of him no less. All but pinned under the larger Maverick, Bowie squirms just enough to get his air cannon nuzzled up against Sting's chest. Finally, he breaks his silence. "Get offa me." With that, he balls his hand into a fist, triggering the cannon to fire. It's not meant to be used with such little clearance, but right now it's the only choice he has.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Retro Packrat transmits, "Anyone else need a pick-me-up?"

WHAM! Well, that about does it for Anarchy. Crazy enough to fight to the last, he got his wish. He does just drop, right onto his back, one still-intact wing twitching as he drops off to sleep. "Nice day...for ramen noodles... cheap and easy instant lunch ramen noooooodlezzzzzzz..." OUT.

You miss Sting Chameleon with your Desperation Maelstrom attack.

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission to Chest.

Chest receives a radio transmission from Sting Chameleon.

want to win this raid."

Rock goes home.

Rock has left.

Jazz keeps running till she hears the thud that Anarchy makes, wincing as she turns, seeing the passout of that reploid. She grits her teeth, "Yer crazy Jazz..." She then runs toward the angry bit and moves to fire another Sonic attack, this time yelling out, "MEANIE!"

Jazz strikes Bit with her Sonic Distruptor attack.

Chest gets Sting Chameleon's reply. "You fight fire with fire, Chest." That gets an annoyed snort from the GNN CEO and he shouts back, "You're fighting a bloody match with a Goddamn flamethrower." Sting replies without pause. "This war was began because of the ignorance of humans to the needs of a population that THEY created! Believing in their own god hood, they wanted us to bow to them...to serve them. Not this Chameleon, my friend. Oh no. It takes to determination of a few, to lead the whole to their true destiny and leave equally with their creators. Just as humans try to do with their God. Match Stick? Flamethrower? Look around the world, Chest. Who is the match stick? The humans? I think not."

Rising from the factory with a pickup in one hand and a sporty vehicle in the other, Beam Demon lands upon the upper hull of the Pelican, placing either vehicle on the topside lift and rising once more. This time, he opts to go in through the nearest wall, smashing in through a bank of windows - a decided weakpoint.

Chest sends a radio transmission to Sting Chameleon.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission from Chest.

Sting Chameleon jumps offa Bowie once again, just in time. He shakes his head violently, sticking his tongue out at Bowie, "Sorry about your luck, Cowboy!" Laughing he does a couple of flips and smiles in that sinister way he does, "Here, let me help you up!" His tongue lashes out and toward the Bowie who is hopefully still on the ground, trying to grab him by his foot and throw him.

Sting Chameleon strikes you with a glancing hit from his Tongue Toss for 1 units of damage.

A quick spin and Bit manages to drop to the ground before Harmony is able to strike him. Its fortunate that she tends to broadcast her actions beforehand - he has been taking the worse part of the battle over the last period of time. Landing lightly, the Yang Yomi balances on one hand, while reaching down to... get smashed off of his feet by Jazz's sonic blast. Pushing himself back to his feet, he curses at the arrival of a new foe.

"I'll deal with you in a moment!" he growls, before cupping his hands in front of him. A sphere of energy appears between his fingers, before flattening into a ring - and he tosses that ring at Harmony, aiming to restrict her movements for a time.

Bit strikes Harmony with his Snare Beam attack.

Harmony is temporarily disoriented by Bit's Snare Beam attack.

Harmony is stunned, because she sucks, and falls to her knees for the moment.

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission from Sting Chameleon.

As Beam enters the factory, so does Silo, though with less property destruction. Moving in through a side door, his arm cannon once more formed, he slowly creeps in, wanting to have the element of surprise this time...

Jazz looks to Bit as she balls her fists up, "Hey! Pay attention to meeee!" With this, she shifts her weight into a side kick, putting that blade right into the side of Bit's jaw if she succeeds.

Bit dodges Jazz's Heel Kick attack.

Chest shakes his head, "I think the match stick isn't the one that's killing and maiming civilians. There're other ways to handle a protest, m'boy, than violence!" My, this is heating up, isn't it? "Yeah Yeah, Matrin Luther King Jr. thought the same way...and eventually what brought him down? Violence. Anyone who fights for the rights of the minority is doomed to martyrdom...Look at Christ. Both of these figures, prominent in history, they are our best examples to the immaturity of the human psyche. Sometimes one has to talk the language that his audience will best understand. This world? It has been ravaged by war. Tell me. What do you think the humans understand better? Picket signs or battle?" Chest shouts back, "Oh, the immaturity of the /human/ psyche? Reploids and Androids aren't exactly much better, in case you haven't noticed! For your question, though, I think the humans wouldn't be so afraid of the power some of us possess if we didn't #$@#^ing use it to kill them!"

