(Back to Austin's POV)

The Setup

It's been a week since I got the letter from the military, and I still haven't found a way to make up for all the trouble I've brought to Brittney, and her household. I thought really hard about going to the military, and seeing what they had to offer. I got up early one morning, wrote a note for Brittney telling her where I went, and not to worry about me. I was walking up the mountain, with a lot of thing running through my mind, like how I was going to get out of the obvious trap they set up, but they might not be lying, so I should give them a chance. Anyways, I was halfway up there, and a humvee pulled up beside me, offering a ride up the mountain to the base. I didn't want to walk so I took the offer. They stopped a few yards from the base entrance, and turned the humvee off, then ran off. They were testing some kind of robot with blue circles around it's shoulders, arms, and wrists. It was tall, like twenty feet, it was white, big three fingered hands shaped in a tri form, two chain guns, one on each shoulder, and some messed up feet. It looked straight at me, with an offensive stance. I glared at it with a menacing look. It walked off still looking at me.

I entered the base, and no one was there, so I ventured to the warehouse. Not the best place to negotiate a deal. I walked in smelling burnt rubber, and WD 40. It didn't take much to find the commander. I walked over to him keeping a defensive stance, trying to find out a weak spot in everything that surrounded me, like missiles, or guns, or shelter, anything I could manipulate.

I walked up to the commander, and said "Eh, you da one who sent me the letter, while I was in the hospital?"

He chirped "Why yes I am."

I asked curiously "What you gonna do ta make up for all the heck I went through?"

"Well what exactly do you want?" He asked a little frustrated.

"Well…maybe…hmm…how about 50k in cash, personalized dog tags, clean my personal record, and give me on of those advanced attack robots with the insect legs programmed the way I want him, not your way, and leave us alone." I ended the sentence with a smile, knowing I just ticked him off.

"Well, we can do that just go wait outside, and we'll start off with the robot." He turned to the right, and marched to some lab coat people.

I walked outside waiting for the commander to come out with some geeks, and a robot, but I ended up waiting for thirty minutes. I stayed out there watching the other weirdos walk by me, and stare in awe. I felt like asking what was so amazing, but I realized it was useless. I got bored while I was waiting, and started fantasizing what it would be like to be married to Brittney. In the middle of it, something tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around, and it was a soldier. He told me the commander was waiting for me to get in there, and tell them how I wanted the robot programmed.

I walked back through the door, and smelled a different smell this time. I walked toward the middle of the warehouse. Suddenly all the lights turned out, except the on above me. I heard an electric crackle from behind me. I turned around with my hands formed to claws. I stood there in a defensive stance waiting for something to attack me, but nothing happened, except for the light turning back on. I was surrounded by attack bots, soldiers, turrets, and the robot I saw outside that was glaring at me.

I yelled out "I knew this was a trap when I read the letter."

I heard a deep voice behind me say "Yes it was a trap, to capture you. You see we made this infection you have encountered, and we want to see what it can do. We know all the weaknesses, strengths, and abilities that you wield. For example the claws, and everything you shaped your hands like before, isn't all that you can do, no, not at all, you can do much much more than that. You can imitate people, you can make any kind of weapon out of your hands that your imagination can come up with, and you can manipulate fire too, you can also mold with things letting you manipulate it till you run out of the substance, you can breathe underwater, your skin is the most impenetrable thing in this galaxy until your weakened, you can also shape your body allowing you to shrink yourself, grow taller, put your skeleton on the outside of your body, enlarge appendages, stretch, grow more bones, add or subtract spikes for defense, and more. You are also more flexible than a gymnast, and more coordination than a ninja. You can see in thermal vision, and you got a sixth and seventh sense too."

I interrupted quickly "If there's anymore I'll find out what it is eventually, now shut up, gah take a dang breathe."

He grinned then said "Attack beta 36."

