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Post by Dragge on Apr 5, 2008 15:59:41 GMT -5
Prologue My name is Drifter. It was the name my father Dragge gave to me when I was born. Eighteen years ago, he told you all of his previous acts to save the world from certain destruction. He's dead now because of the stupidity of someone close to him. Someone he loves betrayed him and killed him. Before that many things happened between my father's friends. First of all, about two years after telling his story, Trigger and Roll got married. Not too long after that, Barrel Caskett passed away. Tim hasn't been seen in years from anyone. Bola has kept true to his word and is a digger. I'm going to tell you about my father's final story. I got to his memory chip in the robot half of his head and was able to get his story. This is it, his final chronicles.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 5, 2008 20:07:49 GMT -5
Chapter 1- Terrible Homecoming Part 1
Dragge woke up one morning to the sound of his alarm buzzing in his ear. He turned and sat up in bed seeing Elunia getting dressed.
"How long ago did you get up?" Dragge asked still tired.
"About thirty minutes again. You forgot what today is didn't you?" she asked looking in her mirror.
"What is today other than Saturday?" Dragge asked getting out of bed.
"Today, Drifter comes home from his four years of college." Elunia said staring at Dragge with an "I can't believe you forgot that." look.
Dragge suddenly remembered that she was right. He himself then got dressed in a shirt and jeans. They got breakfast and headed out to Kattelox in the Yellow Jacket.
"I can't wait to see Drifter again." Dragge said driving onto the highway.
"It's been four years and he hasn't come home for any special occasion." Elunia said with a sad look on her face.
"Well, I hope that he's done good." Dragge said looking for any oncoming traffic before making a right hand turn. "He takes after me with his smarts and you with his looks.
The rest of the way to Kattelox, the couple listened to the radio and didn't say much of anything. They came onto Kattelox Island and got out of the vehicle.
"Is that smoke coming from the city?" Dragge asked looking at the huge plume of smoke rising into the air.
"Maybe it's a cook-out." Elunia said.
"It can't be. There's too much smoke." Dragge said looking at Elunia. The two then started running to the city to find out what's going on.
They got there and noticed that at least half of the buildings were on fire. The main structures such as the library and Stripe Burger were fine.
The two of them started walking on to City Hall to find out what's happening. They got to that section of Kattelox and saw a white figure in the sky blowing things up.
He turned around and immediately, the figure and Dragge recognized each other.
"So father, you've come. Now it's time for your destruction. You too mother." said the figure.
"Dragge, is that..." Elunia said but couldn't finish.
"Yes my dear Elunia. It's our only son. Drifter." Dragge replied to her looking at Drifter in the eyes.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 5, 2008 21:18:22 GMT -5
Chapter 2- Terrible Homecoming Part 2
"Elunia, get out of here!" Dragge yelled at once.
Elunia left the place and Dragge called to his armor which clipped on to him. "Why Drifter?" Dragge asked as Drifter lowered himself to the ground.
"Nemesis has helped me out. I obey only him and his commands." Drifter explained.
"I told you about Nemesis! He's only using you to destroy me!"
"Exactly. I will destroy you father." Drifter activated the two blades each located on one of his wrists. Drifter started swinging at Dragge but Dragge just dodged them.
Dragge activated his buster and started firing at once. "I don't want to kill you Drifter!" Dragge yelled out as Drifter jumped the shots.
"Then that'll be your downfall right there Dragge!" Drifter yelled out. The two kept fighting each other. Father versus son. Dragge knew he had to do something but he didn't want to harm his son.
There was only one thing to do and that was to retreat. He started his retreat and thought that Drifter was going to try and stop him. He didn't though.
"Go ahead and run. I will find you though. When I do it'll be the end of you Dragge!" Drifter shouted waving his fist at Dragge.
Dragge made his way back to the Yellow Jacket where Elunia was waiting for him.
"Well?" she asked as soon as he got within talking range.
"I had to retreat so I can think this thing out. He's sided with Nemesis and I don't know why."
"Where are we going to go?"
"We need to find Trigger. He'll help me. I know he wouldn't want to hurt Drifter either but he's the only one I can still get in contact with."
Dragge radioed Trigger and found that he was on Nino Island at the time staying for a few days. "Well Elunia, we're heading to Nino Island." Dragge said starting up the Yellow Jacket.
Elunia got in after him and got her seat belt on. As Dragge started flying off, he saw all the smoke in the sky and couldn't believe his son had done all that damage.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 5, 2008 22:15:33 GMT -5
Chapter 3- Help
Dragge landed the Yellow Jacket next to the Flutter and got out right away. He and Elunia entered and found Trigger and Roll sitting in the living room with Data on the table.
Trigger and Roll were talking about when they should leave the island when Dragge and Elunia entered the room.
"We were expecting you guys tomorrow but this must be really important." Roll said looking at Trigger then at the couple.
