Garfield's last visit to the most prosperous laboratories of America was something that was engrained to wherever they put memories on his head. It was all thanks to Damian Wayne. If not for him, this virus that could've killed him at anytime soon couldn't be cured. The Sakutia virus was a rare disease, only engrained in some individuals. While not contagious, it was deadly, and it could kill anyone at anytime. The cure was found in STAR Labs, all thanks to Garfield's DNA being researched extensively and a cure being developed and in the works.
It was just unfortunate that the moment he stepped in here, it was the beginning of his ruined life. While he managed to get himself used to with the lives being alone, he wasn't satisfied. He was never going to be happy if there was nobody to be with him. He just went in along for the ride, to whatever kind of world that heroism is going to give to him.
The biggest part of the show was nothing more then Cyborg trying to reconcile with his father. He wasn't sure about the backstory, but knowing how he acted towards the mere mention of him, their relationship wasn't exactly peaceful. So it is no wonder that before entering the main labs area, he had to ask Damian about it.
"Well, this is it." Victor said. "I'm hoping that this is going to be worth it."
"It's better than seeing Star City getting blown up." Damian said. "This alien threat is serious."
"If you want, we're going to enter first." Karen said. "You can stay in here until you're ready, but just so you know I'm watching you."
"Yeah, I'd prefer that." Victor said.
So it was Damian who entered first Victor just sort of stood up on the other side, preparing his mental conditions so that he could get in. Karen watched him out as he prepared his mental gymnastics, and the rest came into the lab.
The labs were sprawling with scientists like ants surrounding a pile of sugar. It was about as large as a warehouse, but it was split in several sections with labels on them. There was a special lab dedicated for the Dilustel Armor just like what Damian said. There was also the Aerospace Project going on in order to help Kory to get out of this planet. That was the first thing that caught her attention as she glanced it without any questions.
"Don't worry." Damian said, facing towards Kory. "We're going to get you home too."
"If you mind, I would like to visit." Kory said.
"We'll talk to the doctor first." Damian said. "Then you can go there."
"Okay." Kory nodded.
Damian directed the group into meeting with Dr. Silas Stone right inside the Dilustel Armor project room. The armor itself was engrained in a matte grey color. It didn't look as Garfield expected. He expected it to have a more Power on it. Instead, the size was at least half the size he expected. Damian said that it was a project observed by ARGUS, but ARGUS could not spend their best agents to take a watch in it, as they were busy handling the civil war in Turbain and the war on terror in the Middle-East. ARGUS gave them a week to work on their hi-tech armors, but the doctor reported something different.
"Dr. Stone." Damian greeted. "It's a pleasure to meet you up front."
"The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Wayne." Silas said. "I didn't expect you to come in with Mia here."
"Oh, I don't get to have the chance to be called Ms. Queen?" Mia said. "I'm honored. Really."
"Your attitude is precisely why I'm not ready to call you that." Silas said. "I'm sorry, Mr. Wayne. It's been a while since we see face to face. Do you happen to see my assistant Karen?"
"She's... taking some stuff in the back. She'll be here." Damian said. "Anyway, how is the armor?"
"The armor is working well." Silas said. "We have given it a proper test. It will give you strength that is enough to beat this suspected alien race, which I still find hard to believe."
"I can confirm that this alien race is indeed true." Damian said. "These aliens have the ill-intent to invade this planet and attack whoever and whatever is inside it, and I have to do something about it. Order your strongest scientist to dismantle this armor. As a matter of ARGUS, please forward any of your ARGUS contacts to me. Like I said on the phone, I will deal with Waller."
"Of course." Silas said.
"You can continue your work on the aerospace project." Damian said. "Speaking of which, my friend here is requesting authorized access. I assume Dr. Palmer is in there."
"Yes." Silas said. "And who is your friend?"
"Kory Anders." Damian said. "She's a... first semester student from MIT. She's very interested to see the aerospace project and wants to inquire some information."
"It's a pleasure, Dr. Stone." Kory answered, shaking his hands. "I'm just going to ask a few questions on the research and development aspects particularly in how are you going to implement the life support and FTL engines."
"I..." Silas said. "We haven't gone that far."
