Authors note;
This story was originally created for Ahiltys un-going fanfiction "Negaverse Chronicles." which was about what went on in the Negaverse before Darkwing even got there.
She wrote the origin of all friendly four members and started an ungoing plot and univers building of her own. The univers and characters she sat up interested me so much that I started to help her write stories. I managed to write two stories you can read in her fic if you'll decide to go check it out. One is called "The good doctor." the other. "Crossed wires."
I started writing this story a year ago, but wanted to wait to give it to ahilty until she had gotten further with her fic, but.. it seems she stopped writing, the fic has not been updated for a year now. And well, as I myself am kind of happy about this story, I thought it would be a shame not to share it.
Things you need to know about the negavers ahilty put up to understand this best.
This is before Darkwing entered the picture at all, so the world is ruled by evil and the friendly four seems to be four hero underdogs.
Megavolt had an ungoing story arch about how he was the loner of the group and didn't even wanted to be a part of it by the beginning, but was talked into by Quackerjack (Or forced.. you could pick.) Megavolt though is the most competent crime fighter as he has done it solo for a long time, and actually is the only one wanting to be a crime-fighter. of them, (all though his ideal was to do it alone.) which also makes him the natural leader.
Quackerjack is very attached to Megavolt and almost views him as a new brother, since his real brother died a while back, and Megavolt seems to take up that more responsable figure his brother used to have.
In this, Megavolt is a bit of the tightwat of the group, overly responsible and even cynical, afraid of letting loose. He doesn't have the same memory problems as the ordinary Megavolt, how-ever that is explained with his memory problems being connected to his powers, the more he uses his powers the quicker his head will decline, and because this Megavolt doesn't abushes his powers, it's not so bad.. yet. It's an ungoing fear for this megavolt that he one day might go insane, and part of the reason he is such a tightwat... okay, lets try to get a crack of this story now -_-;
It was the hottest month of July in living history, people were sweating and gasping for air, walking slower than they usually would have, the birds did not have the energy to even fly but just sat there with open beaks gasping for the air, and no one had the energy to do anything.
It did not help that the city all ready was such a tight place to life in, only ever having that heavy fume filled air around the blocks of buildings, with little air between them, now it was also so unbearable hot.
Which made the new series of thefts even weirder as it was all, ice and snow related. Well, as long as crime didn't rest neither did justice, and as always Megavolt was one of the first people on the most recent scene trying to piece together just a little detective work, with him he had Liquidator, the only one out of the entire friendly four not bothered by the heat at all, in fact it seemed to do the liquidator well with the heat, which made it such a shame that the big research facility they were now add was completely and utterly covered in ice and snow.
A big round-up of people had now gathered to just stare at the thing in complete aw, and then stayed to get some of the cold which seemed to ooze from the building.
Megavolt and Liquidator were not alone at the crime scene how-ever, the police had long since come and closed off the area trying to pin point the crime itself.
"Hm." Megavolt pondered bending down on his knees looking thoughtful on the deep layer of snow covering the ground and then sighed. "Snow." He sighed. "Why does it have to be cold watery stuff?" he asked in a tired voice.
"I get what you are saying." Liquidator stated. "Isn't it enough being in danger of frozen solid just at a certain time of the year?" he asked rather sourly.
Megavolt nodded absently and then saw the big bull who was in charge of the police force exit the building. "Officer Bulba." Megavolt addressed the bull as he came closer. "Found out anything?" he asked.
"Well." Taurus Bulba hesitated. "It's the third theft of its kind, and some very high tech stuff has been stolen each time. The fiend doesn't seem to care who is in the way and just freezes the people who happens to be in there." He gestured at the ambulances which were parked and the stretches carried out one by one, some containing people who were indeed frozen solid covered in ice and other who shoke violently from cold, some only had parts of them frozen such as legs or arms. "Poor fellows." Bulba sighed. "It's highly unlikely all of them will come out without damages."
Megavolt nodded grimly. "What kind of tech was stolen?" he asked. "Do you have a list or some-thing, so I could have a look at it?"
"Our own experts are working on it, I doubt you can get any-thing out of it they wont." Bulba told a little sternly. "Let us handle it."
"Well, Officer, I happen to be considered a bit of a genius when it comes to high tech as well, it couldn't hurt giving me the list could it?" Megavolt asked.
"I don't know." Bulba hesitated.
"Officer, if you're not going to help me, I am going to find out what that list is by other means." Megavolt made aware. "I mean, look at the bright side, at least I am not Steelbeak trying to act all better knowing, I just want to have a look."
Bulba grumbled by the mere mention of the hated rooster. "Oh fine." He then suddenly said. "But you owe me one!" he stated.
"Hey Megavolt!" Liquidators voice sounded from over at the ambulances. "Try and come give a listen to this."
