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Chapter 15: Let's talk.
Alyan took a break from patrolling the perimeter and decided to sit against one of the nearby trees. He knew the the bots and Toa inside were gossiping nonstop about him and it had gotten on his nerves. Now everyone was trying to talk him out of it! Didn't they know that once he set his mind to something, he wouldn't stop until it was done? Talk about annoying. Which was why he had been taking more patrols, just to get away from them all and get some peace and quiet.
"Not that I care about what they all think." He muttered to himself as his fingers traced the clips that connected his visor to his head. Hesitantly, he flicked his wrist and was rewarded with two synchronized clicks. Bracing himself, he slid the visor off his face and the world around him plunged into black nothingness. He blinked his eyes, they were green if he remembered correctly, and did his best to not cry as the memories rammed into him. His mother's death, his abuse at the hands of his father, the attack that cost him his sight,... His mind clung to that memory, his sorrow boiled into rage which fed his hatred for his dad. He didn't even want to call that man "dad", he had never cared for him, never loved him, never treated him as a father should treat a son. He couldn't wait for him to drop dead. A dark smile grew on Alyan's lips. Which is why he was so glad he let Z take the job, as much as he wanted to do it himself.
Suddenly the Toa Rahayu of Stone heard a sharp whistle, and a familiar voice shout in a complimentary tone: "That thing looks expensive"!
"Who's there?" Alyan snarled, his body tense as he quietly berated himself. How had he not heard anyone approach him?! His senses seem to be slacking a little. He'd have to fix that later.
Alyan heard a figure jump from a branch above and land beside him. "So they HAVEN'T told you who I am then? I'll also assume they've been trying to shove mercy into that hateful heartlight of yours, hm"?
Alyan blinked and turned his head towards the voice, finally recognizing it. "Edward? You're alive." He smirked. "Impressive." The smile dropped into a serious frown. "And what do you mean, my hateful heartlight?"
Edward, whom now had a bigger and stronger body than before, with the same color scheme and the same black, green and silver Kanohi Shelek smirked darkly.
"Thanks". Edward responded. "I nearly died a worthless Toa because of their cycloptic friend, and for my loyalty, I was rebuilt as a humble Makutacon". 'Fortunate for me, as it means that I now get to live AND rule over the weak'. Edward thought with a dark smile. Oh the pain he would bestow on the Matoran for not taking him seriously when the opportunity came.
"But anyways, I know what you've been thinking about, Alyan". Edward continued, his pointy-toothed smile growing darker. "Just like I know why you don't have your sight". 'Seeing as blindness makes one utterly worthless, he's lucky I haven't killed him by now'. Edward thought. Sure, Alyan was a skilled swordsman, so maybe he WAS an exception. But what would his sword do against Bioformer min which was deemed indestructible to any Toa or Autobot weapons? "Bearing that in mind, you can't tell me that you don't hate your dad".
"How is it that EVERYONE knows about my past?!" Alyan roared in rage, his fist hitting the trunk of the tree they were on, causing it to shake a bit.
Edward shrugged, unamused by Alyan's growl or bratty burst of rage as he responded: "They're Toabots Alyan, you tell me. Also, a simple internet search can tell you quite a lot". Edward harshly added. 'Seriously, this kid has been a Toa for many years and he doesn't know that everything you is up on the web when you become famous'?
"But as far as the Toa go, they're all the same". Edward continued. "Prying into everyone's business 24/7 just so they can have a laugh".
Edward hadn't meant that last statement as a lie, but as a statement that he genuinely believed. For most of his life as a Toa, he had felt ridiculed by his teammates. Sure, he was a jerk who expressed desires in overthrowing their leader from time to time, and he insulted his comrades for every wrong and stupid thing they did, but in his eyes they were too unimportant to do such a thing in return. Edward had even hated Gahu, whom everyone else had thought to be the best of them even to this very day. 'And did I get a thank you when I did anything important'? Edward thought. 'Of course not. They all accused me of doing good thing out of selfishness. They're right, but what happened if it was Gahu or Ops who did something like that? They were rewarded of course, because I was just too brutally honest'. Edward was so glad that he had joined the Makutacons when he had in his days as a Matoran selected to become a Toa. The only thing that Edward didn't like about his change of sides was the fact that he didn't get to shoot Tali's brat of a brother himself.
"Whatever." Alyan scoffed bitterly and returned to running his fingers along the sides of his visor.
