CHAPTER 3 TRAINING AND ANALYSIS
~Wooh!~ Carl exclaimed as a rouge mobile threw a car at him. ~Damn, this is a tough one! Kathy, how much juice I got left?~
Beep, beep. "Your hardsuit has enough power for three more minutes of combat."
~That's it huh? All right.~ The gamma blade winked to life and he turned is forearm up. ~Let's do this!~
Carl yelled and rushed forward. The mobile took a swing but the added speed from Carl's upgraded joints allowed him to duck quickly and slash up the chest of the mobile, exposing it's infected core. His armored fist reached in and grabbed the core, and tore it out of the machine's body.
The monster like machine gave a painful howl and fell flat on it's mutated face, dead. The Trezen looked up to see police cars speeding toward him. The jets on the armor's hips hurled him up from the scene to the safety of a nearby building.
"Ung, late again." Sgt. Fos snapped his fingers. "That Trezen is really starting to annoy me."
Blin smirked. "At least he's kept us out of danger for a while."
"Feh, lucky bastard gets all the fun." Fos tossed a broken arm to the ground.
"Blin, Fos, phone!" An officer shouted. The pair shivered when they heard the voice on the line.
"Did you catch him?"
"Ummmm......no." Blin mumbled.
"Fools! What is wrong with you? I'm starting to reconsider resurrecting you two!"
"We're sorry. We'll get him next time." Blin squeaked out.
"You had better, or else. Got me?"
"Yes sir." They replied meekly.
"Good, I'm counting on you." The line was disconnected.
"Man, what's up his ass?" Fos asked to his partner.
"Well, if you've been dead for five thousand years, you'd get a little angry as well."
***
~Those two fools couldn't find a hover car in a hay stack.~ Carl said looking down at the squad cars from his perch on a nearby roof. ~Heh,~ He turned and jumped from roof to roof on the way back to his home.
"Carl, could you stop for a minute?" Kathy asked tentatively.
~Later, my battery's light. I need to get back.~
A long silence from Kathy. "Okay."
Carl asked to himself as he landed on the roof of the gray brick building he owned. Pushing a concealed button, a secret door unsealed.
The Trezen stepped in and slowly descended down a shaft with light blue lighting. After his feet touched the ground, Carl exhaled deeply and the suit opened up along the sides of his legs and sides. He took his arms out of the armor and took off the helmet, his hair matted with sweat. "By Din I'm tired!" Stepping from the secret lab, his footsteps where muffled on his way to the bathroom that was attached to his room.
"Amber is coming." Kathy informed him.
"I'm too tired to care tonight, seal the lab door for me." He shut and locked the door and turned on the water.
"As you wish." The door in his room suddenly blended right into the wall.
There was a knock at the door when he began to strip out of the skin tight black body suit that covered his body up to his neck. "What?" He asked tiredly.
"Where have you been?" Came the soft reply. "I was getting worried." Amber said from the other side of the door. "You left so suddenly-"
"You worry too much Amber, go back to bed. We have a long day of training ahead of is tomorrow."
".....All right,"
Carl shook his head and stepped into the hot water. As the water flowed over his scarred body, the tiredness was washed out of him and down the drain. Pressing the top of his head on the water soaked wall. he turned off the water.
"Five mobiles in seven days." He looked at himself in the mirror. "Yeesh, I look like shit." Carl, now half asleep, walked to his bedroom and laid face first on his bed. Turning over on his back, he heard his computer companion's voice. "Carl, I still need to talk to you."
"Tomorrow Kat." He yawned. "I promise."
"Fine, good night Carl."
" 'Night Kathy." Was the last thing he said before sleep claimed him.
***
A wonderful smell reached Carl's nose and he slowly opened his eyes. The digits of his clock blinked 10:00 A.M. He sat up slowly with nearly his whole body aching. "These nights are killing me." He mumbled putting on his glasses.
Still half asleep and wearing only his boxers, Carl made his way to the kitchen. "Good morning Ca-" Amber blushed heavily and turned around quickly. He cocked an eyebrow and mouthed a question to Kathy.
"What's with her?"
"Look down..."
"Huh? Geh!" Carl bolted back to his room and put on some more clothing. "Why didn't you tell me I had this little on?" He mouthed angrily.
"Well, you never asked."
"Oh real cute, I bet you're enjoying this." Kathy started laughing.
