Difference between revisions of "Falling into the Theraxians Trap - Part 2"

Adonia laughed as she touched down on the ground and approached Kr’anri’s seemingly unconscious form lying on the floor;

“Now, now little PET, it’s time for you to get back in your little cage!” She jeered

Her hands glowing with yellow energy as she took her aim at Kr’anri. Vitality noted Kr’anri’s situation and quickly rid himself of his current opponent, launching them into Draydeon for the moment. He flew towards Kr’anri, dodging stray energy beams, bronze weapons and punches; he looked on as Adonia approached Kr’anri willing himself to fly faster. A blue psychic fire aura enveloped Kr’anri at the mention of the word ‘pet’ and she quickly got up and spun round, her eyes burning brighter than before:

“WE. ARE. NOT. A. PET!!” She roared

Adonia’s android looked surprised as Kr’anri suddenly lunged towards her, teeth barred and entirely consumed with rage. Kr’anri latched onto her shoulders and began to hack away at the androids face with her claws. The grating sound of Kr’anri’s claws scraping and slicing against a thin layer of flesh then metal was enough to cause Vitality to stop and just stare for a moment or two, not to mention the appearance of this new aura strange aura. A blast of yellow-golden energy slammed into Vitality, jerking him forward slightly, knocking him out of his musing about Kr’anri’s newly acquired aura and aggression. He turned around to see an airborne Draydeon, at the sight of Draydeon alone, caused his blood to boil. Vitality narrowed his eyes and flew directly towards him.

D.A.W.N. locked onto the guard Cavalier was fighting and launched a row of missiles from her arsenal and fired a potent plasma beam at its back, it thrashed and flailed as the beam continued heating up its bronze armour and skin. Taking advantage of D.A.W.N.’s helpful distraction Cavalier jumped up high and plunged his pale red claw into the chest of the guard, the guard stilled as a fiery sensation blossomed in its chest, rapidly spreading to its entire body leaving him immobilized as it crashed to the ground completely paralyzed.

Kr’anri continued slicing at the androids face as the internal mechanisms began to spark, in her rage she had managed to claw her way through the androids face and rip out the ‘brain’ and throw it onto the floor. She pushed off the android as it staggered backwards, putting herself at a safe distance before its head exploded and the remaining body clanged against the ground. The psychic aura seemed to slowly vanish as she calmed down, a slightly fearful look in her eye as she looked around at the unconscious guard she had previously taken down and the android’s body which was still sparking and jerking involuntarily.

“Kr’anri? Are you okay?” Asked Cavalier

“Kr’anri…does not remember…how did Kr’anri got here?” She asked sounding dazed

“Kr’anri, don’t you remember the fight?” Asked D.A.W.N.

Kr’anri looked up at D.A.W.N. and shook her head;

“Kr’anri does not know this fight. Is Good Magic hurt?”

“I’m fine thank you for asking.” Replied D.A.W.N.

Vitality emerged relatively unscathed from the walls of energy which Draydeon had sent his way, they washed over him and he continued on towards Draydeon, he pulled back his fist as he approached and punched through the Draydeon android. A relatively large hole was apparent as Vitality retracted his fist from the hole he’d created; he wrenched the head of the android from the rest of its body, as it sparked periodically threatening to explode any moment. He looked directly into the eyes of the android;

“If this is how you’re watching us, know that I’m coming for you Draydeon and the next time it won’t be a robot double.”

Cavalier, Kr’anri and D.A.W.N. looked on in surprise as Vitality slowly crushed the Draydeon android head in the palm of his hand, the metal skull buckled quickly under the overwhelming pressure exerted by Vitality and was soon no bigger than a golf ball. Vitality turned to his team, his expression still conveying anger albeit somewhat controlled. The Draydeon android jerked slightly and Vitality slammed his fist into it again, his breathing slightly heavy. Cavalier stalked forward, lightly easing Vitality away from the android;

“Easy there bud, it’s over now. Is there something you’re not telling us?” Asked Cavalier

“It-We should get moving and free Mentella. We don’t have much time left.” Concluded Vitality

“You know where she is?” Asked D.A.W.N.

