Bioformers

by Biomarvel740

When a zoo managing matoran runs into an old friend, Green and several others are caught up in a war between the Toabots ,a group of Bioformers who protect all sentient life, and the Makutacons who dream of the death and destruction of all Bionicle and Transformer kind. A war that could decide the very fate of the world as Green knows it. Genre 2 is Spiritual as in Christian.

20. Chapter 19

Well it's time everybody. Time for the three Toa and the other three matoran, to meet. And for all five Toabots to finally make their appearance. BTW, the leader is not a truck. He's something a lot cooler. Hope you like it! :0))) Lego owns Bionicle, along with the names Ketongu and Jala, and Hasbro owns transformers. Everything else in this story is mine.

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Chapter 19: Meeting of the Toabots

Ketongu had been driving for hours now, trying his best to follow the coordinates Paradox had sent to him just last night, and quite frankly, a little relieved that he was almost there. Hours of nothing but road to look at was very tiresome. He could hardly imagine how Transformers, Bionicles or humans had managed to do this with a seemingly greater ease than he was. Sure, in this form he would never have to worry about gas, but again, still tiresome. It was an answered PRAYER that he had even managed to stay awake for this long. At least whenever Green was driving him, he got to sleep. But after what had just happened a few moments earlier, he had decided that it would've been for the best if he had a break from any work for a while.

But in all the guilt he had currently been feeling for what must've been the past two hours, Green couldn't even FORCE himself to rest. He had just managed to put his best friend and his LITTLE BROTHER'S lives at risk, all in one go. How was he just supposed to REST with that very regret still in mind? HECK, he was too guilty to even LOOK at them for the past two hours. Or speak now that he had thought of it.

But as to why he was being as quiet and still as possible, well that wasn't just because of the guilt. Another reason was because Angela had decided to let Golden have the drivers seat (making sure he was buckled tightly in first) and sit on Greens lap. Yeah, this was a two seater, but as to why Angela had even DECIDED to sit on his lap, he still wasn't sure. Nor was he sure of when she had decided to fall asleep, taking quite a long rest with her head currently lying on his right shoulder. But he DID somehow manage to remember seeing her just lean against him and doze off.

Not that it bothered him, he really didn't mind it at all. He actually loved how warm her still resting body felt against him. He guessed it made him feel wanted, even though he really didn't feel like he deserved it. To be cared about. Especially not when he had just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Actually, now that he had really thought of it, they had BOTH really been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Was that perhaps the reason why Angela still wanted to be around him. Or was it because that in spite of everything, she was still willing to give him the one thing he had never truly understood: Forgiveness?

Finally managing to get his mind off of the guilt he would probably still feel for the rest of his days to come, he had started to realize that he really WAS feeling a little tired. And that feeling had started to increase as he decided to just focus once more on Angela's warm body that rested against him still. But then he had another reason not to sleep. Now that he wasn't just focusing on his own pain, he had suddenly realized that for the past hour and a half, Golden had been asking Ketongu questions at the firing pace of a Gatling gun.

He almost couldn't concentrate enough as to hear what Golden was asking and what Ketongu had answered with, but he was actually a little surprised that Ketongu had managed to keep a calm tone and a seemingly never ending patience with the younger matoran. IMPRESSED even. If it had been HIM in Ketongu's position, he would've told Golden to slow down or even ask him to stop and ask one question at a time. But Ketongu was just letting Golden continue his gibber jabber, answering ever question at a seemingly quicker pace.

Green looked down then at Angela's still resting form, almost unsure of how SHE had managed to sleep through it. And as if he didn't have ENOUGH surprises today, he had also realized that he currently had his arms wrapped around her. Almost as instantly as he realized it, he felt her snuggle against him and murmur something as if she was in a dream of some sort, too quiet for Golden or Ketongu to hear. Green instantly leaned his audio receptor closer to the shoulder of which Angela slept, hearing a multitude of disguised words, only managing to actually hear three in a single sentence that made his light beat so fast, he had almost wondered if he was going into a light attack. And what seemed to make it all the more believable was the fact that her hands squeezed him in the places they were set when she said it.

"Don't leave me"., was what he heard.

Green just looked surprisingly down at her. Was she still awake?, he had started to wonder. If she WAS, then she was doing her absolute best to keep it hidden, because he STILL couldn't quite figure that part out. But what stuck to his head was what he heard, as almost unbelievable as he thought it was. But though unbelievable as it was, a part of him still felt like this somehow wasn't a lie. And like he had WANTED to hear this. She was he had always wanted out of a romance anyways. She was his best friend, her kindness towards him came unconditionally, and she was beautiful. It was like she was one of Gods gifts to him, a gift to always cherish no matter what. But could he really be the one to do this for her, to return her kindness with enough love to make her feel as wanted as she made HIM feel.

