i want to write this fic, but my mind doesnt want to do the whole thing soooooooooo
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This is rather angsty, and sad. plz read the tags,
"Doctor please, I don't want to go back into storage!"
Dr. Julien sighed as he turned to address the droid, "I need to focus on building the elemental androids. I have no further use for you." As he continued to prep them for deactivation.
K-17 twitched as he saw the doctor pull out the wires he'd use to activate the shutdown protocol. He didn't want to go back into storage, he hated waking up disorientated with too much time passing, never knowing if he'd actually wake up again or if he'd just rot in that box forever.
"Please, I can still be of some use! I can help around the house, or I can help watch your sons, you'll need something with a chrono-steel power source to do tests on." K-17 practically begged, but the doctor continued on, unphased by his pleas.
Dr. Julien opened K-17's chest panel, "I don't need your assistance anymore. You are a prototype, you aren't built to do more than to test the limits of the chrono-steel power source and ai functioning's. You have fulfilled your tasks, and I cannot have anymore distractions. This is the best course of action." He stated as he completed hooking up K-17, and moved to the computer to initiate shutdown.
Trembling as he moved to stand in his storage unit, "Will I ever wake up again?" He whispered, shaking at the thought of this being the end. That he would never have anything else past this point.
Dr. Julien didn't take his eyes off the monitor as he answered, "Most likely not. Unless there is some other tests that need to be done, which is very unlikely."
The doctor finished his last line of code, finally looking back at his creation he smiled making K-17 want to scream. The shutdown code being initiated, he watched as his functions shut down one by one. Panic rising as it started:
[shutdown_K17_aditory_outputs]
Silently mouthing his pleas, his voice refusing to work as the code took its tole.
[shutdown_K17_auditory_inputs]
Deaf to the whirling of its own body, the hum of the machinery he knew filled the room.
[shutdown_K17_motor_funtions]
Their body refused to follow orders, hanging slack out of his control, as the doctor begun to secure him in their storage unit.
[shutdown_K17_tactile_senors]
Numb to the surface he was tied down to, he watched as the doctor closed him inside the unit.
[shutdown_K17_optical_outputs]
Left in the dark, unable to move, he almost felt free. Unable to perceive the boundaries placed on his form he could pretend for a second that instead of shutting down he was waking up. That he was just reliving his last memories as he rebooted, like it has a few times before.
well, I’ve been having ideas about when Kai woke up. . .
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His reboot, that should have been taken slow as all of his systems recalibrated, wasn’t. He was being pulled from his unit, stumbling as his servos hadn’t unlocked yet. Pulled along and practically carried as he was rushed from wherever he was being stored, the warehouse opening as he was dragged into the city. The loud, bright city overloading his sensors, until he was moved into a dark vehicle and moving before he could orientate himself.
He watched as they where speeding along, the tires squealing as they made turns at high velocity than recommended. At this point K-17′s auditory out put finally came online, “What's happening? Doctor?” He asked, Dr. Julien turning around in the passenger seat to address him.
“There’s been an emergency, Ray is dead.”
“Who is-
“The elemental master of fire!” He cut off harshly, stress evident on his face. “I hadn’t finished the chrono-steel heart that I designed for his element. You are the only free chrono-steel I have.”
K-17′s mind rushed at this information, not noticing that they had stopped until he jerked from the car, pulled quickly into a large building he recognized as a hospital. Yanked through the corridors and hallways, he was rushed to a small room, a man who was horribly disfigured laying in a bed. A woman and two small children sat in the corner crying, and old man stood with them comfortingly. As he was brought into the room, the woman stumbled over to them. Grief evident on her face.
“Are you sure you don't want one of your children to take the element?” Dr. Julien whispered.
The woman suppressed a sob, “This is what he wanted, what we wanted. These powers seem more like a curse than a blessing. They deserve to be normal children.” She replied gesturing to her children in the corner, fear, exhaustion and grief filled their small faces.
Dr. Julien nodded in understanding. “Very well. K-17, activate retrieval protocol.”
