Chapter 11: Space Colony Rhea
Zero and the rest now travel out to the damage colony. They left at the crack of dawn. Now at their destination Rhea Space Colony, the group had found the exterior of the ship is still in tact.
"Wow. I must have been really good flying that colony here and everything look the same as if it was in space," said Bomber.
"We see how well you fly by check the inside of the colony," said Zero. Bomber shrugged and open what it was a hatching bay door.
"I probably scratch the paint on the bottom but I think everything can be manageable," said Bomber as the group walked in. The interior was showing several wires on the ground. Mainly the entire colony is offline. Earth's air supply kept rotating and leaking to the colony.
"I have seen worse landings. But I have seen better ones too," said Zero. Bomber sighed. Janus looked at the halls as she started to drift away from the group. Arwen has her calculator and started to calculate what they need and how much it is going to cost them. Priestess and Terra looked around to see if they can find the engine bay or core area where the power supply is at. Janus kept walking through wires where the hallway kept leading to another and rooms with numbers on them. Janus opens one room and saw pictures among pictures. Most of them giving her some memories back as she looked at them.
"These things I remember them," said Janus. Janus then picked up a black box where it has a flower hologram that is bloom like a lily but have color of a red with yellow and dark violet poke dots.
"This flower I… I remember something… agh," said Janus as she started to have a flashback.
"What is in this box?" asked Coretha as she picked up the box. Bomber looked at Coretha.
"Open it and see what is inside," said Bomber. Coretha did and saw the flower. She looked happy but then looked depressed.
"It is not a real flower. But it is the closest to a Titra Flower that grows on Ganymede ," said Coretha.
"Well someday I will give you those flowers on that moon. I will let you have as many as you like," said Bomber.
"You mean it?" asked Coretha. Bomber got close and gave Coretha a kiss. Coretha returned the kiss back as the flashbacks ended.
"I am really Coretha. Then why is it that females of this colony does not fight at all," thought Janus. Just then the power went on. Janus looked around trying to find what caused the power to be back on. She followed the corridor and it leads to a door.
"This door it is familiar. Why is it calling me in?" asked Janus. When Janus is about to reached to the door, Bomber was calling her. Janus want to walk toward Bomber but, couldn't. The force was calling her is strong. She walked in and the shocking net started to entangle Janus as she tried to free herself. The net pulled to a glass tube of some sort. The creature of liquid and electricity hold Janus in the net of his wiring. Janus screamed. Everyone on the ship heard her.
"DO YOU HAVE THE LITHIUM CORE?" asked the blob creature who is holding Janus.
"I do not know what are you talking about? I do not know anything," said Janus. The blob send electricity down through Janus body. Janus screams again.
"Hey let her go," shouted Bomber as he pulled out his pistol and shot at the blob. The blob send shockwaves of electromagnetic towards Bomber knocking him down near the door.
"Who said you can treat a lady like that," said Terra as she came in with her scythe on hand and try to get a piece of the blob but the blob use some type of metal on Terra that causes her to feel the intensity of the electrical waves that is controlling her movement.
"TELL ME AGAIN WHERE IS THE LITHIUM CORE," demanded the blob. Janus looked at the blob.
"I told you if I remember it I will tell you but at the point I do not remember anything," said Janus. The blob again shocked Janus who screamed again. Zero came in but got incased in a glass tube where he is being pulled apart. Zero now screams in pain. Priestess went on a shooting but got Terra's scythe and Terra blocking for the blob.
"Damn that punk he is controlling me. Prison me for now so I won't do any harm," said Terra. Priestess did and went after the blob. The blob again used another tube but trapped Priestess inside releasing Terra out of her prison. Priestess felt the same pain as Zero.
"YOU ARE LYING TO ME. I KNOW YOU KNOW WHERE IS IT JUST YOU ARE HIDING IT FROM ME. TELL ME WHERE IS THE LITHIUM CORE!!" shouted the blob. Janus got another memory of this blob. The blob was attacking someone who look like her but with one color of hair is red. Janus looked at the woman as she was a younger person, who asked for this Lithium Core. She remember the woman did say that she will never give it to him even if it cost her life. She died as a guy grabbed her. She heard the scream in the background and again the guy did say something but words or voice did not come out. Janus ran to the door and try to hide. A laser gun woke her out of memory land as Arwen hold her pistol gun on the blob.
