The Chronicles of Dragge 3

[Dragge]

Chapter 15- Emotional Greeting

Dragge opened the door and walked to the living room.  He saw everyone sitting around the table.  Trigger, Bon, and Zero looked totally beat up.  Elunia and Roll looked worried.

Elunia saw Dragge and ran over to hug him.  "I thought you were dead!" she cried.

"I'm here.  No need to worry any more." Dragge said comforting her."

Do you have any idea how much trouble we've had to go through in the last three days!?" Trigger exclaimed.

"Yes.  I do.  You guys have been fighting Drifter and his companions.  I've been listening to the radio."

"Well, it's good to have you back Dragge." Bon said.

Dragge sat down then told everyone about what happened to him.  He started on the fateful morning when he told Roll that he was going to get his armor on Ostasis Island.  He then went on to tell about the dog fight between him and Drifter and then him crashing for being out of fuel.  Next, was his terrible walk to the town in which at first didn't have anyone there.  Aster that was the next day falling into the ruins and meeting some of the people from the town.  Then then that day when he was finally able to leave the island and return to the group.

"I'm glad you're safe." Roll said.

"Yeah, I'm glad myself.  Now tomorrow, Drifter will be surprised that I'm back."

Everyone agreed.  They then went on to bed except for Dragge who stayed up most of the night.  Roll ended up waking up during the night and found Dragge watching the television.

"What keeps you up Dragge?"

"I had that dream again earlier today.  The one I had about a week ago."

"I wonder if it means something."

"That's what I'm thinking.  The dream never comes to a full end though.  I keep getting woken up.  The first time was by you and the second time was by my ship saying that I made it to the island."

Dragge then held his head in his hands. "Is it some sort of vision of the future or is it something that is just in my mind to scare me in my fights with Drifter?"

"I can't answer that for you Dragge.  We're all here for you though."

Roll put her arms around Dragge and held him for a while before he fell asleep.  Roll then laid him on the couch and went back to sleep.

[Dragge]

Chapter 16- Surprise Return

The next morning, Dragge was the first one up and made breakfast for everyone.  When all the others woke up, Dragge had the table set up for breakfast.

After a greatly made breakfast, the diggers went to put on their armor. 

Dragge go to his room and just looked at his.  "Do I deserve to wear this armor?" he asked himself. "I put the group through a lot of pain and suffering and I went out of the way to get my armor."

"You do deserve to wear it." Trigger said walking in the door.

"Trigger.  I put you guys through too much."

"I know.  I flipped out last night and I apologize for that.  My point is that we need you Dragge.  Without you, we can't defeat Drifter.  We need you.  We're all powerful but you're better than all of us together.  You deserve to wear the armor."

Dragge nodded.  Trigger left the room.  After the door closed, Dragge put on his armor and felt like the Dragge from over twenty years ago.

The group walked into the town ready to face Drifter.  Drifter came in and saw Dragge.  "You're alive!?" Drifter spat out. "I swear you died in that crash.  That's why I didn't follow you to Archibald Island."

"Well, I'm here and feel more powerful than ever.  Now it's time to take you out for good." Dragge said while his buster formed on his hand.He aimed at Drifter who himself brought out his buster. 

The scholars moved out and Zero was left to fight alongside Dragge.

"Ready Zero?"

"Sure thing."  Zero grabbed his saber and moved into attack Drifter.  Drifter brought out both of his blades and started fighting Zero with his and blocked Dragge's shots with the other blade.

The battle raged on as Drifter was good with fighting two people at once.  In fact he saw no challenge in this as he moved with grace and ease.  Dragge and Zero did what they could to strike him down but Drifter had done some training for a fight such as this.

After loosing a lot of energy, Zero was hit hard by one of Drifter's blades and fell to the ground.  Dragge still continued his approach to Drifter."Dragge, here!" Zero yelled tossing Dragge his saber. 

Dragge now had a fair fight with Drifter.  The two fought like swordsmen should fight.  Neither let their guard down.

The sun was setting as it usually did when the two rivals fought each other.  Drifter found a weak point in Dragge and hit him in the right side of his armor.  Drifter then came down on Dragge's left shoulder with the other blade.

Dragge swiped at Drifter's feet as he went down but Drifter jumped back at least ten feet.  "So Dragge, you've become more powerful.  Our battle on this island ends.  The war is not over though."  Drifter left and with him the two kids still learning how to become powerful fighters.

Trigger, and Bon came along both holding Zero on their shoulders.  "Here's your sword Zero." Dragge said putting the weapon back in its place.

"Thanks.  Drifter is a tough foe.  I've been fighting him for the past three days and that's what go to me."

The group turned around and went back to the Flutter.  As the Flutter lifted off of the ground with everyone but Dragge on board, Dragge positioned the Yellow Jacket underneath so it could be put back in the dock.

Dragge got out of the vehicle and went to his room to relax.  He's been relaxing for a while but that night he really needed it.  He had forgotten how his back had hurt after the first battle with Drifter.  It hurt again that night.

Dragge fell asleep a few minutes later waiting for tomorrow.  Wondering if Drifter could be defeated.  Wondering if he would survive the fights.  Most importantly, wondering if he could bring Drifter back to the side on which he once was.  Dragge fell asleep with those thoughts in his mind.

[Dragge]

Chapter 17- Nightmare

Dragge had fallen asleep. When he did though, he had the worst nightmare in his life. It started with him on Kattelox Island.

Dragge stood up and looked at the surrounding environment. It wasn't the same Kattelox he knew. Instead of it being lush and green, it lacked color and looked like it was the opposite version of Kettelox Island. The place looked terrible. He started walking in no particular direction to see if anyone was there.

He walked into the Downtown Area and saw absolutely no one. All the houses were empty as well. Something happened to the island whether the reinitialization program went off by mistake or some other thing. Dragge felt terrified and looked around horrified at the sight he saw.

Out from the corner of his eye he caught Drifter. "What happened here Drifter?" Dragge asked saying his first words there.

"Darkness. I have taken over all islands and killed everyone that didn't agree to serving me."