"You couldn't even get in through the warp drives." Kory said. "Anyway, I think I would be off there now if you wouldn't mind. I'll see you later, Damian."
"I'll... follow her in the back." Mia said. "I'll ruin the whole mood up."
"I'll see you later." Damian said.
"Okay then." Silas said. "You might want to introduce me to your other friends?"
"Oh yes of course." Damian said. "Here's Julia Pennyworth, my personal assistant and Alfred's niece."
"Nice to meet you." Julia shook his hands.
"Likewise."
"And finally, I'm sure you're familiar with Garfield Logan."
"Garfield... Logan?" Silas shook his hands. "You're the boy who contracted Sakutia, right? I thought you died on the boat accident."
"Well, it turns out that he didn't." Damian said. "I have a rescue team that managed to find him somewhere on an island in..."
"Northwest of Hawaii on the Pacific Ocean." Garfield said.
"Yeah." Damian said. "And he was..."
"Like in the movie Castaway. You know that movie?" Garfield said. "After Damian found me, I stayed in the Gotham General for a while. He treated me there."
"Well, I'm glad that you're here." Silas said. "Unfortunately I'm not very sure of the significance of his presence."
"I'm going to inquire you in a moment." Damian said. "However, I request some privacy, preferably now."
"I can do it." Silas said.
"Dr. Stone."
Karen opened up the door. Right behind her, the robot Cyborg Victor walked just right in. Dr. Silas Stone completely threw his identity and function as the doctor and widened his eyes the moment he saw his own son just right there. He cannot believe it with his own eyes. So he took off his glasses and readjusted his view. There was no other doubt. The person right in front of him is definitely his son. To see him walking in just right into the labs managed to surprise him in almost every way.
"Oh my god." Silas said. "Is that..."
"Dad..."
Silas didn't waste his time. As he put his glasses on his pockets, he ran up towards his son, who was actually a lot taller than him, and hugged him as long as he could. Damian once thought that there was nothing on the heart of many robots and synthetic beings, but knowing that half of Victor is human after all, he let it all go. All the cries, all the tears, all the painful memories that his father honestly once thought that his son disappeared. It all fade into the memories.
Julia and Karen shared their sympathy, crying out for Victor at a time when it was incredibly appropriate. The son reunited with his father. The creator reunited with his creation. A wonderful time to be, at least for everyone here.
"I'm... I'm sorry, dad." Victor said. "I'm sorry..."
"No need to say anything anymore, son." Silas said. "I'm glad that you're here. Did you suffer through some irregularities? We should check the functions out."
"I'm fine, dad." Victor said. "All of my components are functional. You don't need to worry."
"We're still going to do some checks." Silas said. "I'm so worried, son. There has to be a few things that we missed."
"Okay." Victor said. "I'll let you to check on me. Just... promise that you'll not going to do anything bad."
"He won't be." Karen said. "Right, Doctor?"
"Yes of course, son." Silas said. "Alright everybody, clear the armor out! Make space! We're going to run some diagnostics!"
Silas gave the scientists order to get Victor Stone checked out. He was hoping that he could manage to get all of the subsystems restored, and if the rest of Victor's body was either entirely dependant on the armor or he could get around as much as he could.
"You know, Damian." Julia said. "I wished that your dad was still alive."
"That's what I've always wanted." Damian said. "But he's not here. He's out there in the afterlife, finally reunited with his parents. He saved me. He saved Dick. Dick saved Tim. Tim saved Cassandra. Everybody was connected. If it weren't for Bruce, Dick, and a lot of other friends even including Garfield, I wouldn't be here."
"And you're going to fight interstellar aliens." Julia said. "Talk about upgrading your hero status."
"Maybe I should." Damian said. "Come to think of it, I should probably get a new armor redesign."
"Oh! Oh! Leave it to me!" Julia said.
"Of course." Damian said. "The first people that needs to redesign the armor is the same person who loves furries and gender-bend every single boys you come into sight."
"Aww come on! I won't gender bend you. I promise!" Julia said. "Although your female version is definitely going to be very cute."
"Even if I were a female, I wouldn't screw you." Damian said. "And if I would, will that be incest?"
