Chapter 6: Bionic Suit
Months has passed and Vern looked at Terra who is now motionless. He smiled at her as he touched her hair.
"You were fantastic during these months. Your abilities to find me was extraordinary. And you do remind me a female grim reaper. However, you went back to your human self after yesterday. Weak, fragile, and delicate. Did I broke you," said Vern. Terra did not move as she is motionless.
"Well lets go find someone else who can be more feisty than you. Then again I do wonder what does that Priestess is doing," said Vern as he watched Priestess. Meanwhile… Priestess went back to the laboratory at Earth finding more information that her father left behind. Then she noticed something else besides the Viroid schematics that was left to her. She opens it up.
"If anybody sees this disk that means I am not longer living. The viroids schematics I left behind is one thing that I hope for a cure. Also I feared that those people who created the Viroid may stole my work of resurrection. If so then there is something I may have hidden within the walls of my laboratory. Finding it will be a challenge. I make sure even the gods of time cannot find it," said the data disk. Priestess sighed as she knew her father left something. Then she remember something that the disk did not say. She remember what part of the place as she has a flashback.
"Priestess my darling what are you doing here?" asked Dr. Scorpio as he wore his lab coat. Priestess looked at Dr. Scorpio.
"Mary may told me to watch the capsules while she is resting but I was wondering what you are doing?" asked Priestess. Dr. Scorpio sighed as he looked at Priestess.
"Making a memento for anyone who finds out if people disrespect my grave. I have to be prepared for that. I fear that people will take some knowledge from me and use it for the worst case ever. I wanted to make sure that I have preparations for those bad things to happen," said Dr. Scorpio. Priestess looked at Dr. Scorpio.
"Meaning someone will go after your grave for information," said Priestess. He sighed.
"Yes that is it. I hidden a bio-suit that I had made before the viroid project. It strains the user but it helped out some point in time. I copied it off of a pseudoroid who has bionic activity built in. That is how I make that suit. It can adapt to any reploids movement and power. However, I am not too sure on a human. Then again it does strains the wearer," said Dr. Scorpio.
"I see. So you hidden that suit then," said Priestess as Dr. Scorpio shows the schematics.
"If anything Priestess, I do hope that you do not need to wear it at all but if you ever though that something is not right and it deals with my work. Then go for the suit. It will be located in a place where I always loved," said Dr. Scorpio as the flashbacks ended.
"Place where you loved. I know where that is," thought Priestess as she left the room and head few more rooms and Vern lost her. Priestess kept following and soon reached a room where there is flowers around. Lilies, Violets, Gardenias, and other plants. Priestess smell all the different flowers and looked at a specific one. Rose. Priestess sighed.
"You are father's favorite flower. If he would have named me properly it would have been Rose," said Priestess, "Father obeyed Mary's wishes and named me Priestess." Priestess touched the flower as she started to have tears fell. She swayed her body as she had few thorns stuck on her clothes as she felt it. Priestess looked at the roses as it moved. Priestess then followed the moving thorns until she found a suit.
"Father's suit," said Priestess as she puts it on. Priestess takes off her clothes and leaves her body suit on and wears the suit. Priestess felt some type of power flowing and rapidly.
"Wha? AGGGHH!!!" screamed Priestess as the suit started to pour power into her body as her powers increased and her electrical capabilities started to increase. Priestess felt the power of the suit as she then felt the place resonating with her heart and mind. Vern finally found Priestess and then looked at her new form.
"Well, well, well. That fool did build something other than resurrecting reploids. I must say you look quite a beauty in that. I never thought the female I mess around with finally shows her floral side," said Vern. Priestess looked at him and was pissed.
"You! You have done horrible things to father and now you shall pay," said Priestess as Vern held up Terra. Terra looked frozen as he looked at her.
"For being with me several months. I think I broke her. I just gave her what I have given you. Yet she is broken very hard. Tell you what Flora. If you find my girl that I wanted for so long then I will give you her back in the state she is in. Not dead not before because I can't do that. However, it is up to you what you are going to do now," said Vern as Priestess powered herself up more and did an electrical shock. Vern tried to dodge with his time abilities as it did not work for the room. He got hit as well did Terra.
"I do not like that deal. Just give Terra back," said Priestess. Vern smiled as he got up and looked at Priestess.
"For someone who snapped back to reality. I never thought even in that form you still can be feisty as ever," said Vern as he left. Priestess tried to hit back but failed. She sighed as Vern and Terra was out of sight.
"Terra I will save you. I vow you on that," said Priestess. Priestess had a call on her intercom.
"Priestess it is me, Arwen. Aile and Alouette came back from their expedition but want you to come and help them. Athena is doing what she can to heal many of the miners but Aile and Alouette are showing us proof that something big is going to happened to the people of Callisto," said Arwen.
