This is my take on how a season 4 would start, the issues that will be brought to light. It will indeed be a very pirate centerd start, as the creators created a scenario that I could only see Sonny and his men ready to tackle. It will finally be DJoks turn to go with the pirates, as well as Sinedd. And as you will see, a real game changer will be thrown in. Will the teams remain the same, or will all break apart. Due to the writers program I use, is not supported by this page, I am for now, forced to use the copy and paste to upload the chapters. I will look for a soulution to this. Do enjoy the story, and let me know what you think.
It was a complete shock in Club Galactik.
"SUNJA! No!"Sinedd cired as he fell to his knees.
"This cant be..not now."D'Jok had also stood frozen.
"Mei, Micro Ice, the galactik kids, where are they?"Aarch was yelling at Clamp, demanding an answer to why most of the players in the holotrainer had disappeared.
Clamp was nervous, and clearly trying to get a lock on the disappeared players and where they could be. D'Jok was one for the first to get out of the shock.
"What was that light with the lightning bolts inside the holo trainer Clamp?Is the holo trainer faulty, or is there something I missed here? did you put in a new program?"D'Jok asked, as he was shaking the shock.
"It appeared just as if they disappeared, and it was over in seconds. Something has to be wrong with this holo trainer. It is not safe to train in" Sinedd said. Now that the shock was letting go, he was now getting back to his normal, angry self.
"Mei, Sunja...Someone answer me, where are they?Clamp. Do something! Please!"Sinedd pleaded,overwhelmed with worry.
Rocket was besides himself. Two of his team mates were gone too. Aarch was about as tense as his nephew.
"Do Something, anyone!" he demanded.
But, no one could come up with anything, no plan to fix this. Clamp was sweating as he tried to find a solution. The controls did not allow him to access the controls like they should. And now, they had a real crisis on their hands.
"Its like they dissolved into thin air. I have no idea what happend. There is absolutely no trace of them"Clamp said. He kept trying to locate the missng players,sweating bullets the more it became evident that there was no trail for him to follow. he did not have the right equipment.
Tia, their captain, had managed to shake the shock enough to make sense of things. Now she approached the desk of Clamp with a determined look in her eyes.
"Clamp, we need help with this. We are not skilled enough on our own. And I can think of just one man that is capable of doing that, You know whos help we need", she stated, with a firm expression on her face.
Clamp looked at her. It did not take a genius to realise that a few of the other snow kids was thinking the same. And to be honest, he could see their point. If he could not find the solution, there was only one man that came to mind, that he knew could, that someone would be able to get things done, but there was the element of danger to it all.
"You are thinking about Sonny?I am sure he could do it, but to bring them here, it is dangerous, especially for him"He told her. It was not really much of an ask, it was a statement.
Tia noddedd at that.
"Who else has the means, the knowledge and the courage to do this? I have seen him do the impossible before. Sonny Blackbones and the pirates is our best hope to solve this. We must contact them. I take it you have his contact code? if not you, D'Jok should be able to contact him" she stated, looking at him.
Clamp scratched his head. He was not all comfortable about making the call to Sonny, not with Artegor Nexus in the room. Everyone now looked at him ,nodding at what Tia had just said. A quick look at D'Jok, resulted in another nodd. The snow kids all agreed as to whom to turn to.
"Clamp, I agree with Tia. you need to call Sonny Blackbones,now!He will know how to track them, either he, or one of his men" Thran exclaimed, with all snow kids nodding agreeingly behind him.
Clamp realised Thran was right.
"Ok, Fine. I will make the call. But I will also ask everyone to look away while I do it. Sonny is a dear friend. I have known him through many years, and I am not going to expose his location in any form or way without his concent."he said, signalling for Harvey, the snow kids service robot to engage stealth mode five,the secret frequenzy of the pirates.
Artegor looked at him with amazement. This was one connection he had never figured out on his own. Clamp had always been a charrater, but that he was a close friend to the pirate chief was unknown to him.
"You are friends with the Pirate leader?"He asked astounded.
Aarch intervined. Clamps connection to the pirate chief was not a subject to debate. Right now, they had more pressing matters to attend to.
"Clamp and Sonny go back a long time, and Sonny and the pirates has never wronged the snowkids or us in any way, it is not the first time he has come to our aide. In hard times, he and his men have helped us when things seemed hopeless. He is someone I would trust fully. Or what say you Aduim?"
Aarch looked to his girlfriend, whom had bore witness to it all. Aduim nodded slowly.
"Despite what Technoid says, Sonny has been a great help to the snowkids and the league. The only one that really has a problem with Sonny, is Technoid, Sonny is held in high regard by the League..I have no reason to belive that he will not solve this and quick",she said.
Clamp nodded. There was a unanomous decision here to get Sonny and the pirates involved.
"I see. Turn away...I will make the call"
In the Genesis stadium private astro hangars,Sonny was preparing their new ship for a flight back to the shiloh archipelago. Magnus Blade had managed to steal the Black Manta under their noses a few months earlier. Well, to be fair, he should have seen it coming. Magnus was the one that had created and built The Black Manta, he would see this as a reposession of his property. But just the same, there was things on board belonging to the pirates under Sonnys command. Somehow, they needed to retrieve those items. Sonny had decided to restock the ship, then go on a search for the former pirate. As far as the ship itself went, it was old, but in good condition. The fleet was not big, but The Black Manta was the pride of the pirates. The symbol of their organization. The pirates had a sort of sentimental attachment to their home. If possible, they would take it back. With that, Sonny snapped out of his trail of thoughts. The new replacement ship was loaded, and good to go.
"Corso, are all systems ready to go?" he asked as he went for the second seat in the pilot position. Corso had more flying hours than him and was the usual designated pilot of his crew. Sonny would take the role as co pilot as he and Corso did not need words to communicate what had to be done. They had the ability to know what the other was thinking. Corso was an experienced pilot and he knew how to escape Technoid in daring, but entertaining ways if it was called for.
"Yes, Sonny, we are ready and stealth mode is activated." Corso reported with a smile.
Sonny nodded. He turned to the other two members of his four man crew, whom was awating his orders.
"Artie, Bennett, make sure everyone is at their post. It is time we start chasing down Magnus, and take back the Black Manta."Sonny announced to great cheers from his crew. Their home being stolen had put some of the pirates in a miserable mood, and Sonnys choice to go after the former leader,like some thought he should have done years ago, to find out where he had hidden, became a real boost for the morale onboard the ship. Sonny was just about to down fasten the seatbelt, a new feature in the new ship,where he sat next to Corso, when his transmitter started to beep. Corso sent his boss a look, as Sonny looked puzzled. Then he answered the call. All his men were on board. it had to be someone not part of the crew. And Sonnys contact code was unknown to most, but a few chosen people. for safety reasons. It had to be someone close to Sonny that would be calling. Corso watched as he answered it, Clamps worried and sweatty face appeared in hologram form. Corso frowned. This was odd. He looked at Sonny. Sonny had a sixth sense when something was wrong, and the very way Clamp looked right now, something was most definately wrong.
"Sonny, is this a bad time?"Clamp asked, somewhat apologetically. But worry was painted all over him. Sonny sensed whatever the reason for the call was, it was urgent, and most likely either about his son or something to do with him.
"Clamp, it is not ideal, but the worried look on your face tells me this is urgent." Sonny replied calmly. Clamp being this upset was out of the norm, and he had to calm his friend enough to make him tell him what was going on.
Clamp nodded.
"We got a serious situation here Sonny, and the snow kids as a team wanted me to contact you, we need your help, and fast" he said.
That made Sonny frown. The snow kids as a team asking his help, that sounded ominous. Sure, he knew members of the team separately, but the entire team had asked for him to be contacted? That had a bad ring to it.
"Tell me Clamp,what is the emergency?"Sonny asked,as he secured his seatbelt in the co pilot seat. Corso looked at him, holding off the starting proceedures, something told him, there would be a delay here.
