Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-31749612-20170919014737/@comment-29564364-20171109122208

(Alpha: Well, well, well. Look who finally decides to show up after leaving me to rot for two fucking weeks.

Sorry for leaving you on the hook for so long, guys. I went on vacation and forgot to tell you. And sorry, Isaac, I misread that part.

Alpha: Also, Isaac, I'm not Alpha#3. My complete technical name is Project Alpha-493-12 v3.1416, but you can shorten it to just Alpha-493. Alpha-3 was, as its name suggests, one of the early prototypes which got scrapped long before I was built.)

Alpha: "I'd advise you not to get too cocky, bug lady."

Matt: Look who's talking...

Alpha: "Don't take my compliance up to this point as a sign of superiority or authority over me 'cause you'll be badly underestimating me otherwise. But if you insist on raping me, or at least on trying to, we can always settle this another time." I tear off part of my left sleeve which turns into three cards that I throw at the Beetle squad's feet. "Call me." I say, winking at Lana who hastens to pick it up and shove it in one of the various pockets of her uniform.

"Ugh!" Matt sighs, rolling his eyes, "I'm leaving." He turns away and leaves for the gate.

Gwen only glares at me disapprovingly, then heads off too. "Wait for me!"

Alpha: "Well, I got places to be in. Ciao, bella!" I wave goodbye to the trio, part way with them as well and join my frieds on their way to the gate along which reigns a tense silence. Once before the doors, the two steel masses pivot open to reveal an unsettling sight awaiting me...

"ALPHAAAAAAAAAA~!!!!" Not even waiting for the gate to complete its motion, a petite feminine figure dashes through the narrow space and past my companions, only for her open arms to be stopped in their track by a photonic shield. She bursts into a thin cloud of silvery pink particles on impact, then regains her form soon after. "Why did you leave me behind again?" She whines.

Alpha: "You're still wondering after this scene? How did you find me despite the amount of duplicates I left behind to lose you."

???: "That's so mean! Gwen and Matt were around none of them, so I asked N.I.G.E.L."

Alpha: "N.I.G.E.L...?"

N.I.G.E.L.: "I was asked not to give her your coordinates. You didn't include Mathew and Gwenevere in the interdiction."

Alpha: "Well now they are."

N.I.G.E.L.: "Understood. Besides, may I remind you that leaving Tienna.Ai without supervision is in direct contradiction with the directives given-"

Alpha: "Yes, I know the side mission."

Tienna: "That's right. I'm in your care, so stop running from me."

Alpha: "Then stop being so loud and clingy. It's annoying."

Tienna: "I'm not clingy! THIS is clingy!" She lunges forth and takes my right arm hostage against her chest.

Alpha: "Oh, not this again... Alright, alright, you can let go now."

Tienna: "Clinginess you requested, then clinginess you shall receive!"

Alpha: "Second warning. We both know all too well how this ends, so you should save us time and stop it now."

She shakes her head, tightening her grip around my limb.

Alpha: "As you wish." A corner of my mouth stretches into a grin. I give my arm a good yank, pulling myself out of her embrace and at the same time, leaving a copy of her in her arms.

Tienna: "Hey, that's not fair!" She protests, immediately releasing the clone and pushes her back into me.

Alpha: "You knew it, I knew it, so you got nothing to complain about."

Tienna: "Come back here! I'm not done showing you true clinginess!"

Alpha: "Nope, not this time!" I engage my soles' repulsion fields and start skidding around, dodging her second attempt at catching me. What follows is a playful game of cat and mouse filled with (her) laughs and giggles. It is soon brought to an end by a voice through the outside speakers reminding us that the portal was still wide open.

Alpha: "Oh yeah, it's true. Well I was already getting sick of this place anyway so let's get going." I look around, though quickly notice my friends' absence.

N.I.G.E.L.: "They went ahead three and a half minutes ago."

Alpha: "Oh, okay."

Tienna: "Uh..." She walks up to me, taking a look at her surrounding, "Where are we by the way?"

Alpha: "Ah, that. I'll fill you in on that later, but let's get outta here first." On that, we make our way off the prison's property and Tienna hops on my back as soon as the doors close behind us. "This is why I leave you behind..."

Tienna: "Oh, come on~! Pleeaase!"

I sigh before answering: "Okay, but just this once."

Tienna: "Yay!"

