2.0 Core (Solo)

Android 21 woke up slowly. Little by little his senses returned to him. Quartz personality was still asleep and the one in full control was Code Red, and that made him crack a grin that he was quick on making it disappear, as he didn’t want anyone seeing him doing that. He stared at his own hands and saw they were black, covered by some very tight rubber like material; his skin hadn’t be substitute, but that thing was now covering it and made it feel somehow more powerful. ”Interesting. Seems like she did more than just upgrade my core. She adapted my body to withstand the new energy output. Clever, Doctor Nakiya. Rather Clever. You may as well be the current scientific mind of this time.” The android thought to himself, jumping away from the place he was laying down. Then he walked towards a large mirror in the room, to take a closer look at himself.

He was pretty much the same, but his outfit was completely different and he wasn’t quite sure if he liked it very much. The android narrowed his eyes, allowing some emotions to flow, as he was completely alone in that room. – Let’s see… - he said to himself as he analyzed the changes Nakiya did to his body. His face was pretty much unchanged, she just let his hair free. His earrings were there and the only different thing was the new black outline his jaw had. It was made from the same material of the rest of his new outfit and, with a closer look, he managed to feel circuits running through that black part. ”Hmmm… Interesting. Seems like she did that in order to allow a faster communication of my circuits. Clever. Makes me feel like a stupid super hero, but I can live with that, if it’s for improvement sake.” he thought, shrugging a bit. For the rest, his body was covered in this weird material sort of spandex that covered most of his body, with holes for his shoulders for some reason. The spandex had some nice dark yellow details, where even more wires ran, powering his body like never before. Those wires came directly from his secondary updated core. He also wore power golden bracelets on both his forearms, empowering him much more than before. – Guess it makes sense… - he commented, examining his body.

His orange scarf was there and he was glad for that, since he liked it. It was a shame to lose the cowboy sort of outfit he grew attached too, but this was all for improvement sake. – And it’s definitely not that bad. Maybe one day she improves a bit more and I may return to my more traditional look, but this will do for now. And those new boots seems fine too… They are empowered too. – he noticed, staring at his feet. Then, it was about time to truly feel his core. And it was amazing! His power level grew to a far stronger level. Right now he could even surpass Nakiya at her full strength and on top of that, he noticed something: this new core allowed him to grow too. He could increase his power level without requiring immediate technological update, and that was a really interesting feature. ”I see… This will be quite useful. With this new possibility, my growth will be unimaginable. I’m ascending far beyond the peak of Red Ribbon Technology. Good… But…” he paused, with a thoughtful feature. He touched the black part of his chin with his index and thumb and rubbed it for a bit. ”Still… I’m far behind the power-ups those biological limited beings are capable of. Of course I can grow and overpower than in time. On top of that, I have no need for hurry. I’m immortal and I can wait. I see… Maybe I should play along and allow themselves believe I’m truly an ally, willing to even follow some of their rules. Ultimate power will be mine eventually, but, for the time being, it will be far more useful if they have it. Then, it’s decided.” he said, nodding to himself briefly.

Android 21 walked towards the door and stopped there. ”And seems I can take control at any time now. Perfect. Let’s allow Quartz to get back. He will still serve his purpose.” and with that thought, Code Red allowed his other personality to take over, and the android doubled himself, almost like he was feeling some huge pain, then, panting, the wicked android was back there. – BITCHIES!!! I’M BACK!!! HIAEHIAEHAEOIHAEOHAEHAE!!!! MORE POWERFUL THAN FUCKING EVER!!!! OH YEAH!!! THE MIGHTIEST AMONG THE MIGHTY!!! THE RULER OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!!! HIAEHOEAIHAEOHAEOHAE!!! RIGHT, 21?! AIN’T I RIGHT?!! OOOOHHHH YEAH MY DEAR BELOVED KICKASS SELF!!! YOU FUCKING ARE!!!!! SOOO MUCH POWER!!!! – he laughed out loud, speaking to himself as loud as possible. Android 21’s true personality thought he was kicking Code Red out and that left him completely overjoyed.

The Android was ready to acquire some real power now, and the universe would soon get to know what he was really capable of.