Lego owns Bionicle and the name Ketongu. Hasbro owns Transformers and the name Xanthium. Galem owns the characters: Tali, Ava, Amber, Iris, Diego, Alyan, Adhira, Valera, and Kasar.
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Chapter 11: Paradox Vs. Xanthium
As Paradox, Billy, Outilisa, Slash, Ops, Tali, and Z approached the dimly lit tunnel entrance, everyone kept a cautious eye out, in case there were anymore Makutacons inside, waiting to strike. Just because Paradox had just killed two guards earlier, didn't mean there weren't any more Makutacons hiding anywhere. Come to think of it, from all Paradox had experienced in the past, there normally were more Makutacons than that out in front of any base. 'So why then were there only two'? Paradox pondered.
As far as Paradox was concerned, after the defeat of the Insidious, the Toabots were winning this war. Plus with Killers crashed ship being discovered and used for spare parts, this was possibly one of the Makutacons last bases of operations. 'And yet Xanthium led me here like there would be no risk to them if it were discovered'. Paradox thought. 'Why would the Makutacons put so little effort in guarding this place, when they had never guarded any other place like this before now? Better yet, if they were going to use that much effort knowing of my imminent arrival, why guard it at all'?
Paradox was pulled away from his train of thought when he heard his son say: "Paradox, look".
Paradox looked over at Slash, noticing him pointing up at the ceiling. Paradox and the others all looked up in the direction of where Slash was pointing. A short distance away on the ceiling, was a triangular shaped security camera like the one Paradox had seen years ago on Planet X, this one bearing a Makutacon symbol.
Paradox looked back over at his son with a smile. "Good eye Slash".
"So...this is their new base?" Tali asked, a wisp of hopefulness in her voice. If this was the Makutacon base, there should be intel of the enemy's locations.
Slash nodded. "I think so". Slash smirked as he unseathed both of his blades, ready to help finally bring the Makutacons and Xanthium to justice. "Now then, why don't we all go bring the traitor to justice"?, Slash asked his friends before beginning to walk towards the entrance.
Slash almost let out a surprised gasp when he felt his dad's hand touch his chest and hold him in a halted position.
Paradox turned his head to Slash and shook it before responding: "Negative Son".
Slash gave Paradox a surprised look. "What"?
'I thought Paradox was going to let us help'! Slash thought, both in fear and a slight hint of anger. Sure, Xanthium was probably far more skilled than all of them, but that was exactly why he needed them. Despite Xanthium's skill set, maybe if they all fought him together they could stand a chance. 'Better chances than a student beating a teacher'. Slash thought.
"Billy, Outilisa and I will all go inside and take down Xanthium". Paradox explained. "I want you and Everyone else to stand outside and guard the area. I want one of you looking inside on occasion. If you see someone other than me come out, you grab Everyone and fly away. No matter what".
Paradox had known the risks of losing long before he had started this mission, but since Xanthium would easily prove to be a formidable foe in skill, strength, and intellect, Paradox had to ensure that Xanthium be taken down as soon as possible before his work with the Makutacons could begin. Billy and Outilisa, being two of the most skilled Toa on the team, would look out for Paradox in directions where he may not initially pay attention. If Paradox were to die, he would have to make sure that no one else would be harmed by the traitor Prime. With people waiting outside, a safe distance enough away to hear whatever conversation may be taking place inside, surely they would return to base and warn everyone of what may come. Regardless of what outcome this confrontation would have, Xanthium had to be stopped.
Tali bit her lower lip as she listened to them in concern, the thought of Paradox not coming back frightening her.
"DAD-" Slash started to say, before his dad interrupted him.
"No matter WHAT". Paradox looked over art the others as he continued: "Promise me you will do this".
Lowering her gaze to the floor, Tali wrestled with her own emotions. Like Slash, she wanted to go in there and help take down the traitor. She also wanted to be there to help Paradox if anything went wrong. But she knew her place, and as much as she hated this plan, she had to go along with it.