Though he was still unsure of that answer, he just held her tighter and whispered: "I'll NEVER leave you".

Just then, he felt the two seaters speed on the road slowly decrease and took his mind off of what he had just said, looking up through the windshield to see Ketongu start to make a right turn down a long gravel road that seemed to lead downhill. Then he looked ahead of this hill-like route, seeing the gravel trail extend to what appeared to be an old, rusty and enormous warehouse. Green widened his eyes then as he looked over to a certain spot on the windshield, almost hoping that Ketongu could somehow see his face from said spot. Was this really it? An old warehouse that was more than vulnerable to an attack should that be the case? ANYWHERE else would've been a lot more secure than THIS.

HECK, Green actually had to resist the urge to laugh when Ketongu had slowly pulled inside. The walls looked like they could come crashing down at any second, and the only thing that really made any light was a seemingly older chandelier of still active light bulbs that hung from the roof high above them. Green had also token the time to notice a wooden table, covered almost completely in a sheet of dust. Sheets of said dust had also covered a multitude of vehicles and chairs that laid randomly scattered across the far stretched floor. Was this place even safe to LIVE IN?, Green had started to wonder.

Just as Ketongu had managed to park in an area that wasn't populated with dust bunnies, he turned off his engine and his headlights, then opening the doors for the three matoran to exit. Golden got out in fact of immediately, seemingly happy to be out of the vehicle. But Green couldn't really move just about yet, still weighed down in his seat by Angela's still asleep form. Not willing to let Ketongu wait any longer, he unwrapped an arm from around her, then giving her a light tap on the top of the head ( An annoying but funny way to wake her up :0) ). This action immediately earned an irritated grunt as Angela had then opened her eyes, widening them as she realized that she had her arms around him and the rest of her body up against his.

Angela almost jumped, then getting off of him and failing to hide a blush that immediately crept up and conquered the entirety of her mask. Green just smiled down at her, making her glare a bit at the blush glew a darker shade of red. CLEARLY, Angela was trying to act like she had fallen asleep on him by accident, but it was more than evident that Green wasn't buying into it. But WHY NOT?!, Angela thought. Had it really been that OBVIOUS that she had just been flirty with him. At least when she did it that one time earlier at the zoo, he still seemed to be a little confused.

"Aw"., Green teased, earning a laugh from Ketongu that made the car shake a little.

Angela immediately got out of the vehicle, avoiding all eye contact as she felt her blush burn hotter.

Ketongu patiently waited for Green to exit then as Golden then asked: "So when you say that you knew Green, did you mean that you used to be one of his friends"?

"You could say that"., Ketongu kindly answered.

Upon then realizing that there were no longer any matoran inside of him, he transformed back into robot mode, stretching himself as he then walked towards one of the scattered cars that rested just a few feet away.

"Is this really it"?, Green asked once his gaze had then caught a number of holes in one of the walls.

"Yep"., Ketongu answered, then turning to the confused matoran and seating himself on the rusted vehicle that laid still behind him, catching his unbelieving gaze.

"Really"?, Green asked with a bigger hint of concern and disbelief in his tone.

"Hey, what'd you expect"?, Ketongu asked him. "A BOMBING shelter"?

"Yeah, kind of"., Green answered.

"And what makes you think the Makutacons wouldn't expect that too"?, Ketongu asked him. "I mean, it WOULD be a little too obvious, don't you think"?

Green had remained silent upon hearing this. He actually had to give the Toabots credit where it was due on this matter. And as much sense as it didn't make to him at first, Ketongu's statement was more than valid. Now that he really thought of it, he had started to realize that in being as easily destroyable as it was, this base was the better option. If even ONE of them had decided to camp out in a high security base, it would've more than surely raised enough questions to get the Makutacons, rival Turaga, and even the Turpinville police force on their tails like there wouldn't be any tomorrow.

Just as this had finished crossing his mind, he, Angela, Golden and Ketongu all turned in the direction of a honking sound, then seeing a double A vehicle and a red and blue human-made truck, pull inside and park a good few away from them. Upon finishing this, Armor instantly opened his side doors, allowing Billy and Gahu to exit while Ops transformed back into robot mode. Once the Toa had exited, following Ops in backing away a good enough distance, Armor quickly transformed into Toa mode, then looking to Ketongu who got up with a smile and walked towards him.

