Chapter 12: The Aftermath
Almost as suddenly as she appeared in Fredi's memories was as fast she returned to that classroom; swiftly looking around to see everything was just as it was before she left. It must have been just as Lord informed her where all that time was only less than a tenth of a second in the real world.
Though Fredi's multicolored eyes were completely focused on the young girl that made her way into the room; surprisingly to this young alien she looked almost like Fredi's little sister but of a different ethnicity. Could it have been because of their similarities that triggered such strong emotions that drew herself into his memories? Such violently painful emotions they were.
"You kidnapped their brother?" As Gwen was completely unaware of is short absences, the skull faced FREAK chuckled to the Bless's quiet outburst. "Why would you do that?"
Rubbing the chin part of his helmet, the being with a god complex has been questioning about that for some time now as well. Why didn't he just kill their brother, did Pharaoh really need him alive and for what? "Honestly sweet cheeks I have no clue," grinning under his helmet, something that just crossed his mind sounded like a lot of fun. His boss already had one Bless to look over, and he knew he would get so many delicious emotions from killing the young girl in front of Fredi Head; practically reliving his own sister's death would be Lord's form of heaven, "but I will make up for not taking his life right now."
Gwen could only watch helplessly as she watched Lord click his heels when he walked over to who she remembered that day as being Dawn Knight; another Bless that was in her Special Needs Class. Although if she had the same powers as she did, how could she not see Lord walking towards her?
Forming that large black scythe of his Gwen stood paralyzed in fear, contemplating if to make herself look like she has connections to Pharaoh by calling out to watch out or to just watch and pretend that nothing was happening. What was wrong with her? If it was a few years ago she wouldn't have hesitated to yell out and then in someway make it an insult towards her cousin.
However, just before she was about to use her powers to push Dawn out of the way of the attack, Lord's swing suddenly stopped. Was all of this just an act? Was this creature really just that sick to see if she would do anything to stop his attack?
But the teen with a god complex was completely baffled about this action, feeling like his arm was suddenly encased in a block of concrete and his insides felt like they were being squeezed like a stress ball. What exactly was going on with him, barely twenty minutes ago he had killed nearly a billion people that were completely devoted to him, so why couldn't he kill this one teenaged girl? Even with so much strength he got from Fredi his arm wouldn't budge a millimeter, why couldn't he kill her? Did that annoying CEO have something to do with this?
Yet before Gwen could lecture the psychopath, he vanished before her eyes. How could she keep falling for those mind games he kept playing with her?
"I am sorry for my onee-chan's actions," Dawn bowed with her most sincere apology to the dark teen before her, knowing that her onee-chan didn't need to blow up like she did to complete strangers, "my name is Dawn and she is Nicole-neesan. We have acquired information from a dear friend that you might have some knowledge to where the being called Lord is hiding. It would help us ever-so-much if you had anything that you could tell us to help us locate him."
Fredi really had no time to deal with babysitting two more inexperienced vigilantes and even less time wanting to explain what was going on. Therefore, the leader of the Taskforce made his way out of the classroom while stating in his infamous freezing ice storm of a voice. "Slacker," not even turning around to see if the alien hero had acknowledged him, "tell them what they want to know, I have somewhere more important to be at the moment."
Where before Ben could say yes or no to that comment, obviously going to say yes because with Fredi that was a order rather than a request, Fredi already walked out of the room and closed the door behind him, hard. "D-Did I upset him in some way?" The young Asian teen asked.
"Nah, Dark Leader is always like that Cutie," none other than Michael informed as he scared the young girl from his appearance out of the lights above, "actually if you asked me Cutie I think he was in a good mood, but it's hard to tell either way."
"Leave the poor girl alone," Kristen pushed the guy away from the shy looking girl, yet for the oddest reason she looked very familiar to her as well, "hey there, sorry for my teammate's lack of common sense but my name is Kristen and the dork over there is Michael, he is Ben and the two girls over there is Gwen and Ren. You know you look a lot like an older version of one of my old neighbors."
"I must just have one of those faces Kristen-sempai, but it's nice to meet you all," Dawn bowed to the small group, hoping that these people will be able to help in finding their onii-chan from the clutches of Lord.