"What is it?" Megavolt asked lazedly walking towards his friends.
"A description." Liquidator told. "This one says he saw the fiend." He told gesturing at a poor shaking young looking man, barely an adult, who's legs had been frozen solid.
With sympathy Megavolt saw how the man was shaking. "Here let me help you with that." He then stated. "I'm afraid I can't warm you up, I think the consequences could be severe, but at least I can." He placed his hands on the thick ice layer covering the leg, and slowly he released a bit of warm soothing energy, as if his hands were an electric blanket it vibrated and tickled before at last, the ice broke apart. Then he looked at the man. "You had some-thing to tell?" he asked gently.
The man nodded. "It's a monster." He told.
Megavolt frowned slightly. "Please do go on." He asked.
"A huge monster!" the man told. "Completely made out of ice! It has red eyes, it's breath turns every-thing else to ice and.. there's no soul." He told.
Megavolt frowned lightly. "A monster?" he asked doubtful. "These are thefts, not just a mindless monster terrorizing the city, and how would such a thing even escape without being seen?" he asked.
"I don't know." The man shook his head. "I admit it okay! I was hired to steal the stuff and drive it out, I was told there would be some kind of help, and then the monster showed up, out of no-where.. leading us the way, blasting the way to what we needed. I accidently got in the way of one of the beams, and when my buddies tried to help me. The monster threatened to also leave them."
First Megavolts eyes hardened and his face stiffened, then he took a deep staggering breath trying to calm himself down and then looked at the thief. "Who hired you?" he then asked.
"I.. I don't know." The young man told.
"What do you mean you don't know, you would have to do know!" Megavolt angered.
"We got hired over the telephone, we got some transactions to a private bank account and were promised more of we helped." The man gulped. "Got delivered the plans and precise times over letters!" the man told. "Some-one is really planning this out!" he told.
Megavolt grinched. "Listen kid, you were lucky this time around, but take my advice and turn a new leaf right now! Because the next time you wont be this lucky!" he stated.
"That's why I even told you." The young man swallowed. "I didn't like this from the beginning, and then they just left me.. I'm through with stuff like this." He told sincerely.
"I sure hope so." Megavolt stated with crossed arms. "Ice monsters." He mumbled to himself standing up. "Oh just what we needed." He stated as he rolled his eyes. "What do you say Likky?" he asked the Liquidator right behind him.
"Able to freeze things instantly?" Liquidator asked. "Keep me away please." He stated. "And lets move out from here." He told in a much more silent voice.
"Why?" Megavolt asked.
"That lady over there has been looking at us ever since we started talking to the lad, it's creeping me out." Liquidator told pointing to his left.
Megavolts eyes followed the finger and sighed deeply by the sight that yes, there was indeed a young woman downright starring at them with a fixed gaze, what was more creepy though was how her face seemed to be a glacial mask of not a single emotion, her eyes shining light blue and sharp but without giving away any thoughts or feelings and that just dominated the rest of her appearance. She could maybe have been very pretty, there was no obvious flaws with her look, all though that was exactly what made her look so odd, so glacial, she was a white mouse, as in completely white, a true rarity, her long straight hair the same color as her fur, shining white, she was wearing a smart yet simple suit with skirt and matching jacket looking very orderly, not a string of hair out of place, not an eye-lash falling down, not a wrinkle giving any face expression away, and she just kept looking.. Looking at them, without moving as much as a face muscle, not even when she would have to know that Megavolt was looking straight back at her, for a brief moment Megavolt even thought he was just looking at a very well put together sculpture, some-ones masterpiece, but then he noticed that she indeed was breathing, thus she would have to be alive... all-though the sculpture explanation still seemed very likely.
It also seriously creeped Megavolt out that moment. "Okay, yeah I see what you mean." Megavolt nodded taking a couple of steps away with the liquidator, so they got behind one of the vans and out off immediate sight from the strange white mouse.
"So, what is the next step?" Liquidator asked as they were well out of sight. "Do we just wait for the next crime?" he asked. It was actually not that common an experience for Liquidator to do any detective work, that was Megavolts expertise, for Liquidator it was all about just moving out when some-thing happened, he had never developed his deductive skills that much, Megavolt how-ever, had spend years trying to be the best crime-fighter he could be.
"Of cause not!" Megavolt snapped back a little annoyed. "Now we cross reference clues and occurrences, there has been three break-ins three different part of towns." He stated. "So we need to see what these things have in common and see if we can deduce where the next place will be so we can secure it, see if we can find out what the real goal is and thus who is behind it!" he stated slamming a fist down his palm. "We are not done before the moment this fiend has been captured!"
As Megavolt was speaking a certain jester had decided to pop by, lazedly strolling down licking on a ice-cream.
