Cyber-Mech Ninja Clan
By: Galen Muhammad

Mission 6

Previously:
Brandon narrowly escapes smashing into the ground and proceeds to find Keith.
Keith on the other hand is under captivity by a Kuro Kage scientist who seeks to gain
knowledge on him. Keith escapes while Brandon makes it into the base to come get him,
then a battle ensues. Elijah encounters a guard with a new arsenal. He kills the guy after a
few complications, and then sets the missiles to explode in the base. He receives a
distress signal from his brother. He returns to his brother's position. Taj is assumed to be
dead and Elijah is enraged. More soldiers approach not knowing what deadly fury awaits
them.

[In Antarctica Base]

(The ground melts under Elijah's feet as he steps, leaving small melted imprints in the
floor. The fire doesn't seem to affect his skin or his inner metal parts. A protective shield
protects him from the intense flames.)

Guard 1: (The guards are just around the corner getting ready to turn down Elijah's
hallway.) Hey guys did it get hotter or is it just me.

Guard 3: Maybe the heat is overrunning, someone could have messed up while turning it
on. Don't worry about it. Pay more attention to your duty and the heat won't get to you.
(But on the inside he was thinking) * Either someone fucked up the heating system or
we've just ventured into the depths of hell. And I wouldn't be surprised if a demon of fire
with a sharp weapon was walking around here. *

Guard 2: Hold up. Do you hear that sound, like gas escaping a fire hydrant in short burst?

Guard 4: Yea, it sounds like it's coming from down this next hallway where we heard
that disturbance was coming from.

Guard 5: I'll go check it out, while you guys wait here. (He cocks his gun and reloads his
Neutralizer.)

Guard 4: Good luck bro.

Guard 5: Right, I'll be back in a flash Craig. (He walks cautiously up to the corner and
peeks around it. Instantly he falls to the ground.)

Craig: Hey David, what's wrong? (He then noticed his head is completely gone and
throws up.)

Guard 3: His head is completely burnt. It looks as it someone blew a 10,000 degree flame
in his face.

(Craig recovers from his shock.) Craig: What did this; he's my only brother, how could
this happening. (His facial expression suddenly gets angry and he picks his gun out of its
holster and runs around the corner, the other guards reluctantly follow. Craig then sees
Elijah down the hall whose transformation has been completed. He was now wearing red
armor plating and brandishing a thick sword about the width of size 13 feet.)

Craig: You! You did this didn't you? You killed my only brother.

Elijah: Great! Now we have something in common. I killed your only brother and your
people killed mine. You have my sympathies, but I have to kill you all. So if you want to
live a little bit longer, you better run now. You might have enough time to pray to God
for your sins because your final resting place is going to be here. Welcome to my reality,
welcome to hell. (At that last word a wall of fire forms around the guards and Elijah.) So
it seems that none of you heeded my warning, so I guess you all are attempting to get
revenge for your fallen comrade. I mean the odds are against me, four to one, how could
he possibly win you may be thinking. Well, I'm going to tell you how, since inquiring
minds must know. I'm going to fry you. Nothing shall escape the inferno, which is my
rage. You think hell is hot, well then you haven't met the likes of me.

Craig: That's all fine and dandy, but I have a gun pointed at your head right now. So all
that shit you talkin' isn't worth your time. You may be intimidating the others, but I have
nothing to lose.

Elijah: That's exactly the way I feel, so that increases the danger you're in. So, who's
going to be first? To make it fair, I won't use any of my fire attacks.

Guard 1: You won't even make it over here, let alone get past... (Drops in two pieces by
Elijah who was now behind them holding his blood dripped sword. The other guards
backed up and nearly ran into the wall being produced by Elijah's anger.

Guard 2: Did you see that? He cut him right in half. Lets not take any more chances.
Fire!!!

