Episode 5: The Zian's True Nature

This episode starts with Iolaous waking up with his hands and feet clamped to a sideways table. He is in a round room with a large mirror right in from of him which he could tell was probably a one-way mirror. There was only one door right next to the mirror which opened up to reveal a fancy office as Otto walked into the round room.

Otto says "well you're finally awake that's good, I wouldn't want you to sleep through the whole show.

Iolaous struggles to get out of the restrains but he can't get free and he can't teleport.

Otto says "I wouldn't bother struggling. The walls of this room are electrified under a very specific current which prevents your teleportation."

Iolaous responds "How do you know about my powers?"

Otto says "The Bronze Tribe was more than happy to supply us with the needed information."

Iolaous yells "dammit, you're working with Azmodan. But why?"

Otto begins to tell the tale "Because he brought us to this planet."

(A flashback begins to show the story) "After my ancestors became lost in the dark sector it seemed hopeless that they would survive, but then Azmodan found them and brought them to this planet. He told us of what had happened to his people and kept us informed of what you people were doing." (End flashback)

Iolaous says "then what happened in the asteroid belt was a trap."

Otto says "yes, a trap to lure you and the Argonaut to our planet. We had planned to wait until dark and then kill you all but it seems that we will need to up our schedule a bit."

While Otto is talking outside the Argonaut there are troops wearing gas masks and carrying guns sneaking around the ship.

Iolaous asks "Why Otto? Why would you betray your own kind?"

Otto responds angrily "Because you people are no longer humans. You are nothing but fools who sold out your humanity by using an inhuman power".

Iolaous asks "What are you talking about?"

Otto answers "You use those Hedron shields as if they are your power. You don't even realize that if your princess succeeds in giving that power to all of humanity then they will be just as corrupt as the Silver Tribe. The only way to ensure that this doesn't happen is to purge Earth and repopulate it with true humans. Humans that have not yet embraced this alien power."

Iolaous finishes "So you made a deal with the Bronze Tribe to kill all humans on Earth so you could repopulate it with the Zians."

Otto says "That's correct; maybe you're not as ignorant as I had first thought."

Meanwhile on the Argonaut princess Dhianeila wakes up in her bad. As she woke everyone came to see her except Iolaous.

Dhianeila asks "where is Iolaous?"

Mobeedo answers "that is something that I would like to know. He said that he was coming back to the ship before we left so he should have gotten here before us"

Dhianeila says "don't worry I'll find him."

Dhianeila goes to her meditation chamber and began to meditate to spiritually project herself and tries to sense Iolaous.

As Dhianeila searches she eventually finds Iolaous bound to a table.

"Iolaous what happened" cried Dhianeila

Iolaous responds "princess, get out of here. The Zians are-"

"We are what Iolaous? The true humans." said Otto from behind Dhianeila

Dhianeila asks "Otto why are you doing this?"

Otto responds "ahh, the famous Dhianeila. The one trying to rob humans of their humanity with her precious shields"

Dhianeila asks "what do you mean? I just want to share this power and responsibility with all of mankind."

Otto yells back "Why so they can all be freaks like you. You're not human, you're just a freak of nature who was born into a royal family and used to make that family strong."

Otto pulls out an old pistol from under his coat.

Otto begins to talk "this is what use to make humans strong. This was a weapon made on Earth and has seen countless battles. My ancestor used this gun to protect his people and now I will do the same."

Otto points the gun at Iolaous.

Dhianeila yells to Otto. "No please don't!"

Iolaous struggles and the restraint on his left arm comes undone and he punches Otto in the nose. As Otto lay on the ground holding his nose in pain Iolaous manages to undo the remaining restraints and get free just as Otto was running for his gun. Iolaous manages to kick the gun away and the two begin to wrestle and fight.

Iolaous yells "princess, warn the others that they are planning to attack the Argonaut get out as soon as possible."

Dhianeila asks "but what about you?"

Iolaous responds after hitting Otto in the stomach "don't worry about me I'll catch up."

Back on the Argonaut Dhianeila wakes up and tells everyone what had happened.

Mobeedo gets to the bridge and gives everyone the order to start the ship for departure.

Dhianeila asks "what about Iolaous?"

Age who was standing next to her says "don't worry Iolaous will never give up. He will make it."

Meanwhile just outside the ship the troops that were hiding around the Argonaut hear the engines start and begin to fire upon the ship. The bullets were nothing to the ship and did almost no damage as the Argonaut flew away.

Meanwhile back in the cell Iolaous and Otto were still fighting with each other when Otto hears a transmission coming from the other room.

The voice on the transmission said "sir the Argonaut has begun to leave the planet what are your orders."

Otto knocked Iolaous aside and ran for the communicator on his desk.

Otto ordered "launch all the ships we have, the Argonaut mustn't get away."

As Otto was saying this Iolaous picked up a chair in the office and hit Otto on the head with it. With Otto unconscious Iolaous walked out of the room and past the electric field so he could teleport out.

After teleporting Iolaous appeared on the Argonaut Bridge.

Dhianeila runes to Iolaous

"Are you all right' said Dhianeila

Iolaous responds "I'm fine, what's happening"

Mobeedo answers "the Zians are launching their ships on an intercept course. We are outnumbered five to one."

Iolaous say "then I need to go out and fight"

Dhianeila says "no. you are too hurt."

Age intrudes saying "don't worry I will take care of this."

Dhianeila age Iolaous and the other Nodos head to the launch bay to begin battle but just after arriving they realize something is wrong.

Age looks at the other Nodos confused and asks "are you not able to change either?'

The other Nodos node their head.

Dhianeila asks "what are you talking about?'

