Gail and the others now found themselves trying to catch their breath as Sachiko scanned the area. "Where are we going," Gail asked.
"My house," the kitsune child said. "Granny has numerous spells around her house. Plus my mom can help us." Sachiko now stepped forward, beckoning her friends to follow. Gail and the others complied, trying to figure out what exactly was going on.
The teens could see they were in a quiter part of town, an industrial area that didnt have alot of people. Stella, Pam, and Gail shuddered at the large buildings looming overhead. "This place is giving me the creeps," Stella whispered.
"I know sorry," Sachiko said. "But its abandoned and a short cut home. We'll be their soon." As Sachiko stepped forward, a flash of light now blinded the kitsune girl.
"Contact," a voice bellowed. Rubbing her eyes, Sachiko could see about half a dozen men rush forward all wearing a patch Sachiko immediately recognized. "Capture the target," their leader stated. "Eliminate any that stand in your way."
Sachiko growled, assuming a defensive stance. As she prepared to strike she could hear a shrill cry echo from above. Curiously she looked up, only to see what could best be described as an alien monkey robot slam into the oncoming attackers. "Darren, Hannah," Sachiko thought in confusion.
Darren and Hannah had been enjoying themselves, until a plea from Yuriko told them that Sachiko was in trouble. Darren now found himself following his friend Hannah as the alien monkey droid charged headlong into battle. "I have no idea what I'm supposed to do," he thought in alarm. Darren had only been in two fist fights in his life. Now he found himself in a life or death battle. "If I get through this I'm asking Yuriko if I can learn to fight."
Darren now called out to Hannah, slightly embarrassed to find they were still aliens, meaning no one but them could understand what they were saying.
The leader of the the Normal hit squad paused, watching as the alien monkey girl flew between attackers. Whatever this thing was, she was good and appeared to have some resistance to magic. "Okay robot," he whispered. "Let's see how well you do against an EMP."
Hannah was hooting and hollering, surprised at how much fun she was having. The monkey alien robot was surprisingly agile, flipping between oncoming attackers and delivering thunderous flip kicks at her attackers. "Cmon Darren," she called happily. "You should try this its fun." Darren grinned inspite of himself, it would figure that Hannah would be the hero in this situation.
Everything changed though as Darren saw one of Normal soldiers tossed something at Hannah. Darren tried to holler at Hannah to duck, fearing it was a grenade. Instead a flash of light bathed Hannah, causing the alien monkey robot to shudder before collapsing in a heap.
"Hannah," he roared, racing towards his friend. Cradling the robots head, he could see that despite Hannah's artificial body, she appeared to be in pain. Anger, rage, and vengeance now clouded Darren's thoughts as he glared at the Normal.
It was over in an instant, Darren focused his power through his Ring of Transformation. The six soldiers in front of him sank into the ground, vanishing from sight as the solid ground became a viscous liquid. As the last if them vanished from sight, the liquid earth became solid once more.
"Get back to Yuriko's," Darren exclaimed, noting that he was still an alien. Sighing he now began to point, sighing in relief as he realized Sachiko understood what he was trying to say. As the kitsune girl and her friends vanished from sight.
"Hannah," he yelled, shaking his robotic friend. "Hannah, talk to me!"
Hannah appeared to be convulsing, Darren looked into her large robotic eyes, shocked to see the light was fading. "I'm not going to let you die," he whispered.
Concentrating with all his might, Darren began to transform Hannah once more. The teenage girl was becoming more organic, her face returning to its previous human features. The robotic teens monkey fur began to recede, her clothes reappearing as the teen went from droid to human once again. As the teen became human once more, Hannah gasped.
"What happened," Hannah gasped, her chest hurting as she found herself breathing once more.
"You were dying," Darren said softly. "I had to do something."
Hannah blinked, noticing her glasses had returned. "I'm human again," she grumbled.
"Not exactly," Darren stated. Hannah now gave herself a critical look, her eyes growing wide. At first glance she appeared human but she quickly noticed a hand and other parts if herself were artificial, mechanical pieces perfectly integrated with her humanity.
"I had to make you a cyborg," Darren stated. "Part man, part machine. Whatever they hit you with was destroying you. Now, you have a human heart."
Hannah nodded, she wanted to yell at Darren but realized how dumb that would be considering he just saved her life. "Thanks," she smiled, hugging her friend.
"Welcome," he sighed. "Know you liked being a robot but hope being half human is okay too."