Chapter 5
Alright, guys. Chapter five time. Let's kick it up!
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Underneath a secluded castle in a hidden lab, a black and green, gelatinous creature before an Asian man came and opened a small door in the clear chamber.
"Are you sure this will work?" The Asian man asked in the quietest whisper he could manage.
"For both our sakes, it had better." The metallic creature said before lowering a small black blob on to the tray the man was holding.
"What are you doing?" The man heard before turning to see a man in armor.
"I was experimenting to see if a sample of the specimen would allow you a more compliment subject. But his..." The man was explaining.
"Its." The man in armor corrected before the Asian man continued.
"... Its current status has made reproduction impossible." The Asian man sad before handing the armored man the black blob.
"If you cannot make more of them. Then focus on making the one we have more obedient." The Armored man said before he began to leave. "And Dr Watanabe. I suggest that you make haste. If not for the Earth... then for your daughters." He said before tossing the blob in to a shoot.
As the blob reached the end of the shoot, purple lines then formed over it before it jumped over a furnace. It then climbed through the vents and moving to a room with broken machines and melted over a drone which it then got off of before replicating the shape and taking flight out of a window.
(With the Pickles)
"So what's on the docket for today, guys? Training, patrol, or we could just hit the local mall." Angelica suggested.
"Well. Whatever we do is gonna take a while with this traffic." Lou said, noting the near standstill of the vehicles on the road. He then checked the radio to hear what was going on and reports of a truck which seemed to have mysteriously drove itself in to the middle of an intersection. "That's strange." He noted.
"Speaking of strange..." Dil began before pointing out the window at a boy with spiky red hair and glasses wearing a cyan button up shirt and an Asian girl with chopsticks in her hair, a pink shit with yellow sleeves, a green skirt with shorts underneath, and a pair of boots. "Is that Chuckie and Kimi tailing a guy?" He asked.
"Okay. That's weird." Tommy said before getting up to exit the RV.
Tommy quickly made his way to the ally that they were following the man in to. Suddenly the man turned on the siblings and attacked them with a sword which had blue energy on the sides of the blades. Reacting as fast as he could, Tommy activated the Omntrix and transformed in to the first alien in the selection. His muscle then grew to enormous side before orange fur with black stripes grew all over his body, a black blade grew from the top each of his wrists, and his clothes shifted to blue pants, white ankle guards, and a white belt with the Omnitrix logo on the center.
Letting out a loud roar, Tommy leapt over Chuckie and Kimi to knock the man's sword from his hand before tackling him to the ground.
"LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS SWORD WIELDING ASSAILANT! ANYONE WHO MESSES THOSE TWO WILL FACE THE WRATH OF...uh... RATH!" Tommy shouted in his newly dubbed form.
The trench coat clad man maneuvered his foot in such a way what the sole was hitting Rath's stomach before igniting a jet on it that knocked him to the ground. The man then kicked himself to the ground before jumping to a nearby fire escape.
"GET BACK HERE! RATH IS GOING TO SHOVE THOSE JET BOOTS UP AND DOWN BOTH YOUR HOLES!" Rath shouted as he leapt up.
"Chuckie!" Kimi called in desperation.
"Don't worry." Chuckie said as he placed his hand to the wall before his body began to be coated in concrete. "He's not going to escape." He said, an echo coming from his voice before he jumped up to roof tops, Rath was chasing the trench coat clad man. "Don't let him get away." He called to the alien.
"LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, CHUCKIE FINSTER WHO IS NOW SOMEHOW COVERED IN STONE! RATH DOES NOT LET PEOPLE GET AWAY!" Rath aggressively replied before he noticed the man anout to take flight before he grabbed a nearby chimney cap and threw it to hit the left jet boot to break it. Without the second boot to keep him stable, the man flew out of control before landing several feet the two. The man then tried to get up only for Rath to jump over him before extending his claw.
"I'm going to ask you this one time." Chucky said as the stone moved thinned in several innocuous spots as his right hand shifted in to a mace. "Where is Hiro Watanabe?" He asked before the man defiantly bit down on something before a large current of electricity rushed though his body.
"Did he just waste himself?" Rath asked before Chuckie detracted the stone from his left hand to check his pulse.
"No. But we're not going to get any information out of him." Chuckie said before focusing his attention on Rath. "Why did you you help me anyway?" He asked before the familiar beeping of the Omnitrix timing out before his body morphed back in to his Human form.
"Yeah. We've both got some explaining to do. But we should probably get back to Kimi and call my folks." He suggested.
"Okay. There's a parking garage a few blocks from here. Everyone can meet up there." Chuckie suggested, gaining nod from Tommy before they both made calls for the meetup.
A short time later, Tommy and Chuckie met up with the rest of the Pickle's and Kimi, the Asian girl giving a quick hug to Tommy.
"It's good to see you guys." Kimi said after pulling away from the hug. "Hold on where's the Tiger guy?" She asked.
