Late again, i know. But i suppose the longer i take to release a chapter means it's not rushed and unfinished just so that it's out, right ? So imma shut up and let you read, i hope you all still like this story, despite it's long ass wait between chapter releases.
Also, credit goes to Reid007 for the four new characters introduced in this story. They are his characters, and he's being a great help to this story.
"Do not try anything, human. Or you will truly regret it." The head Zin warned to the cuffed Boss as he walked over to him.
"If i was gonna try anything, i'd have done it already." The Boss barked back
The fifteen well armed, and well armored Zin surrounded the Boss on all sides as they walked him towards the lounge area of their Ship. When they got there the Boss was let down to discover that there were no comfy chairs or anything to keep himself entertained. Only a large, empty, metal room with no lights.
The Boss was pushed forward and heard a strange noise. When he turned around he discovered there was a large red force-field between him and the Zin, he turned to face the other way out of the room and found the same thing.
He turned to face the Zin again and said "This room is actually a holding cell ?! Fuck, that is awesome!"
The Head Zin walked up to the door and smirked. "This room is designed to contain any threat, no matter how big, or how strong. It's been designed to survive even this entire ship blowing up. And the only way out is if authorized personnel let you out."
"Ooh! Wish i'd had one of these for Killbane, or Angelo Lopez. Hehe, or even Shogo. Would've loved watching them go completely insane locked inside one of these." Boss admitted to them, knowing that he'd not responded the way they'd expected him to.
"Unfortunately. You will only be locked in here for a brief period of time. Emperor Zinyak wants you brought to him, he has...Hmm, no. No, i shall let you find out what his reason is." The Head Zin told him.
"Let me guess. Uh, it's gotta be either-" The Boss extended three of his fingers and continued, "-him offering me the chance to join him if i kiss his alien ass. Not happening. Imprison me, which won't last long. Or...Public Execution. Now that, would be entertaining. Could you imagine if it was a fight to the death?!" The Boss spoke in quickly growing excitement to the Zin, whom looked at him weird.
"Ugh. Humans." The Head Zin said before motioning for all the Zin to leave the area, and leave the Boss to himself.
"Pfft. Aliens." The Boss mock replied.
Matt helped Cypher place Kirsten into the opened Mech Suit, and Kinzie sat at its feet, typing away on her laptop, using her skills with technology to adjust the Mech to hopefully save Kirsten's life. Kirsten had only managed to quietly murmur out the same four words, repeating them over and over in her tired and barely conscious state.
"I...love...you...Matt."
"C'mon love, save your breath. You're gonna be fine, i promise!" Matt told her
"Matt..." Kirsten said, in barely a whisper now.
Cypher climbed back down the Mech and went to Kinzie's side.
Matt looked Kirsten in the eyes. She was blinking to try and hide the fact that she was crying. He felt his own tears forming, he wiped his face and spoke to her.
"Kirsten. I'm not going to stop until you're back to normal. No sleep. No eating or drinking. No distractions whatsoever. I won't rest until i know you're better...I love you. I love you so much. Now, w-we need to close you inside here for now. This Mech is going to save your life, okay."
Kirsten tried to lean forward to kiss Matt, but she couldn't push herself close enough. Matt moved himself closer to her face, so that she had her chance. She lightly kissed his lips and he returned the kiss.
Matt took another gaze into her eyes and climbed down the Mech and watched as it closed shut.
"Right..." Matt said, wiping his face again. "Lets not waste a moment more."
Kinzie stood up and said "I've managed to re-calibrate most of the internal sections of the Mech Suit already, Matt. I need you to work on it by yourself temporarily, whilst Cypher and i go see if we can find any more of our friends and allies simulations, there are some we haven't found yet and we can't just give up our mission to free the rest of the crew.
I was working on finding more simulations before we got you and Kirsten back on board, but that had to wait because, well...that's when we touched down on the platform you were on.
Besides, the more people we have out of their simulations and here with us in the real world, the more we can focus on taking the fight to Zinyak himself."
"That's fine, i know what to do with the Mech. But, uh...don't spend too much time up there. We have something urgent to talk about, not just the two of us either. This is news everyone needs to hear..." Matt replied
Kinzie opened her mouth to say more but instead remained quiet. So, her and Cypher returned upstairs to the Pod Room, leaving Matt with the Mech.
