Spider bear: Yes, I wasn't expecting that either to be honest :).
Sean was around the Institute and it was 12am. Jonathan had left a few hours ago and the only people around now were Grimshaw and Carrington. Sean went up to hacker central and saw Carrington with Grimshaw looking on a computer screen, Carrington was typing stuff into the computer.
"Oh hello Sean, what are you still doing here at this time?" Carrington asked
"Just looking around" Sean replied but Carrington didn't believe him, however at the same time Carrington knew Sean probably didn't want to talk about what had happened.
It was then Sean got a look at what Carrington was doing. He was updating his father's profile, to make it read the more accurate information. Then Carrington moved to another screen, it appeared to be a map of the globe and Carrington appeared to be tracking something.
"It appears to have stopped you think so sir?" Grimshaw asked
"Definitely, but why stop in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?" Carrington asked
"Hmm… maybe they ran out of fuel or something like that?" Grimshaw said
"Highly unlikely, I'm willing to bet there is something we don't about" Carrington said. His glance turned to Sean. "If you are up to it, you can go in alone. Grimshaw may be right and they may have run out of fuel which would make it really easy to capture Cassandra with or without Adrian around, however it's unlikely. Of course since the pair of you work well, when Jonathan comes in I'll immediately send him in to back you up" Carrington said
"Okay, but are you sure this is a good idea?" Sean asked
"You don't want to do this?" Carrington said
"No, I do… but I can't help but feel they are trying to lure us there" Sean said
"It seems it's obviously a trap, but you know that so you have the advantage" Carrington replied
"Okay… so what's your plan?" Sean asked
Carrington thought for a moment.
"We will take you above the area and you will jump by parachute. If it is in the unlikely case of running out of fuel then as I said it will be simple to just capture Cassandra since you will have the advantage of surprise" Carrington said
"Of course that's not going to happen and we both know that, so let's get to the next part" Sean replied
"Very well… report to us whatever is nearby the boat. According to the world map they appear to be sitting in the middle of the ocean. All we can tell you is wait and see and report to us what's going on" Carrington said
Sean nodded as Carrington took him down to the hangar where the jumpship was already waiting for him again. The jumpship took him high over the Atlantic Ocean, due to the new technology Sean would be able to land very accurately on the target Carrington had instructed him to. It was raining heavily and the darkness of the night didn't make it any easier. Sean gave a deep breath as he jumped out and fell quite some distance before pulling the cord as the parachute came out and Sean lowered towards the ship. He put on his night vision as he came closer to the ground and saw it clearly and landed on it with no problem. Pulling out his Falcon 2 he scouted the ship but nobody was inside at all. Whatever Adrian and Cassandra were loading seemed to be gone as well. The ship was docked to an island and all Sean could see was the entrance to a cave.
"Lomberson to Carrington, I've landed safely, the ship has docked to an island but all I can see is the entrance to this cave. The ship is obviously deserted" Sean said
"I think I got that, I can't hear you too well over the rain" Carrington said
"Go in then?" Sean asked
"Yes" Carrington replied
Sean went into the cave, but it wasn't a cave at all it was a tunnel, it lead back outside. Suddenly though the temperature seemed to drop, Sean zipped up his jacket, but it was cold enough for Sean to see his own breath. As he stepped closer he saw in the distance another cave. However he was distracted by a similar sounding roar. Lights came on and Sean took off his night vision and saw 2 Skedar with the human/skedar that was Mr. Blonde before him, there was a colder look to Mr. Blonde then other human/skedar. The lights were hanging from poles that were coming from the ocean, as Sean looked around he saw what he appeared to be standing on was a walkway with the water on both sides.
"He's the marked one. Kill him" Mr. Blonde instructed as he watched from a distance.
Sean backed away slowly and drew his Falcon 2, and fired it a few times at one of the Skedar who charged at him but was beaten down. The other Skedar got closer and made a dive but he missed the dive and was killed. Sean turned to face Mr. Blonde but he had vanished. There was yet another cave in front of him.
"What's happening?" Carrington asked
"Nothing much there is just 3 Skedar, 2 standard Skedar and 1 Human/Skedar who got away, however it is really quite cold here. It was strange one minute it was just a normal temperature like neither hot nor cold and now suddenly it's freezing, I can see my own breath, just to give you an idea" Sean said "Also the human/Skedar said he as in meaning me is the marked one " Sean finished. Carrington didn't respond; Sean knew this meant Carrington was thinking.
