Leon's dinner?...
The eye slowly returned and I sat down in my chair waiting.
[I hope you are happy you jerk, I have lost so much because of you, you have cost me so much just running, and you ruined me]. I thought to Leon, though I knew he couldn't read my mind.
If he could read my mind he would start destroying the stuff that I dropped out of the hanger in which my last hope for freedom from Leon possibly laid waiting to be found. Finally Leon's ship came close enough to launch grappling cables and attach itself to the Gesellschaft. I now noticed Glyde complaining to Leon.
"We could destroy the Gesellschaft and deny her any chance of escaping you, but instead your just going to drag her to your museum and give her a chat expecting her to cooperate?" Glyde asked, trying to sound polite but as always he never was quite completely polite.
"listen Glyde, this is my operation, I know what will happen and what wont. I leaned to slide the dance from the master of the dance himself. The kiddy cat will do as I speak cuz' she, understands the dance better than you do birdie boy." Leon replied his slang still a little annoying, and his tone making him sound like a simple man.
I felt a jerk as the eye launched its cables and drew the Gesellschaft in close to itself. I slowly stood up from the command dais and I grabbed the ships intercom. "Everyone leave your posts and move to the ships deck." I ordered solemnly. I then turned and headed for the deck.
"Miss Tron are we really giving up?" #1 asked running up next to me. I looked at him, I didn't feel like making anything seem different from what it really was, nor did I feel like this was a good choice either.
"yes 1 were giving up, well I am at least. Teisel is counting on me to keep him alive, and so is Bon and it is also my duty to keep all of us alive as well. We'll avenge this disrespect later." I told him and I continued on. I then changed my course and walked to the engine room where Roll had placed Bon Bonne. I found four servbots all setting up to leave when I entered. I gestured with my head towards Bon and said.
"no one is left onboard, take Bon Bonne too." I ordered the servbots, who then rushed over and took Bon and started to carry him with them.
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Once I was on the deck I had the servbots form into a group on one side of the deck, while Bon, myself and the group of servbots who carried Bon stood on the other. Because of his size, I ended up standing slightly behind Bon. As I stood behind him suddenly little bits of information returned to my memory, as I looked at Bon his schematics came back into my memory. I leaned over and opened up the hatch on his back and peered in. as I looked in everything looked so clear, I could see his circuits and see what was wrong. As I reached in to fix what was obviously wrong Bon started to speak up,
"babuuuuuuu." He said, in relief as I fixed the problem and he was able to move. I also decided to start working on another problem I could see when a lot of noise came form Leon's ship. I pulled my head out from Bon's back and closed the hatch just in time to see a whole wave of pirobots come running across a ramp onto the Gesellschaft. I stood there as the little skeleton robots all marched about and positioned themselves so they could shoot whoever caused some sort of trouble for them. I could also see a number of them run down the stairs into the Gesellschaft, with their arm mounted guns ready to shoot anything that would threaten them. Next I could hear an choirs of music as a lone figure walked down the ramp onto the Gesellschaft's deck. It was a single man, not tall almost the exact height as me, but he was wider than I was, with grey hair which was cut short, and a thin face that reminded me of a skeleton. That man wore a business black suit, complete with the shoes to match and a red rose in his pocket.
"I take it that you are Leon?" I said to the man courteously. The man smiled and bowed to me.
"And you my pretty little friend must be this incredible Tron Bonne I have been hearing so much about recently. Yes kitty cat you eyeing is correct, and indeed I am captain of the crew who now has taken control of flying fish, even if that birdie boy over there claims that it was because of him we caught you." Leon said still sounding simple, using his weird slang, but at least he was polite. Next he reached out and gently grabbed my hand and gave it a kiss. After that he backed up and looked sternly at the pirobots.
"Come now, do we have to be so militaristic? Come, come we are here as friends who have found friends, not as conquerors." He told his crew, and then looked at me. "Just so long as you, kitty cat Tron, don't force us to be conquerors." I nodded my acknowledgment to him as one of Glyde's fighter craft hovered down and Glyde stepped out of a back hatch.
