Chapter 16 - Chapter 16... Depredation...

Dawn broke… Robotnik placed a new Chaos Drive… Few hours later… I woke up… It still hurts… Nothing seemed changed…



Robotnik: It will only take effect after a few days…
Blain: Right…
Robotnik: Welcome back… Blain…

Robotnik gave me a hand and grinned… Somehow I didn’t trust it…



Robotnik: Time to learn how to use your body again…

I tried moving my left and right arms… But I could move it… Well, not without pain… Suddenly, a droid approaches Robotnik and told him Shadow was outside with prisoners… The door opened up and I saw Flash and Jasco walking through with there hands on there heads escorted by droids and Shadow… They looked at me but they didn’t showed any emotions… Yet… There eyes told a lot…



Robotnik: Jasco… Long time no see… Wassup…?
Jasco: Well not much…
Robotnik: Aren’t you glad to see your buddy alive…?

Jasco didn’t respond on that… But, he looked at me and smiled…



Robotnik: Take them to cellblock E…

So they turned around and left… I know what they were about to do, so… I stayed silent…



Robotnik: Ok, ok… Maybe I lied about everyone being dead and all…

Meanwhile… Shadow, Flash and Jasco are walking through the corridors escorted by 4 droids…

Flash: An old bear is walking through the granny lane…
Jasco: But it’s nothing more then a window washer…
Shadow: What the hell are you talking about…
Flash: Well… You know… Them…
Shadow: Who…?
Jasco: “Them”…

Jasco nodded his head towards the droids…



Shadow: Right… Get down…
Flash/Jasco: What?

Shadow suddenly pulled out his Chaos Emerald and did a Chaos Blast… The droids got wiped out… Flash and Jasco were baffled…



Shadow: Sorry…
Flash: Dude, your chest fluff is smoking…

So after Jasco danced around to put out his chest fluff…


Jasco: Get the stuff!!
Shadow: Chaos control…

Not long after that, Shadow came back with 2 pistols…



Jasco: Pssh… You call this a gun…?
Shadow: It’s the only thing I could find…
Flash: Shut up and get going…

The door opened up and Jasco and Flash came in aiming guns at Robotnik… Shadow just stood there tossing his emerald up and down and grinning…



Jasco: Peekaboo…
Flash: Hey, we make a good team Jasco…
Shadow: Ahem…
Flash: Yeah you too…
Shadow: ^-^
Robotnik: Ah well… Was worth trying…

Robotnik called for droids… As soon as they arrive, Shadow destroyed them all… After that… Robotnik gives in… Jasco cuffed him on a chair whole Flash keeps aiming at him… Jasco picked me up carefully…



Blain: OW! Easy! Damn!
Jasco: Sorry…

The four of stood near Shadow and he did Chaos Control…



Meanwhile… A droid went to Robotnik…



Robotnik: Get me off!
Droid: Sir. Shouldn’t we chase them down?
Robotnik: No… I knew he would do something like this… Let them go…

We arrived a few miles from Knothole… The last bit was on foot… Jasco carried me the whole way… It still hurts though…



Jasco: Its great to have back mate…
Blain: Heh… I missed you guys…
Flash: Aw… Grouphug…
Jasco: … No…
Blain: I would have expected more from you guys though…
Jasco: What?
Blain: Yeah… That there was actually shooting involved…
Flash: Well hey, we tried planning the whole thing…
Blain: So… Why would you go through this trouble when Shadow alone could get me out…?

Flash: Don’t ask me… I didn’t plan it..
Jasco: … Sure, blame it on me…
Flash: And I quote… “Hey Flash! Let’s pretend we’re prisoners escorted by Shadow! After we destroyed the threats, Shadow can Chaos Control back to get weapons and bust Blain out!”

I saw Shadow walking on the left of us rolling his eyes… It actually made me laugh but… That hurts too… But doesn’t matter though… I’m back…



Flash: Well, I’ll leave you 2 turtledoves alone… Shadow could use some company…
Shadow: *sarcastically* Oh yes lets!
Flash: Whats wrong with you…
Shadow: Something bothers me…
Flash: What is it?
Shadow: Don’t you think it went all to easy…?
Flash: Too easy…

Jasco couldn’t stop telling me how much he missed me… But… As he kept on talking, I felt weaker again… I started to breath heavily… At some point, Jasco looked at me…



Jasco: Dude, you ok…?
Blain: N-No…
Jasco: Oh frack…

Jasco started to run to the village… The running motions of him hurt so much, and I yelled of the pain I felt…



Flash: What the frack? Shadow: What? Flash: Jasco is running off!

We arrived at the village…



Jasco: Blain…? Can you try standing…
Blain: Maybe…

I tried standing… I could stand for short amount of time… After that, I just collapsed like a fracking ragdoll… My vision became blurry…




Blain: Ch-… Chaos… D-drive…. Robotnik fracked… me…
Jasco: shoot!! TAILS!!
Blain: He… He didn’t… replaced it…

I heard Tails running out…

Jasco: Tails, listen up! Do you have a fully charged Chaos Drive?!
Tails: What? Jasco: DO YOU, OR DO NOT HAVE A FULLY CHARGED CHAOS DRIVE?!!
Tails: Eehm… Yeah, I might have!
Jasco: Ok, listen carefully!! Get to your workshop and make some room!
Tails: Right!

