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Chapter 12: Scorpion attacks
"Come on guys, we're nearly there"!, Billy yelled.
The combat group consisting of seven Toa and one Autobot (a Prime), had been walking through the same forest for the past three hours now, currently walking down a long dirt path that seemed to stretch for miles. And with each passing second, things only seemed to be getting worse, all weighing quite a bit on the lead-Toa of fire. His wife was keeping a secret from him, they'd done run out of food and the only key to this group getting even TRYING to get out alive was the mini GPS that was strapped to Billy's wrist. Well, actually now that Billy had thought of it, the food problem was solved once Edward rudely suggested eating the fruit that still grew in the trees. But then came another problem. They were running out of water (with Ops being the one who was running out of energon). Literally, everyone's bottles of water were becoming lighter with each second. And the battery on Billys GPS was running out of power at a seemingly quicker pace. It was an answered prayer that this thing was even still working.
Meanwhile, Gahu had decided to remain interested in Ops's sudden family revelation, being the fact that Ops was the son of the one and only Optimus Prime, and was still asking quite a list of questions. Most of the other Toa listened in on Gahu's questions along with Ops's answers, simply wanting to add to the humor if one of them had just so happened to say or ask something funny. As rude as it would be to most to interupt a conversation for the sake of comedy, Billy had to look on the bright side: at LEAST it would give them something better to do other than focus on the fact that there could've been a Makutacon anywhere nearby, waiting for the chance to kill them. Edward had actually volunteered to keep watch as far as that was concerned, deciding not to take ANY part in anything concerning comedy (Like always).
But as Billy kept his eyes focused on his mini GPS, AKA their last source of survival, his eyes became focused on Gahu and Ops. As much as he wanted to focus on getting his team out of this forest alive, he couldn't help but be surprised as to how patiently Ops answered Gahus constant questions. Honestly, Billy couldn't see how one could be as patient as Ops was (Well, other than God and Jesus) in their current situation. Matter of fact, he was sure that if he was in Ops's position right now, he would've gone crazy.
"So, what else did your dad teach you"?, Gahu asked him.
Then turning to Gahu and showing him his black rifle, Ops replied: "Well as far as what ELSE is concerned, he taught me how to use this rifle".
"What model is it"?, Robert asked him, deciding to but in to their conversation.
Seeming not to mind, Ops turned to the toa of storms, replying: "Well actually, it's not even a rifle". "It's an Ion Blaster". "HIS Ion Blaster".
Everyone (except Edward) widened their eyes. Ops was actually using OPTIMUS'S Ion Blaster?! That thing had to be MORE than valuable!
"Cool"., Gahu commented.
But as they continued their conversation, Outilisa remained silent in thoughts that she wished to not share with the other Toa. Should I tell them about MY dad?, she wondered. No., she silently answered. She COULDN'T. Deep down, she had a feeling that petrified her, constantly telling her that informing them of said secret would NOT be the smartest idea at this point. And another part of her actually believed it too. For she knew that if she chose now to tell them, shed be taking not one, but two risks. The first one being that in doing so, she'd be revealing classified information of which was only known to the Turaga Council. Second, she was more than worried about how her husband would react upon hearing it. How would her husband be able to handle the fact that her father was a-.
Outilisa's head instantly jolted up as she heard a familiar noise creeping up behind them in a shrinking distance. Her eyes widened and her light started beating faster and faster in terror as she stopped dead in her tracks. Each of the other Toa immediately stopped, turning to the petrified Toa of water in curiosity. A chatter broke out from each of them, scaring Outilisa all the more.
"SHHH, guys"!, Outilisa quietly told them.
On instinct, Billy looked up from his mini GPS and turned quickly to his wife, asking her: "Hon, what's wrong"?
Outilisa put a finger to her mouth, hinting that her answer would only be revealed in full clarity if everyone remained quiet. Instantly, each Toa became silent, waiting for whatever would happen next. Almost instantly, everyone heard a terrifying mixture of noises. First there was the shaking of a nearby bush. Then, there was the sound of a branch cracking under the weight of whoever stood on in. Finally, there a metal rattle unlike anything the Toa or the Autobot had ever heard before.
"I think we were followed"., Outilisa told them.
"You don't say"., Edward scolded.
