CHAPTER 6 TO BECOME A FUGITIVE
Carl woke up the next morning and took his time getting ready. He ate breakfast and watched TV until about noon when he turned it off. "Okay, fun time."
He stepped into the elevator in his room and entered the 'pit'. As he stepped into the armor and had it seal over his body, he asked Kathy, "Could you please inform Amber that I am on my way?"
"Amber, Carl is coming for you now."
" 'Bout time!" She mouthed laying on the bed in her cell, her hand propping up her head as she lazily wiggled her foot over her crossed knee.
"One more thing, Him and I are going to do a ventriloquist act, so please don't say a word...in fact act surprised."
"He better get here soon." She warned.
"Okay, its all taken care of." Kathy informed Carl.
"Good," Carl responded as he placed the helmet on his head and sealed his visor. "this shouldn't he too hard."
"Carl, have you realized that the police have been hunting you for the past eight weeks?"
Carl smirked. "Yep."
"And that you're going to bust into the headquarters of the H.C.T.P.D?"
"Yep"
"You're impossible you know that?!" If Kathy could have smiled, she would have.
Carl laughed. "Oh yeah..." The blue electricity played over the armor and all the way up the shaft. The floor gave way and Carl shot through the shaft and up through the air. "Yaaahooo!" A trail of energy flew out behind him and dissipated.
Leaping and bounding eventually landed Carl to the headquarters of the police where poor Amber was being held. The right arm opened up and an explosive charge popped out. He placed the charge and backflipped across the street to another building top.
***
"All right Miss Hailee, tell me what happened." Blin said, somewhat board as he propped his foot on his wooden deck, the chair squeaked as he did.
Amber rolled her eyes at the detective disgustedly. "How did you ever get to be a cop anyway?" she asked the fat Moe Blin.
Blin frowned and waited quietly until Amber began to speak. "I was just walking to a local arcade and that guy grabbed me."
"And for that you decided to take his head off with your arm? And just where did you get those cybernetics? You don't look like you could afford the extent of them." Blin glanced at a piece of paper in his hand. "All of your joints, the left side of your body and a whole arm," He looked up at her, "one doctor I called said that would cost well over three million rupees."
"That's none of your damn business." Amber said matter of factly. "That guy deserved it anyway."
Blin growled, he was getting sick of this girl's brash. "I'll ask you again, where did you get those cybernetics?"
As if on cue, the building shook, throwing Blin out of his chair. "What the hell?!" Officers that recovered from the blast stood and looked at the hole in the ceiling.
Curses and gasps expelled from mouths as a forest green armor slowly descended from the sky. "Shit! Its The Trezen!" Blin shouted as the armor finally landed on the tiled floor. Everyone trained their pistols to the armor.
The armor looked around and pointed to a relieved looking Amber. "Give the girl to me." Instead of a male voice, a female came out.
"What?!" Fos screamed coming from his office. "It's a woman?!"
"I'd suggest that you put the guns away before anybody gets hurt." No-one made a move and The Trezen's right arm opened up with the four muzzles. "I'd suggest that you do."
Blin nodded to the officers and holstered his side arm, as did the others. "You know you won't get away with this you pathetic piece of metal!"
"Hah! You idiots haven't caught me yet, and I doubt that you ever will." Kathy's voice told the detective. "Now, if you'll excuse me," The Trezen said as Amber was wrapped up in it's arm. "I really must dash."
As The Trezen lifted off the ground, Amber called out, "Tootles!"
"Damn it!" Blin shouted, throwing down Ambrosia Hailee's file onto the ground.
"Get a Firebat up and follow him!" Fos shouted.
"Yes sir!"
***
~So Amber, did you enjoy yourself last night?~
Amber growled. "Set me down and you'll find out!" She said her face bunched up in anger. Pting! A bullet ricochet off Carl's armor. "What the hell?"
~Kathy, how many are there?~
"Three Firebat helicopters."
~Damn, you'd think that I did something wrong.~
"Yeah, killing five teenagers, destroying police property, and busting out a murderer right out from under their noses, no offense Amber, but who's counting?"
