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Chapter 9
As the Triforce shrunk into the golden sky, Brise turned to Amber. "Wisdom has chosen its new master." Courage began slinking down under the surface of the lake. "Come, there is nothing more to view." Brise began leading Amber away when Andrew called out after them.
"Wait!" He glared at their backs. "What was that all about?! How did the Triforces get here, and where is the owner of Power?" The Triforce symbol on Amber's hand glowed at its mention.
Brise stopped and let out a breath. "Sire, my servants will be serving you dinner in under fifteen minutes. Please do not make them wait." Brise and Amber began walking again.
"Hey!!" He quickly caught up to her. "Do not walk away from your ruler!"
Brise whipped around and glared down at Andrew. "Prince Andrew, I realize that you have been through a lot today. However, I am a ruler as well, so I would appreciate it if you don not speak to me as if I was a serving girl newly arrived at the castle." By this time, Brise's brother and another male Sheikah had appeared behind Andrew. Brise's eyes gleamed powerfully down at Andrew. "Gerard, please take his Highness to his cabin.
"Yes sister." The two male Sheikah lead him back, Andrew looking back at Amber.
"You're absolutely positive that it was needed to keep him alive?" Amber asked sarcastically as they made their way back to Brise's room back into the cavernous workings of the Sheikan 'town'.
The two women slowly faded into view in the Pit. Looking around she noticed that her sister and Darien where still asleep. "She is still asleep?" Jilleana said almost unbelievably.
Angakita giggled. "The spores on the mushroom I used are extremely powerful." She walked over and looked down at Darien. "Ooh he's cute, is he yours?" She turned her head and smiled slyly at Jilleana.
Jilleana blushed deeply. "No!"
Angakita tsked. "Too bad, you two would make a cute couple….I could read his mind and see if he is interested in you?"
"I don't have time for that kind of stuff right now. Now that I have Wisdom, I have to get started on writing a program that will monitor the progress of Carl while he is being restored."
Angakita watched as Jilleana sat down at the computer terminal and started rapidly typing on the keyboard. She silently strode up behind the emerald haired girl and started sprinkling mushroom spores over her. "Hey! What are you doing?! I have to….do…this…"
Akana sat perched upon Angakita's shoulder. "Sorry girl, you need sleep too." Angakita pulled Jilleana from the chair and gently laid her down upon a rolled out blanket on the steel floor. As she pulled up the blanket around Jilleana's slim shoulders, Angakita stuffed a note in her hand.
"Well, our job is done here Akana, shall we go back to the forest now?" The fairy nodded and the two disappeared in a whirl of green orbs.
A few hours later….
Darien was awakened by a crashing from up above them. Very quietly, he made his way over to a monitor and whispered. "Kathy? What's going on up there?"
"Intruders, my guess, Lenard is sending in a mop-up drew so to speak." She replied in just above a whisper. The computer program patched in a hidden camera feed that showed about a half dozen men in all black moving slowly around the house, assault rifles ready to fire at any second. Darien nodded and watched them for a few seconds before turning to Mahrea and then to Jilleana.
Mahrea had begun to stir on the floor and Darien quickly kneeled down beside her with his finger to his lips, making her quiet. He then pointed to the roof of the Pit and motioned the action of assault rifles and searching with his hands. Mahrea nodded and could feel her adrenaline starting to pump hard through her body. She could feel Ether's freezing power against her skin, warning her of the danger. A thought came through her head at that very second. If she could feel Ether's warning, surely Jilleana could feel Bombos' as well. Looking over to her sister, she bit her lip as she saw her stir and moan in her sleep. Rushing over before she could make too much more noise, Darien put his hand over her mouth. Jilleana's eyes popped open in momentary terror and began to struggle against it. But as she saw her friend's face, she quickly calmed down.
Looking with question at Darien, she typed on the keyboard: "What's going on?"
Darien pointed to the monitor that was following the group of armed men to Carl's room. All held their breath, praying to The Three that they would not discover the hidden door. Kathy typed out on the monitor below the feed: Don't worry, no matter how well they search they won't find the entrance, just hang tight and keep quiet.
'Easy for her to say.' Mahrea thought. She gasped as she saw the barrels of the guns began lighting up, destroying everything in the room. Kathy quickly switched to another camera as they made their way through out the rest of the house, destroying things with machine gun fire and their own fists and feet.
Tears began forming at the corners of Jilleana's eyes. This was so wrong! What was this Lenard character trying to prove here?! She racked out a sob when she saw all the medical equipment in the basement get overturned and smashed to pieces. She felt Darien's arm slide around her sunken shoulders. Sliding over she buried her face into his chest and wept as quietly as she could. Mostly from fear, but also from all of the events that happened today, she just couldn't stop crying. All the pain and terror she was dealt at the hands of the demon fairy, the realization that her and her sister were practically experiments by their father, and now Carl's, and theirs refuge being torn apart.
