"Humans are such disgusting creatures." Sleek said as it finally meets the Teutherian Queen. Although seeing the Queen have infuriated Sleek even more after seeing it in its current state.
The Teutherian Queen or the mother of Teutherians was in a state where it's half alive, supported by machinery so that it would continue to live on despite sliced in half (from head to bottom) and is forced to lay Teutherian eggs which will be modified into shifter weapons that'll be injected to soldier compatible with the shifter weapon.
Holding Rodrick from the neck, its grip tighted. "A-Ah! Y-You're strangling!—"
"Your kind has fought and caused extinction to the race of Teutherians. Humanity has won since then... but isn't it ridiculous how humans have began war between themselves, foolishly killing each other to the point of obliterating their brethrens?!"
Sleek turns to look at Rodrick, completely enraged.
"If only we, the Teutherians, have waited until humanity wipes itself off from the face of this planet!! Only if we've been patient enough, the Queen wouldn't have to suffer from your stupidly disgusting species!!"
Sleek threw Rodrick to the corner of the room, his back slammed on the wall. "Argh!!" Giving Rodrick a sharp overwhelming pain all over his body for his age.
"A-Ah... perhaps it's t-true..." Rodrick endured the pain as he responds to Sleek. "...humans are stupid fools... g-going into war... killing each other... causing meaningless deaths... plenty of casualties... driven by ego and greed."
"And to humiliate their own kind infront of another race. I despise all of you." Sleek added.
"Sure, despise what you want."
Then as Sleek approaches its Queen, it kneels down and speaks the language of their species. Rodrick closely observes them talking with each other, although he doesn't understand anything they spoke of.
"...I see." Finally, Sleek said a few words that Rodrick understood. "I'll be needing further of your cooperation, human." It said.
"What more do you want me to do!?"
"I need you to restore the Queen's body to her previous state." Sleek demanded.
"That's impossible for me to do alone." Rodrick admitted. "There are 2 requirements before we can achieve the restoration of your Queen."
"And what would those be?"
"First requirement would be Dr. Reize Hilton, the supreme leader of E.D.L. and the only other person I worked with on splitting the Teutherian Queen in half and developing the shifter weapons during the war between humanity and teutherians. Second requirement is obviously the other half of the Teutherian Queen which is in the hands of Dr. Reize."
Sleek was obviously pissed off hearing all that from the human responsible for the extinction of their species and in harming the Queen. Still, it holds back its urge to kill the scientist. "Alright then, if that's what it takes..."
It steps aside and had its hand transformed into something of a communication device. "...we'll have to directly attack E.D.L.'s base with the Excidium T Warship and take both Reize Hilton and the other half body of the Queen from there."
"WHAT!?" Rodrick was surprised as Sleek dropped this sudden reckless plan.
Then the other person Sleek was calling responded right away.
"—YOU!!" Rodrick can hear the person from Sleek's communication device even at a distance. The voice was loud and clear.
"Ms. Duvent, it's been a while." Sleek said nonchalantly.
The person of the other line was furious, talking to Sleek with such loud and high tone. "I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU FOR SO LONG!! HOW COME YOU ONLY CALLED NOW!?"
"I thought I wouldn't need you, but apparently my agreement with you still hold importance."
"What the hell!? And don't think I forgot that you added a time limit to our agreement. It's difficult to infiltrate a huge organization like this in a short period of time! Especially to have access to E.D.L.'s Central District where your Queen is."
"Apologies for the inconvenience, but are you still up to our agreement by this point?"
"...that!!—err, yeah! Sure am. As long as you'll hand over that spaceship of yours right when I hand over the Teutherian Queen's body, then we're good."
"There's a little something that I'd have to add to our agreement though." Sleek mentions.
"Again!?"
"This time, I need you to retrieve both the Teutherian Queen's body and Dr. Reize Hilton. ALIVE." It pressed.
"THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! I'M NOT EVEN OUT OF JAI!—I mean!! It's not easy for me to retrieve 2 targets at once!... yeah!! That's too much."
Then Sleek turns to Rodrick, telling both him and its partner of the grand plan. "That's why I'm gonna make up for that. I've already made a deal with one of the I.E.A. executives, we can launch an attack anytime soon at your signal. And once we attack, that'll pave your way in retrieving the targets for me. Have you already gained access to the Central District yet?"
Rodrick was stunned just by listening from their conversation and plans.
"Y-Yeah!! All's rollin' well." Though her voice can be heard a bit nervous and unsure. "Great. And how many days will it be until you give that signal?"
"Uhmm, 3 weeks?"
"Make that 2."
"O-Okay, got it."
And before the call ends, Sleek casually muttered. "I'm counting on you."
"Are you working with a human that you despise so much?" Rodrick confronts while trying to get back on his foot.
"I'm not so sure about it myself, but this guy I'm working with is neither human or teutherian anyway. Not that it matters much to you."
"And how are you so confident on using the Excidium T Warship for your plan? Knowing that you, imposing as Lt. General Joaquin, returning alone without the other generals means you must've failed acquiring the Power Source." Despite being right on point, Sleek was still as confident as ever with its plan.
It takes out something from its pocket and threw it at Rodrick. After catching the thing Sleek threw, Rodrick's eyes grew wide in suprise. "You had a Power Source with you!?"
"I always had one just for this exact moment. I'll leave that for you to use on the warship." Sleek then stands beside with its Teutherian Queen, feeling a bit perturbed seeing its Queen in such tainted state. "Until then, we just wait for the signal."
"You really think I'll do as everything you say?" Rodrick said daringly.
"If you were to do so, then I can always just blow up the whole I.E.A. base, killing you and everyone else in the process. You wouldn't want that, do you?" Sleek threatened. Leaving him with no choice, Rodrick sighs and silently admits defeat by following an enemy's every order.
And just as Sleek said, all that's left to do is wait for the signal—unaware of the fact that its partner is currently immobilized and imprisoned at E.D.L.'s prison in the Central District.
"...2 weeks... you gotta be kidding me!" Claire bleated. "How can I escape this tight-ass security system by the time when 2 weeks are over!?"