Outlaw Star: Maximum Output!

"Does this one look good on me, Ayana?"

Ayana looked Yuri over. Yuri had on a backwards New York black hat, baggy blue jeans and a Phat Farm T-shirt along with a pair of Lugz boots.

Ayana held her chin and cocked an eyebrow in contemplation, "Yeah, it looks good. If you're doing a rap video. Try something else."

Yuri shrugged her shoulders and went back into the dressing room. Moments later, she came out in tight, leather pants, a black T-shirt, a black leather vest and knee-high black boots.

Ayana's eyes widened, almost bugging out.

Yuri asked, "How do I look?"

Ayana looked at her strangely and said, "Like the president of the Matrix, Trinity wannabe fan club."

Yuri cocked an eyebrow and asked, "Trinity?"

Ayana covered her face with her hand, shaking her head,"Just take it off...."

Yuri stepped back into the dressing room once more. Ayana plopped down on a nearby chair and let out an exhausted sigh, "This is gonna be a long day...."

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Meanwhile, Dr. Zanden was on the phone at the lab,"You have him? Excellent. Keep him there until we arrive." He hung up the phone and looked at the two guards who were held responsible for letting Yuri's escape,"It seems that your luck has made a change for the better. The man you whom described as the thief is now in the care of the Star Storm Pirates." The two guards unnoticeably let out a sigh of relief. "You are excused, gentlemen," concluded Zanden.

The two guards exit with haste, relieved that they got off without any punishment.

As soon as they got far enough to consider being out of earshot, one the guards exclaim, "Man, I thought our asses were grass!"

The other replied in a more quiet tone, "Yeah, but if you keep gloating out loud like that, we might get in trouble anyway."

The first guard smirked cockily, "C'mon, man! What could happen to us now? We're off the hook!"

The sound of a man clearing his throat was heard. They both slowly turned around to see Dr. Zanden standing there with a stern look on his face and his arms crossed over his chest,"You were saying, gentlemen?"

Only one phrase could explain this complex misunderstanding of a predicament and they both spoke it in unison,"Oh, shit..."

Dr. Zanden nodded, "Indeed."

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Tyler stood outside on the street facing the woman who stood 20 feet in front of him. They both were sizing each other up. Searching for weaknesses and flaws in each other's stances. There were none either of them could see. The fight was being watched by the bar customers and other bystanders.

They each thought the same exact thing: "This kid is as good as dead."

Tyler thought to himself, "Dammit! Why did I let Ayana talk me into leaving my sword behind?! If I'm not careful, I'm dead..."

"DIE!!!"

The woman lunged at him with her short sword in a position to skewer the young outlaw jumped out of her path of destruction, rolling on the ground and back to his feet.

He thought to himself again, "How in the hell could she jump that far?!"

She jumped at him again, giving him no time to dodge and unleashed 3 spinning kicks in mid air, knocking him at least 8 feet back.

She jumped at him with her short sword raise above her head,"YAHHHHH!" 

Tyler quickly scrambled from his position just before she brought down the blade. Striking the ground, there was a 2 foot deep slit in the ground. As soon as Tyler thought he had time to think, she was up in the air, coming down at him with the short sword.

She snarled, "Come 'er, you!"

Tyler ran towards a wall and ran upwards, pulling off a back flip from the wall to make her run into it. But instead, she grabbed him in the air, while he was upside down and dropped down, slamming him head first into the ground. She picked him up and smiled evilly at him. The look of her cat like eyes, were as cold as ice. She tossed him upwards and then roundhouse kicked him in the side of his head so hard that his body slid across the ground and slammed into a brick wall. 

Tyler panted in exhaustion as he stood up in a ready battle stance, "I can't hit a woman," he said to himself, "Besides, she's impossibly strong."

The woman smirked, "What's wrong? Are we all out of energy already? In that case, I'll just finish you now."

