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Leon turned to see Roxas defending him from some unseen infected.He gave him a thankful no yelling, "Thanks! That was impressive!" Leon proceeded to take a few potshots as miscellaneous enemies.

The blast from the bomb-ombs blew Gamma forward, his robotic body shook as sparks flew out from him. He began his self destruct countdown as a warning to any allies near him. "5...4...3...2..."

Seeing as they were near the friendly bot, Leon grabbed Roxas and ran the other direction, however the blast still threatened to knock them forward.

[WolfEx]

---((MOD POST))---

--To Leon/A.I.M./Bowser Jr./Ty/Lemmy/All Staying Behind To Defend Life Sphere and Samus--

A.I.M. fired a quick and cunning spinning attack at the group of Infected marching to the lab and managed to topple all of them over on their backs to the ground before reaching the entrance. They were still alive but struggling on their backs to get back up. A.I.M. then descended towards them in a fiery blaze scorching them with the bottom of his legs shooting a lengthened flame at their squirming bodies. They all slowly then burned to an acidic goop as A.I.M. looked down upon them in victory. Game&Watch came in from the flank side of the circle of Infected bashing the poor worm Lemmy and with a giant headbutting motion smashed them with a heave. All of them went flying. One of them managed to land back down to the ground, but not lightly. He was hurt. But he stood up mano e mano with Game&Watch as if determined to show a fighting spirit in him and prepared starting forging a giant ball of goo in his hands while keeping his eyes and senses peeled for any sudden movements.

Roxas attempted to defend Leon in which he was successful. The balls of goo the Infected were chucking were successfully blocked. However, once Roxas's guard was down and he charged at them, the two were prepared and sprinted to both sides of Roxas putting out their legs, tripping him as he went tumbling downwards. But thanks to Leon, the Infected were successfully destroyed as he fired multiple bullets in their direction, critically hitting them both in the head turning them into goop. He then grabbed Roxas and they sprinted away from Gamma who was just outside the gate ready to explode, although they were safe inside the dome and the running was not entirely needed, but it happened anyway. They managed to dash farther back towards the innards of Life Sphere behind a few buildings. Ty did nothing as he watched the Infected climb the roof he was attacking from. Finally the Infected reached the roof top and was prepared to assault him.

2 Left

Items Held: None

Enemy Reward: None

HP %: 140%

The remaining Infected standing from Game&Watch's attack was still forming his giant goop ball with intention. It was nearly finished now. But as he was forming this attack he pranced up to the nearest roof and made it even bigger. He was definitely not wanting to be defeated so easily. He was gunning for Game&Watch for sure, and was increasing his focus so he wouldn't miss. The remaining Infected on the roof top now face to face with Ty made a quick and instinctual decision to knock him off the roof. So he readied he fist in a swirling motion, and clocked him in the jaw sending Ty flying into a small shop building nearby causing him to crash through its walls in agony. After this the infected danced up and down proud of his strength and taunting his enemy.

--To Shadow/MegaMan/E-Gamma/Rabbid/Those That Chose To Fight Outside--

Shadow fired off a dangerous and merciless Chaos Spear attack at the Paratroopas right after they assaulted Mega Man and completely sliced all of their shells off with this impact before they could hide inside them. They were now all naked and exposed. They ran wildly away from Shadow and the fighters towards safety somewhere, but before they could successfully book it away, Gamma self destructed and obliterated them and the many other miscellaneous enemies nearby as well in a flurry of smoke and fire. The Bob-ombs were all successfully defeated but did some real damage to Gamma in the process.

D E F E A T E D!

Items Held: None

Enemy Reward: None

HP %: 100%

K.O.!

D E F E A T E D!

Items Held: None

Enemy Reward: None

HP %: 100%

K.O.!

All current enemies close enough to be a threat to Life Sphere are defeated, but there are more coming soon!

((MOD POST))

Samus looked down as she continued to work on her secret weapon on the roof of her lab and saw how close the enemies came to her radius. She raised her voice at the fighters beneath her.

"HEY! I better have some more defense around here soon. My radar says there's more coming! In the meantime, I need some able fighters to start sealing the cracks of our city's floor! That asteroid is coming closer, we need to all be prepared and make sure we aren't distracted by the minor enemies!"