Outilisa glared at him. Gracious, even in times of great danger, Edward never ceased to be a huge dirt bag. It made her want to give Edward a well deserved beating (As if Billy hadn't given Edward one ALREADY.)
But Billy gave Edward a facial expression that made him back down, and then looked to Ouitilisa, giving her a nod of agreement. Immediately afterward, he looked back down at his mini GPS as it suddenly started beeping. And from what the screen told him ,via a red right a few feet in front of their current location, Outilisa's point had been further confirmed. Along with the fact that whatever was following them, was dangerous. And just a few seconds later, the red dot moved closer towards them. Whatever this current threat was, it was coming for them. And it was coming FAST!
Then making a quiet and worried sigh, he looked back up to his teammates, cocked his rifle and said: "Alright guys, be ready for anything".
Everyone nodded, then taking out whatever weapons they still had in their backs, then quickly bracing themselves for whatever attack their predator-like opponent would deliver. At the same time, they all turned and slowly walked away from the bushes, keeping their eyes intensely on them for any signs of immediate attack. Billy stayed in the front of the group, never taking his eyes off of his mini radar or his wife, wanting to be able to get them out alive and protect his wife with his life if necessary. And Robert stood in the back, trying to follow the Toa as closely as he could while also looking occasionally over his shoulder, trying his best to make sure that whoever was hunting them, if it came from the bushes, wouldn't get too far. The second he saw him, he would at LEAST try to warn the others. And afterwards, he would try to use his mask of vision disruption to stop it. Surely THAT would do something to it.
But in the midst of these thoughts, Robert nearly jumped upon hearing the sudden continuation of the rattling metal symphony, then warning: "Guys, it's getting fast-close"!
The others quickly responded to Roberts tree-talk, stopping and then turning towards the bushes, then deciding to put away their weapons and ready their elemental powers. Most of them had already seen Billy shoot at the helicopter once, the bullets doing nothing. And if Roberts mask power didn't work, then surely their elemental powers would have a different effect. If this thing somehow proved otherwise, they were all toast.
Almost as soon as they had braced themselves, the metal rattle stopped and a silence passed as Robert kept his attention on the bush he felt that he knew the Makutacon would jump out of. And but a few seconds later, Scorpio jumped straight out, faster than the blink of an eye, then landing in front of Robert and giving him a glare that could kill millions. Immediately, Robert looked deep into Scorpio's eyes, using him mask power.
But the Makutacon/Rahi just... stood there. What?, Robert thought. A few seconds later, Scorpio let out a roar of laughter before then swinging his tail down, aiming for Roberts chest. Robert saw this attack coming, quickly jumping backwards and creating an air current to send him flying a good enough distance away to dodge the said attack.
Meanwhile, Pow and Edward distracted it, taking their fire arms back out and shooting at it, earning quite an irritated snarl. Scorpio charged at them then at a lightning speed. Pow and Edward ceased fire, turning and running away from it as fast as their legs would allow them to. Scorpio simply rolled his eyes as he broke through a tree in his pursuit. If this was what Toa did upon coming across a mysterious attacker now a days, then killing them would be a lot more easier than he at first expected it to be.
Just a few seconds ahead of him, Pow and Edward were forced to stop their running as they suddenly came across a massive rock. Scorpio slowed his pace down a little, seeing the dead end and grinning wickedly as his mind started to process different ways to brutally murder them. Along with what to do with their remains once he was done. And the hopeless looks on their masks as they looked back at him, made him laugh all the more.
"And here I was beginning to think that Toa weren't supposed to run"., Scorpio told them, walking closely towards them at slow and almost terrifying pace.
Pow simply grinned, asking: "With that being against one of our many standards, what makes you think we weren't running for DIFFERENT reasons"?
Scorpio stopped upon sudden realization. This was a trap!
Immediately, Robert hovered himself above the Makutacon, harvesting enough of his elemental power to create a sand twister beneath it. Gahu jumped down from a nearby tree, landing next to the other two toa and shooting lava from his hands. The said lava mixed with the twister, creating a sort of fire-whirl. Maze popped out as well, shooting a misty but heavy ice storm into the fire twister. Robert and Gahu's plan was to trap the Makutacon in a large container of glass. But well considering the fact in his mind that glass broke a little too easy, he decided to help out a bit. Maybe a little extra ice would make it harder.
