Chapter 17

Bad couldn't understand where he was.

The last thing he remembers was getting knocked out by the Neo Heroes, then, his mind flashed with images of him being on an operating table, and then forced into a tube. Those images continued to come over him, time and time again, until he felt he was trapped once more.

'I have to get out… I have to escape!' His mind screamed.

He tossed about but felt restricted, his mouth covered as part of his body was trapped in something. 'What the hell is this? What they hell did they do to me!' he screamed in his mind.

He struggled more and more, determined to break free, until he heard. "Damn it Bad, knock it off!"

Instantly he froze to the voice. 'Pac?' he thought.

"No shit! If you wanted out, just ask, don't beat me up!"

'Wait, I'm…'

"In me, yeah!" he protested. "So is Zenko, but you are upsetting her so I am kicking you out!"

'Huh!?'

Bad felt his body lift, whatever covered his mouth was removed as he was tossed and then, suddenly…

"OW!" he hit the ground hard. But as his eyes adjusted, he looked about, but appeared confused. "Wait… How did I…"

Pac however quickly pulled him off the floor and into a strong hug!

"Shit man, don't you EVER scare her or me like that again!"

Bad tried to think over what happened, but his mind was hazy. "Ugh, why can't I remember anything?" he muttered.

"You are still recovering, Alley cloned you a new body… granted… you're a teenager again…"

"Say what?!" he demanded.

Looking about, he found a mirror and peered into it. "Aw, HELL NO!" he shouted. "I was legal to drink!"

"Like you did anyways…" Pac snickered. But his smile faded as he became quite serious. "Are you okay? After all that has happened?"

He tried to think it over, but the more he did, the more he began to remember. It hurt to recall for the time being, but as he began to reflect on what happened, he froze to it. "Neo Heroes were going to force me to be a cyborg… those sons of bitches! Wait, how did I get out?"

"My uncle went in after Zenko asked him to save you. He didn't refuse and made certain he brought you home… you were pretty messed up when Alley got to you. No emotion what so ever. You didn't even cry when Zenko cried." Pac explained.

Bad nodded, but then paused. "Zenko…"

Pac patted his belly. "Right here, safe and sound."

He was confused. "Why do you have her there?!"

A moment of nervousness came over Pac. "Uh… about that… you see…" he then froze until his head lowered. "She pregnant! I'm sorry, it just happened, she was so upset she couldn't reach you, she asked me to stay with her… and one thing led to another…"

Bad couldn't move.

"Little sis… is going to be a mommy?" he whispered. The tears began to weld up in his eyes. Pac slowly raised his head once more.

"Yes, she is, and I have kept her with me since. I didn't dare let the Neo Heroes see her in such a vulnerable state… I refuse to let them see her. After all, they went after you. Like hell they would get her!" he stated.

Bad couldn't stop the tears. "I'm… I'm going to be an uncle!"

Pac nodded. "Bad, when she's is ready, I am going to marry her the moment…"

"Shit man, forget that right now. We got to prepare! There's a baby coming!" he went from one extreme to another.

For a strange reason it made Pac smile. "What?" Bad demanded.

"Well… when you were a cyborg… you didn't emote anything at all! You were so depressed…"

"I was?" he asked.

"Oh Big time!" Bad jumped when he saw Alley lingering by. But there were tears in her eyes as she approached and pulled Bad into a hug. "Thank God, you're back" she whispered.

Bad returned the embrace. "Thanks Alley… but you couldn't make me look a little older?!" he snickered.

"Beggars can't be choosers!" she protested. Alley did a quick look over of him. "Anything out of place? Anything sore? Wrong? Or does it feel right?" she asked.

He appeared a little startled to the question. "It feels like me," he said offhandedly.

"At least you know his brain still works… sort of…" Pac snickered.

"HEY!"

She giggled a little and then sighed. "Well, needless to say, I am not sending you back to the Neo Heroes,"

"Hell no!" Bad protested. "So… you hiring?"

She smirked. "Always, but also we got something else to deal with. Someone is emulating my father and is hunting Neo Heroes,"

Bad paused as Alley explained as she led him to the observation room. "This is where we look over security footage as well as amateur video. So this is the guy." She played a small bit she just found on the internet. He was strong in appearance, short red hair and crimson eyes. He odd thing about it to her was that he didn't kill anyone. "He's just like dad was, he is beating them stupid, but he's not taking their lives." She explained.

Pac took a closer look at the video. "He sort of looks like Bad" he said offhandedly. "I don't know how, but I am getting a Metal Bat vibe off of him."

Bad stared at the screen a little more, but then nodded. "That's my pissed off look, the eyes narrow, see…" Alley and Pac stared into his face.

Her eyes widened in shock. "Oh shit…"

"What?" Pac and Bad asked.

"Excuse me!" she rushed out of the room. Bad was a little confused to it all.

"So… is the cafeteria open? I'm starving!"

Pac's stomach roared as well. "It's always open, let's go!"