"Bringing in MORE innocents I see, Iron-bot"., Ketongu teased.

"Hey, at least they gave good enough reason for me to bring them in the FIRST place"., Armor countered, fist bumping Ketongu as he continued. "Sides, with only five of us here, I'd say we've been NEEDING a little extra firepower".

"As much as I agree, I do believe that I should remind you of something Paradox told us just before we split up"., Ketongu told him. "Every innocent we bring in may or may not bring us closer and closer to being rediscovered by the Turaga".

"Don't try to worry TOO much about that, I've already agreed to keep quiet should they list me as a suspect"., Billy told him.

Ketongu turned to the Toa of Fire, then saying: "I don't at all doubt that, the very fact that you even agreed to come with him proves that". "But seeing as you are a normal Toa, I do feel the need to warn you for your safety". "What we have right now with the Makutacons is a battle that's gonna get really ugly, really quickly".

"We have been in LOT of battles like that sir"., Ops told him. "Surely we will be of SOME form of use".

Ketongu would've made a counter remark, but instead he had decided to remain silent and take this answer in and suck it up. If these three had already been through enough wars to know what it really WAS, surely he'd have to consider that just maybe they'd be prepared to help fight THIS one. Also, Armor had already brought them here, so all Ketongu could really offer at this point was as way out. And from what this conversation had already proven, he quickly figured out that they weren't gonna be taking that route anytime soon.

"So you say you've fought in wars, as a whole would that make you Toa or soldiers"?, Green had decided to ask them.

The Toa and Autobot instantly looked to him, each considering his question until Ops had finally answered: "Though I have never really seen the difference, I WILL have to say that the two behind me are Toa". "I'M an autobot". "Ops is the name". "The Toa of Fire is Billy and the Toa of Lava is Gahu".

Billy and Gahu both gave Green and Angela a nod as if they were giving a greeting.

Green walked to the Toa and Autobot, offering a hand as he said: "My name's Green".

Billy, Gahu and Ops took it one at a time, shaking it.

Once that was finished, Green turned to Angela who had just finally seemed to get that blush off of her mask as he then introduced her: "The Ga-matoran is Angela".

Angela approached them as well, praying that Green wouldn't make another flirtatious wise crack as she took their hands, shaking them as well.

Green turned to his left side, immediately realizing that Golden had been standing there and saying: "And this little trouble maker is my brother Golden".

Golden looked up at the three, shy-fully waving his hand as he then gave a simple: "Hi".

A long and deafening silence passed as Billy, Ops and Gahu laid eyes upon Golden, each doing so in an utmost sense of both worry and concern. But these looks weren't given because of how shy this situation was clearly making Golden, that was more then obvious to them. The reason FOR their still growing worry and concern was the fact that a matoran his age was even here in the FIRST place. This was a CHILD for goodness gracious sakes alive. And not to sound rude or anything, but Children weren't MEANT for battle, least not a REAL battle. Besides, if these Toa took any war as a choice of do or die, then who knew how this KID was going to take it?

Armor looked back over to Ketongu, commenting: "And you say I put innocents in danger"?

Ketongu gave him a kind glare then, about to offer some wisecrack in return of his, but in the situation he was in, he immediately realized that there was really nothing he could say. Armor was RIGHT anyways, so what would be the point? Yeah, seeing as Angela and Green (AKA, the only adults at the zoo), had already seen what they had, Golden was probably going to have to go anyways, seeing as there would be no one who could watch him while they were gone. But it didn't help the fear Ketongu had still felt nagging at him and his abilities to make guarding them possible.

He WAS after all planning on guarding only ONE matoran. It was something that wouldn't be TOO hard for him to accomplish all on his own. But now he had to worry about THREE! Scared wasn't even CLOSE to what he felt each time he had managed to catch sight of the trio with his one eye. For every time his eye caught sight of them, a terrifying series of questions always crossed his mind. All going along the lines of: What if he couldn't protect them all? Or, what if one of them were to die because of him? If that were to even happen at ALL, Ketongu was sure he would go into a state of mind that would be so depressing, he'd have to retire.

Armor immediately saw these worries coursing through his friends mind and almost gave him a light pat on the shoulder. What stopped him from doing so was a sound at the entrance of the warehouse. No, THREE sounds, of which everyone in the area immediately turned and looked to. Almost immediately, a green, red and orange EW (Emergency and War) vehicle with a bug-like hood drive in. From behind the EW, came a bike with a white and brown color scheme. Close to the very second their vehicle forms passed the entrance, the EW immediately braked and something orange shot from underneath the bike, causing it to twirl upwards into the air.