Slash remained silent for a moment, both afraid for and angry at his dad. Afraid, because he knew Paradox's chances against the guy who trained him weren't very high. Angry because Paradox was actually willing to die, to be taken from his whole family and all of the friends he had made for the past one hundred years. Of course Slash knew it had to be done, and he even understood why with Xanthium as a Makutacon bringing in all kinds of disadvantages for the Toabots, but it didn't help the anger or the sadness that continued to grow within him. But as much as he truly disagreed with this plan, due to the very possible end result even with his older sister and brother in law with him, like Tali, he would have to accept it. Slash looked up at Paradox then, responding to his request with a reluctant nod.
Paradox gave the others a nod, silently thanking them for their help before turning to Billy and Outilisa and ordering: "Billy, Outilisa, load your weapons. We are going in".
Billy and Outilisa both nodded and Billy took out his arrow-sword, while Outilisa loaded her shotgun, both following behind Paradox and walking deeper into the tunnel.
Z suddenly spoke up once the three disappeared from their view: "Well as fun as it's been, I have an assassination to get to".
The assassination Z was referring to, was an in progress one of Alyan's abusive dad, Kasar. From what Alyan had told Z, there was a high possibility that Kasar was hiding in a mansion in Greece like a coward. 'Though he did pick a nice place of scenery'. Z thought. Regardless, he made a promise, something he almost always kept, and there was money promised for this assassination, and last he checked Alyan hadn't given him a time limit. Since Z had never bothered to find out just how much patience the blind Toa Rahayu of Stone had, he figured it'd be best to get move on now.
"Don't start a war without me". Z teased, before then starting to turn away.
Z's motion was suddenly stopped when he felt a servo place itself onto his left shoulder, trying to stop him. Z turned back quickly, frowning a bit into Ops's optics. That single look into Ops's optics was enough to tell him why he was stopping him. 'Seriously, we just had this conversation earlier'. Z thought, refusing the urge to roll his own optics at the Autobots persistence.
Tali didn't say a word as she watched the two, her thoughts turned back to her teammate and long time friend. Had he made the right choice? Had she made the right choice? Should she have fought harder to make him see reason? What did Alyan gain from allowing this? These and so many unanswered questions rolled in her mind, nearly giving her a headache.
"What are you doing"? Z asked his friend.
"Revenge is not worth killing over". Ops responded, keeping his frown.
He didn't care if this guy murdered Alyan's entire family. Murdering people out of selfishness wasn't going to make Alyan fell better, nor would it bring any of his family back. 'It's not going to change ANYTHING'! Ops thought. He had even seen Tali give Alyan talks on mercy on multiple occasions, which in this case made Ops wonder whether Alyan was stubborn or stupid. If the Toa Rahayu of Stone was here, Ops definitely would've asked him.
"Hm, well I disagree". Z responded simply. "You see, it gives me something better to do than this".
'Seriously, killing Makutacons is fun and all, but if someone's going to expect someone with my talents to be on guard duty, they shouldn't be surprised to find me asleep'. Z thought, mentally rolling his eyes at the thought. 'Oh the boredom I'd be put through if someone assigned me to such a boring task where there's more than likely going to be zero danger from outside. Plus, as previously ("And hopefully not too much as Biomarvel740 sometimes does with some subjects". #Z) mentioned he had an assassination to get to.
Ops glared. "Better than THIS"?!
"What do you means by THAT, Z?" Tali asked, voice a tad tight. She could not see an assassination more important than bringing a traitor to justice and prevent another war. "This is about bringing a traitor to justice."
"Let me get something straight to you two: I'm not a very good person, therefore Justice is not a word in my vocabulary". Z told them. "Literally, I'm a sick freak with no other destiny than to kill and destroy people who do illegal things unless said actions were made in lack of a thought processor. So I'm sorry if you hate my sicker ways but it's not like I can just change them".
"You could if you tried"! Ops shouted, getting angrier with his friend by the second.
'Seriously, this guy goes on and says that he can't change and he doesn't even try'! Ops thought. Sure, when Z was Noah he still did quite a few questionable things, but this was something else. 'Agreeing to assassinate someone just because someone had daddy issues?! Of course his dad was abusive, but that didn't give a single excuse to murder anyone. Then again, Z hadn't known how else to be for a very long time. 'Maybe Tali should be giving Z the mercy talks since Alyan is pretending to be as deaf as he is blind'. Ops thought.