"It is." Elunia said. The two sat down in empty chairs and prepared to have their story told.
"I thought Drifter was coming home from college today. Why aren't you guys at home?" Trigger asked.
"This has to deal with Drifter." Dragge said.
He then went on to tell his story and how when he and Elunia got to Kattelox, they saw smoke in the sky. Then how when they got to City Hall they saw Drifter destroying basically everything in sight.
"He's sided with Nemesis and I don't know why." Dragge said.
"Nemesis. Shouldn't he be dead by now? After all these years of staying in hiding he comes from nowhere and brainwashes your child to work for him. Why has he come back?" Trigger asked.
"No clue. I need your help though. If things get worse, I'll have to kill my only son so the world can keep safe again."
"I don't know if I should help or not. I mean it really should be between the two of you." Trigger stated.
"Come on Trigger. Don't you want to go on just one more adventure to keep the world safe? Remember the good times years ago when we helped save the world from things that were so powerful?" Dragge asked.
"One more time. There won;t be any ruins to go through this time but I need help to defeat him. I can't do this myself. He's too powerful." Dragge nearly begged.
"I'll help you Dragge, but we need others to help us out as well just in case."
"Well, Bola has a life of his own as a digger and no one has heard from Tim since we split up." Dragge said thinking of everyone on the last adventure.
"And the Elysians aren't all likely to help because they're up there for security reasons." Trigger said.
"Who else is there?" Dragge asked no one in particular.
"Bon Bonne." Trigger said.
"You mean one of those Bonne brothers?" Dragge asked.
"Yeah. He said that if we ever needed help he would do so."
"Okay. So how do we contact him?" Dragge asked.
"We don't contact him. We go to the Gesselschaft and ask him to help." Trigger stated standing up to stretch and yawn.
"Well, we should get going." Dragge said.
"Wait until tomorrow after we have rested." Roll said.
Everyone agreed and Trigger allowed them to stay the night on the Flutter. The next morning Dragge and Elunia left to the Yellow Jacket and started it up. The Flutter and Yellow Jacket raised into the air in hopes of finding the Gesselschaft and finding Bon hoping that he will help them.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 6, 2008 11:52:32 GMT -5
Chapter 4- Bon
The Flutter and Yellow Jacket had the Gesselschaft in site. They both radioed that they were coming in for docking and Teisel allowed them on.
The bottom of the massive ship opened up and the Flutter and Yellow Jacket went in one after the other. The ships then docked and the two couples got out.
"Mega Man! It's good to see you after so many years!" Teisel said shaking Trigger's hand. "You too Dragge."
"Teisel, is Bon here?" Dragge asked impressed with the ship.
"Yes. I'll take you to his room." Teisel said. He lead the two of them to Bon's room while Roll and Elunia stayed behind. They went up four floors and down three hallways before reaching the room.
Teisel opened the door and saw no one in there. "Bon, are you in here?" Teisel asked. There was no answer. "I wonder where he went."
A servebot happened to be passing by at the moment and Teisel asked him where Bon was. "He's with Miss Tron in the development room."
"Thanks Number 23." Teisel said. He then lead Dragge and Trigger to the development room where Tron and Bon were standing over some blueprints for new machines for digs.
They both looked over and saw the guests. "What brings you guys here?" Tron asked rolling up the blueprints.
"We need Bon's help. Years ago he said that if we needed help that he would help us out. Now we need that help." Trigger said.
"I'll help you, depending on the situation." Bon said walking over to them.
Dragge then told the story once again of Drifter's betrayal to Nemesis and how Dragge needs help to possibly kill his son.
"That's terrible! I can't believe that your son would do that!" Teisel exploded.
"Yeah that's really sad." Tron said with tears swelling in her eyes.
"Will you help us out Bon?" Dragge asked.
"Yes. If you guys need help to save the world, I'll help out." Bon said smiling.
"Well, be careful, and if you need more help just give us a call." Tron said rolling the blueprints back out.
Trigger, Dragge, and Bon walked back to the ships so they could get back to Kattelox and end the mess created by Nemesis. Bon followed Trigger back onto the Flutter and Dragge into the Yellow Jacket.
The ships left from the Gesselschaft and headed to their destination. They all hoped that Drifter could be stopped. If not he could destroy the world with a powerful blast from his buster.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 7, 2008 20:39:29 GMT -5
Chapter 5- Return to Kattelox
Dragge and Trigger agreed that once they and Bon got out of the ships, that the girls both take off until needed. Kattelox Island came back into site and both ships touched down.
Trigger, Dragge, and Bon got out of the ships and they took off immediately. They headed off to the city. There was Drifter waiting for them to return.
"I knew you were coming back, and with help." Drifter said with his back to the guys. "I got some friends while you guys were gone as well."
