Post by Councilor Thaw on Jul 30, 2021 16:51:30 GMT -8
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Flashback - Centuries Ago
Location: Planet Plant
Time:Afternoon
Council Member Ume(Plum)
Council Member Ringo(Apple)
Thaw had just left from his lunch break and was heading back to the council chambers at the temple in order to attend a small meeting. Upon arriving into the chambers and heading to a podium, Ume had watched him enter and a light smirk appeared across his face.
"How was the brothel this evening?"
Thaw looked at him and shook his head.
"Assumptions won't get you anywhere Ume. I had only went there for business purposes of seeing if a Wanted fugitive was there."
Ume took a sip of his whisky before releasing a disgusting burp.
"My employees recount that you had given a man a disc regarding other matters. If I recall, that disc involves a smuggling operation that went South. Classified stuff like this can get reported to the higher ups you know."
Thaw stood as calm and collective as could be as he let out a slight chuckle.
"My little birds told me that you attended.. what was it.. ah yes, a banquet at the South side last night and didn't get home until midnight. Rumors have circulated that you may have conspired with what was it? a foreigner that isn't from our lands."
Ume had squinted his eye and his alcoholic beverage had slightly cracked and trying his best to relax.
"What is secrets among friends right? What is said here stays here right?"
Thaw stared at Ume and briefly looked towards the door as he heard some footsteps were coming towards them.
Council member Ringo had showed up, being the tallest of the two and bulkier. He looked at Ume and then at Thaw, feeling the tension in the air that one could cut with a knife.
"What are you ladies conspiring this time?"
Ume had taken the opportunity when it had came.
"Which one of us will have our way with your mother."
Ringo shot a glare at Ume and chuckled.
"Now how many times am I going to hear the same joke? Come up with something new while you both stand here and gossip."
Thaw pulling out a cigarette and lighting it up as he began to smoke.
"So why did you call us to the meeting here Ringo? Surprise that you came here late when you are the one that summoned us here..."
Ringo looked at Thaw and ignored his comment as he walked over to his own podium and was ready to start the meeting.
"Now then, as you both are aware. We are starting the work of cloning. More importantly, machines."
Thaw was now close to finishing his cigarette halfway as he ashes it out.
"So the rumors are true then, we have developed the means to create them?"
Ume had chugged the rest of his liquor before he poured some more.
"So how long until we get the clones up and ready?"
Ringo turned his head to face Ume.
"Since we have the research and the funds for it, it should take at least a month for our first clone to be made."
Ume was quick to respond back after almost choking on trying to swallow the beverage.
"Wh- Wha-" cough "What?! One clone in one month to develop?"
Thaw looked towards Ume and rubbing the butt end of the cigarette to the ashtray.
"We don't want to risk anything dangerous. If the clone ends up being too dangerous, we want to make sure there will be no injuries."
Ringo finally looked his direction at Thaw before ending the meeting.
"Thats why I wanted this meeting. Thaw, I want you to check in frequently with the scientist that we have doing this research. I want you to report everything back to me about what is going on there."
Thaw nodded.
Flashback - Centuries Ago
Location: Planet Plant
Time:Morning // The Next Day
Dr Orenji (Orange)
Thaw had left his private estate to go to the research facility. There, he would sign in and meet with the scientist that was there. Dr Orenji had greeted him with a handshake and started the conversation as the both of them started to walk side by side in unison and heading straight for the single pod within the room.
"As you can see, it's nothing but a fetus now. However with our technology, this clone will grow to adult size within a months time."
Thaw had his hand to his chin just analyzing the clone.
"If I may ask, whose DNA did you use?"
The scientist replied back as he pointed to himself with his thumb.
"I used my own. If everything goes well, the next clone I will make is from someone else and we will see how they will react with one another. But that is speaking too much in the future for now. We have to take it day by day of course."
Thaw nodded and their discussion was over with. He had left and arrived at the chambers to take a breather. As he sat outside one of the chambers, Ume had exited from it and wasn't expecting to see Thaw here out of all places. As the other council members went about their business, Ume stood in front of Thaw and smirked as he folded his arms across his chest.