Instantly sitting down and typing away on a holographic keyboard, Kinzie continued.
15 minutes later...
"Ugh. Finally!" Kinzie proclaimed with relief.
"Have you found more of our allies ?" Cypher asked, rushing to her side.
"Yeah, I've cracked more code and I've discovered five more simulations, Cypher. Only problem is that they're all pretty difficult to disturb right now, there's one that's tougher to crack than the rest. Give me more time and i can crack the other four though." Came the response from Kinzie.
"You'll get there, Ms. Kensington. I have complete confidence in you. So who do we have then ? bring up their names." Cypher asked politely.
Five profiles popped up on the screen, and revealed who the simulations held captive.
"Okay, lets look into Profile 1. They're Male, 38 and...Oh! They got you too." Kinzie said out loud to herself.
"Who is it ?" Cypher asked, being very curious.
"It's Ryan Brennan - He's the Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was waiting to meet the President at the White House on the day of the invasion, i think he wanted to talk to the President about getting a Saints Branch in London." Kinzie answered.
"Zinyak chose the perfect day to start his invasion, that much is obvious to me." Cypher said as she let out a small laugh.
"Profile 2 is next. Let's see, this one holds a male, again. 28 years old, name's...Josh Carpenter. That name seems familiar...Oh yeah, he's meant to be a pretty famous actor, and i'm sure he's starring in that upcoming film being made about the Saints. Hmm, that's gonna be a bit annoying when he's out of his simulation and back on the Ship." Kinzie muttered as she rubbed her head.
"How so ?" Cypher curiously inquired.
"Think about it, two actors, both named Josh. Calling for one of them will have the other come running too and probably get all butt hurt when it's not them we wanted." Kinzie deadpanned.
"Fair point." Cypher said, realising how true those words were.
"Next we have Profile 3. A female this time, 30 years old. Oh! Josette de Mathieu - She's the French ambassador from Paris, i could've sworn she was at the White House the day of the invasion." Kinzie said, reading out her profile.
"Okay, second last one. Profile 4. Another female, 34 years old. Her name is Cai-NO WAY?!" Kinzie suddenly yelled in disbelief.
"What wrong, Ms. Kensin-"
"Just call me Kinzie please!" Kinzie snapped interrupting Cypher, getting tired of the overuse of her last name by Cypher.
"-This is Caitlin Spencer! She's one of my oldest friends. I knew her back from when i was in the FBI. Holy Shit! I thought she was dead, she's been missing for so many years. She was completely off the grid, i could never find out what happened to her no matter what i tried, there was nothing for me to help find her. NOW! Now, i know why!" Kinzie exclaimed in happiness.
"So you're saying that you think Zinyak has had this friend of yours captured and held in a simulation for all these years ?" Cypher asked, because to her mind she surely couldn't have been a prisoner here for all those years.
"It's the only thing that makes sense. Maybe not all of those years, but surely most of them." Kinzie reasoned
"So you think the Zin came to Earth many years ago and abducted her and possibly a few others and then just left ?" Cypher said, arguing that possibility.
"We save her, we might find our answer." Kinzie simply responded, Cypher simply tilted her head and then nodded in agreement.
"Last One. Profile 5 - Now with this one it's a whole lot tougher to crack, i can't even get their Age, Gender or Full Name of whoever is in there. All i can get from it is one or two letters, the rest is decrypted. All it shows me is this." Kinzie tells Cypher as she points it out to Cypher:
D%£7E& - {A%50N.
"Who could that possibly be ?" Cypher asked, looking puzzled at this last profile, not able to figure out what the captured person's name could be.
Kinzie looked at Cypher and just looked back between her and the screen once or twice before shrugging and saying, "I have my suspicions. But it can wait, let's go hear what Matt wanted to tell us and the rest of the crew about."
Zinyak stood in a room alone, looking out through the large windows into space. Observing the Earth below.
The Alien Emperor was currently stuck in his thoughts. His thoughts were of the people of Earth, as Zinyak had to admit, he was impressed at the entire planet fighting their very hardest against his forces. So far they were putting on quite the show and it was entertaining to say the least.