The bug-hood of the EW twisted then, revealing a yellow and sort of animalistic face with two fangs pointing up from the bottom jaw, a normal left eye, colored red, and a blue scope for his right eye. Both sides of the EW flipped back, forming brown and dark green leg that lifted the Toa-like form. A dark green chestplate was revealed as the legs had then lifted the form the rest of the way, and to finish off the transformation, the hood and doors split, then coming together to form two armed red and green arms. On the left arm, was an orange and red colored blaster of some sort and resting on the right arm, was a heal-blaster that could be flipped forward to form a hook-like weapon.

Still in the air, the motorcycle started to transform as well, the brown engine flipping forward to reveal a pair of brown legs. The sides of the vehicle shifted up then out, revealing two white and blue arms, the left one wielding what looked similar to a tommy-gun. The green head of a female flipped out from where the engine had been as well as the still transforming structure landed on its feet. A red chestplate was revealed in between the two handlebars as the mortorcycle stood up to her full height. The black handles flipped forward, forming what appeared to be two small machine pistols. The rest of the back, including the wheels, went sideways and went lightly around her and covering her as if it was some sort of coat.

The two had then stepped aside, enough of a distance away from the doors for someone else to drive in, like Green assumed someone was. But instead, the thruster-like sound got louder as a plane of red, blue, white, black and silver hovered inside at a careful pace. Upon successfully hovering inside, the plane pointed itself upwards and two black and silver legs with blue feet flipped from the back, landing lightly on the floor as the boosters in the silver wings dis-activated flight mode. Just as it landed, bo9th silver wings moved slightly up, staying put as two miniature red wings unfolded on the top, forming a half X-like structure. Two black and gray arms folded out from the sides, each with a silver blade on the forearm. Lastly, as a red chest-plate on top of a blue chest revealed itself, a white face (white takadox face) flipped down, opening its eyelids to reveal a set of red eyes which then looked kindly down at the other Matoran, Toa, Autobot and Toabots.

Continuing to stand, the used-to-be plane shifted his gaze to Green, then saying in scratchy but calm voice: "I'll take it from Ketongus early transmission, that you're Green". "The male child of Turaga Jala". "Am I correct"?, Paradox kindly finished.

Green was so awestruck at just witnessing the other Toabot's transformations and stunned that this plane knew who he was that he almost didn't notice the glare given to him by the EW.

"The child of WHOM"?!, The EW exclaimed, then raising his weapons and slowly approaching the matoran.

The EW was immediately stopped by the plane who quickly, and without even looking much to Greens amazement, used his left arm-blade to block the EW from taking another step further, then turning to him and saying: "Stand down Rack". "This is the same matoran who had been guarded by Ketongu since yesterday". Then looking back to Green with a smile and a nod, he continued: "I believe he has gotten to know us for long enough, therefore, he shall not harm us, nor shall we put any harm upon him".

Rack immediately gave Green an apologetic look, quickly saying: "My deepest apologies young lad, just taking precautions was all".

"It's alright"., Green told him, then looking back to the plane upon remembering everything he had just said a few seconds earlier. "Thanks for the quick-save, but you said that one thing earlier like you already knew who I was". "Like, long before Ketongu had started guarding me"?

The plane nodded, explaining: "Fifteen years ago, I had sent Ketongu to find and protect you from any Makutacon who would without a doubt, be coming after you".

THAT made Green curious. Just what had this plane meant by "without a doubt"? Had the Makutacons been after him for longer than he currently knew? And if so, how far back had all of this gone? And if HAD gone that far back, wouldn't that mean that he was of some significant importance to them than he realized? Also, Ketongu had been SENT to guard him?All THAT could mean was that one of the other Toabots had SEEN him find that purple asteroid. Something he had never told ANYONE about. So if Ketongu had KNOWN about his secret, then why hadn't he bothered bringing it up earlier?

Green turned back to Ketongu then, asking: "I thought I was supposed to be a witness before I got involved"?

"What I said was PARTIALLY true"., Ketongu admitted.

As Green was then about to ask for a better explanation, Paradox continued: "According to our records, you had discovered a large purple ball at the age of five, mistaking it for an asteroid of some sort". "And based on the readings it had given off, we believed it to be the Sphere".

