Chapter 6: Scorching Longsword Valley
A week passed since the betrayal of Ash, who was shot in the back by Sam. He didn't know at the time, and refused to believe they were Silicans.
He was shown a video from the ether mines, and wen he saw that, he believed them.
"Oh my god... this... is unbelievable..." Ash said as he rubbed his neck.
"A silican -no, TWO silicans- were hiding under our noses for the past few months... I'm going to be sick," Serena muttered.
"Who knows, they could have been against us since the very beginning."
"Yeah, who knows besides them."
"Thank GOD I survived that shot, otherwise we might lose."
Then, Solisos came into the room.
"Hey," he said.
"Hey, what's up?"
"I'm going to Longsword Valley. Heard there was a mechoid base there."
"Sweet! We could plunder that base and find an entrance to that wretched giant robot that is the Mechanice," Ash said with excitement in his voice.
"You sure? It's pretty dangerous, especially for a guy who got shot in the back by a gun that shoots bullets of solidified ether."
"I'm sure I want to go."
"Alright, it's your decision anyways."
They went to the frigid Biofreeze Mountain, located on the arm of the Bionice. There, they geared up for the journey ahead.
They were closing in on the burning metal desert, but a fortress unit noticed them, botching their attempt to sneak in. It stalked its way down the long hallway, attempting to reach the fortress.
"Oh, in all the-" Ash shut his mouth as to not alert the other robots.
They heard him, and communicated in a series of beeping noises, before going back to work.
They forced their way past the robots, mined tons of ether crystals, mainly from the wrecked mechoids, and proceeded to head toward the fortress after the fortress unit.
It was on the wall Ash noticed two cages, one with Misty in it and another with Iris in it.
He cut the cages, causing them to fall, break open, and they joined the party of friends.
Suddenly, a large shadow appeared over them. Descending from the sky was a silican, and Ash proceeded to attack the giant.
"Ash, wait! It's me, Lao! I was captured by Steel Face, but I escaped," he said.
"Oh, forgot you were a silican. Sorry, Lao," Ash said with sorrow in his voice.
"It's fine, man. I just suffered a little injury, nothing bad."
Lao then proceeded to shrink back down to his human form, a handsome man with short, black hair, deep purple eyes, and a light olive colored skin. His preferred weapon was laser blasters and swords like lightsabers.
"Alright, why don't we continue? The fortress is just down here."
They got down to the end of the valley, and there, they found the entrance to the fortress.
A large shadow appeared above the fortress, and a heavily armored faced unit descended.
Halt, in the name of Link, emperor of the world.
The way Steel Face scarpered, I thought you'd have to be this big scary monster! But now that I see you, YOU'RE JUST SOME PATHETIC LITTLE KID!
"That voice..."
But before Ash could say anything the robot attacked, swinging a giant hammer and attempted to crush them.
Ash swung his blade, but to no avail, as the blood running through the armor of the robot protected it.
That feels like a fly bit me! HA!
It then swiped claws at them, yet it missed horribly. Its claws got stuck in the ground, and it struggled to get them out.
Oh, in all the- it began, but then it realized where it was and who it was.
It opened its chest, and it revealed a man inside.
"I apologize for my... ruthless behavior. You may recognize me, Ash," he said,
"I KNEW there was something about you that was odd! You're N!" Ash exclaimed.
"If I don't kill you, Link will rip my innards out and feed them to his underlings. But I'm going to kill you. Just not now. Besides, we've already killed May."
"YOU DID WHAT?!" They all exclaimed at once.
"Of course we did!" His robot then held up a cage containing May's limp body.
"Oh god... we're too late..."
You better hurry. If you want the girl, you better come to core of the base. But you better hurry! I'm getting tired of waiting!
It then blasted off to the core of the base, leaving them in the dust.
A/N: HOLY BEJESUS, THIS TOOK FOREVER TO WRITE. I FINISHED THIS CHAPTER BACK IN OCTOBER, BUT WHEN I WENT TO COPY AND PASTE IT, I FAILED MISERABLY AND HIT THE M KEY AND REPLACED THE ENTIRE THING WITH JUST THE SINGLE LETTER M. This was exhilarating, as I had to get this chapter done within a day, and I got it done within TWO FREAKING HOURS. Holy CARP, this was hard.