***
"Katy, is Carl gone?" Amber asked aloud.
A girlish giggle. "Yes,"
Amber turned and set two glasses of orange juice on the table. With a sigh she looked at her left hand. "Katy?"
"Yea Amber?"
"Why does Carl keep so much about him from me?"
"I'll say the same thing Carl did, its for your own good."
"But-"
"But nothin'" Amber looked up and saw Carl with a cross look on his face. "Maybe someday." He walked forward and his face brightened. "Pancakes and cucco eggs?! My favorite!"
"Kathy told me it was." she said with a shy smile
"Well then thank you both." He took a bite. "The best I've ever had!"
"Oh, its not that good." Amber bit her lower lip in modesty.
Carl chuckled as he said, "Well if you don't start eating some, there won't get any for yourself." Carl winked at her.
"Stop!" She said embarrassed.
Carl laughed again and took another bite. He looked up and saw Amber looking down and cutting a egg. He gasped inward as the morning sunlight shown on her silken black hair. She looked up to see Carl looking at her and he quickly looked down, suddenly very interested in his food. Amber began laughing.
"What's so funny?" Carl asked defensively.
"Nothing." Amber tried to hold back her laughter.
"Hmf."
There was that feeling again. 'What is wrong with me?' Kathy thought. 'I have to make an analysis later on.' An alarm alerted her. Carl, its time to start training.
He gave a nod and put down his fork. "Amber, its time to get started."
"Al-already?"
"Yes, already. Your body needs to learn to adjust to all the new types of stress levels that it will have to endure soon."
"I know how to handle stress!"
"Do you?" Carl asked, smirking. "Even with new body parts?"
"Yes!" She said obstinate.
"Well then," He said darkly. "let's get started."
***
"We'll begin easily." Carl said gripping a wooden staff.
"That's fine. What do I have to do?" Amber asked confidently.
"Knock me off my feet." He tossed her the other staff.
"That's it huh?"
"That's it."
"This should be easy!" Amber took a swing and his legs. Carl's staff blocked the blow before it was even thrown. She tried hitting him in the head with the other end but was blocked once more.
"Easy huh?"
"Shut up!" Amber growled. She hit Carl with the butt of the staff in the chest and he stumbled back a step.
"Very good. But," In three quick moves, Amber found herself on the ground. "that was better."
Amber got up quickly and attacked him again with the same result. "My, my."
"Stop it!" Amber shouted attacking him again. Carl blocked at his chest and gave a hit to the back of her knee, flipped over her head and whacked her across her butt. Amber fell to her knees in pain.
"You're not concentrating!" He furrowed his brow. "And we haven't even begun with the cybernetic exercises."
"You haven't beaten me yet!" Amber cried out raising to her feet. She charged at him once again, faking a swing that Carl took the bait on. Amber took the chance to slam her staff into his side. She swung the staff and hit Carl's chest and used the momentum from the blow to hit her teacher's legs and sent him tumbling to the ground.
"Very good!" Carl smirked and spun around on the ground and Amber soon joined him on her back. "But you should always pay attention to your enemy's attacks."
Carl stood and tapped the end of his weapon on the wooden floor. Amber dusted herself off and went on the offensive upon his invitation. She found herself on the floorboards again and again looking up at a smugger and smugger Carl.
Amber heaved her staff away with an aggravated sigh. "Screw this!" She shouted.
"Tsk, tsk Amber." Carl half smiled. "I never thought you'd be giving up." He walked over and placed his staff on it's rack and picked up two wooden swords. "Too bad you are not finished until I say so."
"I won't." She crossed her arms beneath her breasts and turned her head.
"You won't huh?" Carl had an amused smile on his face.
"No."
Carl laughed. "Well, need I remind you that I saved you life and gave you a new chance to live twice as better as your old one." He twirled the swords at his sides. "And I can take it away."
Amber narrowed her eyes as she stood. "Threatening me will do you no good, you realize I do have a metal arm and cybernetic joints while you have only the later."
"Which are useless unless you know how to you use them!" Carl exclaimed.
"Please, it can't be that hard to control them." Amber said speculatively.
"Oh really?" Carl had an impish grin as he stepped back a few feet. "All right. Kathy, set Miss Hailee's legs to level one."
"Yes Carl." Kathy said in both their ears.