"I will be there. Is your spacecraft ready?" asked Priestess. Arwen sighed as she giggled at the other line.
"Yeah it is ready. Poor Luca he wanted to be back with his owner it Ganymede already," said Arwen.
"Ok well we are going over there now," said Priestess as she went on her new form to the ship. Arwen turned around and looked shocked.
"Priestess, Holy Biometal," said Arwen. Priestess looked at Arwen who is in shock.
"I will explain everything along the way," said Priestess. The dog of a boxer hound looked at Priestess and sniff at her. The plants moved and the dog ran to the temporarily dog house that Arwen set up. Arwen took off and then put the auto pilot as they were heading towards Callisto.
"Ok explain me how you got your hands on that biometal," said Arwen. Priestess sighed.
"It is a bionic suit that my father had made. He copied it off of several reploids of the past and put it together into one huge suit. However, the reploids back then that have living things on it were all either non elemental or electric. I just happened to find it. However, my father did warned about it strains the wearer. It can be fatal," said Priestess.
"I see. Well I am not going to say anything. Though it is cool you have that. It does make you look like a chosen one for a biometal that is living as well," said Arwen with a wink.
"I am surprised you do not shoot me how I look," said Priestess. Arwen smiled as she looked at Priestess.
"Heh. I would not do that. I would use the password and Model A you to death," said Arwen, "However, I know better. I know you were coming and if you were hostile you would attack me already." Priestess smiled.
"Thanks," said Priestess. Arwen smiled as the dog barked. The two looked at the screen as they see Rhea getting blown to bits.
"Arwen to Rhea come in Rhea," said Arwen. A voice can be heard in Rhea as Arwen picked up the signal.
"Arwen this is the Guardian Base of Artemis. We have a situation here. Several maverick spacecrafts just have found us. Rhea can't hold any longer. The people of Callisto will not be able to get into Rhea like this," said Sardine.
"Ok I understand. Where is Athena and the other medical team," said Arwen. Sardine sighed on the other line.
"Athena is at Callisto and the others are stuck inside," said Sardine. Priestess looked at the mini-transerver that Arwen had.
"Arwen beam me to Rhea. From there I can do something about the Mavericks who are inside," said Priestess.
"Ok got it Priestess. Go now," said Arwen. Priestess nodded and went in to Rhea. Arwen got her communicator on as she helped Priestess navigate. Priestess use her new form to killed the other mavericks as Axl and few others saw the newcomer helping them.
"Where did you come from? Well never mind that we can ask later," said Axl as he kept shooting.
"Is anyone hurt so far?" asked Priestess. Axl looked at Priestess as if she was a different person.
"I am not sure yet. Though the mavericks are all over. It will be a while for us to kill them all," said Axl. Priestess concentrated her electrical power cell and force it out as the entire colony had a power outage and the Mavericks were getting killed after the huge shockwave of electricity scrambling their circuits and almost destroyed Rhea's engine along the process. The electricity went back on as Priestess fell down and holding her side.
"Now is anyone hurt," said Priestess again. Axl looked at the damage of the mavericks.
"Whoa, talk about heavy damage. You manage to kill them all in one swoop," said Axl, "Though the best bet is to check our medical ward."
"Thanks," said Priestess as she left Axl as he looked at the reploid who left in a puzzle look.
"Hey do you know where it is?" asked Axl as he could not see the reploid who helped him. Priestess kept on running and went to the medical ward and found Rider with many people she tried to treat. She pulled out her harpoon as Priestess caught it.
"Easy I am an ally not an enemy," said Priestess. Rider looked within her visor as she smiled.
"Sorry I cannot see well. Though I sensed someone coming unfamiliar and I should not jumped into conclusions," said Rider.
"I see," said Priestess as she found several injured and few in fatal situation. Priestess walked over and healed those first.
"Oh, I did not introduce myself real well," said Rider. Priestess looked at Rider with a smile.
"Do not need to," said Priestess. Rider looked at the reploid oddly as she saw the healing process then Priestess armor did something as she felt it. It started to bind with her sensors and dissipated. Leaving Priestess in a body suit. Rider looked at her almost in shock as the camera again blasted her de-transformation.
"PRIESTESS!" shouted Rider as she reached to her. Then looked at the camera that Trance tried to fix.
"Aww. Man, I forgot that we can be heard and watched," said Rider. Priestess got up with a smile.
"Trance did not fix the problem I take it," said Priestess. Rider gave a half of a smile then looked at Priestess.
"Apparently not. Though what happened to you. I thought you were going on a little journey with Arwen on Earth," said Rider.
"Did and got the bionic suit that you just saw. Father left that suit a while back hoping that if anything happens that the suit will protect people if it comes to it," said Priestess.
"Ah! I see. Well we can really need your help. I am going to scout for more people here then we can go back to Callisto and help on the rest," said Rider as she left.