A/N: omg! Two updates in one night! The world must be ending! Now this is the part where you, the reader, ask me, the brain, 'well if Gerard and the others are off of the machine then how come they are all still inside the Memory Chamber in present day?' well as Ray said earlier all of their memories would sync together like an iPod in a new computer! And as one and it's not over yet. Hope that clears that up.


Victory dropped her hand as she let go of the needle. She could still feel the kiss fresh on her lips. Reaching into her pocket she pulled out a red and black checkered bandana. Gently she placed it into his pocket and turned trying her hardest not to break down. She administered the drug with the words MCR on the side to each of their temples and watched as the liquid trickled down their veins. It only took an hour before it began to take effect. She walked to the computer and sat in the small chair. She spent the next two hours erasing every memory they had of her. With each memory converted into a file she was ordered to place them into a virtual folder for further analysis. She rewrote their lives into a clever quick explanation that Korse was still alive and wanted them to run the company.

Tomorrow they would wake up thinking they had been there for a nearly a year after running into each other by chance. She altered the memory of Bob to where he left on his own to join the PIGS while they went to the city to join the company in peace. It was a one in a million chance they would see him again so it wasn't much of a concern. Though where she could she would here and there add suspicion of Korse and the company's business. She nearly copied and pasted her own memory of her father showing her the factory and the Draculoids into Gerard's memory. There was no way Zulo could find proof of her doing this. It would simply pass off as their own thoughts and ideas. It was her only hope that they would leave by their own choice. Finally the scan was complete. She rolled through the files remembering each day as they were marked. Her finger stopped on the touch screen when she saw a folder marked "ZULO". Looking over her shoulder she looked back and clicked it. She read through the files in shock. She couldn't believe what she was reading. With each page she scanned on and on until the door of the chamber clicked open. She quickly closed out the window and turned around.

Draculoids came in to lift the bodies out ready them for the morning. Her own Draculoid guard ushered her to the lab where she would defragment the Korse-Bot. This lab was different than the others. Inside were hundreds of human bodies. They were all asleep but standing. They stood on a conveyer belt and were pulled into a large machine. On the other side a Draculoid appeared in full gear. Victory backed away to avoid the horror. When she turned her body bumped into cold hard metal. Looking up she met the cold dead eyes of the Korse-Bot. The sickening sensation of having to look into those eyes would never go away. The robot stepped back and slouched over.

"I see you've discovered our new assembly line." Zulo said clapping for himself.

"You're turning people…into Draculoids?" She said trying not to lose her stomach.

"I find they work faster and better than the androids. As long as that little chip stays in their heads they'll work just fine." Zulo said patting one on the back. To his left stood a small Asian woman with a dark expression.

"This is Dr. Aku. She is my new assistant from Japan. She will be assisting me in the experiments. You will give her the same authority as you show me. Do you understand?"

Victory nodded. He tossed something to her. Her arms wrapped around a blue cloth that had been folded up.

"You will be wearing the new uniform from now on. You must keep your mask on at all times. Especially if I have you working around those four boys. I don't want them having any sort of relapses." Zulo glared. "After you are finished with the Korse-Bot report back to me. I have some work for you in pediatrics."

He pointed to another door off to the side.

"Pediatrics? As in children?" Victory stood up and slowly opened it. The room was filled with empty cribs. A single baby lay in one of them. It looked as if it was asleep but she knew better. It's breathing was slow and even. Drugged.

"What are you planning on doing to her?" Victory breathed. Zulo stepped beside her and rested a hand on his chin.

"She's been given the MCR drug. I plan on testing her in the future. You'll be scanning her for development."

It was as if the air had been sucked from the room. The sick bastard was testing infants!

"Is there a problem?" Zulo lifted his hand. It took her a second to regain composure.

"No…no sir. I'll just…get to work on the Korse-Bot, Sir." She mumbled and went to her newly given work bench. As she sat down and opened the component in the back of the Korse-Bot she could hear Zulo whispering to Dr. Aku behind her.

