Chapter 3. Meet and Greet
He watched as the girl looked around trying to find him before her father came rushing into the alley they talked for a bit before leaving but for some reason he felt the urge to follow and following his instincts he did climbing and twisting as he crawled as best he could on the rooftops following the two till they reached a hotel and walked in and quickly he jumped down into a nearby alley and frowned now how would he follow them then sensing someone he quickly hid
"Ah piece of crap a knew I should have switched" a teen stated walking out the back of the hotel and chunking something that shattered against the wall in the teens anger before he left heading back inside and stalking forward he looked down at the scattered pieces and smiled as he collected them
With Hermione
Hermione rushed into her room groaning as her father shook his head following her
"I'm sorry I ran ahead Dad but you should of seen it, it looked like a kid" Hermione stated but her dad was already shaking his head
"Hermione no kid could make those grooves in the concrete something weird is going on here" Frank stated walking over to a bed while his daughter walked back and forth trying to figure out this puzzle which caused Frank to smirk for a moment before he went back to frown
"Huh we might have to call up Adam and the rest of my buddies to see if they can come down and take a look" Frank stated but instantly Hermione was shaking her head
"They would scare it more than it already was tonight" Hermione stated and Frank had to nod at that from what Hermione told him
"Huh we'll just have to see tomorrow I should at least call them and see if they can be ready just in Case" Frank stated before standing up and grabbed Hermione before she could tear a hole through the wooden floor
"Well there's no use worrying about it today we'll check it out again tomorrow after my phone call" Frank stated carrying his daughter over to her bed and laying her down under the covers as Hermione yawned
"Goodnight" Hermione stated closing her eyes as her father kissed her on the head before he walked towards his laptop case and quickly pulled it open only to pause as he noticed the screen was on
"Huh darn must've left the power on oh well doesn't look like the battery drained too much" Frank stated as he started his email message to his old army buddies not noticing that the camera's light was on or the fact that instead of red the light was a bright green as downstairs in a alleyway He lay quiet as a mouse some of the remains of what once would have been a WiFi adaptor laying in scraps beside him as he watched and listened to the family he had met and looking through the camera his mind wondered about their words
"They would scare it more than it already was tonight"
She had been worried about him, she actually cared about what he felt and slowly the last remnants of humanity he had left lifted up out of the cloak showing his small pale arm as he reached up to his face and wiped away a tear from his working eye as he looked up
"Hrrk click goodnight click" Harry said using his recording of the girls voice to speak as slowly he closed his eye and fell into a unrestful sleep
~The next day~
As soon as Frank had gotten up he had instantly checked that everything in the room was fine before he grabbed his phone and went outside locking the door behind him as he went to go get breakfast for himself and Hermione who still lay asleep and after a bit the camera on Franks laptop activated as a green glow retook it and after even longer the light vanished as the laptop shut off then slowly what could only be considered a claw slipped in between the window panels before it popped off the lock and lifted the window before the dark figure crawled in which should have been impossible seeing as the room was on the third floor but that didn't stop him as he crawled into the room before standing and walking forward over to where Hermione lay sound asleep and slowly He reached out with his right hand before quickly snatching it back as the mangled shadow appeared on her causing her to shift in her sleep then being mindful He reached out with his left hand slowly reaching forward only to freeze as the girl sensing someone near her opened her eyes that quickly widened as she stared into the green eyes of the kid from last night once more and instantly her mouth opened to scream and with a snap His hand was covering her mouth
"Click no click scare click no click worry" He repeated using her and her father's voices from last night causing her eyes to widen even more and slowly seeing as she seemed to have stopped screaming He removed his hand and backed up away from her as she quickly sat up staring at him looking him over with the new light and slowly her worried and scared face slowly fell into one of sadness and surprise as she stared at the torn and stitched cloak he wore it was a dark brown stained blanket with green spots covering it but what got her attention was the only two point she could see of the kid who she could now tell was a boy as she observed his pale arm and hand that went back into the cloak hiding the rest of his body before she turned to the boys face that was just as pale with one side looking almost completely unscathed with the most beautiful emerald green eye she had ever seen only for him to be completely scarred on the other side of his face the veins sticking out around his right eye that was glowing a ethereal green that seemed to leak into his veins making that side of his face glow a sickly green as the damaged veins crisscrossed and traveled down his face and neck only to be hidden by his cloak once more
"Who are you" Hermione asked and she watched as the boy tilted his head before shaking it looking around
"Can you not talk" Hermione asked slowly getting out of bed as he shook his head before he lifted it showing pale scar's criss crossing his throat
"Oh well my name's Hermione" Hermione stated inching closer to the boy who instantly backed up away from her but didn't stop staring at her
"Click Hermione Click" he repeated using her own voice causing Hermione's eyes to widen before they narrowed as she realized the sound had came from his cloak and that his mouth hadn't moved and even slower she walked forward making the boy walk backwards again but as he did the wind from the open window blew in and moved his cloak causing it to flutter and for Hermione to see a glint of metal hidden underneath as a gasp escaped her mouth
"What happened to you" Hermione asked her voice shaking in fear as she walked forward causing the boy to once more move back only for him to slam into a wall and find himself almost nose to nose with Hermione
"Hey Hermione good news uncle Adam and the team are on vacation nearby and will stop by sometime today" Frank stated as he walked in only to freeze as he saw what was going on inside the room causing both children to turn and stare at him and with a slam the door closed behind him causing a almost deafening noise in the silence and in surprise, fear every emotion known Harry launched himself away from the noise causing his cloak to fall away and as it did Harry stood from his crouched position showing that he was far taller then he should have been and as metal glinted and springs launched themselves away Frank and Hermione couldn't believe what they were seeing Especially when the graceful motion ended abruptly when Harry's claws got tangled in some wires on the ground and he just slammed into the ground his right arm piercing into the floor and getting stuck and instantly Frank was grabbing his daughter and pulling her away as the boy thrashed trying to escape and as he did the pair studied him as Hermione noticed before the kid had green veins growing from his right eye and down his neck before it crossed what remained of his chest because to be truthfully the only human features was his chest from his right shoulder joint down to his left waist was skin before going up to his head and left arm but it was his right shoulder down that was inhuman it was complete metal his right arm was larger than his left and was completely metal and ended with a three clawed hand that seemed to rotate in its socket as he tried to pull the blades out of the floorboard but the largest feature was his legs that were completely metal and went down from his waist before they bended backwards with what looked like springs inside the legs causing them to appear to shrink and expand as he tried to launch himself out of the cables that were tied around his three clawed feet which had two blades on the front and one going back and as he tried to escape a screech came from his chest where what remained of a tape recorder laid infused into his chest then pulling out of her father's arms Hermione rushed forward towards the boy, the monster
"It's okay it's okay we're not going to hurt you" Hermione yelled/whispered and instantly the boy stopped alongside Frank and Frank stared horrified at the fear and pain cursing through that young boys face at what he had become
And here's the meeting between Hermione and Harry and our first glimpse of what Dr. Victor had done to him and yep Harry is now a unwilling mechanical killing machine and currently I have a rough draft drawing of what he looks like which I will post as this story's cover image although I will try to make a better version in the future
