A hero and a Weapon

A Hero & A Weapon
Forced Re-Call
by SSJ04 Mewtwo

***

Becky leans against Tim as she enjoys his touch. It was her time of the month and his rubbing of her stomach was relieving a lot of the pain there. Unfortunately, they couldn't find a place to sit so he could rub her feet, but this was still working wonders.
"And just how do you know to do this?"
"Remember, I made a living in killing Lexiconians. I needed to learn Lexiconian biology in order to do my job."
"Oh how hard is it for you to kill?"
"You'd be surprise at the targets they gave me."
"I'm going to have to teach you not to kill."
"Hmmm, I'd enjoy that...," Tim replies and she escapes his grasp and heads over to the approaching Violet.

***

Caelum, dressed in his Caste Cloak, approaches the three members of the Council of Nine. He hated these ancient cloaks, but the traditions of the castes must be adhered to. In Caelum's opinion, the council needed to come into the space age of Decimal and out of the enlightened period of their world.
"Why have I been summoned? I'm trying to fight a war our Caste started." Caelum states. He was being brash, but he cared not of the opinion of those who hadn't seen comment in several decades.
"You've had contact with the X weapon?" the first asks.
"Yes, but under article 1, section 365-7430-1564-7 paragraph 7, no private transmission between two citizens can be used unless one of them is being charged with a crime. Am I or the X weapon being charged with a crime?" Caelum asks. He was smirking on the inside. The Warrior caste had wanted to re-write a lot of Decimal's laws, but the other two castes kept blocking their efforts.
"You know the laws well, we are ordering a re-call." a second states.
"A re-call, he hasn't completed...," Caelum begins but is stopped.
"He should have completed his task by now. So being that he's taken too much time, we are re-calling him for punishment." a third explains.
Punishment?"
"Yes. We are ordering you to go and retrieve him." the first states.
"Why me?"
"You won't upset him. He trusts you." the second explains.
"And that trust will be lost because of this!" Caelum shouts.
"You dare defy your caste?" the third asks.
"Fine, but let it be known that I disagree with this action." Caelum barks and leaves. He knew exactly what sort of punishment was in store for his friend. He exits the room and walks over to his sub-commander lover.
"Well?" Emma asks.
"We're going to Earth. Prepare the ship." Caelum says solemnly.
"They have given the order then?"
"Yes, this is the hardest thing I've ever done. Also, prepare the paralysis device. I'm going to need it if Zaniah's around." Caelum adds and Emma nods.

***

Tim walks down the sidewalk alone. Becky had some after school activity that he didn't understand nor cared about that much. It wasn't that he didn't care about her Earth bound life, it was the fact that it cut into time that they could use to spend together. He tenses up hearing a transporter beam depositing someone. He turns to see Caelum in uniform.
"This is highly irregular, Caelum. You're not supposed to beam down to a primitive world without wearing proper attire." Tim states.
"Blending in isn't why I'm here."
"The why...?"
"X weapon 001," Caelum begins using Tim's ID number which doubled as his rank, "I've ben ordered by our caste to return you home."
"what?"
"I'm sorry, but my hands are tied. They wouldn't listen."
'I see."
"I wish for you not to fight this. this is just as hard for me. They don't know about me and Emma. If they did then I'd be risking her."
"I understand. I won't struggle." Tim states.
"Hey!" a female voice shouts. Caelum winces realizing Zaniah was here.
"Don't interfere in Decimalian matters, princess." Caelum states.
"And who are you? another X weapon?"
"No, I'm just a lowly member of the Warrior caste." Caelum answers and Turns to Tim. "I'm sorry I've got to do this to her...," he says and presses a button on his belt and a wave of electricity comes paralyzing the Lexiconian. "She mustn't stop this." The two disappear with Becky trying to make herself move.

***

"Was that really necessary?" the X weapon asks after he is put in a holding cell.
"She's a royal...,their blood line doesn't produce normal Lexiconians. She can find out everything by breaking into your ship."
'Still,"
"I only had two more shots of it before she would have kicked my ass worse than you."
"I'm not going to see the outside of a stasis unit am I?"
"Most likely."

***

"For your failure in capturing the Lexiconian princess, you are to be disposed of with the anti-X serum."
"What!?" Caelum shouts. "That's overkill!"
"Silence!" the first shouts. "Failure must be punished."
"You can't use the anti-X serum without council approval!" Caelum fires back.
"We will have a post-mordum session to discuss the matter." the second says and a hypo imbeds itself into the X weapon making him cry out in pain. He's taken off to a quiet part of the medical wing of the Warrior caste. Caelum storms off furious at the turn of events.

***

Caelum watches the monitors as his friend's higher brain functions decay. He taps his foot impatiently as he were waiting on someone. The door slides open admitting the six other council members and a doctor carrying another hypo.
"I thought you weren't going to be able to save him." Caelum states.
"Your caste's treachery will be dealt with next meeting. We knew that the serum might be used behind our backs so a counter measure was made." the leader of the council states and the doctor administrates the hypo. The monitors show the X weapon's brain functions stop decaying.
"Caelum...," Tim stutters out.
"Yes my friend,"
"Take me...,back...,"
"I don't know...,"
"As of right now, the X weapon known as X 001 shall only answer to the Math and Science Castes. Due to the fact that the Lexiconians have been monitoring our activity in the Terran solar solar system, the X weapon must be sent back to Earth to make sure that Queen Calisto doesn't kill her niece." the head of the council states.
"Hear that? You're going back to her. Rest my friend." Caelum states.
"Ok," the X weapon replies and his eyes close.