Hello, hello, all. Apologies for being a bit behind with this chapter. School and stuff is a bit draining. Dx But, hey, I'm back now, with more Pokemon-and-Superjail goodness!
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Pokemon, Superjail, and a house on a beach in Hawaii. All things I don't own.
Well, I can't really say I was breaking my promise to the Warden. I said I'd get Philpe out of Superjail the next time I saw him, and I would. The only problem was, Philpe had disappeared. The last time I saw him was when he fled after being launched into the air by Jailbot's cannon. By now, who knows where he went? The only thing could do was hope I'd catch sight of the little yellow hell raiser, and soon.
Thankfully, even with that slight obstacle, I'd managed to stay on the Warden's good side. I still went around doing my other "assistantly" duties, and whenever he brought up Philpe I'd just shoot him an "I'm workin' on it" and that'd be that. So, in a sense, everything was good.
A few days after the Pichu-fiasco occurred, the Warden called me in my room over the intercom.
"DANA DANA DANA DANA DANA!!!!" he shrieked gleefully over the system, making me flinch.
"…yeah?" I asked, glancing up at the box-shaped machine. My Pokemon, who were also in the room at the time, were keenly watching.
"I have something marvelous to show you~!" the Warden sounded even more ecstatic than normal. I couldn't tell if that was a good thing or a bad one.
"Aaaaand… what is it?" Either way, my attention was grasped.
"I can't just tell you, I have to show you!" came Warden's response, "Meet me down at the labs. It's where's it's at!"
"Where the hell are the labs?" Rex commented gruffly.
"Rex has a point," I added, "Just where exactly are these 'labs' you speak of?"
"Don't worry about where they are," Warden replied, "There's an elevator not too far from your room. Just push the Lab button and it'll take you there lickety-split! Now hurry up and get down here!" And with a maniacal giggle, he zapped out. I blinked in silence.
"Do you think we should go?" Kona questioned, breaking the quiet. I stood up from where I was sitting on the lounge bed after a moment, and nodded.
"There's a good chance whatever the warden's got down there could potentially destroy us, but I'm interested enough to see what it is," I responded, and headed for the door. My Pokemon were quick to follow.
"This should be fun," Emily said sarcastically as she and Hibiscus scurried up to my shoulders, "So very, very fun." I rolled my eyes.
"Now, where's that elevator…?" I questioned as we headed out into the hall. My eyes scanned the corridor, looking for anything that vaguely resembled an elevator.
"I think the sign that says Elevator is a good start," Rex bluntly pointed out. I blinked, and noticed where he was looking. Sure enough, there was a blinking neon sign that said "ELEVATOR". My jaw dropped momentarily.
"Well…yeah… that seems about right…" I said, and walked over, pushing a button on the wall. I heard a ding, and the doors swung open, revealing the inside of the elevator. It just happened to be the elevator I rode in when I first got here. My stomach lurched.
"Okay, in we go, guys," I said, slightly queasy, as I herded my Pokemon in.
"It's kinda cramped," Kona whimpered. I shrugged.
"It's only for a few moments," I responded, saying that to comfort both my Pokemon and myself. I looked at the selection of buttons. There were a ton, par usual, but I quickly spotted the one that said "laboratory". Smirking, I pressed it.
I really should have seen this coming. The elevator rocketed downward the second my finger made contact with the button, and we all screamed in agony.
"It's only for a few moments! It's only for a few moments!" I tried to reassure, but it didn't help. We just went lower and lower and lower until finally there was ding, and the elevator stopped.
"Nice one, Dana," Emily snarled from somewhere in the pileup we had formed in the elevator. Fortunately, I was towards the top, so I got up just as the doors swung open. Stepping outside, I helped my Pokemon out, until we were all safe from the Elevator From Hell, Part II.
"Oh good, you're here~!" No sooner had we gotten out did I hear the Warden's cheerful tone, and the man popped down from the ceilings before us, "The project is in the holding area. I can't wait to show you!!!"
"Okay, great, I-" I was cut off by the Warden grabbed my arm and dragging me along the thing hallway, my Pokemon having to run to follow. Seconds later, the hall opened up, and we were in a room.
I could tell it was the labs I'd been hearing so much about. There were strange machines all about, and bubbling tubes. But in the center of the room was a huge spherical machine, with liquid filled tubes streaming in and out of it.
"Warden, Warden," a gruff sounding voice emitted from behind the big machine. A hideously grotesque looking person stepped out. He was wearing a lab coat.
"Doctor, Doctor~!" the Warden replied, merrily leaping over, "The project is ready, isn't it?"
"That Doctor looks like the kind that gets sued for malpractice every two weeks," Emily muttered, and I stifled a laugh.
"Yes, it is ready," the "Doctor" said, "It can be released anytime you're ready."
