Bruises on your Thighs like my Finger Prints
"Turn Around." Hiro obeyed turning to allow the green laser to scan the other side of the monitor attached to his ankle. The scanner was creating a 3D image of the ankle monitor on Hiro's PC, scanning through the out casing in order to map the circuitry inside.
"Okay, we're done." Wasabi switched the scanner off before carefully storing it back in its casing. Wasabi, Tadashi and Hiro were currently occupying the garage. As promised, Tadashi had contacted Wasabi and asked him to take a look at the remote Hiro had handed to him. Wasabi has said he would need a scan of the ankle monitor itself as well in order to make an accurate assessment of what could be done to block and remove the device.
Tadashi brought the complete image of the device up onto the screen, swiping his fingers across it in order to turn it, carefully investigating the scanned properties. Wasabi joined him the moment he finished packing the scanner. Reaching over he zoomed in. "Looks like they weren't lying to Hiro when they told him this thing is rigged to go off if he tries to tamper with it. They've installed a total of five receivers rigged to trigger the shock if they slip out of place." Wasabi winced glancing at Hiro.
Hiro glared back daring him to even try to pity him.
Wasabi looked away unable to hold Hiro's stare. He swiped his hand across the screen once more, turning the image. "There is some seriously twisted circuitry here." He commented before falling silent, losing himself in the over complicated design.
Ten minutes of silence later, Hiro sighed and flopped down into the chair Fred had 'donated' to the garage. It looked like this wasn't going to be as simple as he hoped it would be and he would have to just hurry up and wait if he wanted Tadashi and Wasabi to get anything done. The sound of crumpling caught his attention causing him to lift himself up to see what he'd managed to sit on. Oh man… Fred was going to kill him. Lying on the chair was a now crumpled Godzilla comic book.
Sighing in defeat, Hiro picked the comic book up before flopping back into the chair absently opening the comic book. He might as well read it while he waited. Several page turns later a white piece of paper fell out sliding off of the pages it had been tucked between to land on Hiro's lap. Suddenly Curious, Hiro picked it up, putting the comic book down to read what was written on the page. The page was covered in Fred's messy writing.
Why was Hiro kidnapped? – Theories by the Mighty Fredzilla
1)Time Travel! This entire mess started with Tadashi travelling through time to end up here. Hiro disappeared while we were investigating the strange things that did the same. Coincidence? Fredzilla thinks not!
2)Hitler! If someone is building a time machine surely they want to build it to bring something really bad back from the past.. If they wanted to bring back something good they wouldn't need to kidnap people. Maybe they want to bring back World War II. That Hilter guy was one bad dude!
3)Micro-bots! Let me just say now I'm only writing this down because everyone else things the bad guys want Hiro to rebuild his micro-bots. Maybe they want them to shoot lasers out of their eyes or something, if they had eyes that is. Oooooh oh, we're on the subject of weapons
4)Godzilla! They want to bring back Godzilla so he can use his atomic breath to blow this joint to smithereens! Does that mean they've invented a space ship to take them to another planet so they don't die with us?
5)Space ship! If anyone can build a space ship capable of flying off into space while the entire planet blows up the little dude can. Or maybe…
6)Aliens! It's all a master plan to get their monuments back. I mean, Stonehenge, the Pyramids and the Nazca lines have all been damaged. Maybe the aliens want the time machine to bring back the monuments and their magic?
That's it for ideas for now. Frezdilla over and out!
The bottom of the page was signed with a flourish, the remnants remnants of pizza staining the bottom right hand corner yellow and red.
Hiro shook his head, picked up the comic book and slid the white page back into it. Only Fred would come up with idea's so ridiculous they could only be used as plot devices in comic books. Turning the page, Hiro resumed his reading but something on Fred's note continued to nag him at the back of his mind: Why did Inquisitor and the men he worked for want to build a time portal?
- BH6 - BH6 - BH6 –
Shaking. Someone was shaking him, wait a minute! Hiro woke with a start blinking up at Wasabi in confusion. When had he fallen asleep? One minute he'd been reading Godzilla and the next he was staring up at Wasabi, comic book sprawled upon his chest. "We have everything we need to get the monitor off." Wasabi informed him holding up a strip of rubber, a few metal plates and a laser cutter.
Hiro sat up, licking suddenly dry lips as a sliver of fear coursed through him. "Have you figured out what frequency it runs on?" He asked sliding his feet back onto the ground in order to stand up.
Wasabi nodded guiding Hiro towards a well-lit corner of the garage. "We modified the remote to block it instead of trigger it." Wasabi explained. "It should prevent the wireless triggers from triggering the device but we found two mechanical pins that were built in as a backup so we still need to be very careful."
