Author's Note: Like I said before I'm trying to finish off this story before I can start on the new ones I have listed in my profile. From the looks of it, I still have about three more chapters to go. Thanks for the reveiws, reveiws make B very happy. heheheheh
Chapter Nine
Lost Control
"It looks like whatever is happening on our planet and yours it's spreading to other planets as well" Telen said, as Gibson and him were looking out of the window.
Gibsons frown, the planets being tainted reminded him of when they were hunting down the Skeleton King Dark One Worm. To him it felt like history is repeating itself but this time it was Mandarin and Isis doing all the damage.
"Telen stop staring at the planets and take us back to ours" Bechill asked.
Gibson noticed how pale and weak Bechill was getting since her orb was taken away. Her lovely blue color was now a pale gray and she'd lost so much energy she couldn't stand on her two feet anymore.
"Give me a break Bechill, teleporting all the way over here took a lot of power and I'm exhausted" Telen said.
"But we got to get back to our planet and fix this" Bechill said.
"How are we, two ten-year-olds and two robot monkeys, going to fix this" he pointed out the window to any planet that was tainted.
"I don't know, but we have to try." Bechill shouted.
"Yeah, what she said, we have to try" Otto agreed. "If we don't, we're never going to get our friends back and our homes"
"Alright, alright, but can you please give me some time to regain my power" Telen said.
"Ok, we're rest for the night and then tomorrow you're teleporting us back to our planet" Bechill said.
"Deal" Telen said.
Hours past til Bechill and Telen finally fell asleep; leaving the ship to float in space. Otto couldn't sleep due to the pain of the wound Antauri gave him and the fact that Bechill seems to be growing weaker by the second. She's been tossing and turning on the floor while using her arms as a pillow. She was drench in sweat and was shivering and curled up into a little ball. Otto frowns and wonder if she was going to die if she doesn't get her orb back soon. He looked around ship and spotted Gibson staring out of a window in deep thought.
"Can't sleep either" Otto asked, walking over to him.
"You're not mad at me anymore" Gibson asked.
"No, I'm worry if Bechill is going to be ok" he said.
Gibson looked over at Bechill and noticed the sad stage she was in. "That orb she holds was not only her power source but her life source as well. The longer she is separated from it the more life energy will drain away." he said.
"How did you know that" he asked.
"Isis told me a while back"Gibson said.
Flashback.
Isis couldn't sleep one night and ask Gibson to stay up with her to keep her company. Gibson was a little annoyed for not getting his proper eight hours of sleep but no matter what he can never win with the little infant so he stayed up with her. The glowing light of her little blue orb gave them enough light for them see in the dark. For the next hour Isis would tell him memories she'd remember back on her own planet before coming here and Gibson would just listen and sometimes ask questions. This was the first time he'd actually bond with the little dragonever since the first time they met.
Isis was examining her orb and asked "How did you put my orb back together after it broke"
"Very strong glue, you could say" Gibson said, "if I knew how dangerous that orb was when it breaks I would have never wished it to be breakable" he said.
"It wasn't supposed to break in the first place" Isis said, "so that really wasn't a wise wish"
"Does that happen to everyone on your planet or is it just you" he asked.
"Yes, it's the same with them like it is to me" Isis said. "That's why we need to be careful with it and never lose it since our orbs not only holds our power but our life source"
"Life source" Gibson asked.
Isis nodded "My owner told me that if our orb were taken away not only our powers will drain away but as well as our life"
"So when all your life source is gone"
"We die" Isis said. "It's a slow process but if the orbs somehow breaks our powers escape from us rabidly and violently and man, it hurts. When I was in that state I felt all my energy leaving me and I was growing weaker and weaker then everything stopped with my orb was fixed. Of course I didn't have time to let the fact that I'd nearly die sink inwhen Sprx started shaking me to wake up from my weak state." Isis said.
"Sounds like a lot of work to keep that orb safe" Gibson said.
"It is, but somehow we manage to get use to it" Isis said.
They stayed quiet for a minute which let Gibson study Isis and wonders how someone so little that been through so much could never stop smiling like she did.
"Do you miss your planet" Gibson asked.
"Not that much" she said, yawning and leaning against the blue monkey's side. "I'm with you so it's not so lonely being away"
She closed her eyes and soon she was fast asleep and Gibson couldn't help but smile a little.
Gibson frowned when he suddenly remembers yelling at her and calling her "Clingy" and telling her how much he regrets Bechill abandoning her in his care.
"Do you think Isis is Ok, I really miss her" Otto asked, as he too stare out the windowto see thecorrupted worlds.
"I hope she is" Gibson said.
"You don't think Mandarin would hurt her, will he" Otto asked.
"No, if he was smart enough, he won't hurt her, he needs her for her powers" Gibson said.
"Do you really hate Isis" Otto asked.
"No, why would I hate her" Gibson said.
"You always complain about her being annoying and clingy" he said.
"Look, I didn't mean to tell her that, I was just upset at that moment. She really isn't that bad to have around" Gibson said. (It's just too bad it took me this long to realized that) he thought.
