>>5999951“Arctus, your orders?” Orga asks you, shaking you out of your contemplation a moment. “What do we do?”
“We're too far out of range to provide direct support.” you answer, fingers flying over the keys. Pulling up the active list of Scouters, seeing who all is in that sector. And, surprisingly, there are quite a few. Then realization dawns, you chuckling. Which turns into full-blown laughter, realizing what's about to happen.
“A-Arctus? Is everything alright?” Orga asks worriedly, you turning your gaze to the comms screen.
“Check the map. You know whose planet that is, right?” you ask, Orga barking out a few orders before his face suddenly pales. “That's right. Dumbass just went to the worst planet imaginable. And, not only that, but you know what day it is?”
“The first day of the new year. But I don't see what that....” Orga starts before paling even further, realizing what's about to happen. “Oh.”
“Dumbass just decided to attack one of the universe's strongest beings, on his son's world, at his granddaughter's birthday.” you say, grinning maliciously. “Poor bastard'll be begging for death before long.”
“But that doesn't explain why we're out here.” Orga's most trusted subordinate, Mikazuki chimes in. Also appearing on the comms screen from inside his Gundam frame. “If he was going to attack there, why are we all the way out here.”
“Hrmmmm. That's a good question.” you reply, frowning. “I'll try and get a few answers out of the box, see if either they've detected us and started feeding us bad intel, or if we got something wrong on the translation. In the meantime, go ahead and inform Lord Cooler about what's going on.”
“Understood.” Orga replies, all the people of Tekkadan ending the comms. You initiate a scan of the Mother Box, trying to figure out why it didn't tell you the correct planet. Examining it, watching as lines upon lines of code appear across your screens. Your eyes dart back and forth, scanning it for any irregularities.
But as you watch the code, suddenly your blood runs cold. You start seeing a repeating line of code, it reappearing over and over. With your time spent working with the Mother Box, learning the language of Darkseid's devices, you almost immediately realize what it translates to:
“<span class="mu-i">I got you</span>.”
