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As soon as the medic materialized, the group rushed her, plowing the poor girl over and throwing themselves into the portal. The dimension door lead them to the healer's chamber, where all medics were dispatched from. The room was nothing like how a healer's chamber should look, all white and clean and sterile like a hospital back on Earth. The room was dark and glowed unnaturally from the red lamps along the walls and ceiling. At the heart of the chamber was the healing device.

The healing machine had the general shape of a scorpion mixed with a crab and was the size of a sofa. Though the way it seemed to scuttle around made it's obvious mass seem like nothing. At it's front and center was a retractable flatbed, which currently occupied Waya. It was holding her down and running various scans, but having some trouble. It was said she was injured, but the machine could find no injury. Tubes arched over her body, beaming a light over her limbs slowly, double checking for something to heal. At the mid-curve of the machine's scorpion-like tail was a face. Surely not a human face but the look of it, but the features defiantly resembled one. The face was upside-down and looked ahead in a dead stare. Black, soul-less eyes looked off to nothingness as the machine's arms tried to work on their subject.

"Waya!" the twins shouted and rushed forward to meet her.

Phinagin let out a groan as he opened his eyes and felt his ribs. "That sucked."

Veronica felt rather neglected as the twins rushed to see Waya, leaving her behind. She moved over to Phinagin, "Sorry about that, bonehead...The healers don't come unless there is adequate injury."

Rhydian couldn't help but stare at the machine that cradled Waya so delicately. His eyes fell on the semblance of a face and he tilted his head in curiosity.

Phinagin waved off her concern, "It's ok. I've done worse to myself when I was younger." he added as he stood up and massaged his chest a bit as it still felt sore.

The twins and Rhydian felt themselves freeze as they loomed over Waya. Their minds were suddenly occupied, no thought could translate movement as they watched her. Don't react. her voice told them. I'm ok... The video was an act to escape the arena... Mojo doesn't know I'm alive.

The twins fell to their knees and cried a dramatic, "Nooooo!" whilst shaking their fists at the air. One of them placed a hand on their forehead, "Oh how awful! Mojo truly IS a monster!" Needless to say, the twins were shitty actors.

Oh my god you two are idiots. Waya told them specifically.

The twins stifled laughing or breaking character...this was JUST too perfect. They got up and approached the bed side of the healing machine and gently caressed Waya's cheeks with the back of their hands. "I'm so sorry we were too late, Petal. Please forgive us, my darling..." one of them began, laying it on thick.
The other added with, "Let us cherish what little we have of her and leave Waya rest in an eternal bed of roses with one last kiss."
"Oh yes brother! Let us..." replied the other dramatically as they clasped hands and slowly leaned in with their lips puckering.
Sure Waya had denied them recently, but the twins would snatch up any moment to kiss a pretty girl...even if she didn't like them back in that way.

The twins found themselves unable to move any further. Telepathically, as she had when she told them not to react, she had taken away their function to move. Waya then reached out to Rhydian, Help me. Make them stop.

Rhydian stepped forward to the platform swiftly, moving in between the twins and Waya. He stooped and clasped her hand softly. "I'm sorry I couldn't help you, Waya..." He couldn't think of any other way to stop the twins rather than simply getting there before them.

"Would you like me to give you a massage?" Veronica offered him, sliding up beside him. "I'm very good with my hands..." She purred into his ear softly

It's ok. Waya told Rhydian. I think this was actually a good thing. Despite getting my legs cut off... Mojo doesn't know I'm alive and Junior is around somewhere, believed to be dead. We need to find George, they took him for repairs after the fight. I was trying to find out what happened with Jeremy, Eliza and Maribel when you guys came in.

The twins rolled their eyes and gave the two lovebirds room. "So-" they said, interrupting Phin and Veronica, "Does this plan of your have a part 2?"

You don't think that was too much, do you? Rhydian asked her with a mental smirk. He dare not allow the smirk to reveal itself on his face, he kept his emotions very well under control. He sighed and lowered his head, still holding her hand, appearing to be in mourning.