"A team of 8 players, the galactik kids, The team of kids that D'Jok is the coach for,Hush Sharky, Mei and Micro Ice disappeared while in the holo trainer. The snow kids wanted to let the kids play the champions. Now, I cant figure out where they went. They seemed to have vanished into thin air, with no visible trace" Clamp explained.
"What!? That is impossible Clamp. There has to be a trail, nothing just vanish without a trace. As a scientist you would know that as well as I do." Sonny was not known for being caught off guard, but this message truly shocked him. What Clamp told him, was scientifically impossible. This had all marks of a kidnaping. "How did that Happen Clamp? Your holo trainer is safe isnt it? I dont recall you telling me about this before. Your machines could be a bit unstabile in the past, true that, but you never had any mishaps like this before? This makes no sense" he questioned.
Before Clamp could answer,D'Jok appeared next to Clamp. Sonny could see a million different emotions in his sons face. Fear being the dominating one.
"Dad, I know this is dangerous for you, but I am responsible for these kids. This incident was not the snow kids holo trainer, this happened at Club Galactik, here on Genesis. We wanted to give the galactik kids a treat, by playing the champions. This was not the kind of treat I had in mind. Dad, this could sabotage my entire life"D'Jok said.
Sonny nodded.
"I would imagine you informed the parents of what happened yet D'Jok? As a founder of the team, and a coach, this is a responsibillity you have, I expect you to act as a leader and a coach in this situation, nothing less. But you are right, this could cause problems that puts you in danger, and you are not joining the pirates, I will not allow it"Sonny said, looking at his son.
D'Jok nodded. This was a fair ask from his father, and one that made sense. And at least he now knew, he would not join the pirates today.
"Dad,You once told me, if I ever need you, you would never be far. remember?" he asked.
Sonnys face softend slightly when his eyes met his sons worried gaze.
"That I did D'Jok, and I meant it then as I do now." Sonny said softly. he sensed the question his son would not speak in front of his team mates.
D'Jok nodded.
"This time, I need your help Dad, more than ever.I got to get the galactik kids, Mei and Micro Ice back. Without them, I will fall apart. They are everything to me, I got to do something to fix this" he stated.
Sonny felt the same way about his pirates, and his second in command Corso, if not for them, He would not make it himself.
Sonny had already made the decission. There was an urgency of the matter and Clamp did not have the tools to deal with this. The pirates had to give them a helping hand or more.
"We will be at Club Galactik within a few hours. I will see you then DJok, leave the worrying to me. We will find them, and get them back, I give my word. And a pirate never breaks a promise" he said
The snowkids, Aarch, a very pregnant Aduim, Clamp and Artegor were anxious when the door opend a few hours later,and Sonny and his men arrived.
"Dad!"D'Jok got up and hugged his father, who returned the hug. Sonny could tell from his sons reation that what had happened had rattled his son. And he was in need of his fathers calm and sound advice on the matter. Worry was painted on D'Joks face. Sonny calmly laid a hand on D'Jok shoulder as he freed himself from the embrace. Corso looked at Sonny, before he pointed Artie and Bennett to the various connection points of Clamps equipment. He knew Sonny would conduct the interviews to pinpoint the details they had not seen on video. He would take care of the rest.
"D'Jok, tell me everything that happend inside the holotrainer. Everything that you can remember. The more details you all have, the better. We will figure this out, we just need a starting point, the more details, the more sure we can be on what direction to chase down first"Sonny said calmly.
Corso, Bennett and Artie already knew what to do and had rigged their gear and connected it to the faulty holo trainer.
"We are ready to start Sonny, all the gear is hooked up "Corso said.
"Good. Clamp, bring up what you have Of any data while I speak to D'Jok, and any of you snow kids who has information to add from what happened inside the holo trainer. Let us sit down, and we will sift through this. Corso, make sure to copy all relevant information into the pirates database, and have the crew on the ship start any kind of sifting out of relevant information that is available. Hack into whereever you need to. This can not wait" Sonny said. By now, he had taken on a commander voice.
"Ok Sonny, I will get all the information up." Clamp said as he got ready to transfer all needed data to the pirates.
He started to press a lot of buttons in a sequenze to bring up the video files, and other error messages that had occured during the incident, so that Corso and the pirates could copy the information and have a closer look. Sonny turned his attention to the snowkids.
"Can anyone explain what happend inside the holotrainer?" Sonny asked, looking at the snow kids.
Tia raised her hand.
"Go ahead Tia" Sonny said mildly as he sat down with them.
"We enterd the new and improved holotrainer, thinking it would be safe, and took our usual positions on the pitch,as we were to help the galatick kids train. Then, As soon as the holo trainer closed up around us, a strange light, mixed with lightning bolts interfeered. It almost looked like the holo trainer malfunctioned. And since the lightning was intense, and we did not want to be harmed, We all huddled together on the middle of the pitch, to stay away from the lighning, fearing it would strike us. And as we all got close in a bundle,it was as if it had a life of its own. it looked like Mei first, then Micro Ice, and the galactik kids dissolved. They all started screaming in panic. Hush Sharky too!" Said Tia.
The others was not sure what to make of it,yet. Sonny had a very thoughtful expression on his face as he heard that. What Tia described sounded familiar, he just could not put his finger on why that was..yet.
"Did anyone else see anything distinct with this light? Colour, anything that stood out? it is not normal for a holo trainer to respond like this. The pirates also have one, we never had any such problems. This is having a feeling of being directed, from outside the room. Now the question is whom did it"Sonny said, looking at the group that sat in a half circle around him. he grabbed a chair that was free, so he could sit down.
Thran carefully raised his hand.
"I hope you wont be angry to hear this Sir, but the way they dissolved, I have seen it before. It looked like what your team, The pirates do, when they leave the pitch to avoid capture,the light was much the same"Thran had a sad look on his face when he said that.
"I am not accusing you or anything Sir, that is just what I saw." he said. Sonny knew this was none of his mens doing, but someone was possibly trying to put the blame on them. Wich would not be a first when you were a pirate.
"No offence taken Thran. But it may give us a clue though, and a possible direction to start the search" said Sonny.
D'Jok raised his hand.
"It was not the same colour as the pirates though, this was a more murky mix of green and yellow." he said.
Sonny frowned.
"Hmmm, Interesting detail D'Jok. I think it is time we have a closer look on the mystery light" Sonny said.
Then, he turned to Corso.
"Corso, Can you bring up a video file of how our players look like when they leave the pitch, then add the colour D'Jok described on top?"He asked.
Corso nodded.
"Will Do Sonny, it sounds like you got an idea already?" he asked.
Sonny nodded.
"Yes Corso, and I imagine so do you. There is one person that stands out in regard to this. And I hope for his sake, that it is not him"Sonny said. But the hard look in the normally calm hazel eyes of his did not spell good news. Corso knew Sonny was already leaning in a spesific direction, he was just looking for a few more hits to confirm his suspicion.
Corso nodded slowly.
"This sounds very familiar Sonny, and usually, familiar to me, is not a sign of good things to come." Corso muttered.
Sonny nodded that. He knew they would have to go on a rescue mission. The pirates were the only ones with the skills to do it. As the pirates logged the needed data, and made sure it was sent to their secure servers, they made ready to leave. They never stayed long in one place, especially not when Sonny himself was with them.
Sinedd had nothing to add to the discussion, his team mates had shared the same images he had seen, but he did have a request for the pirate chief.
"Mr Blackbones?"
He could feel the pirate leaders gaze on him as Sonny turned and looked directly at him. There was something about the pirate chief posture that demanded respect. Sinedd had the feeling Sonny was not a man you should be messing with.
"Yes Sinedd, anything you want to say? Did you see anything the others missed to tell?" The pirate chief asked, clearly still a commander, but friendly.
Now,Sonny rose from his seat now, clearly signalling he had the information he needed. and was preparing to leave as well. Being wanted by Technoid made him unable to stay anywhere for very long at the time, due to risk of detection.
