The Rex Guardian Arena

[gatt]

"Don't worry, every thing is taken care of" Warly said "Splotchy himself said to me that even if it did become active that the pheonix wouldn't come."
Warly then thought for a second and said "afterwords oddly enough he started refering it as Ash, I don't know why, he just did. Like calling his pen Propaganda, it's one of the 'things' that confuse me about him."
Warly then tried to look inside and said "so what are you trying to fuse, our crystal specialist Splotchy is trying to make a 'Ink Crystal' whatever that is."

[Thunderbirds]

"You cannot come in!" Ibis blocked the door. "I cannot permit even a single chance that my specimen could become contaminated!"

"Ibis, we go through this everyday," Smitte ran his hand through his short hair. "No one is going to contaminate your crystals, your Lab, the Ward, or any of your stuff. Warly is our guest, and he is curious about your crystal work."

"My current project is the same as it always was," Ibis replied. "I am trying to re-create a new Aurora stone. Whatever results from my experiments varies greatly, but I have yet to discover just what will yield my desired goal."

[gatt]

"The Aurora Stone, well what a surprise" Warly said "while looking for the Ink Crystal, Splotchy accadentaly created a very unstable Aurora dust."
Warly then rubbed the back of his head saying "unfortunatly we didn't have much use for anything that unstable, well.... it did make for some realy intresting fireworks."


Shela looked up timmidly at RaZarr and asked "I don't realy understand why you are doing it that way?"

[Thunderbirds]

"Of course the dust would be unstable!" Ibis barked. "Only in a solidified crystaline form is such power perfectly contained! It is the essence of crystal perfection!"

"There he goes again," Cain groaned.

"I wouldn't expect you to understand my passion, Cain," Ibis glowered. "Why don't you go sulk in your quarters like you usually do, instead of standing here and shadowing me with your gloom?"

"Warly is my guest," Cain stated.

"Is that so?" Ibis raised an eyebrow. "Since when do you have any friends?"

"Since a long time ago," Cair replied dryly. "Before I was exiled..."

"You mean hes a Cyclonian?!" Ibis stammered. "Absolutly no entry to my lab then!"

"I'm Cyclonian," Cain reminded Ibis.

"You also live here," Ibis replied. "Outsiders are another story!"

"Ibis, you know my policy when it comes to guests on board," Smitty warned the Merb. "Don't make me enforce article 13 of the code of conduct...You know how much you hate pulling double duty in the scullery."

Meanwhile:
"This Bi-wing hit the deck when that boy landed," RaZarr replied as he re-adjusted the struts. "This Switchblade of his is built almost backwards when compared to Skimmers. Their wings fold forwards, while Skimmers fold backwards. When the wing hit, it was thrown in the wrong direction and almost ripped clean from the chassis..." RaZarr paused and looked at the small Raptor.

"Why am I explaining this to you?" RaZarr snorted. "Does such a child like you even understand what I'm talking about?"

[gatt]

Warly looked at the merb with a smerk and said "yes, I WAS cyclonian, but that is all in the past now."
Warly then held out the same picture that he showed before "see, we were friends, and as you can see I havn't killed any of you yet. That should be proof enough."

Meanwhile:

Shela nodded her head and said "I sort of do get what your talking about."
Shela then touched the wing saying "Pyro had the same problem, and he taught me how to fix it on his Switchblade Mr. Razer."

[Thunderbirds]

"Still unclean..." Ibis grimaced. "And the keyword, Cyclonian, is "yet"..."

"Ok, Ibis," Smitty stepped forward. "You're forcing me to make a decision here..."

"Alright..." Ibis grumbled. "Come in. But TOUCH NOTHING!" Ibis then turned and walked back into the lab.

"I must apologize for his attitude," Smitty said to Warly. "You see, he's got a bit of a chip on his shoulder when it comes to Cyclonians. They attacked his tribe a few years back. Almost killed him and his mate, and he's never quite let it go."

"You can imagine how long it took him to get used to having me around," Cain added.

[gatt]

"It's nothing I am not used to" Warly said "I mean, the Cyclonians are shooting at us because we changed sides and everyone else is shooting at us because they don't know we changed sides."

Warly then entered the lab and noticed that it was also a medical ward.
"Wow, I realy wish we had one of these when we excaped" Warly said "the injuries we were inflicted would have been a lot easyer to heal. We might have been able to save Splotchy's arm."

[Thunderbirds]

"Even with the best at your disposal, not all things can be saved," Smitty replied, knocking on his right leg. "I was lucky that day. If not for Ibis, I would probably have died that day. Losing a leg is well worth it in place of losing my life."

Ibis meanwhile returned his attention to his fusion. The two fusing crystals hummed with an unstable tune as they stood, half fused in the clamps as Ibis continued to work meticulously on them.