Kathy typed out a message on the screens: "I am receiving a transmission from one of the men's cell phones."
In Text:
"Was there anyone there?"
"No Sir, we have searched the entire house."
"Hmm, I see, they must have escaped out a back door. Very well, return to the castle."
"Yes Sir."
The three watched as the man with the cell phone hung up and motioned to the others to follow him out of the building. The three did not move from the spot where they watched the monitor for a full half hour before they were sure that they had left.
Darien slowly slid out of the elevator in Carl's room and peered out into the hall way. Seeing nothing, he motioned to the girls to come out behind him. "Why is he leading the group? Don't we have the magic amulets?" Mahrea asked in her sister's ear.
Jilleana shrugged. "It's a guy thing I guess."
Darien led them out into the living room. Darien shook his head as Mahrea picked up a piece of the three goddesses statue that was broken apart by the rounds. "They certainly didn't have to destroy the statue." She said tossing the chunk back down onto the floor.
"Amber, Amber can you hear me?"
Amber jumped as Jilleana's voice came into her ear via Kathy's jewel. "Jill? Is that you? I can barely hear you."
"Sorry." She spoke louder. "How's this?"
"Better."
"Right…Uh, just thought you would like to know, some of Lenard's men just trashed the whole house."
"No." Brise looked up from dressing Amber's leg wound which had re-opened slightly form the walking on the mountain trail.
"Yes, they shot up everything in sight. Thank the Three they couldn't find the Pit."
Amber let out a relieved sigh. "Yes, thank the Three. I'll be there in a minute."
"Right." Jilleana broke off the contact.
"Brise, take me home."
Brise let out a bark of a laugh. "Not a chance, the only way for you to stay alive long enough to save Hyrule is to stay right here."
Amber frowned. "Listen, Carl let me stay in that house, he repaired my body in that house." She looked down and flexed her metal hand. "And, its where I fell in love with him…" She fought back a tear. "I'm going down there even if I have to climb down the side of Death Mountain by myself!"
Both women stared at each other before Brise sighed and shook her head. "Gerard."
"Yes sister?"
"Take Amber back down to her house."
"Yes sister." Amber smiled and thanked Brise before following Gerard from her room. "Heh, that girl is turning out to be more of a pain than I thought she would."
A flash of light entered the room and two figures came into view. "By Din, it looks like a Goron rolled through here." Gerard quipped as his sharp eyes surveyed the carnage.
Amber looked at him from the corner of her eye. "And just what is a Goron?"
"A rock eating species that looked like a three hundred pound potato with arms and legs."
"I see…"
"Amber! I'm glad you are okay!" Mahrea said with a smile.
"I could say the same for you three." She replied with a smile.
"Just don't go getting yourself hurt." Jilleana said. "I can still repair you down in the Pit, but there ain't no way I will be able to do anything about flesh injuries, now that all the medical equipment downstairs was shot to hell. And we won't be-able to take you to any hospitals, considering our fugitive status."
"Fugitive?"
"Yea, who do you think Lenard blamed for 'killing Andrew'."
"That greasy bastard." Amber slammed he flesh hand into her metal one. "Ouch!" she shook her hand in pain.
"Well, for you fugitive again."
Amber furrowed her brow. "That is not funny."
Mahrea looked down at the floor. Amber began walking around the house, glass crunching beneath her foot. "How many were there?"
Darien replied. "Six, maybe seven."
"Looks like he was trying to tie up any loose ends." Gerard smiled at Mahrea as Amber conversed with Darien. Mahrea smiled back shyly and looked back down at the ground with a deep blush coloring her face. Jilleana smirked as her sister's face deepened in color.
"So, who is your Sheikan friend?"
"Gerard." He answered still looking at Mahrea.
Jilleana nodded. "I'm Jill, this is my sister Mia, and my friend Darien."
"I hate to ruin the intros, but if Lenard is cold hearted enough to kill four innocent serving maids and shooting the crap out of the courtyard and overthrowing the Hyrule monarchy-"
"Not to mention slaughtering my Sheikan brothers in the fight to save Andrew and yourself." Gerard put in.
"Amber nodded. "Of course, I can't forget the sacrifices our Sheikan brothers made to save my life. Anyway, as I was saying, if he was cold enough to do all that he would have no problem coming back here over and over until he finishes the job. Or having someone do it for him." Amber was silent for a moment. "I think it would be best for you three to come back with us."
