AN: This is my first fanfiction about the book HIVE, written by Mark Walden.
:D Hope anyone reading enjoys!
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'So your sure this thing will work?' Eighteen-year old Otto Malpense and Dr. Nero stood in front of a huge metallic machine. The question was directed toward Otto, who was rapidly typing in commands on a keypad attached to the front of the machine.
'Yeah.' Otto replied, not taking his eyes of the screen. 'Pike and I went over the programming, and all that's left is to test it.' He pressed the enter button on the keypad, and a computerized female voice rang out: 'Start-up Initiated.' The machine was designed to fix Ms. Leon's 'cat' problem, by the method of body swapping.
'Speaking of Professor Pike, where is he?' asked Nero, looking around uneasily. He still didn't think that this was a good idea, no matter how much Prof. Pike had tried to persuade him. 'Its doubly safe, now that I've got Malpense working with me.' He pleaded over and over until Nero finally caved. He had agreed to let them use the machine, but only after he had come down and seen a test run before they operated on Ms. Leon. And that's why he was here.
'He's in the lab, getting some DNA samples.' Otto replied.
'Are you sure you want to trust him with that?' Otto just laughed, and shrugged his shoulders. They both were silent for a moment, when Nero thought of something vitally important.
'What if no DNA is inputted?' He turned to face Otto. Otto grimaced.
'We haven't found a way to disable that option yet. Basically, in an enclosed area like this room, it randomly swaps the minds of everyone in it. We haven't tested the range outside yet.' Nero hoped they never would. He sighed.
'I have a bad feeling about this...'