Project Godlike: Consequences of failure and success
#6 of Project Godlike
Chapter 6 Consequences of failure and success
March 11, 2484 / 0730 hours / Barungan system / planet Altair / Military base specialized for Black Rouge's and other special ops.
"Ahh what happened... my head..." then everything flashed back to me, "I'm going to get my suit back if it's the last thing I do." I looked around and noticed that both Miguel and Daniel were on beds to either side of me, then I remembered the pain that happened when they tried to remove my suit by force without deactivating it first. Then Daniel woke up.
"Man girl you are trouble but even so without you we wouldn't have been trough that course so fast, but what happened with that suit thing of yours and why did they take the suit but not the glove that you earned from the course?"
I hadn't even noticed till he pointed it out that the orange glove was still on my hand. "Good question, I have no clue but what happened after they knocked me out?" after he told me some of what happened Miguel started to wake up and heard that we were in the middle of the story and told us to continue and corrected Daniel every once in a while about what Dr. Orison asked them and did to them for the tests to see what effect I had had on them.
"So what made her think I had some effect on you?"
"Well the fact that both of us went after her when she had her guys knock you out was a dead give-away"
"Even so the fact that her trainers have all of our abilities but yours is rather odd, I wonder what she meant by your abilities are unexpected I mean there are several others that had speed abilities from the looks of things."
"Yeah I have another ability that you two don't know about," I attempted to changed the door into a shape that would be useful to use later but then I noticed the collar around my neck "if it weren't for this collar that seems to be inhibiting my power I would be able to mold and form the metal of the door and any other technology that I wanted."
"Well that explains why she was so interested in you and why she somewhat seemed to fear you till she had that collar on."
"Try to use your speed." I stood up and then immediately fell down due to the anklets on my legs making them weigh enough that Daniel had trouble even with his enhanced strength lifting them until we noticed that he had a collar on too. "Man she really didn't want us getting away."
"Yeah, hey Miguel can you use your powers?"
"I've been trying, I can't access the fire element other than that it's fine."
"Hmm, hey Daniel see if you can get the collar off my neck if you can I can get us out of here with my power, I'll also be able to make Miguel's collar and my anklets deactivate."
"Before I try that why don't you try using those blades on your arms?"
"I can't change them even under normal conditions, they are too long across to get under the collars to cut them and I don't have my normal control over my actions with my speed deactivated." And I held up my hand and showed them how badly it was shaking.
Daniel started to put his hands around the collar and it suddenly tightened to the point that I could barely breathe let alone could Daniel get it off my neck. "** DON'T ***,* stop** , **** wait *,* can't ***,* breathe..." I then passed out from lack of oxygen. Later I was roughly shaken awake by Miguel.
"Hey Lizard-girl wake up, the Dr. is back."
I sat up immediately so I could yell at the Dr. "What do you think you're doing putting me in a collar and anklets that stop me from using my power or EVEN MOVING!"
"Good your awake, I was hoping you would be, I need to ask you some questions about your suit that you made. Now," she picked up a remote and partially deactivated the anklets, enough for me to get up and walk normally, "you will follow me to my lab and help me with some of the formulas involved in your suit." She turned and started to walk away when an invisible wall appeared in front of her, Miguel had condensed the air to the point that the stun bullets firing from the guards on the other side. "before you go anywhere we have some questions for you."
"Now why do all three of us still have these gloves on us?"
"Well I guess I have time to explain some things to you before the trainers get here, the gloves are similar to your old suit except that the gloves themselves detect what team is closest to the finish line and adapt themselves to that team, for example you noticed that the one that Daniel put one weighed around two hundred pounds compared to your gloves that only weigh about ten pounds each, now next question."
"You didn't answer the first one, I asked you why we still have them in fact HOW do I still have mine it was fully integrated into my suit, which you took and just to point out is now about half of what it was It was probably damaged during the removal, you tried to take it off in full form."
"Yes we noticed that you had it in a smaller form and that it then when went to, full form you called it, after you put on the glove. The precise answer to you question is that the teams will be organized into ranks by the number of times they win each color. If you manage to get the entire suit then you will be one of the elite among the Godlikes, because of you we had to prevent the training for until we were sure that you would be able continue with us."
"So does that mean that you are going to let me use my power again?"
"Not for a while, it's too dangerous to let you have your power back because as your suit shows you know how to use your power perfectly, however we will be giving you back your speed trait, now come with me and I will show you either your suit or back to the mess hall your choice."
"My suit"
"Fine," yells over her shoulder "Drop the wall Joan, they agreed"
"What the hell... I can't maintain the field anymore, I've never had that happen before and now I can't use any elements."
"Yes, I just hit both Miguel's collar lock to stop his abilities."
"Fine, show me my suit." We followed her down the hall and I was mapping the place in my mind for when I possibly had the chance later to come back and get me suit back from them. After a number of turns then we came to a room that was sealed from the inside.
"Here is your suit and" she then pressed a button opening a window near us to the inside of the room, "as you can see it isn't in the best condition." I could see that she was ripped open along the right side and the glove on the right side was gone.
"What did you DO to it, don't worry sweetie I'll fix you as soon as I can."
"All right mom, it hurts."
"THE SUIT TALKS?" everyone nearby said in unison.
"Yeah she talks it makes her easier to fix when anything happens she can tell me what area the damage is in so that I can repair her."
"Wow, why didn't she tell us that it hurt? We could have..."
"No you couldn't have fixed her she is much more sensitive and precisely crated than the suit that the Black Rogues have, the other thing is that she is shy, Frani is the only AI that I have created that has lasted for more than a month, she has lasted for almost eight years."
"Wait you created her when you were two?"
"No when I first turned four I finished designing her, this was before I met the old man in the mountains, I'm twelve, a few months from being thirteen"
"Wait what, now I know that you aren't one of our experiments, most of them aren't even ten yet, and yet you are twelve, three years older."
"Good you finally realized I'm not yours, NOW LET ME OUT OF THIS COLLAR! I can get this thing off if you don't take it off, can't I Frani."
"Yes mom on it right now, 80% complete"
"Ma'am, Hacker attempting to unlock..."
My collar unlocks around my neck "Good, Thanks Frani, now lets go get this stupid training done so that I can get my her back, but first" I use my power to remove the anklet on my feet. "Try to put a collar on me again and I'll do to you what the UCSC learned the hard way that I am capable of, if you're curious then lookup case number 49,384, profile 938, scientist Gwien."
"Fine, Joan take them out to the course and have the rest continue with the trials."
"Yes Ma'am."
After we walked out Joan said "Could she really be the child from that case?"
"If she is we have a lot more to worry about than we ever thought."