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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Protectors of Pandora

Chapter 57 ~Traitor~

Caesar looked around, he was not in the manticore arena, he was in a lime green lit control room. “I gotta say, well done. You have succeeded, I knew you would, but you can’t stop me. There’s only 14 hours in that clock Caesar.” Salizar said.

Cinder looked around the arena, she noticed a skeleton, it was the manticore. “It’s dead..” Charr said. “So now what?” Jaxz asked. “Where’s Caesar?” Darrel asked. “He was on Lagoon right?” Jaxz said. They heard a snarling roar, a huge manticore stepped out from behind a huge rock, it’s muzzle was dripping with green saliva. “Kill for Father..” it said in its hideous voice. “Go! Find Caesar, we’ll deal with this…” Cinder said.

“How are you doing this! I removed the implant!” Caesar said. “That’s not important Caesar! What is important is that I tell you this!” Salizar said. “Tell me what!” Caesar said. “Soon you and all your friends will die, and I will rule my new world, I’m thinking of SalizARK? Hmm? No to boastful.. I’ll come up with something.” Salizar said. Caesar laughed. “What?! What could possibly be funny!!” Salizar snapped. “You, your so hellbent on revenge that you can’t even enact your plan, you must face me in some epic battle of glory, WHY! To prove yourself?! Why is killing me so important to you! I’ve done nothing but protect my friends!” Caesar said. “That’s what you think you are, a protecter of pandorans.” Salizar said chuckling. “No you’re their doom.”

Jaxz flew up to Lagoon with Darrel, the other Gigantopithicus were up there already, “where’s Caesar?!” Darrel asked. “What do you mean, he’s in there.” The chief said. They opened the door, they saw Stainly and Caesar both unconscious, Stainly’s arm translator had cords going from him to Ceasar. “What’s going on!” The chief said.

“You’re the reason I broke out of that cell, your the reason I was tortured by the humans. AND YOU TOOK THEIR SIDE!” Salizar shouted. “I DIDN’T TAKE THE HUMANS SIDE! YOU WERE TRYING TO DESTROY A PLACE THAT YOU ALREADY RID OF HUMANS!” Caesar said. “What do you mean, ‘“were trying.”’ I succeede-” “no, you succeeded in destroying Pandora, but the Pandorans live. All you did is take their home.” Caesar said. Salizar was speechless for a moment. “It all makes sense now, the Pandoran overseer, I didn’t kill it.. WHERE DID THE PEOPLE GO!” Salizar asked. “Why does it matter! They are not humans!” Caesar said. “THEY MIGHT AS WELL BE IF THEY SIDED WITH YOU!” Salizar shouted. “SALIZAR STOP THIS MADNESS! WHEN WILL IT END?!?” Caesar shouted. “When I am rid of you!!!” Salizar yelled.

“What do we do?!” Jaxz asked. “Only one thing to do.” The Chief said, he ripped the tek cords out of Caesar, when he did Stainly woke. “Stainly?” Jaxz asked. “Wha- what happened..” Stainly asked. “Kinda seems like you didn’t kick Salizar far enough out of you system.” Birch said. “What? We completely rebooted it, the only way that could’ve happened is if someone reuploaded his virus.” Stainly said. “Where’s Oak..” the Chief asked.

“Your weak Salizar, your so absorbed in this conflict that you’ve lost yourself! We used to be friends! Now, all I see is a villain.” Caesar said. “I AM NOT THE VILLAIN! You are!” Salizar shouted. “Heroes don’t destroy entire arks of innocents just for revenge.” Caesar said. He never heard Salizars retort, because he woke up.

“What happened?” Caesar asked. “Oaks a traitor! He reuploaded Salizar back into my arm!” Stainly said. “WHAT?!” Caesar said. “I’ve wiped him out again but you should go help them!” Stainly said. Caesar walked over to the window and looked out, the wyverns were flocking around an alpha manticore, while the gigantopithicus and Jaxz were searching around the arena for Oak, he was nowhere to be seen. “He must’ve uploaded the hack and ran for it.” Caesar said, “he’s probably already with Salizar.”