Feeling the room heating up ("Excuse me". #Z), Slash quickly got between the two and warned: "Guys, calm down". Though Slash definitely wasn't a part of this discussion, now was definitely not the time for allies to be butting heads over a disagreement.
Taking the chance, Tali grabbed Ops shoulder and jerked hard on it to get his attention. Once she did, she shook her head. It was a lost cause. In the short time she knew him, she learned that once Z put his mind on something, nothing anyone says could deter him.
Seeing Tali shake her head, Ops couldn't help but lower his helm in defeat, and hope that Z would try to change his ways somewhere along the way as he responded: "Alright Z, you can go".
"I wasn't asking for your permission, but thanks anyways". Z responded, earning a small chuckle from his Autobot friend. "Expect to see me later"?
Ops simply nodded.
"Sure thing". Slash said.
"See you later, Z." Tali smiled sadly.
Z gave them all a smile then, silently wishing them good luck before transforming quickly into a police helicopter and flying away. A few seconds afterwards, Ops removed a hacking device from the slot in his right leg, and activated it. Before Paradox, Billy, and Outilisa had walked into the tunnel, Ops had notice a small red light a distance away from the camera they had just found earlier. Seeing as none of them had any idea what was waiting inside that tunnel, Ops figured it would be a good idea to hack into the cameras, to keep a close optic on them in case they would need assistance.
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As Paradox walked deeper and deeper into the dimly lit tunnel, towards a perfectly lit room, he took a moment to look behind himself to make sure Outilisa and Billy were still behind him to keep an eye out for any more Makutacon soldiers. Much to his relief, they were. Paradox quickly turned his gaze back towards the perfectly lit doorway, hoping neither of them had seen him.
As confident as Paradox wanted to be right now, a part of his was immensely afraid. Not for his own life as he would be willing to risk his life to do the right thing any day. Instead he was afraid for his daughter and son in law. Sure they were two of the best Toa out there, but as they all walked deeper and deeper into the tunnel, Paradox felt a sickening feeling in his stomach. Like no matter how ready they were, or how much ammo they had at their disposal, something was still going to go horribly wrong.
Whatever happened, Paradox hoped that walking in there wouldn't get his daughter or son in law killed. After having just got the entirety of his family back five months ago, he still didn't want to lose any of them and nor would he ever. So in an effort to protect them, Paradox decided that he would be more on guard than he already was, ready to kill any Makutacon that would dare threaten his family.
Upon getting close enough to make the room on the other side of the doorway, the sickening feeling in Paradox's stomach grew. At this distance he noticed that the rocky ceiling, a stone bridge, and walls stretched for miles and miles. 'What could a Makutacon possibly need for a room this massive'? Paradox thought as a shiver slowly crept up his spine. For whatever Makutacon purpose a room of this size could be, one thing was certain: Paradox was not going to like the answer.
Once the three had fully entered the room, they stopped on the first few inches of the bridge, each of them gaining a terrified look as they gazed at the horror that lied below them. For beneath this bridge was a concrete floor underneath a massive armada of Makutacon branded air ships, tanks, super soldiers, Makutacons, crates full of highly destructive firearms, and propped up turrets, all of which were aligned in perfect rows going much farther than their eyes could see. Paradox only became more worried for his friends and family when he noticed that these rows also went past the end of the bridge which was already miles long. But that wasn't the scariest part oft his scenery. Just a good distance away, Paradox noticed photos of the current TATF base, battle plans drawn all around said photos.
"Oh no". Paradox responded as the sick realization hit him. A fact made evident by these photos, weapons, and battle plans that he had hoped he would've been able to stop before now. 'Xanthium told the Makutacons where we are'.
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Ops had just finished hacking into the camera of that same room Paradox, Billy, and Outilisa were currently in, and his optics widened in fear upon spotting all of the war machines and weaponry that inhabited the room. Just to make sure it wouldn't be too much more of problem, Ops hacked into the next camera, each other camera being two miles ahead of the next. He got the video feed of the next camera only to see more weaponry. He hacked into the next to see the same thing again. Rows and rows of extremely powerful weapons, some that even the Toa and Autobots in the time that they had worked with the Toabots had never combated, not to mention the fact that their Toabot friends had easily been outmatched by one super soldier six months prior to these events. Then he hacked into the next. Then the next. Then the next and the next and the next and the next. But with each camera two miles ahead he saw the same thing. A LOT of destructive weaponry, vehicles, and soldiers.
