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Chapter 9: Ship

"Come on guys, this way"!, Ops quietly yelled to his fellow Toa.

For two days now, the confused defense group consisting of eight Toa and one Transformer, had been stealthily following a long set of tracks that had been left by a scorpion shaped... whatever it was. They had all managed to accomplish said stealth by jumping quietly (Edward not so much since he was a Toa of Earth) from tree branch to tree branch. The reason for this? Two days ago, they had heard the scorpion respond (In ENGLISH) to a transmission concerning a leader who was currently being made to sound like a tyrant of sorts.

From there on out, they had decided to follow the scorpions tracks and see if it would lead them to the location of which they had heard of. Whatever these things were, and whatever they were planning, they KNEW they had to find out. And although they had gotten a couple names in the same transmission, these names being Toabots and Makutacons, but at the same time it wasn't enough information for them to know who they were or what they were doing here. So as of right now, they needed to try and GET more info, one way or another.

Billy was already far ahead of the others, wanting to find out the same information as quickly as he possibly could. If there was ONE thing all of his intense training had taught him, it was the fact that evil could always strike at any second. This fact in actuality, was the reason why Billy had always tried to get his missions done as quickly and efficiently as possible, and though it wasn't as easy as it could be told, it still had to be done. And with the fate of an unknown ANYTHING in the balance, he would HAVE to apply that same thought to this misssion now.

Finally, after what seemed like a few long minutes, Billy stopped and kept himself perched on the tree branch he had just reached as he saw something close by, and HUGE. This said something was a rather oddly shaped, silver ship that was covered in a large number of alien markings that Billy was sure not even MAZE could recognize. And judging from all of the collapsed trees that sat in ruins around it, Billy was starting to wonder whether or not these things were intending to make a "soft landing". And due to the collapsed trees already withering state, Billy had figured out something else: This ship had been here for a while.

"Whoa"., Gahu said as he and the others seemed to randomly appear right behind the lead-Toa of fire.

"Whoa is good-right"., Robert told him.

As each of the other Toa had then started to silently gaze at the massive alien ship, Billy and Ops tried to look around it from where they were currently standing. Both thought: SURELY there had to be SOME way that they could sneak inside! But if there WAS one, then there should've been no reason for them not to find one. They looked for exhaust vents, creases, cracks. But no matter how hard they both looked, there seemed to be nothing of the such. Billy looked to the ground then, making a loud sigh of failure.

Billy then turned his beetle-like head to his fellow Toa, seeing a bit of worry in each of them. Almost as much as he now felt within himself. But as he saw his wife's face, how different it looked from the others, his gaze became curious. The facial expression that Outilisa currently possessed immediately told Billy that whatever she was thinking of as she looked at this ship, was making her feel... uneasy. VERY uneasy. And Billy knew that this wasn't how Outilisa normally acted whenever they came across a strange object or artifact. Normally, when they came across something as strange as this, she wouldn't even FLINCH. But this was different somehow. It was almost like his wife actually KNEW that something was wrong. But if she did, then what WAS it?

And Billy would've asked her what was wrong if his thoughts hadn't been interrupted by another question asked by their Toa of storms: "What do we now-do Firespitter"?

And with that question being asked, each of the other Toa and even Ops looked to him, awaiting an answer that they were close to hoping would be in the form of an order. Outilisa looked to him as well, her mask also wearing an expression of curiosity. Seeing as he was now in this close to uncomfortable situation, he decided to drop his question for now, then deciding to give the next order.

"We try and find a way in"., He told them.

A silence passed as the other Toa surprised Billy with a look of shock and Outilisa with a look like she was about to go into some form of a panic.

"WHAT"?, Pow asked them, breaking the passing silence.

"Look, I'm not sure if any of you have noticed, but we still don't have a clear idea as to what these things are or what they're even capable of". "Yes, they attacked us, but that's why as team leader, I can't just stand by and let them continue whatever they're planning". "And YES, I think they're planning something". "If we don't find out just WHAT it is, then there may be nobody else to stop them".

Outilisa immediately wanted to argue, knowing from the attack just how dangerous they had been getting. But much to her dis-luck, she had known Billy for more than long enough to know that in cases like this, an argument wasn't gonna stop him from carrying out the missions he chose to go on. It wouldn't stop or solve anything. Besides that, she was his wife. And as a wife, she was loyal enough to try and never argue with him. And none of that was ever hid fault. Ever since they had known each other, they seemed to agree on everything and therefore never seemed to have anything to argue over in the first place.

"Billy's right"., Outilisa forced herself to say. "If we're all gonna stop them, we need to go in NOW".

"Negative"., Billy told her.

Outilisa looked at him with a look of shock upon hearing this.

Then giving Outilisa a look that he hoped would tell her that his last sentence was of no disrespect, Billy continued: "I'll go in with Ops and Gahu". "I want the rest of you to stay here any await our return". "If we go in with as less numbers as possible, we'll all have a less likely chance of being spotted".

Each of the other Toa looked well assured, but Outilisa was petrified. Yeah, she knew Billy wanted to keep them all as safe and out of harms way as bionically possible, but that didn't even matter to her. What about HIS safety!? She was a HECK of a lot more concerned for that than she was of her own. And what if in the process of obeying these orders, he had ended up getting hurt in the end?! If THAT were ever the case, she didn't think she could EVER forgive herself.

"And without unity, you might have even MORE of a chance at getting killed"!, Outilisa quietly screamed. "What if you're ambushed and you don't.."., Outilisa had stopped there, unable to continue as tears started to fill her eyes.

Billy had of course listened to what his wife had said. She knew that. Even as she started to speak in an increasing rage for his safety, Billy had just looked at her with the same calm expression that he usually did. And that was because he overall understood her concern for him. It was almost a shame that he and his wife had to serve on the same team in the same field of battle. But he would always try his best to put up with it, seeing as this was what she wanted to do with her life. But the day he had made his vows to her, he had also promised himself another thing, if it was within his power, he was NOT going to let her get injured or killed under ANY circumstances.

Billy carefully and gently jumped from his branch onto Outilisa's, then putting away his rifle, looking at his wife's eyes that were still filled with a painfully felt concern, and then gently placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"If that DOES happen, I'll call for back up and you can help us then, alright"?, Billy asked her, still using his calm and caring voice.

Outilisa looked up at him then, seeing that look of promise in his eyes that had always made her feel better in situations like this. And whenever he gave her THAT look, she more than knew that he WAS giving her a promise. And he never stopped himself from keeping ANY promises. Outilisa just decided to drop her argument and give him a nod that told him she believed him. As dangerous as this mission would undoubtedly be, she would always trust him as much as she loved him.

"Alright then"., Billy said before then giving Outilisa a kiss on her forehead and then turning back to Gahu and Ops.

"You two ready"?, Billy asked them.

Both nodded.

"Then let's move"., He ordered.

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Sorry for the shortness of the chapter, the next chapter might be short as well. But speaking of the next chapter, get ready to see the main villain and third in command of the Makutacons: Killer Prime. Yeah, I know Killer's not that creative of a name, but when I made the actual MOC (My Own Creation) of this guy, Killer was really the only name that popped into my head. It might have been because he looked killer cool but I don't really remember. Anyways, thank you all again for reading! Please feel free to leave a review or PM me for any questions and concerns, and may God forever bless your days. :0)