Interlude: Missing Pieces
Rogue Chaos- Interlude: Missing Pieces
It was only several hours after the last mission, but in that time, a lot of things happened over the course of a few short hours. As it turned out, what Discord called the Smooze was actually what remained of the sentinel’s conscience. Therefore, despite the pet like appearance, Nova could still be able to translate what it can say and also what it would think. Now, this may have sounded strange in context, but they allowed the Smooze to be on the team… as long as it would clean up after any mess it would possibly make.
Now though, Shayne was laying wide awake in her room while Aurox was grumbling to himself and Discord was fast asleep next to him. She couldn’t sleep… mostly because something was felt to have been missing regarding a question that was on her mind. Over the course of the last two missions, she had hoped for some kind of answer that could possibly put her mind at ease. But the only thing that was in the Codex involving the Draconequus was the exact same thing that they knew before.
Not for a moment did she buy this though. If Rendain knew something about Discord that they did not, it would be most likely that he would be one step ahead in hiding the evidence so they could not discover it. How though was another story… She took a moment to get up and walk out of her room in the base, heading towards the ship while doing her best to not wake anyone up… However, someone else was also awake when she had arrived at the main computer onboard the ship.
“Welcome back, Sha-.”
Shayne jumped at the sound of that as she turned to see Nova floating next to her. “Holy Crap, Nova! You scared me… Aren’t you suppose to be asleep or something?”
“I’m a magnus,” She deadpanned. “I can’t sleep. Neither can ISIC, but he spends the time coming up with simulations for him to take part in while everyone is asleep.”
“Aren’t those like dreams?” Shayne asked, only causing Nova to sigh. “Nevermind that, what are you doing here?”
“Well, I would be asking you that very same question,” The AI replied. “What are you doing here?”
“Couldn’t sleep… There have been a few things on my mind that I want to find out first so I can rest easily,” Shayne sighed before looking at Nova. “Hey, I remember Kleese saying that you and Ghalt had been part of the Peacekeeper force in trying to push back the Varelsi for a while… and I haven’t really thought about it til just now, but how many stars have been darkened by the Varelsi?”
“Do you mean before or after Rendain forged an alliance between them?” Nova asked for clarification.
“Just in general… I mean, I haven’t really paid attention to it because most of my life has been trying to scavenge for supplies to help Aurox and I live… until Reyna found us.” The teenager told her, thinking something through. “How about the most recent ones? I mean, I heard of Penarch, but what other ones were there?” The AI soon projected a life sized version of an actual star map as she showed the trail of destruction that the Varelsi had been cutting through.
“Several major stars that were home to hundred of different moons and planets were dragged screaming against their will into the void since Rendain’s betrayal of the other factions. It even included the complete obliteration of galaxies such as Solana, Polaris, Codex and Artemis along with noteworthy planets that have been getting tons of activity over the years like Pandora, Mira and Zebes. The UPR, or United Peacekeeping Republics, contains survivors of the multiple darkenings that have occurred and are trying to focus on saving what’s left of the universe… But of course, government policies aren’t as effective as bullets.”
“I bet Toby can agree with that, though he has a deep hatred for the UPR as well as Benedict.”
Nova herself, looked at the Rogue with a confused statement. “Why Benedict?”
“Think about this for a moment,” Shayne sighed, recalling a bit on the penguin’s backstory that Reyna had her read when she first found him. “Both of them were fighting the Varelsi on the same planet and also had to evacuate from the same planet. However, when both of them went to sign up for combat, Benedict was shown to the Armory… and Toby was shown to the door. He was overlooked because of his appearance… and that made him snap.”
“Umm… should I even ask how much did he snap?” Nova asked. “I don’t believe I have that sort of transcript on file… I mean, it alone sounds like something the UPR would keep on file so the same applicant wouldn’t try to apply twice.”
“Actually, the UPR officer who was serving at the time wanted the file removed. Fortunately though, we stole a copy,” Shayne said, holding out what appeared to be a mini disc that was in a secret compartment under her armguards. “Do you have a disc drive that I can place this in?” Nova nodded, showing the rogue where to place it before the file began to play. Immediately, they could hear the conversation between both Toby and the officer on duty… and the results weren’t pretty.
“...... Woah.”
“Yup… Those were my thoughts exactly when I heard it the first time.” She sighed, before looking back at the star chart. “So where were we before the conversation got focused on Toby?”
“I believe we were talking about the list of darkened stars over the years… and furthermore, should I assume that this may tie in to Discord and How Rendain may know more about him than us?” Nova asked, throwing the Rogue off guard in the process and almost startling her again.
“You’re…… right about that actually…” Shayne replied, looking back at the AI before asking her a question. “Hey, is there a way you could cross reference the information that we know on Discord in the Codex with what we know already? Including the files and information acquired from Deande’s spies?”
