Chapter 18 - End of the line! The Duel between Men! (Part 4)

Story by Eurasia M on SoFurry

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#53 of Book 2 - N.D.'s Reign

Seems the mission keeps getting more annoying. Who is this wolf? And the Perens are unleashed against our hero!


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Perens have quite a rep in the bounty hunter scene. But now seeing them in person, it's a disappointment. That human...that dragoon is gonna have to wait. They're nothing compared to a 9th Class Enforcer.

Date - December 31st, 2055

Location - Ruined Town of Haze, west side

Time - 2:55 pm

The wolf laughed as he thought he had the dragoon cornered, but still Michael had no clue who he was, "Uhh..who are you? You sure you got the right guy?", he asked, the laughter coming to an immediate stop. He stomped a foot on the ground, his mood doing a complete 180 from the "happy" wolf he was seconds ago, "Are you serious?! How you could forget? I'm the wolf in charge, the wolf with the know how to run the Ploho. Even if you did free my wife, you've disrespected me too much to let you live.", he said while pointing at the human, acting a bit dramatic in the dragoon's opinion but he had to have been someone he fought some time ago.

"Okay...how about another reminder. You somehow survived my special Wingly branded heat seeking missle. Then...that...that thing...that thing crushed us. A monster like none I've ever seen..I plan on paying her a visit next.", he commented, wrapping his arms together then raising a finger to remind the dragoon. Michael then had a shocked look on his face, now remembering who this strange cybernetic wolf was. It was over a month ago at the Grave Canyon, after he met Fyre. What was more shocking is that he survived Fyre's hand coming down on him and his army, vaguely remembering the smear of blood and metal left on the dirt, "Aaaah!...you're "that" wolf. How the heck did you survive...Fyre crushed you and your army with her bare hand. Nothing could've survived that!", he shouted, the wolf giving a smirk now that he was remembered.

Michael clenched his sword tight, now making sense why he looked like a robot and seeked revenge, having stopped him once and then a dragon ally stopping him a second time. Dullock wasn't sure what was going on, but he was getting tired that his fight was interrupted by a drama queen wolf, "Look, I told you before. The kid's mine. Last chance to scram you puppy.", he threatened, pointing a sword at the wolf. Lupobo clapped his hands together, happy to see that the great bounty hunter is getting in his way, which only meant that he can see his new toy in action. In another bright flash of light, four new enemies arrived on the scene behind him, each one over double the height of the wolf, who was about 5 feet in height.

Each one seemed to be a bear, each one wearing a high tech visor and having a similar cyborg look to Lupobo. A red, yellow, blue and brown armoed bear arrived on the scene, all four one were rather tough looking and happy to finally take on their biggest job, "Finally...You have need of da Kructoy Perens eh comrade Pobo?", said the red bear with a rather strong russian accent, walking forward while holding something in his hands. It looked like an antenna of some kind, but a huge one, bigger than the wolf himself, "Set the M.Magnet down here Rogon. That dragoon has a weapon that could maybe probably be a problem. Plus that orange scaled hunter needs to be knocked down a peg.", he ordered, getting a nod from his red armored associate. With a thud the antenna was set down, a large spike suddenly rising up from the odd machine, now looking like some sort of transmitter.

Dullock had just about enough of this foolishness, gripping his swords tight and planning on going in for the wolf personally since he seemed to be the one barking the orders. Kill off the leader, and the soldiers panic, something that was considered common knowledge among warriors in battle. As the dark lizard took a stance, Lupobo pressed something on the back of his hand, a large pink shockwave being sent out and blowing back the dragoon and dark lizard, before feeling themselves being pulled it. However they quickly realized it wasn't them, it was their weapons, immediately being yanked out of their hands. Michael fell right on his face with a yelp while Dullock onto his knee with a growl, realizing what that thing was, "M. Magnet...Magic magnet, of course...", he thought to himself, quickly being disarmed and not feeling too happy about it at all.

