Changes: chapter 11
#11 of Changes
Changes: Chapter 11
Disclaimer: chapters 1-4
This is the start of part 2, meaning this starts season 2.
"They came out of nowhere, a pillar of light blinded everyone. It faded and they stood there. Confused. I have to help them, before they are harmed. Three are Human, four Kappas, and some lizard."
-Traximus
Zero awoke on binds. He sat up as quickly as he could. He and everyone else was there. All in binds. They all were unconscious, except for Blake and Keith "what happened?" He asked them.
"We were all transported to here. But we haven't transported before, so everyone basically had a bad case of jet lag. Meaning we fainted once we arrived. Why does this ALWAYS happen" he said.
They had been in these bound situations before. All when the three worked together. "Blake? You trying to get a feel of the bindings?" He asked.
He nodded "energized cuffs, reinforced metal, seems were not dealing with rope, which is good, o hate hemp. Keith? They get your lock picks? Or your knives?" He asked. Keith grinned and shook his head
"Idiots probably couldn't find them. And these people are aliens. They probably don't know what a lock pick from earth looks like"
He said and went to work on the lock with the lock pick he kept on his belt. The door opened and the cuffs popped off as the energy bar disappeared. Zero looked at them and nodded, and preceded to waking everyone up to tell then the situation. He looked over to the sleeping gator and knelt down.
Shaking the guys shoulder, he said to the Gator "wake up, if you want to live, you might want to go with us, strength in numbers" he said. Those eel low eyes opened and a snort.
The gator nodded "who are you all?" He asked. Everyone gave their briefest introduction and he nodded "I'm Leatherhead, and I will go with you" he said.
The big guy stood up and followed then out. Once he stepped out, he suddenly had breathing problems. The oxygen outside was very thin. But as quickly as it came. It disappeared. Everyone else was still having a problem till the dinosaur guy, a real dinosaur, only humanoid gave then machines. He handed zero one, bet zero shook his head. He was breathing fine, must have been something to do with his magic.
They were out into a cell, again, but this cell was connected to something. Zero looked at techie and Blake. They nodded towards him, an unspoken plan formed. Techie was forwarding hand signs in a blur to Zero
"I've got enough knives don't worry, me and Blake have this covered, kick some ass, Z" that's what Zero read in sign language. He relayed his own.
"Give them warning, because I'm about to hit these bastards with magic" his sign language ended there, the doors opened.
An arena, Zero looked around it "gladiator style, how primitive" he said as the doors closed. There were gladiators on the other side.
Zero nodded "I've got this guys, just stand here" Raph looked sad but nodded. Leather head was confused, but he didn't argue. Zero walked forward, by himself "I will fight you all" he said.
The gladiators laughed before one charged, sword at ready. As he got close enough to swing, zero was ready, he held out a hand "mirror" in front of the dinosaur, the image of him replaced were zero was, where on zeros side, his reflection was there.
The sword collided and shattered, the sword and the mirrored sword had clashed equally, breaking the original. Shards jabbed into the ground. The oval shimmer dissipated. The dinosaur was on shock. He had a red tattoo on his cheek "your down, stay there"
The crowd was speechless, trying to figure out what happened. The guy sitting on a throne was out of his seat. His jaw was open "guys, I'll see you all soon, stay alive" he said as something glowing was slipping out of his short sleeve. Tattoos or something were spreading across his skin.
He had to work with sine physics with magic. It didn't do everything, the book had taught him that. The sand was spiraling around his hand "what had once corroded, please return to your true state, in a form I require" the sand was clumping together, hardening into stone. It took the firm of his scythe, large version. He spun it, testing the balanced weight. It was good, but not perfect. Most of the gladiators had went to check in their friend. One stood and looked at him
"Human, what did you do?" He asked, zero smiled lightly "You know witchcraft? I though it didn't exist" he said. His sword was driven into the ground "I will not fight a warrior of the craft, it is suicide."
The leader got was pissed "Fight him, or all of you Die!" He said. Zero looked towards the leader
"Hey horn head, how fast do you think I can take our your cheerleaders up there" he referred to the armed guards "I think about three minutes, so go fall off a cliff" he said.
