Chapter Three - Lab Specimen?
Author's note: I still don't own Medabots, so please don't sue. All I have is my PC and my Game Boy Advance. BTW, some nice hints as to what's to come in later chapters. Keep and eye out.
Metabee came online reluctantly, slightly scared of what he would see.
He was a little surprised to find himself still in his old KBT-type body, though he was chained securely to a wall and suspended about a foot off the ground, effectively helpless.
As his vision cleared, he got a good look at the room he was in. It appeared to some sort of lab, it was windowless and had only one door, and there were many different kinds of electronic equipment lining the white walls. There was not a speck of dirt to be seen anywhere. The most prominent feature in the lab was what appeared to be a surgical bed. Metabee fought down fury as he realised that Ikki was strapped to it.
One of the humans who had kidnapped them, the man who owned the maroon medabot, was performing some sort of procedure on Ikki's neck. Metabee saw him take a small medical instrument and carefully seal up an incision.
The door to the lab opened and the woman with the cold eyes walked in. Metabee deliberately dimmed his optics. He didn't want them to realise that he was awake yet, he needed to know more first...then he could get around to giving them a Metabee boppin'.
"How did it go?" The woman asked, her voice sounding unnaturally loud in the quiet lab.
"The implanting procedure went well," The man replied, "But we wont know if the chip is working until he wakes up. You know that Lilith."
Implanting? What kind of chip? Metabee wondered. What were they doing to Ikki...and why?
Lilith looked over at Metabee.
"I am aware of that, William. But we must finish this experiment quickly...if this procedure produces the results we expect..."
"I know." William cut her off with a frown, "But we have no guarantees that we'll be able to control our subjects afterwards."
Lilith didn't reply, but Metabee felt his fury growing in leaps and bounds as he listened to their conversation. No one would control him!
"Uhhhnnnnnn..." Ikki groaned as he began to wake up. Metabee felt a strange sensation run through him as Ikki began to stir, like phantom pain down his neck and back. He shrugged it off, it was probably a result of his battle earlier.
"Excellent." Lilith said, smiling coldly. "Just think of it William. If the procedure was successful, we'll be able to use these two to do untold damage to the blasted Medabot Federation!"
That did it. Metabee's temper flared uncontrollably.
"You wont use us to do anything!" Metabee screamed, his optics flaring bright green as he pulled as his restraints. Lilith and William whirled around and stared as the chains holding Metabee cracked and broke and Metabee landed on the floor.
"Celcion, get him!" William yelled at the maroon medabot, who raised its fusion cannon. But Metabee felt a power building in him that was stronger than anything else he'd ever known. He knew it was the Medaforce...but it felt infinitely more powerful, as though someone had thrown petrol on his internal flame. A green aura gathered about him, and he heard William's sharp intake of breath.
"You idiot Lilith! He's got a rare medal!"
The power of the medaforce ran through his body, pooling in his hands. And with the power came feelings that felt totally unfamiliar, but they gave him strength. He gathered the Medaforce.
"Kiss your bot goodbye!" Metabee yelled, cupping his hands together, "Medaforce!" he cried and the green light shot from his hands and towards the maroon medabot, who was sent crashing into the opposite wall.
Through the smoke and confusion, Metabee staggered over to the surgical bed and pulled off the restraints.
"C'mon, Ikki. We gotta get outta here." Metabee muttered.
"Huh? Metabee...? What..."
"Later, let's go!"
Metabee half-carried his medafighter from the lab, trying to get as far away from this place as possible.
Ikki's world was a blurred mess. He had no idea how they had gotten out of that lab, and only hazy images of someone examining him...something about him being a 'good specimen'. His neck and back burned with pain, and he could taste the coppery tang of blood in his mouth. Everything felt unreal, the only thing that felt solid was the cold metal of the arms that carried him.
"Metabee...where are we?" Ikki slurred as Metabee put him down.
"I'm not sure Ikki." Metabee admitted. He thought they were still in Central Park somewhere, but it was night-time, and he had no landmarks to judge from, and no idea where to go next...and to top it all off, he was pretty sure that Lilith and William had sent their other 'bot after them. Metabee turned concerned optics on Ikki. Noting the unfocussed look in his medafighter's eyes and the slurred nature of his speech, he figured that Ikki had been drugged. Not much by itself, but added to the injuries he already had to his neck and back, it meant that he couldn't move fast enough to keep up with Metabee alone.