"Then it's obviously a trap. However the sudden temperature change concerns me" Carrington said
"Go on?" Sean asked. He knew that what Mr. Blonde had meant was that he was marked for death by the Skedar King, it didn't concern him though. There were only 3 Maians on this list and all of them were still alive.
"Seems like you have to. It's too risky to wait around" Carrington replied
"Understood" Sean replied as he continued to head for the cave and again it was a tunnel Mr. Blonde stood in front of him with 3 Skedar. It was still freezing cold and raining heavily.
Mr. Blonde again walked off and the 3 Skedar jumped at Sean in a fanatical rage but as a result they hit each other and stood up and Sean shot them to pieces from a distance. Reloading his Falcon 2 scope and brushing his wet hair out of eyes he moved on to yet another cave. How big is this island, Sean thought to himself.
Yet again the same process repeated. Mr. Blonde looked towards Sean; he didn't appear to have any Skedar nearby.
"Persistent aren't you" Mr. Blonde said and backed away once again, Sean fired but there was something in between him and Mr. Blonde. Another Skedar appeared from out of nowhere. This one was armed though and he shot his Mauler but Sean was far too quick nailing him in the head 3 times and he staggered a bit before Sean finished the job. However in the fight, Mr. Blonde yet again had disappeared.
Sean continued to walk however the pattern was not to repeat itself again. The cave seemed to end. Puzzled Sean walked to end of the cave but a hole came underneath him and he fell into the water and it was moving at a fast current. Forced to put his head underneath to avoid the rocks above him, he discovered that he could breathe underwater; the water appeared to look different.
Trying not to think about it too much he continued to let the current move him while underwater. Eventually the current stopped and there were various passage ways. Sean just picked one and continued to swim in that direction, it seemed to go on forever. It then suddenly hit him that this was a maze.
Finding his way back to where the current was pushing into the maze he tried to work out the way, if there was a way out. There had to be, if this was a trap and they wanted him dead he should have drowned already. The amount of thoughts and possibilities not only of the maze but what this trap was about seemed endless but eventually he found his way to some kind of strange portal. Knowing that this was probably the way out he went into it. Going through it he appeared on the other side, he was back outside. Although the rain was still falling and it was still freezing cold he wasn't soaked at all by the underwater swimming until the new rainwater hit him.
"Sean? Sean? What's happening" Carrington came through
"I have no idea, I was swept into this strange water way but I didn't need to come up for air. I got pushed into this underwater maze and found this portal and I don't know what's going on" Sean said
"How's this communication working then?" Carrington asked puzzled
"This is getting stranger by the second" Sean replied
"Indeed… well you've come this far" Carrington said
Sean tested his weapon, it worked as well. Light was covering the path in front of him it was a circular path with a big gap in the middle with water. Sean walked around the path and came to yet another cave, and was much more careful this time but he didn't need to be. It seemed to be an actual cave this time and he walked down a slight hill and then he was in a huge area.
"Lomberson to Carrington" Sean said
No reply… they must have jammed him, judging by the sound on the other end.
The cave walls were far apart but there was still a top to the cave. A large metal machine stood in the middle, there were numerous human/Skedar and a few dataDyne people working with machines and moving stuff and appeared to be building the machine. He saw his father and Mr. Blonde talking, they turned around there was no where to hide.
"Ah I must admit you never cease to surprise me" Adrian said
Sean remained silent holding his Falcon to his father even though he was outnumbered 50 to 1.
"Come now, you didn't think we'd let you get too far now did you?" Adrian replied
"Since the boy is here, we shall do the typical Skedar tradition. Let him fight for his life, not that it will do much good. One on one" Mr. Blonde said. A lot of the Skedar changed into their true dinosaur like form.
