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The Apprentice
The Apprentice
The Moon Palace
“You ran again Ra!”
“each encounter teaches me something about these new defenders. I don’t need to finish the fight.”
Reeva rolls her eyes “Oh yes? And just what HAVE you learned?”
Ra circles his master like a shark “Many things.
1: Their link to Zardoz is tenuous, they do not get along. That relationship can be exploited. The red one put himself in my line of fire to save a human forcing Zardoz to transport them both.
2: They are inexperienced, novices, their great skill is more from the legacy power then themselves.
3: They think first and act later. They were willing to let me go until I revealed my willingness to kill people.
4: They want to protect their city. They put up a major effort just to push me out of the city limits and counter my attempts to toss their team into it.
All theses characteristics can be exploited.”
Reeva nod looking thoughtful “Yes, good work Ra your suprisiongly insignful for a inferior race. Of course I knew this before…”
“Of course, but you wanted a explination, was that satisfactory my master?”
“Yes, fetch Coffret I have a job for him.”
Angel’s Basin – Earth, inside the Youth Center the quartet await Kenny who told them he has big news. Gathered around a table enjoying burgers and smmothies Kenny enters carrying a small box. He sits down at the table with his friends.
“So Kenny what’s the big news.”
“Zardoz, or rather his tendency to just snatch us up. I spent all last night with Rotoscope and Zardoz…” Kenny begins, his head nods and he leans forward eyes closed.
Michael graves Kenny pusing him back into his seat saking him gently “You look toasted com on I’ll give ya a lift home.”
“No *yawn* I can wait.” Kenny opens the package handing out a high tech watch to each person. “It doesn’t just tell time but it can contact Zardoz. Least I think it can…haven’t tested it.”
Kenny nods off again, the Michael and Tara rise up, sliping on their watches they begin to take Kenny toward the door. Malcom turns to the bartender “Can you wrap this up Kenny pulled another all nighter.”
“No problem Malcom go help your friend!”
“I totally got the bill!” shouts Claire over the din as she moves to the bar fishing in her purse. Shorly a wieter comes along to collected and wrap up their food. Claire hands of a few bills to the barkeeper as Malcom goes to join the others with helping Kenny. But when he gets outside no one is there, and Michael’s car door and engine are open and reved, keys still in the ignition. Slipping into the car he closses the door, pops the keys and looks around. His eyes turns down to his new watch, taping a button on the side, he rise it to his lips.
“Zar…” Malcom is cut off mid sentence as in a instant he appears in the command center, Kenny resting against a wall. Rotoscope looking at Michael and Tara’s watches “…doz.”
“Amazing!” Rotoscope muses
Just then Claire arrives with their doggie bags “…lo?”
Rotoscope looks up “So it is true, this watch of Mr. Olsen doesn’t just tell time and communicate with us here but it also acessing the teleprotation grid pulling you here.”
“Marines!” Zardoz’s voice booms “Their trouble in the city!”
“Hey wait, we just got here again!”
“You can’t send Kenny, he’s…” Claire protests before she vanishes in a flash. The doggie bag slips for her hand hitting the comand center floor with a soft plip. Materilizing in her powered form to finish her sentence.”…wasted!” Se looks around the others except Kenny stand around her. A bird like humanoid greets them. Claire pauses shaking a moment.
Michael notices Claire shake and holds her in a reasuring hug “What’s wrong?”
“That…creature…is…”
“Were you thinking Arborian?” the creature squkes “Close but not quite sister.”
“What do you mean…sister?” interogates Malcom “Who are you!”
“Oh you must not know, the team that defeated Reeva had a Arborian as the pink one.”
“Come on, lets get this over with!” Tara shouts preparing to charge.
“Wait!”
“No!”
“STOP!”
Tara skids to a halt looking back, Claire is still shaking. “You, can’t its, she…She’s related to us in a way.”
“Come on heroes stop that demented bird!” says a voice from the crowd.
