Man, I really added stuff to this...comments welcome. Jus' disregard the
mistakes and enjoy the story...if that's possible...

Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong	

Bubblegum Crisis/Ranma 1/2:The boomer that just won't die



     "Hiyru ShotenHa" Ranma shouted as he released a massive hurricane blast
toward the dark blueboomer hovering high above him "You ain't gonna get away the
easily"
  The hurricane formed right in front of Ranma, engulfing him, but leaving him
unharmed. The blast was so powerful it kept expanding till it was about twenty
meters in diameter. Some of the surrounding building were torn to shreds as they
were engulfed in the blast also. Luckily, Ranma knew they weren't occupied since
this were the slums.
  The boomer hovered backwards at a intense speed, avoiding the blast just in
time.
  "Damn, this boomer's nothing like the other ones I fought" Priss said to
herself. She had to push her suit to the limit just to avoid something that
powerful. Heck, she had to push it to the limit just to avoid the boomer down
below her.
  The blast abated, leaving Ranma standing in the middle of the street, a
massive crater surrounding him.  "Damn, I'm never gonna be able to hit that
boomer at this rate" he swore silently "It's too fast" He stood there patiently,
waiting for the boomer to hover lower so he could jump up toward it. He had was
able to leap 
high into the sky, but nowhere near as high as the boomer was hovering.
  Priss looked down at the boomer "Why isn't he following me?" She hovered down
and settled on the top roof of one of the taller buildings, gazing down at him
"Hm, it looks like this is going to be easier than I thought. This boomer can't
fly. Strange, considering how much energy it could generate. I guess I better
pick him off from up here"  
  She pointed her arm toward him and released several laser blasts directly
toward the boomer, only to have the boomer skillfully avoid it "Damn, this one's
freakin' agile"
  Ranma managed to dodge the blast just in time, leaping out of the way. As he
rolled to his feet, he looked back toward where he was standing and saw three
tiny craters there. He looked up at the boomer "Damn, that boomer's got a good
AI. It's tryin' to pick me off from a distance since it knows I'm dangerous up
close"
  Ranma dusted the sand off his clothes as he smiled confidently to himself "If
it's goin' to play that way"
  Priss watched in astonishment "Man, that boomer's even got an AI that makes it
brush it's clothes when it's dirty. What kinda monsters are Genom creating?! And
it's even smiling"
  "Mouko Takabisha!!!" he shouted as a gigantic ki blast tore from his fhands,
flying straight toward the boomer at an intese speed. The blast was so strong
that even the ground below it melted from the shear heat. The building even
started to melt before the blast hit it.
  Priss lunged off the building roof just in time as the blast ripped the entire
building to shreds. She twited in mif air as she fell toward the ground and saw
half the building just disappear from the intense heat and power of the blast.
Before she hit the gorund she managed to land safely via the use of her
boosters. But as she stood on the ground, her heart was racing. How on eart can
this boomer generate so much energy, she thought to herself. This boomer was
absolutely nothing like she had ever fought.
  Ranma stood there, watching the boomer intently, waitng to see what it would
do next. He knew that boomers always had a tendancy to charge forward to attack,
and that would be its fatal mistake. He would use his Kashuu TenshiAmaguriken
technique on it to finish it off.
  Priss stood there, waiting for the boomers next move. She looked down at her
arm and noticed that it was a bit singed from before. She knew her armor would
not be able to sustain a direct hit from another one of those deadly blasts. And
she to do everything in her power to avoid it.
  Why isn't it coming at me, Ranma thought to himself. He was eager to finish
this boomer off, but it wasn't moving. He took a step forward, only to have his
steps matached by the boomer taking a step back.
  Hm, it looks like it's trying to avoid me, he thought. He shrugged his
shoulders. That doesn't matter, I'll just pick it off from her "Horizontal Blast
revised, Hiyru ShotenHa" he shouted loudly as a huge horizontal hurricane ripped
from his hands straight toward the boomer.
  Priss wasn't able to react to it in time as the blast engulfed her entirely.
She was blown backwards into the building, the wall collapsing in from the
impact. If it weren't for her wearing the armor, every bone in her body would
have been broken, especially her spine. It would have been shattered into a
million pieces.
  She slowly got up to her feet, cluching at her ribs. A few of her ribs must
have been bruised or broken.
  Man, that boomer even acts like it's in pain, Ranma thought with a bit of awe.
I can't believe Genom got this far with its AI chips. I really looks like its
hurt. For a quick second, he almost felt a bit of remorse.
  Priss slowly made her way back out of the building through the hole. She knew
she was done for, all the boomer would have to do is finish her off. But for
some reason, it wasn't moving. It just stood there, looking at her.
  Ranma took a few steps forward and stopped, still a bit cautious about
attacking. He knew the boomer was faking an injury, so he didn't want to be
fooled.
  "Hey, Priss, you okay?" Priss heard the communicator in her helmet come to
life "Just keep him busy for a minute. We're on our way"
  "Sylia" Priss spoke back "Stay away. This thing's a monster" But it was too
late. The communicator went off. Her friends were on their way. They would
surely die if they attacked this boomer. This boomer was probably capable of
taking on a dozen Knight Sabers. She knew what she had to do. She would have to
turn 
on the suits auto destruct mode and sacrifice herself and blow the boomer up in
the process.
  Ranma stood there for a few moments, wondering what the boomer is up to. It
wasn't moving. He knew there was no chance it could ambush him since he was too
far away. He could just finish it off with his Mouko Takabisha , but something
prevented him. He felt this bit of compassion toward the boomer. Even though it
was faking pain, it almost looked like it was really hurt.