"Oh great, here comes the comedy relief." Megavolt groaned. "Quackerjack, for your information I am trying to work!" he snapped at the jester ones he was in hearing range. "So please behave."
Quackerjack lifted an eye-brow. "What could you possible mean?" he asked innocently. "I just wanted to see if I could be of assistance."
Megavolt snorted crossing his arms as he looked at Quackerjack.
"What?" Quackerjack asked.
Megavolt just kept looking sternly at the jester.
"Oh all right! I heard there was snow!" Quackerjack exclaimed. "But looky there really is! Isn't it great!?" he asked happily.
"Frozen water quickly melting into mud, yay." Megavolt muttered sarcastically.
"A temperature low enough to freeze water, I'm so happy." Liquidator replied dryly.
"To top it off, there may be a monster able to produce more of it able to appear and disappear out of now-where." Megavolt told. "But then again, that kid may have been delusional." He frowned.
"Uh ice monster?" Quackerjack asked now sounding interested. "Well sounds like magic to me!" he stated.
"Gah." Megavolt hissed. "Magic? Would you stop that!"
"Well what other explanations do you have thus far?" Quackerjack asked. "Magic is the best bet right now."
"Incorrect."
Surprised the three heroes turned their heads and discovered the white mouse had now walked up to them, or rather.. sneaked as none of them had seen her coming. Her face as expressionless as ever, her blue eyes glacial, and her voice though soft equally so, un-emotionlessly as she talked, in one long steady flow.
"Assuming that magic is an optional explanation even that needs a source and would leave traces, there has been found none thus far, further more there is no concrete proof of magic even existing in the first place thus we should not waste resources on that when such things as long distance freeze rays have existed for a good amount of time, or just ordinary freeze units all though you would find a way for such a device to be moved or the officers surely would have found it now, there is of cause a number of ways to do this, not to mention what-ever machines needed could be destructed or self destruct looking like the ice broke that down as well as any other machine in there, the police would never know better, then of cause there is the idea of mutants or creatures created with mutagens, that may sound like a long shot. If not it was because."
First then did her blue eyes finally move and glanced over first Liquidator. "There's two living proofs of that possibility." Then her eyes shifted to Megavolt. "Standing less than two feet's in front of me." She finished her gaze returning to former position, and all of that was delivered in a even tone, never ones raising or lowing, speeding up or slowing down, no hesitations she just spoke as if it was fact.
Confused the three heroes looked at her not really knowing how to respond to this sudden interruption and even less to her emotionless face which remained just as glacial, she didn't look like she expected a reply nor did she look in any way challenging or better knowing, she just stood.
"Erh." Megavolt blinked. "yeah that is a point." He admitted.
And it seemed his words also managed to snap Quackerjack and Liquidator out of it, Quackerjack snorted as he crossed his arms. "Thanks." He stated dryly. "We don't need another cynical spoil sport." He stated annoyed. "Some of us are trying to work. So please leave us alone."
The white mouse eyes shifted to Quackerjack yet the rest of her face didn't move. "My apologies, you did not look like one who worked, but rather one who distracted his friends from their work, I merely wished to clear a few facts so they may continue faster."
That made Megavolt burst out in the laughter as Quackerjack heated up in frustration, making Megavolt laugh even harder as he answered. "And it was appreciated." He chuckled at the white mouse who now looked at Megavolt with those expressionless eyes. Even Liquidator chuckled by the blunt statement only Quackerjack looked more and more angry.
"You must excuse me if I am being crude, but you are technically mutants are you not?" She then asked looking at Megavolt then Liquidator and back to Megavolt.
"Isn't it obvious?" Liquidator asked just a little amused.
"I suppose it's kind of different with me." Megavolt hesitated. "I mean, mutation is when the genes are altered I just.." he stopped himself. "But kind of yeah. My name is..."
"Megavolt." The white mouse stopped him. "I know, able to channel even store massive amounts of electricity, pure energy in the body, it is not known how much however. The Liquidator." Her eyes shifted to Liquidator. "Mutant; cells broken down to liquid form able to fuse with and thus controlling larger amounts of H2O and Quackerjack." Her eyes shifted to Quackerjack who had stopped looking angry for a moment and now looked kind of curious at her. "Physically normal, mentally shows signs of schizophrenia."
And that made Quackerjack freeze then turned angry, the dangerous silent kind of angry, the angry when you are serious. "What did you just say?" he asked in that dangerous tone.
"Miss, don't insult us like that." Megavolt now stated crossing his arms, now also looking angry with her, the line had be crossed with that last statement. "We indulged you long enough, please leave." He stated firmly.
