Hey guys! Been a while, sorry! School is not a merciful place.
Hopefully I'll find time to write in the coming weeks. Exams are coming up...goodie.
Oh, and thanks for the cookie PrincessFirestar! I'll do my best not to let you or anyone down!
20 minutes ago...
The security mechs carrying Ariel away from her room were running as fast they could towards the main doors of the mansion. They ran through an alternate route instead of the more direct one that the monster was most likely to take.
"What the Pit was that thing?" One mech asked.
"I dunno, but we can't worry about that right now! We have to get Lord Steelshock's daughter out of here safely right now!" The mech carrying Ariel exclaimed.
Ariel groaned in his arms.
"Lady Ariel! Are you alright?" He asked.
Ariel raised one servo to her aching helm and nodded. "Alright. Nothing better."
The mech nodded. "Don't worry about a thing. We'll get you out of here."
Ariel sighed as the mech holding her came to a sudden stop.
"What? What's wrong?" Ariel asked.
"There's something crawling about on the floor..." One mech replied. "Can you stand miss?"
Ariel nodded and she was set down. The mech walked forward a few steps and crouched down.
"What is it?" Another mech asked.
"I dunno." He replied. "Looks like a bug of some kind. There's also a box looking thing here."
Ariel gasped. It was the bug thing that was in the box thing that Orion Pax had wanted! She just had to figure out a way to get a hold of it without raising any suspicion among the guards.
Ariel groaned. "That's not gonna be easy."
Ariel began to rack through her processor for ideas when she felt a deep, familiar rumbling coming towards their location.
"Excuse me." Ariel piped up. "I think we should leave now."
"Don't worry, child. We'll keep you safe." A nearby guard attempted to reassure Ariel.
Ariel continued to feel the strong vibrations in the walls and floor around her. "Please. Can we please get going now?"
The lead guard sighed. "Alright then miss. Let's get goin—" the guard was cut off by the Sharkticon barreling through the wall next to him. Several chunks of the thick wall hit his helm and the guard dropped to the floor.
"What the—fire at will! Protect the Lord's daughter at all costs!" Another guard commanded as they all brought put their blasters and proceeded to fire at the raging beast.
The blasts barely grazed the Sharkticon. It looked mildly annoyed as it turned around the small space.
"The tool. Where is the tool?" The Sharkticon demanded to itself angrily. It then spotted the small beetle creature and the tool it was in front of. "There."
The guards began to increase their blaster fire and the Sharkticon was now beginning to get a little distracted by it. It growled and charged towards the guards, claws out and jaws open.
It tore through the first guard, and bit the head off of another. The Sharkticon continued to tear apart and destroy the opposing guards.
Ariel stood far away. Listening in horror as the guards screamed and died.
She put her servos over her audio receptors in a failed attempt to silence the sounds. When she could no longer hear the small massacre, she felt the Sharkticon picking up the tool and the small insect Foneques. It then walked over and picked her up in its massive servos.
"Please, please don't hurt me." She whimpered.
The Sharkticon didn't reply as it stomped towards the front of the mansion.
Present...
Ariel walked side by side with her father away from Orion and the Sharkticon.
They passed through the gate and Ariel was then buried in her mother's to tight hug.
"Oh Ariel! I'm so glad you're alive! Are you alright sweetspark?" Her mother exclaimed.
Ariel hesitated before nodding, and her mother tightly hugged her once again. Ariel didn't react.
"Oh dear you must have been so scared!" She continued.
"Ariel!" Someone shouted from behind her.
It was Chromia. She and Dion were running to her.
"Ariel! Where's Orion?" Dion asked before turning and seeing Orion with the Sharkticon in the courtyard. "Oh. Never mind."
"What? Who are you two?" Ariel's father demanded. The two younglings ignored him.
"Ariel! We have to help him!" Chromia exclaimed.
"Guys..." Ariel muttered.
"C'mon Ariel! Dion and I can't take that thing on by ourselves! We need a master Cyber-Ninja! We need you!" Chromia continued.
Before Ariel could reply, her father stepped between her and the other two siblings.
"I do not know who you two are. Asking my Ariel to do such a thing! She is blind and small, and delicate! She almost died in that thing's servos! She cannot help you or that mech! Now, I am willing to let you two leave peacefully, because by law, you are trespassing on my land. I can have you two arrested." He threatened. "Come Ariel. I already contacted the Elite Guard. They will dispose of that monster."
Her father took Ariel's wrist and began to pull her away.
"Ariel! C'mon! You can't seriously keep this up forever! You told us that you agreed to Master Yoketron's training so you could take care of yourself and help others! There's no better time to put those skills to use than right now!" Chromia shouted.
"You two are trying my patience! Leave now!" Ariel's father exclaimed.
Ariel was torn now. Yes, that was what she had said, but she wasn't brave. She wasn't courageous. Not to mention that the thing attacking her house was ten times her size. How could she help Orion?
"Size does not matter."
Ariel's helm shot up at the memory of her sensei.
"Everyone has the potential to be great warriors, or scholars, or performers. It doesn't matter whether they're tall or short. It all depends on their dedication to reach the zenith of that potential."
Ariel stood still. Then pulled her servo away from her father's grip.
"Yes. Yes, I can help them." Ariel announced defiantly, and she walked over to Chromia and Dion.
She began ripping the gems and jewelry off her helm. Then she reached behind herself and pulled out the two silver fans she always carried around but had never actually used. Until now anyways.
"C'mon guys. Follow me." Ariel spoke.
Chromia and Dion smiled and followed her. Ariel's parents stood still in shock.
Ariel, Chromia, and Dion walked into the courtyard. Orion was being held tightly in the Sharkticon's servos.
"We need to get that thing's attention." Ariel said.
"On it." Chromia replied. She pulled out her tonfa blasters and shot the Sharkticon.
It turned towards them slowly.
"I'm only gonna say this once!" Ariel proclaimed. "Let him go!"
"Wha'? What are you guys doing? Get outta here!" Orion shouted.
"Not a chance Orion! This thing trashed my house! I'm getting payback here!" Ariel replied.
Orion groaned helplessly.
"You guys ready?" Ariel asked.
"Yeah." Chromia and Dion replied in unison.
"Good. Follow my lead." Ariel spoke.
Ariel twirled the two fans around her fingers, before running towards the Sharkticon, Chromia and Dion right behind her.
So the first fight scene is coming. Let me know what you guys all think!
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