"Yes Sir.I may not be best buddies with D'Jok, or even the most popular player on the team.I know I can be a difficult person to like, but I am trying to do better..." Sinedd stammered.
Sonny nodded. The newest member of the snow kids team was clearly still a bit worried around him.
"What is it you want to ask me Sinedd? There is no silly question here, just the one you did not ask" He said mildly, to help the young man calm down.
Sinedd looked down, before he raised his head and looked at the pirates infamous leader.
"I only recently found my family Sir. My real family.D'Jok and I have a simmilar background in many ways, but now, my little sister, Sunja is missing. She is the one that saved me Mr Blackbones, she made me do this turn around inmy life, and go back to where I belong, and make peace with the past. I am asking to come with you. for this mission.I need to save my sister. please" Sinedd finally said, looking straight at Sonny.
Sonny and Corso looked at eachother.
This was a most unusual request. D'Jok also stood up.
"Dad, I will also ask to come along. You asked me to be a leader,and take my responsibillity seriously. This is me, doing just that" he said, looking at his father.
Sonny did not like that idea at all. It was sure to be dangerous, and if there was anything he did not want to expose his son to, it was that. But D'Jok looked at him.
"This should never have happend to these kids Dad.I promised them, they would be safe, and I could not make good on that promise. I am their coach, I ask permission to assist in this mission. I need to redeem myself in my teams eyes, my own, their parents and maybe also, even your eyes, Dad" he said.
Corso could see Sonny was not happy about request. But D'Jok had presented a very strong case, and this time, he needed help to persuade his father. and there was only one person whos opinion Sonny would listen to and take into consideration in this matter. He needed to help the kid some this time.
"Sonny, may I say something?" Corso said silently.
In Matters such as this, he would make or break both Sinedd and D'Joks case. Sonny had not decided on the matter yet, he could tell he was still taking it in, weighing the pros against the cons. This was the best time for him to weigh in on the matter. Sonny nodded.
"I am listening Corso." he said, waiting for Corso to say what was on his mind.
Corso stood up.
"Sonny, You know how I feel about these things. And normally, I would say no, we both know this could potentially be dangerous. But this time,I will advice differently. It sounds to me, both of them has strong reasons to come with us this time. For both of them, I think this could be a learning exerience, and grow a better bond between them. I also believe they could actually be of help to the rescue operation. And as an added Bonus, Sonny, I know you and D'Jok dont get much time together, but given the situation right now, here is a golden opourtunity for the two of you to do just that. You wont have to worry about Technoid all the time. Onboard the ship, you can relax and spend some father son time together, free of any worry of detection!I know you Sonny, this is something that would benefit you and your son as well. And they could both be helpful with the kids, who knows how scary we pirates may come across to small children. This is what I think, but in the end, it is your call" Corso said.
"Hmmm." Sonny turned his back for a moment, weghing the pros and cons of the matter in his mind.
What Corso said was true. This would be a gift to have this much time with his son. Sonny made a call and with that decission in mind, turned to face his son.
"Ok D'Jok, Sinedd. I will give you the chance on this rescue mission. But know that I am the captain of ship. There will be chores on this journey, even for two rookies like you.I will expect from you to abide by the rules that applies. And there will be no questioning the orders I give."Sonny said, a bit sharper than he had intended.
D'Jok looked serious.
"As you say Dad."D'Jok said.
Sinedd also agreed.
"It will be as you ask Mr. Blackbones."he said.
Sonny nodded.
"Very well then. Artie, take D'Jok and Sinedd to the ship, make them take only what they need for the trip. Advice them on the rules, you should know them by heart now" Sonny ordered.
"Ok Sonny, on my way." Artie saluted, before he let the two snow kids lead the way to their hotelrooms to pack. Before they left, Sonny looked up.
"Sinedd?" he said mildly.
"Sir?" Sinedd stopped as Sonny spoke his name.
"On board, we all prefer to be informal,Call me Sonny." Sinedd smiled.
"Will do..Sonny." Sinedd smiled, clearly more at ease with this.
Sonny smiled.
"Off you go kid." he said.
As soon as the two was out the room, Sonny turned his attention to Clamp.
"Bring it up on the screen Clamp, so we all can see it. " he asked.
Sonny waited as the images images appeared on screen. What they saw stunned them.
"I have never seen anything like it" said Bennett.
"What is that light? Is that a kind of flux?"Corso wondered.
"I belive so, but it is not one I have ever seen before",said Clamp.
Sonny was studying it.
"It looks nothing like any flux used in the cup,If so, it is from a planet yet unknown" he stated.
Corso was thoughtfull.
"And yet, it is familliar Sonny, very familiar...If I could only recall where I have seen this before..." Corso said, as he seemed lost in thought.
"Corso? Do you know this from somewhere?" Sonny looked at his second in command. Corso nodded.
"Yes, but I cant remember from where. What I mean Sonny, is I have seen this flux pattern, but it wasn 't used for football. It had a purpose, a very dark and destructive purpose. It is a flux, but it was weaponized during the wars. If only I could remember who did it" Corso said, with a dark expression on his face.
"Ah,I see. Try not to push Corso, We will deal with it during the trip. It will come to us, I am sure" Sonny nodded.
Corso was a former flux war soldier, who had nearly gotten himself killed in an ambush. Corso was not one to speak of it openly, but a few late nights with a lot of alchol had made Corso loosen his togue, and Sonny had learned the full Story of Corsos escape from the flux war and how he became a pirate and wanted now was not the time to dwell on that.
"How long ago was this?"The pirate chief looked at Clamp, as he reviewed the footage of the incident.
"About an hour, according to the time stamp.I forgot to check the time,when it all happened. All I got is what my computers says" said Clamp.
"Hmm..."Sonny rubbed his chin
"Bennett, can you track this flux?" he asked.
"Yes Sonny, but it is starting to dissolve. We dont have much time if we are to try to follow it" Bennett said.
Sonny nodded.
"I was afraid of that. We will have to give chase, and fast. Corso, order everyone to their post. We will need to move fast." he said.
"Right Sonny" Corso nodded and started to remove the gear they had used.
Sonny looked to the screen. He could not explain why or even how, but his pirate intuition was already sounding the alarms, and loudly. And now, D'Jok would come with for the trip. Had he made a mistake allowing this?Sonny heard steps in the hallway, indicating someone had enterd the room.D'Jok stood in the doorway, besides Sinedd. Both boys had packed a small bag with the most necessary belongings.
"We are ready to go." they both said.
Sonny nodded.
"Artie, show them the bunk beds in the barracks. They both meet in the Galley two hours before each meal. Tin can will put them to work for this trip, I need you on computers Artie. We will need all the manpower we can get on cracking this one open." Sonny said.
Aarch looked to Sonny.
"This really is a strange situation Sonny, I have never seen anything like this before. " he stated.
Sonny agreed.
"It is unusual, and it is not purely a a flux doing this either. We will have to move as fast as the ship will allow us. Clamp, I want you to set a new frequenzy for the stealth mode calls." Sonny said as he walked over to his friend.
Sonny looked at his friend as he gave him a note with the new frequenzy. Clamp said nothing, just added the new frequenzy. Sonny turned to follow Corso who was waiting for him.
"Sonny?" sounded a voice behind him.
It was Tia. He looked at her.
"You once saved my parents, I know I can count on you. But I will still ask you, please be careful.I get a feeling this will be more dangerous than you see, we need our friends back, but we also need you and your men. Stay safe will you." she said.
Sonny nodded.
"Thank you Tia."he smiled.
She nodded.
"Best not keep your men waiting. " she smiled
Sonny winked at her before he left the room with Corso.
"We are ready Sonny, we can leave at any time" said Bennett.
"Good. "Sonny had a full over wiew of the ships panels from his seat.
"Artie, go tell our rookies to get ready, and bring them here to the bridge during take off. It is time they get to learn the rules around here. and that they are lowest on the food chain, no matter who they are" Sonny smiled, making it clear, D'Jok would not receive special treatment during this trip. The roles would be captain and rookie, not father and son.
