Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 6

Chapter 28: Totsuka's Wild Ride

(DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Supernatural because it belongs to Eric Kripke and Warner Bros. So, enjoy the show! Rated M for graphic violence, adult content, and adult language.)

I was up and alert as I was getting dressed for the day. Even though I woke up at five in the morning, I was most likely to be reporting towards the effort into overthrowing the Executive Division by relinquishing their stranglehold over the Drakonar region of Heigus, which they controlled. By the time I was ready to set out, I noticed that the mission to overthrow the Executive Division in the stolen territory had to be postponed due to the rain that was pouring down in droves. I was looking forward into stepping out towards my current mission, but the weather made it difficult into doing so as I saw the rain continue to pour down. When I returned to my room, I spotted Totsuka sitting near the window as he wasn't too thrilled with the rain ruining our mission, for we would try again another day soon enough.

"It had to pour, didn't it?" he said.

"Even though we are going to the city of Andarias to shut down the Executive Division, it'll be hard enough for the other ships to travel due to the weather," I said.

"It reminds me of that detour I once had when I had to escort Crowley to one of the slug roe homes in the Elder Days and that was during the time of the Angel Expulsion."

"Looks like Ryosuke's getting pissed off due to the unsuspecting weather that showed up recently..."

"If you were a pilot on a plane in a storm, I suggest that you stayed put instead of crashing after takeoff. Besides, this small storm won't stop us from fulfilling the mission at hand." I see Totsuka fish out a paper as he showed it to me. "We take the bullet train to Andarias 'cause it's a better cover right now."

"Then we'll take the train instead of the ship. I'm no stranger to riding on trains, but we can't let this mission go to waste."

"Then let's put those asshats out to pasture..."

It wasn't long until I spotted a familiar figure standing outside the palace grounds from far away. It was Crowley himself as he was most likely to put his life at risk just to stop the Executive Division from causing more havoc, for he had an agenda of his own to deal with…

Two thousand years into the past…

Sam was in the Men of Letters' infirmary as he was still resting up after nearly having the grace removed from him. Even though he was not too thrilled with Dean for not telling him about Gadreel's conduct and Kevin's death, he wasn't about to let his anger get the better of him right now. When he dressed up in his robe, he heard the sound of a scuffle approaching as he saw Nimi arriving with Yashamaru and Totsuka in tow. What he didn't expect was that Castiel was there with them as they all brought Crowley back to the bunker, for he was a target for something malignant in the eyes of Abaddon and her followers on the horizon.

"Before you try to get pissy, I suggest that you hear us out first," said Nimi.

"You brought Crowley back here?" said Sam as he was getting testy.

"What did you expect, Moose, a woman dressed up like a Lolita maid?" he said as he was handcuffed. "I ran into your brother, but he has a distinguishing mark that he acquired during our latest outing."

"You can worry about that later," said Yashamaru. "For the record, you're being tracked by Abaddon and she won't stop until she kills off the competition for Hell's throne."

"Look at the crimes that he did!" yelled Sam. "He killed some of the people that Dean and I saved-"

"And he nearly tried to kill Sheriff Mills. We not only have to worry about Abaddon, but to go after Metatron as well," said Totsuka. "From the looks of it, there's a slug roe home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It's a start, but we can't just leave the embattled King of Hell to the merciless foil of Abaddon. Besides, he did help save your life, Sam, so you should be thankful that he flushed out Gadreel after he did away with Kevin."

"We can't let Abaddon get to Crowley or else we all lose," said Castiel. "Even though he helped out into forcing Gadreel out of Sam, we can't let him fall under the cracks when it comes to Abaddon's followers going after him."

It wasn't long until Yashamaru got out a small burlap bag full of stones in which each one would be selected for a reason. With each of the group getting a stone, one picked a white stone that was there in the bag. By the time Totsuka held out his hand, he revealed a black stone as it signaled the duty of escorting Crowley to the slug roe home in Las Cruces at hand, for it was vital in order to step off the radar from Abaddon's scrutiny.