"sir, we only have a certain amount of time before the authorities show up. I might advise we just stuff them all into a cell and take off." Glyde said, still using that wannabe polite tone. Leon looked at Glyde disapprovingly.
"Listen Glyde, your not working for Loath anymore. So birdie if you want to keep flying your going to have to dance my way. Now come slide into my flyer and lets all talk, away form this nasty wind." Leon gave Glyde a warning glance and then gestured us all to come aboard his ship, which we all did quickly. As I entered his ship I could see that the inside of the ship was just as mysterious as the outside, I could see red lines going across the ships white interior walls as if they were meant to mark something. The walls themselves were a dull white, and were covered by runes that I could not read. The hallway Leon lead us into branched to the left and right with a number of silver doors that had a red reaverbot eye on each one. I looked next to me where Glyde had positioned himself, he looked almost as amazed as I was to be on this strange ship. Behind me Bon sounded uneasy.
"Babuu, ba babu bu ba babu bu!" he said trying to state his discomfort. I looked over my shoulder at Bon, who's mass almost filled the width of the hallway.
"Bon, shhhh!" I whispered. Leon looked over his shoulder at me and smiled.
"don't worry the next room will be much more spacious. Now my little kitty cat, do you prefer to munch away at squid, sushi or roast duck?" Leon asked as he opened a door to a large room. The room was a single near empty chamber with writing in the same runes all over the walls. In the center of this large room sat a long table with candle sticks and dinner plates waiting.
[The madman threatens to kill me, hires Glyde to hunt me, kills people without remorse…wait I-I remember, last time I saw Teisel, Teisel told me this guy is the reason mom and dad are-are-are dead? Yes they are dead because of him! And here he is trying to throw a fancy dinner with his prisoners!]
Leon gestured to the table with his arm in a sweeping motion.
"come, come, sit, eat and be marry, Teisel will be along shortly, he simply has a few, promises to fulfill first." Leon said, not using any of his slang. I looked at the man skeptically.
"Miss Tron, look at all the food! That table looks like it could hold all of us! I've never had dinner on a stranger's ship before." Some of servbots started to murmur in astonishment and excitement. Leon held a sly smile at the servbots.
"oh I am sorry little guys, but myself, the birdie, kitty cat, and your big dog are the only ones going to eat at this table. Nether less this ship holds a first class cafeteria with incredible food. you just slide out the door that's has the two Gorubeshu type reaverbots standing on each side, and drop down to two doors on your right and it will be right there, but the chiefs are a little in the heat right now so stay out of their ways and you'll be able to pirate some food after a bit." Leon said politely to the servbots, who in turn slowly went the way he directed them. they seemed really slow to move though, some because they were marveling at the ship, some because they didn't want to leave me, and others because they looked afraid to be alone, but #1 stayed put.
"emm, e-excuse me but I am not going to leave M-Miss Tron, I am her s-second in command, r-right Miss Tron." #1 said looking more scared of me than anything else. I gave a hard look to Leon and agreed with #1.
"That's right, Bon, and #1 are staying with me, no matter what you say!" I told Leon, to which Bon decided to add some of his baby talk.
"babu bu babu buba!" Leon just smiled.
"good, good! Birdie, I mean Glyde, what about you I want near equal representation on my ship, the Bonnes have rustled up Tron, Teisel, Bon and their little #1 guy. How about you?" Glyde looked a little confused with Leon's question.
"Mr. Leon?" Glyde asked as politely as he could, but now next to Leon he looked like a uncivilized idiot.
"it is simple Birdie, pick three others from your crew to represent your gang!" Leon said sharply, yet still polite in manner.
"fine, my commanders will represent the rest of my gang." Glyde said gesturing to some birdbots I didn't notice before, one dressed in green, one in blue, and another red.
"Good! Now lets all find our seats, you'll find your seats already set up for you, well except for you Bon, I never thought you would have actually be so important to the Bonnes even in decision making, so you'll still have to stand." Leon politely said, clapping his hands together.
