Hasbro owns Transformers and the name Xanthium, Lego owns Bionicle and the names Jaller,and Ketongu, and Galem owns Tali, Ava, Amber, Iris, Diego, Alyan, Adhira, Valera, and Kasar.
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Chapter 29: Tent
In a nearby medical tent, Felicia hissed in pain as she rolled onto her side to gaze at Diego. Her wounded side unfortunately. Not just because she thought he was cute, although she thought the pain was worth gazing at his beautiful figure. It was mainly because the entire time, the Toabot had had a pained expression on his face. Sure, she had assumed it was because of everything that had been happening in the past couple days, but she couldn't help but feel like there was more to this for Diego than meets the eye.
"You okay, Felicia?" Asked Iris who had been tending to the Toabot femme's wounds.
Felicia nodded, trying harder to ignore the pain as she responded: "Yeah it just... It still hurts. The cuts, the wounds". Felicia frowned to the side as she finished: "And the whole thing with Xanthium really sucks".
Considering Paradox had trusted the guy, there didn't seem to have been a reason for anyone else not to. That being said, his betrayal and murder of several innocents had hit them like a rock. 'This guy had practically helped raise Paradox at a young age'! Felicia thought. Even now all she could wonder was how someone whom had raised someone as good mannered and moraled as Paradox could ever join the Makutacon cause. Let alone lead them to attack the base and kill more innocent people.
"Don't remind me." Diego growled lowly, clenching his fist. He silently vowed that he would make Xanthium pay dearly for his betrayal, no matter what.
Upon hearing this growl, Felicia almost threw an insult his way. Sure a lot of people just died, but insulting people wasn't going to change that and no way was she going to let him think otherwise. But before she could, she had noticed the balled fists at both of his sides and calmed herself. She was not afraid of him at all. Matter of fact, she had been hit by a guy before and it hadn't ended well for said guy. If this guy overreacted, she knew she could take him. But the reason why she had decided not to say anything was because of the fact that his physical expression displayed much anger. Possibly more anger than most of the people there. While people were still crying or muttering, as they were taught not to seek out vengeance and be Christ-like, Diego was visibly filled with an unhealthy amount of rage.
Felicia looked sadly at the Toabot. "He got to you worse than the rest of us, didn't he"?
"He knew I was a Toabot." Diego muttered, immense grief weighing heavily in his voice. "He took me under his wing to train me in my element since my mother wasn't around at the time. And now he's taken my symbol as well! So yeah, you could say that." Diego deeply regretted letting his guard down and letting Xanthium in enough to see his deepest secret. He had been a fool to think the coast had really been clear.
Felicia looked away then, slightly ashamed of herself. Slightly, because she had only desired to help the Toabot vent, as perhaps that would have made him feel better after a while. But with all that Diego had said on the matter considered, it probably wasn't the best idea. Now the guy just seemed to be more riled up.
"I'm sorry". Felicia said. "It was none of my business".
"Don't take it personally, Felicia." Iris rested a hand soothingly on her shoulder. "Diego's just under a lot of pressure at the moment."
Unable to handle the thought that he might have hurt Felicia with his words, Diego quickly stood up, blinking his optics repeatedly to hold in the tears that wanted to spill over. "I'm going to go get some air. Be back." Without so much as a glance at the girls, he quickly took his leave.
Both out of concern, and in unwilling to let the guy go through his trauma alone, Felicia attempted to get back up and chase after him. Before she could do so much as to shout for him to wait, she felt the pain in her still healing wound intensify and groaned as she attempted to fight through it.
"Easy, Felicia. Easy." Iris soothed as she eased her back down on the berth. "You shouldn't be moving around with those wounds. Let him go. He'll be fine. He'll be back."
Though she had wanted to protest, Felicia figured she wouldn't have been any help to Diego if she had worsened her condition with internal bleeding. Plus, she really did not want another lecture from her dad about staying out of trouble and listening to her doctors. The more she actually listened, the less she and her dad would fight together on the battlefield. That wasn't to say that she didn't like spending time with her dad, she did. But Armor constantly protecting and saving her unnecessarily did get quite annoying after a while. So she silently nodded.
Then as Felicia gazed outside to see if there was still any hint of the Toabot, a saddening thought occurred to her. "Is he with anyone"? Felicia accidentally thought aloud, then blushing hotly as she realized what she had just asked. Though she did in fact find Diego attractive, she wasn't always comfortable talking to people when it came to crushes. After all, what if that person she had wanted to ask, was in a relationship with her crush? That would've been too awkward. Plus, she had never talked to her dad about that kind of thing, and considering how trigger happy he was on the battlefield, and in having seen it herself, she really didn't want to know how he would react to that. That, and also the fact that the Toabots could never seem to keep a secret to themselves, and were as bragging about almost anything as the internet. Felicia prayed then that no one else had just heard her ask this, otherwise Diego would find out in seconds and possibly turn her down.
