Doomsday Rider VII: Military Intelligence - Part Three by yugo149 |  |
Previously on Doomsday Rider VII, the origins of Sabre were revealed as
M-I and Kromanè made their escape with the Jadestone. They now have two
of the four Sacred Gemstones and before long; they may just have all of them.
Sabre and I both wheeled around and stared into the
face of a silver Shoyru with a scar over his heart. Sabre's eyes lit up. "Dimee!
But, I watched Hyper Ienou kill you."
Dimee laughed for a moment. "No, he didn't kill
me. He came close, though. The only reason I'm still alive is because Zing-Lau
healed me."
"What?! ZING-LAU?!" I shouted. "But you're not
evil! Zing-Lau would never help someone who wasn't evil."
"Wrong, Doomsday_Rider," Dimee explained.
"After Delfanel nearly killed him, Zing-Lau became a hero." That last sentence
hit me harder than a freight train. Zing-Lau, no longer evil? It didn't seem
possible. After all the death, destruction, and chaos he had caused in his wake,
he had finally switched sides.
"Well, enough sentiments," Sabre said,
suddenly turning serious. "We've got to get an army of powerful warriors together
to combat Ienou should the need arise."
"Yeah, you're right," Dimee said. "Hmm...but
how to get the word out?"
"Hey! I know! Several years ago when Armos and
Scorpio attacked Neopia, they had some kind of machinery that interrupted every
broadcast on every television in Neopia. If we can find that machinery, we can
get the word out," I explained. Dimee thought it over for a moment.
"Yes, that might work. But do you have any idea
where it might be?" Dimee asked.
"Erm...I think it would be in the Needle Floater...that was...melted down,"
I said slowly, realising how futile that idea was.
"Well, there went that plan," Sabre said,
trying to think of another. "Hmm...if we get the Opalstone and Citrinestone
before M-I and Kromanè do, we might still have a chance."
***
M-I rushed into the Contra Jungle, with a small Kanena floating in front of
him. It wasn't very big, but it could destroy the entire jungle should the need
arise. "Strange..." M-I said, looking around carefully. "I was sure there would
be a guardian here like there is in the San-katahn Forest." A few minutes after
he said that, Squire emerged from one of the trees.
"Who are you, and why are you here?" Squire
asked. M-I stared up at him, trying to figure out who he was.
"I am M-I, and I want the Opalstone," he
said, his eyes narrowing.
"What do you want it for?" Squire asked.
"I want it to destroy two irritating Shoyrus.
One blue that has reached Hyper form stage 2, and the other white with one eye
and tremendous power," M-I explained.
"Are they in league with Anubis III?" Squire
asked. M-I was surprised at the question for a moment, then began to answer,
although he did not really know the truth.
"Yes, they are allied with Anubis III. If I
do not obtain the Opalstone and the Citrinestone, they may conquer Neopia,"
M-I said, as if he were trying to save the planet, rather than destroy it.
"All right then, I trust your motives. The Opalstone
is near the heart of the jungle, located along the walls of the Canyon of Death,"
Squire said, disappearing back into the tree.
"Very well," M-I said, disappearing in a
flash of blue and reappearing near the lip of the canyon. "Now he said 'along
the walls', so where is it?" He asked, zipping forward in his hovercraft. "Aah!
There it is." He zipped toward the Gemstone and picked it up in his left hand.
"I've been looking for you. I wonder how Kromanè is doing searching for
the Citrinestone?" M-I asked, disappearing in a flash of blue.
6:37 PM NST: M-I's Fortress: Fourth Floor
M-I reappeared near the centre of the floor in
a flash of blue light just as Kromanè entered the floor carrying the
Citrinestone. "Aah, excellent," M-I said, zipping over to Kromanè
and taking the Gemstone from him. He flew up toward the generator carrying the
two Gemstones, put them in their proper place, floated down, and activated it.
A square of electricity appeared connecting the four Gemstones. The top of each
Sacred Gemstone gave a share of electricity to the generator, and M-I's fortress
was powered.
"Yes, this is truly excellent. The security
doors on each floor are now active, and all of the machinery is at full power,"
M-I said, watching several monitors as the third floor of the fortress began
to light up. "And since the machinery is now operating, that also means that
the second floor guardian is active as well," M-I said, grinning.
"So, if Steel Sentinel is the second floor guardian,
and I'm the third floor guardian, then who's the guardian of the first floor?"
Kromanè asked.
"You'll find out," M-I said arrogantly.
"But first, it's time to get the word out that we exist."
6:45 PM NST: My NeoHome
The television screen was covered in static, and
then the face of M-I appeared, accompanied by Kromanè sitting in his hovercraft.
"Greetings, people of Neopia," M-I said. "My name is M-I. I am a synthetic
life form that the Neopian Military was working on. Needless to say, the experiments
worked. However, that is not why I am broadcasting this," he said, the
expression on his face changing from an arrogant smirk to a solemn and almost
grim frown. "I have just completed work on my fortress and figured I would let
you all know in case someone decided to try and be a hero by defeating me. My
fortress is heavily fortified, so if you try to infiltrate it, then be sure
to bring a squad of atomic bombers with you and you might manage to break down
the front door. Well I've got to be going now. I hope to see at least a few
brave warriors show up," M-I said as the broadcast returned to normal. I
looked up at Yugo and he looked at me. I got up, put the sheath for my Million
Degree Sword on, and ran out the front door.