"I apologies if I offended, I merely repeat what any observer or detective would find out." The white mouse responded as her un-emotional eyes now looked at Quackerjack. "The signs of Schizophrenia just happens to be disorganized behavior such as dressing or behaving inappropriately, catatonic behavior such as being random and what other may call unpredictable, most alarming sign how-ever is having delusions of any kind." She told in that never changing voice of her, never judging, never raising, never lowering, never becoming in any way better knowing, cocky or threatening, just merely stating facts as were she a computer reading out loud from Wikipedia. "How-ever, I could of cause be wrong, I just met you Mr. Quackerjack, only if you continuously hear a voice, or maybe more than one voice having a continues conversation in your head, that would be the time to re-consider." She stated.
Quackerjack was loosing what-ever color he had had of his face, before his jaw tightened and his eyes turned harder, the only one who didn't seem to notice this being the young woman as her face remained as glacial.
And then she spoke again, in a voice that neither seemed to have figured Quackerjacks annoyance. "It is quite all right though, it is what allows you to be brilliant, I have sociopathic tendencies myself." She told shortly. Before lightly bowing her head at the three. "I wont take up more of your time, I appreciate having been able to meet you and do indeed dread having brought you any kind of distress." She said and then walked away, still without looking the least bit touched about what had happened, not mocking, not happy, not embarrassed, not anything, suddenly she was just gone without comment.
And the three heroes, they were just stunned not knowing what to say. "Quacky you don't have to listen to her." Liquidator then said.
"You bet I don't!" Quackerjack stated sourly with crossed arms. "Who does she think she is? Never, Never have I met any one that arrogant! I don't like her at all!" he stated sourly. "She's an even bigger stiff than you Megs!" he stated looking at Megavolt.
Megavolt how-ever clearly wasn't listening, his eyes were looking after the white mouse now looking incredible confused and puzzled. It looked like he was asking himself about a million things on the same time but had trouble coming up with just one answer.
"Megs?" Quackerjack asked annoyed. "Snap out of it!" he demanded.
Which finally made Megavolt blink. "She was out of line." He told Quackerjack a little firmly. "Don't put to much thought into it, her we probably wont be bothered with again." He said looking back at the heady heaps of snow biting together.
Thus far it had been three facilities which had been attacked, and they all had some-thing very obvious in common. They were owned by the same guy.
A David Hartnell, a big gun in the industrial and financial world having managed to earn quite well on all his research centers and factories. And a man so rich and powerful, it would only make sense if he had enemies, if some-one did all of it to sabotage him for some reason.
Quackerjack having a deep dislike for such buildings and arrangements had predictable enough left Megavolt and Liquidator on the half way over there, which honestly suited Megavolt fine, it was one less thing to deal with at that moment in time as he sat in front of Hartnell himself.
Hartnell was an impressive figure, a tall lean gray cat wearing a very smart suit and tie, fitting his status as CEO for such a big company, his facial expressions were slick yet in control and demanding as his green cat eyes observed Megavolt while answering questions.
"So is there any-one in recent time whom would have a specific reason to sabotage you?" Megavolt asked. "Any-one at all?" he asked.
"I am an important man." Hartnell spoke as he folded his hands. "There's people I haven't even meet nor heard off out to get me for reasons I don't know. Our world is a little messed up that way." He shook his head in a slight smile.
"Mr. Hartnell, that isn't exactly helping. And we are only trying to help you." Megavolt frowned looking up from his book which he wrote notes in. "Any-thing would do, just so we have a clue to go from, even if it's a dead end."
"But it's all I got." Hartnell shook his head rising up as he wandered towards the window. "Look at this city, out there." He glanced at the building in front of his own nice one. "Sad isn't it?" he asked. "All I want is to see the city grow, all I want is to help. They are about to hand me a price for being the humanitarian of the year you know."
Megavolt exhaled deeply. "yeah, read it in the paper." He nodded. "Congratulations I suppose."
"You're sure there isn't anything?" Liquidator asked.
"I can't help if a poor soul out there has decided to go through such a petty revenge plot." Hartnell shook his head. "What do I know."
"Petty revenge plot?" Megavolt asked. "Now look, there's some-thing more behind this. To cover and spoil your buildings in ice, some-thing is going through an awful lot of trouble for this. People are even talking about some sort of ice-monster." He stated.
Hartnell merely shrugged. "Talk is all that is, if you'll excuse me I am a busy man." He waved them off. "And I am all ready late for my meeting."
"Thank you for your time." Liquidator managed to cut Megavolt off before the rat went into a rant. "Trust me." Liquidator whispered as Megavolt was clearly about to object. "He is a business man who just closed the deal." He stated.
"Hope you will find some-thing out." Hartnell waved the two out of the door.
"Fat lot of good that did." Megavolt snorted as him and Liquidator was outside of the door. "All though." He rubbed his chin. "Clearly he was not being honest."
