Sarah was, once again, trying to get her scan for her upcoming match. Her previous failure wouldn't prevent her from trying again.
Even so, she was still in deep thought. Her friend Tom had been almost kidnapped by the M'arrillians two days ago. She was still greatly troubled. What's worse, Kaz told them that himself and Peyton might be in trouble, being close to the royalty of their respective tribes. Peyton went to the Mipedians to tell them about what happened. The tribe would surely be on their guard. The girl crossed her arms as she observed Mount Pillar. The security had increased in a few days. She guessed they were aware of the M'arrillian increased activity.
She was about to enter when she overheard Odu Bathax saying, "Remember that if you see a blond hair Chaotic Player, you arrest her! The one who escaped us long ago! She is a priority!"
Hum? Do I have a price on my head now? The Chaotic Player wondered. This was the last thing she was expecting, I'll have to ask Wamma what is going on next time. I really need this scan first, she thought. She put her scanner on mute and carefully approached Mount Pillar.
She had no trouble going inside despite the increased security. That was only the easy part. She now had to reach the arsenal and got her scan. She managed to win her other matches without it but this battlegear would be a serious addition to her arsenal.
Once again, she had no trouble going reaching the arsenal room in a few minutes. It was guarded by eight Danians guard this time.
The girl gazed at this and sighed, "Someone tried to steal the arsenal I guess," going around them was going to be a nice distraction from worrying over her friends. She searched for a plan, but it changed from infiltration to escape.
"Blond hair Chaotic Player intruder!" Odu Bathax yelled behind her.
He was a buffed Danian with a pale blue exoskeleton on his muscular body, two legs, four arms and red eyes focused on her. His white mandible player together while his red antennas were pointed at her.
"Their alert is getting worse!" she stood up and prepared to ran away.
"No escape for you, blond hair Chaotic Player!" the bug creature dove at her, arms forward.
She could see his shadow towering her. "YAHH!" she yelled when she was about to get crushed under the weight of the Danian.
A loud sound resonated and the ground shook. Thankfully the girl was unharmed. The creature missed the jump and landed near her. A small miracle.
Sarah panted for a few seconds while the guards were dumbfounded at what they just witnessed. She was about to escape with her scan when the Danian whipped it out of her hand and grabbed her leg, "Got you blond haired Chaotic Player intruder."
Chapter 6: Surprises For Both Side
The next thing Sarah remembered, was that she was escorted somewhere.
She was certain she would be jailed once again and waiting for Wamma to bail her out.
However. this time, it wasn't be the case. She didn't know where the tall blue bug was escorting her. She didn't recognise the path they took.
She did notice a flash of red, recognising Wamma by his large red exoskeleton, worryingly watching her. He had no choice but to stand aside. With one quick signs of her hands, she reassured him that she would get out of her mess.
"Where are you taking me? This isn't the jail," Sarah said.
"You've escaped way too many times Chaotic Player. Now, the queen will deal with you, personally," he was humming with pleasure to finally put the troublesome human behind him.
"No wonder you were acting insane," she grumbled.
He pushed her and yelled, "I was not acting insane! It's dedication and loyalty to my queen!"
"Sometimes dedication goes in toes with insanity," she replied.
"And you will tell us how you escaped that many times! I'm sure I'll be authorised to make you talk by any means necessary. You will be a perfect example to the other Chaotic Player."
She didn't want let go of his crazy dive and went on, "Means they were other ones before?"
That shut the Danian up as they went to the room where they would meet the queen.
Odu Bathax began to chuckle, "Prepare yourself Chaotic Player. Not even the Cothica could help you now," he said without realising what the queen thought of them.
They entered in the room. The previous queen and the current one was present with Lore.
The blue Danian knew something was going on if the High Muge was there. Lore wouldn't have any interest in a Chaotic Player and wouldn't waste the time of the queen.
Sarah was impressed by the appearance of the new queen Aszil. She was intimidating and radiate with power while having some grace. She wasn't imposing like her mother who was by her side but still looked like royalty. With Illexia by her side, it was very intimidating for the teenage girl to end up in her current predicament.
"It has been a long time since we last met Sarah," Illexia said.
"Yes," she remembered their previous encounter.
