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Chapter 31: Hopeless
'Why am I doing this?' Alyan wondered as he stood in an elevator heading up to the top floor. 'Is this worth my want for revenge? I just lost all my friends and one was sent into exile. Why did I agree to this? I know better. I knew this was wrong yet I caused everyone I love so much grief. Even Green hates me now. What am I going to do?'
Alyan wasn't the only one having doubts now about the Makutacon cause. Strangely enough as it seemed, Killer was the second one who had begun to truly question not only the cause, but also himself. For many years, Killer had believed that these people whom had enslaved and hated them for protecting them had all deserved to die for their wickedness. Killer had always thought that his quest for vengeance was justifiable. But now, Paradox's words continued to ring in his head, reminding him about how he used to be different. About how he used to be a mere Toabot soldier seeking to protect those whom had wronged them. But when Killer had discovered the truth about the reproduction facilities, and how Bioformers born outside of this program had been snatched from their homes and forced to fight for Turaga Dume, his desire for Toabot justice had just seemed to vanish.
That wasn't even the worst of it. After their attack on the Toabot base, seeing all of those Toa and Autobots die... it felt wrong. Killer had even had himself examined by DeathNote after the battle to see if maybe there were some malfunction in his thought processor. Everything was normal. Killer hadn't even brought it up with his wife yet, in fear that she would leave him for any other handsome Makutacon. Killer may have been a brutal warrior, but he could never harm a female unless she were a genuine threat to him. 'But what if that doesn't even matter anymore'? Killer thought. 'What if how much I adore Zera, is nothing compared to what is right, if that is the opposite of my mission to the Makutacon cause? Could it be'? Killer decided to think more on this later as the elevator had reached it's destination at the top of a skyscraper.
As everyone had continued to walk out, Angela, whom was in a cage being carelessly dragged by Edward, had noticed the conflicted look on Killers face and was a bit shocked. 'Wasn't this the guy who killed Gahu in cold blood'? Angela thought. 'Why then did he look so conflicted'? She knew it was regarding the Makutacon mission, as she had even saw him change his expression to a false smile as they exited the elevator. 'Maybe Killer isn't so bad after all'? Angela thought.
A few moments later, Killer, Zera, Edward, and Alyan reached Solar Scream, Setsuna, DeathNote, Orange and Xanthium whom were all gathered close to the edge of the building. Whilst the others bowed down to the approaching Killer, Xanthium had remained standing, glaring down at the thousands of Bionicle and Cybertronian families and individuals who walked into the building, stores, and parks below. 'How dare they be happy while we were made to suffer for two hundred years'. Xanthium thought. Today, Xanthium would ensure that each family and individual would pay for their happiness in pools of blood. Xanthium chuckled for a moment. 'If all of our war vehicles and soldiers were here now, I'd order the attack now'.
"Is it true"? Killer asked, breaking Xanthium out of his trance. "Are they gone"?
Xanthium turned to Killer with a nod. "Indeed my friend. They are".
"Did Diego go with them?" Alyan carefully phrased the question and tone so it would sound like he was merely checking to make sure no Toabot was left behind when in actuality he just wanted to hear the confirmation himself.
Edward chuckled, playfully punching Alyan's shoulder as he responded: "Of course he did. I personally made sure that all of their Bionicle and Autobot friends were out of commission as well". Technically that was a lie as Green had threatened to kill him, but what was a Matoran going to do to a Bioformer?
"Really"? Killer growled. Then pointing to the caged Ga-Matoran: "Then what is THAT doing there"?
Alyan followed his gaze to the caged Angela but made no comment as he was not the one being questioned.
"I threatened to have it killed if any of them dared to set foot in this city, master". Edward responded obediently.
Zera tilted her head. "Making her the only thing keeping the others away"?
Edward nodded. "Preciseley".
Even if Green DID fulfill his promise to attempt to assassinate Edward, there was no way he was going to reach her. The Le-Matoran would be killed in seconds. Though Edward was tempted to order the Makutacons to let Green walk in so he could kill him himself, he knew Killer would either shut that down or try to take that vengeance himself. 'At least her imprisonment should keep the other Toa and Autobots away, as it is their duty to protect Matoran'. Edward thought. If any of them came in, Edward WOULD kill her, and they would only have themselves to blame.
"No". Killer responded, causing the hybrid to jump a bit. "Regardless of Edward's "work", they will come back for her. And when they do, you should put them all in the same cage. That way I have other... Entertaining matters to attend to".