Samus was now at the point of wiring and connecting her gun to do the most damage output. This would take another good chunk of time. She was now in a beating sweat inside her suit, and more nervous than she has ever felt before taking on an enemy threat. She had so many lives in her hands.

Mario and his Goomba army smashed and bashed their way through enemy groups at the gate slowly becoming exhausted from all the fighting. One of the Goombas spoke out.

"What'd she say Mario? There's MORE coming!?"

Mario sighed as he continued fending off the enemies with a timed series of punches and kicks and fire balls.

"Yes little buddy. Unfortunately we are pretty tied down in this bout, but we mustn't give up! Samus just needs a bit more time, and I know we can give it to her! Find that inner energy in you everyone, and unleash on these fiends!"

The Goombas let out a battle cry and began charging in head butts to flurries of enemies at the gate holding them back the best they can, with a few of them falling in battle from exhaustion and bruises. Mario tried his best to hide his sorrow to the many that would fall on this day.

Sonic realized now he was foolish for running into the battle alone and head first. He was already using alot of his energy right away in large amounts and needed to rest soon. He was starting to understand the importance and power of team work.

"MAN! I could really go for some Chili Dogs right now! Hey! You bone heads over there, including you Shadow Fake, come and help me out! I know it's hard to believe, but I can use some right now!"

Swallowing his pride Sonic continued fighting in hopes he'd get the support he's asking for, and is not shunned by them for his arrogance.

The onslaught continues, more enemies are expected to pile in, and these aren't even the tough ones!

[Deleted]

"Oh...I thought it was going to be bigger than that..." Leon said, realizing how foolish he must have looked.
Suddenly Samuses' voice rang out throughout the battle field, warning the fighters of reinforcements.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Leon cried in disbelief, "Today just isn't my day!".

He sighed deeply and turned to Roxas, "Sorry for that. Say, you think you can do anything about that meteor?" he asked, firing at the meteor, "I'm going to help Sonic."

Without waiting for Roxas to answer he ran towards Sonic, again firing at any enemies in the area.

[Deleted]

"What do you want ME to do about it!?!" Roxas yelled after him, annoyed. "It's not like I can just use fire to burn it up or something." This last sentence he said quietly to himself.

Then, turning in the direction of Samus, he yelled "I'll get started on the cracks!"

Roxas then began using his blizzard spell to seal the cracks with ice. It definitely wasn't a permanent solution, but it should work for now at least.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Mr. Game & Watch

After the succession of his last hit, Mr. G&W pulled out his bell and jingled it out in front of him giving off what sounded like the ring from an old fashioned phone as if it were a battle cry. His belief was that he had finished off all the enemies in the area, but one survived the impact of his hardened head, which he noticed once the dark figure raised in front of him. It was preparing an attack, a projectile of some sort and hopped away to a nearby rooftop.

Mr. Game & Watch was not afraid of this creature or what it was preparing to throw at him. All that was on his mind at the moment was when he should bring out his bucket and whether or not the creature would understand what the bucket would do if he displayed it. G&W whipped it out anyway, waiting for the creature to toss its ball of muck.

A.I.M.

With the enemies under A.I.M.’s exhaust gone, the robot decided to land where its enemies had fallen. As it got closer to the ground the hot air bursting out of its base pushed aside all the goo that had been resting there ever since the obliteration of the infected creatures. Once on the ground, it began to survey the area around it for its allies. “Unit Gamma is damaged. Front lines need more support. Unit Game and Watch available to exchange.” It calculated in its monotone. “When unit Game and Watch is unoccupied, it would be logical for him to move toward the front gates.” It raised its volume to a pitch it knew the black creature would hear.

A.I.M. turned its head to notice a nearby building with an infected creature dancing upon the roof. A.I.M. honed in on it quickly and released a laser blast into the path of the foolish creature. “Arrogance does not win wars” it stated quietly.

[Deleted]

Peach

"Yawn..." Peach slowly moved out of her bed, lately she had been sleeping a lot. Mostly to avoid life, but regardless she noticed that things were amiss, She looked out her window and noticed fighting. Something terrible was happening. She sat back on her bed, was it best for her to stay in her room, or does she need to go out and help? She wasn't sure of the answer. She sat there for a few more moments before standing up. "I have to, I can't be a coward!"

She showed up roughly around the time most of the enemies had been disposed, however she heard that more was coming.

