A/N: Not dead. Blame school. Ditto. Threetwoonego!

"Where am I?" the woman asked again.

"Um, you don't remember? I mean you were going to skin me alive like a minute ago," Scout said.

"I did? Ah fuck...not again," the woman slapped herself in the head. "I'm really sorry about that chap, its the bloody mind control chip..."

"Mind control?" Tia asked.

"Yeah, I think you broke it when you kic- wait...you broke it..." she picked Tia up and spun her around. "Oh by the gods thank you!"

"Um, can you please put me down?" the woman stopped after a while and put the shorter girl down.

"Oh I cannot thank you enough!" she said.

"I assuming you're going to give an explanation, right?" Scout asked.

"Yes, ah, on a side note: I may have your other friends tied up in the other rooms," the woman said as she rubbed the back of her head. "Name's Jill by the way,"

"No, no, no, NO!" the bearded man screamed as he hit his desk with a fist. "This can't be happening,"

"Sir, your blood pressure..." a silver, bipedal robot said as it move towards the man.

"I don't care about that shit!" he yelled at the robot. "Leave now," he waved his hand towards the robot.

"Yes sir," the robot said as it left the room.

The man fell into his chair and rubbed his face with his hands. He let them fall with a sigh.

The phone on his desk started to ring, he pressed the speaker button. "You're on," he said.

"Sir, they're here,"

"Bring them in,"

About five minutes prior

Stella was being escorted through a silver colored hallway. Despite the only things in the hallway was her and the two robot guards, she still felt that something was watching her, and if she tried to run, something else would happen.

Something bad.

It wasn't long before she noticed a group of guards standing in front of a door. At first she thought it was strange for these robots to be standing there, until she saw who they were guarding.

"Tai! Debbie!" she shouted. She wanted to run towards them, but she had a feeling she shouldn't. The guards parted slightly so the two groups could interact, but kept their eye on them.

"Oh I'm so glad you two are ok," Stella said as she hugged the two before noticing something. "Hey, where's K-9?"

"We don't know either," Debbie said. "We thought he was with you,"

"He's not..." before she could say more, a guard spoke up.

"Move, the boss wants to speak with you," it said as the door opened.

K-9 was in the process of escaping the facility. The German Shepard ripped apart the guards sent to get him, as well as his the shock collar. He often changed forms to get around. He used his regular form to hide, and switched to his anthro. form to deal with anything that came his way.

Right now he was trying to find his owners.

It wasn't long before he saw a group of people or robots heading his way, he turned around and started heading back when he heard another coming his way. He considered taking them all on, before seeing a vent in the wall. He tore off the vent with his teeth and crawled inside. The dog watched as the two groups met and stood right in front of the vent.

When it became apparent that they weren't moving from their positions, K-9 started to crawl down the vent.

The vent led him to a room. He quietly tore off the metal bars and made his way inside the room.

The room had no one inside it and looked to be a break room of some sorts. There was only one door to get into the room; the only other way to get in was from the vent K-9 came in from.

K-9 looked around before deciding to try the door, as he came close he heard someone on the other side. He shot back towards the vent and hid there.

Two people walked into the break room. Both looked like soldiers, each wore gray fatigues and carried a futuristic assault rifle.

"I swear, sometimes this guy is crazy," one of them said as he sat in a chair.

"I know," the other asked. "He's just as crazy as my ex,"

"Hey, whattya think of the gals he just captured?"

"They're nice, wonder what makes the old man so interested in them?"

"I think he's a pervert. Those women shouldn't be working for a man like him,"

Just then an alarm went off, the men stood up, as they did their radios came to life.

"All units, subject 13-456 is loose, subject is extremely dangerous, I repeat subject is extremely dangerous. Please use extreme caution," it said.

"Subject 13-456...isn't that the mutt that came with those girls?"

"Really? That stupid dog escaped? Holy crap,"

"I bet he peed on those robots,"

"Or he could've ripped them to shreds, like how I'm going to do with you,"

The two soldiers jumped at the new voice. They turned behind them to find a very large creature behind them.

"Never call me a mutt," it said before it lunged at them.

Earlier

"Hello girls," the old man said. "Please take a seat,"

The three looked at each other and then at the chairs the man was motioning to. They cautiously took their seats while keeping an eye on the man.

"First off let me introduce myself, my name is Dr. Joseph Trosk," he said.

"Yeah, yeah, now why didya capture us?" Stella asked rudely.