"I take it you went to that research facility right?"
Thaw looking at Ume and stood from the bench he was sitting on.
"That's right. Nothing interesting happened. You know as much as me."
The both of them walking side by side and heading to the city.
"Do you think this clone thing will help our army?"
Thaw looked towards Ume's direction and pulled out his cigarette.
"Can't really say on the matter. If it does help us, then it's one step for advancing our technology and our way of life."
Ume had stopped for a brief second and looked at Thaw.
"And if it doesn't help us?"
Thaw looked over his shoulder at Ume.
"Then we are all doomed."
Ume was worried for a second and then laughed as the both of them walked together again.
"Yea right, like a clone can do anything to us organics. hehe"
Flashback - Centuries Ago
Location: Planet Plant
Time:Morning // One month later
Lt Nashi
Captain Raimu
Thaw had arrived to the research facility early and it came to the daily routine of him waking up in the morning at 8 to arrive and see it day by day growing. However, this morning was different. He had arrived at 7 in the morning rather than 8. The receptionist wasn't there since they arrive 30 minutes later so he just walked inside and headed to the room. However, he felt a tension in the air as he heard something had fallen over from within the room itself and heard some commotion. It was Lt Nashi speaking with Dr Orenji.
"Listen, I didn't come here to play any games with you lab techs. You are going to tell council member Thaw that the clone was a failure and that you got rid of the body."
Orenji was rather nervous since he wasn't much of a fighter to begin with since he had long left the military life and chose to work on being a scientist for the tuffles instead.
"Look Nashi, I don't know how you found out about this classified information. But I can't just hand you the clone."
Nashi had pulled out his ki blast pistol and aimed it underneath the doctor's chin.
"You can give it to me and it doesn't matter if you are alive or dead at this point."
The threat was truly real and the doctor had stepped to the side and looked to the ground in sadness and in anger. Nashi had retrieved the pod and headed to the back of the laboratory room. Before he could leave, the doctor turned to face him.
"Can you atleast tell me what you will do with it?"
No response came and Nashi leaving. Thaw had heard all of this and didn't know what to do, so he proceeded to just leave the building and then coming back at 8 in order to conduct the original business with the scientist like he was going to. He had arrived on schedule and signed in with the receptionist. He walked in and the doctor looked distraught as one could be after the whole ordeal.
"Hey Thaw, I have some bad news... The clone had exploded overnight. I'm guessing that it was the high pressured values that had popped."
The doctor clearly lying to his face and Thaw took his word as the truth.
"I guess i'm going to have to tell council member Ringo that the clone was a failure then. Thank you for your time."
Thaw left and went to go meet with council member Ringo and council member Ume. Both were waiting for him to arrive and Thaw looking to the both of them now as he stood in front of the podium with bad news.
"Ringo, we have a problem. I had arrived to the research lab just an hour before my schedule appointment. I was eavesdropping and discovered that Lt Nashi stole the clone from the doctor and told him to lie about it. When I had arrive on schedule, the doctor had lied to me about the incident and stated that the clone exploded due to one of the valves. What are we going to do about this matter?"
Ringo was shocked, just as Ume was as they both stood there in silence. Ringo had his hand to his chin and cleared his throat before speaking.
"I'm wondering how did the military get a hold of this classified information. This wasn't suppose to be made aware to them, considering that this information was only known to a select few that I trusted. Only you, Ume, myself, and Captain Raimu knows about this information..."
Ume looked at Ringo with a raised brow.
"But Captain Raimu is a retired vet. Why should he know about it?"
Ringo looked at Ume and chomped his teeth together just being frustrated about the whole situation.
"Raimu helped funded the project, along with being a close friend of mine. If Captain Raimu is behind this leak, I will find out."
The meeting was over and Ume had left the room with Ringo grabbing a hold of Thaw's shoulder before he left and whispered to him.