  The ground behind him exploded as Ranma instinctively jumped forward out of
the way. He rolled to his feet to see a small crater in place of where he was
just a second ago "Damn, that was close" He looked up into the sky to see two
more boomers hovering above him. They all looked the same yet different. He
noticed they all had a slightly different exoskeleton and color. 
  Ranma could feel the adrenaline surging through him as he realized he was
outnumbered. This would be the hardest fight in his life. But as he stood there,
he knew there was a good chance he could take all of them down before he
succombed. He turned around to look at the boomer. He wanted to finish it off so
he wouldn't worry about it later on.
  When his eyes rested on that supposedly injured boomer, he was shocked to see
another boomer, a small purprle and pink one helping it out.
  Man, what kinda AI chips do these things have, he thought to himself. He
watched as the smaller boomer used its thrusters to fly it to safety, placing
the blue bommer down in the middle of the street a dozen meters away from him,
definitely out of his immdeiate reach.
  "You guys have to get out of here!" Priss told Nene "It's a goddamn moster!
It's got projectiles that's far worse than any boomer we ever encountered!"
  "What?!" Priss heard Sylia's voice from the communicator "It's got what?!"
  "Projectiles!" she talked into the communicator "They're powerful enough to
destry this entire town" 
  She looked up and noticed Linna and Sylia turn their attention toward her
after hearing something like that.
They looked back down at that single boomer and hover backwards a bit
defensively.
  "It's got a weakness" Priss said "It can't fly"
  Ranma's gaze back and forth between the two hovering boomers and the other two
in the middle of the street. It looked like they were trying to communicate with
each other. They were probably sending out radio waves that he couldn't hear.
  He knew there was one thing he could do if his assumption was correct. He
would have to destroy that injured boomer before it would transfer the data of
his fighting technique "Mokou Takabisha!" he said as he sent a ki blast
rocketing toward the two boomers on the street. He smile at the thought of
killing two boomers with one blast but was shocked to see the little purple and
pink boomer's boosters blaze into life as it jetted them both away from the huge
blast.
  "God, that thing's hot!" Nene commented as she looked at her suit. Part of her
armor was singed like Priss' 
armor. It was a lot worse than Priss' because she had reacted a bit late.
  Sylia and Linna, as they both hovered high in the sky, both shot several laser
blasts at the human-looking boomer, shocked to see it jump out of the way
skillfully. They watched the boomer roll to its feet and shout something.
  "Duo Hiyru Shoten Ha" Ranma said. He let loose two hurricane blasts, one
emerging from each fist. The first one was thrown vertically toward the sky as
the other was thrown horizontally. The vertical and horizontal blast engulfed
each other to form a diagonal blast directly toward the two hovering boomers. 
Suck on that ya damn boomers, Ranma though with a smirk.
  Both boomer managed to avoid the blast just in time, hovering to safety.
  "How the hell is it able to generate so much power?!" Nene said as she watched
her friends attack the boomer. Actually, it was more like the boomer attacking
her friends while they did all in their power to dodge its attacks "How can it
be so dangerous from a distance?!"
  "Waitaminute!!!" Priss said into her communicator "Maybe that's the only way
it's dangerous, from a distance. If you close the gap between the two of you,
you might stand a chance. It wouldn't be able to throw those blasts because it
would also get caught in it"
  Priss watched as her two friend nodded toward her to acknowledge her idea.
  "Let's get close to it and fight it hand to hand" Sylia said, readying to
punch right through the boomer. She had activated her exploding punch and was
ready to blow the entire boomer to pieces. Linna did the same. Slowly, both of
them hovered closer and closer toward the boomer on the ground.
  "That's it" Ranma said to himself with a smile "Come a little closer and taste
my Kashu TenshinAmaguriken. I'm gonna break both of your heads once ya get close
enough" He got into his battle stance, a smirk on his lips, as he waited
patiently for the two boomers to charge. He knew that this was where it would
all end. He was actually grateful. He was getting tired from throwing all those
ki-blasts. His breathing was heavy, and he would soon need some rest.
  "Why's it smiling?!" Linna said when she noticed the boomers lips.
  "I don't know" Sylia said "It's probably got something to do with the AI chip
it has"
  Both of them stopped hovering as Linna spoke "How come I got this funny
feeling that that's what the boomer wants, for us to get closer"
  While still in mid-flight, Sylia turned toward Linna, one eyes still
cautiously on the boomer "You saw what it could do from far away. Our only
chance is close combat"
  C'mon, why aren't you charging me, Ranma thought. Why are you two hesitating?
Does it have to do with their AI chips? Are they weighing the odds of close
combat as opposed to fighting from a disatance? I better not give them a chance
to react and finish the job now.
  Ranma leaped into the sky directly toward one of the boomers. He manuevered
his body in mid-flight so that his legs would wrap around one of the boomer's
arm while he would use one of his own arms to grab the boomer's other arms. That
would allow him to use his Kashuu TenshinAmaguriken on it while he held 
its limbs in place, allowing him to land every single blow on the boomer's
chest.
  "Eek!!!" Linna said as saw the boomer jump straight at her. Everything moved
in slow motion as she watched the boomer twist in mid-flight. Before she knew
what happened, the boomer was attached to her, holding her arms from moving
"Help!!!" She screamed into her communicator as she saw the boomer cock its arm
back, ready to smash a hole right through her chest.
