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(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'Arctic post, status report on the project?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'The portal is nearing completion. ETA <OOC: soon>.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'Good. Let's get this party off the ground, then.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Skyblade Eagle transmits: 'Sgt. Skyblade reporting in. Where am I needed?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'Attention all available Repliforce units: final phase of project is in effect. Move to the Arctic site and prepare for... 'deportation' of our guests.'.

Barracks Floor - RHQ

As you step into the Barracks Floor, you pause a moment in awe of its pure immensity. The Barracks Floor stretches out around the Turbolift columns and climbs extremely high up, forming so many different levels you lose count. Each barracks level is littered with all sizes of doors varying in range from human sized to those that could fit General or someone equally as large. Each Repliforcer's name is listed above their door, but fortunately, there's a hover directory floating near the entrance from the hallway, allowing you to get the room number and location quickly.

Flare Feline's Quarters [#5257 en]
Tidal Whale's U-555 <TWU>
Cinder Mussel's Boiler Room <CMBR>
Beryl's Zone <BZ>
Templar's Quarters <TQ>
Blitz Crane's Perch
Gamble Lynx's Quarters <GLQ>
Fencer Naiad's Sanctum <FNS>
Blitzkrieg Bat's Place <BP>
Inferno's Room <IR>
Silver Mane's Territory <SMT>
Tai's Abode

Obvious exits:
<L2H> leads to Level 2 Hallway.
You enter the Level 2 Hallway.
Level 2 Hallway

Like the Hallway below it, the Level 2 Hallway is nothing spectacular. A wide passageway to get where you need, there is a moving walkway to one side, smooth metallic floors to the other. This level has glowing yellow neon tubes down the side, even with the doorways tips.

Obvious exits:
<OQ> leads to Officer's Quarters - RHQ.
<RR> leads to Recreation Room - RHQ.
<BF> leads to Barracks Floor - RHQ.
<TL> leads to Turbolift - RHQ.
You enter the Turbolift - RHQ.
Turbolift - RHQ

This is infact just one of several wide Turbolifts in RHQ. Each one is identical, serving to transport rapidly multiple people. The turbolift is a wide rectangle with smooth metal floors, similar walls, and a sliding golden door with the Repliforce logo on it. To the side of the door is a control panel, where riders designate their desired stops.

Anthem [Uniform] [RF]

Obvious exits:
<S2> leads to Sub-Level 2 Hallway.
<S1> leads to Sub-Level 1 Hallway.
<L3> leads to Level 3 Hallway.
<L2> leads to Level 2 Hallway.
<L1> leads to Level 1 Hallway - RHQ.
You enter the Sub-Level 2 Hallway.
Sub-Level 2 Hallway

The Sub-Level 2 Hallway is exactly like the Sub-Level 1 Hallway. Its long and wide, with a high ceiling. The walls are metallic, just like the floor. Other then that, there's nothing but doors and glowing yellow lights on the ceiling.

Obvious exits:
Southeast <SE> leads to Teleport Chamber--Repliforce Base.
<TF> leads to Training Facility - RHQ.
<HB> leads to Hangar Bay - RHQ.
<DC> leads to Detention Center - RHQ.
<TL> leads to Turbolift - RHQ.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Flare Feline transmits: 'Roger.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Skyblade Eagle transmits: 'On my way..'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Razor Pterodactyl transmits: 'I copy that'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'I repeat <OOC: For all the people intercepting this>, all available Repliforce units, move to Arctic site for the final phase of action.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Flare Feline transmits: 'Is there a transport going to the North Pole?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'Hrm. A transport would be a good thing. Somebody start up the Cow, load people and move it out.'.

You enter the Hangar Bay - RHQ.
Hangar Bay - RHQ(#2105RntFJ)

The Repliforce Hangar Bay is a massive complex, taking up the majority of the level 2 Sub-Level. Sprawling and massive, it is a giant rectangle. The floor is lined in reds and yellows, to mark various parking areas, service stations, and what have you. Blue lights hang from the ceiling, with yellow neon tubelights attached to the walls. In emergency, the blue lights will turn to red for a Red Alert, yellow for a Yellow Alert, and Green for a regular launch. The floor is metallic, but an offbeat grey and blue combination. To one side of the Hangar are the various Ride Armor pods, with rampways and technicians constantly working on them. To the other side are various vehicles, such as Storm Owl's Air Platform. Craft exit the Hangar not through an opening to the sky, but through what appears to be a set of flashing green tubes, which apparently propel the craft below Repliforce HQ, to somewhere more accustomable to launch or deploy.

Repliforce Dropship <Falconis> [RF]
Ride Armor Crates
Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> [RF]
Repliforce Submergable Hovercraft <Barracuda> [RF]
Repliforce Hoverbike <Alpha> [RF]
Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> [RF]
Repliforce Attack Hoverbike <Gamma> [RF]
Ride Armor Recharge Chamber <RARC>

Obvious exits:
Exit Tunnel 4 <ET4> leads to Sky Above Eastern United States.
Exit Tunnel 3 <ET3> leads to Western Atlantic Ocean.
Exit Tunnel 2 <ET2> leads to New York - Western Residential.
Exit Tunnel 1 <ET1> leads to New England.
<DC> leads to Detention Center - RHQ.
<S2H> leads to Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Iris and I will deploy the Cow, Sergeant. Go ahead in the Stalwart.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Phoebus transmits: 'Yes sir.'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> has arrived.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> vrooms towards Exit Tunnel 4.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> enters the Western Atlantic Ocean.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> has left.

Colonel arrives from the Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

Colonel has arrived.

Iris arrives from the Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

Iris has arrived.

Colonel heads into the Cow, powering it for takeoff as he does so. "..haven't used an aircraft in a while.."

Colonel has left.

Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow>

======================== Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> ========================

A cargo bay big enough to put a football field inside of, and them some. The plane itself has several floors inside as well, but they all carry the same curious motif: white and black splotches. This strange painting pattern covers the walls, ceiling, and even the steel-grating floors. Even much of the seating is covered in cloth matching the pattern. The decorator must have had a thing for bovines.

The plane has a lot of room for cargo, having nearly the square footage in the primary hold to cover a football field, with at least fifty yards of height. It even seems sturdy enough to enclose the General, Guardian Mobius, or even both at the same time.

====================== Type 'vhelp' for a command list. ======================
Contents:
Iris
Colonel

Flare Feline enters the Cow, looking a bit nervous and unsure. He salutes to the Colonel and Iris "Sir. Will I be taking this transport to the North Pole also?"

Iris makes funny little 'moo' sounds, when she thinks her brother isn't looking. Then she looks all serious, choosing a seat and securely strapping herself into it.

Colonel takes control, adjusting the seat.. ALOT. "..ahem.." he says, before nodding. "If you wish, Private." he says, as he takes a seat, and powers up the thrusters, and taxis into a launch area.

Flare Feline takes a seat as well, still a bit nervous, not wanting to look bad in front of the Colonel or Iris.

Iris gives Flare a reassuring grin, and a thumbs-up.

"..hold on." It's the only command Colonel gives as he gets clearance, and thrusts upward, launching the plane into the sky, lunging upwards like a pregnant albatross as it does so, the Cow worbbling and bouncing.

Outside> You enter the Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> Sky Above Eastern United States
Outside>
Above the Eastern part of the United Sates of America, the heavens of Earth reach about here to different areas of the United States. The Midwest, The Eastern Seaboard. More clouds drift on by following the local weather patterns. It's quiet up here somewhat peaceful as you can feel the hustle and bustle from below and smell the pollution that is being pumped into the sky above from the lands below. Yet it's better up here than down there, for now.

Outside>

Iris says, "Brother, I think you're going to give this Cow a bout of indigestion!"

Flare Feline grins back at Iris, then braces himslef as the bumpy ride commences

Colonel says, "You could always get out and walk, sister.." he says with a smirk, as he rolls the plane over, and rises into the night sky, bouncing and bounding through the turbulence, the large aircraft seeming to drop like a stone, before rising up again. "..a little bit of turbulence tonight."

Flare Feline turns to Iris "Umm.. so what is the exact plan anyway? I'm not too sure on the details."

Outside> You enter the Sky Above North America.
Outside> Sky Above North America
Outside>
As you descend towards the Earth's surface, the continent of North America grows gradually larger as soon you're able to spot the vast mountain ranges of the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains as well as see all of the vast forests and un-civilized lands in what would be Canada and Mexico.

Outside>

Iris chuckles. "Shut up, if I wasn't totally airsick, I'd give you a poke for that smart remark," she says playfully. Though her tone is light, she's still clinging for dear life to the seat. "The plan, Flare, is to send those other-dimension visitors right back where they belong."

Outside> Shadow Raven arrives from the Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> [OOC] Shadow Raven oooooooOOOOOOOooohs
Outside> Shadow Raven enters the Sky Above North Pole.

Flare Feline nods "I see, are we expecting a lot of trouble from Wily and the Robot Masters? I'd expect that Quint doesn't want to return without a fight."

Colonel turning the plane north, Colonel finally reaches some not so turbulent air, the plane bouncing only on occassion, the drumming of the engines filling the cavernous aircraft.

Iris says, "You never know what's going to happen. We have to be prepared for anything."

You say, "I guess you're right. Though if I had to put money on it, I'd say that Dr. Wily is going to raise a big fuss.""

Iris says, "Oh, he -is- a big fuss. If he shows up we'll deal with him."

You say, "Right" Flare chuckles "We will."

Colonel continues to pilot the plane. "..indeed." Colonel remarks. Our objective is to force the alternate Quint back into his home world.

Outside> You enter the Sky Above North Pole.
Outside> Sky Above North Pole
Outside>
Clouds are rare in the air above the frozen northern ice cap. Only a few cirrius puffs float far, far above most of the time. Sometimes hovercraft or airplanes come through, ferrying supplies to research stations in the icy lands below, but they are few and far between. Normally this portion of the skies is quiet as a tomb and incredibly cold.

Outside>

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> South <S4> leads to Sky Above Oceania.
Outside> Down <AO> leads to Arctic Ocean.
Outside> Down leads to Arctic Ice Floes.
Outside> South 3 <S3> leads to Sky Above Europe.
Outside> South 2 <S2> leads to Sky Above North America.
Outside> South 1 <S1> leads to Sky Above Asia.
Outside> Down <NP> leads to North Pole.
Outside> You gaze towards Arctic Ocean...
Outside>
The waters in this chilly ocean are quite truly freezing, only the salt impurity of the water keeping it from turning to ice. Huge icebergs which have broken off from the glaciers of even further north drift through here from time to time, the only noticeable features for miles and miles. Ships in this area are rare, tending to keep to the warmer and more hospitable waters to the south.

Outside>

Outside> You gaze towards Arctic Ice Floes...
Outside>
Barren glacial wastes mark the icy expanses of the Arctic, where the sun shines for days on end, and night lasts for weeks. Here the ice covers the oceans in most places, making sea travel an impossibity. Few creatures live on the ice floes, but here and there a laboratory complex will mark the residences of human and android scientist. The ice covers nearly everything, and the Aurora Borelias streaks across the dark skies at night, the lights of cities nonexistant here. It is quiet, peaceful, and above all, cold.

Outside> You enter the North Pole.
Outside> North Pole
Outside>
The northernmost place on the earth, this is where all magnets point naturally. Home of Santa Claus, Saint Nick or what have you. Arctic winds swirl and howl endlessly and the cold temperature is relentless. All sorts of animals dwell here, although the place is so big, it is rare to catch a glimpse of them. It's best not to stand in one place for too long, because it doesn't take long to get frost bite.. in the great white north.

Outside> Shadow Raven [RF]
Anthem [Command Armor] [RF]
Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> [RF]
Skyblade Eagle [RF]
Razor Pterodactyl [RF]
Whipcrack Octopus [RF]
Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> [M]
Ayla Ericson [C]
[Stealthed] Musica Airship <Orchestra> [C]

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> South <S> leads to Arctic Ice Floes.
Outside> Up leads to Sky Above North Pole.

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl nods to Anthem respectfully. "Well ma'am... if you ask me, there are only five responses someone like me can give to the likes of Colonel. Yes sir. No sir. No excuse sir. Sir, may I ask a question. And Sir, may I make a statement. And I don't think that anything I could ask or state would have any effect on the outcome." Why on earth he has chosen to hold this speech to another high-ranking officer he hasn't even spoken to before? Who knows?
(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: '*in a good mood* Sergeant Ocelot...reportin' fuh duty.'.

Iris begins to shiver a little bit. She pulls on a red fur parka that she's brought with her, not accustomed to the air temperature being so cold. While she doesn't require the temperature to be a certain level, she's sensitive to it when it rises or falls below certain parameters.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Ah needed fuh anyting immediately?'.

Outside> Anthem chuckles at Razor. "You learn pretty quick. And to be honest, I can't make that many responses to him that're outside what you just said. Welcome to the army. See the world. Get shot at by new and interesting people. Avoid daily annihilation of all reality for a half-decent paychcek."

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'Gimme a broadband check, payin' extra attention to Robot Master frequencies.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'On it.'.

Outside> Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> comes floating down, bouncing slightly as it reenters the turbulence, dropping like a stone, as the plane rises back up again. Someone should tell the Cow that it's not supposed to fly. Inside the plane, Colonel comments. "This is your pilot, Colonel, and welcome to the North Pole.. please be sure your fuel is properly rated for extreme cold weather, and prepare for landing." The 'Fasten Seat Belts' light comes on, as the Cow drops down, lowering skis to land in the snow, shuddering and shaking like a crane caught in a monsoon, fighting maintain direction. Then it touches down, throwing up a roostertail of show and ice as the emergency thrust is applied, and it skids past the construction site, spraying the other present with a fine mist of snow and ice.

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> settles on some icey area.

Iris says, "We didn't even get an in-flight snack! No movie, either..."

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl grins, though it may not be all that visible... beak and all. "Glad to be on board. Those are the reasons I joined. I just don't remember 'face the chilling cold of the frozen arctic wasteland' being a part of the job description."

Outside> Ayla Ericson shrugs, holding up one of the specialized darts. "Any long distance weapon," she answers. "Railgun, rifle, modified pistol in a pinch... I tried to make them fit into most weapons. Not every one out there though, unfortunately." Her black 'bot beeps a faint warning as the Cow lands, narrowing its optics as a mini shower of snow and ice falls from the sky. "I'll track the darts used through my computer. Then when one lands on someone who needs to leave this time, I'll activate that lone dart. Hopefully it'll cut down on accidental shots and misfires." The blonde teen looks up at the falling snow and grins faintly as she raises up a gloved palm. "Looks like we've got more company."

Flare Feline shrugs "Well, most inflight movies and meals aren't very good anyway, I don't think we would have missed much."

Outside>
Whipcrack is sprayed with snow, but ignores it -- most of it hits his dorsal area, where it sloughs off of his protective anti-moisture paint coating. "Yes, it seems that most of our support has arrived," he says to her. "It won't be long now. We're probably going to see some action."

Colonel says, "Blame the stewardess strike, Iris." he comments, as he lowers the backdeck. "We're here. Everyone out."

Iris accompanies her brother toward the exit, staying close to his side...she looks like a little red eskimo in the fur parka she's wearing.

Flare Feline stands up and walks to the exit of the craft. He is particularly sensitive to low temperatures, so he puts his hands together for a moment, and a red aura forms around them, and soon covers his whole body. "There" he sighs "That's better."

North Pole

The northernmost place on the earth, this is where all magnets point naturally. Home of Santa Claus, Saint Nick or what have you. Arctic winds swirl and howl endlessly and the cold temperature is relentless. All sorts of animals dwell here, although the place is so big, it is rare to catch a glimpse of them. It's best not to stand in one place for too long, because it doesn't take long to get frost bite.. in the great white north.

Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> [RF]
Shadow Raven [RF]
Anthem [Command Armor] [RF]
Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> [RF]
Skyblade Eagle [RF]
Razor Pterodactyl [RF]
Whipcrack Octopus [RF]
Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> [M]
Ayla Ericson [C]
[Stealthed] Musica Airship <Orchestra> [C]

Obvious exits:
South <S> leads to Arctic Ice Floes.
Up leads to Sky Above North Pole.

Colonel has arrived.

Iris has arrived.

Iris emerges from the Cow transport, accompanying her brother closely. She's all bundled up in a red fur parka...thankfully, there's no PETA supporters this far north to throw bloody meat at her.

Flare Feline leaves the Cow following Iris and the Colonel, he is covered by a glowing red aura, a variation of his weapon he is using to keep himself warm, cold is not his friend.

Skyblade Eagle flaps in through the area, "I hate ice...I hate ice...I really hate ice.." She mutters to herself as she flies in...

Razor Pterodactyl acks, and ignites his thrusters, remaining hovering in the air. As anyone who would look at Razor's previous position would notice, he was beginning to sink into the snow. Apparently, he is emitting a fair bit of outward heat. He sighs, and comments only with, "Well, that's inconvenient."
Colonel isn't bundled. He's able to handle this like he can the cold of dead space. He approaches Anthem, and snorts, a small puff of steam leaving his frame. "..so, your coffee freeze up in the weather yet, Command Major?"

Ayla Ericson sighs softly, her shoulders drooping a bit under the thick parka. "I know. Take cover somewhere safe and stay out of the action," she says with a faint grumble, lowering the dart and placing it in a case with the others. Seems like she's heard this before. "Don't get hurt and don't get in the way either."

Whipcrack is not bundled either; his insulation is internal and can cope with the polar environment well enough. "It's for our protection, ma'am," Whipcrack says to her, looking to Colonel and Iris. He pauses a moment to turn fully, salute, and state, "The portal is nearly operational, sir," to Colonel.

Anthem lacks the bundling, as Colonel does. She's covered in ice and snow, though, largely the result of Wave Dingo repeatedly shaking himself off on her. "Freeze up, sir? Heck no." She glances at her thermos, which is closed. "...Though I'll admit I don't think I could really tell if it *did* freeze..."

Colonel smirks slightly. "Indeed, I'll keep that in mind if the fuel on the Cow freezes. How goes the Bridgelayer?" he asks, as he returns all salutes with one of his own.

Skyblade Eagle lands, and huddles up, wrapping her wings around herself, "I still really hate cold...I hate it sooo much.." She shivers a bit..

Anthem grunts, and motions at the Stargate-like portal with a thumb. "Ask the octopus and the child. I can't unerstand a damn bit of what they're saying." She motions at Wave, who tosses her a duffel bag. "I'm ready to go whenever, though."

Flare Feline just walks around, rather quickly so he won't sink into the snow, looking for some solid ground. Once finding some, he just stands and waits for whatever is planned to happen to happen.

"Work is almost completed on the Bridgelayer, sir," Whipcrack responds. "It will be online shortly after the final diagnostics are run. Miss Erikson and I have also prepared a contingency plan in case of unwilling transportees which we believe will be singularly effective and safe for all universes involved."

Razor Pterodactyl flies towards Skyblade. She can probably feel a bit of warmth emanating from his body. "I fully share your sentiment... I could crank up the heat a bit if you like.", he offers.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> just sits there... happily... what could possibly be going inside? REVOLUTION! MAHHWHAHAHA

Skyblade Eagle looks at Razor, "Only if you're God and can crank up the heat of the planet a few dozen degrees..." She shakes her head, "I'd rather be back in Cairo...How come the Mavericks had to beat us for there to build the Stargate?"

Anthem receives a radio transmission from Broadcast Ocelot.

Iris asks Whipcrack and Ayla, "Will you need any additional assistance?"

Anthem sends a radio transmission to Broadcast Ocelot.

Ayla Ericson waves a gloved hand towards Iris. "Hi," she replies with her usual cheerfulness. She is, of course, bundled up to her eyes since her skin wouldn't do so well if it's frostbitten three times over. The assistbot chirps a greeting to the other Repliforcers in the area as well. "Our secondary plan is to use specialized darts that both Private Octopus and I made. Inside each one is a homing device, which allows us to selectively active the darts imbedded into the proper targets."

Razor Pterodactyl chuckles. "Yes, most unfortunate... I don't care if we built this thing in our own backyard, any place would have been better than here..." He increases the heat output of his body a couple of notches. Definately not enough to make anyone but him feel actually warm, he's more like a flying campfire now in terms of heat output.

Anthem receives a radio transmission.

[OOC] Flare Feline chucks snowballs at Razor :)

Skyblade Eagle shivers a bit more, "Damnit, I was built to fly in tropical conditions, not this.." She mutters, "If my wings ice over again, I swear.." She mutters, shaking her wings a bit out of reflex..

[OOC] Razor Pterodactyl Inferno Discs Flare. "Don't do that." ;)

Anthem grunts. "You know what I mean." She holds up a hand at Colonel's face. "Don't give me lip. It's not a threat to things, because Quint still has a wristband, and Wily'll make more to keep his own butt intact. I can do a lot of good there - I can stop Vava from becoming Vile. Hell, I can stop the whole damn Maverick revolution from happening. This'll save tens of millions of lives."

Colonel shakes his head. "I will not allow it, Anthem." he states, simply. "As it was pointed out to us, if those bands rupture, they can destroy the fabric of reality.. if that can happen here, what makes you think it will not happen there."

Razor Pterodactyl regards Skyblade curiously for a moment. "You know, we seem to be alike in many ways. Both originally designed for tropical conditions, and I've heard that you, like me, are equipped with razor-bladed disc weapons. Makes me wonder if my creator ripped off a popular design, or something."

Phoebus yawns a bit... looks like this will be a quiet day after all.

Skyblade Eagle grins a bit at Razor, "Nah. Not a popular design. Just the best." She pokes him lightly in the chest, "Other than freezing to death, how have you been holding out?"

Anthem isn't so easilly diverted. "And you're tellin' me that the other Wily won't manufacture them by the bucket, to keep things from going wrong? If the other one's got half the sense of self-preservation ours does, those bands will be the next big thing in jewelery in the fall."

Razor Pterodactyl instinctively backs away a bit as he's poked, being deathly afraid of hurting anyone with that overly sharp body of his. He shrugs. "Ah... well, you know, the usual... hanging out in the Atrium, blasting some Mavericks every now and then, getting restricted to light duty because of psychological problems..." o O(...now I'm certain that WASN'T what I was going to say...)

Colonel shakes his head. "I understand your concern, but you know as well as I do that you are not crossing over just to stop Doctor Wily, and that you are allowing your feelings for Vava to interfer with your judgement." There's a grunt, and he shakes his head. "I am sorry, you are not allowed to leave this dimension, and when we are done with this portal, we will find some way to lock out it's frequency so that this is not repeated."

Skyblade Eagle blinks, and arches a brow, "Excuse me?" .o(What, does everyone have mental problems lately? I swear I'm the only sane person in Repliforce anymore...)

Iris listens quietly, but she sincerely doubts in her mind that Anthem is going to be very easily convinced.

