A/N: ok thanks to Epsilon Team Captain Hande for letting me use his OC Levinski. And to XxLadyChaosxX fo letting me use her OC, Chaos the Cat. I hope I get their characters right, anyway enjoy!
Theo awoke slowly in the bright white light of the hospital room, cold sweat soaking his body, an oxygen tube was lodged up his nose and he had thousands of electrodes , wires and tubes stuck into his arms and chest, He groaned as he twisted his head to stare at the multitude of machines that stood beside his bed. The windows were open, letting in a cool summers breeze that swept through his quills. He heard footsteps in the corridor outside , he ignored them still gazing at the swaying trees outside until he heard the door to his room open, he turned and saw a emerald green fox standing in the doorway wearing his trademark leather jacket and camouflaged trousers, in his right hand the fox carried a plastic bag full of something, he grinned when he saw Theo awake.
"Ah good your awake" the fox said in a thick Russian accent,
"Levinski, you bastard" Theo said as Levinski pulled up a chair and sat down next to Theo's bed, grinning "Christ how long has it been? Two? Three years?".
"Much too long my friend" Levinski said, reaching into the plastic bag by his feet and pulled out a large box of chocolates, he handed them to him "Here, I got these on the way here".
"I think this is the only time you actually bought me something" Theo muttered, ripping open the box and popping one into his mouth, then instantly gagging.
"Let me guess, walnut cream?" Levinski chuckled, Theo nodded and grabbed a jar of iced water off the bedside table, knocking over most of the 'Get Well Soon' cards that occupied it, instead of pouring the water into a glass, he simply drank from the jar, dripping water onto his sheets. He replaced the jar back on the table, panting.
"How long was I out?" Theo asked, Levinski thought for a while then answered ,
"About two weeks", Levinski lent back and put his boots on Theo's bed frame "That Blaze chick seemed awfully worried about you, she visited you every evening".
"Hmm, I better see her after I get out of the cluster-fuck" Theo muttered, gesturing to the mass of tubes and wires that encompassed his body, Levinski sighed,
"Well I'm not here on a friendly visit, I'm actually here on business" He removed his boots from the bedframe and reached into the pocket of his trench coat and pulled out a tape recorder.
"What do GUN want with me now? I almost died, the least I could expect is 'Oh you almost kicked the bucket, here have the next five months off'" Theo sighed.
"Well this mission is only optional, if you don't want to take it, GUN will just send another agent" Levinski said, Theo frowned,
"Your just a scientist, how are you know involved in major missions?" he asked, popping another chocolate in his mouth.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures, and after the huge fiasco at Central Park, minor agents are being briefed as major ones, which leads nicely into this mission" Levinski began to rewind the tape, his eyes still fixed on Theos,
"A few hours after you were emitted into hospital, my team received a hidden transmission inside some ordinary radio waves, the transmission frequency was tiny and took ages to unearth but we found this eventually found this" Levinski pressed play, a tinny husk male voice started to speak, in the background, the odd burst of static occasionally drowning the voice out (A/N the - is where the transmission is drowned out);
I -cleanse this ravaged world, you ignore all the suffering that happens around you - weapon. You -and use it to fuel your lust for admiration. Soon-I-burn-Utopia will rise one more and we will-.
"What the hell" Theo muttered, as Levinski pocketed the tape recorder,
"That's exactly what my team have been thinking for the past fortnight" Levinski muttered,
"Have you found a point of transmission?" Theo asked, intrigued. Levinski nodded,
"The Northern Wastes",
"I thought The Northern Wastes were just ruins of the Ultima strongholds from the Great War" Theo said. Levinski shrugged,
"Well they are, but as we know just because a place is empty doesn't mean that no monsters are waiting" Theo frowned, Levinski was referring to a mission that he and Levinski did along with a group of mercenaries, in which the went into a human city infected by a horrifying disease that had turned the residents into monsters, he and Levinski had been some of the few who had crawled out of that place alive, and that in a way had made Theo gain a lust for power, as he had gained enhanced powers in that city thanks to some ancient artefacts and had done something of terrible there, that he and Levinski had sworn never to talk about again. After that Theo had delibratly drained himself so the horrifying powers left his body but a trace of them still remained in form of his rage.
"That's the strange thing about it" Levinski continued " We did a biological scan on that area, zero life, none, not even on a cellular level" He frowned and reached into his jacket and pulled out a flask of vodka, he unscrewed it and took an enormous swig. Theo frowned at him, then chuckled slightly and ate another chocolate.
"Anyway" Levinski said swallowing "GUN want you to go and investigate the area if you feel up to it and find the purpose and sender of the transmission".
"Why don't GUN just send another agent?" Theo said, his mouth full,
"Because that last line in the transmission 'Utopia will rise again', that's from an ancient prophecy from The First Great Civilization….its about the rise of a city of the damned ruled by the conqueror of the world, referred to in the prophecy as Raphael. We think Mephiles may be Raphael" Levinski said, Theo gulped.
"So you think that Mephiles may be in The Northern Wastes?"
"Yes" Levinski stated, he got to his feet and stared at Theo, "Oh, two more things I need to tell you, firstly I drove here on your bike, don't worry, I've taken good care of her and secondly, your house and its gardens have been reinstolized into New Metropolis".
