Chapter 69: The Return of Viggo Stryker
Viggo was walking ( in a limp) towards Bomber's throne. He looked in poor condition. His brain case was cracked, his tailcoat suit was torn, was missing one of his shank buttons and had cuts on his left shoulder, right leg and his waist. All the soldiers and elites cleared his path, letting him through. Bomber and Huntress couldn't believe this, their former second in command was still alive this whole time, but where was he? Once he got to them, he stopped and motioned towards Huntress.
Viggo: Huntress.
Huntress: Viggo. This is... this is an unexpected turn.
Bomber: Uh, indeed. We thought you perished in your last fight.
Viggo: Reports of my demise were greatly premature.
Flashback begins showing the events from " The Ultimate
Fusion" with Obsidian fighting Verokran and showing Viggo having trouble with the fight in the control room, as he narrated the events happening.
Viggo: After the Crystal Gems destroyed Verokran I attempted to escape.
Next shot shows Obsidian destroyed Verokran with her sword but as it explodes Viggo was escaping in his space jet.
Viggo: Unfortunatly they weren't done and tried to kill me.
Obsidian uses her sword to shoot out an energy wave at his jet, breaking off the wing.
Viggo: I was losing altitude and so I tried to eject.
Viggo pressed the eject button, but only said error on the screen.
Viggo: Something was wrong with my emergency eject mechanism and I couldn't escape.
The jet crashes into the ocean wall, but the next shot shows Viggo's damaged body along with parts of his jet falling into the ocean and sinking into the deep.
Viggo: I crashed, but somehow I survived, but was trapped in stasis lock for a while.
The scene fades to black and shows the next scene of Viggo in stasis at the bottom of the ocean, he was covered with bottom feeder sea creatures and algea. Suddenly the ground began to shake and cracked open releasing a white energy.
Viggo: That was until some kind of energy from the Earth was repowering me. I woke up and made my way out of the ocean. When I finally made it to shore I looked up and saw from the distance what woke me up. The radiation energy from the Cluster. I don't know exactly what went wrong but I noticed it was attacking us. I tried to contact you, but built in comunnications were down and so was teleportation. My only chance to know fast was shapeshifting.
Viggo transformed in Raven form, but seconds afterwards he suddenly transformed into a boar.
Viggo: Well almost.
Viggo's shapeshifing powers were damaged as well and was forcing him out of whatever form he could use.
He tried turning back into raven form. He did so and flew to the scene as he kept shapeshifting uncontrollably. If he turned into a creature with wings he would be fine, but when turned into a land creature he had to act quickly and turn back.
Viggo: Finally I made it, but by the time I did it was too late. I watched as the Cluster crushed the ship and you two were gone before I got there.
Flashback ends.
Viggo: My only option left was to find my way back here. It wasn't easy and I was lucky to find the new base has officially moved here in the Kindergarden.
Huntress: That...was quite a hassel. But I regret to inform you that...
Huntres paused for a moment and looked away.
Huntress: Our lord and master Gien has perished that day.
Bomber: Yes, it is very unfortunate. Since you were gone or so we thought I took command of the Gara Droids and did everything I could to avenge the both of you.
Viggo glared at Bomber.
Viggo: Fool you were avenging no one, especially since you tried to kill me.
Huntress looked at him confused as Bomber tried to stay calm.
Huntress: What?
Bomber: What? What are you talking about?
Viggo: There was one thing I don't understand. Why was my eject mechanism disabled?
Bomber: It uh...it must have been a design flaw that was overlooked during the design of Verokran. Clearly the soldiers failed to properly check saftey protocol.
Viggo: Was it that? Or did you cause it?
Huntress turned to Bomber who had a nervous look on his face. All the Gara Droids in the room talked to each other confused on what was going on.
Bomber: What? Viggo you're not thinking straight. I think you might have suffered some trauma in the brain. Let's take you to the medical room and have you fixed up.
Viggo: I'm thinking as straight as I always have. Admit Bomber, you tried to kill the both of us.
Bomber: It's a lie!
Viggo: To ensure to you would be leader, you attempted to kill us so you can take the lead.
Bomber: Nonsense! I mean what makes you think that?
Viggo: I left out one detail in my story that I was saving for now. I saw what you did that day.
Huntress watched the two fight. Is it true? Did Bomber finally win on overthrowing Gien and Viggo. She had to know the truth.
Huntress: I don't understand. What is going on?
Bomber: He's not well Huntress. Take him to the medical room and shut him down for a while.
Viggo: You don't believe me? I have proof.
Bomber: Proof?
Viggo: Link my mind to the main computor. You'll see my memories.
Bomber: We don't need to. Guards, take him away and send him to the medical room so we can fix his mind.
Huntress: No!
Huntress steps in front of him.
Bomber: Huntress, what are you...
Huntress: I want to know what really happened.
Huntress motioned towards Viggo.
Huntress: Viggo.
Viggo nods and proceeds to show everyone what he saw.
Bomber: I said...
Huntress punches Bomber across the face, knocking him down.
Huntress: I said I want to know the truth.
Huntress took out the link cable and plugs one end to the back of Viggo's head and the other into the main computor system. Huntress activated the monitor as it was loading Viggo's memories. Bomber was standing looking nervous.
The video began to play as it showed Viggo in raven form finally making it to the area where the Cluster was attacking Gien's ship. He watched as it was being crushed.
Viggo: No, my lord!
He looked around and saw an escape pod that has landed.
Viggo: Is it him?
He flew over to the pod, but when he was getting close, he shapeshifting powers got out of control again and turned into a scorpion.
Viggo: Urgh, why now?
Viggo in scorpion form ran the last bit and made it, he was hoping it was Gien, but instead it was Bomber.