Amber's stomach sunk as Carl landed on a roof and quickly shot back up into the sky. "Easy!!!" She said, getting green in the face.
~Well excuse me!~ Carl shouted. ~Kathy, explosive charges.~
"You got it."
After Carl leaped up again and twirled in mid-air and started firing at the attacking one man helicopters. One of the explosive cartridges from the suits arm and hit the blades, shattering it to pieces. A large piece of shrapnel flew up into the cockpit, running through the pilot. The metal shard stuck out of the top of his head, blowing his face off.
~Damn it!~ Carl cursed as he was hit with a shell and thrown into a whirl. He landed onto a roof top and rolled end over end, Amber flying from his arm.
Amber rolled on the ground and struggled to prop herself up in her metal elbow. "Unng...." She looked up to see a Firebat swooping down at her. She covered her head and slouched over as it started to fire at her, trails of bullet holes appearing around her body.
A startled Amber heard an explosion behind her and peeked up to see Carl, his gun barrels smoking on his right arm. ~Amber, are you okay?~
She paled and pointed behind him. He turned and was shot in the chest by the remaining Firebat, blasting him back next to Amber. ~Damn that hurt!~
"Carl?!, Carl?!" Amber shouted.
~My suit's thrashed.~ He said on the ground, ~I can't move!~ Circuits shorted out in his chest. ~Ahhh!~
"Carl, your life support system for the suit is down!" Kathy shouted in his pointed Hylian ear.
~Great.~ More shots were fired. Amber got angry and stood up, a slight morning breeze stirring her dark locks.
"Amber, the pilot is coming back for more!" Kathy said.
Amber closed her eyes, her face to the ground. "Kathy, activate my cybernetics."
The pilot's face turned from a quick surprise to one of arrogance as he dove down at the raven hair. "Are you crazy! Remember the last time you used them!?"
"We don't have time to think about it! Just do it!"
"All right..." Amber could feel a new strength in her legs. "Level one is all you should need." The pilot's face went back to startled surprise as Amber leaped into the air and landed on the domed glass of the cockpit.
"What the hell?" A wild look came to Amber's clear clue eyes. She punched through the glass easily with her metal arm. With a wicked smile she ripped the control stick out of the control panel.
"Bye, bye!" She blew a teasing kiss to the pilot, backflipped off the small helicopter and landed by Carl.
The pilot could only watch as the side of a skyscraper grew closer and closer until it crashed through the glass wall and into the interior of the building, exploding. After she witnessed the explosion Amber looked down at Carl in his busted armor.
~Amber, my battery is dead, just get out of here. I'm sure that the police have already called for back up.~
"Oh no. I'm not gonna have me owing you anything! You're coming along even if I have to drag you!"
"It looks like you'll have to Amber, the suit is almost immobile." Kathy informed a frowning Amber.
"Great." Amber bent down and wrapped Carl's right arm around her shoulders. She groaned as she tried lifting the armored twenty year old. "Damn boy, you're heavy!"
"This might help." Kathy said. A huge surge of energy came into Amber's legs and she started to stand.
"Wow Kathy, what did you do?"
A giggle from Kathy. "I raised the power of your leg cybernetics to level three."
"I like it!"
"That's great, but you had better get a move on, more Firebats just took off and they're heading this way!"
"Okay, let's see if I can't get us home in one piece."
***
"Lord Ganon, we think we found a friend of The Trezen."
"Go on."
"Her name is Ambrosia Hailee. The Trezen rescued her right under my nose!"
"Oh, and of course you tried to stopping him." Ganondorf said sarcastically.
"We tried, but she threatened the lives of my fellow officers."
"She?"
"Yes, The Trezen spoke, it was feminine!"
Mr. Dragmire shook his head pittily. "Are you completely stupid?"
"Sir?"
"Ever hear of a voice synthesizer?"
"Oh yeah." Blin said, a light clicking on in his head.
"I would slap you right now if I could." Ganon said rolling his eyes. "Anyway, we can use this."
"How so Lord Ganon?"
"First get Fos..."
***
As the pit door opened Amber stepped out, still propping Carl on her shoulder. She set the armor wearing man on the floor and took of his helmet, placing it aside.
