He lowered his arm, whispering a final farewell to his girl. Doctor Nambu was right. It was the single most painful thing he has had to do, even more than having to lie to his father and brother about being in the Science Ninja Team. He fought back the tears, his heart going out to her, his ship. He could rebuild her, he had memorised the schematics for her when they developed her and as the head pilot he had a pretty good say in any additions to her. He just had to get his bearings so he can get back to Crescent Coral base, which would be impossible if he was detained, which meant that it was time to leave.
He shifts to the side and darts towards the edge of the ship, using the surprise everyone had at the destruction of his ship to his advantage. Although not as fast as the others of the team, he was fully proficient at using the various evasive acrobatic movements the Science Ninja team used to evade bullets and avoid getting harmed, the almost random movements helped the team escape Galactor so many times it was almost second nature for them. And this second nature was put to full use here although it probably wasn't needed since he was almost at the edge before any of them could aim their weapon at him.
He was almost at the edge of the flying ship and close to freedom when the sound of a jet echoed out from the edge. Hesitating momentarily at this, he expects to see a jet of some kind rising up from the edge or a Galactor Mecha. He was partially right. It was a mecha, just, a little small compared to Galactor's previous mechas and looked a lot more, cooler than a Galactor mecha. It was human sized and coloured a strange colour combination of red and gold, no hint of green or antenna's sticking up from it. Now, he's learnt enough about mechas' through his numerous fights against Galactor that glowing discs usually meant lasers coming out. So with the mecha suddenly raising its hand up at him to expose a glowing disc in its hand was very threatening when the sound of energy powering up behind it echoed out. What he wasn't prepared for was the mecha to start talking, telling him to stand down and that there was no escape. All without sounding like Katse. He gave it a quick glance over, noting that it was flying via its feet, making him groan in annoyance since it could fly, meaning that it had an unfair advantage if he tried jumping off. Since when has Katse been one to make human sized mechas anyway? There were no escape routes out of it, although it didn't seem to need one at that moment. A quick glance around showed that he was surrounded as well now.
Trapped…
His hands loosened, the fight suddenly leaving him at the developing, yet hopeless situation. If Ken was here, he would probably take them all out. Hell, Joe or Jun would be able to do so. Even Jinpei could give them a run for their money but him, he relied on strength and against a machine, he'll have a risky challenge to go with the additional soldiers pointing rifles at his back, he was hopelessly out powered. He may of telegraphed his despair onto his face since the mecha hovered a bit closer, causing him to take a nervous step back to keep his distance, before he felt something pointy press against his back. That caused him to freeze where he stood.
He wasn't aware when someone got behind him, before glancing back at the person about to stab him. He was a little confused when he saw purple. His first thought was Berg Katse, but Katse was not stealthy. Sure, he was fast and very good at escaping maybe (at the cost of all his minions), but never stealthy enough to avoid detection of the Science Ninja Team. After a bit more of a closer look, he noted the bow and most likely an arrow poking his back. His mind made a connection, an Archer? That was fairly archaic, Katse wouldn't use a bow, at all, especially with a human sized mecha in front of him. Looking back at the Mecha and then back at the Archer, before turning his gaze to what appeared to be the leader of the assembled army based on the fact the soldiers parted to let him through. He may as well stall for time while he tried figuring out a way to escape. "So who are all of you?"
The reply from the Archer was annoying, since it was tinged with arrogance. "You're joking right? You don't know who we are?"
The reply wasn't from him, but the mecha, which still hasn't shot him yet. Out of all the mechas Katse has made, he liked this one so far due to the lack of shooting just yet. "Clint, he's not from our world, remember. Of course he doesn't know who we are. By the way kid, green and brown? And a helmet? Seriously? Don't you have fashion in your world?"
Now he took a bit of offense to that. He liked being the Horned Owl, especially since it marked him as a member of Science Ninja team. "Hey, I like this suit you bastard!"
"And what the hell? You blew up your own ship? Are you insane? And cut back on the cursing kid. Didn't your mother teach you any manners?"
Ok, maybe calling him a bastard was a bit out since it did sound a bit insulted, but he made fun of his suit first and that last comment was just low. His voice was a lot quieter yet still audible, the underlying tone of it had a lot of anger lining it. "Do you think I came to that decision lightly? The knowledge that could be gained from that ship is too dangerous to let anyone else use." He shifts slightly, noting that the 'leader' frowned in understanding. He come to his next decision, the comments the Doctor made earlier echoing through his mind as he turned slowly so the archer was now to one side and the mecha to his other, so he was facing the army and it's leader. "I'm not going to come quietly you know…" He ignored everyone pointing their weapon at him again, sensing them all tense up but he ignored them. "I'm not going to let you dissect me without a fight." He shifts into his combat stance, getting ready to attack despite them looking confused, again.
"Wait, dissect you? Where would you get that" That was the mecha to his left, making him glance at it in confusion but the archer to his right disrupted that sentence before it could finish.
His tone was full of amusement now rather than his slightly arrogant tone he was using earlier. "Let me guess, watched too many movies right?"
Well, this has suddenly become awkward and embarrassing; he was missing the arrogant archer already. His body was no longer tensed from being ready to fight but more from embarrassment. The Archer let his bow slack, expression full of amusement as he apparently fought with himself to not begin laughing upon figuring out what he was thinking.
"Wait! Seriously! I was right! Hah! You've gone red kid! Movies aren't the best way to research something y'know."
Oh god, he was red and it seemed some of the soldiers were chuckling as well now, apparently they weren't going to be dissecting him… He hopes. Well, at least he has experience in dealing with embarrassment, and by dealing he meant causing a distraction. "So, erm, who are you all?"
Well, at least the guy in the mecha decided to answer. He couldn't tell with the helmet on, but he could hear the tone of amusement in his voice. The Archer was still busy laughing his head off at what he admitted and the head of the army was palming his face and muttering something about kids or something. Still, most of them were no longer pointing their weapons at him so maybe he could get out of this alive. "Well kid, I'm Iron man and you're currently on SHIELD's helicarrier at the moment. So be nice and maybe we can get this all sorted out without the need to do any, *snort* dissecting."
SHIELD what?
Author's Chapter Notes:
Disclaimer: I don't own Gatchaman. If I did, I would change nothing.
Chapter End Notes:
A/N: And that's the next chapter. Now we know what universe he was taken too. That's right. We're in the Marvel-verse. Leaning heavily towards "Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Heroes" cartoon, post-season 2 since I've seen that completely. Was half tempted to use the movie-verse, but I feel that the cartoon has a longer plot-line I could use.