Bioformers

by Biomarvel740

When a zoo managing matoran runs into an old friend, Green and several others are caught up in a war between the Toabots ,a group of Bioformers who protect all sentient life, and the Makutacons who dream of the death and destruction of all Bionicle and Transformer kind. A war that could decide the very fate of the world as Green knows it. Genre 2 is Spiritual as in Christian.

22. Chapter 21

Lego owns Bionicle, along with the names Ketongu and Jala, and Hasbro owns transformers. Everything else in this story is mine.

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Chapter 21: Ambush

Green rushed down the stairs as quickly as his feet would allow him to, towards the sound of gunfire just outside his mansion. He had to make sure the Toabots were still safe. Green had practically made himself SWEAR that if they were fighting Makutacons again, he was NOT going to run. Not again. Not when there were still things Green could do for his new found friends. And that was for as far as everything was concerned. He was sick and tired of screwing things up for them. If this was going to help him right his... failures, then that was just what he was going to do. And just to make sure HE wouldn't have died in the process, he made a quick prayer to The Lord, hoping he would receive protection from him.

Upon finally reaching the front door, Green took cover, hiding himself behind the wall next to it. Just a few moments ago, he had decided that he'd probably do the Toabots better if he was alive, and that's exactly what he was making sure of as he he waited and listened for the sound of firing guns to become nothing more than a silence. No way he was going to risk getting shot when he, again, still could've helped the Toabots.

Once he finally heard a quick second of cease fire, Green peeked around the corner, looking out the door and seeing something that made him nothing short of sick. Billy, Gahu, Ops and the other Toabots were taking cover in several different places around the front yard, behind several laid out objects for cover. But the worried faces of Billy, Ops and Gahu weren't what made him sick, nor was the fact that the Toabots were hiding instead of fighting, what he saw ahead of them was plenty of enough reason for this.

Just ahead of the Toabots and their cover, stood five Toa, all led by a Toa of Earth who wore a kanohii Shelek. Just why in the world were TOA hunting these guys. Well, actually he KNEW why, but it still didn't make this seem right. And that wasn't just because these Toa had been shooting at his new friends, it was also because of the fact that these Toa shouldn't have known to look here. Just how the heck had these Toa known that they would be HERE, at a ZOO of all places? Regardless, Green had to do something. And he had to do it fast.

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"Come on out you lying monsters"!, Edward called out, re-cocking his thornax pistol (This one having been modified to shoot powerless zamor spheres). "It's about time you all met your maker"!

Meanwhile from behind their cover, Armor, Paradox and Billy all stayed as quiet as they could, making sure to speak to each other in almost unhearable whispers. And just why were they still hiding? Well it definitely wasn't because they were afraid, from the start each of the Toabots had been taught to be courageous despite the circumstances. That and the fact that the weapons and elemental powers of a Toa had close to no effect on them. The reason was simply because they had a code of honor with many rules. One of those rules being: Never attack or kill one who does good. Bullets are to be saved for evil doers.

Paradox quickly looked to Armor as he tried to keep quiet himself, making sure that temper of his wasn't rising to the point of action.

"I'm really starting to want to show him HIS"., Armor whispered as he quickly loaded his guns.

Paradox immediately grabbed Armors by his arms, then ordering: "No Armor". "Rgardless of the cost, we must NOT harm the Toa".

Armor grunted a bit before then asking: "Can I shoot the Toa of Earth"?

"Normally I wouldn't argue with that suggestion, but Paradox is right, we can't shoot him"., Billy agreed.

Armor remained silent for a moment before then lowering his weapons and saying: "Alright then, what DO we do"?

Billy took a peek at Edward and the other Toa from behind his cover. As curious as he was as to how they found these guys, he was even more curious over what had apparently changed within the course of hours. From the looks of things, Edward was calling the shots now. Just WHY would the other Toa agree to this? Never mind that, would they perhaps lower their weapons if he were to step out and simply order them to? Better yet, would Edward be willing to listen to reason for a change? Not likely. Chances of making Edward back down on a topic was like trying to teach a monkey how to do calculus (Note to self, tell whatever science worshiper that this is an impossibility next time he or she suggests that Humans are related to apes instead of dust). But he had to try.

"I'll go out there and talk with him"., Billy told them. "See if I can get them to listen".

Armor turned first to Billy, then to Paradox, saying: "That might actually work Paradox, he's their leader".

Paradox took a moment to consider this before then responding: "Alright, you may try". "But please be careful". "If you are to become injured I am uncertain I could forgive myself".

"I'll tyr my best Paradox, I promise"., Billy told him before then walking out from behind his cover, arms raised to let the others know he didn't have a weapon on him.