But Nicole was growing tired with this meet and greet; how was this going to help them pound the living tar out of that sick freak called Lord? "Ok enough with the freaking chit-chat," the girl with light green skin snapped, wanting only to know where Lord was, pound him half to death, find her brother, then pound the other half out of him, "I want to know what you guys know about that freak!"
Where right before Ben was about to explain all that he could, he noticed the Plumbers badge that she was wearing as a belt buckle. "Hey there… Nicole was it. I didn't know you were a Plumber."
"Who are you calling a Plumber?!" Nicole furiously grabbed the annoying brat by the collar of his shirt, was he somehow making a joke about her skin color being like the color of sewage or something like that? The thing she hated more than anything was narrow minded creeps who only judged her based on her freaken skin. "I'm a Website Designer you jerk, where the heck do you get the idea that I'm a plumber?!"
"No I don't mean it like that," Ben tried to explained, getting the idea that no one had ever told her what that badge she wore actually meant, "I mean that badge you're wearing, it means that you are with an organization called the Plumbers that deal with alien affairs."
What kind of fool was this dufus taking her for; did he think that she would really fall for that obvious lie? "I wasn't born yesterday you numbskull, did you really think I was so stupid I would fall for that pathetic attempt at a cover up. Even if aliens were real I seriously doubt that the organization to fight them would pick that moronic of a name. Me going here alone should prove to you that I'm not incompetent or that gullible!"
"Calm down Nicole," Gwen shot back, using her powers to separate the two, "what my cousin is telling you is the truth. The badge that you are wearing on your belt is a badge for the Plumbers that deal with aliens. Ben show her."
Well, the alien hero couldn't think of a better way to prove to the green skin girl that aliens existed then showing her. So with that he instantly changed in his plant-form Swampfire; startling the two new girls. "This is just one of the ten-thousand aliens that exist in the universe," quickly reverting back to Ben form to reveal his watch to them, "and I wear a special devise called an Omnitrix that allows me to change into a few of them. In fact Ren herself is an alien as well."
The two siblings turned towards the young scarlet eyed girl; who pulled off her black head-band, moved some of her long sapphire hair to reveal a pair of very small horns. Hoping that this would convince the two girls that they were not being deceitful in any way, shape, or form.
"So aliens exist big deal, it still doesn't explain the reason they picked such a dorky name for an organization." Nicole scuffed with her arms across her chest, this being the closest form that pinhead was going to get an apology out of her.
"What I think my onee-chan is trying to tell you is that she is sorry." Dawn smiled, over the years she could read her sister's actions like they were written all over her face; apologizing never being one of her strong suits. "So what you are trying to say Ben-sempai is that it is most likely that one of her original parents was in this organization that you speak of?"
"Yeah that should hit the nail on the head Cutie," Michael energetically replied, how could he not be happy that they were getting two new cuties on their team, could life get any better? Well it could be better if soon nearly the entire human race wasn't about to be eliminated but that was an obvious statement, that meant the world will be lacking so many cuties that it once had, "and judging from your cutie of a sister's skin I believe that…"
However, before he could finish that analogy, he suddenly felt something very hard collide with the back of his skull and then his body colliding with the ground. Looking back up to see Asian Cutie holding back Green Cutie with what looked to be the Bless power. "I apologize for my onee-chan Michael-sempai," Asian Cutie said, "it is a touchy subject to Nicole-neesan when someone comments about her skin."
Rubbing the back of his head, Michael couldn't help but smile; how cuties with attitudes were some of the best cuties out there. One can't help but love those tomboy style cuties, if only that blind Earth Bender from his favorite TV show was real; practically being the ultimate cutie. He would let her slug him all she wanted if that's how she showed her affection. Seriously that Nomad really lost the best cutie, isn't the weakling supposed to hook up with the tomboy in the end? "What do you mean? It was like a strike from Cupid's arrow telling me that I found…" before being hit once again by Nicole, but this time in the stomach to where he collapsed on the ground.
"Nicole-neesan, why did you hit him this time?"
The green skin girl cracked her knuckles before replying to her sister. "Because this time the dork was just creeping me out."
Seemingly instantly reviving to an attack that usually left grown men in hospitals for a month, making Nicole start to wonder if that either he to was a very skilled fighter or has been hit there many times before… going with the second thought for that decision. "As I was trying to say Green Cutie," being held back by her sister this time from slugging him, does this guy have a death wish or something, "either your mother or your father was most likely an alien, giving you the lovely completion you have today."