"Tomorrow I want you to take her to the 'Hospital'. Erase everything. I want a clean slate for her to be molded into the perfect executive. I fear she may already be trying to compromise the subjects. We'll let her believe Daddy is still alive and see where that takes us." Zulo turned to look at her. She kept her eyes on the Korse-Bot. Her insides screamed in rage while outside she was as calm as can be.

He planned to destroy her mind! She breathed evenly while her fingers clicked and clacked on the computer connected to the Korse-Bot. She had to get a message to herself some way and somehow. There was no way she would believe it was her own self writing this message so she created a program she called "Loop Hole". This gave her secret control of the Human Draculoids as well as the Korse-Bot, while Zulo could still control the android as he wished. She slowly typed in the message listening to the foot steps behind her.

'I'm not your father. I am a creation of Dr. Aku. Your real father died a little after the bombing accident. She was the one who issued the bombings. She intended to kill you and your father. He began to get suspicious and put the 'Loop Hole' in each android. He lived a day after the bombings and issued one of the androids to put this final message into the android you are looking at now. He had me created just before he died. His original plan was to use me as a double during elections or meetings. Dr. Aku used his idea to run his company her way. Please you must get out of this place whatever the cost is. Go now.'

She finished typing and closed up the back of the android.

"He is complete." She said keeping her head down. Zulo rubbed his hands together greedily. He pulled a large glass pad from his pocket and started pressing buttons.

The Korse-Bot sprang to life. Zulo started to speak.

"Victory," The Korse-Bot spoke. "You may return to your post."

Zulo laughed at the horror on her face.

"I'll be testing this out on the older boy…Gerard, yes. I'll have to learn their names soon." Zulo continued and turned to Dr. Aku. "The boys have woken up from their sleep. Bring Gerard down to the lab. I wish to test out this Korse-Bot."

Dr. Aku bowed and stepped out.

They were awake? Victory thought to herself.

"I'll just get my uniform on and take care of the baby next." Victory said bowing and ran to the Pediatric center. She changed into her uniform there and pulled the mask over her mouth. It smelled like bleach and iodine.

She sat at her station and pulled her computer screen up. With a few clicks through the virtual backdoor she was able to see through the security camera screens. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw Gerard's face come into view.

"What's in there?" Gerard asked on the screen. The Korse-Bot put a hand on his back and pushed him forward.

"It's nothing to concern you…" The Korse-Bot said with an awkward smile. Gerard was pushed forward and in front of something large under a sheet. Korse-Bot pulled the sheet back revealing a Draculoid.

Gerard jumped back started. Victory realized this wasn't to display the shiny new Draculoid…it was a test. Zulo wanted to see if Gerard would remember.

"It looks like a Vampire or a Vamp-Bot." Gerard chuckled. Victory sighed and at the same time was heartbroken. He didn't remember. Victory continued watching as they interacted with the Draculoid.

Finally she tapped a few buttons and the Draculoid's neck started smoking and sparking. She grinned to herself as the Korse-Bot panicked. She knew Zulo was doing the same from whatever curtain he hid behind. The scientists scrambled like chickens with their heads cut off. She saw the Korse-Bot disappear and head her way. She instantly shut down her screen and tended to the baby.

He'd surely kill her if he knew what she was up to. She pretended to be looking through files in the back of the dark room. It had been at least five minutes and so far no Zulo. She jumped when she heard a crash.

"Hello? Is someone there?" Victory poked her head out. She quit breathing when she found she was facing him. Gerard. He sat on the ground with a pile of surgical tools beside him.

"Oh my god." Was all she managed. He stared at her with blank eyes. He did not remember her. "Your…one of his…children." Victory tried to tie the words together. She lowered an arm and helped him up.

"You can't be here! He'll kill us both." Victory said franticly, meaning Zulo. Though she was sure he thought Korse.

"What is this place?" He asked weakly looking around. Victory bit her lip from behind the mask.

"This…is his 'Hospitals' and these are his 'Patients'…" Victory said tearing up. What Gerard didn't know was he was one of them. This was her chance. She could scare him enough to leave.