Liquidator sighed before he could stop himself.
"What?" Megavolt asked slightly annoyed.
"You believe every-one is out to get you while doing criminal things in secret!" Liqudator exclaimed.
"That's because most people are out to get me while doing criminals things in secret." Megavolt snorted back.
Liquidator shook his head. "It's all conspiracy theories, it's not entirely healthy." He made aware. "Beside us, do you trust any-body?"
"No." Megavolt flat out stated. "Not many people are trust-worthy, I think it's better to be on the safe side."
"And that's why you don't have that much of a social life." Liquidator rolled his eyes. "Look. Hartnell is a very important figure and business man, he just didn't want his image to suffer that is what it's all about for such people, he could loose business if any-one gets as a much as a notion that some-thing is up. And you could end up hurting one of the few good people in town." He stated.
"But." Megavolt tried.
"Take my advice and let that one rest." Liquidator stated. "Find another point of view to investigate this case."
Still though, from then on Megavolt kept on looking puzzled, as he had a moment to himself he was lost in a puzzled state, his black diary had gotten a turn out in the air and he was scribbling fast in it, as if he hoped that writing down his thoughts would help him find some answers.
Instead of meeting up with his friends Megavolt had gone home to his own light house so he could in solitude look at the list Bulba had given him, writing down notes, fitting the pieces together.
Without knowing why, as the city had started to darken, in fact it was the middle of the night and as dark as it would ever be here in the mid summer. Megavolt took a walk down the street, back to the robbed research centre, the snow had long since melted and the police cars retrieved, so now it was just a muddy field around it, looking very sad and brown.
Megavolt frowned looking at the scene as he drew a hand to his mouth looking very thoughtful then cleared his throat as he turned around intending to go back to catch some sleep only to halt, not that far from him, also looking at the crime scene, stood a certain white mouse looking out at the broken building and its muddy surroundings with un-emotional blue eyes.
Megavolt blinked then frowned slowly taking a couple of steps towards her before he silently addressed her. "Miss." He greeted.
Not being startled not anything she slowly turned around and met Megavolt. "Sir." She replied in that detached voice of hers. "Back to see if you missed some clues?" she asked, she didn't sound that interested.. but neither did she sound disinterested, as her voice was as devoid of emotions as her face it was hard to tell what she meant.
Megavolt blinked, then shook his head deciding just to answer, if not for any-thing else, then to be polite. "No, more. Just trying to clear my mind." Megavolt hesitated. "You?" he asked.
"I suppose the same thing." The young woman answered. "May I ask what is on your mind?" she then asked.
Megavolt halted, then he looked embarrassed. "Oh you know." He then said in a much more restrained tone. "This thing. Why any-one who all ready have the powers to do some-thing like this, freeze up and entire building, would go such lengths to build another freeze ray."
This was probably the first time an emotion crossed the white mouse eyes, for a minor second she looked surprised as she blinked one time. "What makes you say that?" she then at last asked.
"That's what the thief wants to build." Megavolt told in a rather self satisfied smile feeling perhaps a bit more proud than he should over being able to surprise this glacial creature of a woman. "Separately the parts are nothing worth, but piecing them together you could make a pretty big freeze ray." And he was even more satisfied as he was able to get a second emotion out of the white mouse, for a second she looked stunned.
"And you can tell that from an incomplete list of parts?" She asked her voice for the first time having emotion, and it was also slightly stunned.
Megavolt couldn't help it, he grinned, so she wasn't such a cold shell after all, or perhaps he was just that amazing a detective! He was the one awesome enough to stun even this cold fish! "I'm afraid you are having me at an miss advantage miss?" he asked of her.
The mouse had returned to her former expressionless face as she spoke. "You can call me Sylvia." She then said. "Sylvia white."
"Sylvia." Megavolt tasted. "I have to admit, you kind of puzzle me." He stated.
"How so?" Sylvia asked.
"I don't know who you are." Megavolt told very simply in a sigh. "What you are doing here and.. I can't read you. What were you doing earlier? What did you try to say? And what are you doing here? It's the middle of the night."
"Well mr. Megavolt." Sylvia responded. "I do know who you are and what you do, you are here to look at the crime scene." She listed the fact, without ever raising that voice of hers. "Yet you puzzle me as well."
"Please, no need to call me Mr. Megavolt, I think you would be the only one who ever done that." Megavolt told. "It's just Megavolt."
"Is it really?" Sylvia asked one of her eye-brows slightly lifting. "Is there really parents on this earth who would name their child Megavolt out of all things?"
Megavolt blushed embarrassed by the frank keen observation, which seemed to be her thing, just stating what was without holding back or apologizing, the woman didn't seem to own social grace. "No of cause not." He fidgeted. "But you know, there just are certain rules."