"I'm the Tiger guy... and nine other guys." Tommy said, gaining raised eyebrows from the Finster siblings before he gave them an abridged recounting of the events up to that point.
"Wow. Sounds like we've missed a bit." Chuckie commented.
"Yeah. About things being missed. How do you suddenly have the power to make stone over your body?" Tommy asked before Dil let out a groan at yet another person having powers and not him.
"Well..." Chuckie said before taking a deep breath. "My mother was an Alien." He admitted, gaining looks of shock from all the Pickles but Lou. "I discovered the truth about her a couple weeks ago. She was part of species called 'Osmosians'. We have the super strength and power to absorb matter. We can also absorb energy. But... really bad things happen when we do." He explained.
"What kinds of 'bad things'?" Angelica asked before Chuckie looked to and nodded at Lou.
"Depends on what kind energy. Most kinds, its like doing drugs. But for some types... it can cause sickness." Lou said in a saddened voice that all three of his grandchildren noticed.
"Okay that explains that. But why were you chasing that guy and what's going on with Kimi's dad?" Tommy asked before Kimi tossed Tommy a pin of a yellow and purple shield with the infinity symbol inside it.
"He hadn't called me for a week. Wanda thought he was just caught up with something at work. But I knew something was wrong. Chuckie and I went down to his lab and found it trashed. The only clue we had was that pin." Kimi explained. "Chuckie's mother had files on stuff like that since she was a member of an intergalictic police force called..."
"The Plumbers." The three younger Pickles said in unison, Tommy gesturing over to Lou to explain how they knew that.
"And the files led you to the Forever Knights." Lou reasoned out before explaining for the uninitiated that the Forever Knights were a mysteriously funded group of numerous factions. The only thing all of them have in common is they love alien tech. Just not aliens." He explained.
"That's why we think they took my dad. To get him reverse engineer some alien tech for them." Kimi explained.
"So we got my mother's old Challenger. Thankfully Mom's been teaching me how to drive and my mother's old Plumbers badge helps us get around the whole no licence thing." Chuckie, explaining how they got there.
"Well, it goes without saying that we'll do everything we can to help you find Hiro." Tommy promised to Kimi in particular.
"And I think I might already have a lead." Lou said before signaling Dil to get Angelica's laptop. "I connected the computer to the Rust Bucket's systems after hearing some weird reports and found this on local street cameras and found this." Lou said before showing the others a video of a truck which was seemingly driving itself with black and purple markings on it.
"A Galvanic Mechamorph." Chuckie identified before explaining to the others that what they were seeing was an alien species made of a malleable goo of nano machines.
"That must be what the Knights took Dr Watanabe for." Angelica reasoned out.
"So, if we find that thing, we might find my dad." Kimi said with a large amount of hope in her voice.
"Okay. Here's what we'll do. Kimi, go with Dil to check the streets." Lou ordered.
"You can cover more ground with the hover boards. Kimi can borrow mine." Tommy suggested, gaining a nod from both Kimi and Dil.
"Chuckie and I will hit the roads while Tommy and Angelica look from the sky." Lou said, gaining nod from everyone else before the group prepared to get to work.
Several minutes later, Astrodactyl was flying next to Angelica who was now clad in a purple outfit, a blue eye mask, and a mint scarf that she used to cover the Charms and Keystone.
"Anybody see anything?" Angelica asked over an earpiece.
"Nothing from me." Lou said from inside the Rust Bucket.
"Nothing on my end either." Dil said as he looked around for any signs of their target.
"I'm picking some low energy signals downtown." Chuckie said from inside his green and black 76 Challenger.
"Really? 'Cause I'm downtown and I don't..." Kimi began to say before a motorcycle with no rider rushed passed her. "Never mind. I have visual." She confirmed before she began following the bike.
"We'll be right there." Astrodactly said before he and Angelica began to fly to her location.
Soon enough, Kimi was able to follow the bike in between two buildings before Angelica flew down in front of it and raised up the tallest barrier she could. The bike then tried to move past Kimi to get out the way it came only for Chuckie to block the path. The Bike then shifted its form in to a small blob with what could be described as legs coming out of its front below the small circle serving as its eye. Said 'eye' then began to beep before Chuckie got out of the car with a grey object with a red circle which was beeping in sync with the Mechamorph's 'eye'.
"What's going on with your badge?" Kimi asked, Chuckie explaining that is was a distress signal. "So this little guy is looking for help." She reasoned before getting on one kneed and reaching out a hand to the Mechamorph which then nuzzled on to it. "Does it have anything to with the man in this picture?" She asked, holding up a picture of her and Hiro with her sister, Kiki before the dog-like alien jumped up and down.
"So, we were right." Astrodactyl said before he pressed on the Omnitrix symbol to transform back to Tommy. "So, he should be able lead us right to where the Forever Knights are." He suggest.
"You think you can do that, little guy?" Kimi asked before the Mechamorph changed back in to its bike form and beeped to signal for her to get on.
"Grandpa. We're on our way to the Knights' base." Tommy informed Lou over the phone.
