Chapter Two: Scutch
"Rev?" "huh?" Rev turned in the direction of the voice, "Scutch?" "Hey Rev, remember me, I'm Scutch, your buddy. Remember?" The Irken called Scutch said as he stepped out from behind his command chair. He was a tall Irken with dark green eyer that glowed in the dimly lit bridge, he carried himself with a relaxed slouch, but still gave off an aura that demanded utmost respect "Yeah I remember, I remember that you got me sent to Foodcourtia for ten years." Rev said as he raised his plasma pistol, at this Scutch's pose of defiance morphed into one of mortal terror "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, your not going to shoot me? I'm sorry but please just put the gun down." "You're right Scutch," Rev said lowering the gun. Scutch relaxed himself but saw the evil look on Revs face as a electrified wire shot out of the impereal commando's wrist and attached to the renegade Irkens armor. "The Tallest wants you alive" Rev said with a sadistic grin as he stood over the Scutch's half conscious body. Suddenly a hyperspace warning displayed an incoming battle cruiser Rev glared at the warning and activated his PAK communicator "2.0 I need you to get me out of here, stat!" Rev said into the communicator. All of a sudden the Mark lll voot cruiser slammed through the left wall of the bridge. The cockpit opened and 2.0 emerged "Sir I have calculated that optimal damage to the ship can be achieved by destroying their bridge and sending the ship on a hyperspace course to the 39th fleet in a nearby sector, sir!" Rev merely slapped his head and dragged the unconscious Scutch into the ship. However he did not leave before entering the hyperspace coordinates 4-9-78 the volcano planet.
Rev's ship 10:00 galactic time
"BLAH-HA-HA-HA! I am Rev DOOM bringer the master of PAIN! AH-HA-HA-HAAAAAAA!" Rev yelled insanely as the flaming ship entered hyperspace on a crash course to it's destruction. Suddenly the communicator on the voot's dashboard began to flicker change into an image of Zix. "Rev there's an emergency on the planet Dirt, the Resisty are sieging the planet, and I need you to investigate." Zix said "Planet Dirt, I thought that was a landfill planet?" "Exactly, we want to know what exactly they're planning to do with it." The Tallest responded "My apologies your majesty, but I have a prisoner with me" Rev said. Then paused as a sadistic grin spread across his face "Can I shoot him?" "No, if we wanted him dead we'd have ordered you to back at the Gigantic. Rev, Scutch is to become your partner on this mission" Zix ordered with cold eyes "What! My partner?" Rev exclaimed with wide eyes. "If you got this opportunity, why not he? Besides this way if one of you should defect, the other may dispose of them, permanently." Zix said reasonably, Rev could do nothing but fume with rage as the line went dead. "2.0, wake the prisoner, and plot a course for Dirt, we have work to do."
"What the-" Scutch muttered as he awoke from the coma, as his memories flooded back to him he remembered what had happened and leapt to his feet. "Good, you're awake I was beginning to worry that I killed you, and that would look bad on my report to the Tallest," a sinister voice said from the pilots seat. Scutch instinctively looked in the direction of the voice to find Rev sitting there with a nasty smirk plastered on his face. "What's your game Rev?" Scutch said moving into a fighting position "It seems that you've been given a second chance at life, the Tallest wants us to be partners. If he didn't, believe me you'd already be dead." "And what if I say no?" Scutch said as his PAK spider legs unfolded and moved into attack position. Rev just raised his assault rifle and pointed his laser sight at the former rebel captain's head. At this Scutch backed down, his look of anger changing into one of fear, Rev sneered in disgust "I never thought of you as a traitor Scutch, sure you were a coward, a suck up, and a liar, but never a traitor." "Hey, hey I joined the resistance because it;s so much cooler ya know" Scutch said, making it sound like common knowledge. Rev shook his head with annoyance and muttered something under his breath. "Hey Rev I'm sorry dude but you don't have to be so mad at me," Scutch said with a hint of guilt in his voice. Rev turned around sharply "You made me miss the most important day of my life! You got be banished to Foodcourtia and then to Terrum I have to put up with you now, but that doesn't mean I won't hesitate to kill you the second you begin to defect as I know you will." Rev snapped. All of a sudden the darkness of hyperspace cleared and gave way to a murky brown planet with a flashing planetary sign that displayed the name Dirt. The relatively calm atmosphere was ruptured by the space battle that raged just a few clicks away. Plasma flew and ships were smashed to pieces, the Imperial fleet fought bravely, but the sheer number of Resisty ships was to much, and Rev knew that the Irkens were fighting a lost battle. "Filthy inferior slugs, do they not see what they are fighting for, a planet that we use as a landfill, HAVE THEY THE BRAIN WORMS? The inferior scu-" Rev was pulled from his rant by Scutch humming "If you're happy and you know it" "Will you shut up Scutch" Rev said through clenched teeth "Aw but it's so catchy" Scutch wined. Rev rolled his eyes in annoyance as the ship touched down in Dirt's capitol.