I couldn’t see nothing but darkness. I felt that Jasco picked me up again…



Blain: What are you gonna do…? What’s happening…

Jasco didn’t respond to me. He got somewhere and placed me on a table…



Flash: What’s going on?
Jasco: Flash, get my medic equipment.
Flash: What?
Jasco: Now…

Tails: Eeh… What can I do…?
Jasco: Right… Listen up little buddy… You know a lot of mechanics right?
Tails: Well… I guess…
Jasco: Blain’s heart is powered by a Chaos Drive. I know how to do the improvised surgery, but I know nothing of those Chaos Drives. You need to guide me through.

Tails: Eeh…
Jasco: Tails, I’m not gonna lose him again!! Please…

Tails nodded nervously. Then Flash ran back with the equipment…



Jasco stuffed my mouth with a thick piece of cloth…



Jasco: Bite it, it will ease the pain.

Jasco put on some gloves and took a scalpel…



Jasco: This is gonna hurt Blain…

I felt a sharp pain in my chest as it slowly went down… The pain was rather unbearable and I could feel blood flowing over my body… Jasco then puts his fingers inside and felt the Chaos Drive inside of me… The pain was so extreme I yelled it out and got unconscious…



I don’t know for how long I was away… I opened my eyes and… Well, I didn’t had much pain anymore… Except for my left arm and my chest though… I opened my eyes and saw Jasco sitting there…



Blain: … Am I dead?
Jasco: Almost…
Blain: Hehehe…

I sat up on the table. At first, I was dizzy, but got away slowly…



Jasco: Does it hurt?
Blain: Not as much…
Jasco: Take your time…
I sat there for a while, then tried standing up. Again, I was dizzy… I fell down but Jasco caught me…



Jasco: That was a close one Blain…
Blain: Heh… Yeah…
Jasco: Don’t do that again… Or I’ll kick your @$$…

Jasco hugged me tightly like a teddy bear or something… It still hurts, but… Not that much anymore…


I suddenly remembered something… I looked around the room and saw Tails entering… I said nothing though… I went to the mirror that was on the wall… A bit wobbly, but Jasco saw what I was gonna do and holds my hand as I tried walking…



As I stood in front the mirror, I saw myself… Covered in scratches, and 2 large scars… One across my left eye and one on my chest… I touched the scar on my left eye and stroke it… It was rather messy, so I guess it was caused by shrapnel or something…



I saw that my torso was wrapped with bloodstained bandages… I looked down on my left hand and saw my glove was torn apart. I felt nervous, but my hand wasn’t shaking… I looked at Jasco and took out his combat knife…



Jasco: Blain…? What are you doing…?
Blain: I always thought my left arm felt weird…

I firmly grasped his combat knife and cut my left arm open … It hurts, but not that much… Jasco looked baffled and Tails hurled and looked the other way… A stream of blood came out, but not that much… Somehow, it didn’t hurt but it looked like flesh. I poked on it and could feel it moving. I pushed it aside and there it was… The bionic arm… I looked at it with disbelieve and then back to the mirror… At that point… Something snapped inside me… I bashed the mirror to pieces with my fists and although the movements hurt, I just continued bashing at it…



Jasco: CALM DOWN!! GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!!

I turned around and faced Jasco and Tails…



Blain: frack YOU!!! frack YOU!!!!
Jasco grabbed and picked me up, but again… That hurts like hell…



Blain: AAH!! GODDAMN IT!! SON OF A dog!!! LEMME GO!! LEMME GO FOR frackS SAKE!!!!

And… He let me down again… I tried punching Jasco but fell down… I looked at him and he looked back… He shakes his head and walked out of the room with Tails…



Tails: … You ok Jasco…?
Jasco: … Yeah…

I saw them walking away… Then… Everything just floated up… All the emotions… Everything felt so weird… I was down on the ground crying my eyes out…



I don’t know how long I’ve been down there… As soon as I got the feeling back in my arms, I tried crawling over to the table and pulled myself up… Again, with a lot of pain and effort and sat on it… I just stared through the small window looking at the night sky… Shortly after that, I heard a door opening up… I looked at the doorway and saw Amy walking through with some food…



Amy: I thought you might be hungry…
Blain: No, not really… Thanks…

She puts it on the table and I saw she was looking at my arm…



Amy: I’ve heard what happened… I’m so sorry for you Blain…
Blain: *sighs*

Amy: Can I have a look at your arm…?

I swung my arm right in front of Amy’s face… I kept looking at the nightsky without saying anything…


Amy: Does it hurt when I touch it…?
Blain: No… It’s all synthetically…

I looked at her while she poked my arm and felt the metal… She looks a bit baffled…

Amy: Is it… real…?
Blain: What the hell does it look like…?
Amy: I’m sorry… It’s just that-
Blain: Get out… Leave me alone…

She still looked at my arm baffled… I looked her in the eyes…



Blain: … frack off…

After that, she looks a bit scared at me… And then she left… I saw the plate and drink she brought… Some… Bread with stuff on it… And icetea… Hmm… Icetea… I drank it… And was wondering what the frack happened to me…



To be continued…

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