(The three guards fire at Elijah who then proceeds to dodge all the shots by dodging
quickly to the side. He runs around the bullets and dashes forward with his sword
outstretched. Two guards stepped back but the other continued to fire. Elijah turned his
gun to the side to block the bullets then sliced diagonally and the guard's hands were cut
off. As the guard screamed in agony, Elijah stabbed him in the chest and spun around to
his right and cut him diagonally across the already cut area. This was followed with
another cut, which formed a six-sided star. Blood started flowing through the cuts.

Elijah: Remember when I said I wouldn't use my special attacks? (He then smiles evilly
at the man who he had just finished slicing who has a horrified look on his which pleased
Elijah to great extents.) Well, I lied. (The other guards were speechless. Elijah placed his
finger in the middle of the star and held it there for a few seconds, then withdrew his
finger from the guards body who has been going through extreme pain, but was now
confused as to what Elijah did.)

Elijah: Now pay attention, because you'll only feel this only once. (He traced a shape in
the air with his blood-drenched finger, while he was doing this he lifted his right hand
and a ball of fire formed in his hand. Then a few moments later the tracing he was doing
formed the shape of the cuts he made in the guard with his blood. The fire in his right
hand mixed with the star shaped blood hovering in the air. Elijah then thrust his right
hand forward and the bloody star flew into the cut on the guard. The whole procedure
took ten seconds.) Now see how it feels to be burnt, from the inside out. (Elijah flipped
the blood of his finger, which flew toward the ground in little fireballs. Elijah then
walked in the direction of the two remaining enemies.)

Craig: What were you doing to him; he looks fine?

Elijah: Just watch you foolish simpleton! Soon all that will be left of your friend will be
ash. (As he said that the guard behind Elijah started howling in agony with such intensity
that he could probably wake the dead. He turned around and dropped to his knees. The
howling stopped as his lungs and throat were incinerated. His eyeballs were completely
burned away and his skin stared melting. From the inside all that could be seen was the
skeleton of the poor guy and at the time his skeleton was even starting to melt away.
Craig threw up for a second time and so did the other guard.)

Guard 3: See, this is exactly what I said. A demon from hell has been sent by the devil to
kill us all. (He backed up all the way near the fiery barrier surrounding the bloody
carnage. The guard seemed to completely forget about it after seeing something that
seemed physically impossible.) I'm getting out of this hellhole!

Craig: (Spins around) Hey! Look out! (But the guy was already in full motion; straight
towards the barrier. By the time he finally looked forward it was too late. He ran right
smack dab into the barrier and was fried instantly. The only thing that made it through
was the remains of his army knife and his now melted and useless gun.)

Elijah: What an idiot. Lets see how you fair against me. I'll help you see you brother
again, you'll meet him in hell with your other friends. But I can't blame you fully though.
It's your leader who deserves to be dying today. Remember that when my friends and I
send him to burn in the devil's realm.

Craig: Oh yeah? Well, where do machines go when they die huh? The answer is
nowhere; you just join the other useless scrap metal in the junkyard. Hmph, you probably
don't even have a soul, do you?

Elijah: Silence!!! You worthless human trash, you don't
know when to admit to your fears. You're finished!
(Elijah's sword is engulfed in fire once more and he
charges toward Craig, the last remaining guard in the
complex.)

Craig: *What do I do, this guy seems even more enraged than before.* (He then notices
his brother's special entrapment gun that he had invented for the zookeepers so that they
can easily capture loose animals.) Well, if it works as well as David planned for it to; I
might be able to get out of this situation. (He reaches for the gun and jumps to his feet.
As Elijah reaches him Craig jumps to the side. To him the world seems to be moving in
slow motion. He watched as Elijah's eyes followed him and saw him turn his body and
raise his sword above his head to slice him down for good. The instant Elijah's body
turned completely toward him he shot the gun which released an energy net. Elijah's
body dropped to the ground, his sword dropped to his side with its fire extinguished.) Ha,
your punk ass bitch. Where's all your power at now? What good does all your fancy
skills do you if your incarcerated?

