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Chapter 10: Killer
The second the three had jumped down from where they had been perched on the tree branches above them, Billy, Ops and Gahu walked around the close to massive alien ship, being as quiet as they possibly could and staying constantly on guard. Seeing as they had just now found this ship while in pursuit of a superior enemy, they had to be ready for anything. For these said superior beings were very powerful along with very intelligent.
Having this terrifying fact repeat over and over in his head, Billy quietly bowed his head and silently prayed: Dear Lord, please help us come out of this mission alive.
Now, normally Billy WASN'T terrified in a situation like this, but that was only because in all of his previous missions, he was dealing with things that he KNEW he could handle. These things being: Dark Hunters, Dark Toa, Matoa crime lords, traitor Matoran, Makuta's and even Titans (Or as billy would humorously call them: the bigger ones). But THESE foes were something else entirely. Something that he had a feeling was probably a HUNDRED times more powerful than he or any of his other Toa were. And to make matters worse, if they got spotted, many of them would surely die.
And even worse, if THAT happened, who was to say that the Turaga Council would listen to the survivors? If only a FEW of the Toa were to come back, then there was no way the Turaga would act based on what they had seen. In order for things to be believable to them, they needed more than one witness on EVERY mission, report or case. There was also the fact that if they didn't get to the Turaga at ALL, they would be completely unprepared for... well for WHATEVER these Makutacons were planning.
As Billy was still trying to find some form of a weak spot, he had finally stopped upon finally spotting something else on a part of the metal exterior. A pass-code lock. And judging to the two or four creases on it's left, it unlocked a heavily sealed doorway. And to add to his metal list of pro's, it looked perfectly big enough for them to walk through. Yes!, Billy thought, then motioning his hand for a confused Gahu and Ops to come to his position.
As they had finally arrived, Ops to Billy's right and Gahu to Billy's left, Gahu and Ops simply stared at Billy's discovery in amazement. Gahu was so amazed that he had actually given Billy a bro-fist on the shoulder. But Ops just looked at the door as if he was remembering something from his still mysterious past. But now, just as he had called them over to take a look at the very thing he had found, he had found a problem, widening his eyes in sudden disappointment. But at the same time, he didn't know WHY he didn't expect this. Each key on tablet-like lock was some sort of alien symbol. Crap!, He thought.
Then, turning quickly to the rookie, he asked: "Hey Gahu, you recognize any of this"?
Now that Billy had really thought about it, these symbols weren't really all THAT alien. His reason for thinking this, somehow he had seen them before. In a museum. But whether this certain museum he visited had contained Bionicle or Transformer artifacts, he couldn't remember. But either way, he had seen markings just LIKE these from one of the two. SURELY one of his two allies knew what they were or how to translate them into the language that everyone here spoke. Right? He certainly HOPED so.
But after a few seconds of looking, Gahu just looked back at his leader, replying: "Negative sir"
Crap!, Billy thought, looking hopelessly back at the pass-code lock.
"I do"., Ops suddenly told them, surprising Billy most of both as Ops then scanned the lock and typed in a code.
And about three seconds later, the metal door slid up, opening with utmost ease.
"Well, at least the ship's still online"., Gahu said in a sarcastic voice.
As much as Billy agreed with Gahu's sarcastic statement, implying that this couldn't have meant anything good for the Toa, he was still in more of a focus on how surprised he was that Ops had actually managed to understand what was on the lock. Or better yet, able to figure out what the specific code was within seconds. But at the same time, Ops seemed to surprise the team with something everyday. Maybe it was because ever since they had found him mentally broken about something on a battlefield, he had never opened up to the team much about ANYTHING from his past-life. But as of right now, all Billy wanted to know from his friend was just how did he know what that code was.
Still holding a face of amazement, he looked down at Ops, asking him: "How did you do that"?
Then looking up at his leader with a facial expression of a human who had just solved the most simple mathematical equation, Ops replied: "This console uses the ancient language of the Primes". "A language that my father had managed to teach me".
"Cool"., Gahu commented as he then took out a pistol and cocked it. "Now, why don't we go on in there before they get any funny ideas"?
Billy put a hand on the Toa of Lava, saying: "Wait".
Gahu obeyed, looking at Billy in curiosity as he then continued to look down at the autobot with a facial expression of anyone who would surely be confused at this point in time. As a friend, Billy had often worried for Ops. Though he was probably the most loyal member of his team, obeying orders no matter what they were, Ops had never seemed to want to share anything about his past. And Billy didn't blame him. When he had found him, Ops was in a muddy area, on his knees in front of the carcass of what Billy had assumed to be some sort of Decepticon. And the look on Ops face, HECK. He looked like he had just lost EVERYTHING. And he had even given Edward a murderous glare when he asked about it in the rudest manner possible. But instead of focusing on THAT matter (This story being a LONG time away), Billy had just decided to ask Ops the question that was currently sticking to his mind.
