Heroes of Silvatica City

"well there is this place called the ...hmm guess it translates to the hole . Its a coliseum where aliens from all over the galaxy are taken to fight in battles. It's pretty underground, so not many people know about it. If your friend was kidnapped he might be sold there. It's a similar place to where we rescued our friend Pijbe." Corlock said glancing at Pijbe. Vixiix was also impressed. "Strong." vixiix said to Elli. "Oh. Heh thanks. I try my best to keep myself in shape." Elli said. Morella grinned as some of her hair hardened and became sharp. "This'll hurt a tiny bit." Morella said as she pricked Caoimhe's finger. "Humans also have healing too. But dogs are much better at it. My spit will have to suffice." Ica said.

"We need to go...I cant help her like this." Zeke told Tenpo. He didn't want to leave Indie like this but he couldn't help her either. Once they got back to the base, they could tell Ire what happened and maybe she could do something. Indie had recovered and looked....very hurt. It must have been because Zeke kicked her out of nowhere. She snarled and ran off into the darkness. After a moment the darkness dissipated and they were back where they were before.

"Indeed. I hope he's not there, but that would be the best place to look." Corlock said. Daniel was very upset about this information. He prayed they didnt find him there, but if they did...they'd have to figure out how to rescue him as soon as possible. "how long would it take us to get there?" Daniel asked. "hmmm..normally it would take about 3 weeks, but with your fancy hyperdrive, it could take less." Corlock said. He seemed really interested in their drive. "thanks. Oh I gotta get a look at your dna quickly." Morella said. "Ill save it for later though." Morella added. Ica gave Squishy a small smile. "Its no problem. You are my closest friend." She said.

They headed back to the base and informed Ire of what was happening. She informed them that she would do what she could to help find Indie. for the moment Zeke needed to rest again. They headed back to tenpos room so they could relax. "Im sorry tenpo. I hope you werent hurt." Zeke said.

As they were all still talking, they suddenly felt the ship shake a bit. "Uh sorry about that everyone. Was just recalibrating." Kat said over the intercom. "Perhaps its time we depart." Corlock said. Everyone agreed as they gathered together and headed to the comm room. Varian and Kat were there already, chatting and discussing space travel. "Looks like everyone has been pretty chummy." Kat said when she saw them all come in. "yeah. And we may have a lead on where William is." Daniel explained, as he told everyone what Corlock said. "If hes there and we managed to rescue him, then we can gather more information on Knight." Elli said.

Zeke's face drooped when she said that. "And then I came along and kicked her in the face.....damnit. I just...I thought sh was going to hurt you." Zeke said.

Haley went over to tend to Caoimhe to make sure she was ok. "Is there somewhere nearby we can park it?" Kat asked. "I suppose we could head over to the ship depot and drop it off." Corlock said. "How far is it?" Elli asked. "Lucky there is one nearby. It's not that far." Morella said to them. After agreeing to head there, the bounty group headed back to their ship and led Elli and crew over to a ship depot. Kat decided to mark this place on their star map just in case they ever needed it in the future. Once they dropped off the elysium, the bounty crew boarded the heroes ship and took off.

Zeke had a hard time not worrying because he cared so much for her but he simply nodded. As they sat there for a while, there was a sudden power outage. That was strange because that never happened at the HQ.

The plan they had come up with was simple. They would split up into 3 teams. One team would pose as spectators so they can see if they can find out any information from the other patrons. Another team would pose as buyers, just in case they did actually find William or they could find information on someone who knew of William's whereabouts. The final team would be entered as warriors who wish to challenge the arena. If there were those willing to pay a high price they could fight against the slaves. A lot of the participants did that in order to judge their slaves skills first hand.

"it has to be." Zeke said as he sat up. He was still feeling weak but he wouldnt let it stop him from protecting tenpo. He didnt know what he would do though because really disliked the idea of hurting Indie. It was quiet for a few moments but then they could hear some creepy humming coming from the darkness. "Indie?" Zeke said out loud so she could hear him. "Ooooh. Say my name again.~" Indie's voice said from the darkness. From the darkness a hand came out and grabbed Zeke and dragged him away from tenpo. " all alone again." Indie said to Tenpo.

Corlock, Elli, and N-N would pose as the buyers since they seemed the most composed of everyone and could do a bit of acting. Morella, Aditya, Varian and Haley would pose as spectators so they could gather info. Pijbe felt bad that he couldnt help, but the experience was very traumatizing. Kat promised she would stay on the ship with the others as everyone commenced the operation. They were all able to get in quite easily. The personal probably didnt expect rescue missions to be pulled off, but even so the security was a bit tight. They would all have to tread lightly. Daniel, Caoimhe, Aaliyah, Kyun and Vixiix were down in the warriors quarters looking around. "Have you two done things like this before?" Daniel asked Kyun. The two bounty crew seemed quite comfortable here.

There was a little circle of light around tenpo as Indie came out from the darkness. She looked a bit more corrupted than before, her eyes much darker. She looked like she was in pain. "So, here we are again. Must have been nice to see Zeke kick me to defend you earlier huh?" Indie said.