The gumbies emerge from the Ramen facility with fully bellies. They move toward the Pelican, whistling that song that the little guys on Space Balls were singing...you know, the Dink DInk song.

Chest sends a radio transmission.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission.

Bowie is still on the ground - or was, until Sting latches his tongue around his boot and sends him sailing through the air. This is (sadly) something he is quite familiar with, and so twists about so that he lands on his back. The landing is rough, but it could have been worse. Somewhere during the short flight and landing, he also had the opportunity to snatch one of the pop-can sized grenades from his bandoleer. There's an audible hiss as he pulls the pin and flings it back towards the Maverick master of disguise. As soon as it lands, there's an audible *snap* of ignition, followed by an concussive blast of fire.

You miss Sting Chameleon with your F.a.e. Grenade attack.

Edward Hampton leaps to the side once more to dodge the bolt... But too late. The bolt slams into Edward's side, piercing through his armor, eyes widening as he realizes that several important organs are now likely in trouble. Gurgling in pain and gritting his teeth, he twitches his hand, bringing what looks like what would be an arm cannon on a robot around on a sling, using his other arm to steady it. He spits out a wad of blood as he sighs the cannon towards Moloch, coughing out, "And now, Maverick... You pay." He pulls the trigger, and a streak of white lightning slams towards Moloch, lambent blue spheres of EMP energy riding the wave as it blasts towards Moloch. This is the destroyer of electronics, the kiss of Lethe... The Tears of Mnemosyne.

Edward Hampton strikes Moloch with his Tears Of Mnemosyne attack.

Well, Jazz wants Bit to pay attention to her? It seems that she has gotten her wish - Bit steps back from her attack, before gesturing with one hand... and in a flash of light, a massive tower shield appears in front of him, the same golden color as its master. Flipping it over so the barrier is locked along his arm, the Yang Yomi regards his new opponent for a moment. "Another Hunter - the virus' influence is strong," he comments, before gesturing with his shield at Jazz. "Resist the influence of the Hunter virus, girl. You do not need to choose this path!" ...in addition to this, he also attempts to tap Jazz upside the head with his shield. To help point her in the right direction.

Bit misses Jazz with his Shield Bash attack.

Jazz dodges as she screams, "VIRUS? WHERE??" She fiails her arms toward Bit as she tries to chase the Virus away from her by doing so at the same time, "GETITOFFGETITOFF!" *SLAPSLAPSLAP*

Jazz strikes Bit with her Slap attack.

Harmony retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, Beam Demon, Sting Chameleon, Anarchy Diptera, Silo, and Crash Man.

Harmony goes home.

Harmony has left.

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission to Chest.

Chest receives a radio transmission.

Landing heavily inside the auto facility again, Beam Demon retrieves another pair of vehicles.

The bolt lances right into Moloch, causing her to twitch and finally fall backwards, against a wall. She holds up one hand as the white and blue dances over them, causing her joints to freeze up and electronics to fail...but it passes. She's hurt, the spark in her side is worse, but she's alive. Dragging herself up to a lurching standing position, she moves as quickly as she can (not very, one of her knees has locked up) toward the transport. Her face is set in an expression of rage.

...this is getting embarassing. The girl's random flailings seem to be beyond Bit's ability to dodge - and even though she is not doing very much damage, it is indeed embarassing. "Indeed - after all, why else would you attempt not only humans, but something as insignifigant as their property," Bit continues, trying to grab a hold of the front of Jazz's armor and toss her away from him. He doesn't need to be hit by a girl anymore!

Moloch retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, Beam Demon, Bowie, Sting Chameleon, Anarchy Diptera, Retro Packrat, Edward Hampton, Silo, Jazz, and Crash Man.

Bit misses Jazz with his Throw attack.

Chest snorts as Sting says, "My dear Chest, you are becoming far to emotional. This debate is invigerating and for some reason I think its helping me with this Bowie character, but really. Cursing on International TV? Alright...here it is in a nutshell. They were scared of us the moment we rolled off the assembly lines. So its a matter of the Chicken and The Egg. Which came first Chest? Persecution or Destruction? As we see it, the former." Chest shakes his head, "This wouldn't exactly be the first time I've @#&^!ing swore on the air. It's what we have @#$!ing censors for!" Chest pauses to calm down a bit, and succeeds partially, "I think the Maverick views are pretty out of wack, Sting... maybe another time we'll be able to flesh out this arguement a bit more... thanksforyourtime."