Elijah: Damn, I can't move at all. And without use of my hands, I can't use my fire
attacks. I got too cocky; I should have killed him earlier.

Craig: You damn right you should've. Now its time to send you off to the junkyard, just
like I promised. (He picks up Elijah's sword, which felt a little hot from the intense heat
it was emitting, but Craig didn't care. All he though about was avenging his brothers
death. He raised the sword above his head, despite the heaviness of it.)

Elijah: You won't get away with this, your still going to die.

Craig: Now who can't admit to their fear? This is for you David. Say goodbye.

???: Nooo!!!

Craig: Who the hell! (Craig and Elijah turn their heads, well Elijah tried to do so to the
best of his ability. To Elijah, all that can be seen was a blue light and a figure that was
submerged in it all. But he knew who it was. There was no doubt in his mind. And the
thought brought total contempt to his distraught heart. All Craig saw was more opposition
who could only be the brother this freak of nature that was about to meet his maker if he
weren't disrupted.)

Taj: You ignorant human, do you realize who you have there? That's my big brother, and
no one messes with him. So I won't stand by and allow you to. (The blue light faded and
Taj was now clad in the same armor as Elijah, except it was a dark blue and he was
wielding a metallic staff with a blade on the end which had blue marking carved into it.

Craig: So you're the brother of this murderer. Glad to see your up, because now you can
witness his death like I witnessed my brother and my entire squad die.

Taj: I'm sorry if your hearing is a little off, but let me repeat myself one last time. I'm not
going to allow you to do that, so if you don't back off, I'm going to have to come in there
a kill you myself.

Craig: Ha! I'd love to see you do that. (He looks down at Elijah.) Now you get to see
your brother be killed by your own wall while trying to save you. I got to love the irony.

Elijah: Taj, don't try it, you'll burn instantly. Just return to base and finish my special
project for me will ya. Tell Galen that I'm sorry that I failed at fighting to my best ability.

Taj: No, don't ever give up hope. You stayed here to avenge my supposed death, and
now I'm going to prevent yours.

Elijah: * Uhh, you fool. Why risk your life? With this wound in my chest, I don't have
long to live anyway. It's better for me to die this way.*

Taj: I'm coming in. You've had your chance to surrender. Now I'm going to throw you
into the wind! ( He charges toward the fiery wall that Elijah put up to keep his enemies
from escaping. Now it may be the reason his brother will perish.)

Craig: This lunatic is actually going to try getting in here. He must be dumber than I
thought. It's pathetic when machines try to show their worth in society when all there
worth really is a few hundred dollars on the black market.

Taj: I'll show you how much I'm worth. And plus I'll prove you wrong, because this wall
won't faze me. (As Taj nears the wall he strikes it with his staff. It freezes instantly then
shatters. Craig  drops Elijah's sword and it makes a loud crashing sound as it impacts the
ground. Then the hallway goes quiet again. The only sound is Craig's heavy breathing.
He backs up all the way up the hall, hoping to make an escape.)

Taj: There is no escape from death's cold grip. This'll be over in three moves. (He holds
his staff in front of him vertically then slams it into the ground.) 1!!! (A wall of ice rises
up behind Craig and encases his wrist, head, and ankles in ice. Elijah then transmits
himself three feet in front of Craig.) 2!!! (He places his hand on Craig's face and in
seconds his entire body is frozen.) 3!!!! (Taj places his hands an inch from Craig's chest
and a strong blast of cold wind was produced, it was so cold that even through Elijah's
hot suit, Elijah got the chills. Craig's body was nowhere insight after the wind subsided,
just a large hole which traveled all the way outside of the base which brought the cold to
the inside of the base.)

P.A. System: Missile launch in T-minus sixty seconds.

Elijah: Oh, shit! I forgot that I set those missiles to launch.

Taj: What's so bad about launching the missiles?

Elijah: A few are going to blow up here and destroy everything in a half-mile radius,
including us!