"Reinstol-what?" Theo asked; Levinski chuckled,
"We basically teleported your house and it gardens into New Metropolis, onto Raven Hill to be precise, you'll find everything exactly as you left it" He pulled a file out of his jacket along with a set of keys and put them on the bedside table, next to the cards, "You'll find more information about the mission, my numbers on a piece of paper inside, see ya later comrade".
"Bye Levinski" Theo said, and with that Levinski closed the door and his footsteps slowly faded away "Just you wait Mephiles" Theo muttered.
Theo must have fallen asleep, because the next thing he knew it was early evening outside and the box of chocolates had been moved onto one of the chairs. The red sunset shone into his room, casting his room in a deep ruby glow. However he jumped when he spotted a cream coloured cat in the corner with aquamarine outlines on her orangey yellow eyes. She also had a long aquamarine ponytail and three bangs that hung in front of her face, her gold outlined heart shaped breast-plate shone in the sunset as did her sleeveless swinsuit, on the belt that hung from her waist, a long knee length cape was attached that fluttered in the breeze. Her boots were also knee length and had an aquamarine lining on the top, a golden diamond was embedded in the front of their white toes, the soles were also golden, a lightning insigne was emblazoned on each boot. She wasn't directly looking at him, she was merely looking out the window, at the darkening landscape, but her eyes flickered to Theo as he began ripping off the wires and tubes that encompassed him, alarms began to explode into life, however Theo made bolts of electricity arc off his body and hit the machines around him, silencing the screaming alarms.
"Who are you?" Theo yelled as he stood up on his bed, ripping off the oxygen tube that was strapped to his nose, his half naked body charged up with vicious bolts of electricity. The cat smiled,
"I wouldn't try hitting me with that"
"Or what?" Theo smirked and fired a bolt of electricity at her, at the same time he held her hand out and absorbed it, Theo was gob smacked.
"H-how?" He stammered, the cat then held her fist up; arcs of blue lightning began flying around her fist making it glow.
"Names Chaos, and yeah, I have the same powers as you" she retracted her fist causing the lightning to fade away, "But unlike you, my powers are a lot less volatile than yours". "Theo growled and jumped off the bed and glowered at her, she simply smiled,
"Well then Chaos what the hell are you here for?"
"Keep your head on, honey" Chaos said, walking past him, sliding her tail underneath his chin, Theo turned and looked at her, Chaos sat down and grinned as she noticed the box of chocolates, "Oh for me, your too sweet" she picked them up and began to eat them.
"So back to my previous question, what the fuck do you want?" Theo snarled,
"I'm a mercenary, my client has a job for you" She clicked her fingers and her electricity flowed from her and formed a flickering 3D image of Castle Acorn "I gather you know what this is, my client has always been resented by royalty and he has grown tired of it and he wants to end it". Theo turned to face her,
"Who's your client?" he asked,
"Can't say" Chaos said smiling "Anyway my client wants you to go into Castle Acorn and destroy it and all its surrounding grounds".
"WHAT?" Theo yelled, walking up to her and staring right in her eyes, "What makes you think that I'm possibly going to do that?",
"Well you dieing of course" She said, Theo stepped back and suddenly became very quiet,
"I know I am, but that still gives me no excuse to destroy Castle Acorn"
"Well, as a reward, my client is willing to give you a cure for your aliment" Chaos said, eating the last chocolate and putting the empty box and the chair next to her.
"There's no cure" Theo stated starting to become annoyed with her
"How do you know?" Chaos said smirking,
"Because…because" Theo stuttered, trying to think of an answer.
"Exactly, you don't know" Chaos said, getting to her feet and pacing past him,
"But the government's good and fair, they haven't do anything wrong" Theo muttered,
"Says a high ranking official" Chaos said, wagging her finger at him "Put aside your own view for a minute and think about the poor, the homeless, the refugees who are all spat on by the government, they think that the government are a bunch of two faced slobs who just make laws to satisfy their own needs". Theo went to the window and gazed at the sunset, Chaos came behind him and put her hands on his shoulders and put her head on one of them, snaking her tail around his body.
"Even with those drugs that Rotor synthesised, you'll still be dead by the end of the year, if you take the job, you have a guarantee of a cure" Chaos murmured in his ear.
"But, I can't kill them, they're my friends" Theo said, Chaos laughed,
"They are simply using you, to get a little muscle on their side".
"That's not true " Theo muttered, swatting her tail away as it ran up and down his bare chest.
"Ok then if you want to believe that then do that" She murmured, she pulled away from him and walked back "But when they betray you and throw you into the dirt, don't come crying to me". Theo heard the door open then close, and heard her footsteps disappear down the corridor, he didn't turn to look because he was too busy thinking to himself, he either goes to The Northern Wastes and hunt down Mephiles, but he will be dead by the end of the year, or he could destroy Castle Acorn, killing the monarchy and getting a cure in the process. He turned around and noticed a note on his bed,
Make your decision Theo,
I'll meet you in your home in on week
Chaos
Theo sat on his bed and thought to himself.
"What am I going to do?"
A/N: Well that's chapter 4 done, I hope I got the OC's characters right. Anyway remember to send in your OC's.