Chapter 6 - The Shifty Falsehood
Enzan leaned against the wall beside Faern's main computer, watching the good doctor's fingers cruise over the keyboard at a rather quick pace. His lips turned into a smirk as he turned his gaze toward the solitary Reploid crouching amongst the group of a dozen Mets. AX began laughing lightly as the Mets wrestled with one another. Dr. Faern's eyes never left the screen, scanning through the multiple schematics of Reploid designs. He set his hands on either side of the keyboard, leaning back into his chair.
"Well.. This.. 32 character certainly knows his stuff."
"He IS a Reploid Scientist.."
"AX.. Please don't get pissy." AX just scoffed, prodding a flipped over Met.
Enzan let his eyes come to a close, their dark blue hues fading away, like they were melting, into a deepened black hue. Faern caught this change before Enzan's eyes came to a complete close, his body relaxing against the steel wall.
Panic lifted his hand from his side, and tipped his helmet slightly, pulling it from atop his head, letting his slightly metallic blue locks fall about his face. He tucked the helmet beneath his arm, smiling slightly at the two 'heroes.' Piro crossed his arms, standing to the left of Panic, a small smirk upon his lips. Lizzy stood before the two of them, saluting to both Fidget and Anode, who returned the formality. The second their hands went down, Fidget practically leaped, like a leopard upon its prey, at Lizzy, grappling her into a tight hug. "AHH!" Lizzy tried to push him off, struggling to break his hold, or his hands, and get free. After awhile, she gave up, having no success at all. Fidget finally broke his hold and leapt back to stand beside Anode, who undid the locks of his helmet and lifted it off, notching it into the crook of his arms. His black locks falling across his face, shimmering strips of blue illuminating along the slight spikes..
"Sorry it took so long, Lizzy." Came Anode's calm voice as he pushed the black locks out of his eyes.
"Humph. I know you can go faster than that, Anode. You were just dicking around," Growled Lizzy, her arms crossing over her chest.
"We were in a conference with 32. An intruder was on the premise and AX and I had to take care of him, but in the end, we had to save his ass," Piped in Fidget, perking Panic's interest, "Intruder?"
"Yes. A human boy named Enzan Tage, assistant to the scientist, Doctor Christopher Faern. I'm sure we all remember the good Doctor Amadeus Faern from the halcyon years of the past."
"I miss him.." Sighed Piro.
"You miss everyone, Piro. Shush," Panic countered, with a smirk.
"Back on to the subject, you two. What did the kid want and why did you have to save him?" Lizzy asked, gaining a slight interest, multiple ways to kill Fidget running through her mind as payback for getting hugged.
"He was told to get into the system of the base and to get the schematics for high level Hunters and commanders. On the top of the list was; X, Axl, Zero, Signas, Alia, Douglas, Lifesaver, and Gate. He was only here because another doctor named.." Anode falters for a moment, thinking. Fidget glanced at Anode and added, "Doctor Sebastian."
"I've heard of him." Came Piro's voice, forcing Anode to look over at him, "You've what?"
"I've heard of him. Panic and I stay undercover when not on duty. I was reading in a magazine about him. Big famous scientist. He's rebuilding Reploids, the Government knows and yet they've done nothing to stop him." Piro turned to Panic, who added in, "Conspiracy anyone?"
"Hmm..." Fidget muttered lightly.
Dr. Sebastian set his head down on to the lab table in front of him, sighing heavily. He lifted his head up, staring at the wall screen right above the table, displaying the schematics for an unnamed Reploid. He slit his eyes a little, squinting at the screen, nodding lightly. He turned away from the Reploid, walking over to another table, this one held multiple instruments needed for this type of procedure. He lifted up a small tool, looked almost like tweezers, but they never closed and between the ends, electricity was generated. He stepped back out and plunged the instrument down into it's chest plate, sending sparks and zaps throughout its body. He withdrew the instrument and flipped closed the paneling. He set his hands, and the instrument, down on the side of the table.
"This should work.. Activate table three. Unit number: MWN-005."
A spasm of current shot through the Reploid, its optics slowly lifting open, revealing a pair of blue eyes. It sat up slowly, setting his hands on either side of the table. He gazed around the room for a few moments, his internal clock updating itself to the current date, multiple things hitting quickly, like a ton of bricks, "Where the hell am I?"
"You're in my laboratory." Came Robert's nonchalant response, as if anyone would know, the tone was agitating the Reploid.. "And who the HELL are you?"
"My name is Doctor Robert Sebastian. You are in my lab, you've been rebuilt after the catastrophe that ended the entire Reploid race centuries ago." The Reploid once again checked his internal calendar, gasping aloud as he noticed the massive jump of time.