"This is worse than rock-paper-scissors," he said.

"Totsuka, it's now in your hands to get Crowley to Las Cruces before Abaddon finds him," said Yashamaru. "Her followers are watching and if they spot him, they'll report to her as soon as she gets word about it."

"Looks like I got my work cut out, but I know the area of Las Cruces very well back in my day. My old man once crafted weapons there just to fend off a couple of suckheads that were terrorizing the town at the time."

"And there are warding materials just to keep Abaddon's followers at bay," said Nimi. "Your old man may have been there on a hunting job, but his duty as a weaponmaker is known far and wide before he was killed."

"Totsuka," said Sam. "Watch your back, okay? We've seen Abaddon at work, but I can't lose you to her and her followers, alright?"

"Yeah, but you should be lenient towards your brother once you see him again. I know that you wanna stay pissed at him, but in the end of it all, you'll come to his side once the chips are down and that's a fact."

It wasn't long until Totsuka left with Crowley as he was ready to set out on his mission. As for what would happen next, it would soon shift the tide as the time to get the King of Hell away from Abaddon's radar was just the beginning of what was yet to come…

Meanwhile, back in the present…

I was at the terminal in Skyward City as I saw it to be a cluster of trains and seaships that came and went all over the planet. Even though I was on a mission to going to Andarias to overthrow the Executive Division, I wasn't alone as I saw Castiel and Totsuka there waiting at my side in which they were ready to meet up with Reina soon enough. The schedule of the trains and seaships were slightly jumbled due to the weather that was still in shambles with the rain. The mission to stop the Executive Division was a crucial one as it was also one for the record books in which we had to prevent further danger on the horizon. Still, I had my reasons to put an end to that heinous group as they were dangerous on a whole new level with acquiring the likes of the Toller Family, the Black Dragon Guild, and the Ketch machines themselves. By the time our train arrived, we stepped inside as we were most likely to be taking it out of the city and onward to the Drakonar region of Heigus as planned, for we were on a mission to overthrow the Executive Division after all.

"It's been a while since we took the train," said Totsuka as he sat down in one of the seats.

"The mission at hand is to destroy the ambitions that the Executive Division has held all over this planet," said Castiel. "Their motives that are steeped in lust and greed will also become their undoing in the end the moment they fall."

"Dude, this mission is peanuts compared to my escort mission to get Crowley to a slug roe home in Las Cruces on Earth in the Elder Days."

"Reina will be joining us shortly," I said. "Even though we're taking the bullet train out of the city, let's hope that we have faith in what we do."

"Faith is obtained by the wise, but despair is obtained by the cowardly," we heard her say as she arrived into the bullet train while holding a silver pocket watch. "This isn't the first time that we have fought on the field and it won't be the last, either."

"It seems that you came here just in time, Lady Reina," said Castiel. "Our timing will be put together just to fulfill our mission on the field."

"We should be cautious before delving into heigus' capital of Andarias carefully. What we know from some of the refugees that came towards the sanctuaries, there had been experiments on people who refused to bow down to the will of the Executive Division, which was one of the tactics that the Old Guard used in the time of the Elder Days. We all know of it due to the late marshal Braddock's ancestors using the same brainwashing tactics stemming from drugs to electric shock experiments. After a while, the Order, which was known as the newly forming and reformed Men of Letters at the time, put a stop to what the Old Guard was doing in which their dangerous forms of torture, brainwashing, and mind control had been eliminated for a long time now until today."

I was heavily concerned about the mission as Reina's conversation about the Old Guard's tactics had been used as fodder for the Executive Division's power trip in this ongoing war. When I got into my seat, I buckled firm as I was sitting across from Totsuka, who was still amped up into going against the Executive Division. In the long run, we all had our work cut out for us as the time to advance towards Andarias would soon liberate all of the region of Heigus once and for all, for the occupiers wouldn't last long forever.

"This sure takes me back to that wild ride," said Totsuka.

"What wild ride?" I asked.