Carl waved at her invitingly. 'This should be simple.' Amber thought smirking, She began at him, quite a bit faster than she thought. In fact, Carl simply side stepped her and she kept going until the wall behind him stopped her. Carl winced as he saw Amber and the wall collide.
"Oh yes, so easy!" Carl began laughing and was interrupted by Kathy.
"Don't be so mean!" She said harshly. "Remember the first time you tried yours?"
Carl flashed back to running into that same wall on level three, and got a broken nose for his efforts. "Of course I do!" He mouthed.
"Then don't be so mean!" An alarm sounded in his ear. "Rouge construction mobile in the 28th ward!" 'Great, just what I needed.' Carl thought.
"Amber."
"Yeah?" She sighed getting up slowly.
"I have to leave now for a little bit. Continue your training with out cybernetics until I return."
"Yes, Master." Amber said sarcastically.
"Cute." Carl said rushing up the stairs.
When he was gone, Amber looked at the wooden swords that had been dropped in haste. "Hmf, I never said I wanted this." She kicked one of them. "And he certainly didn't have to laugh!" The laughter hurt more than the collision.
***
Now in the secret room or 'pit' as he affectionately called it, Carl quickly stripped off all his clothing and into his black body suit. Pulling a latch, his hardsuit elevated from an opening panel from the floor. He stepped into the legs and bent over, sliding his arms into the suit and the armor sealed itself as a helmet slowly descended from the ceiling onto his head. "Kathy, systems check."
"All at 100%."
"Right." He made his way over to the shaft with the blue light. "Energize!" Electricity began to shoot out from the walls and the floor gave out beneath him, yet he didn't fall. A high pitched mechanical squeal became louder and louder and soon Carl was shot into the air like a bullet from a gun.
In the distance, Carl saw an explosion followed by a cloud of dust. ~Well, at least we know the police haven't taken care of business, as usuall.~
Carl landed on a building and leaped, his new back propulsion system kicking in and sending him farther. "Now, now Carl, its not their fault that they can only use those outdated suits." Outdated to these two meant the latest technology. The Armitage suit, or 'A' suit for short, are large, slow, bulky and not fit for fighting a fast moving mobile. half the time their firepower did more damage than the mobile that they're fighting.
~I hate these daytime rouges, too much light and too many innocents.~ Bounding over the last building, Carl landed on the pavement and took a quick look around. ~Well, well look what we gots here.~ Carl said as he sat the yellow mutating machine. It's body had assimilated itself with some of the supplies and shot out a pipe which The Trezen dodged. The mobile's red eyes burned a hole straight through his armor. 'This one has some spunk!' The knuckle bombs slid over his hands and had to duck as the mobile fired a shard of metal from it's back. 'And I hate spunk on a rogue mobile!'
***
Amber sneaked upstairs. "Carl?" She called out. No response. 'Guess he's still not here, now's my chance to do some snooping.'
'Carl's room,' She looked down the short hall that led to his room. Opening the door she looked inside to see a typical room. A bed, a closet, a couple of drawers, an light stand with a lamp and an alarm clock by his bed.
Getting a little braver, she stepped inside. Looking over at a drawer she noticed it had a few pictures on it. One had four people, one had to be a younger Carl, a girl about three years older than him with blonde hair and pale blue eyes. A woman with dark green eyes and brown hair, 'Must be his mother, she's pretty.' Amber picked up the framed photograph and looked at it closely. A middle aged man with a brown beard and hair that was graying at the temples and hazel eyes. "Carl's dad?" She whispered.
"Amber, your pulse has slowed to resting, you have stopped training."
"So, you gonna tell Carl?" She asked closing the door of Carl's room. "I needed to rest, all right?" Amber went to the kitchen and while drinking a glass of lemonade, noticed Carl's computer. 'I haven't given up on finding the Trezen yet. Let's see here....'
As the screen came on, a password was required. "Aw, crap. Dead end." She turned off the computer and rubbed her temples. "I'll try some other time."
"Try what?" Kathy asked.
"None of your business." Amber furrowed her brow.
***
Carl back flipped and ducked another swing from the mobile. ~You're a tough one!~ He exclaimed.