"I want you to watch Lt Nashi for me. I want you to find out what he is doing with the clone."
Thaw doing a 3/4th turn and looking at Ringo.
"I don't have security clearance to walk on a military base."
Ringo patted his shoulder and placed his arm back to his side.
"Leave everything to me."
Flashback - Centuries Ago
Location: Planet Plant
Time:Morning // Two Days Later
Captain Raimu was at the entrance to the military base as Thaw had now arrived at the entrance to the place. Raimu had looked him up and down and smiled.
"Ah, you must be council member Thaw, I have heard great things about you. Your father was a honorable man."
Thaw bowed briefly and shook the retired captain's hand.
"Thank you sir."
Raimu held onto his cane with a stern grip with a big cigar in his mouth.
"Ringo told me that you came here to inspect the army. Normally its a much higher council member that does these sort of things. But what do I know. Here is your security clearance and if you have any trouble just let me know."
Thaw grabbed the card and nodded at the captain. Now walking through the hallways of the barracks, he spotted Lt Nashi who was with a few rookies that were right behind him. He had briefly stopped and told the rookies to go to the chow hall for early breakfast. He looked at Thaw and brought his hand out with a slight smirk.
"Ah, Council member Thaw, I heard you came to inspect the barracks. Allow me to give you a tour."
They had walked side by side with Nashi leading the way with his arms to his back.
"When I heard we were having an early barracks check. I was quite shock. It normally happens at the end of the month."
Thaw looking at Nashi's back and fixing his gaze on him.
"We always have to check is all. You know, protocol."
After checking the rooms and such, the last room that they were going to check was a closed off room that was once a laboratory. Before Thaw could try to open the door, Nashi had stepped in the way.
"This room is off limits, it's been abandoned for years and has all sort of mold and other unknown diseases."
Thaw stepped much closer and stared at Nashi with a stern look.
"I was ordered to check every single room and that's what i'm going to do."
Nashi squinted his eyes and looked off to the side.
"But of course...."
Nashi had stepped to the side as Thaw had opened the lights to hear a loud noise coming from the room. The lights had automatically turned on and Thaw had stepped in to see the room in its entirety.
"Like you said, it's protocol..."
Nashi had grabbed a hold of his ki pistol and followed right behind Thaw. He had heard some cracks coming at the end of the room and behind the large machines. The loud glass hitting against the floor and coming out of the pod and running straight for the both of them was the clone! Thaw had looked back at Nashi who immediately aimed his pistol at the clone and began to fire his ki blast! The clone had dodged the attacks and quickly kneeing Nashi in the stomach and causing him to drop his gun in the process. Thaw felt outclass since he was the weakest one in the room. He attempted to grab a hold of the fallen gun and before he could grab it properly, a straight right hook was sent his way from the clone. Now being sent back against the wall, the knocked out Thaw was fast asleep.
He had soon awakened, in the office of the retired Captain and a few soldiers who stood outside the room. Nashi was also in the room and the both of them were now being questioned by the Captain.
"What the hell happened? We had an intruder enter our barracks and went wild. No one could contain the intruder and it escaped out grasp. Nashi, what the hell is going on here?""
Nashi didn't know what to do or say, as he looked at Captain Raimu.
"I don't know what happened!"
Thaw had stood up and looked at Nashi with a stern look.
"Nashi had told Dr Orenji to give him the clone or else he was going to kill him for it."
Nashi was shocked that Thaw had known that truth, Raimu stood up from his chair in disbelief.
"What?!"
The captain had squinted his eyes and called in some soldiers into the room.
"Lt Nashi, you are hereby under arrest and stripped of your Lt rank and duties. Men take him away."
Lt Nashi was taken away and Raimu sitting back on the chair just sighing in disbelief.
"You weren't here to inspect us huh. I kind of figured as much. So that was the clone huh? Ringo had told me about it but I didn't give it much thought or bothered to even see it."
Raimu was claiming to not know any of this.
"You had helped fund the clone, why wouldn't you be interested in it and using it for military purposes?"
