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Chapter 17: Time to go

It had only been but a few minutes earlier that Green and Angela had both tried their absolute hardest to run for whatever remaining days of life that God would give them, away from fight that had seemed to get a little more dangerous to be around with each passing second. The one who had been fighting to protect them, was Ketongu, a Toabot of light and the one trying to kill possibly everything around himself was a Makutacon of earth simply known as Blocker. And when they had seemed to have just found a safe place to hide, Green had to save Angela from being hit by a flying Blocker that had made an entrance via a large hole in the metal wall. Ketongu had made it in then, making a funny statement, and that all led back to Green and Angela who had both started to slowly back away from Blockers body. As beaten as Blocker had looked, the two matoran REALLY didn't want to take any chances.

"Is he...", Green had started to ask.

"After all the beatings I gave him, he should be down for quite a while"., Ketongu told them. "But he's definitely not OUT if that's what you're asking". "And keeping that in mind, we need to get to the meeting as soon as possible". "From the amount of time it took to beat this guy down again, I'd be a little surprised if we weren't a few minutes late".

"Then I guess it wouldn't hurt to go right now"?, Green asked Ketongu.

"Whoa guys, wait a minute"!, Angela suddenly spoke up in her confused state, nearly making Green jump. "I don't know if you two have noticed, but I just ran for my life from a fight that probably would've killed me if I had stayed still for even a SECOND". "So I would really, REALLY appreciate it, if one of you could please tell me what in the heck is going on"?!

Green just looked at Angela's current state of confusion with a bit of regret and sorrow. He understood PRETTY WELL what she must have been feeling right now, how confused she must have been. Heck, come to think of it, he couldn't even BLAME her for being as curious as she was now. One second she had clearly been minding her own business, the next she had been tackled, the next she was was running from a Toa sized knife fight, and the last second, they had tried to hide. Which would've worked out well if Green didn't have to tackle Angela to the ground again just to keep them both from receiving any horrid or death bringing injuries. So no matter how much Green didn't want to do this, he had to give her SOME kind of explanation to at least try and calm her down a bit.

"Angie"., Green calmly started, waiting for Angela to look at him before continuing. "As I had just recently found out yesterday, Ketongu is not who we originally thought he was".

"Yeah, I... I kinda got that once I saw him split his sword"., Angela responded. "But what is he, if he isn't a Toa"?

"He's a Bioformer"., Green told her.

Angela tilted her head in cunfusion.

Green made a short sigh before then saying: "Basically it's what we get when we let a Bionicle and a Transformer have a little too much fun".

Ketongu let out a laugh and Angela actually widened her eyes a bit.

Once Ketongu had finally gotten over his humorous statement, Green said: "As he had ALSO found out yesterday, he's a member of a defense force called the Toabots, the good ones". "He was sent here to protect me from the Makutacons, the ones who basically want to kill the crap out of us".

"What's he doing here, and why now"?. Angela asked him.

"Because they're after this ancient and powerful relic called the Sphere"., Green told her. "A relic that I may or may not have been keeping from everyone I know for the past ten or so years".

Angela then looked to the yellow armored Toabot as he put his weapons into the slots in his back that transformed outwards, and then transformed back into place once said weapons were put inside. As new as this clearly was to her from Greens point of view, it was also pretty confusing. Last she checked, these two hadn't exactly gotten along too well. Yeah, Green had told her that he had just been doing his job, but she didn't exactly buy wanting a job as an excuse for Ketongu's sudden return. He HAD been gone for a few YEARS. And here he was now, as a Toa of... transforming?

Immediately seeing the increasing curiosity in her eyes, Ketongu bent down, looking at the Ga-matoran eye level as he then explained: "Well like Green just said moments ago, we're the results of reproductive relationships between Bionicles and transformers". "But what you obviously don't know is how it began, so I'll go ahead and start on that if you'd like".

Angela nodded.

"Well, about a few thousand years ago, when the worlds of Transformers, Bionicles and Humans collided, and after a few wars that were finally ended thanks to our help, Each of these three races had gotten to know each other a little better and started getting into romantic relationships"., Ketongu explained. "And I guess you know what happened from there so... yeah"., He finished, then looking to the floor.