"Yes, I'd like to really see what he is capable of" Adrian said
"Why did you do this? Just tell me that" Sean asked
"It's a fair question, however why do you bother stalling, nobody can save you. It's rather quite simple, Carrington continually infuriated me with all this nonsense about keeping the Maians and Skedar a secret from even his best agents like your mother and I. He continually covered it up with some other stuff that we both knew was not the truth. Even missions that were helping the Maians in one way or another such as protecting that very weapon you hold at me we still weren't told the true purpose of missions, this made work very difficult and I never understood what was going on around me, what the purpose of these missions were. The Skedar came when I was alone after work, although I was not to know they were Skedar until they showed me their true form. They told me everything, the truth, the whys and the power they had. They said if you help us with our problem we'll help you with yours, and I've never turned back since" Adrian said
"So, Carrington doesn't tell you everything that's going on and you start crying about it, is that it?" Sean said
"I wouldn't put it quite like that, but pretty much yes" Adrian replied
"But, how? I saw your body in multiple pieces?" Sean asked remembering what he saw that night
"Ah, a simple replacement tactic, the Skedar cloned me prior to the attack and I escaped out the window and we placed the clone inside, if your mother asked it some deep questions about our past missions and other stuff he would not be able to answer her. Of course your mother wasn't as fortunate, she was beautifully slaughtered by such a wonderful creature" Adrian said trying to find a comment that would hurt Sean.
"Creatures that chicken out of wars purely because they are afraid of getting slaughtered" Sean said, Adrian looked caught off guard with the speed of which Sean replied. A lot of the Skedar roared loudly in anger, Mr. Blonde raised his hand to calm them.
"Enough chatter… start fighting boy!" Mr. Blonde said also seemingly angered by Sean's remark.
The first Skedar charged at Sean, he continually retreat and fired on the Skedar and as soon as the first one dropped and new one jumped into the battle. Eventually Sean backed up until he was outside again with the circular room. Mr. Blonde, Adrian and the Skedar followed as Sean finished the second contender, he looked inside his Falcon 2 but it was out of ammo, there was no way he would be able to take on any more Skedar hand to hand. He needed a new tactic.
"Wait…" Adrian put up his hand
"We are just getting started… what do you mean wait" Mr. Blonde replied
"You are underestimating him, let me take him" Adrian said handing his pistol to Mr. Blonde, from the distance Sean figured it was a MagSec3. Knowing his father it probably was. He used to use the Magsec2 according to his profile.
Mr. Blonde thought for a moment.
"Fine it's your life do what you want" Mr. Blonde said as he handed Adrian's pistol to another Skedar. Adrian stood on the other side of the circle and looked at his son. Sean returned the glance knowing his weapon wouldn't be much use as his father could probably use it against him if he got hold of it since he held ammo for his pistol. He threw it behind him near the portal where it would be impossible to reach in the heat of combat.
Adrian ran around the circle as he went into a running high kick, Sean grabbed Adrian's leg and he threw him over his shoulder. Adrian quickly recovered and caught Sean by surprise with an elbow attack to his mouth, Sean staggered backwards as Adrian went for a sweep, however his attack was too slow as Sean jumped over it and kneed him hard, and elbowed him before giving him another punch that knocked him to the ground. Adrian struggled to get up but managed to do so.
"You are good, but I am better and I shall prove it to you" Adrian said as he charged at Sean with a flurry of punches, but all Sean did was back away. Sean tried to catch one of his fists and he did so but Adrian anticipated this and kneed him before head butting Sean to the ground.
"Had enough?" Adrian said
Sean didn't reply as he got from the ground and Adrian threw a punch but Sean grabbed it and Adrian tried the same tactic again however Sean released his grip on Adrian's arm and blocked the force of Adrian's knee catching it and returning an elbow and an uppercut knocking Adrian to the ground however Adrian rolled backwards recovering. However just as Adrian got up once more Sean in his increasing hatred of his father went low into the stomach with a punch, Adrian tried to retaliate with a trip tactic but he missed, Sean continually gave punches to his face and finished off by grabbed the overwhelmed Adrian and throwing him once more. Adrian breathed heavily on the ground as he was clearly in pain. Adrian couldn't get up as Sean took the ammo that would work on his Falcon 2 from his father. He went for his Falcon 2 keeping an eye on Adrian and he came back his gun over him.
"This appears to be the end…" Adrian said gasping for air
"Yup, that's right" Sean replied but just as was about to pull the trigger, Adrian pushed a remote control switch on his wrist. Underneath Sean an electrical shock stunned him and a pole came from the middle of the water and Sean flew right to it by a magnetic reaction of some kind. He dropped his weapon on the ground, and couldn't move off this strange pole he was on.
