"GET BACK HERE!" Logan yelled as he clacked through the halls leading out of his workshop with his new and improved spider limbs, which he had now named the "Tool Spider Module". Giving reference to the plethora of tools and equipment he had added into them, as well as the upgrades and adjustments he had added into it. if he wanted to now he could build the basic robotic infantry troops in the field either from scrap metals and other things, or from the remains of destroyed ones or he could easily repair entire spider tanks with ease.
But still he was human, and like all other humans he was very far from being perfect which was a fact he had come to accept over time especially being born without the use of his legs. Above all else though he was an inventor and an engineer that loved his job just as much as Severus enjoyed his job in the field of biology. So if you were to ask him as an 18 year old inventor prodigy if he thought he would be chasing a grown 23 year old woman out of his workshop because she stole one of his newest project components his answer would be no... if that question had been asked thirty seconds ago.
"Gotta catch me first!" Helga yelled back to him her German accent barely present, as she used a pile of shipping crates to gain ground on him.
Out of all the other members of the inner circle Logan didn't care much for Helga. Sure she was extremely good at blowing things up from the air and flying any flying vehicle that was made, but that did nothing to help the headaches she gave Logan. Sure he was an 18 year old who had an online girlfriend who was also antisocial and a shut in, but even still there was a fine line he would ever cross in his antics.
"GET DOWN HERE!"
Unfortunately that line didn't exist in Helga's mind.
"You havun't caught me yet." Helga said as she turned around to look at him, sticking her tongue out which only made Logan angrier.
"I swear when I get my hands on you." Logan said through gritted teeth as his legs began digging into the walls in order to take him up to Helga's height.
"So vat does vis little doohickey do?" Helga asked fiddling with it as she jumped down off of the crates just as Logan tried to lunge at her, only infuriating him more.
"DON'T MESS WITH IT!" Logan yelled in rage as he jumped down after her, thudding on the ground from the momentum and leaving an indent in the ground.
The device she had taken from him was a new piece of Gen:Lock tech he was experimenting with, it having been reverse engineered from the components found in Chase's Holon and going to be used in the upgraded form. It's purpose was to work similar to his own Tool Spider module and sync with his brainwaves to manipulate a swarm of Nano tech that would be stored in him remotely. The problem was she fact that all of his current testings of the device seemed to lead to it overloading and somehow exploding itself even though it was completely electrical and there wasn't a drop of a flammable substance in it. And considering that he didn't want to get into anymore hot water right now, he didn't want anything connected to him to destroy anymore of the base.
"Ooh what's this button do?" Helga said as she pressed the large red button that had a warning label on it.
The device just started heating up as smoke started emitting from it, and making Logan start freaking out as he knew now that he only had less than a minute to get that thing to a safe area.
"Gut war nicht erwartet, dass.(Well wasn't expectin that.)" Helga said in German as she tossed the thing over her shoulder towards Logan, who thinking quickly grabbed it with one of his spider limbs. "Keep it Log, just tryna mess with ya." Helga said before she began walking away leaving Logan there.
"Thank god she's gone," Logan said his tone still indicating anger, but a lot more tame as he let out a sigh. Unfortunately he was forgetting about the explosive only a few feet away from him in the air. "OH CRAP!" He yelled as he remembered the explosive hazard in his limb hand and started scrambling to find a way to get rid of it. He spotted a trash chute only a few yards away from him and he quickly hurried over to it. "GET DOWN THERE!" He yelled as he opened the chute and tossed the smoking component full force into it, the quickly turning around and clacking away at full speed.
He doubted anyone of importance would be in the blast range near the trash chute, and if a few of the human workers in the Union were in the radius than they wouldn't be missed. After all it was only the higher ups and the inner circle who were important in the Union.
Logan braced himself as he prepared for whatever blast occurred and had his limbs dig into the floor and the walls using its new splitting system which allowed each of his four current limbs to split into two weaker, but still strong limbs. He had been timing the explosion in his head going off of the other tests he had done and if he was correct the explosion should have happened by now.
