Chapter 12

The S class heroes were once more getting together over recent event. Sitch wanted to bring in the Triplets into the S class rankings, hoping perhaps they could learn from the heroes within and perfect their talents. Yet, many were apprehensive to the idea.

"That kid, Pac has talent, I will admit that… but that's all I am admitting to!" said Tatsumaki

"Wait, I told you to leave them alone! What the hell did you say to him to get Pac to battle you!?" demanded Metal Bat.

"Nothing out of the ordinary." Tatsumaki said with a smirk. "I will say this though, talk about his family long enough, that boy will go to war!"

"I KNEW IT!"

"Tatsumaki, this is unbefitting, even for you." Muttered Silverfang.

"I didn't hurt him… much… I don't think."

"Pac's a sensitive kid, you don't speak to him about his family like they are garbage." Metal Bat sighed. "Maybe this isn't the best place for them."

"Finally, someone sees it my way."

"People, please. Metal Knight, what are you talking about?" asked Sitch.

"It's what I have said all along about them, they are growing in power and strength, and I believe they need guidance. If you look at the Triplets, Alley and Pac have access to their parent's strengths. I find it strange that Hunter doesn't. I haven't seen or witness him do anything out of the ordinary compared to his brother and sister. Although recently he has been working on a new technique, but that's all the progress he has made."

"What does that matter?" asked Zombieman. "Kid could be a late bloomer. He has just started picking up on Garou's ability to read movements and counteract them."

"But still, no one sees the dangers of this getting out of hand? No one?" asked Metal Knight.

"Perhaps, or no one really cares what you have to say about us."

The room jumped a little. Pac was lingering in the corner of it, he blended into the darkness perfectly. Yet as he emerged, a look of anger came over him.

"I'm surprised no one is asking him why is he so damn interested in us." Said Pac. "No one asks how he knows SO MUCH about our growth, how we became… this… No one bothered to question him why he set up a massive lab in city K, or why my parents would be there in the first place!"

The room was oddly silent to him, yet Sitch knew he was getting at something. "Pac… you haven't told us everything, have you?"

He shook his head no. "I couldn't bring myself to…" he paused as a tear went down his cheek. "Metal Knight tested on my siblings and I, testing us to see what it took to make us grow in strength and power. Pushing us to our limit! He kidnapped us!" Pac then paused. "Worst of all, despite everything he did… he made us watch the destruction of our parents!"

Suddenly, every set of eyes came upon Metal Knight

"That's outrageous," stated Metal Knight. "You intend to believe the word of monster children over one of your own? A hero who has helped protect this world and it's people!"

"There was no reason for my mother and father to be in city K, Child Emperor already stated there are no monsters there since there are no people living there. It would have been pointless destruction. But your lab was there. Your chrome maze existed. Your tests were real. I nearly bled to death because of your curiosity!"

The room turned to Metal Knight. "Bofoi, do you have anything to say about this?" asked Sitch.

There was silence from the robot, he looked about the room before stating. "What I did, was to benefit mankind. The children provided an opportunity I refused to see wasted. They allowed me to look into how the limit could be broken, but also gave me an idea as to how monsters could gain their power. The same affect could be done on people, turning them into super humans. Those tests were for the sake of humanity's survival."

"So you admit it," said Pac. "You admit to kidnapping us, forcing us to fight and nearly kill us in the process!"

"Sacrifices must be made."

The room was dead silent to the confession. It infuriated Pac even more so to learn Metal Knight would have let him and his siblings die for the sake of his test.

"You are a monster…" Hunter came out from behind Pac, followed by Alley. The three stared down Metal Knight. "You think we are just some lab rats that can be used and disposed of? You think our parents were nothing more than mere monsters that can be destroyed because of who they are? You think… you think we are unworthy to having a life of our own?" Hunter demanded.

"I have heard enough," announced Sitch. "Metal Knight, we are placing you under arrest…"

"Really? You are going to arrest a robot? I expected far more from you Sitch. Besides, you of all people know that I AM the association. I built this place, I provide the technology and even sponsorship! You really think you are going to punish me for this? Why does it even matter? They are not human after all."

Pac growled. "Coming from a man that hides behind his toys."

"I am going to leave here under my own regard. I wonder though, how well will the association run without my assistance?" he said. "I will be shutting down all communication, power and warning systems until you see fit to reinstate and apologies for your actions against me."

Before Metal Knight left, there was a look on Tatsumaki's face. She peered oddly over her left shoulder behind Metal Knight "Humph! This is the only time I will admit, you are right. Metal Knight is a far bigger idiot than I thought!" As the robot turned to face her, something came from behind and took its head! When the metal body dropped, Melee Brawler appeared!

At first, the room was stunned, except for Metal Bat and Tatsumaki.

"MELEE! You… You're"

"Yeah, you can't quite get rid of us that easily"

"And Garou?" asked Silverfang.

"As cocky as ever." She replied. "I am sorry for this, but it was the only way we could make him confess to what he did. I don't know if you would have believed us either way."

"I could have told them." Muttered Tatsumaki.

"Wait, you HELPED?" demanded Zombieman.

"Of course I did. How else do you think they stayed hidden from his scanners? Robots can do a lot of things, but they can't do everything that I can do!"

"Wait… where is Garou?" asked Sitch.

Melee didn't know. "He said he was going to take care of something, he didn't tell me anything else. I assumed he's hungry. We're been keeping a low profiles for some time."

Suddenly, the lights began to flicker, the machines and computers were shutting down. "What… Metal Knight" muttered Sitch.

"I got this, you know, I have been practicing at beating him at his own game," said Alley. She then smirked. "He thought I was playing games on my little device here… No… I've been working on my code work and hacking skills!"

Alley took the gum out of her mouth and stuck it into a port in the computerize table. From there, she took a connector cable and plugged into the gum and her mobile device. "Where did you get those?" asked Sitch.

"Made them, now stand back, and watch a master at work!" Alley began typing in lines of code into her device, she reversed hacked Metal Knight's computer and was able to reprogram it from where she stood. The lights returned, the computers turned back on and the machines were up and running. "He won't know it until he tries to hit the kill code. Which he will be doing shortly. I already saw what he was trying to put into the system."

The room was in aw of her, even Melee. "Alley, how did you learn all of this?" she asked.

Alley shrugged. "I don't know, when I take an interest in something it usually just comes to me naturally. Oh, I forgot one thing dad wanted me to put in." She went back to typing and then executed the code. "There… strange though, why would he want me to type this?"

"What did he ask you to do?" questioned Pac.

"To have all his computers say one line…"