“Yeah. She’s in a specialized cell, in the final cell corridor. She contacted me telepathically. It’s over there, let’s go.”

The team made their way to the corridor leading to Mentella’s cell and were confronted with an purple energy barrier, D.A.W.N. assessed the barrier;

“Give me a moment; I’ll see if I can overload this matrix. It may take a while though…” She said

“Sorry Dawn, but time isn’t on our side.” Vitality frowned

He hovered closer until he was inches away from the crackling energy field, and placed both his hands on the energy matrix; the energy barrier crackled and whined as Vitality slowly but surely ripped a hole in the energy matrix, slowly widening it as the energy cracked around the hole and up through his arms. He barred his teeth as he continued to open the hole, pushing against the sides of the make shift hole as it continued to flash and attempt to seal itself. Cavalier, Kr’anri and D.A.W.N. looked on in surprise as Vitality tore open the energy field, tendrils of purple energy crackled around his forearms as he widened the hole. The energy field projectors sparked violently until they burnt out, dissipating the energy field.

“That was some display of strength David.” Noted D.A.W.N.

Vitality shrugged and hovered through the space where the energy field was and was quickly followed by his team members. A significant psionic pressure became apparent as they neared the end of the corridor, increasing with each step they took.

“I’m guessing this was the ‘effect’ Mentella was talking about.” Frowned Vitality

Sensing the presence of Delta, Mentella projected a message to them all:

< Apologies, the pressure will continue to build until I am free from this chamber. Xenians and power suppression chambers do not go hand in hand.> ~ Mentella

A large bronze wall quickly came into view as they neared the end of the corridor; a golden ‘T’ was emblazoned on the bronze wall a thin line running through it, signifying its ability to be parted as a door mechanism. D.A.W.N. stepped forward and scanned the door.

“I’m only picking up two sets of doors and then pure darkness beyond that. My guess is the door is lined with a tungsten polymer to prevent scanning; it’s likely the final door. I’m picking up another hacker in the vessels system…strange; they’ve just opened the way for me to access this chamber.”

“Kr’anri does not like this feeling.” She frowned

Kr’anri paced back and forth attempting to distract herself from the near painful psionic pressure. The pressure quickly started to abate as Mentella once again projected a message.

< I’ve managed to contain the pressure’s effect; it should be long enough for you to access me. > ~ Mentella

D.A.W.N. hacked into the chambers security mechanisms, overriding the lock command forcing the doors to open up. A resounding clang sounded and was subsequently followed by a chain of mechanical whirring. Behind three sets of interlocking bronze doors, surrounded by a crackling security field, a large cuboid shape was attached to the head of Mentella’s body, several restraints locked down her neck, hands, legs and midsection. They walked in, the lights of the specialized cell turning on as they approached Mentella.

“Wow. Talk about a total lock down.” Cavalier mused.

“Security protocols offline.” D.A.W.N. nodded

The cracking security field went down as she overrode the safety protocols, disengaging it almost instantly. Vitality and Cavalier assisted in pulling off the magnetic restraints, whilst Kr’anri and D.A.W.N. laid waste to the rest of the cell deactivating several trained weapons in the process. Mentella flexed her wrists as she was slowly but surely freed from her physical bonds, lines of light became increasingly apparent to her as Vitality and Cavalier wrenched open the containment unit surrounding her head. Mentella sat forward quickly massaging her neck and standing up.

“Much obliged.” She sighed

“Are you okay?” Asked Cavalier

“Truthfully no, I’m not. But I’ve just found a way to fix my predicament, one moment.” Mentella replied.

She stepped forward and lifted her right index and middle fingers to her temple and a crown of magenta psionic energy manifested itself boldly on her head, the psionic energy arcing to the back of her head. Mentella’s eyes burned brightly as she unleashed a powerful beam of psionic energy at a giant alien guard who had just regained consciousness. The psychic attack slammed into its bronze helmet, it screamed out in pain as the maintained assault continued until the helmet exploded outwards in a violent display of golden-magenta energy, and bits of bronze helmet fell to the floor, chiming against the floor in the distance. Its eye sockets and mouth had wisps of magenta smoke weaving out of them; the guard dropped to the floor, a dull thud sounding through the prison block.

