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Ness couldn't believe what was happening. He was going to be turned into a chimera and be forced to help Fero with his plan. He looked at where his arms used to be and noticed that he was still bleeding pretty badly. He knew that if something was done soon he would die from blood loss. Thinking about it if he dies then he can't help Fero. Then again Claus died and he was brought back to life so the same thing would happen to him.

"Hey Fero."

Fero sighed as he looked down at Ness clearly annoyed that Ness wasn't being quiet like he asked. "What is it?"

"Well hate to tell you this, but if you don't stop this bleeding then I'm going to die. I can already feel myself becoming faint."

"If you die then you'll just come back to life when you become a chimera. The only way to stop the bleeding is to cauterize the wounds, but we'll just have to cut the wound open again in order to give you those fake arms and leg. So what's the point?"

Ness couldn't believe what he was hearing. Was Fero seriously going to let him die? Ness never told anyone, but he feared death. Especially if it's a brutal death like what was happening to him right now. Ness suddenly felt very tired and he became scared. So this is what death felt like. It wasn't so bad, it was just like falling asleep, but just not waking up again. Ness slowly closed his eyes as his life slipped away from him.

Fero noticed this and he sighed. He quickly cauterized the wounds before his hand started sparking with electricity. He then placed it on Ness's chest and forced the power inside of him. He placed his fingers on Ness's neck and sure enough felt a heartbeat.

"Well that was a close one. I didn't want to explain to Porky that I killed him." Fero said as he continued flying.

Fero landed in front of the building and walked inside. He noticed a few Pigmasks walking around doing their own thing. Ignoring them he went up the stairs to the 3rd floor and walked inside the first door on the right where the lab was. The first thing he did was placed Ness inside a capsule which soon filled with liquid that makes one admire Porky. After that he placed Ness on an operating table as he turned toward the Pigmask who was currently working there.

"Get busy and make sure you don't screw up. Also feel free to experiment on him to add more metal parts to him."

The Pigmask nodded as he walked over to a computer panel and began typing things on the computer. He grabbed an operating knife off of the table and began to work.

Fero then walked out of the lab letting the Pigmask do his work. He then walked up the stairs to the 12th floor and went inside Porky's room. He walked over to Porky and stood in front of him. "Well mission complete. He's being worked on as we speak. He's going to need a lot of work done with the amount of damage I've done to him."

Porky turned to face Fero. "What do you mean? How much damage did you do?"

"I cut off both his arms and a leg. I had to make sure he couldn't use PSI or escape. I admit he died for a moment, but I brought him back."

"Fine as long as he's not dead for good."

"Now all we have to do is wait for the operation to be complete."

It wasn't until a few hours later that the Pigmask who did the operation walked into the room. "The operation was a success." he said as he stepped aside.

Ness walked inside and bowed down to Porky. "Master Porky, I am at your service."

Porky took in Ness's appearance. Both his arms and right leg were mechanical. The upper right part of his face from the top of his head down to the upper part of his mouth was also mechanical. Both of his eyes were red with the white part of his eyes being black. His eyes were clearly mechanical as well.

Porky smirked at seeing this. "What is your name and purpose?"

"My code name is the Masked Warrior and my purpose is that I'm the commander of the Pigmask army. Why do you ask?"

"Just making sure."

The Commander walked over to Porky. He then placed his right hand over him. His hand started glowing green. "Forgive me for not doing this earlier."

The green light completely engulfed Porky before disappearing. Porky narrowed his eyes and pointed a finger at the Commander. "What did you just-" he stopped when he noticed that he was staring at a pale hand instead of a gray and rotted one. He then felt his arms and noticed that they were smooth instead of hard. He sat up and tried lifting his leg and saw that he was able to.

"I healed you so you reverted back to your original self."

Porky hopped off of the bed and ran inside the room's Bathroom and looked himself in the mirror and saw that he looked exactly like how he did before. His hair was back to being blonde instead of white. "I'm healed. I'm really healed. Yes I back!" Porky shouted before returning back inside the room.

"So, what do you want me to do?" the Commander asked.

Fero took a step forward. "You should train to make yourself stronger. You should also train those other Pigmasks as well."

The Commander turned around and glared at Fero. "I wasn't asking you Fero, I was asking my master. You're not my master so I don't have to obey you."

"I'm in charge here so you will obey me. Porky works for me not the other way around."

"Well my programming doesn't have you as my master. So that means I can't call you my master."

Fero crossed his arms. "Well whatever I suppose I can live with it. Porky order him to do what I just said."

Porky nodded his head. "I order you to train yourself and the other Pigmasks."

"Of course Master."

4 years later

An alarm clock started going off before a hand turned it off. Claus slowly got up and stretched himself. He placed his bare feet on the ground and wiggled his toes. He stood up and grabbed a change of clothes before heading into the Bathroom.

It had been 4 years since the incident with Ness had happened. Even to this day Claus still carried his guilt about it. He remembered his conversation with his dad and held a new belief that Ness was still alive. Of course when he told the others this they didn't believe him. Well the only ones who believed him was Lucas and Ninten.

Claus took his clothes off and turned the hot water on. He held his hand under the water waiting for it to heat up and when it did he climbed inside the tub. A lot has happened in the past 4 years. Claus was now 19 years old and last year he and Lucas moved out of Tazmily Village and into a house in Twoson. It wasn't a big house, it only had one Bedroom which Lucas and he shared. He also had a job which he was preparing for now. Ironically he worked as a waiter at the restaurant in Onett, the same one that everyone was supposed to meet at 4 years ago.

Lucas also had a job. He worked as a pizza delivery boy for Mach's Pizza. Claus worked Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:00am-5:00pm while Lucas worked Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 12:00pm to 9:00pm which only left them Sundays to spend time together.

After finishing washing himself off Claus turned the water off and started to dry himself off. Getting dressed he walked downstairs to see Lucas in the Kitchen making Omelets.

"Good morning Claus." Lucas said as he placed a plate of Omelets and fork in front of him.

"Good morning Lucas." Claus replied.

"So are you doing alright? Considering that 4 years ago today is the day that, well you know."

Claus sighed. "It's just another day Lucas. I try not to think about it, but to be truthful it's kind of hard not to. I can't believe it's been 4 years already."

Lucas nodded his head as he watched his brother eating. He waited until his brother was finished eating before speaking again. "Yeah I know. I have to ask, do you really believe that Ness was kidnapped just like you?"

"I do."

"Just making sure. Well have a good day Claus."

"Thanks, you too." Claus said before leaving.

Lucas watched Claus leave before sighing. "I know it bothers you more then you let on. Please let Ness be alive. I don't want Claus to sink into depression over this."