  Ranma placed one of his feet and kicked as a laser blast almost took his head
off. He had used the boomer's chest to do a kickout so he would be propelled
backwards to avoid the laser shot. He twisted in the air and landed back on the
ground safely. He landed on the sidewalk  "Damn, how am I gonna be able to get
close to them to use my technique?" he said to himself.  He jumped out of the
way just as two bullets wizzed by his head. When he rooled to his feet and
looked toward where it had come from, he realized it was from the the purple and
pink boomer.
  "Whoa, that was close" he told himself "I better be more careful"
  He looked up toward the two hovering boomers and noticed they seemed a bit
distracted.
  "Are you okay?" Sylia said.
  "I-I'm fine" Linna said. But she wasn't. Her heart was beating faster than it
ever had. She had seen her life flash before her eyes. She thought she was going
to die right there, in mid-air.
  "Where'd it go?!" Sylia said as she realized the boomer was still nearby on
the ground somewhere. She placed a hand on Linna's arm as her booster went into
full blast, rocketing the two to a high altitude to avoid the boomer in case it
decided to jump again. Now that they were high enough from its jumping distance,
they were sitting ducks for that hurrican projectile that comes from its fists.
  Ranma looked up at the tow hovering boomers "Damn, I can't jump up and reach
them now, and I better not use my Hiyru Shoten Ha so I can save my energy" He
turned toward the two boomers in the middle of the street. The best coruse of
action was take care of those two. He started to run toward them.
  "Eek!!!" Nene said as she raised her hand and shot several laser blast in the
boomer's general direction, all of them missing "Stay away from me!!!" She
continued to shoot toward the boomer as it got closer and 
closer to the two of them.
  As Ranma got closer and closer, he wondered why that purple and pink boomer
was missing him so badly. Boomers had perfect aim, and this one was missing him
completely. Or then again, maybe it was missing him on purpose. Maybe it was a
trap. Ranma stopped dead in his tracks, not wanting to fall for a trap.
  You ain't gonna get me that easily, he thought to himself. He stood still
waiting for something to happen.
  "Why'd it stop?" Priss said as she slowly made it to her feet.  She was still
cluching her ribs, wincing as jolts of pain shot through her. She placed a hand
on Nene's shoulder he help keep her footing "Why is it hesitating? Why isn't it
attacking?"
  As Ranma stood still, even without having to look, he knew the other two
boomers had landed on the ground behind him. He didn't bother to turn around. He
knew they were trying to silently sneak up behind him. To let the boomers know
that he didn't realize they were behind him, he slowly made his way toward 
that purple and pink boomer, taking slow, steady steps, pretending his was
geeting ready for that boomer to shoot another laser blast at him. But he knew
it wouldn't because if it did, it might hit the other two boomers behind him.
  Priss and Nene watched silently as the boomer slowly made its way toward them.
They were holding their breath, not daring to breath. In just a few short
seconds, it would all be over. They both kenw that boomers had a weak spot that
they couldn't see what was coming up from behind them.
  Once Ranma knew the two boomers were close enough behind him, he squated low
to the ground and made a wide sweep backwards, hitting one of the boomers in the
ankle. A loud clank could be heard echoing through the streets of the slums as
his foot connected with solid steel. The boomer he sweeped fell to the 
ground cluching its one leg and the other boomer executed a perfect roundhouse
toward Ranma's head, intent on cleaving it off his shoudlers. Wasn't expecting
the boomer to kick him, him expecting it to attempt a punch, so he was caught a
bit off guard. All he could do was block the kick.
  The boomer's foot connected with Ranma outstretched arms, and when it hit him,
tiny boosters located around its ankle blasted, allowing it to follow the kick
through. Ranma could do nothing but absorb the impact. He was sent flying into
one of the building walls, the wall collapsing down on him.
  "Are you all right?" Sylia asked, squatting down next to Linna as she held her
ankle.
  "I think my ankle's broken" she said. She looked down at the armor around her
foot and noticed that part of it had been dented in by the shear impact of that
sweep "I can't believe it did that. How'd it know we were behind it?"
  "I don't know, but let's get outta here" Sylia said as she placed Linna's arm
around her shoulder and gently helped her to her feet "We have to retreat. That
thing's a monster"
  Slowly, the two made their way toward Priss and Nene.
  Ranma sat upright, holding his head "Man, that really hut" He rubbed at a sore
spot, wincing at pain jolted through his body. He then looked down at his ankle
"Damn, that metal's harder than I thought" His ankle was swollen a bit. He tried
to get up, but one of his arms wouldn't move. It must have been dislocated from 
the impact of that kick. He gritted his teeth as he used hid good arm to snap it
back into place. In all his years of fighting, he had never experienced so much
pain as what had just surged through his body "Arghh!!!! That hurt!!!!" After a
few moments, the pained died down and he was able to move his arm around a bit
"I guess it's than not being able to use it at all"
  "Damn, that was a nice kick" Ranma couldn't help but comment on "I never knew
boomers could kick that high" He threw some of the rubble off his body and used
his one good arm to stand up. Although he could still use his other arm, it was
almost useless. He brushed some of the debris off his shirt and made his way
back out the hold he had created when he slammed against the building. As he
stepped onto the sidewalk, he caught sight of four boomers huddle together.
  I have to hand it to 'em, Ranma thoguth. This was one helluva fight, and he
hadn't had this much fun in years. He knew that this would be his last fight and
he knew that he was going to go down fighting. The boomers were like nothing he
had ever fought before. He snapped a crick in his neck as he got back into his
battle stance "I guess it's time for round two" he said to himself.
