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The Commander and Claus entered the mother ship after destroying the 5th seal. Now only 3 remained and Claus was getting nervous. He knew he had to confess his feelings soon, but the problem was when was the right time to do it. If he told him now the Commander will probably just make him wait until all of the seals were destroyed before answering since that seems to be his main objective. So Claus decided to wait until all of the seals were destroyed before confessing.
As the mother ship took off the Commander was having thoughts of his own. As the days were passing by he found himself caring more and more about the General. He was really happy that the General fought by his side. He still didn't understand what all of this meant. He wasn't programmed to care and yet here he was caring about someone. He didn't want to believe that he was starting to malfunction, but this feeling wasn't exactly bad. As a matter of fact it felt really good.
It took 30 minutes to arrive back at the base. As the mother ship landed on the ground the Commander and Claus stepped out. They went inside the base and started to walk up the stairs to their rooms.
Claus entered his and Lucas's room. He took his shoes and socks off before placing them on the side of the bed. He opened the bag he was carrying up and took his bathing suit and flip flops out. He then took his uniform off and that was when he noticed that the gauze was coated in blood. He knew that the wound must have started bleeding again during his last fight. He sighed before removing the gauze off of himself. Putting the bathing suit on he slipped into his green flip flops and headed into the bathroom to grab a towel. He then left the room and noticed that the Commander was standing in front of his door waiting for him. He then noticed that the Commander was wearing a bathing suit and red sandals. He had a feeling that the Commander would be joining him.
Both Claus and the Commander started heading down the stairs. When they reached the 3rd floor they ended up running into Lucas.
"Hey Lucas."
Lucas turned around and his eyes widened when he saw the slash wound on his brother's chest. "What happened?"
Claus noticed that Lucas was looking at his wound when he asked this. "Oh, don't worry about it. I was just careless is all. We're on our way to the healing spring now and I'll be good as new."
"Well okay, but be careful next time. I don't want you ending up dead."
"Don't worry Lucas, I'm not going anywhere. I have so much to live for to die. If it makes you feel better I'll be more careful next time."
Lucas nodded his head before leaving.
"Your brother seems protective. Something I expected from the older brother."
"We're both protective of each other. Lucas went through hell because of my stupid actions."
"I see."
The Commander and Claus continued their way to the healing spring. When they arrived the Commander kicked his sandals off while Claus kicked his flip flops off. They both sighed when they entered the water.
Claus could feel the wound closing up and the pain going away. He closed his eyes as he started to relax. The hot water felt so good on his body.
After a few minutes of silence the Commander spoke up. "I'm curious. When you said that your brother went through hell because of you, what exactly did you mean by that?"
Claus opened his eyes as he stared up at the ceiling. "When my mother was killed I had the stupid idea to take revenge. So I went to face the Mecha Drago only to be killed by it. I should have just accepted that I still had my brother and father with me, but my pride wouldn't let me. I'm a terrible brother to have ditched my family like that."
"Well since you're being honest about something it's time I admit something. Master Porky tells me I was built, but I know that's a lie. I'm fully aware that I was once a human and was actually born instead of created. Master Porky thinks I'm a fool, but I'm not. Whoever I was, I'm no longer that person. I'm now the commander of the Pigmask army."
Claus had to admit that he was happy that the Commander at least knew that. Yet if he knew he was lied to then why did he trust Porky so much. He knew the answer. Going against Porky was against his current programming. The only way to be free is to get the person's memory back. He thought about telling the Commander his identity, but he decided against it.
"You know General, you and I make a pretty good team. I'm actually starting to trust you."
Claus was surprised to hear that. After only working for the army for a few days he didn't think that the Commander would ever trust him this fast. He knew that he had to work for the army for a little while longer before the Commander's job would be complete.
"Say Commander, what will happen after you free Fero's master?"
"Well Geodo will destroy this world and everyone in the army will be spared. Fero has a special giant ship that can carry 1,000 passengers. We'll leave this planet and find a new planet to live on. The other planets have aliens living on them so we can go to one of them. Like maybe Saturn or Jupiter."
Claus eyes widened at hearing this. This world will be destroyed? He didn't want that, but that won't stop him from waiting until after Geodo is set free to confess his love to him.
"But how can we live on another planet? We humans need oxygen to breath and none of the other planets have oxygen on them."