Looking at her favorite belt buckle, Nicole wondered that if what he said was true that means maybe they didn't get rid of her to the orphanage because of this hideous skin complexion. Maybe something happened to them after all, and if nothing did happen to them if she ever saw them she will make sure something did happen to them.
"Anyway," Ben tried to get the conversation back on track, knowing that he was going to have to be stricter to make sure everything gets done. Now kind of understanding why Fredi was somewhat of a jerk, needing to be so just to get some actual work done and keep the team on track. Not wanting to grow up to be like him but if he wanted to be a strong leader in the future of his hero life he was going to have to take some tips, "now Dawn and Nicole, here is the short hand version of what we know about Lord."
Slowly, the beautiful young next Head of the House of Tempus eyes gently fluttered opened to a large blinding light above her; where the last thing she remembered doing was watching the Vatican before everything went dark.
However, once she was fully aware of her surroundings, Karen Tempus realized that she was in the hospital wing of her home with her faithful servant and friend Spec standing by her side. "My Lady are you all right?" Spec's worried tone filled the room, even though he was a faithful servant he always did tend to over react anytime something would befallen on her. Like the first time she fell down and scrapped her arm he nearly called for a helicopter if it wasn't for her beloved brother stopping him, put a Band-Aid over it and kissed it to make it all better; feeling her face getting warmer to that memory. "You suddenly collapsed in your office."
Well it has been over seventy-two hours since she last went to bed not to mention all of the extra work she had to do with the creation of Alexandria, in the end the young girl must have just fell asleep. All she could remember of that video was when the Pope was simply walking out to give his speech. "I'm sorry to have given you any worries Spec, I merely must have dozed off where I sat." Rubbing her eyes to where Spec gave her his hand-sewn napkin, giving her another memory when her beloved brother would always clean up her face when she messily ate her desserts. Wondering how, how could such a kind, considerate, best older brother anyone could ever ask for be their enemy? Loving when she could act like a spoiled younger sister for her beloved brother's attention and affection. "Thank you, Spec."
Using the soft white napkin on her breathtaking pure ocean blue eyes before none other than her own mother walked through the door; unconsciously squeezing the napkin tighter as her frail snow white body suddenly succumbed to the shivers. "M-Mother," Lady Karen's sweet innocent tone crackled to her mother's overbearing glaring presence. Wondering why she would be here as she has never visited her while she was in the hospital before, well it could have been because she was the one who caused the injuries in the first place, "why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
Just with a simple glance at Spec, the young boy back up till he felt his back press up against the wall. Even for being the personal servant to the next Head he was still in no position to question or interrupt the Head for any reason, any reason,
"I was just making sure that you were slacking off with your duties with something completely pointless," her tone rivaled the iciness of Fredi's, even towards her so-called daughter, "not going to have another useless child like that worthless bile that I generously allowed to live here as long as I did."
Lady Karen had to hold back the tears from coming out, even if her beloved brother was her enemy he was still her beloved brother in the end. "Also, there is something else I need to confirm with you, and that is if you are having a relationship that Fredi Heat. Why else would you have that bomb ready to go off leading your taskforce?"
Both Spec and Lady Karen were nothing more that shocked that she would even suggest that, why would she consider that idea to be in anyway fact. "What are you talking about mother? He is only a dear friend of mine that a trust fully and see that he was more than qualified to lead up that taskforce. Not to mention is the best agent we have in the Secret Intelligence Division, how could you suggest that there was anything more than that?"
Where the Head swiftly backhanded her so-called daughter across the face for questioning her like and watched that Spec didn't make a move; seeing that at least he knew his place where that brat known as Fredi would fight her at every turn. Recalling when she would punish him for talking back to him with menial missions, he would comment how that would mean he would have no problem completing them. No mater what she had done to that twerp he would always bare his fangs to her; an animal like him should have been put down years ago. He should have been happy enough that she even took him in. Feeling like every time she shows a hint of compassion it always bites her in the rear in the end. "He is nothing more than a vicious mutt that's been trying to bite through his leash ever since he got here; practically the only person I wouldn't trust going after that bile of a child. If I had to guess he is probably working for the enemy."