Artie smiled at that.
"I am only happy to be out of the galley for once, Tin can needs his mood sensors replaced again." Artie complained.
Corso laughed.
"With you around Artie, anyone can have mood swings every now and then, even robots" he commented dryly.
Artie knew better than to tease back.
"All are at their posts, and engines a, b and c are running at maximum power Sonny," Corso informed.
"Ok Corso. Take us out of here, we got no time to loose"...
D'Jok looked around. Even though this was his fathers pirate ship, he had not been onboard before. It did not look all that big from the outside, but inside it was huge. And with plenty of control panels he had no idea how workd. Sinedd looked around as well, impressed with what he saw.
"I got to admitt D'Jok, your father is stricht but I like him. This could turn dangerous, but he still let us come with" he said.
D'Jok said nothing as he looked out window.
"Dad is awesome, it has been something else to meet him. Im proud he is my dad. But I expect he will lay down the law onboard. There wont be any special treatment, even if I am his son. We just need to remember why we are here." he said.
D'Jok was looking around the lounge. This was clearly where the pirates ate their meals. several huge tables in groups of 5 seats was neatly in order. Then, Artie came into the lounge, followed by Sonny.
"D'Jok, Sinedd. Lets sit down and get a few rules clear."Sonnys voice was mild but clearly the one of a commander.
As both sat down, Corso came to join them. Sonny remained standing up.
"I am not going to lie to you boys. We have no real idea of what it is that has happend, or why it happened. For now, we will be following the trail that this mysterious light or flux has left, hoping it has not dissolved, while we try to learn more of whom is behind it, and why. Artie will be working a lot on getting more info on the flux like trail and follow it for as long as we can. When we do fly out, we will have to fly fast. This can get bumpy. This is Corso's area of expertise. All three of my team will be on the bridge during the chase, I, as the Captain, will be giving the two of you the guided tour on board. Now, rule number one. we are flying in stealth mode, That means, no electronics or any device that allows for tracking or radio waves is allowed on, when Stealth mode is deployed. If there is any chance of Technoid detection, this rule is strongly enforced. Rule number two pertains to your chores while on this trip. I expect you to follow orders and have the meals ready at the time table you are given. Even pirates operate on time tables, to keep a routine going. If we were all to sleep at the same time, and we were tracked down..I dont need to tell you what trouble that would leave us in, do I? And with the severity of the sentences some of us face, we are not too keen on trying what that would feel like"Sonny informed.
D'Jok and Sinedd nodded that they understood. Then, Sinedd raised his hand.
"Yes Sinedd ?" Sonny looked at him.
"Sonny, would detection by Technoid lead to the all pirates and everyone onboard getting arrested? or is it just you as the chief that is at risk of being locked up?" Sinedd asked.
Corso decided to answer.
"Its a good question Sinedd. We assume all on board would be locked up. But we dont know for sure. We have managed to avoid detection by Technoid till now, so we have never tested what it would practically mean for us to be arrested. For myself, I dont really care too much, most of us dont. What worries us as pirates is Sonny's safety. Sonny is the heart and soul of our organization, not to mention, our choosen leader. All on board are loyal to Sonny, and would give their own life to protect him. If we were boarded by Technoid, we assume they would make an attempt to arrest and secure Sonny first. Wich is why, the number one priority would be to get Sonny safely out before they could get to him. So, the answer is, as far as we know, A clear no, it would not lead to an arrest of the ones on board the ship. Our ships are fast, but Technoid is getting better. We stay at a distance, because, if we ere found, it carries a risk that they may be able to track us down later, and possibly be able to trap Sonny. if they could get the ships identification number and place a tracker on us, It would mean they had eyes on Sonny. He has a past with them, and that only makes them more eager to try to capture him, and us more determined to keep that from happening. We try to make that as hard as possible for them to find us, as it is not healthy for anyone, should Sonny getcaptured by Technoid. The punishment that awaits us is known for most of us. if we are ever captured. Just not in Sonnys case. His file has been sealed, with heavy encryption our hackers are still trying to decode. That alone indicates things I dont want to speak of. We wont let anything happen to Sonny, unless we know what is in store for him. If need be, we would send him off in a smaller undetectable ship, and have another ship in our fleet pick him up, and bring him to safety. He is too important and valuable to us to allow for his capture to ever take place" Corso stated.
Sinedd nodded.
"I get it." he said as he sat down, and took out a picture frame.
D'Jok could see a picture of Mei. It made him turn away. But Sonny noticed his sons reaction. The loss of his girlfriend hurt his son. And he was not all sure how to find his footing.
"Dad, I came to think of something, it may be nothing, but..." he sighed heavily.
Sonny sat down next to his son.
"What is it D'Jok? Tell me." Sonny asked.
D'Jok stared at the floor,
"Maybe I am just paranoid, but, have you seen the fact that all the ones that was abducted,actually have close ties to me?I am wondering if this is someone trying to punish me for something I did. And that could possibly narrow the list of suspects"he said.
Sonny and Corso looked at eachother. Sonny nodded. His son was on the trail of something here.
"There is a pattern, Micro Ice, your best friend, Mei, your ex girlfriend, and the team you are coaching, all abducted. It would seem someone is going at you over something. Now we just need to find out whom" he stated.
Corso agreed.
"Could this be someone exacting revenge on D'Jok Sonny?or perhaps, trying to stick it to you, through your son? if so, the list of suspects is very short, and rules out most of our enemies, including Technoid. They would not dare touch D'Jok,They now you would come for them if they did." Corso said.
Sonny nodded.
"I don't need to say it, you already know what I am thinking Corso." he said.
Corso was clenching his fists. Sonny was foucsed more on why these spesific individuals was taken. DJok had a point. Corso looked up.
"We need more info Sonny, we don't have the full picture yet." he stated, somewhat frustrated.
Sonny nodded.
"Corso, head back to the bridge. I will take care of the boys. until we know more, we are running in circles. Lets hold of on making any conclusions till we know more" he said.
"Right Sonny." Corso saluted as he turned to head for the ships bridge.
"Do what you have decided to do with the boys Sonny, And once that is done,In shilohs name, make sure to get some rest, I know your sleep schedule. I will check in on you later. and if you are not sleeping, I will make sure to help with the matter, if you want it?" Corso suggested with a small smile.
Sonny nodded this. He knew what Corso was getting at. And any offer of help, he would take Corso up on.
"Ok,D'Jok, Sinedd, follow me"Sonny said as he gave the boys a tour of the ship that would serve as their home for the time being.
Magnus Blade could see the pirate ship that passed them. A replacement had been put in place relatively fast. To be expected really. Corsos paranoia for Sonnys safety would have made this happen faster than normal. But now, the pirates under Sonnys command was sure to be pissed off at him.
"Still going on the drive of revenge Sonny.. it is most certainly leading you right into trouble. But this time,you wont foil my plan. In fact, you were quite inspiring to the idea. If you will cooperate,you may have a future among the new pirates organization I intend to build. I will take up on what you led the pirates too. It is time this galaxy has a supreme ruler, me", he mused.
"Magnus!"
The once leader of the pirates turned to his second in command. A pirate who saw Sonny Blackbones as a weaker leader than him, and wanted power restored to Magnus reign.
"Yes?" he said as he turned around.
"We are ready to start the plan. The largest Asteroid is having a core, and the holotrainer is ready." the human pirate informed.
"Very well."Magnus rubbed his beard.
"You may have destroyed two versions of flux Sonny, but this one will be different. "Magnus had an evil grin.
"By the time this is over, Sonny Blackbones will have to step down from his role as a pirate leader."The former pirate thought out loud.
His second in command looked at him.
"Not all pirates was happy about my excile, and it is time Sonny learns, his actions does have repercautions" Magnus said trough grinding teeth.
"Where are we?" Micro Ice, Mei and the Galactik kids was trying to make sense of their surroundings.