Carl leaned back his head, breathing deeply. His yellow lenses started fogging up as the cool air of the pit came to his skin. "I'll get you some water." Amber said.
Carl nodded and watched her leave, "Kathy," Carl whispered. "How bad is it?"
"Very, the chest armor took so much damage you might as well build it over."
He groaned. "Damn it!" Carl shouted as the suit opened up to let him out. He shouted again, only in pain as a shard of the metal that was lodged in his shoulder ripped out of his flesh, tearing the black body suit as well. Carl put his hand on the wound, blood seeping through his fingers.
"You okay Carl?" Kathy asked worriedly.
"Yeah, just great." He responded angrily. Carl stepped out of the powered suit of armor, took a few steps and collapsed onto the ground.
"Amber, get down here quick! Carl fell!" Amber gasped as the voice of Kathy came to her ears, the glass of water slipping from her slender hand and shattering on the kitchen floor. She rushed back to Carl's bedroom.
"Well Carl, it seems that you have caused even more pain for yourself now." Mrs. M. shook her head sadly and sighed as she watched the news flash. "You just don't think things out." She sighed again. "Now they won't hesitate to kill you or Amber." She gave a quirky smile. "That is if they can ever find you....Kathy."
Kathy's blonde haired blue eyed visage appeared on the television screen. "Good afternoon Mrs. M. It has been awhile."
The woman smiled. "Link me to Carl."
Kathy's face grew serious and shook her head, the electronic hair shifting as she did. "Uh, uh. No can do."
"And why, may I ask?"
"He's hurt pretty bad, and Amber is with him."
"Well that's just great!" Mrs. M. twirled her hair and stopped, frustrated that she caught herself doing so. 'Blast that Carl, I haven't twirled my hair this much in a long time!' "Well, as soon as he is alone, connect him to me!"
"Geez I'm getting so sick of having to play secretary for you people!" Kathy's brows furrowed in anger.
"Now, now Kathy don't get so excited!" The emerald eyes woman said, tisking the computer program.
"I am not getting excited!"
Mrs. M. laughed motherly. "Then what would you call it?"
Kathy 'oooh'ed angrily and disappeared from the television screen, the original show coming back on.
***
The elevator door opened and Amber gasped as she saw Carl struggling to get up. When she tried to help him up, Carl swatted her hand away angrily. "I don't need your help!"
"Let the pig headed idiot try it himself." Kathy said angrily of Carl.
"But he's hurt." she mouthed, concerned.
"He's a big boy. He can tale care of himself." Kathy said reassuringly.
Carl managed to stand up eventually and wobbled a bit as he finally found his footing. He methodically walked over to a medical kit and stripped the black body suit down to his waist, his teeth grit hard. Carl took out some bandaging and tried wrapping it around his shoulder. It kept slipping off however and he threw it to the ground.
"Are you done being Mr. Stubborn now?" Amber asked with a smirk.
Carl gave her a stern look as he picked up the bandaging and tossed it to her. The Trezen gave her a quick smile and nodded in resignation. "Yea, I pulled my head from my ass."
"For now anyway." Kathy said with humor in her voice.
"Oh, shut up."
"Carl, that wasn't very nice." Amber said as she put some peroxide on a rag and dabbed the wound getting the desired effect of Carl yelping at the sudden stinging. "Awww, does that hurt?" Amber asked mockingly." Carl growled a response. "You know this is gonna have to be sewn up."
Carl sighed. "Figures. Next time you get in trouble, remind me to stay home. Amber jabbed Carl skin with the needle harder than what was needed. "Ouch! What the hell was that for?!"
"Oops, my hand slipped." Amber said coarsely.
"Yeah, I bet." Carl pointed to a needle. "Inject that into my shoulder, it numbs the skin."
"Yes, Your Highness." Amber said retrieving the numbing agent. She stuck it to the left of the wound.
"Okay, start sewing." Carl said with his head leaned back against the cool metal wall. A few minutes later, Carl began speaking again. "Amber,"
"What?" She asked in a tired tone.