Drifter turned around and out from a building came two people training in digger class the Zero teaches. They pulled out their weapons but did not fire at all.
"You see, I needed a little help as well since you decided to get help of your own." Drifter said to Dragge. He then turned his attention to the classmates. "Attack Trigger and Bon."
The two of them charged head on at Dragge's friends. One took Trigger and the other Bon. With Dragge being left wide open with no help now, Drifter approached him.
"I don't want to fight. Stop this madness before either of us gets hurt seriously." Dragge said backing up but still looking at Drifter.
"I really don't care about what you think! I will kill you like Nemesis has instructed me to do!" erupted Drifter. Drifter then pulled out his buster and started firing at Dragge.
Dragge did a couple of flips to dodge the shots but did not fire himself. He stood there waiting for Drifter's next move. Drifter kept shooting at Dragge, but Dragge kept dodging the shots.
Dragge then figured that this method wasn't going to work forever and decided to attack himself for once. He pulled out the Dragge Buster and fired at Drifter who took some hard hits.
The two kept firing at a distance before Drifter got up and shot Dragge from about a foot away. Dragge flew far back and got right back up to attack.
The two kept at it for a long time neither wearing out their energy. They fought for so long that they did not notice when Trigger and Bon came back and fell to the ground and the classmates return to Drifter's side.
The sun was starting to set when Dragge got an upper hand on Drifter and got him with his claws in around the rib area. Drifter moved back and held the side of his body with his opposite hand.
"You're as strong as they say Dragge. It looks as though you will prove a challenge after all. I still won't give up though. Just because this fight is over doesn't mean that I'm through trying to destroy you. We shall continue soon. On another island. Possibly Nino Island." Drifter said.
"Fine. We shall see each other at the next battle." Dragge said.
Dragge then shot Drifter once more before he and the classmates left.
"They were though." Bon said clutching his arm. "They darn nearly blew my arm clean off."
"They were trained by one of Kattelox's best." Trigger said thinking of Zero. "They know what we're doing."
"So do we." Dragge said. "We just don't have the upper hand anymore. They're younger than any of us."
"Age shouldn't play any role in this." Trigger said falling again to the ground.
They called the girls to bring the ships back to the woods where they could rest and repair their armor. They all got on board the Flutter with the Yellow Jacket in the docking station.
The Flutter took off and started for Nino where the next part of the fighting would take place. The guys grabbed some coffee to make them feel better and fell asleep not too much later.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 7, 2008 21:00:54 GMT -5
Chapter 6- Strain
Dragge woke up the next morning wishing that he hadn't. There was some sort of pain in his lower back. He was wondering if he messed something up while fighting the previous day.
He pulled himself up out of bed and did his best to make it into the dining room where everyone was already eating breakfast.
"You look terrible Dragge." Roll said putting down her mug.
"I feel terrible as well. I think I messed up something in my lower back yesterday fighting Drifter." Dragge replied.
"Roll, will you help me look at it?" Elunia asked getting up from the table.
"Sure thing. Let me get dressed and I'll meet you in the development room."
Everyone gathered in the development room to see what was wrong with Dragge. Roll had an x-ray machine and got multiple x-rays. She also removed his "skin" and looked inside his back.
"I'm not seeing anything. You look fine. The x-rays say the same thing." Roll said looking at the x-rays.
"I'm thinking it's strain." Trigger said at no one in particular. "You haven't fought in years and I bet your gears aren't used to the strain on all the flipping around and dodging."
"That's my thought as well. At first I thought that something got dislocated then remembered that it's been eighteen years since I fought like this." Dragge replied.
"You should take it easy while fighting." Bon said starting to walk out the door.
"Take it easy!? Did you say take it easy!?" Dragge snapped. "This is a huge fight against my son!!! If I take it easy, he'll kill me in an instant!"
"No need to get so up-tight!" Bon replied shocked to Dragge's mood switch.
"Sorry. I should take it easy, at least on the Flutter. Fighting however, I put 150% into all my fights."
No one said more about Dragge's straining problem and left the room. They went back upstairs and everyone, especially Dragge, took it easy and rested up for another fight between the three fighters trying to destroy the world.
Dragge later that day fell asleep and dreamed. This wasn't an ordinary dream, it was a nightmare. Drifter was fighting against him as strong as ever then blasted him with a powerful laser. Dragge pulled out the autofire and aimed for Drifter's head. The nightmare ended because he was awaken by Roll.
"You were screaming in your sleep. Is everything alright?" Roll asked holding his shoulders.
"Besides the worst nightmare I've ever had I'm fine." Dragge said.
"I'll let you get back to sleep." Roll said leaving the room.
Dragge did what he could to get back to sleep but couldn't. He didn't remember what time it was before he finally fell back to sleep. All he knew was that he didn't have that dream again.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 8, 2008 20:35:47 GMT -5
Chapter 7- Above the Ocean Part 1
The Flutter dropped the small, thrown together group as it then took back off. Drifter was already there waiting for them just whistling to pass by the time.