Maybe he should've brought his rifle now that he thought of it. Edward was always a little stubborn when it came to following orders, therefore he wasn't really all that sure what he could say to get him to stop. But he had still made the Toabot leader a promise. He promised Paradox he was going to try his best to get Edward to put down his weapon and he walked towards them now, with full intent to KEEP that promise.

Edward and the others looked to Billy as he slowly approached them, his arms still raised. Outilisa had a look of instant relief upon seeing him. The fact that her husband was OK was more than enough of a reason for her to immediately lower her weapon. But the other Toa didn't even flinch. They didn't even react when Edward pointed his pistol at Billy. Instead, the other three Toa did the same. Just what had Edward done to these guys?

"Guys, it's me"., Billy told them. "No reason to point your guns at me".

"Yeah, the fact that you're in association with these THINGS proves otherwise"., Edward countered.

"EDWARD"!, Billy yelled. "For the last freaking time, not all of these guys want to kill us"! "Stop firing, that's an order"!

Edward just laughed, then responding: "No Billy, I don't think I'll do that". "And you no longer have right to order me around, in case you haven't noticed, these are MY Toa now".

"That's fine Edward, I'll ask you as a fellow Toa now, PLEASE lower your weapons"., Billy begged him.

"Why should we"?!, Edward asked him.

"Because they don't mean you any harm"!, a voice yelled from far behind Billy.

Billy quickly looked back then, seeing Green walk out of his mansion, walking towards Edward and his Toa at a normal walking pace. Billy's eyes widened then in horror. After all, if Edward wasn't going to listen to HIM, then just why would he listen to a Le-matoran. This was already starting to become dangerous on his part, he didn't need the danger to spread to anyone else.

But to say the most, Green didn't care that these other Toa had guns, regardless of whether or not he'd fail, he'd still try to defend his friends. Even now, he saw looks from the other Toabots, Gahu and even Ops that seemed to shout: Turn back! Or, don't you think it'd be better if you didn't get involved in this?! But Green payed no longer than a seconds attention to these looks. He was going to have a simple chat with these other Toa and he was NOT going to turn back now. His decision was made.

"Green, I've got this, please go inside"!, Billy begged him.

"You think just because these guys have weapons I'm going to turn back and act like I'm not a part of this"?, Green asked him, earning a bit of a worried look from Paradox.

Paradox knew how Green was feeling right now. The information he had had Rack give out must've hurt Green to some extent. And the fact that he had kept the existence of the Sphere from Angela, someone of whom it didn't take Paradox long to figure out, was of romantic importance to the Le-matoran. But at the same time, he felt like Green was really giving them a rare form of kindness by standing up for them. In fact, a part of him admired the courage this boy possessed to do so. But this also made Paradox very concerned for his safety. Surely this Toa of Earth was too lost in his own arrogance to listen to anyone other than himself. All he could do now was make a prayer and hope that Green would make it out of this in one piece.

"No way Billy, if I can help them now, I'm going to"., Green said as he stopped at his right side and looked up at Edward into his glaring eyes. "I take it you're Edward, toa of earth"? "Cause you know, most of them are smarter than this".

Armor quietly laughed from behind his cover, immediately wanting to give this burn-filled matoran a chance to continue this conversation.

"Well for the son of a Turaga, it doesn't look like you were given a set of manners"., Edward calmly countered, in a way that sent a bit of a shiver down Greens spine. "You after all, ARE the son of Turaga Jala, Correct"?

Green kept his face of falsified courage as he responded: "Yes, I am much to my displeasure".

Edward gave a serious face then, saying: "Then I would rather advise that you follow Billys advice and SCRAM". "Besides, I wouldn't want to lose my temper since your father was the one who wisely ordered this attack in the first place".

Green glared up at him then, asking: "Why would he do that"? "Why would he willingly attack a squad of innocent Toabots"?

Edward got down on a knee, despite still being quite a ways away from the Le-matoran, he still wanted to find a way to strike fear into him. Edward was finally getting everything he wanted, the Toa, this mission, and he was already starting to enjoy it. He had come so far and and fought so hard to get where he was now. With that being said, he was NOT going to stand down to anyone ever again. Niether would he have his wisdom questioned by someone who was clearly weaker than him.

"Because he knows of the dangers of their kind"., Edward told him, behind a glare that seemed to say: I'm smarter than you. "They're all dangerous, and they're all bad". "And THAT is because of the war they're fighting". "They might try to hide their fights in plain sight, but think of how bad you would feel helping them if someone died in the process of one of these said battles". "Also think of this before you ever consider doing what you THINK is right". "Instead do the best for everyone around you, and let us finish them off".

