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Chapter 29: Prototype's Wrath

[K's Pov]

Just as I entered, I felt sense of dread. The hallway is cold, and the scent of Scott is getting more and more concentrated the more I traverse the dimly lit hallway. Halfway through, I turned to look at Prima who is by the door of the hallway. Prima is standing by the door to guard the hallway. I went on forward, and I arrived at the door of the other end of the hallway. The metal door doesn't have a button on the wall next to it, and it has a knob. The scent of Scott is stronger behind the door, and I placed my right paw on the knob of the door.

I slowly turned the knob and pushed it gently, opening the door. Behind the door is a huge room filled with console tables resting on the north wall of the room. The north wall of the room is made out of glass, and behind the glass appears to be a room with a huge egg sitting on a box. A computer sits on one of the consoles, and a familiar robot sits on the office chair of the computer. It's the Prototype.

I noticed a Protogen standing close to the egg. It must be Scott, and he has his right paw on the egg. Scott turns to look at me and gives me a smile from afar. He approached the glass door of the glass wall and opened it. Standing in place, the Protogen approaches me with his arms and paws on his back. Scott's visor appeared to be different. There's an extra set of lines running from the top of his visor through the eyes and down the visor. He looks more serious than he previously used to be.

"Hey there Mr. K. I presume you were looking for me, which lead you to dig deeper into the laboratory. I will introduce you to a specimen I just found while you and your friend are away. How is your friend Puro?" Scott asked and he turns around to walk towards the console. I followed him behind to observe the consoles from a closer perspective. "He is fine. Puro ran off to look for Colin, and it leaves me to wander around the facility with a stranger I just found." I noticed the consoles displaying some bars close to a bunch of dials.

Scott turned to look at me, a glare staring at me. "Prototype, initiate project Cosmic Dream Stasis Bridge Transfer. Would you like to listen, or would you tell me who this stranger is? I can spare you some details as to what this huge egg is about." I took off my gas mask as a form of respect, and I reached out my right paw to the Protogen. "How about I stay in to listen before I tell you who this stranger is?" Scott stared at me for a few seconds before shaking my paw with his right paw.

He lets go off my paw and turned to look at the huge egg. I noticed the Prototype typing on the keyboard of the computer by the consoles. "Fair enough. Scientist, I want you to listen closely. I have obtained valuable information about the Primagen. The information is somehow stored hidden within the confined spaces of technology this facility has. Once, they discovered a super technology that can house millions of data and send them throughout the vast emptiness of space."

I have doubts if this is even Scott, or this being an entirely different being impersonating Scott and is doing a bad job at it. "The Primagen discovered the weird looking sphere behind the glass wall to be a super server. They stored thousands upon thousands of information into the sphere, but the Protogen are also after the sphere. A war broke out, and a few Primagen managed to escape to Earth carrying the sphere, but they crashed. The Primagen died, but the egg remained intact. Thunder Science Company somehow got their hands over the egg, and I plan to do something different and special on the sphere, in hopes I can reach out to someone far within the entirety of space." The Protogen turned to look at me, his LED eyes glowing brighter than before. "Will you help me with the project?"

I gave him a slight nod before turning to look at the door. "I will help, but you have to see this stranger at the door. He might be a threat to you." I stated and the Protogen walked over to the door. The Protogen turned to look at the Prototype. "Prototype, activate level one security measures in the room, and proceed to higher level security if necessary." The room suddenly turned dark with the red lights dimly lighting the whole room. A metal cover slides down over the glass wall, protecting the room behind the glass wall.

The Protogen left the room through the door. I looked at the Prototype and I quickly ran to it. The hologram fur of the Prototype is all colored red, and even the eyes. I looked at the monitor of the computer, and lines of command prompt are being typed in. I stood behind the Prototype and reached out for a screwdriver underneath my lab coat with my right paw. I carefully removed the screws on the back of the Prototype, and the panel gently fell off to the floor. Inside is a giant red switch with a label of power switch.

The Prototype reacted to the panel falling off and it turned to look at me before pushing me away with it's paws. Two mechanical arms suddenly moved down from the ceiling in each side of the Prototype. Both arms have a vice at their end, presumably to grab me. One of the arms attempted to grab me with their vice, but I dodged it in time. I rolled over behind the Prototype before pushing it on it's back, causing it to fall on the floor. I quickly reached out my right paw to flick the red switch behind the Prototype, and the Prototype remained unconscious on the floor.

I pant in fear, and I noticed the mechanic arms retract back to the ceiling. I then felt the floor shake along with a loud noise coming from somewhere. What did Scott do to you, Prototype?