I looked around fast, waiting for something to attack. Then one of the soldiers fired at me. I leaned back, and the bullet zipped past me, and hit the soldier standing opposite of him. It pierced in him, and stopped. He started bleeding at the eyes then his head exploded. I turned toward the soldier, and darted to him. I was about to impale him on my hand, but the attack bot kicked me before I hit him. I swung at the robot, and cut it in three, I grabbed it my the neck, yanked its jetpack off, and threw it at the big robot with the two chain guns then shot it with my spike launcher. It blew up in its face, and the robot aimed at me. I darted to it as fast as I could run then ran up its body. I got to its shoulders, and ripped of on of the chain guns. I reached up, and grabbed me. I broke its grip without trying then broke off its arm. It shot at me with the other chain gun. I leaped out of the way, formed my right hand into a double edged blade then jumped straight up, slicing the robot in half. I landed back down in front of the robot blowing to bits in front of me, and the rest of the soldiers started firing at me. I jumped out of the way, but the turrets started shooting at me. I put my arms in front of me for protection, and all the bullets ricocheted in every direction. I started getting tired, and my arms were tightening up. I looked around and saw the arm of the robot lying beside me. I darted to it, and took cover behind it. I could tell the bullets were eating through the metal. So I started thinking what I could do to the turrets. I thought for a few seconds, and came up with a plan. I looked around the cover, to see if the path was clear, and I darted to a turret, zigzagging to avoid the bullets. I ran up the wall, and jumped behind the turret then took the controls. I shot at the robots, that I haven't attacked yet, and they dodged most of them. I blew one up, and damaged the other then the turret shut down. I leaped toward the damaged robot, and used its weapon against the other turrets. I got all the turrets then I broke the robot in two. The soldiers that were still standing got close to me with a stun gun. I saw the gun, and froze. The soldier came at me with fear on his face. I backed up trying not to show fear. He turned it on, and I felt the fur on my neck and back stand up on end. I looked at him, and noticed he had his eyes closed. I took this chance to get rid of him. I grabbed his wrist, and squeezed it till he dropped the stun gun then swatted him to the side hoping something would kill him. I stalked toward the other ones, and scared them off. I looked at the commander, who was clapping slowly.

"Congratulations!" He said enthusiastically.

I walked toward him, about to rip his head off, but he picked me up by the throat.

"Look you little ingrate, I'm the one that infected you, so play along, and I let you, and your little power puff girl live." "Don't play along, and make you watch Brittney be ripped to shreds."

"You'll have to go through me before I let you within country mile of Brittney, you sick bastard." I managed to grunt out.

"You won't be able to stop me."

"You touch one piece of fur on her, and I'll skin you alive, roll you in salt, then set you on fire as you squirm from the pain." I grunted menacingly.

"Tch, if you think you can, I let you live, know play along before they get back."

I spit in his face. He stretched his hand to the stun gun, and used it on me. I passed out from it, and the tiredness. Everything went black.

I woke up on a white table, in a white room, with lights in my face. I had a breathing mask on, and I was hooked up to a bunch of machines. I could hear a heart monitor, and something talking, along with a buzzing sound. I couldn't see anything, because the lights were blinding me, and my vision was blurry. I saw something coming at me, then I fell back to sleep.

I woke back up with a pain in my stomach, I sat up, and I saw my stomach cut up to my collarbone. I started screaming.

"What the heck, my stomach's cut open, you retards are supposed to sew me back up, oh I get it I deserve this for wondering into a building by accident, your fricken commander is infected don't listen to him, and somebody get in here n patch me up!"

I waited for somebody to come through the door, but the door stayed closed. I closed my stomach, and held it together with my hands. I got up, and walked to the door, but was stopped by a glass dome.

"Figures." I muttered.

I started banging on the glass. I stopped after a few minutes remembering my stomach was cut open. I looked down, and it was closed like nothing happened.

"Whoa."

I laid back down on the bed, and fell asleep, wondering what will happen.

To Be Continued