"You stupid human" Mr. Blonde shouted
"Yeah, he's only young though" Adrian replied picking up Sean's Falcon.
"Not him, you!" Mr. Blonde replied
"What?" Adrian looked surprised
"He must be killed by hand to hand or a weapon and this does not include that cheap little trap, you were beaten and when you are beaten you are killed. He may not be able to kill you, but I can and will" Mr. Blonde drew his Mauler and aimed at Adrian
"You can't kill me, and you know it. Besides we can redo the trail on our planet" Adrian said. Sean looked to Mr. Blonde, he thought for a moment.
"Very well, but give him back his weapon. I will definitely be speaking to the King about this outrageous behaviour. If it were up to me I would shoot you right now, I don't see why you are so useful anymore" Mr. Blonde said walking away back inside to the cave.
Adrian just stood there, eventually he emptied the ammo out of Sean's Falcon 2 and reluctantly passed it to him and Sean caught it and put it away. Sean's back was still stuck to this strange pole.
"You happy with your decision now?" Sean asked
"At least I'm better off then you are" Adrian replied still breathing heavily.
"For how long, you'll probably die before I do" Sean said
Adrian stood silent for a moment.
"If you are trying to get me to help you, don't bother. Tell me this though, how did you become so strong?" Adrian asked
"Constant training, you should know that. I've been training since I was 9 years old. There is no secret behind it. Though how come it is so cold, what evil plan have the Skedar got this time to be thwarted by either us or the Maians" Sean asked
"You won't live to use the information so it doesn't matter, you see we know that this ship of ours we are looking for we've discovered it is underwater, but we need to find out exactly where. That device you saw it has the ability to change the weather. We can cover up our alien ships with heavy rain and move during the night in heavy fog. Nobody will be able to see the tests that we will do to find the location" Adrian replied
"Why are you so concerned about keeping yourself hidden? Why do you care if people on Earth find out about alien life" Sean asked
"We don't but we don't exactly want Carrington or any countries navy on our backs do we" Adrian said
"What's on this ship of yours, what's the big deal?" Sean asked
"I've told you too much as it is. Anyway enjoy the night out, it will be probably the last on Earth you will see" Adrian said
"Let him down off that" Mr. Blonde's voice rung out
"What!? You want me to just let him free as well?" Adrian replied
"I couldn't care less. If he killed you on the way out, I would let him go. Just do it! King's orders" Mr. Blonde said
"Why are you so merciful to one who killed the Prince, yet you treat me like scum" Adrian said as he turned off a switch and Sean landed on a bridge and walked off the centre.
"The King wants him in perfect condition when he fights and he gets to see the true warrior in him. He is to stay around here though" Mr. Blonde said as the middle of the water changed into a small room.
"I can't believe this…" Adrian said shaking his head
"Would you shut up already" Mr. Blonde was beginning to lose his patience with Adrian. "Get in there boy" Mr. Blonde ordered as two Skedar walked Sean into the room but he didn't need to be pushed. It was like a small prison cell, with a small bed.
"Leave him alone, let him get sleep" Mr. Blonde said
"You are going to lose a load of Skedar if he is in good shape" Adrian said
"Yes but they are all glad to die, the one who kills him will receive such honours from the King that is more then worth risking death" Mr. Blonde replied
"Ridiculous, why can't we just kill him now" Adrian moaned
"Right! One more word out of you and I will get your son to use you as target practice" Mr. Blonde shouted losing his patience.
Adrian remained silent as the door on the small room closed and Sean could clearly see out as the two walked back in the cave with the other Skedar. Sean went to lie down on the bed and started to take off his jacket as it was soaking wet, but after water starting falling through the roof he decided against it, the insides would stay dry at least keeping him slightly warmer then normal, he thanked Natasha again for her brilliance wishing she were still alive to get him out of here.
Chattering his teeth from the cold, Sean breathed on his hands despite the coldness on his breath and rubbed them together and he huddled himself against the wall in a vain effort to keep warm. He knew he couldn't resist sleep, it wouldn't do much good not to sleep as he would probably sleep eventually anyway and end up on a mysterious Skedar planet. Eventually Sean drifting off listening to the chattering of his teeth and the falling rain.
