Technoid hospital, Genesis stadium..
"Make sure he cant escape!" Duke Maddox ordered.
Inside the ventilation duct,Sonny could feel the blood dripping from where the laser had hit him in the chest. He tried pulling back, into cover, despite knowing it would do little to no good.
He was trapped, pushed into a corner. Well, he would not make this easy for them. If necessary, he would shoot his way out.
As Sonny quickly peeked around the corner, he took a second laser blast to next to the one he already had. Sonny knew he was injured. He needed help.
He staggered towards the robots, until his knees buckled and he fell to the ground...
The Duke had sent in a humanoid sharpshooter team. And they could tell that the pirate chief was injured.
"He is injured, Your Excellency. Two blasts to the chest. Most would have died from this" The team leader reported, as his team reached the unconscious pirate chief on the floor.
"Blasted! Is he dead or alive?" The Duke asked.
"He is still alive, his pulse is a little weaker than I expect. If we take him to the emergency room, they should bandage him up and we would be ready to take him to the prison soon after that" The team leader reported.
Duke Maddox nodded.
"Have it done"...
Corso and Stevens, along with other pirates, had managed to hack the Technoid channels and paid close attention to what was being reported.
"They will treat him at the hospital, after that, they plan to transport him to a prison facility." Stevens reported.
Corso gritted teeth.
"Wanna bet the prison facility has the same metal alloy in it as we encountered inside the duct walls?" he asked.
Stevens nodded.
"We must prevent them from removing him from hospital grounds" Stevens said.
Corso was a bit more relaxed.
"He has been hit twice in the chest. It would be a deadly strike for most, what saved him, is most likely Sonnys exceptional physique and the fact that he has a high level of mastery over a healing flux. From what I read, the story of the Seed of Shiloh, indicates, Sonny should be doing fine if his flux starts the inner repair work. But we still need to make a plan to extract him from there." Corso stated.
Bennett had looked up who the doctor that was set to treat Sonny was.
"Corso, Sonnys treating doctor is one of our hidden agents. Should I send him a coded message?" he asked.
Corso nodded.
"Tell him to stall things for Sonny. That we will free him, and need a map of the room he will be placed in. Make sure it is somewhere we can escape through the ducts, prefeerably unseen. And in the meantime, to have us updated on Sonnys condition. We will make sure he is fine. Then, we will make a rescue plan"...
As Sonny woke up, he found himself handcuffed to a hospital bed. And with further checking, that was also the case with his feets. His red jacket was in a plastic bag and he had a hospital gown on. He could feel that some type of bandage had been put around his chest. As he slowly sat up, he started to cough hard.
"Finally awake,Blackbones?" said a familiar voice to his right.
Sonny turned his head slightly, at least the chains of the handcuffs were long enough for him to reach his mouth.
"Or stuck in a nightmare. You finally succeeded in capturing me Your Excellency. Congratulations on a mission achieved. Too bad you would not have succeeded without outside help." he stated.
"This was bound to happen now, you have been admitted by your treating doctor. He does not seem to think Technoid knows how to care for laser blasts to the chest. Until he declares you fit, Technoid has no way to transport you to your new home" he said.
Sonny nodded.
"You know the pirates will find a way to foil your plan.I am their leader. It is only a matter of time, before they make their move. Dont worry for me your Excellency. I will make it out of here before you can transport me anywhere" he said.
Duke Maddox grinned.
"In a hospital with ventilation ducts reinforced with a metal alloy your men cant blast? Not even you are that lucky. This time, we got you, and we will slowly bring you back to the company. Either willingly, or forcibly, that is all your choice" Duke Maddox said.
Sonny gritted teeth. This could turn into a real jam, and fast. With that metal alloy in place, he really would be trapped. Now, all he could hope for, was Corso being on top of it all...
D'Jok felt frozen inside with what Corso had told him over Zacks communicator.
His dad was captured by Technoid. From what the pirates knew, Sonny had sustained an injury to the chest, and had been admitted to the hospital where the incident took place, for further treatment. The treating doctor was an undercover pirate, and Corso had assured D'Jok, Sonny was in good hands, and would remain so, until he could be safely helped out and freed. For now, Sonny was given a rare moment to rest, one that was needed.
"He will be angered by what Magnus pulled D'Jok, so expect him to make a strategy plan by the time we return to Aarch Academy. I feel it best to set up a temporary base in there, for Sonnys sake. He may need some medical attention from Dame Simbai, and in the Aarch Academy, we have immunity, and also a safe haven. It would be a safe place to have someone Assess Sonnys injury. But where all this leads, I would fear for the outcome of this. Magnus and Sonny wont see eye to eye on this. Those two are going to end up in a fight over the role as leader of the pirates. And Magnus is an accomplished sword fighter. Sonny knows how to defend himself, but in this dicipline, Magnus may be better." Corso admitted.
D'Jok was terrified at what he heard.
"What will happen if Dad looses this battle Corso? Will this Magnus Blade try to kill him?" he managed.
Corso shook his head.
"If Sonny loose the battle, Magnus will claim the title as leader. Then one out of two possibilities will happen. One, Sonny is offered refuge, but has to submit to Magnus ways of doing things. This could even lead to him being locked up in a holding cell. And it is unlikely to think Sonny would do that. And two, Magnus will exile Sonny, leaving him wide open for Technoid to find and capture him. In such a matter, Magnus would not be breaking any rules by alerting them to his whereabouts, and could claim the bounty for his capture.
Should so happen, Sonny wont be alone. Bennett, Artie, I, Stevens, the football team, and several others will follow him. With Magnus at the helm of our organization,it would lead to a divided organization. With Sonny at the helm, there will be unity. But for now, the focus is to find a way to safely free Sonny. And I think I know how to do this safely. As soon as its done, We will come to Akillian and Aarch Academy. You will see your father soon D'Jok" Corso promised.
