Okay this chapter is dedicated to all Brad fans out there and the introduction of my last created character for this fanfic so enjoy FROM: LOROS
Chapter VI: "The mysterious planet called Alpha"
The screens turned on the interference made it difficult to see anything clearly when suddenly the image cleared up a little.
"Pfffffftttttt.......Hey!!......ffffff....Is....ffffffttttt....anyone.......fffff....ffffffttt......get....ffftttttt.....ting.....ffffffftttt...... this??" Zinder raised his hand Jenny couldn't help but let a tear escape the image in the screens became clear as the figure behind it was now recognizable Zinder shouted, "RED!!!!" An in a few seconds those words changed the tense atmosphere in the room. Zinder quickly went to the computer "I'll improve the image unfortunately we can't send a direct transmission but we can send written messages" The image in the screen greatly improved you could see Red proudly standing behind him the only thing you could see was sand. Red kept on talking "Is anyone getting this?? Do you copy Zinder base??" Zinder wrote a few words in his computer "WE COPY YOU RED. ARE YOU ALRIGHT??" Red looked at the screen for a moment he then started to jump very excited "YESSSS!!!I´m alright Zinder! You are not going to believe this we made it in the last second! What did I tell you, lady luck always smiles at me in the end" Jenny getting a little impatient pushed Zinder out of the computer and wrote "CAN I TALK TO BRAD?" Red read the message he covered his face you couldn't tell if he was crying or laughing but just when he was about to show his face the interference made the transmission difficult to see.
"Well....pffffttt....You....ffff...see...he..ffffff....cafffttt.....ffffff.....tafffff...fff....The....poor guy lost his......fffffffffffffttttt.......in the explosion" Jenny was a little scared and she quickly wrote "REPEAT THE LAST MESSAGE WE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND IT" Red quickly read and answered "I repeat that....fffffffffffffff......fffffffff.fffffff......ffffff....he lost his....fffffff.....in the explosion" Jenny now was getting mad "We couldn't understand too well could you repeat Brad lost his what? " Jenny wrote exactly what she said and without wasting time she sends it to Red, the transmission once again cleared "Ouch, He, he ,he, now I remember that he didn't want you to know that, sorry!" Jenny frustrated just rolled her eyes "This is getting ridiculous" she once again wrote a message "TELL US WHAT DID HE LOST NOW YOU IMBECILE!!!!!" Red backed off the computer smiling a little "By this message I can tell that Zinder is no longer in command oh well... What I was trying to tell you is that....ahhhh!!" Red suddenly fell in to the floor like he was hit by something Jenny seeing this gave up "This must be some kind of joke! Zinder please could you tell your friend to stop fooling around so he can answer the stupid question" Zinder seeing that the little robot had enough quickly wrote a message "PUT BRAD ON OR EVERYONE IN HERE WILL BE HISTORY"
Red once again on his foot looked around and started talking to someone "Finally you sure took your sweet time! You better say something because I think they are mad at you lad" Brad walked slowly wearing soldier's clothes he proudly stepped in front of the transmission Red smiled at him "You sure look fine in those clothes, now say something memorable to the ones that are seeing this and I bet my laser gun that your friend Jenny is in there and she is worried sick about you" Brad thought about it for a second and nervously replied "Well here I go...mmm...Hello?" Everyone in the laboratory room was quiet for a second then Jenny sighed as she wrote a very uncommon message to him. Brad received the message and he widely opens his eyes as he read it "Wow!! I didn't know that Jenny had such an extensive vocabulary...you are right Red she is definitely mad at me"
Brad smiled at the camera "Anyway what done is done... Red told me a little about his mission so I decided to go with him" Jenny more relaxed wrote "THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS DO NOT GO BRAD WAIT FOR US TO COME" Brad smiled "Don't worry Jen If I survived the last one I think I can survive anything besides time is something we don't have and the machine that brought us here was the only one we had. We must stop them from completing the portal or there won't be a home to come back" Red also continued "Unfortunately he's right, we must seek the ruins and destroy them if necessary after all that was the original mission" Jenny and Zinder looked to each other as she wrote "BUT YOU WILL NOT BE A MATCH AGAINST THE CLUSTERS IF THEY FIND YOU BONEHEAD" Red put a cool black hat on his head as he spoke "Yeah but they won't be expecting us" Brad grabbed his backpack getting ready to travel "Yeah!! Call it luck, call it destiny, call it whatever you want, we are the only thing that stands against Vexus and the destruction of earth" Red then grabbed the machine "These will be the last transmission that we can send our equipment was heavily damaged by the explosion if you can find a way to help us we will appreciate it......fcomffffff.......ffseeffyoffffff......fffff future fffffffffffff" The screens turned black.