[WolfEx]

Shadow whips his head at Sonic completely hesitant to help out the Blue Jerk, but he had to do what was best for everyone to survive. And seeing as Sonic was being overwhelmed by numerous enemies he made the choice to help after all, only because he didn't want a fellow defender of the Life Sphere to die, at least not by their hands.

"I knew you could never truly handle yourself you fool. Ever since you had that fox at your side."

Shadow dashes to Sonic in an aggressive charge and flings himself at the enemies around him forming a Spike Ball Charge N' Roll to try and attack the larger numbers.

[WolfEx]

---((MOD POST))---

--To Those Inside The Life Sphere--

Roxas began sealing the cracks of the floor of the Life Sphere with a cold and focused frost. It seemed to do a pretty good job at filling what was necessary to mend the cracks, but hopefully it would do a good enough job to keep Infected from pouring in through damaged parts of the area and for Samus to finish wiring her weapon. Game & Watch defended himself properly with the bucket he wielded as the Infected enemy above ground prepared to fire his attack. A.I.M. surveyed the area around him to get a better feeling on what enemies were left and who needed aid, and he managed to lock on an Infected creature celebrating bashing a defender into a building. A.I.M. then shot a powerful and singular laser at the creature catching him off guard and obliterating him completely into goop as it dripped down from the roof top. Peach now seemed to slowly and carefully enter the fray wandering the area and looking around she would see piles of destroyed enemy goop on the ground, some defenders and citizens scouting the area for any lingering enemies, and a few destroyed homes and pieces of rubble scattered around. She walked into chaos. And if she looked up she'd see a giant asteroid growing closer to the sphere threatening to break through the shields and crush the city. The best idea would be to take a defensive post somewhere outside the Life Sphere or within it to prepare for battle. More enemies are indeed expected to arrive.

1 Left

Items Held: None

Enemy Reward: None

HP %: 99%

The last remaining Infected in the wave that attacked the Life Sphere finally fires his goop ball at Game & Watch, but it is absorbed and lands right into his strange bucket! The Infected now appears to look confused, spending alot of time preparing his attack and aiming to destroy his foe. He jumps off the roof top and bends down now directly in front of Game & Watch and stares straight into the bucket studying it. He had no idea what to expect next. Suddenly the ground shook violently once more and the buildings quaked in the area. Samus nearly tumbled off the roof of her lab as she fixed her gun. Every citizen in the Life Sphere looked around for the cause expecting another wave of enemies, but really it ended up being something far more worse. Luckily Roxas's frost didn't cause the cracks to rupture, but instead a large and fearsome creature morphed into the area who almost represented the size of the entire Life Sphere itself. He took up nearly the entire space. This particular creature had the power to transport itself into time and space, and only very few had such abilities, but what was even more terrifying is, this creature was now a member of the Infected army and was in a frenzy of violence and craving more of the disease to feed off of. This...was the great and powerful Andross.

A NEW ENEMY HAS APPEARED!



Items Held: None.

Enemy Reward: Star Man, Warp Star, and Star Rod.

HP %: 0%

Andross knew right away he was the minority against a horde of Life Sphere dwellers and combatants so he began inhaling a large and tornado like breath and then blowing out living Infected enemies to help him fight. He spawned Ruffians, which were ape like soldiers that fought against the many ships in the Lylat system and on various planets, including Fox and his officers. He had faith they would do him justice.

"Go forth my kin, and destroy these insects!!!"

Andross bellowed an echoing and primal scream to the fighters beneath him swiping his hand back and forth at nearby smash brothers as his creations separated into groups to invade the once proclaimed safe haven of the planet.

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Items Held: Ray Gun.

Enemy Reward: Ray Gun.

HP %: 0%

The Ruffians split into two groups of 8. One group sweeping the left side of Life Sphere and heading to the lab firing randomly in front of them to clear a path and the second group sweeping the right side of Life Sphere which is heading to the apartments and living quarters to find and infect captives of the community. They were moving at a relatively fast pace and needed to be stopped quickly.