"I don't really like calling you Megavolt." Sylvia told in her even emotionless tone. "It's to obviously an alias, would it bother you to much if I called you some-thing else?" she asked.
"Like what?" Megavolt blinked.
"How about Basil?" Sylvia asked.
"Basil?" Megavolt asked confused. "Why Basil?"
"I always rather liked the Basil Mouse books, and you are a real life detective are you not? Up until this moment I should have thought only a fictional detective would piece together the clues you just did." Sylvia asked without moving a face muscle. "Would it be a problem?"
"Are you kidding!?" Megavolt exclaimed almost to gladly. "I adored those books when I was a kid! I had all of them! And the old movies. The detective and his doctor Dawson always out on adventures! Basil mouse was one of my.." Megavolt halted and stopped his own enthusiastic speech, trying to re-gain just a little dignity, recover from his childish slip and returned to a more serious tone. "I mean.. erh, it would be an honor." He blushed deeply his eyes averting to the pavement.
Slightly Sylvia crooked an eye-brow. "You really do puzzle me Basil." She then told.
"Your turn to explain." Megavolt demanded daring to look up at her again.
"No one is this good." Sylvia told in that even tone of hers, never rising never slowing down. Just stating facts. "Especially not in this city, no one is this self sacrificing and unselfish, there must be more, but I can't see it or expose it. Clearly you are a genius but have yet to use it, you so easily could, you have this massive power and a mind to match, you could take what-ever you wanted." She tilted her head her eyes looking puzzled at Megavolt in a slight annoyed frown. "And yet you don't. Curious."
"Oh, I am not that nice don't worry." Megavolt told leaning against the fence in a much more relaxed manner as he spoke to Sylvia. "You should meet Bushroot, now there's some-one impossible nice to the core! Me, I'm just.. trying to do the right thing." He finished a bit unsure. "I'm sure you're a very nice person to, and well, obviously you are smart to so there you go."
"Incorrect on two accounts." Sylvia told her eyes blue as ice gletchers looked into Megavolts yet still they didn't give away any emotions. "You do not know me, I am not a very nice person, maybe I was ones but it has been a while, but you are, and a little naïve to."
Megavolt gaped. "Naïve?" he asked straightening up. "No way! I am the cynical one! The one with all the conspiracy theories trusting no one! They all even say so! Likky and Quacky and…"
"I'm glad you are naïve." Sylvia then told, almost interrupted him in her even voice that never rose. "The world needs more people like that, I barely thought there was any-one left."
For the first time in a long time, the lanky rat felt unsure and embarrassed, he didn't quite know what to say to the white mouse in front of him or what to make of her even, equally her eyes looked as puzzled on him, as if she didn't quite know what to make of him either.
"Erh.. I should probably go." Megavolt hesitated. "In fact I shouldn't really be talking to you."
"Why?" Sylvia asked, there was no accusation in her turn of voice, no scorn, just that even emotionless tone asking a question.
"Well urh.. you see.." Megavolt hesitated.
"Your friends do not really like me." Sylvia stated simply. "It is quite all right Basil, I do not really care whether people like me or not, I do not care much for anything."
"No Sylvia that's not." Megavolt stated at ones and the fidgeted nervously. "I'm just busy you see, I have work to do, if I were less busy we could hang out! I promise!"
"You are saying you want to hang out with me?" Sylvia asked slightly lifting an eye-brow.
"Erh.. no." Megavolt bit his lip. "Yes." He then admitted. "No." he then said changing his mind.
"I will be here again tomorrow evening." Sylvia told. "Maybe I will see you then Basil." She told in her emotionless tone turning away slowly walking down the sight walk. "You do not need to worry if you decide not to show up though, for me it does not matter. I don't really care if people like me or not" was her last words as she walked down the street, not very slowly but not quick either, just walked, then she turned a corner and she was gone.
Megavolt refrained from telling his friends from his strange encounter with Sylvia, even though his mind seemed like it wouldn't leave her.
Who was she? What had se been doing there? He had tried to analyze their conversation, trying to figure out what she wanted, but still had found no answers.
So focused had he un-intentionally been on Sylvia that he seemed unfocused on other matters.
Like… watching out for any break out in the building the entire friendly four was hiding in.
"Megavolt!" Quackerjack yelled.
"What?" Megavolt blinked.
"You were out again." Quackerjack stated annoyed. "Where do you go?" he asked lightly knocking megavolt on the forehead.
"He probably worked all night away again, you know how he is." Liquidator rolled his eyes. "he's just tired, Right?"
"Sure." Megavolt dully responded.
Bushroot sighed. "You're sure some-thing will happen here?" he asked.