Anthem snarls at Colonel for a moment. "You are *such* a f..." She stops mid-word, and takes a deep breath. "....Yes sir." Anthem, though, is obviously smouldering.

Reporto has arrived.

Reporto drops Reporto's Camera <RC>.

Razor Pterodactyl puts a hand on the back of his head. "Erm... I didn't just say what I think I said, right? ...anyway, forget it. I'm over it now. Really."

The Camera turns on.

The sound of little helicopter blades hums over the ice. It's there just long enough for the gathered Repliforcers to turn and look, before a squaky voice rings out. "This is Reporto, bringing the news to you *LIVE* from the Arctic Circle, courtesy of GNN! One of our informants tipped us off to a massive movement of Repliforce troops to this location, and as always, we are bringing you exclusive, as-it-develops coverage of the situation! Let's zoom in now!"

Skyblade Eagle shakes her head, "Razor, I'm your division's XO. I need to know these things. What's wrong?"

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> swerves a bit, the main weapon of the tank pointing towards Reporto...and then Phoebus realizes it's just Jimmy and thus swerves the weapon back around...Phoebus is smouldering inside the tank...grr...dumb reporter type people.

Ayla Ericson clears her throat faintly as she takes a step towards the higher-ups. "Ma'am, I wouldn't suggest that," she says to Anthem. "Since we've installed a one-way shield on the Gate. Whoever goes through will be unable to pass back into this timeline. Hence the creation of these unique darts." The teen holds up a slim box made of clear plastic. At least two dozen metal objects can be seen within. Her assistbot makes a persistent beep as the announcement comes from the helicopter above. "Media," the teen sighs softly.
Iris smiles at the sight of cameras. She looks almost like a little movie star, in her red fur parka. "Oh, media!"

Announcement: Libra shouts, "For those of you not on Live News - Reporto just told the entire world that Repliforce has a big intradimensional portal sitting at the North Pole. :) Pssst. This is the cue to do something about it."

Ayla Ericson has reconnected.

Ayla Ericson has partially disconnected.

Skyblade Eagle has disconnected.

Skyblade Eagle has connected.

Colonel grunts. "..yes.. Anthem, I am. A grade A, government built and certified, one-hundred percent -bastard-. And you still are not going through that gate.. for the reasons that Ayla said.." he suddenly pauses, swallowing abit, "My apologies for the foul language.." Then he blinks at Ayla, glancing up at the camera. "..someone get that press bot outta here, this is a military operation, not a circus sideshow!"

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Ten transmits: '*Yawn* I just reactivated. What's going on?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Flare Feline transmits: 'We're all freezing our afts off in the North Pole it seems'.

Razor Pterodactyl sighs deeply, and lowers his head. "I... I really can't. Talking about this the first time was hard enough for me. I've discussed the matter with Hurricane Hawk. I think he would be better able to explain this without getting all emotional."

Anthem half-opens her yap to complain again, but is fortunately distracted by a little flying reporter with a camera. "Oh, you've got to be freakin' *kidding* me. Somebody get rid of him already!"

Whipcrack Octopus is standing near a large upright circular structure, making some adjustments to it. He glances at the flying news drone for a second before continuing his work, checking various things with his numerous tentacles.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Ah see. Finally, some radio chatter.'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> pauses...for a brief moment...and then aims the main weapon once more at Reporto.

Colonel receives a radio transmission from Ten.

Reporto receives a radio transmission.

Skyblade Eagle nods, "I will." She turns her head towards Anthem and Colonel, "On it." Her wings spread wide, ice crystals falling off as she takes off into the air, headding up towards Reporto's position..

Colonel ahems. "Isn't that -your- duty, Command Major.." Anything to keep her from all this crazy talk of doing the stray puppy routine with Vava. 'Hey, alt-Kelly McLaren, look who I brought home, can I keep her?!'

Flare Feline is pacing back and forth, the red aura is still around him, keeping him from freezing, he looks a little antsy, muttering "Cold is bad, cold is bad, cold is bad."

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'But strange. Somebody still missin'. Oh yeah...Masters still quiet.'.

Anthem snorts frost at Colonel. "Do I look like I fly, mmm?" She pops out a pair of little skis on the bottoms of her feet, and takes off after Reporto. "Get back here, you little !*$#er! I'll skin you alive, even if I've gotta staple actual skin to ya first!"

(Ch. D [Public]) Guts Man transmits: 'Hehehehehehe!!!'.

Iris gasps!

(Ch. D [Public]) Psych Mosquito transmits: 'How utterly irrelevent.'.

Ayla Ericson blinks her eyes. Foul language? What foul language? Considering she's heard a choice selection as her 'other' self. "No problem, sir," she replies as she slips the box out of sight. Okay, so her foul vocabulary is becoming extensive as a human as well.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Spoke too soon.'.

Reporto swoops in low, camera still running. "And this is a close-up of the strange portal that Repliforce seems to have constructed in the middle of nowhere - and this is a close-up of the Repliforce bird that's currently acting as an air-to-air interceptor to stop me..." He zooms in *real* close on Skyblade's face. "...Uh oh. Time to get outta here!"

Dark Necrobat arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

Dark Necrobat has arrived.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> still has the guns pointed to reporto... deciding that 20 seconds will be enough time to let him leave before blowing him away.

Razor Pterodactyl looks up and follows Skyblade's every move, his exceptional sight enabling him to see every detail of what's going on up there.

Iris looks over at her brother, trying to get his attention. "Brother...the Masters have deployed, they're en route," she says.

Ion Wolf arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Ion Wolf has arrived.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Heads up, Repliforce, Sergeant Iris says we have enemy forces inbound. All units prepare and deploy.. forget about Reporto for now.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Masters scramblin' everybody they can fuh de party. Includin' Zero Omega.'.

Skyblade Eagle spots Anthem, but since she can actualy fly...She ponders two things. She can say either 'This is restricted airspace, and you need to leave.' or she can say 'Get the f*^# out of here before I clip your damn wings!'. She decides, however, to go with the a mixture, "This is restricted Repliforce airspace! You need to back your aft out of this area right now, or you don't wanna know what'll happen."

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'An' ah figure de Mavericks are doin' de same.'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> stops aiming for Reporto and swerves around, looking for Guts Man, Bass, and Wily.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Chi transmits: 'I am on route. If required, Colonel, I may request permission for.. extreme measures.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Is Ten with you?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'I need a drop.'.

Ten arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Ten has arrived.

Whipcrack moves his tentacles over some last components, then steps back. The portal's systems begin to light up, preparing to open the rift. Whipcrack takes a modular console off the portal and begins to carry it back towards a fortification, walking at a calm but brisk pace.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Hyper Roll transmits: 'Do you require any assistance with whatever is going on?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Chi transmits: 'She should be arriving there shortly.'.

Whipcrack Octopus sends a radio transmission to Colonel.

Colonel receives a radio transmission.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'Hunters, this is Repliforce Command, currently on stand-by at the Bridgelayer at the following coordinates. 5 degrees North, by 10 degrees west (dead near the North Pole) we are expecting an attack by a large Maverick and Master contingent soon, request assistance immediately.'.

Chi arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Chi has arrived.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Phoebus transmits: '...Maverick too? ....'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Hyper Roll transmits: 'We're coming as fast as we can mobilize.'.

Maverick Ride Armor <Piranha> arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Maverick Ride Armor <Piranha> has arrived.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Ok. Wily himself is gonna show up.'.

Ayla Ericson sends a radio transmission.

Colonel receives a radio transmission.

Broadcast Ocelot has arrived.

Broadcast Ocelot stalks into the area, tail swishing from side to side.

Ayla Ericson speaks into her radio as she jogs for cover. Under one arm is a concealed case, while a backpack is strapped to her back. She appears to be heading for the same fortification as Whipcrack Octopus.

Ten comes flying as fast as she can. "Oh great, I overslept!" She breathes a sigh of relif when she sees that no trouble has started yet. "Whew! At least I'm fashionably late. For me, no other kind of late will do!" She smiles in spite of everything as she closes the distance to the site.

Shadow Raven has left.

Chi more or less just appears, not anywhere near as fast as his flying sister, Ten, but still moving at a good speed in the same direction. He snorts as he runs, cold air being breathed already without it being a true form of assault. That may eliminate some of his forms of assault, but there are many more in the end. Masamune clicks against the back of him as he moves, blade ice-cold yet no doubt still ready for the incoming assault.

Ion Wolf follows suit, turqoise eyes frosted by the chill arctic winds skimming the area as internal sensors compensate for the cold. He wears a stoic and immoveably solid expression, locked into the mindset of a soldier. Initiated weapon systems arm his gauntlets with twenty four inch blades of hissing electricity.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'Ok, speak up.. who has the best rifle skills on channel?'.

Stealth Transport arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

Stealth Transport has arrived.

Maverick Ride Armor <Piranha> floats around at the bottom of the sea, far out of range of any detectors posessed by the Repliforce. Waiting, for now, and watching, hiding beneath the ice floes of the North Pole. He was in no position to make action, and would be best off not to. But soon.

Iris remains standing near her brother. If all hell breaks loose, she doesn't want to be far from him.

Maverick Hunter Recon Vehicle <Phantom> arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Maverick Hunter Recon Vehicle <Phantom> has arrived.

As Whipcrack places the final touches onto the test run of the Portal, the massive cobalt armour that everyone knows as the Goliath makes its way steadily out of the Repliforce Encampment, and for the gigantic portals perimeter. Its steps are heavy, and powerful, each impact of the armour sending mild tremors through the frosty Artic surface, while the barbed footings dig into the ice like a pair of ice climbing boots. Over a relatively small glacier, and into the valley the Portal is flickering within comes the Goliath, motors making the trademark *whoom-chump* noise with each pumping of its pistons.

Situated atop of the Goliath is a less familiar sight, but one that is growing moreso. It is Vava, the robot who never dreamed of much, let alone Dimensional travel, but here he is, an entire organization pooling its resources to send him home because he may invariably cause all realities to crumble just for breathing. Of note, Vava's armor is near identical to his counterpart - Vava's, only it is a stark ivory shade. Usually without his helm, today Vava adorns himself with the infamous helm, white with a golden trim, as a pair of indigo optics shimmer from within its shadowy recesses. With growing ease, he pilots the Goliath towards his doorway back home.

Meanwhile, somewhere over the ice, a faint flicker in the air and a soft, almost imperceptible hum of engines announces the arrival of another group of forces, as it smoothly accelerates along the ice, making for the location of Reporto's transmissions.

Gee... It looks like everyone is coming to visit Santa Claus tonight. Maybe for once he'll have to break out the Milk and Cookie for visitors for once...

But then again maybe not. After all like any good fairfolk, the jolly old elf knows exactly when to hide...

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Aight. More info on Master strategy.'.

Realizing that things are starting to begin, Flare Feline keeps his focus sharp, and stays within the vinicity of the Colonel, Iris and the rest of the Repliforcers, an apparent look of distaste due to the cold is still on his face.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Seems their plan is tuh have two of their femmes secure de gate while de rest a dem hold us back.'.

Coming across the skies, under radar level is a dark shape. Carefully, he lands on a larget floe a few-hundred feet away from the scene. The curious bat's got a plan tonight, in light of his newfound freedom. He's been hearing things, and has decided to take matters into his own hands. And so he waits, hiding in the desert of ice.

Maverick Hunter Recon Vehicle <Phantom> deactivates its stealth mode.

Ten arrives, but begins to hover rather than land. Her mastery of fire prevents her from getting too cold, but she tries to stay away from any ice lest it melt and turn into something that she fears. She looks around to try to figure out what is going on. "Gee, this looks like it will be quite a party!"

Colonel draws his sabre, staying close to his sister. "If the Mavericks attack, prepare to get out of here.." He looks over, and calls out, "Miss Ericson, I'd suggest you take shelter in the heavy armor of the Cow!"

Whipcrack darts into a fortified and camoflaged bunker about 100 meters away from the portal itself, out of the way of the most easily accessable entry point -- and away from where the battle for this portal will most likely take place. Once Ayla is inside as well, he seals it up and puts the platoon of Repliforce troopers around it on the defensive while he begins running final system diagnostics.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'We're about to go, how are things down there Right now?'.

And yet, still meanwhile, from farther up in the air than most normal people would consider traveling, another vehicle appears heading towards the coordinates that were not to long ago given to the Maverick Hunters.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'Still looking for a sharpshooter to tag the target of this hunt."'.

Broadcast Ocelot is freezing his aft off... oO(Damn frickin' cold weather. Why dey couldn't do this somewhere warm?)Oo Yet, the ocelot tries his best not to let his joints or communications circuitry freeze up... oO(Where's Ten when you need a fire?)Oo

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Stalker Tiger transmits: 'I can try. I'm a pretty good shot Colonel.'.

Iris sighs, reluctant to leave her brother out here for the inevitable battle for control of this portal. She wants to stay near him for as long as possible.

Ten looks about for Broadcast Ocelot, and spots him. she quickly flies over to him and begins slowly flapping her wings to hover nearby a short distance off of the ground while she talks to him. "Broadcast, keep watch on the portal. Don't let our enemies get to it without being seen. Inform us if you spot anything."

Colonel starts giving an order. "Ten, Chi, prepare to merge into Guardian Mobius if needed." he continues to give orders. "Vava, as much as you are ready to go hoime, we may need you and the Goliath to help hold the line til we get the others back."

Colonel says quietly to Iris. "Is Vanguard prepared, if needed?"

Iris nods, gesturing to her necklace. "Right here."

Chi arrives a bit after his floating sister, armor heaving faintly as he breathes heavily, having just performed quite the jog. Not that he really has much need for breath, it's merely a bit of a programmed response to make him seem more.. non-alien. As the order is given, he turns his gaze skywards towards Ten.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Hyper Roll transmits: 'Is there a designated landing zone?'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'Look for the Ten painted aircraft.'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> acts tanklike.

Reporto has left.

Broadcast Ocelot looks up as the tell-tale signs of Ten approaching him are noted... oO(Ah yes. Glorious heat...)Oo The ocelot nods, "Yes ma'am." oO(Just doh go too far away. The heat is niiiice...)Oo

Ayla Ericson looks around the bunker. "I think I'll go with Colonel's suggestion and run for the airship," she whispers quickly to Whipcrack Octopus. "You'll have a better viewpoint than I will. Take the darts and my computer. I can radio you with the instructions from the Cow. I should know my own programs, right?" The backpack is shrugged off before the teen heads back for the exit. "Mind if I borrow some of these guys?"

Chi's eyes narrow as he watches Broadcast Ocelot, near his sister, keeping a keen eye on his subordinates.

Skyblade Eagle runs Reporto off, and then comes back, wee..

Suddenly an area of the air seems to shimmer ABOVE the gate, a crackling hum filling the air as a haze shimmers in the air, then fades away..revealing the sleek and deadly curves of a night black stealth transport as it descends rapidly, retros firing with a roar as it drops to a hover. Thought he light seems absorbed by its black hull, one symbol stands out clearly...the Skull painted on the nosecone, the symbol of the Robot Masters! With a roar side doors open and Sniper Joes leap out, already opening fire on the Repliforce troops before the craft is even fully landed, attempting to take them by suprise!

Stealth Transport deactivates its stealth mode.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'Got it.'.

Maverick Hunter Recon Vehicle <Phantom> just continues its decent, doing a wide circle around the area looking for a ship. As it notices the ship in question, the recon vehicles slowly lowers itself untill its a few feet above the ice, before suddenlt shutting its enfines off. After all heat is a Bad Thing (TM) here since it can melt through the ice and there's nothing below the ice but ocean.

Whipcrack takes the items and signals for some of the gumbies to follow Ayla. "Acknowledged," he says, before retreating back into the bunker as the attack begins.

Hyper Roll has arrived.

Colonel glances up at the airborne assault, hearing something like 'Cob-ra.. Cob-ra.. Cob-ra..' in his ears. "Here they come!" Colonel yells, igniting his sabre. "Cut them down before they land." Yes, the Repliforce was ready for an assault from the sky. "Open fire!"

Quint-Sakugarne has arrived.

Ayla Ericson takes a few deep breaths. "Risky? Yes. Can I do it? Definitely," she says to herself before she takes off at a full out run. The troops keep pace with the teen easily, some returning the Master's fire while a few go down. She disappears into the interior of the Cow with her black assistbot.

Anthem has left.

Shadow Man has arrived.

Ten sees her brother. Cheerfully, she says to Broadcast, "Okay, I'm counting on you." Then she begins flying toward Chi, only a short distance off of the ground. Just then, the transport arrives. Ten hears the gunfire, and Colonel's shouting, and quickens her flight toward her brother, looking desperate. "Well, here we go!"

King has arrived.

Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> moves into the Portal Perimeter zone, the Goliaths steps coming at a steady pace. It veers off from the vortex of energy, to pace alongside it, the helm of its pilot twisting at the neck to regard the large device with a bit of awe. As Vava gapes, the Goliath moves up to the little triumvaret around Colonel, and somewhat -to- abruptly, stops, causing Vava to be shocked forward into the console slightly. Still inexperienced, afterall. Looming over the Repliforce XO, Vava's right hand releases one of the control sticks, and snaps up a salute to Colonel, "As you wish, Colonel-sir. But I should point out, once Quint and I are through, there is very little reason to continue to battle here. I shall do my best to expedite that matter, and save you the loss of personel and resources." Jaw setting, Vava's fingers flex slowly over the Goliath's controls, loosing his hands up for possible combat, as his helm swivels across the frosty surroundings. Idly, he muses to himself, "I have to wonder how such a reporter came across this classified facility. Fairly ingenious of him, to say the least. Alas, the innocents actions shall make this hard for us all. But, we shall stand tall." Just as Vava muses, the Master Transport comes into view. "And now, we will show our vigilance."

Guts Man has arrived.

Pirate Man has arrived.

Flare Feline eyes the sky, and readies himself to take on whatever Master or Maverick engages him.

Broadcast Ocelot just continues to take in whatever ambient heat from Ten that he can, without making it look too obvious. That is until those stupid Masters decide to attack and spoil his warming up. He acks and dives for cover in the snow, ruining any warmth he just felt... oO(Damn Masters...)Oo He then climbs back to his feet while making his way to the gate. He got his orders. Don't let anyone through.

"Talk about timing..." Hyper Roll can't help but state as she slips out of the Phantom, hearing the order for Repliforce to attack, rushing towards the portal.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Hyper Roll transmits: 'I'm here. ETA on the VTOL?'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> 's cannon thing moves a bit..

Eyes shimmer emerald fire as Ion fixes on the suddenly revealed enemy airship. A flicker of eagerness coiled around restraint rushes through them, and he remains fixed in his place, bracing against the coming battle. Sterling steel claws shift from outstretched to fists, betraying his restless fervor. A glance is cast over his comrades as he makes certain of their positions, and their own state of readiness, before his vigilance once more aspires to the shadow looming above.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'We'll be here in a moment.'.

Ayla Ericson initiates a gestalt merge.

Opera has arrived.
Ayla Ericson has left.

Iris hasn't been directly told to head back to the Cow, yet. So she stays put bravely next to her brother, dagger at the ready in case any Sniper Joes get close enough to get jabbed.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> has arrived.

King dashes down the ramp of the transport, his grey cloak swirling behind him, the sunlight glinting off his golden armor as he charges forwards, his shield warding off the few bolts that are sent towards him from the troopers closest almost contemptuously. He twirls his axe, then raises it high, roaring out. "For Wily and victory! HAVOC!" A handful of Sniper Joes flank him, raising their shields to shield the forces behind them, snapping off quick shots at the Repliforce positions as King charges towards them, a blue flash coming from his chest as several pinwheels of azure energy shoot out to explode into the ice and snow in front of them.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> flies into the area.

Chi nods slowly towards his sister, turning his gaze towards the approaching troops. "Once more into the breach.." He mutters, for his sister's ears only, Masamune coming around the Minotaur's shoulders, the handle for his mighty halberd stretching out before him. "Let's deal with some of their lesser troops first, sister. Stay with me." Already he charges forward, straight towards the line of sniper joes, discharging blasts from his halberd in advance, not close enough for any actual chopping yet.

WilySaucer arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

WilySaucer has arrived.

[OOC] Flare Feline shouts to the Wily Saucer "Do the brow! Do the brow!!" ^_^

Zero Omega has arrived.

Quint-Sakugarne hops down alongside King, mounting Sakugarne during the drop. He quickly pogos along the ice and through the snow towards his prize: the portal!

Shadow Man somersaults out of the transport, and then proceeds to do a few flips to dodge the blasts that would otherwise blast through his armor, because he doesn't really feel like having his armor his armor blasted at the moment. With a flash of blue light and a horrendous grating noise, three trademark Shadow Blades are generated from thin air, and thrown towards the low-level Repliforce resistance, that he might pick them off one by one...

Guts Man jumps out of the transports as his hardhat opens up to reveal a propeler. Guts Man slowly hovers down to the ground with style.

Ten quickly nods, although chi probably doesn't see it. "Right!" Ten follows her brother, still flying slightly off of the ground to avoid any ice. She does not draw her naginata. Instead, she opens the flame jets in her palms and begins sending small fireballs toward the joes. "Time to dispense some justice!"

Broadcast Ocelot holds his ground defending the portal. The cat has already powered up his sound generators and is ready to fire his ultra-low frequency sound vibrations in any direction towards the attackers. If they want this portal they have to get through him first... oO(Dammmit, it's cold!)Oo

Pirate Man quickly chases after King and the Joes, his one optic focuses on the objective but then looks around to see who is in the area but doesn't switch objectives as he follows King

As the first troopers land, the ice around them seems to open up, cracking wide, and swallows the Sniper Joes whole. The cause of this fissure is readily apparent as the Repliforce XO has slammed his sabre into the snow, and caused a tidal wave of ice, snow, and energy to hit the front line. "Our lines must remain static, Repliforce! We shall hold! All units.. ATTACK!"

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> starts shooting at joes...since I'm semi afk and PCs probably don't want to shoot at someone semi afk.

Dark Necrobat meanwhile has been creeping across his ice floe. There, he continues to hide, waiting for the battle to begin in enest. He's just a silent observer. For now.

Flare Feline draws his claws on the order to attack, and eyes the robot masters and mutters to himself "Alright, who's first?"

Ion Wolf stands utterly still, focused in place, a cocnrete barrier of mechanics and alloys. He seems an irrevokeable wall, set in place and unchangable, forever defying the scourge of Wily's robots. The incoming wave grows ever closer, the faces of his foes become more distinct and he can see the sterling shades of their eyes, the way the light reflects off of their cold-polished armour. Ion then throws both arms back as he arches his spine, thrusting out his chest and cocking his head back to the sky with a sudden, earth shattering scream, "GYAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!" His body flows over with a field of electricity as he then slumps down into attack position and charges at his enemies with a seemingly lightning speed, flurries of snow thrown up in his wake.