Green just looked up at the plane with eyes widened in what could only described as nothing short of amazement.

"How did you know about THAT"?, Green asked him.

"We have all been here for quite some time"., the plane answered. "In fact, once our spacecraft had landed, of which we had also escaped before it had exploded, I had sent Ketongu out to scout ahead and make sure we hadn't been followed".

"Course we HAD"., the bike said. "The hole in the left engine was too unrepairable to be anything else".

Ketongu knelled down to Green's height, then saying: "Anyways, upon being given said order, I had picked up a powerful energy signature on my radar". "The readings were more powerful than anything I had ever seen, so I let my curiosity lead me the rest of the way". "And just as I had gotten there, I saw you pick it up and run it into your house". "I followed you up till that point to make sure no one came after you". "Once I was sure you were safe, I quickly reported back to the others". "Said report lead to what you could very well call a debate, over whether or not the Makutacons would even try and check there, the home of a boy". "But in the end, we all had accept that we knew that the Makutacons had been becoming quite unpredictable". "And I don't use the term QUITE in a light sense".

"Keeping that very fact in mind, I in fact of immediately assigned Ketongu to be you guardian, protecting you from Makutacon attack at all times and all costs"., the plane told him.

"Be thankful for that too kiddo"., Armor told him. "With that thing still in that mansion of yours, you were bound to become a part of this war sooner or later".

Green looked back to the plane, giving him a nod and saying: "Done".

The plane gave him a kind smile and a nod in return before Billy suddenly spoke: "Ok, well now that I know what he has to do with this, that leaves a few other concerns, such as why are there only five of you"? "Surely there's others, right"?

A long and deafening silence passed, followed by a few exchanged looks as the plane then looked to the Toa of Fire and explained: "There are countless others, yes". "Unfortunately, since your leaders have still insisted on keeping out existence a secret-"

"Something with more good in it than bad, trust me"., Rack told them, before then allowing the plane to continue.

"-we have no way to any supplies other that theft"., the plane seemed to tighten his fist in regret as he said that word. "And seeing as Ketongu was the only Toabot here who had ever managed to go out into the public without as much as a Turaga instantly realizing what he was, our resources are VERY limited".

"Which I guess, does explain why the only things we really HAVE are the weapons we still carry"., the bike told him, crossing her arms and looking down at the floor.

Billy just gave them a nod of understanding as he immediately took in everything they were saying to him. He couldn't exactly say he understood what it was like to never be a part of society, but he DID know what it was like to have a limited amount of resources. He had gone through that MULTIPLE times in battle and knew very well from said experience what it was like to be in battle with only a short amount of resources to defend himself. In ANY battle, it would NEVER be a fun experience for him or any of his fellow Toa. Especially not since he and the others had just come OUT of a similar situation.

"Just out of curiosity, Is there only a CERTAIN Turaga or certai AMOUNT of Turaga who hate you"?, Angela asked them.

"I wouldn't exactly say that they HATE us, but I do think that it's at least a majority of them"., Ketongu told her. "Either way, they won't help us".

Angela just looked up at him with a sense of disbelief, saying: "Really, none of them even SUPPORT you"?

Ketongu just shrugged, not really knowing what else to tell her on this matter. This didn't really make any sense to her anyhow. Just why the heck wouldn't ANY of the Turaga want to help the Bioformer race?, Angela thought. Especially NOW? It probably would've saved them from all the trouble worrying about having to prevent a war with the very race they had exiled in the first place! Better yet, why HADN'T they bothered trying to make any peace? Like NOW? Was there even a time where the Turaga had at least TRIED to get back into contact with them, maybe try to invite them BACK? Goodness, how this IRRITATED her!

"Most of your leaders don't feel the need or the desire to do so"., the plane told her. "Nor will some even think to consider the idea of us roaming around freely".

"Jerks"., Green commented, almost unwilling to believe that ANY leader would have the cruelty to take away someone's freedom like that, JUST so they wouldn't have to put the option of trust to the test.

"Yeah, pretty unfortunate that those jerks are also our leaders"., Gahu said, earning a bit of a chuckle from Billy.

Suddenly, Golden decided to speak, politely asking: "Hey, may we please know your names"?