Jilleana shook her head vigorously. "No way! Now that I have Wisdom, I will be able to resurrect Carl easily. I can't leave now!"
Amber stood and stared at her, along with everyone else. "You, you have Wisdom?"
"It wasn't easy earning." Jilleana ran her hand over her neck softly. "I need to put it to good use."
"Now isn't the time to be arguing this." Kathy said. "We've got a rouge mobile!"
"No, not now…"
"What is it Amber?" Gerard asked.
"Rouge mobile." Amber said quickly walking down the hall and into Carl's room. "Are you going down with me for logistics support!?" She called out form the room.
"Damn robots." Amber growled as she pulled her skin suit past her waist. "Can't even have a day with out one thing bad happening can I?" She asked allowed.
"Well, look at it this way, at least it's almost over." Mahrea pointed out.
"That's not exactly re-assuring." Amber frowned pulling the latex up to her neck. She stepped from the dressing room and out into the main area of the Pit. Darien and Gerard quickly looked away as Amber walked past them, her assets being accentuated greatly.
Jilleana frowned in concern. "I'm not so sure you should be going out with out protection for your left arm. I know how the launcher works, and I don't know if all the electricity dancing around your suit will short out the circuits in your arm and travel into the mechanical portion of your body. There is a chance that your mechanical heart could short out and you would die in a matter of moments."
"Then what would you suggest?" Amber asked as Thera rose from the floor.
"Oh, so that's why you didn't want my workers putting anything there." Darien said with a smirk. He whistled and continued. "Wow, this thing looks like it's been hit with a tank."
"Close enough." Amber said sliding her legs into the armor. "Ohh, cold. I hate that part!"
Jilleana watched her in thought. "Maybe just jack up your cybernetics in your legs all the way up for one jump, with the jets kicking in half way? It's either that or climb up the iron rungs."
"Either way, it will eat up battery time." Kathy said. "Amber, condition of the armor remains the same, the guidance system and aiming apparatus is still off."
"Can't you do anything about that?" Amber asked Jilleana.
"Carl does that stuff, not me."
Amber took the black helmet in her right hand and placed it on her head, the electronic view coming online, snow coming across the visor sporadically. Gerard stopped her as she was walking to the launcher. "I am concerned about your wounds. You've already re-opened your leg's, and this jump you speak off might make it worse than it already is." Gerard put his hand on Amber's shoulder.
"Hey, don't worry about it, I can take care of myself. I took out Ganondorf, remember? And a huge monster thingy. What's one rogue mobile?"
Jilleana crossed her arms. "Have you ever even faced a rouge mobile before?"
Amber stood still as a stone. "How do you think I became an orphan?" She said venomously. She stalked into the launcher and slammed the door as hard as she could.
After the echoing of the metal dissipated, Mahrea responded. "Wow, you certainly hit a nerve." Jilleana glared at her sister and went over to the control panel and read the output coming from Thera, her face set in resilience not to shed the tears that were building up in her eyes.
Who the hell does she think she is? Amber asked jumping from roof top to roof top, the jets propelling her further.
"She didn't know Amber." Kathy scolded in her ear.
I don't care! She shouted, her voice ringing painfully in her ears.
Jilleana's voice sheepishly came into her ears. "I really am sorry."
Amber just sneered and kept jumping along the roof tops. "Head to the north west." Kathy commanded. Amber landed on the building in front of her and looked down. The rogue mobile was rampaging through a shopping center. She magnified her visor and watched a store keeper get ripped in two, the mobile flinging the halves in opposite directions and letting out a screech.
"Firebats and A-suits have been dispatched to the area." Jilleana's voice came to her ears again. "ETA for the firebats, two minutes. A-suits, seven."
Kathy, how much battery do I have left?
"If you want enough to get out of here quickly, you should have enough for five minutes of combat."
That's not very much. She leapt over the side of the building and landed behind the monstrous robot, her jets slowing her descent enough so the concrete only cracked slightly. Her opponent turned and stared at the metal clad girl in front of it, a look of question almost coming though its cold metal face.
Amber could hear the shouts of the wounded and dieing and the onlookers pointing and calling out 'the Trezen!' Alright you hunk of crap, I won't let you ruin anyone else's family! As if in understanding the mobile rushed forward and took a swipe at Amber. Flinging herself out of the way, she landed hard and yelped in pain as she could feel her leg wound open again. Ung! She grabbed her thigh and closed her eyes in pain.
"Amber look out!" Kathy yelled just before the mobile slammed its arm into Amber's helmet, flinging her off to the side and through a glass window. Sitting up, she held her head in her metallic hand. Crap that hurt. She stood slowly, her balance knocked off kilter from the blow.