"Huh, oh yeah.. well, I'm mostly sure." Megavolt swallowed a little embarrassed. "There's two of Hartnells facilities left not yet robbed, this is one of them. Now I believe our fiend is going to rob both of them, but considering what he needs to get further in building his ray, this is the place the fiend would need to rob first."
"So you are counting on just capture the villain here in the middle of the action?" Bushroot asked with lifted eye-brows.
"Pretty much yeah." Megavolt nodded.
"Awesome!" Quackerjack grinned. "But erh…" he hesitated.
"What?" Megavolt asked.
"They said it was a big ice-monster." Quackerjack hesitated. "You think we can take it?"
Megavolt snorted as he rolled his eyes. "Ice-monster, bah!" he stated. "Probably some clever machinery, some illusions. We can take them for sure!" he stated.
"Erh Megavolt.." Bushroot hesitated.
"What?" Megavolt asked turning to Bushroot, only to discover the doctor had wrapped his arms around himself and was now lightly shaking. "Is it just me or is it colder in here?"
"It's not you." Liquidator whispered holding up his watery hands. "I'm erh…" he hesitated. "Freezing." And true enough, his hand seemed to move a little more stiffly, a little more difficult.
"Likky." Megavolt breathed only to discover damp was now escaping his mouth.
Quackerjacks teethes was clappering as the he shook. "I think." He shook. "That maybe." He breathed so damp escaped his beak. "Ice-monster weren't so far fetched after all."
And as on demand a big crash sounded right in front of them through the world, Megavolt had to gape as a chilling went down his spine. It was.. a huge monster.. made out of Ice.
Really it was huge, it looked like a cross between a dinosaur, a rat, a dog and a lizard.. perhaps it looked like a dragon, with huge claws made of ice, large ice teethes.. only thing not ice seeming to be the eyes made out of cold white light.
"Megsy!" Quackerjacks voice sounded.
"I know, I see it." Megavolt hissed.
"No you don't understand, Likky has completely frozen to ice." Quackerjack told.
Megavolt looked beside him, and true enough, Liquidator was frozen solid in his position. "He'll be fine." Megavolt swallowed. "He's made out of water, we'll just warm him up and he'll be fine, right now." His eyes turned to the monster which very purposely stomped through the room. "We have a monster to fight!" and he stood up in full view and zapped the monster with all of its might.
The big thing let out a roar, and it send chilling downs Megavolts spin as he was almost frown back by the power of the roar.
"OH YEAH!" Quackerjack yelled jumping up. "TAKE THAT!" he triumphed sending a handful of exploding marble at the monster whom roared in anger, only to wipe Quackerjack away as was he nothing.
"Quacky!" Megavolt yelled, but returned to the monster.. Quackerjacks marble balls had done nothing. And Megavolt could only do one thing, he turned up the heat, and the monster roared as it sizzled and melted, Megavolt smiled, so he was able to hurt the beast! His powers were the best weapon against this certain beast, and the electric in him ensured he wouldn't freeze.
The monster roared as it stumbled back, declining in seize, then it roared and from it's mouth came an ice-beam, Megavolt didn't see where it hit, he was to busy winning this match, hurting the monster with several zaps, he could run around in circles, hitting it from beneath, each zap really did hurt the monster and really did help his cause. "YES!" Megavolt yelled as he zapped the monster over and over, and the thing did stumble, it seemed to melt and it seemed to be in pain, almost there, he could take it! He could take it.
"MEGS!"
Annoyed Megavolt turned around, and halted.. it was Quackerjack, and he could barely move, he shook as a leaf and his bill was literately blue from cold, Bushroot couldn't move at all. Plants and ice.. not a good combination. "Help." Quackerjack asked looking down at the massive heaps of ice that had frozen him to the ground, and kept him from moving.
Megavolt looked himself over the shoulder at the monster.. which was on its way out.. if he shoot now he could still capture it still.. and then he bit together as he hissed. "FINE!" Megavolt stated and turned away from the monster to heat the ice-block around Quakcerjack up.. and as Megavolt was done and could turn around again.. the ice-monster was gone.. only leaving a lot of snow and ice behind.. gone as magically as it had appeared.
Megavolt sighed deeply and inwardly. "Come on pall." He said to Quackerjack and lifted the jesters arm around his shoulder. "Lets get you out of here."
"What about Bushy and Likky?" Quackerjack asked.
"I'll get them as soon as you are outside where it's warm." Megavolt told. "They'll be fine, I promise."
"You saw that ice-monster?" Quackerjack asked.
"Was a bit hard to miss." Megavolt rolled his eyes.
"Where did it come from? Is it coming back?"
"I don't know where it came from and.." Megavolt hesitated. "I don't think it'll be coming back tonight, I think I managed to hurt it just enough for it to need to re-cooperate. It should be us quite some time."