"What about Nemesis. You did his job and the people would be serving him not you."

"In theory you're right. I killed Nemesis though so that he couldn't do anything about it."

"You're a monster!!!" Dragge spit out. "This isn't you Drifter. You've turned into something other than who you really are! Come back to the side of justice. You're on the wrong side!"

"In your opinion I am!"

"Drifter, I never raised you to be like this!"

"Well father, I guess I'll just have to kill you then Dragge." Drifter said no more as he activated his blades. Dragge tried to get his weapons to work but none of them did. He then reached down and on his waist was Zero's saber.

He hit the trigger and started to fight back, and hard. Though Drifter had his usual two blades, Dragge knew it was easier to use one because two slows you down.

Hit after hit came by and there was no difference between morning and night. Drifter seemed stronger in Dragge's nightmare. As if he had been training for years for that very moment. Drifter struck Dragge in the left side and Dragge fell on the street which was cracked everywhere.

Dragge tried to stand back up, but Drifter kicked him in his back. Every time Dragge got back up the same thing happened and he was down again.

"Stay down Dragge!" Drifter yelled out in rage. He kicked Dragge again sending him to the ground.

"Nnnnoo." Dragge said weakly. "I've had enough of you. It's time for me to get back at you for everything." Blood started dribbling down the right side of Dragge's face from being kicked so many times. The warrior stood up and turned around to face his son.

"So be it. I'll make sure you die slowly then." Drifter brought out only one of his blades and pointed it at Dragge's neck. He swung his arm back to strike but Dragge moved quick as lightning and grabbed his arm before it came back to strike Dragge.

Dragge then grabbed the other arm and ripped off the other device containing the blade inside it. He kicked Drifter back ten feet and grabbed the Z-saber. He jumped up into the air and came down on Drifter's right arm.

"Ahhh!" Drifter yelled in pain. He then got up and forced Dragge back a few feet. Dragge still held the sword and went to attack again. Drifter side stepped it and stabbed Dragge in his back with his blade.

Dragge stood there doing nothing for at least two minutes. He then grabbed the blade and broke off the point sticking out of his body. He walked forward and turned around to continue fighting. Drifter looked at his messed up sword and decided to use it as a dagger.

Drifter came at Dragge swinging his blade full speed. Dragge looked at him but saw someone else in his mind. He saw Dagger, the person who almost killed off Trigger for good. Dragge wasn't going to let something like that happen again.

Dragge ran towards Drifter and right before the blade hit him, he jumped over Drifter and kicked his legs out from under him which Drifter had not seen coming. "You won't kill anyone." Dragge said.

"It's too late Dragge. I killed over seventy-five percent of the population on Terra." Drifter said getting back up.

"That's in my nightmare." Dragge said. "In real life, you'll be the one to die. This is my mind and I'll make sure I destroy you here."

Dragge had full control over his armor again and let his buster wrap itself around his hand. Drifter pulled out his buster and charged it up. He fired it and it came out as a laser cutting an even bigger hole through Dragge.

Dragge stood there motionless. He picked up his right arm which was now the autofire unit. He aimed at Drifter's head. For the first time, Dragge realized that there was a chip located on his head which was controlling him.

Dragge knew now that this is why he's been acting this way for a while. He fired and hit the chip. Dragge's arm fell to his side and he then collapsed.

Dragge's alarm was buzzing in his ear. He looked at the clock and saw that it was 8:00 in the morning. He got up and stretched his arms out wide.

"What a nightmare. I'm surprised no one came into my room to try and wake me up." Dragge stood up and threw on his armor and went to the dining room for breakfast not wanting to wait to tell everyone of his findings.

[Dragge]

Chapter 18- Answering the Question Part 1

Dragge told his story to everyone that morning and even started to shake just having to think of that horrible nightmare.  He told of every little detail from when he woke up on the island, to where he collapsed after destroying the small chip on Drifter's head."It's very interesting.

" Trigger spoke first. "You've had that dream many times in the past and now you know how it ends."

"Yes.  I don't know what was up with the chip though.  Is it really there, or is it a trick my mind's playing on me so that'll I'll forget all about my true mission.  I need to know if the chip is real or not."  Dragge stated.

"It has to be." replied Elunia. "There's no other explanation for why he's gone crazy like this.  I don't see why he would betray us if he didn't have the chip.  He wouldn't betray us, would he Dragge?"

"I don't think he did, but there is one reason why he would betray us and turn evil all of a sudden.  I used to tell him of my stories back when he was fifteen.  He never believed me when I told him I was in fact Dragge, the digger who saved the world a couple of times from destruction.  If he did betray us, it's to prove that I wasn't the real Dragge and just a person with the same name."

"Then why hasn't he turned back since he knows you're really Dragge?" Bon asked.

"Like I said, that's just a theory, but I doubt he would betray his family because of that."

"Dragge, don't you have mental images of Drifter stored inside of the computer part of your brain." Roll asked.

"Yes.  Why?"

"If you can get that image onto my computer, I'll do what I can to enlarge the picture and see if there really is a chip on his head or not."

Dragge nodded his head and put a few pictures onto Roll's computer in which she then started to enlarge the pictures.  Dragge left and let Roll do her work.

The Flutter came to Forbidden Island where no one lived and where the reaverbots didn't exist at all.  Drifter was waiting for them there on the island.The guys all got ready for another fight and snapped on their armor. 

They climbed down the ladder and met Drifter."Drifter.  Why do you continue to pursue and fight us?" Dragge asked trying to get the battle off.

"To destroy you Dragge.  It's my true destiny." Drifter then signaled for his comrades to leave him.  Zero followed them this  time to get away from Drifter.

"Your true destiny is to become a digger like me!" Dragge shouted. "You were never to become evil.  What drove you to this anyway!?"

"Nemesis.  He told me the true history of you and told me that you're not who you claim you are.  You're not Dragge.  You're just someone pretending to be him so that he can stay safe.  One way or another, I'll kill Dragge."

"I am Dragge!  Nemesis had lied to you my son.  He doesn't care about you at all!  If you succeed to destroy me, he'll get rid of you as well."

