Coming of an Age

[Monster Master]

(OOC: People can use this to introduce their characters and such before the first battle chapter.)

Within the voids of space, an object streaks across the stars. Trailed by a blast of energy, the arrow moved as if shot from a cannon. Inside the Klenthurian Conquerer, a leader of leader sat. Decorated with gold and beloved by his own kind, the creature sat, eye closed, arms crossed. Bored with the recent lack of fights, he has a feeling something may soon happen.

"Sire." A voice called out, making Saberon's eyes open on an instant and reveal the blood red pupils.

The tyrant lizard let out a growl before giving his own answer, "This better be important."

The smaller, obviously younger reptile nodded its importance. "There's more, more seeking the Earth. Word of it is spreading like wildfire."

"So?"

"Sir?" The creature stuttered, watching on as Saberon stretched his arms out to the side and letting out a yawn. "Others could clai-"

"Claim it?" The reptile interrupted. "I could claim it now and it wouldn't make a difference to anybody, at least not yet, and those games aren't going to settle anything, not for something like this."

"But that's why they were made."

Saberon rolled his eyes, "Yes yes, you would think I'd know that, wouldn't you? You're not calling me stupid... are you?" He answered, raising his voice a tad near the end.

The other shook his head no many times while answering. "You're not?"

"No... No sir!... EVER!"

Saberon stood up and cracked his neck. "Good, now if you were me, and I were you, what would you do to me if you were me?" He said, slowly walking toward the smaller reptile.

"Le.. Let me-" The reptile's words were ended there as Saberon's right hand clenched his throat. The other gasped for air, choking aloud as Saberon's forked tongue flickered between his green jaws.

As saliva began to fall from the closed maw, Saberon spoke. "Don't ever call me stupid, boy." He snarled, dropping the younger one, allowing him to flop on the floor like a fish for a second as he coughed. "Does anybody have anything else?"

[superjackdaking]

Red lights and klaxons went off in the Vortaak ship, as a lone soldier, both his legs already severed and his weapon gone, tired desperately to escape. But it was no good. He screamed as the claws went into his back, flipping him over. A massive, slver-mesh-clad foot was placed on his chest, the dromeasaurian claw quivering above him, poised for the kill.

As he watched the claw nervously, General Giria leaned down and spoke to him in a suprisingly deep voice for a female creature. "Where is the control room!?" Giria shouted into his face. "Where is it, pathetic male?"

"T-top f-f-floor... first d-door on t-t-the left...NO!" His last words were drowned out as the claw plunged into his chest, drawing forth a fountain of gray blood. As he gurgled his last breaths, Giria stepped back to her soldiers, all clad in gold armor. "To the Control Room!" she ordered, her chrome-white teeth flashing beneath her helmet.. They marched off at once.

In the control room, overlooking the Vortaak sun, she went to the control panel, and typed in some coordinates. At once, the entire ship began lurching towards the sun. "Back to the Eviscerator! NOW!" as her soldiers marched out, she muttered, under her breath, "so much for the Vortaak. Now I think the Kree - Zan shall be next..."

[destoroyah]

In the vastness of space, a large polyhedron appears out of thin air. It was the Cactine's ship, the Argon. Inside the ship, was General Neuro. The Cactine general was looking at a hologram of Earth inside his room. The door to his room opens and a younger Cactine enters the room.

"Sir, do you think we will manage to capture Earth?" Asked a young Cactine.

"Well, Earth is gonna be a valuable resource for almost every race and we're no different. I'd say we might have a chance, but we don't know who all we will be fighting against." Said Neuro, the older Cactine was deep in thought.

"Well, couldn't we try to form an alliance with some of the races." Asked the young Cactine, a concerned look was on his face.

"We could, but who's to say that they won't betray us at the last second?" Said Neuro.

"You have a point there, sir." Said the younger Cactine.

"But there's one thing that you're forgetting, young one." Said Neuro.

"What's that, sir?" Asked the young Cactine.

"Our queen didn't say that we had to conquer the entire planet, we just need a portion of the planet large enough to sustain quite a bit of our population." Smirked Neuro.

"Wait, so you're not planning to conquer the entire planet?" Asked the Cactine, very confused about the General's plan.

"If we do, we do. But if we do ally ourselves with other races, then we will bargain for at least partial control of the planet." Said Neuro in a confident manner.

"One question sir, who would we align ourselves with?" Asked the young Cactine.

"Hmm, the Kree-Zan don't seem very brutish but they can be a deadly force if need to, considering that they got powerful mechs."

"Well sir, what about the Razers?" Asked the young Cactine, still curious about the General's plan.