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I found that my place was on Leon's immediate right, with Teisel's spot next to me, #1 after that, and Bon's spot standing behind us. Across from me sat Glyde, who didn't look to happy with the position I was placed in, next to him sat his birdbot dressed in blue, and after that the two others fought for next two spots. I also noted that none of Leon's crew was present he now would be vulnerable, but since he still had Teisel somewhere I didn't dare do anything to upset him. Leon looked at me in a manner that disturbed me for a moment. I gave him a glare as the awkward silence, save for the birdbots bickering, continued. After a moment more of being seemingly sized up by Leon's stupid stare I decided to confront him about it.
"what!? Here I surrendered all ready, is there something you're expecting me to do? Or do I disgust you, or do I happen to be doing something wrong?" I growled, now completely unsettled by the way he would glance at me. Leon gave me a blank look and then laughed, something that might be considered a polite laugh if it wasn't to wholehearted.
"I'm sorry my dear, I just seems as though I have been out of the cycle so long your manner of dress has caught me completely by surprise. See kitty cat, back in my time ladies wore more dress-like clothing that wasn't quite so …tight fitting. Ahh, you look like your mother so much that I can still picture what she wore but only on your person." He said in that old-mans reminiscing tone.
I was caught off guard by what he said. "my mother? Wait did you know my mother personally?" I asked, sounding somewhat excited to hear somewhat of her from someone else's prospective. My parents kept their business dealings a secret from me, and possibly Teisel as well.
[Great now I am asking my mother's killer about her, am I that low and inconsiderate towards her?]
But what about my cloths, I was in my typical dark gray pants and small over jacket, with short sleeves, along with my usual pink shirt, although they were a little dirty they looked fine.
Leon smiled at me. "She never told you, did she?" Leon asked, his smile becoming slightly slyer.
"I was your parent's business opponent, they cost me quite a bit of money back in the day, though they did earn quite a bit of my respect." Leon told me, sounding amused by knowing my ignorance about my parent's old business ventures.
[Yea enough respect to have them murdered!]
I smiled at Leon but it felt so fake that it probably looked more like an insult. Leon laughed with a strange light in his eyes.
"Oh, kitty cat, from what I hear about you, you remind me of your mother. Emotional instability, always sliding on a slippery dance floor, you Bonne women are so exciting, can't ever decide to kill or kiss the person you love! Your mother would be a shining refractor in her own right at times and then she would be like the dungeon dwellers that guard them the very next moment, at times I was worried she'd turn and attack your father!" Leon laughed.
[Emotionally unstable emotionally unstable! Why this jack… I ought'a, I ought'a! errr.]
I don't remember my mother ever being like that, all I remember of her was her smiling and always happy, or faking a serious look. Even when Teisel broke her most prized possession, a weird object from a long ago dig, she simply smiled and it was father who punished him.
[Wait…I just remembered! I-I remember everything….well everything until about three years ago. Back before… KATTELOX ISLAND! What happened there, what am I missing?]
Glyde looked very impatient. "Mr. Leon, please sir my we get to business?" Glyde asked sounding tired of this talk about Leon's memories. Leon looked at Glyde with a look of pleasure.
"Glyde, my birdie friend! C'mon tell us, what about your family! We are all sharing here!" Leon pressed.
"sir I don't think…"
"shut it! If your not talking about your family, your not talking at all!"
Glyde tried to refuse Leon's suggestion, but Leon cut him off with his order. Glyde seemed to bow while in his seat.
"yes sir, my father was a merchant ship captain and my mother was a biologist, who specialized with avian's last time I saw them which was before the sleeping colossus incident." Glyde swiftly recalled.
"ahh, yes the colossi." Leon said as if holding back some knowledge.
"no sir, it is colossus for there is only one." Glyde told Leon as if Leon didn't know the difference between a plural and singular word.
Leon's venture.
I sat there pondering what Leon meant with Colossi, when #1 grew impatient. "you said there would be food. Miss Tron, he did say that there was going to be food right?" #1 said softly. Leon almost fell backwards laughing.
"my, my have all the good qualities of the world gone away with the great wings of power? My, my, little kiddy do you really think I would break the code of good hosting just because I haven't eaten in the past twenty four hours, or because you claim to be hungry?" Leon snorted. Glyde looked slightly intrigued.
