Chapter Nine

Charlie stared at himself in the small mirror he was standing in front of. He couldn't seem to pull his gaze away from the suit he was now wearing. It was even darker a black than his avatar one, but it was similar. It was still made of the leathery material his Aaron Stone suit had been made of, and it looked like it other than it had no armor piece on his shoulder.

Again and again he slowly blinked, begging this all to be a dream. But again and again he opened his eyes to see himself the same, in the same suit, in the same situation.

He forced himself not to flinch as Powers suddenly appeared in the room. "Dr. Necros wants to see you. Now."

Charlie turned around, and stared back at him. "No."

Powers snickered. "What? Did you forget our little deal?" He grinned and took a step towards him.

Charlie didn't move, but his voice wavered slightly as he said, "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me where my mother is."

"If you want her to live, you will." Powers answered.

"Just tell me where she is!"

Powers sighed angrily, and then he finally replied, "Back at your house. But I assure you, we know where that is, and I will have no hesitation to eliminate her and your brother."

Charlie shook his head. "No…you wouldn't let her go that easily. I know the Omega Defiance wouldn't."

Powers chuckled, moving towards Charlie, who simultaneously took a frightened step back. "Clever kid. She's locked up in a cell here. But she's treated well enough…We already have who we want, you. You've already agreed, and if you break that agreement…"

He slammed his fist onto the wall, causing Charlie to flinch and jump away from him. "You know the rest." He finished. "Now, Dr. Necros wants to see you."

Charlie hesitated, then walked past Powers, not taking his eyes off him, out the door. He was relived the man didn't follow him, but didn't want to even think about where he was going.

Dr. Necros waited outside for him, and he smirked at Charlie's fear-filled eyes. "You will have your first mission tonight. You are to get all the information you can find on the blueprints for a new ray gun called the S.Z. 89 from Hall Industries."

Charlie shook his head. Not that he cared about Mr. Hall anymore, it was the fact of taking from there, or anywhere else. "No! I'm not stealing anything!"

Dr. Necros snickered, and crossed his arms. "Yes you will. Remember what we have against you, Aaron."

Charlie set his jaw and let out a long breath. "Yes."

"Good. Now go. You know how to get there, take the jet."

Dr. Necros grinned, and gestured towards his suit. Charlie moved his hands outward slightly and glanced down at himself. He looked up, confused. Dr. Necros took out a small remote, with two tiny yellow buttons on it.

"The suit you are wearing is covered in small electro-mites. With the press of a button, you will be electrocuted, and if that goes on long enough, it will kill you."

"What?!"

Dr. Necros grinned. "So if you make one-wrong move, you'll be punished. You're mother already has a shackle with the same thing on it, and your brother soon will too."

Charlie took a step forward. "You leave him alone!!"

"I'm not doing anything. But Elias is already preparing to bring him back here, so I suggest you behave."

Flinching, Charlie turned around, closing his eyes. He visibly shook with fear for a moment, then turned again towards the man, who was now holding a small ear-piece to him. He angled it so Charlie could see a small lens on the front of it. "I will be able to hear and see everything you say and do. Don't say the wrong thing, or…" he placed his finger on the button, "It will be over. For you—"—he took out a second remote—"—and your family."

Charlie glared at him, hesitating, and then grabbed the ear-piece and hooked it onto his ear. "Okay, I'll do it."

Dr. Necros nodded. "Take the jet. Land about a mile away, so they don't suspect you coming. And remember, I can see what you do. Don't try to run. Now go."

Charlie reluctantly nodded and walked out towards the jet. He was thankful he was at least out of view from the building before the tears started falling down his face. No…this isn't happening…I'm stealing from Mr. Hall! I can't…but…he did lie to me. It's not like he doesn't deserve it. I need to save my family, and if this is the only way, then…whatever.

He shook his head, angry, and concentrated only on driving the jet, and when he was close enough, on landing it without crashing. He managed to, and carefully got out. He had no idea where he was, as it was completely dark out, and he could hardly see anything. He knew he'd landed the jet on solid land, and that it was about a mile from Hall Industries, but nothing else.

He cried out as he tripped and fell down a steep hill, crashing into bushes. Dazed, he lay breathing hard for a few moments, until Dr. Necros' voice echoed in his ear, "Get up. Walk about ten minutes north and you'll start to see the building."

Slowly, Charlie got up, and stood, his legs aching. Ow.

"Move, Aaron Stone." Dr. Necros hissed.

"Why don't you just call me Dark Stone now?!" Charlie snapped sarcastically.

"That might be a good name for you." He answered, and Charlie rolled his eyes, letting out a small grunt of frustration.

Careful not to stumble off anymore hills or into anything, he started walking. What seemed like forever later, he began to—in the distance—see a large building. Hall Industries, Charlie realized. Great.

===----=== A/N: Okay, Emma fans, your pleas have been answered! :D

"S.T.A.N.? Ugh…it's the middle of the night! What are you doing?" Emma groaned, sitting up in her bed and rubbing her eyes. She'd left her window open all night, and now S.T.A.N. was shouting into her room from Charlie's house.

"Get up!" he called, waving his hand over. Still in her pajamas, Emma walked over to the window. "What do you want?"

S.T.A.N.'s urgent tone instantly got her anxiety to rise. "Aaron has been captured!

"Again?"

"No! Well, yes, but not for the reason you think. Dr. Necros has his mom, and I assume they're going to come get Jason."

Emma widened her eyes. "And you?"

S.T.A.N. only nodded.

Emma gasped and stood straight. "We have to go help him."

S.T.A.N. let out an exasperated grunt. "That's the obvious point, but what about Jason?" he pointed behind him, where a shaking Jason sat on Charlie's bed, his face pale. Emma had never seen him look this scared—in fact, she'd never seen him look scared at all.

Emma tilted her head. A little louder, she called over a sentence that made Charlie's little brother look up.

"Jason…how do you feel about flying?"


Well, that's it for now…mwahaha….and YES before you start asking, lol, Emma's going to be appearing quite a bit more in this story now. WOW!! Chapter Nine….jeez…how time flies! :D Hope you liked it, next chapter should be out sometime this weekend, and be sure to review!

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