"Oh, good, good, open it now!" Warden was jumping up and down like an excited schoolchild. The Doctor muttered a few things, and stepped back behind the machine.
"Okay, so what's this project here that you're so intent on showing me?" I finally asked, since I was curious. The Warden grinned.
"Well, you see, dearie, I got this little idea while ago. I decided I wanted to create something that has those spiffy fighting skill you have" he explained. I grinned at the mention of my so-called "abilities", "I wanted to find some way to duplicate those effects."
"So…?" I was now heavily interested as to what he was going to say.
"So, I borrowed a bit of your weird foxy-form fur," he said. I blinked. I didn't remember him taking any fur from me when I was around him in my Ninetales form the past couple of days. But then again, this is the Warden I'm talking about, so he probably grabbed it with his weird ass powers.
"Okay, you took part of my fur," I said, forming a conclusion, "And… I'm assuming that with it you cloned me?" It sounded like it made sense. He wanted to duplicate my "strengths", and he took some DNA to do it. That's how they made Mewtwo, right?
"Hehehe, well, almost," Warden replied, "Along with your powers, I wanted to incorporate Jailbot's abilities too. Not that there's anything wrong with him, but I could always use a backup here in my wonderful incarceration chamber. So, I took part of his hard drive, and mixed it with your DNA." I stood rigid for a moment at that, slowly digesting that information. The way he said that, it sounded like he was trying to mix me and Jailbot together in one, heavily awesome, mega-destroyer creature! And I decided to let him know.
"Heh, well, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were trying to make a splice of me and Jailbot, a mixture clone of both of us," I said, and smirked.
"That's exactly what I'm trying to do," Warden dryly responded. I went slack jawed.
"But… but… how can you mix together robotic materials with living DNA?!" I asked, vaguely forgetting for the moment that pretty much anything could happen in Superjail.
"Like this," Warden said, and at the moment the large spherical machine in front of us whirred to life. I heard strange sounds like locks becoming undone, and slowly I saw as the sides of machine pushed outward, releasing pillars of steam.
"Well, this should be interesting," Rex remarked.
"Nyah Na Nah Nah," Hibiscus agreed. I nodded dumbly.
For the next few moments the machine continued to push outward, reminding me of a giant metallic flower blooming. I watched in awe as the "project" inside became more and more visible. Finally, we could all see what it was.
"Holy crap…" I breathed. There it was, floating in the center of the now open machine. It was ghostly white, the same color as Jailbot, but with a small gray patch of fur on its chest. Its face and snout were black, and there were no eyes, no nose, and really no facial features at all on it. A plume of white fur fell down its back from its head. There was no mistaking it; that was a Ninetales all right.
And then I noticed the tails. There were nine of them, of course, and they fell limp down the ground, scraping the bottom of the machinery. But they weren't average tails. They were Jailbot arms. Each tail was a long, metallic silver appendage, most of which tipped with a steel claw, save for the tails at the beginning and end of the tail-clump. They were tipped with big, shiny axes.
"By George, he's really done it," Kona said in shock, "It's a Jailbot Ninetales!"
"Can that really be…?" I mumbled, "My clone, made from my DNA? Is that even possible?"
"Well, clearly it is, as you can see," the Warden said bluntly. I snapped out of my daze, and looked at him, "Don't forget, this beauty was made from Jailbot too. Her name is Jailbot Vixn, and this is her first time ever going online, as you can see."
"She's amazing," I said, "But… not very lively."
"Well, of course," Warden replied, snapping his fingers, "Doctor, activate her!" There was a loud buzzing sound from behind the machine, and suddenly two wires swung down and connected to Vixn's head. I watched as two blasts of electricity were coursed into her, and the wires swung back. Then there was silence.
"Looks like a dud," Emily remarked.
"Wait for it… wait for it…" Warden said eagerly. We waited for it.
Finally, there was a whirring sound, like a machine starting up, and Vixn's face appeared on her black head. It was Jailbot's face, a simple neon green emoticon, but it included a nose too.
"Aw, it's cute!" Kona exclaimed. Vixn looked around, face blank, and she slowly hovered over to where we were, her tails twitching. I stepped back, not wanting to be on the wrong end of those axe tails.
"Welcome to life, Jailbot Vixn," the Warden said to the Jailbot Ninetales. He reached out and patted her snout, causing her face to turn adorably happy. She let out a noise that sounded a bit like a chainsaw whirring. The Warden turned to me, "Vixn here has been programmed with all of Jailbot's features, your mindset, and a few extra features too. I wanted her to be perfect." I raised an eyebrow.
"What kind of extra features?" I asked.
"She's got a special lock-on feature. Once Vixn locks on a target, she won't stop until it's removed or she gets a new objective. Oh, and she'll destroy any distraction that gets in the way," the Warden sounded awfully happy saying that.
