Someone stood on the roof of the movie theater. The large and massive creature grumbled as he cleaned his cloak. He then surrounded his body with his cloak and adjusted his golden necklace.

He was a bit excited as he looked around, "The Cothica," he closed his red eyes. He let out a small smile. He checked his telebracer, "Looks like everything worked perfectly."

He opened a small screen on the telebracer. Something they added from the original one they stole, "Perfect. He's… coming here," he walked towards the border of the roof. He glanced down. He squinted his eyes a little. He saw the portly boy with his two friends and a Mipedian, "This is going to complicate things a bit. Still… The time has come for you to remember me," he declared.

He raised his chest as he let out a large smile, "I found you Peyton!"

He chuckled when he got their attention. The wind blew on his metallic body. He prepared to jump, "I have finally come to-" he failed his jump. His left foot was stuck on his cloak and broke his balance the moment he tried to jump.

Instead, he dropped like a rock and crashed on the ground. He destroyed the concrete in front of the movie theater. He whined, "They had to make this turn out true," he grumbled with a bit of shame that his cloak was on his way.

Chapter 15: Up For The Taking

Peyton, Sarah, Tom and Siado had no idea what to do next.

The Mipedian quickly stood protectively in front of the humans, "Careful. He is a creature and he isn't down yet."

The humans that witnessed the event were uncertain how they should react by the creature that felt from the roof. They maintained their distance. They heard the humanoid lizard and took a step back.

The large metallic creature raised his hand and dropped it on the ground. He pushed himself up, "Not the entrance I wanted," he stood up, revealing his massive and intimidating size.

Peyton immediately felt something familiar about the creature. He put his hand on his forehead and grunted, "D-damn. It's like in Chaotic," it was less bad than in Chaotic. It seemed that the problem with his code followed him somehow.

The new creature frowned as he wondered what caused his headache. Still, he went on, "Let's just forget I…" he gazed at the place he crashed. He saw the mark of his body left on the ground, "Crashed like that and move on," he showed his hand and put it on his large chest, "We meet again Peyton. Even if you don't remember me yet. I am King Titanium, ruler of the Metalist," he showed them a warm smile.

Sarah recognised the name, "You are the jerk who kidnapped Peyton!" she pointed her accusatory finger at him.

"And you are the girl who intimidated one of my scouts," Titanium snickered. He quickly became serious, "Anyway, I have little time before they do something about me," he glanced at his surrounding. His red eyes focused on the portly boy.

"W-what do you want?" Peyton nervously asked. He had a bad feeling about it. His headache calmed down instead of staying constant. He was relieved it ended, even if the source was still there, "Dude?"

"I am bringing you, the real you to my land," the king replied.

The Mipedian growled, "Enough!" he prepared his attack, "Stay away from him!"

Titanium watched the creature. He said nothing for a few seconds. He let the tension raised in the air. Eventually, he laughed, "You think you can defeat me?"

Siado didn't answer that question. He snarled at the metallic creature and prepared for the fight.

"Do you even know what I can do? Of course, you don't," the king went on. He glanced around, "I suggest everyone to get away from here. If you don't want to get caught in the crossfire," he let out a large grin.

The humans panicked and quickly ran away from the front of the movie theater.

The Metalist sighed, "I hate to use intimidation like that, but for their safety, it's best that they get away. Now, we can fight," he raised his arm and pointed it at the creature, "And I'm taking Peyton with me once this is over."

"Do not underestimate me," he summoned his wind power and threw it at the other creature.

"Let's go!" Tom said as the battle began. He was kinda glad that the battle was away from the parking lot. Because his mother would be furious if anything happened to her car.

The three humans decided to retreat farther away at Tom's command.

Peyton glanced back and hoped Siado would be okay. That large creature looked powerful, even if he just crashed on the ground.

Meanwhile, Titanium avoided the attack with ease. He spread his arms and his cloak flew in the air. It revealed his large black body except on his large and massive red chest, waist, hands and feet.

The Mipedian noticed he wore nothing else that a cloak and a golden necklace over his armor.

"This isn't an armor," Titanium told him with a small smirk, as if he guessed what the other creature thought, "I won't hold back on you. I don't want to insult your tribe by thinking you are weak," he added, "And insult a friend of Peyton."

Siado frowned. He had no idea what the intention of the creature was for Peyton. Still, he would protect his friend, "Wind Slash!"

Wind blade went towards the other creature.

The king was hit on his chest and slid on the ground. He grinned and asked, "A wind attack? Let me show you something more… unique!" he charged towards the lizard. He raised his arms and swung it at his adversary, "Dark Chains!" black chains came out of the wrist of the Metalist and quickly bound the Mipedian. He pulled the other creature and slammed his foot on the scaly stomach.

