Lost Star

5.

I pant, unable to hold myself above the ground.

"Star!"

I weakly looked up at Blues, seeing my own reflection in his glasses. A part of my soul had been burnt black near my left eye.

"It hurts." I whimpered

My oldest brother gently slid his hands under me to hold me close. I could catch a glance at my metal body laying on the ground. The synthetic skin on my cheeks and around my eyes was torn to shreds, and one half of my helmet had snapped off before my sudden change of location.

"Put her body on the table." Thomas demanded

I looked up at Blues, then at Roll who approached us, while Auto carefully placed my body down on the table.

"Star."

My eyes trailed to Blues.

"If you wish, you can use my body to repair your own."

My eyes went wide at the offer.

"Are you sure? It may feel strange." I questioned

He nodded and I glanced at his father. Thomas smiled at me.

"If Blues trusts you with his body, then I don't see why not."

I sighed but nodded. I turned to Blues' chest in his hands. I glowed bright and gently floated in him.

I blinked my eyes open under the sunglasses, looking down at my temporary hands.

"It is...interesting. I did not expect to be able to. It helps with my previously tired state. It kinda tickles, it's not bad at all."

Roll looked at us in awe as both our voices came from one mouth. I walked to my original body and started working on repairing it, or at least, repairing its main functions. I couldn't be bothered to repair either the skin or the helmet. A few drips of black liquid escaped its mouth when I turned it over.

"It would seem he planned on controlling me, again. I do not know how, but it seems to get closer each time. I don't like this, not one bit."

Thomas sighed and started working on something else while Roll kept an eye on her brother.

"You're not the only one he targeted."

My-Our eyes went wide and we accelerated the repairing of my original body.

"I will not bother with esthetic features. I cannot leave him alone much longer. Star, I'm sure he can manage a bit longer."

Once I was certain of my body's purity, I bounced from Blues' to mine directly.

I blinked and waited to get my bearings once again before I teleported to the last coordinates Rock moved to. I saw him run after that same red robot I had last seen before the incident. I growled and followed after them. I soon realised that it would not be as easy seeing the closed barrier that they had easily passed. I could feel my anger, weapon switching to the strongest drill I held in my arsenal. In a violent thrust, I went straight down with not much of a problem or resistance. However, by the time I was down, only the dead robot's carcass remained. I growled and slammed my drill into the ground repeatedly.

"I wasn't fast enough! I will get rid of you Wily!" I yelled out

I teleported back to the lab with a grim face, landing beside my brothers. Oil man, Cut man and Bomb man yelped in fright.

"Star?"

I looked up at Thomas.

"Faster than me, as always." I simply said

He frowned and Roll and Blues hugged me tight. They had known for a while now that I wasn't as fast as my shorter brother. My fellow robot masters joined the hug, their abilities transfering to me. Time man eyed worriedly my cheeks but did not speak up. Thomas soon found Wily's base, and teleported us to the nearest point. As soon as I appeared, I was using my electricity to dart around the battlefield. I was much faster that way, but that meant I could not rely on my magnetic soles. I arrived at the entrance alongside Guts man and Cut man. Before they could even try to open, I had the gates slammed to the sides as I had mixed my original strength with Guts man's. I waited on the others before running in as well.

A mechanical dragon wearing my palette of colour pierced through the ground. A memory of fighting a similar fight froze me in my spot. The fire not affecting me, I could stand still as this memory played before my eyes.

I snapped to reality once again when Elec man was pushed against me, courtesy of that cursed beast's fire. He looked up at me and met my eyes, his own widening. I gently laid him down and started running at Guts man.

"Guts man! Throw me at the beast!" I called out

He glanced at me and grinned as my expression seemed to push any doubts aside. He presented one of his hands and with a swift gesture I was soaring through the air towards the rip off of my design. Energy charged around me as I concentrated. With a yell, I slammed my fist down on its head, reducing it to pieces. I started falling head first towards the ground. A soft yellow light enveloped me and I stumbled on my landing, soon running at Rock as he stood over Elec man. I leapt at my corrupted brother and soon had him blocked under me. Oil man rushed to my side and put the device Thomas gave us on our brother's forehead. Rock's eyes went from red to blue and I smiled, bringing him in a tight hug. My smile faded and I stood up. I looked down at my hands.

"What's wrong?" Cut man asked, coming closer

"I...I will explain later, a certain doctor has tempered with my family enough for one day." I answered

I glanced at Elec man, Cut man and Ice man assisting him.

"Fire man, may I ask of you to help them safely exit the castle?"

He hit his chest with an assured nod and followed after them while I turned to Rock. He summoned two flying platforms and his eyes drifted to me.