  "Suck on this, boomers!" Ranma said as he launched another one of his blasts
"Duo Horizontal blast revised, Hiryu ShotenHa!" He let rip another massive
hurricane blast. Without hesitating, he let rip a second blast, the blast every
bit as powerful as the first. He decided to give it everything he got as he let
rip two more blasts "Duo Horizontal revisedm Hiryu ShotenHa!" All in all, he had
thrown four hurricane blasts, each one right after another.
  "Protect Priss!" Sylia managed to say just in time as the blasts enveloped
them. Nene and Linna had reacted instinctively and had jumped in front of Priss
just as all three girls were engulfed. They struggled for a second while within
the blast, but it was too much for them. They force of the blast propelled all
three girls backwards into Priss as they were all thrown into one of the
building walls. Although the three girls were in front of Priss to protect her
from the blast, Priss still got hurt as she was slammed up against the wall.
  Ranma took as step forward, cautious about charging. One of his arms wasn't
working, and his foot was aching from when he sweeped one of the boomers.
  Sylia, Linna, and Nene all fell to their knees, terribly shaken from the force
of the impact against the building. Their armor started to crack around their
chest. Priss wasn't as hurt since they protected her, but she still sustained
some damage to her armor. Her armor was still intact.
  "We must retreat!" Linna said as she slowly got to her feet "Our suits can't
take much more damage!" She was shocked to look down and see a large chunk of
her armor fall to the floor. The armors exoskeleton had fallen off. All that
remained was the thin inner armor that protected her body. She saw shocked to
see her other two friends' armor fall off.
  "Retreat!" Sylia said. She would have to worry about taking care of the boomer
later. The only thing she could do was upgrade their battle suits. It probably
wouldn't do much help against a boomer this powerful, but they would definitely
be better off than they were now.
  Sylia reached down and picked up the breast plate to her suit as Nene and
Linna did the same. She couldn't allow Genom to get hold of any part of their
armor. She then helped Priss to her feet "Let's get out of here"
  All three girls' booster bursted into life, only to die on them. Somehow,
their thrusters must have been damaged in that blast. They attempted again, but
it wouldn't work anymore. They couldn't retreat if they wanted to. They would
have to fight this boomer to the bitter end. The three girls got into their
battle stance. There was nothing else they could do but fight.
  Ranma seized the chance to attack. Now that they couldn't fly away, he would
now have a great advantage. They were stuck on the ground with him.
  Linna tried to punch the boomer's head off only to see it dodge her attack
skillfully. Before she knew it, she was being thrown through the air toward
Sylia. If her boosters had worked, she would had been able to twist in the air
to avoid her, but they didn't. She was slammed bodily into Sylia, the two of
them falling down on top of Priss.
  Ranma smiled he watched the boomers deperately try to get to its feet. He was
distracted for a moment as he wondered why the two boomers looked like they were
in pain, which was all that was needed for Nene to execute a kick to his ribs.
Ranma saw the kick coming but wasn't able to  dodge it in time. A sharp pain
surged through his body as he sent flying through the air. He twisted in the air
to land safely on his feet in the middle of the street. His gaze rested on the
boomer that had kicked him in the ribs. He cluched at his ribs "Damn, I can't
believe I couldn't dodge that. I could have easily dodged that in my other form"
he swore silently to himself "That boomer's gonna pay for that"
  He watched as the boomer charged into the street straight toward him, ready to
punch a hole through his gut "Horizontal blast revised, Hiryu ShotenHa!" he
shouted again as he ripped yet another hurricane blast loose. 
  The blast enveloped Nene entirely. Before the blast abated, he launched a
massive ki-blast "Mouko Takabisha" Ranma watched with a smirk as the ki-blast
was popelled forward from his hurricane blast. He watched at the boomer stuck
its had out to block it, but it was useless.The blast struck the boomer at such
intensity that it was blown backward several years, sliding on the ground to a
halt in the middle of the street.
  Nene was shaken terribly from the impact of that blast, but thanks to her
suit, she wasn't killed. She knew she would have the biggest headache the next
day, provided she survived this fight. As she laid their on the ground, she
wondered how on earth they were going to defeat this boomer. Her thoughts were
interupted when she felt this burning sensation on her chest. She looked down at
her chest and realized that her armor had melted from the intense heat. The
armor was glowing bright red. She knew that the heat would eventually engulf the
entire suit, and the best course of action was to get out of her suit before the
armor melted completely, fusing onto her skin and killing her.
   Nene quickly rolled around to her stomach and the back of her suit opened.
She quickly and instinctively got out of the suit before it turned into a pile
of metled metal. She stood there, in nothing but her skin-tight suit as she
stared down at what remained of her battle suit.
  Ranma started at the short, pink-haired girl is disbelief. What was going on
here? Why did a boomer just come out of that boomer? And why did that boomer
look totally human? 
  Sylia noticed that the boomer was distracted watching her friend break free
from her her suit. She used that oppertunity to land a powerful kick across the
boomer's back. She watched in disbelief as the boomer twisted in the air and
landed on the ground safely, unaffected by the attack. She wished that the
boosters in her legs were working because it they did work and went on during
her kick, she would have kicked that boomer in half at the waist.
  Ranma smirked as he rubbed his back a bit. He realized that that boomer's
power must be real low because that kick it landed didn't hurt at all. Now that
he was sure there was no way he could get hurt, he was about to have some fun.
