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On The Brink of Extinction: Part 2; Quest- The False City
Topic Started: Mar 30 2014, 04:34 PM (53 Views)
Ioner Nevitz
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*Rein, Vegeta*

The glass next to them shattered in violent symphony as gun shots rang out right next to Ioner's head as he bent down to the examine the knife in the back of the esteemed doctor who had his life extinguished before his time. Ioner clutched at his face, pieces of glass embedding themselves into his artificial skin, and in doing so causing his pain receptors to explode in discord at the sudden feeling of being pierced. Liza screamed again as Ioner grabbed hold of her arm with his free hand and dragged her out of the shit storm that was brewing in the break room. As he did so, he could hear the sound of boots crunching on glass, signaling the arrival of the men who killed the scientists and security forces, but that was just his assumption. Ioner tried to put his fingers to his head to IT, but as he did so he found that it didn't work. It was an oddity and he had never been one to falter under the pressure in a situation like this, but he had no time to question what exactly was wrong with him at this point, and time.

"Come on, Liza...we got to get the hell out of here."

She nodded her head in response as Ioner lifted her up into his arms, easier than it looked due to his upgrades, and combat modifications, and then began to run. As he did so he heard the sound of more gun shots ringing out as they hit machinery behind him. He could tell these men were professionals due to the way they fired and he knew that if he was some normal run of the mill individual that he would be dead by now, but because of what he was, he would make it out, hopefully. As he ran down the halls, Liza in arms, he began to lose his bearings. It had been easier to navigate the twisting halls of the lab complex when they were walking slowly around while trying to avoid detection. Now, however everything was hectic as they were trying to flee some assailants that he had not yet seen, or identified. Things only got worse as the sounds of clacking footsteps grew louder behind him. Signaling that the enemy was of course drawing ever closer to him and Liza.

They turned a corner and quickly found themselves facing a dead-end. For a few short moments, Ioner stood there with no clue as to what could be done to get out of this precarious situation with both of them receiving little to no injury. He cursed under his breath as he saw a nearby door to a lab, he kicked it in, and then put Liza inside, Liza tried to protest, but Ioner was going to have none of that. This was for her safety and this was the only way that one of them could make it out with minimal injuries.

"Now stay down and quiet."

She nodded her head grimly as Ioner closed the door. Silently, he made his peace with himself, realizing that more than likely he was about be killed, and there would be no revenge or any sort of redemption for him. In essence, Ioner Nevitz was about to cease existing. At least Liza would make it out safe, he had already made sure that she would be fine, and with that he felt a little more at ease. He smiled as the two assassins turned the corner. Both clothed in black, hiding their faces behind masks, and holding what looked like advanced handguns of some sort. He was no expert at modern weaponry, but these guns looked advanced by most standards, too advanced in fact.

"Why did you kill them?"

Ioner said, trying to gather information for Liza who was probably listening in the next room. They continued to walk forward, he did math in his head, and came to the conclusion that they were trying to size him up for a killing shot.

"Was it because of the Tuffle technology?"

They stopped. For a moment neither man moved, both seemed to be staring blankly at him, but that is because their faces were too obscure for him to see them. Finally after a few seconds, one of them spoke. His voice was being altered by a voice manipulater, probably on his mask, but the sense of anger could be heard in his voice.

"Nah, we killed them because they were Saiyans."

"What sort of people kill innocent scientists and security officers because of their race?"

"The type of people who are tired of being oppressed."

It hit him instantly as to who these two were and why they were here. These were not just ordinary people, these were Tuffles. Survivors of not one, but two genocidal events that had occurred during their species timeline. But the two of them seemed off, they didn't speak as articulated, and their fighting energies were non-existant. Something wasn't adding up and he couldn't quite put his thumb on it.

"You're both Tuffles."

They both nodded their head in unison. Once again, something seemed off to him, but Ioner couldn't figure it out just yet.

"So, you've figured it out...pity you won't live to tell the tale."

One of them said as the ceiling behind them exploded in crimson energy. Ioner covered his eyes as he was knocked back a bit by the explosion, when he finally uncovered his eyes, the two assassins had been dealt with. In their place a man in a red jacket stood, he stood still, staring at me from behind yellow sun glasses, and he began to make his way toward me in haste as if something else was going to happen that was going to surprise me.

"We don't have much time. I told the doctor I shouldn't of come here, but he said you needed my help, so I came."

"Doctor?"

"No time to explain! More of those things are swarming the building as we speak and the longer you stay out in the open like this, the weaker you become. Now come on!"

He grabbed hold of my arm, but I forced my arm out of his grasp. As I did, I fell back, and began to feel faint. Something was wrong and I couldn't put my finger on it, Liza opened the door to the lab next to us, and with a surprise glance at the red jacketed figure, ran over to me, and knelt down next to me.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Fuck! Listen, lady we need to get the hell out of here, or we are going to end up like your friend there."