Sean was around the Institute and it was 12am. Jonathan had left a few hours ago and the only people around now were Grimshaw and Carrington. Sean went up to hacker central and saw Carrington with Grimshaw looking on a computer screen, Carrington was typing stuff into the computer.
"Oh hello Sean, what are you still doing here at this time?" Carrington asked
"Just looking around" Sean replied but Carrington didn't believe him, however at the same time Carrington knew Sean probably didn't want to talk about what had happened.
It was then Sean got a look at what Carrington was doing. He was updating his father's profile, to make it read the more accurate information. Then Carrington moved to another screen, it appeared to be a map of the globe and Carrington appeared to be tracking something.
"It appears to have stopped you think so sir?" Grimshaw asked
"Definitely, but why stop in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?" Carrington asked
"Hmm… maybe they ran out of fuel or something like that?" Grimshaw said
"Highly unlikely, I'm willing to bet there is something we don't about" Carrington said. His glance turned to Sean. "If you are up to it, you can go in alone. Grimshaw may be right and they may have run out of fuel which would make it really easy to capture Cassandra with or without Adrian around, however it's unlikely. Of course since the pair of you work well, when Jonathan comes in I'll immediately send him in to back you up" Carrington said
"Okay, but are you sure this is a good idea?" Sean asked
"You don't want to do this?" Carrington said
"No, I do… but I can't help but feel they are trying to lure us there" Sean said
"It seems it's obviously a trap, but you know that so you have the advantage" Carrington replied
"Okay… so what's your plan?" Sean asked
Carrington thought for a moment.
"We will take you above the area and you will jump by parachute. If it is in the unlikely case of running out of fuel then as I said it will be simple to just capture Cassandra since you will have the advantage of surprise" Carrington said
"Of course that's not going to happen and we both know that, so let's get to the next part" Sean replied
"Very well… report to us whatever is nearby the boat. According to the world map they appear to be sitting in the middle of the ocean. All we can tell you is wait and see and report to us what's going on" Carrington said
Sean nodded as Carrington took him down to the hangar where the jumpship was already waiting for him again. The jumpship took him high over the Atlantic Ocean, due to the new technology Sean would be able to land very accurately on the target Carrington had instructed him to. It was raining heavily and the darkness of the night didn't make it any easier. Sean gave a deep breath as he jumped out and fell quite some distance before pulling the cord as the parachute came out and Sean lowered towards the ship. He put on his night vision as he came closer to the ground and saw it clearly and landed on it with no problem. Pulling out his Falcon 2 he scouted the ship but nobody was inside at all. Whatever Adrian and Cassandra were loading seemed to be gone as well. The ship was docked to an island and all Sean could see was the entrance to a cave.
"Lomberson to Carrington, I've landed safely, the ship has docked to an island but all I can see is the entrance to this cave. The ship is obviously deserted" Sean said
"I think I got that, I can't hear you too well over the rain" Carrington said
"Go in then?" Sean asked
"Yes" Carrington replied
Sean went into the cave, but it wasn't a cave at all it was a tunnel, it lead back outside. Suddenly though the temperature seemed to drop, Sean zipped up his jacket, but it was cold enough for Sean to see his own breath. As he stepped closer he saw in the distance another cave. However he was distracted by a similar sounding roar. Lights came on and Sean took off his night vision and saw 2 Skedar with the human/skedar that was Mr. Blonde before him, there was a colder look to Mr. Blonde then other human/skedar. The lights were hanging from poles that were coming from the ocean, as Sean looked around he saw what he appeared to be standing on was a walkway with the water on both sides.
"He's the marked one. Kill him" Mr. Blonde instructed as he watched from a distance.
Sean backed away slowly and drew his Falcon 2, and fired it a few times at one of the Skedar who charged at him but was beaten down. The other Skedar got closer and made a dive but he missed the dive and was killed. Sean turned to face Mr. Blonde but he had vanished. There was yet another cave in front of him.
"What's happening?" Carrington asked
"Nothing much there is just 3 Skedar, 2 standard Skedar and 1 Human/Skedar who got away, however it is really quite cold here. It was strange one minute it was just a normal temperature like neither hot nor cold and now suddenly it's freezing, I can see my own breath, just to give you an idea" Sean said "Also the human/Skedar said he as in meaning me is the marked one " Sean finished. Carrington didn't respond; Sean knew this meant Carrington was thinking.
