"Alright, I need you to tell me exactly what happened here," said Chase, standing up, his arms loosely folded over his chest, as he looked down at Brains, who was sitting against the side of the engine room, rubbing the side of his helmet.
He, Emmet, Laval and Wyldstyle had got on a helicopter seconds after Chase had received the phone call from Duke; as it turned out, the Miners Inc., the company that funded money towards the Power Miners, had been bought recently by the Agency that Chase worked for.
So, in a way, Duke and Brains worked for Chase.
"I…I don't know; it all happened so fast. One minute, I was going down to fix something that was wrong with the engine. The next minute, I'm being hit by Duke after he's been thrown back by this creepy hooded guy," said Brains, taking his helmet off and rubbing a bit of dirt off it, before setting it down on his head again.
"C'mon, I'm going to need something more than that. You've got to remember something," said Chase, a little tint of annoyance in his voice as he glared down at Brains. It was clear to Brains that Chase was getting slightly angry with the information he was giving him; which, to him, was strange, since he was giving all the information he needed.
"I said, you've got to remember something else!" said Chase, raising his voice as he suddenly took a step closer; looking as though he was making a threatening stance towards Brains.
"Leave him be!" roared Laval, stepping between Chase and Brains, his back to the Miner as he pushed back Chase; a hard and trained glare in his eye, as though he was used to using this tone.
He knew Chase was getting a little out of hand with this other human, but this was on the edge of unacceptable behaviour.
Chase glared at Laval, saying, "I need all the information I can get if we are to get the Chaos Crystal of the Trinity back!"
"You need to use a different approach when trying to get information from a person."
"You have your methods, Lion King, but in my line of work, as well as my world, this is how you get information out of people," said Chase, putting his hand on Laval's shoulder and pushing him aside, before he began interrogating Brains again.
Laval grit his teeth, holding back a growl as he glanced at Wyldstyle, who was trying to help Duke to his feet after waking him up.
"You can deal with him; I'm going to go with Emmet," said Laval gruffly, his tone rough as he walked pass the Master Builder, heading down the corridor of the large mining machine, after Emmet.
Wyldstyle simply watched him walk past, before she glanced over at Chase; she wasn't going to say anything against the Agent, for…reasons. But when she looked back at Duke, she was alarmed to find that Duke had vanished.
Just outside the engine room, Duke was pressing himself against the wall, making sure Wyldstyle couldn't see him. He knew he couldn't trust any of these people, so he was going to go after the construction worker and that weird lion…human…thing.
Deciding not to dwell on it, Duke quickly walked after Laval.
Laval quickly caught up with Emmet, who was waiting by one of the rooms; it was labelled 'STORAGE' as he pulled back from inside the room. A mining helmet on his head, the light turned on.
"We could use some of the stuff they have here at the construction yard," said Emmet, taking the helmet off and throwing it back in the room.
A crashing sound coming from the room, causing Emmet to cringe after he looked in afterwards.
"Yeah…it'll be a while before they find that," he said, slowly closing the door and walking away; whistling nonchalantly.
Laval rolled his eyes slowly, a light smile on his face at Emmet's actions, before he continued off after Emmet, catching up to walk alongside him.
"You certainly are different, Emmet," said Laval.
"When is normal ever fun? Why do you think I like being a Master Builder?" Emmet asked in return, his hands almost asking the question for him.
"That is true," said Laval with a light chuckle.
The two were in silence once again, the sound of silence growing more with each passing moment.
"So, um…back at the gate; you know, the one keeping the Wheel safe. You said 'Impossible' under your breath; why'd you do that?"
The question from Emmet caused Laval to come to a stop; Emmet stopped a few seconds later, after he realised that Laval had stopped.
Laval inhaled slowly, before he exhaled deeply; Emmet noticed him lifting a hand up and running in through his mane slowly, as though contemplating to whether or not talk.
"My…My father, used to tell my stories when I was a cub. One of the stories he told me, which was my favourite, might I add, was the 'Legend of Chaos, Venom and Death: The Story of the Trinity'. It was the story of the Trinity's origins, much like a…prequel, shall we say, to what Chase has told us."
As Laval told his story, Emmet started to feel a bit uncomfortable; he had rarely heard Laval talk about his father, Lagravis, since he had been executed by Red Skull. So he knew that, whatever Laval had to say, this was coming from close to the Lion's heart.
"But…there's one thing that doesn't add up from Chase's 'information' as he calls it," said Laval.
"What's that?" asked Emmet.
"My father mentioned these mysterious beings called the Council; they had the final say about whether or not the person awakening the Trinity had a valid reason for doing so. Yet Chase hasn't mentioned anything about the Council."
Emmet raised an eyebrow slightly, scratching the side of his head; truth be told, he did trust Laval, sometimes over Chase, since it did come to reason that Laval, having the take the role as the King of the Lions to take a sudden turn of personality, when compared to Chase.
