Sidewinder and Lightmare brought Wave into a large circular lab "We have but a single quest, to create the perfect species and the perfect society. You, B06, are part of batch 89. But here with Batch 90, I've developed a process by which I can guide any organism through millions of years of programmed evolution in moments". Lightmare placed a small Mobani turtle inside a glass chamber at the centre of the room. She activates the chamber and a cloudy vapor enters. The turtle violently convulses as it morphs and grows. It first looks like a Mobian turtle but then it continuous to grow until it was twice the size of a Mobian. Wave slowly approaches the chamber curiously but the moment the turtle sees her it violently bangs it's fist against the glass and screeches. Sidewinder rolls his eyes "See now, there's the problem. For some reason, these specimens are also over-producing loligo beta-microseminoprotien in their systems, causing them to be…" "Violent. We don't like it" Wave said. Sidewinder nodded "A utopia can't have it denizens murdering one another, can it?" "It can'ts". Sidewinder closed his eyes and took a breath "Can't" "Can't" "Speckle". Speckles pulls a lever at the side of the chamber and a fire engulfs the turtle. It screams in agony making Wave back away. Sidewinder shows no concern for her fear "They're programmed to be peaceful. Like you. But for some reason, it's not catching on" "Hypnotic filters" Wave said pointing at the chamber. Sidewinder narrowed his eyes curiously "What?" "They's suppressaliting the glycosylated saltses. And then boop-boop-boop, halfcystine residual be formin', and then they make, um…What do you say?" "The proteins" "Yeah, thems. And then, angry turtle". Lightmare and Speckle both look to Sidewinder who stared at Wave with astonishment "Huh".
In the present the bay doors for the Rogues ship opens and the group minus Chaos stood at the edge wearing different coloured space suits. They leap off and fall slowly towards the fleshy surface of the New Tek planet. Belle happily spins around and waves her hand which annoyed Fiona "Focus. The decompression chamber's over there" "Lock in" Jet said. He pressed a button on his sleeve and a laser hit the chamber. Small boosters on their backs activate and push them towards the laser "Activate gravity boots". Their feet pull them down and allow them to stand steady on the surface "Lien, you're up". Line-Da's arm turns into a laser and she begins to cut through. Fiona kneels down and patiently waits. Jet glances at her and then kneels down as well. He presses a blue button on his wrist which matches the colour of her spacesuit "You really don't remember anything?". Fiona hears him "Like what?" "About your time with us" "No". Jet looks down "We were-" "We weren't anything. That person was some alternate future version of me. It wasn't me". Jet looks at her again with a sad expression "We loved each other. I know you don't remember it but you were everything to me…I…I miss you, so much" he held back sob. Fiona considers him. She gives a sympathetic smile as he says "Maybe if you gave us a chance, we could-" "I'm sorry, Jet. I don't think so". Jet's eyes glisten "Okay, I just thought-" "Jet, you know this is an open line, right?" Belle said. Jet stared at her "What?" "We've been listening to everything you're saying" "And it is painful" Storm added. Jet was angry now "And you're just telling me now?" "We were hoping it would stop on it's own" Lien-Da said. Jet looked at his wrist "But I pressed Fiona's colour" "Oh, no" Storm said. Belle pointed at a triangle on her chest "It's not the colour, it's the shape. Octagon is an open line for everyone. The orange square is for the blue suit" she gestured to the square on Fiona's suit. Jet narrowed his eyes "What?" "I thought it was intuitive" Storm said. Lien-Da rolled her eyes "Can we get back to the mission, please?". Jet sighed and took a small device from his belt "Yeah, yeah". Lien-Da removed the piece of flesh she had cut revealing a shield underneath. Jet places the device over the shield allowing the group to pass through it. They enter the orange decompression chamber.
Elsewhere three Gamma guards waited. The lead one was red "You wanna talk about a sweet ride? The acceleration will crush your spine. I got that brand-new fusalix core installed in my suit. You know what I'm talking about?". The blue one nodded "Oh, yeah" "Really? Cause I just made that up". Blue's eyes frown "Oh, I thought you said something else" "No you didn't" "Gamma unit 4?". Red holds up his left arm "Yes?" "We have a physical breach in the white wing" "What does the eye see?".
Jet removed the device from the shield once everyone was through and then put it on a large human eye sticking out of the wall. Lien-Da presses a button by the door activating the gravity. Everyone falls to the floor and quickly removes their spacesuits, so they were now in their red staff uniforms "Where do we put these?" Storm asks. Belle collects the suits and spots a hatch door "There, in the locker". She stuffs them inside in a hurry just before the door opens revealing the Gammas with their guns raised. Jet stares at them for a moment before going "What the hell was that, guys? Are you kidding me". Red glanced at the others before saying "What?" "A neutro-quark just hit the satellite. It's burning a hole through the wall. You geniuses, just throw the door open without any proper precautionary procedure?". Red stares at the hole in the wall "What procedure, bro?" "Oh, you want us to read the manual for you, bro?" Belle said angrily. She advanced on Red "You could have killed everyone in the wing" "Exactly, you idiots! I'm angry too!" Storm added. Red stared at Storm.