"Eh?" Logan said unknowingly as nothing happened and there wasn't even a loud sound, let alone a giant explosion. Just when he began to move forward slowly in case he had miscalculated the chute opened and the component was thrown out, no longer smoking and with a few exposed cut wires, and other things moved or missing. "What?"
Then Strazz climbed out of the chute, before dusting off his uniform and looking over at Logan. "オープンベースに爆発物を投げないでください。(Please refrain from throwing explosive devices in the open base.)" Strazz said as he picked up the component and handed it to Logan, who was currently frozen as his mind was having trouble processing everything.
Walking off Strazz left Logan there alone still holding his disarmed Gen:Lock component that would have exploded. "Isn't he supposed to speak Russian?" Logan asked himself as he always remembered hearing Strazz speak Russian whenever they did have to communicate with each other. Sure he knew that Strazz was both Russian and Japanese in decent but he didn't know he could speak Japanese.
Just as Logan regained himself and prepared to head back to his workshop he an announcement was made over the loudspeakers throughout the base. "WILL ALL MEMBERS OF THE ELITE UNION STRIKE SQUAD PLEASE REPORT TO SECTOR ALPHA, OMEGA CORRIDOR!" A robotic female voice declared over the loudspeakers.
"It's gonna be one of those mornings." Logan said annoyed as he began walking towards the requested destination, passing by the trash chute and using two of his 8 limbs now to open the chute and throw the failed component into it.
He then re-merged his limbs into the usual four that were his default setting. He had been hoping to get more work done on the Holon project so he could further their own Gen:Lock program to rival the Vanguard's since the two they had were causing more annoyances for them as each day passed. Which only put more stress on him since he had to accelerate his timetables for his reverse engineering it and upgrading the current Holon they already had with the original Chase's mind in it, as well as the side project that Terminex had given him that no one else was to know about. This meant he was taking a page out of Severus's book and he had been downing coffee for the last two days to work nearly non stop to make progress and had slept earlier today, and had woken up sadly to get back to work. He had not accounted for Helga to be bored and want to annoy him or that she would happen to walk in and take the device he was working on the moment he goes to get snacks from his stash.
Grumbling annoyances under his breath Logan took the quickest route to the meeting place he had been called to, passing by human and robot workers in the base who to their credit got out of his way as he walked past. Finally reaching his destination he overheard conversation from the others who had already arrived.
"Can someone please explain to me why I had to quit what I was doing to come here!" The loud always angry voice of Nigel said as the sound of hands slamming on a surface echoed from inside.
"忍耐は美徳同志です。私たちが呼ばれた理由は無関係です、それは私たちが呼ばれたということが重要です。(Patience is a virtue comrade. Why we were called is irrelevant, it is that we were called that is important.)" Strazz responded calmly still using Japanese in an attempt to calm his fellow member of the inner circle.
"ITS FUCKING BULLSHIT!" Nigel said as more loud thumping was heard. "I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTENSE INTERROGATION!"
"未来について考え、過去から先へ進んでください。(Think about the future and move on from the past.)" Strazz said still keeping his composure.
"Do you say anything that isn't some double meaning virtue?" Logan asked finally entering the room, his limbs digging into the wall leaving small indents as he took his place around the meeting table. Said table being styled after the Round Table of legend with a hologram projector and interaction system in the center, as well as being tied to every other system in the base.
"私が言うことはそれが何であるかです。他の人がそれをどのように本当楽しいかは問題です.(What I say is what it is. How others perceive it is there own problem.)" Strazz said as he looked over at the new arrival in the room. Him having been the first one to arrive since he had known bout the meeting prior to the announcement and already being in the area.
"Well maybe I'm perceiving my fist in yo face right now!" Nigel said as he leaned forward over the table with a fist in the air, and a large scowl on his face.
"Calm my friend," Terminex said as nanobots began emerging from random places and began clumping together to form his body. "We need no inside qualms while we are all gathered together."
Nigel let out a loud audible growl as he leaned back in his overly large chair to accommodate for his large size. "FINE!" Nigel then let out a string of grumble as he crossed his arms.