"And where's K-9?" Tai added.

Dr. Trosk gave the two a hard stare before continuing. "To answer your first question, you girls and your dog weren't supposed to be captured in the first place, my apologies,"

"Ok..."

"However, your sister that isn't with you...I need her,"

"Why do you need Tia?" Debbie asked.

"Because, she defeated my most prized robot. I want to find why she did,"

"You keep your wrinkle-ass hands off my sis, got it old man?" Stella hissed. She could've killed the man right there and now, but she didn't want to think of the consequences of what that will do.

"She won't be hurt, I promise...now as for your pet. He's supposed to be on his way here, in fact, he was supposed to arrive with you,"

"Then where is he then?"

"My guess is good as yours, good night,"

"Wha-"

The three were each hit with a tranquilizer dart and were knocked out.

"Take them back to their cells," he said to the guards. Trosk was about to say something else when his phone rang. He picked it up. "What is it?"

"Sir, the dog escaped..." a soldier said.

"WHAT! Impossible! Are you sure?"

"Affirmative, we checked the entire base twice and the subject is nowhere to be found,"

"Well find the damn mutt! If he escapes back to those mercs, this place is going to turn into one hell of a hellhole," he shouted at the soldier before slamming the phone down.

After killing the two soldiers in an over excessive and gruesome fashion, as well as nibbling on an organ or two, K-9 slowly peeked out into the hallway, which was bathed in a red light. He looked to make sure no one was there before crawling out. He stayed in his anthro. form because of the increased danger.

"Where the hell is "out"?" he mumbled to himself.

"Why don't you ask?" a drone said as it flew up to him. "Don't worry, I'm not going to blow your cover,"

"Why should I trust you?"

"Because I want out as well," it replied. "I'll explain more in-depth as soon as we got out of here, follow me,"

K-9 followed the drone down the hallway. "I'm detecting several armed soldiers ahead," it said as its gun hummed to life.

"Got it,"

"Hey! There it is!" one said as the group of soldiers rounded the corner. He was quickly taken down by the drone's cannon, and covered the walls in more red.

"What the hell?" another shouted. "Why's the drone shooting us?"

Bullets bounced off K-9's vest as he charged the soldiers. He sunk a clawed hand into one, while using the other to throw a soldier into the others.

Meanwhile the drone picked off each person that came into its view. It easily dodged any gunfire that came its way. By the time the last person fell, the walls were covered in more things then blood.

"Where to?" K-9 asked the drone. "I rather not run into another group of soldiers again,"

"Just continue down the hall," it said as it flew by the German Shepard.

After following the drone for some time, they found a robot that looked like a centurion and had one large red eye guarding the entrance to a room. "Yo Shanks! I found someone to break Surge out," the drone said.

"Shuuu!" the robot put a finger to its nonexistent mouth. "Do you want us getting busted, Helio?"

"Sorry, Shanks!" Helio responded. "Come, I'll show you the others,"

The two entered the room. It appeared to be some kind of storage room of some sorts. Two other robots were in there, both looked similar to each other. One wore a combat helmet and held a machine gun, while the other held a shotgun but had no helmet. Both of the robots were colored black and had two small blue colored eyes. (Think Terminator-looking but not as human-looking)

"K-9, this is Shell and Shock," Helio said as it flew over to them.

"Sup," Shell said while Shock stayed silent but waved.

"So who's this?" Shanks asked as the centurion walked in the room.

K-9 was about to respond when someone else spoke up.

"Subject 13-456 aka K-9," a robot said as it came into view. It looked the same as as Shell and Shock, but it looked taller and carried a katana. "He's one of the new guys that the doctor captured,"

"Ok...can anyone tell me what the hell is going on in the first place, and who the hell is this doctor guy?"

The new robot continued. "The doctor is named Joseph Trosk, a brilliant scientist and an expert in anything that has to do with technology. He used to work for the U.S government but was thrown out after his ideas were considered too insane. Such ideas were mind control via implants, and the transferring of human consciousness to other bodies, stuff like that,"

K-9 blinked. "So basically a mad scientist?"

"Yeah..."

"So why are you guys trying to do anyways?"

"First off, we used to be human," Shanks said. "But, Dr. Trosk here did something to us now... we're this,"

"All of you?"

"Yup, almost all the robots in the facility used to be human,"

"But wouldn't you just rebel or something?"

