To Choose Between Matters
CH.9 Shocked to the core
*Most characters in this story belong to the band Steam powered giraffe and neckreductionsurge-ry
Back to present day.
"The Spine... The Spine.."Hatchworth calls out into the garden.
The spine appears from behind a overgrown rise bush, leaning on a cane. It had been a week now since he had woken up and it was taking Mr. Reed and Peter VI some time to fix him up good as new.
He still had random sonic disruptions through the left side of his body where all the damage had been made.
"Yes Hatchworth? What is it that you need?" He smiles at his brother still learning what this century has to offer him in knowledge and what is considered VERY wrong to what is good to do and say.
Hatchworth tilts his head and making a clicking sound as her leans forward then back up. "There is a very beastly Becile of a brut calling for you outside of the main gate... No one is home should I send out the... the missiles?"
The Spine scrunched up his face..." Umm no Hatchworth, I think I can handle this myself. Thank you."
.…...
The Spine hobbles down the lane towards the front gate " I wonder what he wants from me... he already took the thing I cared about most what does he want now."
He could clearly see The Skull huffing and puffing at the front gate as his smoke floated into the air above him and kind of sat there like a miniature rain cloud.
The Skull peered at The Spine and took in his handy work of just how bad he damaged him as he limped towards him.
The Spine stops at the gate merely a few feet away from The Skull.
"What do you want from me know Becile?" The spine slowly exhales.
"I want you and your little snobby family to kid-nape Brianna..."
The Spine raised a brow but was interrupted as The Skull kept on.
"I will not have Thaddeus threaten her to marry him rather than earning her hand in a noble way." He huffs and grabs the gate as he leans over "he won't even let me see her, these past couple weeks unless to bring her food."
The Spine sighed; he understood what he meant even though their idea of Nobel claims came from different eras. Plus he could see The Skull breaking down almost the same way he was on the inside.
"What is he threatening her about?" The Spine asked warily.
The Skull looks up and over at him " I don't know, they last I could talk to her that's all she said but didn't say what."
"I'm still not used to all these weird emotions you Walters call love and care, but I do know I could... would change for her. "He slides down into his knees still holding the bars on the gate.
"Please The Spine, help me stop this wedding from happening." His gears whined under the pressure of his boiler over heating with embarrassment.
The Spine winces a bit; he felt he was looking at himself of his mixed emotions.
"Fine under one condition."
...
Previously three weeks before
"Mr. Becile sir please can I at least walk around outside, it's quiet grotesque being in this lab all the time." Brianna rubs her shoulders as she sits on a stool in the farthest part of the lab she could get from the lab table she could get. He had been being her to the lab the last week to keep an "eye" on her.
Thaddeus plucked a hard drive out of the latest automaton he was able to pluck from the street. The bot was pleading and trying to get out of the restraints the last hour and finally put out of his misery.
"No, no if you're going to be a part of this family now, you must help out in the lab from time to time. Get your hands dirty as they say." He grins at the thought he had already been picturing her in the Becile colors.
She fidgets and slides off her stool, she walks slowly up to the lab table and looks at the poor bot.
She stares at the energy core as it glows dimly.
"Take it out."Thaddeus looks at where she is with no expression.
She moved her hand over the core but hesitated... her hand shaking in fear of being shocked.
Thaddeus voice bellows " now, take it out now or it will be worthless."
Brianna jumps not wanting the bots death to be meaningless she pulls the core out. Her blue eyes widen immensely, the core shakes and colored sparks jump around over her skin and sends a tingling sensation over her arm before the colored liquid in the core starts to hum. She smiles a little as she holds the core gently in both of her hands as if she would a baby bird.
Her face glowing from the light coming off the salvaged core.
Thaddeus steps back slightly and takes a deep breath. In that moment he knew she was to interesting to give to one of his boys but something still seemed off about her.
He had only seen a core react that way when in contact to another core.
Brianna stands there in silence looking at the core not noticing she was being looked over.
He slowly moves around the table and comes up behind her having slide a rod off another table.
"You seem to like this type of worked." He coos in her ear and slides the core out of her hand with his free hand.
She lets go of the core when he grabbed it, the tingling feeling leaving when it does. "It's a strange sensation, but I still feel sorry for him."she runs her hand across the now lifeless bots bare hand. "It's horrible that you killed him."
Thaddeus cocked his eyebrow with peeked interest. "We'll I'm sorry you feel that why, but I would be more worried about yourself than the poor bots I steal." He cackles.
"What do you mean!" She spins on her heel and faces him. She inhales quickly as her eyes squint in pain.
He presses the end of the item he had grabbed into her stomach and it releases a bright flash and sends a low wattage through her.
He catches her as she passes out "I'm sorry my dear but you are just TO interesting not to take a peak of what you might really be made of."