(A/N:Oh sweet masters of the void, I already have 4 reviews, guess how many overall reviews I had first time around...4. Thank you Sempai-San for the reviews. But from now on, make it longer than 3 words, as a treat...2 chapters today)

Chapter 4: A problem with bounty hunters.

Location: Labook

(A/N: FYI by now thev'e turned off about 4-5 ages)"David come over here" called Ikin. David scuttled over to the computer, having just woken up from his nap.

"I'm going to murder you one day" grumbled David (A/N: He uses this phrase whenever he gets mad at Ikin for those of you who are paying attention to me)

"Take a look at this. I realized I needed to initiate project CLYOTO when a bounty hunter tried to steal a Labook linking book. He left immediately after, but my security outposts detected his ship returning to this arm of the void. He has been identified as John Scout...a human. He should be easy...even for you to take out permanently. If you can do that, we will have a lot more time to close off the links and find out who he's working for. We've learned that his ship is heading toward Mechanical age. I can't let you go with a linking book, in case you fail, but you can fly there. I have a ship in the basement."

Location: Mechanical age

"It has been removed...those bastards" said Scout, unaware that his every move was being watched. David, on silent wings, crept toward him. He drew his sword and, CLANG! The bounty hunter blocked the sword with a strange energy shield.

"How?"

"It will not be that easy" John's skin turned red, steam ached from his pores, and soon burst into flames. David jumped back at the sudden burst. He looked up, expecting to see a pile of ashes that used to be a bounty hunter. But when he looked, Scout was still standing, smiling even.

"Oh shit"

Location: Labook

The door opened to reveal a burned and wincing David

"Dear Electrifying, what happened?"

"I'm going to murder you one day. SINCE WHEN CAN HUMANS WEILD FIRE LIKE THAT"

"Humans can't wield...fire. Did he use the fire, well?"

"Oh yea, so well that if I didn't remind him you took the book from there, HE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME"

"Fire, Fire."

"What are you mumbling about?"

"Lord Sicron was known for being master of fire."

"Your point?"

"Lord Sicron is the one we rescued Aileta from" David's eyes widened. "Perhaps he's transmitting his powers to John Scout, they must be connected."

"So what do we do?"

"...I've got it. If we use the spare energy from the towers Aileta de-activates, into the one tower on Labook CLYOTO, we could use it to make a barrier to aborb the energy coming from Lord Sicron, rendering Scout a regular human again, so you can take him out. Then we de-activate the tower and Sicrons powers will be deleted...he'd be helpless as a human too. But it will take a lot of power to do that. We might as well shut down all the towers for this."

"Oh God, I understood that!"

"I'll contact the Dodrando army (A/N: This is the army that protects the void: wins 548,934, loses 0) and tell them too search for his base. In the mean time, Aileta needs an escort for this next age."

"Why?"

"One, because she can't fly like you. Two...It's Riven"

Next chapter: The Lord Strikes back.