SVX: Yes I know I haven't been around but I have been really busy. First off with my Competitive acting class, I went to Districts the last week, I've had to TAB at our tournament two weeks ago, also I had Regionals. So I do have a legitimate excuse! Well anyway here is part three of Enlightening Encounters!
Enlightening Encounters
Part Three
As the two henchmen lead Nosedive down the dimly lit hallway he kept his head high and his expression cold. Every now and then he two saurians would look back at him and sneer with sheer disgust. Wraith leaned in towards Seige and in a hushed tone put his animosity into words. "He still hasn't lost that arrogance, doesn't the fool realize we've won." Seige snorted in agreement and pulled on the lazer band that attached itself to the mallard's wrists causing him stumble forward from the unexpected jolt. He glared at his captors while making unnoticeable glances side-to-side getting a feel for his surroundings.
"Where are those hostages…or are they already dead?" His mind wondered as he thought to where they might be. Another jerk on his restraints brought his attention back to the front as he sneered. Soon they were standing in front of a large steel door with intricate designs that were very reptilian in shape. Nosedive's muscles tensed as the doors flew open and he was pulled inside breathing in the steamy air of the ship. He had always known saurians to love the heat, them having reptilian connections, but the whole ship reeked and the heat just caused it to become horribly thick. He sucked in a quick breath feeling as if he would gag on the stench, which reminded him much like sulfur. Then a laugh resounded through the room and it was no longer the stench that made Nosedive gag.
"Welcome Commander Flashblade I hope your trip here was a pleasant one," chuckled Tanarius as he descended his perch making his way towards Nosedive. The two henchmen chuckled as Seige jerked on the bondages causing Nosedive to fall to his knees in front of the green Saurian. Tanarius purred in his throat as he grabbed onto Nosedive's chin forcing his eyes upwards. Nosedive's eyes burned with hatred as the saurian chuckled studying the mallard's features. "You've been a pain in my side for years Flashblade."
"Don't you saurians have any original dialogue," hissed Nosedive as he tried to jerk his chin loose from the saurian's grasp. A brief wave of rage passed over the overlord's face but soon turned into a rueful sneer. With a brisk slap he released Nosedive's face and turned his back on the mallard.
"If I were you Flashblade I would keep those pretentious comments to yourself. You are in no position to be insulting me." He looked over his shoulder at Nosedive and sneered with disgust. Nosedive locked gazes with the overlord and in the most hate filled voice he could muster he spoke.
"Where are the hostages you promised to return?"
"Their alive, if that's what you're really wondering, although I have no intentions of returning them to the resistance. They'll be shipped off to work camps within the week, this way I'll profit more." Nosedive felt his anger and rage bubble over and forgetting about his restraints, he leaped for Tanarius. With a swift tug from Seige, however, he came crashing back to the floor. Tanarius nearly doubled over with laughter before returning to his calm state. "Take him down to quadrant five until I instruct otherwise, I hope you like prisons Flashblade."
"You'll never win Tanarius, I was around and helped with the downfall of one overlord and by the Stars I will be around to see the fall of the second!" Tanarius only chuckled as Seige pushed the enraged Avian out the doors before returning to his business.
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Mallory ran a shaking hand through her tangled hair as she watched Wildwing take out his frustration on a near by wall. She felt helpless like everyone in the room. She shifted her gaze to the young female Avian in the room whose face was streaked with silent tears. Suddenly she couldn't stand the silence besides the steady thump of Wildwing's fists connecting with the wall. "Well what are we going to do to get him back?" Everyone's eyes shifted to the young red head who sat with an unsure posture, very unlike her character. Wildwing paused from his rampage and sighed lifting his head to the room's occupants.
"Well what else can we do, we get Nosedive back and save those civilians," he himself even realized how absurd the statement sounded.
"How do we do that," Wildwing moved his gaze towards Lysander who was sitting with his sister who was staring at him intensely. Wildwing didn't know how to answer, they were short in manpower and they had no clue what Tanarius's security was like.
"Well if we use what you and Angel know about Tanarius's forces, and are battle experience," he paused and looked at the floor before continuing, "I think we stand a chance." Duke looked at their captain and a smile of hope appeared on his face as he spoke.