"It was that mission that I got stuck with when I had to haul Crowley to Las Cruces at the time."

"From the record books in the Order's archives, it was detailed that you even had to fend off Abaddon's forces when you upheld that mission."

"And I remember the long trail that I took in which Crowley kept hitting up any form of blood bank just to get his fix, which he was addicted to human blood at the time."

Totsuka never forgot about the mission that he upheld as it dawned on him the moment he began to think about it. Still, he was here with us for a reason as he was with the past lives from the Elder Days, for he had a mission to uphold with the rest of us…

Two thousand years ago in the past… again!

Totsuka was riding on his motorcycle with Crowley tucked in the sidecar as he was taking the highway from Lebanon, Kansas to his destination in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Even in a couple of days while journeying on the way there, they stopped in Denver, Colorado as the motorcycle had to get filled up at a gas station. With the motorcycle parked to one of the pumps at one of the local Gas-n-Sips, Crowley got out of the sidecar as he walked across the street where a blood bank was at. By the time Totsuka got out of the convenience store with some snacks on the go, he spotted Crowley running out of the blood bank as he had an empty pouch in his hands the moment he threw it in the trash before leaving back in the sidecar. It wasn't long until they set out again as they were taking off towards Las Cruces as planned.

"You got your fix, didn't you, Crowley?" said Totsuka as he revved up the motorcycle. "It also seems that you developed an addiction to human blood that was a side effect in the failed attempt on sealing Hell during the third trial."

"It's just one pint," he said as he was sitting comfortably in the sidecar. "I can't just go without what I don't have, so please focus on the road before the raging ginger gets a hold of us."

"Keep your panties on 'cause we're leaving Denver right now."

"Bollocks..."

Totsuka took off with Crowley in tow as they left onto the trail that was waiting for them. What they didn't expect was that there was a red sedan following them. Totsuka had a feeling that the occupants of the car were demons who served Abaddon as they were speeding up towards him with Crowley in tow. The motorcycle was faster as it was speeding further towards a rest stop in which the red sedan followed into. Getting off of the motorcycle, Totsuka was staring at the two demons who followed him and Crowley as they were in service to Abaddon herself.

"Looks like the Winchesters' errand boy has a buffoon for a false king of Hell in tow," said one of the demons as he was dressed in a business suit. "All we want is to gut Crowley so we can show his carcass as a trophy for our future queen."

"So, you're Abaddon's lackeys, aren't you?" said Totsuka as he got out his own version of the Colt and his Ruger. "It's bad timing since your boss has her thong in a twist every time Crowley runs free."

"Hand over Crowley or else we'll kill you on the spot," said the other demon as he was dressed up as a trucker. "We know that he's not fit to rule Hell, so we are in need of a Knight to take the throne."

"I like to see you try it!"

The two demons were ready to strike until Totsuka was quick on the draw by shooting them in the head. By the time he got back on his motorcycle, he decided to speed off again as he took Crowley towards the long trek all over Colorado before touchinng down in New Mexico as planned, for this was going to be a very long ride indeed…

Later on in the evening, Totsuka and Crowley were in a motel room in Colorado Springs as they were tired for the night. Both Shinigami and demon were calling it a night as the both of them were sitting on their beds while watching some anime on Adult Swim. The show itself was a sad episode of some cartoon as Totsuka noticed Crowley crying over the death of a character on television. He never saw the embattled King of Hell crying over something like that as he also had suspicions of his behavior due to what he noticed during that pit stop at the local Gas-n-Sip in Denver.

"You never tear up at watching t.v. before until now," he said as he saw Crowley blowing his nose on a tissue. "And we're watching the episode of Naruto where the Third Hokage just got killed and everyone's going to his funeral."

"You don't know what it's like to see something like that, do you?" he said.

"I know now that you got your recent fix at the blood bank while we were in Denver before those two demons tailed us at the rest stop."

"I can't help it because of the fact that Moose injected his own purified blood into me just to pass the third trial, only to have me slowly turning into something that I'm not supposed to be."