Edward almost smacked the Toa for his response, but then stopped his hand, smiling brightly as he saw his opportunity to do what Killer had ordered as he spoke: "Sure. If the conversations I've been hearing about you are WHATEVER".
Alyan's movements froze. "And just what have these conversations been saying about me?" He forced out.
"Oh so NOW you're interested"? Edward replied sourly. Edward then noticed Alyan's frown at his tone, and decided that he was going to have to be a bit nicer if he was going to do this. "Anyway, if you really think any of those Toa are your FRIENDS, you would be destroyed if you heard what they were saying about you". Edward responded politely.
Alyan rolled his eyes. "Oh please. I'm sure I've heard worse." He could recall many times when he had been bullied and called insulting and hurtful names back in Uni.
Edward chuckled. "No, you have NOT".
Alyan turned his unseeing gaze back to him. "Try me." He snarled, a slight hint of venom dripping off his words.
Edward shrugged. "Alright then, You asked for it. I can't exactly explain every little word, there were way too many on them making discussion. But the similar topic in each and every single one... They can't stand you. And all the more depressing, they despise you. They believe that just because you want revenge it makes you a bad person". Edward smiled sinisterly as he placed a clawed hand on his shoulder, and told him in a sympathetic tone: "But I disagree".
True, Edward was only doing this because his boss had told him to, but that didn't mean he didn't agree with the concept of revenge. It was one of the few purposes that he joined the Makutacons under. If someone had exiled him after trying to help, he would want to kill them too, and now that Edward was a Makutacon, he could help them AND kill his old comrades to a much greater effect. Unfortunately, they didn't want him to run into the TATF base and kill every Toa, Autobot, and Toabot in there. So getting Alyan to turn on his friends would do fine for now.
"Don't touch me." Alyan snarled as he jerked his shoulder out of Edward's grip as though it had burned him. "It's not true. My teammates would never say that." The Rahayu had been the closet thing he ever had to a true family. They loved and cared about him and he loved them. Sure they disagreed with him wanting to kill his dad but other than that, they were family.
Edward smirked once more, knowing that this jerk from Alyan meant he was getting through to him as he then said: "But in knowing what they think of your vengeful hatred against your evil father, they WOULD wouldn't they"? Edward patted Alyan's shoulder. "Listen kid, I was just like you once. I thought I had friends among my team and then one day, I wasn't important anymore".
"No. You listen to me, Edward. That is not what they think of it. If they did, they would be hypocrites. Especially Tali and Iris." Alyan argued, trying to hide the slight tremor in his voice.
"Ah, but wasn't Iris the one who told you SHE thought it was wrong"? Edward asked him. He made a gagging noise before continuing: "Anyways, then I met the Makutacons, surprisingly enough, they AGREED with everything I said. They actually LISTENED to me, they actually CARED for me. Way more than the "hypocrites" ever did".
Of course he had been lying. After all, Edward had met up with the Makutacons long before he had become a Toa, and they hadn't exactly been too trusting of him when he was a Toa, and to be honest he didn't blame them either. But based on a recent hack into the Toa Rahayu of Stone's browsing history, Edward knew that Alyan had never bothered to look him up. Even if Alyan had, he was blind and therefore wouldn't be able to see anything on the computer screen, thus why he normally looked up audio files or music, and he doubted that the TATF had any documents readable for the blind. Even if they did, Edward had never shared that information with anyone. He hadn't even muttered it to himself whenever he thought that he was alone, so he had that advantage in his favor.
Alyan caught on to what Edward was trying to do. "If you're trying to get me to switch sides, Edward, forget it." He snarled, fixing his sightless glare on the traitorous ex-Toa. "I will NEVER betray my friends. They cared for me after I entered Uni. They showed me what it was like to have a family, to be loved. I won't turn my back on them."
"And how do you know THEY weren't the ones tricking YOU"? Edward asked him. "Better yet, why WOULDN'T you join them? After all, both of you have something tremendously in common".
Alyan's eyes narrowed dangerously. "And what, pray tell, is that?"
Edward grinned darkly. "A need for revenge".
"Really? Funny. I just agreed to let Z handle my father." Alyan smirked.
Edward nodded in agreement. "Yes, but YOU made that decision. You could still call it off if you wanted to, like Iris said. But no, a revenge offer is just too sweet to pass up, isn't it"?