He remembers the few good times he bonded with her throughout the month. She would always try to get involve in the hobbies he like to do. Always asking him what each chemicals he had were called or which one not to mix. Though her curious mind got the best of her and nearly blew up everything in his lab again. That was when he didn't allow her in his lab ever again. But even that didn't stop her happy mood or trying to spent time with him. He remembers all the times he would give one of his scientific speeches about a project he did or about something he'd discover and was shocked to see her still awake and focus after he was done.
He again felt bad because here she was trying to spent time with him and getting involve with the things he like but he wouldn't even put a microscopic effort into spending time with her and the things she likes. Of course back then he had Otto to do that for him so he wouldn't have to deal with her all together.
What kind of monkey is he, the little dragon just wanted to feel right at home and be friends with him and he just shoved it into her face like she was a nothing.
"Otto can I ask you something" he said.
"What" Otto asked.
"When this is all over, make sure I will be a better friend toward Isis" Gibson said.
Otto smiled "as in spenting more time with her than locking yourself in your lab and ignoring her"
Gibsonnodded "Okey dokey" Otto said
(I just hope she would forgive me) Gibson thought.
He has a bad feeling seeing her again.
On Planet Orb . . .
The orange monkey stared at the thousands of shining orbs that were floating above him and were scattered all over the castle he took over. He sat in the giant chair that use to belong to the King with Isis sitting at the far end of the corner of the room without saying a word.
"Just think Isis, my puppet, soon I'll be able to control every single planet in this universe" He said, while tossing a yellow orb to himself. "Who would've guess these little balls have so much power in them, why thanks to them I feel my body becoming more stable"
"That power will be your destruction" Isis said in an expressionless voice without even bother moving from her spot.
"What was that?"
"You're lying about your body being stable, it's like me, very unstable because we are both too small to handle all that power" she said.
Mandarin rolled his eyes and use the orbs or telekinesis to pull her to him. She was dropped violently in front of him but she didn't whimper or cry.
"As a puppet, you have no right to talk to me that way" he said
"I'm just telling you the truth" Isis said. "It takes a lot a strength and concentration to control one orb and you're just asking for trouble if you're trying to control thousands of them by yourself"
"Oh shut up, I don't need you lecturing me like that, maybe I should take your orb and throw you in the underground dudgeon like I'd done to the rest of your people" he said.
"I wouldn't do that" Isis said "if you take away my orb, your wish will be cancel and a wish maker can't make their own wishes, you have to train for years to get that ability" she said.
Mandarin was starting to get annoyed by the little dragon and by the way she was gaining. "In fact, the reason you haven't explode by your unstable body because I'm too connected with all these orbs and I'm helping you balance out the power. You can't do anything to me because you need me" she said.
"Shut up this minute" he demanded as his anger started making all the orbs around them to glow.
"Why, upset because you didn't know what I know and you wondered why Skeleton King killed your first body, Mandarin number three, because you're so stupid." Isis said.
"How did you know that" He asked.
"We're connected, you've read my thoughts and memories and I've read yours" She said "you were a lousy leader and you were always jealous of your brothers liking Chiro more than you"
Mandarin swatted her across the face that made her fly a couple of feet away. Isis didn't make a sound as she struggled to get up and wipe the single drop of blood away from her mouth. Mandarin wasted no time and grabbed her by the neck and slammed her to the ground.
"You listen to me, you're forgetting that I own you now, you will show me respect or you'll find yourself being torture for days for talking back to me like that. You have no idea what kind of power I have to hurt you" he said.
Isis's eyes suddenly glowed a dark purple color as she started to growl "POWER, THE POWER YOU HAVE, THAT'S A LIE" she screamed and pushed him away from her with the telekinesis orbs.
Mandarin crashed into the wall on the other side of the room, leaving a large web of cracks. His eyes widened when he saw the purple aura he use to control the little dragon glowing darker and stronger.
"YOU STUPID PIECE OF TWISTED METAL, YOU HAVE NO POWER!"She screamed as more of the tainted power started to absorb into her body and Mandarin could've sworn she was getting growing bigger and looking more like a dangerous adult dragon than a baby. "ALL THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF ME, YOU USE ME TO DO THIS, THE POWER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CAME FROM ME AND THE DARK WOM. WITHOUT IT YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A WEAKLING!"
Her voice grew deeper as she continues to grow bigger and bigger til Mandarin finally realized what was happening. Just like the spider he tainted to attack his brothers it was happening to Isis now. But it doesn't matter, she was still under his control and he won't let her forget that.
"Stop this right now, you're under my control!" he screamed
"I'M UNDER NOBODIES CONTROL, YOU WEAKLING!" She shouted.
Mandarin started to shake when he stared at the now ten foot dragon with the look of kill in her eyes. She roars at the top of her lungs, showing her long white fangs, so loud the whole castle started to shake.
"STOP THIS AND OBEY ME" He shouted, and made the orbs of lightning strikes her.
A huge bolt of electricity struck Isis with full force but was easily blocked by her giant dark blue wings.
