Celestial Knights: Runaways

Chapter 6

Walking once again! How good it feels to finally move around in this place! Two hundred long years of languishing in this hellish prison. Now all Leonus wants is revenge. Revenge against those who betrayed him! Once he leaves this place, he will seek out Zarchinox and the one called Inec who houses that pathetic dragon who calls himself the legendary dragon! He may have become temporary by the Sages. Only the Sages can give you the title and powers of the legendary dragon. Since they didn't know he's alive or dead, they couldn't make him into a full legend. They replaced his name in the Dragovian history so that no one can know the name Leonus. Only the Sages and Zarchinox knows that he is still alive. 

The Labyrinth has become his home. Feeding on nothing but the pure darkness that Zend gave him has made him even more powerful than he was before. The powers of the Dark Emperor Dragon will be his and he will rule. His first steps, however, is going to be the most difficult of them all. He has to see that the Celestial Knights are gone forever. They are a dead race of reanimated soldiers that he brought back to oppose his people. It was a horrible plan to start out with since he gave the Knights free will. It angered him more when the Knights thought their planet was dying when it was already dead. Celestal was dead when the Knights died out. He only gave it a little bit of life so the Knights could live long enough to destroy the Dragovians, but they came up with their own ideals. They couldn't live up to his expectations at first which is why he came up with the command armband. The wearer is in direct control of him. Whoever wears the new armbands are under command of him no matter what, but controlling the Dragovians is tougher than he thought. 

The endless blue expanse and the fog surrounding him is the same picture Leonus has seen day and night for the last two hundred years. He wants a change in scenery. Once he gains control of Zend's powers, he will remake the Labyrinth into a real deathtrap. Anyone who doesn't listen to him, will be sentenced as traitors and thrown into the new Labyrinth. That day will come. First thing's first though, he needs to get out of here alive. The Labyrinth has turned a blind eye to him since the he was first bound in its chains. He wonders if it will try to challenge him. No matter, it has given him the reason why he wants to conquer the universe. 

Leonus trudges onward through the desolate Labyrinth. He's caught sight of a few animals, but they run away in fear, as they should when they see him. He's hungry, and not just for meat, revenge. Revenge is the only thing that can satisfy his hunger. 

"Ah the doors." He smiles, "It's great to be home."

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Inec stares up at the speaker. It seems as if this is the first time they released the hounds and only used him as a test experiment. They didn't know what the robot dogs would've done. He could have been killed! He tears open the doors not caring about the robots that follow him and marches up to the booth where Xero is at.

"What is the meaning of this?" Inec picks up the small scientist, "I could've died!"

"That is irrelevant," Xero holds his hands up, "you would've killed the robots before they would have killed you. I'm sorry for using you like this, but we needed to make sure they knew that the Dragovians could kill them. Now on to more pressing matters. The Celestial Knights have attacked Earth. The defenses of Earth are repelling the Knights... for now at least. If you want some quick transportation, we can get you to Earth and help the defenses. If not, the humans will still win because of your intervention ten years ago after the first war. When you gave them some of your metal, they integrated it into their weapons. They will defeat the Knights, but suffer heavy casualties. It's up to you."

"I have to stay here with Undine." Inec argues, "I cannot leave... not yet."

"She is in the best possible care in the universe." Xero pushes, "Take the robots with you and see what they can do in action. We will keep her safe. Don't worry."

"Alright." Inec says in defeat, "I'll help, but if anything happens to Undine while I'm gone, I'll hunt you down myself and kill you."

"I'll make sure she is awake when you return." Xero smiles, "Now come over here and I'll attach the transportation belt onto you. When you're ready to come back, just push that button in the middle and you'll return. I'll send the robots after you. You'll get to see how ferocious they are in battle."

"Won't they go after the humans?" Inec asks.

"No since they will see the humans on Earth as their creators as well. We share the same blood and DNA. Don't worry about anything but taking out those Knights! Go and bring honor back to your people!"