  He lunged forward and shouldered the boomer right into its gut, falling down
ontop of it. He sat ontop of the boomer's stomach as his legs hook around the
back of the boomer's knees. He brought his fist backwards and he readied to
punch right through the boomer's weak spot, its open chest. Although he could
punch through a full armored boomer, he knew this would be easy since the outer
armor on the boomer's chest had fallen off.
  Ranma's hands glowed blue as he focus all his battle arua into his hand. He
would make the boomer die a horrible death. He wanted to make it where there was
no way Genom could salvage this prototype boomer. These boomers must have been
prototypes. None of the other boomers were remotely as advanced as these.
  As the boomer was about to punch a hole right through Sylia's chest, Linna
used her one good leg to propelled herself forward onto the boomer. She had
managed to put enough force behind her lung to knock the boomer off her friend,
managing to landing on top of it. The boomer punched her in the face once, but
her helmet managed to absorb most of the impact. Before it had a chance to punch
her again, he grabbed the boomers hand and entwinded her fingers with its and
pinned it down to the ground. The boomer used its other arm to punch her. The
punch had little affect. Linna knew that the boomer's left arm must had be
damaged. 
  She leaned forward and pressed her weight down on the boomers hands so its
arms would be pinned to the ground. She knew if it pinned the boomer to the
ground long enough, Sylia would be able to finish it off.
  Ranma gritted his teeth. The boomer was pinning him down. It wasn't attacking.
It was just holding him down. He knew that the boomer was waiting for the other
one to come and finish him off. He knew he had to get out of there and fast.
  Ranma gritted his teeth as pain from his injured shoulder shot through his
body. Ranma flexed his arms, using all his strenght to puch the boomer's arm
back. Despite the fact that the boomer rested most of its weight on his hand,
which must have been several hundred pounds, Ranma was able to move it back
slowly.
  Clenched his teeth. He pushed forward with all his might. If he didn't get
this boomer off him, he was a goner.
  Linna stared down in astonishment. She couldnt' believe such a small boomer
could generat so much power to overpower her suit and its weight. Her suit had
been recently upgraded yet it was still underpowered. She could hear the motors
in her arm strining to stay locked in place. She turned her attention toward
Sylia as she was slowly getting to her feet. "Help, it's getting up!"
  Ranma arched his hips upward as he brought his hand back down to his sides.
Since the boomer was holding his hands, it had no way of stopping itself from
faling forward from the forward momentum his hips and its weight had created. 
  The boomer hit its head on the ground with a loud thump as Ranma pushed it off
and got back onto its feet. That was a close call, he thought to himself.
  "Damn, that thing's also extremely strong!" Linna said as she quickly scooted
to her feet as she made her way to Sylia's side. She then shook the cobwebs from
her head from when it hit the ground "Even with our upgraded suits, it's not
enough!"
  Ranma smiled. These things aren't that hard. Their power supply seemed to have
been exhausted. He took a look over his shoulder toward that human looking
boomer. He saw it kneeling down next to that blue boomer cluching its ribs. It
looked like it was helping the injured boomer to its feet.
  Sylia noticed that the boomer's attention was toward Nene and Priss. It was
going to attack them. She stepped forward in front of the boomer, directly
between it and her two friends.
  Man, what's with these boomers, Ranma thought. Why is it helping each other
out? It's as if it's trying to protect the other two. He smiled. It didn't
matter though. He would get to them as soon as he finished this one off.
  "Lookout!!!" Lina managed to say to Sylia, but she was too late.
  Ranma lunged forward as he shouted "Kashuu TenshinAmaguriken" Hundreds and
hundreds of punches struck the boomer within mere seconds. Most of his attacks
struck the boomer's chest, but he landed several good shots on its head and gut
also.
  Linna watched in aboslute horror. She had no idea this boomer was this
dangerous upclose. Its physical attacks were far worse than its projectiles. She
watched as her friend was struck hundreds of times in the blink of an eye.
  Ranma cocked his arm back to shove his fist right through the boomer's chest,
but he hesitated. He saw the boomer in front of him fall down on to its hand and
knees. It fell down before his feet, no longer moving.
As his arm still remained back cocked backwards, he couldn't bring himself to
finish the boomer off. Before he knew it, a sharp pain surged trough his lower
back as he was sent flying through the air. He twisted in the air and landed on
his feet a few feet away.
  He watched as the boomer that kicked him knelt down before the boomer he had
just punched several hundred times. He couldn't explain why, but he felt a brief
sign of remorse as he watched the boomer help the damaged one. The boomer was
acting human, as if it were helping out a fallen comrade.
  "Sylia!!!" Linna said as she gently cradled her friend in her arms "Speak to
me!!! Wake up!!!"
  "Get away from here" Sylia managed to say before lapsing into unconsciousness.
  "No!" Linna said. She looked over at the boomer and then back at Sylia. She
had to get her friend to safety. She opened Sylia's suit up and took her into
her arms. She then proceeded to limp toward Priss and Nene "Get out of here!!!
Priss, use your boosters to take Nene and Sylia to safety!!! I keep it
distracted!!!"
  Linna felt something grab hold of her shoulder. She knew it was the boomer.
She and Sylia was done for. She placed Sylia to the ground and turned to face
the boomer. She had to go down fighting. She cocked her arm back and punched
toward the boomer, only to have the boomer catch her fist. She tried to punch it
with her other hand, but the boomer also caught it. It regarded Linna with
curious eyes.
  "What are you waiting for?!" Linna said "Finish us off"
  Ranma released his hold on the boomer's hands as he placed one of his his
hands over the boomer's throat but didn't squeeze. He watched as the boomer used
both of its hands to free itself from his grasp.