Terminex gave a nod in his direction before he walked over towards his area at the table which was the head, him not having a chair since he didn't need one. "Where are Helga and Severus?" He asked his voice drawing out on their names with its echo effect. "They are late."
"Apologies commander." Severus said as he appeared behind Logan, who craned his neck behind him to give a look before moving out of the way so he could sit.
"HELLO ev'ry one!" Helga said as she appeared in the room taking her place between Nigel and Terminex, Logan cringing at her arrival since the whole incident earlier was still fresh in his mind.
"私たち全員が存在しているようです。(It appears that all of us are present.)" Strazz said as he looked over at Terminex while he was sitting cross legged in his chair.
"It appears so," Terminex replied as he activated the main terminal system. "Now then since we all are here I believe it is time I addressed the main concern I have been hearing about." Terminex said as a holographic image of the Chase Holon appeared in the center.
"Yeah! You mean the damn Vanguard trash we're keeping!" Nigel said loudly as he looked over at Terminex with a face of anger, which was normal for him since that was part of his persona.
"That would be it Nigel," Terminex answered him as he then typed in a few more commands into the console and several images of the Holon skeletons Logan had built appeared next to the Chase one.
"And these are?" Nigel asked leaning forward in his chair putting it back on all fours.
Terminex gave a small smirk on his face as Logan did the same already knowing what this was about. "These will be our new foot soldiers against the Polity and all they stand for." He said confidently and with a threatening air around him, as he started chuckling causing everyone beside Logan to give him a questioning look.
"Vats zo vunny?" Helga asked her German accent coming out more than she would have liked since she was getting creeped out by Terminex, since whenever he laughed it was usually something bad.
"Yeah! Care to explain why your laughing it up boss!" Nigel continued as his knuckles tightened.
Terminex stopped laughing as he straightened himself up. "Because the good Doctor Weller has made his first move." Terminex said as a few people in the room were taken aback.
"THE BASTARD!" Nigel yelled out slamming his hands down on the table causing the images currently up to flicker for a few seconds before steadying themselves.
"ネズミは群れを呼ぶために下水道を去った。( The rat has left the sewer to call the herd.)" Strazz said with his normal calm tone as he uncrossed his legs and leaned forward.
"I kall virst dibs on blowing up verever he'z staying!" Helga said her German accent once again making itself known as her eyes were full of a fire of wxcitment, and she was just below bouncing out of her seat in excitement.
"It would most likely be the Anvil Vanguard base which we are currently not strong enough to attack head on." Severus said hoping to shoot down her idea of attacking the Anvil without the proper response was her looking at him and then saying.
"Zen I shall burn vit all by myzelf!" Helga said as she rubbed her hands together and a large childlike smile was on her face.
"Please if anything you'll just end up getting blown up before you get close." Logan said as it looked like he was reclining back on his spider limbs and peeling off his overgrown fingernails, having stayed out of the conversation till now.
"Pleaze I kan get clozer then you ever kould." Helga said crossing her arms as she looked at him.
"クモは正しいです、(The arachnid is correct,)" Strazz said as both Helga and Logan turned to look at him. "アンビルに対する攻撃の頭は失敗する運命にあります。忍耐力はそれが秋をもたらすために必要なすべてです。(A head on assault against the Anvil is doomed to fail. Patience is all we require to bring about it's fall.)" Strazz finished as Helga then took a moment to consider what he said before pouting and replying with a "Fine", her German accent hiding itself again.
Nobody said anything for a few seconds after that until Terminex spoke up. "Now that everyone has gotten the gossip out of their system I will continue," He said as the images of the Chase Holon and the other blank skeleton ones were minimized and sent off to the side as a map of the globe appeared. "We have intercepted a transmission from the good doctor and it appears that he is kicking off the recruitment of more Gen:Lock candidates."
This peeked Logan's interest as he then listened more intently, since he knew only certain people could use the Gen:Lock technology and if he could get his hands on possible people that could it would make recreating and improving it so much easier.