Ketongu was watching all of this from behind his cover with Ops and Gahu to his left, and he was becoming increasingly worried for Greens safety. Edward was clearly a Toa who was NOT going to stand down to him and to make matters worse, he had a gun. Guns were never a good thing when they were in the hands of someone like him. Not to say that guns were bad all on their own, they didn't just shoot all by themselves. There had been enough murders when Earth was inhabited only by humans to prove this. Not to say anything against humans either, they weren't the only sentient race to commit murder. What Ketongu WAS trying to focus on was the fact that Green was easily threatened. And as his guardian, there was no way Ketongu was going to let that happen any time soon.

Ketongu instantly walked out, approaching them and saying: "The Makutacons are the ones who are dangerous". 'We're just trying to protect you". "Why do you think we're called Toabots"?

Edward looked to Ketongu then, first holding a look of shock and then laughing before asking him: "Y-YOU"? "You're actually ONE of them"?

"Yes Sir"., Ketongu responded, then getting on his knees as if in surrender. "I am".

The other Toa each looked at Ketongu with facial expressions full of shock. As surprised as they were that a once thought Toa, who dropped off of the grid a couple years ago, was actually a Toabot, they were a little more shocked that he actually came out and admitted it. And if that wasn't shocking enough for them, Ketongu had tried to defend not only himself, but evidently Greens faith in them as well, going as far as surrendering himself in such a way. But Edward wasn't about to give in yet.

Looking back at Green, Edward said: "You see kid, this male, a so called Toabot, he's also a LIAR". "He lied about who he was to US". "Who's to say he isn't lying to YOU, right now"?

But Green wasn't about to start backing down either. It was already clear to him that this Toa of earth was full of himself and unwilling to listen to anyone who opposed him in any way. But that didn't mean he was going to stop trying to convince the other Toa that the Toabots were innocent. Like Edward wasn't going to stop calling them dangerous and evil, Green wasn't going to stop defending who they really were. And Billy saw that determination in the Le-matoran with a grin. Maybe Edward had finally met his match.

Returning a glare, Green countered: "Hey buddy"! "This liar, has been protecting me from the Makutacons ever since I was practically five, so you might want to watch it when you call them wrong to their words"! "The rest of us just might catch a hypocrite in your tone".

"This is better than the cable back home"., Armor whispered as he continued watching.

Everyone else was silent, hoping Green wasn't going too far in over his head. Edward was a Toa of Earth and Green was a powerless matoran. If things were to take a turn for the worse between the two of them, Green wouldn't exactly stand much of a chance. They were all scared of THAT happening than they were of a random attack from Teridax. Edward had a temper and they knew fairly well that once he was angry, Edward was a force to be reckoned with.

"Well, you know who I hear in YOURS Green"?, Edward asked him.

"Someone who's not as selfish as you"?!, Green countered.

Edward gave a smiling glare down at Green, responding: "A matoran who is full of regret and without purpose".

Green actually became silent upon hearing that. Sure, that was how he felt right now, but how had Edward gotten that from just listening to him defend his friends? Even now, Edwards grin widened once he knew he had Green in a vulnerable spot.

"You think you can help others, and you WANT that so badly you cant even see past your own sins"., Edward told him. "The fire in your words are lit only in a way that I can easily tell you have no intrest in forgiveness". "Which, I won't blame you for, I'm not a fan of it myself". "But at least I am a highly educated, well trained Toa who knows how to fight for something because it's his purpose". "Do you truly believe your purpose was ever anything more than running this zoo"? "Of course not". "It's all you'll ever be regardless of how much you care for them". "So why even bother"?

"Because it's the right thing to do in this case"., Green countered. "Isn't that what TOA are meant to do as well, what's right"?

"Don't even TRY to tell me how to be a Toa boy"., Edward told him. "Especially not since you've never been one yourself". "So again, I'll tell you: quit trying to be someone you're not and go back to your low life job of running this already failing zoo, so I can get back to mine and put this liar where he belongs".

"Edward"!, Outilisa yelled.

This just infuriated her. Not only was Edward currently trying to take down an innocent squad of Toabots, despite what Armor had already done for them, he was also trying to diminish the faith of one he was sworn to protect. And he was doing so in the manner of which a bully would do so. In absolutely no way could Outilisa just stand by as she saw this happen. This was against a large number of things they rightfully stood for.

"Hey, don't blame him"., Pow suddenly said.

Outilisa turned to him in disbelief, unable to believe that Pow was actually still with Edward after what he just said.

"How can you say that"?, Outilisa asked him. "Look at what Edward just did"! "Is this what we're supposed to do as the Toa we are"?

"Yeah, I heard that"., Pow told her. "But Edward actually DOES have a point when he says Ketongu is a threat"! "I just didn't want to listen before because I didn't want to consider that these things were still dangerous". "Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for what Armor did for us back there, but it doesn't change the fact that their conflict is too dangerous to be tolerated".

