As the ship finally made it to its destination of South Korea, the passengers got off one by one this was only after one Genma Saotome was escorted off the ship by cops of the area for various crime he had committed and was taken into custody of the police. He was now fully awake but still had his mouth covered and his hand bound by handcuffs while feet were also bound by chain which still allow him to walk. This was done because he was known to have strength and abilities beyond the average man thus they took such extensive steps to keep him from escaping.
As he was taken away the other passengers of the ship were completely in shock at the fact they were on ship with sure notorious criminal that they thought was trying to flee Japan and escape into South Korea or even China possibly. They were shocked once more when they saw the effect he had on the kids that he had kidnapped as they were once so vibrant and full of life yet as everyone watched Ranma and Toph walk by along with the young woman with short black hair and her two companion, they were completely emotionless with vacant stare on their faces only looking only forward at where they were going saying nothing and doing nothing. Whenever one on them just happened to bump into to someone on the way out as there was crowd of reporters they had to walk through to get the to car that was awaiting them. They just bowed politely and kept going not giving that person a second look. What they could not have possibly know was that both Ranma and Toph had been drugged by medicine that left them little more then puppets at the hands of modern airbender and the two men with her.
Though Genma knew something was wrong with them when they used as witness during his conviction process, no one really believe him once the whole Neko-ken and improvise Earthbending 'training' was revealed. In fact in light of those two thing the cops were left wondering if Ranma and Toph were ever as vibrant or full of life as people on the boat claimed as surely that was not what one would have expected of kid that been through what Ranma had been through for the past decade. While they were sure what 'horrors' Genma subjected Toph to it was clearly enough to leave in similar to state to Ranma.
Thus Genma was convicted and sentence to long and lengthy jail sentence as even in South Korea he had criminal record which only added to the multiple crimes he was already had against him in Japan. As for Ranma and Toph they taken by black hair woman who claimed she was going to take Toph back to her home in Gaoling County, China where Ranma's mother had been as well. Of course this was not true but thanks to be under her control at the time, Ranma and Toph backed up her statement thus the real kidnappers, the modern day airbender and her two lackeys, were getting away scotch free with them while the real victim in all this, Genma, was taking the blame for their kidnapping and sudden change in personality.
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Somewhere with China's countryside….
"Ugggh where am I?" Toph moaned as she came too after the drugs in her system finally wore off leaving her free of their influence.
"Huh what's going on here! Why I am strapped down in this chair! More importantly why can not I see anything" she yelled
"See I told you that she does not see by yelling at people. That just a myth that must have gotten mixed in with the truth" Toph heard a voice say.
"Fine! Here is the money I owe you as I should have known that was nothing but lie really why would blind Earthbender see by yelling that sound like something a blind Airbender would do" another said.
"Whoever we guys are you are going to sorry when I get out of here!" the blind girl said as then something came to mind that she can not believe that she had realized until now
"Where is Ranma!" the Earth Kingdom Native demand.
"He being well cared take of, Ms. Bei Fong" a fimilar voice said as they entered the room.
"You're the woman that was following me without my knowing somehow. How do you know my last name as never told it to you?" she asked looking in the direction in which she heard the voice.
"It seems that legend about you never forgetting a voice is true. Though as for how I know who you are well that simple you are Toph Bei Fong, the blind earthbender teacher of the Avatar that ended the Fire Nation's hundred year war. All those responsible for stopping that are quite well know amongst within our world" the young female air bender who known as Anila said.
"What do you mean 'your' world and where am I?" she yelled
The woman laughed slightly at Toph still be unaware that she was no longer within her own time but countless years into the future.
"What so funny? I do not think that you would be laughing if I was not tied down to this chair and within a room where I can not see" the black hair girl growled.
"Oh you may be a master and the best there is at what you do despite your young age but I would be able to handle myself against you pretty well" Anila said as was airbender after and not only that she had the advantage of knowing more about the modern world then Toph did.
"Anyway enough with the chit chat as were going to get down to business and make you into our little puppet bender as having you our side would greatly increase our group's power" the modern Airbender told her.
"Likely I would ever help you. Also my friends will know I something wrong when I never make it home and will eventually come to find me. Even if you managed to control me somehow, I am no match for all of them at once you know" she said.