  Why isn't it trying to attack me, Ranma thought. What is this, some form of
self-preservation Genom incorporated into its AI chips. It should be fighting me
until it can fight no more. 
  He placed his other hand on the boomer's shoulder and ripped the outer armor
off. He then ripped the outer armor over the boomer's other shoulder. Even
though this was a boomer, Ranma wasn't enjoying this at all. Even though this
was the same kind of thing that killed his beloved Ukyo, his heart was aching. 
  As he held the boomer, Ranma looked down at the unconscious boomer behind it.
It looked human, just like that short, pink-haired boomer.
  Ranma turned his attention back onto the boomer he was holding, regarding it
curiously. Maybe this boomer was like the other ones. He brought the boomer
closer to himself as he inspected for some way of getting the inner armor off.
  I wonder how I can get this thing off, Ranma thought, still looking at the
boomer suriously. He was no longer scared of the boomer gurting him. It had
exhausted its energy supply. After a few moment, he saw something that might be
able to get that helmet-like skull off. He hooked two fingers under the boomer's
chin and yanked upward, ripping the skull off the boomer. 
  Ranma realized he was right. There was another boomer underneath. This must be
some kinda exoskeleton armor or somethin, he thought. To his surprise, he found
himself staring into the eyes of a beautiful female boomer with short black
hair. 
  Linna stared up into the boomer's eyes. She didn't know what to do. There was
nothing she could do. She was in the mercy of this boomer. Actually, boomers
didn't know what mercy was meaning she was as good as dead. But why was it
looking at her curiously? 
  The boomer let go of Linna's neck. It stood there, doing nothing.
  Linna used the boomer's hesitation to get herself and Sylia to safety. She
quickly knelt down and threw one of Aylia's arm around her shoulders, but when
she took a step, her ankle throbbed as she fell to the ground cluching her
broken ankle in pain. It was from when that boomer had sweeped her earlier.
  Ranma stepped forward. He couldn't believe how human these boomers acted. It
actually looked like it was in pain. It actually made his heart ache. He caught
himself almost wanting to kneel down and help the boomer out.
  He didn't know wh, but he couldn't finish these two boomers off. He couldn't
finish any of them off. They were acting way too human, and it bothered him.
Even though they were acting, Ranma had a soft spot. He would never kill human,
and his hesitation proved it. 
  Ranma continued to look at the boomer curiously. He didn't really need to kill
these boomers. If he met them again, he would be able to defeat them again.
During thise battle, he had only exerted a fraction of his energy. There was no
need to kill these boomers. He didn't have to worry about them returning back to
Genom headquarters and give them data on his fighting abilites because all of
his energy came from his ki, and there was no way Genom could reporduce that. Ki
was something only humans could possess.
  Why isn't it attacking, Linna thought. She didn't care though. If it wasn't
then that mean she might be able to get Sylia to safety. One one leg, she
half-dragged Sylia toward where Priss and Nene was. 
  Maybe its best that I finish 'em off, Ranma thought. He didn't want to
underestimate them. He didn't want them coming back and perhaps finishing him
off. Afterall, since these boomers had fought him, they would be familiar with
his way of fighting. 
  Ranma shrugged his shoulders. This was the best thing to do. Even though he
would most likely not sleep well tonight, there was no better way. Once thing he
had learned over the decades of training was not to underestimate his opponents.
  He walked up to one of the boomers and grabbed it by the neck. He slowly began
to squeeze.
  Linna knew the end was near as she tried desperately to make the boomer
release its grasp. It was futile thought. She was too weak to fight anymore.
Whatever feeble attempts she used to make it let go would be useless. She
swallowed the lump in her throat as se waited for death to take her. Tears
started to form around her eyes as she realized she would never be able to do
the things she always wanted to do, that this would be her fate, to die by a
boomer's hands.
  Ranma released his hold, shocked. He couldn;'t believe the boomer was crying.
What kind of boomer is this, he thought. This seemed to make him feel a huge
wave of remorse. He just had to find out "Are you scared to die?" he asked.
Although he didn't like asking something like that since it made him feel like
some kind of monster, but he just wanted to see how the boomer would respond. He
was amazed at how well the boomers could imitate human, but he wanted to know if
it had any form of human emotion.
  Linna gasped for breath. After a few moments, she looked up at the boomer. Did
she hear correctly? Did the boomer just ask if she was afrid to die? What was it
doing, toying with her? She wiped the tears from her eyes but said nothing.
  "I figured" Ranma said "You can imitate human emotion, but you can never feel
it. For a moment there, I felt compassion toward you. What a fool I am" He bent
down and picked Linna up by her collar. He cocked an arm back, ready to cave
this boomer's face in and end its so-called life. But he stopped when the boomer
spoke in a soft and timid voice.
  "W-what are you talking about?" she said.
  "I said you seem to imitate human emotions quite convincingly, but you would
never be able to feel it" Ranma repeated "For a moment there, I felt
compassionate not to terminate you"
  "Compassion? How can you feel compassion?" Linna said. She couldn't believe
the response her words had made on the boomer. It released its grasp on her.
  "You mean you're human?" Ranma asked slowly, cautiously. He looked down at the
boomer that was on the ground, supposedly unconsious.
  Linna nodded cautiously "Yes, of course I'm human" She noticed the boomer was
looking at Sylia. When her gaze rested on Sylia, she noticed a trickle of blood
flowing from her mought. Tears started to form around her eyes again as she ran
toward her friend's side. She didn't care if the boomer was going to kill her,
but she wouldn't let the boomer hurt her friend unless she was dead.