The people watched on in fear of what the woman might do next. Tyler came to a decision. He had no choice but to fight this woman. He was always taught not to, but he was sure a line had to be drawn at some point. Suddenly, the look of uncertainty on his face was replaced with one of determination. She charged at him with the short sword once more. Tyler ducked under her sword swing and gave her a sweep kick, which she quickly jump over. She then threw a straight punch at Tyler who dodged to the side, and grabbed her are to flip her over onto her back. He found himself being flipped over and tossed into the air instead.  She jumped into the air after him and pulled him back down to the ground with a traditional body slam.

She stepped back and put her hands on her hips with a cruel smirk,"Pathetic. I'm not even close to breakin' a sweat!"

Tyler stumbled back to his feet. His vision was slightly blurred, going in and out of focus, "Shit..."

The woman put her short sword away and said, "Say good-bye, little boy."

Her body began to acquire a red energy glow. Tyler stood in his firm, battle stance with his eyes closed.

The bystanders watch and became restless.
"What's he doing?!"

"I think he's praying for a miracle."

Tyler began to mutter a phrase over and over again. He was in deep concentration.

"DIE!!!" The woman screamed as she charged him with a red energy flow around him and a killer intent look in her eye.

Tyler opened his eyes and jumped into the air at her with a battle cry, "AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Suddenly, the woman knew nothing but the pain of each connecting mid-air spin kick colliding with her face, all within a 2 second time length, sending her back 3 feet and making her land flat on her behind. She sat there and looked up at Tyler with an enraged expression. Her hood had fallen off, exposing her long, blue hair. Tyler would agree that she was a babe, except for the big pointy ears. Big, pointy ears?! His eyes went wide as he was going to have a heart attack from what he saw. Tyler was fighting with a Ctarl Ctarl.

"Holy shit!" Tyler took a step back. The Ctarl Ctarl stood up and growled, showing her sharp teeth. She looked like she was on the verge of transforming.

Suddenly, the bystanders began a mob fleeing in terror shouting out things like, "It's a Ctarl Ctarl!"

"She's gonna eats us!"

"Run for your lives!"

And the most popular phrase, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Tyler took another step back and grinned nervously. "Uh, nice kitty...."

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Yuri came out of the dressing room with a white gi with a sleeveless top, a black karate belt and a red bandana, "This one?"

Ayana cocked an eyebrow and then sighed, "Take that off before Capcom sues ya."

Ayana looked at Yuri and said, "Wait, lemme try something. Ayana ran to the racks and picked out a certain accessory and then gave the clothes she collected to Yuri, "Try that."

Yuri nodded with a smile and went back into the dressing room and came out moments later. She had on cyan spandex pants, a cyan, matching skirt, along with a cyan blouse. Ayana then handed her a pair of matching shoes, "Here ya go."

Yuri smiled, "Thank you."

She slipped them on and looked in the mirror, "I like this one very much. It is very comfortable, as well." Ayana exclaimed with a confident grin, holding up the victory sign, "Ayana Blitz has done it again! On a 1 to 5 scale, my brain's a 10!"

Yuri asked, "Shouldn't we go pay for this now?" Ayana placed her index finger over her lips and whispered, "Shh! We don't have any money. We'll just sneak out."

Yuri whispered back, "Isn't that stealing?"

Ayana nodded, "Uh, more or less...."

Yuri looks at Ayana with a scolding expression, "But no matter what the reason is, stealing is wrong. You really shouldn't steal." Ayana sighed and rolled her eyes, "What are you saying? You want to prance around with your bare bottom showing?!"

Yuri shook her head, "That isn't important. I won't let you be reduced to stealing. I'm taking these clothes off and putting them back."

The store clerk seemed to pop up in front of the two girls from nowhere, "Made a decision, I see. That outfit is 158 wong. How would you like to pay for it?"

Ayana grabbed onto Yuri's arm and said with a sly smirk, "Well, since we're low on cash, I think we'll......CHARGE!"

Ayana ran through the store clerk like an NFL player, knocking him down onto the floor. Ayana then dashed out of the store like it was about to explode, dragging poor Yuri with her.

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Meanwhile, Tyler was facing off against a really pissed off Ctarl Ctarl. "This isn't good, " he though to himself. She advanced towards him like a predator after it's prey.

