Bloodline (MI5)/Story

Bloodline an MI5 Chronicles story

The 7-foot-tall droid known as QUAD shimmered into existence. He took a few steps forward and found himself on a grassy field looking out over a lake. The sky was blue and clear; the sun almost directly overhead. The new time travel device his creator implanted in him didn't seem to work properly.

"This isn't where I wanted to be," the droid said to itself in a masculine voice. "Let's try again."

He shimmered away and then reappeared in the same spot a few steps back as before. This time, he saw the back of himself and heard himself say, "Let's try again." Then he saw himself shimmer away. He had jumped back in time only a moment to see himself from behind only that moment before. This was the first time he had time-traveled, so he had to get used to these types of confusing scenarios. QUAD paused to access what he knew about quantum physics. This time travel stuff was new to him. It might be a bit confusing at first...

Apparently this Space/Time Displacer device needed a few adjustments. He was not expecting to be on a green planet with water. So he not only didn't know where he was, but nor did he know when he was. Only a few minutes ago he was standing inside MI5 Headquarters on Coruscant. And now this.

Then QUAD realized there was a commotion off in the distance. He turned and walked up the grassy hill. What came into view was a rather large group of Gungans wielding weapons. There were even a few fambaas with deflector shield generators mounted on their backs. The large creatures lumbered forward with the dome shape around the Gungans. This might be the Gungan Grand Army. "Of course," he said aloud. "Those are Gungans. This must be Naboo. So I now have the 'where', I just need the 'when'." He decided to head off in the direction of the Gungans.

After crossing the field, the Gungans entered an area that was sort of soggy. A marshland perhaps. And a cluster of trees lined the marshy area. QUAD managed to trudge through the marshland with ease. It wasn't too bad.

"Halt!" a Gungan yelled. "A droid? Here? Who-sa are you-sa?"

QUAD turned to see a group of Gungans pointing weapons at him. He slowly raised his arms. "I mean no harm. I am known as QUAD. I..." he paused, "seem to have gotten lost."

"We-sa don't get many droids here. What do you-sa want?"

"He-sa is a spy!" another Gungan yelled. "We-sa cannot trust him-sa." He then hurled an energy ball, what the Gungans refer to as a booma, at QUAD, striking his right arm.

Electrical charges flowed through QUAD's now-vibrating mechanical body. His systems were fighting back against the apparent EMP-type qualities in the booma. He had been built with numerous defense mechanisms, all of which seemed to be kicking in at the moment.

"Re-routing power," QUAD said aloud.

"Re-routing power," he repeated.

Then QUAD's arms dropped down to his side and his arm cannons opened up, firing blasts at the ground near his feet and splashing the soggy mud up on to his metal body. The electrical charges seemed to cease and QUAD's body stopped vibrating.

The Gungans took a few steps back, surprised at what they just witnessed.

"As I said, I mean you no harm," QUAD reiterated calmly. "Please don't attack me again."

The Gungans looked around at each other, not knowing what to do.

"I just want to know what's going on," QUAD said. "I'm trying to find out when and where I am. This looks like an army. Are you going to war?"

"When and where?" the first Gungan repeated. "Dumb droid. We-sa are at war with Boss Rogoe!"

Boss Rogoe? That means this must be the War of the Gungan tribes, QUAD deduced. Boss Gallo's forces versus Boss Rogoe's forces. But that war took place millennia ago. So then he had time-traveled nearly 3000 years into the past?! That was surprising!

"If you-sa are able to do that against our-sa boomas, would you-sa be able to fight alongside us and help defeat Rogoe's army?" the first Gungan asked, weapon still at the ready...just in case.

QUAD said, "Well, I... Sorry, what was your name?"

"Me-sa is Bombad General Zim Dafis." Then, pointing to his comrade, "And da one that attacked you-sa is Captain Baca Manus."

"Well, Bombad General" QUAD continued, "I would like nothing more than to assist you in your battle, but sadly I cannot. I must get back to where I came from."

"But we-sa just entered Spearhead," Zim Dafis said. "We-sa could really use you-sa help in the attack on Rogoe's Keep."

Captain Baca Manus glanced over at his Bombad General as he spoke. He didn't like the idea of recruiting this mysterious droid.

