Lego owns the names Ketongu and Jala and Hasbro owns Transformers.
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Chapter 8: What ARE You?
"Green wait"!, He heard Ketongu yell as he continued running down a sidewalk.
Great., Ketongu thought. He comes across you once again, at least two years later and you manage to freak him out just by letting him SEE you!
Green had just witnessed Ketongu get out of a pretty action packed fight against another Bioformer, a Makutacon (The bad ones) known simply as Blocker. And despite the fact that Ketongu had done what he did to protect Green, was there really any way that he could've known for an absolute fact what had even happened in the first place? A fight all on it's own could almost never fully explain ANYTHING, so he had to explain things to Green SOMEHOW. And the first thing he had to do was stop him. Even HE knew how much money Angela had spent on him, and returning home empty handed the next day would more than likely be very curious to her. He dared not let that happen. He already had ONE matoran to worry about and he didn't really need to watch over another at this point.
"Green"!, Ketongu yelled once more, raising his tone.
Green immediately stopped dead in his tracks, upon finally allowing himself to listen to his old school-toa. It a way, it had actually reminded him of the past days at his High School. Everyday, Green had tried to set up pranks. And he would most often do it in between class periods. But on most of those days, JUST as he would start setting up a said prank, he would immediately hear Ketongu call: "Green, are you pranking again"? Of course, Green would then try and throw out some sort of excuse, but it ended up not even mattering. For Ketongu would always see past them. And in THOSE days, it would often seem to be pretty irritating.
It was always like everyday he was there, they would always be playing an endless game of chess, and every time, Ketongu would come out as the victor. Now Chess was ALREADY a game that Green was pretty terrible at, but that was well beside the point. The point was, Ketongu was VERY good at his job whenever it came to keeping Green from pulling off any pranks on the other students. But other than that, one other fact had remained stapled to his mind: His old frenemy, was a lot more than just a Toa of light.
As Ketongu then pulled up next to Green, waiting for him to get inside, he heard him ask: "Ketongu, what ARE you"?
Green heard a sigh come from the car almost immediately. As mean as this question may have sounded, Ketongu knew that it was indeed a question that he had to have the answer to. Green wasn't REALLY trying to be offensive and Ketongu knew that. After all-, Ketongu thought:-, he DID just now SEE me like this. It's better that I start answering questions now than later.
"I'm a Bioformer"., Ketongu answered.
Green turned to Ketongu then, with a face of utmost curiosity.
"A WHAT"?, Green asked him, almost unsure that Ketongu had actually called himself a Bioformer.
Ketongu quickly scanned the area, making sure no one else was watching them (Like said before, Ketongu couldn't afford to guard any more than one matoran), before then transforming back into Toa mode.
"Many years ago-, Ketongu explained as he leaned down next to Green:-, when the three worlds (Earth, Cybertron and Spherus Magna) had first collided, Transformers and Bionicles gotten into... SECRET relationships with each other and eventually, after what we refer to as mating,... well, WE'RE the results of those said relatioinships".
"So that's supposed to explain how you're transforming Bionicles"?, Green asked.
"Exactly"., Ketongu told him.
Green just stood there for a few seconds in what could relatively be described as pure amazement and confusion. Ketongu almost wanted to laugh upon seeing Green like this (again), but in being unable to force himself, he instead concealed it with a smile. And this smile seemed to remain as he tried still to keep a good enough sense of compassion for the unsuspecting Le-matoran.
But to Green, this was actually starting to make more and more sense. He, along with everyone else on this planet, knew that at least a thousand years after the second great collision, the Turaga council had created a law, deeming it as illegal for Bionicles and Transformers to do as much as date. Both would only be allowed to date or mate with a human or a member of their own race. And if a Bionicle and a Transformer ever WERE caught in a relationship, both were thrown into a prison. And as bad as it DID sound, well, THAT was just how POWER hungry they had been in the time. It was no wonder why the existence of the Bioformer race was kept a secret.
"What were you doing back there with the uh, missile"?, Green asked him.
Ketongu looked up into the sky then, seeming to gaze once more in amazement at the stars above them as he then replied: "I was sending a signal to the others".