"Then it's obviously a trap. However the sudden temperature change concerns me" Carrington said
"Go on?" Sean asked. He knew that what Mr. Blonde had meant was that he was marked for death by the Skedar King, it didn't concern him though. There were only 3 Maians on this list and all of them were still alive.
"Seems like you have to. It's too risky to wait around" Carrington replied
"Understood" Sean replied as he continued to head for the cave and again it was a tunnel Mr. Blonde stood in front of him with 3 Skedar. It was still freezing cold and raining heavily.
Mr. Blonde again walked off and the 3 Skedar jumped at Sean in a fanatical rage but as a result they hit each other and stood up and Sean shot them to pieces from a distance. Reloading his Falcon 2 scope and brushing his wet hair out of eyes he moved on to yet another cave. How big is this island, Sean thought to himself.
Yet again the same process repeated. Mr. Blonde looked towards Sean; he didn't appear to have any Skedar nearby.
"Persistent aren't you" Mr. Blonde said and backed away once again, Sean fired but there was something in between him and Mr. Blonde. Another Skedar appeared from out of nowhere. This one was armed though and he shot his Mauler but Sean was far too quick nailing him in the head 3 times and he staggered a bit before Sean finished the job. However in the fight, Mr. Blonde yet again had disappeared.
Sean continued to walk however the pattern was not to repeat itself again. The cave seemed to end. Puzzled Sean walked to end of the cave but a hole came underneath him and he fell into the water and it was moving at a fast current. Forced to put his head underneath to avoid the rocks above him, he discovered that he could breathe underwater; the water appeared to look different.
Trying not to think about it too much he continued to let the current move him while underwater. Eventually the current stopped and there were various passage ways. Sean just picked one and continued to swim in that direction, it seemed to go on forever. It then suddenly hit him that this was a maze.
Finding his way back to where the current was pushing into the maze he tried to work out the way, if there was a way out. There had to be, if this was a trap and they wanted him dead he should have drowned already. The amount of thoughts and possibilities not only of the maze but what this trap was about seemed endless but eventually he found his way to some kind of strange portal. Knowing that this was probably the way out he went into it. Going through it he appeared on the other side, he was back outside. Although the rain was still falling and it was still freezing cold he wasn't soaked at all by the underwater swimming until the new rainwater hit him.
"Sean? Sean? What's happening" Carrington came through
"I have no idea, I was swept into this strange water way but I didn't need to come up for air. I got pushed into this underwater maze and found this portal and I don't know what's going on" Sean said
"How's this communication working then?" Carrington asked puzzled
"This is getting stranger by the second" Sean replied
"Indeed… well you've come this far" Carrington said
Sean tested his weapon, it worked as well. Light was covering the path in front of him it was a circular path with a big gap in the middle with water. Sean walked around the path and came to yet another cave, and was much more careful this time but he didn't need to be. It seemed to be an actual cave this time and he walked down a slight hill and then he was in a huge area.
"Lomberson to Carrington" Sean said
No reply… they must have jammed him, judging by the sound on the other end.
The cave walls were far apart but there was still a top to the cave. A large metal machine stood in the middle, there were numerous human/Skedar and a few dataDyne people working with machines and moving stuff and appeared to be building the machine. He saw his father and Mr. Blonde talking, they turned around there was no where to hide.
"Ah I must admit you never cease to surprise me" Adrian said
Sean remained silent holding his Falcon to his father even though he was outnumbered 50 to 1.
"Come now, you didn't think we'd let you get too far now did you?" Adrian replied
"Since the boy is here, we shall do the typical Skedar tradition. Let him fight for his life, not that it will do much good. One on one" Mr. Blonde said. A lot of the Skedar changed into their true dinosaur like form.