Hyper Roll changes direction midstride as she engages her dash jets, all the while her buster arm starts to power up while she glances at the incoming Master forces. "I hope the others get here soon.."

From the Cow steps out a large reploid. Black armour is edged with faint traces of silver, an axe hangs at its side, and it simply looks like a female Viking from time passed. "It was too good to be kept a secret," Opera comments as she strides towards the portal. Vava and Goliath get a quick and silent glimpse, but the Musica doesn't change her direction.

Razor Pterodactyl soars into action as the Joes start coming in, firing razor-bladed discs at them from the air. Since the fire of the Joes is concentrated on the ground forces, he doesn't face too much resistance from them at the moment. He's cocky enough to shout out to them, "Hey, up here, you morons!"

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> circles in to land near the cow-painted ship.

Zero Omega steps out of the transport almost casually, ducking one shot before dropping sprinting off towards the side. She's not actually making an attempt to assault the portal, so much as keep moving and not be a target. At Colonel's trashing of a section of ice, she redirects herself, moving along the outskirts of the range of fire. . o O (She'll be here. She always shows up.)

Libra has arrived.

The Camera turns off.

It's more of a combined effort, the stamping hoofs of the Minotaur helping to add force to the tidal wave caused by the Colonel. Chi continues on regardless, charging right after the wave that heads towards the Robot Masters. He draws Masamune out in front of him, head bowing slightly as he more or less directs a train collision into the sniper joe forces, heedless of what damage is done to his frame as a result of his sacrifical move.

Libra takes Reporto's Camera <RC>.

Libra has left.

Quint-Sakugarne leaps over the risint tsunami of ice and snow Colonel makes, landing safely on the other side. "Ha!" He glances behind and sees all the obliteraded snipers. "Oh...bah! They deserved it!" And he presses on, moving along the side to flank the portal and its guardians.

King's eyes narrow as he feels the ice shudder underneath, then vaults upwards as the ground gives way, the Sniper Joe squad with him tumbling into the fissure knocked flying by the wave of loose ice and snow as he vaults over it. With a crash he lands in front of the front rank of the Repliforce troopers, his gaze grim as his axe rises up and swings in a powerful crosscut, scattering several troopers (literally in a couple cases) left and right as he attempts to punch a hole through the Repliforce lines.

Set away from the battle in a fortification, a lone octopus and a small group of Repliforce soldiers work diligently in the dark, beginning the portal initialization sequence. The portal begins powering up, reading itself for coordinates.

Broadcast Ocelot blinkblinks at Colonel's order... oO(Attack he says. An' here I thought we were suppose tuh be defendin' this thing. Oh well. Go fig...)Oo The cat's tail swishes through the cold air as the freezin' ocelot looks for some action to keep himself warm. Oh what he wouldn't give to be out on a date someplace warm all now. Oh well, such is the life of a Repliforcer. Other than that, he still guards over the gate. Making sure no one is foolish enough to get close enough to it if they ain't Hunter of Repliforce.

Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> turns on its haunches as the melee erupts into its full force, and begins to stomp forward. Looming over the standard Repliforce ranks, the Maverick Ride Armor looks out of place, and that could not be more true. A Maverick Armor, pilotted by another reality Vile, who is actually Vava, a paragon of good virtue. Confused yet? None the less, the cobalt Goliath, and its ivory pilot, move forward into the fray, but the superarmor does not seem to open up with its full force - instead the goldplated cannon on Vava's shoulder steadily expels flickering white energy EMP vortexes, stunning Robot Master troops to incapacitation, but not obliterating them in any sense. Sure, they may lack minds, but Vava isn't about to use extreme force when not necessary. Mmmzap.

Symphony has arrived.

Cappella has arrived.

As the section that King attacks starts to crumple underneath the attacks by the Elite, Colonel looks down at his sister, and offers her a small smile. "..the line must be held, no matter the cost." For a moment, the thoughts cross his mind: stand and fight, or flee? Knowing the Repliforce Executive, that answer is easy as he pulls his sabre up into his right arm, and dashes across the ice, kicking up frost as he heads into position to reinforce the falling Repliforce front. "Be brave, Repilforce, hold the line, we will win this night!"

Ten is still near her brother. As the ice is split and the wave comes, Ten suddenly feels very glad that she can fly. She looks back at her own wings and smiles. Then she looks forward to see Chi charging through the joes, getting hammered in the process. Her optics go wide in shock. "Chi!" Then she begins sending blasts of flame at the joes with incresed determination, ferocity, and anger. "Leave my brother alone!"

Synth has arrived.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> continues concentrating fire on the joes..trying to make King a bit ... isolated.
Shadow Man leaps backwards as the crack speeds in his direction, towards the transport, clearing himself from a group of joes, some of whom managed to save themselves, many who were not so lucky. Finding no further use in bothering with Repliforce support, given the command firepower present, he turns his gaze to the portal itself... Another three blades are generated, with a horrendous sound to accompany, and he locks his sights on the Portal, waiting and searching for even a narrow window of oppurtunity to send one through...

Guts Man stands there, waiting for a victim.

Flare Feline takes off and tears into the Joes, slashing and blasting them wherever possible, he has a glint of determination in his eyes, he intends to follow his orders to protect the portal.

Iris is just as brave as her big brother, especially when he's around to help her feel that way. She'll do whatever she can to hold the line.

Hyper Roll doesn't even comment on Colonels manuver with the Ice Flow, even though internally she makes a note about it for later. Instead she just keeps moving, blinking only once as a shape bounces in front of her for just a second. Instinctively she fires a (Non coded) warning shot in the direction of whatever may of been there.

"hold it right there."

Opera slows her pace as the ice-laden ground shudders from the force that is known as Colonel. "Keep the line, sir?" the Musica says to herself. "Glady. No one is going to ruin that Gate if I can help it." She unhooks her axe, looking around for some unfortunate opponent to dismantle.

Bonne Dropship <Drache> arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Bonne Dropship <Drache> has arrived.

Pirate Man looks around silently as he fires off a few shots from his arm cannon, his optic narrows as he looks in the direction of the portal then to the Repliforce soldiers as continues on his way waiting to see who tries to stop him

Colonel doesn't need to hit his radio, his distinctive bark is well known, and LOUD. "Repliforce, let us show them that we mean business. Chi.. Ten.. MERGE WHEN READY!"

Symphony moves quickly out of the transport, her sisters should not be far behind, she spies the gate and looks it over, standing for now at the bottom of the exit ramp, they most likely have not been noticed with all the joes taking up the Repliforce's attention. She notes that it has begun starting up and points in the direction of the gate and radios her sisters '<Over there, lets go, Synth, I'll need you to hack into it once we're there and shut it down, understand?>'

Rock has arrived.

Stalker Tiger has arrived.

Broadcast Ocelot is still by the gate, ready to fend off any would be saboteurs and such like.

Dark Necrobat enters the Arctic Ice Floes.

Dark Necrobat has left.

Synth nods to Symphony, gripping some sort of strange energy rifle. "<Right.>" she seems mortally afraid of the raging battle - it's really something close to her personal hell. But she fights off most of the emotion.

The portal is still powering up and preparing to activate. In a fortified bunker well away from the combat zone itself, Whipcrack Octopus continues the preparations, watching the action on a bank of monitors.

coming to an abrupt halt, Zero Omega whirls around. That voice. She /is/ here. Casting her gaze around for a few moments, she finally catches sight of her 'rival' as she challenges the idiot. Narrowing her eyes, she smirks slightly. This could be fun to watch. She slowly walks towards Hyper Roll, her form shimmering and fading from view. It's a mild effect, but it gets her out of the line of fire while she watches the upcoming show.

Razor Pterodactyl backs up towards the portal as he keeps taking pot shots at the Joes who are engaging the generic Repliforce ground forces defending it. He's certainly not about to let anyone come near.

Zero Omega activates her stealth mode.

Blasts of energy extend beneath Ion's feet as he launches over fifty feet straight into the air, leaving a trail of melted snow whipping in his wake like ribbons of sparkling liquid diamond. Mid-air, his gaze catches the sight of the Robot Master, Pirate Man. Spinning to face down, those same boosters launch again, sending him jolting down to ground level like crisp bolt of lightning, energy streaking in his path. Where he lands, snow explodes in a furious cloud that consumes him and his targetted foe, it's slow fading cirrus revealing the now solid standing figure of the Repliforcer.

Flare Feline continues running through the Joes, and eyes one of the Masters making his way towards the portal, Pirate Man. Flare stops in front of him, claws drawn "Sorry, I can't let you go any further. We're here to protect the portal from you, you won't go near it."

Whipcrack Octopus sends a radio transmission to Colonel.

Colonel receives a radio transmission.

King lets out a deep growl as he ducks under a stab by one of the Repliforce troopers, then responds with a swing of his axe, the blade hissing through the air as it slams into the trooper, lifting him up into the air and sailing away as several of his component parts part company with his main torso. His shield swings in a quick smash to knock another wouldbe assailant back, one armored foot stomping hard on the unfortunate reploid's chest with a screech of metal giving as King strides over the fallen body, his azure optics snapping up as he hears Colonel exhorting his troops. His resonant voice rings over the battlefield in the area where he is. "Bravery will not carry this fight for you, Colonel! The Gate will belong to Doctor Wily, and any who stand in our way shall be as dust before us!" His right gauntlet twirls his axe in a howling circular blur for a moment. "But come, let me prove my point, on your crushed form!" With a roar he throws himself forwards, his shield coming up as he attempts to ram the Colonel back, a handful of Metools spilling through the small hole he's made in the front line.

Skyblade Eagle is circling overhead, firing potshots at various Joes and such, until she's stopped by someone or something..

Quint-Sakugarne heys! when somebody takes a shot at him. "Watch it you...hey, it's you baby! Miss me that much huh?" he asks cockily, and with that he leaps off the pogo stick with his hands in the air. "Wait a sec...you look a bit different. Wow, did some growing up I see?" This said with a mischievious grin. "Well I heartily approve of you dressing up for me toots!" And with that he darts forward and plants a big smooch dead on her lips. Loudly. He maintains the kiss for as long as he thinks he can (i.e. till the shock wears off) then leaps backwards with an even bigger grin then before. "Catcha in a bit cupcake, I got things to do!"

The thief just follows her sisters not really looking thrilled at this. If she can find some way to throw Zero Omega in it she would be more then happy. Instead of watching her sisters she is paying more attention to the fight around her.

Iris feels lucky. Yeah, she's feeling lucky tonight. Hopefully this confrontation with be much more bluster than it's going to be bloodshed...but of course, she's full of wishful thinking. She looks back over her shoulder to get an idea of where everyone is -- and as she runs forth, her little body rebounds off of something large and metal. <PWANG> A bit stunned, she blinkblinks, trying to figure out what she just ran into...

Symphony then radio's Cappella '<Think you can open that bunker for us to get in? Synth will need to be inside if she's going to hook into the mainframe, we can't steal the gate while it's powering up. Once we're inside you and I can distract any repliforces while she turns it off, and shuts down any defense mechanisms, then we can get the Joes to carry it back to the transport.>'
Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> follows orders, hanging back for the moment, but ready to offer it's assistance should anyone call for it. (ooc page or radio Sonata, otherwise she might miss y'all...)

King misses Colonel with his Royal Shield Bash attack.

Guts Man is aching for some hurting. He notices the Goliath and remembers he has a score to settle with Vile, of course he has no idea it's Vava in there. So his intentions are to go scrap the ride armor. That is until something runs into him. Looking down at his feet he notices something small. Iris. "What the?! Watch where you're going twerp!"

Synth doesn't fire, just following after Symph and Capp. (OOC: ... fairly IAW.)

Chi's charge takes him through several of the troopers, leaving little but pieces in his wake, but eventually clearing a bit of ground around him. The order has been sent, and it is most certainly time. "Ten, to me!" He shouts, regal tones as evident as they usually are, swinging his halberd about in a circle in front of him before sliding it back into its sheathe upon his back. "The time is upon us, my sister, and we must do whatever we are able to win this battle! The time for Mobius is now!"

Rock steps out of the Vorpal as it opens, checking his weapons and looking about for someone in Repliforce who looks like he or she is in charge. He mutters something quickly before heading towards the main fighting, kicking in his dash jets as he does so. His armor is all shined up and repaired from the night before, his face looking perfectly intact. In fact, he looks to have never been in a battle at all. Rather, his face is set in a serious and stern look that can only be characterized as X-on-business, and with that, he stops just short of the action, buster outstretched.

Broadcast Ocelot just casually blasts a couple of Joes now and then. Leaping, ducking, rolling, sidesteping, and doing all the appropriate stuff not to get hit by the Robot Master drones. oO(Cold...cold...cold...cold...)Oo

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'What is going on around here? Who is in charge?'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> stops firing at poor little joes and starts looking at the more dangerous threats. whee.

Stalker Tiger meanwhile has exited the Vorpal. Gun already in hand, Tiger looks around for the form of the Repliforce XO. Apparently, there may be work for him to do. Seeing Colonel busy, he then looks for the Command Major Anthem, or someone else who ought to know. No need to distract Colonel from his battle.

Ten hears her brother's voice, and quickly flies over to him. Looking excited and determined, she loudly says, "Right! Let's do it!" She approaches Chi, beginning to glow in preparation for the gestalt merge as she does. "Gestalt merge, now!"

Iris looks kind of like a little bunny rabbit, caught in the headlights of an SUV. (Wait a minute,) says the feminist in her, (You don't have to get run down by this bully!) Squinting an eye, she says, "Twerp? We'll see about that...!" She activates her Vanguard Crystal, and the ride armor forms around her to...even the odds, a bit.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> has arrived.

Iris drops Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard>.

Iris has left.

As she's kissed Hyper Rolls eyes go wide, before she takes a step back, reacting purely by instinct.

. o O (All right... That's it. Quint just kissed me!?!?!? Now I'll admit, I wouldn't of minded it if it was someone like Colonel... Or Crash Man... Or this Bass guy.... Or even Guts Man. But Quint!?!?) O o .

Fortunately though, the shock doesn't last for long as she jumps up into the air, her armors colors changing while a strange pogo like device appears.

"YUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!

Hyper Roll strikes Quint-Sakugarne with her Sakugarne attack.

As King comes charging by, Colonel is ready, as he unleashes a pulse wave at the metools, sending them tumbling backwards, even as he sidesteps the lurching attack of the Elite, and he clutches both hands around his sabre, and attempts the smash his hands against King's back and drive him to ground. "Why throw away your life over something you know we will not surrender, King! Depart now!" As he watches the battle, he yells, "Hold the line, Repliforce! Iris.. initate Vanguard!" Well, she already did. Woot. "Move, troops, close the line! Ion Wolf, support that bunker!"

Colonel strikes King with his Smash attack.

Cappella just nods slowly though it is not evident. Manuvering swiftly past her sister the thief begins to gaze over the area. Avoiding the combat around her Cappie begins to slowly rush for as she spots the bunker.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Stalker Tiger transmits: 'Hey! Still need a sharpshooter?'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> moves forward...as ordered. yay.

Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> continues its stampede through Sniper Joes, Battle Joes, Joe Mommas, and so forth - shoulder cannon cranking out the glowing white EMP juice. Think Phantom Menace, and the Gungan Orbs explosions, in beam form! Indigo eyes swiveling beneath the ivory helm, it locks onto Guts Man, and the much smaller Iris beneath her. Being naive to this reality, Vava immediately fears the worst - Guts Man in his dimension was quite the foe, afterall. Eating babies and shouting with his Scottish Accent. A quiet shudder runs through Vava's frame, as he rockets the Goliath forward with the air of a booster port, bowling through some Joes in the process to come in on Guts Man and Iris, the oversized Goliath arms swiveling and shifting to full battle format. Lots of barbs and spikes. "You! I will not allow you to harm her, not today, not ever!" Bellows the United Nations Alpha Unit.

Flare vs. Pirate

A small area where the two combatants battle.
Contents:
Pirate Man

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: '*over the battle din* Colonel here, X!'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'We've arrived with what forces we could provide!'.

Pirate Man focuses on Flare as he comes in his way saying, "Out of my way you filthy fleabag, unless you wish to feel the sting of my blade.", he doesn't make a move to attack as he waits for the reploid to reply

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'It's appreciated.. protect that gate, and bunker.. we're trying to hold the front line, but have two fall back skirmish lines set up, just in case!'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'Alright. We'll do our best.'.

Flare Feline hehs "Sorry, not a chance. I can't let you get through, you'll have to go through me!" With that he draws his claws, and prepares himself.
<O-Repliforce> Sunstar says, "Of course, she was also dodging like the dickens."

Pirate Man's claw snaps together as he he studies the reploid infront of him before saying, "You have just made a mistake, mate. Prepare to be sent to Davey Jones locker!", he then charges his claw opening before he slashes with it towards his opponents mid-section

Pirate Man strikes you with his Hook Clamp for 9 units of damage.

Flare Feline is sees Pirate Man rushing at him, and tries to step out of the way, but slips on an ice patch and is struck by the blade head on. It left a rather large opening in his armor below his chest, he grasps it wincing. "Hmph, I'll show you who made the mistake /mate/" He extends his claws and runs and leaps towards him, and brings his claws down on top of him.

You miss Pirate Man with your Cat Scratch attack

Pirate Man laughs as he jumps back a forcefield projecting around him saying, "Prepare to meet thy end, fool.", he charges again towards the Reploid but stops a few feet before he sends the forcefield towards his opponent

Pirate Man strikes you with his Barrier Bubble for 13 units of damage.

You take extra damage due to your Water weakness.

Flare Feline lands as Pirate Man dodges his attack, and he gets up just in time to see him barrelling towards him in a giant water bubble "Water!!" He exclaims as he is hit dead on, and is thrown back, damaged quite extensivly from the impact, and the water leaking into his internal systems from the tears in his armor. He stands up, snarling "Ok then, no more fooling around!" He faces his palms towards Pirate Man, and they glow with a fierce red aura, and he fires a long red projectile at him through blasters in his palms.

You miss Pirate Man with your Flare Pulse attack.

Pirate Man quickly jumps to the side, a gravity mine loading in his cannon saying, "Time for you to stay where ye are.", he quickly runs around his opponent as he carefully take aim towards the reploid before yelling out, "FIRE!", he then launches the charge

Pirate Man strikes you with his Gravity Mine for 2 units of damage.

Flare Feline is temporarily disoriented by Pirate Man's Gravity Mine attack.

Flare Feline urks as he is hit by the blast, not really damaged, but disoriented.

Pirate Man carefully walks around his opponent after the mine hits saying, "You were a fool to challenge me, your skills are fare worse than a bilge rat's.", his claw spins for a bit as he again aims his arm cannon and fires a normal shot instead of another mine

Pirate Man strikes you with his Generic Ranged for 10 units of damage.

You are below your courage-endurance point.

Flare Feline lets out a brief cry as the blast hits him, and he is thrown a few feet back. He staggars to his feet, his armor is burnt and torn in various places, he has a look of hopelessness for a moment, but shakes it off, he probalby can't win, but he isn't going down without a fight, he tries to speak, his voice broken from the damage "We.. won't le..t.. you... win..." He lets out a scream as the red aura normally centered around his hands covers his whole body, it flares up and he charges at Pirate man and leaps at him on a collision course, the red aura will explode on any repliod who comes in contact with it.

You miss Pirate Man with your 9-lives attack.

Pirate Man quickly moves to the side and watches whats going on before turning back to his opponent saying, "Is that the best your best?", he doesn't charge he simply aims his left arm as the claw spins for a bit before launching a powerfull blast of water saying, "It is time to extinguise this fire."

Pirate Man misses you with his Water Blast attack.

Flare Feline lands upon missing Pirate Man, he manages to roll over in time to see a spray of water coming at him, his natural impulse o seeing water is to get away, which he barely manages to do. He jumps back and lands on his feet, he faces Pirate Man, slightly worried, but still determined "I... guess lady luck is not .... on my side tonight. But still...." He faces his palms towards Pirate Man once again "I couldn't... face my comrades if I just run away now." He fires a giant orange exploding orb at Pirate man.

You miss Pirate Man with your Pulse Break attack.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Ion Wolf, help Opera protect that bunker! Iris, help them out!'.

Pirate Man laughs as he tumbles aside dodging the orb as he loads another mine almost close to his primary but weaker, he quickly aims saying, "I believe she has left ye again.", he then launches the homing mine towards his opponent

Pirate Man strikes you with his Homing Mine for 14 units of damage.

You are below your courage-endurance point.

Flare Feline sees the mine come towards him, and is unable to get out of the way in time "SH---!" It explodes and he screams as he is thrown back, he lands in a broken heap, his limbs are tattered and whatever is left on his armor is in shreds. He doesn't look like he is getting back up again.

Pirate Man laughs as he looks down at Flare saying, "I should finish ye off, but I have other things to do.", he scans the area outside as he tries to figure whats going on

Colonel misses Cappella with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel misses Synth with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel misses Symphony with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel strikes Opera with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel strikes Enker with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel strikes Shadow Man with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel strikes King with his Energy Breaker attack.

Pirate Man takes Flare vs. Pirate.

Flare Feline is lying in a heap, totally beaten and ripped to shreds from Pirate Man's attacks. He has almost no strength left, and being a fire bot lying in cold snow isn't helping him. He weakly tries to access his radio to request assistance, hopefully before he blacks out.

From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Zero Omega seems quite amused by all of this, which is evident by her mostly unchanging expression. Dropping to the ground into a dive, the speeding body passes just overhead. Standing slowly she asks curiously, "What, none of the inanely cheerful comments? No childish threats? I'm disappointed, X. You're growing up on me. I thought you'd stay pathetic forever." Standing casually, she shifts her off hand into the Chaos Buster, charging for a brief moment before firing at Hyper Roll.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> 's pilot shakes his head as the tank gets smashed back. He manipulates the controls quickly and then sends a barrage of missiles towaards Ballade as he nears the tank. They emerge from the side and blast off at a pretty good speed. He replies to Ballade.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Flare Feline transmits: 'Rep...repliforce, this is Priv...ate Fl...Flare Feline, I just enga..ged Pirate Man and he obliterated me. I re..require assista... assist...'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> misses Ballade with its Side Missiles attack.

Wilychoppers arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

Wilychoppers has arrived.

Burner Man has arrived.

From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Hyper Roll seems to be a bit off balance currently, spinning from her forceful ram attempt to face Zero once more. "Pathetic?" Just then she's met with the energy blast, and it slams into her with spectacular results, such as sparks and armor flying. "I have that...too!" The sound of energy charging is heard for a few seconds, then Roll unleashes it as a large red sphere for Zero Omega's form.