Raimu looked at Thaw with a raised brow.
"So you really think i'm behind all this? Don't be a fool. I helped fund the thing, it doesn't mean I wanted to use it for military purposes. I had lost many soldiers over the years to the saiyans. When I had discovered that we could probably end that trend and use closes instead. I welcomed it. However, I am not crazy like Nashi to risk an entire career in order to bring an unknown entity into the base. Thats why all this was classified so that this wouldn't happen. There is a snake among us. How many of you guys knew about this?"
Thaw had thought back on who knew and it only drew to one conclusion.
"I have to go."
Thaw had left and Raimu was just too damn old and injured to do anything about it. He would let Thaw go regardless, since if he could solve this problem it meant less paperwork on his end. Thaw had arrived back at the chambers and Ume was there with Ringo. Ringo already having Ume pinned to the ground with both his hands in his coat pocket. Ringo looked at Thaw with a smirk.
"I'm glad you showed up. Ume over here was the reason that the clone had escaped the military base. I had watched him leave and then the clone also escaped as well."
Thaw looked at Ume and pulled out a cigarette as he started to smoke.
"Why Ume, why would you do all this?"
Ume had looked to the ground and couldn't stare into Thaw's eyes.
"Nashi had came up to me and asked me how was the life of being in the chambers. I had slip up and told him about the clone. Nashi had came up with a plan to steal the clone and bring it to the barracks and that I would receive a lot of money for it. I wanted enough money so that I could buy a robotic eye. I know it was selfish of me not to tell you guys about it..."
Flashback - Centuries Ago
Location: Planet Plant
Time:evening // A week later
With both Ume and Nashi in jail, Thaw and Ringo had much to discuss. They both were walking side by side in the temple where the council members come to speak. As they walked together down a long hallway, Ringo had spoken up first.
“I couldn’t believe that the both of them had worked together and risked everything. If we don’t handle this situation right here and now. It will only get worst from here on out. With that clone roaming around, we have to speak with the doctor in order to put a stop to this.”
Thaw had agreed and that’s why the doctor had been invited to join the council meeting. Dr Orenji had arrived and as nervous as could be. He had first apologize to Thaw for lying to him and after a few exchanges of words. The meeting had officially started. Thaw was the first to speak.
“Doctor, what can you tell us about this clone?”
The doctor looked at Thaw and then at Ringo.
“The clone has my DNA, but that’s just the looks. His true strength comes from a serum that the military had came up with to have tuffle soldiers work around the clock with little sleep. It also increases a person’s strength ten fold. However once a person sleeps, all that power is essentially gone.
The problem we are dealing with. Is the fact that the clone doesn’t need to sleep. Which makes the power that much stronger. At first I wasn’t worried due to this serum only being made for organic beings like ourselves. However. Captain Raimu had paid me to make a version for androids and make them stronger than the organic serum.
He had told me that this serum wasn’t meant for the clone, but instead, it was going to be stored for safe keeping instead. I had trusted him..”
Ringo had looked at Thaw and then at the doctor.
“Which would mean that Nashi and Ume are most likely not in jail. If Captain Raimu is truly behind all this. We are going to need help from the commander.”
Thaw had placed a hand to his chin.
“Commander Budo will be able to take care of this matter.”
Flashback - Centuries Ago
Location: Planet Plant
Time:Evening // Later that day
Commander Budo
The Clone Alpha
Budo, Ringo, Orenji, and Thaw had arrived to the old abandoned research facility that was just in the outskirts of the city. Commander Budo had sent over a few scouts to check abandoned buildings that once had a greater purpose on the planet. It had turned out that Ume, Lt Nashi, Captain Raimu, and the clone were stationed out there. Captain Raimu, being the one in charge of all of this, looked to the three of them as he had his arms folded across his chest.
"It won't take them long to find us out. The clone that we have can truly change the world we are living in. The council members have lived their life sheltered and not knowing what it's like out there in the frontline defending our city and overall planet. They just give us the orders and expect things to go their way."
