Lost Origin: A Saiyan's Quest

Dr. Joaquin: "AAARRGGH! Those four are getting on my nerves! How dare they escape from my creatures like that?!"

Isaac (on hidden camera screen): "We're almost there. Just a little longer and we'll be in the next room."

Dr. Joaquin: "That dog… THAT DOG! RUFUS! I thought I got rid of that pest! This is all making me even ANGRIER! AAAARRRGGGHHH!" *slams desk*

Andromeda (on hidden camera screen): "I hope we don't have to face any more of Dr. Joaquin's monsters…"

Dr. Joaquin: "Oh, you think monsters are the only think I have under my arsenal?! Well, I'll show those FAILURES something they won't forget! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"

Chapter 14: Falling Scraps, Rising Pressure

Since their last battle, our heroes have continued to proceed deeper into the Morph-Fluid Corporation. However, they're still not even halfway through the factory. On the way to the core, Isaac told the team about Dr. Joaquin's past, and how much trouble he had as a child. Despite those events, Dr. Joaquin is not someone to feel sorry for, as he will eliminate anyone and everyone that gets on his way.

Ninomiya: "Man, how did that guy manage to construct this place in only 16 years? It seems as if this place had taken centuries to build!"

Isaac: "It would take centuries, if Dr. Joaquin had hired normal people to do the job. But remember he created gigantic, powerful creatures to do all the hard work. Not only that, but these beasts also gathered the resources from this used-to-be-rich land, so they didn't have to travel miles to get the materials."

Andromeda: "Did Dr. Joaquin only use those mutants to work?"

Isaac: "Mostly, but not only. Besides mutating those innocent animals, Dr. Joaquin also took the time to build some construction robots to help out. Once all of the slaves finished creating this place, Dr. Joaquin locked most of the mutants away. The robots, however, he changed their internal computers and equipment so they transform from construction robots to battle robots."

Sakura: "Battle robots? Are they really tough?"

Isaac: "Well, they used to be. Since they stopped being of use, most of them just got rusty and ran out of batteries. Some of them are still around, though."

Rufus: "Bark!"

Isaac: "Rufus doesn't like those robots. When we were looking for a place to hide amongst these corridors and rooms, one of the robots found us. We barely managed to escape by running into a small hole where the robot couldn't fit, but it did shoot us in the right hind foot, which is Rufus' part of our body. It hurt him really bad for a whole month, until we found a spare medical kit to threat the wound completely."

Sakura: "Awww, poor Rufus! Commere, boy!" *hugs Rufus*

Rufus: "Woof, woof!"

Ninomiya: "Hey, guys, look! We reached a door!"

Isaac: "Alright, we're in the next room. This is the gravity room."

Andromeda: "Why would Dr. Joaquin have a gravity room?"

Isaac: "Well… let's go inside so I can explain."

Meanwhile, in Dr. Joaquin's office...

Dr. Joaquin: "The gravity room! I know I have something in there! But what was it…"

While looking at his computer screen, Dr. Joaquin saw a tab that had the words "Robot List." He opened it out of curiosity.

Dr. Joaquin: "Robot List… OH! This is what I'm going to use so those BRATS go to hell remembering my name! OK, let's see…"

Clicking on the tab opened a vast list of robot serial numbers. However, most of the robots had the word "Dysfunctional" in their description.

Dr. Joaquin: "Dysfunctional… dysfunctional… dysfunctional… WORKING! Ah, and it's in the gravity room, too! Yes… those runts are DEAD! MWAHAHAHAHAHAAA!"

Back in the gravity room...

Sakura: "Wow… this place is… kind of… empty…"

Isaac: "It is for a reason. The only particular thing in this room is that smaller room in there. The control panels for gravity can be found in there."

Andromeda: "Let's go check it out."

Our heroes walked into the room with the control panels. There were levers and buttons to increase and decrease the gravity, as well as change it from pulling downwards, sideways or upwards. At the end of the control panel, a green button was located. This green button was used to open the door to the next area.

