It was a challenge, but the three
Strays were successful in their attempt to help the Villain they found inside
the storehouse of supplies. They were able to rig some small machines that
would stop the mutagen from spreading further through the Villain’s body. The
small machines were white, like the color of the mutated parts of their body,
and had dark orange lights that indicated the performance of the small
machines. Thankfully, for the Villain, the small machines worked just fine.
There were even wires connected to the Villains head that helped him in having
full control of his mutated body.
The three Strays waited for the
Villain to awaken, since they administered a drug to keep him asleep.
Fortunately, the drug did not have a reaction with the mutagen in the Villain’s
body, unlike the anesthetic that the Villain researchers administered to him
when they were experimenting on him.
--
“Whaaa… What? What happened? Where am
I?” he murmured .
The pain, it was ceasing rapidly!
Yes!
But then, something felt different, but in a good way, as if
the mutagen inside his body had been brought to an abrupt halt. And that was
the case.
His eyes sprang open, and he looked around, vision clearing.
He was regaining control of his body.
A wave of relief came over him. It was going to be okay!
Then, when his vision fully cleared, he was startled to see
the three Strays standing at the end of the operation table he was lying on. On
the right side, the Stray was black, white and silver. The one in the middle
was red, black, silver, and had some orange on his head. The third was orange,
black and silver. Who were these bots? What was their business here? What even
happened to him in the first place? All he could remember was that he was
completely famished, and somehow stumbled upon a building with supplies inside.
Then, his vision started blurring as he saw a figure near the entrance he had made
into the building. From that point on, everything was fuzzy.
The only other thing he could remember was feeling something
large hit his head, or that’s what he thought had happened. He’d lost
connection with reality before it happened, so he wasn’t sure.
The red and silver one began to speak.
“Hello, my name is Aleck,” he said, pointing at himself.
“This is Jerin,” he pointed at Jerin, “And this is Oran.”
“Might I ask,” Jerin began, “What is your name?”
The three tried not to rush him, but simply put the question
out there, if he was capable of understanding.
Should he trust these Strays? I mean, he was a Villain, for
crying out loud! Shouldn’t they have run away in fear? Had they done something
to him?
He wasn’t even sure what he now looked like.
He looked down at his right arm, right leg, and torso; all of
those parts of his body had been mutated, and had turned white. His head must
have turned white as well, considering it felt different compared to the parts
of his body that had not turned. He sat all the way up, and felt the wires
connected to both the left and right sides of his head. He also noticed little
lights on small machines that were connected to his body. What were they?
He finally decided to reply, “M- my name is Zakor, I’m pretty
sure… Yes, that’s right. Sorry, my memory seems to be escaping me.”
He stared at his body once more.
He looked back up at the Strays, and just had to ask, “What
did you guys do to me?”
Jerin and Aleck explained the whole operation, how they were
able to connect the small machines to his body to prevent the mutagen from
spreading any further through his body. They explained how the machines work,
and how it was all connected to his head, so he could control his entire body,
even the mutated parts. It also turned out that the mutagen greatly enhanced
his senses, and he was now much stronger than he was, before the mutagen
entered his body. Now, he had control of all of the new abilities the mutagen
brought on.
He felt very powerful, because he now was.
--
Drack couldn’t keep his mind on what
he was doing. He’d become accustomed enough to the patrolling patters he was
required to do, that he almost didn’t even have to think about it. He and his new
partner, Cain, had been working together for quite a while now. It wasn’t quite
like working with Sheer, though. This new bot was a bit younger than Sheer, and
obviously less experienced. He was exceptional with hand-held weapons, though.With his orange, black and gunmeatal colored armor, he did stand out a bit from some of the other Searchers. But, that wasn't such a bad thing.
Drack, because of his loss at his train of thought, stopped the patrol vehicle.
"Why'd you stop?" Cain asked.
Drack turned to look at Cain.
"I'm going to let you drive today," he then explained. "It'll give you some more experience."
"Really? Thank you so much!"
Cain ecstatically exchanged seats with Drack, and the were off, back on their usual patrol.
Drack got back to thinking again.
Drack, because of his loss at his train of thought, stopped the patrol vehicle.
"Why'd you stop?" Cain asked.
Drack turned to look at Cain.
"I'm going to let you drive today," he then explained. "It'll give you some more experience."
"Really? Thank you so much!"
Cain ecstatically exchanged seats with Drack, and the were off, back on their usual patrol.
Drack got back to thinking again.
There had been very few encounters with any Strays reported
lately, which was good news to the Leaders. They figured that pretty much every
single one of the Strays had been placed in cities, and had become Citizens.
But, Drack was sure that the Strays had become much better hiders, and knew
their ways around by now.
Or, maybe the Leaders were right.
Only time would tell.
Since it had been so quiet for a
while, the only thing to really do was talk to Cain.
He decided to talk about life before the Great Breakout, and
the Fall of the Hero Factory.
Drack soon found out
that Cain used to be a member of a gang of smugglers. They’d deal all kinds of things
from illegal substances to weapons that were only issued to Heroes and
security officers. "Those ones sold for the most", he stated.
But, during one of their deals,
someone reported them, and a squad of Heroes caught them, and they were
transported to the Makuhero City maximum security prison. Both the boss of his gang
and the mob leader of the group they were selling the weapons to became
enraged, and had to move out of their hideouts in case any of their group
members fessed up, and told the Heroes where their hideout was, and what kind
of weapons and substances they had been dealing.
He heard that the Heroes had found his old hideout, but the Villains had already found another place. They had not been found until just before the Breakout. But then, before the Heroes were able to raid the hideout, they were called back to the Hero Factory to help stop the Villains from destroying it, and gaining control.
He heard that the Heroes had found his old hideout, but the Villains had already found another place. They had not been found until just before the Breakout. But then, before the Heroes were able to raid the hideout, they were called back to the Hero Factory to help stop the Villains from destroying it, and gaining control.
Then when the Black Phantom and
Voltix had successfully freed the Villains from the Prison. He escaped, and
helped destroy the very squad of Heroes that had caught him and his fellow gang
members.
After that, when the Villain Leaders
were setting up their own government, he was assigned to work with a Villain
named Timon. But, now that he was assigned to work with Drack, he was replaced
by a female Villain named Rhoda. And she was quite a fighter.
He continued going on and on.
Drack started to zone out, and
didn’t feel the need to pay attention since he’d allowed Cain to drive the
patrol vehicle this time.
His mind was on one thing now.
Sheer.
To Be Continued!