The Reploid turned his body and slid off the lab table, pushing the palm of his hand into his forehead, coming in contact with a jade gem, the same gem upon his chest plate, as well as his gauntlets. This Reploid was mostly dark gray in color, the jumpsuit beneath being a deep reddish-tint, like the tinge of blood. That same red color adorned the ending of his boots and striped across his helmet. On that note, his helmet was adorned with a long horn, that extended forward above the jade gem embedded in the front, and then slid back, following the line of helmet. Upon his shoulders, two lighter gray spikes jutted outward, this same gray color outlined multiple parts of the armor plating.
"I've told you my name.. So you tell me yours?" Sebastian asked, setting his hands lightly within one another, "My.. My name?"
"My name.. My name is.. Is.. Shoryu Cyion."
An alarm rang about the room, forcing 32 to glance away from the computer. Enzan tipped over and fell on to the floor, groggily pushing himself on to his knees, a dark red mark on his face now where he hit the floor. He glanced up at 32, who held back a laugh. He turned back to the computer and clicked on the switch that activated the overhead communicator in the lab.
"32 here." Enzan stared up at the screen in silence, "This is Bread Man."
"Ah, nice to hear from you. Where's Alpha?" 32 inquired.
"He's with me.. Somewhere," Bread Man said lightly, glancing around.
"That doesn't sound very comforting," 32 replied, setting his hand to the side of his head.
"It shouldn't. You try going on a mission, in public, with this guy. He's like.. Pure energy, and annoying at that. He's almost as bad as letting Fidget talk for five whole minutes," Bread Man smirked lightly at his friend.
"The truth hurts, that it does. Just make sure he doesn't blow cover. And finish that up as quickly as possible." Bread Man nodded, "Understood. Oh, and what's this about Reploids in Section 19?"
"Dammit.. The News, I'm presuming?" 32 watched Bread Man nod, "Why of course."
"Lizzy and her recon unit got into a fire fight with a group of Mavericks. I checked the area, it was two D-1000's and about a dozen Grenadiers. Hunter-styled ones." Bread Man looked to the left, letting his jaw drop a little, "Dammit Alpha! Go put that back! I have to go, 32. We'll report back as soon a-DAMMIT ALPHA! I SAID PUT IT BACK!"
With a sigh, 32 leaned back in his chair. The comm. link with Bread Man cutting off after that last commanding yell. Enzan pushed himself to his feet, brushing the dirt from his knees. He walked around the room for a moment and then stopped by the door to the stasis pods, "32."
"Yes, Enzan?"
Enzan turned and looked back at the dark blue Reploid, a sly smirk on his lips, "You wouldn't happen to have a map of this entire structure, would you?" 32 stared at the kid for a moment before tapping lightly on the keyboard, a map coming up on the same screen as Bread Man's face, "Yes, but why do you want it?"
"I'm going to go find X."
AX's hand leapt from his side to his beam saber, his metallic fingers curling about the cylindrical hilt. He drew it from its attachment, the azure blade igniting almost immediately. He turned upon his two victims, swinging the blade forward hard. His two victims would have screamed in horror if they had seen the deadly blade coming for them, but the blade hit too quickly, cleaving the two of them in half, the two parts splitting and falling to either side of the blade. AX only laughed at the sight, spinning his blade within his right hand.
Faern stared silently at the Reploid that had just cut apart two of his Mets, the two of them exploding into small balls of fire, leaving slight charred marks upon the concrete floor. Enzan also stared, blinking a few times before shaking his head in disappointment.
"AX, cut it out. You're scaring the good doctor," Enzan said softly, his head still shaking.
Faern blinked a few times, turning his gaze back upon Enzan. 'Something is off with you today, Enzan.. Or are you really Enzan?' He turned back to the computer and began searching through the schematics for many of the high leveled Hunters. He stopped on one in particular, noticing just a profile and no schematics. This caught Enzan's attention, his eyes slitting slightly. Enzan reached over and tapped the keypad a few times, passing this Hunter. Faern grabbed Enzan's wrist, pulling him away from the keyboard, moving out of his seat. AX looked over at the two of them, returning his saber back to its slot. Faern tapped the keyboard, sending it back to the Hunter he had stopped on.
AX stared up at the screen, reading down through the profile and then tilting his head to the side a little. 'Why is Shift in the database? He's not even a real Hunter.. He's Black Ops.' He turned his gaze back to Faern and Enzan, watching the event unfold from his viewpoint a few feet away.
"Shift." Enzan stared back at the human scientist for a moment, before shaking his head, laughing lightly.
"You're a smart one, Dr. Faern.. Not even AX figured it out." Enzan smirked a little, his body beginning to melt and change into something.. Not human, nor completely Reploid.