The Vernier Flamberg and Dullock's twin blades immediately stuck onto the spike like metal to a magnet, Michael quickly getting up and wiping his face off, "My sword!...I can't recall it either...", he muttered, unable to summon his sword back into his hand like he normally would. Lupobo smirked, seeing that the millions he spent on the M.Magnet was starting to pay off, "You won't have to worry about that soon enough Eurasia. Rogon, your team is free to handle him. Just leave some part indentifiable so I can at least get his bounty. Which you can all split as promised.", he said while clapping his hands together, letting his fingers slip between each other. Even without his sword, he still could fight, taking a defensive stands upon hearing that they were ready to attack.

A four against one was not good odds for the dragoon, Michael seeing the red bear turn to the others for their orders, "Fire is useless against dragoon. Brothers Vody and Molnmi, you use pattern beta. Bring him to his knees. Grayz, capture target.", he ordered, looking at the yellow and blue bears, then to the brown one. Aside from the color of their armor, their brown furred heads made them look nearly alike, all having buff looking cybernetic bodies. They also had icons on their chest, like a badge, having the symbol of K with a hammer beside it. The yellow bear brought his paws together, having more paw like hands than what an anthro would have, and starting showing what he excelled in, "Always Brother Rogon. I'll shock dragoon to the bone once Vody starts getting things wet. Dirt not good conductor.", he replied, Dullock raising an eyebrow and deciding to see what they were capable of before going right in.

Electricity was one of the hardest elements to defend against, normally being a defense breaker unless you were prepared ahead of time. Michael's eyes focused on the electricity shooting out, preparing himself incase he was going to get a lightning bolt to the face. Dodging it is near impossible from how fast it moves, but he can minimize his contact with it if possible. However his focus on the yellow bear was pointless as the blue bear jumped forward, Dullock jumping to the side once the heavy bear landed with a thud, digging his paws into the dirt. The dark lizard saw water spouting from the cracks in the ground, a small earthquake starting the rock the Area. Michael jumped back as he was somewhat startled, but the blue bear not close enough to be a threat just yet. Though the rumbling under his feet made him realize that he was already attacking, geysers of water starting to pop up all around him.

Dullock saw that the dragoon was trapped in a prison of water pillars, or at least seemed to be trapped, the entire area getting rained on by the falling water. The lizard felt the water in his hair, making his dreads disappear into a messy pile of black hair. It took him no time what the bears were planning, jumping up onto a building which was barely standing before seeing the lightning being shot out, "Interesting combo...if he dies, he wasn't worth my time....but I won't let them take credit for my target.", he thought to himself, seeing the yellow electricity quickly flow over the wet ground and into the pillars of water. Michael felt his power dropping fast with the water falling on him, surrounded by pillars of water too strong to push through.

HIs only way out was to jump, but the electricity came right on him, shocking him from every direction and making him yell in pain from the thousands of volts going through him. Molnmi kept the current going for about ten seconds, before stopping, the sound of thunder being heard once the water prison was dispelled and the echo of the thunder clap going across the town. As the water receded, the brown bear ran forward and pounded his hands into the ground, forming two walls from the muddy floor and engulfing the body of their target, who was not moving in the least. In the gooey mound of dirt, Grayz focused the earth around the human until the head was poking out, forming a spherical prison for the dragoon, quickly drying it and hardening it to cement like levels.

The dark lizard was a bit disappointed at how quickly the dragoon fell to their attacks, wanting to do something but without his sword, it would be difficult. First thing would be to take care of that M. Magnet, seeing that the red bear was moving away from Lupobo. Rogon laughed in thriumph, clapping his paws together and then putting his left paw to his chest, "Hah! Nothing can defeat the strength of the Brothers Peren! Well done my brothers. Dragoon was weak like all the rest.", he complimented, walking over to their target while Lupobo was grinning, though keeping his eye on the legendary bounty hunter incase he tried to do something. The four bears surrounded the unconcious human, with Rogan grabbing Michael by the head and tilting the dragoon's head back to get a better look at him.