"Slash, please tell me that this is not what I think it is". Ops spoke in a shaky voice that as almost too quiet for anyone to hear.
Hearing the tremor in his voice, Tali glanced over and felt her blood drain from her face and run ice cold throughout her body at the sight. It was a horrifying sight, all those weaponry and tanks, prepped and ready for an attack. Shivering, she leaned closer to Ops in hopes of getting a little warmth to help snap her out of this fear's grip.
Slash and War Machine felt a shiver crawl slowly and uncomfortably up their spines as they turned to the video feed, also seeing the so far countless amounts of weapons. In all of the battles they had fought against the Makutacons, they had both only seen this many weapons be used in a few battles. There had of course been more battles where the Makutacons had had this many supplies and weapons at their disposal, and they had been lucky to get out of those ones alive. All the other times Toabots had fought those battles, it didn't end well.
"Oh crap". Slash commented.
"Yeah, I don't think I have enough ammo for that". War Machine added. And that was saying something considering the fact that everyone had nicknamed him the "one Toabot arsenal".
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As Paradox continued to stare at all of the weapons and Makutacons below him on the bridge, fear grew in his liark for his friends and family. Sure, they would find a way to beat this. The Toabots had come out of worse situations than this before, but most of the time those victories had come at a heavy price. 'How many of my Toabots will die at their hands this time'? Paradox thought in worry. 'Will I even be able to protect Turpinville against all of these weapons? Even if I do, how much of the state will be left'?
Paradox was jolted from his train of thought by the sound of metal scrapping against metal behind him. He, Billy, and Outilisa all turned to the same sound, spotting a thick metal door closing behind them, a mechanical lock being heard behind them. Instinctively, Billy and Outilisa ran for the door and stopped inches away from it to examine it for a weak point, while Paradox kept watch over them. In a situation like this, he felt his life mattered less, but not in a depressing way. With this war about to get much bigger than before, Paradox felt that if someone spotted them, him dying first would've given his daughter and son in law enough time to figure something out and escape or hide. Regardless, in his optics, their lives mattered far more than his own. As did the lives of his men. If they were going to have the smallest shot at winning, they would need to be warned of these weapons soon.
Billy glared holes into the metal of the door as he desperately tried to find a weakness in this door. A way to blow or even pry it open with one of their firearms. Nothing. As desperately as they needed to escape and to warn everyone of the approaching threat, there was no way out, and there could be an army of Makutacons coming up to kill them at any moment. Billy banged a fist on the door.
"Crap"! Billy exclaimed. Then turning to his wife: "Outilisa-".
But before Billy could get another word out, two tiny mechanical devices whooshed past Paradox's head and hit both Outilisa and Billy, electricity emerging from the devices the second they hit the Toa, encasing them in electricity until both passed out and collapsed at Paradox's feet. Angered, the Toabot leader whirled around to face the attacker. What he saw made his optics widen in confusion and shock. For just a few feet away from him was a small Po-Toabot of teen age with an orange, maskless face, gray and red armor on his arms and legs, and an orange and gold chestplate with a Makutacon symbol recently branded on the chest. This Bioformer, Paradox knew very well. He was Slash's twin brother Orange, whom had arrived on the same ship that Slash and the other Toabots had. 'But why'?! Paradox wondered. 'I loved all of my children equally, even treated them as such! I had even taught them all the Toabot way! Why betray us'?!
Paradox gave his son a devastated look as he demanded: "Son?! What is the meaning of this"?!
Orange smiled as if he done nothing wrong. "It's what I want and need to do dad". The new Makutacon responded. "You really think you're gonna win this war? Better yet, what makes you think you're fighting for the right reasons"?
