Idly, I pulled at the shadow code that I'd made, and froze. Somebody had retroactively gotten rid of my beautiful coding. I scrambled along it madly, pulling at the back doors that hadn't been there when I'd programmed my universe. I wondered how this was possible before I froze. There was only one other being who I both knew and would have the motive to do something like this. Umbra...
Wait. How did he even know that the code would only go from the moment I'd added it unless...
I facepalmed. I had been so taken by his useless fool act that I'd overlooked the bleeding obvious- he was a SysAdmin. Of COURSE he had Understanding. "Umbra has understanding. I cannot believe I fell for that. I literally cannot believe I was that stupid."
Well, no more being nice. I pulled out the Vahi and started pulling for more shadow coding. More and more detonators piled out at my feet, until I was absolutely, positively sure that it was all gone. I then pulled out the explosive itself, and scanned it for more. More and more explosive shadow bombs came out of my mask. I applauded his thoroughness, but at the same time I was slowly seething at myself. I'd been taken for a fool by a SysAdmin, but I had to say that I was actually having the last laugh. After all, the universe was now... protected against destruction...
I had to check that. Mentally cursing Umbra for everything he was worth, I pulled on my Olmak and tore open a portal to the Void. This done, I examined the code. How sneaky of him; it was exactly as I'd expected. Still, I ran a dozen checks over it, just to be sure. Then, I picked up my stray code, and then started coding anew. He already tampered with everything I'd worked so hard on; admittedly, most of that was tampering with an obvious mistake that a SysAdmin shouldn't have made... I then realised that I'd been taken a fool. By my own arrogance, no less! I was kicking myself with that revelation, and now I was even more enraged with my stupid, stupid arrogance. Just because I'd been working on my powers for four thousand years, didn't mean that others hadn't been using that time productively as well.
Umbra's little bid to retroactively put himself back in the head admin position and leave back doors in was deleted, and replaced with me retroactively becoming the Admin of my Equestria. I then started adding in as many redundant firewalls and anti-hacking measures I could. Of course, this was immensely power consuming- after all, I was basically tearing into the multiversal code and rewriting it to suit my own whims. I was running on fumes now, but this needed to be done. I reworked the anti-virus system, and then retroactively applied it to the whole universe. Any Admin who tried to enter or alter this code apart from myself would be regarded as a viral consciousness and would subsequently be reincarnated.
I tiredly smirked, before going back in. As I did, I noticed a blue crystal in my chambers. As soon as I appeared, it relayed a nice little message for me, in the form of a holographic Auric Fulcrum. I took a moment to admire the craftsmanship before he started speaking. I listened to his message with curiosity at first, then slowly growing admiration and horror. This was... exactly what I'd wanted. Just not now. This was not the time for Auric to man up- I needed him later, when the plan was almost complete.
"Teridax, I send this to you for one reason. To tell you I will not fight you." He deliberately paused for five seconds there- to emphasize his own point. "At least, not in your world. Nor, I think, will I permit you to fight me in mine. In the first case, t'would be folly for me to come to your world to fight you. It'd be like setting foot into the lair of a lich and expecting no traps to spring. And in the second, there is too much here that I hold dear that could suffer...collateral damage.
"No, instead, by the time you receive this, I will have worked out the details of a staging ground with Umbra Shadow-Walker. If you truly wish to fight me, he can lead you there. Fail to arrive...and I may have to alert your world's alicorns to your potential plans.
"Oh yes," and here he grinned, a grin that set my spine shivering in excitement, "I know all about that. Not only have I gone through similar here, but my Mirror forecasts potential futures. Yours seem to revolve around a point where all magic is lynch-pinned to one...lavender...mare. Like I said, fail to come, and I will just have to...warn them." His eyes glowed a bright blue, to contrast my glowing red ones. "Your move."
With that, the message ended. I stood still for a while, shaking. Not from fear, oh no. From excitement.
I was finally going up against somebody worthy of my power and intellect. He had already likely warned the alicorn princesses; he would be a fool not to. I'd hoped for him to go to me, but now, I was having to majorly revise my plans. Twilight Sparkle had ascended to alicorn level; I needed more time for the Plan to work-
I froze. I then mentally grinned. "Oh, Auric. Thank you for your kindness."