"Well, you did off a few people that Sam and Dean saved, including that girl that once helped in a case about the deadly portrait."

"All I wanted was to gain the upper hand, only to be challenged by that raging harlot and her cronies."

"There's no time to be man-struating right now 'cause we got a long way to go once we reach Pueblo and onward to New Mexico where we can go pass Sante Fe and take the right turn at Alburquerque before reaching Las Cruces."

"Let's hope that you're not thinking about me taking Midol for the side effects… As for Abaddon, she'll get it coming when I go and search for Dean, who has the Mark of Cain passed down to him just to find and get the First Blade to eliminate her with. As for her cronies, I would like to go and rain on their parade if I have to because I don't want my kingdom falling apart at the likes of that ginger-haired whore and her lot."

"Well, you can't do that 'cause those asshats are gunning for your ass. Like it or not, we all have a part to play, even you."

Crowley continued to watch the television screen as he was still under the influence of the human blood that he took earlier. Even though Sam injected his own blood into him, it was slowly turning him into what is known to be a junkie due to what he was feeling right now.

Meanwhile, back in the present…, again!

Totsuka was still sitting in the bullet train as he watched the underwater scenery from the tunnel that we were all in. He was still remembering that time as he also had a gut feeling that Crowley would show up without warning on the way to Andarias as planned. By the time the bullet train left from the underwater tunnel, it was in a different one as it was the one that goes towards the region of Heigus where Andarias is sitting at. Everything was smooth sailing until we heard a crashing sound that stopped the train. I woke up from a long nap as I sensed danger looming on the horizon. Even Totsuka was concerned as he saw the danger lurking in the tunnels. With Reina up and alert, she got out her spear as she spotted the threat coming all over the train. She saw them to be none other than the Ketch machines as they were armed with their usual guns and other hardware all over them, for the mission had hit one huge snag in our path.

"We've got company," she said. "It's something that shouldn't be crawling around to begin with."

"What's going on?" asked Castiel as he was also up with his sword unsheathed.

"The Ketch machines have tracked us and they'll end up killing the passengers on this bullet train if we don't get them to safety."

"Dude, and I thought the Cybermen were bad…," said Totsuka as he saw one of the Ketch robots tearing into the train car where we were. "I guess that it's time to kick some ass here before we become Swiss cheese at the hands of those asshats."

I was the only one without a weapon until I noticed my sword there in which I picked it up and unsheathed it when I spotted one of the Ketch robots charging towards me. The sword that I had tore the robot in half as it was still going the moment I saw the half of its body crawling towards me. I was ready to dispatch it unti Reina intervened by piercing it with her spear in order to destroy it. We were caught in the middle of the robots coming towards us as I had to warn the conductor of this train the moment I sprinted towards the main engine car. To my shock, I saw the conductor dead with his throat cut as several more passengers were met with the same fate the moment I spotted another robot standing in front of me. He knew of me to be the main target as I got out my own sword and was ready to destroy it until I heard a gunshot from far away. The bullet pierced the robot's head as it fell to the floor in which I was saved at the last minute when I noticed Deejatra arriving in the nick of time with her sniper rifle.

"This isn't safe here, Sam," she said. "The Ketch robots know where you're going now."

"It seems that you saved my life, but the conductor and some of the passengers didn't make it," I said. "What those machines do is far worse than what the artificial dolls that Darbus Toller kept cranking on a daily basis."

"The Ketch machines kill anyone that gets in their way and they also kill vital witnesses like that werewolf and General Arbogast's daughter. Before we do anything, we have to get the remainder of the passengers off the train and get them to safety."

"That's good enough to hear..."

"There's a small alliance of our allies and members of the Hunter Corps that followed your signal. And for the record, you should thank the head commander of this squad for his reasons to protect his younger brother from harm."

"Dean..."

Without warning, we saw another robot breaking into the train as it was armed with a set of knives in its hands. We had a gut feeling that there was no end to their wrath in their targeting towards me as it charged towards us quickly. I was ready to stop it until I saw a bullet pierce the robot's head the moment it fell to the ground. Turning around, I saw Totsuka as he had his own Colt with him in which he wasn't about to lose to what was going on so far.