D'Jok nodded this. At the moment, he could do nothing to assist the rescue operation. This was pirates territory. They would make sure this was done in the best way.
"Ok Corso, just make sure to take good care of him"...
Magnus enjoyed the news that Sonny had been taken by Technoid. His trap had worked like a charm. Knowing what blast power the pirates, Corso in particular, had, had allowed him to remotely fix the calculations for Technoid, to a point where they could withstand an attack from the pirates in Sonnys camp to break in. Now that the problem with Sonny Blackbones was dealt with, he needed to find the frequenzy that Sonnys men used. And they had shut all of his channels out. He had his men sweep the systems for bugs they could have planted off course, but none had been detected. He had also successfully made Sonnys men busy with the galactik kids, and the two affected snow kids. As Magnus looked at the screen, he gritted teeth. Blasted! Sonny had managed to completely neutralize the virus in their systems. Their flux was no longer affected, and he had no way to get to them now. The pirates had installed a safety installation on all operative holo trainers. Well, they had no idea what kind of havoc he could cause. The future teams was still just kids, and as soon as they reached the zombie state, he would have his new cyborg team, a team with a natural flux. Why no one had thought of trying this before, he did not know, and frankly, he did not care. All that mattered, was his continued success. Then, he looked at the gauges on little Tommy. What! The process that looked so promising, had ground to a complete halt. There was a substance interfering with his plan. Magnus looked closer. His eye widened. No, this could not be... No research was this advanced. How could... Then he realised the truth. Sonny! He had given him and his pirates a flux, to put a locator on them for Technoid. But this locator, Sonny had found a way to protect them from. And the flux, The seed of Shiloh... He had gravely miscalculated its effects. It seemed the old story he had read was indeed true. It was a healers flux, and a flux that could be used to help others. This made him grit teeth.
Then, a devious smile. If he played his cards right, Sonny could hold the key to a cure for everyone. Maybe the way to keep the pirates under his control, was not to exile Sonny, but hold him prisoner, to extract flux to make a cure. Infected players would be willing to pay good money for a cure of the virus. Using technology from planet Xzion had been a brilliant , he needed to plan how to put this in motion. Soon, the galaxy would bow before him as their new emperor...
"Corso, come see this!" Artie said from his desk.
Corso moved over to the other pirates work station.
The message board was filled with messages, promising the pirates a better organization, better management and better pay, if they would desert Sonnys fraction and rejoin him, Magnus Blade, in an effort to make the pirates a stronger organization than they had ever been before. The message also mentioned Sonny now being captured by Technoid, rendering the pirates without real leadership. This made Corso grit teeth. This was a low blow from Magnus, attacking his own, Sonnys men, when Sonny was captured. Corso knew, they had no choice but free Sonny now.
"Bennett, check with Sonnys treating doctor, to see if he can be transported out safely, today. We will use the same device as the football team, to make sure we, or Sonny, are not seen. Also, prepare some of the cocktails in case of humanoids, and extra magnetic discs to deal with robots. We are not leaving that hospital without Sonny Blackbones. Also, come to think of it, prepare a secondary mix, if Sonny should be in pain during an escape, I prefer letting him sleep through it. I will carry him personally if that is what it takes" Corso ordered.
As Bennett saluted, Corso made ready a list of men for this rescue mission...
Tommys mother saw her son slowly improve,and get out of coma. But the progress seemed slow, and she was loosing money by being here day by day. But he, her only son, was worth it. Then, she had seen the news. And the guilt had hit her hard. Technoid had captured Sonny..because of her. He had come to see her son, and give him something that seemed to work, however, a bit slow. And now, Technoid had captured him, while he tried to escape. It was reported that he was injured too. And that he was in this hospital. Maybe... She never gave it a second thought. As Tommy was sleeping lightly, she decided to find out where Sonny was held captive. This was a hospital. Tommy would be safe alone. She made her way into the hallways. And it did not take long to see the room that had a humanoid guard. She knew they were not very smart. Perhaps she could repay him some for the help he had given her son? She decided to be sneaky, and put on a flirtatious side to her persona, to have the humanoid let her see the scary pirate chief in person. It could do no harm, and would help her overcome her fear. Besides, the pirate chief was chained up right? He could not hurt her.
The humanoid guard fell for it, and had had let her in. She could see Sonny lay on a hospital bed, dressed in one of those awful hospital gowns. His hands was securely chained to the bed, as was the case with his feet.
She felt a tear form in her eye. This man was no criminal. He was a vigilante, fighting for him and his men to have their freedom, and the galaxy to stay safe. Slowly, she moved closer to the bed. He appeared to be sleeping. She placed a hand lightly at his hand. Only to fight back a scream with a set of hazels looked straight at her, and also his hand grabbed hers.
Sonny signalled for her to be silent. To attract guards now could be fatal.
"How is Tommy?" he whispered.
"He is getting better, but the process is slow" she said.
Sonny nodded.
"I will have someone sent to pick you and your son up and brought to Akillian. We have some friends there that will help us cure him." he promised.
"But how? You are under arrest by Technoid now, and you are injured" she objected.
Sonny smirked.
"The pirates has a plan to solve this matter. Be prepared, Technoid will have no idea of what happened, or even when. But by the time they serve supper, I will already be gone and in safety with my men" Sonny smirked at her.
She looked at him. Then, a calm came over her. She had heard the stories. Sonny Blackbones was man she felt she could trust.
"Tell me Sonny, what can I do to help you?"
To keep suspence for the next chapter, you got to wonder how this will play out and what Sonny knows. Did someone tell him, or did he figure it out by himself. This and more to be answered soon