"You haven't eaten since yesterday sir?" Glyde asked only to answered by a court nod. We all sat there, the bickering between the green and blue birdbots had now settled down and the green sat furthest down the table, so now a eerie quietness had settled over the room. Leon sat for a moment looking unsure about what to say before he continued speaking.
"Yes this ship is a marvel isn't she?" he said looking around the room. Glyde also looked around the room, the wonder and mystery of the ship still held dominance over the whole place, even in this room which was now being well lit.
"Yes, may I inquire who built it for you, or from whom you acquired it?" Glyde asked no doubt because he wanted one of his own. Leon smiled wryly.
"The ancients built it all for me!" Leon proudly proclaimed, but before anyone could ask what he meant the door we came in through opened and Teisel entered followed by a small percussion of pirobots. One of which stood to the side and called,
"Teisel Bonne as requested sir!" before running up to Leon and starting to report to him in a hushed voice. Teisel looked confused as well, but at least he was safe. He was still in his green armor, and his white hair was still in its upwardly spiked ponytail. As soon as Teisel sat down he leaned over next to my ear.
"hay Tron, what the heck was going on in the Gesellschaft while I was gone. Is it that I am gone for a few days and you let everything fall into disorder now? I find make-up and woman's clothing in one of the servbots rooms, and your bed in a pile of junk…looks like you were throwing a …party… or something while I was gone." He whispered. I leaned in so I could whisper into his ear.
"don't worry big brother, it was all part of a plan to save you that went awry. But now that I have found you, I can put plan B into action." I told him. I sat up strait again and folded my hands together, looking proper always made these rich types happy. Once the pirobot was done reporting to Leon, Leon turned his focus on the all of us.
"Well now dinner may commence!" he happily cheered. Glyde leaned back in his chair, mumbling under his breath, he probably though Leon was a lot more serious than this. Leon clapped his hands and a number of pirobots came out carrying trays filled with food and served them on the table. Leon took the first pick of food and we all took our food after that. I must say, the lower end of the table looked almost uncivilized, Teisel and #1 were shoveling food, the birdbots were fighting again but this time over who got what. Even I felt a little crude in my eating manner next to Glyde and Leon, both of whom took smaller portions and ate with deliberate bites. I tried taking smaller portions too but I always finished long before them. I looked back at the door the rest of the servbots had gone through.
"So where did you get the (swallow) the stuffed Gorubeshu? I asked, using my fork to point at the two reaverbots in the back behind Leon. The Gorubeshu were humanoid-like reaverbots who carried a large square shield and had a arm gun attachment that usually held a flame thrower. Leon deliberately finished his food before answering.
"They came with the purchase." Glyde now seemed to be at the end of his ropes.
"Sir, it must not be that you went through the trouble of capturing the Bonnes just to have a pleasant dinner with them?" He demanded.
Leon leaned forward in his seat. "I feel like curry, will someone pass me the curry?" Leon politely instructed. It was apparent that Leon wouldn't speak until he was given his curry, so Glyde quickly handed it to him.
"Yes now me Birdie. It is a simple matter, why I have been delaying so long is that you more or less need to be shown my reasons for what I am doing before you'll completely understand my mission for you. You see…I found a place known as Atlantis." Leon paused for dramatic effect but Teisel cut him off before he could continue.
"oh c'mon, everyone knows of ATLANTIS! Its that Little island where every other pirate hangs out when on …vacation-!" Teisel informed Leon, in a taunting tone.
Leon acted unaffected and continued on. "The Atlantis museum, which was created…" Leon tried to continue but Teisel cut him off again.
"A museum!? A –museum- you have really no idea of what it means to be a -pirate-,"Teisel's tone dropped down a little, "besides, Atlantis doesn't have a museum, it doesn't even have a library." Teisel continued.
From there Leon just switched subjects. "so Glyde, it looks like what you said about Teisel Bonne was correct. He claims to be the leader of the Bonnes but really, he has the intellect of a child." Leon said to Glyde in the whole insulting manner of those who wish to enrage someone. Teisel became angry real quickly, sometimes I think he just likes raising his voice.