"That sounds a bit outrageous," I replied cautiously.
"I didn't think so."
"Eh… okay…" I decided not to delve further, and instead meet Vixn for myself. I went Ninetales, and whistled slightly to catch Vixn's attention. The clone turned, and quickly floated over to me, before firmly placing her four paws on the ground. I noted that; seemed she could walk as well as float.
"Hello, clone of me," I said, sniffing at Vixn. The Jailbot Ninetales returned the motion, and its face turned happy. I glanced at the Warden, "So, since she's a clone of me and Jailbot, does that make her a cyborg?"
"I guess so," he replied, "I mean, she is technically alive." I chuckled, and went back human.
"A cyborg clone, heh, never thought I'd see that," I said.
There was a brief pause after that, as if we didn't quite know what else to speak of about this current subject.
"Can we see her in action?" Rex finally broke the silence. He was gazing at Vixn, looking her over, "You know, see how she fights?"
"That sounds like a fantabulous idea~!" the Warden said, quickly bouncing around in glee, "Vixn, go out to the prison yard on the surface level, and destroy any prisoners you deem unruly."
Vixn turned deviously happy at that, and she quickly floated up to the ceiling of the room. I watched as a compartment on her chest (one I hadn't noticed) opened up, and a long arm tipped with a big gun slithered out. There was a loud BANG, a shower of plaster and ceiling, and then the cyborg was gone, leaving nothing but a large hole in the ceiling.
"Wow, she's quite over-the-top," Emily muttered from my shoulder, "Just like you, Dana."
"Nyah Nah," Hibiscus snorted. I grinned slightly.
"Hey, that makes it awesome," I replied, no longer worrying about the project destroying us. I turned back to the Warden, who was now walking down the hall from which we came, "So, should we follow you?"
"I suppose you should," the purple-dressed man called back. I nodded to my Pokemon, and we followed him down the hall. Soon, we were back at the Doomy Elevator.
"Oh God, not this again…" Rex muttered.
"Are you sure we can't just take the stairs?" I asked hopefully. The Warden laughed, and opened up the elevator, stepping inside.
"This way is more fuuuuun," he purred, which I suppose meant 'no'. Defeated, we walked onboard. The Warden pushed a button on the side, and just as last time, the elevator went shooting off at very unsafe speed. The only difference this time was that the Warden added some laughter to our screaming of bloody murder.
Finally, the hellish ride ended with a ding, and the doors swung opened. This time they led outside. We all walked out, and I looked around at the prison yard before us. Last time I was here I had only seen it from windows and such. But down here it appeared much more… dull, compared to the rest of Superjail. It was kind of like the cellblocks.
"So, where's the clone?" Emily asked. There were numerous inmates wandering about the prison yard, but no cyborg Ninetales killing everybody.
"She'll be here," the Warden assured us, "Give her a minute." I looked at him.
"Hey, while we wait, why don't we call the original Jailbot? I'm sure he'd like to see how his hard drive was put to good use," I suggested. The Warden appeared to think hard about it, before grinning.
"Why, that's a wonderful idea~! I'll call him right now!" he chirped, and spun around on his cane (which, I might add, he materialized from nowhere), "Oh, JAILBOT!!!"
Seconds later, there was a loud smash, and the original floating refrigerator of a robot floated on over to us, looking happy as can be. I patted his side, but quickly stepped back to let him know I didn't want another crushing hug.
"Jailbot, I wanted to show you the marvelous clone I've made of you and Dana!" Warden explained to Jailbot, "Her name is Vixn, and I want you to treat her with respect!" Jailbot appeared sad for a moment at that, almost confused, but it quickly passed when there was another loud crash from a little ways away from us, and Jailbot Vixn came rocketing out of the ground, "Ah, there she is now! Quiet, quiet, let's watch!"
The Jailbot Ninetales floated in the air for a moment, looking at all the inmates, which looked back at her. A few them seemed to realize how much it resembled the Jailbot that generally terrorized them, and began to flee.
They were the first to die.
Vixn acted quickly, firing forward and swinging her tails about. I watched as she used her axe tails to neatly slice a few of the inmates in half, which decorated the glimmering hatchet-esque tails with a fresh splattering of blood. Her claw arms were also used, going off in all directions to grapple prisoners and throw them like rag dolls. Occasionally, a gun or a flamethrower would extend from her chest compartment, and was used as needed.
My Pokemon and I stood in shock and amazement. I decided Vixn probably had more Jailbot in her than me, because I could never be destructive. Well, I could be if I was really angry, but that's another story…
Finally, though, Vixn was done ravaging most of the inmates in the yard, and she floated on over to where we happened to be. Her face was happy, and she touched down onto the ground, before trotting over to the Warden.
"Good job, Vixn, good job!" he congratulated. I heard the chainsaw noise again from the cyborg. I guess that was its sole method of communication, because it appeared to not be able to talk.