“I can give it a try… Stand by…” Nova replied, while humming to herself something that sounded like a catchy theme from an old game show while she was processing the data. “Cross referencing complete. 100% of the data from both sources are an exact match… Boy, I’m sure glad a Magnus could easily speed read through all of that. Otherwise, we would need a egg head librarian to go through the amount of books inside the Codex.”
“Damn… that sucks… Hey, is there anything in one source that could somehow be left out in the other? Something tells me that both the Jennerit and Eldrid definition of a Draconequus may have a different point of view.” The Rogue was curious to find that out for herself. Like with Politics, some of the factions sometimes argued over different findings and beliefs, leaving many people to not exactly get all of the complete story regarding a subject.
“Well, there may be one thing in particular now that you mention it,” The Magnus AI mentioned. “Unlike the Jennerit report on the species, the Eldrid scientists doing the study back then go as far as to state the possible planet of origin. Some world called Equestria or something, which was one of the planets that was present when the Apollo Star darkened. Which happened to be the third to last star in the universe.”
Shayne raised an eyebrow at that. “Third to last?”
“Solus is currently the last star in the universe, but before then; Penarch was the second to last star and Apollo was the third to last star.” Nova replied, noticing the change in the Rogue’s facial expression as she was now deep in thought. “Is something on your mind, Shayne?”
“Actually… Yes…” She said, looking back at the AI before looking towards the room where Discord was and still finding him fast asleep along with noticing Sweetie Bot recharging her systems along the exterior of the ship, VIA charging cable. But what the teen said next really caught Nova by surprise.
“Where’s ISIC?”
As Shayne stepped outside the ship, the rogue tried to move quietly throughout the base as it tried to find the Magnus AI that used to work for Minion Robotics, was batsh*t insane enough to think that the entirety of the universe was stuck inside of a simulation like the Matrix, and on more than one occasion, made her feel concerned for Discord’s safety whenever the Magnus AI was with him or deployed on missions. However, there was one thing that ISIC did have and that was the key piece of information they might be missing in order to solve the puzzle that was Discord’s origins. Find out where he could be from or even find out more about his species. Caldarius did seem to know some things, but he was too stubborn to share them with the others. So the only chance Shayne had of finding out anything else was through what Kleese described as the craziest, deadliest, and most insane-iest AI that the Last Light Consortium had ever produced. And just as she found the robot, she said something that made her think she was beginning to sound like Kleese.
“Oh this is going to suck…” She groaned, seeing the floating skull that represented ISIC in one of his simulations as the Rogue slowly opened the door and knocked on it to get his attention. The first thing that happened though was the AI activating its siege mode cannons, thinking she was an intruder… until it spoke. “Oh hey, it’s that punk ass kid that’s taking care of the draconequus… Say, where the heck is that kiddo and that magical genie of yours?”
“They’re asleep… and I have a name,” She said, looking back at him. “It’s Shayne.”
“Whatever you say, punk ass Shayne,” it said, looking back at the teen and chuckling to himself as the Rogue groaned to herself. “Gosh, isn’t it a little early for you to be walking around at night?”
Shayne sighed to herself, sitting down on a nearby crate as she looked at the robot suit that held the AI inside. “Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something.”
“You do? Well, it’s been a while since I had anyone ask for my help, so what would you like for me to assist with?” ISIC asked, getting rather straight to the point without monologuing nonstop like Kleese would do.
“Nova told me you had a file that was blocked by a password-.”
“Well, I have SEVERAL files that are blocked by passwords, in which most of them are vulgar curse words. Can you please be more specific, Ms. punk ass?” Okay, now was when the teen was becoming slightly irritated with the Magnus. Nevertheless, she kept herself together and continued to speak.
“I mean a file related to Discord.”
“Ah!!! That’s classified! You’ll need a password to-”
“Is it ‘Equestria’?”
“...S**t. Loading files.” A holographic screen came out of ISIC’s ‘face’, showing holograms and information around the Draconequus… and all of it was mind blowing. “According to these files, Discord, as I’m sure you know, is a Draconequus, a creature of strange as hell abilities… and is everyone’s single common ancestor.”
“...What!?” Shayne was going to ask, but ISIC cut her off in the process.
“Oh yes! Everything you once knew came from these bastards! My files indicate that, while Mesopotamia may be the first civilization from mankind, The draconequi already had great internet connection when we started! All facts point out this simple fact: They created the universe!”
“...What… the… f**k?”
“Yep! Turns out, there’s no God at all, but just that thing that claims we’re his family! And it mostly has to do with the fact that he’s the last of his kind, as everyone else is either encased in a statue & destroyed, or are held captive by Rendain himself & used to open portals & let the Varelsi loose and destroy the stars! What good times!!!”
“Wait… Why would Rendain hold the Draconequus captive though?” Shayne asked. “Is there some sort of particular reason?”