"Bullcrap"!, Outilisa screamed. "If I heard the matoran correctly, they've already been here for YEARS". "Their conflict hasn't killed anyone YET"! "Also, if Ketongu WAS as much of a threat as Edward accuses him to be, don't you think he would've attacked us by now"? "And Edward"! "What you said back there was so cold that I can't even bear calling you a Toa right now".

"As much as I will agree with you on THAT matter, I also have to agree with Edward"., Maze told her.

Outilisa looked at him then. What was WRONG with all of these other Toa?!

"Now YOU agree with him"?!, Outilisa exclaimed. "How is THAT possible"?

"These things ARE more advanced than we are"., Maze told her. "They're also far more powerful, so they still qualify as threats".

"Thank you Maze"., Edward said, never taking his eyes off of Ketongu. "At least SOMEONE here is trying to think".

"And YOU are trying to persecute them for fighting for us"!, Billy told him.

"PERSECUTE them"?, Edward asked him before letting out a laugh and continuing. "Take an example from Maze and try thinking for a moment". "Think back to what we went through in that forest". "Sure, it may seem like nothing to you now, but try to think of it this way: replace the forest with the entire world and apply their power against ours". "We would never be able to defend ourselves". "Heck, just think about what they could do now, if they were planning a surprise attack while we waste our time now by arguing"!

Immediately Green looked back up at Edward, ready to continue fighting for the Toabots regardless of what Edward told him. After all, who was Edward to tell him how to live his life? He was practically trying to push him down by saying these things to make him feel bad, and it was more clear to him now that Edward was trying to give himself the easy way out by saying what he said. With God as his witness, he was not going to let this corrupted Toa tell him who he really was.

"Why don't you try taking a page out of your own book and think for yourself instead"?, Green asked him.

Edward glared down at him.

"Excuse me"?

"You're excused"., Green told him, earning a laugh from Robert. "But let's get back to thinking for a second". "YOU attacked THEM, & they didn't even TRY fighting back". "Shouldn't THAT give you any hints"?!

This time, all of the Toa were silent. For a matoran, Green had actually just raised a pretty good point. Now that Maze, Pow and Robert really thought of it, all the Toabots did was make a warning call once Edward had started firing at them. He hadn't actually hit anyone, but that didn't really make a difference. Despite their superior power, the Toabots hadn't even taken ANY action that involved returning their violent actions with even more violence. Maybe Green and everyone on his side WERE right. Maybe the Toabot WOULDN'T be of any harm towards them. Better yet, what if this war COULD continue without a matoran dying in the crossfire.

Even EDWARD was silent, as he realized nobody supported his point once more. All because of this Le-matoran! No. That couldn't be! Edward quickly looked to Billy, as if asking, no... BEGGING him to help him get his point across.

"He has a point Edward"., Billy told him.

"A very good point"., Outilisa agreed.

Edwards face instantly changed into one of anger as he glared first at Billy, then turned to give a glare to all the other Toa, all of whom clearly doubted him. NO!, Edward furiously thought. I have all of this now and I will NOT let it be taken from me! Not by Billy! Not by Outilisa! And DEFINITELY not by this Le-matoran! The four Toa behind him instantly widened their eyes, all trying to keep their distance as Edwards eyes flared orange in his rage.

"Shut the fudge up"!, Edward shouted. "All three of you"! "Ketongu is on his knees, yes, but he is still holding two cannons on his arms"! "Do we need any more evidence to go by than THAT"?!

Outilisa quit backing away, countering: "Screw your excuses for evidence"! "Regardless of what you think you know, they're not going to attack us"!

"Outilisa, you have REALLY been trying my patience on this subject"!, Edward yelled. "Now I'm at breaking point, so I ORDER you to be quiet"! Then turning to Billy: "You too Billy"! "I am NOT taking any more bull crap from either of you"! "As this teams new leader, I am ordering this conversation over"! "Am I fully understood"?!

Everyone was quiet then. Outilisa in an almost unbearable anger and Billy in confusion. How had the Turaga Council actually given Edward control over the team? And WHY? At this point, Billy was actually starting to wonder if he was dreaming. If this was really what the Turaga Council had decided to do, a few of them had to have lost their minds. SURELY they had known how impatient and arrogant Edward was. Those two things ALONE were something it was entirely against. But then again, it was still an order from the Council, meaning Billy practically HAD to be quiet now. Immediately, he looked down in unwilling surrender.

But Green just glared up at the Toa of earth as he cracked a smile upon seeing Billy weak in his position. This guy was an absolute CONTROL FREAK! He didn't want to take ANY thing from ANY one whenever he tried to make a point, and now he had the power to make sure NO ONE spoke against his corrupted sense of judgment. It was just infuriating to Green, the way Edward had seemed to want to make this team a dictatorship, where HE was the only one who could give an opinion to go by. Well he had pretty much had it now. There was no way he was going to stand down to someone like this. No way he was going to let Edward do this to his friends either.