Guts Man struggles to free himself as the Goliath holds him up, but alas he cannot do such a thing. The giant arm chokeslams the poor Robot Master into the permafrost. A deafening cold crunch can be heard while a moan escapes the rectangular jaw that is Guts Man's lower portiong of the face. "Ooooooh, you'll pay for that rebel scum!" He shakes a fist from within the Guts Man body crater he's lying in before getting back up for some payback. This is like one of those classic battles like Optimus vs Megatron. Only with alot more humour. And hopefully with some ass humour thrown in for fun. As Guts Man stands in his crater he sticks his hands into the ground before lifting a huge slab of ice and snow up, causing the area around the Goliath to shake, "Try this on for size putz boy!"

Guts Man misses Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> with his Earthquake Smash attack.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Iris transmits: 'Acknowledged, Flare...I'll come retrieve you...'.

Ballade is in combat. His senses track all threats, all danger to him. His motions are fluid and graceful, as he sidesteps stray fire, his blasters pulsing more fire. Several of the missiles coming for him meet a blazing fate as he picks them out of the air. The last few slam into the snow at his feet, but he's already in the air. Tucking his legs up and arms across, he flips several times before unfolding to land firmly atop the ice. As he stands, the sensors in the tank might pick up crackles of power dancing in his shoulders. Standing still for the moment, he throws his arms back. Twin spheres explode from his shoulders - not the full size crackers, but still dangerous.
Stalker Tiger just continues to duck, dodge, and roll. He's a one-tiger Joe blasting machine. Why? Because he's got nothing else to do. And his cigar's still lit. How about that!

Ballade strikes Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> with his Mini Ballade Crackers attack.

"Well," says Shadow Man, bringing his blade back and leaping away from Guardian again. "You can handle things from here, Sempai," he says to Enker, and draws something from his pocket... A pair of small black balls. One is tossed to the other hand, and thrown at Guardian, while the other is thrown down... Both, the second before the first, explode into clouds of smoke, thick and black, and more or less impenetrable. Shadow Man dissappears from sight, with the explosion of noise in the first, and changes the direction of his darting escape when the second hits, which hopefully makes him more or less impossible to track... He disappears into one of the few remaining groups of joes, and then towards the transport...

Cappella leans lightly against the wall of the building and folds her arms across her chest. A thin brow raises towards Symphony as if asking her sis on what to do next. She of course is very aware of everything around her and there is no way she could survive an onslaught like this. She too has a very thin layer of armor, mostly to keep the thief swift. It doesn't however wait for Symphony to answer her as there is a sudden blast her way. Watching it closely the form of the thief sweeps to the side, leaving a red blur in her wake.

Shadow Man strikes Guardian Mobius with his Shadow Smoke attack.
Guardian Mobius is temporarily disoriented by Shadow Man's Shadow Smoke attack.

Shadow Man activates his stealth mode.

Shadow Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open for parting shots from Colonel, Rock, Broadcast Ocelot, Flare Feline, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Guardian Mobius, Burner Man, WilySaucer, Skyblade Eagle, Opera, Razor Pterodactyl, Quint-Sakugarne, Ion Wolf, and Ballade.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> begins making her way across the battlefield toward Flare's downed position. She's not going as fast as she would like to be going, as her ride armor's been damaged and it isn't responding very well. But she's determined to get to Flare before anyone else does.

Rock looks at the Gustav and notes that he is rather far from the main battle. That's good... Within his mind, the image of several things come to mind: A nice cool iced glass of lemonade in the summer time, water boiling over a stove, and a melting icicle... What do this things mean? Well... Rock slides to the side and towards the Gustav, right underneath the rifles of those Kobun. as he stands, he charges up the buster and fires off several shots, one after another. These do not strike the Gustav at all, but is it a bad thing? Not entirely, the energy from those shots begin to melt the ice around the Gustav. Hopefully, if he fired correctly, then the thing will sink like a stone...

Rock strikes Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav> with his Grasp attack.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> gets blown up a bit, almost falling to a side... and Phoebus decides to hold off on his backup for now, even though it's ready... He flies the hovertank a bit, through the explosion and then fires a strange looking black orb towards Ballade, changing the gravity wildly in his area, mostly downwards, heavily towards the ground...trying to simply crush Ballade.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> misses Ballade with its Hover Crusher attack.

Flare Feline is just lying in a tattered heap. He isn't moving, unconcious and totally helpless.

Skyblade Eagle has been firing off into gumbie groups this entire time, yes...And she spots Shadow Man duck into one of the groups. Smirking, she turns and fires off one of her ion blades down towards the Robot Master.
Skyblade Eagle misses Shadow Man with her Ion Disk attack.

From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Zero Omega leaps forwards to follow up on the blast, but finds herself rushing headfirst into a plasma burst. Letting out a barely audible cry, she finds herself thrown back a couple of meters before righting herself. Landing on her feet, she grimaces. "Yes. Pathetic." Leaping again, she ignites her dash jets, aiming straight for Hyper Roll as ice forms from the base of her sabre, replacing the normal gravometric forces. As she closes with the Hunter, she stabs forwards, aiming to impale her.

Enker takes full advantage of Shadow Man's untimely exit, reminding himself to lecture Gamma Commander on cowardice and premature retreat later. Enker jumps back from the Mobius, then gets a running start and LEAPS up, sinking his helmet spike into some minotaur backside.

Enker strikes Guardian Mobius with his Headbutt attack.

Quint-Sakugarne pogos over to viciously bounce on Flare Feline's fallen form a few times as the rider fiendishly plots his next felony.

King growls as the lightning bolt slams into him, sending him to his knees and leaving his once pristine armor blackened and melted where the bolt hit, a faint twitch evident now in his motions, overstressed or burnt out servos not answering his CPUs directions as well now. Still..he pushes himself up with the butt of his axe, shaking it off again....whatever may be said of King, he does not lack bravery or toughness. He grimly regards the Master drones felled by the lightning blasts, then turns his attention to the hovering Colonel. With a flash a trio of spinning blue energy crosses shoot from his chest, convering towards his position.

King strikes Colonel with his X-beam attack.

The Goliath must have sort of karmic agility, or Guts Man must just really suck. But, back on topic. The ripples in the icey surface are countered in a very apt manner, with a stream of napalm from small nozzles on the side of the arms - to meet the curling surface, melting away at it and nullifying the force of the ripple. Keeping up the stream, the arms raise slightly, sending it out over a wider range, hopefully to catch Guts Man in a wash of burning chemicals in the process.

Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> strikes Guts Man with its Napalm Burst attack.
Symphony is just about give Cappella an order when the heavens open up and she leaps to the side, rolling out of the way of a downward blast of lightning, with only inches to spare her from being obliterated. With the 'flow' of the roll still intact she returns to her feet and with a wave of her hand sends the Joe's who survived the blast to attack the Repliforce guards. They charge towards them their shields head up and their red eyes glowing malevolently.

Repliforce Hoverbike <Beta> arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Repliforce Hoverbike <Beta> has arrived.

Magic Man has arrived.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> finally reaches Flare, and despite the dangers all around, she moves to retrieve his damaged form from the icy ground.

Broadcast Ocelot finishes his little samurai bit in a cool looking anime-swordsman pose as all the Joes he just slashed through fall apart into itty, bitty pieces. Yawning again he moves forward again and engages yet another gumby. This time as he leaps in front of the Joe he just stands straight and with a serious look on his face. The joe peers at him quizically. BO then narrows his eyes and waves his non-knife-wielding paw in front of the Joe's optic, "This is not the gate you're looking for." The joe's optic flickers and he repeats in disbelief, "This is not the gate I'm looking for?" oO(Hey look, it's working...)Oo "I can go about my business" "You can go about your business?" "Carry on." "Carry on?" Broadcast then turns and leaves a rather confused joe behind.

Jolt Hedgehog has arrived.

Guardian Mobius is reeling in confusion from the smoke. Out of nowhere, it suddenly feels a slight itch on it's back as something small sticks into it. Just then, it begins flapping it's wings, creating a wind to blow the smoke away. It will take a moment for it's optics to adjust and for it to figure out what all is going on, so it doesn't attack. However, it can at least dodge effectively again.

From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Hyper Roll begins charging again as Zero Omega advances, waiting for the frozen blade's arrival. Just as the thrust is made, she pivots to the side, then runs in the rest of the distance between the two, and begins a series of quick punches with both hands, following it up with a jumping spinkick. "You shouldn't have said what you did...or done what you did!"

Ballade narrows his gaze as the black orb increases the gravity in the area. There is a humm as compensator systems, normally designed for deep sea work, come online. Leading against the massive weight, he takes first one step... and then another. He is a creation of Wily, and nothing can stop him. Still - he can withstand. The ice beneath him cannot. With a loud *KRAK* the Violet Elite vanishes into the water. Of course, now he's removed from the area of effect of the weapon, and an arm lashes out, sinking fingers into ice. Ballade hauls himself hand over hand to where he believes the tank to be located. Igniting his plasma arm blade, he slices upwards, exploding out of the ice in a flurry of slashing violet plasma.

Ballade strikes Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> with his Arm-blades attack.

Pirate Man has left.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard>

====================== Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> ======================
The Vanguard
====================== Type 'vhelp' for a command list. ======================
Contents:
Iris

Outside> If someone cares to look up, they can see the wilychoppers overhead. More reinforcements. How bloody wonderful. That just gives you a wonderful feeling, as something drops from the choppers, leaving a larger point in the sky as a parachute opens. It is quite clearly red by now. As gumby fire rips into the skies, puncturing the 'chute, it is clipped away, sending the red bogey plummeting towards the earth. However, there's a sound present. A strange sound. Laughter. The falling person is laughing. As flames of green surround it, it's becoming quite obvious. The red-green streak of Burner man leaves a flaming trail as he plummets towards Guardian Mobius.

Outside> What Shadow Man regards as no more than another random defence shot heads for him, but he proves faster than the surrounding, and the shot pings harmlessly off the helmet of a nearby hardhat... Well, harmlessly for a split second, until the ricocheted disc brings down a joe who felt the need to be standing in the line of its escape path. Shadow Man reflects on stupid drones getting what they deserve, as he flips back into the ship, and heads for the controls... Looking to see if any useful firepower has been installed yet.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne turns and glares at Iris inside her Vanguard. "Hey! I was stomping on him!!" he shouts angrily.

Outside> Burner Man strikes Guardian Mobius with his Flaming Powerdive attack.

Outside> Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> picks up Flare carefully, then heads back toward the Cow in the middle of the surrounding battle.

Outside> Colonel realizes that King, at the moment, is the leader of this attack. Maybe.. if the leader of the Elite's is felled, the others will break morale, and fall as well. However, he does not get much time to consider these thoughs, as he caught square in the shoulder by a blast from King that spins him around and almost drops him. He winders, and holds his shoulder. "..that's it.." he seethes, as he draws back his sabre.

As he does so, Colonel engages his dashjets, and charges at King, drawing his sabre across his body. He's been asking for it, here it comes? Colonel cuts past the former frontline, charging dead at King as he starts to slash, twist, and slide, his sabre a mere blur like his form as he attempts to utterly decimate the Elite with the most powerful attack in his arsenal.. the Sabre Frenzy!

Outside> Colonel strikes King with his Sabre Frenzy attack.

Outside> King falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Outside> Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> retreats from the area swiftly, leaving it open for parting shots from Colonel, Rock, Servbot #2, Broadcast Ocelot, King, Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath>, Synth, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Guardian Mobius, Burner Man, Magic Man, Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav>, Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart>, Cappella, WilySaucer, Skyblade Eagle, Symphony, Jolt Hedgehog, Opera, Razor Pterodactyl, Quint-Sakugarne, Enker, Ion Wolf, Whipcrack Octopus, Ballade, and Stalker Tiger.

Outside> Guardian Mobius Ten nods. "Go for it, Enker and Burner!"

Outside> Guts Man does not suck, he's not Quint damnit. It's just this new combat code has turned him into a pussy cat. To prove this point he's hit by the Napalm Burst right in the face. "Aiiiiieeee!!!" His head is burning right now so he smashes his head into the snow where the fire is doused out. "Ahhhhh, much better." He pops back up and jumps out of the body crater. He does a few silly Alpha Master poses before pointing to the Goliath, "Now that I'm done toying with you it's time to get down to business. Ahahaha!" There's a little bit of Mr. Satan in Guts Man. He brings up both of his arms into a karate style position before rushing the mecha yet again, swinging a massive fist at it. Hopefuly there will be different results this time.

Outside> Tron's Voice comes shocked and startled from within the Gustav even as Rock dashes up to the Gustav. "What?! Wait!!! HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DO..." -SPLOOSH!!!!-

And the large section of ice under and around the Gustav cracks, and the Gustav and it's Servbots fall with a /LOUD/ Splash!! The Servbots gasp and sputter, clawing their way to shore... they actualy /float/ for being 2 foot piles of Steel. The Gustav however... sinks like a stone! With Tron's yell of rage resounding, it sinks downward into the waters, throwing an arm upwards in startlement!

And the Servbots turn, blinkblinking at the large hole... then they look to Rock, then to the hole. Six Falsetto voice cry out in worry. "MISS TRON!!" Then then turn and glare at Mega Man, and chorus! "That was mean! You'll pay for that!!" And all six of the Servbots launch themselves for Rock, trying to tackle the Blue Bomber and try to tackle and hold him with small, yet amazingly strong claws

Outside> Guts Man strikes Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> with his Super Punch attack.

======================== Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> ========================

Iris has arrived.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> has left.

Iris takes Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard>.

Outside> Servbot #1 cheers! "Yay! We got 'em!"

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> gets slightly cut up, but compared to the rest of it's injuries, that is nothing. Phoebus records that tactic for later usage, against people not as unstoppable as Ballade. And now...Ballade is in range... He decides not to warn him this time and instead, the frontal part of the Tank reconverts itself a bit, to what is undeterminable. Then... a Massive burst of flame surges forth from the tank... Phoebus swerves the the weaponry a bit to make an aerial wall of fire towards Ballade's form...It's a hovertank, it doesn't have to worry about the ice below it. Ballade doesn't either, but at least the fall will distract him...not as much as the inferno being fired at him, however.

Outside> Servbot #2 grasps tightly to Rock with tiny claws. "We'll teach you to mess with The Bonnes!!"

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> strikes Ballade with its Flamethrower attack.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog was here the entire time. Really. He's trying to beat up a few Joes, but his attacks keep bouncing off the shields.

Outside> Synth takes out her laptop and tries to hack in, but ... after a minute, finds she can't. "<We'll have to get inside.>"

Outside> From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Zero Omega dives into a ducking position as Hyper Roll starts punching, managing to parry the ones she couldn't dodge before leaning to the side to avoid the kick. As she starts to stand up, the ice on the blade shatters, restoring the sabre to its normal form. Spinning around, she cuts with the blade.. at the air? Even as she begins to attack, another Zero Omega appears behind Hyper Roll, a shimmering copy that mimics the motion, attacking the Hunter's back.

Iris takes out a medical scanner and scans Flare Feline.

Outside> Stalker Tiger grunts, as he sees Jolt, and begins firing at some joes behind him. "Hey! Shield boys! Over here!" he yells, trying to draw their attention, and get Jolt an opening.

Outside> Enker hangs on tenaciously to Guardian Mobius's haunches. From this (relatively) stable position, Enker draws a very small laser pistol from his waist... and takes aim at the head of the creature, its very peak where Ten is. He fires.

Outside> Enker strikes Guardian Mobius with his Laser Pistol attack.
Iris takes a repair kit out after deactivating her ride armor, and begins affecting repairs to your damaged form.

Outside> Broadcast Ocelot then takes this time for a break. He makes sure no one is looking...And then plops his furry aft right down into the snow. But...wasn't he just complaining about the cold a good while ago? Go fig. Anyways, as the cat lays in the snow he begins to move his legs apart and together while his arms move up and down. What kind of new battle strategy is this? Wait a minute, this is no battle strategy. BO is making...a Snow Kitty Angel! Ok, this cat is definitely mentally unstable. Lucky for him he does it when everyone else is distracted. He stays there till he's done before getting back up and reverting to simply fading into the background while he battles gumbies.

Iris effects complete repairs to Flare Feline.

Outside> Already battered and broken by the constant blasts, King is no match for the still mostly fresh Colonel's most powerful blow. The force of the sudden charge actually picks the massive Master leader up off the ground, great rents opening in his armor as he lets out a roar of agony, sparks and mechfluids gouting into the air as he's thrown back to land with a tremendous crash that shakes the ground in the area, his optics flickering, then dimming as his head tilts to the side, vital systems performing an emergency shut down to try and keep his CPU and memory systems online. The Joes and Metools in the area seem to lose most of their impetus at the loss, starting to fall back under the Repliforce counterattack. Several Metools swarm towards King's fallen form, surrounding him. One chirps. "Nerp....nerp...NERP!" The small robots attempt to pick up King and drag him away from the heart of the battle.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne decides to allow the Vanguard to flee, and instead pogos over to King's fallen form. "Ha! How do you feel, mighty King?" he asks sarcasticly, and dismounts Sakugarne to kick him in th side, then remounts and promtply crushes more Repliforce gumbies. Why? Cause they're gumbies!

Outside> From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Hyper Roll changes colors suddenly as her kick fails. The arms, legs, and helmet all have a purple coloration to them now. Firing produces a trio of orbs in the air, which crackle with lightning and then fire. One of the bolts hits the copy of Zero Omega and destroys it. "That's the difference between us!" It seems she's trying taunting now. The other lightning blasts...are trying to get the genuine article.

Outside> After dropping a few Joes and one Burner Man, the WilyChopper settles some distance from the fray - the pilot, Magic Man, didn't really feel like jumping out with his brother and leaving the chopper to crash. That would be bad. The magician begins strolling towards the fight, frowning slightly as he takes the chaos in - but he doesn't seem to be in too much of a hurry to get there.

Outside> Broadcast Ocelot has disconnected.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog blinks at the huge tiger guy, then turns his attention back to the poor, hapless joes. Firing from both wrist launchers, he sweeps the area with electric pulses and clears the joes away. "Ha! Thanks for the help!" he waves to the tiger.

Outside> Rock is lying pinned under the small two-foot pile of Kobuns. It's abnormal, but at least Tron is trapped in the ice. He mutters something in his radio and struggles to move, but the darn things are just latching on, like those annoying plants that get all over your shoes and socks... Anyways, he speaks out to Tron. "Uh... get these things off! What do you want from me and why are you attacking me when you helped me out last night!"

Outside> Guardian Mobius is struck high twice in a row. First by Burner Man, then by Enker. Although the gestalt is far from gone, it is clear that being hit so many times is beginning to take it's toll. It grunts from the pain as some of the armor on it's head and upper body is blown off. It's opticcs narrow and it's beak clenches in anger. Angrily, it attempts to simply grab Enker and toos him to the ground.

Outside> Guardian Mobius strikes Enker with its Throw attack.

Outside> There is no where to go. A wall of flames roars across the ice towards Ballade. His mind tracks all possible evasions... and finds none. He closes his eyes, and brings up his arms to shield his face as the fires wash over him. Pops and cracks sound as heat sensitive components go out. This tableu remains for a long instant, fog rising from the melting and refreezing ice. Ballade vanishes in a great cloud of white shot through with flickering orange and red.

And then the mists part. Trailing smoke and fog, Ballade steps out of the wreathing mists, his arms loose at his sides. His armor is blackened and scorched, but his expression is still that utter calm. He has been baptized in flame. And it is time. Silver leads crack out of his backpack, and slot into his shoulders as he inhales the mist. And then Ballade begins to sing. He sings of ice, and of cold, and of the unending winds of the north.

And then the amplification kicks in. The mists rush away from the Elite as his Song takes on visible shape in the smoke and mists, roaring towards the hovertank, ice shattering in its path, clouds of snow kicked up by the sheer power of Ballade's voice.

Outside> Ballade strikes Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> with his Ballade Song attack.

Outside> Stalker Tiger nods to Jolt. "No problem." he calls back, giving a thumbs up, and puffing on his cigar. He exhales a small cloud of smoke. while a small squad of shotmen begin moving up on his flank.

Outside> Well, two concussive blows of extreme force to the torso of the Maverick Ride Armor will hurt it. Such is the case, as the extremely hard outter-layer of metal is pounded like aluminum foil again, the earlier dent channeling into another dent. Who would have thought that titanium was malleable, a testament to Guts Man's strength, to say the least. The punch also has the effect of actually tipping the Ride Armor, which collapses onto its back with a thunderouns impact, and a cloud of frosty dust. Rolling onto its side, the Goliath then uses its arms to pick itself back up before swiveling back around to face the Robot Master. While the Goliath recalibrates its system, Vava's free shoulder converts into a rack of missiles, which launch forward in criss-cross fashion, circling for the Robot Master, smoking contrails following behind them.

Outside> Even as King falls, Colonel is on the move. No time to lament over the victory, as he dashjets towards the bunker, though if he saw Quint attacking like that, he'd go over and stomp his aft personally. He dismisses his sabre for a moment, only to reignite it as he reappears behind the terrible trio, and in front of Ayla. "..do you not know the meaning of 'do not disturb', ladies?" he growls at the three Master femmes.

Outside> Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> misses Guts Man with its Minimissiles attack.

Outside> Burner Man backflips off the dent it has put in Mobius's back, landing nearby. Yes, I did say IT. For Burner man hardly resembles the more civil self he shows in the Wilysphere. His eyes are glowing, green as his fires, and he grins a wild grin as he watches the battle. Finally, he throws his head back, laughing wildly, before making another dash upward at the torso of the gestalt, his head burner flame screaming to taste the fluids of the Repliforce defenders as they sizzle and evaporate on its surface.....

Outside> Burner Man misses Guardian Mobius with his Speed Dash attack.

Outside> From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Zero Omega sees the attack coming, sidestepping one as she swings her blade out to divert the other, the course of the electricity altered by the gravity effects of the Omega Sabre. Narrowing her eyes, she resumes smirking. "Oh? There's a difference between us besides the fact you're the inferior model, have a loser personality, and are just generally foolish?" She dives forwards, swinging her sabre across in a visious strike, getting as close and personal as she can without outright ramming Hyper Roll.

Outside> Enker braces himself as he is grabbed bodily and thrown from his perch to the ground. A shockwave ring of disturbed snow erupts around him and frosts the hardhats around him like merry Christmas elves. From his /new/ vantage point, Enker can see that the upper portion of the Mobius is beginning to weaken. Instead of concentrating on that section, Enker decides to do what he can in weakening the lower section. Running at the giant, Enker launches a punch at its leg.

Outside> "Okay, if you don't want to move, I'll make you move," the dark Musica mutters as she puts her axe away for the moment. "How well can you 'ladies' keep your balance, hmm? Let's find out." Opera raises her fists high before dropping them down and hitting the ground, -hard-. Minor earthquake in the arctic? Must've been a computer glitch.