"Your friends will not come for you" Anila said adding mentally 'because they have all died of old age centuries ago'
Yet what she told Toph was something quite different as there was it was well noted fact that Toph was from famously wealth Bei Fong family that held grudge against the Avatar for supposedly kidnapping their helpless daughter. That image of their daughter being a frail and helpless on her own never left her parent's mind even after they learned she helped take down a fleet of airships in what began know as the Battle of Sozin's Comet. Also noted was that the Avatar Aang and his closest allies were her first real friends she had ever made in her entire life.
Thus a somewhat evil trick was then played on Toph as this knowledge was being used to Anila's groups advantage. While Toph consider never being able to forget a voice advantage and it was as this was at time as this was how she managed to tell the others that Appa had been kidnapped Sandbenders that later tried to act all innocent when they met again. Though because of advancement in technology that she was completely unaware of seeing as she did not even know that she was in the future at the moment. Her advantage never forgetting a voice was about turned into a disadvantage.
As Toph, unable to see through seismic sense, had her first encounter with voice synthesizer and it would not go down as one of her better memories. Since at first she was glad to hear the voice of what she thought was Aang but then that all changed when Aang (really Anila using a voice synthesizer) started talking instead of freeing her and brought up every doubt she had about herself and denouncing her as his friend.
Of course Toph not willingly to believe that this was really Aang as for the first time in her life she doubt her one of her abilities. Confidently claiming this was her first and mostly best friend saying all these things about her. However that only cause things to get worse as Anila signal to one to people watching to flip a switch. This cause the floor in which Toph currently could not see on to slide back and revealing a surface that she could in fact see on. Being able to 'see' now Toph still tried to denied that Aang was saying these negative things to her, to which he was not as it Anila using a voice synthesizer. However to Toph every one of her abilities was telling her that this was indeed Aang speaking to her and eventually she was convinced that this was really him.
Thus Twenty-minute later…
Toph sat there with her head down and completely unresponsive with dried tears running down her face. Using all of Toph's unique abilities to her disadvantage allowed Anila to mental breakdown the Earthbender until she become cationic almost.
As never being able to forget a voice it time where they could be easily copied was Toph's downfall as she had no idea what she just heard were nothing but bunch lies. Though because it was just his voice they fake but the combination of fooling her lie detecting abilities and even going so far to having Anila copy Aang's light steps (as easy feat since she was an airbender after all), she took everything as the truth. As how Anila's group even managed to get a copy of Aang's voice to begin well that was something they made to steal from an enemy of theirs.
"Now to make your our puppet, girl" Anila said holding up Toph's head though she did not give a respond as she was too far gone in her own mind at the moment to even notice her head had been moved at all.
Another switch was hit and floor once again had been changed so every area but small circle around Toph became an area in which she was able to use her seismic sense to 'see'. Then a device was set into the floor where it sent a signal into the floor that rotated around Toph in rhythmic pattern. While on her head which was made to remain upright, had radio headphone that had recording on it that played in tune with the signal in the floor that was currently rotating around her.
What was happening was that Toph was being subjected to an altered version of what Dai Li used to brainwash people as it was rather simple method that did not involve much work, effort, or equipment. That and it was very effective in getting people to do whatever you wanted of them if applied properly and it's effectiveness had only increased over centuries of use. As for the version that currently being used on Toph it was the one that was created especially for blind Earthbenders as being able to see through usage of seismic sense was not something that only Toph knew as Aang having learned himself eventually when on to teach to number of other blind Earthbender and even adapted it so that blind benders of the other elements could eventually perfect their own version of it. Yet the effectiveness of Aang's seismic sense was not as potent as Toph's since he did not learn it straight from the source of Earthbending (the Badgermoles) like Toph had.
So Anila left the room with a smile on her face as even as she was walking out the door. Toph had already started repeating what she was hearing from the headphone on her head as her ability to resistance it was currently nonexistence all thanks to being broken mentally first. It was something added to the Dai Li's original method over time to try and keep people from overcoming their brainwashing.
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Following day….
Anila came into same room that left the previous where Toph still sitting in the same chair yet instead of being strapped down to like she had been before. Now she was just sitting there with her hands in her lap staring straight at the wall not moving an inch. The image before Anila's eyes was not the same stubborn and head strong Earthbender that she had come across just one day ago. No, after all the brainwashing session that Toph had been subjected to here was nothing more then new puppet for her group to control.
"Stand up" Anila ordered her.
"Yes, Mistress" Toph respond as her voice was devoid of emotion and completely monotone.