"Ops, who is your father"?, Billy asked him.
"Optimus Prime"., Ops responded.
Billy and Gahu's eyes had both widened upon hearing that. Sure, EVERYONE knew who Optimus Prime was. The Toa team who had existed long before they did, had even assisted Optimus in the final war, which resulted in Megatron turning from his wicked ways (Somehow) and the death of the Liege Maximo. From THAT day, The Toa and the Autobots lived and fought alongside each other like they were brothers and sisters, so Optimus was really as much of a part of THEIR species history as he was to his own. Rumor had it that as of today, Optimus worked in a library often reading a Bible he had discovered on Cybertron before the second collision, but NEVER until now had there been news of ANY offspring to the wise warrior.
"WHAT"?, Gahu asked, also in a state of amazement. "I mean, whoa".
"Yeah"., Billy agreed.
To meet a Prime alone, that was an HONOR to most people, regardless of whether they could or couldn't. But to meet a DECENDANT? Somehow, there seemed to be more of an honor in THAT than there was to meet the parent. Besides, what if Ops decided to be the LAST of his long family tree? As far as Billy and the rest of the team knew, Ops was asexual (In these terms, asexual means not attracted to men or women), so he might have BEEN the last.
"Say, can we go in now"?, Ops asked them, clearly not wanting any of the special treatment that would probably be coming to him, regardless from now on of whether or not he wanted it.
Billy and Gahu simply nodded, quickly deciding to get back on task and slowly enter the metal doorway that surely awaited to reveal something at the end of... whatever would be inside this thing.
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As the Trio had then made it inside, Gahu at the lead, Billy, Gahu and Ops looked carefully around themselves, walking even more carefully in what they now knew to be a dark hallway with walls of solid protodermis. And though Ops knew what he was supposed to be focused on at the moment, he couldn't help but stare at something that he had found odd upon first entering. The walls... for both were engraved with a set of symbols that glew a dark crimson color. As if this mission wasn't terrifying ENOUGH., he thought.
What was all the more strange to the young Prime, was the fact that THESE symbols were that of which he had never seen until now. Judging from the way they LOOKED, he knew that these markings were alien, but now he was sort of disappointed that Optimus had never taught him anything about THIS language. But then again, how COULD he? As far as he and everyone else knew, this was a new race with a new language. Therefore, he hardly expected Optimus to know ANYTHING of this mysterious language.
Ops quickly jolted out of his thoughts as he saw Gahu suddenly stop, putting his back against the wall.
"Hey guys, the hallway ends here"., Gahu whispered just loud enough for them both to hear. "There's an opening right next to me, and it looks like there's a throne room of some sort"., Gahu finished, quickly peeking back in before quickly putting his wall back to the wall.
With that being said, Billy and Ops both walked closer to their friend, trying to get a better look inside, while ALSO keeping their backs against the wall. If Gahu was true on his words, then this could've been where the Makutacon leader was. If they were gonna get ANY useful information from ANYWHERE on this ship, surely it would be here, from whoever this leader was. And if they were gonna get out of this alive, they knew they had to try their absolute hardest to be as quiet as they possibly could. And that was just what they did as they peeked ahead into the entrance that sat beside the Toa of Lava.
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On the other side of the opening, there was indeed what appeared to be a throne room. This said throne room was stretched longways in front of the two thrones that laid still against a wall, all composing of a magnificently made structure of what seemed to be solid protodermis. In the two thrones, sat two figures. In the left throne, sat a female, toa-sized Bioformer with legs of yellow and silver, a right arm of green, a left arm of yellow and silver, a silver face that wore a nuva-shoulder piece like a resperator, and blue hair that hung from the back of her head. In the right throne, sat a male, makuta sized, muscular Bioformer with a body of silver and white, legs of silver and red, a left arm of black and tan, the forearm being attached to what looked like a sharpened claw underneath of a shield with spiked edges, a right arm of black and silver, and a red head (Kalamah head) with two dark blue eyes that glared ahead, dreaming of the destruction of the world as the other two races knew it.
The male quickly lifted his head as he then heard the familiar sound of the jet engines of his apprentice start to get closer towards the ship. He quickly pulled back on a lever that rested on the left armrest of his throne, opening a slit-like hatch on the wall that lied ahead of them. The second said slit had actually finished opening had also been the very second that a green, black and silver jet flew inside. Said jet then lowered itself before the Bioformers in the thrones, hovering over the ground in front of them before then starting to transform. The thrusters and hood both flew back, forming legs. The guns and wings disconnected, the guns forming arms and the wings flipping up behind his back. Finally, a silver head (Bulk mask) flipped up from a black and green chest, red eyes gleaming from behind the silver mask.