Green immediately wanted to laugh upon hearing Golden ask that. In human years, Golden was a five year old boy, meaning that if there was ANYTHING he heard or saw of which he didn't know, he would always ask about it in a way that would make most adults either act like it was adorable or just laugh their pants off. But regardless of what other people thought, at least he was TRYING to be as polite as he possibly could, even though he still ended up looking hilariously innocent in the process. And every time this happened, Green had always thought back to the first time it actually HAD happened (Or what he considered to be the funniest example of all history). Green actually remembered PEEING himself laughing when he, Angela and Golden had been watching a funny video montage of painfully hilarious fails. And what had made him laugh most of all was when Golden asked him: "What did he mean when he said there goes his chance at having kids"?

"Of course you may little one"., the plane responded. "I am Paradox, lead-Toabot of electricity". "And though I am unaware of which one my father was related to, I am in fact a Prime".

Gahu instantly gave Ops a look, as if to ask: Did you know this guy might be related to you? Ops just shrugged.

Paradox pointed to the motorcycle then, looking to her and saying: "That beautiful one is my wife Athena, second in command and Toabot of water".

"Not only that young one"., Athena told him. "I'm also one of the best combatants next to everyone else on this team"., then tinkering a bit with the tommy-gun in her left hand. "And Par, enough of the flattering please, you're making me blush".

Paradox just gave her a smile before then turning to Rack and explaing: "Though I have already stated his name, Rack's occupation is medic Toabot of plant-life".

Gahu looked nervously to the floor then, almost wondering if he had acting a little cranky earlier due to a possible headache caused by the destruction of those trees in the forest.

"Available 24-7 as that, fellow soldier, and of course-, Rack informed them, then shifting both of his guns into blades and finishing:- fellow swordsman". "And a weapons specialist if you need that as well".

Paradox then looked to Armor, saying: "Our weapons expert, weapons builder and master shooter, Armor".

Armor gave an upwards nod, saying: "Sup"., and earning light laughter from the others.

"And I WOULD introduce Ketongu, Toabot of light, but I have a feeling that you have gotten to know him plenty already"?, Paradox asked.

"Oh yeah, we have"., Green told him. "And he's quite a handful if you ask me"., earning a tap on the head from said Toabot.

Paradox grinned at this, almost wondering how Ketongu and Green hadn't gotten along too well in that high school. Of course, Paradox had known about Green's constant interest in playing pranks on unsuspecting victims from the day Ketongu had started watching him, and it had reminded him a lot of how said Toabot had acted when they were all back home, together like a hilariously dysfunctional family. Sure Ketongu wasn't as out of control as Green had been, but he did remember getting on him a few times about it and even recalled witnessing Armor scold Ketongu when he had somehow managed to stuff mustard covered thornaxx seeds in one of his favorite rifles.

"Is this how your meetings usually start"?, Angela joked.

Paradox smiled, saying: "Most of them". "But only if none of you mind, shall I begin the meeting"?

Everyone nodded.

"Very well then"., Paradox said, then walking in the center of the crowded species to speak while turning to them and making sure he would still have their attention (Last time he didn't do this, they got into an unfocused subject that led to a misfire and put a bunch of holes in one of the walls). "Dear friends, I know we have each come quite a long way in our long and stress filled search for the Sphere, so please bear with me as I say that our search is nearly at its end".

Ketongu and Armors faces lit up upon hearing this.

"I will allow Rack to speak from here"., Paradox said, then walking towards an empty spot as Rack approached, stopping once he was centered in the same place Paradox had been.

"Thank you Paradox"., Rack said, then turning a dial on his scope-eye and shooting a viewable screen of an energy reading and video feed of a large facility, from it at another empty wall of which everyone had to get closer to see. "Don't get TOO crowded now, you'll block the screen".

Everyone spaced back a bit.

Rack let out a sigh of relief, then continuing: "Anyways, not long before Green's latest purchase-, gesturing to Ketongu:-,I picked up a powerful Energy signature at a heavily guarded storage facility". "Said ES is very similar to the one Ketongu picked up when our ship crashed and burned". "With this in mind, I got back into contact with Paradox and told Ketongu to send off that beacon". "We all have right to suspect that it could be the Sphere". "And if that is where it in fact is, we need to formulate a plan that involves getting the Sphere back with zero casualties on both sides".

"And what are both sides"?, Billy asked him.

"Guards and Toabots"., Rack answered. "Under Christian oath, we are never to kill a matoran, Turaga, Toa, Transformer, minicon or human, unless said being of sentient life attacks someone out of evil or a corupted act of traitorism".

"Hold on now"., Ketongu said. "Isn't the safety of the Sphere one of the reasons why I'm guarding Green"? "If so, why would the Sphere be up there in the first place"? "That storage facility is in the Central District".