The mobile started coming at her again, the glass and metal crunching and being assimilated into its body. Howling in rage, the mad robot hefted up a display table and flung it at the armored teen. Amber flipped out of the way, landed and leaped at her opponent, the knuckle bombs activating and blowing a hole into its side. Sparks flew as Amber skidded to a halt behind the mobile. Heaving in breaths, Amber's body began glowing yellow, the mobile throwing a pipe at her. She swatted it away, the enhanced vision in her helmet turning completely to snow as the interference from the Thunder Lightning Crash attack being weaved around her body. The robot crashed into her and Amber grabbed its shoulders. The mobile started grinding her into the side of a concrete highrise shopping center. Amber growled and moaned against the force of her opponent and let the electricity flow from her hands into the body of the mobile. Her finger's started digging into the metal of her enemy and let even more lightning into it. The robot started smoking as its circuits and chips started frying.
"The core is located in its forehead Amber." Jilleana's voice came to her ears.
The armored teen nodded in response and slid her armored hand from the shoulder to its forehead, and with a screech of fury grabbed onto the face of the mobile and ripped it off, revealing the infected core. With a cold expression in her eyes, she reached in the cavity and tore it out, bursting it with her electricity as it still throbbed in her hand. The mobile's body slummed back lifelessly to the floor, kicking up concrete dust and other debris from its weight.
Amber turned around hearing shouts and cheers from employees of the various stores and shoppers alike. Her cheeks reddened from the attention and waved shyly at the people. Her shyness turned to fear as they started coming toward her, waving her hands at the store employees trying to give her gifts of thanks. "Too much attention!" Kathy scolded angrily in her ear. "How many cameras do you think are trained at you right now?!" Amber frowned at her computer companion's lecture and mouthed if she could use Kathy's voice, after a positive response she began.
While I am appreciative of your support I have to go, please step back! They didn't move for her, and Amber swallowed nervously. "Why aren't they leaving?" Amber mouthed, turning her head around as she was surrounded by happy Hylians. Please, if you want to thank me, let me leave!
"Amber, Firebats at 10 o'clock!" Amber looked to the sky to see five firebat helicopters hovering above the crowd. "No, they have activated their weapons systems! Get out of here now!"
Amber gritted her teeth, the wound in her leg throbbing in pain as she leapt from her position, people scattering as she landed ten feet away, her armored legs pounding against the concrete as she ran. Screaming started as the guns from the helicopters pinged loudly on the ground. What the hell are they thinking?!" Amber growled, raising her arm behind her and blindly firing her rail gun. "Am I that dangerous to the sanctity of Hyrule!?"
"Just to Lenard." Kathy stated as Amber could hear the shouts of joy turn into shouts of panic and fear as the realization from the crowd that they were in the line of fire. Amber turned and fired again, rails crashing into the glass of the firebat she aimed for, white hot rails sinking into the flesh of the pilot. Screaming, he lost control and slammed into another that was to the right of him, making each explode. As shrapnel rained down and the burning wreckage slammed onto the ground, Amber took the opportunity to pull off a manhole cover and slip down into the sewers.
Amber slid off her helmet after slumping down on the concrete walkway. She took a deep breath and turned green, quickly putting the metallic helmet back on. That really didn't go well.
She could hear the muted tumult above her and looked up, watching the ceiling as her ears could pick up which way most of the commotion was headed. Snow interrupted the digital vision every few moments. "Amber, your suit reads very little power." Jilleana said in her ear. "You won't be able to make it all the way back here."
Amber sighed and slammed her armored fist into the cement wall. Great, just want I wanted to hear. A moment of thought. I can always leave Thera here.
"What?!" Kathy hissed.
I wasn't serious! Amber said getting up slowly, the suit was starting to move slower. Kathy, how about giving me some extra juice here?
Kathy activated Amber's cybernetics to level three. "Don't do it for too long, they will start to break down, then we will have a real problem."
After a few moments of walking, Amber heard a different voice. "Maybe you could use your electric spell to power the suit?"
She blinked and smiled. Thanks Mahrea, I never would thought of that. Mahrea smiled proudly as Darien patted her on the top of her head.
"That's why you are the fighter." Kathy teased.
After ignoring Kathy's dig, Amber closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. Yellow energy began emanating from her body and fingers of lightning began to dance across the metallic suit, seeping down into its battery as Amber weaved the spell.
When the suit reached fifty percent power, Jilleana warned Amber. "You better stop, we don't know how much juice the suit can take."
Amber heaved out a breath and let the spell dissipate, the stress from keeping up the spell for so long causing her to lean against the wall for support for a moment before standing back up and limping home.