Orange had listened to his dad's lectures and lessons about being merciful and forgiving with the Bionicles and Transformers, and it had really gotten tiring after a while. 'If you ask me, they're our greatest enemy'. Orange thought. 'They exiled us, expecting us all to die off with no food or water, so yeah. Let's not have any hard feelings'. That's what he had always heard when Paradox spoke on the matter. Then he met Xanthium, whom had revealed his true allegiance to the Makutacon cause. Orange offered his services the second his uncle had revealed he was a Makutacon. 'Plus, not only do I agree with their views on all Bionicle and Transformer-kind, But they also have more soldiers and weapons. Of course they're going to win! My dad is a fool to believe otherwise'!
"Son listen to me, you are making a mistake"! Paradox pleaded, to which his son only scoffed.
'Why is Orange being like this'?! Paradox wondered. 'I taught him about Jesus's love on the cross, how he had laid down his own life for everyone else's and therefore we should be an example of that love by defending everyone from the Makutacon's wrath. Why would my own son have the hateful liark of a Makutacon after everything that's happened? He's SEEN me and the Lead-Turaga Lesovikk speak peacefully? Why doubt that there can be peace now, when it is before his very optics'?
Almost immediately after this, Paradox heard another familiar voice inches behind him respond: "Oh, I do not think so, brother. I think he'd be WISE to join OUR cause, seeing as yours will soon become obsolete".
Paradox turned quickly, facing Xanthium in the optics, wanting to show an expression of rage. All he could show was sadness however. Paradox was disappointed in his older brother for betraying the Toabots, and angry at him for turning his own son against him, but regardless of all of that Paradox still loved him dearly, as he did the rest of his friends and family. He had already lost many siblings to the Makutacons, why another? 'Why the one who had trained me since my birth to be a warrior to stand up for the weak and defenseless'? In the end, that was the only question he had.
"Xanthium... Why"? Paradox asked.
Xanthium smiled as if he were playing a game, a rather unsettling look for Paradox as he had rarely seen him smile.
"Oh there is a MASSIVE number of reasons why Paradox, your son actually listed a few". Xanthium responded. Then walking a step closer, his face inches away from Paradox's, he glared and taunted: "But for now, why don't I just teach you another lesson"?
Paradox gave the Makutacon General a sympathetic look as he responded: "Because you are not armed. It would be dishonorable".
No matter how much Paradox wanted to strike Xanthium down where he stood, it wouldn't be right in his optics. Xanthium was basically defenseless. He didn't even possess a close range weapon, for which Paradox looked for briefly to make sure. Even when he had killed Insidious, he could've defended himself. Not only was it dirty fighting, it was also an unfair advantage he had over Xanthium.
Xanthium smiled a bit and chuckled in response to Paradox's words. "I appreciate your sympathy, though it has always made you weak, but I assure you it would not". Xanthium backed away a foot as he continued: "I will have a weapon the second you attack me".
Before Paradox could ask him what he had meant by that, Xanthium quickly spun himself midair and kicked Paradox across the face, nearly knocking him off of the bridge. Paradox quickly caught his balance however, and swung his left arm-blade at his brother. Xanthium quickly caught the part in Paradox's in motion forearm that connected the armblade with it, with his left hand, then pushed his right hand harshly into Paradox's face, ripping off the armblade and knocking the Toabot onto his back.
Paradox rolled quickly to his left, dodging a downwards sword swing from Xanthium. Paradox rolled quickly to his feet, then swung his remaining right arm-blade towards Xanthium's head. Xanthium rose the sword quickly, blocking the swing and quickly offering a strong kick to Paradox's left side. Paradox groaned in pain as he felt the ribs on his left side snap on impact.
Noticing Xanthium's strength and speed, Paradox decided to act fast, delivering a quick uppercut with his left fist, distracting Xanthium momentarily. Paradox used this moment to his advantage, offering a spin kick towards the right side of Xanthium's face, the impact knocking Xanthium off of his feet and onto his knees. Paradox tried to be quick still and swung his right armblade towards his foe. But Xanthium blocked the swing with the stolen blade and swung a hard left punch at the top of Paradox's head, then rising to his feet and smacking the hilt of the armblade into Paradox's forehead, rendering him dizzy in an instant. Xanthium didn't relent as he lifted Paradox by his chestplate and tossed him off the bridge into a wall.