"W-what?" her captor yelled before lifting her, "What did you do Chaotic Player?"
"Put her down Odu Bathax," the queen ordered.
"Of course," he dropped her on the ground and she grunted.
"Gently next time."
"Hum? Certainly!" he quickly said, unsure how or why he committed a mistake. His antennas pointed down as everything went in an unexpected direction. He didn't know what to do or what to say. He was completely lost.
"It's good we finally have the opportunity to meet again," Illexia said while gazing at the queen and Lore.
"If this is all then-"
"Stay. It is something you need to know and the nobles will be warned eventually," Aszil ordered before adding through the Hive connection that they were more he will earn after this.
The blue Danian wondered what was going on. He knew he had been left in the dark about something and it would soon be over. About what? That was his big question. At least he will hear it before the nobles and it made him smile inside.
"Sarah is it?"
"Yes."
"Don't be afraid. We are not here to execute you or turn you into a Danian for intruding in our territory. We wanted to capture you and bring you to us for something important that has been… unattended for a long time," Aszil began.
"You wouldn't come if we asked. I'm sure you would believe it was a trap," Illexia added.
"So, diving and almost crushing me was your 'invitation'?" the Chaotic Player asked.
The guilty Danian exoskeleton somehow paled as he discreetly side-walked from the human.
The three other Danians gazed at the blue bug but didn't stress on it.
"We are not the tribe who is known for hospitality toward Chaotic Players Sarah," Lore said to end the awkward silence the human brought.
"What we wanted to meet you was that we never rewarded you for saving my mother when she was still the queen," Aszil began.
"She did what? When? Who did it? I will crush that creature!" Odu Bathax declared as he showed his fists.
"It had been taken care for but the Mipedians purified him. Anyway," Illexia brought back to the subject, "We still haven't rewarded you for your act of bravery."
"I already got a scan," she protested.
"As if this would be enough," the human was quickly countered by the current queen, "Such actions cannot be considered payback for what you did Sarah. We have been thinking for something else that might satisfy you and… maybe give less trouble for everyone here. You will obviously come here again and again, get captured, escape somehow and come back once again."
That was the small description of the girl's escapade in Mount Pillar.
"There is one thing we can offer you. We will let our tribe knows about this," Illexia said.
"This will save us useless trouble for other things," Lore added his little touch.
"My queen. You cannot be serious. It could be detrimental to the security of Mount Pillar," Odu Bathax protested as he understood where this was going.
"Is it more detrimental to know where she is or wondering where she is hiding? That is if she is hiding somewhere or if she already got what she wanted," Aszil countered, lightly frowning. She knew it was all for the safety of the Hive and not an act of disrespect.
That message quickly went to his brain and he sighed. He had nothing to protest, "Better to have her in sight."
Sarah also got it now, "Why would you do that?" she had trouble believing where this was going.
"Because we are tired to heard about an intruder spotted out to take some scans almost every day since two solans… or more," Illexia replied with a small smirk, obviously it wasn't that.
"It's because you saved mother and we believe we can have some faith in you. Despite the many times you managed to pass the soldiers and guards without telling any other tribe. We would have known because they would use your route to… whatever it is and end our tribe long ago," Aszil resumed.
It would have been the case if Sarah snitched her knowledge of the Hive. She knew where it was less guarded and where they left their defense opened. It looked impenetrable but she found her way in and out many times.
"We want to authorise you to wander around the Hive without having to get chased down by the guards all the time you come here," the queen concluded.
In other world, entering in the grace of the Danians. Why now? She asked that question. Thinking about the rumors the Danians said a few days ago and the M'arrillian attempting to kidnap Tom, it made her a little uneasy. She didn't express it out. If the M'arrillians were aware, they would be after her too, "So the M'arrillians could be after me too?"
"What do you mean?" Lore asked as he approached her.
"One of my friends was attacked by a M'arrillian because he was close to an important creature for some crazy reason," she didn't explain it.
However, Lore understood and gazed at the queen, "I think it is some true threat."
"But you won't be in danger in Mount Pillar from us or them," Illexia tried to reassure her.
