Chapter 5

"What did I ever do to you?"

Matthew slowly opened his eyes, but he started to wish he didn't. He was in the middle of ruins of an old he stood up and got a good look around, he realized that he was in the ruins of an entire city. He saw smoke in the horizon, he heard gunfire.

"What the?" He said. But something was wrong with his voice. It sounded deeper, just a little, but it was still deeper. He realized that he was about three years older, and taller, than normal. But that wasn't the only thing that changed, his clothes changed as well. He was wearing a pitch black shirt and brown shorts. His hair was back in it's 'quill' form. The only thing that didn't change about him was his shoes.

He scratched the back of his head. He didn't know where he was or why things are different. All that he could remember, was that this was Clockwork's doing. Matthew heard something nearby. It sounded almost like a plane engine after a few more minutes, it just stopped. He heard something else click. Before he knew, he felt the barrel of a gun on the back of his head.

"Alright, don't move." A voice said behind him. "All I want is answers. Who are you and are you working with Biostar?"

Matthew had didn't know what to.

"I'm waiting for an answer." The figure taped his foot impatiently and he tightened his grip on the gun. "Ten seconds."

Matthew, already knowing what he meant by 'Ten seconds' instantly began to think of what to say.

"Three... two... one-"

"Wait!" Matthew blurted out before his possible murderer fired the shot. "Look, my name is Matthew, but I don't even know who Biostar is. You think you can bring me up to speed?"

The figure lowered his. Matthew turned around and got a good look at him. But he was very surprised to see that it was a boy about his age. He had smooth black hair that covered one of his burning red eyes. He had a red camouflage shirt and blue shorts. He had two holsters for his gun and he was wearing an earpiece. But what surprised Matthew the most was the large metal backpack he was wearing. He had a very strict and serious look on his face.

"You don't know who Biostar is?" He asked.

Matthew scratched the back of his head. "I'm not so sure I even know what time period this is. What year is this?"

The figure raised an eyebrow. "It's the year 3011."

Matthew's eyes went wide. His legs began to tremble and his vision became a little blurry.

"Clockwork..." Matthew growled. However, the second he said that, the other figured slapped his forehead.

"Oh great, another Clockwork nut..." He muttered. But then, something clicked in his mind. "Look boy I'll fill you in, but in return your going to come with me. You copy?"

Matthew slowly nodded.

"Very well then. I'd suggest you sit down, this is a long story. It all started forty years ago in the monarch country of Latveria. King Victor von Doom had suffered a terrible accident which had cost him his life. Having no one to replace him, the wise men of the king searched the country for someone suitable to take the throne. After many months, they found fifteen year old boy by the name of Terren Biostar. Terren took the the title of king very well and became loved by his people. They said that there was never a man like him. However, once he found the hidden armory, he grew mad with power and started to develop his own weapons, weapons that could destroy a continent. Afterwards, he formed an army and went to conquer the world, and now, forty years later, he's conquered half of the entire world."

Matthew was shocked after hearing that story. The power of one man's ambition allowed him to conquer almost everything.

"But there's more. Many people believe that the reason he was able to do so much, is because he is the king of hearts."

Matthew froze. They believe a monster like that could possibly have the title of the king of hearts?

"Others believe that the king of hearts abandoned them. I happen to be one of them."

Matthew slowly backed away, that is, until he felt a large sting on the back of his neck. Things became blurry and he began to wobble. He could barely stand. After a few more seconds, Matthew fell with a thud. The other figure chuckled a bit.

"Sweet dreams your majesty."

Matthew slowly opened his eyes. He wasn't in the middle of the ruins anymore. Instead, he was in a laboratory. To be more precise, he was in a glass cage. He saw various scientists working from left to right. Matthew tapped on the glass getting one of the scientists attention.

"Excuse, but do you know why I'm in here?" He asked.

The scientist shook his head. "I'm sorry I'm not allowed to talk to the prisoners."

Prisoner?

They had the king of hearts prisoner?

"Look, I shouldn't be here, I'm the king of hearts!"

Matthew overheard two scientists talking.