Outside> Enker strikes Guardian Mobius with his Punch attack.

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> shudders under the impact of the song...but it's sound...and thus, moving forward won't make it hurt anymore from this distance...at least Phoebus doesn't think it will... He pushes forward on the throttle, trying to run Ballade with his big tanklike contraption... HE really didn't think that would take down Ballade, but at least it hit... He was actually surprised it would hit...After that darn battle with that Maverick it didn't seem to hit at all.

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> strikes Ballade with its Ram attack.

Razor Pterodactyl pages: Everyone already has plans before they get here, it seems. Shadow, Burner, Magic... tried them all. Sheesh. Well I guess I'll just hang around and log this thing, it's all I can do.

Outside> Opera strikes Cappella with her Earth Cracker attack.

Outside> Cappella is temporarily disoriented by Opera's Earth Cracker attack.

Outside> Opera strikes Colonel with her Earth Cracker attack.

Outside> Colonel is temporarily disoriented by Opera's Earth Cracker attack.

Outside> Opera misses Symphony with her Earth Cracker attack.

Outside> Opera strikes Synth with her Earth Cracker attack.

Outside> Synth is temporarily disoriented by Opera's Earth Cracker attack.

Outside> Whipcrack Octopus sends a radio transmission.

Outside> Colonel receives a radio transmission.

Outside> Guts Man laughs as he smacks the Goliath, he chuckles as an image pops into his head,o O(Guts Man can be seen taking out a bunch of maracas, "I am evil Guts Man! I am Evil Guts Man! I am evil Guts Man! I am evil Guts Man!")O o, if it weren't for Quint's orders he'd actually be doing that right now. He hears a familiar sound, one of imminent doom, that is the sound of a rack of missiles firing at him. "Oh crap..." He starts to run around as the missiles are fired at him, managing to somehow dodge a good portion of them. He keeps on running and makes his way back towards the Goliath as he outdistances all the minimissiles, before jumping into the air and cuddling up into a cannonball before coming back down to crush the ride armor or be caught in it's wake once again.

Outside> Guts Man misses Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> with his Crush attack.

Outside> -Groooooooooooan... CRACK!!!-

The Ice a distance behind Rock /SPLITS/ and a /MASSIVE/ hand shoots out of it, clenching at the air. Then with another groaning crack and the /LOUD/ splintering of breaking Ice... the Gustav springs from the chill waters! Unlike other Ride Armors, the Gustav has one /very/ strong advantage! It can Swim!!

Tron takes a moment to assess what is going on, then with a brilliant laugh, and a nod, she sees Rock being held. Then a blink as her radio comes to life. ...She doesn't really expect that question. With a press of a button, she calls back to Rock. "Simple, Blue Boy! The reason why I am attacking you now is because... I'm a Villain! And second, I helped you because you were fighting Mavericks! ...And if you want them off... I'd be glad to oblige. BOYS!"

And from the Gustav's helmet, three beams of light shoot forward, locking onto the back of Rock's head in a triangle pattern. And the Shoulder Mounted Gatling Gun swings around, locking onto Rock where the three dots lock into a Triangle. The Servbots /scatter/... even as with a laugh... Tron opens fire!

-BUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDA!-

Outside> Rock gets blown back by Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav>'s Gustav Gatling.

Iris has disconnected.

Outside> From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Hyper Roll has to stop for a moment to regain energy after that discharge, and when she begins to dashjet away from Zero Omega it's way too late, the sabre makes a /huge/ gash and sends Roll flying, her left arm is dangling on by mere wires now. "Even fools can win sometime..." Staggering back up, her color changes to a jet black as she takes aim at the distant Zero Omega, and fires a cold tendril of gravity at her.
Outside> [OOC] Colonel says, "I suggest you attack while you can, Symph. ;)"
Outside> Wake indeed. Guts Man misses the Goliath completely, landing at its feet. The Goliath raises a spiked foot, and slams it down for the cute little Gerbil Man. Wow, the wit from this side of the fence is overpowering tonight, isn't it?

Outside>
As the bunker falls under greater assault, and the earth begins to quake, the octopus does what he must do. He pushes the candy-like red button right in the middle of the console.

The portal suddenly crackles to life, a rainbow colored energy field appearing in the middle of it. A second flash of gold wraps around the portal gateway itself, the coordinates being automatically locked into place. The initiation of the energy field causes a sudden mild shockwave to rip out from it, snow blowing back away from it.

Outside> Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> strikes Guts Man with its Spike Impale attack.

Outside> Guts Man is temporarily disoriented by Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath>'s Spike Impale attack.

<O-Repliforce> Ayla Ericson hmms. Wonder if I can physically toss them out of the way later. >:)

Outside> Guts Man is impaled through the chest, now he knows how a butterfly feels when displayed in a glass case.

Outside> Cappella just looks up innocently at Colonel, grinning from ear to ear. Chuckling evilly the thief strolls up towards Colonel, pulling the fedora down over one eye. "Well hello again Colonel Sanders. It is so good..." She isn't able to finish her last statement as the ground underneath her shakes. Trying to grab on to Colonel for support Cappie soon notices that he too is going to collapse. Loosing her grasp on Colonel the thief falls onto the ground harshly, groaning in pain.

Outside> Synth shrieks as the towering Reploid appears in front of her. She falls backward with the shock of Opera's attack, and doesn't get up ... just staring. She seems well and truly panicked.

Outside> Ballade is still singing as the tank accelerates towards him. His mouth snaps shut, but he realizes that he cannot move just yet. The ice is still unstable, and he's not about to take another dip. So, the Elite simply raises his hands... and catches the tank. Of course, his servos are in no shape to be doing something like that, and sparks spew from his joints as his systems alert goes critical. His expression finally changes from one of calm... to one of dertimination. Gritting his teeth, Ballade holds the tank in place, his fingers sinking into the armor as energy crackles about his shoulders.

Inside the orbs mounted there, dark specks appear admist dancing arcs of power. The Ballade Crackers. Not the tiny sort he used earlier. Violet energy spheres wrap themselves about the bits of Anit-Matter that form the explosive core. Raising his head, he stares at the sensors of the tank.

"Enough."

*ZZZKRACK*

Twin spheres of explosive violet energy rocket forwards as Ballade releases the tank, and hurls himself backwards.

Outside> Ballade strikes Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> with his Ballade Cracker attack.

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Outside> As Cappella falls, Colonel too loses his balance. He too loses his balance, and collapses near her, which is a good thing, considering he is tired of her fun and games.

Outside> Something comes from the dark sky. A luminous glow of vibrant light that dances across the heavens, creating an eerie yet awe inspiring sight. It in itself is a bizarre glow that eminates from one single source that is moving at a speed quite truly spectacular. In fact, the light you see is nothing but the trail of glow that trails the true object. A space craft with capabilities that are difficult to fathom, a maximum velocity that moves and propels the pilot to speeds that current equipment cannot even register. Almost the speed of light. So fast does this vessel move that a slow medium would leave behind a faint trail of light. At maximum power, it appears out of nowhere as if teleporting... yet is in truth moving faster than the eye can comprehend. What is this technological marvel called? Who could build such mind boggling crafts. Why... it is none other than Wily himself.

Why does he arrive so belatedly. Well, first off, he's been here... watching, waiting, for the portal to open. And now that it has, he takes this opportunity to swoop in. desperate times call for the doctor and his intervention. With the *CRACKLE* of thunder, the craft comes to a dead halt a few meters above the portal. There the craft hovers on hiatus, its lights twirling around, vibrant colors flooding the area, reflecting from the snow. The flash of the brighter colors casting shadows upon the landscape, dancing about as the fixtures on the saucer move around the hull.

Outside> Symphony spins around with a flick of brown hair to face Colonel who has appeared behind her, she still has her own glowing saber in her hand, and leaves the Joe's to their fight and moves slightly to place herself between Synth and the Repliforce XO. Her face is free of any emotion as she speaks in cold, threatening tones "The gate is Wily's do not attempt to stop us…." She states simply, however, before she can finish speaking the ground begins to shake rapidly, throwing most people of balance, including Colonel and seeing this and always the opportunist Symphony ignores all other thoughts and ignoring the still functional opera she leaps towards him, bringing her purple saber down towards the disorientated commander's shoulder.

Outside> Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> pulls its foot back, and in the process rips the spikes on the heel from Guts Mans body. It then steps backwards a pair of steps, aligning itself onto Guts Man's body, as both of its arms lower to a diagnal angle. The fists begin to rotate, the barbs around them working like a pair of Drill Bits. The Ride Armor then stampedes forward in a dash, letting the drill bits cut into Guts Man.

Outside> Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> strikes Guts Man with its Chain Fist attack.

Outside> Guardian Mobius leaps aside to avoid any immediate attack. Nonethless, it is struck in the leg by the speedy Enker, knocking aside a tiny piece of armor. It barely feels it, though. It's beak is beginning to clench in anger more noticeably. Looking quite determined, it begins flapping it's wings and flies about 30 feet into the air. As it does, it's hands become enshrouded in fire. Meanwhile, it's wings keep flapping rapidly, but it remains hovering. It sends forth fire from it's hands while the wings generate a cyclone. The two energies merge, creating a large whirlwind filled with fire.

Outside> Zero Omega lands lightly after the slash, starting to charge her buster even before turning to look at Hyper Roll. She blinks at the tendrils, diving to one side to avoid them. She knows how much one of those could screw up everything. Finally she stands slowly, facing Hyper Roll with a wide grin. "Yes, that's been my point for quite some time now, X... You've managed a few wins, proving your point quite nicely.." She slowly steps around Hyper Roll, positioning herself /just so/. "Still, the time has finally come for you to realize who your better truly is..." She trails off, smirking arrogantly.

With a vicious snarl, she bursts into motion once again, leaping for Hyper Roll with the sabre before her, but instead of slashing with it, she lands in a light crouch before her opponent, aiming upwards at Hyper Roll as she releases the charged blast. "Tata." She winks, and the plasma-charged gravity burst blossoms forth.

Outside> Symphony strikes Colonel with her Mighty Pen-sword attack.

Outside> Zero Omega strikes Hyper Roll with her Chaos Buster 3 attack.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog is starting to look dang cool on the battlefield. Well, what do you expect? He's fighting gumbies and metools. First he's there, kicking a Joe right in the optic band, then he throwing quills at a maverick insect.... thing. Oh yea, He's cool. "Hah! This is easy!" he squeaks.
Outside> Magic Man pauses at the edges of the fray, watching the ebb and flow of combat. So many targets, so little time... His eyes fall on Jolt Hedgehog as the Repliforcer wipes out a group of Joes - hmph. Wasting Father's resources, he is. The magicain strolls towards him casually enough, seemingly plucking a card from thin air - and then hurling it at the Repliforcer.

Outside> Magic Man strikes Jolt Hedgehog with his Card Flip attack.

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> gets blown upped. To be more exact... the crackers hit with amazing force and strength and Phoebus barely has enough time to eject from the tank before it rolls over twice, and falls through the ice from which it was on, slowing sinking through the icy cold water...It does not have the power to keep it's flotation power on...so it sinks. Phoebus takes a mere glance towards the sinking mess... and then looks back towards Ballade...He draws his dagger...but does not attack yet...waiting for Ballade's move.

Outside> Rock feels a bit silly, and a bit frightened. It isn't everyday that someone can so easily pin him to the ice like this. However, X is a bit more resilient than most, and waits for the beating to begin. Suddenly, he hears a crack of ice and realizes... No one is going to hit him! Well, that thought lasts about ten secondes before he hears Tron. He presses himself against the ice as the hot beams of energy singe his back and sends him sliding out of the rest of the beams' way and toward the hole that he previously made in the ice. Quickly, X kicks, letting the tip of his boot lodge him into the ice and stop him from falling in the ice-cold water. "Alright, then. If you want it that way. I'm afraid I have no choice." He then kicks in his dash jets, flying straight at the Gustav. At the last moment, he turns, letting the dash jets move first as he slides across the ice. .oO( I'm getting used to this slippery thing)

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Whipcrack, get that portal on line, soon!'.

Outside> Rock strikes Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav> with his Dash attack.
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Outside> Hyper Roll suddenly goes sailing across a good chunk of the battlefield. A keen eye might trace the reason for it to Zero Omega. She fires once at the femme Zero and misses, likely due to her heavy injuries. Which are just compounded by a return blast from ZO which knocks her over next to the portal. She's...barely on her knees now. "Shut up..." Energy charging is heard suddenly, and she unleashes it at Zero Omega in the form of several spiralling green 'footballs' of energy.

Outside> Hyper Roll strikes Zero Omega with her X-buster 3 attack.

Outside> Guardian Mobius strikes Burner Man with its Fire Cyclone attack.

Outside> Guardian Mobius misses Enker with its Fire Cyclone attack.

Outside> Ballade flexes his hands as he watches the tank sink beneath the water, and then slowly raises his eyes to Phoebus. "Run, Repliforcer. Wily is here." He raises his arms, sparks still pouring out of the joints. The infantryman can probably see down the six inch wide barrels to the setting plasma bottles within his arms.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'OOC: Uhh, portal is open.'.
Outside> Guts Man is cut into by the ride armor's drill bits, he's not looking too good. This fight is almost over. Guts Man barely has the power to stand up straight, he staggers towards a huge ice boulder and lifts it up, he's ready to try and finish it. But when lifting up the boulder he finds a neat surprise underneath it. Guts Man finds...

A miniature smiling face of him! If you guessed correctly. It's a 1 up which guarrantees he'll survive to fight another day.

Guts Man smiles picking up the head, "Kick ass!" As he picks it up you can hear a beeping sound and above your screen a small head appears before fading away.

Anyways Guts Man returns to trying to destroy the Goliath in his never ending battle with the forces of good. He holds the ice boulder in his hand, "Right. Here goes nothing!" Time to recreate some biblical scenes. With a mighty heave he throws the boulder towards Goliath, hoping to smack it down and out for the count.

Outside> That is, until a certian Robot Master cards him. Oh, the wonders of having a blade weakness. "ERIGH!!!!" Jolt screams, as the card cuts right into one of his electric storage tanks. Chemicals spill onto the ice as Jolt almost falls down to the ground. Almost, that is. He does regain his composure , and turns to face his attacker. "Hey! That hurt!" He squawks as reloads his wrist launchers. "Take this!" he yells as he fires off pulsing globes of electricity.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog strikes Magic Man with his Shock Shot attack.

Outside> Guts Man strikes Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> with his Super Throw attack.

Outside> Phoebus says, "...Yes...he is... And it's your duty to fight for him, correct?", he draws a little nearer...This guy took down a tank...he's hurt but...still...He ponders for a moment... "...You helped me once, Ball.ade...", he says, "During that ... war... ... Maybe you saved my life then."

Outside> Stalker Tiger grunts, is hit by the metools. Shrugging, Stalker, turns around, and flings a disc at the nerping pack, blowing them into the air with explosive force. Shrugging, he looks back towards Jolt, just in time to see his attacker. "Need a hand?" he snarls, eyes on Magic and Jolt as he begins a slow advance.

Outside> Opera lifts her head as she notes one of the femmes kept her balance. "Attacking a downed foe?" she growls softly at Symphony as she gets back to her feet. "How rude. You will be punished." With a mental apology to the Repliforce XO, the Musica takes her axe back in hand and raises it above her head. "How well do you like energy?" The blade shimmers as energy builds up on it before Opera drops her arm, sending off a slash of power towards the Master femme.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Hyper Roll transmits: 'Get back from the portal quickly...'.

Outside> Opera strikes Symphony with her Energy Slash attack.

Outside> The Gustav rumbles, it's gatling gun spinning with a headed whine, smoke trailing from it's 10 barrels. The Gustav's head turns, and blows the smoke away after just successfully imitating a Yautja yet again. Then the Gustav turns back, rumbling in rage as Tron's voice rises from the speakers. Frost is forming on the Gustav from it's own dunking... but that doesn't slow it one bit! "/Choice?!/ You don't even have a /CHANCE!/ Your a fool to mess with the Bonnes! And once I'm done with you... I will be able to study and learn even more about the Portal Technology!!" The Gustav then blinks, even as the Blue Boy launches himself for it. Powerful arms raise, trying to take the force of the blow... but even the Gustav is shaken as it skids back, kicking up and over the opening in the ice behind it to avoid falling inside. Then the Gustav /throws/ it's arms down, and Tron's voice comes from the speakers... Angry now!

"ENOUGH! You are /SO/ going down, Blue Boy! You'll never know what /HIT/ you!"

And the Gustav /charges/... rocketing forward on short, yet massively powerful legs... it /throws/ itself at the Blue Bomber, it's body straighting out into a lance of pure metal for a vicious and Mighty Tackle!

Outside> Zero Omega is struck with each and every plasma strike, the force wracking her body as she staggers back.. But yet.. She's still grinning. Almost maniacally so. "Shut up...? Shut /up/? heheheheheheh. X.. You're just fighting the inevitability of your fate.." She steps fowards, her fist starting to flare up with bright flames. "You can't defeat me.. You should know that by now.. I'll always be your better.." She crouches closer, whispering, "You can't win." With that, she swings her fist around with all of her strength, intending to knock Hyper Roll back with all of the force available to her in the flaming fist, her own momentum carrying her immediately after.

Outside> Zero Omega strikes Hyper Roll with her Rising Dragon Wing attack.

Outside> Rock leaps out of the way of Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav>'s Mighty Tackle.

Outside> Ballade inclines his head slightly. "Perhaps. If you wish to keep it, run." His voice is a calm monotone, despite the damage. He's built to function, even when this badly damaged. Ballade's gaze remains locked onto Phoebus. "This is a new field of battle. And you are in the way."

Outside> Colonel gets struck in the shoulder, while on the ground, and the pen knife.. does little to none. Colonel feels the sting though, as he slowly, steadily rises to his feet and stares at Symphony. "You call that a bladed weapon?" His sabre leaps to life, and he shows her the full blade!" With that, as Opera attacks, Colonel unleashes his own attack, uppercutting at the femme in an attempt to slice her in half.

Outside> Colonel misses Symphony with his Sabre Uppercut attack.

Outside> Cappella continues to lay on the ground stunned and confused.

Outside>

Meanwhile, the Wilysaucer continues to hover above the portal... doing absoloutly nothing. Just what the hell is Wily up to?
Outside> Razor Pterodactyl zooms overhead, attacking random gumby squads from above with exploding discs. Coincidentally approaching the area where Jolt, Stalker and Magic Man are. Thoroughly frustrated with not facing any worthy opponents thus far, he sends one of the discs in Magic Man's direction. However, it's just an attenion-grabber, and not aimed at Magic Man himself. He ends up hovering in th air, behind Jolt and Stalker, arms crossed, declaring, "I suggest you back down, Master, I'm just waiting for a good excuse to join in on the fun."

Outside> Rock turns himself sharply about, causing him to stop. Too bad be doesn't have his snowboard with him right now, as it would really help in negotiating this slick terrain.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne looks for someone to pick on...

Outside> Burner Man is sent flying through the air yet again, the massive blast of flame and wind boring into the mad artist's back as he goes sailing past Guardian Mobius. Hitting the ground and rolling as sparks fly from his laid-open back, he slowly stands.....and once again, he laughs. Laughs, like the madman he is. Laughs like a demon. He pulls back, grabbing his propane canister bombs. This is only the prelude....the first movement is far from over in itself....and this would be a fugue to remember. He runs at Guardian Mobius again, closing the distance quickly to fling the bombs at the gestalt as he forms up by his impromptu commander Enker. One way or another this one would limp back or be dragged. Burner would prefer the gestalt be swept into a dustpan and brought back.

Outside> Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> refuses to believe that Guts Man is King David. He used to large of a rock afterall. But, none the less, the giant boulder comes sailing in on the Goliath, and literally crushes the Ride Armour beneath it. The Goliath looks have been flattened into atoms, from all intents and purposes. For several seconds, nearly a minute, the boulder rests against the permafrost, no sign of the Goliath. Then, a few cracks start to creep out from along side the boulder, before the entire surface gives way and the giant rock falls into the frigid waters below. And beneath Guts Man, there is a loud whine, before the slippery white surface directly below his feet turns into a glow of incandescant blue. Moments later, a solid blue beam launches out from beneath the surface - incinerating anything in its path.

Outside> Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> strikes Guts Man with its Electrocannon attack.

Outside> Guts Man falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Outside> Burner Man misses Guardian Mobius with his Propane Canister Bomb attack.

Outside> Hyper Roll isn't moving at all. When Zero charges...a different type of energy humming is heard. Not the prelude to something so simple as an armcannon shot. Nor to a self-destruct, that's not like her. "Falling..." Zero's rising slice sends her flying into the portal first, just as she begins to reach the peak of the charge. "Phoenix..." She fires, a /huge/ explosion of superheated energy eminating from her in the form of a phoenix, "Cru*ZAP*" Before one can see if the attack worked, or who will win this battle...both Zero Omega and Hyper Roll are in the portal, gone from this dimension.

Outside> Enker spots Guardian's attack even before he launches it. Taking quick action, he LEAPS into the air and dives for cover behind a snowbank. From the minimal safety of the snowbank, Enker does the only thing he can: he chucks his spear at Guardian Mobius, javelin-style.

Outside> Enker strikes Guardian Mobius with his Spear Toss attack.

Outside> Guts Man explodes into energy rings. *THWOOM THWOOm TWHOom TWHoom TWhoom Twhoom twhoom...*

Outside> Phoebus says, "...I have my duty, Ballade. And you're right...this is a new field...", he lunges forward but instead of slashing at Ballade with the knife, he brings back a fist and punches at his midsection. He smiles a little bit.

Outside> Phoebus strikes Ballade with his Punch attack.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne pogos over to Guts's side. "Ha! You weakling! And I bet you're singing inside that silly head of yours, aren't you?!" he shouts, despite the Goliath looming nearby. "Fool!" Yes, he's quite bitter right now.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne tries to kick anyways. Actually Guts turns to energy rings. Darn him!

Outside> Rock turns himself sharply about, causing him to stop. Too bad be doesn't have his snowboard with him right now, as it would really help in negotiating this slick terrain. Then he sees the charging Ride Armor and jumps into the air, dashing while there and moving over and past the dashing Gustav. Then, as he lands, he begins to charge up energy into his fist, causing it to flash slowly, then with great speed from blue to red. As the thing's momentum takes it away, the Blue Bomber swings his fist, launching it at the backside of the ride armor, while blinking. It's the MegaPunch!

Outside> Ballade grunts as Phoebus's fist connects with his midsection. He really is rather battered - taking on tanks is not good for his general health. He glances down, and then shrugs very slightly. Inside his busted frame, several switches flip over. And Ballade becomes a blur once again. But this isn't a dodging blur. No, his hands move in a complicated pattern... right before he slams his interlocked hands crosswise at the side of Phoebus' head.