Raimu had looked at the clone who was now laying on the ground unconscious.
"And this bastard took a while to detain. If it wasn't for the both of you here as well, I don't think I would have been able to do it myself."
Ume had stepped up and showed Raimu the chip that the clone had inside of him.
"This was the chip that the clone had inside of him. It was programed to have a defense mechanism in order to protect itself from anyone. My thoughts of why Orenji would put this inside the clone was probably being wary that anyone who didn't know about this clone project would less likely have trouble controlling it. It was made to prevent the clone from being stolen."
Lt Nashi leaning against the wall and sighing to himself.
"He almost took off my arm that freak..."
The clone had now awakened and rose up to his feet, just looking around. About that time, the double doors to the facility were kicked open. Captain Raimu had screamed to his men.
"Get the clone to the 5th level of the reactor. Once it generates enough power from it, the generator will explode and be enough to cause a city wide black out."
Ume, Nashi, and the clone started to run up the stairs. Thaw, Orenji, and Budo followed in suit. Meanwhile Ringo stayed behind and kept Raimu busy.
Ringo looked at Raimu as he drew his ki pistol out and aimed it at him.
"Such a damn shame that my long time friend decided to betray his government for an experimented clone."
Raimu held onto his cane with a tight grip and looking at Ringo.
"Such a shame that you chose to be a councilor puppet that knows nothing that we military soldiers do on a day to day base!"
Ringo walking a bit closer to Raimu and still keeping his distance.
"You are just an extremist group that won't get what you want!"
Raimu blurred passed Ringo which had shocked him for a brief moment as a gust of wind had blown passed him. Before Ringo could turn around and defend himself, Raimu had pulled his sword out from his cane and stabbing Ringo straight in his stomach. Ringo had dropped his gun and collapsed to the ground as he looked to Raimu.
"Why am I not fucking surprise. You have been faking your injuries all these years huh..."
Raimu placing his leg onto Ringo's chest.
"How else was I able to retire early? A faked medical discharge is all it took for me to get my money early for all my years of service. Until you lived your life on my side and know the pain of losing comrades. You would want the clones to be made and quickly replaced into our armies! But I don't expect a councilor like you to understand."
Ringo was quick to fire a ki blast into Raimu's face which had caused him to staggered off of him. Ringo pulling out the sword from his chest and getting up to his feet as he tossed the sword to the side. Ringo was quick to fire a gigantic beam straight at Raimu, causing Raimu to press both his hands against the beam. Raimu ultimately being defeated by the beam and collapsing to the ground. Ringo had looked at Raimu and also had collapsed to the ground due to his injuries.
The staircases were built in such an odd system. Each staircase only had one level, which the person would then have to walk along the bridge to the other end in order to take another staircase which would bring them to the next level and next bridge. It was a back and forth kind of thing and as to why it was made like that had remained a mystery. As the clone, Lt Nashi, and Ume were now running through the bridge. They knew that one of them had to stay behind and the same with go for Thaw's group. Nashi would stay back, while Orenji had done the same.
Nashi was quick to draw out both his pistol ki blasters and aimed it at Orenji.
"I'm surprised your actually on there side doctor... You created the damn clone."
Orenji looked at Nashi and drew out his rifle.
"I may have created the clone, but I was doing it for the right reasons. Not for extremist like yourselves to test drive the clone without the proper test being done."
Nashi fired his ki blast straight at the doctor, who quickly had jumped back and aimed his rifle at Nashi and fired one ki bullet straight for him. The impact was enough to cause Nashi to drop to the ground and drop his pistols to the ground. Orenji looking at the corpse and placing his rifle over his shoulder.
"You aren't the only one who was trained to fight."
Orenji walking passed the body and was headed back to catch up to his team. However Nashi had appeared behind him and pushed him against the bridge and Orenji tried his best to overpower Nashi.
"Are you fucking crazy! Do you have any idea how high we are up!?"