"I'm...sorry. For saying that." He sighed. "I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave."
Amber smiled sweetly. "You're not getting rid of me that easily, besides," she finished the last stitch and tied up the thread. "I can't very well learn to control my new body, so to speak, by myself can I?"
"Why not, I did?" Carl said still berating himself.
"With many bodily injuries I might add." Kathy added.
"And that is why I need a teacher," She said simply. "Besides, didn't you say that I could stay here for as long as I wanted to?"
"Something like that, yea."
"Well, I'm not ready to leave."
"Touche'" Carl said nodding his head. "I'm gonna take a shower." He smiled slyly. "Care to join me?" Carl walked to the elevator laughing his head off.
Amber rolled her eyes. "Men."
"Agreed!" Kathy said. Amber looked at the trashed suit with her big blue eyes. "What's wrong Amber?" She asked, concerned.
"What is gonna happen with the armor?"
"We....haven't decided yet."
Amber sighed heavily. "Its all my fault isn't it?"
"Of course not!" Kathy said. "It was Carl's for being so cocky that led to the near destruction of the armor."
"Yea, I guess you're right...."
"Carl just told me that he is going to get some sleep after he is done and you should too."
Amber gave a big yawn. "Good idea." She slowly made her way to her room on the other side of Carl's workshop.
She quickly took a shower to rid herself of the stench of the jail and climbed into bed, putting her hands behind her head. 'What a life I have.' She thought staring at the ceiling 'Now that I think of it, why is Carl making me train? Its not like some earth ending evil lurking around.' She soon closed her eyes and fell into a dream filled sleep.
"Damn it, I could sleep for a week." Carl said as he slipped into his bed naked.
"Not just yet I'm afraid."
Carl groaned on recognition of the voice. "As if this day could get any worse."
"You know that was a stupid thing to do."
"Well what would you want me to do, huh? leave her there?"
"You know good and well that-" Carl reached up and turned off the small jewel in his ear.
"She's gonna be really pissed that I did that." Carl laid on his side as sleep overcame him. His dreams were filled with mobiles and life before the lab accident.
Carl woke up the next morning and took his time getting ready. He ate breakfast and watched TV until about noon when he turned it off. "Okay, fun time."
He stepped into the elevator in his room and entered the 'pit'. As he stepped into the armor and had it seal over his body, he asked Kathy, "Could you please inform Amber that I am on my way?"
"Amber, Carl is coming for you now."
" 'Bout time!" She mouthed laying on the bed in her cell, her hand propping up her head as she lazily wiggled her foot over her crossed knee.
"One more thing, Him and I are going to do a ventriloquist act, so please don't say a word...in fact act surprised."
"He better get here soon." She warned.
"Okay, its all taken care of." Kathy informed Carl.
"Good," Carl responded as he placed the helmet on his head and sealed his visor. "this shouldn't he too hard."
"Carl, have you realized that the police have been hunting you for the past eight weeks?"
Carl smirked. "Yep."
"And that you're going to bust into the headquarters of the H.C.T.P.D?"
"Yep"
"You're impossible you know that?!" If Kathy could have smiled, she would have.
Carl laughed. "Oh yeah..." The blue electricity played over the armor and all the way up the shaft. The floor gave way and Carl shot through the shaft and up through the air. "Yaaahooo!" A trail of energy flew out behind him and dissipated.
Leaping and bounding eventually landed Carl to the headquarters of the police where poor Amber was being held. The right arm opened up and an explosive charge popped out. He placed the charge and backflipped across the street to another building top.
***
"All right Miss Hailee, tell me what happened." Blin said, somewhat board as he propped his foot on his wooden deck, the chair squeaked as he did.
Amber rolled her eyes at the detective disgustedly. "How did you ever get to be a cop anyway?" she asked the fat Moe Blin.
Blin frowned and waited quietly until Amber began to speak. "I was just walking to a local arcade and that guy grabbed me."
"And for that you decided to take his head off with your arm? And just where did you get those cybernetics? You don't look like you could afford the extent of them." Blin glanced at a piece of paper in his hand. "All of your joints, the left side of your body and a whole arm," He looked up at her, "one doctor I called said that would cost well over three million rupees."
