The Rebellion of the Alien Aishas: Part One by nindail |  |
Author's Note: This story is based on the Neopedia Entry entitled "Aisha Myriad".
It is best advised that you read the Neopedia article before reading this story.
GARLAK IV, NIRZIP, GOVERNMENT BUILDING, 56TH FLOOR, 8:37 AM- Captain Xelqued.
The Alien Aisha, was sitting in a small chair by a window in a waiting room.
Glancing at the recently attacked capital city of Nirzip, he remembered the
day that the Faerie Queen unleashed the unspeakable attack on the planet to
destroy or capture the Aishan Myriads. The ruins were now being reconstructed,
but the Myriads were gone. The "A" camera, as it was known, was also stolen
by a Dark Faerie. All of them were currently sitting in the Hidden Tower in
Faerie City. A small secretary Alien Aisha came into the waiting room and said,
"Captain, the Information and Reconnaissance minister will see you now. Please
follow me."
Xelqued followed the secretary to a dimly lit
meeting room. Xelqued took a seat across the table from an Aishan wearing a
multitude of badges, the Minister.
"Xelqued, you recall the events from the Hidden
Tower, correct?"
"How could I not forget, sir? That despicable
Faerie and her so-called artifacts..." Xelqued replied.
"Those artifacts are worth quite a lot, Xelqued!
We needed them more than that arrogant queen did. Now I hate to be the bearer
of bad news, but you're going back there…" the minister informed him.
"But… but… she's going to blast us to pieces
if we go in there again!" Xelqued pleaded. "Why do I have to go in there again?"
The minister chuckled. "Oh it's not YOU who
is going in there, it's these two…" He pointed to a computer screen behind him…
NEOPIA, NEOPIA CENTRAL, SOMEWHERE IN THE SEWER SYSTEM, 9:52 PM- "Greetings,
fellow Aishas. As you may know, I am Captain Xelqued. I summoned you here because
of… personal scores to settle."
Xelqued was inside the sewers of Neopia Central,
in a small building inside a meeting room. Across from Xelqued were two shadow
Aishas, one a Male, one a Female. Their names were Purrow & Meesha, the two
infamous Aisha Thieves.
"What kind of scores exactly?" asked Purrow.
"Quite simple for thieves of your caliber. It's
to do with the Faerie Queen… and the Hidden Tower."
"The what?" the two Aishas asked .
"Hidden Tower. We need you to break in, steal
some things for us, and come out."
Meesha asked "Wait… what kind of things exactly?"
"Oh you know, Paint Brushes, Squeeze Toys, Weaponry,
whatever you can scrounge up. Oh and our Aisha Myriads," Xelqued replied. "Quite
simple. We will outfit you with the finest Alien Aishan reconnaissance items
available: Black Rubber Stealth Clothing, Jetpacks, Night/Heat/Magic Goggles,
Tracking Devices, Window/Steel/Magic Cutters, Energy Ropes, Small Dimensional
Cubes to store the loot, all Magic resistible. And in return for the use of
your 'services', we will give you the equipment and Alien Artifacts that are
beyond your wildest dreams." Xelqued pulled out a suitcase filled with all kinds
of alien curiosity items. The two thieves eyes lit up like stars. They both
grinned and said
"We'll do it…"
NEOPIA, FAERIE CITY, HIDDEN TOWER, 1:08 AM- Purrow and Meesha were outfitted
in their stealth costumes as they located the Hidden Tower. Both landed safely
on the roof of the invisible tower. They saw right to the brick, for the invisibility
was a spell. Purrow activated his heat goggles while Meesha began to energize
the Energy Rope. The rope was formed from two units, both small enough to clip
on your belt. Meesha put on the first unit and when Purrow made sure the Faerie
Queen wasn't in the premises, he put on the other unit. The rope was special
because the units will not be pulled down from the weight of the other, making
it like a gravity-defying rope. The rope could only be pulled up or down if
either an up or down button is pressed. Meesha slowly began dropping down to
a nearby window.
When she reached it, she pulled out a suction
cup glove, used to scale up glass buildings, and stuck it on the window. She
then pulled out the Glass/Steel/Magic Cutter and began cutting a hole in the
window. She grasped onto the glove, then pulled the window out when it was fully
cut, revealing a hole and not shattering the glass so they could cover up their
tracks. She pulled herself into the tower and then gave Purrow a signal. Purrow
then pressed the up button on his unit and quickly sped over to Meesha. He turned
off the rope when he climbed in. They broke into the Hidden tower.
