Pain was distant. It was so distant it was like being in Japan and having
it all the way in the U.S. Yet, as distant as it was it seemed so close
that it was intolerable. Moving or adjusting wasn't working. Squirming
didn't help for it seemed like the pain and irritation was part of her and
there is no getting away from bodily pain.
Trio tried to toss but it was to no avail. Her eyes wouldn't open and she began to panic as the pain that covered her whole body increased. She tried to scream, both in pain and fear but her vocal cords seemed not to respond. As hard as she tried to escape that which plagued her, in the end it was worthless.
This feeling continued for six more hours. During those six tedious, torturing hours she lay there, not knowing what was going on, and not remembering how she might have got where she was or what she was going to do. Not knowing what was happening to her was almost as bad as the pain. It was searing, freezing, burning and constricting all at once. Trio couldn't locate the source of the pain, yet it continued without delay.
It was an hour after those six that she finally felt she had the strength and screamed. She could hear it echo off the walls and over large metal, plastic and glass objects. Using the satisfaction that she gained from this she started thrashing, but it was useless. No matter how hard she pulled she didn't budge. She screamed again in frustration and fear until a sudden feeling stopped her in mid-scream.
Trio struggled and opened her eyes. It was light but not light enough to squint. The light seemed to come from a very large window about 50 feet up but Trio couldn't actually see it, she guessed it was there from the amount of light she saw reflect off the silver table in front of her face. Turning her face as much as her neck would allow she saw a huge metal machine and a few vials full of blood sitting on a small table nearby. It felt like she was in a Frankenstein movie from what she could see.
"It seems that we have successfully revived you, Trio Maxwell." A small man with wiry gray hair and a white lab coat stepped into her line of view though she had to tilt her head up.
"Who.where.what."
"You are in Kai Nanzaki's private laboratory. I am his trusted lab doctor. My name is irrelevant.
"As for what, we've been running some test experiments on you. It started with waking you up. This was accomplished just this last hour.
"After that we drew blood and attempted to control Deathscythe Hell with this big machine here," The doctor pointed to the machine he knew Trio could see, "and we almost had that control. Your Gundam has proven stronger than we expected. However, any minute this machine will break his control and we will be able to control you completely."
"That.so.that's the source of.my pain."
"So," the man cocked his head to the left, "you can feel this? You can feel our experiment breaking your protection?" Trio suddenly realized that for one she was laying on her stomach and two the machine was attached to her neck, making it difficult to move her head, her arm and various other places she couldn't feel.
The building pain kept Trio from speaking but she nodded. This movement brought about a dizziness that threatened to knock her out. She whimpered.
The evil old man laughed, "I never imagined that a G-Alloid would make such pitiful sounds! I also never imagined we'd capture one of your kind alive. We've tried for years, exterminating one after another, never alive or even useable. It's a pity they caught you, or more like Aka or Nekura as you call him, activated your remote. You could have gone the rest of your life without this happening if your Gundam side had been left off.too bad."
"I think Shiro hates you," Kai interrupted as he walked into the room. Trio couldn't see him but heard his voice echo. "I told him to come see you and he refused."
"All.the better," Trio spat out. A cough suddenly enveloped her and it took quite some time to stop.
"You are stronger than you look, Trio Maxwell. But ask yourself this, how long until Deathscythe's defenses crumble and we control you both? Then we can do to you what we did to Ala, or Aka as you know him."
Trio tried to speak but again the energy escaped her and just could only frown.
"We penetrated his easy defenses as a child and set up the personality you know as Nekura. It's long and complicated but you're probably curious as to how he activated it when he should not have been able to.
"To put it in laments terms, he's your fourth cousin, which means he's related, which is in accordance with those Gundam Rules."
The news hit Trio hard and the shock of what Kai said and the unbearable pain send her head spinning, right into unconsciousness.
Trio tried to toss but it was to no avail. Her eyes wouldn't open and she began to panic as the pain that covered her whole body increased. She tried to scream, both in pain and fear but her vocal cords seemed not to respond. As hard as she tried to escape that which plagued her, in the end it was worthless.
This feeling continued for six more hours. During those six tedious, torturing hours she lay there, not knowing what was going on, and not remembering how she might have got where she was or what she was going to do. Not knowing what was happening to her was almost as bad as the pain. It was searing, freezing, burning and constricting all at once. Trio couldn't locate the source of the pain, yet it continued without delay.
It was an hour after those six that she finally felt she had the strength and screamed. She could hear it echo off the walls and over large metal, plastic and glass objects. Using the satisfaction that she gained from this she started thrashing, but it was useless. No matter how hard she pulled she didn't budge. She screamed again in frustration and fear until a sudden feeling stopped her in mid-scream.
Trio struggled and opened her eyes. It was light but not light enough to squint. The light seemed to come from a very large window about 50 feet up but Trio couldn't actually see it, she guessed it was there from the amount of light she saw reflect off the silver table in front of her face. Turning her face as much as her neck would allow she saw a huge metal machine and a few vials full of blood sitting on a small table nearby. It felt like she was in a Frankenstein movie from what she could see.
"It seems that we have successfully revived you, Trio Maxwell." A small man with wiry gray hair and a white lab coat stepped into her line of view though she had to tilt her head up.
"Who.where.what."
"You are in Kai Nanzaki's private laboratory. I am his trusted lab doctor. My name is irrelevant.
"As for what, we've been running some test experiments on you. It started with waking you up. This was accomplished just this last hour.
"After that we drew blood and attempted to control Deathscythe Hell with this big machine here," The doctor pointed to the machine he knew Trio could see, "and we almost had that control. Your Gundam has proven stronger than we expected. However, any minute this machine will break his control and we will be able to control you completely."
"That.so.that's the source of.my pain."
"So," the man cocked his head to the left, "you can feel this? You can feel our experiment breaking your protection?" Trio suddenly realized that for one she was laying on her stomach and two the machine was attached to her neck, making it difficult to move her head, her arm and various other places she couldn't feel.
The building pain kept Trio from speaking but she nodded. This movement brought about a dizziness that threatened to knock her out. She whimpered.
The evil old man laughed, "I never imagined that a G-Alloid would make such pitiful sounds! I also never imagined we'd capture one of your kind alive. We've tried for years, exterminating one after another, never alive or even useable. It's a pity they caught you, or more like Aka or Nekura as you call him, activated your remote. You could have gone the rest of your life without this happening if your Gundam side had been left off.too bad."
"I think Shiro hates you," Kai interrupted as he walked into the room. Trio couldn't see him but heard his voice echo. "I told him to come see you and he refused."
"All.the better," Trio spat out. A cough suddenly enveloped her and it took quite some time to stop.
"You are stronger than you look, Trio Maxwell. But ask yourself this, how long until Deathscythe's defenses crumble and we control you both? Then we can do to you what we did to Ala, or Aka as you know him."
Trio tried to speak but again the energy escaped her and just could only frown.
"We penetrated his easy defenses as a child and set up the personality you know as Nekura. It's long and complicated but you're probably curious as to how he activated it when he should not have been able to.
"To put it in laments terms, he's your fourth cousin, which means he's related, which is in accordance with those Gundam Rules."
The news hit Trio hard and the shock of what Kai said and the unbearable pain send her head spinning, right into unconsciousness.