--To Those That Chose To Fight Outside--

Leon went from fighting inside to working his way outside and help the struggling there. He started by firing out into the crowds of enemies scattered around whereas most of them have already been defeated he tried to see who he can hit, which were mainly the enemies swarming Sonic at the moment. He managed to fire away but the bullets didn't seem to do too much damage as they continued attacking the blue hedgehog. Shadow charged in with a rolling spiky attack and seemed to push some of them back but there were so many of them a sort of cushion effect was formed absorbing the blunt of each attack from Leon and Shadow.

Sonic was now breathing heavily in a sweat dashing back and forth, rolling around, doing everything he could to avoid their hits. He yelled up at those trying to help with a wince.

"Take a closer look at these guys everyone! Their gonna take alot more than blind ambition to beat! Their tough skinned and tough lookin! Use brains guys. Don't follow my speedy example! I got my own thing goin on. Hurry."

Sonic continued his strange and speed driven attacks and strategy hoping the others could come up with something alot more intelligent and useful. After all, he was surrounded by what appeared to be a bunch of Gordos. Which were spike skinned balls of metal and power.

x10

Items Held: None

Enemy Reward: None

HP %: 0%

The Gordos, seeing their foes trying to attack them, extended out their spikes harming anyone in close quarters with them and made a circle around Sonic as if imprisoning him. Their spikes extended very high into the air and very wide into the sides of them. They formed a barricade of defense to their enemies and refused to move. Some smart thinking will be required to attack them.

The next wave of enemies has landed in a big way! Remember to keep in thought how long those outside the Life Sphere will be exposed to the Starvia disease and how much they can take. And also remember when you're outnumbered and when to think tactics!

[Deleted]

"What the heck IS that thing?!?" Roxas exclaimed, gazing up at the strange creature. "It's bigger then Twilight Thorn!" However, upon looking down, his concerns were put else where.

Roxas barely managed to dodge the hand flying at him. "Whoa, to close!" He said to himself. Quickly realizing how out numbered they were, Roxas thought of a plan. Then, looking to each in turn, he began shouting orders. "A.I.M., I need you to get any civilians still in the area and move them to the bunker! Peach, I need you to protect Samus and the lab! Game & Watch, I could use some help slowing this thing down!" Then, not waiting for any replies, he began climbing up a nearby building to get a better angle on Andross. "Let's see how this thing likes fire." Roxas said to himself as he raised his Key Blade, preparing a fire spell.

Hopefully, the others would listen to him.

[Deleted]

"Well that worked," Leon muttered sarcastically, " Suddenly and idea popped in his head, if he couldn't destroy the Gordos, maybe he could simply move them! Pulling out a grenade Leon called out to shadow, "If this doesn't scatter them it should loosen them up for any tricks you may have up your sleeve!" This time he turned to face Sonic who was still dodging the Gordos' attacks, "You can jump pretty high right?" he asked, " high enough to evade a grenade?"

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Mr. Game & Watch

G&W was quite surprised by the lack of intelligence shown by the goopy spawn. It must have not been all too sentient if it though looking down G&W’s bucket was a good idea. Luckily for the creature Game & Watch wasn’t going to waste his powerful bucket of muck on a grunt soldier. Instead the bucket morphed into a chair and G&W took a mighty swing at the foolish humanoid being.

The succession of his hit was not his largest priority because after he swung he turned his attention to the sudden appearance of a new and larger threat. It was quite the sight and G&W had a wide mouthed expression to display his reaction to the sudden turn of events. Instantly, Mr. Game & Watch was barked two different commands from two different beings, one was some kid he’s never seen before and the other was Samus’s personal pet project. G&W preferred the kid’s orders over the robot’s, but he wasn’t sure how well he’d be able to fight the flying monkey head since he wasn’t well equipped for ranged combat.

Regardless, Game & Watch followed his given orders since organized combat was better than everyone doing their own thing, no matter how well the plan works. He hopped up to the nearest building he could find and noticed the guy who had called for him. It seemed as though he was charging up an attack, so G&W found it would probably be best if he distracted the great ape face. He launched himself from one roof to another with his ability to summon a trampoline from under his feet. As he was flying in between building he shot bacon bits at the face of the disembodied monkey.

A.I.M.

The quick appearance of Andross was quite the surprise, but the advanced floating monkey head was not the largest threat at the moment. A.I.M. noticed the appearance of the monkey minions that were roaming the streets. It was commanded to protect the citizens of the life sphere that the Ruffians were heading for and it was not a command that it would have to process twice. “Pursuing hostiles!” the robot echoed back to the commanding human.

