Chapter 11: Come again
01:11 AM (Chile Time), Sunday January the 28th…
"… It's here! I insist! A machine to become a GOD!"
"Yeah, yeah. How many times, Freeze Man?"
"18 in the last 7 minutes…"
"And that makes about 2 proclamations per minute…"
"Seeing how things ended up yesterday…"
"You needn't remind me! As if that robot wasn't enough that Morgan was as fast as light! He failed in purpose! And I could feel the strength on those arms from inches away!"
"GOD! I AM A GOD! LIKE IN ZENAY III!"
"What's that? Some Star Wars reference again?"
"I don't know either. Something he did before he rebuilt me, I guess. During his travels through Time – Space… I don't know much of them!"
"He did mention that… So I guess he played "God" in that place?"
"I'M A GOD!"
"Heck. Feels like a repeat of some months ago…"
"I warned him. Lady IQ warned him. However, he wouldn't listen. Lady IQ is going to be VERY annoyed when we get back. Master Twilight has actually disobeyed an order."
"And we stick along because he'll surely run into trouble and will need some assistance… Sheesh. What have I become, a babysitter?"
Twilight, Bapgei and Freeze Man were walking down a rock tunnel somewhere that had very dim illumination: Twilight seemed to be obsessed with the idea of becoming a god somehow while the other two were sighing and sounded totally defeated.
"That supercomputer of them must be the key to! Hence why that damned interloper destroyed the space-city on that other Universe! Just you wait…! I'll tear it open and find the key!"
"Does he mean that Slur Navi?" Bapgei asked Freeze Man in a whisper.
"Exactly. I've seen footage of that. The original one was merciless."
"That damned recreation…! If only I'd made it simpler…! Then it would be under my control! But it had to run away! Along with my backup! With Kanou Shade! To beyond my reach!"
"Are they really out of his reach?" Bapgei asked.
"Yes. Master sent a probe to check out things there and found that they'd been there for a few months before leaving for an unknown destination: now there's no way to find them. They obviously erased all their traces."
"Well, no wonder. They probably suspect Master would chase them."
"Here it is! The piece of rusted junk! Now! Give me what I want!"
They entered a chamber that contained a large-sized black-colored hexagonal machine about two and a half meters tall: Twilight rushed for it and aimed his hands at it: "Sith Lightning" shot out from the fingers and hit the machine thus making it hum and turn on.
"Show me your secrets!" He ordered.
"Kawanishinoseguchi, Kinunobebashi, Takiyama, Uguisonomori, Tsuzumigataki, Tada, Hirano, Ichinotorii, Ueno, Yamashita, Sasabe, Kofudai, Tokiwadai, Myokenguchi." The computer suddenly began to recite while speeding up the voice.
"HUH? That's a train line! This thing's picked up garbage! What a piece of junk they have here! Gimme what I want! The power to become a GOD!"
"Oh no. I inserted it at Omega's suggestion. Psychological warfare."
"That voice! YOU~! THE DAMNED LIL BRO OF THAT DEFECTIVE~!"
"Indeed. Me. Xon' Edos…"
Twilight was baffled by what the computer announced but a man's voice rang out: his face contracted into hatred and he spun around while forming two light-sabers colored crimson to face a newcomer.
This newcomer, Xon' Edos, looked about a meter and eighty tall and bronze was the main color of his body with some white spots.
The drawing of a planet was engraved on his helmet's forehead.
His eyes' irises were purple and looked calm.
He had two triangular wings (currently folded) with grooves drawn on it and colored bronze.
These same grooves repeated on the rest of his body.
He didn't have any emblems on his chest or in the helmet's ear pads.
"I'll DESTROY YOU! FOREVER! ETERNALLY!"
"If you can, that is. Prove what you can actually do!"
"You acolytes go broom! I'll blow this bastard up?"
"Acolytes? Huff! Master…!" Both groaned.
"Hra~h! Super Heavy Magnetic Exploding Star!"
Twilight formed the attack but Xon' Edos didn't even bother to move: he kept on hovering some inches over the ground and wasn't even pulled: the mass imploded and the shockwave hit Xon' Edos but he was barely damaged: Twilight growled.
