Chapter 6 - Identity Unknown

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Dr. Franxx's Laboratory, APE Top Secret Facility

Doctor Franxx was in his laboratory, a room within the facility which was the personal laboratory of the Doctor. Being by himself in the laboratory, the cybernetically-enhanced old man preferred it that way, working alone on his own business. The Doctor was currently sitting down in his chair, busy doing an analysis of Parasite aptitude statistics who had recently graduated as pilots on one of his holographic computers.

While the Doctor was at work, the sliding doors to his laboratory opened, with a group of three APE scientists entering the laboratory. As they entered, the Doctor paid no attention to them, who continued to focus on his own work.

"Ahem, Doctor," one of the scientists said, "Do you have a moment?"

"I'm busy, please come back later," the Doctor bluntly stated, not even bothering looking at the APE scientists.

"Doctor this is urgent compared to whatever you're doing!" another APE scientist butted in, "You won't believe it but there has been a new Klaxosaur discovered!"

After what the APE scientist said, they immediately got the Doctor's attention. He turned his head to them and immediately perked up.

"Ah, a new Klaxosaur, how marvelous!" the Doctor said in joy, putting his hands together, "So just how long ago did this new Klaxosaur reveal itself?"

"If you had not been informed already, it was seen for first hand during a mission with Squad 129 at a magma drilling mine by their commanders at Plantation 129," one of the APE scientists explained, "According to Squad 129's commanders, the Klaxosaur was described to be 'different than any class', and they described it as looking similar to the Franxx, if not even larger."

"I've been told about what happened to Squad 129, though nothing yet about a new Klaxosaur," the Doctor said, "Though, do you have any footage or evidence of this new Klaxosaur? I ought to see it as soon as we can!"

"Yes we do doctor, it's right here," the APE scientist said, pointing to their black briefcase they were holding.

"We were able to recover one of the black boxes from one of Squad 129's destroyed Franxx in the magma mine," the APE scientist continued, "It was the only one that was in good shape that we could recover. We have yet to see the footage, which is why we brought it here for you to see Doctor..."

"Well, why wait, play the footage right now!" the Doctor shouted, excited, "This is the discovery of the century within our grasp!"

After plugging in a wire from the black box in one of the Doctor's computers, the contents of the black box were downloaded in a video file on the Doctor's computer. After punching in a secret four-digit code to access the top secret file, the footage of the black box was now available for the Doctor to see.

"Okay, play it." the Doctor demanded.

The APE scientists then played the black box footage on the computer. While the footage played, the Doctor saw the entire battle unfold in the magma drilling mine with the unknown Klaxosaur and Squad 129. More importantly however, the Doctor finally saw what the unknown Klaxosaur looked like. What was interesting for the Doctor, is that the Klaxosuar looked nothing like a typical Klaxosaur, bearing more resemblance to a Franxx than anything else. It had similar feminine features like a Franxx, though was larger and taller than a standard Franxx.

The Doctor was also in awe at how the Klaxosaur fought with such vigor and ease against an entire squad of five Franxxs without any struggle. In the entire battle, Squad 129 was barely able to lay an attack onto the Klaxosaur while the Klaxosaur picked off the entire squad within a matter of minutes. The footage then ended abruptly, with the last seconds being the Klaxosaur finishing off the last Franxx and muttering something.

After the footage ended, the Doctor was still while an aura of silence took over with the APE scientists just as in awe as the Doctor was. Never before during his entire tenure as a scientist at APE has he seen something like this, and he was immediately drawn into curiosity and awe on the new Klaxosaur. The Doctor now knew his new obsession.

"Hmh, I would say, a very fine-looking model of a Klaxosaur here," the Doctor commented, breaking the silence, "It has a very slender build, a good bust size, and quite large thighs. Hmh, I must say, truly a beautiful sight to behold..."

"Well, er... besides that Doctor," one of the APE scientists inserted, awkward at what the Doctor said, "This is a totally alien class of Klaxosaur that we have ever seen, it is neither Conrad, Moho, Gutenberg, hell, or even super-Lehmann!"

"Even more so, it is bipedal and nearly the same model as a Franxx," another APE scientist added, "According to our records of Klaxosaurs dating back to 2040, no Klaxosaur we have encountered matches the type of whatever this Klaxosaur is..."

"I can clearly see that it is no ordinary Klaxosaur," the Doctor commented, "On a second thought, perhaps I shall give it a new name, maybe... Class Unknown, nah..., how about, Model Klaxo, hmmm... that sounds good, we shall use that name then."

"Adding on, what makes this Klaxosaur even more mysterious is that it can apparently speak," one of the APE scientists elaborated, "Though, we couldn't pick up what the Klaxosaur exactly said during the last minute however..."

"No need to fear, I heard its message at the last minute," the Doctor said, "It said this very clearly, 'for what you did to me and my brethren'. What this Klaxosaur said was not only to Squad 129, but for us too. They are warning that eventually, we'll be next for revenge..."

"What are you exactly indicating Doctor?" one of the APE scientists asked.

"Oh, well... I was just simply speculating that's all..." the Doctor quickly responded, seemingly shaken, "I mean, its message could mean anything, maybe as a warning to all future Parasites that will have to fight it..."

"...And one more thing doctor, there is the possibility that this Klaxosaur is being piloted manually similar to that of Parasites in a Franxx" one of the APE scientists added, "Its movements and ability to speak similar to a Franxx suggests that this Klaxosaur very much might be piloted, though who is doing it is another question..."

"That might just be a possibility, I also came up with a similar conclusion just as you did," the Doctor explained, "As you said yourself, its ability to speak and its movements are far more different compared to all known classes of Klaxosaurs. I'm surprised at how similar it acts and behaves to a Franxx..."

"Anyways lads, this is some very compelling evidence you have given to me here. I shall begin my research into this new 'Model Klaxo' earnestly." the Doctor said, "Of course, if there is any more information about our mystery Klaxosaur of interest, send them here."

"Rest assured Doctor, if this mysterious Klaxosaur ever appears again we will report it to you as soon as we can," one of the APE scientists reassured the Doctor.

"Very good to know, you all may now be dismissed, I must be going to work on this Klaxosaur as soon as possible..." the Doctor concluded.

After concluding, the three APE scientists exited the laboratory, leaving the Doctor alone with himself again.

The Doctor still sat in his chair, continuing to repeatedly play the last minute of the footage that has the Klaxosaur state its message. The Doctor then paused, leaning back into his chair analyzing in his mind at what the Klaxosaur said. For some strange reason, its voice sounded similar to the Doctor, its message meaning something personal to the Doctor. The Doctor rolled his chair quickly to the other side of the laboratory, which had a computer showing all of the records of Parasites.

Accessing the computer, he scanned through all of the files of the Parasites since the start of the program. Eventually, the Doctor found the two codes that caught his interest, the 'missing codes' 002 and 016. Pulling up both of their files, the Doctor saw the faces of the codes back when they were young, code 016 as a young boy and the hybrid girl code 002. The Doctor then remembered what happened that day when they went missing, allegedly killed by the Princess, though his mind raced with other ideas.

Leaning back into his chair, the Doctor began to quietly laugh.

"Could... could it just be you two behind all of this?" the Doctor uttered to himself.

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