“We…we can’t…” Michael stammers unsure of himself now, looking at the still shaking Claire.
The bird has no such compunctions and charges. The 4 stands paralyzed between action and inaction.
“Flame Saber Strike!”
The new voice preceeds the strike of a glowing orage blade slashing into the bird creature. The helf emblazoned into a styilized lion’s head. He wears top folded calf high silver boots and Silver falconers gloves. Burgandy pantaloons and cape, like a swashbuckler, a black tunic. A Many poced belt with a gold buckle and a black head dress with holes cut for the eyes.
“I am the Apprentice bird creature. And Class is in session.”
Claire turns and steps toward The Apprentice “No you can’t!”
The Apprentice ignores them charging the creature, he reaches into the pouches of his belt as the creature charges. With a flick of his hand a small series of explosions landed at the creatures felt, a gleu lie ksubstence stops the creature rooting it to the ground.
“First lesson, this of my multi colored friends. A criminal is a criminal. Even if she is related to you or your family.”
“We can’t just let him kill her!” Clair pleads
“But she…” Michael starts “Your right, she isnt one of Reeva’s goons maybe we can talk some sense into her.”
“Don’t interfere rookies!” With a wave of his hand a series of glue bombs root the 4.
As the struggle to escape he leaps at the bird creature cutting deep with the sword. The Bird swig with a taloned hand and the Apprentice ducked onder the fisrt strike blocking the follow up with his arm. Reversing his hand her grip the blocked hand and holds tight as he kicks high into a abdominal power kick with his left leg. Releasing his grip while still leg extended her used the momentum of pussling of the grip to jump landing on his left leg and following up with a roud huse with his right in one swift motion.
The 4 watch in awe “He is a legend.”
“And he’s going to kill her!” Growls Claire strigking to break the glue. The 4 break fro mthe glue moments after the bird creature does. Flaping its wing arms it takes to the air. The Apprentice smirks.
“Elemental Ninjitzu Air and Fire: Air Walking Technique!”
As if acending a incline he runs toward the creature in mid air, leaping off a invisble barrier over the creature he flips over it spining in the air and smalshingthe Flame Saber into its back, with the flat side. With a thud it lands hard and strugles to its feet.
“Lesson 2, learn the difference between a construct and a living thing, this is a construct!” With a might swing before the creature can stand its head leaves it’s body. And the head and body disolve int oa mass of feathers.
“Murderer!”
“You can not murder that which does not live!”
Suddenly Reeva wand appears and the puddle of goo and feathers glow, in a instant it is back, and gigantic.
“Now, do I need to best this giant monster alone or are you 4 going to fight?”
Jungle Sense (The Apprentice Part 2)
Claire calms, her shakes coming to a end “He’s…he’s right. It’s like some kind of fake. And even not I a threat.”
“Right!” respond the other 3.
Michael pauses placing a comforting hand on Claires sholder “Why don’t you sit this one out, I know this really shook you up on. I’m sure we can handle this one alone.”
Before Claire could respond the 3 others had summoned their Warmachines. And were charging the creature.
“Come on guys lets get it out of the city!” Shouts Michael over the coms.
Claire hangs her head low “I’m worthless…”
Stepping over to Claire the Apprentice has to balance for a moment as the mechas charge the bird creature. Unprepared Claire tumbles to her feet. The bird creature flaps its wings lifting over the Mastadon, T-Rex, and Sabertooth Tiger war machines. Helping her back to her feet The Apprentice smiles.
“No one is perfect, one can not be expected to fight eternally, without a mistake at some point. If you can not fight today you will fight tomarrow.” Stepping aside The Apprentice looks up beginning an incantation “Lithos Magicore Titas: I call upon the strength of the titan. Elemental Ninjitzu Air and Fire: Air Walking Technique!”
Rinning toward the creatures head he is but a ant compared to it making a back flip as he nears the chin his kick hammers the creatures jawline, the head reals back then glares at him. “Strong for a gnat, but not strong enough!”