Hush Sharky was being his usual self, up and down, taking photoes for his scoops. Mei had found a door.
"Hey, let us out of here. We got rights." She yelled.
"All will be explained in time," said a voice from a speaker.
"Who are you?" Mei demanded to know.
"Why, I am your new promoter off course, since you will now assume the role as coach and assistant for the new team, they will become the most powerfull team in the galaxy." The voice said.
"I think you got it backwards," said Micro Ice.
"Mei and I already play for the strongest team in the galaxy, The snowkids." he yelled,slightly angry.
The voice laughed an evil laugh.
"The snowkids may be three times galactik champions, but a fourth win is impossible. You have become too old for that level of play , the next generation, your galactik kids, will be the next heirs to that throne." the voice said.
Micro Ice was being defiant.
"You know who the coach of the galactik kids is right?" he asked.
"And DJok is also the son of the pirates infamous leader, Sonny Blackbones, not to mention, my best friend. The pirates will come for you"he yelled.
The voice on the speaker just laughed.
"I know full well who DJok is the son of. And bringing him here would have brought Sonny here as well. wich I am not interested in doing, at least not yet" the voice mused.
Mei could tell the kids was afraid.
"And how do you know Sonny Blackbones wont 'come anyway?The pirates are close friends with the snowkids." she said. The voice grew eerily low.
"Should Sonny and his men attempt to free you, he has a big surprise coming his way. I would advice Sonny to think twice about coming here" it said.
Micro Ice was turning angry.
"No one can take down Sonny Blackbones and the pirates. They will have your hide for this" he yelled with clenched fists.
The voice had one last ominous message.
" Except Micro Ice, the only one that knows Sonny Blackbones weakness, he would be able to stop him. And I am that someone that knows Sonny Blackbones weakness".
The room was eerily silent after this, and the kids looked scared at them, Micro Ice looked to Mei.
"Should we try to call anyone?" Micro Ice asked. Mei showed him her holo watch.
" No signal Micro Ice." she Ice leaned towards the door.
"Now what do we do?"he looked at him. "We try to message Corso, if possible".
"I found the trail Sonny, but it is growing cold fast." Bennett said, he was focused on the flux trail. Till now, the trail had been strong enought to not pose problems tracking, but they had reached an area of crossing solar winds, and this was breaking the trail apart"Try to get a lock on it Bennett, we cant loose the track, if we do, we will not be able to find the abducted kids" Sonny said as he looked over at his young associate. Corso had working with the same trail, but from a different angle."Sonny, you might want to see this." he called out.
Sonny walked over to Corso, D'Jok and Sinedd right behind him. The tone in Corsos voice had alerted Sonny something was up."What is it Corso? Show me" Sonny asked.
"I don't know Sonny, but the trail...can you see how it is making a turn here?" Corso showed him. Sonny looked at Corso."This is no coincidence Corso," he said.
Corso grunted."And what's more,this flight route isn't new either, at least not to the pirates."he was lost in thoughts. Technoid had been sitting ducks in this area. It wasn't far from Shiloh, and with many possible escape routes. A paradise for a wanted pirate. A memory came to his mind.
"Now Sonny, its your turn. Show me that you can do this raid on your own."Magnus said, as he had laid a hand on to Sonny's just nodded.
"Corso, we will intercept at asteroid Z 11, make sure the back up ships are in place,Take no prisoners, just the cargo!" he had nodded when he saw Sonny take the lead. His young intended successor handed out the escape routes, and was in full control of this mission and raid."Very well Sonny, you truly have the makings of a leader. One day, you may even take my place. You are still rough around the edges, but with a bright head. You are truly a gift to The pirates as a group".
Sonny shook his head. Corso looked at him. He knew Sonny often had headaches, but it had seemed to get better once D'Jok had enterd his life. He had seen a change in Sonny after he reconnected with Clamp too. He was more calm, not acting out of fury all the time. In all honesty, Corso liked this change in his friend. He had shared bunk beds with Sonny for years,and knew what kind of nightmares he could experience. This was why his son was placed elsewhere. The headaches seemed to have subsided, and almost perished, and Sonny had become a lot more relaxed. But now, Sonny appeared tensed, like an old memory had come back and he was now making a strategy.
"Stay with the trail. We need to know where it leads to find out more." Sonny ordered,as he made way towards his cabin to have some hours or rest."As you wish Sonny" Corso smiled as Sonny left the bridge.
D'Jok had been sleeping but the bunk beds was not nearly as comfortable as a hotel bed. The pirates was clearly used to a more rough life than DJ'ok. After he had tossed and turned for a while, he eventually gave up on sleeping. So many thoughts in his got up, and got dressed, and went to the pirates lounge, where he stared out porthole, at the millions of stars on the dark skyline. Then, he heard footsteps entering the lounge."Trouble sleeping D'Jok?" Sonny came up beside him."Yes Dad," he laughed."Its normal, especially with what is happening rightnow. When things turns to chaos and you try to make sense of it all. We are alone here D'Jok,I was on my way to get some sleep, I got the watch duty early, But I sense you are worried son, want to tell me about it?" Sonny asked.D'Jok nodded silently, and walked over to the couch. Sonny sat down next to him.
"What is troubling you son?" He asked mildly."I feel like I am loosing it Dad, like there is something to all of this that I should see, but I just can't connect the dots. it frustrates me"D'Jok sighed. Sonny could only nodd in understanding. He could relate to his sons experience."Son, blaming yourself will do no good. Take it from someone that lived it. Life is hard sometimes, the one thing you can do to control it, is to do your best with the cards you were dealt, someone once told me that, many years ago. I found it to hold profound truth." he smiled, trying to ease his sons worry.
D'Jok stared at the ground."I keep thinking of all the things I could have done differently." he sighed. Sonny nodded slowly. He could see how the guilt was gripping D'Jok."Listen DJok. Guilt, I understand, belive me,I spent over 15 years living it. And I can't change it any more than you Can. All I can do, is to try to change the present, and try to make the galaxy a better place to live." Sonny said.D'Jok sighed heavily."I don't know why Dad, it is as if I feel this thing started the moment I took on Lord Phoenix offer," he said."Hmmm," Sonny nodded slowly.
"That is possible D'Jok. I too know the man that you know as Lord Phoenix. But I know him under a different name, and a dark past."Sonny confessed.D'Jok looked at him."Dad, who is Lord Phoenix really?I feel there is something I need to know about him. Where do you know him from?"D'Jok asked, looking at his father. Sonny knew he could not hide this information from him."D'Jok, I wasn't always the leader of the pirates. Once upon a time, I came to them, scared after having seen the ship your mother was in shot down, thinking you and her both were dead.I ended up in Shiloh, were I came under the wing of a pirate, a ruthless man, named Magnus Blade. He was my mentor, and also my protector, while I was new to a life on the run from Technoid,Griefstruck at the loss of your mother, and you,and angry for having my entire life, all I knew, taken from me, and having to start from scratch. Magnus, and also, Corso, saw a potential in me that I failed to see myself. They took me in, as a brother, and Magnus, along with Corso,trained me, to become the pirate I am today. It was a simple life for a while, but one that was more about making money, and stealing. And slowly, the pirates did not feel satisfied with money alone. They wanted the truth, about lost loved ones. But Magnus would not go that direction. He was a money person. This led to the pirates choosing me for their leader.A voting that Magnus refused to accept. As a result it came to a duel between him and me, A duel that I won, and for him, it meant exile as he got hurt during the fight, an eye that was blinded. He managed to escape us, and we never found a trace of him. Untill we came to Paradisia to hide from Technoid , that was when we learned that Lord Phoenix was Magnus Blades new identity. Both Corso and I felt he was familiar somehow, but he had changed his appearance since Corso and I saw him last, but deep down, he had not changed at all. And you remember what happened on paradisa" Sonny said silently.
