Ragnarok

Thorax groaned softy as he wake up to find that he and his brother were put together in a small glass cell. Pharynx shook his head violently as he woke up too, looking to his brother to make sure he was okay. Thorax's eyes narrowed as he watched Aegis, noting how he piloted the ship, and how he kept the devices that he used to stun them on the slot on his belt.

"This is Scrapper 72." Aegis called into a comm, "I need an audience with the boss. I've something that he'll like."

"Where are you taking us?" Thorax repeated the question he asked to Aegis before he stunned him, but the man just ignored him.

"Hey! Answer him!" Pharynx added.

"As I said before, I'm sorry, It's nothing personal. I just have to make units out of something." Aegis repeated his words.

"Take us back to where we were!" Pharynx demaded.

Aegis just sighed in response, as he zapped both of them again, leading the ship towards a large tower looming ahead of them. Pharynx grit his teeth, breathing heavily at the surge of pain, before he and Thorax lost their consciousness.

Thorax and Pharynx jolted awake only to find themselves in the dark tunnel, and were strapped to a chair, which began to forward, along this tunnel.

"Brother." Pharynx called to him, checking the restraints, struggling against them but they were holding him in the place.

"Same here." Thorax stated, as he tried to free himself from his restraints as well.

Before Pharynx could say another word, the walls around them began to light up as the man's voice spoke over the speaker, their chairs starting to move through the tunnel the walls created.

"Fear not, for you are found. You are home, and there is no going back. No one leaves this place, but what is this place? The answer is Sakaar.''

Pharynx frowned as the wall began to show the imagines of the planet, and it's history.

"Surrounded by the cosmic gateways, Sakaar lives on the edge of the known and unknown." and then the imagines changed into to wormholes, "It is the collection point far all lost and unloved things. Like you, but here on Sakaar, you are significant. You are valuable. Here, you are loved."

"What the hell?" Pharynx asked himself.

"What is going on?" Thorax was the next to say something.

"And no one loves you more than Grandmaster." The voice continued, automated and not paying attention to what they just said. The imagines on the wall changed to what most likely was supposed to the Grandmaster, "He is the original. The first lost, and the first found. The creator of Sakaar and the father of the Contest of Champions." and then to the imagines of an area as the creatures fought with each other to the death, "Where once you were nothing, now you are something. You are the property of the Grandmaster. Congratulations! You will meet the Grandmaster in five seconds.

Pharynx groaned as the imagines began to speed up, blurring into a mess of chaos, and colors. The chairs slowly began to sped up as well. They sped up the point where Thorax actually started screaming in fear, as Pharynx looked at him, trying not to believe that his brother was scared by something like that. Yes, the found themselves on another planet, but it was probably going to be nothing comparated to what they were going to see on this planet.

Suddenly, the face of an older bi-pedal creature with greying hair and blue lips appeared, "Prepare yourself. You are now meeting the Grandmaster!"

Much to their suprise, Pharynx and Thorax now found themselves in a new room. Thorax stopped screaming, as the chairs stopped moving, then the king of the changelings looked over at his brother.

"Really, brother? Even that scares you." He stated in disablief, as Thorax smiled, in embarrassment.

"Let's don't talk about it." Thorax pleaded his brother, before the two of them looked around the room that they just found themselves in. The room was full of numerous creatures wandering around in an odd garb.

And before them, stood the same man from the pictures that they saw just a moment ago. He was smiling at them, as he eyed them, he clearly had no idea what to make of them, appearing both curious, thrilled and disappointed at the same time. Beside him was a woman, shorter than him, in an armor, and holding a spear. On his other side was Aegis, looking curious at what the Grandmaster will think of them.

The Grandmaster stared at them for an uncomfortably long time, leaning in to examine Thorax, then Pharynx, to which the older changeling of course growled, "They're wonderful! He and he will be a good addition to my collection, because they're both he, right?"

"They're both male, master." Aegis assured the Grandmaster with a nod.

"Are you sure?" The dark-haired man, who's hair was reaching his shoulder asked, as he stood among the creatures that were observing them from the distance, pointing at Thorax, "Because this one looks more like a female."

"Hey!" Thorax said, feeling insulted, as Pharynx couldn't help but snicker.

"Loki. I talked with them and I know how a male person sounds." Aegis said, rolling his eyes at Loki's comment. This Loki guy got here two weeks ago, and he was already pissing Aegis off, more than anyone else.

"Alright. Just asking." Loki said, as he held his arms up.

"Yay." The Grandmaster cheered, turning to Aegis, "I love when you and your partner 142 come to visit. Speaking of her, where is she?"

"We... correction she wanted to make a bet at who'll find the most valuable addition to your collection, and I haven't seen here ever since." Aegis explained.

