Smash City: Charge It!

[TurkwithStyle]

The reptile laughed loud and took his chance to escape. "See ya!" he ran away from Roll and Shelly and around a fountain.

[Sortie]

"Two problems," X said, glancing at Zero. "Brazil is in South America, and the entire communications grid is down." The sound of explosions reached them, and a reptilian reploid came barreling down the strip.

"Three problems. Let's go!" The last was thrown over his shoulder, as he had already shot off toward the commotion.

[Vize Viper]

With a smirk, Zero darted after X. "Hey, you know I was never that good with geograph-ACK!" Zero's comment was cut off by the reptile reploid, which Zero had THOUGHT wasn't in his path, slamming into him, sending both of them, thanks to Zero's greater size and momentum, into the fountain in a tangle of limbs.

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The girl just nodded at Shelly, as she got up, then let out a groan at a rip most of the way across the back of the sweatshirt.

"Aw no... I ripped your sweatshirt..." Even if it wasn't a very GOOD sweatshirt it was STILL Shelly's...

"I... I can sew it back up good as new when we get back."

Once she was standing, Roll's cannon glowed red, then vanished leaving behind a perfectly normal looking arm. Of course, through the rip (caused by the damaged clothing rack), a person might catch a glimpse of what... looked like the edge of some kind of panel.

[SHM 128 III]

"Hey, it's alright, Roll. Honestly, I think blowing the shirt up with a bomb was much too kind a fate for it."

Shelly let out a light giggle before she suddenly noticed Roll's arm glow for a second. It looked fine now, but the koopa then recalled the fact that it was a cannon just moments before. However, she... wasn't exactly sure as to the best way to go about inquiring about it without looking really awkward.

"So... Uh... How's your arm there?"

[TurkwithStyle]

Croco shook his head, "What th---" he noticed he tripped over yet another person. "Heh, watch where yer goin' pal, I'm trying to make a break away!" He dried off his hat and stuck it back on his head, then started to run off toward the exit, in hopes of escaping with his bag in tow.

[Sortie]

X skid to a halt in front of the fountain and took stock of the situation. Down the strip to his right, where he assumed the purple reploid had fled from, there was a plethora of scorch marks and debris from explosions. There were also very few people; he counted only two, a young girl and another reploid, who seemed to be helping the girl to stand. She didn't look too hurt--

To his left, a waterlogged Zero and an escaping perpetrator. "Come on, Zero, now's not the time!" X called as he leapt over the fountain and dashed after Croco.

[Vize Viper]

Roll just giggled a little selfconsciously. She hadn't planned on Shelly seeing he USE her Buster, because... well, she didn't want her to start treating her differently because she was a robot. She was meant to look human, and she wanted to be treated like one.

"Uhm, it's fine, I mean, it doesn't hurt when I do that, if that's what you mean..." The girl's voice trailed off as she saw a blue armored figure look at them from down the strip, near the corner Croco had darted around. The bomb had slightly decalibrated her optics, so she couldn't make out enough detail at that distance to be ABSOLUTELY sure, but she could make out the shape of a distinctive blue helmet. Which with that blue armor...

"Rock...?" Without another word, the girl robot BOLTED out of the store, as the blue figure turned and disappeared around the corner. And as she came around the corner, without hardly slowing down, she quickly tried to slow to a stop before she ran into ANOTHER armored male.

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Zero was... not happy. He HATED getting wet, because it made his ponytail (even if he'd thinned the thing recently) really heavy, so after climbing out of the fountain, the red Reploid had begun trying to twist the water out of his hair. Then he heard X yell at him, and saw him jump over the fountain after that reptile reploid, presumably a Maverick.

Zero watched X take off, then sighed, twisting MORE water out of his ponytail, before he turned to head after him, his expression again one of mild annoyance.

"I'm fine, X thanks for asking..." He grumbled, but just as he was about to dash after X, he felt something hit his back. Whirling around, his hand reaching for his saber, he looked around, then blinked, and looked down at the blonde girl who'd ran into him, and was now sitting on the floor, rubbing her nose.

