I was traveling the Lanes alone now. I went a separate way from Ventus to go looking for Terra. I was about to land on a new world when the tail end of my glider went upwards. I looked back and saw that a large ship was hovering above me. It was sucking my glider straight into its large hull. When I stopped moving, I quickly deactivated my armor and hid behind a space craft. A large walking shark thing came into the room.
"I could have sworn we had found another creature like the one from earlier." He paced around before running off.
"One before…who else is here?" I whispered to myself.
I wondered around the ship until I found a what seemed to be a holding container. The large shark and a long legged creature were looking into a cell. I looked at the area and saw a group of Unversed appear. The shark and strange creature ran quickly not even taking notice of me.
"Awesome…well at least there isn't a castle." I muttered.
A bright light blinded me for a moment. Then Terra was before me. I decided to let my friend take care of the Unversed. When he was done he turned around, seeing me waving at him.
"Livia…when did you get here?" he said coming over to me.
"Right before the Unversed appeared." I told him.
Terra looked at me for second, "You could've helped."
I shrugged, and wrapped my arms around his neck, "I didn't feel like."
Terra laughed, lowering his head to kiss me gently. When we pulled away I laid my head on his shoulder, closing my eyes.
"I'm sorry, Liv…"
"Don't worry about it."
"But…I…"
"Very impressive display," came a strange voice.
We looked over to see a heavy set creature talking to us from inside a cell. I grabbed Terra's hand and dragged him away.
"Wait! You help? I have been imprisoned on ridiculous charges!"
"Is that so?" Terra asked stopping pulling me backwards.
"I am innocent scientist," he began as we turned towards him. "Who created galaxy's most destructive—uh…constructive species of all times. Why, my experiment could annihilate creatures you fought so hard! He is bulletproof, fireproof, and can think faster than supercomputer. He can see in the dark and move objects 3,000 times his rather diminutive size. And for reasons preposterous, the Federation Council fears him. They take him away from me and throw me here in small, stuffy, rather badly lit cell."
"Because he's so powerful?" I questioned.
"Exactly. Everyone always get antsy in pantses when somebody more powerful is in the neighborhood. You understand, perhaps?"
Terra and I looked at each other.
"We must make to rescue him, or he'll be banished to far reaches of space!"
"What do you think, Terra?" I asked him.
"Okay then. Take us to him." He said answering both the creature and me.
The creature made his way towards us after we unlock the cell, "Experiment 626. Is name I give to adorable, fluffy creature you are helping for to rescue. And I am genius scientist who created him, Dr. Jumba Jookiba."
"I'm Livia, and this is Terra," I introduced.
"Pleasure is all ours. 626 is this way. Hurry!"
The three of us made our way through the ship. Terra kept looking at me with a sad face. I grabbed his and smiled. He smiled back but it had no meaning to him. We passed through a transport that took us to the containment center. A small blue creature with six legs and antennas was growling from inside the container.
"Amazing, is he not?" Jumba asked, "Such tremendous power in such itty-bitty package. Truly, he is the one and that's the only—the mightiest creature in all of galaxy. And his only, singular instinct – to destroy everything he touches! See?"
"What!" Terra and I wondered.
Jumba release the field and 626 happily jumped from the floating platform to Terra's arm. It ran around Terra and then jumped to me doing the same thing before flinging himself onto the ceiling. Dangling from one of his many hands was our Wayfinders.
"When did you—"Terra checked his pockets then growled, "Give that back."
"Too late, is already marked for destruction." Jumba said.
"No stop! My friends gave me that!" Terra said looking at the floor sadly. 626 stopped moving and stared to our sacred trinket.
"'Friends?' Are you joking?" Jumba laughed, rolling on the floor. "Such concept is totally lost on 626."
I watched as 626 looked at the Wayfinders before throwing them down and running away. Terra walked over to them, picking them up.
"Funny…This whole time I've been telling myself I want to be stronger, more independent…" he explained to me handing me my Wayfinder, "But the second I let my heart do the talking…I find out how little I really know myself. And how much I miss you all."
I pulled Terra into the biggest hug I've ever given him. He wrapped his arms around me, not wanting to let go. "That experiment of yours…You sure about him? Maybe, in his heart, he wants friends just like the rest of us." Terra told Jumba still holding me.
I turned in Terra's arms so I could see the doctor as he explained how 626 had no emotions, only destructive instincts. He pulled out a green marble and dropped it in a beaker of water that he magically made appear. The beaker glowed and out came a creature that shot lightning around the room. The creature was rather difficult to defeat due to the lightning it produce and how it would go inside the machinery in the room. However, when it was defeated, it turned back into its original marble shape.
"Oh…you'll be all right, little one." Jumba told his little marble.
We walked over to Jumba, with 626 walking up behind him.
"What is it? Why have you returned?" Jumba asked him.
626 made a very angry sounding noise. I grabbed Terra's hand and dragged him towards the small, blue creature.
"Maybe he's wondering what a friend is." I offered.
"Ridiculous!"
I ignored him and got on my knees in front of 626 resting my hands on the floor, "This is Terra."
"Ter…ra," the creature said with a slight growl with his r's.
I nodded, "I'm Livia."
626 looked at me, "Liv…i…a."
"Yes." Terra chimed in, "We can't explain friendship. When you feel it, you'll know it."
"Not if I have any say in matter! You are only meant to think about what it is you will destroy next." Jumba said, "Now, I fix what is wrong with you."
626 screamed at the doctor, when suddenly an alarm goes off.
"Red alert. Red alert. Experiment 626 and three prisoners have escaped from the cell bay. Security, locate the fugitives immediately. Repeat. Experiment 626 and three prisoners –," came a voice over an intercom system.
"Hey, I was never in prison." I yelled at the system while 626 and Jumba ran away.
Terra laughed, "Well, we can't stay here and get caught."
I nodded and we donned our armor before going through the lanes.
"I'll find some way to make things right." Terra whispered to his Wayfinder.
