Chapter 7

Alley was in the lab once more.

She went over the blood sample her father gave her and compared it to the monster cells she has been studying. The strange thing was this, within her own father's blood there is an immunity to the monsterfication of the cells, however she is trying to extract that immunity out of the blood sample and use it. Yet if she used her father's blood, would that impact the possible cure she is working on for Pac? They share the same genetics, so would that cancel out the process she is aiming for? For scientific purposes, she even used her own blood. Despite having some of her father's genetic material, she didn't possess everything he did! She has immunity to the monsterfication process of the cells, and yet her father's blood had more proteins and other properties.

"This is a lot harder than I anticipated." She said with a sigh,

"What are you working on? You've been at this for the past few days!" just nearly jumped to the voice of Child Emperor, but then remembered she saw him earlier that day.

"Well, if you must know. My brother Pac doesn't want to turn into my father... appearance wise. I am trying to work on something that could maybe hold off the process and allow him to stay the way he is. But it's frustrating as hell. I mean, my father, my family is immune to the monster cells despite their evolution. And yet, in extracting that immunity from my father's DNA, I hope to maybe make a cure if someone eats these things… but also make a cure for my brother. Yet, I know my brother will be immune to the cure since it's the same DNA!"

Child Emperor was at a loss for words. "You are trying to cure the monster process in humans?"

"Yes." Alley said with a sigh. "But the damn thing isn't cooperating!"

"Wow, that's rough, that's a lot to take in and do too! We don't even understand the full monster process. People turn even without the cells! That in itself is a mystery. You know your father did that too once before, right?"

Alley nodded. "He told me that story."

"Oh yeah, back when we were battling the monster association. He wanted to become one to unite the world in hated for him… his twisted idea of world peace in a sense, not quite what any of us expected."

Ally turned to Child Emperor with interest. "How did he cure himself from that? I remember mom saying something like this before, but…"

Child Emperor shrugged his shoulders. "All I know is this, everyone wanted him dead for what he did. He took out every S Class hero without much trouble. It was the Caped Baldy that took him down. In fact, all he did was punch him and it broke the monster form right off his body. It was more like a shell than anything."

"Dad explained as best he could as to how he became what he is now, but it still doesn't make a lot of sense!"

"I haven't been able to figure that out either, but what happened to your father is no monster shell. It turned him from the inside out. I find it strange though; he is a lot stronger in this form when he wasn't seeking the power than when he was. Strange how things turn out huh?"

"Yeah… strange," said Alley. "I'm going to keep working on this, if you find anything else on genetics, please let me know."

Child Emperor nodded and went back to his own project. Alley kept focus though, there has to be a way, there has to be something here of use for Pac. If not, then maybe a cure for monster cells could be found.

She needed a break though, Alley doesn't like to run on failure. Instead, she went to one of her side projects, one that held a special place in her heart. She got a call shortly claiming he was here. "Send him in, room 6B."

The door opened, Muman Rider appeared. "Miss Brawler." He said respectfully. "I was told you wanted to see me."

She smiled. "How old is your bike?" she asked.

"Oh, this old thing, it's up there. I just got a new chain on it and everything."

Alley nodded. "I have something for you to try." She went off to the side for a moment, before wheeling out a new bike. Muman rider was slightly surprised, after all, it appeared much like his old one. "This is your new ride if you wish to have it. I have added many new features for you to assist in your hero activities. Such as a scanner app that will inform you who needs help where. The bike itself is a ten speed. The frame is super light and yet super strong, there are added features as well. I know you tend to strike villains with your bike, but you need a little extra firepower to it. That's added now! Watch." Alley turned to the bike. "Justice Ram!"

The front of the bike changed, metal plates came out the sides and made the front of the bike pointed and durable to take down opponents. "WHOA!" Muman said with great delight.

"Justice, return!" with the command, the bike returned to normal. "This will answer to your voice and your voice only after that demonstration. There are other features to it and I'll give you notes to look them over, but it should assist in your hero duties."

Muman's mouth dropped. "You fit that all on a single bike!"

"Yep, and one other feature, but I need you to get on and ride about."

He gladly agreed. Muman hopped on the new bike and gave it a spin, there was no resistance, and he could ride like the wind and faster than before! Suddenly, he was struck from the side hard! The bike skid, yet kept vertical. He was shocked to see Alley hit him while he was riding. "Now, what I just did is a feature so you are not thrown from it. It's self balancing. So if you are struck from the side, you won't hit the ground. Cool huh?"

"How could you have fit this all on a bike!?" he questioned.

"I had time, and the tech. So, what do you think?"

"I love it!"

"Good, one other feature, you can carry more than one person on the bike, it won't weigh you down so you can keep at your top speed. The tires are also weather resistant, so that will also prevent you from slowing down. This is a small thank you gift on behalf of my family. Mom told me what you did for her before I was even born."

Muman was at a loss for word, he thanked Alley very much for the new bike, yet he kept looking back at his old one. "Let me take care of it, I can always improve upon it. You know, Justice 2.0"

With a smile and a nod, Muman was out the door riding his new wheels. "Okay, at least one project was successful. Oh and Genos's new exoskeleton was worked out well. I guess that's two… but now to have success in this project…"