The Secret of Solex
Chapter 1
Another day, another failed mission.
Dr. K sighed as his latest and greatest creation, Kilobot, gracefully glided into the room and landed before him. Despite the massive power of the new robot, he still could not defeat Cubix. Originally, the old man had assumed that it was the crystallized solex that gave his antagonist such power. Yet, Kulminator too ran on crystallized solex and still he was defeated. What was it that Cubix possessed that his robots lacked? Dr. K didn't know, and was dead set on finding out.
As the old man inserted a large tube into Kilobot's back and began to refuel him, a sudden thought came to mind. Despite the robot's botched initial attempt to copy Cubix's CPU, it hadn't been a total loss. In fact, Kilobot had copied seventy-percent of his data, and although it wasn't enough for him to shape-shift into Cubix, he did possess the young robot's memories and abilties. Dr. K scratched his chin thoughtfully. Perhaps the secret to Cubix's unbelievable power lied within his memories.
"Kilobot," Dr. K ordered. The robot's eyes glowed brightly to indicate awareness. "I'm going to hook you up to my computer. I want you to upload all of Cubix's memories. I'm going to find out what it is that makes Cubix tick!"
"Yes, master," Kilobot answered. The old man hooked another wire from the android's arm to his main computer. Afterwards he scanned through the memories, looking for something…anything that he could deem useful.
A half hour of searching had passed and still he had found nothing. He was almost ready to give up, when suddenly…
"Cubix was once deemed 'the Unfixable robot'?" Dr. K scratched his chin at this. If Cubix was so powerful, what could have broken him so severely that he was labeled "unfixable"? The old man scanned the memories more thoroughly, trying to figure out what could have caused this. He was baffled by his findings.
Cubix had been in the lab with Doctor Nemo when it exploded, and the explosion had knocked him unconscious. When he was found, the scientists tried to repair him, but despite their attempts, his CPU had remained dormant. Eventually they gave up, and donated him to the Botties pit. There he remained…until that kid came along.
Dr. K growled at this. It didn't make any sense. If Cubix could survive the detonation caused by the antix, he could survive a mere lab explosion! The mad scientist had hoped to find a better answer. However, Dr. K couldn't help but notice that Cubix's power level was almost laughable until he had met the boy. Afterwards, his strength had increased dramatically.
"You would have made a good…friend…"
"You can fix Cubix, you know. There's something Cubix needs that only you have."
Perhaps there was more to solex then what met the eye.
Maybe Cubix had found a way to tap into the secret power of solex, and reaching his true potential.
All of the other robots that contained solex had tapped into their true power after experiencing a strong emotion. Their once-dormant powers had activated, transforming even the most timid of robots into dangerous, powerful androids. Yet their strength was wild, unfocused…
A tug pulled at the edges of the old man's lips as he finally realized the secret of Cubix's power! Solex was utilized through the EPU! However, the set back was that the emotion intensifies once that energy is tapped. That was why all of the other robots would lose themselves to rage, the emotion they use to tap into solex's power was anger. Cubix's emotion was love, love for the boy.
Rubbing his hands together, the mad scientist began to wonder…
What if it worked both ways?
If he could somehow twist Cubix's love into something more negative, he could then use the robot to carry out his evil deeds. Hatred was a much more controlled emotion than blind rage, however it would be incredibly difficult to provoke. By nature his antagonist was a gentle robot, and apparently fought only when absolutely necessary. Looking into his memories, Dr. K noticed that until very recently Cubix had rarely spoken. The old man also noticed that the robot had experienced high levels of attachment to the boy, even in the beginning of their friendship. Rarely would he leave the child's side, and whenever he did, Dr. K noticed high levels of anxiety. Cubix was afraid…
Afraid of being alone.
Kilobot's eyes flickered with confusion as his creator pulled his head back and cackled sinisterly. What the young robot didn't know was that his creator finally understood…
Within Cubix's ultimate strength lie his greatest weakness.
Author's Notes: dodges bullets I have three friends who want to crucify me for liking Cubix, and another who threatened to disown me for a day if I wrote this fic. LoL. But I know there just has to be other Cubix fans out there! The poor robot gets no love, and I've had a few ideas brewing for a while, so I figured "Ah why not?" I do hope that I've reached the few Cubix fans that walk the planet. I hope you enjoyed the fic so far.