"Hey control freak"., Green said, instantly getting Edwards attention. "You really think this is how you're supposed to lead a team of Toa"? "Like you're the only one who's supposed to make the decisions"? "Because last I checked, a Toa team is supposed to be a democracy".

"Questioning the way I manage things isn't exactly a good point to be brought up by the likes of you little one"., Edward countered.

"That's because you don't WANT it to be brought up by people of which you believe should be below you"., Green told him, standing straighter. "Yeah, you might try your darn-est to put on the act of a tougher than most Toa, but I know that deep down, you're just a butt hole who will stop at nothing just as long as you get whatever you want". "And you may be able to tell THEM what to do, after all they ARE your Toa". "But believe me when I say I'm not going to let you do the same to me". "Just like I'm not going to stop fighting for the Toabots". "And that's for two reasons". "The first one being because I've failed my friends ENOUGH times today, and if this is how I make up for all of it, then that's what I'll do". "And the second one being the fact that I'll never fear you". "Whether you like it or not, I'm helping them".

Another silence passed the group, almost everyone looking to Green. To say the most, Billy was a bit surprised that Green was courageous enough to stand up to this ill tempered Toa, all for his new found friends. If he didn't know any better, he probably would've started to wonder if Green was really a Toa in disguise. Because in this situation, Billy KNEW that that took a pretty big load of courage. Something he was pretty impressed by since he hadn't seen a courage quite like this for what he thought to be ages.

Paradox had also remained silent, peeking his head slightly out to look at the matoran who had just defended his race from this Toa. Paradox wasn't angry with this Toa for what he was doing, he still wasn't entirely sure that he knew just WHAT he was doing. But as Paradox had continued looking over this matoran, he saw within him what he knew to be nothing short of bravery. And a good compassionate will to go along with it. To say the least, Paradox felt proud of him for defending them with the fiery passion that he did. It more than proved to him that moral people still existed on this planet.

Even the other Toabots were silent, staying behind their cover with eyes wide in amazement. Had they really heard this right? Was is at all possible that this matoran really cared about them this much? So much that he had just stood up to someone who was undoubtedly bigger and stronger than him in every way, just so they wouldn't be taken in and possibly exiled again? It probably would've been best., Armor thought. Still, this made a pretty huge example of how attached Green had clearly gotten to them. And it was all a bit overwhelming.

Everyone's surprised attention was on Green for so long that a few of them almost hadn't caught the glare Edward was giving Green in response. And it was already starting to send shivers down Billy's spine. This glare looked MURDEROUS for crying out loud! But Green didn't falter a BIT. Still, he stood firm in the courage and determination he had been for the past while now. And the very fact that Green, a MATORAN, had just stood up to him absolutely infuriated him.

A few more seconds passed then before Edward angrily spoke: "Then you also fail to realize that that makes you a traitor"., then taking out his pistol and cocking it.

Immediately realizing what Edward was about to do, Billy ran as quickly as he could, jumping in front of Green the second he saw Edward lift the gun and point it in Greens direction.

"NO"!, Billy screamed.

But Edward shot anyways, causing a massive popping sound to echo across the zoo as the bullet flew quickly out of the chamber. Please Lord., Billy prayed. Please don't let the bullet hit the matoran. You KNOW he's innocent.

Billy's prayer was instantly answered as he felt something small hit him in the belly, letting out a short cry of pain as his body hit the ground. Billy instantly clutched the spot where he had been shot, trying his best to forget about the pain in case Edward had decided to shoot again.

"BILLY"!, He heard Outilisa shout as he then looked up, seeing her run past the other Toa and in his direction.

Outilisa found herself more petrified as she got on her knees and looked frantically across the front of his body, trying to find where the bullet had entered. No, HORRIFIED. Too horrified to SPEAK for the matter. For all Outilisa knew, that bullet could've made a fatal impact with an organ. And if it HAD, Outilisa could only hope that it didn't hit one of the life supporting ones. And her worries only increased when she felt and then saw a liquid start to spread across the front of his armor. Blood maybe? She didn't know what ELSE it could've been.

Robert looked to Edward with a glare, angrily asking him: "Heck-what Earth-spitter"!?

But Edward didn't take his eyes off of the Le-matoran. Nor did he seem to pay attention to what Robert had just said. His glare was easing itself a little, but what really seemed to scare Ketongu was the fact that Edward hadn't even lower his gun. Nor did he seem to care that Billy, his old leader, had a shard of metal in his no body even knew where. Instead, he just stood there, still pointing his gun at the Matoran, who was a little too stunned, looking down at Billy, to make any sort of reaction.

