The Drive

SpeedBlade:

Unleashing a battle cry as I swing my sword, the Iron Fist armor blocks it. Sparks fly off its arms as I swing over and over again.

The Iron Fist throwing its massive metal arm, I use my speed to run out of the way. Running around the armor, I rush forward and thrust my sword into the back of the armor. However, the armor withstood my sword. My blade slips and slides to the side. Hearing Dr. Cho, I look at her as her eyes glow. She raises her arm before sending it back.

Turning back to the armor, I see its elbow heading right for me. Hitting and knocking me back, I hold my head and shake it.

"Your sword is no match for my Iron Fist armor," Dr. Cho says, laughing as the Iron Fist turns around. "Do yourself a favor and just run. Run away, you old, old knight in dented armor."

"I will run," I say, holding my sword with both my hands. "But I will not run away!"

Pushing against the floor, I run toward the Iron Fist armor.

Raising its fist, the Iron Fist slams it down. It tries to crush me but misses. Running all around the armor, I attack it as many times as I can. I hit the legs, the arms, even the head, but none of my attacks appear to be doing anything.

As I attack the front of the chest once more, I see a familiar box opening above the shoulder.

"The box! The one that fires those rockets! I can't let it do that again!"

Jumping into the air, I swing my sword.

Dr. Cho:

"Nooo," I scream. I couldn't believe my eyes. "There's no way. There's no way! You-you--but how?"

I watch as the missiles launcher on the shoulder of my Iron Fist armor is cut right off by the knight.

"He jumped and cut it right off. Impossible. That's impossible! The whole armor is made from indestructible, reinforced alloy steel. A simple sword shouldn't have been enough to cut through it!"

I watch from a distance as the knight lands on his feet after cutting the launcher off. He stares at the fallen launcher.

"You will regret that with your life," I yell. With my power, I told my armor to use the energy cannon. The armor listens to me and raises its arm. The arm opens up and reveals my newest invention; the DXH-L cannon.

Immediately, the cannon gathers up power. It starts to glow red as it powers up. The knight must know just how powerful the DXH-L cannon is. He gets up from his knees and runs.

"Run, run, run all you want! You cannot escape the power of the--"

Mid-sentence, I hear the sound of mini-rockets being fired. I turn my head and see mini-rockets flying through the air. They hit the Iron Fist armor and knocks it to the side. With the cannon at full power, it had no other choice but to shoot. The cannon hits a wall instead of the knight. The whole wall is destroyed, leaving behind a massive hole after the dust had cleared.

"Who fired that," I yell, looking around. Looking only to the side, I see Silent with the fallen launcher in his hands. His mask still burning and he appears to be shaking, but despite all of it, he is still holding onto the launcher.

"SpeedBlade," he yells. "The cannon! Destroy the cannon before she can use it again!"

Silent fires the rockets again and they all hit the Iron Fist armor. The armor is quickly swallowed up by a cloud of smoke.

"Enough!"

Eyeing the launcher Silent is holding, I told it to self-destruct. The launcher listens to me and stops shooting rockets. It starts to smoke and spark while in Silent's hands. He drops the launcher and runs. The launcher explodes a few seconds later. It still manages to kick Silent into the air and drop him on the floor.

Moaning as he pushes himself up, he fails and falls flat against the floor.

"Stay down," I say, walking up to him. Raising my foot, I'm about to stomp my foot on him but as I shoot down my foot, someone tackles me. While I fall to the floor, the person flips through the air before landing on her hand and then on her feet.

"Leave him alone," she shouts, bringing up her shield.

"I will," I answer, "But he won't."

I point at the cannon on the Iron Fist as it powers up once more. Red energy crackles as the Iron Fist aims at Silent.

"Bye-bye," I say, only seconds from firing.

"I got it," a voice yells, his voice echoing throughout the throne room. The sound of footsteps comes to a stop as the elf enters the rooms. He raises his hand and I see what looks like a hard drive. "I got the shut-off program!"

Ms. Justice:

"The shut-off program," Dr. Cho repeats. She switches targets from Silent to JumpStart.

"JumpStart," I say while slapping myself in the face. "Why did you have to say that out loud?"

"Opp," JumpStart says, lowering his hand. "I mean, what secret shut-off program?"

"Destroy him," Dr. Cho orders. The Iron Fist armor shoots off a red blast. It heads toward JumpStart. He's frozen as the red blast gets closer and closer to him. It's only seconds from completely vaporizing him but before it does, SpeedBlade runs out from the side and grabs JumpStart.

He pushes him out of the way and the red blast shoots past the both of them. It disappears down the hallway.

"Dr. Cho," I say as I make my way over to SpeedBlade and JumpStart. "It's over."

"Yes," Dr. Cho says, smiling and laughing. "It is."

"Why is she laughing," SpeedBlade asks.

Before I could ask myself, we all hear an explosive goes off behind it. The base itself starts to shake and cracks appear in the ceiling and the walls.

"One more blast from the DXH-L cannon and this whole base will come crashing to the ground," Dr. Cho says. "All five of you will be crushed."

"You're wrong," I shout. "If this base comes crashing down, you'll be crushed too. You won't do it."

"No," Dr. Cho says with a waving finger. "No, you're wrong. You see, I'll be protected. The Iron Fist armor will protect me. I will be fine. It's all of you that won't be."

With that, the Iron Fist armor raises its hand. The cannon on top bursts with red electricity.

"Fire," Dr. Cho shouts. "Fire and bring this whole place down!"

Before I, SpeedBlade, or JumpStart could do anything, the armor shoots a red blast toward the crumbling ceiling.