Of Sentience and Predator

C4: Under Wraps

Viktor looked at the machine Benwolf dragged back. It was beat up, somewhat rusty, and missing some parts, but it was still usable. The missing parts could be easily replaced, they were expected to be damaged in some way. As for the rusted bits, he just needed to make sure they kept their mana elements, then use a minor repair spell to fix it. The dented and broken bits could be fixed, but would take better and more specific repairing spells than for the rust.

Viktor looked towards Benwolf and M. "This is repairable. We have ways to fix it up for Lord Zs'Skayr's revival. We still need something to power it with, which the Corrodium should cover." Benwolf just nodded a bit, while M simply looked on.

"Who's gonna get the Corrodium?" Benwolf asked.

"Myself and Viktor talked about this while you were away," M began, causing Benwolf to look at them. "We decided that I would be the one to go, due to being able to carry Corrodium in my chest."

"That's true," Benwolf shrugged.

"Now that it's determined what we still need," Viktor began, causing the two to look at him, "we can begin gathering other items that we need. Benwolf, you'll stay with me to provide a mana charge." The Loboan's ear twitched before he nodded. "M, go out and get the Corrodium."

"Understood," M replied. The Thep Khufan stood from their spot and started off, silently leaving the ship. Once M was gone, Benwolf grabbed the crystal on the table, held it up to his neck, and pressed it. The robe reformed and he approached Transylian.

Benwolf's ears pinned back slightly before he said to himself, "This is gonna suck..."

...

M flung himself to the top of the Earthen building, the moon brightly shining down upon this odd location. He perched himself on the tower, looking around with his beady magenta eyes. From what he could tell, it seemed like the Earth version of a cropland. Looking around more, it seemed more of a mix between cropland and cattle-section. His eyes caught a dark vehicle near the Earthen home, staring at it briefly.

The Thep Khufan bent and leapt off the odd tower. M extended his bandage-like arms forwards, allowing them to wrap to another of the odd towers, then flung himself upwards. He soared up before landing gracefully on another building. The pink energy flowing through his body bubbled, as if begging to be released.

He lifted up his hands, then paused. He didn't realize there was a light coming from the building. M tilted his head slightly before whisperingly commanding, "Mashhad thani."

In a small blink, a light pink, orb-like creature with odd horns and three detached pairs of wings appeared. Its face was a darker color, but its eyes were a bright, vibrant magenta. M paused slightly at the creature. He breathed then moved his hand. The creature began to fly away and down towards the building. M closed his eyes and suddenly his vision was that of the creature he summoned.

The creature stopped near the window, looking in. Inside of the room it was peaking into was a ground of what he guessed were this planet's natives talking with each other. The room's walls had some images, but he didn't recognize what any of them showed. If he had to guess, the scenery of this planet. (In his opinion, hideous.) In the center of the room was a table with two groups on either side of the table. The smaller of the two groups appeared to be normal Earth natives. The second group, however, was off putting to him.

While the smaller group was just a family of five, the other side of the table had eight members and, while most likely natives, they definitely weren't normal natives. Four of them stood more off to the side, which included the smallest three and who seemed to be their guardian. The other four were actually at the table, the one sitting down doing the talking. One of the other three that were standing up was seemingly providing translations while the other two were simply more guard-like.