The Saviour of Pink Haven

The Resurrection - Section 8

"Tech? You're still alive?" "Guess so." 

[Ivy, now returning to the group, spat out a chunk of light red] 

"Bleh... I will NEVER be a cannibal. Anyways, Hi Loon! It's been a long time, hasn't it? I haven't seen you since we met back in the Outlands." "Yeah, but how did you and Tech meet? And- How in the HELL are you alive, Tech? Me and Ruby heard you get killed by that Leviathan! We SAW the blood rise! Electricity shocked the water! And... You look entirely different... Your arm looks better, and your tail... Oh god your tail.." 

[The damaged slug gave Loon time to process the situation, and soon explained by having Ruby herself show logs, recorded by the one and only Five Pebbles, another Iterator who wore an orange cloak, had a pink color, and two antennae coming from his head. However, connected to his back was some sort of machine, which lifted him everywhere he needed to go. It buzzed and hissed with even the slightest movements. Pearls seemed to litter the ground everywhere.]

"Log 1. Approximately 2 days ago, a Slugcat was transported here by some sort of a singularity, bringing a few shards of metal with him. He's lucky none of them hit me. I would have let him perish, but his arm was... Strangely well crafted. It was technologically advanced compared to most other machines his kind have created. His ear was burnt and had evidently lost his tail. Another apparent issue is the long metal spike impaled through his torso. He is also missing an eye, which I will replace with a cybernetic enhancement.]

[The camera panned over to a bloodied and damaged Techno, and then back to Five Pebbles.] 

"The small cuts will be easy to fix. However, it will take a long time to remove the spike, as it is too close to vital organs to risk pulling out. I will have to destroy it slowly on a molecular level, and replace the damaged space with a device that will stabilize him for the moment."

[The video cuts to a few hours afterward, Techno standing upright]

"Ugh... My head... Wait a second... I'm alive?" 

[He inspected himself] 

"Holy shit... I'm alive! But... how?" "I saved you, of course. Your singularity brought you within my chamber. You were bloodied, and lost a few things, such as your tail and eye." 

[Tech looked at his tail, or lack of one, and froze.] 

"Jeez... Who are you?" "My name is Five Pebbles. I am an Iterator of this world. We were created by the ancients to solve The Great Problem. I would have let you die, but your arm proved interesting, made entirely of scrap metal and conductive material. So, I let you live, so long as you do a favor for me. You can handle yourself out there, for the most part. I am excusing your near death as a 'Wrong place, wrong time' incident, I recognized the metal that came with you as a Leviathan mouth. For the most part, no one has been able to damage one of them." "Huh... Well then. You said you had a favor, right? What is it?" "You need to relay a message to one of your own kind, who calls themselves 'Ivy'. They have been disrupting the peace of this ecosystem, and if they resist the request, you may teleport them over to my chamber with the new teleporter I installed on your new arm." 

[Tech inspected his arm and was too shocked for words... His arm was now a sleek white material and was much lighter and more sophisticated. He inspected the new monitor he opened by mistake, which allowed him to enable the Teleporter.]

"Woah..." "Now, we've wasted far too much time talking, you may have Ruby once more, and be on your way. Finish the task correctly, and I just might consider making you the first Slugcat Iterator." "You got it." 

[Log ended]