"Dragoon of fire not worth 400 kash. For why is he 400 million? We shall party hard tonight with many lady friends this new year!", he shouted, giving the human a light slap on the forhead while the bears laughed together in harmony. After a few seconds, Michael's eyes opened wide, with the cement prison starting the crumble. The four bears quickly stopped their day dreaming and saw that the dragoon was awake, before being blown back by a strong shock wave. The bits of cement flew in all direct, Dullock simply avoiding it while smashing on the tough armors of the bears and Lupobo, the grin on all their faces gone faster than the earth prison. The dragoon floated in place a few inches off the ground, his normally red pupil eyes turned to completely red, "HOW SWEET. YOU FOOLS HAD A CHANCE TO FINISH THE JOB. YOUR LIVES WILL END HERE. AND YOU LUPOBO...I'M GOING TO SAVE YOU FOR LAST!", promised the dragoon while pointing to the wolf, threatening in a horrible deep intimidating voice that was nothing like the timid human the dark lizard spoke to earlier.

The bears felt a chill go down their spine for a moment, Rogon feeling something from the human, like a monster was going to devour them. The dragoon then immediately fell to the ground on his knees, panting hard and realizing what had happened. Rogon shook his head and growled, still keeping in mind that they were up against a mere human, "Bah don't let him scare my brothers! Kill him this time!", he ordered, Michael clenching his fists and this time taking the first intiative before they could gang up on him. His first target was the yellow bear Molmni, attempting to charge up his electricity but getting a firm kick in the chest. The loud metal thud of the hit made Michael wince a bit, but the bear was sent flying back a good distance and skidding on the muddy floor face first.

Vody attempted to blast the dragoon with water, holding his paws and letting out a gush of water like a fire hose. The dragoon slid right under it, getting only his hair wet and his jeans muddy and going right under the bear. His hands were dry enough to let loose an explosion of fire, enough to launch him back and give him enough force to elbow the back of Vody's head, knocking him down for the moment. Lupobo was getting worried now, thinking he may have to step in with the bears being pushed back. Dullock quickly moved in on Lupobo in the confusion, going for a straight kick to the face but getting blocked with the wolf's fore-arm, "...and I thought you'd stay back like a good lizard. You're fast, but you can't hide your body's heat signature.", he said with a smirk, pushing back the armored dark lizard and making him flip back and land about 8 feet away.

Dullock remained silent, seeing that the wolf wasn't all talk. Though what he said could be bothersome if he was being tracked, "You dark lizards...are an interesting bunch. Your body temperature may not be as high as the humans, but you're still simple enough to track. But..maybe this is a good thing. Alot of people want your head on a platter and your kind wiped out. Killing an 9th class Enforcer would give my organization an even higher rep!", he said while cackling, thinking of how his wife would reward him for making the Ploho even more feared around the planet. Rogon quickly returned to the wolf's side, seeing that his employer was being attacked, "Apologizes comrade Lupobo...my brothers should have that human subdued...grant me the honor of brining this inferior creature down.", requested the leader of the Perens, Lupobo giving a shrug and stepping back.

"Go for it. Just let me finish him off. The wife will like that.", ordered the wolf while stretching, the red bear ready to make some cooked dark lizard.

- Meanwhile

Location - Otchayanie, Ploho HQ, 51th floor

Time - 2:58 pm

The battle torn room shook under the might of the two Perens fighting the dragoon and mercenary. Nika dodged and ducked every punch and swipe before catching the bear's arm and using his momentum to throw him over her shoulder and across the room. A direct hit would be bad even for her, seeing that they were sporting similar material in her arms and his armor, but she was still mostly flesh. She felt that this bear was mostly cyborg, Ruru going in and swatting to the side the bear's claws and punching his opponent in the face, the counter punch quite effective and knocking him back a bit. However he shook his fist after the blow, feeling like he was punching a metal wall, "Man these guys are pretty hard headed...cyborgs are always a pain to fight..", he muttered to himself, the bear shaking his head and growling at the human.

