Across the threshold: War Blues 03
Driving up the streets of Gulliver town, the Bucketheads' Humbee bumped along the road, taking care not to hit anything or anyone. "He seemed like a nice kid." Primo said. "They all seemed like nice kids before they rot inside out." Jerrry said trying not hit anything,"Besides he's an idiot if he thinks the Red Dragon army is just gonna let him and his pals live a normal life." "You want to contact the CPDF?" Primo asked. "Yeah, I know he's a good kid but we can't let the Red Dragon destroy Gulliver town again!" Soon the Humbee moved to a garage attached to a building, parking under it. Getting out, Primo pulled a lever attached to the wall as large wooden door closed the opening. Soon the floor began to lower to a lower floor like an elevator as the Bucketheads removed their helmets. As the elevator landed on the floor they parked the car in theit hangar and walked inside. Primo, unveiling his crow like head called out with a cracked beak, "EDNA! You home?" "Coming!" An old voice called out. Removing his helmet, the Ursan Jerry walked with Primo as they set their helmets on the table near a statue of a dove towards the polybius radio.
Three blocks away walking down the graffiti filled streets, Bartch looked around Gulliver town, admiring it's beauty. Taking a picture, Bartch thought 'This city has amazing architecture, but I can't remain here for too long, the others may need me.' Approaching a monument with firey elements, Bartch looked up and down the pillar and asked himself, "If you sealed away Encumbra, why create the king's armor? What is its purpose and what is Marsdora?" Suddenly a familiar scent hit his nose causing him to spin around to see a figure run from the doorway. "Hey!" Bartch exclaimed as he chased after the entity only for figure to disappear into the crowd. "Where are they?" Bartch asked himself as the crowd passed by infront of him.
Earlier in the Grendel's mess hall, Flaron sat cleaning her goggles as her compatriots went about their business. Tarrot and Tameronarm wrestled to her left and to her right, Flip was reading an old Ninja Ranger magazine. Soon Voidmond entered the room causing everyone to look at him. "Greetings." He said, sitting down, "Everybody doing alright?" "Yeah-OFFF!" Tameron said before Tarrot brought his arm down, "doing great! (Shoot man!)" "Hello Voidmond," Flaron said, putting her goggles on, "I heard you came to out aide with the age eater, so thank you for assistance." "You're welcome my lady." Voidmond said, Your friend was very persistent." "What's that supposed to mean?" Tameron said, shaking his, "I just want to save my friends." "Oh really?" Tarrot said unconvinced as Flip rolled his eyes before looking back to his magazine. "Anyway, how did Verdtrus recruit you all? I mean you all had lives before all this right?" "Voidmond. " Tarrot warned. "Uh Voidmond?" Tameron said seeing Flaron tense up, "Can we talk?"
Outside of the Grendel, which is parked in further in the quarry, Tameron and Voidmond stood in front of the nose. "When I first awakened on this planet, I was all alone in the world, and I had to scavenge for food. When I found Flaron, she was trapped underground and I had to dig her out before anyone else to find out. For about a year we lived together in a rural town, admittedly we were strapped for cash but we were happy as long as we are together. One day, Verdtrus sent for us, though I was knocked out at the time." "Oh, why does she cover her face?" Voidmond asked, "I doubt that she started out looking like a blue horned monkey." "Err well she just covered her face whenever Verdtrus is around, like she is ashamed to be with him. To be fair, what we are doing are not exactly legal and could put us in prison for life if we get caught. Her appearance however, was from the leader a group tried to rob us. When I was walking home after a long day of work, I found our home ramsacked. I immediately grabbed what ever was available and rushed inside only to find Flaron standing over a pile of crooks with their leader in one hand and a bloody beer bottle in the other. She was pretty much shakened after that." Suddenly a Violin was heard catching their attention. "Oh, there that must be her!" Tameron said, enjoying the music, "When I found Flaron, she had a Violin with her, just like how I was found with this." Tameron then pulled out a necklace with a picture of a woman, " We had a life before but when those priates attacked us, we had to move from the town that we lived in. But if we beat G Zero, Flaron and I are going to find a new life for ourselves, just like before." "I better apologize." Voidmond said. "Give her some time," Tameron said patting his shoulder, "playing helps calms her down." "Is that right?" Voidmond asked, pointing to the necklace, "So who is the person in the photo?" "Not sure," Tameron answered, raising the necklace, "When I showed Verdtrus, he became solemn and did not say anything for awhile." Looking back to Flaron, he muttered
Three blocks away walking down the graffiti filled streets, Bartch looked around Gulliver town, admiring it's beauty. Taking a picture, Bartch thought 'This city has amazing architecture, but I can't remain here for too long, the others may need me.' Approaching a monument with firey elements, Bartch looked up and down the pillar and asked himself, "If you sealed away Encumbra, why create the king's armor? What is its purpose and what is Marsdora?" Suddenly a familiar scent hit his nose causing him to spin around to see a figure run from the doorway. "Hey!" Bartch exclaimed as he chased after the entity only for figure to disappear into the crowd. "Where are they?" Bartch asked himself as the crowd passed by infront of him.
