It was just another day at work for Axl, and his shift was just about over. So being a delivery boy wasn't exactly a glamourous job for a Maverick Hunter, but it paid decently (and let him indulge in the occasional supplies for pranks).
Humming cheerfully, Axl made his way down the sidewalk back to where he had parked his scooter. All he had to do now was go back to the shop and pick up Patamon.
Axl had stopped walking, instincts honed by many years of being Hunter telling him something was wrong. But before he could figure anything out, it struck him. With an agonized scream, Axl fell to his knees on the sidewalk clutching at his head.
Axl struggled and clawed at the ground, trying to get away, but couldn't break the hold of the tentacles. The pain made it hard to focus, even is he was aware of the sudden teleport and change in surroundings.
Axl strained against his bonds, testing their strength as best he could. When he couldn't break them he started to look around, blearily trying to take in his surroundings through the slowly ebbing pain, and spotted the remains of Spider.
While he couldn't fully express his surprise, he still managed a pained mutter of, "What the hell?!"
[You recognize him. I have determined that he was of the same line as you were.]
EBEmon was working at a control panel now.
[But I have only learned so much from him. And I cannot be certain the facsimile I created is worthwhile. So, I will, as the humans say, kill two birds with one stone. I will ensure that the body I created works by transferring you to it, and then improve upon my technique by analyzing yours.]
He paused for a moment.
[It occurs to me... this would be achieved through more efficient means by creating a new AI and simply killing you. But... this will create more interesting variables...]
Axl processed that as best he could before attempting to renew his struggle, straining at his bonds. There was no way to reach his D-Comm without breaking free so he couldn't contact anyone. Panicking wouldn't do him any good, even if being captured and his capturer intending to transfer his consciousness to another body was a good reason to panic (as well as being a huge Do Not Want).
EBEmon watched the results onscreen... and would have frowned if he were capable of that emotion.
[... STRANGE. I AM DETECTING THAT THERE WAS A TRANSFER, BUT SUBCONSCIOUS COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS ARE STILL ACTIVE IN THE ORIGINAL BODY... COMPUTER, ACTIVATE TYPE TWO CONSTRUCT. I WANT TO SEE JUST WHAT WAS PLACED INSIDE MY CREATION.]
The reploid body, now coming to life, slowly opened it's eyes to take in it's surroundings. It then stepped out of the pod it had been in, lifting a hand to examine it. A smile then curled upon it's lips.
[INTERESTING. LUMINE. RELATING TO LIGHT. PERHAPS RELATES TO A SPECIAL ABILITY, OR PERHAPS TO SOME SORT OF JUDEO-CHRISTAIN SYMBOLISM. NO MATTER. YOU WILL NOW EXPLAIN HOW IT IS YOU CAME TO INHABIT THAT SHELL RATHER THAN THE SUBJECT I INTENDED.]
Humming cheerfully, Axl made his way down the sidewalk back to where he had parked his scooter. All he had to do now was go back to the shop and pick up Patamon.
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[BRAIN RUPTURE]
An invisible energy spoke flew out on cables, towards the back of Axl's head... intent on delivering a massively painful neural shock upon contact.
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[SPACE TIME JUMPER - ACTIVATE]
Provided Axl would not suddenly break free, the two of them would vanish from Tetha... and reappear in an elaborate, highly advanced laboratory.
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... On the other side of the room was a blank reploid body, next to the mounted, savaged remains of a reploid Axl would likely recognize.
Spider.
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While he couldn't fully express his surprise, he still managed a pained mutter of, "What the hell?!"
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EBEmon was working at a control panel now.
[But I have only learned so much from him. And I cannot be certain the facsimile I created is worthwhile. So, I will, as the humans say, kill two birds with one stone. I will ensure that the body I created works by transferring you to it, and then improve upon my technique by analyzing yours.]
He paused for a moment.
[It occurs to me... this would be achieved through more efficient means by creating a new AI and simply killing you. But... this will create more interesting variables...]
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EBEmon slithered over... and began hooking up cables, the last of which he attached to the crystal on Axl's forehead.
[COMPUTER, begin the core consciousness transfer]
And so it began... with EBEmon's technology attempting to probe Axl's mind and transfer it to the blank body on the other side of the room.
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He could almost feel something else stirring at the back of his mind, even as his mind was being probed by EBEmon's technology.
Then the struggling stopped, and Axl's body went slack.
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[... STRANGE. I AM DETECTING THAT THERE WAS A TRANSFER, BUT SUBCONSCIOUS COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS ARE STILL ACTIVE IN THE ORIGINAL BODY... COMPUTER, ACTIVATE TYPE TWO CONSTRUCT. I WANT TO SEE JUST WHAT WAS PLACED INSIDE MY CREATION.]
And the blank reploid body began to hum to life.
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[YOU MAY NOW TAKE PROPER FORM... AND PLEASE INFORM ME, WHO EXACTLY ARE YOU?]
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In a flash of light, where the simple reploid had been standing, now stood a short boy with purple hair in white armor.
"My name is Lumine, and I suppose I should I be thanking you."
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