6:51 PM NST: Neopia Central
I ran past a group of Neopets. I recognised Dimee
and Sabre, but no one else. I walked over to them and Dimee introduced me two
three of them. There was a blue Shoyru named Gambit537, another blue Shoyru
who was just ten days older than me, whose name was Shusario, a green Ixi named
Doomsday_Ixi. I said hello to them and they said hello to me. Shusario gave
me a sort of smile that reminded me of forU and made me blush slightly.
"Erm...I've got to go," I said, trying
to keep from blushing any more than I already was. I took off running, and about
two blocks away from them, I went into hyper form stage 2 and rushed to M-I's
fortress.
7:02 PM NST: In front of M-I's fortress
I skidded to a stop about thirty feet away from
the fortress' front door and saw Belgora, Majin Shadow, Tical, Midnight, and
the legion from earlier frantically attacking the door, trying to break it down.
Majin Shadow fired a Dark Kanena at the metal door, but it simply ricocheted
off and fired past all of them at me. I moved my head enough to dodge the Dark
Kanena, then yelled out to all of them.
"Let me give it a shot!" I shouted, charging
up a Kanena. Everyone stepped out of the way and I fired the Kanena at the door,
and it shredded through like butter. All of us entered the fortress and looked
up toward the top tier of the floor. The floor wasn't very heavily guarded,
and it had a staircase at the far end that lead up to a door on the top tier.
"Hmm...this looks almost too easy," Belgora
said. "Surely he can't be that stupid, can he? Aah, well. If his fortress is
as fortified as he says, then we'd better take what we can get," he said,
running toward the staircase, followed by everybody but me.
"Ugh," I said, shrugging, then chasing
after everybody. We all emerged into a giant room. Along the back wall, a dark
Shoyru was hitting his fist against a giant metal security door, trying to figure
out a way through...it was Cushidra.
"Hey, Cushidra!" I shouted. He turned around
and looked at me in confusion, he didn't recognise me in my second hyper form.
I went down to my hyper form, and his eyes lit up.
"Doomsday_Rider!" Cushidra shouted, a smile
appearing across his face. "And Belgora, and Majin Shadow. I haven't seen any
of you since MTL-Rider attacked."
"Yes, I know," I said.
"Hmm. How's your girlfriend doing?" Cushidra
asked, not realising she had been killed. I just remained silent and stared
at the floor. "Oh...she was the Usul that got killed by that monster?"
"Yes," I answered simply.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Cushidra said.
There was the sound of a metal door sliding open, and we saw that the security
door had opened itself. We began to walk through, and it slammed shut behind
Sabre, leaving all but Cushidra, Belgora, Majin Shadow, Sabre and myself to
battle the guardian.
"Oh, this is just wonderful," I said, punching
the door with my fist.
On the other side...
A hole opened up in the floor, and a platform
raised the Spider Wolf into the room. He snarled menacingly at them, but Midnight
stepped forward. She stared into Spider Wolf's eyes and didn't even blink. Spider
Wolf began to glow blue, and in a matter of moments, he had deteriorated into
dust and smoke. Although, the door did not open.
Belgora had his ear to the door and was listening
to the short fight. "Heh. Sounds like Midnight used her special attack,"
Belgora said, acting like the Anubis half of himself.
"Be warned, Rider. This is what a fusion does,"
Cushidra said, joking. I laughed a little and Belgora snorted.
"That was not funny," Belgora said, snorting
again.
"Anyway, on to the second floor," Sabre
said, pointing toward the next door with his thumb.
"Hey, I'll race ya," Shadow said, going
into his hyper form.
"Sure, why not?" I said, grinning. The two of
us launched past Belgora, Cushidra, and Sabre and through the tiers of the floor.
Shadow had won but just three inches. We had to wait on the others for what
seemed like an eternity.
"Any idea who this guardian is?" I asked.
"Yes, he is known as the Steel Sentinel,"
Sabre said. "He is very powerful, so we'd better watch our step."
"Uh-huh..." I said, raising my eyebrow as the
five of us entered another giant room. The door slammed shut behind Belgora,
who was bringing up the rear. A giant steel humanoid dropped from the ceiling
and landed near the middle of the room. His massive steel arms looked powerful
enough to crush a house between his fingers. Belgora began by firing a Bioshock
at him, but his body caught it and wrapped around, then he fired it back at
Belgora, only he had supercharged the attack. Belgora lay in the corner, twitching.
I went back into my second hyper form and charged up a Kanena.
"Take this!" I shouted, firing the Kanena at
Steel Sentinel. He absorbed my attack, made it more powerful, and launched it
back at me. I looked on in horror. The Kanena, the attack Yugo taught me that
was never supposed to fail, was flying back at me.
To be continued...
Next time on Doomsday Rider VII, Majin Shadow defeats Steel Sentinel, allowing
the group to advance to the third floor. Although, the only one that makes it
through the door is Doomsday_Rider. Now he must face off against Kromanè. Who
will win? |