Dirt's capitol 11:00 galactic time
"Take one" Rev said as a panel slid open on the voot's side revealing a row of plasma bolt rifles. Scutch grabbed a rifle as well as a dagger, a pistol, and a pack of grenades, together the two gave off a frightening appearance, Scutch had not lost his spec ops training and Rev was as homicidal as ever. Rev ordered the maniacal SIR unit to guard the voot cruiser "Yes sir!" The robot said as a whole variety of weapons popped out of his head. "He frightens me" Scutch said with a backwards glance at the android who was now attacking a Vortian that had stayed within twelve feet of the voot cruiser "Good" Rev said with a smirk "Now are you gonna sit around like a smeet all day or are you gonna actually do something for a change." Scutch glared at Rev but decided it was best not to provoke the person who had killed most of his crew without even breaking a sweat. "So where do we begin?" Rev just pointed to a standard looking apartment building "4-e" Rev said before smashing through the front door and charging up the stairs.
Apartment 4-e 11:15 galactic time
"Hello filthy scumbags, I'm Rev and this is my assistant Scutch we've got some questions and you're going to give us some answers or else things are going to get a little, unpleasant caspice." Rev said to the startled group of Conehedians "Hi there!" Scutch said waving like an idiot "Why do you treat these inferiors like they are our equals?" "Well at least I'm actually likable" Scutch said matter-of-factly "Why you!" Rev pulled out his daggers and chased after Scutch, leaving the Conehedians with a frightening experience, and a broken door.
Somewhere in Dirt's capitol
"Well that was a wast of time" Rev said nudging the dead bodies of Vortians with his boot "Looks like they were in the Resisty, but they didn't know more about the invasion than we do." Scutch said inspecting the I.D. tag of one of the soldiers that displayed the Resisty logo. As the two Irkens emerged from the ally and into the crowd. Rev turned towards Scutch and saw a crimson beam that danced on his partners forehead, Rev's eyes opened wide and he tackled Scutch just as a deadly bolt of plasma flashed past what would have been Scutch's head a moment ago. "There they are, get them!" a Vortian screamed just before dozens of Resisty soldiers sprang out of alleyways, maintenance tunnels, and sewers. Rev and Scutch ran for their lives as plasma bolts rained mere inches behind them. The two spun around a corner and ducked inside a building Rev aimed his assault rifle at the door while Scutch kept running and hid in a basement. A few seconds later the door flung off it's hinges and gave way to a single Resisty soldier, but Rev's dagger skewered his head before he even took a step through the door. Another squad burst through the door, Rev unleashed a salvo of plasma from his assault rifle and shot the whole group of soldiers full of holes. However more and more Resisty kept pouring in, and Rev struggled to hold back the seemingly endless swarm of combatants. Just as the battalion was about to overwhelm the Irken commando, the floor gave way and the whole battalion fell in a bloody mess on the basement floor. Rev waisting no time leapt to the edge of the gap and unleashed a flurry of plasma that slew any surviving rebels. After Rev had woken from the bloodlust Scutch's head popped up and gave Rev a cheeky grin "Told Ya I wouldn't abandon you" Scutch said as the pair surveyed the mess of bodies laid out before them. Rev just scowled and