"The Razers, well I have heard reports of a supposed attack on the Kree-Zan. I think the Razers would be rather foolish to attack such an enemy especially when the Kree-Zan haven't done anything to them. I might have us aid the Kree-Zan if they want it. If the Razers want oblivion then we will give it to them if they dare cross us. " Growled Neuro, a rare display of anger appeared on the General's face. The angry look on the General's face scared the younger Cactine.

"And the people of Planet Zi?" Piped up the younger Cactine, he tried to clear a lump in his throat when he tried to speak up, still a bit afraid of the General's anger.

"We won't bother them if they don't bother us. They just don't want their old homeworld to be abused by other species. We Cactine are not like that, so we should have no beef with them not unless they start something." Said Neuro in a much calmer manner.

"Man, thank goodness you're calm again, you kinda scared me there when you got mad, sir." Said the young Cactine cadet.

"I'm sorry, but their ignorance and brutality is inexcusable and they should not exist." Said Neuro, his voice started to raise again.

"But sir, we are aggresive fighters too." Said the young cadet.

"True but we are not brutal and sadistic people, we actually take good care of our prisoners for one. We know when we cross the line." Said Neuro, his voice seemed to be back to normal.

"What about the other races, sir?" Asked the cadet.

"We'll wait and see, now could you leave me alone and let me think about our battle plans?" Said the General in a stern voice.

"Oh yes, sorry General Neuro." Apologized the cadet, who immediately ran off afterwards.

"Kids these days..." Sighed Neuro as he went back to the hologram, focusing on strategies for the upcoming battles.

[Omegarex24]

Admiral Garok stood on the bridge of the Excelion, watching the stars blur past as they shot through space at several times the speed of light. The Skar-Zok had already given him the order to begin operations in an attempt to claim Earth for their race, and he intended to do just that. He had already seen the reports of violence breaking out in isolated ripples across the sector, but nothing had been aimed at his people...yet.

The Skar-Zok had been adamant about attempting to limit the destruction of the worlds they visited, but he found the idea somewhat laughable. War caused collateral damage. Hadn't they all understood that after the first war, when their homeworld was raped and pillaged by unknown invaders? Hadn't any of them understood the implications? Garok would have been fine living out his days with his mate and young if things had returned to normal in the aftermath of those days, but the decay had only spread and conusmed their world.

Already, preperations were underway to construct a second starship that would allow their people to begin evacuation operations. Detrik-Zan was dying. Earth was their last hope, and as kree-chad was his witness, he would claim it in the name of his people and the suffering that had been dealt them. It was their right.

"Admiral," came a voice from behind him. "We've gotten word from the the other transport vessels. They're briniging in the other two experimental weapons, as you requested."

"Good. Alert me when we get in range. We'll take the crew with us and send the ships back on autopilot to Detrik-Zan. They can scrap them for parts. Chad knows we need them."

"As you command."

The aide left Garok to continue his vigil. Grim determination set into his scaly features and shone in his eyes. Victory would be his. There could be no alternative.

[superjackdaking]

Onboard the Eviscerator, Giria sat in the control room, rather bored-looking, as the computers around her loaded an incoming transmission. The moniters lit up: It was King Ikria.

"Ah, my king!" Said Giria, "How delightful!" She did not sound delighted.
"Giria!" Replied Ikria. "I heard you destroyed a Vortaak ship!" he fidjited slightly as he said this.
"Yes sir. We killed them all... all. And now, we are setting our sights on a new race!".
"Giria, I don't want you waging war yet! We are going to hang back and see how this unfolds first. A tactical approach. Got it?" He did not wait for an answer, but simply cut out at that point.

Giria slouched back in her seat. She had been looking forward to attacking the Kree-Zan... oh well. "That intel on the opposing races you ordered, General...we're bringing it up now" said one of the ensigns. Having nothing else to do, she began to read. The Cactines, The Zi... then, one she found very interesting. Standing up, she strode over to the moniter, looking very intently at the screen. "Everything alright, General Giria?" She spun around, coming back to reality. "I must meet the leader of this race, immediately! Prime the ship for long-range transport!"

"Ma'am, the king said..."
"Screw the King! Besides, this isn't an act of war!" She turned back, looking at the moniter again. "Set a course for Klenthuria, at once!"

[Monster Master]

The hours flew by by the dozens, but the deployment of the various ships wasn't going unnoticed by Saberon and his motley crew of killers. His index finger scratched the underside of his jaw as a holographic display showcased the various worlds that were, still, laying claim to this world, along with ones that are expected to.

"Still no move from the..." Saberon cringed his eyes and breathed in sharply, "Humans... on Zii?"

"We believe they may be working on something powerful, they could make for a decent ally, maybe." Another, more brighter reptile stated aloud.

