Round 3! FIGHT!
And NOW you get to see my beloved flagship character.
Enjoy!
Maria opened her eyes slowly. She heard a strange, jittery noise before her eyes adjusted to the dim room she was in. She noted she was in a lavish bed, complete with red silk sheets, and thick woolen blankets dyed golden colors. Aside from the bed, the air was quite chilly. This was made more extreme based on the fact that she could see her maid's outfit hanging up in the corner of the room, and that she was mostly naked underneath the covers.
She wrapped herself up in the red duvet tightly as she let loose a shrill shriek. The jittering outside, presumably a father and daughter arguing with one another, ceased. A door opened, or rather, dematerialized, and then a tall figure strode in. It was a robotic creature, about seven feet tall, with large sweeping wings held upright behind it. Colored a dark purple with silver finish, the robot smiled as it saw Maria.
"Maria" she had heard this oily voice before, "welcome aboard... my ship." The robot's eye panels shifted to a space above her head, as if in thought, "My ship, the Ensis Cor." The robot smirked, seemingly happy.
"The Sword Heart?" Maria asked.
The robot winced slightly, "You speak Latin? Damn it all. Yes, the Sword Heart, I guess I did say it."
Maria sat upright, dumbfounded. A million questions entered her head. Her intellect allowed her to prioritize them.
"Are you the thing that kidnapped me? Am I kidnapped? Where am I? Who are you? Why did you kidnap me?"
"Maria, Maria, Maria! Life is too short, let's not be so brief! My name is... Kel Sel'ok. Yes, I kidnapped you. Soon, I will reveal to you my whole plan, but until then, I want you to honestly believe that I am here as an alien robot to take over the world. Does this goal seem logical and believable to you?"
"To take over the world... you kidnapped me? No, I am not buying it. Who are you really, and why does it seem like you are making up names?"
"Damn you Maria," The robot shifted, gazing at her. "Ok, yes, I have bigger, better plans than world domination, and kidnapping you may seem trifling, but...Ok how about this plan of attack. Don't question it. I just want your opinion of whether or not it is believable. Here goes: I kidnapped you because I want to take over the world economically. By using you as ransom for the Sanzenin family, I gain control over the largest single collection of wealth on the face of the planet. There, I will invest in choice markets in the Americas, and use my power of foresight to buy all of the stock in every single company around the world. I will then use my influence to crash the stock market globally, and send the world into a serious recession, the likes of which it will never crawl back from!"
"Well Mr. Kel Sel'ok, it sounds rather believable, however, you appear to be a touch later, the world is, in fact, in a recession already."
"It is? Damn. Whatever though. Maria, you may call me by my serial code 'X', 'T', '4', '2', '1', XT for short. My real name is Xavier, but I respond better to XT."
"What are your real plans, Mr. XT?" Maria demanded, "And where am I?"
"All in good time my dear Maria. Needless to say, you aren't really being held hostage here. But no, you can't leave. I need you alive and well to fulfill your role in the future. As for where you are, well, step out of bed, get dressed, and follow me."
Maria noted that the blankets weren't covering her as intended. She turned a pinkish hue, and grabbed the covers.
"What's with that reaction? I may sound male, but I am most certainly genderless. Besides, I'm spoken for, and have a family!" He puffed, and stormed out of the room in mock-anger.
Maria did indeed stand up out of bed. She felt terribly indecent, and was rather frustrated with the robot. He told her scarcely anything, and was obviously making everything up on the spot. What his true intentions were, were a complete mystery.
She inspected her outfit, determined that it had not been tampered with, except maybe being cleaned. She put on everything, exactly how she appeared the night she was captured and thrown into this rabbit hole.
"For once," Maria muttered to herself, "Nagi's prediction of me getting captured by aliens was probably spot on. I hope that hentai magazine I found while I was cleaning was Hayate's, and not hers. But would Hayate really read that?" She sighed, "Of course she read it... She probably thinks that is what couples do, essentially... That poor girl... I really wish Hayate could see that she is so smitten with him." Maria sighed a final time and walked towards the door.
She let out a peep when the door vanished before her, as if expecting her to enter it.
A small pathway lit up on the ground, and a voice emanated from unseen speakers. It was the oily voice of that robot known as XT-421.
"Maria, follow the green pathway to the dining hall, I have a very nice breakfast of ham, eggs, toast, bacon, orange juice and pancakes freshly prepared for you!"
The communication ended, and Maria stood before the green pathway shaking her head. "This is far too strange for my liking. But, it honestly doesn't seem like I have any options."
As she strode about the corridors, she saw a window here or there. The bright blue coloring immediately indicated that she was underwater, but at second glance, she realized that it was an ocean; from space.
"AUGGGGH!" Maria screamed, lunging back from the window. Anchoring herself well against the wall most opposite the window, she took deep breaths to regain conscious thought.
"There is no way this is real! No way! I'm in... space?"
"Why yes, dear Maria, you are. And you are all people should know it is rude to keep your servant waiting for breakfast."
"Ser...vant?" She mumbled out staring at the robot now in front of her.
"Why of course! I am but your humble servant! And kidnapper, but that comes second... or maybe it comes first, and the servant comes second?" The robot added in honest afterthought, "Regardless, that bacon isn't getting any warmer!" XT hoisted her onto his shoulder, and carried her into the dining room.
"Put me down!"
"Naturally!" XT cheered, sitting at the other end of a rather long table.
Maria breathed, and stood up, slamming her fists on the table.
"I demand to know what is going on at once!" She stated with authority.
"Tsk, tsk. I won't answer any questions until my humble attempt at a glorious breakfast is finished." XT waved a finger at her.
Maria couldn't believe it, she was being forced to eat a 5-star meal.
Grumbling, she took a piece of bacon and shoved it in her mouth. XT looked at her intently. Maria noticed this, and paused. What if he poi "I didn't poison it, if that's what you're thinking. Oh wait, it is what you're thinking." XT smirked.
"Wha-what? You can read thoughts?"
"And minds, and books, and runes, and glyphs, and body language too." XT flashed a creepy, toothy grin.
Maria lowered her head onto the table with her hands on her head. "Why is this happening to me?"
XT appeared at her side and gave her a feeble hug. "Feel better?"
"Get your hands off me!" She glared.
"I've tortured you long enough. We are in space. Precisely, we are in orbit equal to the ISS, but on the opposite side of the planet as it, and we are cloaked, so no one can see us or hear us or detect us. What I said about taking over the world is only half true. I would love to reveal my whole plan to you, from the bones to the veins to the neurons, but, there is an unseen audience somewhere around here that would hear of it, and it would ruin the rest of the story for them."
"You're delusional!"
"No I'm not!" XT cried out.
He's not.
"Someone spoke who wasn't here!" Maria closed her eyes. "I want to go home."
"May I do the honors Mr. Narrator?" XT requested.
Of course.
XT waved a hand over Maria's head, and she began snoring.
"That's better. Her asleep allows me to finalize other plots! Now, back to the forefront of the action! The Sanzenin Estate!" XT joyously proclaimed.
That's my line.
XT smirked once more.
Ok, so this chapter was short, but without it, the next chapter would've been obnoxiously long.
More Coming Soon...
Chapter added 19:47, 01/29/2012