Chapter 9
As the Triforce shrunk into the golden sky, Brise turned to Amber. "Wisdom has chosen its new master." Courage began slinking down under the surface of the lake. "Come, there is nothing more to view." Brise began leading Amber away when Andrew called out after them.
"Wait!" He glared at their backs. "What was that all about?! How did the Triforces get here, and where is the owner of Power?" The Triforce symbol on Amber's hand glowed at its mention.
Brise stopped and let out a breath. "Sire, my servants will be serving you dinner in under fifteen minutes. Please do not make them wait." Brise and Amber began walking again.
"Hey!!" He quickly caught up to her. "Do not walk away from your ruler!"
Brise whipped around and glared down at Andrew. "Prince Andrew, I realize that you have been through a lot today. However, I am a ruler as well, so I would appreciate it if you don not speak to me as if I was a serving girl newly arrived at the castle." By this time, Brise's brother and another male Sheikah had appeared behind Andrew. Brise's eyes gleamed powerfully down at Andrew. "Gerard, please take his Highness to his cabin.
"Yes sister." The two male Sheikah lead him back, Andrew looking back at Amber.
"You're absolutely positive that it was needed to keep him alive?" Amber asked sarcastically as they made their way back to Brise's room back into the cavernous workings of the Sheikan 'town'.
The two women slowly faded into view in the Pit. Looking around she noticed that her sister and Darien where still asleep. "She is still asleep?" Jilleana said almost unbelievably.
Angakita giggled. "The spores on the mushroom I used are extremely powerful." She walked over and looked down at Darien. "Ooh he's cute, is he yours?" She turned her head and smiled slyly at Jilleana.
Jilleana blushed deeply. "No!"
Angakita tsked. "Too bad, you two would make a cute couple….I could read his mind and see if he is interested in you?"
"I don't have time for that kind of stuff right now. Now that I have Wisdom, I have to get started on writing a program that will monitor the progress of Carl while he is being restored."
Angakita watched as Jilleana sat down at the computer terminal and started rapidly typing on the keyboard. She silently strode up behind the emerald haired girl and started sprinkling mushroom spores over her. "Hey! What are you doing?! I have to….do…this…"
Akana sat perched upon Angakita's shoulder. "Sorry girl, you need sleep too." Angakita pulled Jilleana from the chair and gently laid her down upon a rolled out blanket on the steel floor. As she pulled up the blanket around Jilleana's slim shoulders, Angakita stuffed a note in her hand.
"Well, our job is done here Akana, shall we go back to the forest now?" The fairy nodded and the two disappeared in a whirl of green orbs.
A few hours later….
Darien was awakened by a crashing from up above them. Very quietly, he made his way over to a monitor and whispered. "Kathy? What's going on up there?"
"Intruders, my guess, Lenard is sending in a mop-up drew so to speak." She replied in just above a whisper. The computer program patched in a hidden camera feed that showed about a half dozen men in all black moving slowly around the house, assault rifles ready to fire at any second. Darien nodded and watched them for a few seconds before turning to Mahrea and then to Jilleana.
Mahrea had begun to stir on the floor and Darien quickly kneeled down beside her with his finger to his lips, making her quiet. He then pointed to the roof of the Pit and motioned the action of assault rifles and searching with his hands. Mahrea nodded and could feel her adrenaline starting to pump hard through her body. She could feel Ether's freezing power against her skin, warning her of the danger. A thought came through her head at that very second. If she could feel Ether's warning, surely Jilleana could feel Bombos' as well. Looking over to her sister, she bit her lip as she saw her stir and moan in her sleep. Rushing over before she could make too much more noise, Darien put his hand over her mouth. Jilleana's eyes popped open in momentary terror and began to struggle against it. But as she saw her friend's face, she quickly calmed down.
Looking with question at Darien, she typed on the keyboard: "What's going on?"
Darien pointed to the monitor that was following the group of armed men to Carl's room. All held their breath, praying to The Three that they would not discover the hidden door. Kathy typed out on the monitor below the feed: Don't worry, no matter how well they search they won't find the entrance, just hang tight and keep quiet.
'Easy for her to say.' Mahrea thought. She gasped as she saw the barrels of the guns began lighting up, destroying everything in the room. Kathy quickly switched to another camera as they made their way through out the rest of the house, destroying things with machine gun fire and their own fists and feet.
Tears began forming at the corners of Jilleana's eyes. This was so wrong! What was this Lenard character trying to prove here?! She racked out a sob when she saw all the medical equipment in the basement get overturned and smashed to pieces. She felt Darien's arm slide around her sunken shoulders. Sliding over she buried her face into his chest and wept as quietly as she could. Mostly from fear, but also from all of the events that happened today, she just couldn't stop crying. All the pain and terror she was dealt at the hands of the demon fairy, the realization that her and her sister were practically experiments by their father, and now Carl's, and theirs refuge being torn apart.
