Here I am, updating quickly as promised! Huzzah! Sorry, I've been so busy lately putting the finishing touches on "Raven's Game," but now I'm back to work hard on BARCODE! Yay for me, and yay for my readers! But now… we take a darker turn, ya'll. Be ready for anything, and enjoy the latest part… prisoner.
BARCODE
PART 13: Prisoner
Raven awoke with a soft moan, her head pounding as her eyes slitted open. She was immiediately blinded, and she pulled her hood up to conceal her screwed up eyes. Tears streamed down as her pupils struggled to shrink fast enough. The room she was in was completely white. There was a door with a small window, but the whole thing was completely featureless otherwise. Tense already, Raven rose and put a hand out to guide herself. She went to the door, her hand feeling for a doorknob or latch… or anything. There was no way to open the door from her side.
Cursing softly under her breath, Raven gathered herself into a dignified pose. "No door's gonna stop me." She put up both her hands. She'd rip the door right off its damn hinges, and then trounce whoever had put her in this crazy white room. "Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos!" She thrust out her hand… nothing happened. "Huh!" Raven gasped in disbelief. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" she shouted, gesturing with both hands and more effort that time. Her powers weren't working! Why? Raven very suddenly noticed she was wearing a pair of wristbands. Squinting in suspicion, she inspected one of them. It looked like steel, but she knew it wasn't. Tiny little symbols were drawn all over it. "A binding spell…" she muttered, disgusted. "A forbidden art…" Her eyes narrowed in anger.
A little panel opened in the wall and Raven rounded on it angrily. A small TV was there, and a familiar face occupied the screen. It was Garfield Logan, who was grinning at her like she was a trophy. "There's no point in trying to escape, Raven." He said. "Psychic waves are like magnetic waves, or sound waves. You can stop them if you merely have the right tools." He sneered as she tried to blow the crap out of the TV itself. Again nothing happened. "Your powers are bound within those two little bracelets, my dear. And, in case you didn't notice. They don't come off unless I say!" He smiled at her from under his eyebrows, but she shook with fury. The cure of cures for her powers, right there! But… at such a price. Being held up like that… she would've gladly taken her emotionally influenced powers back, just to teleport to wherever he was… and tear him a new –! "You're going to be here for a long time, Miss Raven. Make yourself comfortable." He laughed, and the panel slid closed again.
Glaring but alone again, Raven made a mental note of where the hidden panel to the TV was. It might help her out somehow…. She just didn't know how.
Location: CLASSIFIED
Medical Cloning Lab No. 9
20:00 (that's 8PM, ya'll)
"Here's your sample." Garfield Logan handed it to the scientist. "Is it enough?"
The scientist stared at the dart inquisitively. There were only a few drops of blood on it, but that was all they needed. "Yes. Cloning doesn't take much from the host. This is from the dark girl, Raven?"
"Yes. Now get to work. I want a hypothesis on my desk as to power potentials by the end of the week." Garfield said, straightening his tie as he said it. "Make sure this one is a little more submissive, okay? B-407 is still alive, and he's proving to be a bigger problem than I thought he would. His exponential learning abilities should be slowing down by now… but I'm not taking any chances. You scientists gave him too much freewill."
"Yessir." The scientist said automatically, carefully depositing the blood-stained dart in a bio-safe bag. "I'll get this down to analysis immiediatly." Turning quickly from his boss the small man was off, leaving Garfield to his thoughts.
"This one will be perfect. I just know it." He mumbled. "Just like B-406. Obedient. Strong. Unquestioning." He flicked his lighter open… then shut. Open… then shut.
Flick… pang.
Flick… pang.
He made his way back to his office and sat behind the desk. It wouldn't be long now. Another super soldier like B-406 and B-407. But, this one would have strands of Azar DNA in it. Empathic powers, and unquestioning of authority. B-407 was perfect… a perfect failure. He would've been the cream of the crop, but he'd escaped when B-406 had committed 'mutiny.' A slow grin crossed Garfield Logan's face. He'd been the one to start it all…
FLASHBACKB-406 lay on an examination table, and he behind a pane of glass. She was completely nude, and under close observation. "B-406…" he mumbled. "The perfect infiltration unit. Animal transformations… super strength, extraordinary healing abilities."
