A large beam of energy shot towards a mountain, causing it to crumble. Hack sprinted away from the barrage of gunfire as Nathan chased him down in a mighty rage while firing the RYNO V. Switching to his lava gun he sent a wave of the molten rock at the fleeing Maniac. "Where did you take them?!" He reached down and grabbed Hack in his hand, bringing him up to his eye.

"Whatever do you mean?" Hack asked sarcastically while grinning.

"You know damn well what I mean, where the hell did you take my children?!" Nathan smashed him into the ground and held him back up. "Tell me or I'm tossing you into the magazine of the lava gun!" Nathans purple eye turned red and his voice was filled to the brim with pure rage.

"Sorry, I can't remember." Nathan roared and repeatedly smashed him into the ground before unloading a full clip of RYNO V ammo into him (2500 bullets and rockets to be exact, yeah, that's the kind of weaponry that you find in Ratchet and Clank).

"I am going to ask one more time... Where... THE FUCK... Did you take my children?!" Hack shakily got to his feet with a weak smile.

"I'll answer your question with a question... What's the last thing you'd expect to see me use?" Nathan looked at him confused.

"I gun I guess?"

"Right on the money." Hack pulled out a huge cannon and blasted Nathan off his feet and he landed on his back, causing the ground to shake under his huge weight. Scorpan rushed over to Hack and knocked him towards a mountain.

"Are you alright Nathan?" Scorpan asked, helping the large robot to his feet.

"Yeah." Nathan dusted himself off and aimed his arm cannon towards the direction of Hack. "What the hell took you so long?" He charged up a large ball of energy and shot it, causing a huge purple mushroom cloud as it hit its target.

"I was dealing with his goons with Krystal, any luck finding your children?" Nathan shook his head.

"I should never have kept my eyes off them, especially here. I don't even know why I brought them somewhere so dangerous." He placed his face in his hand and shot another blast at Hack.

"OWWW!!! QUIT IT!!!" He was met with another blast.

"Let's just finish him off and get back to finding the kids." Scorpan nodded, charging his own ball of energy as well. As they were about to fire they saw a flag with the Maniacs emblem on it where Hack should have been. "The hell?"

"Yoohoo!" Both of them turned to see Hack standing at the top of a mountain twirling his cane. "I hate to run like this but I have some important things to attend to, if you survive this please come visit our hideout if you can find it!" Pointing his cane towards the two a huge wave of force threw them backwards. Then a huge creature made of rock emerged and roared.

Nathan and Scorpan looked to each other and nodded. Nathan cocked his arm cannon and Scorpan opened his claws.

Sapphire and Lyric were running down a vast hallway in the Maniacs hideout, trying desperately the find a way out. Sapphire ran in front, pulling Lyric as they fled from Psychopath, a tall muscular figure in a black cloak. Sapphire turned around, equipped her Telsa Claw and fired a steady stream of electricity at their pursuer. Psychopath stopped and put his red scaly arms up to defend against the beam. Taking advantage of this Sapphire grabbed Lyric and turned a corner at a connecting hallway.

Running into a random door she quietly shut it and listened to Psycopath growling in confusion as he tried to figure out where the two children had gone to. Walking down the wrong hallway his footsteps became fainter until they were only distant clinks. Breathing a sigh of relief Sapphire turned to her brother. "You ok there bro?"

Lyric looked over himself and nodded.

"Good, I think we can hide in here until dad comes to find us. We just need to stay quiet and they won't find us."

"It's too late for that." Both froze as Carnage lit an oil lamp, brightening up the lab within. Both children looked up at the tall cloaked figure in fear. "Now now, no need to be scared if me. I just want to have a little chat with you." Both looked at him with cautious looks. "I'm sorry if my associate out there frightened you, here, have a drink of chocolate milk." Carnage motioned to two stools on the opposite side of the table he was sitting at with two glasses of brown liquid sitting waiting for them.

"Well... I am kinda thirsty." Both children climbed up the stools and sat sipping their chocolate milk.

"Thank you. Now, let me ask you a question." Both looked at him with confusion. "What do you think your father is?"

Sapphire raised a brow. "He's a robot, duh."

Carnage shook his head. "I know that, what I meant is, what is he inside that metal shell?"

Lyric and Sapphire looked to him confused. "I don't get it."

"You don't need to." Just then Carnage was blasted by a small wave of fire bullets. Looking over the twins saw a tall, thin young woman with long rose red hair, a red long sleeved shirt with two black stripes across the chest. She also wore a pair of black skinny jeans and red shoes. She held in one hand a gun with two barrels.

He ruby eyes looked down at the twins as she smiled. "Hi there."

"Who're you?" The woman kneeled down and looked Lyric in the eyes.

"My name is Ruby, I'm your sister."

Author's Notes:

Don't you just love cliffhangers?