Even now whenever Edward had brought up Alyan's dad, he saw a bit of anger in his sightless eyes. Alyan hated his dad. Though that should be an obvious statement, it was also something he could use to his advantage to recruit the Toa Rahayu of Stone. After all, Edward wasn't wrong when he said that Alyan and the Makutacons had similar goals. Both wanted revenge out of a powerful hatred, and both were reacting rather violently to the past sins of those who had wronged them.
Edward was also right when he said that Alyan could call off that assassination right now should he choose to. As to whether or not Z would've done it without Alyan's consent, Edward had no idea. The Makutacon had seen the footage of him fighting in the Mayan Ruins, and the ex-con had easily proved himself to be quite unpredictable. But the fact remained that Alyan had not bothered to beg Z not to, like both his friends and the Toabots would've. Therefore, in a way, Alyan was not an ally to the Toabots at all.
Alyan rolled his eyes. "That was Amber, not Iris. And...it's not like I can go and find him to deal with him myself."
"But you need to let it go Pow, it's not right"! Edward said in a mocking tone, mimicking Amber.
Edward didn't care what the names of the female Toa or Autobots were to be honest. Even as Toa, Edward had considered women a minority in their line of work. Sure, Outilisa had proven herself to be stealthy and strong, so maybe she was a bit of an exception, but only because she had been raised by the Toabots and was therefore used to the battlefield. Edward had even recovered footage of Tali getting weak after fighting for a while, so he was positive that she and the rest of her team wouldn't last very long.
"Not right my armor plating". Edward responded, referring to everyone trying to convince Alyan that he was wrong for wanting to kill Kasar. "But Personally, I agree with what you're doing. Do you know WHY"?
"Why?" Alyan blinked in confusion.
"Because like the Makutacons, I believe in what you're after". Edward responded with a dark smile. "Revenge is what motivates you, the hate and the rage. It's all so bad you want to release it on the guilty. You can't even stand it right now. You look ready to explode. And I'm ready to do so just by looking at what he's done to you". Edward finished in a sympathetic voice.
Edward didn't really care about what Kasar had done to his son. As far as Edward was concerned, violence was in a Toa's nature, and therefore had to be lashed out someplace. But it was fortunate for the Makutacons since this argument Alyan had been having with his "friends", was already causing him to distance himself from them. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been patrolling as often as he had been recently. Edward smirked darkly as he thought about how much it would hurt the others if Alyan had betrayed them. All of that hard work, to get him to forgive his cruel dad would all be for nothing, and they would all realize that there was no hope left for him. If Alyan had decided to change sides afterwards, Edward would actually be happy. If Alyan did such a thing, Edward would kill him in his sleep, and drop off his body somewhere near his friends, next to a dead Toabot to label him a Makutacon in death, just to break their heartlights further.
Alyan closed his blind eyes and turned his face away, the slight pressure of the visor in his hands refreshing his memory of the incident.
"Ah, THERE it is". Edward commented. I see it now. It's the same face I had when they did to me what they're doing to you now.
"I...I don't know what to do." Alyan's voice sounded so conflicted.
"I do". Edward responded. "Go back to those ungrateful Toa, and tell them you have a different family". Edward told him in an encouraging voice. "One that loves you for your anger, and will never ignore or despise you for it".
'Go back to those idiots? Pfft, not a chance.' Alyan mocked to himself. 'The second I step foot in that base, they'll swamp me with they're pestering questions and not let me out of their sight for two seconds unless I'm in my room. Annoyances, the lot of them. I'm better off with the Makutacons. At least I'll be able to cut loose more like I want. Tali and the others were always holding me back, making me weak. Well, now I can give them some payback.'
Alyan turned back to Edward with a dark smirk. "If they truly are ungrateful, why bother wasting time saying goodbye and give them the chance to trap me? No, I'll just walk right out of their lives without a word."
Edward smiled darkly at Alyan's response. Sure, Alyan would prove to be useful for now, in emotionally harming those who genuinely did care for him. But once they were done with him, even if Alyan did remain committed to the Makutacon cause, Edward would dispose of the useless Toa himself. But he would worry about that when the time came. Now, there was a much more satisfying task that the Makutacons had given him to do after completing this mission. Taking very special care of Greens pathetic little friends.
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Biomarvel740: That thing Edward mentioned about Alyan wanting to explode in rage, is a reference to Transformers Beast Machines, which is owned by Hasbro.
Galem: Really? I didn't notice that.
Biomarvel740: Yep. Unlike a majority of Transformers fans, I actually like Beast Machines.
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