Jet got closer and whispered "Excuse him…He's the boss' nephew. He's a little…" he gives red a knowing nod. Red slowly understands "Oh…Yeah, I got one of those too" he gestures to Blue. Then to orange "I mean, this one. I love him. I'm so proud. You're doing great, man. But this one…I just…". He stares back at Blue. Jet didn't understand how but he could tell Red had a murderous glare under his suit. Red finally turns back to Jet "Everything he does just drives me crazy" "I thought you said something else" "Shut the hell up. I swear I'm gonna throttle him. I'm gonna go to jail for murder". As he and Jet continued Belle noticed their spacesuits floating past the window. She let out a tiny gasps. Thankfully Red didn't notice "Alright, guys, wrap it up". They all left and closed the door "Our spacesuits!" Belle yelled pointing at the window. They all looked out and saw it "You threw them in the contamination bin!" Fiona yelled. Belle got defensive "That would have been helpful information three miniutes ago" "Damn it, Belle, why don't you ever think!?" Lien-Da said. Storm smiled "Are we pretending to be angry again? Belle, you asshole!" "Guys, just focus for two seconds!" Jet said. He put on his goggles "We'll find another way out of here. Right now, we need to save Wave. Fiona, what's the plan?". Fiona nodded and led them out "Lien, Jet and I will get the records and the passkey. Toy and Doofus, access the spaceport through the elevator so Puddle can land and get us out of here". As they walked Speckle walked passed and bumped into Jet "Apologies" "No problem". The group separated into two with Belle and Storm entering a lift. They descended down into a bustling large white hall "Not my fault I don't know something" Belle said as the doors opened.
They approached a bear in a black security uniform "I'm gonna need to see your-". Before he finishes Belle touches his hand "You're hopelessly in love with him" she gestures to Storm who sighs "Oh, no". The guard grins at him "Hey. How you doing today?". Storm glares at the smiling Belle "I'm alright" "What's your name?" "Storm the Albatross". Belle tried not to laugh as the guard leaned closer "That's such a lovely name. Here's your pass" he handed Storm a card "I'll be here when you come back, okay" "Sure". Storm walked away "Every single time". The two walked through to the main hall where multiple screens showed an image of the planet "Welcome to New Tek. For over 300 years we have been producing cybernetic implants and genetic upgrades across the universe under the watchful eye of Sidewinder". At the security post nearby a female snake saw the two "Don't they match the description we got sent today". She looked at the others and then said "Gamma, units, report to the main hall".
Fiona peaks around a corner and spots a female pink parrot at a desk "That manager should have access to the records and the passkey". Jet smirked "Alright, I'll handle this one" "How?" "Pure Roguish charm. I'm excited for you that you get to see this again for the first time". Fiona smirked and raised her eyebrows as Jet walked out towards the desk. He messed with his feathers and cleared his throat "Hi…". He checked her nametag "Yura" "Ura" "Oh, Ura. Hi, my name is Tommy Thunder. I've been noticing you for quite a while and the way you smile to yourself when you think nobody is looking, it makes every day a bit brighter". A gun suddenly appeared next to Jet's head pointing at Ura "We need your hand. Your choice whether it's on your body or not" Fiona said. Jet stepped back "What're you doing?" "She was never gonna fall for that". Fiona grabbed Ura's head and slammed it against the desk. Jet scoffed "Dude, she was totally into me" "I actually I kind of thought you were a douchebag" "Oh, come on". Fiona put the gun to Ura's head "We need a file" "What file?" "21B06? Does that mean anything to you?" Lien-Da asked. Ura tried to think "I don't think so". Fiona pushed the gun harder against her head "Then your use to us is over" "Wait, wait, wait!" Jet said looking shocked. Ura started to panic "Uh-Uh-Wait, it could be a species tag" "Show us!". Fiona released Ura who led them into a backroom.
There was a massive wall of flesh like cubes. Ura placed a hand on a console "These are species patented over the years using New Tek. Each one has its own individual file" her hands shook as she started pressing button. Jet got closer and whispered "I'm really sorry about this. This isn't the kind of thing we do". Fiona rolled her eyes "Oh, please, stop it with the subtle jabs" "Old you would have never done this. You had a purpose higher than yourself. A calling to help people. That's why you left Infinite and joined the Rogues". Fiona suddenly pointed the gun at him "Except I didn't join the Rogues. And I barely left Infinite". Jet flinched and pushed the gun down "But you still did" "No! Whoever it was that you were in love with, it wasn't me. It sounds more like her" she gestured to Lien-Da. She and Jet both laughed "Her? Don't be ridiculous!" "Do not bring me into this". Jet started to stare at her. She noticed and looked surprised "KNOCK IT OFF!" "What?" "Don't look at me like a lost puppy". Jet scoffed "I didn't do anything! I just never noticed how Blue your eyes were". Lien-Da stared at him with a grimace "There were replaced by my father as a method of torture" "Well…He picked a pretty set". A pink Hexahedron rolled down a shoot and Jet took it just as all the lights turned red. An alarm went off.