I then picked up a Makuta stone, and imposed my will on it. "Auric Fulcrum, I accept your terms of engagement. However, I must also say that I will be needing more time to prepare. And one more thing, Auric." Here I paused, shapeshifting back down to human form. "Thank you. I've never had so much fun with any other living creature before. And I have one request, should I die." I frowned. This was going to be hard to say, but it had to be said. "If... if I should die, then I want you to ignore my children. They're the only reason besides yourself that I haven't ended it all already. I will respect your own wishes not to harm your own universe, but... I hope you will respect my own wishes. Thank you."
With that, I hurled the Makuta stone through to his Canterlot, after priming it to only be activated in his presence. I then sighed. I needed more allies. It was just then that a coin plunked next to me. I picked it up, turning it over in my massive clawed hands. There was some sort of helmet on one side.
Well. Can't be worse than what had just happened today. I flipped the coin, watching it turn round and round...
And that concludes that. Now I shall go do things until you update again. Chaio.
Bulk? We need you.
YEEEAAAAAAH!
Can't wait for the next chapter.
Teridax needs someone other than Rahkshi and Displaced to rely on. Maybe Roodaka or someone like that.
I don't like evil main character in a story but the whole war make it interesting to go through both sides...
4661023 noooo he can only absorb their mass and energy, not any of their powers. and I might add those beings were MADE of what he is made of too. and what they are made of is a material that is not really natural matter to begin with.
this story is a jumbled mess of confusion now. worse it has teridax, the worst villain I know of.
he is the worst because his entire 'plan' from the bionicle series is purest plot convenience. seriously it was not him being super smart, it was him somehow reading the script for the storyline and editing it considering the accuracy of him knowing things that he could not possibly know. he would have had to visit the future or something.
This story is so gross. Who the fuck cares about gay-ass Bionicles?
Son of a- Great. THAT universe is going to be a bitch to fix later... Teridax, you've made my shit list. Seriously, now I'M going to have to be the one rewriting the programming... Bah. I hate my job.
4677987 Look at this mess you've caused Umbra! You're lucky I can get past the code, but I still can't do jack on fixing the universe til the story is over. Even then, we'd be lucky if it didn't branch off. Sigh. Universe repairmen may exist above the code, but we can't mess with active universes. I can fix the mess when the universe goes dormant, but not until then. Either way, your boss will be hearing about this one.
In the meantime I'm going to grumble to myself angrily and go fix a universe that Celestia just managed to break... Dang random comedies...
Huh… So, Teridax isn't 100% infallible… This is a handy source of information for Geo to remember… Thank you for revealing your weaknesses!
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I bet you spam Gauss and use triple LRM15
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I presume that's no one.
dude instead of sysadmin why didnt you give yourself OS level privilages
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Easily forged. OP might have several hundred dummy accounts.
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It is a possibility. You might even be a dummy account.
Hi, OP.
Wait a minute....does this mean the story's ending already!?!?!?!?! PLEASE SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!!!!
What is this "understand"? From what I can tell it's just to understand that you're insignificant and the universes will keep on going without you... But if that's it then it's not surprising or really hard to grasp. I mean H.P.Lovecraft made books about it to scare the pompous people. Teridax or whatever he chooses to call himself has come to a realisation that I came to when I was bored if that's the case... But if it isn't then what is it? And please tell me it isn't one of those godly things only those who think with portals, wormholes and Gordon Freeman can grasp because that's just a huge copout. I hope I get an answer ._.
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Understanding is basically the answer to the ultimate question: 'How does everything work?'
Teridax has knowledge of how the entire multiverse works. Every little detail of how it all works is permanently etched into his brain. He knows exactly how insignificant everything is, which is a major point in his worldview.
4693934 Wait so his brain not only had the room for that Incomprehensibly massive amount of information but he can also comprehend it? So he can comprehend 4 dimensions and more? The guy is completely unbeatable now! And even if Auric is the same they'll never be able to beat each other now nor surpass one another... Also if he understands everything why does he not use that? Like Skasis Paradigm in Doctor Who? Or most Anime mcguffins? He knows how it all works and could do anything and everything yet decides to work slowly and lord his understanding of all. Also doesn't he still have a human mind? He'd still think like a human no matter what and if that changes he's not himself he's someone else entirely... Just weird thoughts from me I guess
4677680 what about Bohrok?
4703142 I meant sentient beings.
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4704374 Oh.... Well it's a thought.... Right?
4705399 Bohrok would be interesting, but unnecessary. The 42,000 Rahkshi can do anything the Bohrok can do and more. What I meant was that Teridax should have a definite second-in-command, or at least a sentient being who isn't a Rahkshi, to rely on and have with him for the remainder of the story, and Roodaka seems like a perfect candidate to me.
4706302 Well that's true...
And as umbra said