Immediately he moved, the procedure protocols emerging at the command. Placing his hand on the mans chest he activated the secondary process of his chrono-steel power source. It started to hum and vibrate, trying to match the frequency of the mans elemental power. Once the frequency was match and the two energies harmonized, his power source flared as it increased its intensity slightly until he felt the element dislodge from the man, energy condensing as it started to twine up his arm, almost like a serpent. Slowly crawling up him, it passed through his paneling, winding around his core, his own energy flaring as the two merged. Letting the element settle the two energies became one as the element of fire intertwined with him. He felt the heat of the room increase and flare as it completed the process.
And just as he finished he was pulled from the room, Dr. Julien and the old man talked to each other quietly as they left the family to mourn.
"I'm taking them back with me, you agreed that I'd oversee them after they have been endowed with their powers." The older man quietly argued with the doctor. K-17 followed behind them as they walked down the hallway.'
"I did, say that, but its not finished. Its my prototype, its not designed to hold any element. Let me keep them, I should finish my designed android in six months, I'll move the power source over and then you can have that android." Dr. Julien hissed back as they entered the elevator.
"You don't have the means to take care of them, especially if they lose control-"
"It won't loose control."
"You said that about the first one." The old man returned. The two falling into a tense silence, as the elevator stopped and they continued to walk out of the hospital.
"Fine," Dr. Julien sighed, "But it cannot train to use its power, it's not built to take the heat of fire. It'll overheat, and I cant have that core damaged." Dr. Julien turned back to K-17, "You will be going with Wu, do whatever he says. I'll return for you as soon as I can, you cannot allow your core to be damaged. Understand?"
K-17 nodded in agreement, "Of course." And he followed the old man, Wu, getting into his vehicle. And finally had the time to fully process what just happened, as the car moved towards its destination.
He went from shut down, to holding the element of fire within 46 minutes and 17 seconds. Looking at the car dash, he registered the time was 2:13 pm. Finding a street sign he saw that they where on a side street quickly leaving Ninjago city. He looked to Wu, who hasn't said a word to him, wondering if he was allowed to speak to him or if he just wanted silence. He wanted to speak, wanted to ask, he was full of questions. Who was that woman? Where were they going? When would the doctor come back for him? How much time had past? What was he supposed to do now?
"I see that you are confused," Wu suddenly broke the silence, his voice warm and inviting. "Please, let me answer any questions you may have."
"Who are you?"
"I'm Wu, I'm keep track of everyone who has elemental powers, and you are my newest charge."
Newest charge? What an odd phrase for K-17 to assign oneself, he was used to being watched over, but the warm tone made it seem more personal than tests and experiments. "Where are we going?"
"To my monastery. Its a place removed from society, the perfect place to train and center oneself."
K-17 hummed in false understanding, he has no basis for training nor centering oneself. Dismissing the information he move to a question he was afraid of. "What year is it?"
"Well its 20XX, though its rather interesting that-"
K-17 stopped listening, processing as he updated his internal clock. Skipping over 10 years as he corrected the date. He stared at the number in his internal monitor. 10 years. The most he'd been out was 10 months, and he hated that, after waking up then he was shocked at how outdated he seemed to be, along with the rust that he found had started to crop up on his shiny silver surface. Reminding him of the disuse, the time, the lack of care he was given.
Looking down for the first time he registered the state of his body. Trembling as he saw he was completely rusted, the white clothes he was wearing had been stained a tie dye of yellows, oranges, and reds. They shiny silver that he would spend hours to polish and keep clean when he was activated was gone. Covered in corrosion and oxidation, the body he knew was gone. Trembling he pulled down the visor to look at the mirror, shaking as he saw his face was covered in the same ugly stains, even his hair was filthy, hanging limply weighed down by the dust grease and rust that clung to the fibers.
"Are you ok? K-17?" The voice of the old man came through concerned as he tried to stop shaking. He couldn't turn away from the tiny reflection, the evidence of the years, his inactivity, the years of carelessness as he was in that unit unwanted for a decade.
"Of course, nothing is wrong." K-17 forced himself to answer, closing the visor, his corroded reflection disappearing, but the image still burned in his processors.
How attractive do you find this character?: somewhat attractive | eh | not really my type | pretty | handsome | beautiful | stud | gorgeous | SWEET LORD MERCY
Can you relate to this character on a personal level?: no | not really | somewhat | yes | they are me
Would you date/be friends with this character in real life if they were real?: total bros | friends | best friends | date | become their steady boyfriend/ girlfriend | neither | I don’t know