Green nearly laughed upon hearing Ketongu finish that sentence with a sort of nervous tone. And he'd probably be kind of hypocritical for NOT laughing at it, but from what Ketongu had told him, this action didn't exactly finish well. Or at least not once the Turaga had actually found out about them. Keeping this fact in mind, he decided to remain silent.

"But if your race had even come into existence in the first place, why hasn't anyone heard of it"?, Angela asked.

Ketongu looked up at Angela for a few seconds before then turning to Green with a look that seemed to ask, is it really OK with you if I let her know the answer? Green nodded. But Ketongu didn't turn back to Angela. Instead, he looked back down to the ground, clearly in remembrance of what his parents had told him. Then letting out a sigh and looking back over at Angela, who patiently waited for the answer to her question, Green spoke.

"Because once the Turaga council found out about this, they were exiled to another planet."., Green answered. "Planet X".

Angela just looked back at him in a look of painful disbelief.

"Exiled, what for"?, Angela asked him.

"Political greed"., Green told her. "They feared that they would one day be overpowered by them". "They were at least considerate enough to send them to a new home". "But then it was destroyed by a war".

Angela's eyes widened a bit more, being unable to imagine how it must have felt to watch your home become destroyed under the influence of war.

Ketongu had finally gained the courage then to look back to Angela and continue: "In case you're wondering what this war was over, it was basically over the same thing we're fighting for now". "While the Toabots forgive and fight to protect your race, the Makutacons... well, let's just say they are NOT that big of fans of forgiveness". "When we decided to let history be history, they held on to the anger and hatred they felt for all of you". "And now they're using it to kill any Bionicle and Transformer that they can get their filthy hands on".

"And that leads to why you were Tai-Kwan-Doe-ing this other one"?, Angela asked him, motioning to the still unconscious Blocker.

Ketongu nodded.

Angela looked then to Green with a look consisting only of question, then saying: "OK, now I know WHAT happened, and WHY it's happening". "Is there any reason other than political opinion why you never told me of this earlier"?

As mean as this question had sounded in context, is was not the manner of which she had done so. Instead, she had asked it in a tone of both confusion and some form of... sadness? Though Green understood how to read her by her facial expressions, he was a little curious about the sad part. If it was about nearly dying back there, he would understand PERFECTLY. But not once had she seemed an expression of terror that was bad enough to make her look SAD. Why would she be sad that he hid something like this from her... oh., Green thought.

Now that he had actually decided to take the time to think about it, he guessed it DID seem pretty terrible on his part. As if things weren't bad enough when he was keeping his crush and his involvement in an alien war a secret from his best friend in the entire world. He had also kept the SPHERE, something he had found only a few years before meeting her, a secret from her. And the worse part was, he didn't even know WHY. As far as HE had known, at least before running into Ketongu again, it was just a beautifully colored asteroid of some sort.

Instantly understanding how bad she must have felt, Green told her: "Angela, though I can only IMAGINE how ticked you must be, I can't be sorry for not telling you". "Very few people know about these guys". "Who they are, what they can do, and that's because once they do, they become caught up in the middle of this secret war".

"Well, all except the Turaga Council"., Ketongu told him. "Some of THEM still hate us, so they won't really help us regardless

"Regardless, this is a secret war that I did NOT want you to be a part of"., Green told her.

Angela became silent, now wearing an expression of understanding on her mask.

"Again, I'm not sorry for not being able to tell you any of this, but that's only because I didn't want to be sorry for what I am now"., Green continued. "So at least believe me when I tell you that I did NOT want you to be exposed to this kind of thing". "And not to invite you into danger any further than you already are, but now that you've seen them, you've gotta come with us to meet up with the other Toabots". "And I REALLY don't think you'd like to be around when he wakes back up"., motioning to Blocker.

As Angela looked from Blockers still form, to Ketongu in consideration, Green had decided to look away. Truth was, Green was feeling like the biggest dirt bag to ever exist on the face of the planet. Yeah sure, she would still live through this, but somehow, that didn't make him feel any better. But then again, how COULD he feel any better at this point? He had just exposed her to a WAR. One of which, he could never be certain of whether or not they would both survive. And even if they stood a few feet AWAY, it wouldn't matter much. In now knowing the true horror of war, fighting every second just to stay alive, and in accidentally exposing her to it, he really couldn't blame her in being a ticked off as he thought she was. At this point, he felt that a good scolding was well deserved.