Lady Karen felt the warm liquid dripping down her cheek, touching it softly to see the red liquid on the tips of her fingers. Mother's nails have always been very sharp. "I promise you mother, there is no one I believe to be more trustworthy than Fredi Heat. I would trust him with my life."
But before she could strike the next Head once again, Spec blocked the attack. However, it was not the attack the Head was about to do to Lady Karen, but the one Sir Heat was about to do to the Head. Using both hands just to stop that single punch the windows shook to the sheer power. The member of the Masters family could feel that through this punch Sir Heat could have easily killed the Head if it had collided with her, he was not holding back in the least with that strike. "Sir Heat, what do you think you are doing? Laying a single hand on the Head could get you a death sentence."
"I should be asking you the same thing, Spec," the dark teen cracked his knuckles, if there was anyone that could beat him in hand to hand combat it would defiantly be the teen that stood before him; with every member in their family studying a secret martial art known only to their family that is superior to all other forms. Most of the time they are able to get grooms and brides because they too are martial artist that want to learn it, practically getting the job he has now because he mastered it faster than any other member of his family, "and here I came under the assumption that bodyguards are supposed to protect the one they served, but I constantly forgot that you are a drone of the House."
"Why the devil are you here?" The Head snarled at the teen glaring back at her with those disgusting red and blue eyes, not only did he have no manners to the one that allows him to still walk this world but he was just screwed up DNA; not even a real human. "Shouldn't you be back at that wrenched school helping that bile of a child destroy the House of Tempus?"
"I was supposed to chat with the Lady after the speech from the Vatican, when she didn't call I came to see personally what happened," Fredi continued to glare icily at the Wicked Witch of the House, getting sick to his stomach that Spec of all people was protecting her as well. Even though he knew it was his duty to do so and respected him for that, it still made the leader of the Projects want to hurl at this sight, "besides, I really hate being put on hold."
Such a worthless wretch he was, talking back to the Head of the House like that. "You have been on thin ice for a very long time Fredi, talk back to me again and I will be force…"
"Tell me, what will you do to me?" Fredi stood strong with his freezing tone, knowing full well that no much how much the woman that should have had a stake driven through her black heart years ago wanted him banished from the House, that also would be the last thing she would want as well. As he wouldn't be held back from doing what ever he wanted, if not employed by the House he would be as great of a threat to them as Alex; getting that unofficial title from his teammates at the S.I.D. as: the villain employed by the good side. "Go ahead; you know I won't stop you from that. Just remember you might be able to fire me but I follow Lady Karen's orders, not yours."
Holding back the urge to strike him for such insubordination; that belief Fredi had that he was above her control constantly infuriated her to the point of madness. No one was out of her control; even now she still had some control over that bile of a child. So without another word, she made her way out; not needing to explain herself to such a lowlife like him.
Once his cold eyes made sure the door hit that white locus on the way out, he awaited to receiving the lecture he knew he was going to get from Spec. "Sir Heat, to blatantly attempt to assault the Head in such a manner is something that should have been met swiftly with harsh punishment."
"It wouldn't have been an attempt if you didn't stop me Spec," Sir Heat did not even give a hint of an effort to feel remorseful for such an attempt on the Head's life, remembering that Sir Heat has always been at ends with Mrs. Tempus. Never doing a word she said, but always fulfilling Lady Karen's request without a hints hesitation; in some ways he could even state that he was envious that Fredi could do more for the Lady then he was allowed to, "we will continue this later as I have something more important to do with my time."
Turning his attention the only one he took orders from; originally believing that she might have been here from the shock of the disaster but with the dark bags she tried to hide with a little touch up gave him the understanding that the next Head has probably been up for the past few days. "Let me guess, you've been up for the past… three days?"
One of these days, the next Head of the House was going to figure out how he knew things like that. "I know, I should be more understanding about my own body's limitations. However could you tell me what happened at the Vatican? I seemed to have dozed off before the Pope's speech."
With the condition Lady Karen was in right now, informing her would not be the best thing to do. "I will personally catch you up on the situation but for now you need your rest. Go back to sleep and stay in bed for the next eight hours, right now I will chat with Spec."
She knew Fredi well, if he was keeping information from her it was always for one of two reasons: her own health or because it is too heinous to explain for the moment, or both. So for now, she nods in agreement as she watches Fredi and Spec walk out of the room.