"Well...I got us out of the arena. That was basically it. It's easy to move from here to other arenas and locations though. There's a central portal hub here somewhere." Veronica explained, pouting slightly that the twins had interrupted her with Phinagin.

What? No... whatever. Look. We gotta get to work on getting out of here. Waya told him. I wanna bring Kale with us.

"Kale?" Rhydian asked, he couldn't help but let the question slip out audibly, rather than mentally. He looked up at the tail of the healing machine curiously. He had to make it look that way at least. He did think he recognized the face there however...

It's Kale. Waya told him. Mojo took him some how when he took Veronica... He... did this to him. There's consciousness left in him somewhere, but it's being suppressed. I can't find what it is... I'm not a good enough telepath...

Never before had Phinagin been glad of the twin's presence. Veronica's sudden "interest" in him had caught him off guard and kinda left him flabbergasted.

"Alright then- Piece of cake." Jayden said.
"Well, then we have to get off of this damn satellite." his brother added.
"Oh...that's right."

Veronica's face blanched and she turned sharply towards Rhydian. "D..did..did he say Kale???"

"What?" the twins asked, looking over, "Don't know."

Waya froze Veronica and Phinagin, but spoke to everyone. Don't react, Mojo doesn't know I'm alive... but yes, it's Kale... What's left of him any way. when she was certain Ver and Phin wouldn't react, she let them go.

Veronica brought her hands to cover her mouth. "Kale..." She couldn't help but rush forward to the machine and look for herself. "Oh my god...M...Mo...Mojo said I was the only one he saved...."

Kale's face was partially recognizable and upside-down, a good two feet over Veronica's head. His black eyes were open and in a dead stare while his skin was no longer the usual Hawaiian tan, but the color of a victim to drowning. His cheeks were somewhat sunken and his lips closed, as if glued that way.

She couldn't stop herself, Veronica reached forward and softly placed her hand to the remains of his cheek. "M...my dear...sweet Kale...what has he done to you...."

The medic's eyes just stared forward, as if the lights were on but no one was home. He didn't even react upon hearing his own name for the first time in ages. Pulling away, it scuttled on crab-like legs and brought Waya's body to a drawer in the wall. One of it's arms pulled it open to reveal a long bed with a half circle shell over it's top. Opening it, the machine gently laid Waya's body down.

"Kale..." Veronica whispered, watching the machine that used to be the boy she cared for scuttle around

We have to find Junior and the others. Waya told them, trying to snap them back to the real task at hand. Junior managed to escape the sand girl, but they've taken George somewhere and I can't read the minds of machines. We need to regroup and get out of here... The pink one who killed me is willing to help.

So...how do we get out of here when your stuck in a drawer? asked Jayden with a flare of attitude..

Phinagin was more than ready to leave this place. He didn't like the idea of being forced to perform for some hideous creature like some sort of gladiator.

I was trying to figure out how to run the control room by exploring Spiral's mind. Waya explained to the twins. But I'm not exactly an expert at this. I don't have anyone to help me develop my telepathy...

Veronica collapsed onto the floor and stared at the machine as it moved around the room. "Oh...Kale..." She mumbled weakly

"Veronica." Jaden placed a hand on her shoulder, "We need to get going."

"Bu..but Kale..." Veronica mumbled. She looked up at Jaden with tears in her eyes and wrapped her arms around his legs

Rhydian... Can you do anything for him? Waya asked. Maybe condense him into a smaller shell so we can take him with us?

Condense him? I work with the inanimate, Waya...Whatever is left of Kale...it's very much animated. Rhydian tried to explain, shaking his head sadly. If we're taking him with us, it'll have to be as he is, unless we can convince someone in the Body Shop to transplant him.

Can Eliza do it? Waya asked him. Wait... everyone get down, hide. They're coming.

Thankfully the things that came were parts of whatever Kale was. Bots that had retrieved Eliza, Maribel and Jeremy, all presumably unconscious.