Taj: Oh God! We got to go! (He turns to run through the hole he made.)

Elijah: Hey!

Taj: What?

Elijah: I'm still kinda tied up here.

Taj: Oh yea, that's right. (A giant sweat drop appears on Taj's head.)

(Taj released the hold the net had on Elijah and they both ran full speed through the self
made exit.)

P.A. System: Missile launch in T-minus forty seconds.

Taj: Were not going to make it.

Elijah: Yes we are. We just have to, Galen and the rest of the guys need us. Plus we have
a score to settle with our clones. Can't keep them waiting, can we.

Taj: No, I guess we can't.

(They continued to run, after exiting the hole they heard the P.A. System declare that
there was twenty seconds left. They continued up until the next hill when the base
exploded.)
[Across the tundra about two miles from base.]

(Hiru and Kuma have been camping out waiting for Elijah and Taj to leave the missile
silo. Kuma was busy polishing his MCU, and Hiru was starting to fall asleep when all of
a sudden his eyes snapped open.

Hiru: Hey bro. You feel that power.

Kuma: Yea I felt something earlier that was similar to the power I just felt. I feel as if
Elijah has tapped into some kind of power source.

Hiru: Maybe we should go see for ourselves. Because what we felt seems totally
impossible. (They jump inside their MCU's and take off toward the base. A few seconds
later they hear an explosion and see a big mushroom shaped cloud. Out of the cloud they
saw a missile coming out of it to a destination unknown to them.)

Kuma: Damn. When they want to destroy something, they do it right.

Hiru: They couldn't have escaped that blast. I don't see their MCU's anywhere. Do you
think they would chicken out of our battle?

Kuma: Naw, of course not. I know we wouldn't. So I know that they wouldn't either.

(They continued on until they see a small crater in the snow. Inside the crater lie Elijah
and Taj unconscious.)

Hiru: How? How could they have survived that? Their bodies should have been instantly
vaporized by that blast.

Kuma: We'll have to ask them when they wake up. Come on, let's get them to our camp.

Hiru: But why help out the enemy?

Kuma: They're not our enemies. Even though the are a bunch a goody goodies. They're
still family, we just don't see eye to eye.

Hiru: Yea you're right. I don't really hate them. I just can't stand them. But we can't let
them know that, that would just ruin what relationship we got.

Kuma: What relationship? The " I'm-dead-set-on-beating-your-ass-every-time-I- see-
you" relationship.

Hiru: Yea, that's the one.

Kuma: You still have that thing for Jennifer don't you? Even though I think she's way
out of your league.

Hiru: Her vision of beauty always captures my soul each time I see her.

Kuma: You've only seen her once dumb ass. And the only other times you see her is
when you look at that picture you stole from the lab after that explosion.

Hiru: So, she hasn't changed since that picture was taken. So it's the same as seeing her
everyday. I think it's best if we allow Galen and them to keep thinking we killed our
creator. They're the only real challenge we have, why jeopardize what we have now.

Kuma: Don't be so sure. The stars speak of a greater evil approaching. We should train
until they awaken.

Hiru: Lets get them to camp first. They'll most likely die if they don't get some
nourishment first. (He picks up Taj and Elijah and the brothers Hiru and Kuma, along
with their twins, set off to the hidden camp.)

Kuma: You think I'd have a chance with Jennifer? (He laughs into the intercom.)

Hiru: Don't you get me started. You know how I feel about her. Besides you'd have to
get through Galen first.

Kuma: Don't worry about him. Tora told me that they're not even together anymore, and
they haven't been since they were created. Plus Sakura is more...

Hiru: Just drop the subject. That girl has given me too much grief, I don't even like living
in the same facility as her. But what's a guy to do.

Kuma: I hope these guys recover soon. I want to have our battle. Then we'll see whose
the better of the four of us, in the first ever MCU Tag team battle.

END OF MISSION 6