(Complete)Traversing Memories

Sneak Attack

Rex's P.O.V

We were in major trouble. Some of our troops were outside fighting the few enemies that had been sent to our location though the attacks were random. I had been too young to remember much of the exodus of the past I could already tell something was definetly wrong about this Tachyon guy and his troops. From what I've gathered the Ex general had wanted to give Tachyon who was a craigmite a fighting chance to be spared and yet despite everything Tachyon had ended up using Alister to get what he wanted which costed the ex general dearly.

Now we're facing the same craigmite and this time he's donning nearly indestructible armor and has amassed an army that was ten times bigger to our own. Back at our new home the pratorian guard had very few recruits that were ready for a war and those that were wanted to settle the score and get revenge for everything we lost that day during the exodus however several of them almost stayed when they relized Alister had been on this side of the portal of old fastoon. Thankfully they acted their age and swallowed their anger when they spotted the two younger ones next to him that we now know to be Ratchet and Rivet.

Just by looking at the two at the time we could tell the resemblance of the two kit's lineage, Ratchet as the older lombaxes knew as a kit looked almost exactly like his dad and had the temperment of his mom while rivet was indeed alister's as several could see the resemblance with the way she represented herself. Despite having no proper pratorian training she seemed to have the posture of a sure leader that would fight to the end and clearly had her fair share of hardships considering the mechanical arm and the scarring just barely visible under her under shirt of her armor.

Thinking of the two I relized that I hadn't checked on Ratchet in a while though remembered that Rivet was with him but I felt I should check on them to see how they were doing and as I walked I realized Clank and Kit were right on my heel looking worried for their companions and so lifted them up carefully and headed toward the room the two were in.

*In the medical room*

Rivet's P.O.V

Ratchet has been in and out of consciousness for several hours which made sense considering how severe the injury was but, I was also getting concerned. The sounds of enemies lurking and shots fired from our team could be heard though they had become less frequent.

In one of the other rooms there were two downed lombaxes with shots to the leg and shoulder and were covered in multiple scratches. The doctors and nurses were in and out of that room for about fifteen minutes before they came in to check on Ratchet and me though there hadn't been much change on Ratchet's end I had let them know that he was in and out of consciousness a seemed unaware of the injury currency. The medic team had nodded and thanked me for letting them know before offering to get me some food and water that they had brought over. I had said "yes please" and soon enough they had brought some sort of meat sticks and a bottled water for me and a bottle of water for Ratchet for when he was more awake.

Third person P.O.V

Down the hill and a good distance from the cave Alister and a few other soldiers were battling some of Tachyon's scouts while Tachyon himself seemed to be snoozing away in his throne chair with his turbine looking 'crown' as he'd call it over his eyes. Alister couldn't help but become uneasy about that as he knew first hand what Tachyon was capable of despite him looking like a easy target.

Alister had a plan though it required that he get close enough to initiate it without being spotted as it involved being up close with Tachyon with the duel sided omniwrench at the ready. As the team took down more of Tachyon's scouts alister was making his way to the throne chair and when close enough he had tossed in a sleeping mist bomb formulated for craigmites that alister had kept his hands on for years. Though the potency was weakened due to it being made years ago it still had enough power to keep Tachyon asleep for about a half hour.

After ensuring the sleep bomb actually activated indicated by tachyon slouching more Alister got to work on the guns and the legs of the throne as a precaution in case his main plan didn't work out. He was risking his own life but, if it saved countless others including the team with him he was fine sacrificing his life for them.

Alister's P.O.V

Being this close to Tachyon was definitely something I never expected to have to deal with again. Being this close was unnerving especially sense I could feel the thrum of powerful energy coursing through the throne however that wasn't the main thing that caught my eye. Tachyon himself was connected to wires from his head and arms which indicated he activated his weaponry through hand gestures and brain signals. Knowing this I had started snipping the connection as a precaution before getting my wrench out and posing it over Tachyon's neck hoping to kill him here and now.

Unfortunately I had failed to relize that the time that I took to disable his weapons and the throne had used up the time the sleeping mist gave me and soon I was being pinned by Tachyon himself who was surprisingly strong for such a little pest and was now stareing daggers down at me. Soon after Tachyon smiled before shaking his head and tsked before saying

"Hello you sorry excuse for a lombax. Did you seriously think I didn't know you were there? You've become rather sloppy. What happened to the general that had foolishly given me access to lombax tech despite being warned by your precious friend who was killed because of your stupidity. What was their name again? Oh right! wasn't it Kaden?"

Hearing Tachyon say Kaden's name had unknowingly at least to Tachyon unleashed my rage and before Tachyon could react I had instantly smashed the omniwrench against his neck in a sideways position before getting to my feet while growling when Tachyon loosened his grip from the surprise attack and jumped from the throne with him in tow to the ground and with the momentum smashed his head against the hard gravel below him.

The helmet had protected Tachyon partially however I was far from done and used the wrench basically like a launcher and sent him flying with a stream of lightning following shortly after. Tachyon wasn't expecting it and as he screeched it alerted others nearby. Unknown to the enemy however my team had already placed mines around the camp and several were taken down instantly halfing the team guarding the insufferable cragmite. Without wasting any time I had gone to Tachyon to finish him off.

As I drew close however Tachyon's scepter suddenly cut through my armor and into my dominant shoulder as if it was merely butter though I didnt have long to dwell on that fact because within seconds pain flared where the scepter hit which made that arm unusable for the time being. When my blood started flowing from the wound all around me were even in my opinion terrifying roars and battle cries as a huge amount of Tachyon's team went into a blood frenzy which quickly made the battle ten times harder. If we didn't leave now everyone would be killed before the main battle even started and though I disliked it I knew me and my team had to fall back fast.

Tachyon's laughter could be heard echoing off the walls and could likely be heard by the others back in the cave though instead of the laugh I was used to his laugh had taken on a insane pitch proving just how crazy Tachyon had become.

With that in mind I had used my free arm and punched Tachyon in the nose which caused him to let go of his scepter. Though it was still jammed into my shoulder I had gotten out my own pistol and shot as best I could with my non dominant hand and managed to shoot his own dominant shoulder giving him the same handicap before pulling out the scepter and chucked it as hard as I could into a wall shattering it into pieces.

For some reason the enemies suddenly screeched as all of them suddenly stopped in their tracks before clutching there heads and fell to their knees. From here I couldn't tell if they just passed out or were dead but, it didn't matter as Tachyon himself had his eyes closed tightly while the gem on his turbine suddenly cracked.

Within seconds a purple light flashed in Tachyon's hand and suddenly with one movement im sent flying into a rock face and everything goes black. The last thing I remember were rocks covering me leaving little air to breath and soon there was darkness.