"Hah! I knew he'd confess! You owe me twenty bucks."

The scientist Matthew was talking to sighed. "Look I know you are, but I'm only following orders. And try talking a bit lower. If Deryk finds out I'm talking to you he'll kill me!"

"Who's Deryk?" Matthew asked him before all in the room heard a very loud gunshot. Matthew saw the same boy who he had met, holding one of his guns.

The scientist winced a bit. "That's Deryk." He whispered.

Deryk walked to Matthew's cage. He had a very serious look on his face. Matthew stayed quiet for he didn't know what to expect, but Deryk only glared at him. He growled as if he was a wild animal. What was his problem?

Matthew put a cheesy grin on his face. "Hi... it's me again."

Deryk growled even louder. Without any explanation, Deryk punched the cage, forming a large hole in the glass. Matthew had no idea that he could be that strong. And what's more, Deryk's hand wasn't even cut, nor was it harmed in any way whatsoever. Just what kind of power did this kid have?

Matthew was scared. He backed up a bit. "look buddy, I'm not quite sure what I'm doing here, nor why you have such a grudge on me. I mean, come on, what did I ever do to you?"

With those final words, Deryk placed his gun in front of Matthew's face. "You really want me to answer that? I should kill you right now..." Deryk sighed and placed his gun back inside it's holster. "But lucky for you I have somewhere to be, so I'll let you live... for now."

Deryk away from the cage. Even though it was over, Matthew was still petrified with fear. He could feel a dark aura emitting from him. It was twisted, dark, demonic... What caused him to be like this? No human is born like that. What happened to him.

Deryk walked through the halls of HQ. He growled with every step he took.

"I should have killed him." He muttered. "He doesn't deserve to live, not after what he did to me..."

He reached a large metal door with a strange panel on it. Deryk put his hand on the panel, causing the large door to open. Inside the room was nothing more than a large computer. Using it was a man in his forty's. He wore a white lab coat over a plaid shirt. He had black pants and wore a strange pair of glasses. He wore grey boots and a pair of white gloves. His hair was brown and short and his eyes were green.

"Ah, Deryk!" He said. "You're just in time for me to show you my latest discovery."

Deryk rolled his eyes. "What is it this time Octavio?"

"Well, I've been doing some research work ever since you found our young king."

Deryk growled quietly.

"During this search, I discovered something rather... useful."

Deryk raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean: 'useful'?"

"It strange really. Just a few minutes before you found him, I detected a strange amount of energy. An energy I've never seen before, but it has been registered before. To my surprise, it was a large amount of temporal energy."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Time, Deryk. I found a large amount of time energy. In other words, I found a rift through time."

"Now I get. Your saying that someone was able to create a rift, causing the king to move through time periods, which is how he got. I don't see how that's useful. It just shows that he went traveled through time. He probably opened the rift himself."

"That's not what I'm trying to say." Octavio showed Deryk a large map of the plant on the screen. Several red dots appeared on the screen and they quickly disappeared.

"What is this?" He asked.

"Time energy wasn't the only thing I found, I also found Smash Energy."

Deryk's eyes widened. Smash Energy? The legendary force belonging to the smashers?

"This leak allowed me to locate they're descendants. However, I didn't have a enough energy for a fixed location of all them. I can only find one at a time. If we can recruit them all, we may have a chance to defeat Biostar and execute: The Big One."

Deryk kept looking at the floor. ""Biostar..." He thought. "in my eyes, an organization founded by the devil himself. I'll need help if I want to take em' down. I need the kings help. And the Smashers decendants help."

"Octavio!" He yelled. "Tell them to release the king immediately!"

"Yes sir" He saluted before running out to the hall.

"I hope your right about this Octavio."

Alright every, Ark 1 of the story is done. Ark 2 will be the quest to find the remaining smashers, a few missions here and there and preparing for The Big One.

What? You want to know what The Big One is? You'll find out when it's ready.

Basically every chapter I write will be a new smasher. Only in rare cases I'll write some thing different.

I'll at least give you a hint about the next descendant, technically, the title of the next chapter: "A small amount of chaos"