made his way through the carnage inspecting the dead bodies for anyone they could question "Ug, please somebody help me, ung." Rev turned his head in the direction of the noise and found a cloaked alien with a gaping hole in his leg from one of Rev's plasma bolts. "Please, help me" the being muttered weakly, Rev's only response was to punch the alien across his face and scream in a voice only used by army drill sergeants "WHY IS THE RESISTY ATTACKING DIRT? WHY ARE YOU FILTHY SCUMBAGS SO INTENT ON CONQUERING A LANDFILL PLANET?" "Th-the world eater" was all the soldier could manage to choke out before the glow faded from his yellow eyes forever "Filthy slug. Come on Scutch we've got Resisty to hunt" Rev said throwing the rebel of to his left with a look of disgust on his face
Vending Machine, Dirt's Capitol
Resisty scientist Lorient Vel hummed a happy tune as he walked away from a vending machine where he had just received a pack of Conehedian blob-bars. So engrossed with the snack was he that Lorient did not see the two very dangerous looking Irkens right in front of him "Oof" Lorient said as he walked into Rev "Sorry I didn't see you the-" Vel stopped apologizing as he saw who he had just ran into. Lorient gulped and began to turn around when Rev grabbed his arm and squeezed hard "What the-" the Resisty scientist said while reaching for the concealed knife in his pocket. But Rev's hand was faster, and he wrapped his fingers around the scientists neck "The world eater, what is it!" Rev said lifting Lorient a good three feet off the ground "How do you know about that?" The surprised rebel rasped "I'll ask the questions" Rev said with a snarl and tightened his grip on Vel's neck "The world eater can take anything and extract every valuable material from it. The Resisty are going to use Dirt as a testing ground for their prototype." Vel explained, Rev's eyes widened in understanding "And what better place to test it than a planet that's crawling in valuable materials" Rev said under his breath "Where is the prototype?" Rev said to the scientist who was turning purple with lack of air "spittle runner wreck, twelve clicks north" Lorient stuttered. Rev nodded to Scutch who handed Rev a miniature data pad with the location displayed on the screen. Lorient felt Rev releasing his grip but at the same time he felt himself being pushed backwards and slammed into the vending machine that he came from "Wait, you're just gonna leave me here!" Vel called out but the two Irkens had disappeared, Vel turned and noticed a small metal sphere lying by the vending machine the metal spheres screen displayed a sequence of numbers three, two, one "Oh crap" Vel muttered as the bomb exploded.
Dirt's capitol, landing pad 4, 6:00 Dirt standard time
Rev and Scutch made their way to the voot cruiser parked on the cluttered landing pad, beings of all shape and size scattered at the terrifying Irkens now walking down the city streets. Rev was splattered with blood, a look of grim determination set on his face, Scutch's eyes darted around like a maniac that might snap at any moment. Once the pair reached their ship they noticed an incredibly large amount of dead bodies lying on the voot, most would have fled at the mere sight of the carnage but after the bloodshed the two had just experienced Rev and Scutch just cocked there antenna in confusion.
Suddenly the door flew open and 2.0 leapt out, a dead Vortian slung on his shoulder, "2.0 plot warm up the engines, we have work to do," Rev said with a sadistic grin.