Hiro nodded, eyes wide, the fear in his eyes locking with the trepidation in Tadashi's. Tadashi was sitting on the ground, right in the center of the well- lit spot. "I'll be right here with you." He reassured Hiro softly as Hiro sank down beside him. Hiro's ass barely managed to connect with the ground before it was lifted up into the air once more. Tadashi scooped him up and tugged him into his lap settling Hiro against him. "You ready, knucklehead?"
Hiro glanced at Tadashi, took a deep breath and nodded. "I was born ready." He growled in an attempt to hide the terror sweeping through him. He might have succeeded if not for his pale skin and the subconscious sinking of his fingers into Tadashi's thighs.
Wasabi knelt in front of Hiro and began to insert the thin rubber strip between Hiro's skin and the device. "I know it's not very thick and probably won't help much if the device does trigger but it will off at least some protection. We can't use anything thicker because the device is reading your body temperature." Tadashi began to speak, explaining everything to Hiro in an attempt to distract him. And so began Operation Shawshank Redemption.
Forty minutes later Wasabi dropped the last mechanical pin to the ground before him. He'd painstakingly removed the covering, cut out the five receivers he'd initially identified and disconnected the two mechanical pins he'd later found. He'd also sliced through several wires and removed several components that had been blocking his access to the various triggers. "We're nearly there." He announced breaking the silence that had settled over the group. Hiro had relaxed a long time ago and Tadashi had ceased narrating their actions. Wasabi picked up the laser cutter, activating it.
Tadashi and Hiro watched him silently the anxiety level in the room rising once again. The cutter was a deadly tool. Just one slip of the hand could cause serious bodily harm. It was probably a good thing that Wasabi was the one handling the tool then. Hiro swallowed, his throat dry as the cutter crept ever closer to his flesh. Five centimeters, three centimeters, one… the cutter connected with the metal ring around his ankle slicing through the metal as easily as a knife through butter.
Wasabi held the cutter steady, slowly slicing through the metal, careful to keep a safe distance away from Hiro's flesh as he worked. Quarter of the Way… Half of the Way, Three Quarters… click… Something clicked into place, the ensuing pain pulling a gasp from Hiro's lips. His eyes went wide, his jaw dropped open and his back arched, fingers digging painfully into Tadashi's thighs as a silent cry escaped Hiro's parted lips. Sharp pain coursed through him, biting sharply as it travelled through his nerves both familiar and strange and very wrong. Why! Why was this happening?! They'd been so careful!
Strong arms suddenly embraced him holding him firmly in place, a hiss escaping a second pair of lips as the electricity found a new path, entered a new body, dispersing it's intensity as it spread. "Cut it! Finish cutting it!" Tadashi yelled, a mixture of pain and determination in his voice.
"But I might cut Hiro!" Wasabi yelled back in panic.
"JUST CUT IT!" Tadashi boomed.
Wasabi stopped thinking and reacted to the sheer command in Tadashi's voice instead. He swiped the blade of the laser cutter across the ankle monitor slicing clean through the remaining metal, severing the last connections between the wires.
A flash of burning pain flared up at Hiro's ankle, throbbing and stinging as the flow of electricity was suddenly cut off. He collapsed, the tension in his muscles suddenly released and then it was over, darkness rushing in to take charge of his mind once more.
- BH6 - BH6 - BH6 –
A/N: Seriously guys, weird stuff happens when I don't know how to write a chapter. The previous chapter was supposed to be much shorter and was supposed to form part of this chapter and this chapter was supposed to be far less dramatic! I never planned to trigger the device O.O which means the next chapter was never supposed to exist in the first place. Just, wow! I can't insert a Christmas special into this story at this stage as there is no clean way to slip it in so I'm posting a bit early to release extra chapters instead (time allowing of course ;)). There is a Christmas themed cameo coming much, much later :P. Keep your eyes peeled for it.
CrazyBlueOwl: Interesting theory but no. The parenting book is one of the hidden moments in this story where I link back to the movie. Its a reference to Aunt Cass telling the boys that she probably should have bought a book on parenting while she is ranting at them about getting thrown into jail.
Ern Estine 13624: XD
Rosycat: Thanks XD. The drama has returned. Mwahahaha.
Anony mouse101: Agreed. There's the adorable fluff ball we all know and love.
Cosmickatsu: Don't tempt me T_T T_T T_T. I'm in AFRICA!
shooting2stars: I couldn't resist. I loved the idea of Hiro clinging to Tadashi. The fact that Aunt Cass bought the parenting book is a reference to the movie playing on the scene where she tells the boys she probably should have bought one but you are 100% correct, the fact that Tadashi actually read it is an implication that he practically plays that role in his brother's life.
Dreamer: I'm glad you're still able to follow this story.I believe the core concept it leans on is hella complicated. PS: Brotherhood is the remake. I've watched most of the original but not brotherhood.