"Ow... Why don't you be more careful where you're... going..." Roll's eyes widened as she looked up at the red warrior in front of her. He was intimidating, even more than Bass, and that was saying a lot... and the fact his helmet seemed to make it look like he had HORNS didn't help matters.

"Wh-who are you?"

Zero just sighed, removing his hand from his Saber, and helping Roll back to her feet. His expression all business now, he crossed his arms, deciding he should take care of this while X chased the bad guy... as much as HE wanted to chase the bad guy.

"Maverick Hunter Zero. Are you hurt?"

The robot shook her head quickly. "No, no I'm fine. Have you seen my brother Rock? He was just here..."

Great, that Maverick may've kidnapped someone. His day was getting better and better. With a sigh, knowing X was too far down the strip by now to just YELL after him, he reached up, pressing an unseen button on the side of his helmet.

"X, I think we've got a missing person here. Wrap it up with that lizard guy and get back here to help me out."

The girl tilted her head a little in confusion as she watched Zero call his partner.

"X?"

[SHM 128 III]

"Rock? Wait, who's..."

Shelly didn't get a chance to finish her inqury before Roll suddenly ran off. She quickly got up and was about to chase after her, but the koopa came to a sudden stop at the threshold of the store when a loud beeping sound began to go off... The anti-thief siren?

... Oh right, she was still wearing that kimono. If she ran out of the store wearing it, that would technically be shoplifting.

"... For the love of Eldstar..." Shelly groaned as she quickly turned around and hurried back to the dressing rooms to change back into her shell.

[TurkwithStyle]

Croco heard X approaching and sighed, "Don't anyone give me a break?" He bounced to the left on top of some small, yet tall, potted trees and climbed them to the top, springing himself off the trunk and on to the ledge of the mall's second floor. He looked down at X and stuck his tongue out, "All I want is ta make a livin'! We all have jobs! Mine, is ta take all the stuff you worked hard to get." He then pulled out two bombs and hurled them at the man.

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[Sortie]

"Roger that. Perp appears uninfected; will attempt capture." Not a Maverick, but still dangerous. More bombs--he would have to incapacitate this guy before someone got hurt--X quickly formed his canon and shot off two precisely-aimed orbs of plasma.

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Both bombs detonated before they even hit the floor, and X jumped through the smoke without so much as slowing down. He landed on the roof of an information kiosk, and cleared the guard rail to the second story walkway with another jump. Dash thrusters activated, X hurled himself at Croco, aiming a powerful punch for the reptile's stomach.

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[Vize Viper]

Zero groaned softly at X's response. Uninfected were a lot harder to deal with than Mavericks, because you couldn't use lethal force... Zero wasn't very good at that, so it was probably best that X catch him.

Of course, now he stared a little incredulously at Roll as the girl's question registered.

"You don't know who X is? What rock've YOU been under?"

With a glare, the girl crossed her arms. "Excuse me?"

[TurkwithStyle]

[dice=6]

The gator jumped up and out of the way, "HA! It'd take ya a hundred more years to catch me!" Croco ran around behind X and attempted to throw him into his bag. (if hits, X will be stuffed in Croco's bag and beaten down on the ground for 1 turn only.)

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[Sortie]

X's fist hit nothing but air as the crocodilian dodged his punch with more nimbleness than suggested by his bulky form.

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Before he knew it, Croco was behind him, and he was yanked backwards into the bag, which was promptly swung with great force into the floor. Repeatedly.

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[Vize Viper]

Zero was, of course, completely unaware of his partner's problems dealing with Croco, instead a bit confused by this girl's lack of what he was PRETTY sure was common knowledge.

"You know, X? Father of all Reploids, the most advanced mechanical life forms on the planet?"

The girl blinked in confusion, and shook her head. "I don't know WHAT you've been smoking, but Androids are the most advanced robots on the planet. I've never even HEARD of a Reploid."

[TurkwithStyle]

Croco let the man out and cackled, "Don't mess with me, I dun' nothin' to ya!" The crocodile hefted the bag of stolen goods over his shoulder, and bounced off for the mall's exit once again.