Outside> Ballade strikes Phoebus with his Smash attack.

Outside> Rock strikes Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav> with his Megapunch attack.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Twila Peterson transmits: 'Unless I'm reading wrong...I think the scanners are saying Roll and Omega are now gone.'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'They are.'.

Outside> Wilychoppers 's head gets jolted to the right...and then slowly straightens, a little bit of that strange mechafluid like blood dripping out of his mouth. He then dashjets forward and roundhouse kicks with a high jump towards Ballade's head, still ignoring his dagger in his hands.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Stalker Tiger transmits: 'We'll miss ya Roll...Good luck back there.'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'I wish I could be closer to the main area, but Tron decided to intervene.'.

Outside> Phoebus 's head gets jolted to the right...and then slowly straightens, a little bit of that strange mechafluid like blood dripping out of his mouth. He then dashjets forward and roundhouse kicks with a high jump towards Ballade's head, still ignoring his dagger in his hands.

Outside> Phoebus misses Ballade with his Kick attack.

Outside>
Once the two entities are through the portal, the energy field collapses -- it evaporates into sparkles. The portal goes dark for a moment, then begins to charge up again.

Outside> Magic Man grunts as the electricity ripples through his system, charring his armor where it struck - but all the same, he smirks at the Hedgehog's reaction. "That hurt? Oh my, I'm so very sorry. Maybe this will feel better?" The magician cups his hands together at his side, and suddenly a flash of light appears in his hands. Magic raises his hand to toss the glowing sphere - but then pauses as the Tiger speaks. A smug retort is on his lips, but the snow kicked up as Razor's disc hits the ground in front of him draws his attention away yet again. Magic frowns at the flying Repliforcer - he's a bit annoyed now. "I will do no such thing. This portal will be Wily's." Razor is lucky enough to be the target of the sphere.

Outside> Guardian Mobius manages to send the explosive canisters flying off by generating a quick gust of wind with another flap of it's wings. However, it fails to do the same thing to Enker's spear and is struck, the blow taking off a bit more armor. The gestalt grunts, but is still looking quite determined. Quickly, it dives toward Enker. As it nears him, it points it's massive lance toward Enker and jabs downward as hard as it can, using it's downward decent to add to the already awesome momentum of it's stab.

Outside> Symphony is lucky in a way to be hit by Opera's attack it knocks her over, ripping apart the armour on her own shoulder and tearing up the skin underneath slightly, and 'blood' begins to bleed from the wound. Well it's not real blood of course, but there is no way you could tell the difference without a microscope. She rolls along the ground, and because Opera's attack sent her flying it pushed her out of the way of Colonel's counter attack with his own saber, and thus, she avoids being dismembered. However, Symphony has now lost her own weapon, the blade becoming deactivated and lies a few feet away from her, in the direction of Colonel. She curses to herself and begins to rise to her feet.

Outside> Magic Man strikes Razor Pterodactyl with his Energy Ball attack.

Outside> Guardian Mobius strikes Enker with its Lance Stab attack.

Outside> Synth continues to stare dumbly at the carnage. She'd flee, but ... where? Towards the other soldiers?

Outside> Behind the featureless mask of the black Musica Guard, its operator grins faintly. .oO(Not destroying one of my creations. We put a lot of work into that, and you three aren't getting your claws into it.)Oo. Opera turns away from Cappella and Colonel as the Repliforce XO gets back into action. Spotting one of the others, she leans down towards Cappella. "I warned you, didn't I," she says calmy as she reaches out with a hand. "Now I'm going to remove you forcibly from the area. Enjoy the arctic and its beautiful landscape." The tall, dark plated reploid lifts the Master thief with little difficulty and literally tosses her away from the bunker -- and the Gateway. One down, two to go.

Outside> Opera strikes Cappella with her Throw attack.

Outside> Ballade has switched over from ranged combat mode to close combat mode. As Phoebus's foot whistles towards his head... the Elite drops suddenly, falling straight back. One hand snaps out to catch up just short of a hard fall. The jets built into his boots fire up, sweeping his feet towards Phoebus' legs at a great deal of speed... aiming to knock him off his feet.

Outside> Ballade strikes Phoebus with his Slide Kick attack.

Outside> Whipcrack Octopus sends a radio transmission.

Outside> Colonel receives a radio transmission from Whipcrack Octopus.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'Other than that, how is everyone holding out?'.

Outside> Colonel sends a radio transmission.

Outside> Phoebus gets sweep kicked and falls heavily onto the ice but he doesn't pause for long before he backflips and bursts forward speedily, trying to simply ram his own body into ballade's...not too smart one might guess since ballade's a big guy and he's probably good with knots.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Sonata transmits: 'ok sir...'.

Outside> Phoebus misses Ballade with his Ram attack.

Outside> The Gustav launches past Rock even as he narrowly avoids the vicious Spear of the more massive Gustav. The Gustav lands and rolls in a tight ball, rolling up and springing to it's feet a short distance from Rock, trying to spin back... only to have the MegaPunch /SLAM/ into it's back! It staggers forward, Barely catching itself on it's Gorilla-like arms. Tron's voice rises in a shout of anger now! "Hey! That was a Cheap hit!" And the Gustav spins back, glaring daggers at Rock. Then raising one powerful arm, the wristguard sliping back to reveal the barrel of a Cannon of it's own. "I'm /SO/ going to enjoy breaking you, Blue Boy! You are really starting to make me think /Un/ladylike thoughts!!"

And from the barrel, a large black sphere is launched, a white skull and crossbones painted apon it. It launches for Rock... flashing angrilly! "TRON... BOMB!!!!"

-BOOM!!!-

Outside> Rock leaps out of the way of Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav>'s Tron Bomb.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Jolt Hedgehog transmits: 'Corperal Jolt Hedgehog here.... I just got carded by a robot in a top hat. Magic Man, I believe?'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Stalker Tiger transmits: 'Yeah. I saw the bum. Need a hand?'.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog falls to the ground after shooting Magic. "Aww, man! I hate running on half power! " He whines. "Oy.... I'm going to have to stay in the stinking hospital again!"

Outside> [OOC] Cappella says, "Hey GM, you mind a grasp as my form goes hurtling towards you?"

Outside> Burner Man growls as it ducks aside, chasing after the gestalt as it jabs into his commander. "HOW DARE YOU!!!" he howls as he leaps at the Gestalt, pulling back and launching a massive stream of green flames at it, which hiss and spit and writhe in the space between them as it shoots off towards the gestalt. "BURN AND MAKE YOUR SAVIORS CRY!!!!!!"

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Razor Pterodactyl transmits: '*crackle* Yes, I think I've succeeded in diverting attention away from you... *groan*'.

Outside> Burner Man strikes Guardian Mobius with his Wave Burner attack.

Outside> Enker is fully impaled by the gigantic creature's lance, which sinks down into the earth. Shuddering with the pain, Enker's auto-diagnostics try in vain to close the enormous wound, but make no progress because the weapon is still in there. And to boot, he's without his spear. Gritting his teeth, Enker interlocks his hands into one heavy, dense thwacking tool. And thwack he does, at the hand holding the lance.

Outside> Enker strikes Guardian Mobius with his Smash attack.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Jolt Hedgehog transmits: 'Sure. I'll stand by. I have a nice little trick I can pin on him if I can work up the energy....'.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne glances over at the portal as it flares. "That's weird," he muses, but doesn't pay too much attention to it. Right now he's got enemies to stomp.

Outside> Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> blasts up from beneath the waters with a quick burst of blue flames, landing back on the permafrost with a crunch. With no sign of Guts Man, Vava can only assume the best. Its time to move on, to continue to protect this reality until he can get to the portal and drag that little whelp back with him. Spinning, the blue eyes beneath the ivory helm scan the horizon, and then freeze - locking onto Quint's bouncing form. Fingers curling onto the Goliath, the Vava Cannon swivels into position, as Vava spits out through a clenched jaw. "We're going home now, Quint. Like it or--"

Vava's words are cutoff by a flash of green light, directly above the Goliath. A green doorway, in fact, which snaps to life horizontally above the Ride Armor. Dropping down from it is a cobalt figure, immediately recognizable as Vile. Landing on the top of the Goliath, its proper pilot grabs ahold of Vava with a glowing purple fist, while his other hand extends a narrow glowing green Energy Pick. And forcefully, Vile evicts Vava from the Goliath, slicing and then hurling Vava from the cockpit. Immediately there after, he slides back into his home, and another green doorway snaps open, this one much larger - the Goliath disappearing within, and leaving Vava disoriented on his back.
Outside> Ballade spins in a complete circle, shoving himself upwards as he spins from the afteraffects of the kick he just used. His feet begin to move, as he runs in a tight spiral. Phoebus' charge is anticipated. As the Repliforcer barrels in, Ballade... simply isn't there. No, he's off to one side. A large white hand, charred and sparking, lashes out for the back of Phoebus' head. At the same time, the spiralling stops, and he takes off in a single direction... and then stops. Can you say... terminal whiplash? I knew you could.

Outside> Ballade strikes Phoebus with his Dash attack.

Outside> Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> blinks to another location.

Outside> Colonel rises to his feet, smirking at Symphony. "Cappella, I suggest you take your sister, and run, you've lost.."

Outside> Stalker Tiger snorts, and raises his gun. "Back off the little guy." he snarls, firing a low-power plasma shot. "You want the portal? Yer gonna go through us first." explains Stalker, exhaling a small smoke cloud.

Outside> Stalker Tiger strikes Magic Man with his Generic Ranged attack.

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl grunts as he gets struck in the chest by the surprisingly fast ball of energy, which sends him back a couple of feet. He manages to remain in the air though, and brushes off his armor with both hands in a mock gesture. "I see. Well then by all means, have some of this!" This time he does fire with intent to hit.

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl misses Magic Man with his Exploding Disc attack.

Outside> Phoebus falls forward, grunting a bit as he hits the ground... Terminal whiplash? I said it! Yay!... He simply sweepkicks at Ballade's legs, trying to knock him down...at least it seems that's what he's trying to do.

Outside> Phoebus misses Ballade with his Kick attack.

Outside> Rock watches as the large device heads toward him, I mean... How can you miss it? After all, it's nothing more than a giant bomb! Mega Man then watch as the thing flies far over his head to fall into the icy cold depths of the previously made hole... Very anti-climactic.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne turns again at this latest display of light: green doors opening in the sky. "Well that's new too..." he thinks, then suddenly his mirrored gaze locks in on the disoriented form lying on the snow. "/You/! So you're still here, eh? Fine, well you better change your name to Chuck, cause that's what I'm going to turn you into!!!" With a final cry of rage the green android sends a mental command to his steed and leaps high into the air, forming a long almost lazy arc that ends on top of the downed UN officer.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne strikes Vava with his Pogo Stomp attack.

Outside> Rock watches as the large device heads toward him, I mean... How can you miss it? After all, it's nothing more than a giant bomb! Mega Man then watch as the thing flies far over his head to fall into the icy cold depths of the previously made hole... Very anti-clamactic. He blinks for a few moments and then aims with his buster, charging it up breifly until a single yellow bar emits from the top of his buster, showing that it's charged. Then, he kicks back the weapon, letting a single green pellet out at the other surrounded by a small amount of green energy flames shoot towards the Gustav...

Outside> Rock strikes Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav> with his X-buster attack.

Outside>
The portal crackles to life again, the rainbow light show beginning again followed by the golden encephalon around it. The octopus is working frantically, his tentacles a blur -- things are going out of control on the battlefield. His backup contingency is not ready. And his bunker has been rocked by a number of irritating attacks.

Outside> Guardian Mobius screams in agony as it is first struck by a mass of green flames, then struck in the hand by Enker. "Aaaaahhhh!!!" Guardian Mobius sudenly jerks it's hand back, freeing the lance. It is getting so angered, it is literally becoming enshrouded in flames. It gazes as it's two foes as it concentrates. Suddenly, it spreads it's arms and wings wide and flames go shooting out in many different direntions, creating a field of fire around the gestalt. It leaps up to avoid falling into the water from suddenly melting ice. For a little extra draam, it yealls out the name iof the attack. "Phoenix Flash!" It's voice is a mixture of anger and determination.

Outside> Symphony doesn't intend to leave just yet, and most definitely not without her saber, it's custom model and not easily replaced, she grimaces however as Cappella goes soaring overhead and away and as Zero Omega has now gone, she agrees that chances of a Robot Master Victory are looking slim, she pushes her fringe of blrown hair our of her face and eyes Colonel, staring contempt, but makes no move to retreat, she's not leaving without that saber. She stands there defiantly, but then takes a few steps towards Synth, thinking it may be best to get her on the transport, and then return for the Saber.

Outside> Guardian Mobius misses Enker with its Phoenix Flash attack.

Outside> Guardian Mobius misses Burner Man with its Phoenix Flash attack.

Outside> Cappella doesn't even manage to get to her feet, being too dizzy to do so. She just lays on the ground, shaking her head, trying to get her focus back. But she is too slow in doing slow and easily pick up by the huge musica. The thief is fairly light and is tossed into the air easily, creating a large distance from her and her chosen destination. Her small frame heads straight towards the giant titan. GM might not be hurt it she hits it but she will be in a world of hurt.

Outside> Cappella strikes Guardian Mobius with her Grasp attack.

Outside> Colonel notices the sabre lying on the ground, and looks at Symphony. With a smirk, he stomps on the small pen knife, which is nowhere as big as his, causing the cell to crack under his large foot, and a minor explosion. "You have no weapon, Femme Master. Get lost."

Outside> Symphony thinks it may also be a good idea to return and carry Cappella back to the shuttle and then return for her saber, she always ends up doing all the work.

Outside> Above the portal, the Wilysaucer moves... finally. It swings over to the immediate vicinity of the two last 'visitors' of this reality. The doctor has come to help. Weapons power up with a bright glow, it crackles as atoms are split. The humming of electrical energy building within the systems of the saucer. Suddenly, the craft rocks backwards as a heavy laser shrieks from out the vessel and towards... towards Quint? The outer speakers concealed on the hull crackle to life, the familiar raspy voice of Wily echoing across the terrain. "Did you think i wouldn't find out? Traitor! You are loyal to him! I never gave you permission to take those files, NEVER! For your treason, you will return to that who you are truly loyal to!"

Outside> Burner Man just stands there, weathering the storm which flies about his metallic form, smiling wildly. He pulls back another fist. "You aren't done BURNING YET!!!" he screams, rushing at the gestalt to fire a second ball of flame at it, smaller than the last but definitely something to pack a punch. As Capella comes into view, he aims it away from her, towards the chest of the gestalt. "Commander, I shall occupy the beast! Please assist Miss Cappella!"

Outside> Burner Man strikes Guardian Mobius with his Fireball attack.

Outside> Vava tumbles to the permafrost surface with a grunt, his ivory helm bouncing off with his impact against the surface, the gold-trimmed helmet rolling several feet away before coming to a stop. Startling, Vava's deep blue eyes blink several times, noting the spiteful figure atop the Ride Armor, before it disappears. Shocked at the sudden turn of events, he doesn't even have time to react to Sakugarne pounding onto his torso with its studded tip. Groaning, Vava's hands come to his chest to clutch it, as he rolls over onto his side, a few sparks sputtering from the wound.

Reaffirming himself, however, with a quick glance towards the Portal, Vava pushes himself up with both hands, rising back up to his full height. His right hand rises to his left arm, and wipes away 'dust', the other hand doing the same to the opposite arm. "Enough toys, Quint. Enough contraptions. I don't need that armour to send you back to where you belong. No, not today," spits the UN Soldier, his hands forming into fists. As he glares holes into Quint's bouncing form, blue eyes narrow, shoulder length curled brown hair wavering in the artic air currents, the Vava Cannon snaps onto Quint, steadily keeping a bead. And then a massive blast of energy shoots from it, akin to white lightning that spirals in around itself - an EMP beam. The Vava Cannon.

Outside> Meanwhile the little hardhats have successfully dragged King's sparking body all the way back to the stealth transport and proceed to drag it aboard, the remaining Joes and Metools starts to fall back to the transports.

Outside> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> broadcasts, "+ooc Night guys, sorry for being so quiet; I'll see y'all 'round 8)"

Outside> The Gustav blinks as the Bomb launches over Rock's head. ...The Frost must have had done more damage to her systems then she had thought. Tron then turns her gaze to the Moniters. ...and watches Rock. Emerald eyes gaze at the Blue Bomber. She watches him move and dash. /Why/ is he doing this? /Why/ did he help her from that Dog when she was so rude to him? ...She zooms in one moniter, zooming in on Rock's face. Emerald eyes gaze for long moments... then with a grunt, the Gustav /staggers/ from the Buster shot, Tron immediatly snapping to reality! Tron turns her head to /glare/ at the moniter, her emerald eyes not the confused glance they were before, but they flash with /anger/. She doesn't know, or understand why she froze like that... but Rock... will... PAY!

"That's /IT!/ /NOW/ you are going to /PAY!!/"

And the Gustav rockets up and into the air, both massive arms raising up over it's head, springing into the air with amazing hieght, assisted as it is by it's jump-jets. It's two powerful, gorilla-like hands come together above it's head, and the Gustav... falls! It falls /DIRECTLY/ for Mega Man, both arms coming down in a Double Axe-handle Bash! Tron's angry voice shouting from the speakers as the Gustav descends with enough force to /shatter/ the ice where it lands, hopefully, /on top/ of The Bluuuue Boy!

"Gustav... SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!"

Outside> Magic Man falls back a step as the plasma shot strikes him right in the cards. Oh, the indignity! Well, at least the stumbling managed to knock him out of the way of Razor's exploding discs as well - so much for teamwork, eh? The magician eyes the little crater in front of him left by the disc, then sneers up at Razor. "No, thanks." He only spares a glance for the seemingly fallen Jolt, then sweeps off his hat to bow at the tiger who dared shoot his shoulder-cards. "I believe that is exactly the /point/, my friend. So do be kind and get out of the way?" Magic straightens up, placing the hat on his head - then disappears in a flash of light, reappearing right between Stalker and Jolt. "Or must I make you move?" Suddenly a burst of razor sharp cards fly out from him in every direction.

Outside> Rock leaps out of the way of Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav>'s Gustav Smash!.

Outside> Magic Man misses Stalker Tiger with his 52 Card Pickup attack.

Outside> Magic Man misses Jolt Hedgehog with his 52 Card Pickup attack.

Outside> Vava strikes Quint-Sakugarne with his Vava Cannon attack.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne is temporarily disoriented by Vava's Vava Cannon attack.

Outside> That last attack of Guardian Mobius's would have hit... if Enker had been in the spot the gestalt aimed for. Instead, he's already dashing between its legs, focused on one goal: the retaking of his spear. A jolt of exhileration flows through him when he notices it being immolated by the Phoenix Fire. Remotely, he tells the Mirror Buster to start absorbing that energy, as it will be useful in a moment. Enker grabs his prize, then turns full circle and dashes back, thrusting his spear into Guardian Mobius. Speaking into his radio, he orders one of the passing Wilychoppers to pick up Cappella and catch her mid-air.

Outside> Enker misses Guardian Mobius with his Spear Thrust attack.

Outside> Synth watches Cappella get flung in the air. She finally recovers...and quite tremendously. With a furious howl entirely uncharacteristic of the meek 'bot, she lunges to her feet and jams down the trigger to her weapon, a hailstorm of searing cobalt blasts flashing at Opera.

Outside> Ballade releases Phoebus from his grip as the infantryman tries to sweep the Elite's feet from beneath him. But Ballade is still far to swift for that, and hurls himself backwards. Describing a smooth arc, he plants one hand on the ice, and hurls himself upwards in a swift backflip.

A faint blue nimbus of light gleams around the white square set between his horns. As he lands, a crackling beam of bright blue energy lances out at Phoebus.

Outside> Ballade misses Phoebus with his Ballade Beam attack.

Outside> Dr. Wily effects complete repairs to WilySaucer.

Outside> WilySaucer strikes Quint-Sakugarne with its Energy Laser attack.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog falls to the ground after shooting Magic. "Aww, man! I hate running on half power! " He whines. and then, Magic has to retaliate with more freaking cards. "Hey!" Jolt mutters as a card whizzes right past him. "Enough with the card tricks!" He walks right up to Magic and trys to kick him in the shins. Really hard.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog misses Magic Man with his Kick attack.

Outside> [OOC] WilySaucer says, "forgot to repair this thing from.... like, 2 months ago. :D"

Outside> Enker drops The Master Met.

Outside> Stalker Tiger rolls backwards and to the side, cards hitting off the ground, and off his armor. Coming up in a crouch, Tiger grabs a disc from his bandolier, and prepares to toss it. "You like throwin things?" he yells. And then he sees Jolt right up there. "Crap..." he mumbles, holding on his throw, until Jolt moves away. Any attacks like that would be risky, and could hit the Repliforcer too.

Outside> Phoebus frowns... that attack might finish him...and he has a different way of going out today in mind... he rolls away from the beam...and leaps towards Ballade. At this moment it is important to note that a mortar falls out of it's compartment into his hands. No time to charge it up. Oh well... He fires it at Ballade..., it explodes before it reaches ballade, but it's still within range to hit both Phoebus and Ballade, assuming neither of them dodge.

Outside> Cappella's form slams into the huge titan stopping her from her flight. The thief crumples up and slowly slides off its huge body, emitting a low and painful groan. At the moment she has lost consciousness and blacks out.

Outside> Phoebus misses Ballade with his Mortar Shell attack.

Outside> Phoebus strikes Phoebus with his Mortar Shell attack.

Outside> Guardian Mobius quickly leaps up and avoids the Spear Thrust. However, the fireball strikes it, doing a small amount of damage, but an amount that feels large after the amount it has already taken. Large amounts of armor are missing, and the gestalt is clearly in great pain from the look on it's face. Nonetheless, it keeps determinedly fighting. Once again, it dives at Enker. Once again, it thrusts it's mighty lance at the elite Master. this time, however, the lance is glowing brightly with white energy, and Guardian Mobius looks even more determined than before.

Outside> Guardian Mobius misses Enker with its Mobius Lance <energy> attack.

Outside> Sakugarne bounces back to "safety" after the attack, its owner grinning like a fool. "Oh? And just /what/ do you plan to do about it?" he asks haughtily, but with amusement overflowing in his voice. However, this time the dynamic duo are just too slow and the blast manages to debilitate them, just as Wily screams his accusations. "*erk* What are you yelling about Doc?!" he responds in a strangled shout. He would turn to look up at the mad scientist but at that time the laser beams bore right into his chest, gouging deep into his armor and sending him tumbling to the snow. "Doc, what are you doing?!!"