Meanwhile:
"Someone taught you how to fix switchblades?" RaZarr asked skeptically. "I find that hard to grasp considering your age and nature."

[gatt]

"Well, it would have helped" Warly said as he looked around "yah, it was somthing though, seeing a guy continue fighting even though he just lost the use of his arm. I mean, we were in a big mess, but we all were able to excape...." his tone became dark as he said "well, most of us at least."

Meanwhile:
"Well, at least some of it" Shela said "I mean, I try and be usefull, but it's hard." A tear then rolled down her cheek "it's hecktic, everyone is out to get us, the ship is falling apart sometimes, and I am just standing there watching my family get hurt."
She tried hard to keep in her tears, but it was like trying to fix a dam with band aids.

[Thunderbirds]

"I'm sorry for you loss," Smitty replied solemnly. "I've lost my share of comrades as well. Its never easy. Its like losing a member of your family. Its partly the reason I made myself grow out of the "Cowboy" role while I was a Sky Knight."

Meanwhile:
As Shela began to cry, RaZarr let out a heavy sigh and rolled his eyes. He put down his tools and approached the little Raptor.
"Now...see here, small one," RaZarr said as he knelt down. "You are too young to make worry of such things. Your abilities are to limited. What you must do is bury your fears and your tears deep within your belly, and let it feed into a burning desire for strength and survival! With that drive, you can grow to become strong! Strong enough to protect your pack, and lead them to-!"

"You're getting overly dramatic again," Soara called cheerfully as she walked in on the scene. She smiled at Shela. "So who is this little visitor? Freind, or relative of yours RaZarr?"

[gatt]

"Well, it's not that he's gone, just captured" Warly said "I have already lost a few good men, but what happened to him is even worse."

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Shela looked up and smiled and said "your right *sniff* I just not old enough to do much yet. I will find somthing though, I am not useless."

[Thunderbirds]

"Captured, you say?" Smitty raised an eyebrow. "By the Cyclonians?"

"He may as well be dead than," Cain muttered. "There's no mercy for traitors in Cyclonia."

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"No, she is not a realtive," RaZarr replied to Soara. "Sir Smitty put this small one on my duty. She belongs to their guest who is touring the ship."

"Oh, that must be that Warly guy I met earlier," Soara though for a second. "I guess Cain must have brought him here. I didn't see her with him though." Soara approached the little raptor and knelt by her with a smile.

"Hi there!" Soara cheerfully greeted Shela. "I'm Soara, the Sky Knight of the team. Don't let this big lug fool you, he's really a big pushover once you break through that macho old man Raptor hide of his." RaZarr merely grunted at her comment and returned to his work.

[gatt]

"I don't know" Warly said "old Time Bomb has always found out how to get out of things. You certanly cant keep him in one place that's for shure. I might have a picture of him." Warly then pulled out a slightly largish picture of an incredibly tall man, around seven feet and most of it leg, blond, and with an unmistakeably large smile.
"The kid was a great marksman, had an eye of an eagle, and could kick like a mule."

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Shela gigled at Soara's comment.
"My name is Shela" Shela said with a smile "I didn't know that girls could be Sky Knights too, the only Sky Knight I knew exsited was Unkle Warly."

[Thunderbirds]

"I could out shoot him," Cain boasted. Fletch screeched in agreement.

"Looks like he's an interesting character," Smitty smirked.

"AUGH!" Ibis suddenly shouted as the crystal fizzled and popped into nothingness. "Now look at what you all made me do! You and all your chatter...The fusion is ruined!"

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Oh yeah," Soara nodded. "Girls, guys, and any native of Atmos can become a Sky Knight, so long as you can pass the trials and be kighted by the council on Atmosia. My younger brother is one too. We kinda shared the same dream of becoming Sky Knights."

[gatt]

"Ah, tough luck kid" Warly said to the quite pissed off merb "you should be greatfull though, all the equipment poor Splotchy has is all ether retrofited or pritty much outdated." Warly sighed as he said "I'm ranting arnt' I"

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"Can I be a Sky Knight too" Shela said jumping up and down eagerly.

[Thunderbirds]

"What is it you want from me?!" Ibis snapped. "Why are you here?!"

"Ok...I think its about time for us to go," Smitty smirked awkwardly. "Ibis needs his alone time to blow off some steam."

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"Sure!" Soara replied. "If you work hard and stick to your training you can do anything you put your mind to."

"BAH!" RaZarr hissed. "I have YET to see a Raptor as a Sky Knight!"

"Well, I can't say its encouraged on Bogaton," Soara looked at her grouchy commrade. "But I guess we can all thank Repton for puting that boycot into play. He prefers to hunt us for our shields."

