Chapter Fourteen: Who's Sutekh?

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Kokiri kept Six Shooter apart from the the other four Toulons by lying between them and gazing up at the sunroof ceiling watching the Earth from a distance. They puppets were lying nearby because he told them to and they immediately obeyed, not wanting him mad at them.

When Kokiri finished telling off Six the remaining four were shaking so badly that Jester could have sworn he nearly wet himself from fright. They were all quiet and listened as Kokiri explained a few things about his home planet and a little about himself and his brother.

He finally revealed how he had gotten the information and about the cameras that were positioned all around the world and how long they've been there. They even listened to a theory he had about something called The Three Levels which they genuinely found interesting.

The three levels consisted of Physicality, Mentality and Emotion. In simpler terms it went in reverse like so: The Heart (emotion) affects the Mind (mentality), the Mind affects the Body (physicality).

Kokiri had told them about Andre Toulon discovering the real secret to the formula and why he wasn't affected by the lure of immortality but Dead Toulon was.

It was true that the formula needed brain matter and blood from the brewer, but it was the victim's own Will to live and continue fighting against the wrong. He gave examples from Hans Seidelman, Herman Strauss and Dr. Hess. They wanted to continue to help the people in the war.

But when Dead Toulon was revived, they only brought back his mind and body. His heart was no longer functional because of the elixir. The elixir itself wasn't even meant to be used on humans. It was originally created as a healing potion for cybernetics.

When the puppets heard the words potion and cybernetics in the same sentence, they remembered Chug saying he was a Potions Master and dabbled in Cybernetics and asked if he made the formula.

"Yes, yes he did. The original formula has a few drops of my own blood in it. Blood from a magical being who has mastered the elements can revive, heal and bring life. However, when I entered my blood it was with the intent that the one taking it really and truly desired to continue living."

"Holy shit!" Blade gasped.

"Although, thinking back, I think I may have accidentally added a desire to destroy humans as well. That could be why you lot only go after the greedy people."

"But Sutekh said he had created the elixir." Six Shooter said.

"Su-who?" Kokiri asked.

"Sutekh. The Egyptian Dark Lord from whom I stole the formula from." Six said.

"What's he look like?" Kokiri asked, inspecting his nails.

"He's ugly for one." Six said, sitting up. "Has these big yellow orbs for eyes and his mouth looks like-"

"It was melted together and then ripped apart. Like cheese on a pizza." Kokiri said, stopping Six from talking, and also sitting up.

"Um, yeah. How did you know?" Six asked.

"Sutekh. Sutekh. . . S-u-t-e-k-h. . . . If you'll pardon me, I need to study." Kokiri said and sat in a mediation state and went quiet.

"He's sitting just like that psychic girl when the totems first arrived." Jester said quietly to Blade. "You know, when they go 'O-o-ohm'."

"Maybe he's psychic too." Blade said with a shrug.

"Duh, how else do you think he can understand us?" Tunneler said.

"You know what I mean!" Blade said petulantly.

They flinched when Kokiri started floating off the ground, then they heard a bleep sound and a voice came on.

"Captain, we've received word: The Sukka Nas are approaching the Solar's Outer borders and they've doubled their numbers."

Kokiri dropped and gasped. "Sukkatekhessian Na'Atiaas!" he rapidly called out and abruptly stood up and ran off so super fast that the puppets spun from the unexpected suction, he did not hear the mumbled "Gesundheit." as he left. "Bridge, notify The Kid and call the whales to arms . . . ." his voice trailed off as he left the observation deck and the puppets behind.

"Hey! What about us?!" Blade shouted.

They heard a distant whoosh and then there was silence save for a low humming.

"Now what do we do?" Pinhead asked after a few seconds of silence.

Blade opened his mouth to reply but Kokiri's voice came on instead.

"All hands, this is the Captain, prepare for battle, the Sukkas are at it again. Senior Officers ready your teams. That is all."

"Did he just say 'the Sutekhs'?" Jester asked. "Sutekh's the name of a species?"

"I think he said Sukkas." Blade said.

"It doesn't matter what he said. He ordered his crew to prepare for battle, and as a Captain, they and his ship are the first priority to ensure all hands remain safe so if we want to survive this battle we had better find ourselves some safety." Tunneler said in a commanding tone and then looked at Blade.

"Then let's follow him." Blade said and the five started off in the same direction Kokiri ran down. . . . but paused.

"Uh, do you guys know which way he went?" Blade asked.

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