Not that Metabee was in such great shape himself. There was still some residual damage from his previous battle with those two weird Medabots - Scion and Celcion - and he had just expended a great deal of power back in the lab...but strangest of all was the odd phantom pain that kept running down his back. It persisted despite his diagnostic software insisting that there was no real damage. But he still felt worn out. He needed to offline...but knew he couldn't.
"Metabee!" Ikki suddenly cried out. Metabee turned and saw the strange black Medabot he had fought before. Moving quickly, Metabee ducked and rolled out of the way of the blast of black light and aimed his laser cannon. But before he could fire another blast of black light struck him, sending him sprawling to the ground.
"Metabee..." Ikki moaned, trying to get up, trying to move to help his friend. But he was still too weak.
Metabee just managed to dodge another attack, but he could feel his strength fading. He growled to himself and struggled to his feet, launching a volley of laser fire. Scion dodged it by jumping up onto a tree branch, then counter attacked with two micro-missiles that exploded right in Metabee's face. Metabee screamed as his optics went out. His scream was in stereo as Ikki screamed with him, as though he too were in pain.
Blinded as he was, he was helpless.
"I'm sorry, Ikki..." He murmured. But before Scion could finish him off, two more voices rang out through the park.
"Jetstorm, dive-bomb attack!"
"Arcbeetle, show them the power of the prominence!"
There was a loud explosion, and the ear-splitting screech of metal against metal. There was a brief silence, then Metabee heard a vaguely familiar voice ask if he was ok.
"Can't see..." Metabee said.
"Optic damage. But I think you'll be ok." The voice said. Metabee dug around for a name to put to the voice and eventually came up with one, Jetstorm, the purple JET-type that belonged to that British kid.
"Ikki?" Metabee asked.
"Ikki will be just fine. We're getting you both somewhere safe." That voice he definitely recognised...Space Medafighter X.
"What the Hell happened just now?" Jetstorm's medafighter - Jayce - asked.
"Questions can wait until later. Let's just get them both fixed up first."
"Thanks...all of you..." Metabee said, "But I'm going to go sleepy now...nighty night." And he shut down.
Author's note: I still don't own Medabots, so please don't sue. All I have is my PC and my Game Boy Advance. BTW, some nice hints as to what's to come in later chapters. Keep and eye out.
Metabee came online reluctantly, slightly scared of what he would see.
He was a little surprised to find himself still in his old KBT-type body, though he was chained securely to a wall and suspended about a foot off the ground, effectively helpless.
As his vision cleared, he got a good look at the room he was in. It appeared to some sort of lab, it was windowless and had only one door, and there were many different kinds of electronic equipment lining the white walls. There was not a speck of dirt to be seen anywhere. The most prominent feature in the lab was what appeared to be a surgical bed. Metabee fought down fury as he realised that Ikki was strapped to it.
One of the humans who had kidnapped them, the man who owned the maroon medabot, was performing some sort of procedure on Ikki's neck. Metabee saw him take a small medical instrument and carefully seal up an incision.
The door to the lab opened and the woman with the cold eyes walked in. Metabee deliberately dimmed his optics. He didn't want them to realise that he was awake yet, he needed to know more first...then he could get around to giving them a Metabee boppin'.
"How did it go?" The woman asked, her voice sounding unnaturally loud in the quiet lab.
"The implanting procedure went well," The man replied, "But we wont know if the chip is working until he wakes up. You know that Lilith."
Implanting? What kind of chip? Metabee wondered. What were they doing to Ikki...and why?
Lilith looked over at Metabee.
"I am aware of that, William. But we must finish this experiment quickly...if this procedure produces the results we expect..."
"I know." William cut her off with a frown, "But we have no guarantees that we'll be able to control our subjects afterwards."
Lilith didn't reply, but Metabee felt his fury growing in leaps and bounds as he listened to their conversation. No one would control him!
"Uhhhnnnnnn..." Ikki groaned as he began to wake up. Metabee felt a strange sensation run through him as Ikki began to stir, like phantom pain down his neck and back. He shrugged it off, it was probably a result of his battle earlier.
"Excellent." Lilith said, smiling coldly. "Just think of it William. If the procedure was successful, we'll be able to use these two to do untold damage to the blasted Medabot Federation!"