The mobile tried to hit Carl. The Trezen caught his fist and with the other hand's knuckle bombs, blew off the mobiles arm and threw it aside. ~But it seems that I am a bit tougher.~ The Trezen started pummeling the mutated machine and blew a hole in it's chest. ~Time to say night night!~ The gama blade came to life and Carl impaled the robot through it's beating, infected core. The blade was brought up through it's head and Carl retreated a few feet to be safe from the explosion.
After the dust settled, Carl felt a hard hit to his back and turned around. Five 'A' suits confronted him. ~Oh, please.~
"Open fire!" The suits started shooting and Carl leaped in the air onto a building and fired back, blowing one up.
~Idiots, why can't they just leave me alone?~ Carl complained as he made his retreat.
Carl landed on his roof and went down into the pit and quickly changed back into his clothing. Finished with that, he climbed out of his window and climbed down the building. "Hmmm, ah perfect!" Taking a piece of glass off the side walk he cut across his forehead. "Damn that hurts!" He bit him lower lip holding back a wince and walked up the stairs to the door. Carl started to slowly limp into the living room where Amber was sitting and watching the tape of the rouge mobile attack that happened moments ago. "Just where have you-" She stopped midsentance as she saw Carl's appearance. "By Din Carl what happened to you?" Amber rushed up to him and helped him into a reclining chair.
Carl pointed to the TV and said tiredly, "I was there when it attacked. I tried to stop it with a pipe." He wiped a new streak of blood from the wound in his head. "Thank the Three that the Trezen was there and stopped it."
"How did you get home so fast?" She slapped her head. "Duh, your cybernetics!"
"Heh, yes that's it." Carl said nervously. "Could you get me some water please?"
He thanked Amber as she gave him the glass. Carl chuckled weakly. "No more training today, you'll be happy to hear."
"And you're going to stay in that chair and rest." Amber said putting her hands on her hips. "And I'm gonna make sure you do until you're looking better. It looks like you haven't slept in three days!"
"I've had alot on my mind is all, you don't have to worry about me. I'm a big boy." Carl smirked.
Amber laughed warmly and gave Carl a quick kiss on the cheek, "Well you get some rest, then when you wake up, we'll go out and eat 'k?"
Carl smiled and nodded tiredly. After he slipped off into sleep, Amber reached down and played with his hair for a moment. "I'll find out your secrets, and you'll find out that you can trust me."
~Wooh!~ Carl exclaimed as a rouge mobile threw a car at him. ~Damn, this is a tough one! Kathy, how much juice I got left?~
Beep, beep. "Your hardsuit has enough power for three more minutes of combat."
~That's it huh? All right.~ The gamma blade winked to life and he turned is forearm up. ~Let's do this!~
Carl yelled and rushed forward. The mobile took a swing but the added speed from Carl's upgraded joints allowed him to duck quickly and slash up the chest of the mobile, exposing it's infected core. His armored fist reached in and grabbed the core, and tore it out of the machine's body.
The monster like machine gave a painful howl and fell flat on it's mutated face, dead. The Trezen looked up to see police cars speeding toward him. The jets on the armor's hips hurled him up from the scene to the safety of a nearby building.
"Ung, late again." Sgt. Fos snapped his fingers. "That Trezen is really starting to annoy me."
Blin smirked. "At least he's kept us out of danger for a while."
"Feh, lucky bastard gets all the fun." Fos tossed a broken arm to the ground.
"Blin, Fos, phone!" An officer shouted. The pair shivered when they heard the voice on the line.
"Did you catch him?"
"Ummmm......no." Blin mumbled.
"Fools! What is wrong with you? I'm starting to reconsider resurrecting you two!"
"We're sorry. We'll get him next time." Blin squeaked out.
"You had better, or else. Got me?"
"Yes sir." They replied meekly.
"Good, I'm counting on you." The line was disconnected.
"Man, what's up his ass?" Fos asked to his partner.
"Well, if you've been dead for five thousand years, you'd get a little angry as well."
***
~Those two fools couldn't find a hover car in a hay stack.~ Carl said looking down at the squad cars from his perch on a nearby roof. ~Heh,~ He turned and jumped from roof to roof on the way back to his home.
"Carl, could you stop for a minute?" Kathy asked tentatively.
~Later, my battery's light. I need to get back.~
A long silence from Kathy. "Okay."
Carl asked to himself as he landed on the roof of the gray brick building he owned. Pushing a concealed button, a secret door unsealed.