"Your punches are weak, like your kind! You'll never beat me with such...pathetic punches human!", he shouted, his accent sounding less Russian compared to the other flunkies. Infact, his voice lacked any sort of accent in the least, just an angry bear matching fists with the dragoon of wind. The bear in front of Ruru called out to his brother, seeing that the shark was putting up a better fight than expected, "Stop playing around Zhele! Female or not, Rogon said that traitor deserves to die. This is our chance to be real Parens!", he ordered, reminding his brother that this would be their test to become real brothers. Zhele had a darker, almost black colored fur on him, compared to the bright brown fur the bear Ruru was fighting had.

"True...Stal, sorry. I feel bad hurting a shark this far away from the ocean...I won't let my feelings get in the way this time.", replied Zhele, his paws clenching and charging forward once more. Ruru sighed, seeing that though they cared about each other, they were in their way and out of their league. The dragoon cracked his knuckles, ready to fight some more. Nika considered one way of breaking through that armor, ducking another punch, and jumping back onto a half broken table. Zhele increased the speed of his punches now, smashing the ground with every missed hit. Ruru raised an arm, blocking a side punch with his forearm, not moving an inch despite the powerful shockwave coming from the blow, "You bears are out of your league. I suggest running home and getting out of our way.", he threatened, hitting the bear's arm back and making him spin twice.

Stal was shocked, reading that this dragoon wasn't even over 150 million and he's taken down those with at least 200 million kash bounties. There was no way this human could be this strong, gritting his teeth as he glared down at the dark skinned human, "Stop shitting me! You're just a human!", he shouted, against attempting to punch him but getting blocked with little effort and a return glare from the dragoon. However he smirked, making Ruru raise an eyebrow and suddenly hear his ally scream out his name, "Ruru, don't let him touch you!", she shouted, blocking what seemed to be sword coming from the end of the Zhele's paw with both of her arms. They were hiding their weapons the whole time, Ruru quickly pulling back but wincing as his forarm was impaled by four metal spikes coming from Stal's forearm.

The blood oozed out as he backed up, moving his fingers back and forth to see if there was any critical damage, using his other hand to cover the holes to prevent excessive bleeding. Luckily he could still move his hand, taking a deep breath and letting wind envelope his entire forearm. Stal was laughing mechanically, smirking that he got a somewhat good hit on him, "Hahah! Like I said, you're only just human! A shit colored human!", he insulted, Zhele jumping away from the shark and joining beside his brother in arms. Nika was panting somewhat, alot of pressure having been put on her arms and wondering what could be done about their armor.

"Says the shit colored bear. I love it when someone who looks like crap, talks shit. I'll give you credit for catching me off guard...no more Mr Nice Ruru.", exclaimed the dragoon, stopping the bleeding and walking towards the shark. Zhele and Stal grabbed each other's paws while standing side by side, interlocking them together, then bringing several spikes and all over their arms and armored body, "You know, I thought about it. Your names, the Perens...that's the same name I got when I went to take a package to...Dankeburg. A large town that's no longer on the map...a town of 2 million that was housed to humans and anthros alike. But mostly for the wives and kids of those who worked in Saint Falda.", he explained, seeing the two bears smirk, then laugh.

"AHAHAH! Yea, though it was a two man job. Our first job actually...many of those bitches and brats were family of thorns in the side of our contractor. Rogon said if we killed 75% of everyone there, we could sign up. Not to mention the pay was great. Kids don't run when you rip their parents in two. They try to fight back, which is cute. And makes it easier to finish them off. Orphans are a crazy thing to have. They may come back to bite you.", replied Stal, grinning widly while Zhele remembered how many bodies they went through. And how pitiful their defenses were when they fought back. Nika's eyes widened for a moment, before clenching her sharp teeth tightly. She had recalled the Perens were suspected of it, but the main group was not responsible since they were found elsewhere at the same time.