He turned from the puffy triceratops guy and back to the one with the sword in the ground "now what do you say a truce? Your more of a prisoner than me" he said.
The Dino nodded "I need to rescue some people from the prisons first, they are done old friends I owe, I also know where your stuff is" he said. Zero smiled "good to hear" he said. Suddenly the guards opened fire. And just as suddenly, a knife was thrown, spiraling at a guard. It stabbed into his neck and he feel. Techie was devious with a knife, Zero always was willing to admit that.
Techie nodded and they ran towards him, the other gladiators too "what's your name, warrior? I'm Zero"
"Traximus" he said. Zero nodded "I should move out if the way, correct?"
Zero nodded again "Wise" traximus dived out of the way as zero let loose a shock wave towards the door, blasting it open. The tattoo's course had stationed, he winced, his energy was thinning as he used magic. He needed to eat and rest or he wouldn't be able to cast, or he would see consequences.
He looked as the gang was coming over " Traximus, come with us, we need to get out if here" he said. The Dino nodded and ran with them "we need to figure out how to get back. Where the hell did that transmat land us?"
The Dino perked up "Transmat? As in teleporter, the triceratons are after that from a robot, on the nearest planet. Maybe we can find it there and get you home, and maybe I can come along?" He asked.
A guard came out and zero spear ahead of them, and punched him. He went down, and zero reknitted his hand with magic, the pain was still there, but he was ok "this is where your stuff is" he said, indicating a door. The Dino punched the metal door, at the lock. It busted and he opened the door. Everything was there. Everyone took their stuff, but zero took the rectangular case with his scythes "Blake, sorry. But I'm more used to using these than you" he said. He nodded and took one of the guns from the back
"I'm the better shot anyway" he said and smiled. The gun was a rifle version of the triceratops blasters "oh yes... it will do nicely"
Flashback: broken bonds
The call was so unexpected zero had to fish the phone out of his pocket. It was Hunter. He smiled and opened the phone "Hunter? Are you..."
"Come quickly... oh god there's blood everywhere. Call an ambulance. Please... she's dying" the phone went dead. He quickly ran and called the police. Giving them the number. He had to get to Hunter's place.
The run wasn't too short. He was a bit winded as he arrived. The Dow was caved in. He ran in "Hunter..."
Hunter was covered in blood. Trying to stop his mothers wound from bleeding out "It's not your fault hunter... it's no ones. Please..." zero smelled him before he saw him.
Hunters father was crumpled up on the kitchen. A bloody mess. A bloody knife still in the murderers hand. His father had stabbed Hunter's mother, Barbara, Before Hunter had pounded at his face, caving it in, and maybe causing damage to his own hands.
He was in shock, hunter had beaten down his father, who had just given his own wife a stab wound. He looked back towards them "Dammit, why wasn't I here sooner?" He had made a promise, which he hadn't held.
"You couldn't have avoided this, Zero" his mother began "brother of you boys blame yourselves or each other" the paramedics had arrived. They helped her onto a stretcher and sent her away. Hunter was crying for her, lost. Zero tried to comfort him. But it wasn't enough.
Hunter cried for the longest time. Then he started talking less, eating less.
Zero noticed he always locked the door when
Zero had stood by his side, but it wasn't enough. The funeral was drawing near. In a few more days Barbra would be cremated. A plaque would be placed scattered across the Mediterranean.
Hunter was looking hollower by the day. He wasn't the outspoken hunter who loved to laugh and joke anymore. Zero missed him.
Hunter had disappeared. He couldn't believe it as he checked the house, empty. He continued to check the house and town constantly. No sign of Hunter Mason.
He was decimated. The person who knew most, the person he loved... was gone. He had cried for awhile. No longer having the will to be strong. He wanted to die, but he also wanted to live. He owed it hunters mother after the hospital called, she had made it through and was using her maiden name. She was hurt that hunter disappeared, but she asked him to find him and our him right again, for he didn't know.
He wanted to live, to pay for his broken promise. He wanted to fix everything again. He wanted to love again... above all, he wanted to change, for himself.
His cel rang and he licked it up "yeah?" He asked. There was no answer and the ID was unknown. He hung up and set the phone in his jacket, oblivious to the figures in the shadows, watching him.