"Now state your name" she asked.
"I have no name as I am simply a tool. Tools do not need names as their only purpose is to be used by their owners" she respond with one of the many things that had been drilled into her head.
"Good now follow after me" the airbender said grabbing her by the arm and pulling her out the room.
Offering up no resistance or complaints Toph did just that follow after Anila to wherever she intend to take her.
Arriving in another room, Anila had smirked on her face as she wanted to see if the brainwashing had fully run in course. She let go of Toph's hand but still order the girl to continue to walk forward. Doing just that Toph kept walking forward and through the wall that that used to be standing her in front of her. The airbender just stood there in shock as she did not expect Toph to actually walk through the walk even though it was made of metal. That metal wall she had just walked through was nearly a foot thick and the blind bender had walk through like it was tissue paper. Anila came to her sense just in time to stop Toph from walking through another wall as she had been order to stop thus she would have kept going forward.
After having the girl fix the hole she made in the wall with her own body, Anila had Toph standing at attention before her.
According to the rumors, our enemy managed to somehow pull her from her own time into ours using some sort of unknown method yet the reason she appeared with that kid we found her with is unknown. Anyway now their both our and to keep things that way I change in her appearance is needed Anila thought walking around motionless Toph examining from head to toe.
"Take off that headband" she ordered.
"As you command, Mistress" Toph respond ripping out her headband thus letting her hair with once bound up by it to cascaded down her back and her bangs to completely cover her eyes now that there was nothing holding it back.
Because Toph always wore her hand up in her trademark bun hair style it was very hard to tell that in reality she had very long hair. In fact if Toph's hair was so long that it almost the length as Katara's when she just started letting hers hang free outside of the ponytail she used to wear.
So in changing her appearance that was first thing that had to Anila held out Toph hair away from her body and with quickly chop cut Toph's hair with blade of air so that now her hair only hung around slightly pass her shoulders. Causing the rest of her hair to float down to the ground and collect in piles on the floor. The next change was when Anila held out Toph's bangs and slices them so instead of covering her eyes, her bangs stopped just short of them.
During this whole time as testament to just who fully the brainwashing Toph had been, she did not even flinched or move a muscle as air blade that cut her bangs was just mere inches from her eyes. Though her eyes did not allow her to see that did not really when came to air blades as since anyone with sense of touch could felt the blade crossing their face.
With Toph's makeshift haircut now finished the next thing that need to be changed as was her clothing. Even with her new hairstyle it was all too easy for their enemy and their forces to notice Toph thanks to the clothes that she wore.
So the next thing she was order to do was to take off her clothes leaving her standing there in only long T-shirt that she wore underneath her clothes.
Walking over to a locker Anila grabbed a uniform out of it and shoved it into Toph who simply held it awaiting further orders.
"Take off the rest of your clothes and put this on" the young woman told as Toph then went doing so on the spot without a care in the world that there was someone still in the room with her as she changed.
Once she was done Toph was now wearing a sliver bodysuit made completely out of lightweight and flexible metal. This bodysuit was created with Toph in mind as while it was lightweight and flexible, it also would allow to her bend the suit into various forms and shapes depending on whatever she told (as she did not have will of her own at the moment).
The things that Toph was given next was what appeared to be a pair of wireless headphone. Though in reality they were a pair of noise canceller as modern era had more noise then Toph would have ever heard in her life. Thus these noise canceller would prevent all that noise from becoming a problem yet also allow Anila and her group to give her orders from here or any other one of their many bases.
After that she was two metallic bracelet that went around her wrist and that she had would later be informed were to used in conjunction with her bodysuit to create metal gloves cover hands giving her extra power to her blows when she ever had to fight hand to hand. Then finally came her feet as she was given two metallic shoes to wear. These shoes she was given did more then just complete the outfit allow her blend in with the environment around her, making sneak attack a lot easier. Thanks to numerous advancement in both bending and technology over the years. The shoes served a secondary purpose as they increase the sensitivity of Toph's seismic sense allow her 'see' the world around her in greater detail.
The only thing remaining from her original outfit was meteorite bracelet that she used to wear on her right shoulder. That bracelet was not being used to hold what was left of her once long hair into a ponytail. Other this one thing most who Toph once was lying on the ground around the emotionless doll that she had been brainwashed into being.
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I would like to thank
Paladin13 for reviewing Chapter 10
Aline1 for adding this story to their Story Alert List