"Yes, I'd like to really see what he is capable of" Adrian said
"Why did you do this? Just tell me that" Sean asked
"It's a fair question, however why do you bother stalling, nobody can save you. It's rather quite simple, Carrington continually infuriated me with all this nonsense about keeping the Maians and Skedar a secret from even his best agents like your mother and I. He continually covered it up with some other stuff that we both knew was not the truth. Even missions that were helping the Maians in one way or another such as protecting that very weapon you hold at me we still weren't told the true purpose of missions, this made work very difficult and I never understood what was going on around me, what the purpose of these missions were. The Skedar came when I was alone after work, although I was not to know they were Skedar until they showed me their true form. They told me everything, the truth, the whys and the power they had. They said if you help us with our problem we'll help you with yours, and I've never turned back since" Adrian said
"So, Carrington doesn't tell you everything that's going on and you start crying about it, is that it?" Sean said
"I wouldn't put it quite like that, but pretty much yes" Adrian replied
"But, how? I saw your body in multiple pieces?" Sean asked remembering what he saw that night
"Ah, a simple replacement tactic, the Skedar cloned me prior to the attack and I escaped out the window and we placed the clone inside, if your mother asked it some deep questions about our past missions and other stuff he would not be able to answer her. Of course your mother wasn't as fortunate, she was beautifully slaughtered by such a wonderful creature" Adrian said trying to find a comment that would hurt Sean.
"Creatures that chicken out of wars purely because they are afraid of getting slaughtered" Sean said, Adrian looked caught off guard with the speed of which Sean replied. A lot of the Skedar roared loudly in anger, Mr. Blonde raised his hand to calm them.
"Enough chatter… start fighting boy!" Mr. Blonde said also seemingly angered by Sean's remark.
The first Skedar charged at Sean, he continually retreat and fired on the Skedar and as soon as the first one dropped and new one jumped into the battle. Eventually Sean backed up until he was outside again with the circular room. Mr. Blonde, Adrian and the Skedar followed as Sean finished the second contender, he looked inside his Falcon 2 but it was out of ammo, there was no way he would be able to take on any more Skedar hand to hand. He needed a new tactic.
"Wait…" Adrian put up his hand
"We are just getting started… what do you mean wait" Mr. Blonde replied
"You are underestimating him, let me take him" Adrian said handing his pistol to Mr. Blonde, from the distance Sean figured it was a MagSec3. Knowing his father it probably was. He used to use the Magsec2 according to his profile.
Mr. Blonde thought for a moment.
"Fine it's your life do what you want" Mr. Blonde said as he handed Adrian's pistol to another Skedar. Adrian stood on the other side of the circle and looked at his son. Sean returned the glance knowing his weapon wouldn't be much use as his father could probably use it against him if he got hold of it since he held ammo for his pistol. He threw it behind him near the portal where it would be impossible to reach in the heat of combat.
Adrian ran around the circle as he went into a running high kick, Sean grabbed Adrian's leg and he threw him over his shoulder. Adrian quickly recovered and caught Sean by surprise with an elbow attack to his mouth, Sean staggered backwards as Adrian went for a sweep, however his attack was too slow as Sean jumped over it and kneed him hard, and elbowed him before giving him another punch that knocked him to the ground. Adrian struggled to get up but managed to do so.
"You are good, but I am better and I shall prove it to you" Adrian said as he charged at Sean with a flurry of punches, but all Sean did was back away. Sean tried to catch one of his fists and he did so but Adrian anticipated this and kneed him before head butting Sean to the ground.
"Had enough?" Adrian said
Sean didn't reply as he got from the ground and Adrian threw a punch but Sean grabbed it and Adrian tried the same tactic again however Sean released his grip on Adrian's arm and blocked the force of Adrian's knee catching it and returning an elbow and an uppercut knocking Adrian to the ground however Adrian rolled backwards recovering. However just as Adrian got up once more Sean in his increasing hatred of his father went low into the stomach with a punch, Adrian tried to retaliate with a trip tactic but he missed, Sean continually gave punches to his face and finished off by grabbed the overwhelmed Adrian and throwing him once more. Adrian breathed heavily on the ground as he was clearly in pain. Adrian couldn't get up as Sean took the ammo that would work on his Falcon 2 from his father. He went for his Falcon 2 keeping an eye on Adrian and he came back his gun over him.
"This appears to be the end…" Adrian said gasping for air
"Yup, that's right" Sean replied but just as was about to pull the trigger, Adrian pushed a remote control switch on his wrist. Underneath Sean an electrical shock stunned him and a pole came from the middle of the water and Sean flew right to it by a magnetic reaction of some kind. He dropped his weapon on the ground, and couldn't move off this strange pole he was on.