"Psh, suck up," I muttered, watching Vixn nuzzled up against the Warden's side.
I looked over at Jailbot, whose face appeared blank. Slowly he extended a claw arm, and touched Vixn's side. The Jailbot Ninetales, jumped back, surprised. However, it quickly was overtaken by curiosity, and it was sniffing at Jailbot just like it had done with me. Finally, its face appeared happy. I was glad that it appeared to like me and Jailbot. Clones can be unpredictable, you know.
"Sir!"
We all turned, only to see a completely spastic Jared running towards us, sweat practically spewing off his mondo-forehead.
"Gah, what is it now, Jared?" the Warden sounded exasperated at the sight of the accountant. Vixn looked at Jared, and I swore I saw her face grow angry for a split-second. Oh well, I probably just imagined it.
"Sir, there's a problem in Sector 67, and it need attention immedia-WHAT IS THAT THING?!" Jared's rambling of the "Sector 67" problem was cut short as his beady eyes caught sight of Vixn. The Warden laughed.
"Oh, this is the new Jailbot Vixn. You remember, that clone I kept talking about?" he explained giddily. Jared appeared to sweat more.
"I didn't think you were actually going to go through with that, sir!" he cried, flailing his arms.
"You're so silly, you know that?" Warden sounded oblivious, though I knew it was most likely something otherwise, "Now, what's this about Sector 67?"
"Inmates, everywhere, sir! A fire broke out, and all hell's breaking loose! It needs to be handled NOW!" the panicky accountant looked about ready to jump out of his skin, but the Warden just laughed it off.
"Oh, is that all?" he said, and snapped his fingers, "Vixn, do you think you can handle that? It's a nice, easy mission for you." The Jailbot Ninetales floated upward, tails swishing around. I squinted, her facial expression catching my eye. The cyborg looked almost… smug.
"Somebody's playing favorites…" Rex commented dryly, and I nodded, a bit absorbed.
"Are you certain that… thing can handle it?" Jared quietly peeped. The warden narrowed his yellow tinted eyes.
"Are you defying my wonderful creation?" he snapped. Jared began freaking out. Again.
"N-n-no, sir, I wasn't! It should be fine!" he shrieked.
"It better. Now, don't you have some… accountanty stuff to work on?"
"Yes sir!" And with that, Jared ran off whimpering. The Warden snorted.
"I don't know why I keep him around sometimes…" he growled irritably. I tore my eyes away from Vixn, looked briefly at the man in purple, before looking at Jailbot. The robot appeared very glum.
"Hey, Warden, I think Jailbot wants to go handle that problem," I said slowly, pointing at the gloomy robot. The Warden eyed him.
"Hmm… nah," he finally concluded, making me growl slightly, "Vixn needs more opportunities to test her strengths. This is perfect for her. Besides, you can take a little break from your duties every now and then, can't you, Jailbot?" he coyly patted the robot's side.
I know I saw Jailbot's emoticon turn angry for a brief flicker, before returning to a blank one.
"Now go, my creation!" the Warden shouted to my cyborg clone, and Jailbot Vixn began to arise, "Go fix that problem!" With a vicious chainsaw roar, she took off, brutally knocking Jailbot to the side with one of her axe-tails. My body tensed once again, not just at this treatment, but at a less noticeable feature.
As Vixn took off through the Superjail sky I caught sight of her emotional features. They appeared their normal green, but as she zooming further and further I could swear a saw them flicker, turning a blood red shade, before instantly going back. I couldn't be sure though. In fact, the only thing I was sure of was the worried feeling in my stomach.
"Well, Vixn certainly is… interesting…" Rex remarked, watching the cyborg fly away.
"I don't think 'interesting' really fit's the bill,' Kona muttered in response, while I just stood there in slight shock.
"Ehehehe, she's simply wonderful, dontcha think?" the Warden suddenly chirped as he began walking to a door on a nearby wall that appeared out of nowhere. He was grinning happily, and I bit my lip.
"Great…" I said quietly, "Just great." I couldn't get much more in, for he was soon gone, off to who-knows-where. I swallowed hard, and looked at the sky.
"What's wrong, Dana?" Kona asked, sensing my stress.
"Something isn't right about that Vixn, guys," I responded, "Not right at all."
Ehehehehe, now, how many of you saw THAT coming, eh? Last time it was Philpe, this time it's a demented, cyborg Jailbot-Ninetales crossbreed.
Vixn herself came into my mind from coming up with a character to match my DA profile (where my username is, in fact, JailbotNinetales). I doodled her design during school, and she just took off. School, I've noticed, is where I've been getting a lot of my ideas from. xD Hey, maybe I really am learning something there.
That's all for now, folks. This is the part where you leave some spiffy reviews. ;D