He turned around and had a look on his face as if he wondered why they weren't there earlier. "I've been waiting. Since yesterday." he said just standing there with his arms across his chest.
"We never had a set date." Dragge replied.
"No matter. Let's continue, shall we?" Drifter asked.
Both teams got into fighting position and begun attacking. The same people fought like on Kattelox. Drifter and Dragge didn't really get off to a start however.
"Let's go somewhere to where the others can't butt-in." Drifter said. He then snapped his fingers and the two of them were on top of one of the largest buildings at Nino.
It was about two-hundred stories up and any fall would be lethal. No one moved waiting for the other to attack first. Drifter was the first to make a move and came straight at Dragge.
Dragge side-stepped Drifter and rolled to the opposite edge and started firing at him. Drifter started running back to Dragge running straight through the shots without even flinching.
Drifter jumped behind Dragge and grabbed him. Drifter then lifted Dragge up and threw him off the side of the building. Dragge wasn't the only one going over that edge though.
Dragge had grabbed Drifter as well and was able to pull him over the side so that both were falling. Drifter wondered how Dragge was able to put that much effort into grabbing onto his armor to pull him over.
The two didn't just fly down doing nothing. When they both went over they both started fist fighting the other. Each blow felt more painful than the last to each of them. They never quit though.
They both threw tough hits and didn't stop. At one point, Drifter was able to kick Dragge up into a window that was on the building.
Dragge didn't lay there though. He got right back up and threw himself out of the window. To catch up with the lost distance between the two Dragge fired his buster as much as he could.
It worked too. Within a few seconds he reached Drifter and the two continued their fist fighting which never ended. They then both saw that the ocean was coming up, and fast. There was nothing between them and the ocean.
Except for one thing. There was a train coming on the rail that sat there and connected islands together if someone couldn't get an air ship. It was traveling a just the right speed too.
Both of the guys landed on the train as well. Drifter was able to get a hold of it right away, but Dragge kept rolling backwards and fell over the edge of it but grabbed hold of the final railing.
A hand reached down and grabbed his own as to pull him back up onto the train. At first he thought it was Drifter but he was wrong. He was pulled on top of the train and saw the person who just saved his life.
"Hello Dragge. "I hope you remember me." The person said.
"Who are you?" Dragge said looking at the person with wind whipping at his face.
"It's me. Zero. From the Kattelox Digger Institute." Zero said with a smile across his radiant face.
Dragge realized at that moment that he might be able to defeat his adversary after all.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 8, 2008 21:27:13 GMT -5
Chapter 8- Above the Ocean Part 2
"Where did you come from?" Dragge asked trying to keep balance on the train.
"When I saw Drifter attacking the city, I thought, 'why would he do this?' I then decided to put a tracker device on his armor while he wasn't looking. I was then able to track him here to Nino where I saw the two of you fighting in mid-air. I knew I had to help you." Zero said finishing his story.
"It's great to have you on the team. We really needed all the help we could get. It's a good thing he didn't turn you to his side."
"What do you mean?" Zero said wondering if he missed something.
"He took two of your students and they now fight for him."
"Dang it! We must help them out. They don't know the mess they got into."
Drifter then interrupted their talk and started firing his buster. Zero grabbed his Z-Saber and started to block shots and even deflect some back at him.
Dragge, with no where to really hide, jumped over Drifter and started firing. Drifter, still young, was able to concentrate on two people at the same time.
Drifter hit Dragge with a shot and Dragge nearly fell off the train into the ocean. Zero kept blocking shots from Drifter and at one point slashed Drifter a couple of times.
As the island came back into view, Drifter leaped high into the air onto the island to stop fighting on the train. Zero and Dragge then followed suit and kept fighting.
Drifter got rid of his buster and his blades sprang out of the devices on his wrists. Dragge kept firing with shots while Zero fought melee style.
Along the path of the fight, Dragge found an old laser saber and decided to use it so Zero wouldn't wear himself out before the fight truly ended.
The three fought ferociously with no end in sight soon. Drifter then found a weak spot in Zero and sliced through his armor. Zero fell to the ground with a bad wound.
Dragge kept fighting his only son and wouldn't give up. He had remembered a time over twenty years ago when he was fighting Dagger and his army of robots. He remembered how he had never given up even when his armor was at its worst.
Drifter thought that Dragge was weakening but was quite surprised when Dragge pulled out some extra energy from deep with in.
Dragge threw a couple more hits before he fell over and dropped the sword. Drifter's blade was then right there in his face.
Out of breath, Drifter was able to get out a few words, "It's finally time."
He raised his blade and was about to bring it down when he stopped dead in his tracks. Drifter turned around and saw Trigger with one knee on the ground and the other one still up.
