"It's very simple. We use a flea flicker maneuver with a run and gun two by two approach, tactical ops will be... aw hell, who am I kidding? Grif, Donut, just go stand in the way of their bullets while me and Simmons 2.0 sneak around back to grab Lopez."
Sarge had gathered everyone, including their new battle droid, to plan how to rescue Lopez from Blue team.
"Sounds like a plan!" Donut exclaims happily.
Grif, however, did not feel Joy at Sarge's plan.
"No it doesn't! How about this time we try something that doesn't involve me being shot at or run over."
"Would electrification be okay?" Simmons suggested.
"No!"
Simmons clicks his tongue with a sigh. "Well, I'm out of ideas."
"Look, instead of running straight into enemy gunfire like we usually do, why don't we try some reconnaissance this time?"
"You mean like spy stuff? That would be cool! I could wear a spy tuxedo-"
"No." Sarge interrupts.
"-with a hidden spy camera-"
"No." Simmons tries to interrupt.
"-inside a tiny spy bow-tie-" Donut still continues.
"No." Grif says loudly.
"-or, I could wear a flower on my lapel-"
"Sarge said no!" The droid joins in on interrupting Donut.
"-that sprays water in people's faces-"
"Shut up Donut!" Simmons says in frustration.
"-no, a secret spy liquid, that would be awesome." Donut says with a chuckle. Everyone else stares.
"No!" The team shouts in anger.
"Maybe!" Except Grid, who then awkwardly looks at his team. "Uh, I mean, nooooo."
"Oh, come on! I could be Double O Donut." Donut Proposes.
"You mean like, Doonut?" Simmons asked skeptically.
"With a license to thrill, or be thrilled!" Donut says excitedly. The battle droid shakes his head at the innuendo, knowing 'Doonut' never intends to make them. However, this gave Sarge an idea.
"Alright, since you're both so into the idea, Grif, Donut, you're on recon. Find us a way to break into their base, and report back on the double." Sarge says with a slight grin under his helmet.
"Great, more time alone with the idiot." Grif sighs, accepting the plan. He doesn't like spending a lot of time with 'Doonut,' however he rather that than becoming target practice for both sides again.
"Grif, Grif, Grif, Grif, Grif, Grif! Lets pretend we're wearing super spy jet-packs!" 'Doonut' says to him excitedly. Grif merely groans in response. "No, no, no, no. Like this." 'Doonut' makes jet-pack sounds as he begins to walk towards the cliffs.
"Good luck." The battle droid says the the rest of Red team head into base.
"I could just shoot him. No one would ever have to know. No one." Grif says as he look towards the cliffs.
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At Blue base, Church was currently trying to use ghost powers to pick up a pillow in the barracks. He hadn't made any progress.
"Hey Church, we might have a problem." Tucker said as he entered the barracks.
"Is this a new problem, or did Caboose get his head stuck in the freezer again?" Church said, welcoming the distraction.
"New one. Sheila and Lopez are now considering leaving to form their own robot army. They said no one would dare oppose them." Tucker informed him.
"What?!" Church exclaims, "Did you try to talk them out of it?"
"No way, I wouldn't dare oppose them!" Tucker replied.
"What about Freckles? What did he think?"
"Well... there's good news and bad news on that." Tucker says with hesitation.
"Let me guess, Freckles won't get involved with hurting Caboose, but he agrees to hurting everyone else." Church guessed.
"Oh, cool, I don't have to think of a way to explain it to you. Thanks."
Church sighs he rubs his eyes. At least he now knows ghosts can get headaches. "Aw man, well we gotta find a way to separate them. Maybe it's time to get rid of Lopez."
"But without Lopez you wouldn't have a body to use. Why don't you just possess him like you normally do?" Tucker argues.
"I would, but it's getting harder to do each time. I think he's learned to fight it somehow." Church replied. He knew people could fight off possessions, but robots? This only made their situation worse.
"Let's head outside for a minute. We need to think of a plan." Church says as they both leave the barracks. Church followed behind Tucker since ghosting through walls took a lot out of him.
Church has to think fast, otherwise he won't be the only ghost in the canyon anymore. He merely wished that Tex was here. She figured out what the hell was going on with everything around here.
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"What the hell is going on here?" Tex asked herself.
After she had her Omega AI dealt with, she went into Freckles' mind to get some answers. However, his mind only brought more questions.
It seemed to be another location for Project Freelancer to have their Red's and Blues forever fighting each other for flags.
Two bases in a canyon in the middle of nowhere. Both bases are decorated with their colors to help differentiate them because both use the same design and layouts besides one or two changes here and there.
However the difference in this canyon was that there was half a crashed ship in it. The bases looked to be built out of its remains, with a large commutations beacon off to the side of Blue base. The canyon also seemed to be located in the jungle.
What concerned her the most was she didn't recognize the location. She knew all the Red and Blue bases from when she use to run training simulations with the other freelancer's. However despite everything on the canyon being made from Freelancer equipment, none of it belonged to them.
She could feel her anxiety grow. She gripped the gun in her hand tighter, her mind whirling to figure out what was going on. This place was impossible.
It was literally impossible.
Freckle's AI type was created sometime after the skytron scare in 2275, where AI's also took over the planet and killed off humanity. Only Smart AI were allowed to become creative thinkers. So how did Freckle's-
"How did I create this place?"
Tex spun around to see Freckles standing there silently. She went to aim her gun at him, only for it to disappear. She looked at her hands to see it had vanished. Despite being in the mind, AI could never truly be affect by the honest they inhabit except for experiences with the host. How did Freckle's-
"I know you have many questions about me." Freckles interrupted her thoughts again. "So please, take a seat."
A simple table resembling a metallic flower, with a plain wooden chair next to it.
"We have a lot to discuss don't we?"
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FanfictionFreckles is known as the loyal dog of one Michael J. Caboose. He appears during Season 11 and terrifies both Blues and Reds. He isn't really present after the Chorus arc, and has very little Screen time. But what if he appeared earlier. What if he w...