Kathy typed out a message on the screens: "I am receiving a transmission from one of the men's cell phones."
In Text:
"Was there anyone there?"
"No Sir, we have searched the entire house."
"Hmm, I see, they must have escaped out a back door. Very well, return to the castle."
"Yes Sir."
The three watched as the man with the cell phone hung up and motioned to the others to follow him out of the building. The three did not move from the spot where they watched the monitor for a full half hour before they were sure that they had left.
Darien slowly slid out of the elevator in Carl's room and peered out into the hall way. Seeing nothing, he motioned to the girls to come out behind him. "Why is he leading the group? Don't we have the magic amulets?" Mahrea asked in her sister's ear.
Jilleana shrugged. "It's a guy thing I guess."
Darien led them out into the living room. Darien shook his head as Mahrea picked up a piece of the three goddesses statue that was broken apart by the rounds. "They certainly didn't have to destroy the statue." She said tossing the chunk back down onto the floor.
"Amber, Amber can you hear me?"
Amber jumped as Jilleana's voice came into her ear via Kathy's jewel. "Jill? Is that you? I can barely hear you."
"Sorry." She spoke louder. "How's this?"
"Better."
"Right…Uh, just thought you would like to know, some of Lenard's men just trashed the whole house."
"No." Brise looked up from dressing Amber's leg wound which had re-opened slightly form the walking on the mountain trail.
"Yes, they shot up everything in sight. Thank the Three they couldn't find the Pit."
Amber let out a relieved sigh. "Yes, thank the Three. I'll be there in a minute."
"Right." Jilleana broke off the contact.
"Brise, take me home."
Brise let out a bark of a laugh. "Not a chance, the only way for you to stay alive long enough to save Hyrule is to stay right here."
Amber frowned. "Listen, Carl let me stay in that house, he repaired my body in that house." She looked down and flexed her metal hand. "And, its where I fell in love with him…" She fought back a tear. "I'm going down there even if I have to climb down the side of Death Mountain by myself!"
Both women stared at each other before Brise sighed and shook her head. "Gerard."
"Yes sister?"
"Take Amber back down to her house."
"Yes sister." Amber smiled and thanked Brise before following Gerard from her room. "Heh, that girl is turning out to be more of a pain than I thought she would."
A flash of light entered the room and two figures came into view. "By Din, it looks like a Goron rolled through here." Gerard quipped as his sharp eyes surveyed the carnage.
Amber looked at him from the corner of her eye. "And just what is a Goron?"
"A rock eating species that looked like a three hundred pound potato with arms and legs."
"I see…"
"Amber! I'm glad you are okay!" Mahrea said with a smile.
"I could say the same for you three." She replied with a smile.
"Just don't go getting yourself hurt." Jilleana said. "I can still repair you down in the Pit, but there ain't no way I will be able to do anything about flesh injuries, now that all the medical equipment downstairs was shot to hell. And we won't be-able to take you to any hospitals, considering our fugitive status."
"Fugitive?"
"Yea, who do you think Lenard blamed for 'killing Andrew'."
"That greasy bastard." Amber slammed he flesh hand into her metal one. "Ouch!" she shook her hand in pain.
"Well, for you fugitive again."
Amber furrowed her brow. "That is not funny."
Mahrea looked down at the floor. Amber began walking around the house, glass crunching beneath her foot. "How many were there?"
Darien replied. "Six, maybe seven."
"Looks like he was trying to tie up any loose ends." Gerard smiled at Mahrea as Amber conversed with Darien. Mahrea smiled back shyly and looked back down at the ground with a deep blush coloring her face. Jilleana smirked as her sister's face deepened in color.
"So, who is your Sheikan friend?"
"Gerard." He answered still looking at Mahrea.
Jilleana nodded. "I'm Jill, this is my sister Mia, and my friend Darien."
"I hate to ruin the intros, but if Lenard is cold hearted enough to kill four innocent serving maids and shooting the crap out of the courtyard and overthrowing the Hyrule monarchy-"
"Not to mention slaughtering my Sheikan brothers in the fight to save Andrew and yourself." Gerard put in.
"Amber nodded. "Of course, I can't forget the sacrifices our Sheikan brothers made to save my life. Anyway, as I was saying, if he was cold enough to do all that he would have no problem coming back here over and over until he finishes the job. Or having someone do it for him." Amber was silent for a moment. "I think it would be best for you three to come back with us."