"Besides, Tanarius has never dealt with us before and won't know what to expect!"
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Lord Tanarius was fuming as the latest reports came in. Due to a few members of the resistance, namely the original strike team, he had been unable to ship out his acquired slave stock. He had know idea how to counter act against these attacks, they were very similar to Commander Flashblade's but it was that small difference that made them impossible to predict.
"My lord?" Tanarius turned to see Wraith slithering into the room a grim expression on his face. "They have evacuated Herbind camp, our forces were taken by surprise." Tanarius let the low growl in his throat vibrate out of his mouth in an anger filled scream.
"BRING ME FLASHBLADE!" Wraith bowed his head in fear and quickly retreated with several drones down into the undergrounds of the structure. Soon he returned with a dirty and beaten Nosedive, but he still walked with his head lifted high in defiance. Tanarius walked forward and with swift movement the back of his scaly fist connect with Nosedive's jaw. "How do I defeat your brother, how can he be doing this much damage?" Nosedive lifted his lowered head to reveal a humor filled smirk, which taunted the green Overlord.
"You thought my leadership was good, well I learned from the best," Nosedive began to chuckle as the overlord's face seemed to puff up with anger at his statement. Tanarius raised his hand to strike but instead waved his arm and ordered for the captive to be brought back down below. With a growl lord Tanarius turned toward Wraith, "Three weeks, and I have yet to do anything productive. I still hold all the captured civilians when they should be mining, and that insolate Flashblade is still living because I haven't had time to destroy him because of these attacks." Wraith slinked forward and in a hushed tone began to speak.
"Maybe, my lord, you should refer to someone who has truly dealt with Wildwing before."
"And who do you suggest?"
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"LYSANDER!" Lysander's head lifted from the reports in front of him and watched his sister run towards him in a panic. "Lysander, he's been freed!"
"What?!" Lysander dropped the reports; he knew that panicked look on his sister's face and knew exactly who 'he' was.
"Tanarius's forces broke into the resistance's main security unit last night, no survivors." Lysander cursed and then ran towards Nosedive's old office where he knew he would find Wildwing. It had been three weeks since Nosedive's capture and Wildwing had proven himself to be everything Nosedive had said he was. They had been having raids all over the areas most heavily populated by Tanarius's forces, gaining as much information about how the Overlord secures his facilities. Lysander returned to the task at hand as he burst through the doors causing all the occupants to stare at him questioningly. He took a few short breaths trying to calm himself down as he entered the room.
"Wildwing, we have bad news, last night our main security unit was raided and destroyed."
"Well we have to strike back where it hur…"
"No that's not the half of it, that security unit held the top criminals of the Puckworld population. Wing they freed Dragaunas."
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Eight years, he had been confined in the bowls of Puckworld prisons for eight years. He had come so close to conquering that miserable little planet, so close he could taste it. He the conqueror of Puckworld, defeated by six measly mallards, but now he was free once again, and he had gained a very powerful ally. Lord Tanarius had freed him from that insufferable cell, brought him here and now needed him to consult on the mallard responsible for his capture, Wildwing Flashblade. Just hearing the name sent waves of hate coursing through his body, waves so strong it took all of his being not to strike out. A small clearing of the throat brought Dragaunas from his thoughts and he turned to see a familiar face slinking in the doorway.
"Dragaunas…" Wraith bowed slightly and motioned for the red saurian to follow him. Dragaunas stood and followed his newly cleaned body covered by new blue robes that flowed behind him as he walked. The hallways were narrow, making it easier to corner and or spot an intruder, a mistake he made with his tower years ago. As they exited the green hall Dragaunas craned his neck to get a better view of the massive room before him.
"Aw…Noble Dragaunas, it is a pleasure to finally meet you," Dragaunas lifted his gaze to the green saurian across the room.
"The pleasure is all many Lord Tanarius, I owe you my freedom," answered the red saurian with a slight bow. Tanarius chuckled and crossed the room gripping his hand firmly in Dragaunas's who shook it with enthusiasm. "I hear you're having a bit of a pest problem?"
"Yes I am, and I believe you have had dealings with this pest before. His name is Wildwing Flashblade."
