Chapter 7: Mess... Received -or- Could Have Been Worse
SCRAN TOWN, KANSAS
The SBS crew were headed toward the town, each occupant of the ship feeling anxious except for Nicholas. Nicholas crossed his arms and pouted, glarring daggers at 628. The female experiment wasn't phased in the slightest at his expression, herself being on edge for her meet with 626. Reaching the edge of the city, 621 cloaked the SBS to look like a pick up truck. Ramthar checked the monitars, making sure no human was in the area. Throwing on the breaks, 628 took 621, 627 and Nicholas out of the ship.
"Make sure you are under no circumstance caught," 628 gave Ramthar the order.
"Yes captain," Ramthar rolled his eyes.
628 would've thrown him against the wall, if this task wasn't so important. 627 manned his blasters, sure to keep an eye out for anything suspiscious. 621 was held tight in Nicholas' embrace, the child still not comfortable around 628.
"Nicholas, show us where you saw 626," 628 told him.
"No," Nicholas shook his head.
"Why you little..." 628's hands began to glow.
"Nicholas, do you want to help me?" 621 had an idea.
"More than anything," Nicholas' eyes lit up.
"I need you to find me 626," 621 smiled -sort of- to the child.
"626," Nicholas tried to remember what he knew. "Follow me!"
Nicholas ran ahead of them, 627 following close. 621 smiled to himself for his newest accomplishment, 628 however crossed her arms and shook her head as they walked fast to catch up.
"Manipulating children," 628 sighed. "That is new low, wouldn't you say?"
"If it gets us to our leader, what does it matter?" 621 shrugged off her disappointment.
"Your leader," 628 growled at him. "I serve no one. Not 626, and neither that bafoon Jumba nor the oblivious Grand Council."
The experiments followed the human to a building, Nicholas pointing up with a smile. The old building read the wanted experiments number, the missing creature himself couldn't be seen. 627 scaled the building, upon reaching the top he went inside to investigate. A red blur could be seen from the two experiments and the human, running past each of the eight windows of the sixteen story building. 628 tapped her foot on the ground -somewhat patiently- as she waited for the results of 627's search.
"Evil," 627 shook his head as he sat in front of her.
628 was no in a full rage, alerting 621 to get 627 and Nicholas away from her. 628 gripped her blasters tight before letting loose a rampage of plasma at the building. The elderly construct had seen hard times before, never so much destruction as the kind 628 was causing. She let out a beyond infuriated yell, sending waves of air around her. 621, 627 and Nicholas held their ears shut, trying to drown out the booming sound. The blasters had finally run out of ammunition, bringing on the next step in her rage.
628 threw the two blasters in the air, catching them with her gravity warping powers. In addition to her hands glowing, her hair-like antenna glowed blue as it lifted into the air. Her hair mixed along with her snake-akin tail that waved in the breeze, this appendage glowed blue along the U-shaped tip. 628 began hovering a few feet off of the ground, soon crushing the blasters into orbs and rotating them around her. The building began crumbling, the decaying bricks breaking to form a large ring around the experiment.
628 turned to Nicholas next, revealing blue eyes replacing her black ones. The boy gasped, backing up to get as far away as he could. Luckily, he was saved by the SBS as the hologram covered spacecraft came behind him.
"628, 621," Ramthar opened the cloaked door. "I've just recieved word from 626."
628's rage subsided, as far as her tail, hands and antenna went. 628's eyes were still glowing blue, reminding Ramthar of the last time those eyes held that much passion. Nicholas really need this to be a good message, otherwise 628 would actually hurt the six year old. The experiments, human and ex-general stepped aside for the hair triggered 628. She walked right into the pilot seat and turned on the monotar and played the message, 621 crossing his fingers for some good news.
"Isa 626," bits of the message were cut. "Meega...Kauai, yuuga...Ikata Earth. Yuuga aka choota. Meega...In forest...Yuuga...Maka maka."
"You heard 626," 628 turned to them -sporting a pair of experiment black eyes this time. "Nicholas, do you have any idea what a lucky boy you are?"
"No," Nicholas narrowed his eyes.
"Let me tell you," 628 smiled sickeningly at the boy. "I can manipulate the forces of gravity, which allow me to preform feats like this."
628's hands glowed, as did the outline of Nicholas. The tyke was lifted into the air, 628 even swirled him around to get her point across. Nicholas finally showed a smile for her, only for the joy he felt of "flying".
"I like this," Nicholas laughed.
"I bet you do," 628 put him down gently. "Now look outside."
Nicholas set his view out of the window, not seeing 628's hands and antenna glowing. The same bricks that formed a ring once again turned in the air, this time getting closer the more they spun. Nicholas was able to see them join together, before being crushed into dust. 628 lifted up the two blasters that acted as her temporary moons, swirling them the same way she'd done the brick ring. Instead of them joining until they were turned to dust, the crumpled blasters that were once full of plasma exploded outside the ship.
"If I would have stayed upset with you like I had, that could have been you," 628 made Nicholas gulp in fear. "I appologize for my reaction. Now, let us take you home and we can continue our search for 626."
"Do you have to go?" Nicholas hugged 621 tight.
621's eyes widened in shock. This child seemed to really like him, for reasons not even this supergenius couldn't figure out. None of them were crewl enough to give an answer, at least 621 and 628 weren't. 627 took a long nap, one he thought he needed after his speedy search. Ramthar begun piloting the ship, intent on dropping Nicholas off to continue the search. Arriving at the childs house, Nicholas -through much resistance- now stood in his window watching the sky as the SBS shot into the stars.
A/N: Monday was a break for me so here's two chapters this week. The message 626 sent to the SBS completely contrasted the previous chapter, which is reason two for me posting. There is a reason behind it, but you wonderful readers have to wait a two days to find out. My next posts will be on Saturday and next Thursday, just as a bonus for my birthday -the big 3teen, extra coconut cake for you all! So I wish you all a good winter break, from my side of the planet to you.
Disclaimer: Disney and Chris Sanders have sadly discontinued the franchise -this would be the moment you "boo". So along with remaking and morphing their concepts, I have a few of my own plans for the future.
Next Time: "Isa 626. Meega...Kauai, yuuga...Ikata Earth. Yuuga aka choota. Meega...In forest...Yuuga...Maka maka." Find out the origin of this seemingly Earth threatening message.