Fugitives

Reignited

"I want amplifiers." Aytrix demanded. Neo, Shade, Nycta, and Talon were following Aytrix through a very confusing underground base. Smii7y was following Neo, under control of course. They came to a large cavern with fluorescent lights hanging from the stone.

The whole base was underground and carved into the rock. Concrete slabs were poured to make the floor. Plastic tarps were hung up on racks to section off the cavern-like rooms.

"You sure that's smart? The Thirteen are a pain by themselves. We don't need to supercharge them." Nycta huffed.

Aytrix stopped in his tracks. He still had his hands behind his back. Nycta suddenly yelled out in pain and sank to the floor. She clutched the back of her neck where Smii7y saw a bit of purple under her hair and hand. "Do not question me, Nycta. My plan will go how I want it too." Aytrix snapped.

Nycta shuddered, "Y- yes sir."

"Don't get any ideas." Neo hissed in Smii7y's head.

"You're trapped too." Smii7y thought.

"You're about to feel it as well." Neo replied harshly.

"Egan!" Aytrix shouted around the cavern. A scrawny man scrambled up to Aytrix. He was thin and had brown hair and glasses. He looked almost familiar to Smii7y. He had a white lab coat.

"Yes sir?" He asked.

"I want amplifiers for this one. Ice." Aytrix demanded. Neo urged Smii7y forward.

"Smii7y?" The scientist asked. Smii7y thought he recognized him. It was Dr. Egan from Riser's facility almost three years ago.

"You know him?" Neo asked.

Dr. Egan nodded, "He brought down the facility I used to work at."

"Oh yes. What was his name again? The man who caged many of these overabilitors." Neo mused with a satisfying grin. Smii7y hated that memory. Being under Neo's control for the first time and killing dozens of men.

"Enough!" Aytrix snapped. Neo and Dr. Egan stiffened. "Do you have amplifiers for the ice abilitor?" Aytrix asked harshly.

"Yes sir." Dr. Egan answered, "They are probably my most developed ones as well." Smii7y didn't like the sound of that, seeing as the amplifiers affected Neo and Nycta in more than just amplifying their abilities.

Aytrix nodded, "The rest of you, follow me." Nycta, Shade, and Talon followed Aytrix while Neo followed Dr. Egan. They walked into a small area with plastic tarps hanging on racks to make the walls. Like how hospitals use curtains to divide patients but cheap.

"This one will amplify his immunity to temperatures and this one will amplify much colder air he releases." Dr. Egan explained. He held two hexagon-shaped devices that fit in his palm. They were light blue on the face and glowed. The backside of the hexagons had four sharp prongs that curled inwards on hinges. Smii7y had a feeling this was going to hurt.

Neo chuckled, "What about amplifying the ice? How many amplifiers can we add?"

"Three is the most we've ever put on one abilitor. You have three. I'll add increased ice production to my to-do list." Dr. Egan came around behind Smii7y. He brushed Smii7y's hair away to expose the back of his neck. His fingers felt the back of the mask where the disk was that it folded into.

"How do these work?" Neo asked as he watched Dr. Egan work.

"We found out that abilities stem from the cerebellum which is close to where the mask disk sits. That's how it blocks the ability from going to the rest of the body. The spinal cord is how the ability travels. Like when your brain tells your arm to pick something up. We add the amplifiers that connect to the spinal cord and tell the body a different message." Dr. Egan explained. He then touched the back of Smii7y's neck with cold fingers, making Smii7y shiver, "The amplifiers connect to the mask here and can be controlled like the mask."