Jilleana shook her head vigorously. "No way! Now that I have Wisdom, I will be able to resurrect Carl easily. I can't leave now!"
Amber stood and stared at her, along with everyone else. "You, you have Wisdom?"
"It wasn't easy earning." Jilleana ran her hand over her neck softly. "I need to put it to good use."
"Now isn't the time to be arguing this." Kathy said. "We've got a rouge mobile!"
"No, not now…"
"What is it Amber?" Gerard asked.
"Rouge mobile." Amber said quickly walking down the hall and into Carl's room. "Are you going down with me for logistics support!?" She called out form the room.
"Damn robots." Amber growled as she pulled her skin suit past her waist. "Can't even have a day with out one thing bad happening can I?" She asked allowed.
"Well, look at it this way, at least it's almost over." Mahrea pointed out.
"That's not exactly re-assuring." Amber frowned pulling the latex up to her neck. She stepped from the dressing room and out into the main area of the Pit. Darien and Gerard quickly looked away as Amber walked past them, her assets being accentuated greatly.
Jilleana frowned in concern. "I'm not so sure you should be going out with out protection for your left arm. I know how the launcher works, and I don't know if all the electricity dancing around your suit will short out the circuits in your arm and travel into the mechanical portion of your body. There is a chance that your mechanical heart could short out and you would die in a matter of moments."
"Then what would you suggest?" Amber asked as Thera rose from the floor.
"Oh, so that's why you didn't want my workers putting anything there." Darien said with a smirk. He whistled and continued. "Wow, this thing looks like it's been hit with a tank."
"Close enough." Amber said sliding her legs into the armor. "Ohh, cold. I hate that part!"
Jilleana watched her in thought. "Maybe just jack up your cybernetics in your legs all the way up for one jump, with the jets kicking in half way? It's either that or climb up the iron rungs."
"Either way, it will eat up battery time." Kathy said. "Amber, condition of the armor remains the same, the guidance system and aiming apparatus is still off."
"Can't you do anything about that?" Amber asked Jilleana.
"Carl does that stuff, not me."
Amber took the black helmet in her right hand and placed it on her head, the electronic view coming online, snow coming across the visor sporadically. Gerard stopped her as she was walking to the launcher. "I am concerned about your wounds. You've already re-opened your leg's, and this jump you speak off might make it worse than it already is." Gerard put his hand on Amber's shoulder.
"Hey, don't worry about it, I can take care of myself. I took out Ganondorf, remember? And a huge monster thingy. What's one rogue mobile?"
Jilleana crossed her arms. "Have you ever even faced a rouge mobile before?"
Amber stood still as a stone. "How do you think I became an orphan?" She said venomously. She stalked into the launcher and slammed the door as hard as she could.
After the echoing of the metal dissipated, Mahrea responded. "Wow, you certainly hit a nerve." Jilleana glared at her sister and went over to the control panel and read the output coming from Thera, her face set in resilience not to shed the tears that were building up in her eyes.
Who the hell does she think she is? Amber asked jumping from roof top to roof top, the jets propelling her further.
"She didn't know Amber." Kathy scolded in her ear.
I don't care! She shouted, her voice ringing painfully in her ears.
Jilleana's voice sheepishly came into her ears. "I really am sorry."
Amber just sneered and kept jumping along the roof tops. "Head to the north west." Kathy commanded. Amber landed on the building in front of her and looked down. The rogue mobile was rampaging through a shopping center. She magnified her visor and watched a store keeper get ripped in two, the mobile flinging the halves in opposite directions and letting out a screech.
"Firebats and A-suits have been dispatched to the area." Jilleana's voice came to her ears again. "ETA for the firebats, two minutes. A-suits, seven."
Kathy, how much battery do I have left?
"If you want enough to get out of here quickly, you should have enough for five minutes of combat."
That's not very much. She leapt over the side of the building and landed behind the monstrous robot, her jets slowing her descent enough so the concrete only cracked slightly. Her opponent turned and stared at the metal clad girl in front of it, a look of question almost coming though its cold metal face.
Amber could hear the shouts of the wounded and dieing and the onlookers pointing and calling out 'the Trezen!' Alright you hunk of crap, I won't let you ruin anyone else's family! As if in understanding the mobile rushed forward and took a swipe at Amber. Flinging herself out of the way, she landed hard and yelped in pain as she could feel her leg wound open again. Ung! She grabbed her thigh and closed her eyes in pain.
"Amber look out!" Kathy yelled just before the mobile slammed its arm into Amber's helmet, flinging her off to the side and through a glass window. Sitting up, she held her head in her metallic hand. Crap that hurt. She stood slowly, her balance knocked off kilter from the blow.