"You stupid human" Mr. Blonde shouted
"Yeah, he's only young though" Adrian replied picking up Sean's Falcon.
"Not him, you!" Mr. Blonde replied
"What?" Adrian looked surprised
"He must be killed by hand to hand or a weapon and this does not include that cheap little trap, you were beaten and when you are beaten you are killed. He may not be able to kill you, but I can and will" Mr. Blonde drew his Mauler and aimed at Adrian
"You can't kill me, and you know it. Besides we can redo the trail on our planet" Adrian said. Sean looked to Mr. Blonde, he thought for a moment.
"Very well, but give him back his weapon. I will definitely be speaking to the King about this outrageous behaviour. If it were up to me I would shoot you right now, I don't see why you are so useful anymore" Mr. Blonde said walking away back inside to the cave.
Adrian just stood there, eventually he emptied the ammo out of Sean's Falcon 2 and reluctantly passed it to him and Sean caught it and put it away. Sean's back was still stuck to this strange pole.
"You happy with your decision now?" Sean asked
"At least I'm better off then you are" Adrian replied still breathing heavily.
"For how long, you'll probably die before I do" Sean said
Adrian stood silent for a moment.
"If you are trying to get me to help you, don't bother. Tell me this though, how did you become so strong?" Adrian asked
"Constant training, you should know that. I've been training since I was 9 years old. There is no secret behind it. Though how come it is so cold, what evil plan have the Skedar got this time to be thwarted by either us or the Maians" Sean asked
"You won't live to use the information so it doesn't matter, you see we know that this ship of ours we are looking for we've discovered it is underwater, but we need to find out exactly where. That device you saw it has the ability to change the weather. We can cover up our alien ships with heavy rain and move during the night in heavy fog. Nobody will be able to see the tests that we will do to find the location" Adrian replied
"Why are you so concerned about keeping yourself hidden? Why do you care if people on Earth find out about alien life" Sean asked
"We don't but we don't exactly want Carrington or any countries navy on our backs do we" Adrian said
"What's on this ship of yours, what's the big deal?" Sean asked
"I've told you too much as it is. Anyway enjoy the night out, it will be probably the last on Earth you will see" Adrian said
"Let him down off that" Mr. Blonde's voice rung out
"What!? You want me to just let him free as well?" Adrian replied
"I couldn't care less. If he killed you on the way out, I would let him go. Just do it! King's orders" Mr. Blonde said
"Why are you so merciful to one who killed the Prince, yet you treat me like scum" Adrian said as he turned off a switch and Sean landed on a bridge and walked off the centre.
"The King wants him in perfect condition when he fights and he gets to see the true warrior in him. He is to stay around here though" Mr. Blonde said as the middle of the water changed into a small room.
"I can't believe this…" Adrian said shaking his head
"Would you shut up already" Mr. Blonde was beginning to lose his patience with Adrian. "Get in there boy" Mr. Blonde ordered as two Skedar walked Sean into the room but he didn't need to be pushed. It was like a small prison cell, with a small bed.
"Leave him alone, let him get sleep" Mr. Blonde said
"You are going to lose a load of Skedar if he is in good shape" Adrian said
"Yes but they are all glad to die, the one who kills him will receive such honours from the King that is more then worth risking death" Mr. Blonde replied
"Ridiculous, why can't we just kill him now" Adrian moaned
"Right! One more word out of you and I will get your son to use you as target practice" Mr. Blonde shouted losing his patience.
Adrian remained silent as the door on the small room closed and Sean could clearly see out as the two walked back in the cave with the other Skedar. Sean went to lie down on the bed and started to take off his jacket as it was soaking wet, but after water starting falling through the roof he decided against it, the insides would stay dry at least keeping him slightly warmer then normal, he thanked Natasha again for her brilliance wishing she were still alive to get him out of here.
Chattering his teeth from the cold, Sean breathed on his hands despite the coldness on his breath and rubbed them together and he huddled himself against the wall in a vain effort to keep warm. He knew he couldn't resist sleep, it wouldn't do much good not to sleep as he would probably sleep eventually anyway and end up on a mysterious Skedar planet. Eventually Sean drifting off listening to the chattering of his teeth and the falling rain.