“Much better.” Mentella stated

“Whoa, yeah, let’s keep you out of suppression units…” Cavalier nodded.

“We need to get out of here. Their abilities are having a negative effect on Earth; if we don’t act fast Earth could be permanently damaged.” Vitality urged

Delta and Mentella made their way to the Prison Cell Block exit, which was completely sealed. Mentella looked towards Kr’anri and frowned at her, Kr’anri shifted uncomfortably under Mentella’s frown;

< I’m sensing a lot of instability in your mind. > ~ Mentella

< Kr’anri does not feel okay. > ~ Kr’anri

Mentella had a quick look through her mind, noting a slightly darker, instinctual presence in Kr’anri’s mind, barely restrained below the levels of control Mentella had taught her.

< Hmm, yes I can see. I’m beginning to think I should have conducted the ‘procedure’ earlier. How long has this instability been afflicting you? > ~ Mentella

< Kr’anri thinks after Skyfire hair took away help. > ~ Kr’anri

< Of course, after I removed my mental shields…hmm. Do your best to keep it together, I’m going to be monitoring you after we leave this place and help you to resolve the issue. Alert me if you feel strange. > ~ Mentella

Mentella focused her attention back on the rest of the team; D.A.W.N. had been furiously hacking the door mechanisms whilst Vitality and Cavalier attempted to find a more direct route through to the other side. Vitality frowned deeply;

“We don’t have TIME for this!” He exclaimed

Vitality curled his fist into a ball and plunged it into the bronze door, the metal began to yield under his strength; it buckled and bent as his fists continued to assault the door.

--

Alarms bleared and screens flashed as the control room conveyed the current state of the Prison Cell Block to the Theraxians. Zultaer was the last to join Draydeon, Adonia and Gidrean in the control room, Draydeon turned to Zultaer, his eyes a dangerous yellow as the lines of his face contorted into a decidedly angry frown;

“The Security System, what is your status on it?” Asked Draydeon

“I was attempting to reactivate the security system, but to no avail. Whoever has gained access to our system has not only decoded our encryptions but has also anticipated replacements and future encryptions. Aside from the Virillian blast doors separating the Prison Cell Block from the rest of the vessel we have no security in place.” Replied Zultaer

Draydeon growled, his eyes flashing as he nodded towards Adonia;

“I managed to bypass the surveillance loop…” Started Adonia

“And?” Frowned Draydeon

“They have escaped and laid waste to the Prison Cell Block, the guards and the hybrids have been completely incapacitated. The androids were not successful either, all are offline. The Xenian somehow alerted them to her prison cell and they freed her. They are currently--”

A powerful shockwave ripped through the vessel, causing the Theraxians to almost lose their footing, Gidrean fell over and attempted to stand, bumping his head in the process:

“By Therax! What was that?!” He gasped

“It’s them…attempting to break through the blast door.” Adonia sighed

Draydeon slammed his fist through the monitor and roared angrily, his eyes burning with yellow-golden energy;

“This ends NOW! Prepare yourselves; it is time to end the heroes ahead of schedule. Do not forget your Psionic Preventers.” He shouted

Draydeon stood up, attaching a small, flat metal square to his temple and clicked his metal gauntlets in place; he floated into the sky and flew out of the room, swiftly followed by Gidrean, Adonia and Zultaer who followed at a safe distance.

Mentella watched as Vitality utilized his colossal strength against the blast door, D.A.W.N. stepped back, somewhat shocked as Vitality’s continually pounded against the door, each strike’s shockwave increasing in magnitude as it pulsed out from the impact point. The bronze door continued to fold in on itself before a final punch from Vitality caused it to buckle completely. He hovered through the makeshift relatively large hole; the edges of the hole in the bronze door were jagged and jutted out dangerously, Cavalier walked forward and pushed against the remaining pieces of the door, bending them slightly as the team stepped through.

“It looks like we have company.” Noted Mentella

A few feet in front of them stood Gidrean, Zultaer and Adonia in a line with Draydeon hovering in front. His body glowed with a yellow energy aura, his fists surrounded with spheres of energy as he faced Vitality.