"There goes yet another Cyberman," he said as he put his gun away.

"This train isn't safe here," said Deejatra.

"There's a hottie that can make Charlie jealous, but now's not the time to see the full view. We gotta get out the rest of the people before we all get shafted by those asshats."

"Where are Castiel and Reina?" I asked.

"They're busy rounding up the passengers off the train in which that mixed bag of allied forces is there to get them to safety."

"That's a relief… After this, we head straight towards Andarias as planned. We can't afford to have a setback right now."

And so, we were leaving the train until I noticed someone hiding from under the seat. From the looks of it, the stray passenger was a Draaza man with a red comb and piercing purple eyes as he was dressed up in a Chinese tunic while holding a bag of books in his hand. To my surprise, he saw me to be the one who stood out as he was ready to come out from under the seat soon enough, for it wasn't safe for him anyway.

"O, fair lady, I thought I was done for-," he said until he noticed me in my real gender despite the long silver hair that I displayed. "You're not a woman… You're a guy?" He sees me in a very awkward way as he was blushing after what he saw. "That's even better."

"You need to leave the train immediately," I said. "The robots that attacked the train have already slaughtered the conductor and some of the passengers already."

"The conductor's dead?!"

"Dude, there's some Cybermen wannabes scouring the train and if you don't get off, then your ass is bullet fodder," said Totsuka. "From what I know is that the allied forces squad just picked up the rest of the people on this train, so I suggest that you get going."

"Wait, before I leave, I have a name. My name's Amadar Lerindal and my family lives here in Heigus on Drakonus. I hope that they're alright..."

"We have to get going," said Deejatra. "The Ketch robots are overwhelming the train, so I suggest that we all get out before it's too late. I've seen what they do and they don't hold back when it comes to fulfilling their mission to eradicate their target."

And so, we rounded up the stray passenger as we left the train, but not without my suitcase that had my clothes and journal with it. By the time we got out of there, we sprinted all over the tunnel as we saw a rocket launcher mortar aiming towards the bullet train and blowing it up in an instant. We saw what was left of the train as it was smoldering in the flames of where the rocket launcher hit it, for we never heard the last of the Ketch machines yet…

Two thousand years in the past… again!

Totsuka was up as he had Crowley in tow after spending the past few days getting him out of Abaddon's radar. With the long road ahead of them, they were in the city of Alburquerque as they were most likely to be stopping there for yet another pit stop to fill up the tank in Totsuka's motorcycle. By the time the tank was full at the local Gas-n-Sip, Totsuka spotted Crowley with a paper bag and syringe as he saw the contents to be empty the moment they were later tossed in the trashcan by the gas pump. Without any further say, Totsuka sped off with Crowley in tow as they left Alburquerque and were ready to get back to the highway where Las Cruces was waiting.

"You can't just go hoarding what was in that paper bag, man," said Totsuka as he had his helmet on while revving up his motorcycle. "If Sam or Dean find out about your habit, then you're in a lot worse than being in the bunker's dungeon if you're not careful."

"What are you now, my wife?" said Crowley.

"Ever since we left the bunker, you've been going to the blood bank just to get your fix like a drug addict getting use to his habit."

"Do I look like I've got an addiction to you?!"

"You look the part by buying and hoarding human blood, but you're developing a side effect that isn't like your normal snarling self right now. You're no different than Walter White decked out in only a green shirt and a pair of tighty-whities and I saw a few episodes of Breaking Bad while I travelled all over the place."

Without warning, Totsuka heard his cellphone go off before he was ready to take off. When he saw Sam's name in white letters pop up, he answered right away as he had to report in soon or later.

"Fake 911 call, Sam," he said as he answered his phone.

"Totsuka, where are you?" he asked over the phone.

"I'm at a Gas-n-Sip in Alburquerque right now and ready to leave, but with Crowley being shady behind my back, he's gone and done it."