Billy and the others quickly approached, raising their weapons and waiting for the other three Toa to finish up on their twister of fire and ice. And although this method of attack probably wasn't a too good of a method to beat this thing, Billy was secretly hoping that this would at least be strong enough to knock it down for a while. A few long minutes seemed to pass before Gahu, Robert and Maze finally lowered their arms and waited for the colorful mist that surrounded whatever the effect of their strategy was to fade keeping keen eyes on where the Makutacon had been standing, hoping as much as Billy was that their plan had at least done SOME damage to their Makutacon attacker.
Finally, the elemental dust cleared, revealing an angry faced Scorpio, trapped and seemingly frozen inside of a massive case of glass and ice. Billy let out a sigh of relief while most of the other Toa cheered in victory. Well, at least THAT had seemed to have worked., Billy thought. But then he felt instinct telling him to look over at his wife, and as he did this, he noticed that Outilisa's facial expression was that of extreme worry and terror. Like she KNEW this wasn't gonna hold it.
Billy was then about to walk over to her and offer a few comforting words, but Outilisa's worried were suddenly confirmed with a loud BOOM! Billy quickly turned and the applause died down as they all noticed enough debris around the Makutacon to know that Scorpio had managed to BREAK OUT of it. In the form of an explosion. But what was even more surprising to the group was the fact that he was completely UNHARMED by the combination of their elemental powers. They had done NOTHING! Well, really the only thing their plan had actually MANAGED was make this thing look angrier than heck as it quickly charged.
"RUN"!, Billy ordered. "NOW"!
Scorpio was right on his statement earlier, Toa normally didn't run away from an opponent. But this rule only went to a certain extent. As their rule stated in some poetic manner (A form of speaking that Billy literally had to STRAIN himself just to figure out): A Toa must never run without good reason. Well here, they clearly HAD a reason. This thing all on it's own had managed to resist everything the Toa could possibly throw at it! Guns, oh no. Mask powers, didn't do crap. Not even their ELEMENTAL POWERS had managed to harm it! For them, there would be absolutely no way to stop it.
Billy flipped out of the way just as Scorpio quickly tried to run him over and ran through another tree. Meanwhile, each of the other Toa followed Billy's lead and used this temporary distraction as a chance to get away from the Makutacon as quickly as possible. Each of the other Toa had even did themselves what they thought to be a FAVOR, putting their weapons in their back. Their swords were the only thing they hadn't tried, but then again, if combined elemental powers and bullets made of a metal that was stronger than each of their swords hadn't managed to do anything, what good would their close range weapons possibly do to it?
But out of everyone in the group, there was one Toa who had instead kept out his Nynrah Ghostblaster along with a black sword, and turned towards the superior-in-every-way opponent, shouting: "Covering fire"!, as he actually walked CLOSER towards it and started firing. This Toa was their rookie Toa of lava, Gahu.
"Gahu come on"!, Billy shouted as he continued running towards the direction of which he had remembered the dirt path to be.
But Gahu didn't cower. He had to distract this thing and help his friends escape, even if it meant dying in what could as of right now be considered the stupidest way possible.
But as Gahu kept firing at him, Scorpio just stood there with an amused look on his face as one of the coal-colored missiles deflected off of him and blew up a nearby tree. Gahu almost sighed himself as this happened, thinking that SURELY a Toa of plant life was somewhere having a migraine. But regardless, Gahu didn't stop firing. SURELY, this thing had SOME kind of weakness! But after Gahu had continued firing his Ghostblaster for what had already seemed like an hour, it suddenly clicked as Gahu pulled the trigger again. Gahu's eyes widened as he looked quickly down at his weapon at a light on the top that blinked red. Out of ammo.
Crap!, Gahu thought as he forced himself to reload his weapon as quickly as he possibly could. Meanwhile, Scorpio made a dark and delightful grunt as he began to transform. His claws flipped back, revealing two tan colored, clawed feet. Muscles on opposite sides of the tail disconnected, then twisting into arms. The entire body flipped in midair, then standing on it's two newly developed legs, also revealing a shimmering red chest-plate that had originally rested underneath of it's body as a scorpion. An orange faceplate disconnected from the back of the tail, turning to reveal a single blue eye that gazed into Gahu's light as the tail flipped up as well, the stinger raising high over Scorpios new head.
