Cryptor seemed to be in a worse mood than usual.
"What." I asked as he moped about.
"Pythor." He responded half-heartedly. "Crystal Council."
"Ah."
"We need to infiltrate them. The council." Cryptor decided. "You're coming too."
"uh.. okay..." I said. there wasn't much to it. what else was I supposed to say?
"Here. I had a Drone place a tracker on Pythor last night. I have his location." He said, passing me a circle.
"Is this it??" I asked.
"No. That's a cloaking device. put it on, we're spying on them." He said. "We'll look like those crystal spiders."
I put one one my arm, and I saw my own body disappear. In front of me were two spider claws.
"Oh my gosh, you're like a little turtle, except you're a spider!" He laughed.
"It doesn't feel like I'm smaller." I said, taking the disk off. "When do we go?"
"Why not... now." Cypher grinned. "Let's see what this 'council' is all about..."
Me and Mr. E were able to infiltrate their base, we followed the masked figure until we saw them walk into a closed room. They took off their mask and revealed their face. Some girl with white hair.
'Harumi'. Mr. E signed. 'I guess she's still alive.'
'Old boss?' I replied.
'Yes.'
We watched as she put the mask back on and kept walking, we followed her into their meeting room, I took a look at everyone seated.
Aspheera, no surprise there...
Pythor, unfortunately.
This masked guy with wings, definitely the circus freak.
This purple biker guy, I could be sitting there right now...
And two empty seats.
No one paid any mind to us, to them, we were just two spiders. I was able to see Mr. E now that i also had the disk on. He-...
He's breathing hastily, hyperventilating maybe.
I can't look away. What on earth is he looking at?
I nudged him.
"What the hell is wrong with you..?" I hissed.
He didn't respond, I grabbed him my the arm and shook him.
"What?!" I repeated. He shook his head.
"She-... look at him!" He said, pointing at the biker. "I-... he looks just like me! But... different. Did she-... replace me?"
"Oh come on, that's just a guy with a biker helmet, get over yourself." I said. "And he's pink, not red."
He began to shut up, but he didn't look sure.
"Right. Departed realm, I'm so paranoid." He muttered. "That's probably some guy."
I looked around at the group a bit.
"Chances are, he's a snake under that helmet." I laughed.
He didn't laugh.
I stared at him. The biker. His eyes were electronic and pointed, like the ones on my helmet. I really hope Cryptor is right.
If he is right, it's funny to see that Harumi is still going with the biker theme, if not changing the color scheme a little bit.
I forgave her a few months ago. What was she supposed to do? Besides, I was free, I was given a second chance at life. I'm sure she felt bad after all.
The door opened, and the Mechanic walked in.
"Mr. E?" He says. I turn around and look to Cryptor.
The mechanic isn't looking at me, he's looking at the biker. Thank goodness I thought-...
Wait...
"Mr. F, He's the new model. Unfortunately, he still doesn't talk." Pythor said, gesturing to the Robot beside him. He nodded.
I KNEW IT! WHY DID I EVER DOUBT MYSELF?!
I can imagine it now, Harumi watching them push my remains off of Borg tower.
"Make me a new one! wah! wah! wah!" She would have probably said.
I looked over to Cryptor, wanting to see his reaction, he just stared back at me, as if looking for mine.
"He looks like a suck-up." Cryptor said, breaking our silence.
I didn't respond. But my anger built. Little waves. Little waves. Not yet a threat.
I missed some of the conversation, but I tuned back in.
"The ninja have meddled in all our plans." Aspheera hissed. "The time for revenge is at hand. Revenge... Revenge!"
"Revenge... revenge..." Pythor mocked.
"What?" Aspheera asked.
"What, what?" Pythor smiled.
"What did you say?!"
"I don't know, what did I say?" Pythor laughed. Aspheera hissed at him.
"So, uh, who sits there?" The mechanic asked, pointing to the empty chair. The one with the wings responded.
"Our host, I presume." He said.
"The Crystal king!" Pythor said.
I heard footsteps, and looked as the masked brat approached.
"Wrong. That's where I sit." Harumi said, he voice sounding deep and distorted by the mask.
"You're not the Crystal King?" Aspheera asked, waving her staff around.
"I am merely his herald. I prepare the way, I do his bidding." She said.
"like a servent?" Said the winged man.
"You should watch your tone, Vangelis. You have me to thank for those shiny new wings." Harumi grumbled. "Or perhaps you'd rather reconsider and have us send you back to where we found you?"
So Vangelis was his name...
"What does this Crystal King want from us?" Aspheera asked.
"He will reveal his plan in time. But this, is not the time. Unfortunately, it seems we have an imposter among us." Harumi said.
Cryptor turned to me.
"Can't be us, if it was, she'd say 'two imposters'." He said. "I'm guessing we weren't the only ones spying."
Everyone gasps
"What? Where?!" Pythor says.
Aspheera glares at The Mechanic.
"...Who?!" The Mechanic hesitated.
Aspheera whipped around to Vangelis
"It's you!" Aspheera shouts.
"How dare you?!" He scowls back.
"You're the only one wearing a mask!"
"Are you blind? So is he!" Vangelis yells, pointing at Mr. F, which earns him a glare from Mr. F.
"Silence! All of you! Look, and see for yourselves." Harumi yelled above the noise, another crystal spider jumped onto the table and began showing live footage of The Mechanic fighting the old ninja.
Everyone turned to The Mechanic, including me and Cryptor.
He dropped the act and spoke normally.
"Fine." Lloyd said. "But you're forgetting one thing..."
"What's that?" Vangelis scowled.
"That!" Lloyd yelled, taking off his hat. Everyone looked at the wall, before noticing that Lloyd had ran off.
"After him, fools!" Pythor yells.
They all start running after Lloyd, leaving me and Cryptor alone.
"Well..?! Lets go!" Cryptor yelled, tearing off his disk and running after them, trying not to be left behind. I tore off my disk too and ran after him.
It didn't take long for them to capture him, after a bit, he was on the floor with Harumi leaning over him, surrounded by the council, me and Cryptor looked from behind a corner.
Mr. F turned around as Harumi began singing her weird spider song. He paused and his eyes met mine. He looked back at Harumi and then back at me. he did that for a few seconds before taking initiative, and walking over. I hid. I saw an open vent above us.
'Mr. F.' I signed. 'hide.'
Cryptor rolled his eyes and moved me out of the way. When Mr. F turned the corner, he hit him right in the face before he could even process who had hit him, he fell over. Then Cryptor boosted me up into the vent, and I pulled him up. Almost as if we had planned it. We both watched as Mr. F glitched out before Harumi came over to help him up.
"You alright?" Harumi asked. "What happened?"
Mr. F nodded and shrugged. When Harumi walked away, he continued looking around the hall, bewildered.
Idiot.