"Not if you have alien DNA fused with you. Aliens can breath on any planet and having their DNA will allow that. Starting tomorrow you and your brother will be given two types of alien DNA. A Wild n' Wooly Shambler which is Fero's species. Their bodies can withstand the freezing temperatures of Pluto, so you will be able to. The next is Flaurs. Their bodies can withstand the hot temperature of Venus. So with those two DNA's you could live on any planet out there. If your worried about food Fero said there's a planet out there in another solar system that is an exact replica of Earth. The aliens there breathe in Oxygen and breathe out CO2."
Claus nodded his head. If his plan didn't work then he will leave the planet with the others. He knew it was selfish, but he just loved the Commander too much to not be by his side. He knew he could convince Lucas to come, but it would mean leaving their friends to die. However he couldn't seem to care.
The Commander suddenly stood up and got out of the hot spring. "Well I'm done, you can stay here if you want." he picked up the towel before wrapping it around his body. He then slipped his sandals on before leaving.
Claus sighed as he closed his eyes. It wasn't until a few minutes later that he heard the door open and someone else had come in.
"You know sleeping in water is really bad. You can easily drown."
Claus wanted to groan knowing whose voice that actually was. He opened his eyes and sure enough there was Porky standing there.
"There's a difference between sleeping and resting your eyes."
Porky hummed before entering the water and sitting down next to Claus. "So, how is it going?"
Claus raised an eyebrow. "How's what going?"
"Don't play dumb. I know you're trying to find a way for Ness to get his memory back. Look I don't want this anymore. This whole want and destruction thing is getting really old. So have you come up with anything?"
Claus couldn't believe that Porky changed his mind about everything. He wondered if it was because of him that Porky changed his mind. "I tried giving him hints about his life, but it didn't work. The only other way I can think of is him falling in love with me again. Lucas figured out that true love could be the solution to break free of the mind control. It worked on one of our friends so it might work on him."
"Well I hope it works so I can apologize to him."
"Why don't you just tell him the truth? He'll believe anything you say."
Porky sighed. "It's because I don't want Fero to find out. He'll kill me if I order the Commander to stop destroying the seals. That's why I need you to do it."
"Well I'm waiting until all of the seals are destroyed before confessing my love to him. If I do it before then he'll most likely reject me thinking I'm only saying it so he wouldn't destroy the seals."
"Makes sense. Well good luck with that."
"Thanks I guess. Well I better get going, see you later I suppose." Claus got out of the hot tub and walked over and grabbed his towel and wrapped it around himself. He then slipped into his flip flops before leaving.
Lucas sighed as he was looking some Tyrants over. He lifted a Tyrants arm up before moving it up and down listening for any creaks in the joints. He did the same thing to the other arm and the legs. He then held his metal hand up. "Okay push against me and don't allow me to push you back."
The Tyrant placed it's hand against Lucas's. It then started to push it's force against Lucas's.
Lucas seeing how as though he couldn't push the Tyrant's hand back nodded his head. "Okay other hand." he saw the Tyrant raise it's other hand and place it against his hand.
However this time the Tyrant used too much force causing Lucas's metal arm to bend backwards as it snapped in half leaving his hand down to his elbow joints hanging limply.
"Really #59? out of all of the others you're the only one who ever does this. I get that you're really strong, but try to use less force okay?"
Lucas detached the arm as he walked over to a large cabinet and opened it up. He then took out a new arm and attached it to himself. He then picked up a clipboard and pen and began writing something down. Lucas then removed the piece of paper from the clipboard. Sighing he sat down in a chair across the room.
"You're really lucky to have a replaceable arm. Do you know how many times someone had their arms broken because of these things strength?" the scientist asked.
Lucas groaned as he placed his hands over his face. "Oh, I'm lucky alright. Lucky enough to get his arm broken twice a day."
"Well we could give you a stronger muscle enhancer in the arm. Or we can use the unbreakable kind, but that has to be approved by the Commander or Master Porky."
"An unbreakable arm sounds nice. Maybe I can ask him the next time I see him."
"If he agrees then you'll get it, if not then you'll just have to get used to it."
Claus entered his and Lucas's room. When he did he saw a new uniform on his bed to replace his blood stained one. He then noticed that a TV had been installed into their room. Sighing he kicked his flip flops off before changing out of his bathing suit and into his work uniform. He then climbed onto the bed laying down. He grabbed the remote that was on the nightstand and turned the TV on. He then flipped through the channels until he found something on. He then thought about his conversation with Porky and was a little happy that he was on his side now. He sighed as he rubbed his flesh toes. He was now more determined to believe that he could get the Commander his memory back. He now had no more doubts and knew that his plan would work.