"He forces us to work here and do…this!" She pointed to the factory.

"This is…awful how could anyone do this to another person?" He asked sickened. She hugged herself, digging her hands into her arm. Because she let him. She let this happen.

"He does as he wishes. He wants an army to control the city…he wanted control but still have part of them be human so they would work faster and better" It was the truth. That much she could give him.

He seemed to look dizzy. Victory couldn't help but wonder if it was from the memory scan along with this information. It was dangerous to mess with the mind of a person after a scan but this might be her only shot.

They both jumped as they heard a cry come from the crib. The baby had woken up.

"Oh one of the babies is awake." She said keeping her voice calm. She pulled a syringe she had left over from the Memory Chamber and pressed it into the skin of the baby.

"Poor dear is scheduled for tonight." Victory said looking at the child tenderly. Tonight this poor thing would get injected with the MCR drug and become a mindless soldier.

"Where do they get all of these people?" Gerard's voice rose up. Victory closed her eyes knowing the answer. She was surprised when he gripped her by the shoulders and shook her.

"Where do they come from!" He demanded.

"THEY TAKE THEM!" She shouted and burst into tears. "The soldiers take them from their homes and bring them here!"

Something inside of his mind clicked. Victory could see it working into his mind. He dropped her and dashed out of the room. She'd done it…she got through in her own way…she got through.

She ran back to the screen as she watched a nervous Gerard speaking to the Korse-Bot and then dashing back to what he knew of as his room. She smiled to herself as she watched him tell the others what had happened and what he saw. Tonight they planned an escape and were going to take the baby with them. Then with in an instant her joy was gone…if she was watching this…so was Zulo.


She tried to make a run for it but she didn't make it far. Two Draculoids blocked her path. The shot her in the back with the ray guns. Her world faded black as she saw a pair of boots creep up to her feet.


"Nice try." Zulo's voice chuckled through the fog of the black out.

She woke up to something lifting her and slamming her body into a wall. Zulo grunted angrily as she slid down.

"I hope you are happy my dear because it's going to be a long time before you even remember what the word means!" Zulo shouted and threw papers around.

She was in a small room much like the one she had the boys in. A single bed lay in the center. The only difference was this room looked older, dust covered everything.

"W-where am I?" She asked coughing and trying to wake up. Zulo lifted her up and threw her into the bed.

"You are far, far away from anyone." Zulo smiled menacingly. The lights of the room were dimmed and slightly broken.

"Welcome to the forgotten half of Battery City, far far away from the company, anyone who can hear you scream and certainly far from any Killjoy." Zulo said spinning around with his arms out. He stopped in her face. Victory tried to process what was going on.

"Killjoy?" She whispered trying to catch her breath. She'd heard that word before…Bob had used it.

Zulo had turned away from her now. He waltzed around the room as if her were drunk.

"It appears your four friends escaped, just as you planned." Zulo twirled a wand in his hand, just like the one she had used. Victory's face lit up at the word escape.

"They met up with a group of rebels who call themselves 'Killjoys'. Isn't that nice?"

Victory couldn't help but smile.

"However, that leaves me with no living person to run the company…and everyone thinks you are dead! So I thought why not just go with that little lie and make it true?"

Victory's grin fell. Zulo had the eyes of a mad man. He leaned in close to her.

"But then I realized. You…you and your stubborn little brain….yes they would be perfect. So you know what I plan for you, you're going to love it." Zulo smiled and twisted the tip of the wand. Victory's wrists snapped to the arm rests.

"I am going to completely swipe your mind and leave you as an empty shell. Then you and I can start from the bottom up. You will become the perfect soldier, you will follow every command…you will kill the Killjoys." Zulo cackled.

"You can't erase everything! It's all saved in the internal database!" Victory argued. "Nothing can delete that! I'll remember some things after time!"

Zulo chuckled and twisted something else. Victory watched as a vial with a needle on the end injected into her skin. It burned as it coursed through her veins. It was the MCR drug. She could feel it pump to her heart. She did her best not to scream.