Viggo: Oh, it's only Bomber.
Bomber didn't notice or hear Viggo behind him as he was beginning his last message to Gien.
Bomber: Oh how it pains me to see you go out like this.
Viggo: Huh?
Gien: Bomber?
Bomber: Ironic isn't it. The two of us have the same goal to destroy these gems and to conquer this planet. But in my version the captain goes down with his ship. So I took the liberty of disabling your pod. I took a gamble and hoped it would be you who take this one. If it was Huntress, than I'd still be stuck with you. You've done nothing but fail the Gara Droids more than once. And for what? Just so you can bring back a Diamond, something we despise. It wasn't just you, Viggo was the same too, he was growing soft and so I had to make scrap out of him. How did you think he couldn't eject from his jet?
Viggo: What?!
Bomber: The both of you have grown weak. And don't think I don't know about your little secret relationship with Huntress.
As Huntress watched the video, her eyes widened as she had one hand on her chest and the other on her mouth.
Bomber: That's right, I saw everything that day. You don't even follow your own law. For that, you must be purged! Oh but don't worry. I'll take good care of your army and lead it to victory. I'll tell your story and I'm sure Huntress will learn to respect me, and hey maybe I'll change a few rules and she will learn to love me. If not I don't need her respect, only her obediance. Goodbye Gien. Hahahahaha!
Gien: BOMBER!
Bomber ends the message and with that the ship finally explodes.
Bomber: Hmph, all according to plan. Hahahahahaha!
Viggo tried changing back to confront him, but Bomber flew away laughing before he could attack.
Viggo: Bomber! You'll pay with your lifespark for this crime!
Finally the video ends. The Gara Droids in the room who saw the video were all speechless. Bomber's jaw was down, he's been exposed and didn't know how he was going to get out of it. Viggo removes the cable off of his head and the two of them turned to Huntress. Huntress on the other hand was... was in turmoil. She just witnessed the truth of her darling. He was murdered. She should have known from the start. She promised him that she would protect him always, but failed. Both her hands covered her mouth as she was tearing up. Bomber noticed how Viggo and some of the other droids were backing away from her, because they knew how she would react.
Bomber: Hu-Huntress, it's not what you think. He made it up. He...
Huntress: AAAAAAAUUUUUURRRRGGGGHHHHH!
Huntress let out a blood curdling yell. It was so loud you could hear her screams from outside of the Kindergarden. Her yell started out mournful until it turned into rage.
Huntress: BASTARD!
Huntress punched him across the face, making him fall off the throne platform. Once he was down, he saw his crown rolling to him. He tried to reach it until Huntress stomps it, breaking it into pieces.
Bomber: Huntress, stop this at once.
Huntress: You killed him. You killed him!
Huntress formed her arm into a blade.
Bomber: Guards! Surround her! Stop her!
But none of the soldiers or elites did what he said. He turned and saw them all glaring at him. He had no help this time. Huntress tried to stab him. He dodges, but is cut in the waist by her next move. He tried draw out his sabre, but she was attacking high on the offensive side. He could only block. Soon she knocked the sabre off his hand and slashes him twice on the chest.
Bomber: Missile mode!
Bomber transforms into his missile form and launches himself at Huntress. She jumps up in the air, dodging his attack. After he missed he transformed back into robot mod and Huntress threw her machete at him which impaled his left arm, pinning him to the wall. He couldn't break free and looked at Huntress who had hot tears in her eyes. He fired his arm cannon at her, but she deflects the projectiles with her hand.
Bomber: Huntress I... I was only doing what was best for the army. I want us to succeed.
Huntress: Liar, you only did this for yourself. Now I'm going to do what I should have done a long time ago.
She formed her arm into a blade, ready to decapitate panicked and the only thing he could do was shooting off his arm, breaking free.
Bomber: Ow-how! My arm!
Huntress: Bomber! You will not get away!
Viggo: That's right! You are under arrest for the murder of Gien!
Bomber looked around as he covered his arm which was leaking black blood. Huntress and Viggo were in front of him and the Gara Soldiers and Elites were surrounding him. The exits were blocked.
Bomber: Screw this! I'm out of here! Missile Mode!
Bomber transforms into missile mode and flies up to the ceiling, breaking out of the base and flying into the horizon.
Viggo: After him! Hunt him down and bring him back dead or alive.
A fleet of Aerodroids flew up into the broken ceiling and went after Bomber. Viggo motioned to Huntress who puts away her weapons and wiping her tears away. She turned over to Viggo and approached him. She stared at him for a moment and got down on one knee, kneeling to him.
Huntress: I serve you now Lord Viggo Strker. Our new leader.
Viggo looked down at her bowing to him, but he couldn't except it. He bent down and took her hand. Huntress's eyes opened up looking confused as Viggo pulled her up.
Viggo: Gien saw you as an equel, as do I. From this day forth, we lead this army together.
Huntress's confused expression went away and gave him a small smile and a nod.
Huntress: Thank you Viggo.
Viggo: I promise you his death will not be in vain. We will avenge him together and we will start... with all the traitors.
To be continued...
Author's Note: That's it for this chapter. I had a lot of fun writing this one here and you can tell by how fast this came. Sorry if it's a bit short. So I didn't intend on bringing Viggo back this early on, but because he's my favorite character along with Huntress, I couldn't resist. Also for those wondering why Viggo and Huntress weren't here at the start of the story, it's because I didn't think about them at the time, I only had Gien, Acha, Kocha and Bomber and when I did I had to try and retcon them into the plot. Still I can't imagine how the story would have been if I had them from the start. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'd like to thank Lady Shadow92 for help on this chapter. You liked this chapter be sure to follow, favorite and review. Thank you and until next time.