Flying was not the best idea at the moment as it would make the miniature machine an easy target for Andross, so its best maneuver would be to chase the ape grunts on ‘foot’. The robot put forth a large amount of its fuel reserves into its thrusters in order to improve its hovering speed. Through the cracks of buildings it was able to observe its targets speeding down another path. It was the best shot it would be able to get at this point in time, so it blasted a red ray out of its optics.

[WolfEx]

Shadow listens to a command given by Leon. He didn't do well with commands or following orders for that matter, he usually liked to be the leader role, but he was prepared to make a small exception if needed. He wasn't entirely sure though if a grenade was going to do any sort of damage whatsoever to the steel balled monsters, but then again, he wasn't sure what would to begin with. So he went with it to see if Leon could do any decent amount of damage and agreed to jump.

"You're talking to a hedgehog....what do YOU think?"

Shadow snickered obviously feeling mocked by the man.

"But my jet boots should allow me to jump a bit higher than usual."

Shadow looked to the sky, and without a second thought, propelled himself into a ball using his jet boots for extra distance and tracked the air bouncing as far from the ground as possible. He was now, in a sense, on cloud nine up into the sky. He hoped Leon would attack soon, because hedgehogs can jump, but they can't fly.

[WolfEx]

---((MOD POST))---

--To Those Inside The Life Sphere--

((MOD POST))

Samus looked around as she had just finished connecting and adjusting the wiring of her cannon at the new threat that had just emerged inside the Life Sphere. She was nearly breathless.

"DAMN! Those Infected bastards got Andross too? How did they Infect someone from space at such a large size? Unless....oh no...it's not just this planet this strange plague is trying to Infect, it must be...the whole galaxy! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!"

Samus looked over every part and panel on her weapon making sure there wasn't anything she missed. The power source from her lab seemed to finally be surging from her cannon. Now she just needed a few minutes to start it up and warm up the particle accelerator before firing the gun at the enemy moon above, which was now moments from hitting the sphere full contact. She was seated in the gunner seat and the waiting game was almost over.

"Alright boys and girls, we almost have full power! I just need to charge up the accelerator and let it run a bit before aiming and firing the cannon at the incoming threat above. I can hopefully help with that other threat on the ground in a few minutes! I need eyes on my lab still everyone, do your best!"

Samus knew she was asking alot of her citizens but there was little else she can do in her predicament. Hope is something scarce, but sacred in this sense.

Roxas shouted some orders to his comrades, but time will decide if they follow his commands. Roxas began preparing some sort of fire spell on Andross that may take a few moments to charge up and send his way. Thankfully Andross was distracted, at the moment, so Roxas can attack unnoticed depending how long his spell takes. Game & Watch elsewhere, took a mighty swing at the last remaining Infected instantly sending him flying high into the air and dissipating into tiny blobs of goop in the sky. Right after, G&W responded to Roxas's orders and went right into the action against Andross, using a strange tactic to assault him by jumping from roof to roof tossing bacon at his face while whooshing into the air. It required a surprising amount of immense concentration and finesse, but the question is, will it work?

A.I.M. tailed one group of monkeys heading towards the living area of the citizens, in which, many citizens were hiding in, and through a special operations vantage point in the cracks and alleys of the city, fired an optical laser in a quick stream of pain at a majority of them. It seemed to knock at least 4 of them down and defeating two of them as the other two toppled on top of them from the laser impact. The remaining 4 stopped in their tracks and turned around to find where the attack came from. The once natural marching and single file position they all had was now scattered and alert.

D E F E A T E D!

Items Held: None

Enemy Reward: None

HP %: 150%

K.O!



Items Held: None.

Enemy Reward: Star Man, Warp Star, and Star Rod.

HP %: 20%

Andross laughed maniacally at the sorry excuse for an attack the blocky figured man used against him as the bacon maneuver did do some justice, but mostly only tickled the large ape. It was bad luck for Game & Watch though as he seemed to be the only one truly attacking him being a temporary distraction as Roxas prepared his own assault. In response to Game & Watch's attack, Andross put his hands in a strange angular position. One was directly above Game & Watch, and his other hand was horizontal and to the side of Game & Watch. He trapped him in between his large hands and went on to fire two lines of painful electricity from both his palms shooting in two different directions and going right into Game & Watch's body. It was almost as if Game & Watch was caught in between an electrical storm. This was Andross's signature attack and can keep it going for a long time unless the victim finds an easy escape, which is often rare. He kept a focus on this attack and did his best to keep Game & Watch trapped within it.