The transmission went dead but Brad was a little mad "I told you not to tell them about my little incident" Red laughed "Well I'm sorry I forgot about it anyway they really wanted to know what you lost mmmmm, bwha, ha, ha!" Brad turned his back "Yeah my clothes were burnt in the explosion I don't think that was funny..." Red calmed down "Anyway we are here in the middle on a planet that no man has never put his foot on" Brad smiled at the thought "Yeah too bad we are in the middle of a desert with almost no food or water... by the way where exactly is this planet" Red started to walk followed behind by Brad "Well according to Zinder this planet name is Alpha and if you haven't noticed it is like a twin planet to earth what do you think we are breathing?" They continued to walk under the strong sun in the planet the desert seemed infinite and the strength of Red and Brad was vanishing.
Brad tired stopped "UFFF! Are you sure we are taking the correct way?" Red also tired toke out a strange machine turning it on "According to this there is a lot of energy emanations in that way sooner or later we will find something" Brad sat on the ground "We better rest here tonight besides we don't know what exactly lives or walk in this planet" Red nodded "In our backpacks there is a device to make fire and tents prepare them while I check and secure the perimeter"
Both of them were sitting around the fire Brad smiled "We sure were lucky that the portal opened" Red watched the fire "You were the lucky one if you haven't leaned on it pressing the portal decipher we wouldn't be talking now" Brad lay down watching the stars "I have one question that has been bothering me Why do we needed Vexus to open a portal?" Red answered while he was taking some food from his backpack "Well it's like this ummm... to open a portal is like tuning into a radio if we don't have the exact length of the wave we can't open the portal to the desire location so that's why we needed Vexus, Zinder was aware that the little queen was here so I almost lost it when we failed the first time" Brad a little confused realized something "You mean that Vexus is in this planet... but what would have happened if she returned to Cluster Prime instead of here?" Red was getting ready to eat throwing some rations to Brad "I guess we would have been talking in Cluster Prime instead of here but don't think about it" Brad started to warm his food while thinking about something "So What was your original plan with Zinder" Red put his food down and started looking at the fire "Hmm... To explain that you first have to know that back in our planet the rulers of the world are aware of the Cluster menace luckily your friend Jenny seemed to be able to handle them but that's when I met Zinder he came to us showing a huge army that was ready to attack us in any minute if the Cluster Empire found a portal technology in this planet, we didn't have much choice but to try to form an alliance with them" Brad interrupted "An alliance?? You must have known that Vexus wouldn't accept that... unless they need something from the earth" Red continued "You are on the right path, they needed the earth as a beacon point to reach Alpha, their technology is advanced but it has their limitations so the queen accepted but I was sure that she would betray us once she founded the portal machinery but the fools of our rulers got charmed by the thought of being an ally of the Clusters" Brad looked at Red who was very serious, he got mad like he remembered something as he throw some sand into the air "They gave the Cluster four bases and as you know that is were I met our friends Crystal and Valdar, to be frank I was about to give up when Zinder came with a plan...That plan was to find and destroy the technology buried in this hell hole. He gave me access to the Cluster technology so I could recreate a Portal and I did it, all we needed was Vexus and that's were your little friend enters the picture" Brad stood up "You needed Jenny to attract Vexus right? But why didn't you tell her about it I'm sure she would have help you" Red smiled at him "That was what we were trying to do but your little friend was difficult to reach" Brad now got confused "Come on!! She lives with Ms. Wakeman and she goes to my High school" Red stretched "Well we couldn't get a direct communication with her you must know that girl is under heavy watch by the Cluster spies besides she is like a chameleon very difficult to see if she doesn't want to be looked at" Brad sighed "You are right about that one after all I lived next to her for five years and I wasn't aware that she even existed" Red started to eat "Basically after that they were starting to suspect on me but you came to my base with her in the right time and everything else is a history you already know" Brad yawned and got to his tent "Well lets call it a day I'm too tired to think..."
