CHAPTER 2: INTERROGATION WITH CHIKA

It took everything I had in order not to black out at that exact moment. My breathing started slowing down. I looked down as my vision became a little blurry. I wasn't sure if this was effects of Chika telling me I was the CPU candidate of Leanbox. Maybe this was just the after shock from the taser I had received earlier. Or maybe there was really something in that ice cream I ate.

All joking aside though, I really just couldn't believe what I have just heard.

"CPU...Candidate...Me?" I barely whispered.

This couldn't be real. I was hoping that any second Chika would just yell "IT'S JUST A PRANK BRO! THE CAMERA IS RIGHT THERE" She would say as she points to a random corner of the room. A light would shine where my family was and they would be laughing their stomachs out.

...

But it never happened.

"T-t-this isn't a j-j-joke, is it?" I stuttered.

"I'm afraid it's not a joke, Trigger. This is what I was told by the small group of soldiers that saw you." She explained.

That's right. I was tased by the soldiers after I turned around. That really did hurt. But it also begs the question of...

"Why was I harshly tased and not simply arrested? I mean it was a little much for just an ordinary citizen. And how do you know my name?" I try to explain.

"I heard from the soldiers that at the time you were most definitely not an ordinary citizen. I wasn't there at the time, so I don't know if any of this is true, but from what I heard you unmistakably looked like a CPU. It sounds believable, since you were found by the fallen sharicite." She explained once more. "The soldiers that saw you are all having their sanity tested by therapist as we speak. So is your sister."

Holy crap! Did I really scare everyone that bad? Wait... sharicite?

"Sharicite... Just what is this sharicite everyone keeps talking about?" I ask.

"Now hang on there buster, you've asked enough questions. This is supposed to be an interrogation where I ask you questions. Not the other way around." She said irritated.

"Wait I have one more question! Is my fam-"

"Besides your sister, your family is fine. Leanbox SMD is talking to your parents right now." She sighed. " Now, during the dragon attack, is it true that you and your sister ran into the basilicom?" She harshly asked as she shined the bright lamp directly into my face.

"Yes, that is true, but-"

"Did you and your sister run into the sharicite room despite multiple warnings not to do so?" She harshly asked once more.

"We didn't receive any warnings, ma'am. We were just trying our best to get deeper inside the basilicom for safety." I answer.

Chika sighs and put her hands on her temple and starts rubbing it. I can't exactly blame her for being like this. She's going through so much. Everyone knows she loves Vert, so when Vert went away, she immediately got very stressed. But adding this incident on top of her stress, I'm surprised she hasn't completely lost it yet. I feel a lot of pity for this women, so I'm going to try to comply with her as much as I can.

"Final question: Did you knock over the sharicite on purpose or on accident? " She sharply asked.

"When we were down there, The explosions above ground caused the crystal or sharicite or whatever you call it to fall on top of me. When it fell on top of me, the shar-"

"The sharicite started glowing and you experienced a tremendous amount of pain, correct?" She finished for me.

"Yeah, how did you know?" I asked surprised.

"Two reasons. One: That was the last thing your sister told us before she stopped talking and just stared blankly at us. Two: Your high pitched screams is why the soldiers came running to the sharicite room in the first thought there was a dying chipmunk or something." She plainly said.

...I then hung my head down. I thought my screams were pretty manly, but I was sorely mistaken.

"So now that I have talked to you and everyone else who witness the incident, the government and I can now assume that Leanbox now has a candidate." She said disappointed.

No...no... that's just not possible. Just then Chika clapped twice and the lights of the room turned on. After my eyes got used to the surrounding light, I got a good look of the room I was in. On one side there was a huge mirror. I was assuming that was a one way mirror. The other three sides of the room were filled with monitors showing statistics on something but I wasn't sure what.

I also got a good look a Chika. She had a nice combo of green hair and red eyes that came with a purple ribbon tied around her neck. She had big bows that came from her beautiful green hair and had really suggestive cloths on. (That's the shortest skirt I've ever seen in my entire life!)

"Stop looking at me like that you pervert! I swear all you men are just the same..." She said while huffing. She swiftly turned around and walked towards the exit of the room and left. I was left alone for a little bit. Until I heard Chika's voice over an intercom.

"The only thing left is that I need to see and record what you look like in HDD form. Once I see this I will be able to confirm everything. Odds are you don't even know how to transform yet, so I'll have to force run your HDD. Follow my instructions and you'll be fine... Probably." She explained.

"Wait what?! What do you mean prob-" I started

"Shut up and follow my instructions. I'm releasing you from your chair now." She said

The straps that were on my where suddenly loosened. I stood up from my chair and stretched. I accidentally cracked my back. And it hurt. I yelped out in pain. As soon as this happened, I heard Chika chuckling. I'll have to remember she did that and get her back.