Another Gungan came running up to them. "Bombad General!"

"What is it Antioch?" the Bombad General asked.

"Rogoe's forces are pushing forward! We-sa need to fight our way through to his fortress!"

Blaster fire could be heard in the distance. Then an explosion. QUAD, along with the group of Gungans that surrounded him, turned to see the explosion reach upward. Boomas could be seen flying overhead and arching down toward them.

As the Gungans took cover from the attack, QUAD popped open his arm cannons and blasted some of the boomas out of the sky before they reached the ground. Unfortunately they were not currently under the cover of the deflector shields.

The Gungan fighters at the front lines clashed with the oncoming attack from Rogoe's army. One of the militiagungs from that army managed to make his way through with some sort of heavy blaster. Blaster bolts flew randomly into the crowd of Gungans, mowing them down. One of the bolts grazed QUAD's left shoulder. Almost instinctively, QUAD opened both arm cannons and fired at the attacking Gungan, killing him.

"I don't belong in this era," QUAD said to himself amongst all the commotion happening around him. "I must try again to work the time-travel device." He quickly ran some calculations trying to account for the mistake that sent him nearly 3000 years from when he was supposed to be.

His CPU calculation were interrupted when a Gungan soldier came running toward him. QUAD turned to see the soldier carrying another Gungan soldier over his shoulders. "Please, help us!" The Gungan yelled. "Me-sa fellow Gungan needs medical attention! Are you-sa a med-droid?"

The Gungan ducked as more blaster fire whizzed by. He almost lost his balance and dropped his injured companion but he steadied himself in time.

"I am sorry," QUAD replied. "I am not a medical droid."

"Me-sa friend needs help now! He-sa is gonna die! Please help!" the Gungan pleaded frantically.

Before QUAD could speak, Bombad General Zim Dafis rode alongside them on a kaadu. The kaadu uttered an odd sound as the Bombad General yanked on the reins causing the creature to come to a stop. The General said, "Xander, da medical supplies are back under da last deflector shield to da south."

"It's too far away, Bombad General! He-sa will never make it!" the frantic Gungan named Xander exclaimed.

QUAD was programmed to help beings in need, so he finally gave in. "Fine. Give him to me. I'll take him there." QUAD grabbed the injured Gungan and activated the repulsors in the bottoms of his feet. The soggy ground splattered everywhere as the repulsors lifted QUAD up into the air, narrowly missing a booma.

He sailed high above the battle, watching blaster fire and boomas flying in all directions. The battlefield was littered with dead bodies. He knew that this raid on Spearhead resulted in a lot of death. Many, many Gungans lost their lives in that fight. But there wasn't much he could do to stop it. Hopefully he could at least help save the life of this one Gungan.

He began to descend as he approached the southern-most deflector shield. When he landed, he not only startled the Gungans but also the fambaa. The large four-legged creature sort of stumbled.

"Bombad General Zim Dafis sent me," QUAD said. "This Gungan is in need of medical attention."

Not knowing who the droid was, the Gungans took the injured Gungan from him and immediately tended to his wounds.

QUAD then stepped away from them, getting back to his calculations.

Moments later, one of the Gungan medics approached him. "Me-sa name is Ponzo. We-sa don't know who you-sa are, but it was a good t'ing you-sa brought him here when you-sa did."

Pausing his calculations again, QUAD turned to look at the medic.

"He-sa lost a lot of blood," he continued. "If you-sa hadn't brought 'im when you-sa did, he-sa woulda died."

"Glad I could be of assistance," QUAD replied, pleased with himself.

"His name is Bolo Binks," the medic continued. "His brothers were killed early on in dis war, so he-sa is da last of da Binks family. You-sa may have just saved da Binks name and bloodline."

QUAD nodded. "I hope there are lots of brave Binks warriors to come."

Ponzo smiled. "Me-sa is sure there will be. T'anks to you-sa." The medic shook QUAD's large, metallic hand and went back to his business.

"When I get back to my present day," QUAD said aloud to himself, "I'll have to remember to look up the Binks name and see what became of the bloodline." Finishing his calculations, QUAD was ready to try and use the Space/Time Displacer again. Activating the internal device, he made the next jump through space and time.

End