Picking up the pace slightly, Silo makes his way further in... Only to spot Beam Demon picking up two more vehicles. Eyes narrowing, he brings up his arm cannon, takes aim, and fires off a laser guided missile. Even if it misses the Maverick, maybe it'll hit a car, cause the car to explode, and thus injure Beam anyway.

Silo strikes Beam Demon with his Laser Guided Missile attack.

Chest sends a radio transmission to Sting Chameleon.

Sting Chameleon receives a radio transmission.

Sting Chameleon dances back away fromt he grenade. Its concusion can be felt but he has escaped the flames. The Masked Chameleon points at Bowie and Grinds his fist into his hand, "You are mine!" He pulls out his side arm! Oh no! With a click, like the gunslinger across from him might do, he pulls his hand across the pack of the gun as if pulling the firing mechanism several times.

Jazz eeps and jumps away with the attempted Grab. "Hey!" She starts to look angry as she turns up the volume a little more with this next action. Pointing the buster at Bit, she screams through the buster "FRESH!"

Sting Chameleon strikes you with a glancing hit from his Chameleon Sting for 7 units of damage.

Bit dodges Jazz's Sonic Strafe attack.

... Oh, Ow. Really. Beam turns slightly as the missile impacts his left shoulder binder, eyes narrowing, "You again? ... Again?" He turns fully, still holding the cars in either hand. Ducking his head forward slightly, the demon cackles to himself, "You must enjoy punishment... Here!" He raises his right hand overhead, "CATCH!!"

With that, Beam Demon hurls the vehicle he holds as if it were no heavier then a baseball.

Beam Demon strikes Silo with his Crush attack.

Sting Chameleon sends a radio transmission.

Chest receives a radio transmission from Sting Chameleon.

...fresh? What in the world is that supposed to mean? Bit shakes his head, and ducks behind his shield as he allows the sonic blast to roll off of it, little more than a casual annoyance. Well, if she wanted to try this 'fresh' thing... Bit sets one foot, and puts his shoulder behind it... and dashes towards her, aiming to crash headlong into the Hunter with that barrier.

Bit strikes Jazz with his Shield Dash attack.

Retro Packrat simply waits outside, wondering if anyone needs help. "....oh screw it, I'm gonna regret this... but..." That decided, he quickly runs in, on just two feet this time, and tries to look around, seeing if anyone needs help, whether via repairs or an extra fighting hand.

<O-Hunter> Andromeda says, "The missing Star-errr. Fencer, this is my Hunter who's been pretty much out of use since... last B&C. :p"

<O-Hunter> Solid as a Rock says, "Off the shelf... I need to go through and see who needs to be put into a roster."

<O-Hunter> Chaotic Good Anarchy Diptera says, "Welcome, Andromeda!"

Silo's eyes widen as he begins to move... Strangely, this seems familiar. However, he doesn't have anymore time to think about this as the car smashes into him, sending him crashing to the ground. ...You'd think he would've learnt the first time.

He hasn't, though, and with a grunt, slowly pushes the car off of him, before getting to his feet. "...Not as much as I enjoy doing damage to you." He raises the arm cannon once more, takes aim, and fires off a ball of electricity.

Silo strikes Beam Demon with his Ball Of Electricity attack.

Bowie gets to his feet, just in time to be fired upon again. He twitches backwards as the projectile slams into his left shoulder, lodging itself in the joint.

Luckily for the Texan, his right arm is still usable.

Bowie raises his right arm, bringing his air cannon to bear on Sting again. There's no anger in his expression, just determination. He balls his fist to trigger another blast, an audible *crack-thoom* of the concussive blast breaking the sound barrier as it howls toards sting.

You miss Sting Chameleon with your Rolling Thunder attack.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Jet Stingray transmits, "Jet here... You guys got things covered down there for the time being or you need some help from the ray?"

Jazz is hit with the barrier, sending her sailing through the air and hitting the ground with a *thunk*. She gets up wobbily as she whimpres, "This...sucks...." With that only, she tries to run back to Seoul with what body she has left. Most damaged by the blaster shots and the dent from the shield.

Jazz retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, Sting Chameleon, Anarchy Diptera, Retro Packrat, Edward Hampton, Silo, and Crash Man.

Chest shakes his head at Sting's last transmission, but doesn't air it. Camera beeps questioningly, and Chest merely snorts, "Shut up, Camera. The Maverick didn't know what he was talking about." The little drone doesn't sound very convinced. The GNN Manager reserves himself to commenting on the battle for the viewers who don't know what's going on.

Long distance to Sting Chameleon: Bowie needs to go to bed, so I'll be retreating my next turn.