"Enough talk.  It's time to fight."  Drifter brought out his blades ready to fight.  Dragge let his buster slide over his arm as usual.

"Why do you fight with melee style?" Dragge asked just looking at him.

"The same reason why you fight with guns."

The two collided in the air and started fist fighting instead of their usual method.  Dragge slugged Drifter hard in the left side of his body.  Drifter then came back with a left hook to Dragge's face which lead to blood coming down the right side of Dragge's face.

Dragge kicked Drifter in the ribs and sent him flying back a few feet.  Dragge flew through the air and was able to get another good shot at Drifter.  Drifter finally recovered and fought back.

After a good hour or so of fighting with fists, they quit.  Drifter retreated back into the island without a word.  His helpers followed him. 

Trigger, Zero, and Bon returned with not as many scratches as usual.

"What was his reason for retreating so early?" Zero asked just now putting his saber away. 

"No clue.  It's odd to think that he did that because we usually go on for hours."

The group started walking back to the Flutter when Trigger finally said, "I wonder if Roll finished her observations."

"Let's hope so." Dragge said. "Because it is the only thing that stands between me killing Drifter, and me saving his life."

[Dragge]

Chapter 19- Answering the Question Part 2

Dragge was the last on in the door after fighting Drifter and his group yet again. They were all getting tired of this and wanted to end it all quickly. Dragge went straight to where he had last left Roll.

"Did you find anything out?" Dragge asked looking at the monitor.

"No. All the images come in too blurry when I enlarge them and can't see a single trace of a chip." Roll said slamming her fist on the table.

"Calm down Roll. I have some more images for you to look at if you don't mind."

"Go ahead and put them on there." Dragge loaded the pictures onto the computer. Time passed by quickly. Roll fell asleep and Dragge was the only one still up in the dead of night.

"I have to find something. Anything. Just as long as I don't have to kill my own son." Dragge said to himself. Dragge felt his eyes getting heavy as the time passed by.

Someone was shaking him the next morning. Dragge's head lifter up from off of the desk. "What's going on?"

"Good morning Dragge." Roll said yawning.

"What time is it?"

"Past ten, I know that."

"I wonder what time I fell asleep."

"I have no clue. By the way, did you find anything?"

"Nothing. I've searched every image that I have of Drifter. I haven't found a trace of that chip. I'm starting to wonder if it's even there anymore."

"Wait a minute, what's that?" Roll said pointing to the screen.

Dragge enlarged the picture just a little bit more. What he and Roll saw was a small mechanical device that was connected to Drifter's head.

"That's the chip." Dragge said staring in disbelief.

"Are you sure?"

"That's what it looked like in my dream. That's defiantly it."

Dragge printed out the picture so that everyone could see it later during the day. He and Roll got up from their seats and got some cereal since they had missed breakfast already.

After everyone was in the living room, Dragge called attention to all. "I found proof of the the chip." Dragge said showing everyone the picture.

Zero looked at it the longest. "That's for sure a chip for controlling anyone."

"Exactly. That means Nemesis has indeed taken over Drifter and is forcing him to try and kill me. Nemesis knows that the only way to kill me is to turn my own family against me. It won't work. I'll destroy that chip so that he can fight on our side again." Dragge said taking the picture back in his hand.

[Dragge]

Chapter 20- Building the Trap Part 1

The group had discussed plans to build a trap for Drifter on Kattelox Island. They drew up the blueprints and let Dragge take care of the rest.

Dragge and Roll took the Yellow Jacket and went to Kattelox before everyone else so that he could get the supplies needed and start to build the trap that would hold Drifter for enough time to get that chip off of him.

They first had to stop at a reopened hardware store to get the supplies to build it. Some of the supplies included: steel bars, heavy chains, a welding torch, a spring, and many more items.

After spending a good 4,560 zenny, Dragge and Roll loaded up the Yellow Jacket with all the supplies. They both went to the Downtown area to set up the contraption. They got working right away on the trap so that they could be ready when the others came along in a few days.

"Roll, hand me the welding torch." Dragge said pointing to the device. Roll handed it to him and he welded some of the steel bars together. The two looked again at the blueprints and looked back at the machine in which they had come so far to build.

"It's coming along very nicely." Roll said wiping sweat off of her forehead. "Want to grab a coffee?"

"Sure thing, I'll pay for it."

The two found a nice little coffee shop in the Uptown district. They both ordered and Dragge payed for both of them. Roll found a small table for two and sat down waiting for Dragge to come over.

"This may finally be it. Not only will we stop the mind control device, we can also stop Nemesis once and for all. He's been alive for way too long and he needs to be put down." Dragge said taking sip of coffee.

"Yes. I hate to see any of my friends fighting not only for the fate of the world but for their lives."

"I agree. If we stop Nemesis there'll be no more having to fight. Sure people will still go in the ruins but that's a totally different subject. People have the choice to go in them. They're not forced to."

The two finished their nice break and went back to working on their steel cage. Dragge looked at the blueprints before getting back to work. "Roll, is this that part that triggers the springs to go off and trap him?"

"Yes, why?"

"We forgot to get it at the store. Want me to pick it up?"

"Yeah. You better hurry before the store closes up for the night."

Dragge hurried to the Yellow Jacket and went back for the hardware store just on the eastern island of Kattelox. He had a hard time finding the parts. He looked down every isle and didn't find the parts.

He found a worker and asked for the parts necessary. he was told that the parts had to be ordered in from Calbania Island. Dragge radioed Roll telling her where he had to go to get the parts. There was no time to waste and went straight to Calbania.

He got there by mid-night and found the factory in which the parts were made. The plus side was that the factory was open twenty-four seven. The door opened and a robot worker came and asked him for what he needed.

Dragge showed him the blueprints and the worker got the parts for him and Dragge only had to pay half price for the parts since he came to the factory to get the parts.

He loaded up the ship and headed back to Kattelox. When he got back it was the next morning. Dragge landed in Downtown and got right back to work. Another full day of work was ahead of them and they needed it too.