Almost immediately, Ketongu rolled across the floor, then stoping in a protective stance in front of Green and pointing both of his blasters at the Toa of Earth.

"Don't you even THINK about shooting another one of my friends"., Ketongu warned.

Edward just grinned then, pointing his pistol quickly at Ketongu's left leg and pulling the trigger. Ketongu almost rolled his eye at this. Bioformers were made of a metal that neither Transformer or Toa could penetrate. No way it was gonna hurt him. But much to his surprise, it did. Enough to put Ketongu down on a knee as he let out a short scream in pain.

Green quickly snapped out of his state of surprise and looked down at Ketongu's form, seeing blood leak from the wound in his leg. And just barely sticking out was evidently the back of a protodermis bullet. Wait... Protodermis actually HURT these things?! But that faded from his mind even quicker as he glared up at Edward as he grinned down at Ketongu's currently-in-pain form on the ground, not at all paying any attention to Green. An advantage that the Le-matoran was about to use.

But Green wasn't the only one who quickly became angry at that moment. From his shared piece of cover with Paradox, Armor gave an intense glare to the grass below him (Causing a look of worry from Rack), hearing Ketongu's short exclamation of pain and instantly figuring out what had just happened. The trucker (not Ops, in Bioformers slang, trucker is an insult), had just shot his friend! Sure, he was a pretty annoying friend at times, but either way, he was still a friend. And if ANY of his friends were hurt around him, it was more than enough to raise his temper. Something, Paradox knew very well as he quickly looked to him, waiting for him to make a move before taking action.

Paradox was almost to slow as Armor quickly rose up from his cover and pointed his Ghostblaster in Edwards direction.

"NO"!, Paradox screamed before quickly tackling Armor back to the ground.

Edward lifted his head up for a second. Just what was that? Nevermind that, who was speaking? It definitely wasn't any of THESE dummies. You know what?, Edward thought. Never-mind to it all. I've still got this thing to take care of. Everything and everyone else can wait for another time. Edward glared back down at Ketongu who looked back up at him from the ground as he tightly squeezed on his wounded leg, hoping he would be able to get the bullet out and perhaps distract Edward long enough to let Green do what he knew he was about to.

"Don't tell me what to do, machine"., Edward told him. Then looking to Pow, he ordered: "Pow, take Green and this other thing into custody". "I'm sure the council will have a lot of questions for these two".

As Edward turned around, he saw a small green form jump into the air, reaching his height before sending a hard green fist into the left side of his face. The force of Greens punch spun Edward towards the other Toa who all backed away as Edward had started to fall. But instead of making a hard impact with the grass, Edward caught himself on a knee and a right hand.

Robert had immediately started laughing. Not only had this Le-matoran been able to counter Edwards arguments and even stand up to him, he had nearly knocked off his FEET! A hit that not even BILLY had tried using. MAN, did this matoran have a set of guts. Probably an even bigger set of muscle if someone his size was able to do that to a TOA.

"Agh...", Edward groaned, in quite an amused tone as he then said: "That was a good shot kid, I'll give you that".

And Green wasn't even done yet. With each passing second, his dislike of this Toa had increased tenfold. Almost to the point where hearing as much as his voice, felt about as bad as pepper spray did to the eyes. Just then, Green went in for another. But Edward was faster, spinning around and back-hand hitting Green across the face so hard, it DID knock him down. Straight off of his feet and onto his FACE. Well THAT didn't look like it felt so good., Robert thought. In that same instance, Edward rolled right behind Green, grabbing both of his fists, putting them both behind his back and putting a set of hand cuffs on them too quickly for Green to react.

"But before you do that to a prisoner, make sure you know that he'll STAY down"., Edward told him, then forcing him up onto his feet with a kick. "And definitely don't hit ME again". "Whether or not I see it, I still know how to fight dirty". "Though not as dirty as these freaks who'd just prefer to gun us all down for pleasure".

"They're just trying to protect us and you know it"!, Green countered.

Edward just pushed Green at Pow and Maze who made sure to get a tight hold of him as he came close enough for them to grab.

"Shut up and get to the Van"., Edward told him, then nodding to Pow and Maze who both started to drag him away as he kept trying to scream for help.

Edward took a moment to smile and laugh at Greens cries for help. Like anyone was going to stop a Toa from doing his duties. Stupid kid., He thought. Edward turned then to Ketongu's still in pain form, walking to him and picking him up by the arm, starting to drag him across the grass, Ketongu not even giving as much as a moment of protest. Good., Edward thought. At least ONE prisoner was willing to shut up.

Still having a hold of Ketongu, Edward looked over at Robert, who just stood in silence, looking concerningly down at Billy and Outilisa.

"Robert"!, Edward yelled, instantly catching Roberts attention. "Get Billy and Outilisa too"! "Stuff them in the trunk for all I care"!

