\u201cThose proton packs may prove useful for the confrontation,\u201d I mused when Emmanuel finished. \u201cGood work, you three.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust doing our job,\u201d replied Emmanuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGET AWAY FROM THAT!!\u201d boomed a voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat was Rusty!\u201d I realized. \u201cCome on!\u201d We followed the shout to see Rusty, Hiroki, Livia, Emu, and the Brigadier holding a young man back. The man was Japanese, from what I could see in the struggling, had a beige coat, a pair of jeans, a grey shirt under the coat, and mismatching sneakers. They were the same brand, but the right sneaker was blue and the left was red. He had tools in his hands and was about to dissect Rusty\u2019s old shell! \u201cHEY!\u201d I snapped as I turned into Tora-Onna and hoisted the man up. \u201cDon\u2019t you know it\u2019s rude to be poking around someone\u2019s old shell?!\u201d I growled. The man\u2019s reaction surprised me. Instead of terror at the prospect of being lifted by a tiger woman with machinery sticking out of her, his face showed excitement at being in the presence of what would usually be a scientific impossibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHOW COOL!\u201d he cheered as he ran his fingers through his hair. \u201cHow did all of your machinery grow like this?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGood question, not the point,\u201d I replied. \u201cHow did you get here?! Who are you?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s Sento Kiryu,\u201d answered Hiroki. \u201cHe\u2019s Emu\u2019s successor, Kamen Rider Build.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd did your team have a hand in his arrival here? Along with Emu?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cActually,\u201d clarified Emu, \u201csome monster by the name of Caan did that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKhan?\u201d I asked, going off the pronunciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah,\u201d confirmed Livia. \u201cHe spelled it C-A-A-N, and said he was part of a cult called the Cult of Skaro.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Cult of Skaro?\u201d asked Rusty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou know them?\u201d I asked as I set Sento down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s just a myth amongst the Daleks,\u201d answered Rusty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s this about Dalek Myths?\u201d asked a British voice. Michael came in to say hi to Xiomara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMichael, do you know anything about a cult of Skaro?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think you mean THE Cult of Skaro,\u201d replied Michael. \u201cA group of four Daleks that were given what Daleks consider a curse that Humanity is saturated with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are many aspects of Humanity the Daleks consider a curse,\u201d commented Rusty, \u201cyou will have to be more specific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cImagination,\u201d replied Michael. \u201cThose specific Daleks were to imagine like their enemies so they could better exterminate them. Thankfully, they broke up, like a band. Except, not, unless most bands resort to killing one member, the other two dying by their entourage, and the last survivor flying into the Time War to save Davros from the jaws of the Nightmare Child, only to die when Davros\u2019 Reality Bomb was destroyed before it could wipe out all non-Dalek life in the universe. They were the only Daleks to have names.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat were they?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSec, the one that was killed first, was a Black Dalek,\u201d answered Michael, \u201cJast and Thay died by humans that they had spliced Dalek DNA into, and Caan was the one who saved Davros. It cost him his mind, but he could see into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd is Caan spelled C-A-A-N?\u201d asked Livia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Yes, why do you ask?\u201d asked Michael, suspicion forming in his brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s alive,\u201d replied Hiroki. \u201cOur mission led to an encounter with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s impossible! I just said when he died!\u201d wailed Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a bit of a tale,\u201d muttered Livia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen tell it,\u201d I directed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is it!\u201d cheered Heather as her spectral fingers worked with the internal mechanics. \u201cI\u2019m gonna do it! I\u2019m gonna come back to life, pure and fully equipped!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll this,\u201d snarked a voice, \u201cjust to get your old body back, but with ovaries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI thought I told you to stay out of this!\u201d hissed Heather as she turned to a monstrous looking humanoid. It had three tentacles on the back of its head with a single eye in the center of its forehead. Its armor was reminiscent of a Dalek. Its shape was that of a humanoid male.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t need to be a prophet to tell you that your plan will fail,\u201d replied the monster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGo away, Caan,\u201d snarled Heather. \u201cThis isn\u2019t your fight!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy can\u2019t you just accept the fact,\u201d asked the former Dalek Caan, \u201cthat this is going to backfire miserably?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause I never saw your name listed as one of the prophets in the Bible!\u201d argued Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, because you can\u2019t get your head out of your rear when someone who can see the future says that this is a bad idea!\u201d snarled Caan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI need to come back to life and my own Apocalypse Driver will get me exactly what I want!\u201d insisted Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd you\u2019ll spread pure humanity when you do,\u201d mocked Caan, \u201cand your descendants will continue your mission of purity, and everything will be wonderful! Except, that\u2019s where you humans get it wrong. You never knew purity and will never know that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSays the mutant!\u201d roared Heather. \u201cI WILL succeed!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m the one that looked into the Time Vortex,\u201d mused Caan, \u201cI\u2019m generally well informed in these matters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGo away, I have work to do!\u201d insisted Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, I DID foresee you not listening to reason,\u201d sighed Caan. \u201cBut, I warn you, you\u2019re about to unleash a force you cannot control nor comprehend. Toodle-oo!\u201d He then summoned a portal and went through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStupid Dalek,\u201d snarled Heather. \u201cWhat would THEY know about purity?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFailure, as I predicted,\u201d sighed Caan as he arrived on Foundation Prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWon\u2019t that change things?\u201d I asked as the picture switched off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot really,\u201d replied Caan. \u201cThe Vortex Riders\u2019 little skirmish with Heather won\u2019t affect us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd if there\u2019s a new person to arrive at the end of that skirmish?\u201d I queried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRest assured, Madame Igura,\u201d assured Caan, \u201cshe won\u2019t help much. She will be a newborn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnimportant,\u201d dismissed Caan. \u201cThe point is, she\u2019ll be too busy deciding who she is to help.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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