The tyrant's tongue flickered from his maw, "Better than some cactus." He snorted as he moved his hand over the hologram of the Cactine home world and then closed his fist. The movement made the hologram fall apart and shatter like glass on the table beneath.

A moment of silence fell on the room before Saberon pulled his hand back and the world's pieces came back together. "All ahead toward Earth." The ruler demanded, making all the eyes in the room come to him, "First come, first serve, after all." He began to laugh, first silently and then growing into a more demonic, twisted shriek of a laugh. "Not for Earth herself. NO! Not for the resources! FOR THE WAR! For the terror! Too long has this universe been without the screams of the doomed, the cries of the damned, or the sounds of guts falling from the bellies!"

(OOC: The first battle chapter will be started on Thursday, if you want in, start getting your groups on a course for Earth (the fight will be on Mars) and make the alliances you desire by contacting other races.)

[superjackdaking]

But as soon as Saberon's ship was off, a transmission came in. From the Razer ship, the Eviscerator.

It clearly read:

"Lord Saberon Tchove of Klenthuria. The following communication is from General Giria of the Razer army---

Saberon. As you know, my name is General Giria. I have sent this transmission to ooffer you a most...interesting proposition.

You and I are two of a kind, Tchove. The weaklings around call us cruel. Tyrants, they say. But you and I both know what we truly are. Survivors. Gods amongst maggots crawling to either make pitiful attempts to stop us, or share in our glory as minions. This is why I make to you the following deal. Have Klenthuria and all of it's forces join the forces of planet Raze. Together, our power would be unstoppable. Together, we shall rule this universe with an iron fist.

Awaiting return transmission."

And outside the ship, the Eviscerator trailed Saberon's ship, it's normal red lights changed to white in an obvious "white flag" gesture.

[Monster Master]

"A reptile after your own heart, sire." Another Klenthurian said as Klenthurian's right brow raised.

"We?" The tyrant said with a hiss, "Who is we? Me and him? Us and they?" He asked the other, making the creature shrug a response. "Open the line back up." He demanded.

A few moments later, a holographic display showed the Eviscerator, and then its own captain. Saberon grinned at the other reptile, possibly cousins on an evolutionary scale. "You make some deccccccent points, Giria, but one just stands out alone. 'or share in our glory as minions.'" He stopped, looking into the others' eyes. "What makes you any different than the other pitiful vermin that tried to ally with us? What do you have to offer besides just another lamb for the slaughterer?"

[destoroyah]

Back on the Argon, Neuro was in deep thinking. Should he help the Kree-Zan in case of a Razer attack? Who else would be willing to ally themselves with the Cactine?

Neuro finally made his decision.

"Send out a transmission to the Kree-Zan!" Shouted the General.

"Yes, sir!" Replied another Cactine.

"Attention Admiral Garok, this is General Neuro of the Cactine Empire. We have heard reports of a plan by the Razers to attack you and your kind. Frankly, I despise the Razers, so we want you to know that if you need any support from us in case of an attack, then please let us know and we will be there to help you. Thank you for your time." Said Neuro in a calm manner.

The computer then recorded the message and sent it to the Excelion.

"Alright, the message is sent." Replied the Cactine.

"Good, has Cactiman arrived yet?" Asked Neuro.

"He just came through the teleporter." Said the Cactine.

"Great, when will the others get here?" Asked Neuro.

"I honestly don't know, sir." Replied the Cactine.

The General looked at the screen, a gigantic Cactine appeared on the screen inside a giant laser cage, there was a few more cages with two other kaiju inside them. To the left of Cactiman was Apollyon, the destroyer of worlds. To the right of Cactiman was Stinky, a native of Cactea who was reknowned for it's wretched stench. There were a few more empty cages besides them.

"Alright, let's set a course for Earth." Commanded Neuro.

[superjackdaking]

"Saberon" Giria promptly replied. "We are two of a kind, as I have already stated. What makes me different?" Giria leaned forward theatrically, "You and I are the only two leaders in the coming war who know how to do what must be done. We do not waste time or effort on the lives of our respective minions, we only do what is best for our own goals, our own domination". Both the Klenthurians and Razers looked rather confused and offended at this statement, but Saberon was listening too intently to notice, and Giria...she always shut off the outside disturbances when her goal was in reach. "only you and I can truly fit each other's ways and mannerisms." She leaned back. "I dare you to find another race as willing to cooperate with your tyrannical ways as me. Now...What say you?"

[Monster Master]

Saberon's brow rose again and he turned around, taking two steps forward, turning around, and repeating as he thought about the offer. An ally in an Intergalactic War would help, let alone a female one in which he could easily get some zug-zug. Though, then he began to remember that his own specie's females are more attractive than this outsider's.