“Uh, hello? Haven’t you seen what Discord could do!? Imagine an army of your hellspawn under your power, allowing you to alter whatever you want, whenever you want!”
“No, I didn’t mean that… according to Caldarius, a lot of them were massacred. If you said there were some that were held captive, then there’s gotta be a reason for it. Could he be using it to power up some sort of device or contraption?”
“Very possible… or when the last star is fallen, he’s going to kill all of them and perhaps have himself the last 5 star meal. Goody! I wonder if Discord does taste like chicken! If not, perhaps Cotton Candy and Chocolate milk… so… a 1 star meal. But hey, if it makes you feel better, they’ll probably be put down as humanely as possible… like with a wrecking ball or a giant boot.”
“If you’re trying to make me feel better, then you are failing to do so.” Shayne groaned, until a thought came up inside her head as she told ISIC what was on her mind. “Hang on… Last star… hey, do we have any idea what the heliophage runs on?”
“Ask Kleese. I don’t carry around all his crap-for-information. Ooh! And Discord’s here with his two new friends!”
“He was asleep last I checked…” Shayne informed ISIC. “I was only just asking because I was thinking of a different possibility… You know how we use batteries or power stations to supply power to tech and stuff? Well, what if Rendain is using the Draconequi as batteries for the Heliophage?” She asked the AI, not sure of what she’ll hear from him.
“Haven’t you seen the Matrix? Anything’s better for power than you meatbags! Like a potato… unless-” The Magnus stopped speaking, causing Shayne to be partially confused as she looked back at him.
“Unless what?” The Rogue posed the question as she waved a hand in front of ISIC. “Hey, ISIC? Are you okay?”
“...Oh Discord! I got a present!!!” The sound & rumbles of a stampede came. Discord busted through the walls.
“PRESENT!?!?!?” He asked “WHERE!?!?!?”
“You’ll get it. Say, can you use lightning?” Discord tilted his head in curiosity. “Electricity?” Another tilt. “...Zappy things?”
“Oh!!!” He ran out, but returned with a cloud.
“...That’s not what I-” Discord flicked the cloud and lightning came out of it. “Oh… nevermind… So, my present!?”
“Uh… ooh! How about your origins!?”
“ISIC!!!” Shayne yelled, trying to silence the Magnus.
“My origins!?” Discord asked, shaking in excitement. “Is it awesome!?!?!?”
“Well, with you, it will. A long time ago-” Discord fell face first and snored away. “...The end.”
“Let’s wait until he is a little bit older before that… besides, Aurox told me that he’s been spending most of his time with the book club that Thorn and Montana set up after we destroyed the Varelsi portal on Bliss…” Sayne repled. “Speaking of which, what’s the likelihood that in the morning, Mellka may have another thing for us to do?”
“As likely as we will be ignored and overlooked by a lady with a british accent and a scientist gorilla from the moon.”
Shayne rolled her eyes at that one and then looked back at the magnus, noticing that it was close to morning. “Yeah… so anyways, thanks for the info. I’ll be sure to let Nova and the others know once I get this guy back to his room.”
“The info’s already shared. So, let the overwhelming shocked reactions begin in 3… 2… 1.” Shayne had no idea what it meant, but when her communicator received a transcript of the same file… along with the notice that it was shared to almost everyone else except Discord and the Smooze, she had a bad feeling about the amount of over-reacting that was going to happen pretty soon.
“WHAT!?!?!?” Everyone yelled, shaking the entire place like a small earthquake had struck the facility as Shayne facepalmed herself.
“And you’re gonna answer them.” ISIC chuckled, standing up and following Shayne out of the room and back towards the ship. Only to get herself caught off guard by almost everyone once she thought she was in the clear. Even Nova was originally surprised by what the file from ISIC had revealed and the amount of information it had. It answered a LOT of questions… but also raised a bunch of new ones. Including who were Discord’s original parents… and what happened to them.
However, surprisingly enough, Mellka was the one who caused things to settle down a little, saying that she actually was quite thankful for Shayne’s thinking and that because of it, they could possibly find out about him more… though that wasn’t the highest priority right now.
“Well, if that wasn’t one thing that almost gave me a heart attack, what do you have that could possibly be good?” Kleese asked the Eldrid as she looked back at the elderly genius with a deep sigh.
“Yeah… Well, here’s the breakdown because I got some good news and some bad news on the situation right now on Ekkunar,” She replied. “Good news first, the Eldrid are REALLY really close to figuring out Varelsi portaling tech…… Bad news? Minutes before the big breakthrough, a shard storm tore the entire research team to shreds. The sole surviving member of the team has called for reinforcements to help finish with the experiment-.”
“Oh? And just who is that sole surviving member?” The LLC genius questioned before getting smacked over the head by Thorn. Mellka herself just sighed before looking at Thorn, clearing her throat for what she was going to say next.
“Apparently… It’s Boldur… Meh, this’ll be interesting.”
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