  Tears started to form around his eyes as he watched Linna craddle Asylia in
her arms, tears flowing freely. At that moment, he realized that there was no
way she could be a boomer. He saw Linna cry and he realized that she was human.
He knew one thing that could never happen, boomers crying 
  He turned around "What have I done?! I-I thought you were a boomer" He looked
down at the ground ashamed. He couldnt believe he had almost killed someone. Her
death would have been on his hands for the rest of his life. He had been
steadfast to protecting people from boomers, but here he was, about to kill the
people he was supposedly protecting.
  Linna looked up at Ranma. Boomers wer programed not to attack other boomers,
meaing if he thought she was a boomer, then that meant he was human since boomer
deviate from its programming "Y-you mean you're not a boomer?"
  Ranma turned to face Linna "No, I'm not" He bent down next to Sylia and
checked for her pulse "Oh god, what have I done?!" He sighed when he felt a
steady yet weak pulse. He gently picked Sylia up in his arms, her head resting
against the crook of his neck and shoulder as her arms fell over his back "We
have to get her to a hospital"
  "You get away from her!" Ranma heard the pink haired girl yell at him "You
leave her alone"
  Ranma stopped for a moment before replying "We need to get all of you to a
hospital" When he received a confused look from Nene, he continued "I'm sorry
for this. I thought you were boomers. That's why I attacked you. I thought you
were boomers"
  He looked down at Linna with soft eyes "Are you all right? Can you walk?"
  Linna looked down at her broken ankle and then back up at Ranma. She nodded
her head "I-I think so" She tried to put a bit of pressure on her foot, but it
was too much for her as she feel forward"
  Ranma reached forward and grabbed Linna's arm before she hit the ground "Here,
he said, lettme help"
  Linna didn't pull her arm away from Ranma's grasp. She couldn't help but
notice how warm his hands felt as they were pressed against her. She could feel
her heart skip a beat as Ranma knelt down and thre one of her arms around his
shoulder "Here, lean against me"
  As Ranma gently carried Sylia, Linna took careful steps as she leaned her
weight against it. She was so close to him that she could smell the faint scent
of his perspiration. It looked like the battle had taken a bit out of him.
  Nene left Priss' side and ran forward and stopped in front of Ranma and Linna
"I stay you stay away from them!" She had no idea what she was going to do, but
she had to get her friends to safety. She took a step back as Ranma looked at
her with soft eyes.
  "Look," Ranma said "I'm sorry for what happened. I thought you were boomers.
You're friend here made me realize that you're human. I'm human also, just like
you"
  Nene said nothing. She just stood there and looked up at Ranma in disbelief.
He was human? How could that be? Her sensors had never picked it up. But then
again, the power that he was able to generate might have keep her sensors from
picking it up.
  "Are you okay?" Ranma looked over Nene's shoulder toward Priss, who was trying
to stand up while cluching her ribs. She had managed to make it to her feet, but
she couldn't walk. It was too painful. He stepped up to Priss and extended one
of his hands forward. He used his other hand to carry Sylia. 
  Priss just stared down at Rama's outstretched hand. What kind of joke is that,
she thought. This boomer was acting human. There was no way a human could
genterate this much power "You're not human. You lie" She gritted her teeth as
pain shot throughout her body as she cocked her arm back. She was about to cave
this boomer's face in, but the pain was too much for her to bare.
  She fell to her knees in pain. Nene rushed to her side and grabbed hold of her
"Priss, are you all right?"
  "Do you need help?" Ranma asked. 
  Priss shook her head. She didn't need his help. Even though there was no way
she could do anything, and her suit and her body had taken too much damage, she
didn't want his help.  
  "Well, I don't care. You need my help" Ranma said. He reached forwad and took
hold of Priss' arms and was about to help her to her feet, but Priss jerked her
arm away. 
  She cluched at her ribs as pain shot through her from when she jerked her arm.
She quickly removed her helmet as a small trickle of blood emerged from her
mouth. The pain was intense and piercing. She was in trouble. She would pass out
from the pain in just a few moments from now.
  "Your ribs are broken" Ranma said "You mustn't do this to yourself or your
ribs will pucture one of your lungs. You have to take it easy" He reached out
forward again to take her arm but he didn't take it. He waited for her to take
his hand this time. Even though he knew she was the prideful type, he knew she
needed his help. He smiled as Priss took his hand and slowly made her way to her
feet. 
  Nene rushed to Priss' side and threw one of her arms over her shoulders. Priss
smiled a bit as she realized how much the pain had went away now that Ranma and
nene was helping her out.
  "Which way to the nearest hospital?" he said. He had no real idea where he
was. He knew he was on some deserted, slum-like, man-made island that was
usually used as testing grounds for Genom's prototypes. He had found out that
this was where most of the advanced boomers were being tested, and he wanted to
get rid of them before they had a chance to be put into production.
  "The nearest one if five miles west of here" Linna said pointing toward the
horizon where the sun was now setting.
  "Damn" he swore as he clenched his teeth "That's gonna take over two hours to
walk" He turned to face Priss and then looked over at Nene "What are we gonna
do?"
  "I'm going to call Mackie" Nene said as she turned her attention toward Priss
"I'll use your communicator to call him" She scotted out from under Pirss' arm
and walked over to where her friend had dropped her helmet. She picked it up.
  "Mackie. Mackie"  Nene syelled into the helmet "You there? Mackie"
  A voice came from the helmet "Mackie here. What is it Nene?"