[Dragge]

Chapter 21- Building the Trap Part 2

Dragge got out the materials that he bought that previous night. He and Roll got to work right away. They had gotten a message from the others stating that they would be there about noon. No doubt Drifter was right on their tail.

The blueprint only showed what the contraption would look like and there were no notes on how to build the thing itself. Roll pulled out her portable laptop and started messing with some pictures of the parts. She found the perfect way to connect them together so that they work like they want it to.

Dragge pulled out the welding torch from his ship and started putting the pieces together like in the picture. Roll helped out by shouting out to Dragge which parts to put together.

By ten o' clock that morning, they had the machine ready to trap whoever got caught in between the two cage halves. They even tested it out a couple of times by throwing a stick onto the target mark and it worked perfectly.

"Well, we finished it in time. Sometime today it'll capture Drifter and we'll be able to get the chip off of him for good." Dragge said impressed with their great work.

"After we're done with it, let's donate it to museums all over the world. We'll also make duplicates of the blueprint and hand them out as well."

"Perfect." Dragge then turned around and walked back to the Yellow Jacket. "Wake me up when they arrive." It felt like only two seconds had passed by when he was woken back up.

"They're here!" Roll exclaimed. She was right too. Coming from the sky was the familiar red and yellow air ship slowed its way to the ground. Dragge and Roll were there to meet them as soon as the ladder came to the ground.

"I hope you guys are done with the trap." Trigger said shaking Dragge's hand. "This is it. The final battle is coming. We both know it too."

"You're darn right Trigger." Dragge said returning the shake.

"Why did the trip take so long?" Zero asked looking dazed. "My head's spinning a little."

"I told you, Elunia was driving the ship and hasn't had much experience driving something so big." Bon replied.

"Come. I'll show you guys the contraption and how it works." Dragge said. He took everyone to Downtown and showed them how everything works.

"Amazing." Bon said looking at the two pieces. "I can't believe you guys got it together in only one and a half days."

"You've outdone yourselves." Trigger spoke up "It's perfect for holding Drifter in there for the time needed."

Zero looked closely at the weldings to make sure everything was put together correctly. "The welds look perfect. Better than what I could've done." Zero left the machine alone and rejoined the group.

"Let's hope we can just lure him into it." Dragge said unsure of its ability to work.

"We'll have you stand on one side of the trap while Drifter is on the other. He'll see you and dash to you and get caught in the trap." Bon said.

"It's perfect enough to work." Dragge said. It was perfect timing because the group saw a black ship flying over-head and knew that it was Drifter's. It flew into the same area as where the Flutter was stationed. They didn't here any type of gun fire and figured that he must not have noticed the Flutter.

Dragge hid in the bushes while waiting for Drifter to see where he would start the fight. Drifter didn't have either of his back-ups with him.

"They left me to go back to school." Drifter said. "So, where's Dragge?"

Dragge sprang out of the bushes and stood on the opposite side of the trap. "I'm right here Drifter. Want me? Come and get me!"

Drifter dashed forward like they all knew would happen. He landed directly on the trap activator and the two halves came down around him from the trees.

"What is this Dragge?" Drifter asked struggling with the bars.

"A cage. So that we can get rid of the chip that's controlling your head."

"What chip!?" Drifter asked not knowing what Dragge was talking about.

"Exactly. Nemesis put a chip on your head to make you think that you were really working for him the whole time. It's time to get my real son back." Dragge aimed his buster and prepared to fire his shot off.

[Dragge]

Chapter 22- Highway Fight

Drifter had been in the cage for two minutes and said nothing much. Dragge was still aiming up for the shot but Drifter kept moving around.

"Will you stop moving!?" Dragge yelled.

"Nope. I know you're aiming for my head and plan to kill me. So my answer is absolutely no."

"So be it."

"You know what? You're trap has actually failed."

"How is that possible?" Dragge asked lowering his gun.

"Because." Was the only word Drifter spoke. He then charged up his laser and blasted the cage apart with it. "It can't withstand the power of my laser.

"No!" Dragge exclaimed. Drifter left the wreckage unharmed and jolted over to a couple of motorcycles located in a parking lot.

"See ya Dragge! You can't catch me!" Drifter started the motorcycle up and blasted out of the area heading to the high-way surrounding the island.

"Guys, I'm going after him!" Dragge shouted out. He jumped on the other motorcycle and followed after him. Drifter wasn't ahead by far but Dragge still needed to catch up to Drifter.

The high-way was huge. It went on for miles and even went to other islands.

About twenty minutes later, Dragge caught up and was right next to Drifter. Dragge put the motorcycle on auto-control and jumped over to Drifter's.

"Get off you fool!" Drifter said trying to look over Dragge.

"How about no?" Dragge let his gun form around his left hand and aimed at Drifter's head. Drifter jumped up on his seat and kicked at Dragge's feet knocking Dragge almost off of the vehicle.

Dragge regained his balance and jumped back onto his motorcycle. He got ahead of Drifter, spun around, and threw the motorcycle into reverse and let Drifter's cycle hook up to his own.

Dragge found two swords located along the sides. They were made of aluminum just like Drifter's. Drifter launched out his own and the two started sword-fighting on the high-way. They clashed swords knowing that by the next day, one of them will have fallen.

Drifter caught Dragge off guard and Dragge had to jump on top of a near-by semi-truck's trailer. Drifter followed him and the two continued their brawl to the end. Drifter was able to knock one of Dragge's swords out of his hand. Dragge knowing how to fight was able to keep on Drifter and not let his guard down.

Drifter was making Dragge back up near the edge of the truck. A few more feet and Dragge would fall to his possible death. He made a smart move though. He jumped over Drifter so that he would be the one to fall if he would fall.

"Just give up Dragge!" Drifter yelled ducking from Dragge's sword.

"Never." Dragge swung again and almost connected with Drifter's armor. The two wouldn't stop until the other was either out of energy or killed there on the spot. Dragge was running out of energy as was Drifter. Dragge noticed that Drifter still had a bit more.

There was only one option to do that wouldn't kill either of them. Dragge had noticed that the motorcycles were still following the truck. Dragge leaped for his and just barely made it on the seat.