"Hold it right there," said Arwen. The blob took off the oxygen off the room trying to suffocate Arwen. Arwen pulled something out.
"MEGASYSTEM ONLINE. MODEL A. MEGAMERGE!!" shouted Arwen as she has the gray armor. Arwen found the weakness of the blob and weak points. She started to shoot at the weak points hoping to dropped Janus. To her surprised the blob fired a huge laser that aimed toward her way and knocked her passed the door and into several walls that made a room for Arwen's body. The biometal Arwen had turned into dust. Arwen herself took fatal blow that almost killed her.
"No ARWEN!!" shouted Janus. She felt something glowing on her body that is golden color. The blob looked at Janus as she had a fracture of Lithium on her systems. Janus managed to break free from the lithium magnetic that held her body together. Janus then tried to break free Zero but couldn't as Terra is being controlled still. Soon Terra's body stopped and the blob cannot control her anymore. Janus now thought in order to save everyone is to fight this creature herself. She pulled her sword and start attacking. The blob hit her few times as Janus dodge. Although Zero and Priestess are not being torn apart anymore, they watched Janus fight the blob. Bomber got up and looked at the fight between Janus and the blob. Soon it knocked off Janus hat and her hair is floating as she has the golden band that is on her forehead. Bomber looked at Janus with an awe as he did not know she had something like that under her hat. The fight continued and Janus lost the band now exposing anything she hidden from people. Zero, Priestess, and Terra saw the red gem that is embedded her forehead. They found out that Janus is a reploid. As the fight continues, Bomber had pay attention to Janus and found out later she is a reploid. Later he lost control of Terra. Terra took this advantage trying to get Priestess and Zero out of the capsule. It did not took too long since, Janus made him lost control of the capsules. The blob was damage heavily.
"Impossible, no one from the outside can kill me. However, you are not from the outside. However, I will be back killing everyone you care so much," said the blob.
"No, you won't there is some people you cannot kill at all," said Janus. The blob of electric looked at Janus.
"Heh. You still are a child under there Coretha. A frightened child who lost her parents to me. I will get that lithium core off of you one way or another," said the blob as Janus gave one shockwave to it as it exploded. Janus started to spark on her arms and torso area.
"Let me-" said Priestess as Janus moved her hand away from Priestess like she did not want to be healed.
"Forget about me. Heal Arwen. She probably going to die out there so go," said Janus. Zero went to go look for her as well as Terra and Priestess. Bomber got up and look at Janus.
"So you found who you are?" asked Bomber. Janus turned to Bomber as she did not want to be reminded of something.
"Yes I am. I am the keeper of the Lithium Core. That creature is the reason why females do not fight. It is not the fact we are weak. It is the fact he would use us the most to create new power. However, as long as I have the Lithium Core, he cannot touch me at all," said Janus.
"I mean you found your name," said Bomber. Janus did not speak a word but hold a black box up. Bomber felt like taking that box away from her but then again do not know why she is holding it.
"This box is the one you gave to your girlfriend Coretha right," said Janus. Bomber looked at Janus and nodded.
"If I am not mistaken you told me that you want to take her to the place where the flowers grow," said Janus.
"I didn't say that," said Bomber as he did not give all the details to Janus. Janus had an anger face.
"You did actually. You did say you are going to go over there to see Coretha happy," said Janus very mad.
"Well if you put it that way. I did told her I would. I still want to. Why are you angry about what I said only to her," said Bomber.
"BECAUSE I AM HER!!" shouted Janus as she started to cry. Bomber had his eyes widen.
"Coretha…. I…." said Bomber as he is totally speechless. Janus started to run and Bomber looked at Janus.
"Coretha… Please wait," said Bomber as he tried to chase her down the colony station and soon lost her.