"Done what?"

"He's addicted to human blood just as you were addicted to demon blood at the time. He's been like that since that failed attempt during the third trial."

"Keep watch over him, alright? As soon as you get over to Llas Cruces, the better."

"And by the way, have you and Dean kissed and made up yet?"

"No…, but we just stopped a monster at a health spa not too long ago."

"You can't just have that rift build up forever, man. Sooner or later, you two are gonna have to face off against Metatron along with Abaddon and her followers. In the end of it all, you'll be brothers again, I just know of it..."

It wasn't long until Totsuka hung up his phone as he spotted a white new Toyota Prius driving up to the Gas-n-Sip in which he noticed the occupants of it to be demons in it. When he got back on his motorcycle, he revved it up with Crowley in tow as he sped out of the Gas-n-Sip and out of Alburquerque. Returning to the road, they were being pursued by the two demons in the white Toyota as they sped along the highway where they were being chased all over. The long chase was getting intense as both Totsuka and Crowley were being pursued on their way for a while in which they even sped past the exit to the rest stop. The chase became so intense as Totsuka was hauling tail the moment he spotted that suspicious Prius picking up the speed before it stopped due to the impact of road work on the horizon. With Totsuka playing it safe with Crowley in tow, he was going the route that he needed to get to. By the time they entered into Socorro for the night, they stopped at a motel as they paid for their room, but they what they didn't expect was that Abaddon was waiting for them, for she was on the prowl into taking out the competition for Hell's Throne.

"Well, well; if it isn't the Winchesters' errand boy," she said as she was sitting at the front desk of the motel. "You can't catch a break, can you?"

"Abaddon," said Crowley as he got out of the sidecar. "You can't just barge in on us just because I have the upper hand in Hell's hierarchy."

"What upper hand? Hell is in shambles and your subjects have abandoned you since you decided to become a junkie due to the human blood you get to support your habit."

"Look, you may be on the upper hand, but I've got better weapons to stop you," said Totsuka as he got out his Ruger. "What I have is not like what you see in a gun show 'cause it packs a punch. As for your status as a Knight of Hell, it'll come to an end once the First Blade is found."

"Oh, look; another cheap toy. What's the matter? Can't fire off your little pop gun?"

"That 'pop gun' is my personal exclusive in which I have bullets that can stop you." Totsuka fires a shot into Abaddon's arm as she is stunned due to what the bullet had. "Personally, I don't like targeting women, but you are on the same level as Metatron right now. As for the bullet, it has a Devil's Trap etched into it in which it also has a side order of myrrh and holy oil complete with gunpowder and the ethereal metal that was made for the cartridges."

"How dare you?!" Abaddon let out a scream as it shattered the glass on the motel windows. "You can't just do this to me, Totsuka! I'm the Queen of Hell and I won't let you have that usurper return to the throne!"

"Nice try, red!" Totsuka fished out a ward paper from his hip holster as he used the incantation to banish Abaddon in the nick of time. "She'll be back, but she won't expect the First Blade touching her skin yet."

Crowley was relieved as he got back into the sidecar the moment Totsuka got back on the motorcycle and sped off once again. With the trail to Las Cruces getting closer, they had plenty of obstacles to get past as they also had to steer clear of Abaddon's followers soon enough, for they were waiting to tear the embattled King of Hell a new one if he didn't watch his back carefully…

A few hours into the night, Totsuka and Crowley were continuing their journey on the long stretch of road that was going towards Las Cruces. Even though their attempt to stay the night at a hotel in Socorro was a bust, they kept going as they went past the towns of New Mexico in which they were finally in the destination that they were aiming for. They were finally in Las Cruces as they stopped at the slug roe home that was there in which they didn't expect to see Nimi there, who was guarding the house from Abaddon's forces. Getting off the motorcycle and sidecar, they stepped inside as they found it to be a place that was spaceous, but roomy due to it being near the Rio Grande River.