"You'll never kill Dragge." Trigger stated lifting himself off of the ground.
"Fool!" Drifter spat. Drifter ran at full force at Trigger with his blades high in the air. Trigger jumped over Drifter and kicked him in the back sending him flying fifty feet.
He didn't get up and the guys knew that he was unconscious. Trigger and Dragge went back to get Zero and found Bon back at the Flutter waiting for him.
They all loaded Zero on the Flutter and let Roll look at him and heal his massive cut. Elunia was at the wheel and took off from the dock where the fight began the day before.
Where they were going they didn't know. They did know that they had another ally with them. Dragge crashed out on his bed with out taking off his armor. It felt good to be in a safe place for a little while.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 9, 2008 20:36:11 GMT -5
Chapter 9- Armor
Dragge woke up the next morning seeing himself still in his armor. He took it off and put on some regular clothes. He decided to see who was at the wheel at the moment.
He walked through the door and saw Roll guiding the Flutter in the near morning sky.
"Morning Roll." Dragge said taking a seat in one of the chairs.
"Your the first one up Dragge. Did you get any sleep last night?"
"Yes, but I don't think it went well. I fell asleep with my armor on and I didn't notice it."
"You must have been tired. What did you do with your armor. I want to repair it."
"Don't. I've been fooling myself for years now. I haven't used my armor since the Colonel incident over twenty years ago."
"What do you mean?" Roll responded. "You've always used your armor." Roll threw on auto-pilot and sat down next to Dragge.
"Let me rephrase that last statement. I haven't used the original Dragge armor."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I used the original Dragge armor back while fighting Colonel. After that I created my own Dragge armor so I wouldn't damage an artifact from Elysium."
"So what will you do now?" Roll said crossing her arms.
"I'll take the Yellow Jacket back to Ostasis Island and pick up me original armor. My fake armor you can use for weapons or something like that."
"Do you need someone to go with you in case your attacked?"
"No, I must do this alone. It's my armor and I'll go get it. If Drifter attacks me while I'm getting it, I'll maneuver my way around him." Dragge said no more after that. He got up from his chair and walked to the docking station.
He got in his vehicle and took off for Ostasis Island to reclaim his original armor. The trip seemed to take forever even with the radio on. There was no air traffic that day so Dragge tried going as fast as he could.
He saw an island coming up on his far right and recognized it as Ostasis. He headed right for it and the docking station that was a few hundred feet away from his house.
He landed and hopped right out and made a mad dash for his house. He unlocked the door and searched for his armor. He found it directly in the last place he left it.
He put it on and felt power coursing through him like it hadn't over the past couple decades. He was once again truly Dragge. He ran back out to the Yellow Jacket and started it up to take off.
As he looked back, he saw a ship following his own. He saw into the ship itself and saw the one person he didn't want to run into. Drifter.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 11, 2008 21:52:59 GMT -5
Chapter 10- Dog Fighting
Dragge radioed Drifter to talk to him. "Why are you following me?"
"To destroy you in front of everyone that knew you. I'll blast you out of the sky Dragge. Get ready!"
Drifter disconnected the transmission and started firing at Dragge. Dragge, even though he loved flying and fighting, never liked both of them together unless he wasn't doing one or the other.
Drifter knew this too and started the dog fight just to get Dragge killed at something that he doesn't like. He was thinking that he could finally kill Dragge then take over the world under the rule of Nemesis.
Dragge concentrated all thoughts on how to evade Drifter and make it out of the fight alive. He swerved his ship this way and that way. Drifter stuck on him like a dog on a mail man.
Drifter continuously fired his ship's blasters. Most of the time Dragge tried to slip behind Drifter and get a better point of the battle but all the maneuvers he pulled off were countered by Drifter.
Dragge's ship was taking some serious hits. He didn't want to lose the Yellow Jacket though.
That ship had been with him ever since he started helping Trigger and the rest of the group on Terra. This ship meant more to him than almost anything else.
The only other thing that was more important was his family and friends. Especially Elunia. His whole life was racing through his head while he kept dodging the shots.
Drifter miscalculated one shot and it bounced off of Dragge's ship and hit his. Dragge taking maybe the only opportunity, got back behind Drifter's ship.
Dragge fired at Drifter and was able to get an upper hand. He started seeing smoke coming from Drifter's ship. There was a big explosion and Dragge thought that he had defeated an almost impossible foe.
He was wrong though. Drifter was still in the air and must have had an escape ship. It was still sully operational and had a least twice as many guns as last time.
Drifter's ship was also quicker as well. He got behind Dragge quicker than Dragge getting behind him. He fired as soon as Dragge was lined up with his scope.
Dragge still evaded the shots but after a while noticed he was loosing a lot of fuel. He had to stop Drifter then hit the nearest island for gas.