"Diego?" Iris covered her mouth to stifle her laughter. For as long as she knew him, Diego had had only one lady in his sights, his mother. Now that he had her back, he hadn't really given much thought to a relationship due to his secret. He was only comfortable with those he knew and held acquaintances at an arms' length. And whenever their friends had brought it up, Diego was passionate about turning down the thought. So to hear a girl asking about it for once was pretty funny in a way. "No, he was too busy worrying about his secret to get serious in a relationship. Always feared what would happen to him if it got out. He didn't want to risk hurting anyone when it happened."
Felicia blinked at that, a bit surprised that that response hadn't gone the way she thought it would. "Oh". She responded, then smiling a bit. 'So Diego doesn't want a girl who's fragile'. She though. As she was a Toabot and had killed plenty of Makutacons, she had already had that part covered. 'Still, I guess it'd be better to get to know the guy first'. Felicia thought. As handsome as she thought Diego was, no way was she getting into a relationship with a guy who would mistreat her. She wasn't saying he would. Just the fact that she didn't know him too well made her a bit cautious.
"Anything I can do to make him feel any better once he gets back in"? Felicia then decided to ask.
To this, Iris gave a shrug. "Talk to him. Ask about his family, hobbies, things like that, I guess. Something that will get his mind off his troubles." 'Or have him focus on them even more.' Iris thought. All she knew was the best way to get Diego to relax was to get him to let it all out, even if it hurts. It pained Iris but it wouldn't do the young Toabot any good keeping it all bottled any longer. Plus, if this femme wanted to get to know him, best have him rant about it.
Felicia smiled a bit, satisfied with her answer. "I'll try all of those if I can. Thanks Iris".
"No problem, Felicia. Happy to help." Iris smiled gently. 'I have a feeling those two will get along just fine.'
Not too long after that response, Rack came rushing in with a sheet of paper in his left hand. Iris and Felicia both looked at him in surprise, clearly having forgotten that Rack was supposed to deliver the news of the Turaga's vote to them. In seeing their confusion, Rack didn't hesitate to remind them: "Everyone, I just got a call from the Turaga and I got the paper in with your votes from Athena".
"Oh, boy." Iris swallowed thickly as her spark sank to her tanks. 'Please let it be good news. but yet, with everything bad happening, should I even dare to hope against hope?' Fear sent shivers up her spine as she focused of Rack. At that moment, Diego had also stepped back into the room, Rack's words sending his tanks reeling. 'If it's as bad as I fear it is, I might faint.' He thought breathlessly.
Rack couldn't help but hold his own breath as he gazed at the piece of paper, having worried much about this vote himself. If the Turaga had voted against sending them off earth, they were going to have to fight harder than they had since this war began as they were vastly outnumbered. On the other hand, they were their only fighting chance against the Makutacons. So If the Turaga voted for it, the earths chances would be greatly diminished. Surely Green would try to fight. 'He may even lead the rebellion'. Rack thought with a chuckle. Still, without the Toabots, they wouldn't win.
With a deep breath, Rack read: "The vote for us leaving earth is 18 out of 25". Rack didn't even bother looking at their faces. "I'm sorry".
Felicia shook in anger for a moment, rageful tears falling from her Kualsi before she rammed her fist into the wall next to her head. "NO"!
Iris looked down in disbelief only to look up quickly at a loud crash by the door. Diego had fallen to his knees in shock and grief. "It can't...they can't..." was all he could say before breaking into sobs. tearing up herself, Iris took a step towards him, but stopped when Valera appeared next to her nephew and wrapped him in a warm embrace in an attempt to soothe him as best as she could. For deep inside the Guardian Toa of Fire, a storm burned. A storm that had laid dormant for over a hundred years and was now reawakened. She had thought the Turaga would help. She had hoped they would stand up for what was right this time, but instead, they had failed them, had failed her. Valera swallowed a growl that threatened to sound. She didn't want the others to know how she felt as her mind targeted a certain group of Turaga. 'Strike two, brothers.' She thought angrily. 'I pray you survive long enough to not made a third one.'
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Biomarvel740: Before you guys ask, yes this is inspired by the exile of the Autobots from Dark of the Moon (Owned by Hasbro). lol!
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