"Spark Calibur!"
He formed the blade and hit Xon' Edos yet he was unfazed and only got a few scratches which he shrugged.
"You can't be made of alloys! It should inflict WAY MORE DAMAGE!"
"My body structure is way different to you. Did you not see that when you recreated Slur? Or maybe you put too much effort that you forgot?"
"I did have some samples but they were stolen by the runaway…! Else I'd beaten you a thousand times by now! By figuring out the weakness…!"
"Blame your own arrogance. And not keeping tabs on them."
"Shut up! I'm in charge! Lightning Sphere!"
Twilight attacked again but only managed to leave some very thin and hard-to-see scratches: Twilight snickered and seemed to get cocky so he began to shoot a Super Vulcan next: Xon' Edos merely remained with the arms crossed and his face was immobile: Freeze Man had been looking on with what seemed to be suspicion and suddenly gasped.
"Stop, Twilight – sama! It's a trap! Muramasa!"
"What! This alien can use that too!? By all the damned…!"
"It would seem your men are smarter than you."
"GRRRR! Why the nerve of this cheeky lil bro~!"
"And he was right. Have this back! By all means! Muramasa Blade!"
He drew the Muramasa Blade and suddenly dashed across the air to swing it and open a noticeable wound on Twilight's body: he then spun and delivered a kick with the right leg to Twilight's jaw: he recoiled, momentarily stunned, and groaned: Freeze Man drew his blade and rushed for Xon' Edos while Bapgei shot his knives at him: Xon' Edos moved so fast that only a blur could be seen: the next second Freeze Man's blade had been sent flying across the air, the knives bounced off in many directions, and Bapgei had been tossed into the ground landing on his right side: Xon' Edos was out of sight.
"W-what the… Gah… My body hurts! I feel like something grabbed from the front and violently tossed me to the ground…! I don't understand what happened…! I only saw a blur…!" Bapgei groaned.
"Me too…! My sword got hit and flung out of my hands and now it has fallen 3 meters away from me!" Freeze Man gasped.
"Grah… I'm dizzy…! My chest aches and burns…! That stupid piece of junk! What are they, Durasteel or what?" Twilight was clutching the wound.
"TWILIGHT!" Anaya yelled over the radio.
"Oh no! IQ – sama! T-that is…!" He turned white.
"EXPLAIN YOURSELF! YOU DISOBEYED ME! ME, YOUR MASTER! ME, YOUR CREATOR! ME, YOUR SUPERIOR!" She yelled.
"T-that is…!"
"ARE YOU A MORON LIKE GUTS MAN OR WHAT?"
"N-no, my lady…! But I…!"
"DID I SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HAVING TO BECOME A GOD?"
"N-no, my lady…! But…!"
"AND NOW YOU GOT YOUR ARSE KICKED! I CAN SEE THAT! I SENT A METTOOL TO CHECK ON YOU AND YOU FAILED AGAIN!" She continued.
"I can explain, my lady…!"
"No lame explanations! I'm not in the mood for any of them!"
"Yes, my lady…! As you command!"
"And what proof do you have there's such data to begin with? Why would they? Their creation went berserk and blew up their planet: do you think they were stupid enough to create something like that again and risk destroying themselves again?" She fumed.
"T-that is…"
"USE THE HEAD!"
"R-roger, my lady…! By your commands…!"
"PULL OUT! NOW! BEFORE YOU GET CAUGHT!"
"R-roger… Damn it, I'll be back… And destroy them!"
"If you can! Gorilla Man!" She fumed.
"Y-yes, my lady…! At once!"
"And there'll be CONSEQUENCES! Namely! You're grounded for 24 hours and I'll give the orders to Freeze Man myself! You go play MGS or whatever you want but you won't be leaving the base in the next 24 hours! I'LL SEE TO IT!"
"As you wish…! I obey…!"
"Zoan Gate Man! Get 'em outta there!"
"Roger. Remote Gate!"
The Remote Gate formed and they walked into it (Bapgei on his feet while Freeze Man was supporting Twilight because he looked about to collapse anytime): it closed and vanished while Xon' Edos became visible: he looked to the right and Omega became visible as well.