Paradox grunted from the impact before beginning his descent towards the hard concrete floor. Remembering his wings, Paradox activated his boosters and hovered over an army of Makutacons who simply backed away. Paradox raised an optic ridge, confused as to why none of the thousands of Makutacons weren't firing before he felt someone drop stomp on his back, causing Paradox to land hard on his chest as Xanthium stood on his back. Xanthium quickly tore the artificial wings from Paradox's back and tossed them aside, backing away then to allow Paradox to rise.
Paradox rolled quickly to his feet and attempted a jab towards Xanthium's liark chamber at the center of his chest. Xanthium swung his blade down onto the armblade, forcing it to miss before jamming his right elbow harshly into Paradox's face and then quickly back-hand punching Paradox across the face, causing Paradox to back up a few steps. Paradox regained his balance quickly as Xanthium charged, reacting to the charge by shoving his armblade through Xanthium's left shoulder, then jabbing Xanthium in the face three times with his left fist.
Before Paradox could attempt anymore jabs, Xanthium headbutted Paradox, causing him to stumble back a bit. Xanthium gripped the blade still embedded in his left shoulder and yanked it out in a way that caused Paradox to stumble farther. Noticing a numbness in his left shoulder, Xanthium quickly snapped it back into place with his right hand. Noticing Paradox charging, Xanthium ducked away from Paradox's next swing and slammed the hilt of his blade into Paradox's back, knocking him down again.
Xanthium took the opportunity to swing his blade across Paradox's back, creating a gash that leaked purple blood. Paradox painfully rolled away from Xanthium's next swing and onto his feet, only to be knocked down once again by Xanthium's right elbow impacting Paradox's mask. Xanthium quickly grabbed Paradox by the chestplate and picked him up a few feet, then slamming him back into the ground, hard enough to form cracks in the concrete floor before tossing the Toabot leader towards a smaller tank with a spike pointing out in front of it's barrel.
Paradox flew towards the spike, the pointed steel accessory impaling itself through Paradox's left shoulder. Paradox screamed from the pain as Xanthium charged, then swung a few hard left punches at Paradox's face. Paradox reacted by swinging his right armblade towards Xanthium, the armblade embedding itself into Xanthium's left shoulder. Both screamed in pain and rage as Paradox pushed forward, removing the spike from his wound before making a few left jabs at Xanthium's chest.
Xanthium only growled in frustration and grabbed Paradox by his right forearm and shoved his armblade from the wound before impaling his sword through the right side of Paradox's abdomen. Paradox roared in pain. Xanthium quickly removed the blade and kicked Paradox across the face, knocking him down onto his hands and knees as blood spilled from the abdominal wound.
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Slash had already become angry enough upon witnessing his brothers betrayal. 'Oh how I'll get him back later for that should he ever return home'. Slash thought. The damage Paradox was currently taking at the hands of his traitorous brother was only making that worse. The whole time he wanted to rush in there and attack Xanthium to give his dad a fighting chance. But there was a metal door between them and the fight so unless War Machine had one of those tanks, there was no way they would be getting in there.
Tears streamed down Ops's faceplates as he saw Paradox weaken and bleed from Xanthiums attacks. "Paradox"! 'Please Jesus, don't let him die now'. He desperately prayed.
'What can he do?! What can he do?!' Tali's panicking mind screamed before it was immediately cast down by her tactical side. 'A surprise attack! It's his only hope!'
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Paradox heard Xanthium's laugh echo through the massive chamber as he fought not to pass out from blood loss, his purple blood pouring from the wounds in his shoulder and abdomen. No matter how much he was hurting, or had been wounded, Paradox had to get back up now if he were still have a chance at beating Xanthium. As grim as those chances looked at this moment.
"You thought you could beat ME Paradox"? He heard his brother ask. "Ha! You would have FAR better luck against Killer".
Paradox looked up at Xanthium confidently, purple blood leaking from his mouth as he responded: "No matter the cost, I and the Toabots will defeat you Xanthium".
In that, Paradox really was confident. Even if Xanthium were to kill him here and now, someone else would lead the Toabots to victory, and eventually bring Xanthium and his Makutacon forces to justice. If they were able to defeat the Insidious, and able to survive years of war against the Makutacons, and as long as they trusted in Jesus, surely no victory would be impossible.