To make matters worse, Drifter got a lucky shot and hit Dragge's engine. With little time left before his ship crashed, he had to do something and fast.
Dragge put the ship on auto-pilot and got on the roof of the Yellow Jacket. He timed it just right and leaped at Drifter's ship. It was very risky but he made it.
Drifter opened his door and started firing his buster at Dragge. Dragge took no attention of this and went straight to the engines. He activated his Dragge Buster and fired at each engine.
Dragge got back on the hood and waved farewell to Drifter. Dragge did a back-flip off the ship and landed on the Yellow Jacket. "That should take care of him." Dragge said to himself gasping for air.
Dragge turned the auto-pilot off and headed to the nearest island. He found out on his system that he was heading for Archibald Island.
He remembered Archibald Island like it was yesterday. Tim had "died" and he had destroyed the massive reaverbot that had no ruin.
He doubted that there were any people on that island but it was the only place around for miles. He came into view with the island and settled down on the black-sanded beach which was at one time white.
He started walking. And he wouldn't stop until he covered every square inch of the island. He was out of communication range and knew that if he couldn't find a place to fuel up, he'd die there alone.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 12, 2008 20:46:27 GMT -5
Chapter 11- Traveling Part 1
Dragge was out of breath. The sun was beating down on him and he hadn't had anything to eat in hours. Another thing was that he had been walking for five hours straight.
He had started his walking right after the crash in hopes of finding a small town that could a least have some food to spare for him. The island seemed bigger than what he remembered.
He saw nothing but black sand the whole way he's walked and nothing more than some black hills and a huge volcano that had to be on the other shore. There was absolutely nothing around. There were no signs of life or water anywhere in sight.
Dragge started to stumble and fell over in the black soot spewing from the volcano. He rolled over onto his back and coughed. "There's nothing here. There are no people, no food, and no fuel. This place will probably be my grave. Why did I have to land on this island? Why?"
Dragge closed his eyes in hoping that sleep will give him some energy. When he woke back up about two hours later, he felt as if he could keep walking.
After a few miles of walking, he wondered if his mind was playing tricks on him. He saw a small town in the distance. He started running at full speed at the town. He also noticed that the town was not covered in the black ash either. He noticed a little stream as well.
He ran straight to the stream and threw his head in. He then noticed that the whole town was under some sort of purification system to keep everything except for people out. He knew that someone had to be here. "Hello!" Dragge shouted.
There was no answer. Dragge then had the curious thought to look in a couple houses to see if anyone was there. The house was totally empty except for some food and belongings. He kept trying houses in hopes of finding people and fuel.
After a couple of hours he returned to the first house and hadn't found either of his two goals. The most important thing was that he had food. He decided to stay in that first house until he was completely nourished again and then continue his search for fuel.
He turned on all the lights and went into one of the bedrooms. He spotted a notebook that no one had written in yet. "If I die, I might as well have a journal of my travels." Dragge thought.
He found a pencil in a desk drawer and started to write in the notebook.
DAY 1
I walked from my ship the Yellow Jacket for hours in hope of finding; people, food, and fuel. I came to a small town located near the northern most shore. Here I found a stream full of fresh water, food, but no people. I was shocked to find nobody seeing as how the whole town is under a purification shield. I have been able to eat for the first time all day. I decided to stay in the first house that I saw and will stay in it until I feel it necessary to keep searching for fuel.
Dragge finished his entry and set the journal down next to the bed he was sitting on. He turned on a radio that could get signals from all over the world and decided to listen to tunes since the television didn't work.
After feeling that there was nothing left to do, Dragge had a little more to eat then laid down to get some earned sleep. He didn't set an alarm or anything and decided to get up whenever. His eyes closed and fell asleep wanting to search for fuel the next day.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 12, 2008 21:41:16 GMT -5
Chapter 12- Traveling Part 2
Dragge woke up the next morning feeling better than ever. He sat up in bead and threw his armor back on. He walked down to the kitchen and made himself some breakfast.
He then went back to the radio to hear if there was anything going on with Drifter. He kept turning the knob to check out different news stations. Everyone he flipped to had nothing of interest until one.
It was from an unheard of island called Giga Hold Island. He heard of a person in white armor fighting someone in red armor and knew right away that it was Drifter versus Zero.
"He decided to not follow me after all. He was also able to get a ship and follow the Flutter to that island. All the more reason why I have to find fuel." Dragge said to himself listening to the news.
He kept that station on until they went on to other news. Dragge felt guilty of deciding to go off and get his armor while leaving his friends behind to fend off Drifter. They couldn't do it without him. He then got up from the bed and had lunch.
After lunch he found a huge backpack which looked like the one Digg used to have back in the old days. Dragge packed all the no perishable food and some water for the trip he was about to take. He also picked up the notebook and pencil for the trip in case something should happen to him on the trip.