One of the by standing pirates commented, "We should remind the boss that we don't have time for this."

Another pirate looked at him and cocked his eyebrow. "Are you gonna tell her to stop?"

He replied, "I see your point," and said nothing more.

Tyler was backed up against a brick wall as she stepped closer and closer. "Uh, can't we talk about this?"

The only sounds heard from the Ctarl Ctarl's mouth were either low growling or the word "die." This meant to Tyler that reasoning with this thing was not a given option. He couldn't run since he was trapped against the wall, but against a Ctarl Ctarl, running away couldn't save him anyway. He could only watch in horror as she came closer. Seeing those sharp teeth, he couldn't help but think of how they were going to soon sink into his flesh and tear it open, picking the bloody meat from his bones. If he only had his sword, he would still have a chance. She stood before him, growling, ready to attack and maul him.

Tyler thought to himself, "So this is how my life ends. Killed in a battle that started over ginger ale..."

Tyler noticed a hand touch her shoulder. She slowly calmed down as her growling was reduced to a purring sound. He sighed with extreme relief. "Your job is done, you may go now."

The Ctarl Ctarl turned around and ran back to her crew. Tyler looked at the man who saved his life. And seeing his face made him wish he had met his doom with the invincible cat girl.

There stood Dr. Zanden, "Well, I hear that you have something of mine. I'm here to retrieve that something."

Tyler gave him a strange look and then a smirk,"I don't know what you're talking about."

The scientist gave Tyler a smug look, "Foolish outlaw, you have no clue as to what force you challenge. I suggest you take me to the girl or else."

Tyler sneered and spat back, "Or else what?!"

Dr. Zanden smirked evilly, "If you refuse, I'll have to insist that my feline friend finish you off."

Tyler shook his head,"You really think I'm too dumb know when I have the upper hand? If you killed me, you'd never find her. And if you could find another way besides getting the info from me, you wouldn't be trying to interrogate me."

Dr. Zanden smirked with amusement, "Very good. You're not just another brainless outlaw."

Tyler smirked, "Damn straight."

Dr. Zanden frowned, "I'll give you until tomorrow morning to hand over the girl. Be here at 10 am or I'll have the space forces AND the pirates hunt you down like the dog you are."

Tyler scowled. "You think I'm gonna just give in to your demands that easily." Dr. Zanden turns his back to Tyler and begins to walk away. "You will. If you're as smart as I suspect you are." The pirates then walked away with Dr. Zanden, leaving Tyler standing there in the middle of an empty street. The wind blew strongly, as a tumbleweed rolled passed him.

***********

"Home at last!"

Ayana plopped down on a reclining chair and leaned back with a big smile. Yuri takes a looked around and saw that the place was a total mess. Clothes all over the floor, old bags of potato chips, and other things were all over the place. Ayana reached over and threw an old T-shirt of of the couch and onto the floor,"Here, take a load off!"

Yuri smiled slightly, "Thank you...."

Ayana reached over to the coffee table and picked up the remote control, "I wonder what's on television."

Suddenly, a program came on called, "Gene Starwind: Man or Myth?"

Ayana let out an annoyed sigh, "This AGAIN?! Damn, how many times are they gonna show this stupid thing?!"

Yuri watched intently and replied, "I want to watch. It looks interesting."

Ayana sighed again,"Fine, but don't mind me if I fall asleep...."

The narrator of the show began, "There has been a rumor of an outlaw by the name of Gene Starwind who single handily defeated the Tao Master, Hazanko of the Anten Seven. Rumor has it that he traveled with A Ctarl Ctarl officer, Twilight Suzuka, and James Hawking, the son of none other the most well know hacker of all time...."

Yuri watched with amazement, "Wow....."

Ayana, on the other hand, was already fast asleep. Yuri continued to watch the entire 30 minute program. and began to flip though the channels curiously after it had ended.

Suddenly, the door opened and there stood Tyler, looking pretty roughed up. His clothes were dusty, part of his jacket was torn and he had a couple bruises. Then again, when it came to fighting with a Ctarl Ctarl, Tyler got off easy. Yuri looked up to see Tyler.