That did it. Metabee's temper flared uncontrollably.
"You wont use us to do anything!" Metabee screamed, his optics flaring bright green as he pulled as his restraints. Lilith and William whirled around and stared as the chains holding Metabee cracked and broke and Metabee landed on the floor.
"Celcion, get him!" William yelled at the maroon medabot, who raised its fusion cannon. But Metabee felt a power building in him that was stronger than anything else he'd ever known. He knew it was the Medaforce...but it felt infinitely more powerful, as though someone had thrown petrol on his internal flame. A green aura gathered about him, and he heard William's sharp intake of breath.
"You idiot Lilith! He's got a rare medal!"
The power of the medaforce ran through his body, pooling in his hands. And with the power came feelings that felt totally unfamiliar, but they gave him strength. He gathered the Medaforce.
"Kiss your bot goodbye!" Metabee yelled, cupping his hands together, "Medaforce!" he cried and the green light shot from his hands and towards the maroon medabot, who was sent crashing into the opposite wall.
Through the smoke and confusion, Metabee staggered over to the surgical bed and pulled off the restraints.
"C'mon, Ikki. We gotta get outta here." Metabee muttered.
"Huh? Metabee...? What..."
"Later, let's go!"
Metabee half-carried his medafighter from the lab, trying to get as far away from this place as possible.
Ikki's world was a blurred mess. He had no idea how they had gotten out of that lab, and only hazy images of someone examining him...something about him being a 'good specimen'. His neck and back burned with pain, and he could taste the coppery tang of blood in his mouth. Everything felt unreal, the only thing that felt solid was the cold metal of the arms that carried him.
"Metabee...where are we?" Ikki slurred as Metabee put him down.
"I'm not sure Ikki." Metabee admitted. He thought they were still in Central Park somewhere, but it was night-time, and he had no landmarks to judge from, and no idea where to go next...and to top it all off, he was pretty sure that Lilith and William had sent their other 'bot after them. Metabee turned concerned optics on Ikki. Noting the unfocussed look in his medafighter's eyes and the slurred nature of his speech, he figured that Ikki had been drugged. Not much by itself, but added to the injuries he already had to his neck and back, it meant that he couldn't move fast enough to keep up with Metabee alone.
Not that Metabee was in such great shape himself. There was still some residual damage from his previous battle with those two weird Medabots - Scion and Celcion - and he had just expended a great deal of power back in the lab...but strangest of all was the odd phantom pain that kept running down his back. It persisted despite his diagnostic software insisting that there was no real damage. But he still felt worn out. He needed to offline...but knew he couldn't.
"Metabee!" Ikki suddenly cried out. Metabee turned and saw the strange black Medabot he had fought before. Moving quickly, Metabee ducked and rolled out of the way of the blast of black light and aimed his laser cannon. But before he could fire another blast of black light struck him, sending him sprawling to the ground.
"Metabee..." Ikki moaned, trying to get up, trying to move to help his friend. But he was still too weak.
Metabee just managed to dodge another attack, but he could feel his strength fading. He growled to himself and struggled to his feet, launching a volley of laser fire. Scion dodged it by jumping up onto a tree branch, then counter attacked with two micro-missiles that exploded right in Metabee's face. Metabee screamed as his optics went out. His scream was in stereo as Ikki screamed with him, as though he too were in pain.
Blinded as he was, he was helpless.
"I'm sorry, Ikki..." He murmured. But before Scion could finish him off, two more voices rang out through the park.
"Jetstorm, dive-bomb attack!"
"Arcbeetle, show them the power of the prominence!"
There was a loud explosion, and the ear-splitting screech of metal against metal. There was a brief silence, then Metabee heard a vaguely familiar voice ask if he was ok.
"Can't see..." Metabee said.
"Optic damage. But I think you'll be ok." The voice said. Metabee dug around for a name to put to the voice and eventually came up with one, Jetstorm, the purple JET-type that belonged to that British kid.
"Ikki?" Metabee asked.
"Ikki will be just fine. We're getting you both somewhere safe." That voice he definitely recognised...Space Medafighter X.
"What the Hell happened just now?" Jetstorm's medafighter - Jayce - asked.
"Questions can wait until later. Let's just get them both fixed up first."
"Thanks...all of you..." Metabee said, "But I'm going to go sleepy now...nighty night." And he shut down.