Just then a sound came from behind grabbing his attention, so he turned to see with a grin already present on his face. He was all too happy once he saw a particular Ship landing just ahead of him. He smirked as he heard the cargo bay door hiss and slowly lower down, showing him the Boss stood there in handcuffs.
Matt was sat in the lounge area of the Ship with everyone, except for Viola, Pierce, Shaundi and Kirsten. They all gathered around himself and Kinzie, and they had just informed them all that the Boss allowed himself to be captured by Zinyak. Causing everyone to gasp or curse at the news.
"Goddammit! Well you and the other eggheads have gotta figure out some type of plan for saving his ass! That's our fucking brother and your friend!" Kevin yelled immediately, angry at what he had been told.
"Fuck yeah, what Kev said! If we leave him in their hands there's too many possible bad outcomes for him!" Katie added. Proving that family never leave one another behind. No matter what.
"Calm down you two. We'll figure this out. But right now, we need to be patient and level-headed." King said, remaining calm himself, as he attempted to calm the Boss's siblings.
"Yeah, c'mon you guys, we'll come up with something." Troy added.
"Hell no i won't calm down! That alien fuck might kill my brother, or worse, try to brainwash him to join him! To try and teach us a lesson or some shit. I'm not gonna let that shit happen! Naw, fuck that shit!" Kevin yelled back.
"Kevin! Calm the fuck down, boy! And you Katie! I don't want none of that shit neither, i owe my life to the Boss. Hell, we all do. But we need a well thought out plan for saving his ass, otherwise we'll ALL be captured or dead." King yelled back, putting Kevin in his place.
Kevin and Katie looked a mixture of angry and worried, with Katie even looking close to tears.
"Now, Matt. You told us that you were going to inform us of something even more worrying than what you just told us, right ? So let's hear it." King asked
"Rather beautiful, isn't it ?" Zinyak spoke as he looked out into space.
There was no response, just complete silence.
Zinyak turned to look at the Boss. And the Boss just glared at him and stayed quiet.
"Hmm, no ? No comments ?" Zinyak asked
The Boss just glared, not breaking eye contact.
"Come over here. Come over here now." Zinyak demanded, pointing to the floor.
With a scowl the Boss walked over, moving to Zinyak's side.
"Now, as i said. It's beautiful, isn't it ?"
Still, the Boss didn't utter a single word.
Zinyak grabbed the Boss's head and forced it against the window. "Do those eyes of yours still work ?! Hmm ?"
The Boss chuckled, and Zinyak released his hold.
"Ah, that's a start. Now. This is the last time i'll ask. All of this-" Zinyak says as he points out into space, and then at the Moon, and then at the Earth. "I find it all rather beautiful, don't you ?" Asking the Boss, looking down at him, waiting for any response.
"Hmm...You know what i think Zinyak." The Boss said, turning his head up towards his enemy.
"Oh, do tell." Zinyak asked, a grin appearing on his face, as he crouched down to be level with the Boss's face.
Looking into the large, black eyes of the Alien Overlord, The Boss spoke his mind and now he grinned widely. "I think a prefer a big ol' pair of titties."
Zinyak rolled his eyes. "Now, why can't you humans ever appreciate something as beautiful as this view ? You humans would at most only ever get just ONE chance to see this with your own eyes."
"Seen it before. It was impressive then. But now ? Naw, not so much. Now what the fuck do you intend to do with me, now that i'm here ?" The Boss asked, his tone revealing how much he didn't care.
Zinyak simply looked at the Boss, then grabbed him by the back of his jacket and dragged him into the next room.
"Come now, there's something i need to see."
Kinzie reacted the quickest. "A weapon that can destroy an entire planet ?! Shit! I thought Zinyak was just trying to scare us before, but he actually has a weapon that can do that?!"
"That is fascinating, if true." Oleg said, speaking his thoughts
"I believe so. He said he'd done such a thing before, and the way he described it...'excruciating pain...burned to a crisp'. At this point i don't know how to react myself. I mean, there is a chance he could be talking complete bollocks. But whether or not it's real or a load of shite i felt you all should be made aware regardless." Matt told the group, waiting for their reaction so that they could form some sort of plan to go on with from here.