"Y-you're the ones who murdered all those innocents...You bastards!", she shouted angrily, the fury in her heart firing up, with Ruru spitting to the side, disgusted at the real truth of what happened. The bears began to spin together, quickly turning into a moving saw with the sound accompanying it. Part of a table that was in front of the bears turned into toothpicks instantly, Nika backing up and breathing hard besides the dragoon. The dragoon patted her on the shoulder, seeing that they were both indeed angry, "You okay? We'll make sure they'll pay for this...oh they will pay.", he promised, Nika nodding before realizing that the dragoon was hurt earlier. She took a look at his arm, seeing him shake it a bit and nod, "Of course I'm okay...but that's not important. Are you okay? You got hurt..I didn't think he had such a trick in his sleeves...", she apologized, seeing that his arm was covered in blood but not bleeding.

Ruru chuckled and shook his head, clenching his fists as they were approached by the bear's saw of death combo, "Don't worry about that Nika. But...get your knife ready. My wind can't break their armor...but I can set your blade up to finish the job.", he explained, gathering wind around his fists, Nika insheathing the Ohm Master Knife from her waist. Ruru took a deep breath, before jumping right in. The shark was shocked that he would go in head first, the dragoon holding out an arm and stopping the two instantly. It was such a sudden stop that their grips were torn right off, Zhele's left and Stal's right hands ripping apart, with Stal getting sent flying towards a wall from the momentum. Zhele couldn't believe that their best attack was caught so easily.

The look in the dragoon's eyes had changed, the green pupils staring at him and feeling the presence of a monster in front of him. Ruru took a step forward and raised his fist in an uppercut motion, a sharp gust of wind going right up the middle of the middle of the bear's armor, cutting the tip of his muzzle in half, "Rafale Upper!", shouted Ruru, Nika having to cover her eyes for a bit from the sheer wind blowing past her and the sparks flying from the blow. The bear cried in pain, covering his nose with his unbroken hand to cover the blood spray, "Nika, now!", shouted Ruru, jumping away and letting the shark finish up. Zhele stumbled back, only having one eye open as he saw the shark heading his way. His armor was still on, knowing there was nothing she pierce his armor with, about to go in for a swipe with the ruined arm, only to have her duck it.

She dived on in with no fear, seeing the long line the dragoon of wind left for her. She grabbed her knife and held it tight, activating the electric cut feature and thrusting in the blade. With all of her strength, she stabbed through the metal as she screamed with vengence pushing her, feeling a light blood splatter on her nose while bringing that blade up. Stal was still getting his bearings straight, on his rump and quite shaken that their best move was stopped by hand. He saw that his right hand had ripped apart, actually feeling a bit of fear now, then looking up at the human in front of him, "W-wait! Hey think about what you're doing! If you..if you give up now...I'll tell the bros to not go after you! The Perens have an incredible amount of influence in the underworld...we're nothing compared to them!", he pleaded, trying to convince the human to run off now.

"....You know. I thought for a moment that death was too good for you. But...a sniveling coward like you. You belong in hell.", remarked Ruru, cracking his knuckles and letting his green dragoon spirit shine from the top of his left hand. Wind gathered quickly around the right hand, Ruru grunting then going in to punch at his chest. The wind carrying his knuckles began cutting through the metal, Ruru clenching his teeth and giving him more power than he did on Zhele. The sparks flew up and past his face, closing his eyes for a bit and forcing that wind covered fast into that chest. The metal wall behind him began to creak and bend under the force, the dragoon finally pulling that fist back and leaving his knuckles a bloody mess. Stal was in a great amount of pain, looking down and seeing a fist sized hole made, his lungs visible and his ribs having eroded away. The nearly visible beating heart slowly began to stop, the bear's pain finally coming to an end and on a one way trip to hell.

