Across the threshold: Court of 21 02

Across the threshold: Court of 21 02

Staring at the ceasarian, Katie, Matt and Bartch stood dumbfounded at the  "THAT'S DARKONI!?" Matt exclaimed looking back up to Kaiser, "but why does he look like Chipp!?" Grinning Kaiser got up and called out, "Before we start, I have a question. Do you work for of Chippy Ceasar Johnson of the Cross Planetary Defense Force?" "Darkoni, is it?" Katie asked, "Are you with the Requiem Knights." "Seriously?" Kaiser muttered to himself, "I'm the one asking here!" "Answer the Lady!" Matt exclaimed. "Fine! I am!" Kaiser called out, "Now what about my question? Do you work for Chippy Caesar Johnson?" "He's one of the captains in our squad." Katie answered stepping forward, "Why do you ask?" Grinning Kaiser turned on his silver X-injector causing a high pitch droning sound to emit from the device. "Just making sure!" Kaiser exclaimed before pushing the trigger for the transformation, "CHANGE FORM!" Suddenly tubes emerged from the belt and wrapped around the ceasarian body's body as it was enveloped in a aura of light. For an instant the tree could see some kind of skeleton before a series of armor plates materialize around the aura and snap into place as a mechanical voice belt out  "X INJECT! TROOPER!" Vanishing, the aura revealed a now Kaiser helmet-less in his silver X Trooper armor. "My name is Kaiser the 2nd," Kaiser exclaimed as his helmet materialized, "the son of Darkoni!" Immediately he summoned a blade made of energized Chemical X in one hand and leaped down.

Seeing this Katie jumped back as Kaiser landed on the ground. Immediately the ceasarian slashed at the three but immediately Matt caught the blade and tossed it aside before punching Kaiser in the face.  Staggering back, Kaiser placed his hand on his mouth plate as he looked at Matt. Seeving he said, "Okay, that's it!" Before pulling out his gun at the three. "Move!" Katie exclaimed as the ceasarian shot at the three, hitting Bartch and sending him flying. "Bartch!" Matt and Katie exclaimed, as the sirian flew back, landing hard on the rocky ground. Quickly Kaiser kicked Katie in the chest when suddenly a blur of Miasma slammed into the ceasarian, sending him flying. "What the!?" Matt exclaimed before rushing to helping Bartch up. Rolling on the ground for a second, Kaiser got up and felt around his back exclaiming, "HEY! WHO DID THAT!?" Dispersing the miasma from his body, 21 dropped Eric on the ground and pulled out a machete. "Be ready to send us back to Larly when I'm done with my slaughter." He said marching towards the battlefield. Cursing Matt exclaimed, "Great more of them!" Getting up, Bartch looked at the 21 and back at Kaiser who was getting up with a nasty glare. "Okay you son of a (censored)!" He said getting up, "Who the (censored) are you!?" Walking up to him, 21 asked "Are you Red Dragon?" "Yeah!" Kaiser answered, "Who's asking." "Major 21 of the Red Dragon Socialist Court." 21 answered, "Second of command of the White Queen." "White Queen!?" Kaiser exclaimed, eyes widening, "Wait I thought-" "Out of the way Whelp!" 21 stated, walking past the ceasarian, "I am in the middle of my slaughter!" "Hey!" Kaiser demanded turning around, "What the heck do you mean slaughter? You mean those agents? I have questions you know!" Witnessing this, Katie shot at 21 exclaiming "Bartch! Matt! Let's go!" Caught off guard, 21 staggered back a few steps as the three agents began to retreat. Noticing this, 21 exclaimed to Eric, "Wind Talker! Stop them!" Nodding Eric said quietly reaching towards the agents, "Right!"

Running away, Matt exclaimed, "(Censored)! First wackos now Red Dragon!? Geez no wonder why these guys are crazy!" "We need to get out of here!" Katie stated, "Were sitting ducks and -YEOW!" Suddenly Bartch exclaimed, "MOVE!" pulling the catira back as soon as a large boulder crashed down in font of them blocking their path. "GEEZ!" Matt exclaimed, "What on Mars is going on!?" Looking back Katie found 21 rushing towards them on foot with a machete ready, quickly closing the distance. Katie cursed and summoned a shield. "Matt! Can you switch your G- crusher to gun mode." "Yeah." Matt said quickly switching the massive weapon to it's gun configuration, "What's the game plan?" "Use the solo burst and blow that sucker to heck!" Katie ordered, moving into a defensive position "Bartch, summon your shield so we can cover Matt." "Yes ma'm." Bartch said, putting the hammer to his back. Summoning his shield, Bartch raised his shield as he and Katie charged at the magenta monstrosity while Matt readied his solo burst.

Further away Kaiser, just witnessing a rock fall from the sky, muttered, "What the (censored)" before a sound of rocks crunching catches his ear. Turning, he found Eric slowly getting up, still in his red carapace form. "You! Red zebra head!" Kaiser exclaimed, causing Eric to turn to the ceasarian, "What just happened?" "Major 21 ordered me to stop them so I had to be quick!" "You did that!?" Kaiser exclaimed, "What are you!?" Turning to the fight Eric answered, "A soldier, that's all." Looking back to three combatants, Kaiser asked, "Is that bird monster your friend?" "21? He is and he's not." Eric answered before noticing Matt reading his shot, "Wait, what's that?" "Shoot!" Kaiser exclaimed rushing forward, "21 is going to get fried!" "Fried!?" Eric said before raising his hand.