"WHY YOU -SCOUNDREL- , I can't stand YOU! I figure it is time we –Bonnes-show you what we're really made of! Ha ha, Tron lets get 'em!" Teisel shouted, now it was time for a fight, I knew Bon could handle the Birdbots, Teisel and #1 were also good fighters, although I didn't have much skill fighting outside of a robot. Glyde seemed to be the only wild card in this soon to be fight, although he looked like he was a wimpy fighter like I was. Leon started laughing, which made Teisel angrier and Teisel leapt onto the table as to throw himself at Leon. Then Leon clapped his hands and the pair of Gorubeshu reaverbots by the door behind him came to life and actually ran up and placed their shields between Leon and us all.
[What! Reaverbots are protecting him? Why didn't they attack us when they saw us enter the room? The reaverbots ran…I have never seen Gorubeshu run before….what is going on?]
I glanced at Glyde feeling like I was out of my mind, Glyde looked confused as well.
"I told you, but I'm never taken seriously. This ship was made by the ancients long ago, and I have taken dead to it. I welcome you aboard the WATCHING COLOSUS!" Leon laughed at us from behind his guardian reaverbots.
[Watching Colossus? What? Hmmm, the name reminds me of the Sleeping Colossus that Loath used Teisel to uncover a couple of years ago]
Glyde looked shocked.
"Watching Colossus, sir?" he asked. Leon smiled, but now his smile looked less warm and more of a mockery.
"yes there are three colossi the first was the Watching colossus, the second the sleeping colossus a huge robot, the third is the dreaming colossus some sort of device to yet be uncovered and whose power must be almost unparalleled. " Leon relied coldly. Teisel climbed off the table slowly, looking cautiously at the reaverbots guarding Leon.
Leon was letting himself release a self amused chuckle as he watched us all stand there, unsure of what to do.
"Now maybe you'll all listen to me, I am taking you all to a place called the Atlantis museum, none of you will know of it because there are no inhabited islands even near its general aria. As you all should know, but then again I doubt Mr. Bonne here does, the way new ruins are typically found is that they either activate on their respective island or they have a nearby ruin which diggers explore and use to find the new one, but what makes the ruin I am going to show you unique is that it one, it has no discovered ruins near it, and two it is completely under the sea with no way to enter it save for by submarine." Leon informed us, and I now noticed that his strange slang had completely disappeared. Glyde looked at Leon for a moment and then asked,
"Sir, why are you telling us or even showing us such a thing?" Glyde's question made a lot of sense. Leon's smile now became bright and less cruel.
"I am showing you because you, birdie, are my business associate for now. As for the kitty cat and little dog, I am showing them this place because their parents died finding this place for me." Leon said in a strait voice.
I lost my temper there. "Finding it for you, what did they discover it then you killed them?" I loudly demanded. Teisel looked shocked standing next to me, and Leon looked both sad and disappointed.
"Tron, I never knew Leon killed mom and dad, where did you learn this?" Teisel asked me in a somewhat hushed voice. I was caught by complete surprise.
"uhh, Teisel you told me…." I began to say but stopped myself.
"Tron, I said he was involved, I didn't say he was the person who killed them." Teisel corrected me. Leon only sat there with a depressed look on his face.
"Yes, kitty cat your parents were my business rivals, but I had too much respect for them to ever look at them with any murderous intentions. No, I called them to help me excavate the Museum because I had narrowed down its location, but I still needed them. How was I to know that once inside they would meet their end?" Leon said, both informatively and defensively. A bell chimed and Leon looked excited. "Well now, we have finally arrived at the museum." He smiled as a batch of pirobots came in through the door behind him and then in a very militaristic manner went into the hall through which we entered.
"What is with that hallway that you take so much precaution?" Glyde asked watching the pirobots.
"oh, simple this ship is infected with uncontrollable reaverbots, who just pop up every now and then if we aren't careful, the same is true with Atlantis. Leon guided us through the hallway into Atlantis, the sight was beautiful