The Grandmaster nodded in understanding, as he said, "As I said, I love when you and her visit me, because you bring me the best stuff." then he looked at his guard, "Whenever we get to talking, Topaz, about Scrapper 72 and 142... who I always say? That they are... and it starts with a B!"

"Trash." the guard, Topaz said, without a hesitation.

The Grandmaster frowned, "No, not trash. Were just waiting to call him that? It doesn't start with a B!"

"Boozeheads." Topaz said again.

"I don't consume anything that has alcohol in it. She's the one who does it." Aegis pointed out, as Topaz rolled her eyes.

The Grandmaster sighed, and gave Aegis an apologetic look, "I'm so sorry."

"It's fine. Can I get my units now?" Aegis asked.

"Of course. And I meant best, not boozeheads." The Grandmaster said with a nod.

"Wait! We're not for sale!" Thorax shouted, as he couldn't believe that he was going to be sold to this very strange creature.

It was when Pharynx finally had enough of what was just happening. He changed into six legged, five eyed, bug like monster, completely destroying the chair on which he was sitting on just a moment ago, and growled, causing some of the creatures to take a few steps back.

Aegis just rolled his eyes, as he pressed the button on the control and zapped him again. Pharynx groaned, as he again, was stunned by the wave of pain across his body, as he fell on the ground, then he turned his attention back to the Grandmaster who seemed to be pleased by what just happened.

"Now I like them even more!" He shouted, as he pointed at Pharynx, "And this one a fighter! How much do you want for them!"

"I'd take 5 million." Aegis said, before adding, "Each."

Topaz snorted, "Tell him he's dreaming."

The Grandmaster just rolled his eyes, "Just transfer the units."

Topaz glared at Aegis, who just shrugged his shoulders, and tapped something onto his wrist and did as she was commanded. Aegis just turned back, and was about to leave, but Thorax's voice interrupted him.

"Why are you doing this!? Did everything you said about yourself was a lie!?" He shouted at Aegis.

"No." He replied, as he walked off, leaving Thorax and Pharynx alone with the Grandmaster.

"Take them both to the rest." He ordered, as his men nodded their heads in understanding.

Thorax and Pharynx stumbled slightly as they were shoved into a cell of sorts, where the other prisoners were lurking nearer the back. The thick door to the cell slammed shut behind them and Pharynx immediately threw himself at it, as Thorax watched. Pharynx did his best to break through but it wouldn't budge.

"Pharynx." Thorax said to his older brother, as he stepped over to him, placing a hoof on his shoulder, as he began to punch his way through it, "We'll find a way out." Then he took his hoof off his shoulder, and pointed at the doors, "But this seems to be pointless. There has to be other way."

"Hey dudes!" They both heard a quite high pitched voice and gentle voice greet them, as they turned back to see. One of them appeared to be a tall creature made entirely of rocks, "Yeah. I'm actually a thing. I'm a being. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Korg. I'm kind of like the leader in here. I'm made of rocks, as you can see, but don't let that intimidate you. You don't need to be afraid unless you're made of scissors." Korg let out a small few giggles, "Just a like rock-paper-scissor joke for you." He gestured to what appeared to be a slug creature squised inside a metallic exoskeleton, "This is my very good friend over here, Miek. He's an insect and has knives for his hands."

Miek appeared to try to greet them by making a weird move with his knife-hands.

"Hello? I'm Thorax." Thorax offered, not sure what else to say, then he pointed at Pharynx, "And this is my brother Pharynx."

"What exactly are you?" Pharynx asked.

"I'm a Kronan." Korg said, proudly.

"How did you end up here?" Thorax wanted to know.

"Well. I tried to start a revolution, but didn't print enough pamphlets, so hardly anyone turned up." Korg sighed, "Except for my mom and her boyfriend, who I hate. As punishment, I was forced to be in here and become a gladiator, bit of promotional disaster." He leaned in and whispered to them, "But I'm actually organizing another revolution. I don't know if you'd be interested

"If it will help us get out of here." Thorax stated, as Pharynx started to run along the room, trying to find a possible way out

"Say no more!" Korg said, as he held his arms up, nodding in understanding.

Thorax looked over as Pharynx ran up behind him, completely confused to see them again, "Brother?"

"How did you?" Pharynx asked, pointing at them, and looking behind himself again, he could have that he ran past them!

"Yeah..." Korg sighed, "This whole thing is a circle, but not a real circle, more like a freaky circle."

"No! There has to be a way out of here!" Pharynx shot back, as he started to run forward himself again. There had to be a way out of this place somewhere, and he was going to find it, no matter what.

"For how long is he going to do this, man?" Korg wanted to know, as Miek seemed to agree with him.

"We just have to wait until he'll be tired." Thorax answered, hoping that Pharynx will find something because they had to find a way out of this planet.

After all, the Hive is still waiting for them to return and he'd like to find himself back there as fast as it was possible.