*appears outside the Maverick Base about 200 yards away from the enterance* ............ *sighs again and walks over to the two on duty: today is just her bad luck - Axel the Red is there...; groans as he looks to her with interest* Don't even, Axel...

Axel: *grins* Oh, you KNEW you'd be back...*basically undressing her with his eyes*

Des: *resists the urge to slap him silly* Like I have much of a choice with the Hunters after my behind...

Axel: *as she slips past him, hmm's in appreciation* That's one fine behind to be after....*grins again*

*appears in base in Epsilon's chamber*

Epsilon: Welcome back my apprentice.

Dragonman: My lord.

Epsilon: Who have you brought me this time?

Dragonman: I have with me Destiny Phoenix.

Epsilon: How did you catch her?

Dragonman: Details details.
*vanishes with the touch of a wrist sensor. Reappears about 10 yards behind Des*
We're in. Before we go any further, you need to install this hyper mode. I'll tell you how. *explains*

*installs the Hyper Mode as Dragonman instructs; feels an unpleasant want to hurt something as the new mode kicks in - one of Wily's presets in her personality to accompany any increase of power she might have obtained; groans, holding her head*..................

*sees her pain and can sympathize*Don't worry. Your body will become accustomed to it quickly. You may want to go ahead and equip it so that you can become familiar with the feel and look.

O...okay....Hyper mode, activate! *Screams as the change comes very quickly - her original form still appears but seems to mutate with her wings becoming more spike like than feathery and her hands automatically change to left - saber, right - plasma cannon* !!! *gives a loud screech in pain and shock at her new form; wants to change back but can't so soon, her eyes going between their usual sapphire blue to violet to blood red and back* ...... *shaking badly*

Whoa!!! Nice. Let me see here*pushes buttons on his wrist and talks to himself*leave the eyes the same color, too spikey, needs to be more feathery, and what the crud is causing the pain........got it! Okay. Reenter hyper mode. I know you're in it, but do it again and it will update the hyper mode with some changes I made just now and you should like it better.

*nods unstably and does so, the changes taking place and the pain fading from her* Ohhh.....*sits on her knees in the hallway they are in, holding her head a bit*

Web Spider: *passing by* What happened to you, Des?? Got that Upgrade you needed? *laughs lightly, then nervously as she shoots him an angry look* Yeah....bye! *scutters off*

Des: *stands shakily* ....... *looks at her hands - or rather the saber and blaster* ........

Feel any better? Want your hands back? It wasn't supposed the change them, it was just supposed to give you those weapons. Stupid thing. But you look great in it.

*smirks wryly at you* Don't go Axel on me, 'kay? And I guess having these as weapons while I'm in Hyper form is fine, but for now....*changes back to her neutral/normal form* I'll just be so I can use my hands. ^_^

Axel is a sick freak. I'd love to get my hands around his neck*makes choking motion in front of him*Sadly, I know him. If I'm ever like him, please slap me. I'm not trying to be like him, I'm just complimenting you.

*smiles* Okay, just making sure of that. I don't need anyone else commenting on how 1) I've taken Iris's place in the maverick side or 2) how X and Axl should be fighting OVER me instead of against. *starts walking down the hall to her old room when Vile was taking care of her*

You are nothing like Iris. You'd have to blind to not know that. She was a jerk. But anyways, let's get to work. We have to track down X and- Where's Zero? He came here to help find X and now he's gone. I'll be right back. *Goes and looks to see if Axel is conscious and then walks back* Yep. Zero beat Axel into the wall without Axel even knowing and has gone to find X.

*chuckles hearing Axel is out* Probably still imagining me in nothing when Zero knocked him out... *enters her room and gets some of her weapons together: mostly some automatic guns and a few explosives in a crate, the rest of her room is pretty blank except for her bed - it has blue covers and such with 3 handmade stuffed toys on it - one of X, Zero and Axl...*

*Looks around at the room*Nice place. I never stayed here. With all the creeps here, I didn't feel safe even with what I have. I have enough weaponry at my place to take out this whole place in a few minutes. Epsilon wanted my to stay here, mainly because of my defense, but I refused and he dealt with it.

*chuckles again* Oh, they know from experience not to touch anything of mine without telling me first...*comes over* You remember where they kept POWs or did that change? *blinks - has actually never MET Epsilon, she had left before he started runnning things and only remembers answering to Vile or Sigma himself*