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Items Held: Ray Gun.

Enemy Reward: Ray Gun.

HP %: 30%

The Ruffians were now scattered about searching every area of the living quarters for any signs of an attacker nearby. Two bodies of these monkey creatures lay on the ground fried from a laser attack. The remaining 6 in this area now split into two groups of three scouring buildings and alley ways for the origin of the assault. They had no luck finding their culprit, but they were alot more cautious and alert now, prepared to dodge or react to such a move again as they continued their search.

The other 8 who were near the lab were growing ever closer. Peach was simply standing nearby in a stupor eying her surroundings near her living quarters really doing nothing else but that as the Life Sphere continued to be attacked. Luckily Bowser Jr. was still at the entrance of the lab but not doing anything different. He was kind of just standing there ready to take a hit at any moment from the approaching Ruffians. A few more steps and they'd be at the lab door.

--To Those That Chose To Fight Outside--

Leon conversed quickly with Shadow about his jumping height, in which Shadow responded to with a lunge high into the air, but ofcourse he was already slowly descending to the ground as Leon stood and watched him for the most part without throwing a single grenade yet as he discussed. I suppose hedgehogs jumping into the air can be so majestic that they can be a big distraction to the eyes. Leon hopefully would attack them soon or else Shadow would be close enough to be hit by the grenade's blast radius.

Sonic couldn't believe Leon's slow instincts. He expected a grenade or a weapon to go off by now as Shadow hurled himself into the sky, but nothing yet. Sonic was sadly still trapped by the Gordo's and couldn't jump or move otherwise he'd be pierced by their extended spikes and impaled quickly. He sighed.

"I hate being helpless."

Sonic did his infamous toe tapping gesture as he waited to be rescued, even though he continuously proclaims he never needs to be.

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Items Held: None

Enemy Reward: None

HP %: 0%

The Gordos continued holding their place, spikes extended, bodies planted into the ground. They were as solid as ever in a heavy defensive position to incoming attacks. They weren't going to move any time soon.

Being alert and paying attention is key here. More offense wouldn't hurt either, but be smart about it!

[Deleted]

"Not bad!" he commented, "Alright Sonic!" he called out, "your going to jump on three! one..two.." Leon lobbed the grenade right into the mass of Gordos, "three!" On three the grenade exploded just as planned, hopefully the blast would aid Leon's comrades rather than harm them.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Mr. Game & Watch

G&W found himself sacrificing his own ‘skin’ for the benefit of another’s attack. His bits of bacon seemed to do no more than peeve the giant monkey head, which was ultimately not a great outcome. He was soon regretting his actions once the hands of the robo-monkey began to make their way over to him. Since he was still landing from his last leap there wasn’t much he could do to get out of the way. Soon enough the hands clasped over him as his feet touched ground.

G&W found it odd that the monkey made no attempt to grab or crush his puny figure, but it made more sense when the electrical currents began to pierce his body. For a second or two he was hoping that the shocks would stop and the kid he trusted enough to follow his command would unleash whatever he was charging at the enemy. By the third second, he felt too much pain to wait any further. He unleashed many loud beeps and rings in pain and pulled out his bucket since it was filled up a little while back. He splashed the contents of the bucket on his foe’s palms and made what attempts he could to hop out of his reach.

A.I.M.

The unit paused for a short bit after it unleashed the laser blast to observe the enemies’ reaction. Luckily for A.I.M. the grunts quit their pursuit toward the residency in order to investigate where the blast came from. The green robot had a plan set in motion to deal with the Ruffians quickly. Since the enemies won’t be so easy to take by surprise more than once it would have to use an alternative.

The robot pulled out another spin top and began to charge it quickly. A.I.M. released the twirling top into the alley that it shot into earlier with its laser. This time making sure it made as much noise as possible. It wasn’t nearly at full power, but the robot wasn’t aiming at an enemy and it wasn’t meant to do any damage. After the top was shot, A.I.M. silently speeded away to circled around the building that created the alley and waited in the darkness of the alleys for its foes to discover what it left behind.