The T-Rez roars the bird creature hovering just above its reach, the Sabertooth Tiger and Mastadon jon the roar as the Mastadon raises its trunk, twin streams of water jet from its trunk and hammersthe creature. It is launged higher caugher and soaking wet. Changing angles its power dives. The Mastadon brace for impact but it never comes the creatures smashes into a building. Those not killed by the inpact scrabeel to try and escape. The Apprentice breaks hard toward the building air walking in and scours the building for survivoris to evac. The 3 Freeze in shock.
“We failed!”
“Those people!”
“It killed them, and we’re helpless!”
“Not if I have anything to say about it!” Claires voice echos over the com as her mecha slams into the creature at high speed.”
“Alright guys, We have limted options here, I want the Mastadon to keep up the presure and the teranadon to keep doing fly-bys.”
“Can I help! Triceratops reporting for duty!”
“You ok?”
“Still a bit tired but I can’t let you do this alone!”
“Alright folks Bring um together, Tank formation!”
The 5 gather as the bird creature sweeps down for another attack, they gather together into the unifed tank formation and unleash their massive energy barrage at it. The bird creature is blasted back crashingthrough another building as it hammers into the ground. It laughs a cold laugh as it rises smashing into the 2 nearest buildings. The 5 pause.
“That Second Build was our fault!”
“But it just destroyed 2 more for spite. We need to end this now!”
“OPEN FIRE AND DON’T LET UP UNTIL IT’S ASH!”
The tank roars with the ferocity of 5 beasts and its weapon open full slamming into the bird bieast full force and continue slamming. It rises trying to wade its way throug hthe consentrated fore toward them.
“It’s still coming!”
“System Red Lining, were going blow something at this rate!”
“Then we blow something, This thing is GOING DOWN!”
The interiors of the tank scream with red warning lights, theirs a flash of energy and suddenly a series of light on the control blink in sequence. They follow the sequence on instinct and the tank beginse to rise up shstems shifting int oa bipedal formation. In moments a warriors rises, sword in hand and the 5 find themselves gathered in a central location. Without mising a beat and while the bird creature is realing they charge energy crackles around the sword as it cuts deep cleaving the bird beast from breast to hip. Its explodies int oa pille of goo and feathers. Kenny colapses on the controls fast asleep as the 4 leap down. The mechas decombine, and still carying Kenny return to base while the 4 investigate the damage. Trying to help.
The rumble of a quake wakes Kenny, He rise sunsteadily to his paws, his massive head reaches back as his mind clears. He looks around, his lovly wife and her lovly tri horns draws his attention and his affection.
“Are you alright? I thought Can’tul killed you. Can you move?”
“A masive creature berrles into hime as he tries to regain his clarity. Kenny looks back and growls at his attacker. His thunderous paws pound the ground his massive tail waving behind him. He slams into Can’Tul broad side and Kenny wakes in the cockpit of the Triceratops. He rushes to the Command Center and relays his dream to Rotoscope and his friends.
“It was just a Dream, Kenny.”
“Ya No big deal.”
“Actually it sound more like a memeory from one of your predecesorts. Channeled through youwhile you were pwoered up and mentally pliable in the cockpit.” Rotoscoep explains “The Triceratops is easilly enough explain by the fact that your predecesors energy is focused through your mecha.”
“Ok back it up R-Dawg, start from the beginning, why is his war machine having memories?” inquires a curious Malcolm.
“As I mentioned earlier your excess energy was used the create the war machines and your other weapons. Just as you have the skills and could aces memories of your predecessors when powered up the Mechas are as extension of that. They are in a sense just as alive as you.”
“So…Let me get this right? The mechas can broadcast their thoughts into our brains? I didn’t sign up for mind probes!”
“You don’t have anything to worry about, the confluence of criteria needed to access those memories is uncommon. After all how often are you going to be asleep in the cockpit of your mecha while powered up?”
“I guess, that’s a little consolidation.”