Zhele yelled in agony as he fell to his knees, his enter upper half up to his chest getting sliced on open. Intestines and the rest of his organs flopping out, "You bastard...that was too good for you...", growled Nika, stepping back to avoid getting crushed by the large heavy bear. Zhele fell to his knees first, still somehow grinning but coughing blood, "D-don't think...you'll survive..after this.."th-hey'll"..a.v.nge...us...", were his final words, falling down face first. leaving his corpse a bloody mess on the floor. Ruru gave a sigh and shook his head, having lost his cool for a moment and turning around hearing the thud of the other bear being take out. The door on the other side was the last thing they had to deal with, as well as a few possible flunkies who could be behind it. Nika was somewhat exhausted, feeling her arms having been stress tested quite a bit just now.

Nika felt a bit satisfied now, having gotten payback for all those innocent lost. To her shock, the dragoon actually managed to pierce that armor, with his bare hands, "How did you...your knuckles...", she remarked, seeing most of the flesh having been ripped off from the sheer power he put into the punch. Ruru shrugged, rubbing the slightly stinging flesh and clenched that fist, "That's nothing...I personally hate being told I can't do anything, even if I myself think that. I tend to try and prove them, or myself wrong. Our job isn't---?!", he was cut off as his attention turned to the doors on the far end, the ones they were stopped entering by that odd cyber wolf.

Suddenly the door opened right up, the duo quickly taking a defensive position as they heard the sounds of loud footsteps. To their surprise, it wasn't back up or anything, but a very brightly pink dragoness. Not only a dragoness, but a very large one, one so large that she had to kneel down somewhat to enter the room. Ruru figured probably 20 feet tall with long flowing blonde hair going down her back and over her left eye. She was dressed in a see through blue nightgown. Her breasts were quite impressive, being very soft and juicy with little sag from gravity. From her chest down to her crotch, her scales were a lighter shade of pink, and a bit of a blonde peach fuzz right above it, "What is noise in here? Can't Perens..oh.", she complained, having a thick russian accent like most everyone here. To her surprise, she found a room full of bodies, blood, and complete disarray of her favorite hang out spot.

Ruru wasn't sure what to make of this, not expecting a lady, let alone someone half naked. Nika growled upon seeing her, realizing who it was, "Soblasek...I should've known you'd be here after escaping prison...Tell us where Tatyana is!", she shouted, cocking her pistol before Ruru grabbed her arm. She laughed at the little shark's enthusiasm, knowing that her fame was well known, "Relax honey...I'm not here for fighting. You want the little dragoness, yes?", she asked, Ruru nodding while Nika was getting frustrated that one of the biggest mob bosses on the planet was right in front of her, "Uhh...yes. We are.", replied the dragoon, getting a slight growl from her shark comrade. Her lack of modesty didn't help the situation one bit, luckily Ruru was not one to be distracted by something like that so easily.

"Ruru, you dragoons let her out before. Why are you stopping me now!?", she asked, pulling her arm away while glaring at the human. Solbasek smirked and walked back out the door, having to duck a bit from the door and bending over teasingly since she had spotted a handsome male, who despite being less than a third of his height, was quite a looker. Green curled hair and a green goatee was rather interesting, though she would have to think about that later. Ruru gave the shark a pat on the shoulder, trying to calm her down, "Relax Nika. She's unarmed. Unless she tries something...let's not be hasty. Hitting the unarmed or defenseless isn't my style. Or ladies as a matter of fact.", he said to explain himself, seeing the pink dragoness return with a small green dragoness in one hand, being carried like a doll as she was quite a small dragon. She was dressed in a labcoat and seemed to be unconcious, Solbasek setting her down slowly in front of them and backing up.

"You are dragoon like "him"...give that sweet tasting, red haired cutie many thanks. We are done with her.", she remarked, the red lipstick on her lips made her quite a looker with the rest of her juicy seductive curvy body. With grabable hips and a tush that could smother a man, she was more than worthy enough to be the main squeeze. Ruru picked up the short dragoness, seeing that she was maybe 5 feet tall, which made it easy for someone of his height to carry. Nika was happy that she didn't do anything crazy, but was doing all she could to resist pulling the trigger on her, "Thank you---wait...red hair..Mike?...what do--wait nevermind. We got what we came for. Time to be on our way."