Edward smiled and nodded, though now he secretly wanted to murder Killer in his sleep for taking that chance away from him. 'Maybe I can kill the kid anyways and say it was an accident'. Edward thought. No way would Killer justify killing a puny Matoran as an act of self defense, so he definitely wasn't going to use that excuse.
"You mean torture"? Angela suddenly spoke from the cage, causing everyone to look at her.
Killer laughed then. "So it DOES speak, yes"? Killer asked mockingly. Killer walked closer to the cage, getting down on a single knee to face her eye level and maybe install some fear into her before asking: "But Tell me, what makes you think you're the first one I would torture"?
Quietly, Alyan watched and listened but he was starting to see something in the way Killer was acting and talking. Something almost...Prime like.
Angela simply stared back at Killer, unphased by his tactic of fear as she shrugged. "Because I'm Greens fiancé"?
Killer chuckled darkly. "No no no. You would be first before last. You see, what I like to do to my victims is make them suffer. Not physically, but mentally. Make them watch the ones they love die. Make them practically WISH they were dead, and THEN grant their wish for them. You see? When they've ticked me off for long enough, I attack their heart FIRST".
As much as Edward really despised Killer at the moment, he couldn't help but nod in agreement. He had often planned to do the exact same thing to his own teammates if the Makutacon had ever given him the signal to betray his team any sooner than they had. 'After all, what better way to defeat your enemy, than to destroy everything they loved most right before their eyes'? Edward thought.
Angela seemed to remain unphased as she calmly responded: "And if this was done to YOU, you wouldn't feel a thing"? That actually made Killer look away for a moment as she continued: "I saw that ring on Zera's finger the second we walked in. That and your reaction to my question both tell me that while you may be cruel, you're not evil".
Alyan's gaze shifted between Angela and Killer as fear creeped into his heartlight. Fear for Angela. He wasn't sure how the outcome would be if she had continued to press him like this. And for Killer, if he started to look weak, Xanthium might have him killed.
"Anything else as to why you assume that"? Killer asked, whilst still refusing to look at the Ga-Matoran.
"Yes actually". Angela responded. "If you really WERE evil, you two would never have been married. You see, evil Bionicles, in the heart they're as light as a feather. They don't feel ANYTHING for ANYONE. You're not evil, Surely you love Zera".
Killer looked to her with a bit of a glare. "I do". Killer responded angrily, as if it should've been obvious.
Angela's expression saddened then as she begged: "Then I'm speaking to the part of you that isn't merciless when I ask this: Please have mercy on them". Also pleading with her eyes on that last part.
'They tore down the anti-Bioformer law'! Angela thought sadly. 'They were sorry for what they did, and Dume wasn't even in charge anymore! Whatever hate for their remained was surely gone. So why do they have to drag this on, and punish everyone for past mistakes? When Jesus hung on the cross and was mocked, he asked his father in Heaven to forgive them. Why can't the Makutacons just open up their hearts and let Jesus's love come in and fill it with that same mercy'? Based on what Killer and Xanthium were saying, a lot of innocent people were going to die today out of this hatred. Men, women, and children if the Makutacons were careless enough. Such a punishment for a past sin was unnecessary, and if she was right about Killer, this decision would haunt him for the rest of his life.
Much to her dismay, Killer scoffed. "Mercy? MERCY, is not in my nature when it comes to merciless sinners".
Killer didn't even bother to let Angela speak again as he rose to his feet and approached Xanthium once more to talk. Though as Killer approached his Co-leader, he couldn't help this feeling in his liark that everything Angela said was right. If someone else had tortured Killer by killing Zera in front of him, he would've felt more guilt for making anyone suffer this way than he did now. That, and the fact that none of these people really had anything to do with what happened in the past made him doubt his cause even more.
Edward chuckled as Killer walked away from the cage. "See kid, like I told you". Edward told Alyan. "The boss loves revenge".
"I see that." Alyan nodded, thinking over Killer's words. And while the words themselves gave the sense that Killer really wanted revenge, there were still the silent undertones of insecurity in them, which made Alyan again question himself, 'is all of this really worth it?'
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Biomarvel740: Angela's feather quote is based on Michones from The Walking Dead show (This was back when it was actually good), and Killer talking about making people wish they were dead, is a reference to Green Goblin from the first Spider-man movie of the Sam Rami trilogy. (cough)WhichGalemhasn'tseen!(cough)
Galem: I heard that. But I have seen video clips of them and read behind the scenes from National Geographic magazines, back in the day. So no, I'm not that in the dark. (glares at Biomarvel740)
Biomarvel740: (Smirks) Sure.
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