She gasped and ran up to him with a concerned look on her face, "Tyler, you look hurt. Are you all right?!"

Tyler replied with dry sarcasm, "Just....peachy."

Yuri grabbed his hand softly and lead him to the sofa, sitting him down, "What happened to you?"

Tyler sighed and looked at her like he was going to snap at her again, but he didn't, "Well, I ended up fighting with a Ctarl Ctarl."

Yuri exclaims, "Oh, my! You're lucky to still be alive."

Tyler leaned back in the sofa with his hands behind his head, "That's for sure..."

Ayana woke up with a loud yawn.

She looked around the room and then saw that Tyler had returned,"Hey, Ty. Looks like somebody wiped the floor with ya. I told you that you'd finally meet your match one day."

Tyler scowled, "Whatever. Anyway, this so called match happened to be a Ctarl Ctarl."

Ayana chuckled loudly and exclaimed, "Yeah, right! You're so ashamed of losing that you're reduced to making up stories. Unless you were dumb enough to piss off a Ctarl Ctarl, but why the hell would you do that?"

Tyler sneered, "Whatever. Anyway, I met up with one of those guys that kidnapped Yuri. He said he wants to meet me on Mason Street tomorrow at 10 am with Yuri."

Ayana rubbed her chin and then shouted , "Wait! I just came up with a plan!"

Tyler cocked an eyebrow, "Plan, eh? Let's hear it."

Ayana nodded, "Check it, Mason Street isn't far from the science lab, but everyone knows that. What we can do is sneak into the place and take that ship, while staling those guys on mason street."

Tyler smirked, "I get it. So while I'm diverting those goons..."

Ayana finished, "...I can sneak inside the lab and take the ship!"

Yuri looked at Ayana and said, "Are you guys going to steal?"

Tyler looked at her with a cocked eyebrow, "Yeah. What about it?"

Yuri gave him a disappointed look, "Why must you steal? It's so...wrong."

Ayana slapped her forehead and sighed deeply. "Not this again...."

Tyler crossed his arms over his chest and looked away from Yuri, "This isn't the time to think about right or wrong morals. All I know is that there's something up with that ship and I gotta find what it is."

Ayana nodded, "That's right. Besides, don't you wanna find out about your lost memories and get your old life back?"

Yuri looked down at the table with a somewhat depressed look on her face. "Yes..."

Suddenly, a hand touched her shoulder. She looked up to see Ayana's smiling face, "Don't worry, we won't let anything bad happen to ya."

A smile slowly formed on Yuri's face. "Thank you..."

************

Dr. Reid smirked as he looked at his partner, "Zanden, what exactly are you planning for tomorrow?"

Dr. Zanden replied with a smirk, "The death of or little outlaw friend, of course."

Dr. Reid looked at him sternly, "Make sure you leave the girl unharmed."

Zanden nodded, "Of course. In the name of science, we shall prevail. I shall send the Ctarl Ctarl after him once again. But this time, I won't stop her. She'll rip him into pieces before he'll have a chance to scream in terror."

Dr. Reid then said, "Good. No one else will steal our dream again."

Dr. Zanden nodded, "Anyone who stands in our way will be dealt with accordingly."

Dr. Reid smiled evilly, "In the name of science."

Dr. Zanden nodded and repeated, "In the name of science."

 ~Preview~

Tyler: They say things always happen for a reason, but I still don't see it. Next time, we finally decide to put our plan into action, but it proves to have a few snags. That crazy Ctarl Ctarl girl wants to rip my head off and on top of that, I gotta protect Yuri AND face off against those pirates, too?! Talk about runnin' the gauntlet. Meanwhile, Blitz has her own problems to deal with once she's spotted in the Space Forces' lab. Things are getting hella wild! Next time on Outlaw Star: Maximum Output, "Grand Theft Star Ship!" Ain't no turnin' back, baby!

Ayana: Hey! What's the big deal hoggin' the preview time?! You JERK!

Yuri: And I wanted to do this one... ;_;