"Next time...I promise to put a bullet in you Soblasek...", threatened Nika, showing her white teeth and putting her pistol back in her holster. The dragoon tugged the shark by her shoulder, realizing that his P.I.C. was back online. Immediately they vanished in a flash of light, the bubblegum colored dragoness chuckling, and then running a claw through her hair, "Silly girl...I repaid that dragoon. My husband will fail in killing him...such failure of a man. That power...will do my bidding soon.", she thought to herself, having heard that her little wolf husband was going to get revenge. But his ignorance will be his undoing again, as only a dragon could've seen the power that dragoon had. His sweet flavor of strawberry was rather delicious, though still odd for a human was on her mind since.

-

Location - Orez Delivery company

Time - 3:15 pm

The duo returned back, Abu rubbing his head in thought as he had lost contact with both of his colleagues once again. Upon the flash, he got up from the chair he was sitting on, seeing that someone had returned, though not who he expected, "Boris, I'm glad you--wait..that's not Eura....? Who is this feminine Chordata?...", he asked, Nika a bit dazed as she wasn't used to teleporting like that. Took her a moment to get her bearings, gasping as she realized who was in front of him, "Chordata..I'm a shark!--wait...that hair...those eyes...dark flesh. You're Abu!", she exclaimed, the silver haired dragoon putting a hand to his chin as he examined the blue spotted shark who was sporting some of his prostetics.

"I am...pleasure to make your aquaintance Nika. Didn't realize who you were at first...though where did you get that? That looks like a completed version of a prototype arm replacement I designed years ago. I never finished it.", he asked, Nika rubbing her arms and confused as to how the person who made her enhancements had no idea. Ruru cleared his throat to get his attention, needing to remind the geek and the shark that there was business to attend to, "Guys, go a date later. We have other things to worry about. Tatyana is okay..but where's Mike? I thought he'd be here first.", he asked, carrying the green scaled scientist dragoness and letting her rest on his bed.

Abu sighed and rubbed his head, having a headache from the worry on his mind, "Well...like you, I lost contact and your location some time ago. Even worse, Eurasia's location has a block on it so P.I.C.s can't teleport near him. Given the state of your arm, you ran into some resistance. He must be doing the same...", he explained, the dragoon of wind suddenly remembering some important information that may come in handy, "Oh right! Some wolf mentioned getting revenge while i was at Ploho headquarters. Mike must be dealing with that. Nika here helped me eradicate most of those assholes, so I'm thankful for her help.", replied Ruru, Nika smirking and glad she played a part at dishing out sweet justice.

"Ploho...Tatyana was being held by them...Ah damn it. This is not good...we'll have to worry about the reprocussions of that later. Nika, I thank you for your help. Ruru, I need you to go with "them" to Eura's position. To avoid getting N.D.'s attention, I'll have to teleport you to Lodeos. Its about 50 miles away, but I know you'll waste no time getting there.", said Abu, wanting to waste no time in helping his friend. The dragoon of wind chuckled, always having to bail his best friend out, but one thing Abu said got him a bit confused, "Ah Mike...always getting yourself in trouble--wait. "Them?", who's them?", he asked, seeing Abu point to the door to the far right, where the employee lounge was.

"There's alot I want to talk to you about Abu. Especially the weapons your company is selling..but I need to rest. Criminals are still out there, and I need to be at my peak..mind sending me to Wocsom? We have a P.I.C. becon there so it shouldn't be a problem.", requested the shark, stretching a bit as her joints were strained and she needed to wash the blood off her body. The smell of it was making a shark like her wild, but she was trained enough to not go berserk. Abu gave a nod, not realizing that several things were going on in the background while he was toiling away at Black Dagger's Base.

Ruru left the two to talk as he went over to the lounge, opening the door and getting a shock that surprised even him, "W-whoa!..Okay I'm surprised.", he said as he rubbed the side of his head, for once being caught off guard at who Abu brought with him.

_ To be continued.... _