"It's not incest. We're technically not siblings." Julia said. "Hey, I want your professional opinion on something. If I write you off normally and introduce you to your female version in a parallel universe and it turns out that you both fall in love with each other, is that basically telling you to go screw yourself?"
"My professional opinion is that you should shut that mouth up."
Julia giggled.
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She found the idea of going through the vast empty space fascinating. Of course she was going to learn everything that she could to be one of the major Tamaranean space explorers. Apparently not a lot of Tamaraneans ventured through the outer space and went back in. She didn't care about the dangers of space travel. She went through it anyway. Of course she had to be physically fit for space travels. If she couldn't qualify herself as a soldier, she couldn't become an astronaut. Astronauts were soldiers, risking their lives in the vast empty space to further enhance the development of their kind.
She entered the room of the research project and was immediately blastered with imagery of blueprints, chalkboards that were both filled and not filled. Countless amount of scientists working on developing the formula to create the most perfect of space travel, just like what her race wanted. Except this time, the Earthlings have not progressed that far. They managed to get into their own moon, but they were unable to travel in further into the depths of the Milky Way.
"I wish I was this smart." Mia said as she appeared in her back. "You know, I thought doctors were supposed to look nerdy. Then you introduce some 25-30 year old Opal graduates and the first thing that you want is to ask one of these guys for a date."
"I would doubt that they wanted that." Kory said. "They might have their own spouses."
"You know, for an alien you sure as hell know a lot about our language." Mia said. "I don't know how quick you take up lessons in English."
"I learn a language by kissing a particular individual." Kory said. "I know in your culture, it sounds very strange."
"Strange? That's like saying you can learn chess by letting a chess player defecate to you." Mia said.
"That's... incredibly disgusting." Kory said. "And what is chess?"
"It's a board game." Mia said. "Okay, so you don't know everything, but you do know one thing: Was it Damian that you kissed?"
"I... yes..." Kory said. "And please do not suggest any further development from both of us."
"Oh, no I didn't. You did." Mia said. "I'm looking forward for the future."
"Stop." Kory said. "I'm here to discuss how I'm able to travel back to Tamaran, not about pursuing an intimate relationship."
"Do you have someone in there?" Mia said.
"What are you girls doing here?" Dr. Palmer approached the two the moment they just stood up in the front door chatting normally. "This place is unauthorized."
"We do have authorization." Kory said. "Dr. Stone has provided both of us access here."
"And besides, the company that you were running in is still under my name." Mia said. "And I funded this project too."
"I always wondered why did you." Palmer asked.
"Because Damian said so." Mia said. "I can trust him more than I can trust you... ATOM."
"What..." Palmer went in closer towards Mia. "How... how did you know?"
"Karen told me." Mia said. "Oh wait she didn't. I just had suspicions. I confronted Karen about it, and instead of saying no I wasn't, she said yes. The rest is easy."
Palmer sighed. "It was still on prototype. Karen and I are working on perfecting it."
"Could be useful, you know?" Mia said. "I really want that storage ring. It's pretty freaking cool."
"I really don't trust you." Palmer said. "Anyway, is there any reason why you two were authorized here?"
"Oh, I'll leave that to my friend." Mia said. "Kory, do you want to tell him? He's in charge."
"My name is Kory Anders." Kory said. "I'm here with Damian Wayne. I just want to ask a few questions on your aerospace project, and maybe contribute some necessary information."
"Information? Like... what?"
"First of all, I noticed that the blueprints that you have were still using the basic chemical propulsions." Kory said. "If you want intergalactic space travel, you're going to need to use more than just standard chemical propulsions. You're going to need to use an ion propulsion."
"Ah yes, the ion propulsion system." Dr. Palmer said. "The ion thrusters were only capable of going in the speed of a crippled dog. How would you be able to use it for interstellar travels?"
"We don't. We use a warp drive."
"Warp drive?" Pamer scoffed. "You cannot be serious. To do so, you're going to have to break through the speed of light."
"If you would listen to me, I will tell you how it is possible." Kory said. "I'm just asking you to trust me on this."
"Alright, fine." Palmer said. "I'll listen, but I'm hoping that this is good."