"Honey! I'm home!" Spinner joked as they drove into the Hub.
"Excellent. Was the mission a success?" Sage replied.
"Yup." Spinner handed her the Battle Key.
"How's Agura?" Vert asked, already running upstairs to the infirmary.
"She is recovering and will be fine by tomorrow." Sage responded to thin air, for Vert was already gone.
"So Sage?" Zoom asked casually.
"Yes, Zoom?"
"Well, let's just say we had to go to, oh, I don't know, the Red Sentient Homeworld? You could make a Battle Key that would send us there, right?"
"Easily. Why do you ask?"
"Well, we sorta….uhm…..got Stella captured." He muttered.
"What did you say?" Sage asked, confused. Tezz butted in.
"The little girl got herself captured by Kyburi and now we apparently have to save her." he said boredly.
"She has been captured! Why would they target Stella? Did it have anything to do with her helping Vert?" Sage asked.
"Well, yes." Sherman began, and recounted the details of Stella's incredible power.
"Oh my." Sage breathed, shocked.
"So, if you could get us a Battle Key, we'd go off, rescue her and be back before lunch, that'd be great!" Stanford said casually.
"I will modify the Key." Sage responded. Then, Vert came back down the stairs.
"How's Agura?" Sherman asked.
"She's doing all right, just tired. She won't be able to drive for another day or two." Vert said.
"Battle Key modified." Sage handed Vert the Key.
"All right, team, let's go! Sorry AJ, you're on Hub duty." Vert apologized.
"It's cool dude, that planet's smoking hot!" AJ responded. The cars drove off.
Stella POV:
The female Red Sentient rolled to a stop. She dropped me on the ground, and suddenly, the car vaporized, and she was left standing there. The other one, the leader, did the same and walked over to me and kicked me in the side.
"On your feet, human." He commanded. As much as I hated him, I had been in this situation before, and knew it was best to do whatever he said. I got up, and he immediately clipped handcuffs around my wrists. They were too big, and I could have easily slipped out of them, but I didn't let the Red know that. Kalus had the same problem with me. I was always small, and being fed once a day on Vandal didn't help, so he resolved to putting the Vandal-sized handcuffs around my waist, which was also ineffective. Fortunately, he never figured it out.
Krytus was leading me by the chain attached to the handcuffs into what appeared to be a stronghold, surrounded by walls (as seen in Stone Cold Warrior). I knew once I entered those gates, I wouldn't be coming out, but I simply followed him, already noting details and forming escape plans. He stopped in the middle of a large clearing.
"We know what you are capable of, human." He spat. I remained silent. "How were you able to move those rocks? Are you an ally of Rawkus?" I simply stared back at him. I knew he had heard me talking in the BattleZone, so acting as if I couldn't speak wouldn't work as it did on Vandal, but I didn't want to reveal anything unless forced to.
"Answer your captor!" The female slashed out at me, and with my handcuffs I could do little to defend myself. She caught me on the arm, leaving three red lines of blood. Trying to dodge her, I tripped on the chain and fell to the ground (which hurts way worse when you don't have any fat to cushion you), bruising my hip and receiving another cut across my forehead.
"Patience, Kyburi!" Krytus snapped. She crossed her arms across her chest. "Now, answer!" He demanded.
"I do not know who Rawkus is." I replied calmly, as the blood from my cut started to drip down my forehead. I used my dress to blot at it.
"Then how did you control the boulders?" He asked.
"What boulders?" I responded. Krytus yelled in fury. He formed his right hand into a sword, grabbed me by the collar of my dress, and lifted me into the air; his blade at my throat.
"I don't like to play games, human." He whispered with menace. "You could be of great use to us if I let you live, but if you do not wish to give us any information…" He trailed off and pressed the blade to my neck, drawing a thin line of blood. I swallowed, hard, trying to weave a lie to bide myself some time. Suddenly, I heard engines in the distance. Krytus looked in the direction of the noise, and shouted, the sound of pure rage.
"BATTLE FORCE FIVE!" He yelled. He dropped me onto the ground, and I lightly touched my throat. My fingers came away covered in my own blood. He roughly grabbed me again, yanked me up and threw me on the hood of his car, all of which was incredibly painful. then he and Kyburi drove toward Battle Force 5.
Battle Force 5-Normal POV
"Here comes Krytus and Kyburi!" Spinner warned the team. Vert put on his glasses and scanned them.
"Crap."
"What?" Zoom asked.
"Krytus has Stella."
"Thanks for the report, Captain Obvious." Spinner replied sarcastically.
"Heh. Good one Spin." Sherman knuckle-touched his bro.
"No, Krytus has Stella ON THE HOOD OF HIS CAR!" Vert replied.
"Oh." Spinner laughed nervously. "Crap." The two teams got closer.
"Alright guys, go for Kyburi. Whatever you do, DON'T hurt Stella. Zoom, try to swoop in and grab her while we distract them."
"Got it Vert!" Zoom separated the Chopper's two wheels and flew into the air. Tezz and Stanford teamed up on Kyburi, each blasting her.
"We are outnumbered, Krytus!" She hissed.
"They will not leave without the girl!" He responded, right before Stanford took the perfect shot and she dissolved into a glowing orb of red energy.
"Give her back, Krytus." Vert said. "Face it, you lost." Krytus looked around to find that he was surrounded. Vert took advantage of his distraction and activated the blades on the Saber. He drove straight through the Syfurious, and Krytus vaporized, as his energy swirled off to its respawn chamber.
Stella collapsed on the ground. Zoom immediately ran over to her and saw that she was bleeding. A lot.
"We gotta get her back to the Hub!" He said and picked her up.
"Woah, careful Zoom." Vert said. "Don't want you to strain yourself."
"Nah, I'm good." He replied. "She weighs like two pounds!" He walked over to the Reverb and rapped on the top. "Open up, Stan."
"But she's BLEEDING! MY INTERIOR!" He whined. Zoom simply ignored him and gently deposited her on the seat.
"Hmph."
"Let's go guys!" Vert said. They sped off to the Hub.
YAY for my longest chap. ever!