Earlier in the Grendel's mess hall, Flaron sat cleaning her goggles as her compatriots went about their business. Tarrot and Tameronarm wrestled to her left and to her right, Flip was reading an old Ninja Ranger magazine. Soon Voidmond entered the room causing everyone to look at him. "Greetings." He said, sitting down, "Everybody doing alright?" "Yeah-OFFF!" Tameron said before Tarrot brought his arm down, "doing great! (Shoot man!)" "Hello Voidmond," Flaron said, putting her goggles on, "I heard you came to out aide with the age eater, so thank you for assistance." "You're welcome my lady." Voidmond said, Your friend was very persistent." "What's that supposed to mean?" Tameron said, shaking his, "I just want to save my friends." "Oh really?" Tarrot said unconvinced as Flip rolled his eyes before looking back to his magazine. "Anyway, how did Verdtrus recruit you all? I mean you all had lives before all this right?" "Voidmond. " Tarrot warned. "Uh Voidmond?" Tameron said seeing Flaron tense up, "Can we talk?"
Outside of the Grendel, which is parked in further in the quarry, Tameron and Voidmond stood in front of the nose. "When I first awakened on this planet, I was all alone in the world, and I had to scavenge for food. When I found Flaron, she was trapped underground and I had to dig her out before anyone else to find out. For about a year we lived together in a rural town, admittedly we were strapped for cash but we were happy as long as we are together. One day, Verdtrus sent for us, though I was knocked out at the time." "Oh, why does she cover her face?" Voidmond asked, "I doubt that she started out looking like a blue horned monkey." "Err well she just covered her face whenever Verdtrus is around, like she is ashamed to be with him. To be fair, what we are doing are not exactly legal and could put us in prison for life if we get caught. Her appearance however, was from the leader a group tried to rob us. When I was walking home after a long day of work, I found our home ramsacked. I immediately grabbed what ever was available and rushed inside only to find Flaron standing over a pile of crooks with their leader in one hand and a bloody beer bottle in the other. She was pretty much shakened after that." Suddenly a Violin was heard catching their attention. "Oh, there that must be her!" Tameron said, enjoying the music, "When I found Flaron, she had a Violin with her, just like how I was found with this." Tameron then pulled out a necklace with a picture of a woman, " We had a life before but when those priates attacked us, we had to move from the town that we lived in. But if we beat G Zero, Flaron and I are going to find a new life for ourselves, just like before." "I better apologize." Voidmond said. "Give her some time," Tameron said patting his shoulder, "playing helps calms her down." "Is that right?" Voidmond asked, pointing to the necklace, "So who is the person in the photo?" "Not sure," Tameron answered, raising the necklace, "When I showed Verdtrus, he became solemn and did not say anything for awhile." Looking back to Flaron, he muttered
Back in the street, Bartch comed through the crowd as thoughts ran through his head. Suddenly he saw the figure again only for them to pass around the corner. Running around the corner, Bartch found a restaurant as the figure walked inside. "Huh?" Bartch asked walking towards the establishment before reading the sign, "Blood rose?" Entering inside Bartch looked around and saw the occupants, going about their day, couples talking to each other, friends laughing at personal jokes, and business men letting off steam. Suddenly the figure caught his eye as they walked into the men's restroom. "Well at least I know what gender they are." Bartch said, before following after the figure. Inside the restroom, Bartch looked around and found the figure at the sink. Approaching the figure, Bartch called out, "Excuse me, but are-?" "You talking to me?" The figure said not turning to the sirian. "Aren't you supposed to be back at the shuttle?" Bartch asked as Rian turned around, now his eyes glowing menacingly. Suddenly Rian blinked and his eyes returned to normal. He glanced around frantically before turning to Bartch saying, "Oh! You scared me! Did I black out again?" "Er.. no," Bartch said, gears turning in his head rolling, "I followed you to this restaurant. Are you alright?" "Yeah," Rian asked, "why?" Suddenly, Bartch's comm rang, causing him to pick it up. "Hello?" Bartch spoke. "Bartch are you there?" Hoot called on the other line, "You better come back quick here!"
"Wait!" Katie exclaimed as Bartch and Rian arrived at the shuttle some time later, "They are here!?" "Yes," Clay said, "but they enlisted the help of Jerry and Primo to save two of their number from an age eater attack yesterday." "What is happening?" Bartch asked. "The knights, " Matt said, "they're here!" His eyes opened wide, Bartch walked up to the others as Chipp said on screen, "Apparently, these guys claimed that the knights have parked in the nearby quarry and will meet us at near the entrance when we attack the Grendel. Stay back for now until we arrive." "Wait, that's the ship's name?" Hoot asked. "Yes," Bartch explained, "Mordecai told us that Verdian Jayson stole it and used it to leave Earth Gaia's solar system. We need to be careful because of its weapons. I'll go meet the two to getc more information." "Hoot go as well," Katie said, "Matt and I will stay with Eric and Rian for now." Nodding, Hoot stated, "Got it....Wait what?"
Meanwhile...