"That's none of your damn business." Amber said matter of factly. "That guy deserved it anyway."
Blin growled, he was getting sick of this girl's brash. "I'll ask you again, where did you get those cybernetics?"
As if on cue, the building shook, throwing Blin out of his chair. "What the hell?!" Officers that recovered from the blast stood and looked at the hole in the ceiling.
Curses and gasps expelled from mouths as a forest green armor slowly descended from the sky. "Shit! Its The Trezen!" Blin shouted as the armor finally landed on the tiled floor. Everyone trained their pistols to the armor.
The armor looked around and pointed to a relieved looking Amber. "Give the girl to me." Instead of a male voice, a female came out.
"What?!" Fos screamed coming from his office. "It's a woman?!"
"I'd suggest that you put the guns away before anybody gets hurt." No-one made a move and The Trezen's right arm opened up with the four muzzles. "I'd suggest that you do."
Blin nodded to the officers and holstered his side arm, as did the others. "You know you won't get away with this you pathetic piece of metal!"
"Hah! You idiots haven't caught me yet, and I doubt that you ever will." Kathy's voice told the detective. "Now, if you'll excuse me," The Trezen said as Amber was wrapped up in it's arm. "I really must dash."
As The Trezen lifted off the ground, Amber called out, "Tootles!"
"Damn it!" Blin shouted, throwing down Ambrosia Hailee's file onto the ground.
"Get a Firebat up and follow him!" Fos shouted.
"Yes sir!"
***
~So Amber, did you enjoy yourself last night?~
Amber growled. "Set me down and you'll find out!" She said her face bunched up in anger. Pting! A bullet ricochet off Carl's armor. "What the hell?"
~Kathy, how many are there?~
"Three Firebat helicopters."
~Damn, you'd think that I did something wrong.~
"Yeah, killing five teenagers, destroying police property, and busting out a murderer right out from under their noses, no offense Amber, but who's counting?"
Amber's stomach sunk as Carl landed on a roof and quickly shot back up into the sky. "Easy!!!" She said, getting green in the face.
~Well excuse me!~ Carl shouted. ~Kathy, explosive charges.~
"You got it."
After Carl leaped up again and twirled in mid-air and started firing at the attacking one man helicopters. One of the explosive cartridges from the suits arm and hit the blades, shattering it to pieces. A large piece of shrapnel flew up into the cockpit, running through the pilot. The metal shard stuck out of the top of his head, blowing his face off.
~Damn it!~ Carl cursed as he was hit with a shell and thrown into a whirl. He landed onto a roof top and rolled end over end, Amber flying from his arm.
Amber rolled on the ground and struggled to prop herself up in her metal elbow. "Unng...." She looked up to see a Firebat swooping down at her. She covered her head and slouched over as it started to fire at her, trails of bullet holes appearing around her body.
A startled Amber heard an explosion behind her and peeked up to see Carl, his gun barrels smoking on his right arm. ~Amber, are you okay?~
She paled and pointed behind him. He turned and was shot in the chest by the remaining Firebat, blasting him back next to Amber. ~Damn that hurt!~
"Carl?!, Carl?!" Amber shouted.
~My suit's thrashed.~ He said on the ground, ~I can't move!~ Circuits shorted out in his chest. ~Ahhh!~
"Carl, your life support system for the suit is down!" Kathy shouted in his pointed Hylian ear.
~Great.~ More shots were fired. Amber got angry and stood up, a slight morning breeze stirring her dark locks.
"Amber, the pilot is coming back for more!" Kathy said.
Amber closed her eyes, her face to the ground. "Kathy, activate my cybernetics."
The pilot's face turned from a quick surprise to one of arrogance as he dove down at the raven hair. "Are you crazy! Remember the last time you used them!?"
"We don't have time to think about it! Just do it!"
"All right..." Amber could feel a new strength in her legs. "Level one is all you should need." The pilot's face went back to startled surprise as Amber leaped into the air and landed on the domed glass of the cockpit.