The Moon Palace
“You ran again Ra!”
“each encounter teaches me something about these new defenders. I don’t need to finish the fight.”
Reeva rolls her eyes “Oh yes? And just what HAVE you learned?”
Ra circles his master like a shark “Many things.
1: Their link to Zardoz is tenuous, they do not get along. That relationship can be exploited. The red one put himself in my line of fire to save a human forcing Zardoz to transport them both.
2: They are inexperienced, novices, their great skill is more from the legacy power then themselves.
3: They think first and act later. They were willing to let me go until I revealed my willingness to kill people.
4: They want to protect their city. They put up a major effort just to push me out of the city limits and counter my attempts to toss their team into it.
All theses characteristics can be exploited.”
Reeva nod looking thoughtful “Yes, good work Ra your suprisiongly insignful for a inferior race. Of course I knew this before…”
“Of course, but you wanted a explination, was that satisfactory my master?”
“Yes, fetch Coffret I have a job for him.”
Angel’s Basin – Earth, inside the Youth Center the quartet await Kenny who told them he has big news. Gathered around a table enjoying burgers and smmothies Kenny enters carrying a small box. He sits down at the table with his friends.
“So Kenny what’s the big news.”
“Zardoz, or rather his tendency to just snatch us up. I spent all last night with Rotoscope and Zardoz…” Kenny begins, his head nods and he leans forward eyes closed.
Michael graves Kenny pusing him back into his seat saking him gently “You look toasted com on I’ll give ya a lift home.”
“No *yawn* I can wait.” Kenny opens the package handing out a high tech watch to each person. “It doesn’t just tell time but it can contact Zardoz. Least I think it can…haven’t tested it.”
Kenny nods off again, the Michael and Tara rise up, sliping on their watches they begin to take Kenny toward the door. Malcom turns to the bartender “Can you wrap this up Kenny pulled another all nighter.”
“No problem Malcom go help your friend!”
“I totally got the bill!” shouts Claire over the din as she moves to the bar fishing in her purse. Shorly a wieter comes along to collected and wrap up their food. Claire hands of a few bills to the barkeeper as Malcom goes to join the others with helping Kenny. But when he gets outside no one is there, and Michael’s car door and engine are open and reved, keys still in the ignition. Slipping into the car he closses the door, pops the keys and looks around. His eyes turns down to his new watch, taping a button on the side, he rise it to his lips.
“Zar…” Malcom is cut off mid sentence as in a instant he appears in the command center, Kenny resting against a wall. Rotoscope looking at Michael and Tara’s watches “…doz.”
“Amazing!” Rotoscope muses
Just then Claire arrives with their doggie bags “…lo?”
Rotoscope looks up “So it is true, this watch of Mr. Olsen doesn’t just tell time and communicate with us here but it also acessing the teleprotation grid pulling you here.”
“Marines!” Zardoz’s voice booms “Their trouble in the city!”
“Hey wait, we just got here again!”
“You can’t send Kenny, he’s…” Claire protests before she vanishes in a flash. The doggie bag slips for her hand hitting the comand center floor with a soft plip. Materilizing in her powered form to finish her sentence.”…wasted!” Se looks around the others except Kenny stand around her. A bird like humanoid greets them. Claire pauses shaking a moment.
Michael notices Claire shake and holds her in a reasuring hug “What’s wrong?”
“That…creature…is…”
“Were you thinking Arborian?” the creature squkes “Close but not quite sister.”
“What do you mean…sister?” interogates Malcom “Who are you!”
“Oh you must not know, the team that defeated Reeva had a Arborian as the pink one.”
“Come on, lets get this over with!” Tara shouts preparing to charge.
“Wait!”
“No!”
“STOP!”
Tara skids to a halt looking back, Claire is still shaking. “You, can’t its, she…She’s related to us in a way.”
“Come on heroes stop that demented bird!” says a voice from the crowd.
