New Kid On The Block
Chapter 7 – Blue-ing Things Up
Hey guys! Was really excited about writing this chapter so I tried to get it up ASAP! :D btw, just in quick response to Acosta Perez Jose Ramiro's review. Thank you very much for reviewing but if you look carefully in chapter 4, Ace does use his optic laser blasts once. The reason I made it so that he didn't use them more often in the fight was because Ace had his loonatics suit on (which greatly decreases physical damage) however Blaze didn't, which meant that if he used his laser vision he could have really hurt Blaze. But don't worry, later on Ace and the others will all be using their powers to fight evil. But cheers for reviewing :D
Right so in this chapter, we find out why Tech wants to run tests on new recruit Blaze. What's gunna happen? Time to find out :)
Sun light from the massive windows hit Blaze as he emerged from the hallway into the main room. The tiger stopped and turned to face the windows and let the light and heat engulf him. He closed his eyes and sighed with a content smile. He could never remember having such a good night's sleep.
He stayed like that for a few moments as he soaked up the sun, and then finally turned and headed towards the kitchen.
"Morning" said Tech and Rev simultaneously as Blaze sat down at the large table.
Blaze smiled at the Coyote and the Roadrunner "Hey guys, sleep well?" the tiger asked.
Rev nodded enthusiastically and smiled while Tech simply said "Always."
"How-about-you-did-you-sleep-ok-considering-that-you-were-in-a-new-bed-and-all?" Rev asked in his speedy voice.
Blaze leaned back in his chair. "I've never been a great sleeper, but I managed got off eventually." He assured coolly.
"Good" Tech responded. They all sat there for a few seconds and then Tech turned to Rev "Didn't you put some nuts in the microwave Rev?" the coyote said with a smirk.
The second after Tech's question, Rev's eyes bulged out of their sockets and he gasped "Aww-man-i-forgot!" With this the roadrunner jolted out of his seat and dashed for the microwave.
Tech then leaned back in his seat and turned to face Blaze. He took note of the tigers face and could tell that he was deep in thought. "I bet you're wondering why I asked if I could run some tests on you yesterday aren't ya Blaze" he stated coolly.
Blaze snapped back to the present. He smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I am actually" he responded, realising that the coyote had seen what he had been thinking. "Mind telling me why?"
Tech took a gulp of his Coffee and gasped in satisfaction as he swallowed. "I need to know exactly WHAT your powers are." the coyote responded with a wry smile.
Blaze smiled back. He figured this would be the case. He wanted to know exactly why Tech needed this knowledge but he then decided against it. He wanted to be surprised. "I won't ask why" he said with a chuckle.
Tech grinned at the tiger's comment. "Don't worry, you'll find out why soon enough buddy."
Rev then came back holding a plate of seeds. "Phew-just-got-there-in-time. Any-longer-and-these-babies-would-have-been-frazzled!" the roadrunner said in relief.
Blaze and Tech laughed as Rev sat down and started pecking at his seeds.
Over the next hour, the other loonatics emerged and they all sat down together and enjoyed a fried breakfast cooked by Tech. It was pretty darn good, and to Blaze it was like a bite of heaven. They all sat there for ages, talking and laughing, like one big family.
Blaze was starting to like his new friends more and more. He realised that this really was the start of a new chapter in the book of his life. So far, the story had been sad, full of loss, pain, lies and deceit. But Blaze was sure that the plot was now taking a turn for the better. The sun was starting to shine brightly on the young tiger. Blaze on the road to becoming everything that he could, and should be.
Eventually however, it was time. Blaze was particularly eager for these tests because all the time that he had had his powers; he had never known what they actually were. Everyone followed Tech as he led the way.
Blaze thought that he was going to be sitting in a testing chamber in Tech's lab or something, but when they walked past the coyote's lab, Blaze was puzzled. "Where we goin Tech?" he asked.
Tech briefly looked back at the tiger "Training room" he answered in short.
Now Blaze was really confused. How was Tech going to find out what his powers are in the training room? He decided to wait and find out.
Eventually they arrived at the humongous training room where the guardians of the universe enhanced their skills. While Blaze and Tech walked into the room, the others walked into the electronics room on the other side which controlled the simulations.
The training room was amazing. Every weapon under the sun lined the walls, ready to be used in training. Along one wall stood a refrigerator which contained cool high energy drinks and snack foods for a mid-training break. And next to it was a shelf which was stacked with cream white towels. The room was amazing. It had taken Tech a good while to design it. With the ability to create real life battle simulations, and change the level of gravity to make the training environment more challenging, it was an absolute paradise for martial artists like Blaze, Ace and Lexi. The tiger knew that he would be spending many hours in here.
Blaze and Tech stopped as they entered the gigantic room. "So, how exactly are you gunna do tests on me in here?" Blaze asked as he gestured around the room.
Tech held out his hand and in it, he held 4 slightly odd looking objects in. "Put two of these pads on both your forearms and the other two on your calves. Each one contains a microchip which will detect and absorb some of the energy flowing through your body when you power up and will absorb it. The chip will then analyse the energy and work out what elements are contained within it and send the data to the computer in the electronics room." He said as he pointed across the training room to the small room which was on the other side of a large pane of glass where the others were standing and waiting. "That way we will be able to figure out what your powers are." The coyote explained with a small smile as he handed the pads to Blaze.
Blaze was slightly puzzled as he didn't completely take in all that Tech said. But he got the general idea. "Awesome." The tiger said in short as he took the pads from his coyote teammate. "But I still don't see why we had to come in here to do this. Couldn't we have just done it in your lab?" He asked as he raised his arms.
"We could do, but I want to create a battle simulation for you so that you can use your powers as if you were using them on a mission so that I can get familiar with your battle style and how you use your different power techniques." Tech replied as he crossed his arms.