Back in earth Jenny was trying to get the messenger to work "I definitely give up there is no way to communicate with them" Zinder sat down "It is up to them now we can't do anything to help them" Jenny stood up from the computer turning to face Zinder "No! We must find a way...If only we had someone smart and intelligent" Ms. Wakeman looked at Jenny with a very annoyed look Jenny just giggled realizing her mistake "He, he, sorry mom can you help us please?" Ms.Wakeman put a laptop on the table she started to make some complicated calculations "Well let me see, Zinger's history, the Cluster, mmmm, mmmm, Of course! Zinder there has to be another portal machine that transport the Clusters to the earth right?" Zinder just nodded "You amaze me once again Doctor Wakeman there is that portal machine on earth" Ms.Wakeman smiled "Then if their technology is not yet so advanced then it must mean that they had a portal machine from here to the Alpha planet" Sheldon understanding what Ms.Wakeman meant also smiled "If we can get any portal machine we will be able to help Brad and Red!" Jenny jumped "You got that right and since we had Zinder in our side finding it won't be trouble at all!" Zinder stood up looking to Jenny "I'm afraid it's not simple as it looks even if I know that they are here on earth they are guarded by Crystal and Valdar and unfortunately the only machine that would actually help us is the one who is already programmed to go to Alpha and I'm not sure in which base it is located" Ms. Wakeman continued on her laptop "So there is only fifty percent of chances of finding it and we also have to defeat those robots, this lowers our chances of success even more" Jenny not really paying attention made a very cool pose "Tell me where are those bases and give me five minutes and I'll get the machine we need!" Zinder stepped outside the room not interested in the happiness of the frenetic girl. He stopped in the door speaking in a very calm voice to Jenny "Remember XJ-9 that they are the Cluster Elite force, they defeated you once and in the condition you are now you won't even last five minutes against them" Ms.Wakeman turned her laptop off she quickly grabbed Jenny who was about to shoot at Zinder "XJ-9! Zinder is right, your condition is not favorable for a fight right now reparations must be made before we even think of fighting robots who are as powerful as you" Jenny then grumbled "BUT mom..." Ms.Wakeman answered in very cold voice "No buts XJ-9 we can't return to our home because that will blow our charade so reparations will be made here and they will take some time ..." Jenny sat on the bed grumbling "Whatever... and for your information they were just lucky!"
Brad suddenly woke up by a loud sound he quickly got out of his tent but as he pulls out his head he was hit by a strong wave of wind and sand "AH! Sandstorm!!" Red also woke up seeing the situation he prepared his things as fast as he could "Curses!! I have never seen a storm in this scale we must get the hell out of here or we are dead meat!" Both of them rapidly prepared everything, Red were almost ready but Brad wasn't so fast "Come on Brad! Pack only the necessary, this thing is getting worse!!" Brad then jumped getting frustrated "To the heck with the rest! Lets go!" Both guys started to run but with the sandstorm they had zero visibility "I can't see anything Red! Red? Red!!" Brad got separated from Red "(No good he can't hear me with this noise Anyway I must go on but which way?)" He covered his eyes, as he got ready to run "This way!" He run with all his strength but something hit him strongly making him crouch he tried to recover from the hit "(Urgg.. What was that?) Ahhh!!" A strong wind hit him directly making him faint.