Sarah wasn't buying it completely. She knew there was more going on. It was risky to ask. The Chaotic Player wondered if it was best to accept to be in the good grace of the Danians for whatever reason, does the queen and Illexia believe the rumors? Maybe, she wasn't certain. Still, it was an opportunity she wouldn't let aside, and I won't let my friends be the only one in trouble, "Fine. It will be safer for me not to always run away from everyone here. Especially when they are ready to crush me with a mad dive," she gazed at the blue bug who raised his back to its limit.
It was the first time Odu Bathax tried to be invisible in front of anyone. He got himself in trouble without realising it. That Chaotic Player was rubbing it in his exoskeleton.
"That's good," the queen concluded.
They talked a little more about the conditions, such as being on her own and under the supervision of a Danian, just in case a M'arrillian tried to get to her. If she was with another Chaotic Player, she would be chased down.
After this, the teenage girl ported out after she got her scanner back. "She did get you right Odu Bathax?" Illexia smirked.
He didn't dare to reply.
"Now to the important thing. What you are going to learn must be kept secret from the rest of the Danians. They are believing it is just stupid rumors, but it is important that not everyone knows for certain about this until we are ready," Aszil said.
"Of course. Anything you say my queen," he bowed down, hoping that his trouble will be brushed aside.
"It's about what we found in Kaizeph," the queen raised her finger.
The moment he heard it, he knew why it was vital to remain a secret, "Is that why you want this Chaotic Player to just roam around like that?"
"I'll explain that," Lore said. Once he was over, the mind of the other male Danian was blown.
"You're serious? Chaotic Players come from the Cothica? Really?"
"Yes," the three replied.
"Base on what we found out. The tale of a Chaotic Player who appeared in Kaizeph long ago to help the tribes fight back against something. He united them before he was gone. The scanners of the current Chaotic Player are much more powerful than anything we made. Those aren't even weapons. Who knows what they really had or what they could do? That's why, they must come from the Cothica. They possess a great source of power, in a form we cannot imagine even now," Lore resumed the why.
Odu Bathax couldn't believe what he was hearing but his queen agreed. He chose to accept it.
"The other tribes are after it and we cannot let them reach it. That's why we need to have our guide to the Cothica. Sarah is our guide," the queen concluded.
The blue Danian nodded. He understood the importance of having a Chaotic Player by their side. If that Chaotic Player saved his queen, then she was their best choice.
Sarah ported back to the Court room and searched for her friends. She found them talking together.
"Congratulation on your match Tom," Kaz said with a smile.
"It wasn't that easy. He was really good," Tom replied.
"Sarah! Did you manage to get your scan this time?" Peyton waved at her.
She sat with them and replied, "Naw. I was spot on and almost crushed by a mad diving Danian."
"That Danian might think he was a swimmer," Peyton joked.
"It was Odu bathax so no," she replied.
"Odu. That bro is way too serious for that," her friend sighed.
"What happened then? Wamma helped you escape again?" Kaz asked.
"No. Something else happened and neither me or Odu Bathax thought would happen," and the girl resumed her encounter with the queen, "I accepted. I know the M'arrillians will be after me but I just don't want to let only your guy s in trouble."
"Welcome to the team bro!" Peyton lightly punched her shoulder.
She pouted at being called bro, "Don't call me that. Anyway, guys… Tomorrow we should really take a scan quest in Kaizeph."
"Hum?" they replied.
"Why Sarah?" Tom asked.
"Because all that weird stuff began since that city suddenly came back. I'm wondering what they found out in the city. I mean, the queen is suddenly interested in me and wasn't before the M'arrillian War, Theb-Saar is interested in you and the M'arrillians believed we can bring them to the Cothica," she resumed.
The three others were pensive.
The black haired boy nodded, "Yeah. We really need to check it out. On the plus side, if we find nothing," he raised his shoulders, "We will have some cool scan."
"Tomorrow. It's scan quest time!" Peyton declared.
The friends nodded and hoped that they might find something to clear up what was going on in Perim.
AC: This is the end of this chapter. The last quick one before I am back to my job tomorrow. Took a lot of effort to make it but we reach a big part now.
Next Chapter: The Quest In Kaizeph Part 1.
Yup, it's a multi part where our four Chaotic Players are searching for answers about the secrets of Kaizeph. Will they figure it out or failed? Maybe discover somethings the other tribes haven't found.