Once out, Fredi immediately started the conversation with. "You already know I'm not going to listen to one of your by the book lectures, so let's skip that focus on the real discussion. I will personally tell her what did happen but I want you to make sure that she does at least get her sleep, she does have her ways of sneaking out every now and again."
It was true, Spec has given him that lecture more times they he could count without any hint that he has made even a dent. So nodded to the request from Fredi, glad that he was not being lectured himself for it was his job in the first place to make sure she gets the sufficient amount of sleep. How could he have failed on such a simple task? "I understand Sir Heat…"
"And I told you when talking to me away from Lady Karen to take off that mask; I keep feeling like I'm talking to a drone."
He touched with his white glove the one-way mirror that was his face plate; wearing it so often he most of the time forgot that he still had it on. The Masters family instructed to wear these for two reasons: where one is that it would be impolite if they were to make faces, even by accident, at any member of the Tempus family, while the second is it makes it more unlikely that a Masters and a Tempus will have something outside a master servant relationship; as the highest rule they must follow is they are not allowed to have a relationship anywhere outside of a master servant relationship with a Tempus. "Yet there might be a chance that a Tempus could come by…"
"Oh all right, for some reason every time you take off that mask I swear I'm going to see bare wires and circuits."
"I did not know you were of the joking type, Sir Heat."
"That's because I'm not joking." Fredi replied in an icy tone even to one of the few people he respected; it wasn't anything personal it's just how he is. But sometimes he did believe that this teen before him was nothing more than a drone; there was no way he could be human to let any harm come onto Lady Karen. "Well for now I better get back to the school, I will return in eight hours once the Lady has been well rested."
"However before you do leave Sir Heat," Spec just had to ask this question, knowing Sir Heat was the most loyal to the ones he respected; although that reason as well was the reason he had to ask such a question, "are you in anyway helping Sir Alex with his plans?"
Looking at the teen straight in the face plate before answering, getting really annoyed that just because he didn't care for that all for justice junk he must be working for the bad guys. "No I am not. But just ask what you are really trying to ask Spec, I really hate it when people beat around the bush. You are asking if I still respect Alex, aren't you?"
How was Sir Heat able to do that, it almost felt like he could read minds from time to time; stating before Spec could answer. "Well I do respect Alex, and I still back his idea since he first issued his plan to the House. However, I am ordered by Lady Karen to apprehend him onsite and bring him back alive if possible and that is what I am going to do. You should have known I still only call people that I respect by their names, Spec. Although you still respect him as well, still referring to him as Sir when he is no way affiliated with the House any longer."
One day he was going to have to find out how Fredi could do that, he practically could see right through anyone with those multicolored eyes of his. "That is true; I still respect Sir Alex even at this point-in-time; it seems like even though he is our enemy we can not help but still respect him. He is a strong-willed man with the drive to accomplish anything he sets his mind too; not to mention it was because of him that I am honored to be serving the next Head of the House," quickly remembering his past as merely a Masters in training, "after a week I started my training in the family's martial arts at the age of four, I personally felt that I would never understand how to do it. That's when I first met him."
"I remember at that time the children of the Head have yet been introduced to anyone outside of the higher ups, so I had absolutely no idea that the four-year old Tempus boy was in-fact the next Head. Over the year he never told me who he was besides Alex and helped me train rigorously in both the martial arts and the servants training to excel past training family members twice my age; even informing me he had some pull and could get me to be the personal servant to the Head's children, a honor only set for the highest graduate from the training that I could not even believe to be true but it gave me the drive I needed."
"To my surprise after only a year of training I was appointed to be the highest and given the honor to serve the Head's children; which only beyond my wildest imagination the person that referred to me as his good friend was none other than the next Head himself. I was almost unable to introduce myself properly to Sir Alex and his shy younger sister when I saw them; practically turn to stone on sight."
Although after informing Sir Heat of his past friendship with the next Head during his childhood days; he could clearly see on that dark scowl that Sir Heat was pondering something. "What is it, Sir Heat?"
"I was just wondering, how long has Alex been planning all of this," the cold blooded teen replied, to this story it had reminded him of something he was thinking about a long time ago, "and how much of this has he planned? He has us, practically the strongest and most loyal people on this planet guarding his younger sister, he was able to get five people associated to the House to help him with his plan, and set up Sphinx Corp. secretly while still being affiliated with the House. We have always known Alex to be very intelligent. So I wonder, if he had all that has, is and will happen already planned out in his mind?"
