This time, we're back with The Suite Life Gang. This one is long, so please, bare with it. The real action kicks off soon, I promise!

Disclaimer: See Chapter 1-3.

Chapter 4

Cody awoke from what seemed like a dreamless sleep with a start. Naturally, he took note of his surroundings. Let's see. I'm in a tube in some sort of laboratory with four robots staring back at me. Then, he took the time to process that thought. His result: a resounding WHAT? As he tried to come to grips with what he was seeing, the blue robot spoke up.

"Hey, guys. It looks like one of them is finally awake."

With that, the tube Cody was in opened and he managed to stand up despite the shock he was in. He instinctually stretched his arms. It was then that it hit him: he didn't know what he was, but it certainly wasn't human. His body was encased in a dark blue armor. His feet (or at least, what took their place) were two hoof-like boots that seemed to be part of his body. His hands appeared to be gloves with white fingers that were supported by blue covering on the palm and back of each hand. His left arm also seemed to have an attachment of some kind rimming around it. After examining this change in wardrobe. He looked towards the other robots. The blue one, again was the first to speak.

"Hello, Cody. My name is Mega Man X, but most people just call me X. Nice to meet you."

X seemed friendly enough, but the younger Martin twin was still quite terrified. When he managed to find his voice and calm himself down enough to use it, he asked, "What am I? What's going on here?"

"You're what's known as a Reploid."

"What's that?"

"It's a highly advanced robot." This voice was not X's, but of the robot… or, Reploid standing next to him. The one in question was red with a blonde ponytail. In spite of his appearance, his voice was very much male. "Able to think and feel on its own, a Reploid can make decisions like a human can."

Cody's confusion gave way to fascination as he listened to X and, as he learned, Zero's description of and brief history lesson on Reploids. Evidently, his own personality and memories hadn't been "lost in the shuffle", so to speak.

"So, let me get this straight." The human-turned-Reploid began. "X here was the first in a line of robots that are pretty much human in every way except physically?"

"Yup. Pretty much." The voice came from a female Reploid sitting at a computer desk. "My name's Alia, by the way."

Before he could go on a lengthy diatribe about how cool this was and how any scientist from his world would kill to make something like this, he heard a chamber open and a very familiar voice.

"Ugh. Where am I…?"

"Zack?" Upon closer inspection, Cody noticed that his brother was built (if that was the right word) much… bulkier than himself, as if he was meant for heavy combat. He also was an even darker shade of red than Zero.

"Cody?" Zack gave a half-hearted smile, as he was both relieved and confused at the situation.

Cody sighed and returned the smile. "It's a long story, bro. We'll get you up to speed." Looking to X, he motioned for him to start explaining.

…

Axl had stayed strangely silent throughout the whole thing. He was still miffed at the idea of being stuck inside the base. He eyed the last unopened chamber somewhat disinterestedly. The gold-plated girl seemed as if she was sleeping peacefully. He was beginning to drift off himself when the girl started to stir. Suddenly, her eyes snapped open. The piercing scream that followed was high-pitched enough to break the capsule's glass tubing and get the others to pay attention.

"Where am I? You better not have kidnapped me! Daddy's going to hear about…" the girl's voice trailed off as she took a good look at herself. She could only stare wide-eyed at her hands and the rest of her new body.

Zack and Cody rushed over, clearly worried about the girl's outburst. They both asked to be excused and led the girl into the next room over.

…

"Are you OK now, London?" Cody asked after a few more minutes of London's panicking. She nodded yes, but she was still shaking violently.

"Good." Zack continued with a sigh of relief. "Now, I'm sure you're probably very scared right now…"

London briefly broke from her fear to give the elder Martin twin a 'no, duh' look.

"That's all right. Believe me, we were, too." Zack motioned for his twin to pick up where he left off, but London beat him to the punch.

"C-can't we get Daddy to take us home?"

Silence fell upon the room. The twins exchanged looks, unsure of what to tell her. They both knew that wherever they were, the likelihood of the Tipton name even being known around here was practically '

"Sorry, London. We can't. In fact, we don't even know where we are. I don't even think that they would know who your dad is."

Zack stepped in to sum it up. "Here, to them, you're not London Tipton, Billionaire Heiress. You're just… London."

The young woman hung her head. Both of her friends tried to think of something uplifting to say. In a rare show of their "twin telepathy", they both simultaneously said, "Don't worry. We'll get you through this."

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