"True some people remember in time, but that is only after having short term memory scanning. You…you my dear." He placed an arm around her. "You will be here for quite some time…"

"If I don't stop you they will! He's stronger than you!" Victory shouted and winced as her muscles burned.

Zulo chuckled.

"You and I know that is not true. I know you read my file…I know most of what goes on in my company. You know what I am…that is why I must destroy you."

Victory's jaw dropped.

"You're a monster…" Victory spat. "You're a sick twisted monster!"

Zulo smiled.

"It's true. I've played the human act long enough. After I downloaded my memories into this android body…I realized it wasn't enough to live forever. I saw how plagued the human race was. I wish you could understand. Perhaps one day you will…after I destroy you and rebuild you. It's for your own good, Victoria."

"STOP IT! Don't you call me that! Don't you EVER call me that?" Victory screamed.

"Why, does it upset you because it was your mother's name or because your father killed her trying to create what I became?" Zulo tilted his head.

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER!" Victory screamed. She'd become enraged. Zulo jammed a needle into her arm. Soon she felt the effects of the drug. Slowly her eyes fell.

"You'll see when you wake up…you'll see things my way." Zulo's voice was calm.


RESTORATION AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
RESTORATION COMPLETE
RESTORATON COMPLETE
RESTORATON COMPLETE


The four of them sat up slowly and pulled the needle from their skulls. It was hard to get a sense of where and when they were. It was strange to look at each other and see themselves older.

"God that was awful." Frank was the first one to speak. He put a hand to his jaw and tried to crack it. "Does anyone else have cotton mouth…."

They all looked at him in irritation.

"Nope…just me then…"

Gerard turned to Victory. She kept her eyes staring at the computers.

"Victory…I…" He tried to think of what to say. She just turned quickly and ran out of the chamber.

"Sunshine wait up you shouldn't be moving this soon!" Ray shouted after her. They all ran out of the broken down hospital and out into the ruins of the city.

They found her coiled up in the dirt sobbing. Gerard was the first to her side. He wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm sorry." She sobbed. He only shushed her and rocked her gently. It felt oddly quiet in the ruins. Only the sound of wind blew around them. "It's all my fault!"

Gerard shook his head and hushed her.

"We don't blame you." He whispered and kissed the top of her head.

"I was the reason she died…the reason the company even started…" Victory sobbed.

"Who..the reason who died?" Mikey whispered and knelt down close. He still felt like he was twelve sitting next to her. They all still felt like children.

"My mother…Victoria Xulanburg… She died giving birth. My father…her tried to preserve her thoughts and memories into an android but he failed. That's why he built Better Living Industries. He spent years trying to figure it out. Zulo got ahold of the technology and figured out how to do it. I read his file. He died saving himself…he's not a person at all. He's….He's an android." Victory broke back into sobs. Gerard pulled her tighter.

"Shhhh, it's ok. It's ok. This is a good thing. The memory scan wasn't for nothing….We learned something." Gerard said kissing the top of her head. Victory looked up.

"We…we did?" She swallowed and looked to the others. Gerard helped her to her feet. He looked from the others back to her.

"We know how to kill him."


A/N: yeah woooh plot twist! I totally JUST came up with that as I wrote it…ugh my brain hurts. That took a lot of effort. But don't worry it's not over there are many more chapters to come. I was writing and thought…wtf happened to Victory's mom…Victory sounds like a nick name for Victoria….BINGO! also I had no idea what to do wit Zulo and this is what you get…hope you enjoy. If this chapter got a little technical and confusing. In short. Zulo is a robot who has the memories of the human Zulo and Korse built the company to try and save Victory's mom but failed and created the chaos that we have today…yeah…my brain is a labyrinth of ideas. Any questions of confusion hit me up in Pmail or hit me up in facebook "Elanor Rose Schell" is my real name…don't facebook creep! However I am cool with just being friends. :D xoxo Victory out