"Shut it kid I cou--" 05 was interrupted. "What!? But boss I can't execute with rubber bullets! . . . Oh, ok. Yes I've understood." He then said.
"Ok kid, we're ready to make a deal with you, what do you say?" 05 said with a reasonable voice.

"Holy mother fucking cowshit!" 03 said as he began running like hell in a southern direction.
While he ran, he reloaded to his clip of AEA rounds. "I sure hope that big motherfucker is on DC and not AC." He said to himself, as he ran. He also looked for some place not easily accesable for a giant robot...

Takashi blinked, but didn't move. He hadn't considered this... "I'm interested... What deal did you have in mind?" He looked over his shoulder toward the soldier. So this boss of theirs ordered him to not kill me, huh? Sheesh... but more importantly, why is it their planning on striking a deal now? Though he thought this, it'd be pointless to ask. He resolved to wait and hear the terms of the deal first.

John chuckled into the microphone. "What's the matter, scared?" John asked jokingly. He would scare the heck out of this marksman, but he sure wasn't going to kill him. John was sure that would give him a bad grade. John used one of the massive arms to reach onto the back and grab one of the giant canisters, which he put over the other hand, and the canister transformed into a large, menacing cannon. John swung it around for a bit, then aimed a distance away from the marksman and fired a round that looked like a cannonball. The round violently exploded, but had no effect on the marksman except maybe knocking him down. "Oops, I missed." John said with a laugh.

"Ok kid, here's the deal. You can walk away freely, as long as you don't interfere with our operations. You are allowed through our territory, and-- Don't peek!" He said, then shouted. He shot a rubber bullet at the back of Takashi. "I told you, no tricks! .. Now are you interested in our deal?"

03 played dead. He needed the big dumb thing, to get close enough, just close enough, so that he'd be able to loose a whole clip of AEA's on close range. He didn't want to miss his chance.

Takashi coughed, as he fell forward on his hands in pain. "S-sheesh..." He choked. "I was just asking a question. I wasn't looking or anything... Why are you so adament that I don't look at you, huh? Am I really that scary for a trained soldier?" He asked, this time not trying to irritate the soldier. He was honestly curious. Think... if you accept that, they'll be sure to prevent you from going back on it... but if you don't accept... He thought quietly about this while he waited for the soldier's reply.

"Answer my question first. Do you accept!?" 05 said, and drew the reloader back, not because it needed to as it was an automatic rifle, but because of the effect.
"You got 10 seconds to answer." He finished.

John knew the math. He knew the marksman wouldn't have died from that distance. He knew the explosion wasn't powerful enough to actually do damage from that distance. He knew the marksman was playing dead. He knew the marksman was either waiting for him to get closer or to leave. He knew it could have been a trap. Yet, for some reason, he played along and walked closer, pretending to inspect the body to see if he had really died.

As the robot got close enough, 03 fired his whole clip on the giant.
In a matter of seconds, the crackling of AEA's was there. Like lightning balls on the armor of the robot.
As soon as he ran out of ammunition, he jumped up and ran, as fast as he could uphill.
"That must at least stop it for now." He thought.

Takashi tightened his hands around the brass knuckles he had hid moments ago. "Fine, fine... I'll answer. Just give me a minute to think." Damn... As it is, it's going to be painful and difficult to pull this off... I'll only have a single shot anyways. "I can't..." He muttered. "I can't just abandon my comrades like that..."

Ivan finally arrived in the wasteland, he was glad he didn't have any problems along the road. "Now to find the commanders camp and deliver this package."

Ivan walked more carefully as he did not feel at ease, though it was probably nothing but you never know.

"Wow... for some reason, it makes me sad to shot you to mash now..." The ranger said, and took a quick aim, for the torso.
"I'm sorry. Orders are orders." 05 said, as he began pressing the trigger.

John's mech recoiled in the way that any other mech would have if shot by AEAs. It spasmed for a bit, then he regained control of it. Unfortunately for the marksman, the AEAs were not strong enough to fry the power source or any key components. John did an internal scan just to be sure, and only minor systems were fried. John turned the exterior of the cannon until a certain symbol showed up, which meant stunning rounds. John fired a series of small cannonballs, all of which acted like super flashbangs. He let them all go off before checking on the status of the marksman.

"Watchword!" A stranger, who seemed to have risen directly from the shadowy grass, said.
He raised his rifle, as to say You better get it right the first time.

Now! Takashi thought, opening his eyes abruptly, and swiveling on his feet, making a quick and sharp turn. "Like hell I'll just give up on my comrades- my friends!" He shouts as he moves. Using the turn as extra force, he swings his left hand aiming to knock the gun away from the soldier. "Orders are indeed orders, but will and friendship will always trump orders in my mind!"