But in reality, Angela had actually found this a bit more interesting then dangerous. Sure, she probably wasn't going to get used to the fact that she was going to be looking 24/7 over her shoulders for a bunch of Toa or dark Toa sized beings. THAT would be something she wouldn't be looking TOO forward to (Key word being TOO). But not even Ketongu had succeeded in answering all of the questions that had remained still in her head. She couldn't exactly explain it, but a part of her felt like she needed to know more about this.

Then looking to Green, instantly being able to read and translate in her head just how he felt right now, she instantly knew that he was feeling a pretty huge sense of regret. Sure, her kanohi Rau was powerless and unable to actually HEAR what everyone was thinking. And in a way she was thankful for that. With all these animals that sat around the entire property, a REAL kanohi rau would probably give her an ache worse than a migraine. But when it came to Green, it didn't take her long to figure out just how HE felt. She had just known him for that long, and as far as how much regret he actually felt for all of this was concerned, her mental scale read what must have been a hundred out of ten.

Angela instantly walked up to Green then, giving him a rather unexpected hug. To be rather truthful, not even SHE had seemed to know where that hug had come from. She just guessed that it was all because of how much she hated seeing Green like this. Come to think of it, whenever Angela DID see Green looking a bit sorrowful, she hated it with a passion. All she had EVER seemed to want to see him was in the happy mood that would make her think back to their school days. And though most kids would normally nag at the thought of school, she could easily tell them that it was a cake-walk compared to this job. Not that she would ever admit that to Green (EVER!), but she did kind of hate being one of the only ones to run this place.

Green had remained a little dumbfounded for a few seconds before he finally snapped out of it and hugged her back, with all the regret he had still felt in his light.

"No Green, I'm sorry"., Angela told him, still enjoying the fact that she was wrapped in his arms a little more than she normally did. "It should've been obvious to me that you only wanted to keep me safe". "I forgive you, but you don't have to apologize for anything, ok"?

Now there was that word again. Forgive! How COULD she forgive him for bringing her into this death-bringing mess!? Better yet, how could he deserve to hear as much as the word, if HE still refused to forgive his parents for all they had brought upon him by one simple action? And in his own defense, how COULD he forgive them at all?! Not only had he known for a fact that their chosen career path was the reason why he now had to be stuck here, but he also knew that they had surely known about the existence of the Bioformer race. Come to think of it, he couldn't bear the thought of forgiving ANY of them for not even BOTHERING to make up amends by inviting them back or anything else that would've made their current situation any less harmful! In his eyes, they just didn't DESERVE forgiveness.

Never the less, Green just told her: "OK". Then pulling back and looking into her precious eyes with a smile as he then joked: "But I assume you'll have to take that back if I tell you you have to pay for all the damage, right"?

Angela laughed.

"Hey, what about ME"?, Ketongu spoke up, earning their attention. "Now, I've gotta guard BOTH of you". "As if I wasn't gonna have ENOUGH trouble with Green".

The three immediately shared a much needed laugh before Angela broke the hug and then looked back to Blockers unconscious form for a few minutes, as if in consideration before turning back to Ketongu and asking: "Do I have to help FIGHT these guys if I come with"?

Greens facial expression instantly changed from that of their recently passed moment of humor, to that of worry and concern. Even Ketongu's eye had widened upon hearing yet another matoran ask to help with the fight at hand. He had already lied about this matter to Green, he did NOT need to do so to another matoran. He looked quickly to Green, seeing him make a silent prayer to The Lord. Almost instantly, Ketongu knew that his answer ,unless Angela had the same determination to help as Green did, would HAVE to be some polite form of a no.

Then making his face calm itself down, he replied: "That part is DEFINITELY an option".

Green let out a sigh, then thanking The Lord for allowing his prayer to be answered.

"But as far as guarding you is concerned at this point, well that isn't"., Ketongu told her in the most polite tone he could manage. "I'd advise you keep that in mind in case any more Makutacons come after us".