"It's about fucking time that you guys got here!" yelled Nimi. "Do you know how many times Sam and Dean kept calling about Crowley's habit?!"

"And here's the potty-mouth for a landlord," he said as he was moseying into the slug roe home.

"Anyway, the Winchesters are combing tooth and nail on Metatron and his would-be sidekick who did away with Kevin. Still, we're in a bind since Yashamaru took off into fighting Kurotowa while the rest of us are staving off Abaddon's followers and Metatron's brainwashed groupies on a daily basis."

"We all have our battles to uphold," said Totsuka. "Oh, I'm beat! I could go for an ice-cold six pack of beer and some Netflix right about now."

"I thought you had a thing for watching Doctor Who," said Crowley as he briefly poked out of the window of the slug roe home. "You used to brag about how the later episodes had the crappy actors."

"The only Time Lords I preferred were those of Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, and David Tennant. The first two are okay, but the later ones sucked. I always preferred the classics and the ones with Number Ten before that pretty boy idiot took over."

"Cut the crap and get in the house," said Nimi. "I've got the place warded outside just to keep Abaddon's forces out, for she won't find it on her demonic radar."

And so, Totsuka and Nimi entered into the house as they were ready to guard Crowley for the night before leaving. As for the events that were yet to come, they were written in stone as they would also endure what was made to be legend soon enough…

Meanwhile, back in the present… about time!

I saw a platoon of allied forces escorting the train passengers to safety as I was concerned about the aftermath of what I saw earlier. The presence of the Ketch robots swarming the train before it was destroyed was a wake-up call that I couldn't ignore as I saw a familiar cadet standing there while making sure that everyone was alive and safe. It was Hugh as he was most likely to be doing more than just his duty in the Alecrian Army and other planetary forces that were fighting the Executive Division, for he was there to help out with the mission to destroy that factory in Andarias after all. Like other members of the Order, he was carrying out his duty as he was ready to go into the heat of battle on the horizon. Still, I was thankful that he came here, but the bad news about the few passengers and conductor would soon shake him as the skirmish with the Ketch robots wouldn't be the end of our fight against our enemies.

"Sam," he said as he was happy to see me. "Dean told me that you were in danger, so I used a rocket launcher to destroy the train after all the passengers were safe and accounted for."

"The passengers are all safe, but a few of them met a tragic end by the Ketch robots," I said.

"And I fired off a rocket launcher round at the train after that?"

"We can scour for the remains of the dead while later salting and burning them, but first and foremost, we must get to Andarias in order to shut down the factory there and put a damper on the Executive Division," said Reina. "That attack with the Ketch machines wasn't the first, but it won't be the last when we get through to overthrow our enemies out of Drakonus."

"And we'll stop at nothing to help you, ma'am. Besides, it's an honor to be working with you when we go and stop our enemies so far."

"We'll rest up in the slug roe home for the night before heading out," I said. "It's best that we get a good night's sleep before leaving, for it will be a crucial battle indeed."

I was eternally grateful that we were most likely to be fulfilling the mission after all as we had a bone to pick with the Executive Division. As for the help that was there, we were most likely to be going off towards battle after all that has happened not too long ago. We had a job to do as there was no backing down anytime soon, for it wasn't over just yet. By the time I saw Totsuka coming forth, he stared at the wreckage of the train as he noticed a charred piece of metal with the Aquarian Star painted on it, for he now knew that the Ketch robots were a bigger threat than that of the soulless dolls that the late Darbus Toller once churned out on a daily basis.

"It seems that you're catching up to history," said Reina as she was seeing the damage that the Ketch machines did. "What the Executive Division has done was the most despicable that we've ever seen so far."

"And I thought the Cybermen were bad…," said Totsuka.

"The Ketch machines were created by the Old Guard in which they were the primal alternative to the usual flesh-and-blood hunters who followed orders and doing the right thing. They were a force to be reckoned with until a Terran war criminal stepped in and rewired them to kill everything in their path."

"Well, he's good as dead if he did that..."

"The war criminal had a name and his name is none other than Taren Capel."