He walked out the door and looked at the house one last time before heading east. He crossed over the river and past a few houses which looked like important ones like town hall, and a police station. After a few more residential homes, he saw no more of the town.
His journey was brutal. The temperature was warmer than the day before which made it harder to move. He didn't stop though. He must have been traveling for seven long and hard hours before he noticed that the sun was finally going down.
Dragge took out the notebook once again and wrote his second entry in it.
DAY 2
A hard day for me. After I had breakfast, I listened in on the radio for any battle between my friends and my son. I came across a station that had the battle on until lunch time. I knew then that after lunch, I would set out to find fuel for my ship. I have to get back to my friends on Giga Hold Island. After lunch I packed up a lot of food and water in a backpack I found and left the town behind me. I have not run into any organisms at all and wonder if I'll be able to get off this island at all. The sun was brutally hot today and wished that I had a beach umbrella to keep me cool. At this time the sun is going down and know that I have to call it quits for today. There is no way I can travel in the darkness even with my bionic eye. The darkness here is just far too greater than any other island I have been to in all my years of existence. Today I have been able to cover a lot of ground which is good for me. I have not found any fuel at all which has been a complete loss. Tomorrow I'll continue my search in hopes of a sign.
Dragge noticed that the sun was a lot lower in the sky than it had been and laid down in the blackness. He closed his eyes where he saw even more darkness and hoped to get off the island sometime soon.
The next morning came and Dragge woke up seeing that black ash all over his armor and noticed it in his hair. He brushed out the ashes and continued east. The sun was barely out at all which was quite and advantage to him. With almost little heat he was able to cover more ground than he thought.
It was a least three hours later when he stumbled across a rock. It wasn't any ordinary rock however. It looked like the remains of some sort of mechanical device. He kept on his route. About ten minutes later, Dragge fell through a larger hole in the ground.
He noticed the walls and recognized it right away as the ruins of Archibald Island. He knew there were no reaverbots left in the ruin since the master had destroyed them all.
He pulled out his notebook to write in it again.
DAY 3
Today wasn't as bad as yesterday had been. The heat had lessened which helped me out a great bit. A while into my journey I stumbled across a piece of machinery. About a few minutes after that I fell into a deep pit which is the ruins of this island. As far as I can see, there is no way to climb back up. I'm sitting here resting for I know there are no reaverbots left in the ruin. The master reaverbot had long ago destroyed all reaverbots in the ruin and destroyed the ruin itself and ruled on top of the island. The master reaverbot has also been long gone since when me and a few of my friends destroyed it in order to stop another reaverbot bent on destroying Terra.
Dragge finished writing and got up to look around. Before he could walk three steps something came out of the door and scared Dragge forcing him back up against the wall.
"Sorry there stranger. I didn't mean to scare you like that." The person had to be a girl about thirteen.
"That's okay. I didn't know I would find anyone down here in the ruin."
"I see you fell through what used to be the elevator shaft."
"Used to?"
"Yes, when we came down here to get away from the master reaverbot, we had used the elevator so much that it stopped working." she said pointing to the elevator.
"Show me where your family is. I've crash landed here and need some help."
"Sure thing. Follow me. By the way, my name's Serra."
"I'm Dragge."
"Nice to meet you Dragge."
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Post by Dragge on Apr 12, 2008 22:42:28 GMT -5
Chapter 13- Everyone Needs Some Help
Dragge noticed that everyone wore the same type of clothing. They all wore Tarzan like cheetah skin. Serra took Dragge to their place.
"Father, I'd like to introduce you to Dragge."
"It's nice to meet you Dragge. My name's Henry."
"Nice to meet you too. You all must be the people from that town back out west."
"Yes that's our town. Does it still stand?"
"Yes, every thing's still there except for some food, and this." Dragge said holding out the notebook.
"What brings you here Dragge?"
Dragge told his story from seeing his son trying to destroy him on Kattelox to him crash landing on Archibald Island in search for fuel for his ship.
"You're in an interesting dilemma Dragge." Henry stated after Dragge finished his story.
"Yes. I fell down the elevator shaft and your daughter scared me out of my armor. I wonder, do you know where I can find some fuel so I can get off of the island?"
"Indeed I do! We have tons of fuel down here with us."
"So, why are you guys down here?"
"We were frightened by the master reaverbot and feared that it would destroy our town. I, being mayor of the city, decided on traveling to a new destination. We then came to the ruins and decided to stay here possibly for the rest of our lives."
"The master reaverbot is gone. I destroyed it with some friends many years back to get one of the Mother Lode refractors."
"Finally gone. That's good. So the Mother Lode is real?"
"Yes, as real as you and I are."
"Well if the reaverbot's gone, we can get out of here."