"Sir Heat, talking like that will make others believe that you are in some ways paranoid."
"True," Fredi didn't even try to argue that statement, believing Spec was right and this could just be in someway paranoia, but added, "yet the paranoids usually live longer. However, I also remember what Alex told me when I was training for the S.I.D.; be as vicious, cruel, violent and as cold as I could be and use that to drive me for to do the right thing. For in the end the end does justify the means, no mater how one looks at it; the strongest evil can bring about good where the strongest good can bring about evil."
That was very unusual information Sir Heat explained to him. Did Sir Alex really tell him such a strange statement? "I'm sorry Sir Heat; I can not quite understand the meaning to that statement."
"It took me awhile as well, but I'm going to let you figure it out the same way I did," Fredi replied, as figuring that statement out by oneself was half the task.
As at that time, Pharaoh sneezed into a tissue as he read a book on weddings; wiping his nose as he got the suspicious that some people must have been talking about him. But after throwing away that white tissue into the receptacle he continued to look at his book.
The earthlings have blown the Ritual of One Life completely out of proportion; where there are some similarities like speaking a short statement of the importance their Potential Mate is in their life, the use of an item to symbolize their bonds, and the family of the bride paying for all of it, but either than that most rituals were set up with close family and friends where earthlings seem to just overexadurate every little detail. What was the point with ten layer cakes, inviting a whole town's worth of people, and wearing dresses with diamonds sewn into the fabric? It almost seemed like they were making it into a show rather than forming the purity that binds two lives into one.
Remembering some of the history books he looked over in his youth, remembering that back in the past it was practically unheard of for a couple to separate, but now it is common for a person to already be on their second mate. Not to mention making it like a game to see how quickly a couple can separate after marriage, this planet has needed help for a very long time, where he wouldn't have needed to go to such drastic measures as he is now if it wasn't babied for as long as it has; like letting a simple scrape infecting the arm till instead of just using some antibiotics it has gotten so bad the whole arm now needs to be severed.
It almost feels like the human race has forgotten the reason as to why the wedding dress itself is white; the symbol of purity that they will for as long as they both shall live be only faithful to the one they wed. Nearly making him sick to his stomach to see some of the females these days that wore the color of white on their dress; degrading the purist tradition in any of the ten thousand alien species.
However, one of these brides he saw in this book looked virtually identical to Gwendolyn; unable to understand his body's reaction he could feel the heat rise in his face from the sudden increase to his heart rate. Wondering maybe somehow the attraction his other personality had for the young Bless was leaking into his. Pharaoh could easily see why his other personality was so attracted to her to begin with: a strong drive, highly intelligent, fierce personality, and has always been very attractive; a bit curious as to why she could never see it for herself. Curious why a guy would prefer a girl that gains attention through their physical structure rather than their intelligence.
But closed the book when Lord appeared in his office; where even though he could only see the dark teen's blood red eyes he could tell that something very bothersome was on his mind. "Yes Lord, what is it?"
"What the heck is wrong with me?!" The skull faced FREAK screeched like a banshee; unable to figure out why he couldn't kill a simple teenage girl. Did this pasty jerk somehow control him? "I tried to kill that little Asian Bless but for some reason my arm suddenly felt like stone and my insides in a vice grip. How can I, the being of all life and creation that just wiped out his devoted followers, not able to kill one single little girl?"
Pharaoh had to come up with something fast, being as deranged as Lord could be, he was still highly intelligent as well; he couldn't let that get out just yet. "First of all Lord I did explicitly instruct you not to harm them, especially the Bless, but for the second thing who knows; maybe a special trait of her powers makes her able to block you unconsciously. Even I don't know everything a Bless is truly capable of."
Hating how he couldn't gain a single drop of emotion from this annoying CEO; unable to tell if he was telling him the whole truth; treating such a divine being like a mere lackey like he was the superior being. "You somehow stopped me didn't you? What did you do?"
"I promise you Lord I have done nothing to you to prevent you from taking the Bless' life; however I will tell you something else. A secret I have been keeping to myself but now I do believe you deserve to know."
About ready to pull out his scythe and put the emotions he got from Fredi to good use, but let his so-called boss tell him the big secret of his. "What is this secret?"