"Well, i was hoping for some good news after that last bit...but we really need to take our time with these problems. Pulling a 'Johnny Gat' and rushing at them guns blazing could have horrible consequences if we make even one mistake...not just for us, but now for the whole damn planet!" Benjamin King spoke, reminding everyone that rushing in wasn't always the best solution.
"Troy, my man, and Cypher, sweetheart. I'd like your expertise in helping me come up with a rescue plan for the Boss. Kinzie, Matt, CID and you, big man-" King said pointing his thumb up at Oleg. "You guys need to see if you can figure out a way to find, and if at all possible, stop this planet threatening weapon. The rest of you, i'd like you t-"
King was interrupted by a loud banging noise coming from the hanger bay.
"Hmm. Probably nothing." He said to everyone else who had looked in that direction. "Now, as i was sayin-"
The noise came again.
"Oleg, Kevin. Go check that out quickly, will you ? It could just be some parts of this Ship making noises, but i wanna know if it's something more than that or not." King asked them.
The two nodded and walked towards the hanger bay.
When they entered they heard the sound again, except more clearly.
Something, or someone had to be out there. Whatever IT was on the other side of the hanger bay door.
It was knocking...
The Boss was thrown down against the floor by the large alien, who began to talk even more. "You didn't quite seem to believe me before, during our talk on the bridge. So, i felt i'd bring you here to see it for yourself."
Looking up, the Boss's eyes went wide. "Fuck..." he muttered.
Before him was a extremely large structure, the size of it was astonishing as it was taller and larger than any building on the entirety of Earth. It resembled a giant space cannon to the Boss.
There were Zin all around them. Who upon seeing the Boss stopped what they were doing and slowly formed a circle around him and Zinyak.
"Now, i'm sure you have many questions just racing through your little human brain right now. So let me answer some of them for you. Yes, that is my Planet Destroyer, or as i like to call it - Sephtis. It's Persian. Now you see, for the longest time, i had no good names for it, and at long last your planet gave it one. So, do you know what it means, Saint ?" Zinyak asked his prisoner.
The Boss looked up at Zinyak's face, and for the first time since they had interacted, he had no rude or smartass comebacks to speak. He had no death glares or cocky smirks. Now, the Boss had a look of pure defeat on his face, perhaps even...fear.
He knew.
He knew now that Zinyak wasn't bullshitting, and that if the tried to fight, that Earth would pay the price for it...
Muttering out the words, the Boss replied "N-No, i don't..."
"Ah, lovely. I do love explaining the meaning of the name to those who don't know it!" Zinyak happily replied, as he knelt down in front of the Boss's face.
"It means 'Eternal Death'. I found it rather fitting, because you see, that is exactly what happens! 'Eternal Death' for whichever planet i don't wish to keep around, and along with it, the inhabitants of that world too! Well, the ones that weren't worth saving, of course." Zinyak happily proclaimed.
"Now, you will listen to me, Saint. And you will listen well. This resistance of yours, this determination to free your friends, bring the fight to me. To save your planet, and end my life. It's pointless. Many before you have tried exactly that, all have failed. Know this, Saint." Zinyak said as his face turned expressionless.
"Your planet, belongs to me. Your future, belongs to me. YOU, belong to me. And if you or your friends defy me again."
Zinyak lowers his voice to a mere whisper.
"Boom!"
The Boss was silent, he was still taking time to process all of this.
"Understood ?" Zinyak asked in a angry tone.
Still taking this all in, The Boss didn't respond.
Zinyak was fed up of this now. He grabbed the Boss by his neck and pushed him onto his back, keeping his grip tight enough to send a message, but loose enough not to suffocate him.
"UNDERSTOOD ?!" Zinyak yelled in his face.
The Boss wanted to fight back still, but instead he stopped himself and replied "Understood..."
"Excellent!" Zinyak said, seemingly turning back to his usual happier self. "I think you're going to love what we have in store for you, my friend." Zinyak said as some Zin troops came to the Boss's side and escorted him out of the room, Zinyak following right behind them.
He let out a sigh. "I do so love breaking down the strongest of opponents. Be it physically or mentally. It's a true delight." Zinyak remarked as he began laugh menacingly.
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