Road Rovers The Ghost Warrior Chap 2

Road Rovers
The Ghost Warriors
Chapter two
Adrian Awakes PT.1

Nightblade awoke from his forced sleep. The Transdogmafier dart had done it's job to ensure the nano-bots would be successful in taking over the young warrior's mind. In his drowsy state, Nightblade labored to turn his head to examine the room that contained him. The room was a dull grey with computers and viles of multi-colored liquids bubbling gently. The wolf looked beside him to see a towering computer making a high-pitched beeping noise every three seconds.

He was a little more awake but still tried to wake himself up. Nightblade looked down to his body and was shocked at what he saw. He appeared more human than wolf, with a more muscular chest, legs, and arms. His former front legs were now more arm-shaped and well defined. Clenching his new fist together, he wondered how his paws became paw-hands. Nightblade noticed he was clad in a white and blue robe that covered everything except his hands and feet.

As he layed his head back down to ease his increasingly, he heard a tough male voice ask "Have a good nap my friend?" as a man in a black cut sleeve and tan pants came out of the shadows towards Nightblade.

Beginning to shake the weariness from his eyes, the young warrior managed to ask the man "What happened to me? Why am I like this? Who are you?"

The man gave a menacing smile and replied in a suave tone of voice, "My name is General Parvo. I made you the way you are by injecting you with nano-bots. You are now one of the most powerful lupo-sapiens on earth. How do you feel my friend?"

Nightblade stared blankly at the ceiling for a moment before replying in a deep voice, "…Reborn…"

With a satisfied nod, Parvo gestured towards the door and said, "Come with me my friend, I have some gifts for you to have."

Indeed, Adrian felt more powerful than ever. When he slowly raised his wrists, the metal clamps holding his hands down began to uproot themselves. Adrian noticed this and tried to raise his wrist again but with much more force. In an instant, the screws holding down the clamp flew out of their sockets, hurtling the clamp against the opposing wall. He does the same against the other three clamps with the same result.

Parvo reared back in surprise but grins soon afterward. "Excellent…" he commended the Lupo-sapien. "You have become as strong as all the Road Rovers combined."

Nightblade slowly stepped onto the white-tiled floor to get a better grip on walking with only two legs. With a slight gasp, Nightblade suddenly remembered his family and quickly turned to Parvo and asked without hesitation "Where is my pack? My family? Are they safe?"

Doing his best to hide the truth from his apprentice, General Parvo gave a down-casted look and answered solemnly, "I'm afraid that the Road Rovers took them to a secret compound to have them questioned and eventually destroyed…I'm sorry my friend."

Adrian reared back in horror. His pack did nothing to the Road Rovers, and they were being unjustly tortured? Nightblade fought back the sadness that was filling up inside him, but at the same time, he felt the nano-bots feeding off his rage. Adrian clenched his fists together and released a fierce howl, with sound waves alone powerful enough to reduce the room to a sparking wreck.

"WHERE ARE THEY?!" Adrian growled viciously as he stepped toward Parvo.

General Parvo remained calm through Adrian's rage-induced episode, very pleased with how the nano-bots were able to fuel the wolf's emotion, and answered, "My friend, your anger is justifiable, but in time, you will avenge your pack by defeating the Road Rovers. To do so, you must undergo some training to control your new powers. Now, if you come with me I have some gifts for you that will aid you in your training and eventual encounter with the Rovers."

Nightblade stared blankly at the General, and without even thinking twice, he gave a simple reply. "Yes…master Parvo."

Hunter surveyed the scene, wondering why Parvo would be going out of his way to create another group of Cano-mutants.
"'Unter!" Colleen called out to the leader. "We have some authorities to talk to." She pointed to a group of three park rangers who were approaching them.

Hunter walked up to the rangers and greeted them, while trying to hide his wondering thoughts. "Hey guys, whatcha need?"

The ranger in front approached Hunter calmly. The ranger, who was a tall guy in his late thirties with green eyes and short blonde hair, answered calmly "Can you Rovers track down and retrieve the missing wolf pack?"

Hunter nodded in agreement.

"Hunter!" Exile called out, while signaling for the Retriever to come over to his position. "We've found something!"

The Road Rovers and park rangers walked over to where Exile was. They saw a small dart with a feather sticking out one end and a long needle on the other end.
"What is it?" Hunter asked curiously as he examined the dart.
"Can't sayski. We should bring it back headquarters and see what it is" Exile said intently.

Hunter noticed a light, glowing green liquid coming out of the needle end of the dart. He picked up the dart and muttered to himself, "And what this liquid is…"

As Hunter continued to try to put things together in his head, his thoughts were interrupted by Blitz.

"Hunter, I've found something that could help us" the German Doberman informed, while holding up a small tuff of black hair.

A smile crossed Hunters face and thought, "Finally, our first clue to this mystery." He then said, "Great work, Blitz. Now we can identify at least one of the pack members, and where there is one, the rest of the pack can't be too far!"

The blonde-haired ranger approached Hunter once again and took a quick look at the tuff of hair and realized who it belonged to. "That looks like Adrian's hair. He is one of the Alpha's sons that live in this area."