Slashing at Katie's shield, 21 grunted in frustration before Bartch smacked him in the head with his hammer, sending the entity falling to his back and dropping his weapon. "Matt! Now!" Katie exclaimed as she and Bartch moved away as the recovering 21 got up. Looking to his two attackers in confusion, 21 soon heard a metallic voice drone out "SOLO BURST!" Turning around 21 saw Matt aiming the G-crusher at him. "(censored!)" 21 exclaimed before Matt shot at the entity. 21 quickly braced himself for the blast, however nothing happened. loweing his arms, 21 only found the dumbfound looks on each of the agents' faces. Katie muttered flatly, "What?" Quickly she spun to Matt who was looking from his gun to 21 who was still standing. "I don't get it!" Matt exclaimed,  "Wait, there's supposed to be a kaboom. Where's the Ka-" Suddenly in the distance an explosion was heard in the distance, as a voice called out "MY CAR!" Grinning, 21 then lowered his arms and ginned as he readied his machete, "Run you little beasts!" Gritting her teeth, Kaite raised her G Saber and quickly switched it to gun form as she cast her shield aside. "Okay you freak!" She said, "What are you, a cyborg!?" "Cyborg, monster, FREAK!?" 21 exclaiming raising his arms as he laughed, "I'm something more than that!" Suddenly 21 charged forward, machete in hand, exclaiming, "COME AT ME BEASTS!" before Katie shot at him multiple times, riddling him full of  holes all over his body. Halted by the gun fire, 21 staggered a bit before regaining his composure saying "Sorry that's not going to kill me!" Immediately he walked forward one step at a time with a hungry look in his eyes. Matt, seeing this, was about to intervene before Kaiser shot at the ursan causing the ground near him to explode. "Matt!" Bartch exclaimed before noticing Kaiser charging at him next. Raising his shield, Bartch reluctantly rushed at the Caesarian as Katie dodged another swing of 21's machete. Cursing, 21 cursed, exclaiming, "Dang it! Stay still already!" At that moment, Katie raised her G Saber and quickly shot 21 in the chest, causing the entity to stagger back and drop his machete. Immediately Katie shot a 21 a few more times and with a swipe activated the solo burst on her G-saber. Aiming, Katie was about to fire when suddenly, the weapon vanished into thin air. "Huh!?" Katie exclaimed, "How did-!?" Suddenly 21 raised his arms as the G saber re materialized in his hands. Immediately he fired the solo burst on Katie, sending her flying and forcing her out of her armor. "Katie!" Matt exclaimed quickly getting up. Rushing to her side, Matt asked, "You okay?" "Yeah!" Kaite answered grunting, "I'll live!" Hearing chuckling, the two turned to 21 who stated eyeing Katie's weapon "Well, who in their right mind gives animals a soldier's weapon?" "Rian," Katie demanded as she and Matt stood up, "what the (censored) happened to you? You look some edgy comic book character!" Sneering 21 pointed to his head saying, "Rian's not in at the moment!"

 Hearing the explosion Bartch turned quickly to see Katie fly back as her armor dissipated instantly. "Kat-" Bartch started before Kaiser kicked the sirian's shield out of his hand. "Your fight's with me!" Kaiser called out shaking his foot, "Your buddies will be fine, I think." Turning to the Ceasarian, Bartch asked, "You. Who exactly are you?" "I said I was Darkoni's son, didn't I?" Kaiser answered as they circled around each other, "Weren't you listening?" Sighing, Bartch answered, "I heard you, but there's something I don't understand." "Well," Kaiser responded producing his gun causing Bartch to switch to a defensive position, "you can ponder all about that in the hospital!" Slowly Kaiser aimed at the sirian but Bartch moving towards his shield, managed to reach it with his foot. "Hope you got life insurance!" Kaiser exclaimed before pulling the trigger as Bartch's foot kicked the shield off the ground and into his hand. The impact sent destroyed the shield but the sirian tossed what was left aside and rushed at the dumbfounded Kaiser. "Wait how did you-?" Was all Kaiser could say before Bartch swung his hammer at the ceasarian's helmet.

"What?" Katie exclaimed before demanding, "What are you talking about?" "He's just screwing with us!" Matt exclaimed.  "Oh for the love of-!" 21 exclaimed, aiming the gun at the two, "But Rian and his compatriot are already- what the heck am I doing? Grr! (Censored) it, the slaughter begins now!" Quickly he aimed the gun at the two causing Matt to cover Katie with his shield to block the blast but when a blast shot was heard, the explosion did not come. Moving the shield away, Katie saw 21 roaring and cursing as he clutched his arm with her G Saber on the ground by him. Seeing that Matt saw this too, Kaite turned back to 21 and recognized the trail of blast smoke emitting from his arm. "What?" Katie asked as she and Matt turned to see Primo with a smoking hand blaster. As both Hoot and Jerry appeared at his side Primo said, "Step. Away. FROM. THE COPS!"


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