Instead, Robert decided to take an example from Green's courage, then glaring at Edward and responding: "Great-no Edward".

Edward gave Robert a glare in return.

"Are you serious Robert"?, Edward asked him, almost unsure of whether or not he was joking. "What I gave was NOT a request, it was an ORDER".

"Yes Edward, I am mind-serious"., Robert told him. "Ketongu quick-protected Green when you quick-acted with your gun". "And Green is good-right". "Especially since you refuse to deep-think of the one who helped us". "Therefore, If helping THEM is how we can repay them, then so I-will". "I refuse to follow a late-knowing Toa-villain".

Edward had remained silent for a few seconds, before then slowly walking up to him and responding: "Good-fine tree talker". "But it DOES mean that you will no longer be seen as a Toa-hero once I get back to the Turaga"., before then turning around and walking away with a growing and sickening smile.

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A few long minutes had seemed to pass before everyone quickly heard the roar of an engine, followed by the sound of a vehicle driving away, taking away a rebelling Green and a silent Ketongu. With that being heard, everyone rose from the spots they had been hiding, all with looks of anger or surprise. Regardless, this was a bad situation. Edward had shot a Toa, a Toabot and ATTEMPTED to shoot a matoran! Yet Paradox was the only one who looked as if he was trying his hardest to remain calm.

The same couldn't be said for Armor as he rose up from his spot on the floor and glared at Paradox.

"Just what in goodness gracious sakes alive is the matter with you Paradox"!?, Armor yelled.

Paradox turned calmly to Armor, responding: "Our friends were in enough danger as it was". "We could not risk being spotted". "Especially not when we're the only chance the bionicles AND our new found friends have towards survival".

Another silence passed. As of right now, there were two silent groups of mixed Bioformers and Toa, one in agreement with Paradox on his point of keeping his friends out of further danger, and another one that was with Armor on his point, in questioning how just staying put and doing nothing was a wise course of action. Armor was INFURIATED to say the most. He had seen Paradox risk his life for others more times than he could count. How was THIS one time, so much different from the others?!

"Sir, with all due respect, do you even hear yourself"?, Armor asked. "Yeah, I know, we're fighting a bloddy war, but that doesn't change the fact that Ketongu was just captured"! "In trying to protect one of THEM"!

Now it was Paradox's turn to show his angry side.

Paradox gave Armor a glare that sent a short chill through him, then saying: "Do NOT even THINK about blaming this on Green, Armor". "He tried to help us and Edward refused to listen to him"! "And although it is in fact Edward's fault, we still couldn't take any violent actions against them"! "You out of the rest of us should KNOW that the Bible says to turn the other cheek".

"As true as that statement is, we still sho-"., Armor started before jumping as Paradox suddenly raised his voice.

"NO ARMOR"!, Paradox yelled. "There was no sort of violent action we could have taken that would have made ANY of this right"! "By resisting a Toa with violence, all we do is ADD to the chaos". "They can try and hit us as hard as they like, but REGARDLESS, we still have it inside of us to be the better people, and offer the hand of peace in opposition to the hand of violence". "THAT Armor, is ALWAYS an option".

Now the Toa and Transformer were silent in what could only be described as a sense of amazement. It wasn't over the fact that Paradox had defended the ones who wronged him as much as was over the WAY he defended them. And moreover the words that he used. In a way it was also a bit confusing. This guy was actually willing to defend those who did wrong against him? If so, then why? Was it perhaps some heavily reinforced will to forgive regardless of the sin? If so, then THAT was just somewhere between powerful and almost unbelievable. The fact that he was willing to offer unconditional forgiveness was enough for them to believe that somewhere deep inside him, was the power of the holy spirit, and a will to follow it as long as it spoke the words of Jesus.

Armor just looked down in defeat, and in an utmost disappointment in himself. How had he not thought of that? Yes, Paradox had risked his life more than once, but it was more often that Paradox would first offer, like he described it, the hand of peace. Something Paradox was VERY strong willed about. And seeing as this was his leader, Armor knew that he should've token better example from him just a few seconds earlier.

"I know sir, I'm sorry"., Armor told him. "I guess I just need to get a better hold of myself". "Forgive me"?

Paradox just put a reassuring hand on Armor's left shoulder, giving a smile and a nod as he responded: "Always".

Suddenly, Rack spoke: "Seeing as THAT'S out of the way, now I feel the need to ask: how are we gonna get them back"?

Just now taking her attention off of Billy and turning it to the other Toabots, she asked with a tone of irritation, horror, and worry: "And just WHEN, is someone gonna patch up Billy"?,

Billy reached up with a left hand, touching Outilisa's left shoulder and regaining her attention.