"Gotcha, Scout. I'll track Chuckie's badge and meet you there." Lou said before he set the Rust Bucket to autopilot before pressing in some buttons as his gear containers lowered and he walked to one in particular.
"Ya know. In hindsight, this probably should have been the first place we looked." Dil commented as the group looked at the castle.
"So, how are we going to get in there?" Chuckie asked.
"I say we go for a frontal assault." Angelica suggested as she formed a flame around her hand.
"Hold your Horses, Angelica." The group heard before they turned to see Lou in a set of white armor with a dark grey suit under it, a jet pack, two black lines on each shoulder pad, and a utility belt with his badge on it. "We can't just run in without a plan." He said before pulling out a pair of high tech binoculars. He then looked along the side of the castle until eventually catching site of a generator on the wall. "Alright. Fry that and we'll be able to get in."
"I can do it." Chuckie offered before absorbing the metal of Lou's armor.
"Got your back, Finster." Angelica said before the two of them moved as quietly over to the generator. "Gotta say. You're a lot more confident than usual." She noted.
"When your family's in trouble, you need to be brave." Chuckie said before he crushed and ripped off the cover of the generator. "Plus it helps I can do that now." He said with a smile.
"Yeah that is pretty ho... awesome." Angelica said. 'Where did that come from?' She asked, hoping Chuckie didn't catch that little slip up. "So. You uh... need me to zap that for you? She asked.
"No. I've got it." Chuckie said before pulling out a wire to shut down the generator. He then signaled for the others to get to them.
Once inside, the group began looking around before for anything that would have lead them to a hidden lab.
"So, any idea what we're looking for?" Kimi asked as she looked behind a tapestry.
"Well, the're doing some mad science. Shot in the dark. Try the basment." Dil suggested.
"Good call." Tommy replied before dialing through the Omnitrix and pressing down. Before transforming in to his mud based form. "I was going for Frankenstrike. But Mudlside works, I guess." He said before Chuckie absormed some metal Lou's armor again and morphed his hand in to a mace before he and Mudslide slammed their hands on to the floor and broke through. Mudslide then jumped down to serve as a pad for the others to land on.
The group then continued to seach through the area before eventually coming to a door way and looked inside to see a group of people in knight themed armor standing guard over the Mechamorph and Dr Watanabe.
"Dad." Kimi whispered in worry before looking to the others for a plan.
"Okay. There's a plug over there. Angelica. Think you can zap it from here?" Lou asked, gaining a nod from his granddaughter before she closed her eyes before her hand glowed before a blast of electricity shot out in to the power socket and overloaded every generator connected to the buidling. "Now. Let's move!" Lou ordered, before the emergancy lights came on.
Mudslide was the first to enter the room and uses his arms to create torrents of mud to knock several of the Knights in to a wall while Chuckie slamed his hammer hand in to another set of them.
While Tommy and Chuckie were buisy fighting, Kimi, provided with cover by everone else ran to her.
"Kimi-Chan? What are you doing here?" Hiro asked.
"We're here to get you out of here. Come on." Kimi said before Hiro nodded.
"Help me get Baz El out of that container first." Hiro instructed before leading Kimi to the wall to get the larger Mechamorph. Just then, one of the Knights came up from behind them to slash down at Kimi only for the smaller Mechamorph to jump on him and merge with his armor, making him punch himself before noticing three more Knights trying to attack Kimi and Hiro. In responce, the smaller Mechamorph jumped on to Kimi and formed in to a suit that went over her body, stopping at the upper half of her face.
'Oh come on!' Dil thought, noticing Kimi's new battle suit as a blade came out of her forearm and used it fight off the reamining Knights before she went to the adult Mechamorph's containter and ripped it open before helping Baz El out and the group made their escape.
Some time, later everyone was outside the city in the dead of night as a small ship arrived to take Baz El off plannet.
"I thank you all for the rescue." Baz El said.
"Our pleasure. Have a safe trip back to Galvan B." Lou said, gaining a respectful nod from Baz El before he went to get on the ship.
"Wait. What about this little guy?" Kimi asked, while holding up the smaller Mechamorph.
"He appears to have grown quite attached to you and it's quite clear that goes both ways." Baz El said before Kimi and the smaller Mechamorph smiled at each other as he left.
"Okay. All that's cleared up. But what about the Forever Knights?" Chuckie asked.
"I made some calls to some old Plumber buddies. They'll keep some security for Hiro." Lou said, Kimi sighing a little relief.
"Thank you guys so much for this." Kimi said with a smile that was clearlty mainly dirrected at Tommy.
"Okay. We're gonna go get Hiro home." Chuckie said before he and Tommy bid eachother good by and the two groups went back to their respective vehicles.
(Meanwhile)
Back at the Forever Knights base sat several indipentantly powered cameras which showed the events to another base to a man wearing a golden mask.
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Well, there you go, guys. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next time, more members are added to Tommy's rogue's gallery and the fac that I said that that in the plural sense, tells you who they are.