By then, Gahu had successfully reloaded his Ghostblaster and started firing once more at the now Toa sized Bioformer. Again, the bullets did absolutely nothing to his advantage and Scorpio charged at him. But Gahu didn't cower. He remained as still as he had been seconds earlier, and continued firing at him. One way or another, he was gonna buy his friends as much time as he could. Finally, Gahu shot a missile into an unarmored section of Scorpio's armor. It didn't go through, but upon being deflected (Again...), a purple liquid slowly started to leak from the wound.
"GAH"!, Scorpio screamed, then channeling his rage in a swing from his left arm, hitting Gahu hard enough in the side to knock him into yet another tree.
Gahu hissed in pain, as his back made a hard impact with the tree and then collided harder onto the ground, landing on his chest. Gahu let out another grunt of pain as he simply allowed the wave of pain to pass over him as he quickly got back up, gazing ahead at the Makutacon who glared at him.
"You know-, Gahu said:-, for a creature strong enough to withstand elemental and mask powers... I thought you'd hit harder".
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As the Toa had continued to run down a dirt path, away from that Makutacon as quickly as their legs would allow them to, Billy had started to remember coming down this path upon first entering the forest. This must've meant that they were getting pretty close to the exit! Finally, they were close to the end of this nightmare! Three days of running and hiding from things that were horrifyingly more powerful than them was absolute torture to him. But now it was nearly over. And God had answered his prayer.
But the happiness he started to feel in this soon to come victory was cut short when Ops suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. Billy heard Ops stopping and did the same, then turning to his friend, who now had a look of worry on his face. Billy was about to ask why Ops looked this way, until quickly noticing each of the other Toa stop as well. And the very second he started looking at them, he figured out just what was wrong with them. Gahu wasn't with them. Crap., he thought.
Just then, Ops took out his fathers Ion Blaster from the holster in his back and said: "Well it's like you guys say: Protect a fellow Toa like a brother". Then cocking the said Ion blaster, Ops continued: "You guys get on out of here". "I'm going in, see if I can help Gahu out".
But as Ops turned to leave, Robert stepped forward, responding: "Screw that Energon spitter". "We're ALL help-going".
The other Toa each nodded in agreement, taking their weapons back out and reloading their guns as they started to run back towards their rookies last known location. And though this rookie wasn't exactly as up to skill as the others were, that didn't matter to them. Like Ops had just said, Gahu was still a Toa, and by Toa code they were to fight for each other as if they were brothers and sisters. So whether anyone liked it or not (cough-Edward-cough), they WERE going to get him out of here.
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For the last couple of minutes now, Gahu had been rolling away from and dodging Scorpios attacks, trying to find a way to strike at Scorpios weak spot on his shoulder armor without getting severely injured in the process. Though he had really just been wanting to buy his friends time, he would have to take this chance against his much stronger opponent. He could do absolutely no good to the others if he was dead.
But each attempt to strike at the Makutacon became harder as Scorpio seemed to move faster and faster, continuing his attempts to kill him. Scorpio had eventually started to move too fast for Gahu to even TRY to think. For as of right now, his mind was only focused on dodging Scorpios deadly attacks as quickly as he possibly could. And now he was getting tired, becoming exhausted from all of the fast movements he had to make.
COME ON!, Gahu thought. Just a little... longer!
But then, just as Gahus mind had started to focus on that one little thought, Scorpio became too fast and his fist collided hard with Gahu's right side. Gahu felt a large wave of pain course through his side, making him immediately wonder whether a bone or a rib had broken. But only a few seconds later, Gahu felt an even bigger wave of said pain course through his back as it collided with yet another tree, nearly breaking his spine. He thought NEARLY because he had been pretty sure he heard something crack when his back hit the wood.
Gahu fell once more, being sure to reposition himself quickly enough to land on his knees, not intending to do any further damage to whatever had already been damaged in his chest. But none the less, his side still hurt a lot worse than he would want to admit right now. But there was also another part within him that didn't quite care about how much pain he went through as long as his friends would be made safe in the process. And as of right now, that was exactly what he was praying for as he then tried to force himself back up, only managing to make himself sit up against the tree.
No!, Gahu thought. Come on legs, don't give up on me now!
