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Chapter 10: Rise of Crumble
As Kakan had awakened on the dirt ground he remembered landing on last night, he immediately felt intense waves of pain surge through his body. Broken rib-cage, two crushed up fists, a fracture in his skull. As Kakan felt the pain surge surge through his body, he began to believe that his entire skeleton had been shattered. He was surprised he hadn't even died from internal bleeding. He then attempted to sit up, only to feel his spine crack. Kakan bit his tongue to keep himself from howling in pain.
Sure, the pain was intense, it even hurt to move, but one of the main things he had been taught in the Skull Gang was to keep their activities as secretive as possible. Everyone had heard of them already, and they were lucky that everyone only thought they were a gang, and not a group that sought to rule the world with an iron fist. So even if it meant he would not receive much needed medical help, he would not let his presence be known. Plus, if he would die today, he guessed he would be okay with it. After all, that creature had been quite a worthy opponent. Surely his master would be proud that he had, in a way, gone down fighting. It would surely be seen as an honorable death in the Skull King's eyes. Hopefully.
But before Kakan could decide that he was ready to die, a familiar form leaned down to him, simply staring at him through hard red eyes. Kakan would've widened his eyes in that very second if his entire skull didn't hurt. It was Aldus, and to be honest, he didn't look too happy. 'So much for going down fighting'. Kakan thought. If he didn't have a good enough excuse for failing, Aldus would kill him himself.
"Hello Kakan". Aldus greeted in his Dracula-like voice. "Last I heard, you failed me quite miserably. Is that correct"? He finished sarcastically.
Kakan grunted immediately, fighting through the pain that coursed through his jaw as he spoke weakly: "I tried sir… he was too… powerful…"
Aldus shook his head in disappointment. "How disappointing. I expected most out of YOU. You were my second in command after all". Then rising to his feet and walking casually around him, as if a broken (literally) Skakdi were something he saw everyday as he continued: "I was impressed with all of those times you had succeeded, even if I had threaten you to it". Then stopping in front of Kakan's feet to narrow his hard red eyes down into Kakan's own: "But at the same time I can't really blame you since you've never fought something like this before". Aldus glared harshly at the thin air to his left as he formed a curved blade of red mist in his left fist: "It makes this decision that much more frustrating to make".
Kakan was immediately terrified as he saw the red blade form in Aldus's , the only time when Aldus had done things like that was when he was really angry or just felt that he really needed to kill someone. In other words, Kakan felt that he might have just gotten on his leaders bad side.
"Sir-" Kakan began to beg.
But just as Kakan had begun to speak, Aldus looked to his right as he heard what sounded like wheels crunching the dried up and grounds bits of dirt a short distance away. Aldus growled angrily and narrowed his eyes. Someone was coming their way. Aldus and Crumble were going to have to continue this conversation elsewhere. Luckily enough for Aldus, he knew just where to continue.
"Hush"! Aldus quietly ordered, then crouching down beside Kakan and placing a hand on his shoulder, a red mist surrounding them before disappearing entirely from where they had been, as a silver and black Toabot truck passed by.
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When the red mist faded, Kakan immediately noticed that he and Aldus were no longer in a storage facility. Instead, they were both in what appeared to be a peaceful edge to an island. It was a beach, with sun-soaked sand, trees filled with mango's, and waves of water that slowly crashed near them before returning back to the ocean after each wave. Aldus immediately stood and levitated a mango to him as Kakan looked around in confusion.
"Where are we"? Kakan asked.
Upon grabbing the floating Mango in his right hand, Aldus looked back at Kakan, explaining: "We are in what the Turaga Council calls, Storm Central, a top secret island that once held a device that... well that detail is unimportant". Then looking at a ball of red mist that formed in his left palm: "One of my many abilities just so happens to be able to come to places like this without their knowledge, via teleportation". Then taking a bite out of the mango, the contents of the fruit crushing easily in his mouth.
Kakan gave Aldus a look of interest, having always been fascinated by his powers as he responded: "Interesting".
Aldus nodded in agreement. "Yes it is". Then smirking darkly back down at his weak form: "And with the dangerous people guarding this place, it would be the perfect place to leave you right now, don't you think"?
Kakan immediately began to panic as the thought of being left here occurred to him. Sure, Kakan would admit that it was quite a nice change of scenery, but the fact that Aldus said there were dangerous people guarding this place didn't exactly make him feel comfortable. Kakan began to panic even more as he heard something move towards them, far away in the bushes. Kakan had no clue who these dangerous people were, and at this point, he would rather not find out. Kakan looked pleadingly up to Aldus then, fighting the pain in his jaw as he spoke.