“We…we can’t…” Michael stammers unsure of himself now, looking at the still shaking Claire.
The bird has no such compunctions and charges. The 4 stands paralyzed between action and inaction.
“Flame Saber Strike!”
The new voice preceeds the strike of a glowing orage blade slashing into the bird creature. The helf emblazoned into a styilized lion’s head. He wears top folded calf high silver boots and Silver falconers gloves. Burgandy pantaloons and cape, like a swashbuckler, a black tunic. A Many poced belt with a gold buckle and a black head dress with holes cut for the eyes.
“I am the Apprentice bird creature. And Class is in session.”
Claire turns and steps toward The Apprentice “No you can’t!”
The Apprentice ignores them charging the creature, he reaches into the pouches of his belt as the creature charges. With a flick of his hand a small series of explosions landed at the creatures felt, a gleu lie ksubstence stops the creature rooting it to the ground.
“First lesson, this of my multi colored friends. A criminal is a criminal. Even if she is related to you or your family.”
“We can’t just let him kill her!” Clair pleads
“But she…” Michael starts “Your right, she isnt one of Reeva’s goons maybe we can talk some sense into her.”
“Don’t interfere rookies!” With a wave of his hand a series of glue bombs root the 4.
As the struggle to escape he leaps at the bird creature cutting deep with the sword. The Bird swig with a taloned hand and the Apprentice ducked onder the fisrt strike blocking the follow up with his arm. Reversing his hand her grip the blocked hand and holds tight as he kicks high into a abdominal power kick with his left leg. Releasing his grip while still leg extended her used the momentum of pussling of the grip to jump landing on his left leg and following up with a roud huse with his right in one swift motion.
The 4 watch in awe “He is a legend.”
“And he’s going to kill her!” Growls Claire strigking to break the glue. The 4 break fro mthe glue moments after the bird creature does. Flaping its wing arms it takes to the air. The Apprentice smirks.
“Elemental Ninjitzu Air and Fire: Air Walking Technique!”
As if acending a incline he runs toward the creature in mid air, leaping off a invisble barrier over the creature he flips over it spining in the air and smalshingthe Flame Saber into its back, with the flat side. With a thud it lands hard and strugles to its feet.
“Lesson 2, learn the difference between a construct and a living thing, this is a construct!” With a might swing before the creature can stand its head leaves it’s body. And the head and body disolve int oa mass of feathers.
“Murderer!”
“You can not murder that which does not live!”
Suddenly Reeva wand appears and the puddle of goo and feathers glow, in a instant it is back, and gigantic.
“Now, do I need to best this giant monster alone or are you 4 going to fight?”
Jungle Sense (The Apprentice Part 2)
Claire calms, her shakes coming to a end “He’s…he’s right. It’s like some kind of fake. And even not I a threat.”
“Right!” respond the other 3.
Michael pauses placing a comforting hand on Claires sholder “Why don’t you sit this one out, I know this really shook you up on. I’m sure we can handle this one alone.”
Before Claire could respond the 3 others had summoned their Warmachines. And were charging the creature.
“Come on guys lets get it out of the city!” Shouts Michael over the coms.
Claire hangs her head low “I’m worthless…”
Stepping over to Claire the Apprentice has to balance for a moment as the mechas charge the bird creature. Unprepared Claire tumbles to her feet. The bird creature flaps its wings lifting over the Mastadon, T-Rex, and Sabertooth Tiger war machines. Helping her back to her feet The Apprentice smiles.
“No one is perfect, one can not be expected to fight eternally, without a mistake at some point. If you can not fight today you will fight tomarrow.” Stepping aside The Apprentice looks up beginning an incantation “Lithos Magicore Titas: I call upon the strength of the titan. Elemental Ninjitzu Air and Fire: Air Walking Technique!”
Rinning toward the creatures head he is but a ant compared to it making a back flip as he nears the chin his kick hammers the creatures jawline, the head reals back then glares at him. “Strong for a gnat, but not strong enough!”