He stood up, and walked over to a panel by the door to the lounge. He pressed a sequence of buttons, and D'Jok saw a face appear on a screen. A Man wearing a black and white mask, but strangely familiar."This man, was Magnus Blade, the most ruthless man in the galaxy, and then, the leader of the pirates, the one that saved me from Technoids capture", said Sonny.D'Jok looked at the mask he was carrying."Dad, there is something about this man, I have seen him before," said D'Jok.
Sonny nodded."Yes D'Jok you have." Sonny pressed a few buttons, and more Images showed up on the screen. They where images that was shown of lord Phoenix on Paradisia,and the old Magnus blade behind a mask, with Corso, and Sonny, a very much younger version of them both. D'Jok was baffled.
"I have seen him, He looks like Lord Phoenix," said D'Jok."That is because he is Lord Phoenix D'Jok,"Sonny said and showed the few pictures the pirates had from this part of their life,and from the rescue mission on Paradisia."So, you did not go to Shiloh with Clamp, you went back to Paradisia." D'Jok said.
Sonny nodded."That is where we learned more about the explosion,the multi flux collected from the deep arena and dome stadium, among other things, and also, where we fabricated an anti multi flux to use against them. Turned out, Magnus was not all villain back then, he was duped, and we came to his aide, only for him to double cross us later, stealing from us" he said.
D'Jok looked at him."Dad, Clamp told me they thought he was the one that poisoned you on Paradisa. Did you ever find out who did that to you?" he smiled mildly.
"And I understand why they thought that. It all happened in Magnus office on Paradisia. Corso also reccognized Magnus,we both did when we arrived at Paradisia,but we could not know for sure what he was up to. But Magnus was not the one that poisoned me, That was another creature,I am not sure what she is, nor where she came from. All I know, is her name was Vega,"Sonny sighed.
"The poisoning could have been avoided, if I had not insisted on going alone that was right to be mad over that one. I did put myself at risk unnceesary" he said.D'Jok looked at him. His father had just shown him a glimpse of a very human trait he even recognized in himself."Tell me, Dad, what happened that night, please" he asked.
Sonny nodded. He owed his son an explanation for the scare he had unintentionally given him."I went to see Magnus alone, Corso was not happy with the choice I made, but at the time, we did not know who he really was, or of his accomplice, Vega. All we knew was Rocket had suffered severe resonance, wich was odd, as to our knowledge, no one had a sample of Rockets flux. But we found out, there was multiflux being made, whoever doublecrossed Bleylock, leading to his death, was wheeling and dealing on Paradisia. And Magnus was being played for a fool. The only reason we made it to Paradisia, was that he invited us. Long story short, I went to see him, to find out more. And during our talk, when Vega felt I knew more than I should, she attacked me from behind, injecting me with a very strong poison. It litterally took only seconds for me to pass out. Magnus revealed later, he had activated my distress signal to have my men find me. Then, he followed you, to Dame Simbais clinic, where he waited till I was alone, to have me injected with the antidote for the poison." Sonny explained.
D'Jok looked at him, serious."In that case I agree with Corso Dad,And I am glad that Lord Phoenix was the one that triggerd your distress signal to have your men retrive you from where you were dumped. If he had not triggerd your distress signal, we may not have found you in time, I could have lost you." he said, all of a sudden looking like a lost little boy.
Sonny looked at his son."Yes D'Jok, I am aware of that.I talked to Magnus, when we were chasing down Harris,And I learned why I came to and recoverd as fast as I did. Corso told me it was looking bad for a while." he said.D'Jok nodded."I was told you were in such serious condition Dame Simbai kept you at the clinic, and would not allow you to be moved." he said.
Sonny nodded."Corso also told me you came by daily to check on me, after you were made aware of my situation. This was also how Magnus found out where I was. He followed you to the clinic, that is what he told us, he had planned it, ever since I fell unconscious out in his office. A pirate will always be a pirate in one form or another, He just needed to know where my men had taken me to get medical help, as soon as he knew, he just had to wait till I was alone in the room, to come to my aide "Sonny admitted.
D'Jok was shocked at what he heard."But the clinic was guarded. He could not have gotten in. And if he had not wanted to help, he could have killed you" he said. Sonny nodded."He is a former pirate D'Jok, he has ways not even the pirates themselves could detect. As for the antidote. he did it because he needed my help. But things has changed, after he stole one of Our ships, The Black Manta. We had to wait a few days for a replacement. Corso was beyond stressed as we were stranded in Genesis stadium, fearing Technoid would track us down and identify our hideout. he calmed when he learned the truth about something else..and agreement I made with Duke Maddox though. There is no need to worry, at least not about that", Sonny explained.
"And what agreement is it you talk about Dad? As far as I can see, you are still wanted for five million standard units."D'Jok pointed nodded.
"That is just a smokescreen really. I had a late night meeting with Duke Maddox in person, and explained what was truly going on. As a result,There is a truce now, between Duke Maddox and the pirates. As for the bounty, it will remain up though and that is by my own choice D'Jok. When Duke Maddox learned the truth about Harris, he made me the offer to take me off the wanted list.I declined as I know it would not last, one mishap, and it would be back to square one. We can talk, but from a distance. He will still attempt to capture me, and I will keep doing what I always do, stay one step or more, ahead of them" Sonny said.
D'Jok nodded."The most important thing to me Dad, is that you stay safe.I may not have been on board for long,but I see the care you have for your men, and they for you, They are your family, besides me, and like you said, that is where you belong. And I belong with the Snow kids." he Said. Sonny placed a hand on D'Joks shoulder.
"You are growing son, this humble side of you is what makes you a team leader, a coach and a friend to rely on. I am glad to see that you have a side that is less bigheaded than the one you show in interviews. I believe there is a growing bond between you and Sinedd as well. A great leader unites his peers, and seeks to overcome division at any cross road. Keep that in mind, and you will once again take the captains role in your team, when it is made available" he smiled.D'Jok nodded."Slow, but steady progress. I guess I learn the hard way. But at least I learn" he smiled nodded.
"Its late D'Jok,you best get some rest, you and Sinedd will be getting up early to prepare breakfast. I will see you both then. After that, you are off duty untill the next meal is to be prepared, or something else turns up. Should you need to talk to me, I will either be at my cabin, resting, or ask Corso, he will tell you where to find me."Sonny smiled as he got up to head to his cabin."Ok Dad."D'Jok smiled as they parted to get some shut eye.
Corso could not free himself from the thought that the course the flux trail was taking was a very familiar one, and what that told him was that it was trouble. But he had no evidence to back it up."Artie, I need you to do something, "he looked at him."Sure Corso, what do you need ?" he asked. Corso said nothing, just sent him the file with the old pirates routes."I need you to check this, to see if it is a so, I got a feeling we will soon see Magnus Blade again, and it will be somewhere we dont like." Corso nodded and did as he asked. Minutes later, he had the answer."It's a match Corso." he said,
Corso gritted teeths. He studied the map. Bennett looked at it."GAH, Corso. Do you see what I see?"he asked. Corso nodded."It leads back to the outskits of Shiloh, the bigger, more planet like pieces. Why would Magnus go there?There is nothing there but Asteroids," Bennett said as he rubbed his chin. Corso did the same as his face hardend.
"Sonny said he seemed to miss being a pirate when he was aboard The Black Manta. Could it be he misses it even more than Sonny saw? That he may actually cause rivalry within our own territory?" Artie Asked. Corso 's face hardend.
"I hope we are wrong Artie, if not, I fear that he will be causing us trouble. And that is the kind of trouble we dont need, and a lasting headache for Sonny, whom has enough as it is" Corso looked resigned." No matter What kind of pirates we are, trouble follow us anywhere" he said.
"The way Sonny once challenged him for the title as leader , We may find that Magnus may now challenge Sonny, for the title of leader. If Sonny loose, Magnus would turn him over to Technoid." Corso admitted and Bennett was shocked."That will never happen Corso, Everyone here is loyal to Sonny.I would still stay by him even if he lost, helping him rebuild. I owe him that much. And if Sonny was to be captured by Technoid, we would never see him again.I dont even want to think of that possibility"Artie said."It is very likely they would kill him." Bennett said nodded.