Outside> Symphony watches as Cappella crumples to the ground and the concern for her sister is greater than her desire to inflict vast amounts of pain on Colonel for the destruction of her precious saber. She turns away from him and begins running in the direction of the other master femme, being careful to avoid the other combat raging around her.

Outside> Rock watches as his buster shot hits, not wanting to fight Tron, however, but he has really no say in this matter. When someone attacks you, you really don't think much of being nice to them. However, there is a portal nearby, and he can't let the Bonnes get any more info on them, if that's what she's... A shadow falls over the Blue Bomber, and instead of looking up, he ducks and slides away from under it, letting the momentum taking him far, far away from the hole. "Uhh... right..."

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl is extremely aggravated by Magic Man ignoring him to attack someone else. o O(Hmph, guess I'll have to prove my worth...)O o He quickly swoops down to the ground and lands right next to Magic Man as his card flurry dies down. Wasting no time, he aims a punch for the gut with a sharp talon.

Outside> Burner Man growls. "FACE ME!!!!" He screams, leaping at the gargantuan Repliforcer. He gives another yell, lowering his head as the unicorn-like torch on his head flares, aching to cut into the gestalt's metallic flesh. "FACE ME!!! I'll kill each and every one of your men!!!!!!!! Do I have to tear you apart for you to do ANYTHING??!?!!?!

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl strikes Magic Man with his Razor Strike attack.

Outside> Burner Man strikes Guardian Mobius with his Head Torch attack.

Outside> Ballade... dodges. Throwing his arms up over his face, he recognizes an explosive shell when he sees one. Dropping flat as the mortar shell whistles through the air, he manages to avoid the majority of the blast, and his remaining armor blocks the rest. He lies there for a moment, steam rising from him as the snow cools his frame.

And then he stands, and steps up to Phoebus, who was caught in his own blast. He brings up his arms, so that the infantryman can see down both barrells. Planting one foot on his foes chest, he lockes eyes with Phoebus. "You have served your duty well. Goodbye."

And then, with nary a change in expression... he opens fire. The blasters alternate, pumping shot after shot towards the Repliforcer.

Outside> Ballade strikes Phoebus with his Dual Plasma Blasters attack.

Outside> Phoebus falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Outside> Vava hands remain curled, as small quaffs of smoke rise up from the gold-plated barrel of the Vava Cannon. His body is rigid, his gaze hardened like stone, bearing a hole into Quint even as Dr. Wily opens fire. And Vava makes no move to help Sakugarne, he remains planted in the ground, smoke tendrils rising from his shoulder, his azure stare watching Quint get melted down.

Outside> Enker outmaneuvers the gestalt once more, rolling to the side to avoid the glowing lance that would probably destroy him had it hit. Enker, the indicator in his mind having long since flashed green, can no longer hold back the colossal energy contained within his weapon. With a roar of rage uncharacteristic of the cool, collected Master, Enker thrusts his spear forward, seemingly longer than his reach. This is merely an optical illusion, caused by the titanic shaft of pure energy having left the spear's tip.

Outside> Enker strikes Guardian Mobius with his Mirror Buster attack.

Outside> Opera gives a sharp nod as Cappella goes flying. "Who's next..." she comments out loud, looking around the area of the bunker. The burst of energy on her shoulder gives her a good indication of who's still around. "Guess you are," the Musica says, answering her own question. "But not for long." She takes her axe back in hand, tilting it to let the faint light catch its edge, then charges at Synth blade first.

Outside> Opera strikes Synth with her Valkyrie Axe attack.

Outside> WilySaucer swoops close to Quint. "Don't play dumb with ME!!!" Another bolt of energy charges at the underbelly of the saucer... however, it fades to nothingness. "Bwaha... better yet, why not let them do the work for me... a treacherious cross dimensional traveler such as yourself is not worthy of -my- deliverance!" With that, the saucer flies higher and higher. "We shall leave you at the mercy of the reploids, goodbye Quint."

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne sends a radio transmission to Dr. Wily.

Outside> Magic Man jumps back a step from the hedgehog's kick...and then just /stares/ at Jolt in absolute shock. In the middle of pitched combat...this /fool/ retaliates by trying to kick him in the shin? In the /shin/?? Even as Razor's talon digs into his torso, Magic doesn't look away from Jolt - he stumbles, doubling over as a gout of mechfluid bursts out from the hole, but he doesn't look away. "Are you.../mocking/ me??" The magician raises his cane, suddenly lunging at the hedgehog. "How /dare/ you!" SWING battah battah - the cane is aimed straight for Jolt's head.

Outside> -THOOM-CRASH-SPLOOSH!!!-

The Gustav /SLAMS/ once more apon the ice, Tron grunting as Rock evades her deadly assault. But Tron isn't through yet... Not by a /LONG/ shot. The Gustav sinks with a sudden explosion of water, and then it begins to claw it's way for the surface, aquaturbines in it's feet kicking into full gear.

The Servbots have been busy watching and witnessing this battle, their little eyes watching as the attacks are exchanged back and forth. As the Gustav sinks into the water, they all sigh, sweatdropping. They don't move to attack this time...

Tron, almost teary eyed within the Gustav... trying to fight back confusing emotions that swell in her. But she does not care... she will /DESTROY/ the Blue Bomber!! The Gustav rockets up torwards the Ice... not yet making it up onto the surface. (No attack)

Outside> Whipcrack Octopus sends a radio transmission to Vava.

Outside> Vava receives a radio transmission from Whipcrack Octopus.

Outside> Phoebus says, "Goodbye.", calmly right back towards Ballade. "It's been fun.", and then he starts being blasted like heck jolting upwards with each blast, his body shaking uncontrollably from the pain and destruction inflicted on his body... He would rather have it be King...but Ballade would have done... Maybe he'll go with the rest of the forcers who had died... He slowly gives up on staying conciouss and closes his eyes. And smiles a little, though it's barely noticeable through his heavily wounded face. His automated distress signal activates.

Outside> Symphony arrives at the unconcious Cappella, quickly checking her over to make sure there is no 'major' damage, and trying to stay out of the way of the giant warrior fighting only few feet away, she slings on of her sisters arms over her shoulder and begins semi-carrying/draging her towards the transport, just lucky for Symphony that Cappella is as light as she is, otherwise she would have chance of getting her out of there.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Phoebus transmits: '*automated distress signal detailing Phoebus's location and status...which isn't good*'.

Outside> Vava explodes into motion as the WilySaucer disengages, dashing forward, every other step sending a small burst of discharged energy from his boots. As Quint is disoriented, and actually prone to close combat, Vava intends to utilize it. From a small panel on the underside of his right wrist, as he sprints forward, comes a hilt, and then a snaphiss later, a pulsating green energy blade snaps from the hilt. As Vava nears, he slashes with its horizontally, mostly for Sakugarne, intent to disconnect the two - permenantly.

Outside> Symphony retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open for parting shots from Colonel, Rock, Synth, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Guardian Mobius, Burner Man, Magic Man, WilySaucer, Skyblade Eagle, Jolt Hedgehog, Opera, Phoebus, Razor Pterodactyl, Quint-Sakugarne, Vava, Enker, Ion Wolf, Whipcrack Octopus, Ballade, and Stalker Tiger.

Outside> Vava misses Quint-Sakugarne with his Vava Blade attack.

Outside> Cappella retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open for parting shots from Colonel, Rock, Synth, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Guardian Mobius, Burner Man, Magic Man, WilySaucer, Skyblade Eagle, Jolt Hedgehog, Opera, Phoebus, Razor Pterodactyl, Quint-Sakugarne, Vava, Enker, Ion Wolf, Whipcrack Octopus, Ballade, and Stalker Tiger.

Outside> WilySaucer disappears in a brilliant flash of light.

Outside> Synth keeps blazing at Opera as she charges. All that fear of violence and whatnot has abruptly vanished in a complete(ly moronic) rage. The swing stops her frenzy, catching her in the shoulder and slicing down. The armour bursts with a loud snap, and ... it's mostly the thin armour that keeps it from slicing her in twain. Instead, it rends through her internals and framework, spewing sparks and fluids before it's finally lodged in place and withdrawn. The huge gash makes her drop her chaingun, convulsing from the catastrophic damage to her delicate system. Although still online ... she's effectively stunned for the moment.

Outside> WilySaucer retreats from the area swiftly, leaving it open for parting shots from Duet.

Outside> Cappella misses Duet with her Grasp attack.

Outside> Ballade looks down at the smoking body of Phoebus, and nods once. A fitting end for a loyal opponent. Pity he chose the wrong side. Igniting his barely functional Dash Jets, he starts towards the transports. A system crackles to life, and his amplified voice echos across the ice and snow. "Robot Masters... fall back."

Outside> It's while the gestalt is busy trying to remove Burner Man's rather annoying presence that allows Enker to get the jump on the gestalt. It stumbles backwards from the sheer force of the Mirror Buster's blast, the massive beam coming to a halt against the body of the gestalt. It' s angry.. it's not enjoying this, and it would rather be shopping in fact, just because shopping is fun and this is becoming unfun. Despite that, it remains upright, still intact -- although it's quite clear that the mighty gestalt is suffering some pretty heavy damage. With a mighty leap, it takes to the air, giant wings flapping as it gains a bit of altitude. Not too much, though, just enough for it to bring the Mobius Lance into play once more. Spiralling the mighty weapon above its head, energy crackles down into its length and further down into Mobius' body, a constant reaction that is centering a fair deal of energy into the Lance. Are the skies darkening?

Now would be a real good time to start running.

Outside> Ballade retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open for parting shots from Colonel, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Burner Man, WilySaucer, Skyblade Eagle, Opera, and Razor Pterodactyl.

Outside> As Symphony takes off with Cappella, Colonel decides to leave them both with a lesson.. namely.. DON'T $@$@# WITH HIM! And to prove this point, he slams his sabre into the ground, and sends an energy tidal wave of snow, ice, and wave energy flying at the two femme masters, growling angrilly.

Outside> Colonel misses Symphony with his Ground Ripper attack.

Outside> Quint's mind finally clicks and he remembers the stolen file. "Enker, that bastard!!" he glares. "Fine! I'll just get some technology all on my own!" he shouts defiantly at them all, then turns to deal with Vava. "You'll pay for that! And when I'm through with you, I'll-" His eyes widen as he catches a glimpse of motion and he turns to reflexively shout at Vava. "No don't!!" The blade connects just as Sakugarne starts to turn to see what its master is yelling about, and recieves and energyblade for its trouble. The blade cuts deep and shorts out several critical components inside. A moment later it tips over and flops down into the snow as an enraged Quint charges Vava. "I'll gut you for this!!"

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne misses Vava with his Ram attack.

Outside> Rock watches as the Gustav, with Tron still inside fall down into the ice from where she attempted to smash him. He stands there deciding for a few moments on what he should do next, and realizes that Tron is a human, even if she's trying to kill him, he can't just let her die so easily. She may not be able to survive underthere for long. Torn between his morals and his since of war, he decides to see how she is doing. Perhaps if she can swim, she won't need his help in getting out. However, if that fall damaged the machinery... He stares down into the broken ice, carefully.

Outside> [OOC] Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav> says, "And thus is QS transformed into his This-U Quint by the Blade of Vava!"

Outside> "I AM NOT MOCKIN- OW!" is what pretty sums up what happened in the next few seconds. Jolt gets clonked on the helmet, and he falls over in a daze. "Oy..... I thinked I liked that..... he mutters. Automaticly, electric plates snap out from Jolt, and start surrounding his back, an old programming code block predating his days at the Repliforce, which automaticly activates his forcefield if he is unable to respond from an attack. Stupid prebuilt code. :P

Outside> [OOC] Quint-Sakugarne says, "possibly ;)"

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog crouches down, and extends the bed of spikes on his helmet, which electrify.[%R]Jolt Hedgehog activates his forcefield.

Outside> Enker's eyes widen VERY MUCH when he notices what Guardian is doing. Honor and courage precludes him from running, but then a gift from the glory that is Wily arrives. He pauses just long enough to say, "Let this be deemed a draw, Guardian Mobius!" Then he turns tail and RUNS LIKE HELL!
Outside> Enker retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open for parting shots from Colonel, Rock, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Guardian Mobius, Burner Man, Magic Man, WilySaucer, Skyblade Eagle, Jolt Hedgehog, Opera, Phoebus, Razor Pterodactyl, and Quint-Sakugarne.

Outside> Stalker Tiger meanwhile has put his weapons away. Snarling, Stalker charges Magic Man, lashing out with a mighty fist. "Time t' say g'night!!" he yells, as he runs to unleash a nice haymaker.

Outside> Stalker Tiger strikes Magic Man with his Punch attack.

Outside> Quint can charge Vava, but the United Nations Alpha Soldier will not be waiting there. A flicker of blue light, and the White Knight has blinked aside, reappearing in another flash at the position where Quint stood a moment ago. It seems that Vava holds all the cards at the moment; especially evident by the fact that a healthy missile rack has extended from his left shoulder, several blue tipped rockets resting in its hold. One of Vava's blue eyes, the right one, narrows slightly, the blue irii being shadowed out by a red pupil which locks onto Quint's form. "Its time, Quint. Relent now, and return with me to our world to face your crimes by the United Nations. Or, make me drag you back, kicking and screaming." Vava holds his attack, to give Quint time to turn and give his decision. Afterall, Vava's not likely to shoot his foe cleanly in his dorsal side.

Outside> Opera turns away from the sparking Synth. "Leave," she repeats as she scans the scene for the third stooge, shifting the grip on her axe. "Time to join your teammates." The Musica tosses the axe in such a way that it'll return to her hand whether it lands or not. Nifty trick, isn't it?

Outside> Opera strikes Symphony with her Axe Fling attack.

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl growls in anger. Even with a claw burrowed into his body, the Master is still ignoring him! After Stalkers's attack, he shouts, "Stop acting like I'm not here!!" into Magic's ear, before jerking his arm backwards, sending the RM flying. Hopefully he'll be in for a rough landing.

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl misses Magic Man with his Throw attack.

Outside> Synth blinks ... staring at her sparking wound. She drops her laptop/chaingun to the ground...staring. Finally, she ... well. Faints, thudding to the ground as a defense mechanism. ... fairly ironic, that.

Outside> Burner Man growls, and turns to bolt for it. "This is far from over!" he yells to the gestalt, turning to check on the remainder of the RMs....and sees Synth fall. "Miss Synth!" He cries, rushing as quickly as he can muster towards her, trying to grab hold of her and get back to the WilyChoppers.

Outside>

As the battle wages, the portal has taken quite a few hits. The inviting rainbow color is starting to shimmer, electricty dancing over the frame of the portal as it crackles and creaks. It may have at most a minute left before it starts to overload fully towards explosion.

Colonel notices this, and bellows, "Vava, get Qunit and yourself through, NOW! Repliforce, the portal's going to blow, fall back to the cow!"

Outside> Burner Man strikes Synth with his Grasp attack.

Outside> Burner Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open for parting shots from Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, WilySaucer, Skyblade Eagle, and Razor Pterodactyl.

Outside> Phoebus would love to, collie G...buuut...

Outside> WilySaucer enters the Sky Above North Pole.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'System collapse imminent. You have: 56 seconds at the tone to get to minimum safe distance. *tweet*'.

Outside> [OOC] Enker says, "All right, 60 seconds. But then the portal's gonna blow, and it's PK for the lot of us. :)"

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne whirls about to glare at Vava. Though his eyes are like mirrors, the expression on his face is enough to answer Vava. Quint doesn't feel like listening to reason right now. Which is very bad for him, because he's not very good at combat on the ground. He's the brains of the pair, Sakugarne does the fighting. So when Quint hears the offer he simply says, "The doctor is going the rule both universes! Far be it from me to disapoint someone as him!" And with that he charges into the rockets as he rears his fist back.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'REPLIFORCE, GET THE WOUNDED AND BOARD THE COW! NOW!'.

Outside> Too slow, indeed. While Burner Man runs for it, Enker isn't as lucky, still within tracking range of the goliath, the floating pinnacle of power within the skies. Well aware of how little time is left, it cuts the energy absorption process off a little sooner than it should, Guardian Mobius swinging the lance about once more. It leaves an after-trail of energy, in truth, the Maelstrom being summoned. The beak parts, letting out both a roar and a shriek of pain, frustration and more importantly fury. Wings beating, it begins soaring higher, lance trailing after Enker's retreating form.

With a final shriek, it lets loose with the mighty strike.

Outside> Guardian Mobius misses Enker with its Mobius Lance Maelstrom attack.

Outside> Colonel grabs Opera by the arm. "Find what wounded you can, and get to the cow, we have to get out of here!"

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'You have: 40 seconds at the tone to get to minimum safe distance. *tweet*'.

Outside> Symphony manages to outdistance the attack from Colonel and is almost at the door to the transport when the axe from opera smash's into her torso, through the front, and our the back, ripping in and out, tearing into the delicate synthetic organs with a spray of red 'blood', Symphony cries out in pain and drops Cappella mid stride, falling to the ground, her hand goes to the would, the snow around her becoming red as it soaks up the crimson fluid, and she lies their whimpering slightly unable now to carry Cappella, or even get herself the rest of the way.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Whipcrack, clear the bunker, and move!'.

Outside> The frozen water slowly stills after the titanic impact of the Gustav apon the ice. And all is silent.

...Then in the dark waters... to small points of light slowly rise and become appearant. The glowing yellow eyes of the Gustav! Those eyes look back up into Rock's... the Gustav looming there underwater for the moment. And the Pilot inside blinks... at the look of Concern on Rock's face. . o O ( ...What? Why is he ...worried? ...Why? ) She then /shakes/ her head sharply from side to side, clearing it as best she can, and then with a yell of rage, the Gustav /EXPLODES/ from the water with a fountain of freezing water!

"Now you will... PAAAAAAAYYYYY!"

Heedless of the Portal. Heedless of the RM Retreat. Heedless of it all... The Gustav throws it's arms wide, it's chest and backplates opening. And from them... a litteral /RAIN/ of the black spheres is launched! Launching out and around the Gustav and the pool where the Gustav fell, every last one of those black spheres capable of detonating with 10 times the force of any stick of TNT!!

-fhudfhudfhudfhudfhudfhudfhudfhudfhudfhudfhudfhud!-

-rollrollrollrollrollrollrollrollrollrollrollrollrollroll-

-Boom-

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'Acknowledged. Setting portal systems on autopilot. You have: 30 seconds at the tone to get to minimum safe distance. *tweet*'.

Outside> Skyblade Eagle flies out to where Phoebus, grabbing his broken butt up, and lifting off back towards the Cow now..

Outside> Skyblade Eagle takes Phoebus.

Skyblade Eagle has arrived.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'Hunters, we have 30 seconds to scramble out of here. Fall back!'.

Phoebus has arrived.

Skyblade Eagle drops Phoebus.

Outside> Vava has disconnected.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog grumbles from under his forcefield. "Dangit! I hate this!" He deactivates his force field, and stands up. Then he hears the message. "Oh crap. I think it's time to make an exit!" he poses, and hulls aft towards the cow. "Thanks for the help by the way!

Outside> Vava has connected.

Outside> Enker is dashing faster than he ever has in his life. On his way, he barely registers Symphony's need for his aid and grabs her in his arms without thinking With a final Herculean leap, he jumps up and into the still-open hatch of the Stealth Transport, even as it flies away. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN!
Outside> The bed of spikes retract, and Jolt stands up.%rJolt Hedgehog lowers his forcefield.

Outside> Symphony has reconnected.

Outside> Rock gets blown back by Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav>'s Tron Bomb Barrage.

Jolt Hedgehog has arrived.

Outside> Enker is dashing faster than he ever has in his life. On his way, he barely registers Symphony's need for his aid and grabs her in his arms without thinking With a final Herculean leap, he jumps up and into the still-open hatch of the Stealth Transport, even as it flies away. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN! (repose for Symphony)

Outside> Enker takes Symphony.

Outside> Cappella just lays on the ground unconscious once more.

Jolt Hedgehog has left.

Repliforce Hoverbike <Beta> has arrived.

Outside>
Whipcrack and the remaining gumbies slam out of the bunker, racing towards the COW on a jet-boosted hoversled. He's holding the control systems and the computer Ayla gave him, and is carrying a small rectangle on a magnetic pocket on his hip. The hoversled gets to the COW almost ahead of everyone else, racing up the ramp and coming to a hard stop all the way in the front.

Jolt Hedgehog has arrived.

Outside> Stealth Transport lowers the main cargo ramp as Ballade takes the controls. His hands dance across the controls, pushing the transport... into reverse. Skimming over the ice, the ramp catches any and all Robot Masters lying about the field. Ballade is really that good. Once he's got all of them and their stuff that he can, he presses the hatch seal. And shoves the throttle forwards. With a roar, the Transport takes to the sky... and the Robot Masters are away.

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl wants to continue beating on Magic very badly, but this doesn't look like a good time. He engages his thrusters and quickly rockets towards the Cow.

Outside> Opera catches her axe easily, nodding as Colonel snags her arm. "Understood sir," she replies to the Repliforce XO. "Will the bunker be able to withstand the shock?" The Musica scans the local area for downed Repliforcers. Noting Whipcrack Octopus speeding by, she notes that her question is moot point. So she runs for cover.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'Attention all active parties. You have: 20 seconds to reach minimum safe distance at the tone. *tweet*'.

Outside> Colonel sends a radio transmission.

Outside> Vava receives a radio transmission.

Razor Pterodactyl has arrived.

Outside> Magic Man stumbles back, glaring at Stalker through narrowed eyes as one hand rises to touch the dent in that thing on his face which is not exactly a mouth. Razor's shout restores his good mood, however - the magician gives a short laugh, yanking his arm out of the pteredactyl's grasp. "So very sorry," he murmurs, turning his head to smirk at Razor. But then, the order to retreat goes out - and who is he to ignore something like that? "Ta." The magician disappears in a flash of bright white light, hopefully before anyone can strike again.

Outside> Magic Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open for parting shots from Colonel, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Opera, and Vava.

Phoebus 's butt is uninjured. However, most of his body is. There are holes in several places...theres a huge charred section covering all of his misection...

Outside> Colonel retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open for parting shots from Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, and Opera.

Skyblade Eagle has left.

Outside> Stalker Tiger snorts at the Radio, and begins running for the Vorpal. Flight or fight, it's time for flight. "C'mon Rock! Let's get outta here!!" he yells, as he disappears up the ramp.

Outside> Stalker Tiger retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open for parting shots from Colonel, Rock, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Guardian Mobius, Magic Man, Skyblade Eagle, Opera, and Quint-Sakugarne.

Outside> Skyblade Eagle retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open for parting shots from Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, and Duet.
Outside> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> opens an enterance from the opening...awaiting any incoming Hunters or Repliforcers looking for save haven.