"So that means now is the time to act!" Nigel said loudly as he clenched his fist.
"私たちは狂犬病の動物の同志のようには請求できない(We cannot charge in like rabid animals comrade,)" Strazz said as he leaned forward. "発疹や残酷な決断をする前に、しっかりした行動計画が必要です。(We need a solid plan of action before we make any rash and brutish decisions.)
Nigel glared at Strazz as the grinding of his teeth could be heard loudly throughout the room. "What was that about rabid animals and brutish!"
"私が前に述べたように、それは私が言うことではなくあなたがそれをどのように知覚するかです。(As I have stated before it is not what I say but how you perceive it.)" Strazz said as he silently tensed his muscles in preparation for what was most liekly to come.
"That's what I thought," Nigel said as he nodded his head, slowly standing up showing off his massive size at how he dwarfed over everyone in the room. That was before he grabbed his chair and threw it at Strazz who ducked out of the way before attacking back.
Before Nigel could continue he had a knife pressed against his throat Strazz on his back with his other hand in the position to tear out both of his eyes, and his legs chocking his chest. "私は他の人がそれを解釈する方法ほど重要ではないと言うことを前に述べたように、(As I have stated before what I say matters not as much as how others interpret it,)". Strazz said speaking directly into Nigel's ear keeping the knife pressed firmly against the vital areas of his throat. "私は「狂犬病動物のような」というフレーズを使用したときに私の声明であなたを特に言及したことがない方法に注意してください、それは存在しなかった接続を描画することを決めたあなただった、(Note how I never specifically mentioned you in my statement when I used the phrase 'Like rabid animals', It was you who decided to draw the connection which didn't exist,).
"GUTER GOTT!(GOOD GOD!" Helga yelled loudly in German as she was slightly trembling noticing the malice emanating off of Strazz at the current time, something that she was not accustomed to since she was hardly ever at the same place as him whenever this side was shown. "Havun't yu vritend him enough?" She asked her accent showing itself again.
Strazz remained quiet as the room was completely silent, his eyes darting to the various people across the room, as if he was gaging them o their current positions. Helga of course was shaking slightly standing up from her chair trying to get him to stop. Nigel was sweating bullets still with his own knife pressed firmly against his throat but Strazz doubted that he had noticed that fact yet. Logan looked like he couldn't care less right now just mildly leaning back against the limbs he had coming out of his back, but the subtle emotion of amusement couldn't be missed from his smile smirk h was wearing. Severus was completely ignoring the entire ordeal and was instead busy studying the current information being displayed on the terminal about the Holons Logan had been constructing. And Terminex looked... like he was expecting this to happen the entire time and was patiently waiting for it to conclude as he tapped his nanobot foot, and had his arms crossed and his glowing red artificial eyes were narrowed.
Letting out an inaudible sigh Strazz removed himself from behind Nigel and dropped his blade behind him as he walked back over to his seat. "あなたが実際に私をオフにダニときのことを覚えておいてください。(Remember that for when you actually tick me off.)" He said as he used his foot to kick up his chair which had been laying down on the ground after Nigel's had been thrown at it, and turned it around sitting back down. Strazz leaned back in it, the sound of his back cracking as he straightened himself crossing his arms and legs as he intended to get back to what the entire meeting was about.
Helga nearly collapsed back into her chair as the entire seen ended, almost fainting with how much her heart was racing. Logan who was next to her let out a chuckle seeing her in such a state after making him a wreck earlier the day. "What's wrong Helga not used to violence?" Logan asked smarmily as Helga glared at him.
"Ja! Zo vat If I am?" Helga said defensively in her German accented English, puffing her cheeks out. "Bezides, Not zike jou have muk experience yourself!"
"Still have more than you small girl," Logan cracked as he leaned farther back in his air chair. "After all with your height you make Yugi Moto look like goliath Ms. David." He cracked referencing her short stature compared to himself, also referencing one of his favorite Subbed Series whose only redeeming dub Quality was Eric Stuart and Dan Green.