"This plan of mine, to rid the world of the people that are practically walking blasphemes to everything your good name stands for. To remove the people that are deteriorations to the Basic Program and finally get the species back on the right course; is only my side project."
Lord couldn't even believe his ears under his helmet. This entire time, all of the destruction and deaths, the planning, all of the money invested into this plan to bring the world's population down to less then one percent it is now, and that wasn't even the main goal to his plan. "What the heck are you talking about? How can nearly the extinction of the human race be only a side project? Most alien races that have tried to wipe out the human race completely in the past see that as the main goal, how can something this big be only a side project?!"
"It is to me only a project that has to be done if the human race wants a future, but it is not my main goal," Pharaoh explained as calmly and clearly as he could to Lord, "but like most video gamers, they complete the side mission first because it makes it a lot easier for the main goal to be achieved."
"So what is this, nothing but a game to you?!" Lord vainly accused the being with enough emotions to make a puddle one couldn't get wet in; was it that all this time he was nothing more then one of those pawns of his? "Are you telling me that I, the divine being to all life and the head of the Sins, am nothing more than just one more of your pawns?"
"Not at all Lord," without emotions he could speak calmly and easily quell the suspicious of Lord, for what he had planned the teen with a god complex before him couldn't fly off the handle, "you and the Sins' main goal is the plan to fix the human race, but my main goal has nothing to do with you or them; it is my own personal goal that just happens to be made possible if this side project is reached. In the end I will finally fix the human race from the problem that has been babied these past millenniums. Just put all of your trust in me and we will become the heroes of this story from the title of villain we have taken for this fight."
Believing that this must be the work of that pain in the neck Voice of a Sovereign ability, a bit shocked it could work on a divine being such as himself. However it did its purpose, he will ignore this strange pain his body succumbed to when he tried to kill that little Bless; for now anyway. "Then make good on your promise pain in white, and finally fix the problem that has been allowed to exist for so long."
Back at the classroom in Sphinx High, Ben finished explaining to Nicole and Dawn what they knew about Lord, and his connection to Sphinx Corp. "So what you are trying to say dufus," where Ben started to get annoyed. His name wasn't Slacker, Lucky Jerk, or Dufus; was it really that hard to remember the word Ben? "is that the CEO to Sphinx Corp. actually created that cockroach Lord to wreak the havoc on the world and help his plan to lower the human population down to one million, give or take a few hundred thousand? What does that have to do with kidnapping our brother?"
"That is just horrible Ben-sempai," glad from hearing that, finally someone actually used is name. Seriously how hard is it to remember three little letters? "I just hope that Alex-sempai is no-way involved with such a horrible plot."
The large classroom instantly grew uncomfortably silent, starting to make the two new girls nervous. "Spill it jerks," where Nicole couldn't take the feeling that they were hiding something from them, "what is with shutting up all of the sudden?"
"Are you guys talking about Alex," Gwen nervously asked, "Alexander Sovereign the Third?"
"Yes Alex-sempai," Dawn nodded; obviously a Taskforce against the CEO would know of his son, "we were friends with him at our school two years ago. He was the one that gave us the information that you might be able to help us find Lord once he heard of our onii-chan's kidnapping."
"Yup, that wuss would always show up so early to class; how much fun I got joking about that." The green skin tomboy laughed, such better times those were. Why did they have to take Bobby away from them, from her?
"I'm sorry that I have to tell you this," the alien hero only knew what he was about to say next was defiantly not going to go over well, getting the idea that Nicole was probably going to slug him for even stating this truth, "but the Alex you know… is the… CEO."
The two girls sat silently after hearing this, their entire bodies practically paralyzed to hearing this news. "No, that can't be possible," Dawn's shivering voice stated. This couldn't be true; there was no way that the kind Alex-sempai was behind the kidnapping of her onii-chan. Squeezing her hands tightly on her white skirt while fighting back those tears, "there is no way Alex-sempai is connected to this in anyway. It just can't be."
Where Nicole abruptly stood up, letting her emotions get the best of her in this argument. "Now that has to be a lie or we are thinking of two different people. The Alex I know might be a wuss and a complete bookworm, but he would never kidnap our brother or try to wipe out the human race! They were practically the best of friends back at school!"