We will do everything to keep that from happening. Corso copied Artys finds into a smaller device."I will go tell Sonny".
D'Jok was sound asleep, as Sinedd woke up. He got dressed, and walked to the lounge. There, he stoped to look at the stars, as the ship was silently making its way forward. He took out the medallion his parents had given him. It hurt, what would they think of him. He was now feeling responsible for Sunja, his sister. He had already messed up his life a lot with the shadows, before Sunja entered, and Rocket had convinced him to return to the Snow Kids. It had felt good to win the third galactik cup final with them. He felt changed, in a way he had not thought was possible. He also had the support of Mei, his girlfiend,even he and D'Jok now was friends, and had called a truce. But would this last or would he even see them again, nothing was ever more uncertain.
" Enjoying the wiew kid?"a voice said behind him. As he looked up, he could see Corso, the second in command onboard approach him. Sinedd bit his teeth. great, now he was sure to get a scolding for being up this late."Just getting a breath of fresh air. It is a bit hard to sleep with all that is going on. I hoped a walk would help" he said. Corso looked at him, Sceptical."Something wrong with the bed, or is it the company?" he asked."No, I don't have a problem with DJok" he stated."Good, the last thing you want, is anything that upsets Sonny Blackbones. And his son means everything to him. That is the one big weakness Sonny has. Anyone holds his son, Sonny would do anything to save him, even give up his own life. he almost did once. It wont happen again"Corso looked at him.
"Us pirates on board,we are happy Sonny and D'Jok gets some time together as father and son,even if it is not ideal." Corso said as he sat down. Sinedd nodded."Sonny being a wanted man doesn't exactly make it easy for them to have a normal father and son situation I guess." he said.
Corso nodded that."We all like D'Jok as a player. And Sonny himself has also gotten a new purpose in life after he found out he was a father. It has done him good. Everyone here wants the two of them to have more father and son time,but with the bounty for Sonnys capture, It is not possible to do. Sonny is at risk everytime he leaves the ship. We have been lucky so far, but fear there will come a time where Sonny will get captured, where he will be held captive by Technoid, or worse"he said as he looked at him.
"I have always wonderd, when Did Sonny learn of this truth?That he had a teenage son" Sinedd looked at him. Corso grinned. That was one of the more positive surprises the pirates ever had."D'Jok turned up in an interwiew with Callie after loosing to the Shadows. The message was meant for Micro Ice, who was at Shiloh with us.D'Jok used his bracelet, given to him by his birth mother,to ask Micro Ice to return to the Snow kids. Micro Ice got the message, but Sonny was also watching that interwiew,he reccognized the bracelet and realized that if D'Jok was alive, there was a chance his wife was too. For Sonny, it became a drive to protect the snow kids from that point on. He was already aware of Clamp, and now, he needed to get to talk to D'Jok. the snow kids had the meta flux in them, Something you should be tested for too. It is not very healthy for you in the long run. Even Sonny was tested for residue of it, as he was close to the epicenter during the blast, and survived. Sonny and Clamp had to intervine before General Bleylock acted, to remove the meta flux from their bodies, it was already making them sick. That is when Sonny got to learn the truth from D'Jok, he had his chance for the first conversation in the hallways of the hotel,close to our case he needed to make a quick escape." Corso sighed.
"Had his wife been alive,Sonny would have left us,no matter what the risk was, to go be with her and D' Jok. Or they would have joined him and us.I can't blame him. If given that choice, Every pirate on board would have understood the risk,we would have let him go from our ranks,butwould have made sure to stay around in case he would need help in the start. We also would have helped him get by and hide until a new secret identity could have been established for him"Corso looked at Sinedd.
"But D'Jok s birth mom, she was not alive. Maya is a fostermother to D'Jok. That must have been devestating for Sonny to hear" Sinedd shook his head. He could relate to what the pirate chief had been through, and also D'Jok. Both of them separated from their birth parents, being alone without them for years, only for D'Jok to find his father, and he found his parents whom thought him dead, the same way Sonny had thought with his son. The paralells between them was striking. Corso sighed, as he shook his head.
"Sadly not. She died giving birth to D'Jok. It was hard for Sonny to hear that, finding D'Jok alive raised the hope he could start over with them. But the good thing is, D'Jok learned he had a father,not just any father, but the leader of the pirates. Sonny had to learn to be a parent to a teenage son.I am impressed at how well he has adjusted. It has taken them some time to come to terms with things. It is not always easy to father a teenager, I have seen Sonny frustrated more than once over D'Joks behaviour, but does his best to meet with D'Jok in the off seasons and on Genesis. Akillian..it is a place of bad memories for Sonny, a haunted place so to say. There is a strong love between father and son. That we can all see. And it has given Sonny the will to fight that he would normally have lost by now. To have a child changes you as a man, it certainly did with Sonny." Corso smiled.
Sinedd nodded."I can see it. I was told a lot of negative things about Sonny by Bleylock,when I agreed to work for him. But clearly, Sonny is not the guy Bleylock described. He seems very calm and kind"Sinedd mused.
Corso nodded." Bleylock never knew Sonny the way the pirates do. Sonny can be a fierce adversary to deal with, but if you happen to know him,you know he has a heart of gold. The snow kids is a team Sonny pays particular attention to, not just because of his son, but because he has met them all when we dealt with the meta flux. He even has helped several of them. Tia, with rescuing her parents, and Thran went with us when Lord Phoenix rescued. Sonny was even helped by Micro Ice who has been on a trip with us, but he wont remember it", grinned Corso.
Sinedd grinned too, "why, he bumped his head and forgot." Sinedd smirked."Not exactly, but we erased the memory of his time with us. To protect not for him that day,Technoid would have captured Sonny, possibly had him killed, Micro Ice saved his life."Corso said,Sinedd nodded slowly.
"Micro Ice has great admiration for The Pirates, will it be strange to have him back on board?" he laughed. Corso chuckled"I imagine he and Artie will have matters to discuss,D'Jok as well. When it comes to Micro Ice, we all like him,he would have made a great pirate,but Sonny would never have allowed him to join us. Even if he saved Sonny from getting killed." Corso looked at Sinedd.
"I don't get why Sonny was at the aarch academy in the first place."Sinedd commented. Corso nodded that. It was an old story, so he could safely share it."Sonny had reccognized Clamp, and he tried to make contact on Shiloh,but Technoid caused for that to become too dangerous. I almost would say they knew he would be here at that time. But Sonny is not known for tossing in the towel easily, so he continued to try to reach Clamp, and if not for Micro Ice, they surely would have taken him,and possibly been able to kill him."he said.
Sinedd nodded.
"And you don't know what waits in his case, if he is captured, do you"he stated. Corso looked at him. How would he know that, unless.."You seem to know alot kid, who told you about this."he asked slightly concerned. Sinedd looked at him."General Bleylock. He knew what plans was laid for Sonnys imprisonment, should they every succeed at capturing him"Corso realised that Sinedd possibly had information they needed.
"So, Sinedd,if you know anything about what will happen if Sonny is taken,the pirates would appreciate knowing of it. It would make it easier for us to protect Sonny, it is vital we know what will happen if they manage to bring him in." he said with soft smile. Well, soft for him that nodded.
"I am not with the Technoids, I will happily tell you. The way things is now, I am in debt to the pirates and Sonny,for helping me find my sister and bring her home." Corso laid a hand on Sinedds arm."Sit down Sinedd, and let me know.I will inform Sonny of this later. Right now, he needs to rest." he said.
Sinedd looked at Corso."You really care deeply for him as a friend do you not." he nodded.
"Sonny and I have a long history together. Lets leve it at that, there is nothing I would not do to keep him out of harms way."Corso nodded.