"You'll pay for that, monkey" Isis growled "I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I SHOULD'VE DONE TO THOSE WHO HAD HURT ME"
Mandarin didn't have time to react when he was struck with Isis's mighty claws and slammed into the wall on the other side of the room again. Large pieces of metal were torn out of his body as he struggled to get up, only to be slammed into the ground with Isis's claws. He looked up at the dragon and saw his reflection in her teeth before being ripped apart by her claws and teeth.
The ship landed in the outskirt of the village and Gibson, Otto and Telen looked outside.
"Home sweet home" Telen said sarcastically because the whole village was destroyed.
"Where is everybody" Otto asked.
"I hope they're not dead" Bechill said, who was lying on the ground because she was too weak to stand.
"Don't worry, I'm sure they're some place safe" Gibson said.
Bechill weakly smiled as Telen helped her up. "Let's go rescue our familys then" Bechill said.
"We can't leave yet" Telen said.
"Why" Gibson asked.
"It's Otto, he's not wearing any blue" he said.
"Well, the last time I'd check I was green" Otto said, confused.
"What does that have to do with defeating Mandarin" Gibson asked.
"It's a custom, everyone on our planet must wear a shade of blue because that what the legendary warrior Isis wore when she'd freed us. Blue means luck and hope here" Bechill said.
(That would explain why nearly everything over here is blue) Gibson thought.
"Wait, where is that cloth I've gave you for your wound Otto" Bechill asked.
"I took it off because the bleed had stopped" He said.
Bechill grabbed hold of her sleeve and tried to tear it off but was too weak so Telen tore a piece off for her and gave it to Otto. Otto wrapped his wound on his stomach and gave them a thumb up.
"May Warrior Isis be with us on our second battle for freedom" Bechill whispered.
The four exits the ship.
They walked into the wreak, empty village and looked around for any survivors.
"Where is everybody" Telen asked. "How can they all disappeared like that"
He took another step when pale, gray hands shot out from underground and grabbed him by the leg. They all screamed at the top of their lungs as more and more hands popped out from the ground and tried to grab them. "Otto, your jet pack" Gibson shouted.
"Right" Otto said.
They activated their jet pack and grabbed hold of Bechill by her arms and pulled her off the ground before she was grab.
"What about me" Telen shouted, as he was being pulled under ground.
"Hold on Telen" Bechill shouted and grabbed hold of him.
Otto and Gibson pulled with all their might with no success as all four of them were pulled underground. Everything grew very dark as they all feel flat at the bottom with their screams echoing in the back.
When they opened their eyes, they found themselves in an underground tunnel with thousands of purple dots staring at them.
"Gibson what are those" Otto asked.
Gibson turned on his flashlight on his head and pointed at the purple dots. He nearly jumped when it turned out to be people from the village being precess the same way like the one on Shuaggzoom.
"It's our village" Telen said.
"Get us out of here quick" Gibson shouted.
The people hissed and tried to attack them but Telen teleports them out of there before they were harm. They appeared outside of the castle and started to catch their breaths.
"It looks like another storm is coming" Otto said.
"Strange" Gibson said, studying the storm "it's seemed to be only surrounding the castle and no where else.
Gibson was right, a large dark cloud was circling the castle with lightening flashing and thunder booming.
"What do you think it means" Bechill asked.
Before Gibson could answer, a bloodcurdling roar filled the air and caused them all to flinch.
"That didn't sound good" Telen said.
"What was that" Bechill asked.
"Only one way to find out, we have to go inside" Gibson nodded.
They others nodded and went inside.
Isis could sense them coming for her and the foul orange monkey who was nothing more then pieces of scraps metal. Mandarin was left for dead but it wasn't that easy to kill someone who was a hundred percent robot then it was for flesh people. He laid there in the corner with both his legs and one of his arms torn off and the rest of his body scratched up and twisted. He stared at the dragon with such hatred and tried to crawl over to where all the orbs were floating so he can find the orb of healing.
(They're coming for me) Isis thought (all four of them but there's only two I want to see and kill)
With that in her mind, her dark purple eyes started to glow.
"If we head down this hallway we'll be reaching the center of the castle" Bechill said, who was now completely gray and couldn't keep her eyes open.
"Hang in there Bechill, we'll get your orb back, you'll see" Telen said.
Suddenly all four of them were lifted in the air and Telen was pushed away from Bechill.
"Now what" Gibson shouted.
Suddenly like being blown by a huge force of wind, Bechill and Gibson flew north to the center of the castle as Telen and Otto flew south.
"GIBSON!" Otto shouted.
Telen and Otto disappeared before Gibson could call out Otto's name. Bechill screamed and closed her eyes as they flew down the hallways, hitting the edge of the wall a couple of times before slamming to the floor.
Gibson lifted his head to find Bechill out cold from the hard impact and found themselves in a large room with the thousands of orbs floating above him. Next to him was a small piece of orange metal followed by another. He followed them til he saw Mandarin torn up and struggling to crawl over to the other side of the room.
He heard a growl and turned his head so he was facing the front. He lost his ability to breathe for a second when he saw Isis in her new and deadly form. She stared into his black eyes with her evil possessed dark purple ones and grin.
"Isis, what happened to you" Gibson whispered to himself . . .
Chapter Ten: Reaching You: Gibson struggles to reach out to Isis while fighting her monestrous form.
