Disclaimer: I don't own the Mother series, it rightfully belongs to it's owners.
No one was saying anything as the ship was heading back to the base. Claus was holding Lucas's body as if his life depended on it. He couldn't believe that any of this was real. The fact that his brother was dead all because of his weakness when he vowed to protect Lucas with his life and yet he failed. He was glad that the Commander agreed to his terms, yet he didn't know why. Then there's the fact that the Commander didn't kill him when he had the chance. He wondered what was going through his mind.
"I must admit that you impress me with your pain tolerance."
Claus looked at the Commander to see him staring at himself. "What do you mean?"
"Have you seen your body? It's burned and yet you're moving around like it's nothing. You shouldn't be able to move at all."
Claus rolled his eyes. "You're not the only one who has an anti-pain resistance stimulator built into him. Don't forget I was the commander before you."
"I see, but don't you forget that I'm the commander now not you. Just because you'll be able to give out orders doesn't mean that you're in charge. Just be grateful that I'm not giving you janitor duty like you deserve."
"You're right I don't deserve this. However I have to ask, what will Lucas be doing?"
"I'll make him the head of the chimera lab experimental project. His job will be monitoring the chimera's and make sure they're functioning correctly. He'll also have access to all of the chimera files including my own."
"Okay and what about me?"
"Your job will be rallying the troops and watching after the children. You know make sure that they're doing their jobs correctly."
Claus nodded his head. He didn't say anything else for the rest of the trip. As he was looking out the window he noticed that they were flying over Nowhere Island. They flew past it and continued onward. About 2 minutes he saw that they arrived at an island with a large building on it.
The ship started descending before landing on the ground. The door opened up and the Commander stepped out followed by Mimmie and Minnie.
Claus exited the ship as he followed the Commander without saying a word. As soon as he entered the base he noticed that everything looked really advanced. Not to mention that the base was definitely bigger then it looked on the outside. He wasn't paying attention so he didn't realize that the Commander stopped so he ended up bumping into Minnie.
Minnie spun around and glared at Claus before stomping on his foot causing him to wince in pain. She then crossed her arms as she turned back around.
Claus didn't remember Minnie being such a bitch. Then again since she's a chimera now of course she would have a personality change. He sidestepped to see why the Commander stopped and he shrunk back when he saw Porky blocking the Commander's path. Claus studied his expression and noticed that he wasn't angry but more like disappointed.
"Now where have you been? I thought I told you to rest up for today."
"My apologizes master, but I tried to take care of something that needed to be done. I half succeeded but it won't stay that way for long."
The Commander, Mimmie and Minnie stepped aside so Porky could clearly see Claus standing there. It was then that he noticed that he was holding Lucas who had a large stab wound in his chest and wasn't moving at all.
Porky was surprised to see his first and previously thought to be perfect creation. "So you killed Lucas? But why is he here?"
"In exchange for reviving his brother as a chimera, he agreed that he and his brother will join the army. I agreed to his terms and decided to make him the General of the army."
"And you didn't think to run it by me first?"
"Do you not agree?"
"Okay fine, but listen here General. You will obey every order given to you got it?"
Claus nodded his head. "I understand master."
Porky turned around and walked away without saying another word.
The Commander turned around and walked over and took Lucas from Claus's arms. "Follow me."
Claus started following the Commander as he led him up the stairs and to the Chimera Lab. He watched as the Commander placed Lucas on the operating table. "Fix him up and don't add any unnecessary parts to him."
The scientist working there nodded his head as he got to work on Lucas.
"Let's go I have to make an announcement about you."
Claus nodded his head as he followed the Commander. To be honest he was quite nervous. He wondered how the Pigmasks would react to him coming back. They continued walking until they arrived at the cafeteria where all of the Pigmasks and children were. Claus looked around and he saw some familiar faces. He saw Fuel talking to Richie who had a blush on her face. Tracy was talking with Minnie and Mimmie who both started laughing at whatever she was saying.
The Commander transformed his left arm into a gun and fired at the ceiling. The sound of the gun going off caught everyone's attention as they all stopped talking and turned to face the Commander.
"Good I'm glad that I've got your attention. Now I have an announcement to make. As most of you may remember the person next to me was the previous commander of this army. He has come to join us and will be the General of the army. He will be making sure that the missions run smoothly. That is all you may go back to what you were doing."
Without sparing another glance everyone went back to what they were doing.
The Commander walked over to a table and sat down. He pointed to the seat in front of him and Claus walked over and sat down. Not a minute later the chef walked over carrying a plate of steak and placed it in front of the Commander.
"Would you like anything General?"
"Yeah I'll just have a plain Hamburger if that's okay?"
"Sure I'll get right on it." the chef said before walking away.
Claus watched the Commander eat his steak and he was reminded of Ness's love for steak. Whenever Ness ate steak he would always devour it in less then a minute. But unlike Ness the Commander was eating it at a normal pace.
Upon being noticed that he was being watched the Commander looked up at Claus and scowled at him. "Does watching a person eat amuse you?"
Claus snapped back into reality upon realizing that he was staring at the Commander. He shook his head. "Sorry, you eating steak reminded me of someone. I guess I was just daydreaming is all."