"Yessir." Said one of the scientists who had escorted him to the pane of one-way glass. "I'll let you be. I have work to do." He left his boss alone.
Garfield waited until he was sure he was alone. "Why should I simply give you away?" he mumbled, palming the glass with both hands. "They want you destroyed, but I'll teach them…" he got out his lighter, flicking open the secret panel. "Wake up, my dear." He whispered. B-406's eyes snapped open. She didn't move, but she was listening. "Wait a short while, and then attack everything you come into contact with. I'll wait for you out in the forest. I won't let them destroy you." She gave a short not, shutting her eyes again. Her long eyelashes were alluring to the eye, and Garfield's eyes wandered her body rather easily. He'd been her creator, but her father was another man entirely. Oh well. He'd have to save those thoughts for later. When she escaped, he could keep her somewhere secret, and she would stay alive.
The back-up lab was his entirely, where he answered to no one. If he could get her there, she would be safe… and free to destroy things as they wanted to. The ultimate bio-weapon… B-406. "If you'll excuse me…" he mumbled, shutting the tiny little panel and putting it back in his pocket. "I have to go see your little brother… of sorts. B-407…"
END OF FLASHBACK"Sir." The com's voice wa sunfamiliar. Probably a grunt from down below. "She's just arrived via the ocean entrance."
"Good. I'm on my way." Garfield went to go meet her. His B-406. He arrived at the ocean entrance soon after, and found her standing there unflinchingly. Shewas dripping wet, staring straight ahead like a solider at inspection."I'm glad your back." He said honestly. "Things went well today. I'm proud of you." The green girl gave a small smile when he tousled her wet hair. "C'mon and dry off. You'll catch a cold." He had a towel brought to her.
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Raven pounded repeatedly on the door, in desperately hoping that she would annoy a guard enough for him to open the door. (She'd been doing it for almost an hour.) Then, she would bash him over the head with one of the bracelets and make her escape. But… no one came. Out of breath, she sat against the far wall. There'd been no word from her captor or her friends. Her communicator was being blocked, and she doubted her homing device would either. Wait… didn't it work on a separate frequency? One of Cyborg's? A small smile creeped across her face, and she knew help would be on the way. It was just a matter of time, now.
Feeling much better about her situation, Raven sat in the lotus position. Her friends would come for her. Robin, Cyborg… and Beast Boy too. Heaving a great sigh, she began to chant to calm herself. "Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos…" she closed her eyes, mumbling into meditation. The world around her vanished…
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Some hours later…Clad in a simple smock thanks to Garfield Logan, B-406 walked down the hallway. Raven's cell wasn't far, she knew. She was holding a tray of food for her, and was about to deliver it. "Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos…" she heard. She stopped, pricking her ears. Peering in the tiny window of the white room, she saw the gothic Titan. What was she doing, sitting so funny like that?
B-406 inserted the key card and opened the door. The chanting stopped immediately, and Raven stood on both feet. Glaring angrily at the green girl, she only received a smile in return "Beast Bo… no… you're not him…" Realization dawned in her eyes very suddenly. "B-406! You're the one Beast Boy was talking about!" B-406 tilted her head, not understanding a word. She only understood what her master said. Otherwise, you may as well have been talking to a wall. She gestured to the tray, and set it down on the floor.
Raven watched her turn to leave, and sprang to attack! "Get back here!" She physically jumped on the green girl, wrestling with her from behind! Hooking her legs around her opponent's torso, she threw her weight to get her off balance. Grunting in exertion, B-406 threw her off and slammed her against the wall. Raven grunted on impact, sliding into a sitting position. "Ouch…" she mumbled.
B-406 left, shutting the door and locking it behind her. Raven sat there, dizzy, for a little while. She saw the simple meal and water waiting for her. "What am I supposed to do for a bathroom?" she wanted to know. As though on que, a toilet popped out of another hidden panel in the room. Raven stared at it, then grew annoyed. "How many hidden panels does this cell have?" Raven muttered, very annoyed.
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