Green gave Ketongu a curious face.
"OTHERS"., He asked him.
Still not taking his eyes off of the night sky, Ketongu gave a nod, replying: "The Toabots".
NOW Green was lost.
"Who are THEY"?, Green asked.
Ketongu finally took his eyes off of the night sky and it's consuming constellations, looking down at Green. He smiled then upon seeing the curiosity in his face. If had ever admired anything from Green, it had always been his keen sense of curiosity. Mostly because it reminded him of himself at that age. And at this point n time, it would be the utmost best thing for him. Especially if he was gonna SURVIVE in this war. The more he learned, the better.
Upon hearing Green ask this question, Ketongu held out his right arm, turning it to expose a mixture of symbols that Green didn't recognize. Well, all except for the Christian cross that was centered in it.
"The ones who want to protect you"., Ketongu told him. "ALL of you". "From the Makutacon's".
With Ketongu's previous explanation of a Toabot, it didn't take Green TOO long to figure out what the Makutacon's were. If Ketongu was correct about the Toabot's being here to protect them, then that could only mean that the Makutacon's were here for the exact opposite.
"So now I've been caught up in the middle of a war"?, Green wondered aloud.
Upon hearing what he thought to be a question, Ketongu remained silent for a few seconds, unsure of how to respond without making him any more angry or scared than he might have already been. But now that Green had actually seen him like this, telling him the truth in order to keep him safe, was really his only option at this point. As much as he hated being this brutally honest with Green, like ALWAYS, he couldn't lie to him.
"Yep"., Ketongu told him, almost hesitantly.
Upon both realizing that he had accidentally asked this question aloud, and realizing what Ketongu had just told him in full clarity, Green began to feel a weird sense of sickness go through him. In this said sense, Green took a few deep breaths, putting both of his hands on the back of his head as he then started to walk around in circles. Ketongu just waited patiently and remained silent as he watched Green do this. CLEARLY, Green was worried. But why SHOULDN'T he be?, Ketongu thought. This war was more than too dangerous for ANY matoran to do as much as DESIRE to fight in. And as of today, Green was caught dead center in the middle of it.
But Ketongu snapped out of his current thoughts as Green had quickly looked up at him upon finally letting another question pop into his head.
"Why did you decide to go missing"?, Green asked him. "You were sent here to protect us and your JOB was to be a guardian to the matoran". "Why did you leave"?
"Because Paradox needed more help in our on going search for the Sphere". "And before you ask me, the Sphere is a powerful relic with the power to create planets". "And in the wrong hands, this relic can be used to kill millions... or in YOUR case, EVERYONE". "And now that you know of this war, I HAVE to be YOUR guardian, to protect you from any more Makutacons like that other one".
"And if there just happens to be a STRONGER Makutacon"?, Green asked with a hint of both sarcasm and serious worry.
"Then you'd better PRAY"., Ketongu told him, then transforming himself back into two-seater mode and opening the side door for him. "Get in, so I can repeat my job".
Green laughed at this sentence as he then decided to comply, entering the car, sitting in the drivers seat and closing the door behind himself. Ketongu had also decided to take the time to wait for Green to put on his seat belt before then driving off, heading back to the zoo.
"You know, you say that "I'm your guardian" thing like it's a bad thing"?, Green asked him.
Ketongu let out a small laugh, then replying: "You have NO IDEA".
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And indeed he doesn't. I'm not gonna give away any more spoilers this time. I like keeping everything a surprise. Anyways, enjoying the story so far? Please feel free to leave me a review to let me know if you are, and if you have ANY suggestions for the action in later chapters, please feel free to tell me that as well. I'm kind of running out of ideas and I need a little help. And if any of these said suggestions can't work for this story, feel free to tell them anyways. I've got at least fifty three more stories planned after this one and I'd be more than happy to use them for any of my other ones. Literally, tell me what you want to see happen. I'd love to hear it. And for the people in Israel who are still reading this, please know that I'm praying for you every day. Again, I thank you all so much for reading the story this far and please have a god-blessed day! :0)