The chains dissipated as Siado crashed on a lamp. He painfully grunted as he put his arms around his stomach, "W-what?" he had no idea what kind of attack this was. Not only that, it wasn't any of the four elements. He stood up and was ready to fight some more. He charged once again. He prepared for a flash kick. More chains came out of the wrist of the metallic creature. He dodged them at the last second. He reached the other creature. He jumped in the air and proceeded with a flash kick on his face. He made him slid on the ground.

Titanium cracked his neck, resulting with a loud metallic sound. He smirked, "Not bad."

"What is this kind of attack?" the Mipedian asked. If he could gain any information, he could share it with his king later. Those would be crucial.

"You don't know what my tribe can do. And I have no reason to share it with you," he raised his hand and created a ball of darkness, "Black Bang!" he threw it at the other creature.

Siado jumped on the side, but yelped when the explosion sent him away. His stomach slammed against a pole and bent it a little. He grunted as it was the second time he was violently hit there. He glanced at the other creature.

"I am the king of the Metalist Mipedian. I am not someone weak you can fight back against. I suggest you surrender and don't put yourself into more pain."

The lizard nodded quietly as he planned another attack. He wasn't sure what he could do against a creature with unknown ability. He decided to continue his assault and made sure Peyton got as far away from the creature as possible, "I will keep fighting on. I will not let you hurt my friend."

"Are you sure it's not just because he is a Guide to the Cothica? Is it really friendship?" Titanium asked. He saw the glare coming at him, "My bad. It is indeed because you saw him as your friend. My apology," he put his hand on his chest, "Nevertheless, let's finish this-" he stopped when he noticed five humans in white robe that came at the scene. They all had their face hidden by their hood. On one glance, he frowned, "You are still around," he crossed his arms with his Telebracer, "You will not stand in our way," he glanced at the Mipedian, "We might fight another time."

Siado gasped when his shadow seemed to grow longer and larger. There was a source of light behind him and it wasn't the sun.

"Good-bye," the Metalist king activated his Telebracer and he was gone.

The light quickly subsided. Siado turned around and saw those humans who were part of a cult present.

"He escaped."

"He didn't leave our world."

"He is after something."

Siado got a bad feeling about this. If he didn't leave, then, "Peyton!" he jumped above the humans and rushed in the direction the three ran away, "That creature cannot find them that easily. Can't he?" he asked with doubt. He just hoped he would find them in time.

The three teenagers stopped as they panted loudly in exhaustion.

"You think we escape him?" Sarah asked tiredly. She put her hand on her forehead, "Because I don't hear a fight going on anymore."

"And those… Those cult guys," Peyton panted loudly than the others. He put his hand on his head, "Why did they ran over there?"

"And told us to keep running," Tom concluded. He frowned, "Let's go," he gulped when he had another bad feeling.

The three continued to run. They were at a slower pace. They saw the police car quickly rolling towards the movie theater.

They hoped those people wouldn't be in too much trouble. The fight surely would get intense. They slowed down once again once they were too tired.

"Can't.. run… anymore," Peyton was on his knees. He ran much more than in any chase in Perim. Not only that, but there was no one after them right now. They couldn't port away. It was on Earth and the limitation of what they could do hurt really hard.

"Poor kids," someone said behind them, "You ran way too much from me," he chuckled.

They turned around and saw Titanium near them, "No matter where you run Peyton, I will find you. We should just stop wasting time-" he quickly moved to the left when Sarah tried to hit him, "And let me take you. I don't have much time anymore," he glanced at the girl.

Sarah froze in place the moment she crossed her gaze.

"Sarah!" her boyfriend and her best friend said.

The Metalist creature quickly approached Peyton, "I am sorry if I am a bit intimidating and brutal, but they are already coming in and Siado is surely chasing after me," he grabbed Peyton with his arm and held him against his chest. He ignored the first thing the portly boy said, "Don't worry boy. I have no intention of hurting you."

"Let me go!" Peyton yelled as he tried to free himself.

Tom tried to jump at the creature, but the metallic being jumped back.

Siado came and realised his friend was in danger, "Peyton!" he rushed with everything he had.

Titanium looked at everyone. He put the boy on his shoulders and crossed his Telebracer, "Farewell. We will meet each other's next time," he teleported away.

"No!" Sarah managed to stand up.

The three looked at the empty spot where the kidnapper and their friend was. The sound of the siren echoed in the distance.

Siado punched the ground, "Dammit! My king will be furious about this!" He never thought the kidnapper would show up on Earth.

At the distance, the members of the club saw this. One of them took out his cellphone, "Matriarch. One of the Metalist showed up and kidnapped Peyton," he nodded as he heard a question, "He is the king of the Metalist," he nodded as he received the answer, "We will arrange that. The others will bring Kaz."

The members of the cult approached the two humans. The time for observation was over.

AC: This is the end of this chapter.

Next: Disappearance.

Peyton disappeared and Siado had to bring the news to the boy's parents. Theb-Saar quickly learned what happened by the Codemasters.

Followed by: The Rescue

At the same time on Perim, Tom managed to contact with Agitos and Takinom and told them where he found H'earring and surely Kaz too.