Survival of the Loneliest

Whispers In The Dark (small smut warning)

Weeks later, a massive search was still underway but things weren't looking hopeful. The Emerald Trio couldn't even get a single trace of you, sometimes they'd feel a tug and go the way it was coming from but it was so faint and lasted mere seconds. But because they kept getting these tugs, it gave hope to everyone that you were still alive, surely they wouldn't be feeling them if you were dead? It was suspected that a Skib had taken you quickly after Blue had placed you on that rooftop after you'd cleared that voice command in his mainframe. And because you'd been worn out, you hadn't had the strength to call out or anything. Blue had been cursing himself for agreeing to let you out of him, if only you'd stayed merged, this never would have happened. Lumin was researching old Skib bases and trying to find out where their main one was, others joined him in the info mation search. The Titans being deployed to any suspected base or stronghold constantly. Bayer was running the hangar on full power, making new weapons and armour for the lads with the Verdie's help , fixing them when they returned when they couldn't stay out any longer. Everyone was pushing themselves past their limits.

You, however, weren't aware of much. You'd been thrown into a dark cell with nothing in it other than yourself. Every so often you'd be pulled out, force fed and watered and then thrown back in. Some days were spent tied to a table watching that foul Scientist Skib do experiments on you. You started disassociating more than once when this sort of thing happened. It was hell on your body as well as your brain so if one or the other could get away from it all, what's the harm. They'd tried to Skib i fy you more than once but it never took to the Skib's dismay. Then came the day you dreaded, the day you'd have your free will taken from you. The Scientist Skib had perfected a tiny parasite Skib, one that could go down your throat and embed itself deep in your guts where no-one would think to look. As the Scientist stabbed your leg, you screamed, then the Scientist dropped this vile thing near your mouth and let it do its work. Going down your throat, down into your guts you could feel it burrowing its way deeper into you. As you tried to fight its mind control the Scientist slapped you and knocked you out to let its little minion get a better grip on you. When you wake up, you were back in the dark cell. You actually wondered if it were a dream or real, the Scientist couldn't have made such a tiny Skib right? Left alone in the dark, you still don't know how long you'd been here but it must have been a long time. You wondered how your lads were and if they were any closer to finding you, that was the only hope you had in this place.

Nik had his comm extenders out when he felt a tug, grabbing Mackie and Phil he got Phil to start travelling the pathways, pointing which way to go. The tugging got stronger to Nik, then the other two felt it as well. Travelling faster they come out and hide quickly as they seemed to have stumbled on a Skib's base. Contacting Polycephaly back at the main base's hangar, he started broadcasting what Nik was seeing to those assembled in the hangar. It looked to be a majorly fortified Skib base and Nik placed a contact tag on the doors in the broadcast to show that Vex had been detected here. Big Red and Blue were both in the hangar at the time and instantly started for their frames. Roth being contacted to come back to base for a refuel before he went to join them later. All battle ready smaller units as well as the larger gathered together and the TV units started teleporting everyone close to the Trio but far enough away so the Skib's didn't detect them. Polycephaly gathered 2 large containers and filled those with various units and teleported to the same place, emptied them out and went back for more, as well as getting the larger units to hop on top of the containers. One of the Verdie's, the one who'd helped build the mech suit, defied commands to stay in the hangar with the rest and jumped into the Mean Machine, started it up, input the co-ordinates and walked outside to pick up a few units himself before teleporting. Bayer just shaking his head at this because of the widespread influence Vex had had on those youngsters as well as most of the Techfolk. A lot of the non-combat Techfolk were all asking what they could do to help so they were put to work making more of the grenades, more rifle magazines, anything that would help the mass assault that was about to happen. Once the assault force had arrived, the elites Darq and Piston joined the Trio and looked at what was going on. The three female elites were on the other side of the base seeing if there was a back way in and Polycephaly was instructed to wait behind and help the outdoor troops until the Titan's arrived. When the Titan's arrived the group of five hadn't been able to get into the base's front door as they had been sealed shut somehow. However when the Titan's, including Roth who had arrived just in time to stop Blue sawing his own head off, had defeated the Scientist Skib, it was noticed that it was a fake body, again. Roth not being happy at this started roaring at the Gman Clone Skib and both Blue and Big Red had hold of this last Gman clone that was here, letting Roth kill him slowly. As this was happening, the five notice a large Soundkind running for the wide open front door of the base and held it open as it had started to close, so they all started running. Others got through as well, some Cam Men and some Soundkind as well as the one Cam Man they'd all nicknamed Lucky as he always seemed to be. Going through the base, killing everything that moved, finally getting down to the last level it was just Darq, Piston, Lucky, the Trio as well as two other Cam Men. Getting ambushed in the room where Techfolk parts were being stored as well as the TV books left just Darq, Piston and the Trio. This, however, was where they had to split. Darq and Piston knew where that bloody Scientist Skib was now hiding but the Trio were being tugged in a different direction.