Ninomiya: "OK, this button should open that door." *pushes button*

The door to the next area opened, and our heroes headed towards it. This door was on the opposite side of the gravity room.

Andromeda: "So, Isaac, why does the Dr. have a gravity room?"

Isaac: "He would put dozens of monsters in this place and he would force them to sustain gravity twice, thrice, even ten times stronger than normal. By doing so, the monsters would become stronger, and they would be able to finish building this facility much faster. This place is technically a training room, but it was used as a torture chamber instead."

Ninomiya: "So that's why there are so many downward bulges in this place, from all the monsters falling hard to the ground."

Moments after, the door to the next room closed.

Sakura: "Whoa!"

Right afterwards, our heroes began feeling very heavy. It was the gravity of the room being altered!

Andromeda: "What the…?! Who…!"

When Andromeda turned to look, there was a spider-like robot inside the control panel room. It was messing with the controls, unaffected, since the small room was invulnerable to the gravity changes.

Rufus: "BARK, BARK!"

Isaac: "OH NO! It's the same robot that attacked us that day!"

Spider robot: "KKKRYYAAAAAA!"

Ninomiya: "It doesn't speak much, does it? Oh, crap, it's heading towards us!"

The spider robot came out of the control room, heading straight towards our heroes!

Andromeda: "No way! How is it moving so fast?! It shouldn't be able to move like that if the gravity is this strong!"

Isaac: "Every robot built by Dr. Joaquin is designed to adjust to any given gravity! Even if this place becomes ten times heavier, that thing's not going to slow down one bit!"

Ninomiya: "Watch out, everyone!"

Although it was very difficult for them, our heroes managed to jump out of the way before the spider robot could smash them. The robot turned its attention towards Sakura and Ninomiya.

Sakura: "It wants to fight us first, Ninomiya! Get on your guard!"

Ninomiya: "I'll try!" *pulls sword out* "Waaah! Dear god, this thing's heavy! I can barely lift it up…!"

Andromeda: "Guys, try to hold on! Rufus, Isaac and me are going to turn the gravity back to normal!"

Andromeda, Rufus, and Isaac moved as fast as they could into the control panel room.

While trying to reach the place, Sakura and Ninomiya were blocking the spider robot's attacks with all their strength, barely managing to hold the machine's gigantic feet.

Sakura: "Argh! Hurry up, Andromeda; we can't fight this thing when standing up seems like an almost impossible task!"

Andromeda: "We're here! Turning gravity back to normal!"

The gravity in the room was reset to how it was originally. Like that, Sakura and Ninomiya could finally fight the robot. But, even with normal gravity, the robot was giving the two warriors a very difficult time. Once Sakura and Ninomiya were able to strike it, the robot climbed to the walls and began shooting lasers at them!

Spider robot: "KKKRYYYYAAAA!" *it'sa firin' its lazah*

Ninomiya: "Whoa! Lasers were the last thing I would have guessed that thing could use!"

Isaac: "(Really? He's obviously never seen American sci-fi movies…)"

Sakura: "We can't hit it properly if it's not on the ground…"

Spider robot: "KRRYAA!" *it'sa firin' moar lazahs*

Sakura: "Hold on… that's it! Andromeda, turn the gravity sideways!"

Andromeda: "What?! Oh, wait, I get it! Here it goes!"

Sakura ran to the opposite wall of where the spider robot was at. When the gravity was changed, Sakura readied her feet as if she was going to drill-dive into the robot. The plan worked, and Sakura was able to land a strong hit on the robot. After receiving the attack, the robot climbed to the ceiling.

Andromeda: "Alright, they've got a plan! All we have to do is keep changing the gravity to different directions!"

Ninomiya: "I get it! OK, it's my turn to strike!" *gravity changes upwards* "Hyaaa!"

Ninomiya prepared to stab the robot with his sword as he would fall to the ceiling (take that, Newton!). However, the robot knew what was coming that time, so it was able to move out of the way before Ninomiya could stab it. Once it dodged, the spider robot proceeded to attack Ninomiya!

Sakura: "Ninomiya!"

Ninomiya: "Ow! This stupid machine!"