"And that's where our SECOND problem lies"., Athena told him. "With the Sphere being in supposedly two locations, we're not sure where to go".

"So that leads us to a vote"?, Green asked them.

"It's better than doing nothing kid"., Rack responded. "Especially with precious time running very thin". "If we've already managed to find it, so have the Makutacons".

Greens eyes widened in both shock and horror. Not only was he gonna get a face to face visit with war a lot sooner than he thought, but now this wasn't just a war. It was a petrifying race against time. A race that could've decided the very fate of the world as Green knew it. Green actually had to take a moment to walk away at this point, his head filled with a number of wonders. Was I going to come back from this in one piece? Were Angela or Golden gonna come back in one piece. Was Ketongu going to survive? Who really had the Sphere? What if the Makutacons had already gotten to it? And most of all, had he just become nothing more than a waste of time for the Toabot's very mission?

"Then we make our decision NOW"., Armor said. "I think the best option is for us to split up". "If we take the time to form two teams, we could search at both locations and be out in no time".

"It'd also too risky, considering the fact that without sticking together, we're outnumbered one to two should we run into the Makutacons, and almost zero to FIFTY if one of those Toa spotted you". "As if they weren't on out tails ALREADY".

"So wait, now there's TOA who're after you"?, Gahu asked them.

Rack nodded to the Toa of Lava, saying: "A majority of the bionicles who still know of our existence are still quite disgusted with the idea of living with us".

"Racists"., Armor commented, glaring at a guard who passed by in the camera's video feed.

Rack turned off the camera feed in his scope-eye, then looking to Armor and saying: "Our exile had nothing to do with race Armor". "Fear was their reason and nothing else".

Armor let out a grunt, responding: "It's still racist".

"Regardless, I once again feel the need to urge you not to hold any hatred towards them"., Paradox calmly told him. "Regardless of how bad a sin they commit, we must still forgive them".

"There was never ANY hatred sir, I'm just stating factual information"., Armor responded.

"But he's still right"., Athena told him. "No matter how bad anyone's mistakes are, we should still forgive them and even turn the other cheek if necessary". "Yes I know they exiled us and out of FEAR, but still".

"Come to think of it, I don't actually blame the Makutacons for wanting to kill us"., Angela told them.

Everyone looked to her.

"Well it's like Athena said, we wronged you in a terrible way"., Angela told them. "One that could've made the majority of you feel unwanted". "How does that NOT hurt"?

Green looked sadly back to the floor. As if these Toabots hadn't been through enough, now HE had to be the reason why the Sphere wasn't safely in their hands. Or at least if that storage facility did in fact have said relic stored up inside. And wouldn't that have meant that Ketongu had just wasted up to seventeen years of his life guarding the one matoran who could've had it in his possession? No, it couldn't have. He MUST have still had that Sphere in his desk drawer back home. Otherwise, there would've been no reason to guard him in the first place. If he DID still have it in there, he was just going to give it to them, in return for all the years of heck they had surely been through.

"I agree, that's gotta hurt worse than anything"., Gahu said. "But like the plane and the bike just said, those MISTAKES were made by our control-freak ancestors". "Not US". "So don't try and feel ashamed for something you didn't do". "That kind of pain will get you nowhere".

"I know that from experience"., Ops said. "An experience that I am STILL not talking about"., Ops added rather aggressively.

Billy rested a hand on Ops's shoulder, seemingly calming him down as Billy then said: "Gahu's right too". "And regardless of how ANY of us feel, there will still be quite a set of bad politics out there". "Sometimes it's just because conflict alone creates some form of chaos". "A chaos that not everyone will be willing to handle".

"What about my parents"?, Golden asked, creating a silence. "They're Turaga, but they aren't bad too, are they"?

Everyone had once again entered a silence that seemed endless. This was practically a CHILD, they knew they had to say something. But what was there to be said other than I don't know, an answer that could more than EASILY plague said child's thoughts? And they couldn't lie either. Neither one of them knew who this kids parents were, making them much more clueless to this matter. And this all became the reason why they were all surprised when Gahu, the team rookie actually decided to walk up to the little guy, getting on his knees and looking him in the eyes before speaking.

"Seeing as we don't really know who they are, we can't really be all that sure"., Gahu told him. "But I can tell you that I know what you might be thinking". "See, my parents are Turaga too, you ever hear of Toa's Tahu and Gali"?

Golden nodded.

"Well, they're my parents"., Gahu told them. "And to be quite honest, I don't think they're against the idea of this".

"How can you know"?, Golden asked him.