Green shuddered at the thought of Angela becoming a victim to Makutacon attack. If that was EVER to happen, the mere sight of it would probably be enough of a horror to kill him via light-attack. But then again, he knew even deeper in that same place that if that was to become an actuality, he would try the best he could to keep her from any sort of harm. He had already managed to do so three times today, so he was sure that that part wouldn't be an issue.

Angela had remained silent for a second, purposefully building up the suspense as she then grinned and replied: "Think you can guard TWO matoran old bot"?

Ketongu let out a short snicker to that, then replying: "Long as you two stay together for as long as you can manage, guarding you two at the same time shouldn't be TOO much of an issue".

Green blushed a little as he thought of the fact that he would now have to be around the one he loved at an almost 24/7 pace. Should THAT become an actuality, having his secret crush (Which, now that he thought of it, felt more like a grinder) exposed would become a little more easy than keeping it in. And regardless of what the response would be, he wasn't quite sure that he'd be ready for it. Green was forced to turn back to the pair then as Angela looked back at him.

Regardless of how much Green had immediately hoped that the blush had gone away, it was evident that it hadn't when he saw Ketongu struggling to hold in a burst of laughter. As if that wasn't embarrassing enough, Angela was looking straight AT him while said blush was still on his green pakari. Angela even made a quick smile before then deciding that the time to make him blush further would come later. Somehow she knew that he had a crush (Grinder!) on her and one way or another, she knew she'd be able to get it out.

Then looking back to Ketongu, she replied: "Alright, not that it's an option, but I'm coming".

Green eyes had actually widened for a second, almost being unable to believe what he had just heard. She was actually willing to STAY CLOSE to the one matoran who had just, even if it WAS by accident, hurt her in a sum total of four ways? The other three including the fact that Angela was now in the middle of this war? Five if they would even just so happen to run into one of these battles?! Heck, a slap in the mask would've been easier for him to believe than THIS.

"You sure"?, Green immediately asked her, getting her to look back to him. "After all I've just brought upon you, you don't HAVE to go with ME". "Not if you don't want to".

Angela immediately noticed the concerning tone in Greens sentence with a seemingly mischievous smile, then replying: "I know, I just WANT to"., then winking at him.

Green felt his blush grow farther across his face and turn a darker shade of red, quickly attempting to hide it with a smile and a kind response that Ketongu couldn't hear due to a thought which had immediately started to cloud his mind as he smiled down at them. It was clearer than ever before to him now that they had a crush on each other, both being too afraid to admit it, regardless of how quickly obvious it had already become. Not only was it rather cute in his eyes, but in being the mischievous Toabot that he had always been, it also gave him a long list of ways to pick on these two for said emotions that remained deeply buried in their lights.

Ketongu had even decided to go as far as scroll down that list of purchased Itunes songs again, trying once more to find the same song he had played on his speakers just a few hours earlier, until then jumping as he heard a child-like voice ask: "Can I come too"?!

Green, Angela and Ketongu all quickly turned back to the opening in the wall, seeing Golden peeking inside, evidently having been peeking from whatever part of the wall had remained standing. Instantly horrified upon seeing that his little brother had heard everything they had just said, resisting the urge to give himself a slap on the head. Not only did his brother now know about this war, but to make things worse, Ketongu was now going to have to keep his one eye out for not one, but THREE inexperienced (as far as battle was concerned) matoran.

"Oh boy"., Ketongu said aloud.

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LOL! I'm honestly surprised that I managed to put this much extra humor in a chapter that I had already written on a sheet of paper. Now that thing with Golden was planned, yes, but as for the rest of the humor that I managed to put in, again, I surprised myself. Anyways, what do you think about Greens opinion on forgiveness? Like the story so far? Please feel free to leave a review or PM me for any questions or concerns. I'd also like to make a little request to all of you who are still reading this story: Theme songs. I've already picked a few, but I'd still like to hear some suggestions on what songs you all think would fit this story. But they have to fall under the category of Christian or Rock music. I'll even accept a dubstep remix should that become a suggestion. And even though I've already stated this with my last novel, under NO circumstances will I accept screamo music as a suggestion for ANY of my novels. Not to sound mean or anything, but whenever I hear as much as a SECOND of screamo playing, all I feel is a really bad headache. Again, not to be mean or anything, it's just an opinion. Apple owns Itunes. But other than that, thank you all so much for still reading this story, and please have a God-blessed day.

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