"If you give me some of that fuel you guys claim to have, I'll repair the elevator for you so you guys can return to your normal lives. Other good news is that the purification system around the town is still intact."
"Good, our skilled mechanic created when the volcano appeared many years ago."
"So, does anyone have tools I can use to fix the elevator?" Dragge asked starting to stand up.
"Talk to our skilled mechanic, Jim. He's sure to have tools. Serra, take Dragge to Jim."
"This way Dragge." Serra led Dragge to Jim and the two introduced themselves.
Both of them walked over to the elevator and opened up the panel on it. "I can't make out any of this stuff. I doubt anyone can."
"I can." Dragge said.
"What?" Jim got out.
"There's a planet called Elysium. I come from there and the ruins are from Elysium. I know this technology like the back of my hand." Dragge took some of the tools and got into the panels and started working on the elevator.
About five hours later, the elevator was up and working. Everyone was glad that Dragge had come along to help them out and in return gave him the needed amount of fuel.
When everyone was asleep, Dragge took out his journal again.
DAY 3 cont.
After falling down the whole a person from the town named Serra scared the living daylights out of me. She then took me to her father. We talked to each other for a while about where each other were doing in their current place. They had fuel and I agreed to fix the elevator in return for fuel. I was taken to the skilled mechanic of the town and had the tools for me to fix the elevator. I finished it in about five hours. Later we all had a great dinner and enjoyed that we all were going to get what we wanted. Tomorrow I'll fuel up the Yellow Jacket and help out Trigger and the others.
Dragge, very tired, put the journal away and fell asleep for the night. Tomorrow he would get to Giga Hold Island as soon as possible.
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Post by Dragge on Apr 13, 2008 20:08:44 GMT -5
Chapter 14- Leaving
Dragge along with the whole town took the long walk back to the town. It took about five hours but they made it there by noon.
Henry gave Dragge his fuel. "Dragge, I'll have Jim build a transportation device for you to get to your ship. Jim, Serra, and I will accompany you as well."
"Thank you so much for all of your help." Dragge said.
"No, thank you. If it weren't for you, we'd be down there the rest of our lives."
They said no more and Dragge went back to the house he stayed in and found out that Henry and his family lived in that house the whole time.
Jim had finished the speeder in about two hours. They packed up the fuel and everyone that was going hopped on. They traveled very quickly and took only a fourth of the time it took to get to the town by foot.
They got to the Yellow Jacket and Dragge fueled it up and even had spare fuel which he put in the trunk.
"Do you have to go Dragge?" Serra asked tears coming to her eyes.
"Yes I'm afraid so. I've got to help out my friends."
"I can't say enough about how much help you've been to us. Please promise us that you'll come back someday." Henry stated.
"I'll come back, with my wife and hopefully my son as well."
"Be careful out there Dragge." Jim said.
"I will. I hope to see you guys again someday." They all said goodbye and Dragge started up the Yellow Jacket. The ship took to the sky and flew away from the island.
As Dragge took one last look at the island, he saw that the volcano had disappeared and that all the black ashes were going away as well as if the reaverbot had some sort of control over the island for a certain time.
He was glad to see the island return to its former glory and saw all the grass and trees that started coming up from the ground. Not only had he saved a town, he had saved an entire island in those four days.
He set his sights for Giga Hold Island and turned on the radio to listen in on the island's news. He found out that the guys were still fighting as they were three days ago.
He was certain he wouldn't crash again. So Dragge flipped on auto-pilot and relaxed the rest of the way as he listened to the fight going on between Drifter and Zero.
He just hoped that he could get there in time before something terrible happened. He did not touch the dial and even fell asleep listening to the radio.
Dragge dreamed again for the first time in a while. It was that dream again. He was fighting Drifter in his most powerful form. The two didn't quit fighting then Drifter blasted Dragge with a laser that cut clean through him. Dragge had pulled out the autofire and aimed for Drifter's head.
The dream ended again by the loud buzzing of the ship. He reached his destination. It was night when he got there. Before he left the ship he wrote in the journal again.
DAY 4
Today was my final day on Archibald Island. The town and I got up early and headed out for the city. We walked until it was noon. When we got there I stayed in the house in which I stayed in the first day. I found out that it belonged to Henry and his family. A while later Jim had created a speeder and we loaded up the fuel. Henry, Serra, and Jim came with me to wish me goodbye. I promised them that I'd visit the island again someday. As I left the island started returning to its former self. I then turned on the auto-pilot and radio and listened to the fight between Drifter and Zero. I ended up falling asleep and had my dream again. Drifter and I were fighting, he used a laser which cut through me and I aimed for his head but woke up before it finished. I reached Giga Hold Island to help out my friends. The Flutter is coming in sight right now and can't wait to see everyone again.
Dragge landed the Yellow Jacket next to the Flutter. He got out and walked up the ladder to the Flutter's door. He opened it and walked inside.
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