And as Gahu continued his attempts to get back up on his feet, Scorpio started walking slowly towards him, once again holding a sickening grin that Gahu knew to be a desire for murder once he looked back up at his superior opponent. And to make matters worse, he also noticed the stinger on Scorpios tail start to glow a searing hot red. Obviously not a sign that this thing was gonna agree with negotiating peace anytime soon.
Upon seeing this, Gahu quickly took his eyes off of the slowly approaching Makutacon, looking around himself for his Ghostblaster. Not that Gahu was afraid of dying, that wasn't the case at all seeing as he didn't really fear it. But deep down, he knew that he'd rather die fighting than running or doing nothing as he waited for an inevitable death. Eventually, he found it lying a couple seconds away, almost right in front of him. As embarrassing as he now was that he hadn't seen it, he knew very well that situations like this could do that to someone. But no sooner than the second he saw it lying there, was also the very second he saw a clawed foot kick it away from his reach.
Gahu looked up now at the Makutacon that towered over him, wearing a menacing grin on his face plate.
"Tsk tsk tsk"., Scorpio said, then making the stinger on his tail glow even brighter.
But this time, Gahu forced himself up on his feet, finding the handle of his sword on his other side with his left hand and swinging it at the Makutacon. But Scorpio was too fast. Just as Gahu had started to swing his sword, Scorpio caught his wrist, squeezing it until Gahu felt too much pain to keep a hold of it, immediately dropping it. Scorpio kicked Gahu in the chest then, knocking him back up against the tree, and then grabbing him by the throat with his left hand. Gahu started to desperately gasp for air as Scorpio then lifted Gahu off of the ground, keeping his relentless hold on the Lava-Toa's neck.
But not even THEN did Gahu cease his struggle. He fought now through an aching back, what he assumed to be a broken rib and the lack of oxygen just to try and continue fighting. Scorpio rolled his eyes at this. Why were Toa always too stubborn to accept the death that they so rightly deserved?, Scorpio thought. But Gahu's struggle actually stopped once Scorpio quickly moved hit stinger close to Gahu's mask, just holding it there with a glare.
"There's no point in continuing to fight me Gahu"., Scorpio told him. "Your death is inevitable".
As surprised as Gahu was that Scorpio had even known his name, he just gave the Makutacon a smile, saying: "Go ahead and take my life then, if you have the guts". "I already know where I'm going".
Scorpio let out a slow and sickening laugh, then exclaiming: "I thought you'd never ask"!
Gahu continued to smile, then lowering his head and closing his eyes, silently praying: Dear Lord, please forgive me for all the wrong I've ever done in this life. And please forgive the Makutacon for what he's about to do.
As strange as it might have seen, Gahu had always been taught to pray for his enemies and he wasn't gonna stop now.
But suddenly, he heard a loud metal clash and Scorpios grip loosen on his neck. Gahu opened his eyes then, at first in surprise and then wider in pain as he landed back on his still hurting side. Then, immediately putting the pain out of his mind, he looked up, seeing Scorpio quite a distance away with a dent in his right side. But what concerned Gahu more was the glare Scorpio held towards something next to him. Gahu looked immediately to his left side, seeing what looked like a silver and black armored Toa-sized Bioformer. Gahu knew this was a Bioformer after he saw what looked like parts of a vehicle on his armor. But what made him curious now was the fact that this said Bioformer was also standing over him in a protective manner.
"You"!, Scorpio exclaimed, still holding a hostile glare towards his new opponent.
A red face just glared back at him from underneath a silver helmet, then screaming: "Leave the Toa alone, or I'll tear you to bloody bits"!
Scorpio just gave a loud roar, then reverting back to scorpion mode and retreating into the shadows of the trees behind him...
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Not to brag, but I'd probably be the Ops in a situation like this. Once I came across an over talkative kid and I just decided to be patient with him and listen. I try to do this with every over talkative person I come across because I remember being that way when I was younger. Now I'm one of the silent kids in class who seeks to be the best he can be. And I decided to do a part of that by posting these stories while also trying my best to preach Gods word while doing so. Also, the reason I'm making Bioformer blood colors red blue and purple is because Bionicle blood is red and Transformer blood is blue. I just figured that in some, a mixture of the colors would actually make sense. What do you think Outilisa's secret is? Like the story so far? Be sure to leave a review to tell me what you think or PM me for any questions and or concerns. Again, I thank you all for taking the time to read this story and please have a God blessed day! :0)