[gatt]

"I agree" Warly said as he started to slip out of the lab "if I didn't know better I would say that he had the anger of Timb Bomb."
Warly then took off his glasses to clean them before saying "well, I must admit that you have a great crew here Smitty. Even with there quarks."

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"But were not on Bogaton" Shela said "so we don't count, I am gona ask unkle Warly to train me, see if I can become a Sky Night real soon." Shela jumped up and down happily untill someone walked into the hanger.
"SPLOTCHY!!!" Shela yelled as she ran over twards the limping man with the scarf.
"Shela, I was worried sick about you," Splotchy said "you know better than to just run off without consulting us first."
Leaning on the jiant pen Splotchy looked over to Soara and said "sorry if this little one bothered you, but she gets worried sick about anyone who isnt on the ship and races out to find them."

[Thunderbirds]

"Well, there are two other members," Smitty replied as he walked out with Cain and Warly. "Diaz is out in the market, and Gunner is probably still hanging out on the gun decks."

"He's a maniac for arsenal," Cain glanced at Warly.

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"Well officially," Soara thought for a moment. "You can't undertake the trials until you are at least 14. And you can't register until..." She was cut off as Shela scampered off to met a new fellow who came aboard.

"Oh, um," Soara was taken a bit off guard by the new arrival. "She was no trouble at all."

"Who are you and what do you want aboard the Argo?!" RaZarr roared at the stranger. "Who allowed you to come aboard unescorted?!"

"RaZarr!" Soara scolded the old Raptor. "He's looking for-!"

"I know THAT!" RaZarr snapped. "Still, who authorized his boarding?!"

[gatt]

"He would be intresting to meet" Warly said "our mecanic is a young kid, around seventeen maybe."

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"Well, if I haven't gotten permission to board then I haven't boarded yet so there is no problem now is there?" Splotchy said limping over twards Soara and said "may I have the grattitude to have your name my young maden."

[Thunderbirds]

"Heh, not much older that Cain here," Smitty looked at the youngest member of his team.

"Eh," Cain shrugged. "There are younger kids in squadrons."

"Yeah, I suppose so," Smitty laughed. "Well now, if you want to meet Gunner, we can make a trip up to the Gun Decks. Its a bit of a trip though. We gotta head up a few decks."

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"I am in charge while our commander is occupied, so I grant you permissiong to board," Soara shot a glance at RaZarr, who merely snorted at her, then returned her attention to the new guest. "I am Soara, Sky Knight of the Thunderbirds. And you are?"

[gatt]

"Hey, I might be over fourty," Warly said "but I can still get to the highest of cyclonian towers by stair. So I don't mind."

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"My name is Splotchy, Splotchy Ink, I am the crystal synthesist of the Catagory Fives." Splotchy said "I am also the tactision and artist."
"He draws very good" Shela said leaning agenst Splotchy's leg.

((Gotta go see yah tomarow))

[Thunderbirds]

"Very well then," Smitty led the way. "Lets be on our way. I'm sure you'll find the gun decks most impressive."
They climbed up several decks and made their way to the forward end of the ship's bow where the Gun Decks were located. Upon walking in, it appeared to be an observation deck, but the viewing stations were all occupied by Crystal Calibur guns, ready to fire once a crystal is inserted into its feed drive.

"You can never mistake the smell of gun metal, and oil," Smitty smirked as they looked over the area.
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"Splotchy Ink?" Soara paused for a moment. "That's kinda an...odd name. No offense."

[gatt]

"Nice, certanly more impressive than ours" Warly said, he then paused for a second and said "well, except that ours has a very powerfull main cannon. Do you have a main cannon?"

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Splotchy let out a plesant sigh and said "don't worry, many people say that. But a name couldnt fit the person any better."
Splotchy held his arm out, displaying all the black ink splotches that covered his robe, but many red splotches was on the sleeve of where his right arm should be.

[Thunderbirds]

"Aside from our twin Energy Mortar Cannons up by the bridge," Gunner walked out to meet the group. "These babies are the best at picking off enemy fliers."

"Gunner, good to see you're keeping these guns well maintained," Smitty smiled.

"Heh, would I be doing anything else, sir?" Gunner grinned widely. "These guns are my passion. I wouldn't let these girls down."

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"I'm sorry," Soara replied solemnly. "I shouldn't have said anything. It wasn't my place to point out such things that could offend a guest."

[gatt]

"Well, you might have us out gunned" Warly said with a smerk "but not out matched."
"I don't mean to brag" Warly said "but the Clipper has one of the most destructive weapons that an airship of it's size could possibly carry. And not because of weight, but because the vulcan is so powerfull that it literatly shakes the ship to peices if fired too long."

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"Don't worry" Splotchy said "you are probebly one of the most polite people that I have encountered."
"That should be a lesson to you Shela" Splotchy said to Shela who nodded at him.