Before the Commander could say anything the chef returned with Claus's burger. "Here you are, enjoy your meal."
Claus nodded his head before he began eating. He had to admit that the burger was really good. It was cooked just the way he liked it. Soon he and the Commander finished eating before the Commander motioned him to follow which he did. He followed the Commander all the way to the 6th floor and down the hall to the left.
They stopped at the second door on the left and the Commander pointed at the door. "This is your and your brothers room. It's right next to mine so I can keep an eye on you. I don't trust you yet so that's how things are going to be. Now wait in there until your brother is finished. Your uniform is on the bed I had asked someone to bring it up here."
Claus nodded his head as he walked inside the room. Upon entering he noticed that the room was fairly an average size room. There was a queen size bed with a nightstand right next to it. The rooms walls were yellow in color so it really brightened up the room. When he looked on the bed he saw a black Pigmask uniform sitting on there. Walking over he picked up the uniform and stared at it. He sighed as he kicked his shoes off and started to get changed. When he was finished he climbed on the bed and lied down with his hands behind his head and stared up at the ceiling. He sighed as he closed his eyes deciding to get some rest.
Lucas slowly opened his eyes as he blinked and stared up at the ceiling. The first thing he noticed that he could see clearly out of his right eye when he last remembered that he could barely see out of that eye at all. The next thing he noticed was that he felt light headed so he groaned and closed his eyes before placing his left hand over his face. However instead of feeling soft and flesh he felt cold and hard. His eyes snapped opened and he looked at his left arm only to see that it was mechanical and his eyes widened in fear.
"W-what's going on? Where am I?"
Lucas tried to remember back what happened. It was then that he remembered being killed by the Commander and falling into a black abyss where he felt that he was trapped in. It was then that he realized that he was now a chimera and Claus must have done something in order to bring him back. He then heard a door open and saw a scientist walk in.
"Oh, you're awake faster then I thought you would be. How are you feeling?"
Lucas started trembling as he unconsciously transformed his left arm into a gun. His eyes widened before he pointed the gun at the scientist. "Stay away from me! I-I'll shoot I really will!"
The scientist held his arms up. "Calm down I get that your scared but I was just following the Commanders orders."
Lucas's fear grew as he thought that the Commander kidnapped him so he would be forced to fight against his brother. But if that was the case why wasn't he brainwashed like everyone else?
"Look let me go get the General and the Commander and they'll explain everything to you." the scientist said as he slowly started backing away before running out of the door.
Not wanting to stay by himself Lucas transformed his arm back to normal before hopping off of the operating table. However as soon as his feet touched the ground his legs gave out and he collapsed on the ground. He tried to get back up only to fall back down again. He tried again and again, but it was no use his legs were just too numb. He sighed as he could do nothing but wait until the Commander and General came in.
Claus was woken up by a knock on his door. Groaning he got out of bed and put his shoes on before walking over to the door. He opened the door and saw the scientist standing there.
"What is it?"
"He's awake, but he's freaking out. I thought to tell you first so you can go calm him down."
Claus nodded his head as he ran past the scientist and toward the Chimera Lab. He knew Lucas might be confused on what is going on, but he didn't think he would freak out. Upon arriving at the Chimera Lab he opened the door and saw Lucas sitting on the ground looking up at the ceiling. Tears started falling from his eye. "Lucas!" he shouted before running over to Lucas and hugging him.
Lucas upon hearing his brother's voice looked down and saw Claus hugging him. "Claus, what's going on? Where are we?" It was then that he noticed the uniform that Claus was wearing and he immediately knew something had happened. "Claus, why are you wearing that?"
Claus released his hug and started rubbing the back of his head nervously. "Well you see I-" he stopped when he saw that Lucas's right eye was robotic and his eyes narrowed. He turned his head in time to see the scientist and the Commander walk in. "Do you mind explaining to me why his right eye is mechanical like my left eye? I thought the Commander said to only do what was necessary!"
"It was necessary. Upon scanning his right eye I saw that his vision was 2/20 which means that his eye was basically blind and since it's impossible to restore vision I thought that this was the best approach."
Claus looked at Lucas to see a guilty look on his face. "Lucas? Why didn't you tell me that you couldn't see out of your right eye?"
Lucas sighed. "It's because I would have needed glasses and I didn't want anyone making fun of me. Jeff was made fun of for wearing glasses and I didn't want it to happen to me."
"Oh Lucas, I would have beaten anyone up who would ever make fun of you."
Suddenly a pink and black stripped Pigmask uniform and a lab coat was thrown onto Lucas's lap. He looked up and saw the Commander staring at him. "Why did you give this too me?"
Claus sighed. "In order to save your life I agreed that we would join the army. I'm sorry Lucas. It's alright if you hate me."
Lucas shook his head. "It's fine. I could never hate you Claus. Well I guess that this is our life now. So what am I to do?"
"Your the head of this department and you will be checking up on the chimera's every single day to make sure that they are functioning the way they should be. Starting tomorrow you will read over each of the chimera reports and make sure you memorize them carefully."
"I understand sir."
"Good you are dismissed." the Commander said before walking away.
Claus placed a hand on Lucas's shoulder. "Are you going to be alright?"
Lucas nodded his head. "Yeah, I'll be just fine."