Protagonist Prep Ch 11
To Proceed to Hero 2.0, You Must Upgrade
-3 days after Ch10-
Within the student area everything seemed to be nice and peaceful, it seemed like it was going to be a day where the kids could just relax. Unfortunately fate as other plans as the schools previously unknown announcement system blared to life.
"Attention students please report to the auditorium." Barrage's voice droned through, letting out collective groans the kids got to their feet and entered the code into the wall. As the wall collapsed the kids began to walk through the growing hole and to the auditorium, since they've been to it more than most rooms they didn't need a teacher. When the short walk was over and they entered through the doors the kids saw all of the teachers standing on the stage.
"Ah good, today all of you won't have to worry about inferior equipment or techniques when dealing with villains." Barrage told the kids, and was met with looks of outrage and voices of anger as he unknowingly just insulted them. Seeing this Drooler briskly walked over and began damage control.
"What he meant to say, you guys are going to get some new weapons and maybe learn some new fighting techniques. You guys can keep any of your old equipment if you want." Drooler told the group of kids with emphasis on the last sentence while giving Barrage a hard glare, actually causing a flash of nervousness to appear on Barrage's face. This information caused almost all of the kid's faces to light up in excitement, Adrien had a daydream where he learned Kamehameha, while Chloe imagined that she wielded the Crescent Moon Wand. While the kids were daydreaming about their future weapons and there was one of them who had a rather disturbing thought.
"Umm, why are we being given weapons and learning how to fight." Dib asked the teachers his hand slightly trembling, this brought a grim reality to the kids. Sensing what he said next could make or break any future relationship with kids, so he took a deep breath and began to speak.
"Look I'm not going to lie to ya kids the road to being a hero is going to be hard and tough with more problems than ya can think of, but if we can get ready enough for it at least ya'll get a head start." That explanation seemed to satisfy the kids as they began to give some grim nods, and then Drooler gave another news bomb.
"Also, if any of you want to we are offering a chance for genetic manipulation." Of course this caused many reactions from the kids ranging from mad to extremely fascinated, but only four hands went up into the air those hands belonged to Star, Marinette, Gaz, and surprisingly Chloe.
"Ok, next part is the fighting demonstration most of us won't be with you guys so Tech and Zapp will be your guides from here on." Drooler told the kids, after that bit of information he and many of the other teachers disappeared off the stage. Leaving only those mentioned and they began to walk off the stage with Tech holding Zapp's hand like one would do for a little kid or brother.
"Follow us to the viewing room!" Tech ordered and the kids began to follow the archaeopteryx like being out of the auditorium, the kids were greeted with a six-minute walk through the school halls. Their destination was a medium sized metal door with strange locks and a pair of reptilian eyes that could sent shivers down a person's spine. As the door opened the door the kids saw a gigantic room with three large windows and a large selection of monitors, on the other side of the windows the kids could see the rest of the teachers stretching their various limbs. Tech walked over to the monitor section of the room and pressed one of the buttons on the console.
"Sir, the students are here are you and the others ready?" Tech asked which was answered by bellow from Jack as he slammed floor with his tail.
"Well Jack's feeling anxious for a fight so let's do this." Drooler added as he cracked all of his knuckles, Tech just nodded and began to press a few buttons. After that more than a hundred solid holographic enemies appeared in the room with looks of murder but there was someone who possessed a crazier look. Drooler with a thunderous roar charged in to battle ready, he began to destroy the holograms with styles of Judo,Muay Thai, American wrestling and Marco's favorite karate. While Zizzoro just waited for the holo-enemies and then thrashed them with either Ju-Jitsu, Kudo, or Akido which got the attention of two blonde anime lovers. Though Behemoth was a kind soul and didn't like violence, he didn't hesitate to smash the holograms using Kapu Kuialua and Limalama. Jack knocked out the enemies with his use of Out Boxing and SCARS, Ghost was quick using Ninjutsu as well as Juego Del Garrote from the shadows. Boulder was flying high using his chains to pull enemies up to him and then performing Bazan-Ryu or the Emersons Combat System. Barrage showed no mercy brutally destroying the holograms with simple ease with the help of MACP and Kara-Ho Kempo. After all of the holograms were destroyed Tech pulled up a document on the monitors that looked like a signup sheet. Let's just say Tech had to jump out of the way of the excited kids to avoid hitting of the kids with his tail or them stepping on one of his claws. Next the kids and their guides walked out of the Viewing Room to begin another journey through the halls of the school.