"Taren Capel? That name came from the Doctor Who story, The Robots of Death, in which one of the crew members in the sandminer rewired the robots to kill them before they turned on him in the end with the help of helium."

"If you think that the name itself is fictional, then you should read the record books about Taren Capel's conduct. He's very real just like what Chuck Shurley and Nathan Hofstra conjured up when they wrote the popular Supernatural books from the Elder Days."

"And the 'real' Taren Capel… What prison is he in?"

"Taren Capel is in a tomb-like prison in a set of ruins on Gethos. His crimes became so severe that the Order and other deserters of the Old Guard had no other choice but to entomb him in the prison that he is held in today. If he is woken up and if the Executive Division gets word of this, then we'll all be doomed and end up losing this war if we're not careful. As for the robots that he tampered with, they were created in the likeness of the Old Guard's top assassin, Arthur Ketch from the Elder Days."

"And I thought that Crowley's trip to dodge Abaddon was bad..."

Totsuka had a bad feeling about what he saw here after that incident. Still, he couldn't waver as he he had a part to play like the rest of us, for this battle to shut down the Executive Division's influence on Drakonus was the tip of the iceberg for our worries so far...

Crowley was up and alert as he was searching for some clothes to wear. Even though he did a little work around the castle, he was ready to get a change of clothes after bathing in the bathhouse earlier in the castle on Alecrast. What he didn't expect was that he spotted a familiar set of clothes that were cleaned and neatly pressed the whole time. It was his suit as he noticed the black jacket, trousers, and shirt, complete with a grey necktie that made it complete. With a pair of shoes next to them, he decided to put them on over his underclothes he wore after he took off his white robe. By the time he got them on, he was ready to go just to put the fear in the ones who sowed more fear than he did.

He was ready to go as he stepped into the kitchen and went downstairs to where the room with the red rubber ball was in. By the time he was ready to go, he heard footsteps approaching as he turned around and saw Valerie standing in front of him, for she had a bone to pick with him after their little interlude.

"Nice suit," she said.

"I hate to tell you this, Mrs. Stevenson, but I have prior engagements to fulfill," he said.

"You know what this is about, Crowley, or may I suggest your real name…, Fergus MacLeod?"

"You know my real name, but I'm afraid I can't come back ever due to what I might do. I'm going there to Drakonus to rain on the parade of those soulless dolls who appear and destroy things like that teahouse in Akatsuki, which I never forgot."

"I hate to burst your bubble, but I'm pregnant with your baby."

"I had a feeling that you would tell me that, but there are reasons why I planned my legacy in slow strides. If I'm killed in battle, then the legacy that I have in both gestation or storage will succeed when I'm gone, for I'm doing the right thing into keeping them on the straight and narrow."

"What about what I carry within me?! What will I tell it when it's born in which you won't be there?"

"Tell my future nest egg that I started out playing the bad guy, only to die as a hero in the end. It's what is planned in which I have an imprint of raw power on my back that saved me once, but I have better use to sacrifice myself to put a damper on the Executive Division. I'm no stranger to laying my life down, but I won't go down quietly. If I end up dead, then pray for my own ascension to the Elysian Fields. And just to show my gratitude for your assistance, I bid you farewell, Mrs. Stevenson, for my legacy that I give you will protect you in the end."

It wasn't long until Crowley kissed Valerie's lips as he went into the room with the red rubber ball and closed the door behind him. With his destination set in stone, he saw the red rubber ball glowing as he was ready to take the next step into destroying what the Executive Division and their allies had taken away from him in Akatsuki. Getting out of the room with the red rubber ball, he found himself in an empty building as he walked towards the window and saw the banner of the Executive Division, which was a navy-colored flag that had a pair of twin serpents on a stick. He was ready to go after his enemies as he was not about to go down without a fight just yet, for he was itching to take out some of his enemies in his wake until he turned around and saw two soulless dolls come here with guns in their hands.

"Hello, boys," he said. "I've come to rain on your queen bitch's parade right now!"

To be continued...