But, in a position such as this, Emmet wasn't sure who to believe.
"Well…maybe he hasn't had the chance to bring that up yet. Maybe he's planning on bringing this up, but he hasn't found the right chance," said Emmet, trying not to choose between either side of a coin.
"Hmm….I think he's got different motives in mind," said Laval, before he began walking down the corridor again.
"What do you mean?" asked Emmet, concern slowly dripping into his tone as he quickly walked to catch up with Laval.
"Haven't you seen the way he's been acting, since the last time we were all together?" asked Laval, coming to a stop again and turning around to face the approaching Emmet.
"Well…people change, Laval. I mean…look at you; when we first met, you were a Prince, wanting to help your Tribe. Now…you're a King, helping to stop a threat from affecting all the worlds," said Emmet, trying to bring Laval round to reason.
Though Laval looked as though he was going to reply, he stopped suddenly; his face suddenly tensing up as he turned around sharply to look at the corridor in front of them.
It had taken a sudden darker light to it; the nearest light above them sudden bursting, throwing another section of the corridor into darkness.
Laval slowly pulled his Fire CHI Vengious, and slowly shifted his feet to a defensive stance.
"Uh…Lava, what are you doing?" asked Emmet.
He was given his answer, when Laval was picked up by a seemingly invisible force, and thrown behind Emmet, hitting the ceiling just behind Emmet and fell to the ground with a slight grunt of pain.
Emmet turned around sharply to face the force that had thrown Laval, and was alarmed to see two shots of red lightning suddenly approaching him.
Thinking fast, Emmet grabbed the nearest thing to him, which turned out to be the door to one of the other storage rooms, and ripped it from the studs connecting it to the wall. Pulling it in front of him, Emmet made a few modifications, and managed to turn the door into a figure-sized, bulky shield, with the door handle acting as a handle to hold onto it.
The lightning struck the door-turned-shield, and bounce off to strike the walls either side of Emmet. Though that didn't last for long; since the door eventually couldn't take anymore and broke apart.
Before the lightning came in for a second strike, Emmet felt a sudden surge of energy passing through his body; some parts of his hair suddenly turning transparent blue, and his irises turned the same shade of blue. Some parts of his uniform even turned transparent blue as the energy reached the surface.
Throwing his hands forward, Emmet formed two hand-held shields in either hand and blocked the red lightning; this time, it was much easier to block it and hold it off.
"So…it is you. It has been a while since we've met one another; face…to face," said a voice from the shadows once the lightning stop; it was that voice that caused Emmet's head to be filled with countless nightmares, and terror-filled flashbacks.
"You're dead; you can't be here," said Emmet firmly, as though trying to tell himself as well as the one opposite him.
A dark chuckle came from the shadows, as a figure came from the darkness; it was the same being Emmet saw on the camera, as well as his flashbacks.
Anti-Builder.
"You cannot destroy what is already dead," said Anti-Builder softly, his voice strangely…different, in a way.
"But…I don't have time for things such as you; I've got bigger plans to follow," said Anti-Builder, slowly pacing the width of the corridor; never once taking the slit of red light from under his hood off of Emmet.
"We'll stop you; no matter what you've got in mind with the Trinity," said Emmet, taking a defensive stance.
But strangely, Anti-Builder chuckled again.
"Count your friends, and count their shadows, Brickowski," said Anti-Builder, before slowly walking backwards; completely vanishing through the shadows.
The second he was sure Anti-Builder was gone, Emmet quickly turned normal again and rushed back towards Laval, helping him to his feet.
"What was that?" asked Duke, suddenly becoming apparent to Emmet and Laval as Laval got to his feet.
Though before Emmet could react to Duke, Chase and Wyldstyle came rushing down the corridor; evidently, they had heard the noise Laval had made when he was attacked.
"What happened?" asked Chase quickly.
"Anti-Builder; he happened," said Emmet simply.
Chase's expression became serious again, and Wyldstyle began to grow serious again.
"Uh…who's Anti-Builder?" asked Duke, scratching the side of his helmet, just as Chase answered a call from his headset, his expression turning even more serious than beforehand.
"We've got another problem," he said afterwards.
"What's happened?" asked Emmet, as Laval put his sword back in his place.
"The Wheel of Oblivion has been stolen."
Prof HAZARD - Don't worry, he'll be making an appearance :)
Mac snore - I wasn't planning on to, sorry :(
FourthMind - Thanks for the OC! I'll see if I can work him into the plot; I've actually just got an idea.
LHYWTL - Lol, thanks! XD
I would also like to give a shout out to NinjagoGirl4773, who has had me for an interview concerning the real LEGO Movie 2.
Also, IMPORTANT NOTICE; I will be making a forum for people to contribute ideas towards Future LEGO stories. So if you have any suggestions, go to the forum; I'll put a link on my profile when I've made it.
-Nf991, signing out.