"But, why?"

The red jacketed figure sighed and then without hesitation put his fingers to his head while grabbing hold of Liza who was touching Ioner. In a flash both of them faded from the room via the Instant Transmission technique.

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*A Few Hours Later*

Ioner awoke to found himself in a tube of some kind. He was restrained and couldn't move very much, but he felt like his energy had been drained, but yet he felt himself getting stronger again slowly. Outside of the tube, the red jacketed man stood, watching intently as another man in a lab coat worked feverishly on a terminal doing something that he couldn't see from here. Finally after what seemed like a long time, the tube opened, and Ioner found himself falling face first to the cold tile floor of a lab.

"I'm beginning to hate labs."

Ioner said, coughing a bit as he cleared his throat, and then stood up slowly as he took in the sights and sounds of the lab around him.

"A couple of more moments and you would have been a goner, Ioner."

The voice of the scientist sounded familiar to him, but he couldn't place his finger on it. For a few seconds Ioner looked around, namely for Liza, but couldn't find her.

"Where is Liza?"

"The girl is fine, Ioner. My associate and I made sure that she was given treatment first as her signs of fatigue were much greater than yours."

"That's a relief....but what do you mean fatigue? How did I get exhausted from running? I've been enhanced through cybernetics, there is no way a simple run like that would drain me of my energy."

"Yes, quite...Alister leave us. My old friend and I have a great deal of things to discuss."

The red jacketed man, known as Alister nodded his head, and exited the room through a large metallic door on the opposite side of the lab from the tubes. For a few seconds silence filled the room until the scientist made his way over to him with a grin on his face.

"It has been three years...I assume we have much to catch up on, but right now things are dire in the worst sort of way in Rein."

"Do I know you?"

"I guess it would be hard to remember a man you worked with before....it's me Alkeer."

For a few moments Alkeer and Ioner stood face to face before finally Ioner remembered the geneticist that he had worked with three years ago on a project to cure certain life threatening diseases. Sadly they had made no progress on that end, but they did come up with several other practical uses for the project.

"I remember now, I'm sorry old friend. It has been a while."

"Yes it has...long enough for you have to become an android."

"You don't sound surprised."

"Can't blame you...after what happened to your family and your friends you took the easiest way you could to cope with the events and that was by amping up your fighting abilities for a heaping pile of revenge. When I lost my wife, I came here...as a sort of way to get back to my roots...and tried to do some good with my medical and genetic knowledge. Sadly, I think I've only made things worse."

"What do you mean?"

Alkeer made his way back over to his terminal, motioning for me to follow as he did so. I followed him over to his terminal as he began to pull up several files and blue-prints.

"I was recruited by someone close to the Tuffle underground resistance here in Rein. My main role was to develop medical techniques that could save Tuffle lives if they were threatened. For a while it was a simple existance, using my medical knowledge and genetic know-how to create new techniques for our people to use. However, my role expanded into much more...dangerous fields. I began creating toxins that could be used to poison water supplies. Nothing lethal, but something that could be used to weaken the Saiyans when the time came for us to march on them."

"March on them? Are you mad!? That would cause loads of civilian casualties, Saiyans would die, and so would Tuffles...nothing would be gained from a war."

" We've tried other approaches, Nevitz. It isn't like war was our first choice, but every time we got close to peaceful resolutions with the Saiyan people...well..."

"Well what?"

"Public executions...assassinations...massacres....you name it they did it to these people."

Ioner turned around to see Alister standing in the door way to the room. Alkeer nodded his head glumly and then began to pull up more files and research notes.

"You see, Ioner...you don't mind if I call you by your name right? For the past few years the Tuffles have lived here in peace, minding their own business...it is only recently after all of their attempts to peacefully negotiate with King Vegeta have ended with violence that they have began treading this path to war. And who can blame them? These people try to provide a cure to a serious disease to the Saiyan people...King Vegeta takes it and then executes the scientists and their assistants that brought them it. These people try to live normal lives on the surface, Saiyan military come knocking on their door...kill their kids, take their money, and then burn their homes down."

"How long has this sort of stuff been going on? This hasn't been on the news anywhere!"

"That is because any information that is going to be released about the events mysteriously disappears after King Vegeta's knights come and find anyone who digs too deep into it. In essence...it is all being silenced."

"Yep and if there is one thing that down-trodden people don't like to be it is silenced. So...after all the pushing and all of the clawing, they have had enough."

"And with that they have turned all of their attention to military action. There are enough Tuffles underneath Rein to conquer this planet within a few months and that is something that King Vegeta doesn't know. If you count the cloned soldiers that they have made, that time table lessens drastically."

"So...what are we going to do about it?"

For a few moments the room went silent as the wave of tension that had hit them like a ton of bricks from the events that were unfolding around them. Was there anything that they could do?

To Be Continued....

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