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Chapter 13: Armor

Gahu was lying still on the dirt ground, up against a tree, confused and a little shocked as he looked up at the Silver and black Bioformer who had just saved his life from another. But why?, was the question that had currently started to rage through his mind as he thought back to everything that had happened just earlier. A Scorpion-ish Bioformer had seemed to have some form of an intense hatred towards him for whatever reason he didn't know. And yet here THIS one was, going out of his way to not only save, but also PROTECT a helpless Toa. And again he wondered: Why?

But he took his mind off of these matters as he then saw the silver and black bioformer turn to him in a rather calmed and relaxed manner. And this bioformer had turned just enogh for Gahu to have a good look at him. Grey feet, black legs, a silver body that looked surprisingly like a cross in between a metal vest and a suit of samurai armor, black arms and a red face underneath of a silver helmet (Scodonius helmet).

This Bioformer simply stood in front of the Toa of Lava for a second or two, seeming to try and identify whether or not he was actually a Toa, before then holding out a hand with a kind smile. Gahu was unsure as of what to do at first. Was this one of the Makutacons that was trying to kill them? Could he trust him? Or better yet, was this one of those Toabots that those other Makutacons were talking about? If it was then the namesake of the opposing team would speak well for them. After a few short seconds, Gahu just took it, allowing the who he assumed to be Toabot to pull him up onto his feet, which he seemed to do with absolute ease. If this was indeed an ally, then in knowing how strong he was and already seeing how angry he could get, he thought it would be best not to get on the Toabot's bad side.

"Thanks, I guess"?, Gahu said.

"Ah, it's no trouble young Toa"., the Toabot told him, then letting him go once he was sure the lava toa could walk without stumbling around.

With the damage that he saw this Toa take as he tried to run as quickly as ho could to help him out, he was actually surprised that this Toa wasn't dead yet. Scorpio always gave quite a pounding to his enemies, and until now he wasn't sure that ANYONE (Or at least anyone that wasn't him) could survive an attack from the psycho Makutacon.

"Were there anyone else with you out here"?, the Toabot asked him.

Gahu nodded, responding: "Yes sir, six other Toa and an Autobot".

"Do you know where they are"?, the Toabot asked.

Both the Toabot and Gahu nearly jumped upon hearing a voice suddenly shout: "Halt"!

Immediately knowing who this voice belonged to, he walked ahead of the Toabot, seeing Billy and the others pointing their guns and raising swords (Ops was raising a tomahawk which Gahu was sure had also belonged to his dad) as they started to slowly approach the Toabot. Gahu looked quickly back at the Bioformer, who was now giving his friends a light glare. It didn't take much for Gahu to figure out right then and there that said Toabot was trying desperately to keep himself calm.

Then looking back at his friends, Gahu close to shouted: "Billy wait, he's not a threat"! "He just saved me from that thing"!

Upon hearing this being said, most of the other Toa just seemed to give the Toa of lava looks of question and curiosity. Meanwhile Edward was giving them both a distrusting glare and Maze was staring in observation as he put his weapons away. The Toabot gave Gahu a look of surprise. Once he saw the Toa coming out, weapons raised and ready for war, he was sure that he had just fallen under a Makutacon trap. But the way Gahu had defended him proved otherwise. And in knowing that there were still quite a few Bionicles and Transformers out there who still hated the Bioformer race, he was a little more surprised that the younger Toa had even decided to defend him at all.

"Hold on a minute, you're saying this one SAVED you"?, Billy asked him.

The Toabot stepped forward, looking a little calmer than he had been before, and said: "Affirmative sir".

Billy stood still for a moment, clearly in thought of as to how to take this answer. But eventually, Billy put both his sword and his rifle in the slot in his back.

"Well, you have my thanks then".,Billy told him. Then turning to the other Toa, he ordered: "Lower your weapons guys". "I don't think he's gonna harm us.

Ops, Outilisa, Robert and Maze each gave a nod of agreement, then putting their weapons into the slots in their backs. But Edward and Pow both gave Billy looks of refusal, keeping their weapons out. GREAT., Gahu thought. On the bright side, these two kohlii headed Toa finally agreed on something. On the lesser side, what they DECIDED to agree on was not only pointless, but also disrespectful. Not only were they deciding not to trust this Toabot in spite of all he had already done, but in even doing this at all, they were disobeying a direct order from their leader. And in knowing how much Billy and Edward would often disagree on things, he would be surprised if a fight didn't decide to erupt.

"Edward, Pow, put the weapons down now"., Billy told them.

Pow kept his look of refusal, asking: "You really think that's a good idea"? "This COULD be a trap".

Gahu was about to speak up, but Edward quickly interrupted: "I agree with the stone Toa's logic sir, I don't trust him either"., then raising his sword in a battle ready stance.

"Well I find both of your logic's, severely ILLogical"., Maze countered.

Edward turned to him with a glare.

"Why"?, Edward asked him, an angry tone starting to rise.

Gahu lowered his head, feeling the urge to smack it. As truly irritating as this was, it was also a pretty common thing when it came to their Toa of Earth. Edward was the kind of Toa who always thought that he knew better than everyone else on almost every subject. Every time he even HAD an opposing opinion in situations such as this, he would NOT back down unless someone made him. And although he was every single time, more than anything, Edward HATED being wrong. So much he even hated it whenever somebody TOLD him he was. Especially when he was being told so by the smartest Toa on the team.

"Common sense Edward"., Maze said. "If this guy had ANY intention of killing any of us AT ALL, he would've done so already".

"That and the fact that he just saved me from death by the hands of a..., then turning to the Toabot, Gahu asked:- what do they call themselves again"?

"Makutacons"., he answered.

"Yeah"., Gahu said, then turning to Edward with a sort of grin. "From a MAKUTAcon".