The T-Rez roars the bird creature hovering just above its reach, the Sabertooth Tiger and Mastadon jon the roar as the Mastadon raises its trunk, twin streams of water jet from its trunk and hammersthe creature. It is launged higher caugher and soaking wet. Changing angles its power dives. The Mastadon brace for impact but it never comes the creatures smashes into a building. Those not killed by the inpact scrabeel to try and escape. The Apprentice breaks hard toward the building air walking in and scours the building for survivoris to evac. The 3 Freeze in shock.
“We failed!”
“Those people!”
“It killed them, and we’re helpless!”
“Not if I have anything to say about it!” Claires voice echos over the com as her mecha slams into the creature at high speed.”
“Alright guys, We have limted options here, I want the Mastadon to keep up the presure and the teranadon to keep doing fly-bys.”
“Can I help! Triceratops reporting for duty!”
“You ok?”
“Still a bit tired but I can’t let you do this alone!”
“Alright folks Bring um together, Tank formation!”
The 5 gather as the bird creature sweeps down for another attack, they gather together into the unifed tank formation and unleash their massive energy barrage at it. The bird creature is blasted back crashingthrough another building as it hammers into the ground. It laughs a cold laugh as it rises smashing into the 2 nearest buildings. The 5 pause.
“That Second Build was our fault!”
“But it just destroyed 2 more for spite. We need to end this now!”
“OPEN FIRE AND DON’T LET UP UNTIL IT’S ASH!”
The tank roars with the ferocity of 5 beasts and its weapon open full slamming into the bird bieast full force and continue slamming. It rises trying to wade its way throug hthe consentrated fore toward them.
“It’s still coming!”
“System Red Lining, were going blow something at this rate!”
“Then we blow something, This thing is GOING DOWN!”
The interiors of the tank scream with red warning lights, theirs a flash of energy and suddenly a series of light on the control blink in sequence. They follow the sequence on instinct and the tank beginse to rise up shstems shifting int oa bipedal formation. In moments a warriors rises, sword in hand and the 5 find themselves gathered in a central location. Without mising a beat and while the bird creature is realing they charge energy crackles around the sword as it cuts deep cleaving the bird beast from breast to hip. Its explodies int oa pille of goo and feathers. Kenny colapses on the controls fast asleep as the 4 leap down. The mechas decombine, and still carying Kenny return to base while the 4 investigate the damage. Trying to help.
The rumble of a quake wakes Kenny, He rise sunsteadily to his paws, his massive head reaches back as his mind clears. He looks around, his lovly wife and her lovly tri horns draws his attention and his affection.
“Are you alright? I thought Can’tul killed you. Can you move?”
“A masive creature berrles into hime as he tries to regain his clarity. Kenny looks back and growls at his attacker. His thunderous paws pound the ground his massive tail waving behind him. He slams into Can’Tul broad side and Kenny wakes in the cockpit of the Triceratops. He rushes to the Command Center and relays his dream to Rotoscope and his friends.
“It was just a Dream, Kenny.”
“Ya No big deal.”
“Actually it sound more like a memeory from one of your predecesorts. Channeled through youwhile you were pwoered up and mentally pliable in the cockpit.” Rotoscoep explains “The Triceratops is easilly enough explain by the fact that your predecesors energy is focused through your mecha.”
“Ok back it up R-Dawg, start from the beginning, why is his war machine having memories?” inquires a curious Malcolm.
“As I mentioned earlier your excess energy was used the create the war machines and your other weapons. Just as you have the skills and could aces memories of your predecessors when powered up the Mechas are as extension of that. They are in a sense just as alive as you.”
“So…Let me get this right? The mechas can broadcast their thoughts into our brains? I didn’t sign up for mind probes!”
“You don’t have anything to worry about, the confluence of criteria needed to access those memories is uncommon. After all how often are you going to be asleep in the cockpit of your mecha while powered up?”
“I guess, that’s a little consolidation.”