The male smiled from his place on the right throne as the jet, known as Solar Scream, then loyally bowed in front of him. Killer Prime (The male in the right throne) had always frowned upon Solar Screams name as much as he respected his loyalty. Solar Scream had never actually been his original name, and as to why he decided to go with it as such, he didn't know. Especially not since Solar Scream was a Makutacon of Earth and not one of Power Scream. But as odd as he thought this made up name of him was, he would let him keep it for all the loyalty that he had been willing to show him for all of the years that he had.
"Masters, I've found it"., Solar Scream exclaimed. "I've finally found it"!
Killer stood instantly up from his throne, looking hopefully down at his apprentice.
"The sphere"?, Killer asked him.
"Yes sir, in the storage location of which you gave me"., Solar Scream responded.
The female in the left throne, known as Zera, quickly asked with a hint of utmost seriousness: "You really think it's THERE"?
"Affirmative ma'am"., Solar Scream told her, then looking up to his leaders as he kept himself in his bowing position. "Upon arrival, my ESD detected a powerful energy signature unlike anything I have ever seen before".
"How powerful EXACTLY"?, Killer asked him.
With this question being asked, Solar Scream took his ESD out of a slit in his leg, and flipped the screen-side to his master, putting his army up for Killer to see. Killer looked closely at the screen, seeing that these were saved results from Solar Screams visit. And what interested him most of all, were the readings. All of the power bars were at the top of the screen.
"Like I said master Killer, more powerful than anything I've ever come across"., Solar Scream told him.
Killer just kept staring at the power readings in amazement. Solar Scream even noticed a slight grin come from Killer as he (Killer) thought in fascination about what he would do once all of this power was in his hands. If it even WOULD come into my hands., Killer thought. NO... it WILL be mine!
"That must be it then"., Killer told him.
Solar Scream quickly made a grin of his own.
"Finally"!, Solar Scream exclaimed in a positive but sickening tone.
With this thing finally in their possession, they, along with all of the other Makutacons on this planet, could finally accomplish their common goal: To plunge the said planet into desolation.
"What shall we do now my king"?, Zera asked as she stayed seated in her throne.
Killer looked to his wife with a smile of success, then replying: "Now we will call the others for an assembly, so that we may prepare an ambush". "I have already sent a signal to War Machine and Shut Down". "They will be arriving here shortly".
"And what of our other five, my masters"?, Solar Scream asked them.
Killer looked to Solar Scream then, walking slowly in front of him and placing a hand on the shoulder of his most loyal apprentice.
"One soldier at a time Solar Scream"., Killer told him then, with a grin of wickedness.
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From where he remained hidden, Gahu felt a shiver run down his spine as he saw Killers seemingly murderous grin. He and his friends had already heard enough to know now what the Makutacons were up to. But what was the sphere?, he wondered. And what did these Makutacons want with it? Whatever it was, it couldn't be good. For if they were going to plan an ambush on the storage that held such a powerful artifact, if it was indeed as powerful as they claimed it be, then they were willing to kill in order to get their hands on it. And in being unable to know what storage they were referring to, they didn't even KNOW how many lives would be at stake.
Then pushing a button on a recorder he had taken out just moments earlier, Billy stopped the device's recording process and then placed said device in his back slot.
"I've got this recorded"., Billy whispered. "We need to move now, if we don't want to get spotted".
"I agree"., Gahu told him, still in his hidden state of sudden fear. "We need to get this evidence to the Turaga council as soon as possible".
Billy and Ops both nodded in agreement. SURELY the Turaga council would know what to do. Aside from being the leaders of the country of New Mata Nui, it was always made sure that the leaders would be wise problem solvers through a series of tests that tested ones moral character. Humans and Transformers were also permitted to join this council if they had managed to pass the same tests. But one of the many exceptions was the fact that there would only be twenty one members, the twenty first, being the lead Turaga. Though that was besides the point of the matter, Billy, Ops and Gahu still knew that they would be wise enough to know what to do with this news, or how to handle it. Or better yet they HOPED that they would.
"Alright then"., Ops whispered, then turning towards their still opened entrance and transforming into a small red semi with a flat front. "Let us roll out, shall we"?, Ops asked, then slowly driving away as Billy and Gahu followed him.
"You know just because you're his son, doesn't always mean you can use Optimus's famous quotes, right"?, Billy teasingly asked him, at least trying to lighten the mood.
In indeed knowing that Billy was only joking, he nearly laughed. But at the moment, Ops remained silent. For as of right now, he knew two true and terrifying facts. The first being if he laughed even a LITTLE too loud, the Makutacons would more than likely hear them. And the second being the terrifying fact that was placed still in front of them: something was coming. Something big. Something, DESTRUCTIVELY big.
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