A painful scheme

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Cora groaned and slowly opened her eyes as she regained consciousness. Her vision was blurred so she couldn't see where she was. Cora heard hushed whispers surrounding her.

"Hey, she's waking up!" Widget exclaimed. Cora groaned and held her head as her vision returned to her.

"Ugh, what happened?" Cora questioned. She then looked around to see Widget, Sludge, Zane, trash can and Astro surrounding her. She then saw that she was in the old orphanage. Everyone smiled at her.

"Glad that you're awake. We found you passed out in the middle of the dirt road on the surface." Astro told as he gave her a worried look. "How do you feel? Is your head alright?" Astro questioned as he gently rested his hand on her forehead. Cora smiled and nodded and brushed Astro's hand away.

"Yeah I'm fi..." Cora froze as her eyes widened in realisation. She then gasped and sat up while looking around. "Y/N! Where is she!?" Cora cried as she looked around frantically for you. Everyone's eyes widened and Zane pushed her back.

"Calm down, Cora. What about Y/N?" Zane questioned. Cora shook as her eyes widened even more. She then grabbed Astro's shirt and began to shake him.

"They took her!" Astro's eyes widened as Cora kept shaking him. He then rested his hands on hers and raised an eyebrow at her.

"Hold on, what do you mean by 'they took her'? What happened?" Astro questioned. Tears pricked the corners of Cora's eyes as she looked up at Astro desperately.

"Three men in black, they took Y/N!" Cora cried. Everyone looked at Cora with wide eyes.

"What!?" Everyone cried.

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You groaned as a headache began to form in your head. You then slowly opened your eyes and looked up. What happened? You then saw that you were in an unfamiliar place and began to panic. Where were you!? You tried to get up but you were pulled back by chains and you looked down to see that you were chained to the wall. You then looked forwards to see that you were in some sort of cage made from magnetic fields.

"Ah, so you're finally awake." You gasped and looked around with wide eyes. You then looked through the bars of the magnetic cage and saw that in the distance across a bridge, was a man who had a scar over his eye. The man smiled at you and stood up from his seat. In his hands, he held a microphone. "So, it's true. You really do have perfect vision." The man told as he walked across the bridge and made his way towards you. Although, it took him quite a bit to get there since he was pretty much on the other side of the large room. You frowned at the man.

"Who are you!?" You shouted. Once the man had reached your cage, he smiled at you.

"Why my name is Dr Steiner. As you can see, I am a scientist." Steiner told. You growled and glared at Steiner.

"What do you want from me?" You growled out. Steiner smiled and lowered his head slightly so that he was at more of a level with you.

"Why, you have something that I want." You narrowed your eyes at him.

"And what's that?" You questioned. Steiner grinned.

"Your eyes." Your eyes widened in surprise as Steiner deactivated the magnetic fields and walked towards you. You turned your head away just as Steiner grabbed your chin and forced you to look at him. Steiner smiled at the sight of your eyes. "Ah yes. Those are the eyes that I want. The eyes that possess 'perfect vision'. Although they look horrifying with your pretty face my dear, on mine they'll look almost natural." Steiner told. You gasped and ripped your chin from his hand and growled at Steiner.

"Don't touch me!" You shouted. Steiner chuckled and straightened. He then turned around and glanced back at you.

"Don't worry, soon enough you'll have a real reason to use that walking stick of yours and that blindfold." Steiner told before laughing as he walked off. You frowned and gritted your teeth. You then looked down at your chains and pulled at them. They weren't going to budge anytime soon. You frowned and sighed. You had to find a way out of here soon. But for now, you'll wait. You'll wait for the right opening.

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Astro clenched his fists as he eyed your blindfold in his hands. He then looked at the dirt track where there were wheel marks and he analysed the tracks. Once he was finished with analysing the tracks, he glanced at Cora.

"Okay, I think I've got a lead. Through my calculations, I've calculated their direction to have gone north west. We'll head in that direction." Astro told. Cora nodded.

"Gotcha. I'll bring the car around." Cora told as she ran off towards the orphanage to get the car. Astro nodded and turned his head in the direction you were taken. He then clenched the blindfold in his hand as he gritted his teeth. How could he have let this happen? Astro waited for Cora to bring the car around and smiled slightly when he saw her, Zane, Widget and Sludge. On closer inspection, he also saw Sparks, Robotski and Mike! Astro's eyes widened as Sparks saluted to him.

"We're here to help! The small lady was our friend too. We'll follow your lead, Astro!" Sparks told. Astro smiled and nodded. He then flew up to the sky and waved his hand.

"Follow me! I have an idea where they took her." Astro told as he flew away. He hadn't mentioned this before, but whenever he got close to you, he felt his core heat up. That may have been because you had traces of the red core's energy in your eyes. Astro clenched his fists. "Hold on, Y/N. I'm coming to save you." Astro whispered to himself.

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You sighed as you sat on the ground. You hadn't had much of a chance to break out of those chains which kept you held captive. As you sat there, you eyed the room you were in. They really must have thought this through because you didn't see anyway out of here. Suddenly, you heard the door open and you saw Steiner walk down the bridge and towards you. You frowned at him. Steiner reached you and smiled.

"Good, you're still here." Steiner then reached over and unlocked the chains which held you captive, although he kept the chains wrapped around your wrists. You glared at Steiner.

"You know you could get arrested for this, right?" You questioned. Steiner chuckled.

"Oh please. I'm well aware of the consequences. That's why when I take possession of your eyes, I'll make sure to travel to a country and continue my work there." You raised an eyebrow at Steiner.

"Exactly what are you planning on doing once you take possession of my eyes?" You questioned. Steiner smiled.

"Research of course. There are organisms so small that even when looking through a microscope you can't see them." Steiner then pulled your chains behind him, pulling you along with him as he began to walk out of the room. "But with your eyes, we can discover so much more! It really is a blessing that you were hit with that red beam generated from the peace keeper. And the fact that you now have the blue core's energy in your blood stream has increased that perfect vision into the absolute. It's sheer perfectness really." You growled and eyed the bridge.

"What's down there." You questioned. Steiner glanced at you and down the deep abyss. He then smiled.

"If you're planning on jumping then be prepared for death. Down there is a five story drop and there is no chance of survival." Steiner told. You frowned at Steiner.

"And what if I were to drag you along with me?" You questioned. Steiner looked forwards.

"Then someone else would retrieve your eyes and they would continue my work. No matter how you look at it, you don't have to be alive for our plan to work." Steiner told. You gritted your teeth. So basically you couldn't risk being cocky. If you made one wrong move, then you were good as dead. You glanced down and used your perfect vision to see the bottom. At the bottom, there was nothing. You frowned and looked for some other way to get out. Damn it, there was no way of getting out of this room without being caught. You really were in a pinch this time.

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