"VWAT!" Helga yelled as she understood exactly what the insult Logan threw at her meant. "I vill hak you now that I Ich bin mindestens drei Feet größer als Yugi Moto, der 6-Inch-Fersen mit einem Wachstumsspurt trägt!(am at least three Feet taller than Yugi Moto, who wears 6-Inch heels with a Growth Spurt added!)" She continued her retort stammering halfway through and entering her German dialect.
Logan chuckled to himself seeing the state he managed to drive Helga into. "Hey Helg," Logan asked getting hr attention again.".
"WHAT!" She asked loudly causing all eyes in the room to look over at them now, including Nigel who was busy covering his throat incase anyone decided to put a knife there again.
Leaning towards her Logan whispered into her ear. "Karma's a bitch!". Before throwing himself back laughing as she nearly burst into flames from the amount of anger running through her body.
"And her I thought it was Nigel whom was the unhinged one of our charade." Severus said as he was still busy looking at the notes being projected.
"And pray tell EXACTLY what you mean by that?" Nigel asked as he leaned in closer to Severus. "Without a knife to my throat this time either."
"I merely implied as our dear friend Strazz might say, that you have a tendency to become unstoppable when in the proper mindset." Severus replied knowing that even though Nigel could get information out of a person to flow like a tsunami normally it was others who had to interpret it, most commonly himself.
Nigel responded with a grunt as he folded his leaned forward and braced his head on one of his hands.
"Are all aggressions and insult tendencies cleared from your systems now?" Terminex asked after a few moments of silence from everyone. "Then please for the remainder of the meeting please keep your mouths shut and hold all questions till the end, thank you," He continued as the images being displayed on the projector changed showing plethora of data and their signal tapping systems. "As of 12 hours ago a heavily encrypted radio message coming from a transport ship to the Anvil base of the vanguard was intercepted," Terminex began as a map of the world popped up with the Vanguard bases location marked on it. "Now while our decrypting unit and programs haven't cracked most of the message we have enough to build the following conclusions," He continued as in front of the other members of the inner circle a list appeared, which filled in as he listed off the conclusions. "One thing is that we say for certain recruitment for Gen:Lock has begun," He said as various points on the map of the world being projected were marked. "The only problem is we only have half of the countries of origin that these recruits are coming from discovered. Now this leaves us with a problem."
"Which would be?" Helga asked confused at where Terminex was going with his speech.
"彼が意味することは、我々は潜在的な新兵の正確な量を特定するために unble されていることであり、我々は唯一の国を知っているように、我々は知っているものを特定することができません。(What he means is that we are unable to pinpoint the exact amount of the potential recruits, nor are we able to pinpoint the ones that we know of as we only know the countries.)" Strazz answered her with his neutral expression as he glanced over at her before turning his head to face Terminex who nodded in affirmation.
"Correct. We are unable to fully tell the exact amount of recruits the dear doctor already has picked out minus the Chase copy and the traitor," Terminex said as he pressed a few buttons on the console causing the world map to break apart leaving only North America, Scotland, and Russia. The final one causing Strazz to raise an eyebrow do to him being of Russian decent and wondering exactly who it was that was compatible there. "From the information gathered from intercepted transmissions the following are confirmed countries housing at least one potential candidate," He continued as he then used his hand to swipe the images of Russia and Scotland away leaving only North America. "However we have identified precisely the potential candidate in North America." Terminex finished as the image of a Caucasian blonde haired, brown eyed man was brought up who was in the vanguard Polity branch, the image having been taken from an agent they had planted.
"And who pray tell is this?" Severus asked as he raised an eyebrow leaning forward to see what he could of the zoomed in photo. "He doesn't look particularly special."
"I believe I asked for all questions to wait till the end and to be submitted in writing." Terminex responded as he pulled up the info they had on the person in everyone's display screens.
Helga regrettably leaned over towards Logan. "Correct me iv I kam wrong, but that vas Villy Vwonka right?" She whispered to him which Logan responded with an eyeroll and a nod.