  "We're in trouble" she said "We need you to come pick us up. I'm sending you
our coordinates" She opened up a small panel on the side of the helmet to reveal
a small number pad. She then punched in a few numbers.
  "Now what?" Ranma said. He didn't know how long it would take for this
so-called Mackie to arrive.
  "We wait" Linna said.

  Ranma entered the tiny room carrying Sylia and Nene's battle suits, each suit
slung around each shoulder. Sylia's suit, although the front was dented and the
breast plate was gone, was still intact. Nene's suit wasn't so lucky. Most of
the metal had metled into a heaping mess.
  "Where'd ya like me to put this?" Ranma said. 
  "In the corner" Linna said.
  Ranma and the four girls were in a tiny room that was in one of the abandonned
buildings. They needed to take cover because the Knight Sabers didn't want their
identities revealed in case a boomer was running around. The room was only a few
meters wide, and there was a bit a debris everywhere, but it was good enough for
now.
  Linna watched as Ranma placed the suits in the corner like she had said. She
was bumbfounded as wondered how Ranma was able to carry two suits at once. Each
suit weighted several hundred pounds and he was carrying both of them like they
were as light as a feather. Both suit must have weight somewhere around a
thousand pounds combined.
  Ranma walked over to the window and loked out. The front window of the
building "When's your backup gonna get here?" They had been in the building for
around fifteen minutes already. He was starting to get impatient. For every
minute passed, the chance of Sylia not waking up was more probable.
  Nene walked up to Ranma and stood next to him, the top of her head reaching
his chin "He'll be here in a little while. It takes a litte time for him to get
the transport ready. That's all"
  Ranma squinted his eyes "Hey, what's that over there. Is that your friend?" He
pointed toward four hovering dots about two miles away from where they were
hiding out.
  "No," Nene said "those look like boomers. Afterall, this is a boomer training
ground" She looked more carefully "Those must be the boomers we wanted to
intercept"
  "Huh?"
  "We heard Genom," Linna said as she got up and slowly made her way to Ranma
and Nene, usuing the walls for support. When Ranma saw her standing next to him,
hereached out and gently placed her arm around his shoulder "We heard Genom was
trying out some new prototype boomers around here and we were waiting for them
to arrive. That is, until you attacked us"
  Ranma scratched the back of his head "Oh, you were here to do that also?
That's why I was here. I wanted to blow them up before they can go into
production. That ought to hit Genom where it hurts"
  "Why are you doing this?" Priss couldn't help but ask. She stayed where she
was, in the back of the room, next to the unconscious Sylia.
  "You mean about my hatred toward Genom?" Ranma started out slowly. When Priss
nodded, he sighed and spoke "My best friend, Ukyo, was killed by a combat boomer
that Genom created. The boomer went beserk and killed her. the boomer should
have never been created in the first place. And for that, I'm gonna make Genom
regret having done so. It's all personal"
  Nene gasped "Oh no. Look over there, there's Mackie" She pointed toward the
ground where a truck was coming down one of the deserted streets toward the
building. The truck could be easily spotted by those boomers from high above
"He's gonna be seen!"
  Ranma gentely let Nene take hold of Linna as he smiled a bit "If those are the
prototype boomers we came here to destroy, then I'll take care of it" He then
quickly ran out of the building "I already got my second wind"
  Curiosity got the better of Priss as she slowly and cautiously made her way to
where Nene and Linna was standing. Once there, Nene threw her arm around her
should as she held both Linna and Priss stand. Together, the three girls watched
as Ranma walked out to the middle of the street and wave toward the incoming
truck.
  "Over here" Ranma said as he waved his hands. He wanted to get this Mackie
person out of harm's way while he did his business. He pointed toward the
building as Mackie stopped the truck and look at him cautiously "They're in that
building. Don't worry, it's not some trap. Damn, they're already here!!!"
  A massive explosion explodedon the ground just behind Mackie's truck. The
truck was sent flying forward and skidded to a halt a few feet away. Another
explosion struck the side of the truck this time as the truck was toppled over
onto its side. 
  Ranma quickly hopped ontop of the truck and opened the driver's side door and
reached in a grabbed Mackie's arm "Quickly, get into the building. Those damn
boomer's saw ya!" With one arm, he lifted Mackie out of the truck and placed him
down on the ground. When he noticed Mackie just standing there, staring at him,
he shouted "Hurry, get outta here! Here they come"
  Another explosion occured, this time a few feet away from Ranma. Ranma was
blown backwards off the truck, lanind on the ground on his back with a loud
thump. He quickly flipped back up onto his feet, wiping a bit of blood trickling
from his mouth "That was a lucky shot"
  He quickly jumped out of the way as another blast exploded right where he was.
He continued to do this as the four boomers got closer and closer. He watched
intently for the boomers' next attacks as they all landed on the street about
twenty feet in front of him. Each boomer looked slightly different from each
other, and was carrying a heavy arsenal of equipment. Two boomers had rocket
launchers attached to their shoulders while carrying a shield while the other
two each carried two large calibur tank rifle. All four stood close to two
stories high.
  Ranma ran straight toward the four boomers as they all opened fire on him. His
voice echoed through the empty streets of the abandoned town.
  "Mouko Takabisha!!!"

I guess I left this story off where it was gettin' interestin', ne? I guess I
better comtinue it....


-OneShot
Jeffrey Keith Wong: jeffwong@li.net
http://www.rit.edu/~jkw7063/fanfic/index.htm
http://www.li.net/~jeffwong/index.htm
The latter site has been updated on Aug 4th.