"Nope, apparently he also brainwashed those humans as well, for some reason it didn't work on us,"

"Okay, let me process this for a few minutes...Debbie is usually the one who wants the information,"

"Who?"

"Subject 43-531. K-9 came with three others. Names are Stella, Debbie, and Tai if I remember correctly," Helio said. "They're together,"

"Why did he capture us anyways?" K-9 asked.

"According to the mission log, you four were not supposed to be captured in the first place, it was supposed to be only your fifth member: Tia,"

At this point K-9's mind was spinning, what did that crazed doctor want with Tia in the first place anyways? He wanted to ask more but then the new robot started to speak, cutting him off.

"So did anyone brief the dog what we're doing yet?" he asked.

"No, we were- oh shit!" Shock said.

"What?"

"There's a camera here!" he said as he blew apart the camera that was in the top corner of the room. "Dammit! They must've heard everything!"

"What now?" Helio asked.

"We hold them off until K-9 can escape," the new robot said.

"Wait what?" Shanks said. "What about the plan?"

"No can Shanks, we're good as dead already if they heard us,"

"I've detected several guards and robots approaching us," Helio said. "K-9, there's a vent to the rear of the room. It will lead you out of the facility,"

"But what about you guys...and what about my owners?"

"Don't worry about us," Helio said. "As for your owners, I'm sure they will be ok. Right now, the battle is not in your favor, now go!"

'BOOM!'

That was the sound of the door being blown to pieces. Shell and Shock open fired on the soldiers and robot guards that poured into the room.

K-9 hurried to the vent that Helio mentioned and tore open the grate. He was about to crawl through when something smacked the wall beside him. He looked and found that the object was Helio.

"Helio!"

The drone whirled its blades to fly up but one was jammed from the impact, so it only stayed on the ground. "DoN't WoRRy AboUT mE," it said through its damaged voice box. "JUsT SavE YoURSelf,"

K-9 shook his head and grabbed the damaged drone, before heading into the vent.

"Sonabitch," Debbie mumbled as she came through. "That is one person that I won't scold Stella for hurting, now where the-"

'CLINK!'

"What the..." she found that she was standing on a platform of some sorts, with her hands chained to it. The dim light didn't allow her to see much around her. She huffed with annoyance. "Where the hell am I now?"

"Pst, hey you," a voice said from somewhere. "You the newbies that just came?"

She could tell that it was a man. "Yes? I guess," she replied. "Where am I?"

There was a brief silence before the man continued. "The Arena, doll," he said. "Or the slaughterhouse as we call it,"

"The Arena?" Debbie the only Arena that Debbie had ever heard of was, well, Arena back at Teufort. BLU and RED would fight to the last team standing, with no Respawn. "What happens there?"

"Look, all I know is that you fight up there,"

"Up there? That means we're underground of the arena," Debbie thought. "Who do you fight?"

"One of the doctor's cronies, testing he calls it,"

"He uses humans as test subjects?" she exclaimed. "That's horrible!"

"Humans? I've heard he uses rejects like us as cannon fodder, unless... your one of them specials,"

"Specials...?" she would've asked more but her platform started to move upward.

"Yo! Do anything you have to do to survive, and good luck up there!" he said before his voice was droned out by the sound of machinery.

There was a bright flash of light which caused Debbie to close her eyes. When she opened them, she found herself in a very futuristic looking, circular, domed gladiatorial pit. The floor and walls were made up of purple colored metal.

"Test subjects are in positions," an automated voice said.

"Subjects?" Debbie turned to find two other people with her. One was a broken robot that emitting sparks, and the other was a woman around the same age as Tia/Tai. The woman had blond hair, and was in a very tattered tank top and blue pants. She had cuts and bruises all over herself, and looked very haggard. It seemed she spend a good amount of time in this place.

The woman took a look at her companions. "Shit, we're so dead," she huffed.

"I wouldn't be so quick to judge," Debbie said as she turned into Debbie-X with a bright flash of light.

If the robot had a mouth, both of Debbie's companions would had their mouths open right now.

"I think I should get both of you fixed up," she said. "Cause something big is going down..."

"5, 4, 3..."

"...right now,"

"2, 1,"

One side of the arena opened and a large man dressed as gladiator stepped out, next to him were two robotic dogs.

"Prepare yourself to be bested by the one and only: IVAN the GREAT!"

A/N: Ending it on a cliffhanger. I'll try and update faster next time but time is short so bye!

-D.W