The Trezen stepped in and slowly descended down a shaft with light blue lighting. After his feet touched the ground, Carl exhaled deeply and the suit opened up along the sides of his legs and sides. He took his arms out of the armor and took off the helmet, his hair matted with sweat. "By Din I'm tired!" Stepping from the secret lab, his footsteps where muffled on his way to the bathroom that was attached to his room.
"Amber is coming." Kathy informed him.
"I'm too tired to care tonight, seal the lab door for me." He shut and locked the door and turned on the water.
"As you wish." The door in his room suddenly blended right into the wall.
There was a knock at the door when he began to strip out of the skin tight black body suit that covered his body up to his neck. "What?" He asked tiredly.
"Where have you been?" Came the soft reply. "I was getting worried." Amber said from the other side of the door. "You left so suddenly-"
"You worry too much Amber, go back to bed. We have a long day of training ahead of is tomorrow."
".....All right,"
Carl shook his head and stepped into the hot water. As the water flowed over his scarred body, the tiredness was washed out of him and down the drain. Pressing the top of his head on the water soaked wall. he turned off the water.
"Five mobiles in seven days." He looked at himself in the mirror. "Yeesh, I look like shit." Carl, now half asleep, walked to his bedroom and laid face first on his bed. Turning over on his back, he heard his computer companion's voice. "Carl, I still need to talk to you."
"Tomorrow Kat." He yawned. "I promise."
"Fine, good night Carl."
" 'Night Kathy." Was the last thing he said before sleep claimed him.
***
A wonderful smell reached Carl's nose and he slowly opened his eyes. The digits of his clock blinked 10:00 A.M. He sat up slowly with nearly his whole body aching. "These nights are killing me." He mumbled putting on his glasses.
Still half asleep and wearing only his boxers, Carl made his way to the kitchen. "Good morning Ca-" Amber blushed heavily and turned around quickly. He cocked an eyebrow and mouthed a question to Kathy.
"What's with her?"
"Look down..."
"Huh? Geh!" Carl bolted back to his room and put on some more clothing. "Why didn't you tell me I had this little on?" He mouthed angrily.
"Well, you never asked."
"Oh real cute, I bet you're enjoying this." Kathy started laughing.
***
"Katy, is Carl gone?" Amber asked aloud.
A girlish giggle. "Yes,"
Amber turned and set two glasses of orange juice on the table. With a sigh she looked at her left hand. "Katy?"
"Yea Amber?"
"Why does Carl keep so much about him from me?"
"I'll say the same thing Carl did, its for your own good."
"But-"
"But nothin'" Amber looked up and saw Carl with a cross look on his face. "Maybe someday." He walked forward and his face brightened. "Pancakes and cucco eggs?! My favorite!"
"Kathy told me it was." she said with a shy smile
"Well then thank you both." He took a bite. "The best I've ever had!"
"Oh, its not that good." Amber bit her lower lip in modesty.
Carl chuckled as he said, "Well if you don't start eating some, there won't get any for yourself." Carl winked at her.
"Stop!" She said embarrassed.
Carl laughed again and took another bite. He looked up and saw Amber looking down and cutting a egg. He gasped inward as the morning sunlight shown on her silken black hair. She looked up to see Carl looking at her and he quickly looked down, suddenly very interested in his food. Amber began laughing.
"What's so funny?" Carl asked defensively.
"Nothing." Amber tried to hold back her laughter.
"Hmf."
There was that feeling again. 'What is wrong with me?' Kathy thought. 'I have to make an analysis later on.' An alarm alerted her. Carl, its time to start training.
He gave a nod and put down his fork. "Amber, its time to get started."
"Al-already?"
"Yes, already. Your body needs to learn to adjust to all the new types of stress levels that it will have to endure soon."
"I know how to handle stress!"
"Do you?" Carl asked, smirking. "Even with new body parts?"
"Yes!" She said obstinate.
"Well then," He said darkly. "let's get started."
***
"We'll begin easily." Carl said gripping a wooden staff.
"That's fine. What do I have to do?" Amber asked confidently.
"Knock me off my feet." He tossed her the other staff.
"That's it huh?"
"That's it."
"This should be easy!" Amber took a swing and his legs. Carl's staff blocked the blow before it was even thrown. She tried hitting him in the head with the other end but was blocked once more.
"Easy huh?"