Even though it was the second floor, the height was indeed incredible. Nashi had gotten the upper hand and now the both of them falling off the tier and to the ground. Nashi had caught himself by landing on his feet, while Orenji had impacted the ground with his back. Orenji being too injured to move as Nashi was walking towards him with a limp and pulling out a knife from his pocket.
"You should have just remained a doctor instead of trying to play the hero!"
He towered over Orenji and before he could go for a stab, a shot was fired on his back and Nashi had dropped the knife and had collapse to his death. Ringo had arrived with Captain Raimu's body over his shoulder and now towering over Orenji.
"You did good."
Orenji had showed a thumbs up before falling asleep.
The arrival to the fifth level had taken a while but the four of them had made it. The clone had went over to the reactor in order to try to activate it, but commander Budo had arrived just in time to kick the clone in the face which caused him to slide off to the side from the reactor. The two had then proceeded to punch one another in the face in the background. Meanwhile, Ume and Thaw looking at one another in great anticipation and anxiety entering both of their hearts. Ume had squinted his eye while staring at Thaw and pulling out his sword.
"You are on the wrong side Thaw. Money is what matters in this world! If you join us, you will be banking in enough money that you can retire at an early age!"
Thaw pulling out his sword as well and getting into a defensive stance.
"I always knew that you liked money more than people, but I would have never guessed that you would be this corrupt.."
The both of them running at one another, the fight had been intense for the both of them as blade was against blade. Ume had gotten the quick advantaged and sliced Thaw's face, leaving a scar across it.
Blood had dropped from his face and Ume using his big sized body to tackle and mount on top of Thaw as he then proceeded to right and left hook him in the face.
"YOU! DON'T KNOW! WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP WITH NO MONEY JUST FENDING FOR YOURSELF! I HAD TO WORK HARD TO GET TO WHERE I AM. YOU WERE GIVEN IT DUE TO YOUR FATHER'S NAME AND WHAT HE STOOD FOR. WE DON'T LIKE OUTSIDERS! AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WILL COME TO LEARN TO FIND OUT! THEY SAY THEY LIKE YOU BUT ITS ALL A BIG SHAM!"
This had boiled Thaw's blood and digging into his pocket, he pulled out his knife and stabbing Ume in his neck as this had now caused him to collapse to the side. Thaw had now gained the upper hand and fired a ki blast straight into Ume's chest. Causing him to drop from the five stories and falling to his death.
Thaw looked at where Budo and the clone were fighting at. Budo was indeed struggling against the clone. As Thaw was rushing towards the clone, the clone was quick to stab Budo right in his heart with the sword. Thaw had grabbed the clone and pressed his body and face against the ground. The clone being injured enough for Thaw being able to fight him. As the both of them kept the fight up, Ringo had arrived with a fire squad right behind him and as he gave the precise command and timing as the clone was now mounted on top of Thaw, the ki bullets pierced the clone from his head all the way to his torso and stomach. The clone being killed and Ringo standing in front of Thaw and smiled.
"Lets get some beers after all this crap."
Flashback - Centuries Ago
Location: Planet Plant
Time:Morning // One Week Later
Thaw and Orenji had been in the hospital for over a week. Their injuries had healed, however they had to be bed bound for another week. Ringo had arrived to tell them the news.
"I wanted to tell you both this. Changes will be coming. As much as Raimu and his group were wrong for what they did. The clone project will be continuing.
After the incident, the higher council looked into the matter and they had all agreed that opening this project for vast amounts of clones as soon as we can is paramount. As long as the right scientist are there to do the work. Orenji, you were put on the recommendation list, along with anyone you see fit. They want a decision in a few days. As much as I would like to celebrate our victory. We have other matters to deal with. We had a rogue doctor leave with a bunch of serums made for androids. It had seemed like he was with Raimu's group and the scientist on the military base were being investigated. Doctor Vinograd was the only one left unaccounted for, along with the inventory of a bunch of those serums and other things were amiss as well. Now we have to put all of our efforts to find this scientist..."