He took back control and flipped it the right way. He saw Drifter make a daring leap and landed on his vehicle's seat. He followed Dragge again and Dragge found out that Drifter must have discovered the weapon system on the bike.

Dragge had almost no room to maneuver. He found an exit leading back to Kattelox but decided to no take it for fear of Drifter cornering him. Dragge kept on straight. Dragge but it in reverse again and found the weapon control himself. He fired away at Drifter's bike.

He got a direct hit and the bike blew up. Drifter jumped off of his and landed on Dragge's. Dragge turned around and headed back to the exit that he had seen only a minute ago.

The two were back on Kattelox and came back to the Downtown Area where everyone was still there where they had last been. Dragge jumped off of the bike and Drifter followed right after. They both drew their weapons and stood there ready for the final showdown.

"This is it Dragge. Be ready because you're not leaving this battle alive. I can guarantee it."

"I bet you can. So bring it and let me see what you can do." Dragge replied with a glare in his eyes.

[Dragge]

Chapter 23- Dragge Vs. Drifter

Both relatives had their weapons ready to fire at any moment. Dragge made the first move by jumping back wards while firing his buster.

Drifter easily avoided the shot and fired back with more force into the shot. Dragge got hit and recovered right away. He saw Zero throwing him the Z-Saber and Dragge caught it perfectly. He went to slash Drifter but Drifter had seen the attack coming and fought back with his own swords.

The two swung and clashed swords with such great force that there were sparks on most of the collisions. Drifter was able to get through Dragge's defense and hit him with such strength that a normal person getting hit like that would be killed on impact.

Drifter kicked the sword out of Dragge's hand and swung his arms wildly through the air. Dragge caught one of the blades as it came through the air and ripped the device off of Drifter's armor. He put it on his own arm and made the fight fairer than what it had been just a few short seconds ago.

Drifter was furious with what Dragge had done and ejected his sword from it's holding device and fought with it the way usual swords are fought with. Dragge did the same thing so that the fight was as fair as possible. Drifter felt pain in his hands and decided to go back to using fire arms.

Dragge put the sword away and started using the buster again as well. They both fought as best as they could over the hours. Both were hit hard giving them almost no time to do anything to the opposite.

It wasn't long before Dragge's dream started to become reality. Both were put to their full extent, then Drifter charged up his buster as in the nightmare. Drifter released the blast which was indeed a laser blast.

Dragge thought that he could avoid it since he knew it was coming. Something held him in place though and the laser once again cut clean through him; armor and all.

Dragge felt the terrifying pain and stood still for a few seconds. He let his autofire form around his right arm and lifted it to eye level. Dragge used his bionic eye to close in on Drifter's head. He saw the chip and fired one bullet. It skimmed Drifter's head and hit the chip.

Dragge saw Drifter looking dazed for just a moment then fell over. Drifter saw his father fall to the ground and ran over to Dragge. "Father. I'm so sorry. It's all my fault that you're in the state you are now."

Dragge weakly sat up in his son's arms. "It's not your fault. Whatever happened, Nemesis tricked you and put the chip on your head. Do me a favor."

"Anything."

"Take my armor and use it when needed. Also, take care of your mother for me. I loved you Drifter. One last thing."

"What is it?"

"Kill Nemesis for me. He's been around for too long, kill him." Dragge said closing his eyes. Dragge's body went limp in Drifter's arms and died at 11:47 p.m that night.

Drifter did not move and wept for his father's misfortune. Then in his mind, he thought of only one goal. To kill Nemesis for good.

[Dragge]

Chapter 24- Remembering a Lost Hero

Drifter approached Elunia carrying Dragge's body. "Where should we bury his body?"

Elunia was sobbing while trying to get out the answer. "He would have wanted to be buried on Ostasis Island."

Drifter took Dragge's body to the Yellow Jacket and loaded it on the ship. He headed off for Ostasis Island.

Word spread fast of Dragge's death. People from all over the world came to mourn Dragge's death. The people from the town on Archibald Island even got to the funeral.

When Drifter arrived about three hours later, people from all over Terra were there with the casket already set up and ready to go. Drifter walked slowly up to the casket and laid Dragge's body inside of it.

Drifter walked up to the podium and started to talk into the microphones. "Today, we remember the life of a great hero. He has given his life for the world time and time again. He saved the world three times. Without him, I probably would have been driven by his all time foe, Nemesis, to destroy the world. It was because of him that I stand here today instead of being the one in that casket."

Drifter said absolutely no more and walked away from everyone and everything. He didn't care about anything at all. He only wanted to destroy Nemesis to avenge his father. Elunia came to him and cried on his shoulder. After a long time of crying, she stopped.

"What are you going to do now Drifter." she asked.

"What Dragge would have wanted me to do. To destroy Nemesis and end his evil power once and for all."

"You can't do it!" Elunia said.

"He can do it." Trigger said coming up behind Elunia. "Dragge knew that he could. That's why he wanted him to fight Nemesis."

Zero came up behind Drifter and put a hand on his shoulder. "Will you want help?"

"Yes. Get whoever you can and we will storm Nemesis's base."

"Do you know where it is?" Bon asked coming back from seeing Dragge in the casket.

"Yes. It's on Forbidden Island. That's where we're going."

Trigger, Bon, and Zero immediately got together everyone that agreed. They got together; Ira, Art, Bola, Tron, Teisel, and Zero even found Tim on an isolated island.

Trigger was able to get everyone from Elysium which included; the Master, Juno, Locomotion, Omega, Yuna, and Sera.

Everyone gathered together on Forbidden Island. "I know there aren't many of us here, but we will destroy Nemesis and any comrades that he may have in there!" Drifter commanded.

Everyone agreed and let Drifter lead the way. They were in the hands of one of the most powerful warriors in the world.

[Dragge]

Chapter 25- Storming the Base

Drifter signaled for the group to go in and lead them into the battle. He opened the doors and saw nothing inside. "If you guys see anything on his side, destroy it."