"Sonny is truly lucky to have friends like you I know for sure is, if he is captured, there is no impending death sentence for him at least. Technoid view him as too valuable for that. They will not place him in a normal prison either. They figure he would escape that. What I know is, that there is a special compound made ready, highly guarded, where Sonny would be imprisoned. They plan to make him work for them again, by any means available. All I know is they would prefeer to do so, without hurting him in any way." Sinedd explained. Corso nodded slowly.
"That makes sense. They lost him when he realised what they were doing, And because of the knowledge he has,they would place him in a team that would make him work,and at the same time act as jailors."Corso nodded.
"The security there would make it virtually impossible to free him. If you care about D'Jok,and Sonny, make sure to keep Technoid away from tracking Sonny. They are litterally just waiting for him to make one mistake that will allow them to locate and ensnare him."Sinedd nodded.
"I will let him know. Thanks for your help. You may just have saved Sonny s life yourself.I can guarrantee he will be gratefull for this information."Corso said. Sinedd was not done."I can also use my accesscode, and give you the location of this prison."Corso smiled."Should you ever want to sign off as a fotball player,there will be a place for you among the pirates." he said. Sinedd smiled"I have seen D'Jok with his dad now. He deserves to have as much time with his dad as possible. If I can make up for the past mistakes I made this way, I will."Sinedd stated.
Corso nodded."This is a great start Sinedd. And one we pirates are gratefull for. Now, go get rested, you got a few hours before you and D'Jok need to make breakfast. Sonny and I will meet you there".
Corso opend the door to the cabin he shared with Sonny. He didn' t turn on any lights, if Sonny was asleep, he was not going to wake him unless it was an emergency. Then Corso laid down on his bed, staring at the information from Sinedd. This confirmed their suspicions. Now he had to find a way to tell Sonny this. Corso noticed Sonny turning in bed.
"Sonny, are you awake?" He asked."Yes Corso."Sonny too stared at the celing, Corso decided to do the most important piece of information first."You may not like this, but it seems the flux trail is headed back, along the old pirates routes, to the outskirts of Shiloh." he sighed as he laid down on his bunk. Now Sonny sat up in his bed. And he was thinking."The asteroids there is big enough to create shelter for a small colony. Some of the rocks could be conciderd a small planet. " Sonny thought and Corso nodded."But why would he want to go there?, it makes no sense Sonny, you think he is behind the abduction?" Corso looked at him.
"You know him as well as I do, Magnus can either be your friend, or your worst enemy, depending on his need. What I dont get is why he took the galactik kids, Mei and Micro Ice. To me, it looks like a very spesific targetting, and it is not the snow kids strongest players." Sonny said.
"Could this be aimed at D'Jok Sonny? A possible revenge for something that he foiled." he asked. Sonny rubbed his chin."I dont know yet Corso, right now, I keep everything open." he nodded."I have been thinking Sonny, since I saw that trail, Magnus may become a real problem and soon." he sighed.
Sonny looked at him. If he was half asleep before, he was wide awake now."What did you find out Corso?" Sonny looked at him from his bed.
Corso sighed."You better see this, it will come across as pretty clear to you as well." he said. Sonny got up and sat down next to Corso on his bed, when he saw what Corso showed him, Corso could see Sonny was thoughtfull."It overlaps the old pirate route to intercept the major Technoid convoys. We have not used those routes since General Bleylock was Duke Maddox right hand."Sonny said. Corso nodded." My thoughts exactly Sonny. But why take the abducted kids to this place? What could be his plan?."Corso asked. Sonny looked at him. Then he looked at the maps again."There are some rather large asteroids in this area.." Sonny was thinking out loud. Corso looked at him with a shock.
"Sonny, after what happend on Paradisia,you dont think he is crazy enough to make one more attempt to give a planet a flux it doesnt have do you?"he asked.
Sonny had his back turned on Corso."Corso, I am not the least bit surprised if that is what he intends to do. He already showed just how reckless he can be, untill they started to introduce the multi flux in large quantas into Paradisias core, the planet was stabile.I came to think of it afterwards, In theory, he could give a smaller planet, or asteroide a flux of its own, if he has the right knowledge. wich he had enough time to gather" Sonnys voice sounded terrified. Corso had a look of horror on his face.
"Sonny, if what you are saying is correct, it may give our own players a flux too. And even that is in some ways possibly a good thing, but in other ways,it is a great danger" Corso said. Sonny had a worried expression on his face."Corso, I am going to have to ask you, Do you know of the pirates flux, or is this a secret only the pirates leader is allowed to know?"Sonny asked. Corsos expression told Sonny all he needed to know."The pirates has a flux Sonny? This is a highly guarded secret then.I have been a pirate longer than you, but this I have never heard of."Corso looked at Sonny,as he took a laptop from his nightstand and enterd a series of numbers, opening a file. Corso realised he was about to enter a part of the pirates story no second in command had seen before.
"Are you sure about this Sonny?This is breaking more than a few rules of the pirates codex."he reminded him. Sonny smiled softly."Last time I checked, I am still the pirates leader, meaning I have the last say in things. and I say, you get to read up on this. I need your help, and the more information you have, the better advice you can give me" he said as he enterd his personal access code, and a file Corso had not seen before appeared."Read this Corso, thoroughly, and after you are done, let me know, if the same thought of Magnus plan that I have, is also sounding like your idea".
Mei, Micro Ice and the galactik kids had finally been placed in better suited hotel. It was not like Genesis stadium, but had to do."So, we are roomies now Mei," stated Micro Ice.
Mei was not amused."Micro Ice, if we are going to make this work, we will have to act smart.I know you used to be in love with me once. but this is not the time for silly games" she said.
Micro Ice did not like being confronted with the past,"Mei, that is yesterdays news, as Mark would say." he tried.
Mei sighed."I know, I just never felt I got it ' t you think we have better things to worry about, like trying to get away from here?"
Micro Ice nodded."Any luck trying to reach the outside world yet?" he wanted to know."No yet, I will try again." Mei said.
Mei decided to try to dial Corsos number."Corso, if you and Sonny are out there looking for us, I hope you are able to track us".
The pirate ship approached the asteroid in stealth mode."We are here Sonny, the trail ends here".Corso looked at Sonny.
"I dont get it, why set up base here?"he wondered.D'Jok and Sinedd stood behind him. Sonnys face was a mask of stone. Corso knew whatever the answer would be, it would be what Sonnys pirates intuition told him. And now he was thinking out loud.
"You didn 't learn anything on Paradisia at all Magnus, you are making a new attempt.I don' t know why you persist on trying to go against the laws of physics here,but nothing good will come from why set an asteroid up with flux, what are you trying for?" He was the one to answer."I am sure that it has nothing to do with football. " he said.
Sonny nodded."We will need to investigate. The two snow kids stay on board..."Sonny said.
But Corso made a decisson of his own."Sonny, you stay on board as well. This time, I sense this may be dangerous for you. If Magnus is looking to challenge you for the title as leader, it is better we make a plan first."Corso said.
Sonny nodded. Corsos words sounded a bit ominous."You know something you are not telling me Corso." he asked.
It wasnt a question, it was a statement. Corso sighed."Sonny, please, this time, listen to the ones that care about you. If you come face to face with Magnus now, he will surrender you to Technoid, to collect the bounty on your head. Sinedd,I ask you to tell what you told me, to Sonny, this time you may save his life, and also help a fellow team mate save his beloved father" Corso asked, and turned to the Snow kids substitute player. Sinedd nodded as he could see all eyes were on him now...
I have decided to re arrange a few chapters some. If you have followed this story in its old form, I will ask you, dear reader, to please read it again as I will be making some changes in the chapters, to clean some of them up. Special thanks to all readers that leave helpful comments for the continuation of this fic. And To you Paranoid Girl, you know I love every imput you make. please keep it coming. I must say also, when I checked over my chapters again, there is a chapter that got lost. What is currently chapter 5 will change place, as the chapter that was lost, will now be put into the story. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have left. The missing chapter is very DJok and Sonny centered, as I felt such a chapter was needed.