NGin's ship was now returning back to the Wumpa Islands and Cortex's frozen body had been taken to a spare food storage room to defrost.
"How much can the temperature change in this room?" Uka asked Salty.
"Anything from freezin to cookin."
"At every hour starting from now I want you to raise the room's temperature by three degrees until all the ice has gone, then just leave it and let one of us know," Salty nodded with a bit of fear. "I want you to keep an eye on it until he has fully defrosted understood?" Salty nodded again and Uka left. Four hours later all the ice had finally melted. Salty then called NGin on the intercom from his kitchen.
"Doctor, Cortex's body has defrosted, you may want to tell the others."
"I think they already do because they're here with me."
"Is there any blood?" Tropy shouted out.
"There don't seem to be, you may want to hurry and do with him what you need to before his body starts to rot and stink out my kitchen."
"Ok thanks for letting us know." NGin said. They all started to make their way down to Cortex. Uka was of course already waiting for them as he can teleport. Tropy and NGin arrived to see Uka was zapping Cortex with some sort of bright yellow energy slowly bringing back colour to Cortex's skin. Cortex suddenly sat up with a huge gasp and bulging eyes, he was breathing heavily than began to shiver wildly before slowing down and passing out.
"He's suffering hypothermia." NGin said.
"Well don't just stand there!!! Do something about it before we lose him again!" Uka shouted. NGin called a medi-bot from the ship's infirmary with a handheld device. Tropy grabbed the coat off NGin and threw it over Cortex. The medi-bob soon entered the room.
"Medi-bot awaiting further command."
"I don't care what you do, you keep him alive!" Uka said to the robot. The medi-bot then got out a needle and injected heated water into Cortex's arm. He was still too cold and confused to feel anything or respond in anyway, Cortex was then carried by the robot to the infirmary to recover. Uka and the medi-bot observed Cortex as he slowly recovered, once he was conscious enough Uka entered the ward. NGin was busy working in his lab on the ship.
"Wait outside Tropy, I wish to speak privately with him first." Uka entered the ward.
"What happened, where am I?" Cortex asked Uka.
"You are on NGin's ship, you had been frozen again after your last screw up, and don't think I had no idea what was going on while you left me in the ice the last time. You are just lucky I would not been able to have any influence on the situation anyway." Cortex seemed to look away with fear as he got out of the bed. "And I want it to be clear to you that the only reason you have been brought back is because for the first time in your pathetic life you being alive may actually have some value for once." Cortex rolled his eyes.
"So what now?"
"Now, you are to carry on as normal when we get back, think of some crappy 'take over the world' scheme I don't care just do whatever it is you do until further notice."
"It sounds like you are already doing that yourself."
"My intentions are none of your concern, understood?!?" Neo nodded.
"But why did you bring me back?"
"I'm not at liberty to say." This surprised because Neo has always known Uka to have no limitations to anything. Tropy was unsure what was being said but after Uka left him decided he didn't really have anything to say to Neo at this time. Uka then approached Tropy.
"Now I wish to speak with you alone." Uka and Tropy then vanished as NGin was walking down the corridor to visit Neo.
"Why?" asked Neo.
"Why what?"
"Why didn't you tell me it was you who turned me into a freak and not some accident?"
"What are you talking about? One of your prototypes screwed up, I had nothing to do with it."
"Do you think I'm bloody stupid?!? I know what happened Neo, Aku showed me everything. Don't bother denying it!" Neo then seemed to lower his head in guilt.
"*sigh* It was an accident, I just thought you would never forgive me so I thought there wasn't a reason to tell you ok?" NGin shook his head in disappointment and left without going into it any further. It is now clear that will not be defending Cortex if he gets himself into trouble. "Just remember that you would still be dead if it weren't for me!" Neo shouted.