Xanthium frowned. "Do you seriously think that is an option at this point"? He slapped Paradox harshly, knocking the Toabot leader down onto a single elbow and his knees, coughing up more blood. "Look around you! This is enough to crumble a city to ASHES and it's not even HALF of their full arsenal"! He got on his knees then, gazing into Paradox's lifted optics. "Face it Paradox, you have already lost".
Paradox responded with a glare and a grunt, fighting once more against his own pain to rise back to his feet. Even now, with the odds tipped so far into the Makutacons favor that the mere thought of Toabot victory seemed hopeless, Paradox was not willing to give up. Even if he were in what would surely be his last fight, Paradox already decided a long time ago that he would fight with every last breath he had to ensure a safer tomorrow for those whom he had already forgiven. No way was he going to stop fighting until forgiveness, unconditional love, and mercy reigned.
Xanthium rolled his optics at his brothers attempts to get back up, and swung his right fist harshly at the back of Paradox's head, knocking him to the ground, unconscious. Xanthium let out a sigh. 'Pity'. He thought. 'If only my brother were not so blind, he would see that this is necessary. That sometimes genocide is such a beautiful thing'.
Xanthium rose up to his feet then, embedding the broken off armblade into the ground next to Paradox's limp body, then walking towards a nearby room where KillShot was waiting, leaving the armblade there to forever mark the site of Paradox's embarrassing defeat as he ordered: "Patch him up for tomorrow".
Orange followed, gazing back as his dad's body was being dragged away for a moment, and then scoffing before commenting: "What a sorry loser".
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Slash felt his anger rise at his brothers comment. "That sorry loser is our DAD you son of a-"
"Do NOT finish that sentence, Slash." Tali barked, her own anger at Orange barely under control. "I highly doubt you think of your mother that way."
Slash nodded in response to Tali's outburst, while continuing to glare intensely at Orange as he walked out of view on the screen Ops was on. 'Orange better be hoping that I don't find him after this'. Slash thought. If he did, he would make sure Orange payed for this. Slowly and painfully.
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Xanthium chuckled at Oranges comment as he entered the computer room. "Do not underestimate him Orange. GRANTED He is not as strong as we are, but he has always been good at strategy".
And that was exactly why he had come here. For in this room were computers connected to multiple camera feeds both outside and inside. Xanthium sat in the chair in front of these computers, and hastily scrolled through several screens, some consisting of the weapons, some of bloodied up torture chambers, others of Toabots screaming to be released from hundreds upon hundreds of large cell rooms. These video feeds gained a sickening smile from Xanthium. 'They chose to oppose us. Why feel sorry or cry over their pains? They all deserve this after all. ANYONE who dares ally with the Bionicles and Cybertronians deserve worse than this, and once our plans are enacted, we will laugh at their sorrow at the sight of their failure'.
Close to the bottom of the scrolling screen, Xanthium spotted Slash, War Machine, Ops, and Tali, all waiting outside and looking at a hacking device, having seen what had just happened. Xanthium chuckled darkly before rising back up to his feet, and turning to face the one eyed Makutacon.
"KillShot, there seems to be a problem outside, please do take care of it for me". Xanthium politely ordered.
Killshot smirked darkly as well. "Yes sir, Xanthium".
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Biomarvel740: What War Machine Prime said about not having enough ammo is a reference to what Hound said about Infernocus in Transformers: The Last Knight. Speaking of which, the movie was AWESOME! I saw it 20th before is came out on Friday and I loved every second of it! XD
Galem: Bio, the 20th was Tuesday. The day before yesterday. (chuckles) I know you are excited about the movie but please, do not forget what day it is.
Biomarvel740: Oh, right. (blushes) Sorry.
Galem: (giggles when you blush) It's okay, silly. I'm excited about the movie too. I can't wait to watch it, but the leaked scenes are so tempting.
Biomarvel740: (smiles) Don't. Trust me, it's worth the wait. (To the readers) And don't listen to those critics. You can have your own opinion. XD
Galem: Agreed.
Biomarvel740: Anyways, what did you all think of the chapter?
Galem: Let us know in a review or PM us if you have any questions.
Biomarvel740: We thank you all for reading-
Galem: and please...
Biomarvel740 and Galem: Have a God-blessed day! XD :D