"No! M-master! P-p-please! Let me serve you again! I'll do better, I'll beat this Matoran and bring him to you"!
Sure, he knew it wasn't a reliable promise at this point, but he had to try SOMETHING. Plus, if Aldus did spare his life, the second Kakan would recover, he would try even harder to make that creature pay for challenging them.
"Please I-I swear! I-I know his weakness! I'll use it this time"!
Aldus immediately had a thoughtful look as Kakan pleaded with him to spare his life. Though Kakan did not have the necessary tool to combat or weaken this creature, Aldus knew that Kakan had always kept his promises, which though surprising for a Skakdi, was true. Plus, Kakan had said that he knew the creatures weakness and that he would use it. If Kakan found the perfect opportunity, then the creature and it's power would be theirs sooner than expected. Aldus let out a sigh. 'Even at his weakest point, Kakan is still valuable'. Aldus thought to himself, then turning back to Kakan.
"Very well". Was all Aldus said before crouching down next to Kakan, and teleporting them both again.
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As Aldus and Kakan teleported back into the storage facility, Kakan immediately let out a sigh in relief. To say that he was relieved would be an understatement. He was overjoyed that Aldus had agreed to spare him, and for that, he would surely try even harder to meet the Skull King's demands.
"Th-thank you". Kakan weakly said.
Aldus just gave Kakan a grunt in response as he lifted a left hand, a brown mist forming from his palm. "Now, for a gift that you are best to use wisely". Aldus simply said before lowering said hand towards Kakan in a striking motion.
The brown mist left Aldus's hand quickly, entering Kakan through his mouth, causing him to widen his eyes in surprise. 'What is he doing'?! Kakan thought. 'I thought he was giving me another chance, not suffocating me'! A few seconds later, Aldus stopped shooting the gas into Kakan's mouth and lowered his hand with a dark smile.
Before Kakan could ask what Aldus just did, he felt power surge throughout his body, forcefully fixing all of the broken bones in his body. Kakan screamed in pain as he felt all of his bones snap back into place, then even more as he felt his armor break apart, another form appearing underneath all of the broken parts. A bright light immediately shone for a few seconds before then dimming to show a brand new form.
Kakan's head had remained the same, but his body had completely changed to a muscular and heavily armored body of silver and gray, apart from his black feet, black rocky back-plate, bone-like upper legs, and a pair of larger than average red fists.
In having felt his strength return, even stronger than before, Kakan immediately rose to his clawed feet, noticing that he was larger before looking down to see the muscular chestplate. 'What was this'? Kakan wondered. He rose both of his arms to his Garai, noticing the new look, still a bit confused. His confusion rose as he spotted the larger than average red hands on the end of his arms. 'What's with these'? He wondered.
Then looking slightly down to Aldus: "What has happened to me"?
Aldus smiled darkly up at the now larger Skakdi. "I have given you power Kakan. The power necessary to defend yourself against this Titan-warrior".
Kakan couldn't help but smile a bit at that. This meant he could actually make good on his promise to Aldus, to try even harder to accomplish his mission. With all of this power he felt surging through him, surely it would be easier to fight off the warrior now that he had all of this admirable power at his disposable. That, and he could finally have a rematch with the creature, hoping to kick his butt this time around.
Kakan's thoughts were then interrupted by a rather confusing order from the Skull King: "Punch the ground".
Kakan was confused, but complied nonetheless, mustering a small sum of his own strength into his right arm and throwing a right fist down at it. Immediately, a large crack formed where he had punched, then zigzagging across the rocky ground, eventually reaching a large storage crate. Upon doing so, the crack became wider, big enough that the storage container plummeted inside, earning a happy growl from the Skakdi as he rose to his clawed feet, smiling admirably at his fists.
"Interesting". Kakan admired. "I think I'm gonna like this".
Aldus frowned a bit as he warned: "Try not to have too much fun. Your progress on this job shall determine whether or not you get to keep it". With that being said, Aldus immediately vaporized into a large red cloud that floated away quickly, before teleporting and escaping from Kakan's view.
Kakan smiled once more as he looked down upon his new, muscular form. From now on, despite the fact that the Skull King had not wanted him to think of it that way, this was going to be fun.
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Biomarvel740: Who wants to guess who that Toabot was? XD Anyways, since we are nearing close to Thanksgiving, who would like to share what they are thankful for? Please feel free to leave your answer and your opinion of the chapter in the form of a review and have a God-blessed day! XD
