Station Square - You can't go home again

[Lans]

Jonas grunted to himself as he was finally able to pry off the dented access panel on the Guard Robo he was working on. With a screech of metal that sounded increadably loud in the small space of his lab, the panel popped off and clattered to the floor.

"Whew, finally!" he gasped, wiping his forehead on his sleeve. The panel was so badly dented it's taken him almost five minnutes to pry it free. Guard Robos were notoriously stupid, but this one must have wallked in front of a bus or something, the way it was all banged up.

"Let's see if there's even anything worth fixing," he muttered, taking a flashlight off a nearcy workbench and peering inside.


On the outskirts of the city, Omega flashed across an old highway road, something that hadn't been repaired since the city's flooding, heading straight for Station Square at his top speed. His eyes were focused dead ahead as he headed towards his current objective.

[Raki]

A light yellow cat trudged towards Jonas's trailer, carting a wagon filled with various things (mainly, a broken television set and a floor buffer). Glancing at the ad in the newspaper she had, she quickly checked to make sure this was the right place before knocking at the door.

"Hello? This place does repairs, right?"

[Sipp]

(Poor Mighty is UNLOVED AND FREEZING D: and since Knife is approved, I figure I'll start something~)

Black Knife quietly finished cleaning his boots. His eye was twitching slightly, it had been for the last hour, his mind was full of very fresh memories - most noteably, the squirrel that had insisted on calling him "Burker King man!" and asking him, repeatedly, to share his "Burger King Crown"

Needless to say, that little squirrel wouldn't be calling anyone "Burger King man."

Ever again.

Slowly the irritation had begun to fade, and to soothe himself, he took one of his longer knives and began carressing it quietly. It was new, he was dying for a chance to try it out.

And he wanted some damn strawberries too.

Knife was not one to pay much attention to his surroundings, but there was something that caught his attention.

Something.. a machine... ? coming his way.

Thick, armoured... vaguely familiar, somewhat intimidating (Not that he was intimidated ... )

A robot?

(Pleasedon'teatme @@)

[Lans]

Jonas paused midway to the open panel and returned the flashlight to the bench. He glanced at his watch and grimaced. "Not a lot of it, but still time," he said to himself.

He walked around the robot to the rear door, and flipped the switch to lower it into a ramp. "Lans' Mobile Repair Shop," he greeted as he stepped out, "How can I help you?"


Omega took note of the person ahead of him, but only to mark him as a possible minor obsticle, and to adjust his course accordingly to avoid hitting him, not that he cared if he did. However he had a schedule to keep, and the even second or so delay that the impact would cause was unacceptable in his view.

[Raki]

Honey grinned, this was the right place.

"You can fix TVs, right? Mine ... uhm... fell out the window yesterday, and it's a bit... broken", the cat gestured at the TV, which, the day prior, hadn't been fallen out but thrown out the window at an annoying bird. She then pointed at the floor waxer.

"Can you do modifications too?"

[Sipp]

Knife waited until Omega was close enough to hear him.

"A robot."

There was dispassion in his voice, but also a level of intrigue - from the look of things the robot was a powerhouse. Perhaps he could help him.

[Lans]

Jonas frowned at the TV, first a robot that'd been (he assumed) hit by a bus, now a TV that was dropped out a window. What next, a car that had been hit by a train? "Well, it's a little outside my normal projects, but yeah, I can fix it. What do you want done to the floor waxer?" he asked her.


If Knife thought that was going to cause Omega to stop, he was sadly mistaken. Instead the robot blew right past him, heading deeper into the city.

[Raki]

Honey tried to think of the best words to describe what she wanted, and why...

"You heard of the big accident with the oil pipes in Station Square, right? How the entire coastal area is covered in oil? If you could convert this into a mini street cleaner or something, I was thinking I could help with the cleanup..."

As much as Honey hated disasters, evil, and various other 'bad' things, she loved to help out afterwards... after all, that's the good thing to do, and the more good things she does, the more likely she is to be recognized as a hero, and if she was recognized as a hero... well, she never really thought that far over it.

[Lans]

Actually he hadn't heard about that, but it sounded like it could work. If nothing else it'd be something to do while Omega would be busy elseware. "I might be able to do...something with it. As for the TV, I can have that done within a day or two."

[Sipp]

(Ahaha, Knife got SNUBB'D XD)

He just... went past him. Knife felt his eye beginning to twitch again. The robot ignored him. Ignored. Disregarded him completely.

As if he would tolerate that.

His body went rigid, and stiffly, eye still twitching, he removed a knife from his trenchcoat. It was one of his electric ones. He switched it on. An electric current began to lace through the blade, and Knife aimed and threw it at Omega.

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[Raki]

Honey smiled. "Great! How much would it cost, anyway?"

[Lans]

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The blade slammed into Omega's back, but even though it didn't penetrate, it still was effective. Electric current flashed through part of his circuts for a second. His jets cut out and he skidded messily into the ground and slid to a stop.

Another second's time to reboot and he was pushing himself back to his feet, now in full combat mode. He'd been attacked, and he only had one response to being attacked.

His torso spun around to face knife, his hands retracting into his arms to be replaced by a pair of gattling guns.

"Sensors locked on hostile target! Eliminate!" he shouted, and opened fire.

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Jonas looked it over, "Maybe, $40 or so. As for the waxer, we'll get back to that when I figure out what I'll be doing to it."[rand=3321648802574531413040419701768184252985703710722690746983644567]

[Raki]

This was working out nicely, so Honey thought.

"If you could get to it soon, I'd apprechiate it... it'd make cleaning up Station Sqaure a lot easier, I think! ... do I pay you now or after you're done fixing everything...?"