Whipcrack Octopus has arrived.

Outside> Opera retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open for parting shots from Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Magic Man, and Skyblade Eagle.

Skyblade Eagle has arrived.

Razor Pterodactyl has left.

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open for parting shots from Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, and Duet.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Twila Peterson transmits: 'The Vorpal is avaialable for shelter as well.'.

Outside> Stealth Transport swoops down once more at breakneck speed. A Joe is ready at the hatch to pick up Cappella's barely-conscious body as it goes by, and then the Transport is up into the sky again.

The missiles catch him dead in the chest and detonate in a spectacular light show. They finish the work Wily began by ripping off the rest of his chest armor and nearly shredding his upper torso as he's consumed by the explosion. Needless to say, his fist never gets near Vava. After a few moments of standing with a hole that literally goes in one side and out the other, he falls over backwards to lay in the snow next to Sakugarne, though he's worse off then his companion.

<O-Repliforce> Zen Monkey says, "You tend to be on +retreat lists. IE: high initiative."

Razor Pterodactyl has arrived.

Flare Feline is sitting in one of the seats near the back of the Cow. All internal damage has been patched, his armor is still in bad shape. He is concious, but not talking, seems to be lost in thought, or in a daze (sorry for not posing sooner, decided to take a break from playing M3 so I could play MegaMan :) )

Outside> Guardian Mobius angrily grunts as both of it's enemies escape. Then, with that danger passed, the gravity of the current situation suddenly dawns on the gestalt. "Uh oh! Better get out of here! It turns toward the Cow and flies off quickly, intent on reaching the cargo plane immediately.

Phoebus is laying somewhere.

Outside> Rock isn't really prepared for the Gustav to recover so swiftly from such a high fall, nor does he expect Tron to litter the ice with explosions in such a violent manner that he almost doesn't leap from the ice and sink. Still, the explosives hit hard and send him flying across the ice and closer to where the portal is. He shakes his head to clear it, and then notices where he landed and begins to dash as quickly as possible away from the soon to explode device. Still, it isn't like he's standing next to it...

Outside> Guardian Mobius grabs the fallen Stalwart hovertank on it's way to the Cow and carries it into the plane.

Whipcrack jumps off the hoversled, toting his precious command systems and mini-computer. He immediately tosses them into a gear hold and straps himself in for a hard takeoff, bracing against a support with his tentacles as well.

Razor Pterodactyl enters the craft flying, landing quickly after. A scorch mark adorns his chest. He doesn't look very happy as he quietly takes the first unoccupied seat he sees.

Jolt Hedgehog enters the plane, leaking..... something from one of those tanks on his back. I'm guessing that stuff isn't good for the floor. "Uh... I think I need a towel...." Jolt mutters, as he tries to compensate for massive loss of electricity. "Well, I guess that..... was fun....." He then just falls over, exausted.

Outside> Even as the Barrage detonates, Trons eyes turn up and... go /WIDE/ at the Portal. . o O ( ...oh no. If anything is going to explode... /THAT/ is!! ) And the Gustav ignites it's jumpjets, springing clear of it's own blast radius. Landing with a loud -THOOM-... it turns it's gaze to the Servbots, who scramble aboard with cries of terror! They slip into compartments or hang onto handholds. And then the Gustav turns... and gazes right for... Mega Man. He dashes away at top speed... but not even /he/ is fast enough. With a blast of speed of it's own, the Gustav rockets forward, one massive hand shooting out to try and snatch Rock up into it's grasp... surprisingly gentle. Tron's worried voice rising from the speakers. "Time to GO!"

And the Drache looms overhead, rocketing downward as it is polited by the Servbots left in charge. And the Gustav springs upward, it's free hand grasping onto one of the handholds as the Drache kicks on /FULL/ speed, getting them away from what will obviously be a /MASSIVE/ Temportal Explosion!

"Hold on, Blue Boy! This is going to..."

...And Tron's words are cut off... as the scene that plays before the Portal concludes.

Outside> Guardian Mobius doesn't grab the tank because it's at the bottom of the ocean. Instead, it just flies into the Cow.

Guardian Mobius has arrived.

Outside> Wilychoppers lifts off, blades going THUDATHUDATHUDA as the craft swoops after the steath transport.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: '15 seconds. *tweet*'.

Colonel has arrived.

Outside> Meanwhile, gaily decorated Christmas SAM sites begin rising from the snowy hills in the area, locking onto all the fleeing vehicles. Apparently EVERYONE has been naughty this year....and Jolly Saint Nick prefer to just charcoal everyone rather than hand out all that coal. (OOC)

Colonel walks up the ramp with Opera. "Everyone accounted for?" He asks immediately, looking outside.

Outside> The Shoulder-salvo releases with a flurry of someodd 6 blue rockets, which each twirl and criss-cross through the air to explode all across Quint's body. Vava has fought Quint countless times, and knows where his weaknesses lie. Such was the case with utilizing explosives. The reflection of Quints exploding body is apparent in Vava's rock hard gaze. In a few short weeks in this reality he has lost his innocence, seen the macabre of what he can become, and is a better person for it. A better being, one with a renewed vision and purpose. You could call his stay a personal bit of euhopria, of enlightenment to things beyond the scope of his original mindset. Stepping forward, as his communications receiver crackles to life, Vava's hands lower to scoop up Quint's body, shouldering him, while body lowers at the knee to clutch Sakugarne. Vava remains lowered for a few seconds, just looking at the Pogostick, before he rises again, body flashing blue, to reappear on the platform with the Dimensional Portal.

However, Vava hesitates, as he looks into the dimensional funnel. His white cast a glow of blues and reds from the light of the portal, Vava's gaze lowers. With a shove, he drops Quint into the portal along with his Pogostick, and then turns back towards the tattered battlefield. A few tears form in the corner of his deep blue eyes, but he says nothing. No, the words will be left unsaid, the friends he has made, will forever go without a thank you or a goodbye. One last tear, of happiness, or sorrow, its not determined, and then Vava backs into the Portal - just as the systems shut down.

Outside> Meanwhile, in a small house not to far away, a little guy waddles up to another guy in a big red suit.

"They're leaving sir."

"And were they good little boys and girls?"

"You already know the answer to that Boss."

*Sigh* "Okay. I just hope my counterpart can find enough coal for that Quint then..."

Outside> Bonne Dropship <Drache> takes Servbot #1.
Phoebus lays on the ground.

Jolt does too. How fun. "Uhh...."

Whipcrack Octopus is strapped into a chair and is securing himself against a support additionally with his tentacles.

Guardian Mobius lands within the Cow, immediately moving to one side. Obviously damaged heavily, it attempts to demerge, having difficulty with the procedure, but ultimately managing to do so, revealing the heavily injured specialist team.

Guardian Mobius demerges.

Chi has arrived.
Ten has arrived.

Guardian Mobius has left.

Razor Pterodactyl is in his seat muttering to himself, not strapped in at all.
Flare Feline is sitting near the back, still in a daze, internal damage has been repaired, though his armor is still in bad shape. He isn't saying anything. It doesn't even look like he's aware of everyone in the vehicle.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: '10 seconds. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six.'.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne would pose, but there's nothing fancy he can pose while unconscious.
"
Outside> Opera pauses at the edge of the doorway to the Repliforce airship to watch Vava disappear. "Goodbye, friend," she whispers to Vava's faint form. "And take care." She jumps into the Cow before the Gateway goes *boom*.
Opera has arrived.

Ayla Ericson has arrived.

Opera has left.

Outside> Stealth Transport is a long long way away.

Outside> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> begins closing it's doors as it begins to lift off...to escape to oncoming explosion...without the Blue Bomber...
<O-Repliforce> I Voted! Jolt Hedgehog says, "Im in the cow."

Outside> Wilychoppers is a similarly long way away.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne is a REALLY long ways away.

Outside> Bonne Dropship <Drache> with the Gustav hanging form it... and Rock in the Gustav's hand... are getting the heck out of dodge!

Colonel runs up to the pilots seat. "Go!" he thunders, dropping into the command chair, and hitting the thrusters, and launches the jet skywards.
<O-Repliforce> Ayla Ericson will return to the Arctic to retrieve the Orchestra later then. ;)

Ten makes her way to a seat, her severelt damaged joints are squeaking and she appears to be in a lot of pain. Then she slumps into the chair, fatstens her seat belt, and sits there almost limp.

Chi lurches up to the co-pilots seat, despite his obvious injuries.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'Five. Four. Three.'.
Outside> Cue self-destruct music.

Outside> Rock continues to dash as far from the portal as he notices that there is no way he will be able to get out of the way in time. Just when he's about to trip, he is grabbed and escorted off... by... Tron?!? He looks a bit confused at this and then notices that they are making great speed away from this area, and the imminent explosion. After he regains his senses, though he is still confused... Why is Tron trying to rescue him?

Outside> Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> slides along the ice in a hot launch, bouncing a few times, as the plane rises off the ground, and goes even faster. Watch that cow shuffle!

Outside> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> fires up it's enginesm rising higher and higher into the atmosphere...up and away from ground zero...
Razor Pterodactyl fastens his seatbelt /quickly/ at the mention of the word "go", only just doing so fast enough to prevent himself from falling out of his seat.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'Two.'.
Outside> [OOC] Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav> awaits the last /BIG/ Kaboom

Jolt Hedgehog is flung all the way down the isle and lands on the wall. "Is this a dinner flight? Do we get peanuts?" he says in a daze.

Outside> BOOM!!!

Chi has disconnected.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'One. <significant pause> Gateway destroyed. Crisis averted. Have a nice day.'.

Outside> Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> is rattled somewhat by any resulting shockwaves which may occur do not being able to escape the fuul reach of the explosion in time. The altitude lost is quickly regained in a few moments. Whoever was inside must have gone through a bumby ride...

Outside> There is no big.. explosion.. rather, instead, the area seems to become a vortex, sucking in on itself, as a 5 mile square area of ice just seems to.. disappear, sucked into the other dimension, tearing the gate apart in the implosion, and sends the twisted remains of the gate, and the bunker to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean"

Outside> Stealth Transport enters the Arctic Ice Floes.

Outside> North Pole
Outside>
The northernmost place on the earth, this is where all magnets point naturally. Home of Santa Claus, Saint Nick or what have you. Arctic winds swirl and howl endlessly and the cold temperature is relentless. All sorts of animals dwell here, although the place is so big, it is rare to catch a glimpse of them. It's best not to stand in one place for too long, because it doesn't take long to get frost bite.. in the great white north.

Outside> Wilychoppers [RM]
Duet [SD]
Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav> [C]
Rock [X] [MH]
Bonne Dropship <Drache> [C]
Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> [MH]
Quint-Sakugarne [Quint-Sakugane] [RM]
Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> [RF]
[Stealthed] Musica Airship <Orchestra> [C]

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> South <S> leads to Arctic Ice Floes.
Outside> Up leads to Sky Above North Pole.

Outside> As Vava steps into the Portal, the last of it's safety systems shut down with a shunt of cascading power. The TimePortal begins to shake and tremble, rippling with angry reds and yellows that shimmer acrost it's surface like pond disturbed by waves of molten lava pouring down into it. An unholy keen rises from the massive disk, the rippling of the portal intensifying, bubbling and roiling outward both in front and behind it. The North Pole is lit by an unholy incandecence... and with the the speed of a pricked bubble, both sides of the portal collapse with a furious explosion of energy! The ice around it is flashboiled, and it light of the explosion is so strong as to be seen even from outer space, systems all over the world feeling the energy backlash! In one unholy colaboration, the Time Portal... EXPLODES!!!!

-Ka-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!-

Outside> WilySaucer [RM]

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> South <S4> leads to Sky Above Oceania.
Outside> Down <AO> leads to Arctic Ocean.
Outside> Down leads to Arctic Ice Floes.
Outside> South 3 <S3> leads to Sky Above Europe.
Outside> South 2 <S2> leads to Sky Above North America.
Outside> South 1 <S1> leads to Sky Above Asia.
Outside> Down <NP> leads to North Pole.
Outside> You enter the Sky Above North America.
Outside> Sky Above North America
Outside>
As you descend towards the Earth's surface, the continent of North America grows gradually larger as soon you're able to spot the vast mountain ranges of the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains as well as see all of the vast forests and un-civilized lands in what would be Canada and Mexico.

Outside>

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> Down <CA> leads to Sky Above Central America.
Outside> Down <MEX> leads to Sky Above Mexico.
Outside> Down <EUS> leads to Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> Down <WUS> leads to Sky Above Western United States.
Outside> Down <WC> leads to Sky Above Western Canada.
Outside> Down <EC> leads to Sky Above Eastern Canada.
Outside> Up leads to Sky Above Western Hemisphere.
Outside> Southwest <SW> leads to Sky Above Oceania.
Outside> South <S> leads to Sky Above South America.
Outside> East <E> leads to Sky Above Europe.
Outside> West <W> leads to Sky Above Asia.
Outside> North <N> leads to Sky Above North Pole.
Outside> You enter the Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> Sky Above Eastern United States
Outside>
Above the Eastern part of the United Sates of America, the heavens of Earth reach about here to different areas of the United States. The Midwest, The Eastern Seaboard. More clouds drift on by following the local weather patterns. It's quiet up here somewhat peaceful as you can feel the hustle and bustle from below and smell the pollution that is being pumped into the sky above from the lands below. Yet it's better up here than down there, for now.

Outside>

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> Down <GOM> leads to Gulf of Mexico.
Outside> Down <NEW> leads to New England.
Outside> Down <MW> leads to Midwest.
Outside> Down <AS> leads to Appalachian States.
Outside> Down <ES> leads to Eastern Seaboard.
Outside> Down <LA> leads to Louisiana.
Outside> Down <F> leads to Florida.
Outside> Southeast <SE> leads to Sky Above Caribbean Sea.
Outside> East <E> leads to Sky Above North Atlantic.
Outside> North <N> leads to Sky Above Eastern Canada.
Outside> West <W> leads to Sky Above Western United States.
Outside> South <S> leads to Sky Above Mexico.
Outside> Up leads to Sky Above North America.
Outside> You enter the Eastern Seaboard.
Outside> Eastern Seaboard
Outside>
The Eastern Seaboard of America is the very shores upon which the country was founded. There have been settlers here for hundreds of years, and the few remaining Native American tribes have been here even longer. Now the area is mostly dominated by cities, the bulk of America's trade with Europe and Africa going through here. Where the cities end, there are long stretched of beautiful beaches, and forests dominate the terrain. Despite the hustle and bustle of urban life, this area is less used than it once was, the majority of traffic going through New York, the megacity, instead.

Outside>

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> Submerge <D> leads to Underneath Central Atlantic.
Outside> East <E> leads to Western Atlantic Ocean.
Outside> South <S> leads to Florida.
Outside> North <N> leads to New England.
Outside> Northwest <NW> leads to Midwest.
Outside> West <W> leads to Appalachian States.
Outside> Up leads to Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> You enter the New England.
Outside> New England
Outside>
The oldest of all the regions in the United States, New England is perhaps the area that is the greatest mixture of old and new. Bristling with the most MegaCities of any region in North America, New England MegaCities are an odd combination of advanced superstructures and ancient, carefully preserved historic buildings and monuments. Long standing traditions, such as the Statue of Liberty in New York City, the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, and an entire section of historic Boston, all remain as they have for centuries. Much of what was once suburban land, however, has been absorbed into the MegaCities and developed into what is now the large super-structures and modern buildings. A few wildlife parks are scattered between the vast cities, but most of the landscape has been absorbed into the cities. To the east, the fierce Atlantic Ocean extends out beyond the horizon.

Outside> Small New England Town
Able Robotics Company <ARC>
The Boardwalk
New York

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> Submerge <D> leads to Underneath Northern Atlantic.
Outside> East <E> leads to Northwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Outside> South <S> leads to Eastern Seaboard.
Outside> West <W> leads to Midwest.
Outside> North <N> leads to Quebec.
Outside> Up leads to Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> You enter the Hangar Bay - RHQ.
Outside> Hangar Bay - RHQ(#2105RntFJ)
Outside>
The Repliforce Hangar Bay is a massive complex, taking up the majority of the level 2 Sub-Level. Sprawling and massive, it is a giant rectangle. The floor is lined in reds and yellows, to mark various parking areas, service stations, and what have you. Blue lights hang from the ceiling, with yellow neon tubelights attached to the walls. In emergency, the blue lights will turn to red for a Red Alert, yellow for a Yellow Alert, and Green for a regular launch. The floor is metallic, but an offbeat grey and blue combination. To one side of the Hangar are the various Ride Armor pods, with rampways and technicians constantly working on them. To the other side are various vehicles, such as Storm Owl's Air Platform. Craft exit the Hangar not through an opening to the sky, but through what appears to be a set of flashing green tubes, which apparently propel the craft below Repliforce HQ, to somewhere more accustomable to launch or deploy.

Outside> Repliforce Dropship <Falconis> [RF]
Ride Armor Crates [#5248 On]
Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> [RF]
Repliforce Submergable Hovercraft <Barracuda> [RF]
Repliforce Hoverbike <Alpha> [RF]
Repliforce Attack Hoverbike <Gamma> [RF]
Ride Armor Recharge Chamber <RARC>

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> Exit Tunnel 4 <ET4> leads to Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> Exit Tunnel 3 <ET3> leads to Western Atlantic Ocean.
Outside> Exit Tunnel 2 <ET2> leads to New York - Western Residential.
Outside> Exit Tunnel 1 <ET1> leads to New England.
Outside> <DC> leads to Detention Center - RHQ.
Outside> <S2H> leads to Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

Jolt Hedgehog has disconnected.

Colonel stands up. "I need one volunteer."

Flare Feline slowly comes to as the Cow enters the HQ. Shaking off his daze he looks around and sees everyone in the vehicle, he realizes that they are back and that it is all over. He looks disappointed for missing everything.

Skyblade Eagle hmms, "For what, sir?"

Razor Pterodactyl regards the Colonel silently and curiously.

Whipcrack finally unbraces from the support, unbuckling himself from the seat. He immediately gets up, salutes, and indicates, "Awaiting orders, sir."

Colonel says, "..great, Private.. file a report on what happened tonight."

Opera remains against one of the walls of the ship, silently leaning against it as she thinks about the friend she just lost. But he had to go back, which makes the blow a little easier to handle.

<Global News Network> The Entire World feels the sudden jolt, and every system can feel the massive explosion and the shockwave of energy that rockets out around the world from the exploding Time Portal apon the North Pole.

Colonel smirks, then smiles. "..tend to the wounded, folks, get them to the repair bay. I am proud of you all."

(Ch. D [Public]) Flamethrower Ferret transmits: 'What the...'.

Ten thinks about volunteering, then quickly decides against it as the pain of her injuries reminds her of her current inability to do much. She just slumps back into her chair, moaning in pain. "Oooohhhh!" Finally, she stands up and limps out, bound for the repair bay.

(Ch. D [Public]) Tron Bonne transmits: '...That was... ...Intense...'.
Phoebus lays on the ground. He's volunteering. really!

(Ch. D [Public]) Ash Coyote transmits: ' check please'.

Flare Feline isn't in as bad a shape as he was earlier, but he is still in bad condition, he himself will probably need someone to help him walk.

(Ch. D [Public]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'And here I went and put a fresh coat of paint on it this morning. Oh well.'.

Ten has left.

Outside> Ten enters the Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

(Ch. D [Public]) Skyblade Eagle transmits: 'Well, that'll teach 'em to quit invading our timeline.'.

Skyblade Eagle has left.

Outside> Skyblade Eagle enters the Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

The octopus says, "Yes, sir. It will be on your desk by <OOC: eventually>." He then begins calling in his MSE gumbies, who start hauling out the injured.

Razor Pterodactyl tries to stand up immediately, then remembers he was wearing a seatbelt pretty quickly as he instantly falls back in his chair. Annoyed, he unbuckles the seatbelt, THEN gets up. He salutes the Colonel before taking his leave.

Phoebus stays on the ground where it's safe.

(Ch. D [Public]) Tron Bonne transmits: '...Well. I think Santa is going to give Coal this year.'.

(Ch. D [Public]) Flamethrower Ferret transmits: 'We lost the bridge? Damn. So much for the Flamethrower Ferret Cross-World Tour.'.

Razor Pterodactyl has left.

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl enters the Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

Colonel walks by Opera. "You can use the dignitary's quarters in my room, Opera." he says simply, "However, I would like to talk to you before you file a report with the UN."

Flare Feline tries to stand up, but buckles under himself. He looks a bit aggrivated, but he still tries to make it out on his own.

[OOC] Flare Feline says, "I'd like to make it to the Repair Bay before I log off :)"

[OOC] Whipcrack Octopus says, "OK. All the injured lump into the medbay and I'll start fixing people tomorrow."

[OOC] Flare Feline says, "Nice bedside manner there :)"

Hangar Bay - RHQ(#2105RntFJ)

Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> [RF]
Repliforce Dropship <Falconis> [RF]
Ride Armor Crates
Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> [RF]
Repliforce Submergable Hovercraft <Barracuda> [RF]
Repliforce Hoverbike <Alpha> [RF]
Repliforce Attack Hoverbike <Gamma> [RF]
Ride Armor Recharge Chamber <RARC>

This is one of the two main Repliforce Sub-Level Hallways. Unlike the expansive and formal ones above, this one is bare bones. A wide metallic corridor, with sliding metallic doors down it. Lights are fixated to the high ceiling, but aside from this the hallway is barren.

Obvious exits:
<SL> leads to Science Laboratory - RHQ.
<RB> leads to Repair Bay - RHQ.
<WR> leads to War Room - RHQ.
<CF> leads to Command Floor - RHQ.
<TL> leads to Turbolift - RHQ.
You enter the Repair Bay - RHQ.
Repair Bay - RHQ

This room is one of the largest in the Repliforce Headquarters, rivalled only by the Barracks, Briefing Area and Hangar Bay. This is the place where the wounded reploids come to get their parts replaced or for general tune-ups and tests. The latest technology is in evidence all around the room as programmed reploids scuttle back and forth, both on legs and some on wheels. Thre are numerous Repair beds that will enclose a reploid fully, and there are places for the larger reploids to power down until they get fixed. The room stretches out quite far in all directions, the only two exits leading out are either to the Laboratory or the hangar-bay sized doors into the hallway. The Repair Bay is extremely well lit, and has a definite antiseptic feel to it, as it is always emmaculately clean.

Apothecary's Pharmacy <AP>
SIGN
Nightingale's Desk of Evil
Crosswire's Workdesk
Repair Chamber

Obvious exits:
<SL> leads to Science Laboratory - RHQ.
<S1H> leads to Sub-Level 1 Hallway.
<O-Repliforce> Still has a lot to learn, Flare Feline says, "Well I'm gone all. It was fun, see ya all later!"
<O-Repliforce> Ayla Ericson waves.

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