Chapter 20:

The Hounds of Fools (2/3)

The Zypher: The Four Season


"My name is Cal no last name given, I once was a blacksmith on a planet called Bêydia but since it is gone now along with my job, I was taken in by the fleet as a general in 15 minutes but I quit when I was abandoned by them and having to go through a lot of thanks to a bounty hunter, I escaped to the planet yookʊ̃ wherein 6 months I was found and was to be returned to the fleet but thankfully I managed to escape thanks to my bounty hunter friend and went to Lenin, where I was tracked down and forced to fight in an arena in which I accidentally killed a bounty hunter, after that, I went to Aaakwla where I killed their forces and may have found and freed my former master, After that, well I went to Zaizal and now here I am."

"So you have been to other planets, what were they like out there? I never had a chance to explore the planets because someone would not allow me to explore." Eight stood up, "now you listen here, missy, that planets have dangerous species and they can kill you if you are not cautious. I know you want to explore the planets but the world out there is just too cruel... I would know." Valid left the tent to go for another whizz, "you have a weird partner." Eight didn't deny that but clarified something, "he is not my partner, he is more of a frenemy and a total drunk... Not one day he has not made a perfect decision... Why am I even wasting my time with you? We are taking you to our boss." Eight grabbed Cal and went to look for a ship until...

"Wait why is... Nooz!" She shrugged her shoulders, "if you were not going to call them then I was, I didn't care if you were or were not calling them, I just wanted to finish this mission asap." Valid stood up still drunken, "let's get crazy..." He collapsed on the floor, "dude you need to sort this guy out quickly." Eight sarcastically laughed at Cal's 'joke' that he 'accidentally' dropped Cal on the floor, Eight grabbed both Valid and Cal into the ship while Nooz had a feeling uneased by something around her, "Nooz lets go!" She entered the ship and there they left the planet they were and finally made it to their destination. "Finally I can get a good night's rest after this fumigating day and everything you destroyed was not cheap you know." Nooz punched Cal in the face leaving him unconscious, "what was your reason for doing that?" Nooz shrugged her shoulders, "I just wanted a sparring buddy." Cal woke up to find himself in a testing lab wearing lab clothes, he looked around and saw that someone was observing him, "it's good to see you awake Cal, hope youre not uncomfortable, we are requesting your aid in destroying the fleet after they had betrayed and murdered fellow members of the Octavinys." That word echoed into Cal's brain, "you were there." He started to remember fractures of what happened, he WAS there but he wasn't dead like Rekxzan had said to him. "Suppression of the memories will inexplicably damage your mind as it will reject completely until you are no more." Cal attempt to fight it off but it became worse, "You will suffer... The order is better off without you... I shall be the grandmaster... They will come for you... And you won't... Feel a thing..."

Cal looked around and saw the environment around him was destroyed as if he had been the main cause of it, an alarm went off talking about him, Cal found an exit outside but was immediately attacked by purgists (Purgers that have been infected with a parasite called Purge 101, lame name in my opinion) Cal was able to find some of them off but was unable to find an exit out of the area he was currently in. "Nincompoop has taken the vents, let's gas him out." They believed Cal to be in the vents but little did they know that Cal had already gained access to the ship's hardware, with his limited knowledge from the Prince of Bêydia's ship, he was able to corrupt the system but in doing so warped the ship to where the fleet was currently. The fleet recognised them and they began their invasion, the purgists were sent out on the front line to battle the fleet.

Cal found the exit but realised that their ranks were being destroyed by the fleet, "dammit all!" He entered one of the ships and battled most of the fleets soldiers leaving some to die while others to retreat. The purgists made their escape leaving Cal to do their dirty work, as they left, the fleet set their eyes on capturing Cal but he refused and just barely escaped them, he had limited fuel left so he went to visit with an old friend. Cal handed his ship to Lenin where it was more peaceful, Cal watched as someone was stealing someone else Zonium but they were stopped by Scura and Marshall, they saw Cal and went to get him out of the city and into their base. When they got to their base, they asked Cal what he was doing in Lenin.