"What the hell?" A wild look came to Amber's clear clue eyes. She punched through the glass easily with her metal arm. With a wicked smile she ripped the control stick out of the control panel.
"Bye, bye!" She blew a teasing kiss to the pilot, backflipped off the small helicopter and landed by Carl.
The pilot could only watch as the side of a skyscraper grew closer and closer until it crashed through the glass wall and into the interior of the building, exploding. After she witnessed the explosion Amber looked down at Carl in his busted armor.
~Amber, my battery is dead, just get out of here. I'm sure that the police have already called for back up.~
"Oh no. I'm not gonna have me owing you anything! You're coming along even if I have to drag you!"
"It looks like you'll have to Amber, the suit is almost immobile." Kathy informed a frowning Amber.
"Great." Amber bent down and wrapped Carl's right arm around her shoulders. She groaned as she tried lifting the armored twenty year old. "Damn boy, you're heavy!"
"This might help." Kathy said. A huge surge of energy came into Amber's legs and she started to stand.
"Wow Kathy, what did you do?"
A giggle from Kathy. "I raised the power of your leg cybernetics to level three."
"I like it!"
"That's great, but you had better get a move on, more Firebats just took off and they're heading this way!"
"Okay, let's see if I can't get us home in one piece."
***
"Lord Ganon, we think we found a friend of The Trezen."
"Go on."
"Her name is Ambrosia Hailee. The Trezen rescued her right under my nose!"
"Oh, and of course you tried to stopping him." Ganondorf said sarcastically.
"We tried, but she threatened the lives of my fellow officers."
"She?"
"Yes, The Trezen spoke, it was feminine!"
Mr. Dragmire shook his head pittily. "Are you completely stupid?"
"Sir?"
"Ever hear of a voice synthesizer?"
"Oh yeah." Blin said, a light clicking on in his head.
"I would slap you right now if I could." Ganon said rolling his eyes. "Anyway, we can use this."
"How so Lord Ganon?"
"First get Fos..."
***
As the pit door opened Amber stepped out, still propping Carl on her shoulder. She set the armor wearing man on the floor and took of his helmet, placing it aside.
Carl leaned back his head, breathing deeply. His yellow lenses started fogging up as the cool air of the pit came to his skin. "I'll get you some water." Amber said.
Carl nodded and watched her leave, "Kathy," Carl whispered. "How bad is it?"
"Very, the chest armor took so much damage you might as well build it over."
He groaned. "Damn it!" Carl shouted as the suit opened up to let him out. He shouted again, only in pain as a shard of the metal that was lodged in his shoulder ripped out of his flesh, tearing the black body suit as well. Carl put his hand on the wound, blood seeping through his fingers.
"You okay Carl?" Kathy asked worriedly.
"Yeah, just great." He responded angrily. Carl stepped out of the powered suit of armor, took a few steps and collapsed onto the ground.
"Amber, get down here quick! Carl fell!" Amber gasped as the voice of Kathy came to her ears, the glass of water slipping from her slender hand and shattering on the kitchen floor. She rushed back to Carl's bedroom.
"Well Carl, it seems that you have caused even more pain for yourself now." Mrs. M. shook her head sadly and sighed as she watched the news flash. "You just don't think things out." She sighed again. "Now they won't hesitate to kill you or Amber." She gave a quirky smile. "That is if they can ever find you....Kathy."
Kathy's blonde haired blue eyed visage appeared on the television screen. "Good afternoon Mrs. M. It has been awhile."
The woman smiled. "Link me to Carl."
Kathy's face grew serious and shook her head, the electronic hair shifting as she did. "Uh, uh. No can do."
"And why, may I ask?"
"He's hurt pretty bad, and Amber is with him."
"Well that's just great!" Mrs. M. twirled her hair and stopped, frustrated that she caught herself doing so. 'Blast that Carl, I haven't twirled my hair this much in a long time!' "Well, as soon as he is alone, connect him to me!"
"Geez I'm getting so sick of having to play secretary for you people!" Kathy's brows furrowed in anger.
"Now, now Kathy don't get so excited!" The emerald eyes woman said, tisking the computer program.