Intrigued by this information, Hunter probed, "What can you tell me about Adrian?"

The Ranger responded "Well Adrian's parents, the alphas, stand about 4 feet tall each from paw to shoulder. The alpha male is pure white, while the alpha female is more of a gray. Their daughter, Aurora, is very good natured. She's a cream-colored wolf about the same size as her parents. Brent is a little more on the fun side for a beta and is colored like his father. And last but not least is Nathan, the youngest of the pack. He isn't afraid to defend himself when need be; his fur color is more of a light brown."

Hunter nodded and said in a determined tone, "Don't worry guys. We'll get your wolves back. Let's roll, Rovers!"

Altogether, the whole team went back to the Sky Rover. As soon as they did, the ship's engines roared to life, lifting into the air and blasting off into the setting sun.


Adrian stared at himself in the mirror, and as he stared at his reflection, several questions circulated through his mind, with no answers in sight.

"What is my purpose, Could there be more to this story then he's telling me? No, why would someone save someone else's life just to lie to them? He saved me…so I guess I owe him at least the benefit of the doubt. " he thought as he gazed onto his new uniform, which was a black spandex suit to help contain his new powers, with blue-striped arrows around the knees and elbows. A blue stripe around his waist carried a wolf symbol in the front. A giant "PR" logo, which stood for Phantom Rover, decorated just under his yellow collar. Blue pincer-like stripes came down from his shoulders and descended until they connected with the waistline stripe.

As he continued to stare into the mirror, he heard the door hiss open. Adrian turned his head around and saw General Parvo standing in the doorway. Nightblade turned around fully to greet his new master in a dark tone, "Yes master Parvo?"

Parvo fixed his gaze on his new lupo-sapien apprentice and answered, "I'm here to give you these as a token of my esteem." What Parvo held in his hands was a large cloak with blue tiger-like stripes and two bright green swords and their scabbards on a belt.

Adrian took the belt with the sword scabbards and placed them around his waist and took one of the swords, holding it in front of him; He quickly swung the blade diagonally and held the blade in both his hands sideways, wondering why green glowing stripes swirled around the blade.

"Those are energy swords…"General Parvo began explaining "Those are built to absorb the energy of your opponents after each strike, making your opponent easier to deal with."

Adrian sheathed his sword and grabbed the tiger-striped cloak.

General Parvo began to explain the cloaks abilities as Nightblade connected the cloak's gold medallion, which was brandished with a "P" together. "This cloak carries your special effects. If you're wondering what those special effects are, let's just say that fifty percent of a battle is first impressions, and this cloak will give you a perfectly fearsome first impression…heh heh heh heh."

Adrian raised an eyebrow and turned to the mirror as he placed the hood over his head, and what he saw astounded him. Before him in the mirror was the image of a skeleton wolf, with flames breathing out of his eye sockets, nostril, and mouth. Adrian gasped and pulled the hood down, and as he did, the haunting specter went away.

General Parvo asked with a throaty chuckle in his voice, "Amazing, aren't they?"

All Nightblade could answer was a meek "Yes Master."

Adrian directed his attention to his master again, who lost his smile and asked Adrian with a provocative tone "Are you ready to prove yourself to me in the simulation room, my apprentice?"

Nightblade narrowed his eyes and declared with gusto in his voice, "I will not fail you master!"

Beaming with pride, General Parvo answered, "Then follow me…"

The two walked out of the preparation room into the hallway to the simulation room.

The simulation room was an all black tile room with a gigantic mirror-like ball in the center of the ceiling.

Nightblade stood at the door leading into that room, with his head lowered slightly and eyelids nearly crushed together. His muscles tightened in anticipation for whatever Parvo has waiting for him on the other side of the door. As Nightblade mentally prepared himself for battle, his master's hoarse voice came over the headset he was given him just before he arrived.

"Are you ready, my friend?" Parvo asks intently.

Showing no sign of emotion, Adrian slowly opened his eyes and answered darkly, "As I'll ever be…"

"Use your hood, my apprentice" General Parvo instructed his apprentice-in-training as the door slowly opens vertically. "Remember, first impressions are always important to battle."

Adrian his face displayed no emotion; his eyes showed no mercy. His weapons, powers, and attitude were set to vengeance. He set the hood over his head, which immediately turned him into the visual personification of a Phantom Rover. Nightblade slowly walked into the light and was amazed at the sight before him. Where there was supposed to be a room, he was instead in the middle of the ancient roman coliseum. Undaunted by the change of scenery, Adrian kept his face under his cloak and awaited his opponents.

General Parvo sat in the emperor's booth with a wide grin on his face, he stood up and proclaimed loudly, "Let the fighting commence!"

The holographic ancients cheered loudly at the proclamation.

Nightblade raised his eyes and fixed his attention on the gate directly across from him. The gate began to open slowly and hidden in the shadows, where seven thin figures with glowing red eyes and light coming from their robotic chests. Nightblade didn't even flinch. He scowled and vowed darkly to himself, "I will avenge you all…and anyone who stands in my way best learn to sleep with an eye open."