"Outilisa-, Billy told her, then sliding a sheet of Kevlar out from under his body armor, sat up, showed it to her and pointed where the bullet had hit:- I'm OK, alright"? "Nothing's been hit".

Outilisa quickly let out a sigh of relief, then wrapped him in probably the tightest hug she had in years. She knew that hugging him this tightly would probably cause a bit of discomfort, she was after all one of the strongest Toa on the team. But she couldn't help it. She was close to overjoyed that Billy was OK. She even closed her eyes in prayer, thanking The Lord that he had answered her prayer. Billy hugged her right back, deciding to give her an extra amount of comfort in hopes of keeping her as relieved as she was. As her husband, he wanted to see her as nothing more than happy.

Robert let out a sigh of relief then, saying: "And to think, I thought you were about to be dead-gone". "That gave me quite a scare, fire-spitter".

"Well thank goodness he isn't"., Gahu spoke. "At this point, we're gonna need all the help we can get". Then looking to Paradox with a grin, said: "But then again, I think the Toabot leader will agree when I say, The Lord might just already be with us".

Paradox gave him a nod in return, responding: "I know he is".

"Otherwise, we would've lost this war a long time ago when we decided to start with prayers"., Athena added.

The other Toabots muttered in agreement and a few of the Toa plus Ops gave nods of agreement. Before the beginning of most of THEIR battles, this Toa team would do the exact same thing. Sure, as far as Toa were concerned, they were some of the best bunch. And they all liked to think that that was all thanks to God. After all, putting God first was what made all good things possible. Why not give The Lord on high the thanks?

Paradox looked then to the Toa of Fire who was still hugging on the ground with the female Toa of Water, smiling as he thought of how close he and Athena still were... wait a minute., Paradox thought, then looking closer at the Water Toa. Was that...

As if feeling his gaze, Outilisa broke the hug and looked up at Paradox, immediately widening her eyes. Paradox and the other Toabots also shared a look of amazement, at least one of them letting out a gasp of surprise.

"What's wrong?", Billy asked them.

Billy looked back at Outilisa as she kept her wide eyed gaze, and back at the Toabots as they kept theirs. Just what is going on?!, Billy wanted to ask. But he remained silent as Outilisa got up to her feet and Paradox took a few steps closer, stopping once he was a close enough distance to see Outilisa in full view. Billy raised up to his feet as well, just watching in between them and waiting for anything to happen.

"Outilisa"?, Paradox asked, as if he knew her.

NOW Billy was confused. And so were the other Toa. Just HOW did this guy know her? And did she know HIM? Billy became shocked out of his current state of wonder when he saw Outilisa run immediately towards Paradox's direction, wrapping him in a hug upon reaching him. Paradox hugged her back, now looking like he was extremely relieved over something.

Ok?, Billy thought. So they DID know each other. And apparently in a very positive manner. But in what positive manner EXACTLY?

That question was answered when he heard Outilisa say: "Hi dad".

Billy, Gahu and Robert all widened their eyes, caught in a moments pause of nothing short of confusion and surprise

"Say what"?!, Robert exclaimed, attempting to add a bit of humor to the moment.

But Billy remained silent, just watching them in what he assumed was some sort of family reunion after she then hugged Athena, referring to her as Mom. So THIS was her secret? All this time she was trying to keep the fact that her parents were both Bioformers, a secret? But why?, was all Billy could ask himself. He immediately decided to snap out of it once Paradox, Athena and Outilisa all looked to him in unison. As of right now, they had a LOT to discuss.

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Surprised? Lol!

Also, notice that little joke I made about the science thing? Well there's about a hundred reasons why the ape to man theory is wrong. But I'll only list a couple. First off, it was Darwin who came up with this theory despite being the same person to quote: Nature does not jump. If apes were able to magically turn into humans withing the trillionth of a second, that quote changes to nature takes a GIGANTIC leap. That's even stated in the movie God's not dead. Seen it? If no, please check it out, it's really good. Second, if we are all related to apes based on our DNA, then that would also mean that several different species of animals had to breed in order to create us. Female humans have the same milk chemistry as donkeys and we have the same cholesterol levels of a garter snake as stated on by someone who had been doing research on this subject and even found most of this evidence fourty five years ago. Course THAT could depend on when said article was published online.

Also, what do you think about Green and Edwards argument? Do you think Edward's finally met his match? Yes, Ketongu's been captured, but he is NOT going to be tortured like Bumblebee was. Those two are NOT related. And neither is that movie to this novel. I am trying my best to make sure of that. Also, the reason why Rack looks worriedly at Armor when he glares at the grass is because Rack is a Toabot of plant-life.

Anyways, like the story so far? Feel free to leave a review or PM for any questions, thoughts and/or concerns you may have. Thank you all for reading, and please have a God-blessed day! :0)