"There should be a pad next to you that has a wire that runs into the wall. I need you to put that pad on you right wrist. This will enable me to force run your HDD." She instructed me.

"Wait, whats HDD?" I question as I strap on the pad.

"Don't worry you'll recognize it soon enough." Chika stated. "On the table on your left, there should be your pistols we found you with. Those will most likely transform with you since they're your weapons." She said.

As she stated, the table had the pistols I had built on it. When I picked them up, I felt relaxed. At least there was a couple of familiar things in this room.

"Alright, I'm starting the process. Don't worry, this is only gonna hurt a lot." She said and chuckled about.

Well...she wasn't lying. I felt the same pain had before when the green light first surrounded me. At least this time wasn't that bad. It it was still painful enough to put be on my knees. The pain this time only lasted about ten seconds again. I felt myself growing once more.

When the process was over, I stood up from my knees. I listened for Chika, but she didn't say anything. I couldn't see her, but I can tell she was just as shocked as everyone else from the first time.

"Chika?" I ask. "Are you still there" I ask. I didn't want my only way out of this place fainting on me.

"T-Trigger...I...I just..." She stuttered over the intercom. I then proceed to look in the mirror I saw earlier and gasped. I couldn't believe what I was looking at.

My hair was now green instead of blonde. I was wearing a headset combo that had a microphone going to my mouth along with a green screen that covered one eye. The screen screen was what was giving me the HUD I had saw earlier. I took a closer look at my wings. I once again saw the plasma but this time I notice directly on my back was what seemed to be a mini jet thruster. So thruster would help me accelerate and the wings would help control my flight. At least that's what I guessed. I was wearing black light armor that had both the Leanbox logo glowing green on my chest and other streaks of glowing green lines. My legs also had light armor that also had glowing green lines. But thing that really caught my attention were my pistols. They had been turned into black small handheld assault rifle-like pistols with green lines flowing through them. The pistols had holographic sights on them along with laser knives attached under them for melee combat.

Not gonna lie. I thought I looked pretty cool. But at this point there was no denying it. I was definitely the Leanbox candidate. If the logo on my chest didn't explain it, I don't know what did. I didn't want to be a candidate though. Too much responsibility. Seriously, I'm just an engineer. I don't know how to run a nation.

My head started hurting. The stress started overtaking me. I needed to somehow calm down. If I could just see my family, then I can explain everything to them and relax. But I needed to somehow get out of here. Then I got an idea. A great idea. An awesome idea. A FLIRTY idea.

"Chika..." I call out for here.

"Y-yes I can see your HDD form. It's not as cool as Vert's though. I just finished recording statistics and taking pictures. I'll disable the transformation for you. Once that is done, I'll send the information to the other oracles and have them notify their candidates and-"

"Chika..." I said slowly walking towards the one way mirror. "Can you come out for a moment? Just for a quick moment." I say in the most seductive tone I can muster up. I then hear the sound of her tripping over the intercom. A moment later she comes through the door she left earlier and walks up towards me.

"Y-yes, Trigger? Is there something else you'd like to know?" She ask.

"Nah. You just walked out the room too quickly earlier. I wasn't finished checking you out." I respond with a smirk.

"W-w-what? NO! Somebody like you should not be checking out somebody as pure as me!" She said while slowly backing up.

Perfect. She was walking away from me. That's just what I needed. I slowly walk left and towards her and she backs off to the right. All while I keep throwing cheesey pickup lines at her. We eventually pull a one-eighty and we have fully switched positions. Just when Chika realized what my REAL plan was, I backed out through the door, shut it and locked it. As Chika starts banging on the door, I find the intercom Chika was using to talk to me.

"Payback." I say.

Before she could protest, I turned around and started darting through the basilicom looking for an exit. Fortunately, the transformation broke when I exited the room because the pad ripped off my body when I exceeded the wire's range.

As I was running through the basilicom, I noticed that the basilicom was VERY low on staff today. I wasn't complaining though. All this did was just made my escape easier. Since there only a couple of guards out in front of the basilicom, I exited through a side window and make a break for it back to my house. After about 5 minute of running, I turn the corner to reach my house and….

…..

…..

….oh

Now I know why the basilicom was so understaffed and unguarded at the time.

When I turn the corner, I see military vehicles surrounding my house. And not just a couple cars of trucks. I mean my house was literally surrounded by vehicles like Humvees, LAV's, tanks, and landed helicopters. I then thought what any normal teenage boy would think in a situation like this.

HOW...THE...CRAP...AM...I...GOING...TO...EXPLAIN...THIS...TO...MY...PARENTS!?

HOLY CRAP! I didn't expect this story to blow up so fast! To be honest, I didn't think anybody was going to read it. I'm so happy that you guys love it! Don't you guys worry, the next chapter will have the CANDIDATES in it! I'll also start dropping hints about why there is no male CPUs. Please keep reviewing and reading! You guys are awesome!