"Now then this man is named Robert Sinclair and is a specialist in the Vanguard," Terminex said as more images popped up around the main console in front of everyone which showed blurry images mixed in with clear ones depicting Sinclair in various scenarios. "From what we have on him he is decorated for service, and is well know for his creative ways in getting his assignments done."
"Which is what marks him as a possible candidate," Logan said sarcastically since the answer was obvious enough, throwing up jazz hands and saying "Big Shocker!"
"Severus!" Terminex growled annoyed at being constantly interrupted.
"Yes commander?" Severus asked as he straightened himself since he was being addressed.
"I want you to poison Logan's next meal!" Terminex ordered sternly causing Nigel and Helga to snicker and Logan to recoil in shock.
"How potent should the poison be?" Severus asked as he pulled out his notepad and pen preparing to note down wat he had to do.
"SEVERUS!" Logan yelled with slight fear in his voice. "You can't be serious!"
"I leave that detail up to your discretion," Terminex said folding his arms behind his back. "Think of it as a research opportunity. Just no fatalities!"
Severus cracked a smirk as he had already began scribbling down possible chemical formula's that he could use.
"I'm dead aren't I?" Logan asked leaning his head back feeling like he already knw that answer.
"Jawohl(yes)." Helga said smirking enjoying the banter that was happening.
"Fine! I'll just build a-MPPH!" Logan was saying before a small amount of nanobots attached to his mouth blocking it and preventing him from talking, the source of them being Terminex who had a hand extended.
"Now that the chattering animal is quiet it's time for the most important part of this meeting," Terminex said as a few more grunts were heard from Logan as he tried to pry off the Nanobots that had cemented themselves over his mouth. "This is a agent of ours named Victor Ray, as of right now he is undergoing training and drills on everything related to Sinclair," He continued as another image popped up in front of Strazz and not the others. "However due to the fact that Sinclair is still out their and our spy's cannot get to him yet," Then Terminex's blank features morphed into a sinister expression as his head craned itself like it was unhinged to look at Strazz. "But that's why we have you Strazz."
Strazz stared straight at the file he had been sent before sending it to his personal device and standing up. "すぐにそれに乗るよ。(I'll get on it right away.)" Strazz said dully as he began walking out of the room, before being grabbed by his arm by Nigel. Turning his head to look at the man he had nearly killed just about half an hour ago.
"Good luck." Nigel said plain and simple before letting go.
Strazz gave him a nod in response before walking out of the room. "And the Emo Edgelord leaves us once again." Logan said sarcastically as he crossed his legs and arms in the air.
His gift for saying that was all of his limbs losing their grip on the ground and his landing flat on his back, knocking a bucket full of random supplies into the air and showering him with a cartoonish barrage of screws, springs, and bolts all of which hit him in the face. "I'm okay!" Logan said as he felt the gazes of everybody looking over at him, having his hand raised with a thumbs up."
"Meeting dismissed!" Terminex said as his body burst into individual nanobots and disappeared into the vents around the room.
"Bout damn time." Nigel grumbled as he stood up from his chair and walked out the room, stepping on Logan's chest in the process.
"OW!" Logan let out a cry of pain as the nearly 200 pounds of muscles pressed down on his chest.
"I will be working on the poison for you," Severus said as he walked by still scribbling on his notepad possible formula's. "Tell me would you prefer strawberry or chocolate flavored poison?" he asked pausing to take a break and looking down at Logan who was still on the floor clutching his chest.
"I'd prefer neither if its poison, but if I have to pick Chocolate." Logan said as weakly gave a smile.
"Strawberry it is!" Severus said laughing to himself as he left the room.
"BASTARD!" Logan yelled after Severus before grumbling to himself.
"Hey Logan." Helga began as she leaned over him and smiled.
"Yes?" Logan asked oblivious to the heeled foot that was being lifted into the air above his privates.
"Karma ist eine Hündin!(Karma's a bitch!)" She yelled before slamming her heel down on Logan where the sun doesn't shine, before leaving the screaming mess of an engineer in the meeting room.
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