[Done]

As my exchange with #2947 ends, a small click catches my attention. This puts me on alert, but before I can react to it, I hear a voice coming from before me:

"Don't move, inmate!" shouts the one at the front.

Alpha-3956: '''Crap. I forgot them.''' "I surrender! Please, don't shoot!" I seemingly beg as I slowly rise my gaze towards them.

"Don't do anything stupid!"

Alpha-3956: "O-of course! I'd never do anything stupid..." I start, rising my hands and myself from my crouched position. Once I'm fully standing, one of them leaves the group and comes around me, cuffs in hands, while the four others provide him cover with their rifles pointed at me. "But do you know something stupid that you did?"

"Shut it, or we'll shoot!"

Alpha-3956: "Exactly. Not shooting first." A bright flash from my eye blinds the squad. I then grab the guard behind by the shoulders, drop to my knees and bring him over my head before slamming his into the ground to shield myself from his teammates' bullets.

"Cease fire!" orders the leader, seeing that I had disappeared from their field of view after regaining their sight. "Find him! We can't let him escape!" Following the order, the team scatters: one members heads outside by the hole in the wall, another searches the corridor and the third remains to search the room, while he reaches for his radio to call for backup. Having successfully divided the squad, I drop down from my hiding spot on the ceiling with a heel kick aimed at the communication device, followed by a two-digit strike to his throat, cutting his respiration before a sound could escape, and finish him with an uppercut. Dazed by the blow to the chin, he stumbles back a few steps then collapses, gasping for air. This immediately gets the attention of the other remaining guard, earning me a shot to the shoulder, which deeply dents my shirt in battle mode and knocks me back. I answer with another flash, then dash diagonally right, dodging his blind shot. I jump on and kick off the wall into a flying kick that sends the gun sliding to the corner of the room. Unable to see, he whips out his electric baton, hoping to form some sort of defense by flailing it around at random.

Alpha-3957: "Really amusing. I could watch you helplessly swing that battery around for hours, but I do- Guh!" Guided by my voice, he hits the middle of my chest with a thrust, causing my tron lines to glow brighter. "Thanks for the charge, bud! But as I was saying, I don't have the time for this." I parry the stick out of the way and counter with two simultaneous knife-hand strikes to the temples, instantly knocking the man out. "Like the move? I borrowed it from Matt." I turn around with the intent to leave, only to see the captain getting up and the two that were sent away blocking the exits.

"I heard gunfire, so I called backup. They shouldn't be long." One says stepping through the door.

I sigh. "Seriously? You guys are getting really annoying. I wanted to save my power, but thanks to your friend over here, I think I could use a little more on you."

N.I.G.E.L.: '''Actually, only 0.0027% was replenished from the attack. Factoring in the Hawking Generator's production rate, your abundant use of plasma earlier and the time that passed since then, you are still at a 63% net loss of power. I would recommend using your energy sparingly.'''

Alpha-3957: '''It's not like I didn't already know that though... Meanwhile, where's #2947 and his plans?'''

Alpha-2947: '''I'm almost in. Twelve seconds, give or take five.'''

Upon entering through the hole, the man shoots a couple rounds. I deflect the first two shots with my bracer and a chain then leap to my right, forming a shield. I land with a roll, taking hold of the gun that was dropped moments before and return fire to the exposed leader first, shooting him down within 38 bullets in his general direction, most of which miss the mark. I then turn my attention to the guard in the entrance who retreats behind the wall. The shootout continues for a moment until my rifle jams and they finally empty their magazines. "Well, shit!" I cuss, throwing the weapon aside. "Bah. It's not like guns have ever been our speciality anyway. Now it's showtime!"

Undoing my protection, I jump on the ceiling and silently crawl my way towards the two guards. As soon as they're done reloading, one of them signs a countdown at the other before they peak around their cover at once, aiming at a now empty corner. At the signal, I whip out my wrist chains and land between the two where I began, flailing my superheated whips around and slicing their weapons in a swift dance. Both guards disarmed, I sprint in the courtyard's direction, feinting a punch and slide between his legs.

"Where do you think you're going, inmate?" Unfortunately, I can't even make two steps outside that a winged figure slides into view too late for me to dodge and I find myself caught in a bear hug of suffocating strength.

Manticore warden: "Oh, what a nice catch we have here! This one is so eager to be punished that he straight up threw himself in my arms!"

Alpha-3956: Are you kidding me...?

[Done]