Chapter VI
Awake
Shock. If Natasha were to put a word on what Blade had just confessed too, that word would be it. Blade had just spent the last half-hour explaining one of the many experiments that the Argos crew was a part of. No doubt that my father had a hand in this. No. Not everything that the army does is his fault. Natasha thought. But still, he must have known about it...
Continuing his briefing on what had happened all those years ago, Blade's eyes were darkening with hate as he remembered. It was evident to all that this was a secret that no one knew about. It was something that was so dark that he didn't even dare to tell the love of his life, Aki.
"When the Argos reached high orbit with Saturn we began the experiment. The army had contracted... no; it was more like black mailed my father into helping them create a being of untold skill and strength. Of course genetics' wasn't even are field. Hell genetics couldn't be farther from my father's mind. But there was something that the army needed, donors and gravity ideal for their project to go though. Naturally my father refused. He wouldn't be bullied into doing anything let alone bringing a life into the world for the sole intent to force others out.
"But the army had something that they knew he couldn't say no to. Something just a precious to him as life itself. Shara. They had done something to my babe sister. The bastard's had implanted a neural virus into her with what was thought to be an inoculation." Blade's voice cracked and was starting to grow in anger and sorrow at the mention of his sisters' name.
They had done it. They had used the ultimate bargaining chip. The life of his father's child to get what they wanted. In what looked like a harmless shot was a timed death.
"As far as I know that's what killed my sister. Not Cain and the others, but an attempt to blackmail my father." Blade's eyes had started to water as he continued to tell his family what had happened all those years ago.
" My father knew that he couldn't just tell the crew why they were committing such a moral crime. So he came up with a lie. He told us that this was an effort to create a way to make the human gene pool stronger. Surprisingly the crew bought it. That is all except for Cain and I. No he told us the truth but swore us never to speak of it. He didn't want his only daughter to find out." Blade paused for a moment as he remembered him and his brother confronting his father and finding the truth that they sister was doomed to die if they didn't go though with this.
"When the time came to begin, it was decided that Cain and I would be the donors sense we both had an exact match for DNA. What we didn't know was that the machine that would be used to sample our DNA would also be used to copy and merge our minds to form a new being.
"Everything was going smoothly. The machine had already sampled our DNA but we had to remain in it to allow it to compare and contrast the new DNA to the original. From what I knew at the time he would look exactly like us but his body would naturally grow stronger with time. His body of course would need to be active and he would have to learn his strength, but other then that, he would grow stronger with each passing day. I can only imagine how strong he is now.
"As we went forward, we could visually see the being in the tank begin to take form and identity. Once his body had completed forming he looked like he was just eight years old. The next phase of the experiment began almost the moment his body was ready. At first if felt like something was burrowing into our minds. It didn't hurt; it was just strange feeling our minds probed. But that's when all hell broke out."
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In the medical center deep in the Space Knight command laid a six foot long cocoon. Within laid the now completely healed body of Tekkaman Sever. Finally I can break free of this cell that my own body encased me in. The liquid and cells had long returned to his body leaving only a coffin. The skin of the cocoon had begun to dry a few days ago as the cells forming the cocoon died as there essence was sucked out leaving just there membranes behind.
With his strength returned Jericho began to attempt to break free of his own prison. Soon brother, very soon.
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"All of a sudden the equipment began to malfunction. Fatal errors and system's crashing were popping out of no wear. Cain and I were being shocked by the all the extra energy that was being sent though our bodies and the machine tried to quicken its download. Father and Conrad had given up on the computers and were now only trying to get us free. Unfortunately though all the madness they had forgotten to wear protective clothing that would have prevented shock.
"Father had grabbed me and Conrad had grabbed onto Cain. In that instant that our bodies connected, the computers returned to normal, but now four of us were being scanned and our minds being downloaded into his body. By the time that the cursed machine was deactivated it was already too late. Our minds had now become one and had been placed inside his body. Four lives had been merged into one to form a new person." Blade was now fighting back the temptation to scream in anger as he recalled everything else that had happened on that fated trip.
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With all his might, Jericho punched though the shell and left its surface rivened with cracks. Using both hands he split the shell in two. Sitting up from where he had laid for nearly two months Jericho breathed in air and for the first time in a long while it wasn't accompanied by a flood of his own cells returning. Looking around he realized that he was alone. Figures, my own brother wouldn't be here to welcome me back from my personal nightmare. Walking towards a closet and opening it Jericho was greeted with piles of neatly folded clothes. Picking one that was outlined with blue, Jericho quickly dressed and mentally called for Blade. He had no intent of summoning him, just wanted to find him to go and greet his brother.
Finally locating where he was Jericho began walking towards the door. As he passed the broken cocoon he stopped. There on the floor laid his sword. Picking up his only means of becoming Sever again Jericho felt as if he had found an old friend. Staring at his sword he was not aware of a piece of the cocoon liquefying and craw towards him.
Feeling a slap on his back Jericho swirled around to face the person behind him. No one was there. Strange... Jericho began to feel something pull down on his shirt. Turning his head as far back as he could he saw the piece of cocoon on his back begin to form in to what looked like a sheath for his sword. Frantically Jericho tried to pull the piece off of his back. His resistance was meet with the remains quickening its pace. He managed to grab onto it just once, and was met by the thing literary biting his hand.
God even the parts of my body that are dead are too bull headed to give up! Finally giving up and allowing the horrific object do what it had set out to do to his body.
The remains formed two liquid like arms that began to craw across his chest like a army of marching ants that had spotted each other and were advancing towards one and another to war with one and another. Finally meeting at the very center of his chest the two ends connected and merged into one strong black link. Designs began to bubble out and formed onto the surface. If that couldn't have been anymore disturbing....
Putting his sword into the new sheath that had formed around him, Jericho set out to find his Brother. To find the man that would give him what he needed.
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Draco listened to every word that Blade had said and was hanging onto every bit of it. He was always interested in genetics. But what he was hearing from Blade, it was actually starting to shake him. He had always been brought up on the teachings of the church. Had attended church until his father felt that they were being misled. He still had remained in the faith but had stopped going to the church. In some ways he felt that his faith was what separated him from the other one.
He still had a bit of a hard time swallowing Severs strength. Was he holding back? After fifteen years how strong can the man be?!
Looking over to Fire, to the only one who understood his Darker side, and knew the truth of how he had received his powers. He was going to have to talk with him about this.
D-Boy was about to finish when all of a sudden the door at the end of the room flew open. Standing there was the man in question, the bodies of the unconscious guards littered the floor around the man. Sever stood there looking as if he had just came back from a resort. My God, how can one man have that much will to return BETTER looking after losing half of his body?! A look that could slice glass in half with no resistance occupied his face. There was no mistaking it, Sever was angry. But at what? "Hello brother. Did you miss me?"
