Of Sentience and Predator

C2: Been Wolf

"We are approaching Earth. Where do you want to land, Viktor?" the Thep Khufan asked, never looking away from the screen. The Thep Khufan mainly wore a somewhat dark pale royal red lined with dark royal yellow. Between some of the wrapping that made up its body was a pink, almost magical light.

The Transylian approached the screen, observing it. His skin was a bit of a patchwork, being mostly dark pale green, but there were sections that were light pale green on his arms. Around his forearms and palms were metallic gloves, leaving his fingers uncovered. He wore the same metallic material for pants and boots, not bothering to cover his chest. His eyes were a deep purple, with one eye larger than the other and his hair a near black purple. From his back were two tower conductors, incorporated into his body.

"What are some points we need to take note of, M?" Viktor asked, looking at his companion.

M pointed to a spot already marked on the map. "That is where Lord Zs'Skayr sent his message from," the Thep Khufan stated. It then pointed to different parts of the map, some unmarked and others marked. "There are two different Fulmas Override signals- here and here. Nearby this one is what appears to be an untouched and forgotten clump of Corrodium. I can only speculate why neither the Galactic Enforcers nor the Plumbers picked it up, but there is no doubt it will be useful. Here is a small village that has more complex machinery that we can use for the revival machine, but the machinery is in what could best be considered a dumping ground. The village seems to dislike machinery with an unreasonable hatred, so I believe there will be no problem with that.

"As for landing spots, I have a few ideas, just depending on how close you want us to be to each material. This one, near where the signal came from, is not what I would suggest. It is too far from the other resources and there is a river nearby that, if he was burned, he would be thrown down. This one is better, since it is closest to the machinery dump, but it could cause problems if we need more Corrodium from the untapped mine if we did not collect enough. I would suggest this spot here. It is further down the river if they did throw Lord Zs'Skayr down it while still being reasonably close to the machinery and the Corrodium pile. Where shall we land?"

Viktor hummed before saying, "Land where you suggested. When we land, I'll inform Benwolf to go to the machinery dump to collect some parts, if he can find any." M nodded.

"Hey, I heard my name, what's going on?" a Loboan asked as he walked in. The Loboan had grey fur, dark grey tail, mane, and claws, and wore what could best be described as a religious robe with Anurian writing along the edge of it.

Viktor looked at him before saying, "We're landing soon. Once we land, you're going to a place marked on the map that has a machinery dump, Benwolf."

"Oh, so I'm heading there to get tech!" the Loboan barked. Viktor nodded and Benwolf gave a toothy smile. "Cool cool cool! I'll do it!"

"Entering the atmosphere of the Oct-One System planet Earth," M stated. Benwolf quickly bounced over to a window, looking out as Viktor looked over as well.

A backwater planet in a backwater system, barely touching planets outside of their home one. What a sad thing this planet was.

The ship descended.

-(...)-

"Why do you want a different disguise, Kevin?" Gwen looked, leaning on the couch slightly.

Kevin fiddled with the ID mask as he replied, "I... don't want my mother to know, and if my dad does know, I don't really want to speak with him for a while."

"That's curious," EightEight, in her Dealla disguise, commented. She was at the driver's seat, driving the Dark Eagle along. "I know you're looking into Osmosians, but considering if one knows the other may be an alien, why do you want to avoid them?"