"I am not getting excited!"
Mrs. M. laughed motherly. "Then what would you call it?"
Kathy 'oooh'ed angrily and disappeared from the television screen, the original show coming back on.
***
The elevator door opened and Amber gasped as she saw Carl struggling to get up. When she tried to help him up, Carl swatted her hand away angrily. "I don't need your help!"
"Let the pig headed idiot try it himself." Kathy said angrily of Carl.
"But he's hurt." she mouthed, concerned.
"He's a big boy. He can tale care of himself." Kathy said reassuringly.
Carl managed to stand up eventually and wobbled a bit as he finally found his footing. He methodically walked over to a medical kit and stripped the black body suit down to his waist, his teeth grit hard. Carl took out some bandaging and tried wrapping it around his shoulder. It kept slipping off however and he threw it to the ground.
"Are you done being Mr. Stubborn now?" Amber asked with a smirk.
Carl gave her a stern look as he picked up the bandaging and tossed it to her. The Trezen gave her a quick smile and nodded in resignation. "Yea, I pulled my head from my ass."
"For now anyway." Kathy said with humor in her voice.
"Oh, shut up."
"Carl, that wasn't very nice." Amber said as she put some peroxide on a rag and dabbed the wound getting the desired effect of Carl yelping at the sudden stinging. "Awww, does that hurt?" Amber asked mockingly." Carl growled a response. "You know this is gonna have to be sewn up."
Carl sighed. "Figures. Next time you get in trouble, remind me to stay home. Amber jabbed Carl skin with the needle harder than what was needed. "Ouch! What the hell was that for?!"
"Oops, my hand slipped." Amber said coarsely.
"Yeah, I bet." Carl pointed to a needle. "Inject that into my shoulder, it numbs the skin."
"Yes, Your Highness." Amber said retrieving the numbing agent. She stuck it to the left of the wound.
"Okay, start sewing." Carl said with his head leaned back against the cool metal wall. A few minutes later, Carl began speaking again. "Amber,"
"What?" She asked in a tired tone.
"I'm...sorry. For saying that." He sighed. "I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave."
Amber smiled sweetly. "You're not getting rid of me that easily, besides," she finished the last stitch and tied up the thread. "I can't very well learn to control my new body, so to speak, by myself can I?"
"Why not, I did?" Carl said still berating himself.
"With many bodily injuries I might add." Kathy added.
"And that is why I need a teacher," She said simply. "Besides, didn't you say that I could stay here for as long as I wanted to?"
"Something like that, yea."
"Well, I'm not ready to leave."
"Touche'" Carl said nodding his head. "I'm gonna take a shower." He smiled slyly. "Care to join me?" Carl walked to the elevator laughing his head off.
Amber rolled her eyes. "Men."
"Agreed!" Kathy said. Amber looked at the trashed suit with her big blue eyes. "What's wrong Amber?" She asked, concerned.
"What is gonna happen with the armor?"
"We....haven't decided yet."
Amber sighed heavily. "Its all my fault isn't it?"
"Of course not!" Kathy said. "It was Carl's for being so cocky that led to the near destruction of the armor."
"Yea, I guess you're right...."
"Carl just told me that he is going to get some sleep after he is done and you should too."
Amber gave a big yawn. "Good idea." She slowly made her way to her room on the other side of Carl's workshop.
She quickly took a shower to rid herself of the stench of the jail and climbed into bed, putting her hands behind her head. 'What a life I have.' She thought staring at the ceiling 'Now that I think of it, why is Carl making me train? Its not like some earth ending evil lurking around.' She soon closed her eyes and fell into a dream filled sleep.
"Damn it, I could sleep for a week." Carl said as he slipped into his bed naked.
"Not just yet I'm afraid."
Carl groaned on recognition of the voice. "As if this day could get any worse."
"You know that was a stupid thing to do."
"Well what would you want me to do, huh? leave her there?"
"You know good and well that-" Carl reached up and turned off the small jewel in his ear.
"She's gonna be really pissed that I did that." Carl laid on his side as sleep overcame him. His dreams were filled with mobiles and life before the lab accident.