"Good work, Xon' Edos."
"It was nothing. I barely had to do anything." He shrugged.
"Good. Did you finish moving all the data to your craft?"
"Indeed. There is nothing left here. Well then. Let us meet again."
"Sure thing. I'm going back to the HQ… But we can't lower the guard yet!"
19:29 PM (Melbourne Time)…
"… Huff. What a morning."
"… Zzztop."
"Huh? What? Who are you guys and what do you want?"
"You coming with uzzz."
"Why? Who the heck do you think you are?"
"No quezztionzzz!"
"… That accent… Sharo…? I see, I see…"
"Attack!"
"Idiots. Amateurs!"
Philip (in his usual civilian clothing) had been walking down a street when an accent voice rang out: he stopped and looked up since he'd been sighing and lost in thoughts: four men wearing janitor uniform had surrounded him and they looked both hostile and foreign: Philip narrowed his eyes and quickly realized what was going on: the men ran for him but he simply grabbed the right arm of one of them and swung him around to knock the other three before pushing him into the ground: some other pedestrians stopped, surprised.
"Kidnappers! Abduction! Someone help me!" Philip yelled.
"Kidnappers! Someone call the police!"
"I'm going to beat these! I'm a boxing pro!" Another exclaimed.
"Damn it. We got zzzeen!" One groaned as he recovered.
"Zzzzcram!" Another ordered.
They ran off, chased by a couple of pedestrians: Philip took profit of the confusion to slip away through another alley and put some distance from the group: he sighed in relief.
"I don't think that Laika guy leaked my face in purpose… Someone there must've deduced he knew… Maybe they hired a hacker to hack the file from the Net Police? Hmmm… I'd better report this."
He drew a PET and interacted with it.
"This is Freeze Man. What's the matter?"
"Bapgei here. Got assaulted by Sharo agents…"
"What! Sharo agents? They knew your face?"
"Shook them off and forced them to flee… We should try to figure out how they knew my face. Laika surely didn't tell them."
"Surely not. Most of the military believed THE man was having delusions and didn't take his order of finding where we were at seriously yet… Maybe some fool eager to a rise in rank…" He grumbled.
"Sounds like it." Cosmo Man agreed in the background.
"Maybe the Net Police is lax with security… Or someone inside is a double spy and managed to get a copy of the file…"
"That could be the case too. We'll have to hunt those down… I'll send some of the Legion 64 to check it out."
"Send some to the coordinates I'll give you too. Others related to me could be involved: I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to use hostages to force me to show up." Philip warned.
"Hum. This could get troublesome. Alright. I'll put energy into it: Zoan Gate Man! Handle the dispatches."
"Roger that. Leave it up to me!"
"Good. Tell me ASAP if something else pops out…"
"Of course. I'm going to inform Lady IQ as well."
"Roger. Later."
"Stay on your toes."
"Of course. Over."
Philip pocketed the PET and rubbed his chin while looking rather annoyed: he grumbled under his breath and fumed.
I was going to meet with Cody and go have fun but… I'm not sure if we'd have fun with the mood I have right now… With the tension I'm building up… I could end up trying to vent off that annoyance into Cody and that won't do. Maybe I should have a drink along the way…!
Sighing, he resumed walking and entered a café: he sat on a stool in front of the counter and had a quickly glance around.
"A Coca-Cola." He ordered.
"Right away." The bartender replied.
The bartender brought a glass bottle, which he opened and poured the drink into a glass with ice cubes and a slice of lemon: Philip took out his wallet and paid the drink before beginning to drink it up: he stopped and glanced at a nearby TV transmitting a baseball match in live.
They must've deduced by digging up my connections that I'd show up around the area… Let's hope Cody and my aunts don't get involved into this… If they want to beat the crap outta the old man then I couldn't care less… That drunkard doesn't know anything and only cares about drinking more and more… Hmpf… Have at you, fool!
He finished the drink and exited the café to resume his walk: he reached a house and rang the doorbell: there were some rushed footsteps and Cody opened the door with a grin.
