Authors Notes: This is the second part to this series. If you haven't read 'Rainbow Machine' first you will be confused
Dane, and Archie belong to Grumpy Zane
Midnight, Inky, and Danny belong to me.
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Iridescent Lullaby
Chapter 11
What goes up
Flames licked the ceiling of the large bank. The helicopter was in pieces. Dane could feel the fire along his arms that protectively held the little girl in his arms. She looked to be about three or four years old.
Dane could hear crying in his audio. It didn't register for a few moments that he was laying on the ground in a mess of flames and glass. He looked down at the little girl who had her hands over her face. Soot and scraps along her body. The blanket she was covered in was steaming hot.
'Dane its hot! Get us out of here...come on!' Zane called into his head. Just how long Zane had been yelling at him was beyond him. The door slammed open on one side. Dane could hear it. He turned over and looked up into the eyes of Danny. No wait...she was older. She looked...heavy duty. Thick black jacket, pants, and even large combat boots on.
"Wheres Danny?" She had her hands stuffed in her pockets. He could tell she had weapons on her.
"Not...here." Dane's words were slurred. His processor felt like he had been stuffed with socks and cotton.
"Yeah...figured that." She snapped her fingers and in walked a large robot.
"Helper...lets give our guest the...bronze treatment." Helper beeped a few times and walked toward the door. Dane tossed over his shoulders. Dane reached out for the little girl.
"K...Kid." she reached up for the woman who leaned down picking her up letting her cuddle up close to her. The kid knew who she was. Dane tried to fight with Helper only to realize that he probably didn't stand a chance against him in his current condition. His vision clouded over and he fell limp against the huge robots back.
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Danny slowly opened her eyes. Her thought at first was she must have been inside the room over the bar. But there wasn't a dream catcher over her. She tried to sit up quickly after she realized she didn't know the place. Her hands were held down by a cold piece of metal. The place looked clean...way to clean. She looked around at the room more. There was a tray with a cloth over it. She was beginning to get scared.
"Oh you're awake?" Who was that? She turned to head to look at a woman with black hair that drifted own her back and ended in a low braid. A bronze hoop hung at the end making her hair look heavy.
"Who are you?"
"Dr. Gaya." She said sitting down on the edge of the bed...or slab. Whatever it was. It was hard as a rock whatever it was.
"And?"
"Oh I thought you moved in scientific circles. I'm a very good friend of your father."
"Dr. Julien. What did you do to him?" Dannys teeth visibly gritted. It even made a squeak noise.
"Oh I thought that your father was Dr. Pierce." Danny's heart nearly stopped. She hadn't seen her father since she was a very young child.
"That man...is an excuse."
"Perhaps...but he's created something for you...would you like to see?"
"Not really…" Danny turned her head away. But her curiousity got the better of her and she turned her head to see a very tiny microchip.
"This is called a neural implant. I'm going to stick it into your brain at the very base of your spine and brain...and another into something else. Doing so will make you connected. You'll be able to feel everything they feel...maybe then...people and nindroids will stop fighting." Danny gasped trying to break free.
"No you can't do that. Forcing people to choose is like trying to play god!"
"Oh thats not the worst part...then Im going to release a virus...everyone will be forced to do as I please." She said holding up a flash drive. "This...is something your father created for me. Although I told him it was for a horrible computer that belonged to a group that was trying to create a weapons system. Nice right." Gaya said putting the flash drive down. She hopped down and sighed.
"Now all we have to do is wait for that dufus to come save you." Dannys heart seemed to sink as she closed her eyes. A slow tear ran down her cheek.
"You're delusional if you believe he'll come save me. I've never been the sort to keep the company of heroes. No one will come for me. I'm not worth sticking around for." Danny jumped feeling a thumb run across her cheek.
"Ah so young and already lost hope. Oh well...at least I can still try out the implant on you." Danny jumped feeling something warm on the side of her head as the side of her head was shaved completely and her head being forcefully pushed to one side and strapped down. She began to struggle.
"Stop...stop! No I d…" A nurse put a clear mask over her face. "Please!" There was no chance of escape as her head began to feel light and she was out.