Drifter started walking forward and saw a line of robots ready to fire when called upon. Trigger came up behind him and saw the robots as well.

"Open fire!" Drifter shouted to his team. Everyone did as he commanded and unleashed everything that they had. The robots stood motionless for a while. After taking heavy damage, they activated and began to open fire themselves.

"Trigger. I'm going to look for Nemesis!" Drifter shouted.

"Do you need help fighting him?"

"Well, if you want to accompany me so that I'm not fighting these things alone, sure thing."

Drifter and Trigger rolled across the floor and headed to a large flight of stairs. The staircase was huge and seemed to have no end.

At one point, the robots dropped all around Trigger and Drifter. There was no way to escape. They had to fight their way out of there or die. The robots opened fire without warning and the two friends got hit with heavy blasts. Drifter was the first to do anything. He let his blades do the talking. He activated them and sliced through the robots.

There was a problem however, when one robot was destroyed, two more would take its place. Trigger was blasting them left and right but the two of them knew that they couldn't keep this up forever. Drifter was a daring person and decided to jump across to the next level. It was high up above him. He got as close to the wall as possible and then launched himself off of the edge and grabbed onto the stairs high above him.

Since it was an open spiraling staircase, any fall would mean instant death. He climbed up onto the ledge. "Trigger come on!" Drifter shouted from across the stairs.

"I'll handle them here! You go find Nemesis!" Trigger shouted back just avoiding a shot from one of the robots.

Drifter nodded his head and kept running up the stairs. He had no clue how large the staircase was and was shocked to see that the part of the base he was in now, was still underground.

Drifter came across more of the robots. They got stronger as he went up. They were also a different variety to. He figured that the higher up he went, the more of these security bots were there. He had a hard time destroying all the robots by himself. He took quite a beating but kept on fighting for his father. He kept fighting for his life. He kept fighting for the safety of the world.

At one point Drifter almost fell over the edge but regained his balance as a robot came charging towards him. Drifter side-stepped it and the robot fell down the three-hundred some flights of stairs. He blasted the rest of them and didn't stop his climb to the top.

About another hour later, he reached the very top. He saw a lone door and opened it all the way. He walked in and saw absolutely nothing. It was a large room with nothing but books on shelves going on for great length. He walked down the aisle looking at the titles of almost every book.

He was shocked to find that the books contained all history of Terra including; famous people, every island, vehicles, and even maps of the ruins. He saw one more book without a title and took it off the shelf.

He opened it to the first page and had these words written in it: Nemesis's Journal. Drifter flipped to the last entry and noticed what it had said.

Today, my great enemy, Dragge died. It was great seeing him be killed by his own son. By the way, it was so easy to trick his son into coming with me that day into the dark alley. He should have known that I was his father's greatest enemy. That fool, I can't wait until he comes back from the fight so I can kill him off and rule the world with an iron fist! Life is good!

Drifter read the last few words and shut the book. He put it back in its place. His hatred for Nemesis grew stronger by the second. He saw one last door and entered through it. Inside was a large room with nothing in it except for one lonely chair. The chair turned around and in it sat Nemesis.

"Hello Drifter." Nemesis said. "Thank you for killing my greatest enemy."

"You did it. You tricked me four years ago and trained me to fight."

"What gives you that idea?"

"The fact that I read the last entry in your journal about how easy it was to trick me."

Nemesis stood up and walked over to Drifter. He bent over and looked him square in the eyes. "And who's fault is that? Who's the one that didn't listen to his father's stories? I defiantly wasn't me."

Nemesis turned his back and walked over to a panel near his chair. He pushed a button and the chair lowered into the floor. "I guess then you know, that I prepare to kill you."

"I'm ready for you Nemesis. It's time that you die. As my father told me, you've been around for way too long."

"Well, I hope you are prepared." Nemesis stated. Nemesis's scythe appeared in his hand. "For it will be you not leaving here alive."

Drifter activated his buster and got into a fighting stance. This was it. Nemesis versus Drifter.

[Dragge]

Chapter 26- Final Battle Versus Nemesis Part 1

Nemesis threw his scythe at Drifter who easily dodged it and ran onto the wall.  While running on the wall he shot his buster as many times as he could before dropping back to the floor where Nemesis was waiting for him.

Nemesis raised his weapon and went to strike Drifter but Drifter rolled to the side and shot Nemesis a couple of times.  Drifter put away his buster and started to use his swords to fight.  Instead of keeping them in the device he held them in his hands.

Sparks flew as the weapons collided.  Both kept their weapons together and got in close to each other. "Just give it up Drifter.  You're father lost to me, so what makes you think that you can defeat me?"

"My determination.  My strength.  And most of all, my hatred for you!"  Drifter jumped back then ran to Nemesis and got a good shot on his left shoulder.  The left side of Nemesis's body limped but he got right back up.

Nemesis was swinging his scythe left and right.  Drifter dodged every swing and in the end cut the blade end off of the weapon.  Drifter went over and picked it up.  He threw it high into the air and sliced it into many pieces.

"Try to fight me now!" Drifter taunted.

"Oh I will!"  Nemesis started using the stick part of his weapon and started to fight Drifter.  The two weapons still collided but every time they did, Nemesis's stick grew shorter. 

After a few hits there was nothing left.Drifter put his one of his swords up to Nemesis's neck.  "Do you want to beg for mercy and go to jail?  Or shall I have to kill you here?"

"You're a fool."  Nemesis rolled out of the blade's path and picked up another scythe.  "I have more than one scythe laying around!" 

The fight continued.  Drifter grew weaker and didn't attack as much as when the fight had begun.  Nemesis was able to strike his scythe on Drifter's armor numerous times.

Drifter fell to the ground but got right back up before Nemesis's flying scythe hit him in the head.  He kept fighting strong but couldn't keep up like Dragge used too.  The only reason he used to keep on with Dragge, was because that chip was on his head.  Now, without it he couldn't fight like he used to.

Then a thought came to mind.  Dragge had told him, to use his armor when needed.  If only he could tap into the frequency of the armor and have it come to him, then he would be able to take out Nemesis once and for all.  How, was the question.