03 didn't see it coming, as the cannonball like grenades thundered against the sides of the hill.
"What the--" A blinding light, and the noise of five kiloes of dynamite.
It took 03 several seconds, before he was able to see and or hear again, although he still ran in a crouched, and fumbling run while blinded.
"I am gonna make it..." He said to himself.

05 was a little concerned about the swinging fists, but he quickly assesed what to do. What he did, was mostly a reflex.
He threw the two kilo rifle directly at Takashi, and then made an extravagant frontal kick at the charging boy.

(Just so you know, he isn't right behind you, as in one or two metres. He's 5-7 metres away. not that it makes it less fun to fiight ;D.)

It was too late for 03 to get away. John reached down with one giant, mechanical hand and grabbed him, making sure not to hold him too tight. John brought the marksman up to level with the bulletproof cockpit and asked, "How about we call this one a win for me and I let you go?" John held the cannon menacingly at point-blank range, aiming at the marksman, so the marksman would be looking straight down the enormous barrel if he turned to the right.

"You can do it." Asclar said without tone. He was sitting on the grass in the courtyard next to his sister. Her green eyes were fixed, like glue, on a squirrel that was contemplating with his teeth about an acorn. It was staring at her with its blank black eyes. Hollisa stared back with heavy concentration. Her legs were crossed and her brow drawn in a small frown. Asclar's eyes went between her and the squirrel. While she was in the throes of her mind, he picked up a black spider the size of his hand and placed it on her knee. She didn't notice.

Just then the squirrel came closer to her. Its tail twitched as it stared. Hollisa's eyelid drew into a squint and suddenly the poor rodent ran away squeaking. Her eyes lightened up with happiness, "I did it! Asclar, I did it! I infected-" Her voice was broken off by a blood-curdling scream as the spider had crawled up her arm and bit her on the elbow. Once it did, it fell over dead, no longer black. It was covered in a white dusty substance. "Stupid, stupid, stupid arachnids." She cursed, rubbing her arm. "Crap, it's poisonous."

"I know, here." Asclar grabbed her arm where it bit her and put his finger over it for a few seconds. When he removed his finger, only two tiny white bumps remained. He looked down at the spider's carcass. "Fungus? Really, that was the best you could do with a sudden attack? Strangle the best with fungus?"

"It's not a fungus!" Hollisa glared angrily, "It's a very deadly virus. Now hopefully a female will come along and eat the corpse and rid the world of those vile creations." A disgusted shiver went up her spine. "Now, where did that squirrel go? I hit it hard, the thing's gotta be dead by now..."

"What did you give it?" Asclar asked curiously, following her as she walked towards the tree that the squirrel ran up.

"Metabolic Bone Disease." The squirrel fell out of the tree and landed, ironically, on the grass right next to her. The poor thing looked thinner than a rail. Asclar made his lips into a downturn of appreciation, and then healed the squirrel. It ran away.

"Good job, Hollisa. You might be a use in an army someday." He wrapped an arm around her neck, then held out his arm as if proclaiming a celebrity: "Hollisa! The biological war machine!"

"Top!" 03 said nearly imediatly.
"I'll be off, and you can be on your way..." He said.
"If you'd just set me down, then I'll go.".

Takashi ran directly into the gun. Damn! He thought, trying to toss it away, however by the time he did so it was too late to block the soldier's attack and he was sent skidding across the ground. He slid to a stop feet from where he had been standing moments before, and coughed once more. "N-nice... You are very well trained indeed." He said, struggling to stand up. The wounds he had collected throughout his encounters with this soldier were starting to bear down on him. He could feel the muscles in his legs ache slightly, and his back ache with intense pain. Nevertheless, he rose his fists once more. "I can't lose here. I can't disappoint my comrades. Do you know what it feels like? To be in a situation where you haven't the slightest clue about your comrades safety?" He spoke, his eyes burning with an intense glare.

(Ah, ok. I can edit the last post if necessary, and your point is true. It'll be a fun fight anyways. ^^ )

"Of course I know of helplessness, that's why I got to send you home in an ambulance." 05 said. And entered a Wing Tsun position.
"If you give up now I won't break your nose." 05 said, confident on his own abilities, he also began moving forward against the boy.
Quicker and quicker, tensing, if he'd need to jump the kid, and put him down.

John held him for a moment longer, not trusting him. "No tricks now..." John said into the microphone. He waited a moment more, but eventually set the marksman back down. John took a big step back and aimed the cannon at the marksman and said, "Go along now."

(I'll post a bit later after this if anyone replies. I gotta go do something.)

03 was off like a cannonball, he sped out, into the night. running like hell, in the general direction of the academy.

Ivan looked at the stranger. "Watchword?" He thought. Then after some quick thinking he answered. "I don't know of any password I am just here to deliver something."


((Sorry Narrow didn't think it was meant for me ^^ edited it))