After a few seconds, the tyrant turned to face the other. "My goals are not to just capture the Earth, but to kill off the others. If I get to do both, fine and dandy. Teaming up with you, or any other, who's soul desire is the Earth is pointless." He snarled, "We shall not share our spoils of war with you, and we shall definitely not share in the victory with you."

She opened her mouth to speak, but Saberon wouldn't allow it. "I'm not finished!" He shouted, turning his right hand into a twisted claw. "If you want someone to fight alongside with, maybe you should invest in a mate, or make friends with some cactus!" Saberon's tongue flickered out, "I'll see you on the battlefield, and we won't be dancing in a field of daises and f**king in the forest!"

Saberon ended the transmission, making both sides' images turn to static.

[destoroyah]

"Men, have you been listening in on the transmissions between the Razers and Klenthurians?" Asked the General.

"Yeah, kinda expected Saberon to say no, serves that pissed off reptile lady right." Said a Cactine with a texan accent.

The crew chuckled.

"Well, we don't have to worry about that team-up. I actually would've been a bit scared if they did. That reptile lady must be on her period 24/7 or something." Said another Cactine.

The crew laughed even harder.

"Sir, we finally got Tyrantan and Machinedramon teleported into the Argon." Said another Cactine, informing General Neuro of the news.

"Excellent, this team of ours should be good until we can bring in some reinforcements or some allies." Said an excited Neuro.

"Turning cloaking on now, sir." Said a Cactine.

Soon, the Argon disappeared from sight and radar. The Cactine Warship begins to travel towards the planet Earth, where the real fun will begin.

[superjackdaking]

"Hmmm...." Giria said, stroking her chin. "Interesting... so, we have no ally. Big deal. We beat the Vortaak, no sweat."
"Ma'am, we have info that the Cactines have been hacking into the system, listening to that entire conversation!"

That ensign was beheaded.

"THEY CAN GET INTO OUR COMPUTERS!? WHY WASN'T I TOLD OF THIS!? The last thing we need is them hacking into our systems, finding out what we've been really doing while they were off having fun in their retarded games! Get better computer defenses, I don't care how!"

She began striding around the room, in deep thought. How much had they learned? Eviscerator blueprints? Planetary defenses? Or the real secrets... "Ma'am, what do you want to do about the Klenthurians? I've been working for you long enough to know that you have a taste for revenge".
"Saberon may be a fool" replied Giria, "But he's still dangerous. A frontal assault is to risky... I have a better idea..."

[Omegarex24]

"Admiral, we've recieved a transmission from the Cactines. I've brought the relevent information up as well."

"Sentient plants? Unusual, but not unheard of. I assume they wish to form some kind of alliance?"

"Yes, sir. They also sent us a warning of a probable attack from someone called the Razers...very little information is available on them, I'm afraid."

"Very well. I will compose a reply to the Cactine leader. Perhaps they might prove useful in this. In the meantime, keep us on Alert Level 2. No need to panic, as we are more than capable of handling ourselves. We will rendevous with the transports inside the Sol system. There is a planet there, number four from their sun. We can observe the world for ourselves once we arrive."

"As you command, Admiral."

[gyaos]

The Zarkonn supreme leader stormed into the bridge of his ship "Eye of the Reaper". He was in a particularly bad mood....as usual. Ther ehad been rumors that alien races had been moving in on earth.

"STATUS!!!!" he barked at his crew.

"We have mutiple other alien races attempting to invade earth, sir"

"Hmmmmm....." The commander throught to himself.

"Things would be easier if we could......"befriend" one of these races....." he said while tapping his claw on his reptillian chin. The idea of befriending one of the races WAS indeed a good idea. It would most certainly eliminate some of the compitition.

"My lord, we have Muninn and Viper X ready to be launched" said a crewmember firmly.

"No, not yet.......I want to observe first. I wish to see who possible allies could be" quickly answered the commander. The commander shifted his attention from the crew to a blinking radar that showed their position. They where located behind an asteroid belt with would provide the ship with some cover. The commander gazed into the radar with his black eyes and examined every little blip on the radar to make sure they wheren't already being targeted for an attack.

"I have yet to see what these aliens can do first hand..but...." he said to himself, then he smiled and turned his attention to glass window that looked directly into Muninn's containment area.

".....We have Muninn...and Viper X" He then looked into another window next to the first. The window was covered in some sort of silvery substance. The commander tapped the glass with his claw and the subastance immediatly cleared the veiw. The window looked into a pit that was coated in the same silvery substance. This is where Viper X was contained.

He took one last gase at both monsters and walked back to the area where crew where.

"Hold our position until I give the order to do otherwise" Yelled the commander.

"Understood!" the crew replied all at once. With that said, the commander exited the bridge and went back to his quarters.