He thought deeply of Dragge.  He couldn't keep it clear because Nemesis was coming on him quickly.  Nemesis struck him down.  Drifter couldn't get up.  "Prepare to die mortal!"  Nemesis raised his blade to strike.  Before he could, Drifter yelled out one word.

"Dragge!!!"

[Dragge]

Chapter 27- Final Battle Versus Nemesis Part 2

There was a bright flash in that room and only Nemesis shielded his eyes. Drifter noticed it too but knew that it was Dragge with him. After the glowing was finished, Drifter took a look at his new armor and noticed that it wasn't white anymore. It was now black and white.

Drifter looked at all of it. He activated his blades and noticed that they were now lasers instead of metal. His buster was now in the shape of Dragge's. He contained the autofire unit. One last thing that he noticed, was the "D" sign on the middle of his chest armor. Drifter knew right away that Dragge's armor had fused together with his armor.

Drifter looked at Nemesis and knew now that he could win this battle. Dragge was there with him for the rest of his life. Drifter activated the autofire unit and unleashed its full potential. Since it couldn't run out of ammo, he kept letting it fire. He saw Nemesis and saw that the weapon was doing a great deal of damage to him.

Another plus with both armors combined was that he was now twice as fast. He zipped from one place to another. Nemesis looked up and saw nothing. A second later, Drifter stood there in front of him.

"I'll give you one last chance before I destroy you Nemesis. If you don't surrender, you'll fall to both me and my father."

"What do you mean by that Drifter?" Nemesis asked in a hushed tone.

"His armor has fused with mine which has given me more power than ever before. So what will it be?"

Nemesis lifted his body off of the ground and went at Drifter with his scythe in the air. Drifter took out one of his swords and turned it on. He sliced at the scythe colliding with it as usual. This time, no sparks flew since there was only one metal sword.

"You should know my answer by now Drifter. You're just like your father. Always asking the dumbest questions and never getting to the real point." Nemesis backed off and let Drifter come at him. Nemesis jumped in the air and flipped over Drifter.

Drifter spun around quick enough to kick Nemesis's legs out from underneath him. Drifter jumped up and was about to bring one of his swords down on Nemesis's back but he ended up hitting the floor instead because Nemesis had rolled out of the way in time.

Nemesis picked up his scythe and came back at Drifter. The two hit the other's sword and blocked every shot thrown their way. Drifter took out his other sword and combined the two of them together into one double-bladed sword.

Drifter spun the sword in the air and hit Nemesis's scythe. Nemesis got quicker now and fought with more integrity and didn't stop blocking Drifter's attacks. Drifter got a lucky shot and hit Nemesis in the right shoulder.

Nemesis's left shoulder had already been damaged earlier but this shot didn't hurt as much. He came back as he was and hit Drifter in the legs. Drifter quickly got up off of the floor. Nemesis had tried coming back down on him but hit the crack that Drifter had made earlier.

The crack got wider but neither took notice of this. The two kept fighting for their lives. Drifter switched over to his buster and fired away at Nemesis.

"Your stronger than earlier. I see that Dragge is with you. Want to call a stalemate?"

"No way Nemesis. This may be an equal fight, but I'll never give in!" Drifter launched himself into the air and pulled out one of his blades yet again and hit Nemesis's scythe. The two stood there for minutes wondering if the other would move out of that position.

About three minutes later, Nemesis made a move and swiped Drifter's feet out from under him again. Drifter rolled back and jumped back up onto his feet. He jumped onto a wall and launched himself straight at Nemesis with his blade in front of him.

Nemesis stepped aside and let Drifter fly into the opposite wall. Drifter didn't have time to move because Nemesis had come down on the back of his armor and hard. Drifter felt immense pain coursing through his body. He got up slowly and turned around to face Nemesis with a sly smile on his face.

Drifter brought his sword up over his left shoulder and came down to strike Nemesis. He once again hit the crack and this time they both noticed it. The room started shaking and they both knew that the floor below them would collapse.

Drifter radioed the guys down below to get out of the way and they listened right away. The room shook even more. Drifter jumped to the nearest wall as soon as the floor collapsed. He caught onto one of the stairs and climbed on top of it.

Drifter looked back and saw Nemesis falling to his doom. Drifter was breathing heavily. "He's gone. There's no way that anyone, carbon or robot, could survive a fall like that."

Drifter started to walk down the stairs when something came into out from the center of the base. "Did you think that I would die that easily?"

Drifter recognized the voice immediately. "Nemesis!?"

"Yes it's me in my true form."

Drifter looked over Nemesis's true form and saw a great huge silver and blue dragon with the biggest wings one could ever see. He had on his shoulders two machine gun turrets and instead of his left arm, he had a huge blade.

"This is it Drifter. This will determine who will live and who will die this night."

Drifter prepared himself for one last fight against Nemesis. And this time in his true form. He had high hopes that he would be able to bring this beast down to its final knees. He grabbed both swords and activated letting the green lasers hum in place. Drifter leaped through the air and swiped at Nemesis.

[Dragge]

Chapter 28- Final Battle Versus Nemesis Part 3

Drifter landed on the dragon's head and immediately stabbed its neck. Nemesis still felt pain so he swatted at Drifter and successfully hit him off of his neck. Nemesis then raised his blade high into the air.

Drifter saw this and rolled out of the way where not much later, the sword came crashing down in that exact spot. "If I would have been there a second more, I'd be dead right now." Drifter said to himself.

Drifter noticed Nemesis's expression after he brought the sword down on the stairs thinking he killed Drifter. It laughed a horrible roar. It then started to descend and Drifter knew that Nemesis was going after everyone else.

"Hey Nemesis! I'm still here!" Drifter screamed out. Nemesis stopped descending and ascended once more. He turned around and noticed Drifter still standing there waving his hand.

"I will kill you!" Nemesis roared. He brought his normal hand down on Drifter and picked him up. He brought Drifter close to his robotic face and threw him as hard as possible against the wall. Drifter stood up dazed. He looked up and saw that Nemesis was trying to do it again.