"Well in some ways he is two different people," Gwen tried her best to explain, still trying herself to completely understand this as well, "the real Alex, the CEO, created the other Alex as a separate personality to be able to fit into normal society that was completely unaware that his father was in fact himself." Now saying it out loud it still made no sense.
"You know how ridicules that sounds?!" Nicole still not calming down in the least, how could she with the fact that her old best friend kidnapped her brother, kidnapped Bobby; breaking the desk next to her with a single punch. "This isn't true; all this must be a lie!"
She wasn't going to cry, she wasn't going to do something as girly as that. But it's just been so long, nearly a whole year since she has even seen Bobby, or get into a pointless argument with Bobby, or having to knock some common sense into Bobby. She missed that dufus so much it hurt, it hurt more than all of those insults about her skin combined.
"Sorry to say this, but Orange Cutie and Lucky Jerk are telling the truth," Michael might have been a hopeless flirt extrordinar and proud of it, but he was smart enough to know when to put it on hold. That high IQ of his had to be useful for something after all, "he is the guy behind Skull Freak."
The two girls felt lost to this information; virtually feeling like their world has been turned upside-down and shaken for all its worth. Almost like everything they knew was just made up. Gwen tried to help calm them down by hoping they would open up a bit, knowing it's probably going to be tough, remembering it took her awhile after finding out that Alex was Pharaoh. "Could you tell us a bit more about Bobby? Maybe we can figure out the reason as to why he was kidnapped and can figure out from there."
It looked as if the young Japanese Bless was about to say something yet Nicole was faster to state. "He was a hopeless dweeb, a complete dufus most of the time. He would get into something head first that was way over his head where I would have to somehow save his hopeless butt in the end. We practically argued about everything, no matter how pointless it was…"
Where as Nicole continued Gwen couldn't help but get a strong sensation of déjà vu; describing her cousin to a T from only a few years ago. She would always have to save his butt after he went into something head on.
Where Ben was getting a strong sensation of déjà vu, remembering that his cousin, only a few years ago, used to constantly call him a dufus and a dweeb and argue with him over every little thing as well.
Where she didn't know why, but it was getting harder and harder to hold back those tears that just wanted flood down her cheeks; holding back nearly a years worth; sitting down at another desk, grasping her soft light green hands together tightly as her head stared down at the tile floor. "Yet even with that I still can't help but love that dweeb."
She was unable to hold herself back any longer; where if it wasn't for that dufus and his bold moves she probably wouldn't have been able to get to live with such a great family and still be living in that horrible Orphanage; not trusting a single person that wanted to chat with her. True they argued a lot, but he was the first person to never once use her skin in one. "When I get my hands on Lord I'm going to make him suffer after I beat the tar out of him. And unless you idiots are completely clueless I'm adopted, so don't think it's anything sick like that!"
Even though Dawn always knew that Nicole-neesan had feelings for onii-chan, obvious people who continuously argued like they did must be very close, but she couldn't believe that she would actually admit it. Nicole-neesan must be suffering more than she originally believed.
However, even during such painful times Ben thought what Fredi would do to figure out why their brother was kidnap. If he has Fredi's personality correctly he was a cold blooded jerk that couldn't care less about other people's emotions, especially if it got in the way of a mission or finding out what he needed to get. From that he ignored the point about Bobby being kidnapped and trained his attention on the two girls, maybe Pharaoh was using him as a way to do something with them as Dawn was a witch… Bless while the other girl was Plumber Kid; which got him to asking. "Nicole, if you are a Plumber Kid and the child of an alien, do you have any special abilities?"
"If being able to clobber the stuffing out of you is a power then yes," Nicole snapped back, just not in the mood to be nice to anyone right now. How was that going to help in anyway in getting Bobby back?
The alien hero didn't like the idea of having to ignore the emotions in the room, but if he was going to figure out what Pharaoh had planned for them he had to. So he could once and for all can stop that maniac from accomplishing his insane plan.
To Be Continued
So if this entire plan is only Pharaoh's side project what is his overall main goal, how much does he have all this planned out, and will Ben be able to stop the war before it's too late or is it already too late? Read and review to find out.
P.S. I will be putting this story on hiatus. It is not because of the lack of reviews but is because I want to find out the full capabilities of Alien X before continuing, so I can fit him into the end of this story. Hopefully what I have planned for my next chapter will make up for the wait.