After a twelve-minute walk, which seriously caused the kids to question how freaking big this school was, they saw a titan sized door that seemed to be made from hundred of metal weapons ranging from swords to spears. The door opened with all of the weapons retreating somewhere in a circular motion and the kids saw something amazing yet scary. Inside was an armory built for gods with weapons ranging from simple staffs to complex weapons that not even the smartest or violent could identify.
"Here is where you shall pick your future weapons, and Sir ordered me to tell you this 'Your weapon is going to be not only equipment but an extension of yourself, so choose carefully.' Although I don't really believe in that sort of mumbo jumbo myself." Tech muttered the last part as he had to stop Zapp from knocking over one of weapon racks, which caused most of the kids to go nuts looking at the weapons. Team Dimensions choices were rather interesting with Star choosing a 8ft morning star with shootable spikes, Marco had his heart on a plasma edged Jian and some safety kid equipment, Sashi went for two batons that combined could make a spear as well as some Bagh Naka, Penn didn't choose a weapon instead he picked a bag of tricks, finally Boone just went for simple Shock Gauntlets also a small white cube.
Meanwhile Team Alien had a split between their weapon choices with Steven choosing a kite shield with lines running down the front of it, Connie went for two Khanda with a hunting knife for good measure, Dib got some bolas and a small crossbow, Gaz went full lethal going for meteor hammers and a whip sword inscribed with strange runes, Zim went for an executioner's sword and a lance with dark amethyst colored lines carved into it. However, there seemed to be a lull with Team Miraculous who seemed to be hesitant with choosing their weapons.
"What's wrong, I thought humans around your age would love to receive a weapon of the deadly caliber." Tech mused as he looked at the rather nervous and worried faces of Team Miraculous, and Adrien gave the bird creature an answer.
"Well me and my la-Marinette are used to non-lethal weapons that our kwamiis provide us." He stumbled on his words as he had yet to get use to the fact that his lady was Marinette, then Tech's face suddenly lit up and walked off. The raptor like creature came back carrying a small black box with red lines decorating the exterior, which caused Marinette to gasp in surprise, he opened the box revealing a fox tail necklace, turtle bracelet, bee comb, and finally a watch decorated with tiger stripes. The room was then filled with four different colored light orbs and then those orbs replaced with four chibi animal like creatures, though they had a few differences from the animal they were based on such as the turtle creature having an antenna and the fox creature possessing something similar eyeliner.
"Hello my name is Twixx/Wayzz/Pollen/Shivaji." The four greeted and introduced themselves to the four members of Team Miraculous that didn't have a miraculous.
"EEEEEEEHHHHH, you're so cute!" Alya squealed out as she grabbed Twixx and began to nuzzle the fox kwamii, which had the look of a cat participating in an unauthorized cuddle fest. Meanwhile Shivaji, the tiger kwamii, just gave Nathaniel the once over and muttered.
"I've got some work to do." Nathaniel just looked slightly offended at what the Shivaji said.
"Now that is settled we should move on." Tech told the group of kids, which made Team Miraculous upset that they couldn't test out their new abilities. After the kids and guides exited the armory, however Tech and Zapp stopped the large group from progressing any further.
"I'm sorry but only , Chloe, Marinette, and Star. The rest of you may return to the dorms." Tech told most of the kids which became a little suspicious of that action.
"Why is that?" Sashi asked her eyes narrowing and muscles tensed ready to attack.
