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Chapter 7: Messages in the Past and Headhunter
It's been four months since the war began against Fuse and fourteen months since Holden had vanished to some other place in time. Ben is in Off World Plaza Hospital and is bored with nothing to do. The space port is an infected zone now and nothing could get off the planet or on to it for that matter without Fuse shooting it down with his defense network.
Unfortunately for Ben, the Ultramatrix was working only part of the time, causing him nothing but headaches and it had been glitching profusely.
Suddenly, something falls on Ben's head and onto the ground. "Ow! Who threw that at me? Kevin did you throw this at me? This isn't funny." There is no reply.
He then looks back at the entrance of the hospital to where Vilgax had taken to standing. It wasn't there because he is on the look out, but because he despised having to even work with Ben. Ben picks up the object off the ground and its out to be an odd communicator. Ben flicks the switch that is on the side and turns it on.
The message flashes on screen and turns out, it's from Mandark. "Hello Ben. I have sent this message from a time when things are pretty dark for us. We recently lost Tech Square, and there aren't that many people left who can fight Fuse and time here is short. We know that this message will arrive two months before we send back an important package. So be prepared for the war to change once it arrives. It's our last hope."
Ben scratches his head. Things could change badly for everyone in just those two months. Unexpectedly, he gets a call on his com and it turns out to be from Edd.
"Ben did you just get this weird message thing from Mandark?"
Ben nods and replies, "Yeah, what do you think this important package is?"
Edd responds, "It better be a weapon."
Meanwhile, Mojo has gotten his message too and starts to make plans according to the thought that it's a weapon. He would use it to make the ultimate monkey minion.
Meanwhile in Dexlabs, Dexter is in his lab when he receives the communicator.
"Dexter, I'm sending you data on something to help out the package with something called nanos. It will be called the Great Machine. Don't tell anyone else until after it arrives about the Great Machine. However, you may only talk about the package with Mojo, Edd and Ben. You must not confide in anyone else with this information including Hoagie. This package will appear in Sector V." The message ends.
Dexter paces back and forth trying to think about what that package could be.
Meanwhile back in the future Junkyard, Holden has just passed the small trailer in the first area of infected Junkyard. Holden can visibly see Megas and gapes at how large it is. Jack previously hadn't even done justice in explaining to how trapped the thing was. At the moment there are seven Terrafuser clinging to Megas' body and a pool of fusion matter that would normally melt everything at its feet, but luckily for Megas there is no effect.
Holden quickly shoots a few Toxic Spawns and skirts the outer edge of the fusion pool. Holden runs over to a heap of junk and finds the head of Larry 3000 laying there.
He holds up the head in his hand and quotes, "Alas poor Larry I knew him well."
Consecutively, He hears a groan on his com as a face appears on it. "You're in a fusion infested junkyard and you have time for Shakespeare? I think you lost your mind little bro." Buttercup says with a large grin.
Holden sighs and comments, "Come on sis, the moment seemed right for it."
Buttercup laughs and responds, "Well, get back to Sector V so we can send you back to your proper time."
Holden listens, and quickly leaves the junkyard and heads to the Cul-de-Sac, which then transports him on the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. back to the tree house. As soon as Holden reaches Sector V, he enters the Time Lab and hands the head over to Hoagie.
Hoagie grins and then replies, "It's going to take a few hours until Larry's head is in place. Go get some sleep Holden. You leave tomorrow morning."
Holden exit's the time lab and find a place to sleep, while Hoagie and Mandark start working to attach Larry's head to the almost complete time machine.
The next morning dawns and everyone who is left hastily begins gathering in the Time Lab to send Holden off.
Buttercup hands Holden two notes and replies, "I'm not going to tell you were I am in the past little bro. You have to find me the hard way. The note is for me. The other is for Blossom." She gives a weird smile.
Holden scowls at her and then says, "You're not even going to give me a hint to where you are?"
Buttercup sighs and then says, "FINE! Just one hint and that's it. The hint is: find a row with an ace. You shouldn't have an issue with that."
Holden hugs her and then turns to the next person, who happens to be Jack.
Jack looks Holden in the eyes and replies, "I wish you luck in the past my friend. Being a hero is never an easy task, but I trust you can do it." He and Holden shake hands.
Numbuh 2 then says, "I'm not gonna cry."
Finally, giving Numbuh 2 a weird smile, Mandark injects Holden with an unfamiliar liquid.
"What was that?" Holden says with a quizzical look.
Mandark then replies coolly, "A small dose of an aging formula. You will age 16 months in a few seconds. We want you to be as old as us when you get there."
Wasting no time, the formula kicks in and Holden grows 6 inches and gains more muscle. Holden looks back and nods.
Mandark then says, "Holden, when you arrive it will be sometime around the first battle of Sector V in mid July. That was the battle when we lost the KND training facility and it became an infected zone. The tree house lost its anti-gravity component as well."
Again Holden nods and enters the new machine, sitting in the chair before the door closes. The Machine starts to hum as it starts up. Then in a matter of moments, Holden is gone.
I added months into the fic just to give a scene of time. Still doing my best to edit.