This earned quite the glare from Edward.

"Hey, it's not MY fault that you're failing to put common sense in your "LOGIC".", Gahu told him.

"OOOOOH, BURN"!, Robert commented with a laugh.

Even BILLY looked like he was trying to hold in a storm of laughter. Edward just got owned in an argument, by a ROOKIE.

"Can I speak up now"?, Outilisa asked.

Billy looked to her with a nod.

"I just wanted to say, I think Maze is right"., Outilisa told them. "With all of the excess firepower that these things have already proven themselves to have, not to mention their invulnerability to our elemental powers, wouldn't Gahu already be dead if this guy wanted to kill him"?

NOW Edward looked angry. Here he was, trying his absolute best to convince everyone to stay on their guard against this thing, and yet nobody seemed to want to listen! Did no one even care about the LITTLE bit of truth that remained in his words?! Were they even TRYING to listen to him?! Better yet, after BOTH of those deadly attacks from earlier, had they learned NOTHING about these things?! EVEN Pow had put his weapons away now! At this point, he actually started to wonder if he was the only smart Toa in the group.

"As true as Outilisa's point may be-", Edward angrily tried to continue.

This time, it was Billy who interrupted him, deciding that he had had enough of Edwards attitude for today, shouting: "EDWARD"! "Put. Your. Weapons. Down. NOW"!

Edward just turned to the lead toa of fire with a glare of a seemingly intense refusal. Billy returned this with a glare of his own. One that could kill if looks even could. Both continued their little glaring contest for what seemed to last only minutes before Edward then eased his glare and put his weapons in the slots of his back, then glaring at the ground in defeat. Billy just watched Edward for a long seconds after that, then deciding to calmly approach the Toabot with an extended right hand once he was sure that Edward wasn't gonna start a massacre.

"Sorry about Edwards behavior sir, he's usually like that for some odd reason"., Billy told him. Then upon finally reaching him, he greeted: "The name's Billy". "Toa of fire".

The Toabot gave Billy a kind smile in return, then shaking Billy's hand and replying: "It's quite alright". "I'm Armor" "Toabot of Iron". Once the two had finished shaking hands, Armor quickly asked them: "Do you have a ride out of here"?

"Not really"., Billy responded. "Normally we don't have one". "We're that good when it comes to the usual missions".

Armor gave Billy a nod in a seemingly understanding way, then asking: "Would you all LIKE a ride out of here"?

Each Toa looked silently at each other for the next few minutes, Billy turning to join in on this. This was what Billy would call one of their "silent debates", and it was normally used in interrogations or if they simply had company and were still trying to get past a certain issue. And from the looks that he was easily able to read on their faces, most of them approved, with the exception of a disagreeing and like always ticked off Edward. Pow saw this as well, giving Edward a hard smack on the back of the head.

"Hey"., Edward responded.

"Grow up"., Pow whispered, earning a laugh from Robert.

Billy turned back to Armor then, replying: "We'd actually appreciate that". "After finding that Makutacon base back there, I'd rather not take any chances".

"Very well then"., Armor responded.

Upon saying this, Armor quickly backed away from the other Toa, positioning himself in a rather strange stance that started to make a Billy a bit curious. And just as Billy was about to ask Armor what the heck he was doing, Armor made a back flip and parts had started shifting and moving to various points around his body. His legs became the hood, and his arms flipped back, shifting into doors. Wheels slid from his back as the still transforming vehicle fell to the ground, his fall being cushioned by said wheels. Finally, the forearms shifted into guns. The left forearm into a cordak blaster and the right into a silver ghostblaster.

And from there, each Toa slowly approached as parts continued to shift, forming the armored exterior to what appeared to be a heavily armed and armored battle vehicle, or as Toa would usually call them: double A's. And although they already knew that this thing was a Bioformer, the fact that Armor transformed into something like THIS was almost astounding. If anything, it seemed to have just given them a new way to defend themselves from the Makutacons.

As Armor had then finished his transformation, he looked back at the Toa through small eyes in the windshield, seeing their looks of amazement and nearly laughing. But in already being able to assume that these Toa had been through enough, he decided not to laugh at what could've been their sudden relief from terror. Instead, he opened both of his side doors and decided to show off a little more, and opening the trunk to reveal a spot behind a turret mini-gun.

"If any of you'd like to get out of here any time soon, I'd get in"., Armor told them via speaker in the screen/ radio that rested inside.

While Edward let out a barely hearable groan of displeasure (earning another smack from Pow), the Toa gladly approached the double A, entering it as the door remained open. Once Pow was able to shove Edward into the vehicle, Armor closed the door, sealing them inside with a strong enough lock to protect them in case of another attack. Billy took the turret and Ops remained outside of the vehicle, letting it drive off first before he then transformed into his smaller truck mode and followed him on what everyone gladfully knew to be the way out.

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Well... looks like the Toa are finally leaving then.

Billy: No we're not.

Me: Billy! Spoilers!

Edward: Hey, it's not like they don't know! Everyone on here is intelligent enough to figure that out.

Me: …

Edward: Well it's true!

Me: (sigh) Regardless, don't come back in here if you intend on spoiling anything. Got it? I'm already thinking about docking your pay.

Edward: No.

Me: Billy, get him out of here, he's not gonna be needed for a while anyhow. (Looks back to readers) errr, anyways, like Edward said, Billy and the others still have a pretty big part in the story so I'm not getting rid of them anytime soon. But onto other matters. Like the story so far? Be sure to leave a review to tell me or PM for any questions, thoughts, Ideas and/or concerns. Thank you all again and please have a God blessed day! :0)

Edward: (Rushes back in) Biomarvel740's real name is-!

Me: NO! (End of transmission(Lol))