Dec 12, 2009 11:15
For the second time, Rika found herself waking with a start. She blinked at the grey light streaming through the windows, and looked across the room. Anise was still asleep. So. I'm still here. Let me just check...Rika put on her slippers and walked over to the desk, checking the drawer and breathing a light sigh of relief. Good, the knife was
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rika,
raine,
kirk,
s.t.,
meche,
tenzen,
tsubaki,
xigbar,
yuna,
anise,
kamiya kaoru,
leonard,
teisel,
beelzemon,
sam winchester,
indiana jones,
forte,
utena,
allen,
naminé,
asch,
luke fon fabre,
euphemia,
taura,
hayes,
luxord,
lunge,
shinichi,
ruby,
raphael,
prowl,
mello,
brainiac 5,
ange,
the flash,
roxas,
albedo,
anthy,
usopp,
remy,
tsukasa,
heiji,
mele,
yuffie,
ritsuka,
the scarecrow,
ayumu,
lockdown,
tyki,
kratos,
zack,
yukari yakumo,
l,
haseo,
shinji,
kakashi,
sechs,
tony stark,
ronixis,
endrance,
kenshin,
asuka,
haine,
bella,
scott pilgrim,
dias,
kaito,
dahlia,
ritsu,
hanatarou,
sora,
jason,
leon (so2),
lockon (neil),
renamon,
keman,
hokuto,
dist,
roland,
joshua,
cissnei,
dean winchester,
tim drake,
sho,
argilla,
hanekoma,
guy,
alfred,
emmett,
heat,
kvothe,
venom,
nigredo,
kibitoshin,
allelujah,
souji seta,
sam,
kuhn,
lelouch,
jun,
ratchet,
yomi,
cloud,
sai,
aerith,
rolo,
aidou,
edward cullen,
mccoy,
scar (tlk),
hime,
loz
Hm.
Still, as far as nightmares and evil plans went, being human was, once again, rather pleasant. After spending some time trying to break free, he'd settled for trying a different course of action. All he could do was find out what was going on. Something the human woman who entered his room was not very helpful with.
"So you believe me to be James?" he asked, as she ushered him into the queue. She warned him that she'd only allow these sorts of questions today, seeing as it was his first. But she would not believe in the existance of robots. Or even Sumdac.
They found him a seat, and he looked about for a familiar face. Not that his was the same as last time. Strange.
"Ah, one more thing...." he said, as she turned to leave. "Do I know anybody here?"
She shrugged and went to assist another patient, leaving Prowl alone with his green breakfast. The food was more convincing this time round too.
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He growled at his nurse when she came to tell him it was breakfast time. Right now, he didn't want to deal with Landel's cronies.
Lockdown grabbed some food and went to go find a table. Then a voice caught his audio. A very familiar voice. A voice he couldn't forget even if he wanted to. The bounty hunter turned to where the voice was coming from and saw a young man with black hair talking to a nurse. There was something about his face that was familiar. As he kept on listening, it hit him: Prowl.
He was here now?! How, why? Lockdown was part overjoyed, and part angry at Landel. As much as he liked the ninjabot, he also didn't like the idea of him being Landel's prisoner too. Then again, it did present a prime opportunity for the bounty hunter. He could use this to get Prowl back under his thumb. Yeah, this could all work out after all.
When the young man was seated, Lockdown sat down with him and said, in his most oily voice, "Hey there, Prowl."
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"I'm sorry?"
Oh, he knew who this was. It was hard not to recognise him. The voice, the markings, the build, even. And, really, he wasn't sure Lockdown would be helpful.
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"Don't try playin' dumb with me, Prowl, I know it's you," Lockdown replied. He smirked, "You honestly think I wouldn't recognize my favorite ninjabot?"
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Hm.
Prowl swung his legs from the seat, aiming a kick at the back of Lockdown's legs and a punch to his chest.
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He caught the fist when it came at him, but the blow to the leg hit the wound on his calf, making him hiss as pain shot up his leg. Gritting his teeth through the pain, the bounty hunter clamped Prowl's leg between both of his.
Lockdown hissed at Prowl, "Knock it off. If they catch you tryin' anything, they'll drug ya'."
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"You never seemed the sort to be afraid of humans before," he growled. He never really thought Lockdown would be smart enough to realise that being in the form of one made him more or less equal to them. In terms of strength and reflexes, anyway.
"Release me."
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He tightened his grip on Prowl's hand and leg. "Only if you promise to behave and let me explain."
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He tested Lockdown's grip as slyly as he could, but it was too tight, even if he put a lot of force behind an attempt at escaping.
If Lockdown was unaware of Soundwave, Prowl wasn't about to give him any handy tips on the matter. Let him rust here instead.
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"You have to trust me."
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It felt strange to say that now, after everything. Prowl looked away and pulled again at Lockdown's hold. "Release me. I....won't attack."
Not for the moment.
"How long until you hand me over to them for a good price?"
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"I ain't gonna hand you over," Lockdown replied. "For one, nobody here wants ya', and two, there's no good reason for me to. I meant what I said that day, kid. You and I are kindred spirits, not so different." He leaned forward, elbows on the table. "The offer's still open."
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"Never stopped you trying anything before, so forgive me if I find it difficult to trust you." He wasn't going to admit to his plans on destroying Lockdown. He'd wait until he was close to fulfilling them.
"What do you mean they don't want me?" If they knew Prowl was supposed to be offline....but surely that in itself would interest them?
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"Look, we're both prisoners here. If you want out, yer gonna need me." He took a quick bite of egg, finding it hard to ignore his stomach's demands, and washed it down with juice. "I've been here longer, I know things. The top meatbag, Landel, he likes messin' with us." Hopefully Prowl would get curious and ask more. Get him eating out of Lockdown's hand.
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As much as he disliked Lockdown (and he really, REALLY did), it could be useful to hear what he knew. There was no harm in it and Lockdown would double cross him whether Prowl listened or not.
"Landel?"
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"And that's not even going into what happens after lights out," C'mon, Prowl, take the bait...
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