"OHHHH...oh... W, Where I am?" Brad stood up and started looking around, he was alone realizing this he chuckled a little "Hmm, Maybe going with Red wasn't such a good idea" Brad cleaned himself he was near an oasis and behind it there was a forest unfortunately both his body and spirit were damaged "So I'm alone in the middle of a strange planet with no food or water and with no way to return home...and to think that everything begun with me wanting join the EDF looking for adventure ha! Maybe I'm not cut to be one... but being with Jenny always clouded my reasoning making me think that I could do everything but in the end I always show how weak I am" He walked to the water watching his reflection when something spoke "I don't think you are weak" Brad jumped from into the water surprised "What the! Who is there?" Nothing was there Brad now fully aware walked slowly "(Something or someone is definitely here) Show yourself!" An eight foot tall creature rose from the sand, it looked like a spider, his body was robotic but his face looked like it was of an old man Brad looked at him at first shocked and then studding it "What exactly are you?" The strange creature looked back at him like it was also studding him "A very difficult question indeed I am what you see" Brad raised an eyebrow "So you are like a giant spider slash human slash robot slash ummm... monster?" The strange creature walked to him smiling "Ho, ho, ho it has been a long time since I talked to anyone my young friend my name is Doroban" Curiosity made Brad lost his fear and he slowly approached Doroban "Wait a sec! You can understand me?" Doroban pulled a tentacle from his body "No at first my young fellow but with this I scanned your head learning your language and I also know something about your incredible situation" Brad was impressed "You mean you can red minds? That's so cool!" Doroban looked into the ground digging up something "That is not totally true I only could read your newest brainwaves learning your language and some of you recent thoughts by the way here are the things I found. It was after all my fault that you were hurt"
Brad grabbed his stuff with a question on his head "What do you mean it was your fault?" Doroban continued to dig more things "I created the sand storm not realizing that you were there and if you hadn't bumped into me I would have buried you alive" Brad thought about it and nodded "You created a Sandstorm! Why did you create a sandstorm?" Doroban just walked to him "The reason is because I was built to do that" Brad picked up his things "So let me understand they build you to make sandstorms... I am sorry I don't get it" Doroban started to bury himself on the sand "I was created to do that to prevent the desert from expanding a long time ago there were a lot of creatures like me but now I'm alone and the task is to big for me... but I must continue that is my destiny, Destiny funny word that I learned from you, I must go now my fellow it was indeed a pleasure to talk to someone" Brad ran to him "Wait!! Have you seen my friend umm, he is like me a human" Doroban stooped for a while "Sorry you were the only one I found" Brad lowered his head "Red..." His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of steps that came from the forest and the voice of someone "I told you that I heard something there..."
Two strange robots that looked like insects came from the forest; Brad recognized them while Doroban watched "Shess...Cluster soldiers!" Doroban didn't understand why Brad looked so nervous "Are these machines friends of you?" Brad stood on his ground unsure of what he would do next "No they are definitely not my friends!"
One of the Cluster Robots took out laser guns pointing at Doroban "Finally! You sure gave us a lot of trouble strange robot! We have been following you for a long time, it is time for you to come with us!" Doroban didn't move and just continue to watch them. The other Cluster warrior now realized that Doroban wasn't alone "Watch this he is with a human!" The Cluster warrior walked to be face to face with Brad "An he is no ordinary human he is the one that is always with that babe XJ-9, I wonder how did you get here but that will not matter since my mission is to destroy anything that opposes us in this planet" Brad didn't answered he just looked back at the robot knowing that running away wasn't an option."(Damn! There is no way out of this one, the desert is behind and we would be an easy target there, if we could only get to the forest in front of us...)"