Moloch has left.

Retro Packrat eyes Jazz as he runs in, the poor girl looking fairly beat up. "Hey! Wait up! You need a patchup or soemthing?" he yells out to her, his need to head inside and help stifled for now.

Edward Hampton growls as Moloch begins escaping, bringing the Lethe Cannon up for another shot... But winces as he looks down at his wound. Letting the cannon go, swinging back on it's sling, he slowly pulls the bolt out of his body, and brings a patch of SkinSeal (TM) over the wound, where it begins sealing the wound and preventing his innards from leaking out all over the place. Growling, he stumbles over to his damaged hoverbike, which has stalled out in the meantime, and kicks it. Amazingly, the bike starts again, rising off the ground for him to make good on Plan Get The Hell Out Of Here. The bike begins driving off, jerking and weaving a bit as the hoverfield randomly becomes irregular, but he still moves...

Edward Hampton retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, Beam Demon, Sigma, Bowie, Sting Chameleon, Anarchy Diptera, Retro Packrat, Silo, Jazz, and Crash Man.

Sting Chameleon EYES Bowie and does the only thing he can think of. Like Overdrive Osterich might do, the Chameleon burries his head in the ground and flattens his body to the contures of the landscape. As the concussion rolls over him, Sting's body kind of flaps in the wind like a flag. He staggers up and looks at Bowie. As the Gumbies come back to him he points to the ship, "I believe it is my time to say adeu good, Reploid. I hope to meet again someday." He smirks and is lifted by the horde. One of them hands a posterboard sign up to him. He turns to Chest's Camera and throats the sign up to show the world this message: SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! Maverick Auto Show! YOu wanted to know why they've collected all this stuff, come find out in Tartarus on...SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!!!

Sting Chameleon retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, Anarchy Diptera, and Crash Man.

So, the girl was attempting to run away, even after that entire little battle that she had decided to engage in, eh? A rash girl... and with a flicker of light, Bit disappears from the scene - only to reappear directly in front of Jazz. "Girl, don't think that you are going to be able to escape so easily," he comments, holding up the length of his katana before him. He brings it up over his head... and pounces! Bringing his blade lashing around in a rapid circle, cleaving the air, much as he intends to cleave the Hunter girl in half as well.

Bit misses Jazz with his Energy Katana attack.

"... Are you still here?" Beam Demon states, turning once more from what he was doing. Narrowing his eyes, the demon storms across the factory floor, still holding that sporty coup in one hand. Stepping right up to Silo, he raises the vehicle overhead, "THIS is for what you pulled in the Kingfisher!" And with that, he brings the car down on the Repliforcer's head. Not once. Not twice. Bit several times. Until the frame of the vehicle is noticably bent out of shape.

Beam Demon strikes Silo with his Grievous Spinal Injury attack.

Silo falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Storm Eagle arrives from the Outskirts of Seoul.

Storm Eagle has arrived.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Lighthawk XO Bowie transmits, "Sting's in retreat. Ah'm withdrawin."

Bit strikes Jazz with his Energy Katana attack.

Bowie isn't about to argue with the chameleon right now. While he's still standing, the Texan is pretty beat up. Wearily, he moves to collect his rifle, his pistol, and his bike. The bike's engine purrs as he starts it. Time to get out of here before he falls over.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Jet Stingray transmits, "Fine... Don't ask me if I am needed for back up. I just saved the world on my own /twice/! Well, kinda sort. I was a major factor in saving the world /twice/!"

Bowie retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, Beam Demon, Sigma, Storm Eagle, Sting Chameleon, Anarchy Diptera, Retro Packrat, Edward Hampton, Silo, Jazz, and Crash Man.

Anarchy Diptera's one wing twitches. Not much of a One Winged Angel there.

[Radio: (F) Joint-Secure] Edward Hampton transmits, "Can't talk. Bleeding."

Bowie picks up Anarchy on his way past. Not leaving any fallen comrades, no matter how obnoxious they are.

Sting Chameleon has left.

...Let's just say there's a nice imprint of Silo in the car, and on the factory floor. Oh, and a nice mangled peice (or peices, really) of a reploid lying around. Ouch.

Jazz screams as the blade does dig into her side, but only half way as she is slammed the rest of the way out of the area. See ya folks!

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Bowie transmits, "Anarchy's going t'need patchin up. Takin him t'Light Labs."

Ignoring the remains of Silo, Beam Demon retrieves the vehicle he threw, and with both cars in hand, takes once more to the air, flying out through the hole he created, towards the Pelican once more.

Jazz has left.