"I was informed of this on my journey here, I'm glad I can be of services destroying this mallard. I have thought of nothing else but watching him die for the last eight years." Tanarius looked at him questioningly for a moment but continued on in a professional manner.
"Well you'll be happy to know that," Tanarius brought up a screen with Wildwing's picture and began to read it aloud, "Wildwing Flashblade died in the year of 2041 in an underground resistance village near Pucropolis." Tanarius turned to face Dragaunas whose face was filled with confusion and…disappointment?
"I do not understand, if Flashblade is already dead why do you need me to tell you anything about him?"
"Because the Flashblade giving me trouble is from the past, him and four other members of the Mighty Ducks have traveled from the past into the future."
"So the Wildwing I knew on Earth has come from the past!?"
"Yes." Dragaunas stared at the green saurian his mind trying to register all the newly acquired information. He looked at the screen and read over the documents telling him the man he wanted dead for years, was.
"What about the other team members?"
"You mean where are they now or the ones that came with Wildwing through the portal?"
"Where are the team members now?" Tanarius brought up the screen showing pictures of five of the six members of the original team. Dragaunas went over and read out the death certificates of each of his former foes and captors. "Wait the boy, the younger Flashblade he isn't on this screen!"
"Yes, Nosedive Flashblade is now the Commander of the resistance forces, we recently captured him and he is now being held in the lower floors of this compound. Allow me to tell you everything."
"Yes, please do."
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It was cold in his cell and he could feel his finger tips getting numb. He had been in these confines for nearly a month now and had become use to the dank smell and feel. A sudden commotion caught his ear and he lifted his tired body off the moldy floor. He went to his cell 'bars' I guess you could call them though they were more like neon green laser beams then steal bars. Voices began to echo and resound throughout the cell one of them catching his ear. He brushed a dirty strand of blond hair away from his eyes as four figures came into sight. As soon as the shadows lifted he recognized two of the most hated beings he had come to know. Though he despised them both one caused a small tinge of fear to form in the back of his subconscious. As the red saurian came closer to the bars he felt his jaw tighten and his teeth clench.
"Dragaunas." The once overlord smiled ruefully at Nosedive and pointed a claw and began to move it, much like one would do to an animal stuck behind bars.
"My, my, my how the tables have turned young Flashblade. I remember my trip back to Puckworld, and you sitting across the from my cage glaring at my with such hatred." Dragaunas paused and stared at Nosedive as the Avian glared so hard his blue eyes seemed to glow. "Much like that." With that he turned to leave facing Tanarius with a satisfied smirk, the green saurian smiled at him and turned to leave.
"Don't get to comfortable on the outside Dragaunas, because you will soon be back where you belong you bastard!" The saurian paused and looked over his shoulder his eyes dancing with both hatred and amusement.
"I was terribly disappointed to hear about your brother Wildwing dying, I was hoping to kill him myself but well at least I know he died painfully." With that said the saurian turned and followed Lord Tanarius from the room, laughing as he listened to the angry threats yelled from behind him.
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"So how do we want to approach this, with Dragaunas on his side Tanarius will have an overall advantage," Wildwing glanced around the room hoping someone would have something.
"I say we strike as soon as possible." Everyone's head turned to the young female as she stepped forward her silver eyes glancing around unsurely.
"Why do you say that Angel," Mallory asked as she glanced over the teen. Angel ran an olive colored hand through her brown and multi blue hair and took a deep breath.
"If we want to save the civilians and Nosedive striking now is the only option. Think about it, Tanarius has been so busy dealing with us that he hasn't had time to deal with Nosedive, plus we've blocked all slave trade routes leaving him stuck with the civilians." The others nodded their heads in agreement and she continued. "With Dragaunas back in commission, however, that leaves Tanarius with more time. Though the civilians won't be shipped out until the slave trails are unblocked, that doesn't stop him from taking Nosedive's life." Wildwing looked at the girl and stood up from his seat and looked at every one in the room. Angel shifted nervously from foot to foot waiting for some kind of response from the silent members of the room.
"Everyone lets get to work, I want to be ready to raid Tanarius's tower within the next two weeks."
SVX: Well I hope you enjoyed this much of the story. I would love to hear what everyone has to say and what they think so far so please review! Oh and go and read some of Angelfire's stories I love them, and I think you all will too! Ja!
