{"id":6467,"date":"2022-08-03T15:53:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2022-08-12T08:17:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T12:17:26","slug":"chapter-44-captial-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/chapter-44-captial-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 44: Captial Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Glanthelantir<\/em> and Ark<\/em> flew towards a remote spot near Suddery, Sodor\u2019s capital. No one below looked up as they flew silently and with cloaking devices on. Glanthel radioed Teletraan. \u201cI hate flying with a cloaking device,\u201d he grumbled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d asked Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, on top of it being illegal, it\u2019s undignified!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Glanthel, but we can\u2019t afford to panic the people with two flying objects over their island nation\u2019s capital. We\u2019re already testing it with having Kong step into Suddery in beast mode.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPerhaps you can explain something to me. Kong\u2019s the leader of an alien world, yes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s right. So why does he look like a beast you would recognize?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026His people get asked that a lot?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah. It\u2019s just how evolution made the Animatronians. They all turn into a different animal.\u201d The ships landed, ending the conversation. Blackarachnia led everyone out. As they patrolled Suddery, they noticed something off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGuys, I\u2019m gonna be the first to tempt fate here,\u201d Blackarachnia remarked over the comms. \u201cIt\u2019s quiet, TOO quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere IS everyone?\u201d asked Thundercracker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not getting any inhabitants either,\u201d said Goldbug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomething\u2019s wrong,\u201d muttered Kong as he looked through the empty city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSplit up,\u201d ordered Blackarachnia. \u201cI don\u2019t want any surprises.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, but a surprise is what you need,\u201d chuckled a voice. Everyone turned to Blackarachnia as the voice sounded like hers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026That wasn\u2019t me!\u201d she gulped. The voice then giggled like a lunatic before launching into a song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLittle Miss Muffet<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sat on her tuffet<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eating her curds and whey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along came a spider<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who stuck her fangs inside her<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And slaughtered Miss Muffet that day!<\/em>\u201d A white and pink version of Blackarachnia then tackled the black and gold one and jabbed her with a venom cocktail. Blackarachnia spasmed, then stopped and panted as she was helped to her feet. She then saw her attacker and her optics widened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCrystal Widow?!\u201d she yelped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHello, sister!\u201d cackled Crystal Widow, Blackarachnia\u2019s twin from a mirror universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, there IS a resurrected Terrorcon here!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, gotta thank your boyfriend for that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHusband, now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHusband? You married that immature walking American Flag?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHardly immature now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you\u2019re working with a Decepticon again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd this time,\u201d said Thundercracker, \u201cwe\u2019re working as peacetime allies instead of wartime ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHold on,\u201d interjected Crystal Widow. \u201cYou\u2019re teaming up with them, Thundercracker? You DO realize the Autobots ghettoized you guys after the first war?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026Under Optimus and Megatron\u2019s leadership after defeating both Primus and Unicron, we\u2019re equal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026WHAT?! You mean you\u2019re friends now?! You guys are no fun at all! What happened to snuffing each other\u2019s Embers? I mean Sparks. Look at you! You obviously want to kill each other, so do it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnicron\u2019s dead, so we\u2019re not playing your sick games anymore,\u201d growled Goldbug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally?\u201d asked Crystal Widow. \u201cAnd what about YOUR sick games, Autobot?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat sick games?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know you people love makin one another suffer. Why else would you be at war with each other?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think you\u2019ve said enough!\u201d bellowed Kong. \u201cWhere is everyone?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCowering in a hole, I\u2019d wager,\u201d chuckled Crystal Widow. \u201cThey don\u2019t exactly like talking machines of our caliber.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re vying for Bounty-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlready got her last night!\u201d That sentence stunned everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026What?\u201d asked Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBounty\u2019s already in our grasp!\u201d repeated Crystal Widow. \u201cIf you don\u2019t surrender by tomorrow morning, this island is toast and Bounty will be tortured until she surrenders her Source!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot happening! You\u2019re gonna be surrendering her to us!\u201d challenged Goldbug as he readied the Magnus Hammer. Everyone else steeled themselves for battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh please, like I\u2019m supposed to be scared of you?\u201d scoffed Crystal Widow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, if Igura\u2019s hired a bimbo who thinks she\u2019s acting like one, we\u2019ll be on easy street!\u201d Crystal Widow then drew her gun and snarled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd just who are you calling a bimbo, pipsqueak?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPIPSQUEAK?! GET HER!\u201d Everyone leapt at Crystal Widow. Crystal Widow fired her gun at everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFORCE CHIP IGNITION!\u201d Crystal Widow flicked her universe\u2019s equivalent of a Cyber Key into the air, then it inserted itself into her back and the pipes on her upper arms rotated and leveled at her opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCYBER KEY POWER!\u201d Blackarachnia\u2019s process was the same. The two spider-themed car ladies then opened fire with their Cyber Key weapons. Goldbug then swung the Magnus Hammer at the ground and channeled lightning to Crystal Widow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPathetic,\u201d scoffed Crystal Widow as she twirled out of the way. Kong transformed and grabbed her leg. \u201c\u2026Optimus Primal?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s KONG Primal!\u201d bellowed the gorilla bot. He then threw her into the air as Thundercracker drew his sword and slashed across her back. Blackarachnia then grabbed her and jabbed her with a cyber-venom cocktail. Crystal Widow recovered after a few seconds, then smirked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy threat still stands,\u201d she said, then she opened a Ground Bridge and went through it. The portal shut behind her before anyone could get through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBounty was taken?!\u201d asked the Fat Controller once everyone met at the Works at Crovan\u2019s Gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m afraid so,\u201d sighed Blackarachnia. \u201cVarious members of the Sodor Council confirmed her being kidnapped right before their eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIgura\u2019s team left a note at Wellsworth,\u201d continued Richard. \u201cThey said we had to surrender and the way we would signal our surrender is to be pushed along in an empty goods train by the team leader\u2019s favorite engine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s Daddy,\u201d remarked Kaitlyn, \u201cand he just told us that his favorite\u2019s Percy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbsolutely out of the question!\u201d boomed the Fat Controller. \u201cEvery single engine in my fleet is a member of my family! I will NOT be sacrificing any of them to that madwoman!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSir,\u201d came Percy\u2019s voice, \u201cI may have an idea where no one has to be sacrificed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPercy, no! No engine of mine is meeting that madwoman and that is that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026I\u2019m sorry, Sir, but I HAVE to disobey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPercy, no!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have to side with Sir Topham Hatt here,\u201d supplied Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike I said, I have a plan and it involves the trucks,\u201d insisted Percy. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Sir. You WON\u2019T lose me. I won\u2019t disgrace your father and grandfather like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026You\u2019re absolutely sure about this?\u201d asked the Fat Controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m positive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026Very well. But come back to the sheds alive, please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will, Sir. I promise.\u201d As the Fat Controller left, fatherly worry furrowing his brow, Percy outlined a plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Glanthelantir and Ark flew towards a remote spot near Suddery, Sodor\u2019s capital. No one below looked up as they flew silently and with cloaking devices on. Glanthel radioed Teletraan. \u201cI hate flying with a cloaking device,\u201d he grumbled. \u201cWhy?\u201d asked Teletraan. \u201cWell, on top of it being illegal, it\u2019s undignified!\u201d \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Glanthel, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[754,880],"tags":[482,9,146,597,337],"class_list":["post-6467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journey-through-wonder","category-story-journey-through-wonder","tag-fantasy","tag-kamen-rider","tag-sonic","tag-thomas-and-friends","tag-transformers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6469,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions\/6469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}