Rage of the Rathalos (Saga)

[Proto Man]

The situation had degraded rather quickly, even with the onset of additional warriors of the anti-dragon disposition. A swordsman had almost been successful in martyring himself by hopping aboard one of the dragons. The man had nailed the creature with a vicious successions of blows before being hurtled into the wall with a resounding thud. Proto Man had only been paying half-attention to the Rathalos, as its female partner was trying her hardest to smash him into the floor.

When it seemed like the male had the two ladies and the swordsman on the retreat, Harry had attempted to hold back the green dragon. His noble efforts proved pointless when Ganondorf arrived. Discarding his previous indifference, the tall man joined the fray, and after being beaten around himself, he turned into an enormous boar-like creature. At the same time, the youth in the green tunic arrived on the scene, and although he seemed intent on fighting Ganondorf, Harry managed to intervene. Whether or not the wizard had changed Link’s mind would be revealed in time, but for now, Proto Man set his eyes on the Rathalos. If Ganondorf wanted to wrestle a dragon by himself, the android would let him be.

Setting his sights on the two women fighting the hovering red dragon, Proto Man glanced down at his arm cannon and smirked. As he took a step forward, he got a pop-up in the corner of his display. System Patched – Proto Buster Upgrades Online. Overclocking Unlocked. Download available when ready. It took the preteen all of three seconds to initiate the system overclock. With a grin, Proto Man stopped and looked up at the roof of the cavern. A beam of electricity arched down from nowhere and struck his tiny figure, bathing him in light. When the teleport beam faded, the preteen could feel the new plating on his body, even if the suit of armor covered most of it anyway.

“This is nice!” Proto Man shouted as he leveled the Proto Buster with the Rathalos. “Assault Mode!” The barrel of the cannon flashed before unleashing a steam of energy bursts at the red dragon. Smiling from ear to ear, the android rushed the Rathalos as the stream of energy pellets slammed into the creature’s side. A roar escaped the beast as it dropped to the ground and turned to bring its fiery maw to bear on the robot.

Before it could do whatever it planned to do, the Rathalos was struck in the side of the face by the hammer-wielding warrior. She let out a ‘whoop’ as she reeled back with the large weapon and came in for another go. This time she lacked the element of surprise and had to dive to the side to avoid a blow from one of the wings, but even as she was forced backwards, Samus and Proto Man laid into the dragon with charged blasts from their respective weapons.

Rushing toward the landed Rathalos, Proto Man gritted his teeth and dropped into a well-timed baseball slide as the creature’s toothy mouth snatched toward him. As he passed under the dragon, the android aimed his arm cannon and fired. “Shotgun!” The preteen shouted as the energized slug erupted from the barrel of the gun, hitting the Rathalos in the chest and neck with enough force to cause the beast’s feet to leave the ground for a split-second.

Rolling out from under the enraged beast before it could retaliate; Proto Man scrambled to his feet and brought his ‘reloaded’ weapon to bear on it once again.