Yo guys, hows it going? I put a lot of thought into this chapter so I hope you like it! Also, I had an idea for a kind of "Interview" chapter after the story ends, it will be a way to ask the characters questions, including myself, so if you have any humorous or sincere questions for me or the characters, be sure to either private message me, or leave it in a review. Well, here we go.
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"I-I'm Jacks." Jacks stuttered as he shook her hand.
Francis shook her head once, and then looked at the workbench, she seemed to be fine despite her injuries. Jacks though back to that moment, the beast faking an injury to invoke a moment of triumph, before sending a wave of fear through the entire group. He cringed to himself before trying to talk to Francis.
"So, uh, are you, ya know, ok?" Jacks tried to talk.
"What? Oh, right." She rubbed her hand on her upper wound, without even looking at Jacks.
"I'm great, Grey cast a healing rune on me, so I should be good within about two hours." Francis finished.
Jacks thought it best to not question what a rune was, it sounded awesome, and that's all he cared about. There was, however, something he did question.
"Grey?"
"You should know him as Bishop, the guy who broke that beast's leg." Francis explained.
"Ah." Jacks was excited to be around the closest thing to superheroes he'd ever seen, now including his brother, but also felt left out, he had only had a moment of power when he was first brought here, and that was because of his dagger, not him.
"Oh, speaking of which, he wanted to talk to you, he's out the door, and down the hall to your right, third door on the left." Francis said very suddenly, confusing Jacks
"Oh, alright." Jacks said to the back of Francis's head, a little concerned. She continued to tinker with something on the workbench. He still could not get over her beauty, it was funny, Jacks had never found most women attractive. Jacks followed her instructions until he came across a white door.
The second he opened it a white gloved hand grabbed his own hand, and pulled him over to a chair, which he was forced into. A flashlight was shined in his eyes, blinding him.
"Now now, you look pretty shaken up." An unknown voice spoke softly.
The flashlight was taken down, and the bright spot was gone revealing not a polybian, but an almost skeletal looking construct made of metal. Two ears popped from the sides of it's head, and it had dark blue eyes.
Jacks found himself staring once again.
"Ok, now I need you to say ahhhhh." The robot held a tongue depressor up. Jacks was reluctant, but complied.
"Ahhhhhh."
The thing wrote on a clip board before standing up and taking Jacks' hand.
"I am Grey, team medic, cook, badass, I'm a jack of all trades." The robot said.
Jack tried his hardest not to chuckle, but couldn't help himself.
The robe he was wearing did not fit at all, was he a complete skeleton?
"Ok Jacks, I'm gonna do a little experiment, I need you to hold very still."
"Wait, I haven't told you my name, how do you?" Jacks was cut off.
"Hold. Still." The skeletal robot said, placing its hands around Jacks' head.
The very second the machine placed its hands around Jacks' head, the machine saw a vision, nothing but a loud screech and a blast of purple. From the sudden rush, the machine let go of Jacks, and looked at him very surprised.
"Woah, no wonder you're a Knight." The robot explained, holding its head.
"Wha-what did you do?" Jacks stuttered asking the question.
"It was…. It was a test a preform on all newcomers, not that we've ever gotten any. It is a test to let me see what kind of power your OverLoad possesses." The machine trailed off.
"And quite frankly, you have one of the biggest OverLoads I've ever seen, it will be a blast activating it!" The robot sounded excited.
"But spring said…."
"Spring said that you had unlocked it, not activated it, unlocking the OverLoad is sort of an…. Initiation, to put it lightly. Whenever an OverLoad is unlocked, sin will try to find that OverLoad to destroy it. The second a Sin sees you, it peers into your very soul, revealing almost everything about you, including your name. Sin are small parts of one being, they share thoughts, so now, all sin know everything about you. Then in that field, that sin seemed to speak in a manor directed towards you, and that's also how I knew your name." Jacks liked this guy the most, he seemed to actually understand that Jacks had no idea how this power worked.
"Back on the topic of the OverLoad, the unlocking of the OverLoad is not quite as….explosive as the activation." The robot chuckled.
"When you unlock the OverLoad, it is like gaining a lighter when you have a bomb around. You have the ability to light it, you just need to hold the lighter right." The machine continued to shed light on the subject.
"And when you activate the OverLoad… Is when the bomb goes off?" Jacks began to understand.
"And you are the biggest bomb I've ever seen." The robot finished.
Jacks felt a warm feeling in his heart, a mixture of pride, and awe.
"I'm sure you are wondering about that dagger as well, but, I know not of how that works." The machine shrugged.
Jacks looked at the sheathed blade at his side and patted it.
The door at the end of the room slammed open, and the duo heard very heavy footsteps along with the clanking of armor.
Jacks looked back to see a white fox stomping through the room. It had to be Rook, it was wearing his armor all except the helmet. The fox actually looked quite handsome in the eyes of polybians, beautiful white fur, pointy ears, and a bushy grey tail that had been revealed when he took his greaves off.
"Did you forget to take the trash out Grey?" The fox asked, nodding toward Jacks.
Yep, that's Rook all right.
"Did the walk back home teach you nothing Vix?" Grey asked to the foxy.
Jacks couldn't help but snicker.
"Somethin' funny kid? Want me to do to you what I did to your so called brother? I could crush you with one hand." Vix said, holding his hand up and clenching it into a fist.
Jacks found it funny that a guy was named after a female fox.
"That won't be happening, Vix, you went way out of line at that fight." Grey explained.
"No, what was way out of line was that kid's aim." The fox scoffed at his own joke.
Jacks didn't do anything, he didn't want to anger the already pissed berserker.
Another sound at the door, followed by Francis' voice.
"I couldn't help but hear Vix being a dick once again!" Francis said, walking in the room carrying a big box.
Vix ran quickly over to Francis to help her with the box.
"Francis, you need to rest." Vix spoke softly, for once.
"Yea, yea, Grey already put the rune on, don't get your tail in a twist." Francis blew him off.
Vix put the box on the table and read the label, he frowned, and pushed the box over to Jacks while turning around.
"It's for you." Vix said in a monotone.
"Well go on, open it dummy!" Francis said, putting her hands on Jack's shoulders.
Without a word, Jacks tore open the box and was instantly mind blown. First he pulled out a weird looking gauntlet, with a small barrel on the top of it. He then pulled out a very lightweight metal cuirass of a deep purple color. It had a slot across the chest in which his dagger fit perfectly. He bumped the cuirass a few times with his fist to test its toughness, when he did so a white haze appear and bounced his fist back.
Jacks quickly put the two items on over his normal clothing, and smiled.
"The barrel on the gauntlet is a small grappling hook to make escapes, you'll probably need it cuz you don't have your OverLoad. Also the chest plate has small amounts of nanotechnology, they will completely shield you from harm." Francis said happy of Jacks reaction.
"When I heard we were getting a newcomer, I just had to start building your gear. So, waddya think?" Francis said holding her arms out.
Jacks chuckled.
"How did you know my favorite color was purple?"
I DID THE THING! So, our trio has been revealed as, golden freddy, the endoskeleton, and mangle. What did you all think?