Blaze understood. But why does he need to know all that stuff? The tiger asked himself thoughtfully. "Okay cool, but how come you need to know my battle technique and all that?" he asked Tech in bewilderment.
The coyote slyly grinned in response. "Let's just say I need to know them in order to make your… Gift…" he replied in a mysterious tone as his deep green eyes shifted and he gazed around the room.
"Okay got it" Blaze said coolly with a wink. "So what do ya need me to do?"
"Just mix it up a bit. Use different techniques and moves. That way the microchip can get more data." Tech responded.
Blaze nodded. He knew what he had to do. Tech left the room and the door whooshed as it closed behind him. Blaze turned and walked towards the middle of the room. He stopped and stood there waiting, his mind was racing like a bolt of lightning as he debated what he was going to do. Tech had said to mix it up a bit, and that was exactly what the tiger planned to deliver. Blaze didn't know what he would be facing, but he was ready…
Blaze then did as Tech had instructed and stuck two of the pads on his forearms and the other two on his muscly calves. Blaze then closed his eyes as he got into the zone and relaxed his thinking. He also relaxed the tension in his body by loosening his shoulders and stretching.
"Ready Blaze?" Blaze opened his eyes suddenly in response to the words. He looked towards the large window. Tech had joined the others in the electronics room and was standing in front of the control console.
Blaze nodded in eager anticipation. "Ready…" he said calmly.
Tech then pressed several buttons to adjust the settings of the simulation. And then, when he was content, he pressed the big red button to start.
There was a sudden beep, and then all was havoc….
All around him, a wave of robots ran at Blaze from all angles. But rather than react quickly, Blaze closed his eyes and remained in his standard stance.
The others looked on in shock as the tiger stood calmly in the middle of the room with tons of simulated robots running at him. But then, Blaze's aura started to glow and surrounded his whole body. It started off a faint blue glow, hardly visible, but it got darker and darker. Electricity started crackling around Blaze as the dark blue aura deepened and expanded.
The tiger spread his legs slightly and he planted his feet firmly on the ground. Blaze then lowered his body as he clenched his fists. He opened his blue eyes and gritted his teeth. The energy that Blaze was massing was incredible. Tech gasped as he looked at the computer screen which was receiving massive energy readings from the microchips.
The robots moved closer and closer until they were almost upon Blaze. But then, in a supernova of blue, crackling lightning, Blaze released his energy with a loud shout. The wave of energy sent all of the robots absolutely flying backwards and they all disappeared because they had been effectively disabled.
The loonatics all exchanged shocked looks at the massive burst of electrical energy. "Man, dis guy is ridiculous" Ace said with a look of utter disbelief. The other loonatics all nodded in agreement. Rev was speechless for once. Even Tech was dumbfounded.
Back in the training room, Blaze took his fighting stance with his blue aura still surrounding him. Another wave of simulation bots appeared out of nowhere and charged him. Blaze smiled as he launched himself forwards and collided straight into the oncoming bot and delivered a series of force palms, each crackling with electricity as the impact was delivered. The bot eventually flew backwards as Blaze drew back his right arm and powerfully smashed his fist into the bot's metal torso.
Blaze then back flipped acrobatically over a group of bots that were trying to rush him from behind and as he landed, he drew back both his arms and collected energy into his palms. One of his electro-gyro balls was quickly conjured and the tiger thrust his arms forward sending the gyro ball spinning towards the robots at a mind boggling speed. It exploded as it made contact with the nearest bots head. The surrounding robots were all obliterated in a dark blue cloud of energy.
Blaze effortlessly destroyed 3 more bots with his martial art skills. He then conjured up another gyro ball and destroyed another wave which was closing in on him from behind. After he took out a few more there were only about 6 left. One tried foolishly charging the tiger, but was easily dispatched by a round-the-house smash kick straight to the temple sending the broken bot hurtling backwards; it disappeared as it made contact with the wall of the training room.
The remaining bots surrounded Blaze leaving him with no way out. They all simultaneously moved towards the tiger, slowly enclosing him. But Blaze simply smiled. He slowly raised his hands and closed his eyes as energy flowed through his whole body. All 6 of the bots stopped dead and became like statues as they all became engulfed in a blue aura, identical to Blaze's. Blaze then thrust his right hand to the left and his left hand in the opposite direction and all at once, the bots came flying towards him. The tiger crouched slightly and then launched himself vertically into the air. Below him, the bots all smashed into each other and there was a loud clanging sound as metal met metal in a monsoon of sparks. Metal limbs flew everywhere as the bots crumpled against each other and then they completely disappeared.
Blaze gracefully summersaulted in mid-air and then landed effortlessly back on the training room floor. He looked around to see the training room back to normal, with no hordes of robots attacking him. The simulation was over.
The tiger sighed deeply. He had hardly broken a sweat. Good workout Blaze said to himself. After gathering his thoughts he turned around to face the window where he thought he would see his teammates. But they weren't there. "What the heck?" Blaze said to himself out loud.
But as soon as the tiger had finished speaking, the door on the other side of the training room whooshed open. All 6 of his teammates stepped into the room, one by one and started making their way towards Blaze.
They all had giant grins on their faces.
Woo! Told ya there would be some more action! So after his dominant performance in the simulation, how will Blaze's teammates react? And also, what is Tech's "present" that he intends to give Blaze? Anybody care to hazard a guess? :D
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks so much for all your support and advice in your reviews. I would have never thought that after only 6 chapters of my first fic I would have got 14 reviews! So thank you guys so much. Shout out to Midnight Dragon and the loonatics queen herself: Loonaticslover13 for their continued feedback, you guys are awesome! ;)
Anyway, thanks again guys, and sorry that it took a little while to get this one up. Hope you enjoyed and please gimme your feedback! :)