Drifter got up and rolled out of the way. Nemesis hit the empty stairs and they fell to the floor below them. Drifter saw that his sword was still lodged in Nemesis's giant neck. Drifter backed up to the wall again and ran to his sword. He leaped up above the head of Nemesis and landed on the neck where his sword sit.

He grabbed hold of it and started hacking away at Nemesis's armor. Nemesis tried knocking him off again but Drifter jumped up on Nemesis's head and then threw both swords at the wings. Nemesis roared in pain and tried to shake Drifter off of his head but Drifter held on tightly.

Drifter retrieved both swords and landed on the staircase a few stories lower than where he had last been. He started to use the autofire unit to see what kind of effect it would have on him. At first it did nothing. Then Drifter aimed at his face which did a great deal of hurt.

Nemesis couldn't see a thing and fell into the wall which knocked a huge chunk of the base away. Drifter hoped that the guys were no where near it when it landed. Nemesis recovered and saw Drifter still firing at him.

Not wanting to get up, Nemesis swung his huge tail at Drifter. Drifter easily jumped it but didn't see it come back around. Drifter got hit good and started to tumble down the stairs. He got up after falling about ten stories and felt blood dribbling down his face.

Drifter was enraged that Nemesis wouldn't go down. Drifter reached deep within his armor and found even more energy than what he already had. He unsheathed his blades and jumped at Nemesis again.

Instead of going for the neck, he went for the wings. Drifter found his target and cut off both wings. Nemesis started falling and while this was happening, Drifter jumped onto
Nemesis's belly area so that he wouldn't be crushed when they reached the ground.

This wasn't the best choice though. When Nemesis landed, the whole base caved in on top of the both of them. Also when Nemesis landed, he landed back up, so Drifter wasn't harmed at all. Nemesis rised up from the debris and Drifter still hung onto him.

Drifter let go and fell to the cold icy ground. He got up and decided to let his buster do the talking. He fired away into the maw of the dragon but Nemesis didn't take notice of getting shot in the mouth. He slowly stepped forward and tried to stomp on Drifter.

Drifter being a lot smaller was able to move around quicker, so Nemesis couldn't get him. Drifter took out one of his swords once again. The blade itself grew to an incredible length. Drifter jumped into the air and stabbed Nemesis right through the "heart."

The blade returned to normal size and sheathed itself. Drifter fell slowly and safely back to the ground. Nemesis fell as well. He saw Drifter and swung at him with the blade arm which hit Drifter which made him black out.

Many hours later, Drifter woke up on the Flutter and saw Roll standing there over him. "Good, you're up."

"How long." Drifter started. "How long was I out like that?"

"About three hours." Roll said no more and left the room. After she left, Trigger came in to talk to him.

"We have to go back Trigger." Drifter stated. "Nemesis is still alive."

"No he's not. He's finally dead now."

"What happened after I blacked out?"

"Nemesis started to get back up again. We saw that he had knocked you out and decided to combine the shot of all our blasters which formed a super laser killing him on contact."

"Good. Do you here that Dragge? Your foe has finally been destroyed. Thanks to all of your friends." Drifter said to the air. "And mine." Drifter finished saying that to Trigger.

Drifter got up from his bed and everyone that had helped him was there on the Flutter. Everyone was glad to see that Drifter was okay. They all got up and shook hands with him and patting him on the back and such.

"Listen everyone. Today, we have defeated a universal enemy. I say we celebrate!" Drifter said. After that everyone cheered and was ready to do something special. "And I'm paying!" Drifter continued.

"Where will we go to celebrate?" Teisel asked out of curiosity.

"I hear that a couple of your servebots still own the Stripe Burger restaurant on Kattelox. I'll buy everyone dinner, and a milkshake."

Everyone cheered again and couldn't wait until the Flutter reached the chain of islands. Even Drifter couldn't wait to do something worth while for once.

[Dragge]

Chapter 29- Wrapping Things Up

Everyone got what they wanted at the Stripe Burger restaurant and even go the milkshakes that they were promised. Trigger and Roll sat across from Drifter and Elunia. "So, what are you going to do now Drifter?" Trigger asked sipping his shake.

"Don't know. Maybe settle down with my own family and explore the islands more and just random things like that." Drifter replied.

"Elunia, if you ever need a place to stay so you're not feeling alone, you can come stay with us on the Flutter." Roll kindly said.

"Thank you, both of you."

"No problem." Trigger said. "So, what's up with your new armor"

"Dragge's armor fused together with mine when I was fighting Nemesis. Now, Dragge is with me until I die."

After everyone finished their dinner and shakes, they all went separate ways. Those who came from Elysium went back. Zero and the rest went back to the college. The Bonnes along with Bola, who didn't have a home, went back to the Gesselschaft.

The only people still in front of the restaurant was Trigger, Roll, Elunia, and Drifter. "It looks like goodbye for now." Drifter said shaking hands with Trigger.

Trigger and Roll walked back to the Flutter hand-in-hand. Drifter and Elunia had already gotten the Yellow Jacket from the docking in the Flutter. Drifter started up the vehicle and took to the high-way.

"Drifter, are you really going somewhere else?" Elunia asked.

"I have to mom. I can't hang around home any longer. Today I'll stay the night then tomorrow I'll finish packing up all of my stuff and head off with the Yellow Jacket."

"If you think what's best for you my son."

The rest of that trip was talk-less. By the time they got back to Ostasis Island it was night-fall. Drifter pulled up to his old home and parked the vehicle in the drive-way.

Elunia helped him to get some of his things packed up and all. About three hours later, both of them were fast asleep. The next morning came and Drifter was the first to wake up.

He got a quick shower then made himself breakfast. Elunia woke up about an hour after him. Drifter was able to get everything packed before lunch had strolled around.

"Are you really leaving?" Elunia asked one last time.

"Yes. I'll check in from time to time and come in for holidays."

Elunia kissed her son lightly on the lips and said her goodbyes. Drifter waved from the window and took off to the sky. Where he was going, he did not know. He did know that where ever he went, he had many friends there to back him up.