[Sipp]

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Knife was no rookie when it came to avoiding gunfire, so he threw himself out of the way. As he did, he pulled out two more electric knives, turned them on, and threw them.

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As much as he loved using them - they were expensive and he didn't have many, yet... it seemed those were the only ones that could damage the robot. Perhaps picking a fight with him wasn't such a good idea after all.

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[Lans]

"After," he told her, grabbing a clipboard with some papers on it that was hanging near the door. He quickly wrote down what the job was and what he'd be doing, then stopped as he realized something, "Oh, I didn't get your name, Miss..?"



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Both thee blades flew harmlessly past Omega as his jets suddenly kicked in again, allowing him to dodge out of the way.

"Surrender now or face annilalation!" he droned, switching one arm over to rocket launcher mode, and letting loose.

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[Raki]

"Cat, Honey Cat... with a C, not a K..." a fairly common last name, in both spellings... occasionally leading to some annoying situations when it came to getting pizza deliveries.

"And you're... Mr. Lan, right? I think that's what the ad said..."

[Sipp]

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Knife's eyes widened just a fraction as it happened, he had indeed picked a fight with the wrong person.. robot.

His reflexes kicked in again and he jumped, and the missile hit. While it did not hit him, it had hit the large chunk of debris behind him, and he cried out as he got hit by chunks. They embedded into his back and especially his arm, and much to his discontent, he found he could no longer move that arm. How the tables had turned, and so quickly!

He cried out sharply as the pain took over, and began to scramble away backwards.

"And if I surrender?" He asked through gritted teeth, his eyes betraying pain.

Though Knife was not a coward - he did have a functioning brain (Though some might disagree.)[rand=3176667251511896573040296976635429749370932198569120657792407352]

[Lans]

"Actually it's Lans, with an s." he said with a grin, while writeing down her name over the job info, "Can I get a phone number, or e-mail?"


Omega paused for a fraction of a second. That was actually a good question, since nothing in his operational history had ever surrendered before. A quick review of his objectives gave him an answer though.

"Then you may leave without further harm." he said, holding fire until he had a response.

[Sipp]

He quickly summed up his options.

"I surrender."

He eyed his knives on the ground, but thought better of it, and turned and walked the other way, making sure to keep an eye on the robot as he did.

"You're strong, robot, I'll give you that."

(Kahniffy wants his mommy :O)

[Lans]

That did a little to ease Omega's anoyance at being attacked.

"I am E-123, codename Omega, the ultimate creation of Dr. Eggman, and the strongest robot in creation!" he boasted, "Remember that next time you wish to engage me!" he added, before turning, and zooming off.

[Sipp]

He had only heard stories about the other robots, that and he didn't particularly wish to bait the robot, so he said nothing and kept walking.

"I will remember," was all he said as he clutched his arm.

He was injured quite badly, he needed to get himself to a hospital ...

[Raki]

"With an S? Oh, sorry... I'll remember that then... as for my phone number, I'm usually on the go so you'd be better off with my cell... here, I'll write it down for you..."

(Oh the mundane activities. Doom doom doom...)

[Lans]

"Ok then," Jonas said, once he had the information he needed, "I'll be in contact in a couple of days or so, thank you very mu-"

He was cut off by a small alarm from inside his shop, and his smile froze. Well at least she's about to leave, he thought to himself.

"Thank you very much for the job, Miss Cat." said quickly to make up for his pause.

[Raki]

"Oh, you don't need to thank me... but I really got to get going. Station Square isn't going to clean itself, ya know! ... actually, I'm probably late already (it's a problem I have...) so I'd better going. Thanks so much though!", and with that, she left.

[Lans]

And just in time too. No sooner had Honey left, than Omega came speeding around the corner at the end of the block. He dashed up the street and came to a halt in front of Jonas.


Jonas noticed that his front was covered in chips of broken asphalt and his paint job was scratched up.
"What happened to you?"


"Minor delay. Enough useless chatter, I require maintenance!"


Jonas sighed, "Well, you know the way," he said, gesturing to the inside of the shop. Omega immediately turned and headed up the ramp and Jonas followed, picking up the box with Honey's things with a grunt, and making sure to shut the ramp behind them.
Once inside, Jonas set the box down next to the workbench and shoved the disabled Guard Robo he'd been working on out of the way to allow Omega to take its place in the diagnostic station.



"What is your status in locating Eggman?" Omega asked as Jonas hooked him up.


"That's why we're here," Jonas said, flopping down on a nearby office chair and booting up the array of computers in front of him, "Metal Sonic was involved in some sort of incident here recently, and there are some scattered reports that he was in Mystic Ruins afterwords."



"Probabilities indicate that Eggman is operating in this area!"


"That's what I was thinking." Jonas frowned as he read some of the data that flashed across the screens, "Your thruster circuits are shorting a bit, you sure nothing happened?"



Not wanting to admit that he'd been ambushed by an (to his eyes) inferior, he simple said, "Affirmative, minor delays only."

Jonas shrugged, if he didn't want to say anything it was best not to push it. Instead he typed a few commands into the keyboard, beginning the refueling and reloading procedures, then grabbed a few tools and stepped behind the robot. "Well, I'll patch up those circuits anyway, don't need your jets failing in the middle of a fight or something."

About an hour later, Omega's maintenance was completed and he was ready to go. "Ok, the next train for the Mystic Ruins leaves..."


Omega gave him a look.


Jonas shook head, "Right, no train...just try not to knock it off the tracks on your way there." He headed over to the door and lowered the ramp. "Good luck."


"Affirmative." Omega said, before walking out and down the ramp. A second later he was zooming off down the street.