Hey guys! I just wanted to get a new chap out while I figure out the exact direction this story is going. Any ideas you might have are totally welcome. Next chap will probably be longer. Constructive criticism is appreciated and ALWAYS taken into account. I take my writing seriously :)
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A slow, whirring click-click sound began to fill the room, and it's occupants watched in silence as Child Emperor worked. He had a pinched, concentrated face. He tapped away at the buttons with incredible speed.
"How do you know what to press? What are you even doing?" Shiichi asked, clearly frustrated.
"Quiet while the boy works his wonders, little man." The Government Representative whispered, staring at Child Emperor with wide eyes and the barest hint of a smile.
All of a sudden, he stopped.
"I've done all I can. The technology here is similar to the stuff I've been studying from a crash landed ship, but my understanding of it is rudimentary at best." He looked over at the Government Representative, with narrowed, curious eyes. "Where did you even find this?"
"It was sitting in storage for like, forty years." She answered with a shrug. "ANYWAY, what did you do with her? Have you-"
She was cut off by a loud bang, followed immediately by a wet crack. Everyone was instantly on high alert. The sound had originated from Sweet's coffin. She was awake, and hitting at the casing with growing fever.
"Open it, Child Emperor!" Zombie man urgently implored.
Another loud crack, and muffled, gurgled screaming.
Through the coffin's milky glass front, Sweet's body could be seen slowly growing bone and muscle and skin where there used to be none. Her face was back, and it was twisted in pain, her eyes squeezed shut. She used her good hand to lash out at her prison, over and over. The heroes watched in various degrees of strained silence; to be so helpless! Unable to comprehend or stop her pained wailing!
With a huge, final snap, the uppermost part of her prison broke open. The glass like material shattered and spread across the floor, millions of small murky mirrors.
Sweet stared out at this new, foreign place, gingerly sitting up. She watched, dreamlike, as new brown skin grew over the muscle and fat of her left arm. The last thing she remembered was-
She was suddenly bent over, leaning her head in her hands, palms digging into her eyes, sobbing. Great big heaving sobs, sounding like they came from the innermost part of her. She could barely breathe. Every word she tried to speak came out garbled and clunky.
The Government Representative smiled.
"Hello, Miss Sweet. How are you? I was only shortly briefed in what to do in the unlikely case you actually woke up, so I hope you don't mind if I wing it." She said, calm and even.
Sweet continued to cry.
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The mad Government Representative was meant to be a one time only character but now I like her so expect more of her mockery