Planet Dirt Spittle Runner wreck
The voot runner landed a little ways away from a massive mud brown factory that billowed out gray-green smoke. As Rev and Scutch emerged the voot activated it's cloaking device to avoid unwanted attention, and Rev opened a hole in his PAK and pulled out a rather nasty looking tri-barreled gun "What the hell is that?" Scutch asked with an astonished look "Triple barreled shotgun, case we run into any of those three headed Resisty" Rev said rotating the barrels "and you only brought one?" Scutch replied with a gog. Rev rolled his eyes and motioned for Scutch to follow him, the two crept behind piles of junk and trash as they advanced towards the the steaming foundry. Soon they were at the factory's front door, Rev leapt in front and used his PAK lasers to blast a gaping hole through the reinforced metal doors "Real subtle entrance" Scutch muttered sarcastically as alarms went off throughout the facility. Rev didn't listen he just charged in rifle blazing, he was in his element, and nothing was going to stand in his way. Scutch clenched his teeth and ran after his partner, after all right now Rev was his best chance at survival. The alarms had done their part and soon a swarm of Resisty soldiers and scientists alike were amassing in the corridor where the Irken commandos stood, Rev grinned maniacally and let loose with round after round of deadly plasma, Rev dropped solders like rag dolls as he fired his tri-barreled gun and blew the heads of three Vortians with a single shot. Scutch tried to keep up with his partner but Rev's bloodlust was uncontrollable and soon Rev stood on a pile of dead rebels covered antenna to toe in blood and holding one Vortians head grinning like a smeet on Irkmus day. "Uh, Rev I think we should get out of here" Scutch said as the shadows of more Resisty appeared on the walls. Rev scowled but obeyed, tossing the disembodied head off to his side and charged down the hallway so fast that Scutch had to use his spider legs to keep up.
World Eater factory 6:45 Dirt standard time
"Rev?" "Hey Rev" Scutch called into the dark metal hallways, just a while ago Scutch had lost sight of his partner. "Thud" the sound of a heavy object hitting the floor resonated throughout the corridor, Scutch warily turned his head expecting to see Rev's scowling face. Instead he was greeted by a trio of triheadneans, Scutch barely had time to register the situation before a steel knuckled fist collided with his jaw. The trio began pounding him, and Scutch felt blood rush into his mouth as his lip split, beaten to a bloody pulp the first and largest assailant raise his fist to give the final blow, when suddenly the unmistakeable blade of a PAK spider leg protruded from his chest. The soldier began coughing up blood as the blade retracted from his torso giving way to Rev, who quickly leveled his gigantic gun and shot the remaining triheadeans dead. "You save my life I save yours, I may be insane, but I'm not without honor" Rev said with an unchanging expression to his astounded partner. Then, without a word and without offering to help Scutch to his feet Rev sprinted off with Scutch at his heels.
World Eater main Generator 7:00 Dirt standard time
The door flew open and a hail of plasma rained down on startled Resisty mechanics as Rev and Scutch entered through the door. Scutch moved to the control station attempting, to no avail to find a on/off switch while his partner took up a station by the plasma-scarred steel door. "I can't shut this thing of!" Scutch cried, his voice cracking with nervousness. "Find some other way!" Rev responded, pumping another Resisty trooper full of plasma, "Okay, okay" Scutch mumbled trying to recall his limited hacking knowledge from the academy. For what seemed like hours Scutch worked, with Rev's plasma fire illuminating the shadowy catwalks and corners. "Almost there" Scutch muttered to himself as he breached the firewall and activated the kill code, the loading bar seemed painfully slow "You better do a damn good job with this Scutch!" Rev yelled as a mob of both technicians and soldiers alike threatened to engulf him. "Kill code activated in ten, nine, eight" the clock ticked down "Help!" "Five, four, three" Scutch announced with a look of terror in his eyes "Oh what the hell!" Rev turned and lobbed a plasma grenade into the generator "No!" a Resisty technician screamed as Scutch and Rev burst through the mob of Resisty as the factory went
"BOOM!"
Emerging from the wreckage came two scarred Irkens "I was almost done" Scutch said with a hostile glance at Rev "Yeah but you just weren't there fast enough" Rev replied with a shrug like it was no big deal. Scutch was about to make a retort when they became aware of the guns surrounding them.