Karkinos explains "for some reason we can't change into our Heroic Tribe forms."

Dhianeila asks "why?"

Karakinos "we don't know but this is a bad situation we are in."

Meanwhile back in Otto's office Otto regains consciousness and uses the table to stand up.

Otto thinks "so they think they can win, they have no idea."

Otto pulls a small statue on the wall and a secret door opens up which he then walks into.

Back in planet Zian's outer orbit the Zian ships begin to move closer. The large teardrop shaped ships (which the Argonaut crew learned were called zeppelins) came first. The sides of the ships started to open and the smaller dragon ships started to fly out.

Back on the Argonaut Iolaous starts to enter his mech.

Dhianeila says "Iolaous you can't. You're injured."

Iolaous responds "we have no choice. Without the Nodos I need to be there leading the troops."

Dhianeila says "but-"

"I have to do this," interrupts Iolaous

As Iolaous goes out to the battle field in the medical bay Aneasha examines the Nodos and discovers that the reason they can't change is because there are nanobots in their bodies that are interfering with the mechanical parts of their bodies preventing transformation.

Mehitak asks "where did they come from?"

Aneasha responds "I don't know."

Karkinos says "I bet I know. It must have been in the food and drinks we had in Otto's home. I thought it was odd how prepared it all was for unexpected guest."

Age asks, "Can they be removed?"

Aneasha responds, "yes but it will take some time."

Yuty interrupts, "time is something we don't have."

Meanwhile in outer space the battle between the Zians and the Argonaut begins. The first wave of dragon ships clash with the drones using their machine, then attack the Argonaut with their laser cannons. Behind them the zeppelins deploy their laser cannons and give cover support.

Back on the Argonaut, Bee says, "Master, the Zian ships are starting to break through with weapons I cannot recognize."

Mobeedo says "yeah their using old gunpowder weapons, those weapons haven't been used in a long time. Old but effective."

Iolaous joins the fight and destroys many of the dragon ships. But suddenly one of the ships extends its arms and grabs Iolaous from behind. As another tries to destroy Iolaous with its laser cannon, Iolaous teleports away and the ship holding him ends up being destroyed.

Suddenly the Zian ships start to pull back and the crew of the Argonaut starts to celebrate. But suddenly from behind the Zian fleet a massive ship at least twice the size of the Argonaut appears.

Mobeedo says "I know that ship. It's the starship Zian."

Bee interrupts "master we have a transmission from the enemy vessel."

Mobeedo says "patch it through."

Otto on the transmission says, "Hello old friend. Do you like the ship? Hard to believe that it used to be a simple exploration vessel."

Mobeedo responds, "Do you really think you can win this fight?"

Otto says, "Oh I think I already have." The transmission ends.

On the Zian starship, Otto is at the front of the ship in the bridge ordering his men.

Otto commands, "ready the main cannons and FIRE."

Ten cannons on the outside to the starship all fire simultaneously. As the shots get close to the Argonauts warriors, the shots break apart and turn into ten more shots apiece. These shots devastate the Argonauts forces.

Iolaous says, "don't worry we'll handle this. Everyone follow me."

As Iolaous and the rest of the fighters gets close to the Zian, the turrets on top of the Zian begin to attack with massive amounts of machine gun fire. Most of the fighters were lost but Iolaous pressed on despite the turrets.

Otto in the bridge asked "are the cannons loaded yet?"

One of the pilots said "almost sir."

Meanwhile Iolaous approached the center of the starship and began blasting through.

Back on the bridge one of the pilots said "sir there has been a breach in sector five. The cannons energy is falling."

Otto responded angrily. "Well fire it anyway!"

Iolaous blasts through until he comes across a strange looking room. In the middle of the room was a strange device which looked like it had some kind of black material in it. It was obviously a generator of some sort because there was electricity arcing around it but this electricity was black in color. Whatever it was Iolaous knew that it had to be powering the ship so he fired upon it.

Back on the bridge a pilot said "sir the cannon is ready."

Otto commands, "FIRE."

Just as the cannon is about to fire, the whole ship starts to explode. The explosion destroys most of the zeppelins and dragons. Iolaous teleports out just in time and returns to the Argonaut.

Dhianeila approaches Iolaous and says, "That was a reckless and crazy thing to do. But thanks for doing it."

Meanwhile on the bridge of the Argonaut Bee says, "Master there is a transmission coming through."

Mobeedo says, "Where from?"

Bee answers "from the enemy starship."

Mobeedo says, "What? That not possible. Patch it through."

On the screen there is an image of the Zian's bridge almost completely destroyed and sitting on the ground was an injured Otto.

Otto says, "You may have beaten me but you will never stop lord Azmodan. You will never stop Goliath."

Just then there was an explosion in the background and the transmission was lost.

Several weeks later as the Argonaut continues to find a route to their destination, the crew recounts what happened.

On the bridge Mobeedo worries about what Otto had said before he had died "Goliath... What could that be?"

In the med bay Aneasha manages to remove the nanobots from the Nodos and treat Iolaous's injuries.

Age approaches Iolaouse and says, "Is something wrong?"

Iolaous says, "in that ship there was something strange with the reactor. The electricity it made was black. What makes black electricity?"

Suddenly Mobeedo makes an announcement that they have found a route and joined up with the rest of the fleet.

Age says to Iolaous, "you'll need to worry about that later."

Iolaous says, "Guess you're right."

Meanwhile at Azmodan's Hive, Skorch gives his report. "Master, the Zians have fallen and the enemy approaches."

Azmodan responds, "Just as I had predicted. The Zian have served their purpose. Soon we will unleash a weapon more powerful than any they could imagine."

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