Ica decided to stay with Squishy, which was not unusual. Although she did seem a bit down. When Squishy came to her she told him her reasoning. "I couldnt think of which group I could help in. I do not feel I contribute a good amount of help to the group." Ica said. Morella promised to watch her back, just in case. The others also agreed to watch each others backs as well as they went around gathering information. "Have you been able to collect any infor N-N? It's probably going to be difficult since they dont use a lot of tech." Corlock whispered to N-N as they went and found their VIP seats. Vixiix grunted in agreement. Ve knew Pijbe and Aditya didnt like it when ve did things like this, but vixiix was suited to this kind of work. "earthers? Makes me think we arent the first which is a good sign." Daniel said. Well not a good sign, but a sign that maybe meant William might be near.

Indie chuckled but then her strange pesona cracked a bit as she fell to her knees. "H-Help m-me...C-cant...fight it...h-help." Indie said. Looks like Indie was trying to fight this thing but was losing.

"I do like being nearest to you. I feel safest beside you. Why did you not wish to partake in this mission?" Ica asked Squishy. Corlock had known her so long that he knew that meant she had not found anything yet. "This is all so strange. Im surprised you can grow accustomed to this." Elli said to Corlock. "Once you do it enough time you get used to it. As leader it's your job to adapt to many different situations." Corlock said. "Let us hope William is not here. But if he is, we will rescue him." Daniel said, doing his best to cheer her up. The crowd began to roar as it seemed it was time for them to go. "Wait, we all are going at once?" Daniel asked a random alien passing by. "Yeah. But It honestly doesnt matter. Goliath always wins no matter who goes against him." The alien said sadly as everyone began to line up.

"kill...it...y...you....Y-You...cant help her." Indie said as her eyes turned dark again. "enough of this sentimentality. It is time to remove you from the equation and get Zeke all to ourselves." Indie said.

"Oh I see. This would be a bad place for you to go if they kidnap rare aliens." Ica said agreeing with everything Squishy was saying. Also hearing it say it wanted to stay with Ica gave Ica that weird feeling in her chest again. She got that feeling every once in a while but didnt know what it was. "Squi and Ica want play game with Pijbe?" Pijbe said, coming over and interrupting them. "That sounds like William." Elli said, keeping her excitement down to not arouse suspicion. "Where is he?" Elli asked N-N. "That sounds like a good sign. Come on." Daniel said as they followed the crowd out into the arena. Things got dark as an announcer came on. "Now introducing the star attraction! The kind of the ring for the last year! The all time champ please welcome......GOLIATH!" they could see a large door on the other side of the arena and it began to dent and break when suddenly a familiar rocky type beast burst through, decked out in full armor and carrying a massive sword. It was Golem!! "Wait, did that guy say a year?" Elli said. It hadnt been a year since they left, what did that guy mean?

Indie grabbed her ears and backed up a bit, but laughed. "So that's what it is huh? Just like Zeke! Now I dislike you even more!!" Indie said gritting her teeth. She started walking towards tenpo again.

"Pijbe like hide and seek. Pijbe hide good." Pijbe said. Golem did something strange though....he laughed. "HAHAH! WHO HAS COME TO FIGHT GOLIATH!?" goliath shouted, riling up the crowd. "He's a bit of a showoff isnt he?" Corlock said to Elli. "he's not normally like that." She said. "Do you think he will recognize us?" Daniel asked Caoimhe And Aaliyah. from the way he was reeving up he might have been too blinded by battle to notice his friends. It didnt bode well how the other gladiators surrounding them were shaking in their boots at the sight of him.

Indie collapsed on the ground holding her chest. That sensation was incredibly unpleasant. the darkness around the both of them trembled as well. Seems whatever was holding onto Indie did not like what Tenpo was doing.

Ica nodded and Pijbe's face lit up, literally. "Ok. We figure out who seek." Pijbe said. they played a little game, and Squishy ended up being the seeker. "That seems to be up to Golem at the moment." Daniel retorted as Golem had finished showboating and turned back to the other gladiators. "Lets keep him distracted at least." Daniel said, to which Vixiix seemed to agree as ve zipped towards Golem. Golem laughed as he charged and Vixiix and they collided, sending a shockwave through the arena.

The wall hit Indie and it almost made her barf it hit her so hard. The dark presence surrounding Indie had had enough and detached from Indie and rushed towards Tenpo in one last desperate act. If it could attach to tenpo it would be unstoppable!!

Nobody seemed to be in the kitchens. Ica and Pijbe went in separate directions, so Squishy would have a hard time finding them. The crowd booed and threw stuff at Caoimhe since it looked like she made their contestants pass out. What kind of gladiator fight was that? Plus a lot of them had money on the gladiators. Daniel helped Caoimhe move the contestants to where they came in. He deflected the things thrown at them as they did so. Golem cackled wildily from the force he got from Vixiix. "Challenge. Golem love challenge!" Golem said as he whipped his sword around. Vixiix simply huffed as ve waited for the next attack. This thing was their friend right? So vixiix couldnt kill it. Vixiix wasnt very good at knocking things out though....

The creature screeched an unholy wail as it was completely obliterated by Tenpo. With that, the room lit up again, and Indie was laying on the ground, blood coming from her ears. Other than that, she seemed to be ok. Zeke was nowhere to be seen in the room though.