Territorial Blaze

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Blade's POV:

... Loading...

... System error...

"He's waking..." a man's voice echoed, "Was the experiment a success?"

Ugh... I've been... touched... I've been dirtied... by these humans! It's only a matter of time before my conscience fades away... Hurry! I hope that the prophecy isn't false...

I will remain firm! I won't give in to this human contraption! I am A...

System shut down... activated.

Rebooting...

Rebooting...

XD002 Model successfully downloaded. Ultimate capabilities over...

I WON'T BE RESTRAINED!

I opened my eyes to see several humans. Wires were injected all throughout my body.

"He's awakened!" a man frantically said, "Hurry... Do something!"

I snarled and let loose a Hyper Beam, to which most of the contraptions were destroyed. The humans frantically ran, but I didn't let them. I struck again with Earth Power, not allowing them to escape.

"This thing... It's too powerful!" the man screamed, "Activate the failsafe system!"

"But sir! It might cause an unstable reaction! The XD002 program was recently installed! If we use that program, it might corrupt the entire state of mind this-" the assistant was cut short.

"Just do it!" the man screamed.

And then, everything went black.

Green letters began to appear in the darkness.

"SY...STEM... ERROR... SYSTEM... ERROR... *#€?*\... SHUTTING DOOOOOOOOO-"

I am... XD002!

I opened my eyes.

"W-what was that?" I gasped for air.

I looked around. We were still at the camping site Blaze had picked. Cold sweat matted my forehead.

Everyone was still asleep, to which I silently let off a sigh. I should really get more sleep... It must be getting to me, the pressure?

"What was what?" a faint voice whispered to my ear.

I spun around to see Ruse lying down beside me. I yelped as I kicked myself away.

"W-what are you doing here?" I sleepily snapped, startled.

"Sleeping, of course," she smirked, her gaze seeming to pierce through me.

"B-but why are you so close?" I nervously muttered, "C-can't I have some... privacy?"

"Oh..." she slowly continued, her calm yet creepy smile widening, "Then why don't you complain about your privacy to Rose, eh?"

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