[ RPG ] Battle Network!! *EDITED RULES*

[Marine]

Log 421

..."Subtle warning came when Kane, the bug piping Net Navi, barged into the second floor of the hallway. The overhead lights flickered and died, paint chipped off the walls, some paintings slid from their mounts and shattered on the floor. Data chips, it sounded like the ceiling would collapse on us! I was behind the overturned vending machine when the bugs scurried across the second level.

"Wingless creatures, that's all I cared to remember. Their backs looked molded with black welts and swells and boils, thick like a turtle's shell, gliding along on six legs. Their triangular heads were calloused bone, used for ramming, I couldn't image other reasons why they looked so ugly. Thank god they didn't linger.

"Soon after Trooper Matterhorn chewed through the door with a well place bouncer, the things flocked in the hole. I could hear muffled screams. But we stayed outside the hallway, waiting, terrible pounding echoed throughout, bone against metal. Minutes later the screams died and the bugs left, Booster on one of their backs. It was the strangest things. I believe Commander Alistair called them 'Hammerheads'."...


Tired, Alistair turned off the PET. He leaned back against the seat staring at the dash with half-closed eyes. His shoulders were numb. His chest heaved for air, exposed to the sharps winds whipping through the window. Yamaki pressed his truck into an exit leading to the beltway, eyes focused on the road, a hand on the small Net Booster that sat inside a cup holder. He smiled.

"Just like old times Alistair?"

The Commissar slouched. "Almost. Getting hit in the gut by one of your bugs spolied it."

"They got flustered making our escape, thought you were the enemy. It's an acceptible excuse." Yamaki chuckled. "I heard about those kids escaping Hawk."

"You know about that?"

He nodded. "Got the message on the plane. Those kids must of put up a fight."

"Against Hawk?"

"Sure he's not as good as us, but still..."

Allistair sat up. "I warned that man. Damned if he didn't brush me off until the last second. I promised the boss I'd tie up the loose end quick, being a Superintendent of the school."

"And what's the suit going to do?"

The Superintendent looked into Yamaki's eyes. "Why confiscate their PET's my dear businessman."

"Eww confiscatioin, haven't had that happen to me."

"I don't intend to just keep them for a week, but inact rule for as long as I can, so I can test my custom battle chips on their Navis"

"And the kids are going to remaind silent?"

"They're kids. They'll have to."

Allistair and Yamaki chuckled the entire length of the beltway.