"You want me to what!?" Twin Drake exclaimed as he watched Tarrot helping Flip into the Land skimmer, a large vechicle about the size of a mini van with a disk connected by two rods in the front. "Vandrin and Binn left this morning to scout out for potential threats." Tavo explained, "At Fort Buckethead, they found that the CPDF has arrived recently and is in cahoots with the Bucketheads within the fort. We need you to just fly over the fort and come back imediately." "That's dubious!" Twin Drake said now worried. Not caring, Tavo said slapping the skimmer "So this thing can cross the country in minutes, so you should be fine." "Wait!" "You're not coming!?" Omnidec asked. "I am!" Tavo said, "I'm just not driving!" Omnidec asked "Then who is?" "You." Tavo said, before putting on his helmet and jumping in on the passenger side. "Wait! You never drove anything like this before!" Twin Drake pointed out, "How the heck are you going to drive that thing?" "I don't know, maybe it's like driving a forklift." Omnidec said shrugging, "what could possibly go wrong?"Almost five minutes later, the crew of the skimmer crawled out of the wreckage of the land skimmer about 50 something miles away. "Next time, I'm driving!" Tarrot said, before looking to the sky. "I'm rusty!" Omnidec said checking himself for any injuries, "Everybody alright?" Emerging from the bushes with a seriously dented helmet, Tavo exclaimed, "What the (censored)!?" "You said to go on the 11th gear!" Omnidec pointed out, "How am I supposed to know that was the fastest setting!? Besides, you should have been the one driving!" "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THAT MONSTER!" Tavo yelled, pointing to the wreckage, "Who taught you how to drive!?" On his hands and knees, Twin Drake exclaimed, "Good grief! I almost died! What did you put in that thing!?" "Chemical X." Flip said reading the manual, catching everyone's attention, "It needs about 30 liters to run." "Oh sick it up pansy!" Tavo said grabbing Twin Drake's shoulder and forcing him up, "Verdtrus picked you for this mission, so you have to play your part!" "Would you all just shut up!" Tarrot said, "We have to get that monster back on the road!" Going up to the Land skimmer, Omnidec groaned and said, "It's leaking!" "SHOOT!" Tavo exclaimed, "We need a mechanic, fast!" "How far is the nearesttown?" Tarrot asked squatting down next to Tavo. I don't (censored) know!" Tavo answered, "Why!?" "I found a map!" Flip exclaimed, raising the parchment up. "Look," Tarrot said, "Flip and I will find the nearest village. You guys stay here until we head back!" "Wait why are you taking Flip?" Twin Drake called out as both Flip and Tarrot walked away. "I have my reasons!" Tarrot yelled back.
In the marshes of Fort Buckethead, (yes that's the name of the fort, don't @t me) Chipp and the others began to set out for Gulliver town when Blueacon walked up to their ship. "(Yo!)" Q said, walking up to him, "(Anything we can-)" "(I want to go with you!)" Blueacon said as Chipp emerged fron the ship. "(I know Jerry and Primo personally and I am also familiar with the quarry. It was where I trained with some friends of mine.)" "You chucked a cow corpse at us," Chipp said, "what is your game?" "(To save Gulliver town.)" Blueacon answered, "(That's all.)" After a few moments of consideration, Chipp stated, "Look, Besides, does Clay even know about this?" "He now does!" Clay said emerging from the bushes, "Blueacon, you know just as well as I do that we need to defend Magnus' fortress before he gets back!" "Magnus?" Chipp asked. "He's our leader," Clay explained as the others stepped out, "the man was as silent as he is big. In the 5 years war he stopped Red Dragon soldiers with his own bare hands in order to defend down trodden with all the power he can muster. He formed the Bucketheads to initially defend the helpless from the invaders of the north, but soon, strange monsters and beings began to come out of nowhere so he changed our MO to deal with supernatural threats, hence why there are two Bucketheads back in Gulliver town along with other cities." "Huh," Chipp said, before Clay's comm dinged, causing the him to pick it up and walk away. Chipp then walked back to the ship noticin the look on Scott's face, "Something wrong?" "The guy is definitely a noid." Scott said crossing his arms. Hearing this, Chase asked "Wait, the guys you told us about in Dirsh were noids as well." "Yes," Scott said, "but they were from me." "What?" Chase asked, "Wait, is it related to your condition?" "Have you heard of the Werewolf of the wastes?" Scott asked, his eyes narrowing into a cool look. "Yes but not much." Chase answered, "It was your old alias before joining the CPDF." "Well," Scott said, "I got it from the monsters that destroyed my village. They all had metallic eyes that shined maliciously in the night sky as they slaughtered my people." Eyes widening, Chase asked, turning to Q, "Was this during the Great Reptilian War?" "Yeah," Scott answered, "You're not the only one who lost everything." Suddenly, Clay then ran back called out, "Blueacon, the fort is under attack!" "What!" Chipp exclaimed, as Beo walked out yawning, "Come on! Our ship can take you there!" "Hey what the heck is going on?" Beo asked as the gama squad and bucketheads rushed inside the shuttle, "We're leaving already?" As Beo walked inside the shuttle closed its door as it began to lift off to the sky.
TO BE CONTINUED....
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