"Shut up!" Amber growled. She hit Carl with the butt of the staff in the chest and he stumbled back a step.
"Very good. But," In three quick moves, Amber found herself on the ground. "that was better."
Amber got up quickly and attacked him again with the same result. "My, my."
"Stop it!" Amber shouted attacking him again. Carl blocked at his chest and gave a hit to the back of her knee, flipped over her head and whacked her across her butt. Amber fell to her knees in pain.
"You're not concentrating!" He furrowed his brow. "And we haven't even begun with the cybernetic exercises."
"You haven't beaten me yet!" Amber cried out raising to her feet. She charged at him once again, faking a swing that Carl took the bait on. Amber took the chance to slam her staff into his side. She swung the staff and hit Carl's chest and used the momentum from the blow to hit her teacher's legs and sent him tumbling to the ground.
"Very good!" Carl smirked and spun around on the ground and Amber soon joined him on her back. "But you should always pay attention to your enemy's attacks."
Carl stood and tapped the end of his weapon on the wooden floor. Amber dusted herself off and went on the offensive upon his invitation. She found herself on the floorboards again and again looking up at a smugger and smugger Carl.
Amber heaved her staff away with an aggravated sigh. "Screw this!" She shouted.
"Tsk, tsk Amber." Carl half smiled. "I never thought you'd be giving up." He walked over and placed his staff on it's rack and picked up two wooden swords. "Too bad you are not finished until I say so."
"I won't." She crossed her arms beneath her breasts and turned her head.
"You won't huh?" Carl had an amused smile on his face.
"No."
Carl laughed. "Well, need I remind you that I saved you life and gave you a new chance to live twice as better as your old one." He twirled the swords at his sides. "And I can take it away."
Amber narrowed her eyes as she stood. "Threatening me will do you no good, you realize I do have a metal arm and cybernetic joints while you have only the later."
"Which are useless unless you know how to you use them!" Carl exclaimed.
"Please, it can't be that hard to control them." Amber said speculatively.
"Oh really?" Carl had an impish grin as he stepped back a few feet. "All right. Kathy, set Miss Hailee's legs to level one."
"Yes Carl." Kathy said in both their ears.
Carl waved at her invitingly. 'This should be simple.' Amber thought smirking, She began at him, quite a bit faster than she thought. In fact, Carl simply side stepped her and she kept going until the wall behind him stopped her. Carl winced as he saw Amber and the wall collide.
"Oh yes, so easy!" Carl began laughing and was interrupted by Kathy.
"Don't be so mean!" She said harshly. "Remember the first time you tried yours?"
Carl flashed back to running into that same wall on level three, and got a broken nose for his efforts. "Of course I do!" He mouthed.
"Then don't be so mean!" An alarm sounded in his ear. "Rouge construction mobile in the 28th ward!" 'Great, just what I needed.' Carl thought.
"Amber."
"Yeah?" She sighed getting up slowly.
"I have to leave now for a little bit. Continue your training with out cybernetics until I return."
"Yes, Master." Amber said sarcastically.
"Cute." Carl said rushing up the stairs.
When he was gone, Amber looked at the wooden swords that had been dropped in haste. "Hmf, I never said I wanted this." She kicked one of them. "And he certainly didn't have to laugh!" The laughter hurt more than the collision.
***
Now in the secret room or 'pit' as he affectionately called it, Carl quickly stripped off all his clothing and into his black body suit. Pulling a latch, his hardsuit elevated from an opening panel from the floor. He stepped into the legs and bent over, sliding his arms into the suit and the armor sealed itself as a helmet slowly descended from the ceiling onto his head. "Kathy, systems check."
"All at 100%."
"Right." He made his way over to the shaft with the blue light. "Energize!" Electricity began to shoot out from the walls and the floor gave out beneath him, yet he didn't fall. A high pitched mechanical squeal became louder and louder and soon Carl was shot into the air like a bullet from a gun.
In the distance, Carl saw an explosion followed by a cloud of dust. ~Well, at least we know the police haven't taken care of business, as usuall.~
Carl landed on a building and leaped, his new back propulsion system kicking in and sending him farther. "Now, now Carl, its not their fault that they can only use those outdated suits." Outdated to these two meant the latest technology. The Armitage suit, or 'A' suit for short, are large, slow, bulky and not fit for fighting a fast moving mobile. half the time their firepower did more damage than the mobile that they're fighting.