Gahu just smiled at the matoran and responded: "Because I've grown up with them long enough to know that they're not bad people". "In fact, they taught me how to be the good Toa I am today". "Yeah, sometimes they'd get into it, but it was very rare". "Just as rare as they would yell at me, which for some odd reason never happened". "Not even from my dad Tahu". "Yeah I know most people know him as a hot head, but not a day went by where he didn't tell me that he was happy to have me for a son". "Mom would say the same thing too, and this was just while they were still Toa". "But enough about my life, did your parents teach you well"?

"They did while they were here"., Golden answered.

"Then I don't think you have anything to worry about as far as that's concerned"., Gahu told him.

Everyone else just stood there, completely stunned, shocked and a bit amazed. Not everybody knew that Gahu was the son of two members of the Toa Nuva, but Billy was more impressed by the courage Gahu had seemed to display. From the first day he had been recruited into the team, Gahu had been nothing short of a great help to most everything they had normally needed help with. Gahu had even been brave enough to talk with Edward one time when he was REALLY ticked off. And they didn't quite know what words were exchanged but somehow, he had gotten Edward back to his normal uncaring self. Hey, at least it had WORKED. Which was also why in some part of his mind, Billy knew Gahu as a brave and self sacrificing peace maker.

Then deciding to break a silence that had started to grow, Ops spoke: "So, where do we all go from here"?

Ops had nearly given himself a mental slap once everyone in the room had instantly started talking. First there was too much quiet, and now there wasn't ANY. And it wouldn't really have been that much of a problem of some of the others hadn't started getting too loud for him to think. He could've sworn that he even heard Billy and everyone else get in on it. When the noise had then actually started to annoy him, he started to wonder if the old shooting at the sky cliche would get their attention. Then looking up at said ceiling, being unable to predict whether or not the whole roof would collapse on top of them, he immediately decided not to risk it, giving a sigh of disappointment.

Suddenly, everyone heard a shout from Green, then looking to him as he then said in a normal tone: "If you guys want, I wouldn't have any trouble with letting you guys check at my place first".

Another silence lasted a few seconds before Ops made a sigh of relief followed by short laughter from everyone else. Paradox immediately walked up to green, leaning down on a single knee and looking down at him with a look of question.

"Are you sure"?, Paradox asked him.

"Yeah, totally"., Green immediately responded. "Whatever gets you guys to this thing as soon as possible".

Paradox had remained silent for a moment, as if still trying to consider other options. And indeed he was. The reason FOR this was because as Toabot leader, Paradox never made a final decision without first going through all of the safer solutions in his head. If there were any wiser courses of action he could take without it resulting in casualties then of course he'd try to present them to the others and see what they thought about it. But in seeing that time was also short, that wouldn't really be an option at this point. Like Green said, whatever got this relic back into their hands as soon as possible.

"It's decided then"., Paradox said, then standing back up to his full height and looking to the others. "Our first course of action will be to head for Greens home and let him search inside while the rest of us guard the premises". "If we find nothing there, we'll immediately head for the military storage, and search there". "Are we all in agreement"?

"You bet we are"., Armor said, followed by murmurs of agreement and nods from most of the others.

"Yeah, it sounds pretty good to me"., Ketongu told them. "Besides, I do believe I have a score to settle with a Makutacon who should still be asleep".

"You put a beating on him"?, Armor asked him.

"Nah, I just decided to bore him until he decided to take a nap"., Ketongu said, earning a collected laughter from the others.

"Then let's move out, and be quick"., Paradox told them, then transforming back into plane mode and hovering over the ground as he waited for the other Toabots to do the same, then opening the doors for everyone to get in whatever vehicle they could run into.

One of these people (cough-Green-cough) earned a short grunt from Rack when said someone accidentally honked the horn, both the honk and the grunt sounding surprisingly similar.

"Don't do that please"., Rack responded before then following the trail of vehicles, including Ops in truck form, out of the warehouse, and onto the long road back to Greens zoo.

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Kwew! That took a while to type! Lol! Anyways, expect another chapter soon with a lot of suspense and or action. Either way, crap's about to get real. ;0) Like the story so far? Be sure to leave a review to tell me what you think or PM me for any questions and or concerns. I would also like to remind you all one more time that I'd like to hear your opinions on what you'd like to see or hear out of the final fight. If you want, you can even ask me to get some of the Toabots to say something funny. Sure it's war, but it's not MY kind of fictional war without a few exchanged wisecracks. Thank you all again for reading and please have a God-blessed day! :0)