"You came!"
"Sorry for the wait. Had to finish pending work… Is Aunt at home?"
"No. Mom went to the supermarket. She asks for the groceries to be delivered so she doesn't need me to help her with the bags either. Can we go? I'm eager to have fun!" Cody shrugged.
"Sure. Leave a message before."
"OK! Leave it up to me!"
Cody picked a notepad from atop the hall's drawer set and wrote a message: they both left and Cody locked with his keys before they began to walk down the street.
"So… Today…?" Cody eagerly asked.
"Today… What? Is there something you wanna do?"
"Can I try it?"
"The horse…? Are you sure about it? It's very extreme at first…"
"I know you care for me, Cousin, but…"
"Fine. But I warned you."
"I know. I can take responsibility!"
The two of them silently reached the alley where the backdoors was at: Philip opened it and both entered: he made sure to lock it from the inside before they descended into the basement: Philip used the PET to scan the surroundings but found nothing: it beeped but it was an incoming call so he stepped away to listen to it as Cody began to undress.
"This is Freeze Man… According to the scouts' reports… Nothing out of place has happened… Ah, true… Those men were caught trying to escape with a Jeep… They're being interrogated."
"Good. I've got some business of my own to handle so I won't be able to answer the calls for a couple hours. Send me emails and I'll check them out… Unless it's urgent, it can wait. No?"
"Alright. Lady IQ warns that you must be on your toes the whole time if you want to avoid those."
"OK. I'm gonna do that, yeah."
"Alright. Over."
Philip left the PET atop a chair close by and picked the crimson rope from a hook in the wall: he calmly tied up Cody and placed the blindfold on him: he then attached a hook to the ropes from behind and pulled a chain to lift him and suspend him over the wooden horse.
"Get ready!"
Cody gulped and Philip let go of the chain to make him fall straight into the two vibrators: Cody groaned and gasped as they turned on and began to spin clockwise and anti-clockwise: Philip locked restrains on Cody's ankles as he tried to lift his body but slipped back since the vibrators were covered in a lubricant: Cody groaned and his cock got hard: Philip chuckled and clipped the clothes pegs on his nipples to excite him further: his moans became louder.
"Intense…!"
"Told you."
"Too intense… Too good… Man!"
"I told you it'd be."
"You were right…! This feeling…! Two of these in my ass…! Spinning…! I try to stand up and slide back… And they get deeper in…!" He muttered.
"Alright. Next is…!"
He lowered the horse because the legs were designed to be retractable until Cody's head was at his waist's height: he grabbed Cody's head from behind and had him take his cock into the mouth: he set the pace and Cody followed him as Philip toyed with the left nipple's clothes peg: he inwardly chuckled.
Heh. Cody's getting used… He'll do an excellent masochist… Yeah… I think I'll switch roles for a season… He'll be my handsome slave… In terms of the game, of course. I don't intend to really enslave him! I'll play with him and he'll want more of it… This will do to kill the boredom!
He released inside of Cody's mouth and pulled his cock away: Cody panted and some stuff dripped down his jaw into the horse: Cody suddenly gasped and released so he stained his lower body: he hung his head down.
"Gone to the white world, Cody? Heh, heh. Let's tease you a bit more."
He picked a ping-pong racket and smacked the right buttock with it: Cody groaned and snapped out of it: Philip hit the left buttock next and began to alternate between one and the other to make Cody groan and moan more and more: he moved to the front and began to smack his balls from the front and the sides too to get his cock hard again: Cody released again and let out a long moan.
"Did you like the feeling of the ping-pong racket?"
"Intense…! It aches and feels good at the same time…!"
"That means you've got what it takes, Cody!"
"I've got what it takes? Great!"
"We're going to have plenty of fun today… I'm going to be intense!"
"Man! I look forward to it…! I want more pleasure…! More of it!"
"Sure. I'll make sure to deliver with my experience and the gadgets!
I'll deliver it to you right now, Cody… Heh. I've found a new goal in life…!
21:31 PM (Japan Time)…
"… Warning. 5 enemy signatures detected."
"Five enemy signatures? Not again."