~I hate these daytime rouges, too much light and too many innocents.~ Bounding over the last building, Carl landed on the pavement and took a quick look around. ~Well, well look what we gots here.~ Carl said as he sat the yellow mutating machine. It's body had assimilated itself with some of the supplies and shot out a pipe which The Trezen dodged. The mobile's red eyes burned a hole straight through his armor. 'This one has some spunk!' The knuckle bombs slid over his hands and had to duck as the mobile fired a shard of metal from it's back. 'And I hate spunk on a rogue mobile!'
***
Amber sneaked upstairs. "Carl?" She called out. No response. 'Guess he's still not here, now's my chance to do some snooping.'
'Carl's room,' She looked down the short hall that led to his room. Opening the door she looked inside to see a typical room. A bed, a closet, a couple of drawers, an light stand with a lamp and an alarm clock by his bed.
Getting a little braver, she stepped inside. Looking over at a drawer she noticed it had a few pictures on it. One had four people, one had to be a younger Carl, a girl about three years older than him with blonde hair and pale blue eyes. A woman with dark green eyes and brown hair, 'Must be his mother, she's pretty.' Amber picked up the framed photograph and looked at it closely. A middle aged man with a brown beard and hair that was graying at the temples and hazel eyes. "Carl's dad?" She whispered.
"Amber, your pulse has slowed to resting, you have stopped training."
"So, you gonna tell Carl?" She asked closing the door of Carl's room. "I needed to rest, all right?" Amber went to the kitchen and while drinking a glass of lemonade, noticed Carl's computer. 'I haven't given up on finding the Trezen yet. Let's see here....'
As the screen came on, a password was required. "Aw, crap. Dead end." She turned off the computer and rubbed her temples. "I'll try some other time."
"Try what?" Kathy asked.
"None of your business." Amber furrowed her brow.
***
Carl back flipped and ducked another swing from the mobile. ~You're a tough one!~ He exclaimed.
The mobile tried to hit Carl. The Trezen caught his fist and with the other hand's knuckle bombs, blew off the mobiles arm and threw it aside. ~But it seems that I am a bit tougher.~ The Trezen started pummeling the mutated machine and blew a hole in it's chest. ~Time to say night night!~ The gama blade came to life and Carl impaled the robot through it's beating, infected core. The blade was brought up through it's head and Carl retreated a few feet to be safe from the explosion.
After the dust settled, Carl felt a hard hit to his back and turned around. Five 'A' suits confronted him. ~Oh, please.~
"Open fire!" The suits started shooting and Carl leaped in the air onto a building and fired back, blowing one up.
~Idiots, why can't they just leave me alone?~ Carl complained as he made his retreat.
Carl landed on his roof and went down into the pit and quickly changed back into his clothing. Finished with that, he climbed out of his window and climbed down the building. "Hmmm, ah perfect!" Taking a piece of glass off the side walk he cut across his forehead. "Damn that hurts!" He bit him lower lip holding back a wince and walked up the stairs to the door. Carl started to slowly limp into the living room where Amber was sitting and watching the tape of the rouge mobile attack that happened moments ago. "Just where have you-" She stopped midsentance as she saw Carl's appearance. "By Din Carl what happened to you?" Amber rushed up to him and helped him into a reclining chair.
Carl pointed to the TV and said tiredly, "I was there when it attacked. I tried to stop it with a pipe." He wiped a new streak of blood from the wound in his head. "Thank the Three that the Trezen was there and stopped it."
"How did you get home so fast?" She slapped her head. "Duh, your cybernetics!"
"Heh, yes that's it." Carl said nervously. "Could you get me some water please?"
He thanked Amber as she gave him the glass. Carl chuckled weakly. "No more training today, you'll be happy to hear."
"And you're going to stay in that chair and rest." Amber said putting her hands on her hips. "And I'm gonna make sure you do until you're looking better. It looks like you haven't slept in three days!"
"I've had alot on my mind is all, you don't have to worry about me. I'm a big boy." Carl smirked.
Amber laughed warmly and gave Carl a quick kiss on the cheek, "Well you get some rest, then when you wake up, we'll go out and eat 'k?"
Carl smiled and nodded tiredly. After he slipped off into sleep, Amber reached down and played with his hair for a moment. "I'll find out your secrets, and you'll find out that you can trust me."