"Well to properly modify a subjects DNA we need to make sure nothing can interfere with the process, which includes clothing." Tech answered which actually made sense and caused the four girls to blush, with Marinette turning redder than Drooler's skin.
"So us leaving will make them less uncomfortable." Dib surmised getting close to the point.
"True, it also prevents Drooler and Zizzoro from ripping off anyones special body parts, luckily Behemoth won't do that he'll just tell you he's disappointed." Tech elaborated with many of the boys going paler than a ghost and Zim fainted with his eyes turning into pale pink orbs, that's not it all of the kids had visions of Drooler and Zizzoro staring them down releasing twin beams of destruction aimed
"On second thought we'll just go to the dorms." Penn croaked out as he turned around his face sweat laden and heart racing faster than a rabbit on a sugar high.
"Zapp could you please guide them back to the dorms, we don't want them to run into the new security measures." Zapp just nodded as he circled the rest of the kids like a sheepdog and began lead the kids back to the dorms for a nice rest. Going the opposite way was Tech and the four girls, who were feeling nervous about the idea of getting their DNA messed with. It was a tense silence for the entire walk with no one said a single word or even dared to breathe too loudly, in fact the only sound made was their shoes and in Tech's case claws clacking against the tile. After an eighteen minute walk the five reached a titan sized egg colored door with various DNA sequences engraved into the door. Suddenly the door opened revealing a huge, futuristic lab area with Boulder standing over a control center complete with various monitors.
"Ah good you four are here, please walk over there please." Boulder gestured with tail to a 1950's medical curtain, uncomfortably the four began to disrobe their clothing. Of course, the two creatures averted the gaze from the four not wanting to be on the receiving end of their boss's wrath, they remembered what happened in Dimension 668-4790SD it brought shudders down their spines. When the girls were done undressing Boulder pressed a few buttons to activate the second part, the wall seemed to warp and morph into a separate structure. After the nightmare fuel another door attached to a short hallway presented itself same color as the door outside.
"Go through there to be sanitized." Boulder ordered as he push another series of buttons causing the small hallway door to open with mechanical whoosh. The girls hesitantly walked into small hallway and when all of them were in the door slammed shut, next they were sprayed with mist like clouds that smelled like disinfectant. Then at the opposite side from where they entered a second door opened revealing a large room that housed four-cylinder glass tubes filled almost to the brim with a silver liquid. Next a strange mechanical arm with a triangle shaped device with circles at each of the corners.
"Don't worry it's just the anti-grav device, it's to place you girls into the modification chambers." Boulder informed the four and began to turn the machine on making the circles glowing a deep admiral color, the girls began to float in the air. The girls were floated out of hallway and ten feet into the air, each of the girls were deposited into each tank carefully and precisely not to spill one micro-gram of the silver liquid.
"Now dip your heads under the liquid it doubles as a tranquilizer, believe me you'll need to be asleep for this." Boulder informed the four girls, who quickly did so because if an inter-dimensional being tells you something is going hurt then it's going to hurt! After the girls were unconscious Boulder activated the second part of the DNA modification, lid like devices descended from the ceiling and secured themselves on the tubes. Next wires, IV tube and needles moved throughout the liquid until they attached to the important veins and arteries of their bodies.
"How long does this take, I'm already feeling like I have to expel something." Tech groaned as his face turned a sickly shade of green.
"Relax Tweetie Bird it'll just be a few hours, besides we got some company." Boulder mentioned, he then gestured to the monitors which showed some very interesting. It was Drooler, Behemoth, and Zizzoro in the modification in some strange position; with Drooler standing behind Star's tube wrapping his wings around it; Zizzoro curled his body around Chloe's and Marinette's tube; finally Behemoth laid right next to Gaz's tube while letting out soothing rumbles.
Hey guys sorry for the late chapter just started college, and for those following Protagonist Prep on Tumblr you're going to have to wait it's currently acting up and I can't get on from my computer.