The Cluster soldier watched him for a while, Brad didn't even move he just kept on looking in his eyes, The Cluster had enough of Brad attitude "We got a Brave one huh? Miserable animal stop looking at me or else..." The Cluster pointed his guns at Brad, he didn't back off this made the Cluster grumble "That's it you are dead!!" Brad got ready for the inevitable but luck once again interfered, Doroban jumped and with a quick spin he formed a sandstorm making everyone fly away. Brad fell on the ground and Doroban ran to him "You okay? Sorry I had to do that but they where about to hurt you" Brad smiled at him "It is always some kind of machine that always saves my butt" He got up looking at the Cluster, they were also recovering he didn't waste time as he started to run "Quick we must run into the forest!!" Doroban didn't move "Sorry I, I can't leave the desert" Brad stopped running turning to Doroban "If you stay here they will capture you and believe me they aren't going to give you candies!" Doroban was now unsure if he should follow him "I lived in the desert for my whole live I can't..." Brad ran to him grabbing one of his legs trying to make him move "God! You sound like my little brother! The only thing you should be afraid of is those Clusters!" Doroban shocked his head "You go I'll stay" Brad kicked his leg "No freaking way!! You saved me twice and I'm not going to leave you!!" Doroban looked at him and with a deep breath he started running toward the forest.
The Cluster soldier now fully recovered started to shoot like crazy "You are not going to get away!!" Brad and Doroban ran avoiding the laser beams. The second Cluster soldier also recovered but once on his feet it hit the one who was shooting "Idiot! our mission is to bring that robot intact!" Doroban stopped in front of the forest looking at Brad "My first step out of the desert for centuries" Brad ran into the forest "Well at least you are not alone, Hurry or they will capture us!!"
Brad and Doroban were running but the Clusters had almost caught up on them. Doroban who was faster ran next to Brad "Quick jump on my back I'm faster than you!" Brad didn't think twice and he jump on Durban's back "Hang on my young friend!" Doroban made a quick jump on to the trees then he jumped to another Brad smiled "You sure act like a spider I know..." Doroban didn't understand as he continued jumping from one to another. The Cluster tried to follow them but Doroban was to quick one of them just screamed, "You can run now but you can't run forever!!" Half a day passed and the pursuit continued when they reached a mountain near a river, Brad knew that they couldn't ran away, robots were very stubborn "(They don't seem to give up we don't have a choice we must fight them but how?)" He quickly started to look everywhere when he noticed something "Doroban Go to that cave!!" Doroban still running was confused "But I won't be able to run to my fullest in that small cave, they might capture us" Brad smiled "Well we aren't getting anywhere and that cave gave me an idea to lost them" Doroban ran toward the cave Brad just took a deep breath "(I hope I'm right about this one)"
They entered the cave and the only thing Brad could see was a total darkness "Doroban can you see something?" Doroban continued to walk "Of course, if I can see perfectly in the middle of a sandstorm it means that I can see with virtually no light my friend" Doroban then suddenly stopped "Brad the path divides in two ways" Brad raised his fist "I knew it! Wait a second don't say anything" It was silent for a second the sound of water could be heard then Brad exclaimed "Doroban take the one to the left" Doroban was confused "To the left, why??..." Brad interrupted "Hurry, I'll explain to you later!" Doroban just ran the way Brad said not very sure about his little friend decision.
The Clusters arrived seconds later "Idiots they think they can lost us in this cave" when they were on the branch "Crap! Which way they went?" the other just laughed "Remember that we are dealing with a human and a good for nothing robot so..." They started analyzing the floor "I can't seem to find any footprints" The other then growled "That robot has to many legs that they made almost no contact with the surface so, what now??" It was silent once again and the sound of water was heard "Ha! Ha! Ha! That stupid animal thinks he can fool us. Come let us take this way and this time kill the human" The Clusters entered taking their laser guns out.
On the next Chapter Jenny has to decide which base she should attack will it be Valdar or Crystal? And Brad alongside with Doroban must find a way to defeat the Clusters behind in Chapter VII: The glory of having power