Megavolt sighed deeply as he stood back at that place, the crime-scene he had first investigated, ones again it was the middle of the night, he didn't even know what he was doing there, all his better reasoning told him that nothing could ever come out of meeting up with Sylvia again! He didn't know her! He didn't know a thing about her, and even if they were to some-how become friends, Megavolt didn't want to put more people in danger. The friendly four were different, they could all defend themselves, but a civilian? He shouldn't become socially acquainted with any civilian!
What more was, it wasn't even certain she would come.
Megavolt couldn't deny it, his heart had sunk deeply as he had met up at the place, and Sylvia wasn't there, his better half had told him it was good and he should go, but yet he had stayed.
Being incredible wired because of it all, Megavolt couldn't stand still though, he kept walking back and ford, back and ford, mumbling angry words to himself, hissing, almost swearing feeling so annoyed by his own irrational behavior, until at last. Megavolt heard light food steps, he stopped up and listened intensely, the food steps light and easy coming closer and closer, biting his lip in annoyance Megavolt finally turned around. "SYLVIA!" he exclaimed shocked by the sight.
Indeed it was Sylvia, but she looked a mess, as before hand not a thing had been out of place, her clothe snow hung weirdly around her, and was all messed up. Her beforehand correct always straight positioned was gone, she now hunched over and had her arms wrapped around herself as were she freezing, which would fit with how blue her lips and nose looked, her teethes were clappering as her hair fell over her face, and she looked up at Megavolt with those blue eyes of hers.
"Sylvia are you all right?" Megavolt asked at ones hurrying to her side, without much thought grabbing her shoulders desperately trying to get some warmth into them. "What happened?" he asked.
"Nothing Basil." Sylvia assured in a emotionless tone.
"What do you mean nothing, the weather is very hot and nice, and you are cold as ice!" Megavolt stated as he had felt her hand, which indeed did feel like a deep-freezer, continuing his affords before he halted. "Ice." He whispered. "You don't have anything to do with…" he looked down at her.
"I can not tell." Sylvia responded looking up at Megavolt.
"Why?" Megavolt asked.
"I would most likely be hurt." Sylvia responded without any expressions on her face.
"By whom?" Megavolt asked at ones. "Sylvia, are you in trouble?" he asked sincerely looking at her. "Because if you are, I can protect you. That's what I am here for!"
Sylvia hesitated slightly then looked up at Megavolt. "I am in trouble Basil, in deep trouble." She then admitted. "But even though I know you mean it well, you cannot safe me, it is far to late for that. To many people wants me away."
"What do you mean?" Megavolt frowned. "Who?" he asked.
"Hartnell, for one." Sylvia told. "If he even knew I was alive, I would be dead very quickly."
Megavolt swallowed. "Sylvia I swear, I wont let that happen." He told. "Do you.." he hesitated. "Do you have any-where to go? Some-where safe?"
"I'll make do." Sylvia shrugged. "I'll stay awake in the night and move location where I sleep in the day, that way it is easy to stay hidden."
"You sleep on the street?" Megavolt asked as he blinked.
Sylvia shrugged. "The weather is nice, to sleep on a grass field can be very soothing."
Defeated Megavolt looked at Sylvia. "I know where you can hide, without any-one asking questions." He then said.
"It is fine." Sylvia told. "Your friends don't like me to much, it is not worth the trouble."
Megavolt sighed. "I have my own place." He informed. "My team wont have to know, you can stay there for as long as you like, no one will find you there, it's my own hideout." He told. "Come this way." He gently took Sylvias hand. "And don't say one more time it's not worth the trouble, I am here to protect people it's what I do." He stated.
Sylvia didn't say any-more but just followed without moving a face muscle.
Gently Megavolt led Sylvia to his own light house, taking her hand he lead her through the door and up the stairs.
Through all of that time, Sylvia never stopped shaking, and her hand didn't seem to get any warmer, but remained just as cold as Megavolt opened the door to his home, only to blush embraced. "Erh.. I didn't really exspect company." He swallowed. "Sorry about.. the mess."
Sylvias eyes looked around, at all the paper work all of the gizmos spread across the place, she didn't seem annoyed at all, not even amused, just exhausted, and then she fell over.
"Wow! Careful!" Megavolt exclaimed as he just managed to grab her. "Okay I got you! And in here is my bed." He told kicking a door to the side.
"Where will you sleep?" Sylvia managed to ask, it looked like the words barely came over her lips.
"The couch. It's no trouble." Megavolt told as he laid Sylvia down in the bed, and spread the blankets over her. "Try and get some warmth." He asked. "And get some rest, tomorrow you can tell me what is wrong.. if you feel like you can."
Sylvia didn't respond, her eyes were closed, it seemed like she had all-ready fallen a sleep.