The mobile started coming at her again, the glass and metal crunching and being assimilated into its body. Howling in rage, the mad robot hefted up a display table and flung it at the armored teen. Amber flipped out of the way, landed and leaped at her opponent, the knuckle bombs activating and blowing a hole into its side. Sparks flew as Amber skidded to a halt behind the mobile. Heaving in breaths, Amber's body began glowing yellow, the mobile throwing a pipe at her. She swatted it away, the enhanced vision in her helmet turning completely to snow as the interference from the Thunder Lightning Crash attack being weaved around her body. The robot crashed into her and Amber grabbed its shoulders. The mobile started grinding her into the side of a concrete highrise shopping center. Amber growled and moaned against the force of her opponent and let the electricity flow from her hands into the body of the mobile. Her finger's started digging into the metal of her enemy and let even more lightning into it. The robot started smoking as its circuits and chips started frying.
"The core is located in its forehead Amber." Jilleana's voice came to her ears.
The armored teen nodded in response and slid her armored hand from the shoulder to its forehead, and with a screech of fury grabbed onto the face of the mobile and ripped it off, revealing the infected core. With a cold expression in her eyes, she reached in the cavity and tore it out, bursting it with her electricity as it still throbbed in her hand. The mobile's body slummed back lifelessly to the floor, kicking up concrete dust and other debris from its weight.
Amber turned around hearing shouts and cheers from employees of the various stores and shoppers alike. Her cheeks reddened from the attention and waved shyly at the people. Her shyness turned to fear as they started coming toward her, waving her hands at the store employees trying to give her gifts of thanks. "Too much attention!" Kathy scolded angrily in her ear. "How many cameras do you think are trained at you right now?!" Amber frowned at her computer companion's lecture and mouthed if she could use Kathy's voice, after a positive response she began.
While I am appreciative of your support I have to go, please step back! They didn't move for her, and Amber swallowed nervously. "Why aren't they leaving?" Amber mouthed, turning her head around as she was surrounded by happy Hylians. Please, if you want to thank me, let me leave!
"Amber, Firebats at 10 o'clock!" Amber looked to the sky to see five firebat helicopters hovering above the crowd. "No, they have activated their weapons systems! Get out of here now!"
Amber gritted her teeth, the wound in her leg throbbing in pain as she leapt from her position, people scattering as she landed ten feet away, her armored legs pounding against the concrete as she ran. Screaming started as the guns from the helicopters pinged loudly on the ground. What the hell are they thinking?!" Amber growled, raising her arm behind her and blindly firing her rail gun. "Am I that dangerous to the sanctity of Hyrule!?"
"Just to Lenard." Kathy stated as Amber could hear the shouts of joy turn into shouts of panic and fear as the realization from the crowd that they were in the line of fire. Amber turned and fired again, rails crashing into the glass of the firebat she aimed for, white hot rails sinking into the flesh of the pilot. Screaming, he lost control and slammed into another that was to the right of him, making each explode. As shrapnel rained down and the burning wreckage slammed onto the ground, Amber took the opportunity to pull off a manhole cover and slip down into the sewers.
Amber slid off her helmet after slumping down on the concrete walkway. She took a deep breath and turned green, quickly putting the metallic helmet back on. That really didn't go well.
She could hear the muted tumult above her and looked up, watching the ceiling as her ears could pick up which way most of the commotion was headed. Snow interrupted the digital vision every few moments. "Amber, your suit reads very little power." Jilleana said in her ear. "You won't be able to make it all the way back here."
Amber sighed and slammed her armored fist into the cement wall. Great, just want I wanted to hear. A moment of thought. I can always leave Thera here.
"What?!" Kathy hissed.
I wasn't serious! Amber said getting up slowly, the suit was starting to move slower. Kathy, how about giving me some extra juice here?
Kathy activated Amber's cybernetics to level three. "Don't do it for too long, they will start to break down, then we will have a real problem."
After a few moments of walking, Amber heard a different voice. "Maybe you could use your electric spell to power the suit?"
She blinked and smiled. Thanks Mahrea, I never would thought of that. Mahrea smiled proudly as Darien patted her on the top of her head.
"That's why you are the fighter." Kathy teased.
After ignoring Kathy's dig, Amber closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. Yellow energy began emanating from her body and fingers of lightning began to dance across the metallic suit, seeping down into its battery as Amber weaved the spell.
When the suit reached fifty percent power, Jilleana warned Amber. "You better stop, we don't know how much juice the suit can take."
Amber heaved out a breath and let the spell dissipate, the stress from keeping up the spell for so long causing her to lean against the wall for support for a moment before standing back up and limping home.