Spider robot: "KKKRYYYYYAAAA!" *jumps to the wall*

Sakura: "We need to be faster! Hmmm… OK! Andromeda, turn the gravity sideways again, but right after you do, increase density of the gravity!"

Andromeda: "Got it! Get ready, Sakura!"

Isaac: "OK, I'm ready to increase the gravity."

Sakura: "Now!"

The gravity turned sideways, towards the wall where the spider robot was at. Right as Sakura prepared herself on mid-air, Isaac pressed a button that doubled the density of the gravity. With the increased gravity power, Sakura's attack would hit faster and stronger, causing serious damage on the robot.

Sakura: "Keep increasing the gravity whenever it goes to a different part of the room!"

Sakura repeated this procedure. The gravity was increased by three, by five, by seven! Finally, the spider robot, heavily damaged from Sakura's attacks, went to the door that led to the next room. With this final attack, the gravity was increased by ten, and Sakura's hit was so strong, the spider robot broke through the door and part of the wall! It kept flying until it reached a large hole found in the middle of the following hallway.

Andromeda and Isaac turned the gravity back to normal afterwards.

Ninomiya: "Yeah! Sakura, you did it!"

Sakura: "Tee-hee! It was nothing!"

Isaac: "That was incredible! You're a very smart fighter, Sakura!"

Rufus: "Woof!"

Sakura: "Aw, thanks, Isaac, Rufus!"

Andromeda: "Yeah… wait, what the...? What is… why is there a gigantic hole in the middle of the next hallway?"

Isaac: "Hmmm… I think… ah, yes, I remember now. It was caused by one of Dr. Joaquin's failed attempts to create the ultimate life form."

Ninomiya: "He has tried to create the ultimate life form before?"

Isaac: "Yes, several times, actually. This was from his second attempt. When he applied a very special chemical to one of the animals one day, it created an incredibly enormous monster. The monster was extremely strong, but it also lost all common sense. Right after it was created, the monster went berserk, and began attacking all of the rooms and hallways. When it got to this hallway, its feet got stuck on a large wire. Since it was too much of a brute to understand how to untie a wire, the monster just started smashing the ground where the wire was at. As it smashed the floor, the ground began to break apart, until it created this pit. It goes very deep down, possibly as far magma levels."

Andromeda: "Magma levels? Then, how come there's no magma around here?"

Isaac: "I'm not completely sure, but this is my best guess: the chemical Dr. Joaquin gave the animal was so powerful, the monster's insides were immensely radioactive. When it reached the magma, the monster's body disintegrated, leaving all of its insides spill throughout the magma. The insides were so powerful; it converted the lava into stone, sealing it."

Ninomiya: "I'm… very disturbed now… too much repetition of the word 'insides…'"

Sakura: "Magma? Andromeda, what's magma?"

Andromeda: "It's like lava, but not quite the same… I never understood what the difference was… tee-hee!"

After an exhausting battle, our heroes decided to take a break before continuing to the next room. What other dangers await them (because by now, you know there will be some inconvenient events in the future… there always are.)? Will Dr. Joaquin finish creating the right chemical before our heroes can stop him? Find out next time on Lost Origin: A Saiyan's Quest!

To be continued…

Bonus skit

After explaining our heroes about the giant hole in the middle of the hallway, they wondered what happened to the other attempts for ultimate life forms.

Ninomiya: "OK, so we know what happened to the second one. What happened to the rest?"

Isaac: "There have been four failed ultimate life forms, the one the Dr.'s making now being the fifth. The first one was not able to handle the chemical and died minutes after being created."

Sakura: "That's so cruel!"

Isaac: "The third one went berserk too, and it destroyed most of the battle robots that weren't already dead. After that, it tried to destroy a rocket, but instead turned it on and got stuck on it, exploding in outer space."

Andromeda: "So that's what that explosion was a couple of years ago… and the fourth?"

Isaac: "…"

Sakura: "Isaac?"

Isaac: "That bastard owes me money!"

Everyone else: "…what…?"

Isaac: "That's all I'm saying."