“This is where your story ends. Heroes of Earth, feel the might of Therax-Prime!” Shouted Draydeon

He took aim and unleashed a blast of energy at the heroes; Kr’anri’s eyes widened as the blast rocketed forwards, she jumped up out of harm’s way clinging to the ceiling, D.A.W.N.’s shield activated, an orange hexagonal dome matrix forming around her as she braced for the impact. Cavalier acted quickly, latching onto Mentella and teleporting out of the line of fire as the other Theraxians bolts of energy fed into Draydeon’s forming a colossal cascade of yellow energy.

Vitality crossed his forearms in front of his face, as the blast slammed into him, sending him back a few feet, parts of his costume tearing away under the sheer power of the energy attack. He chanced a glance towards D.A.W.N., her shields holding as the energy from the cascade finally dissipated. Cavalier and Mentella materialized in a flash of pale red energy behind the remains of the Virillian blast door as the excess yellow energy from Draydeon’s attack burst through the hole in the door. Smoke billowed from the corridor they were just in, the smell of molten metal filling the air. Cavalier spoke into his com-link;

“Kr’anri? Vit? Dawn? You guys alright?” He hissed

“Kr’anri is fine.”

“Shielding is down to 45% but I’m good. David looks fine but his com-link is likely fried, his uniform took quite a bit of damage.” D.A.W.N. replied

Draydeon squinted as he looked through the smoke, vaguely making out two distinct figures, one of whom was hovering in the air, albeit a few feet back from where he previously was. Behind the blast door, Cavalier looked over to his right to see Mentella who was crouched beside a block of debris, her index and middle finger on her left temple, her eyes glowing slightly.

“Are you okay?” He asked

“Yes, I am. I’ve just overloaded their Psionic Preventer patches.” She replied

“All of them?”

“Yes, it was an amusing attempt to block out telepathic attack from myself and Kr’anri.”

“I think the coast is clear.” He frowned

“I’ll be along soon, join your team and fight the Theraxians.” Mentella replied

He nodded and turned to look through the now more circular hole in the blast doors. He hopped through the hole cautiously, alert to his surroundings as he entered the thick veil of smoke which clouded the corridor. Kr’anri crawled along the ceiling, as the smoke cleared she saw Adonia turn the corner with Draydeon and the others.

“Kr’anri sees them!” She cried

Vitality shook off the mild burning sensation from Draydeon’s attack; he flew forward quick enough to see Adonia turn around the corner. Vitality focused himself and flew after him, sharply turning the corner. He caught quickly closed the gap between Draydeon and himself as Draydeon attempted to escape Vitality. D.A.W.N. was close behind, tracking the Theraxians as they tried to escape the heroes.

“Stay together and finish them! I will deal with this one.” Roared Draydeon

Draydeon watched as his Vanguard team flew straight on to the main body of the ship; he turned and flew down a hallway towards the engine room, with Vitality hot on his heels. Both dodging machinery as they flew along Vitality reached out and as soon as he was in range placed a firm grip on Draydeon’s heel, stopping abruptly and swinging Draydeon round and pushing him towards the ceiling with immense force, Draydeon slammed into the ceiling, cracks shooting out in all directions as, Vitality grabbed onto Draydeon’s breastplate and continued to force Draydeon through the ceiling. Draydeon pushed down against Vitality’s forearms in an attempt to escape, his fists of energy soldered to Vitality’s forearms.

D.A.W.N.’s targeting system helped her dodge the incoming torrent of energy blasts from Adonia and Zultaer. A compartment on D.A.W.N.’s shoulder opened up, a series of heat seeking missiles flew out, two breaking off for Zultaer and two trailed after Adonia. D.A.W.N. looked down at Kr’anri who she was carrying; a psychic aura of blue fire had previously enveloped her as her eyes tracked Adonia.

“Kr’anri, the missiles are seconds away from impact, get ready to attack.” D.A.W.N. announced

Adonia managed to make it into the main room before the missiles exploded near her, the force of the explosion knocking her out of flight, sending her plummeting to the ground. The room seemed to stretch for miles and was split into two levels; the middle level was comprised of a square silver platform which floated in the middle of the room, entirely unattached to the rest of the room except for the connecting energy bridge from the entrance to the platform. Below that on the lower level, a purple energy matrix hummed and crackled violently, shielding a powerful engine.

