MachMan, Unwelcome Hades Visitor

The Tromby endured a volley of powerful vulcan rounds, each shot tearing through its body. However, it never once stopped playing its awful music even while being gunned down. It kept blaring loudly until the very end right up until a pair of lasers deleted it completely. The residual effects seemed to keep Machman's group in place while the three previously passive Waterdragons began to initiate their assault. Aera's lightning bolts quickly destroyed their stunned comrade, but that didn't deter the group as a whole. Machman's Phoenixshot, though powerful and wide reaching, crashed against the jaundiced WaterDragon and halted before striking the other two who were lagging behind. The remaining two dragons then split up to attempt a pincer movement. Machman's Magbolt drew one of them to him prematurely and gave it a powerful shock, but not powerful enough to delete it or stop its inertia. It crashed past his shield and began to tumble into his support programs in a kamikaze attack. It was finished off by an Elecshock from behind, deleting it before it could reach Aera or Vector. The final Waterdragon, though severely weakened, was successfully able to sneak around thanks to the desperate flailings of its ally. Having their attention diverted, Aera and Vector were helplessly smashed aside by the virus's powerful charge. It made its way towards Machman, who had already prepared his PoisonMask in response. The dragon raged headfirst into the shield and unwittingly activated the noxious counterattack - a deadly gas that sprayed out in all directions. The watery frame of the blue dragon absorbed the fumes and was quickly dyed a deep purple. It let out a wistful roar before dissolving into a puddle of warped data.

BluePhoenix: DELETED
WaterDragonA: DELETED
WaterDragonB: DELETED
WaterDragonC: DELETED
WaterDragonD: DELETED
Tromby2: DELETED

Terrain: 20% Coal, 70% Soil, 5% Normal, 5% Broken

MachMan.EXE: 40 HP [decoy]
Aera.SP: 1 HP [2-hit shield]
Vector.SP: 1 HP

[Battle 4 - Victory!]

Get: 69 bugfrags + 4500z
Machman heard the final virus fall from behind his shield as it started to fragment and deactivate. He looked across the battlefield to see Aera sitting on the ground, with Vector kneeling next to her. She appeared to be talking to Vector, and gingerly touching her chest, where her armor had been cracked and slightly caved in by the WaterDragon's attack.

Machman rushed over and crouched beside her.

You alright?

Aera smiled, but looked to be in pain.

I'm alright, Mach. It just caught me off guard, that's all.

Vector didn't look much better, some parts of his body trailed slightly behind and picked up bugfrags along the way. He nodded towards Mach, showing he was still able to stand. Mach looked down at her crumpled armor, saw a light stream of red indicator fluid flowing from under the gap in her armor. Mach's expression was stern as he looked upwards as he spoke to Mazer.

Mazer, Aera and Vector are wounded. We need to get them out of here.

[I agree. Hang on, I'm logging you both out now.]

Mach, Vector, and Aera all began to glow a bright cyan before they beamed up and out of the network and back into his PET.

((Logged Out))