The two thieves began walking amid the pictures
of Faerie Pets, Petpets, Darigan Pets, Baby Pets, all sorts of pictures. Soon,
they saw a magical wall blocking the way further into the tower. Purrow walked
up to the barrier and put his hand on the wall. The magic suddenly retreated
back, as if it was almost scared of him, creating a hole. When he pulled it
out, the magic repaired the hole in a flash. Noticing that, he walked right
through the barrier, Meesha followed, also breaking through the wall.
The two thieves began pillaging all sorts of
items from the tower: Enchanted Kiko Squeeze toys, Nova Wands, Dolls, Plushies,
Swords, Paint Brushes, Shields, Assorted Weapons, everything they could find!
A few things were cleverly put under a magic spell so no one could touch them
& possibly break, but, of course, they had Anti-Magic gear. They stuffed everything
into the Dimensional Cubes, and a little into their own sacks for, you know,
'personal business'… The locked doors were easily picked, Magic was easily disrupted,
the tricks and puzzles of the tower were no match for the Alien Gear, nothing
was safe!
"Okay Meesha, according to this tracker, the
Warehouse with the Myriads should be down this staircase, hidden by a false
wall beside the heater, and then down a hall, past some magical traps, and through
a door. Ready for this?" Purrow asked.
"Ready, let's get this over with to get our
pay! Well, the pay we haven't already received!" She giggled a sack with some
artifacts in them. They both snickered, and proceeded to the warehouse. Once
inside, they began to stuff the Myriads into the cubes, all 523 of them. After
their job was done, they sat on the floor and laughed quietly.
"I can't believe we broke into the tower and
stole all of this! Hoo boy, this was fun!" Meesha giggled.
Purrow glanced at his watch. "7:55 ALREADY???!!!
The tower is opened at 8:00! We need to get out of here QUICKLY! Quick, get
the loot and let's scram!"
The two thieves began rushing up all of the
hallways and staircases and rooms as quickly as possible. They slid to the window
and as they arrived, they heard a loud, ear-shattering scream. Purrow looked
at his watch: 8:01.
"Forget the glass, let's get out of here!"
They both activated their jetpacks and blasted
through the glass as quickly as possible to get to Neopia Central before the
Queen would try to find them.
NEOPIA, NEOPIA CENTRAL, SOMEWHERE IN THE SEWERS, 9:07 AM- "Wow, you made it
through the Hidden Tower in one piece. I trust you have collected as much from
the tower as possible, including all of the Myriads."
Xelqued replied happily as he sat in the Meeting
room with the two Aishas beside him.
"All five hundred and twenty three of them and
all the loot we could find in seven hours," replied Purrow as he slid a sack
to the Captain, filled with twenty five dimensional cubes. Xelqued looked at
the bag, then at Meesha. She laughed reluctantly and pulled out of her pocket
two cubes and slid them to Xelqued, which he immediately stuffed in the bag.
"Well, since you did accomplish your goal, I
will reward you with what I promised."
He slid a briefcase over to the Aishans. With
that, he handed the bag to his bodyguards, which they checked every cube to
make sure they didn't try to handle any empty cubes. One of his bodyguards walked
up to him, tapped him on the shoulder, and pointed him to the little screen
on the cube. Xelqued took the cube from the bodyguard, pressed a few buttons
from it, and the small metal door on top of the cube opened, revealing a white
light emitting from the cube. He put his hand in and pulled out his most prized
possession: His "A" camera, still on the same ripped collar the Dark Faerie
ripped it from his neck. He laughed evilly as Purrow and Xelqued shook hands
and Xelqued left for his Shuttle to go back to Gargon IV.
SOMEWHERE IN SPACE, TIME UNKNOWN- "Fellow Faeries! Last night, the great Hidden
Tower was robbed!" The Faerie Queen announced over a microphone behind her castle
in front of a large crowd. The crowd of Faeries gasped. "It is shocking news,
but there could only be one culprit: The Alien Aishas! We know where they are,
so it is time, once again, to reclaim what is rightfully ours!" The crowd cheered.
Xelqued glanced at his screen inside his ship,
heading to Garlak IV, watching this News Broadcast from Neopia. He looked at
the Queen announcing this and all he could do was laugh. "Oh, Your Highness,
you don't know what's coming to you, do you? MuhahahahHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!….."
To be continued…
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