Kr’anri growled as she watched Adonia fall out of the sky, her voice taking on a deeper tone as she struggled in D.A.W.N.’s grip;

“WE ARE READY!” she growled

She swung herself free, flipping in the air and digging her claws into Adonia’s back. Distracted by the piercing pain, Adonia crashed into the floor, rolling along the floor with Kr’anri firmly attached to her, flipping off at the last second as Adonia’s body slammed into a piece of machinery. Adonia quickly got to her feet facing off against Kr’anri;

“You’ve been a bad little pet.” Adonia spat

Kr’anri screamed, unleashing uncontrolled blasts of psychic energy at Adonia, causing her to crumple to the ground under the severe mind crushing pressure Kr’anri was exerting, Adonia randomly fired waves of energy in all directions in an attempt to kill Kr’anri. Kr’anri stopped attacking and deftly avoided the energy attacks which gradually became more accurate as Kr’anri’s psychic attacks ceased. Adonia’s mind swam with painful psionic energy, as Kr’anri unleashed direct attacks against her, once again impacting her vision and ravaging her mind. D.A.W.N. flew by sending a barrage of ballistics towards Adonia, who protected herself with a shield of yellow energy, Zultaer recovered from the missile impact and flew into D.A.W.N. knocking her away from Kr’anri and Adonia;

“You won’t be able to defeat the REAL me so easily, enjoy the final moments of your life robot.” Snarled Zultaer

D.A.W.N. engaged her secondary jets, the thrusting force from the jet powerfully opposing Zultaer, almost ripping her out of his grasp, sending him backwards, slightly disorientated. Zultaer shook off the disorientation and unleashed a beam of energy at D.A.W.N. only for it to be met with an equal beam of energy from D.A.W.N., her hand cannons opening up and unleashing a powerful beam of orange plasma energy.

“You think…you think you can stop us? We are…Theraxians! We will drain and SHATTER your world until no semblance of humanity or super humanity is left!” Shouted Zultaer

He pushed forward, forcing more energy into his beam, slowly forcing D.A.W.N. backwards. She strained against the incoming energy, her shields currently holding at 41% but slowly declining as the energy became overwhelming. She adjusted her jets, expertly lowering herself to the platform beneath. She increased the power of her plasma beam forcing the energy pulses into Zultaer, disorientating him temporarily; D.A.W.N. used this to re-route power to her shield matrix, boosting it's power by 20%. A relatively small mini gun rose out of her shoulder as she locked onto Zultaer, it started to spin, rapidly building speed and began firing a series of bullets at her target. The energy beam generated by Zultaer melted some of bullets before they managed to affect him, a few flew past his head, alerting him to the attack. He relented slightly generating an energy shield around himself as the bullets increased in accuracy and strength as D.A.W.N. continued to fire them through her shield matrix.

--

Mentella stood near the Virillian blast doors or rather their remains as she contacted Techna Ology;

< How much headway have you made with the vessel? > ~ Mentella

< I’ve kept it in geostationary orbit but the engines and the secondary power sources are offline. The stability field and main engine, I left online for obvious reasons. I’ve contacted the Virillian Prison Fleet; they are in Sector 15, and making their way here for pick up. Due to the direct involvement of the Theraxians on Earth, the Virillians are going to allow them to be held captive on Earth. > ~ Techna

< Good, how long have we got before they arrive roughly? > ~ Mentella

< Hmm, let’s see…about an hour till they are in reclaiming distance. Speaking of time, you really need to get those Theraxians away from Earth or get them in power suppression units; their abilities are draining Earth’s natural power even at this distance. > ~ Techna

< I’m assuming you’ve disabled any robotic assistance they may have on the ship? > ~ Mentella

< Yes and locked their hybrid creatures in their suspended animation chambers. > ~ Techna

< I see, I’ll be in touch. > ~ Mentella

< Be careful! > ~ Techna

Mentella turned and made for the main room, following the sounds of explosion and the minds of her allies.