Chapter 6

Captain Emotion arrived in the OOSR containing the creature. The captain had changed back in to his armor, but he had kept his head resembling a human skull. Several security droids were also in room standing in corners or roaming around the room watching the creature. The grappler droid was also in room leaning again the back wall staring at the creature as if challenging it to escape. The captain moved to stand at one side of the cage and watched the creature pace in its small prison. Emotion pulled out a small holopad and a special pen and began making notes about the creature's physical structure and behavior. As he was making notes the captain was using the body scanner built into him to scan the creature to get an image of the bone structure, body mass, height and muscle mass. Once he had all this down he would be able to make a holographic model of the creature in which he would be able to find out what its habitat was like, gender, what its species was, how its body functioned and other important notes about the creature.

When the captain looked up from taking his notes he noticed the creature was watching him as if it too was studying him. The captain quickly wrote this down. As he looked back up the creature pawed at the electric screen in front of it. A small screech of pain came from the creature as it received a small shock. The captain moved his pen from side to side and watched with pure fascination as the creature's head followed the movement of the pen. The captain quickly wrote this down as well.

Emotion continued to take note as General Grievous stepped into the room followed by a mobile hologram projector. As the general and the hologram projector got into a position where he could fully see the creature, an image of a man appeared over the projector. The man wore a long cloak with a belted tunic, pants and boots. The man's face was strong looking, showing some wrinkles, with a beard. The figures hair was short, combed back and thinning, another trait that showed the man was older man. The captain looked up long enough to recognize the man as Count Dooku.

"Here is the creature I told you about my lord," Grievous said, gesturing towards the creature.

"Hmm it is truly a strange creature" Dooku said, examining the creature "I've never seen anything like it,"

"Yes it was able to destroy four battle droids without being harmed," Grievous told him.

"Captain Emotion, what do you know about this creature?" Dooku asked, looking at the captain.

"Well it appears to parasitic in nature, reacquiring a host to fully mature. It also appears to be quite intelligent and an excellent ambush predator." Emotion answered, without looking from his holopad.

"I see anything else?" Dooku asked looking back at creature.

"Well it difficult to study under these conditions, but if I could get a secure location to breed and study the creature I may be able to find out everything you may need to about it," answered Emotion, tapping the pen against his metallic lips.

"Like what?" asked Dooku a sense of interest in is voice.

"It depends on what you want to know about it," answered the droid, while writing something down "An example would be where it came from to how intelligent it actually is,"

"I believe the study of this creature would be a waste of the captain's time" Grievous told, Dooku. "We have a war to win and we need every droid we can get,"

"I'll decide this general," Dooku told him, the sharpness in his voice increasing a little.

"Of course my lord," Grievous said respectfully

There was a moment of silence as the three stared at the creature in the cage.

"I've decide to give you that chance to study the creature captain," Dooku said suddenly.

"Really?" Emotion asked excitingly

"Yes, I've also decide to reopen your Cyborg Program." The Sith added.

"RELLY!?" Emotion asked excitingly almost dropping his holopad.

"What! My lord don't you think you should consult Lord Sid-," Grievous asked angrily, before being cut off by Count Dooku.

"I'll inform my master after this meeting." Dooku answered, glaring at the general. "Until then I want the captain to take this creature and the eggs to the secret weapons factory on Felucia. Study and breed the creature there then turn it into a weapon we can use,"

"Of course my lord it will be my pleasure." Emotion said happily, bowing before the holographic image of the Sith lord.

Count Dooku nodded his head at the captain before he ended his meeting and the hologram projector turned off.

"Quick Number 1 and Number 2 contact Sniffles at the Felucia weapons base, and tell him I'll be arriving with a new organic creature and that Project Cyborg had been reactivated," ordered the captain as number 1 and 2 entered the room.

"Rodger, Rodger" Number 1 and 2 said together.

With that Captain Emotion turned on his heel and was about to walk out to begin preparing for the reopening of his Project Cyborg, also known as the 2.0 Program, when the general spoke up.

"I'll be checking up on you, captain to make sure you're doing your job," Grievous told him.

"Oh, don't worry general with this new mysterious creature around to study and my wonderful Project Cyborg reopen I'll be too busy to care about this stupid war I somehow got involved in," the droid said cheerfully. as he walked out the door.

When the door closed Grievous angrily grabbed the nearest security droid and squeezed the neck part so hard the head popped off. He let go of his grip on the droid and angrily marched out of room followed by the mobile hologram projector. Number 1 rubbed his neck before he left the room as well. Number 2 quickly followed after his bother. As they were walking down the hall they heard noises coming from a room. They opened the door to see captain Emotion trying to open a big rectangular crate.

"Ah, Number 1, Number 2 can you give me a hand with this?" Emotion asked

"Yes, but what are you doing sir?" Number 1 asked as he and his brother joined the captain at the box.

"Well I always keep a few cybernetic parts around so I could I easily turn a captured clone in to a 2.0 unit if need," Emotion answered as he handed the two a crowbar.

"But hasn't the program been closed since you tried to turn several of the separatist leaders in to 2.0 units?" asked Number 2 taking his crowbar.

"Yes, but you know me always doing what those no brained organics don't want me two" answered Emotion resting his crowbar on the box. "Besides if the organics had let me turn them we'd be wining this foolish war instead of losing it,"

"I see," Number 2 said.

"Now then on the count of three, one, two, THREE," Emotion said as he and the two commander droids heaved the lid off the box.

Inside the box were several mechanical parts resembling arms, legs, half of a torso and half of a human head. The parts moved as a clone trooper dressed in clone armor with a mechanical right arm contented to a mechanical chest with the right half of his head covered with some sort of metal plate with a red glowing eye and a mechanical skeletal jaw.

"Clone Trooper 2.0 999, I didn't know you were in there," The Captain said, with a surprised tone and mechanical eye brow raised.

"Sorry, I was worried when I saw you moving that box full of 2.0 parts when the project was closed." the cyborg said, sounding just like a clone despite the mechanical implants, as he stepped out of the box.

"No worries Project Cyborg has been reopened and I was just looking to see how many of the parts I would have to change for a "project" I am working on," Emotion said looking at one of the mechanical arms.

"That's good to hear" 999 said smiling at the captain and the two commander droids. "Let me know if there's anything I can do to help,"

"Hang on 999, since I've already decided not to take Doc with me. I'm going to need someone with the knowledge of organic body functions to help me," Emotion said examining a mechanical chest piece.

"Of course I'll be glad to help," 999 said cheerfully.

"Good, I'll show you the new creature I've discovered but please give me the time to place all my notes back in my quarters and for my head to return to its original state," Emotion said as his metallic human skull head began to rearrange its self in to its original cube shape.

999 nodded and waited in the room with the captain as Number 1 and 2 left.

"Well I think I'll head to the Holo room and contact Sniffles to tell him the captain will be arriving." Number 2 told his brother.

"Very good I'll go ok it with Super Battle Droid 62 if it's ok for some of his best grappler droids to aid the captain with the creatures," Number 1 said leaving with his brother to the elevator.

Captain Emotion walked out with 999 as Number 1 and 2 entered the elevator. They turned and head to another elevator so they can return to the captain's quarters before showing 999 the new creature and containing to gather supplies for the journey to the weapons base on Felucia.