"Gotta be 'em… The Pentagon Bros.!"
"Just go and deal with them. Will you?"
"Delighted, Bloody~ Shadowy!"
"Sheesh. No need for nicknames!"
Blood Shadow and Sigma had been looking at a film while sitting inside of the Hikari house PC when a warning rang out: Blood Shadow groaned, annoyed, while Sigma chuckled and stood up: he ran down the area and crossed over 3 firewalls before exiting outside: he found the Cut Man Brothers standing there and wearing cloaks and straw hats while yielding katana: they seemed to want to pretend they were samurai.
"The Pentagon Samurai?"
"Tell Rock Man to come out!" Jirou ordered.
"Else… We're going to get in!" The other four (Saburo, Shiro, Goro and Rokuro) added.
"Get in? How? There are several firewalls, see!" Sigma pointed out.
"S-several? There wasn't just one?"
"Of course not. Security has been improved lot in recent years. Have ya been livin' in the moon?" Sigma shrugged.
"N-no! We've been training! To have our revenge!"
"Huff. You're stubborn. Your precious bro was trying to blow up a dam and kill milions of people! MILIONS OF IRREPLACABLE LIVES! Don't believe me, ask Freeze Man! When humans die… They don't get "rebuilt" or "restored"! They disappear! Forever!" Sigma grumbled.
"E~H? THAT FOR REAL!?"
"Of course: only someone who understands how the real world works like can realize what your precious bro was going to do…!"
"But… That Quick Man guy…!"
"Quick Man was bluffing! He didn't intend to do that! So, Freeze Man, who'd been watching was disappointed… He sent your bro to do it for real! We've got it recorded! What he said at the time! Maybe you need someone to show it to you? Huh?" Sigma fumed.
"T-then… Our payback strategies have been pointless?"
"From the start! You're ex-members of a defunct terrorist org! You're criminals! We've all told you countless times! Go back to your turf and improve a show or something! Shoo, shoo!" Sigma commanded.
"No! We won't give up so easily!"
"Fine! Come at full power!" He challenged.
He stepped forward and loomed over them while his body seemed to blacken further and his eyes began to glow in a brighter, menacing red color: the group began to shiver.
"T-this guy's scary~!" The other brothers yelped.
"T-this is nothing! Be men! Samurai Attack!"
"YA~H! CUT MAN ATTACK!"
"Fine! Eat punch!"
The 5 of them ran for Sigma and jumped but he merely propelled his left fist forward and hit Jirou and another 2 to each of his sides: the blow sent them flying across the air and landed over 10 meters away: the other two missed the target: Sigma quickly spun around with the blade and knocked them away from the blade's strength.
"You're weak, anyway. I'm sure even Guts Man and Ice Man could beat ya by now. Scram and don't come back! Else I'm really gonna run out of patience and send ya to the Navi Prison! Where ya should be at! Ya have been in the loose for too long!" He threatened.
"YA~H!"
They all run away while tossing the samurai outfit stuff: Shadow Man appeared there and fumed, annoyed.
"Talk about stubborn idiots. Hard to believe I counted on them to defeat Rock Man years ago. I was too stupid." He scoffed and crossed his arms.
"Yeah. Guess this should be a lesson for 'em… Time will tell!"
"I'll keep an eye on those from time to time just in case. Did you find the source of the leak, by the way?"
"Search Man did! A hired spy that pretended to be a technician: it'd seem the orders came from a General Molotov… Someone very ambitious and very warmonger… We leaked to Sharo that he was involved in "hacking of Net Police confidential files", so they're gonna have his head on a silver platter for trying to start up a mess. Guess they're going to recall those four grunts, too… Apparently, they're the only ones who knew. Fortunately enough!" Sigma explained to Shadow Man.
"Fine. At least we solved this before that leak spread."
"Yeah! We're going to alter the file and make up a fake face. That should impede any ambitious idiot from searching for Bapgei."
"Good idea. We've been a bit too naïve in this aspect."
"Yeah. But we learnt from the mistake…"
"I heard a raging mole was here… Where is it?" Fire Man suddenly rushed up to them.
"Raging mole? There were only the Cut Man Bros."
"Those idiots? Sheesh." Fire Man grumbled.
"Say, guys… Where are the raging snipers?" Colored Man looked around.
"I don't see any raging monkeys either." Elec Man frowned.
"Where is the spice bargain sale?" Magic Man eagerly asked.
"Shah, shah, shah! Where's that Zoan Gate Man guy?" Needle Man rushed in, looking around.
"Hum. I cannot detect that representative from the private research lab, sir… Are they late to the meeting?" Laser Man reported next.
"Cloud Man." Shadow Man summed up in two words.
"Oh come on!" The newcomers complained.
"My new "Urgent News" channel is a success!" Cloud Man looked down (literally) from atop a building.
"Sheesh. Why, you...!"
"Well then! Got other stuff to take care of… Beware of non-legged and non-winged second-class DUCKS! Kingdom of the Ducks!"
"I can't believe I fell for that!" Needle Man hissed.
"Me too…!" Yuriko complained.
"I'm such a blockhead. Why didn't I question the email's contents? Why would someone ask to meet me like that?" Dr. Regal sighed.
"Huff. Annoying clowns." Dr. Wily grumbled.
"By my beard!" Hinoken complained next.
"What rascals! Aniki~!" Count Elec grumbled.
"Gauss Magnets isn't involved into this! Count Elec!"
"Y-yes, Dr. Wily – sama!"
"As expected of that bitch's pawns…" Madoi was hardly impressed.
"Hum. We have lowered the guard." Maha didn't lose his cool.
"Huh? Ah! Dream Aura!" Elec Man suddenly gasped.
"What? Ugoh!"
"Magnet Man, come to try again?"
Elec Man activated a Dream Aura just as something collided with it and Magnet Man turned visible: Sigma wasn't too surprised.
"Did you call for me? The mighty Tesla~! Mightier than those toy cars out there~!" Tesla Magnets laughed as she opened her Operator screen.
"You again! Tesla!"
"Again AND AGAIN! Uncle! 'Till I prove my power is above yours!" She smirked and signaled him with the right index finger.
"Heh. I did some updates." Dr. Wily chuckled.
"E~H? NO WAY~!" She gasped.
"Uh-oh. This is bad…" Gauss Magnets muttered in the background.
"Like these! Absorber: on!"
"Absorber…? Ugoh! My electricity…! Grrr! Mag Missile!"
"Slow! Mini Bomb!"
"Uack! Damn it! Mag Ball!"
"Too slow! Mini Bomb!"
Elec Man's devices (the ones on his back) hummed and began to absorb electricity from Magnet Man: he shot some Mag Missiles but Elec Man jumped to dodge and threw a Mini Bomb at Magnet Man's head: the blast momentarily stunned him and he tried shooting Mag Balls but failed as well: another Mini Bomb hit his head as well while Elec Man drew a Bamboo Sword and quickly dashed to swing it and inflict a wound into Magnet Man: he recoiled.
"Sure kill! N-S Tackle!"
He formed his blue "bunshin" and both tackled for Elec Man: his Dream Aura became visible again and Magnet Man gasped yet he was too late to stop; he hit it and was bounced off while his "bunshin" screamed and exploded.
"Did I say I'd cancelled it?" Elec Man taunted.
"Damn it. They can now become invisible. That of the updates wasn't a joke… Guess we'll need some too… From Dr. Yoru…!" Magnet Man grumbled aloud.
"Sheesh. Didn't want to have to rely on him the whole time but looks like we'll need to! At least he's courteous to me!" Tesla fumed.
"Hah! Have at you, silly Aniki!"
"KI~H! JACK! This isn't over! Not yet!" Gauss got annoyed.
"Father! Don't get in my way!"
"Gimme that! I'll show you how it's done like!"
The screen shut down as they apparently began to fight over the PET: the other Navis calmly dispersed while Sigma shrugged.
"Meh! Ghosts of the past? Not scary at all. Let's go back and have fun!"
"Sure thing, Sigma. Let them quarrel amongst them. It'll save us trouble, indeed! Resume the patrol. They won't catch us so easily!"