//------------------------------// // Chapter 11 // Story: A Displaced Spectrobes Master // by The Dark Brony //------------------------------// “I dread to think what she’s just done,” Jack admits before a small bird appears beside him and he says “Go see if Jen’s okay would you Aoi?” with that the bird began to fly around the room. “To be honest, this shouldn’t be too bad,” said Cruger, “it came from the direction of the weapons lab, and the alarms haven’t gone off.” “apart from the fact that she loves to mess around with any technology… as helpful as it is, she has caused damage in the past,” admit Jack. “Good thing the firing range is about as durable as a Vault then,” Cruger said as they arrived, “what’s the damage, Fetch?” “Good morning sir,” said Fetch, the head of research, “Good news, that Displaced you brought us managed to fix the bugs we’ve been having with the sonic breach charges.” “And the bad news?” asked Cruger. “We’re going to need a new firing range,” Fetch admitted sheepishly. “I’m ok!” Jen called from inside the ruins of the firing range. Cruger stared, “Remember how I said I met a Majin Bu Displaced?” “yeah,” replied Jack. “Your girlfriend’s scarier,” Cruger deadpanned. “well, I did warn you,” Jack replied whilst rubbing the back of his neck. “That you did,” said Cruger before crying out to Jen, “hey, ready to see my personal workshop?” a second after he said that she was standing next to him. “Sure!” Jen replied, “Hey Fetch, thanks for sharing some of your designs with me. Let me know if you have any bugs you need to be fixed in the future.” “No problem,” said Fetch, “just try not to destroy the testing facilities next time.” “Hey! It’s not my fault that the testing facility was so weak!” Jen defended, puffing her cheeks and crossing her arms. Jack then sighs before saying “Jen, manners.” He then looks towards Fetch before saying “I’m sorry about her.” “Don’t be, she helped us figure out something faster than any of us projected it would take, we can replace the range with the remaining budget,” Fetch replied offhandedly. “Well, why don’t we go before she completes another weapon project shall we?” said Cruger. “Oh, and I think that combination weapon you wanted to test for the rangers should be in working order now,” Jen said to Fetch before pulling back out the tablet from earlier and proceeding to make more notes, this time on things that could be done to improve the base. “OK, moving on,” Cruger said as they moved to the elevator. A while later they arrived at a rather thick looking door, “Watch your step when entering, there is a time dilation field in effect.” Jack then sighs before saying “why is that not a surprise?” “Because you know me.” Jen teased as she followed Cruger into the room. “Hey,” Cruger said, “I’m a master of Dimensional Magic, and the Runner Bay we were in earlier was actually in a pocket dimension, slowing down time in a relatively small area is child’s play. So, want to indulge in a second fandom?” “Which one would that be?” Jen asked. Cruger just picked up a grey and white can from a workbench, “Tell, have you ever watched Kamen Rider OOO?” “Not really… I usually tried to avoid Kamen Rider… Too many bugs…” Jen shuddered. “And I never heard of it until I was summoned to a Kamen Rider Displaced’s world,” admits Jack. “Well, I think you’ll like this,” Cruger said. As he popped the top, the can transformed into a rhino with tank treads instead of feet, “Meet the Sai Candroid.” “That's from Kamen Rider!? I didn't know they had cool non-bug related tech!” Jen said as she stared at the Candroid. “If you think this is cool,” Cruger said, “in Kamen Rider Fourze, they had little robots that transformed into fast food. Hey, got something I can load video files onto?” “Wait… Food? seriously?” Jen asked with an unamused look as she handed the commander an object that looked like an Iphone. “In other word Power rangers beat them to the normal choices” Jokes Jack. “You’d be surprised,” Cruger said as he started transferring files to the device, “there’s this one season of Super Sentai, which is actually what Power Rangers was based on and is basically Kamen Rider’s brother, that has a camera that turns into a gun, and a pair of binoculars that turns into a sword.” With a beep, the files finished downloading, “Here, Kamen Rider Drive, my personal favorite, and reasonably bug-free.” “Thanks,” Jen said as Cruger handed her device back to her, “I’m going to look into this and see if I can use any of it for my designs.” she then stuffed the device in her pocket. “As long as you show me the results,” said Cruger, “that’s the only project I’m currently working on, how about we grab some lunch?” “Sure, and maybe we can meet the rangers?” Jen said hopefully. “It is lunchtime,” Cruger said shrugging. “I’m with you on that one, I could use a bite to eat.” agrees Jack. “Well, what are we waiting for then? lead the way!” Jen said. “Nothing really,” Cruger said as they headed back towards the library, “I think it’s tacos in the cafeteria today.” “Nothing like good old Taco Tuesday’s back home,” Jack said whilst laughed uncontrollably. “Today’s Thursday actually,” Cruger chuckled as they entered the elevator. After a bit, the elevator opened to reveal a modest sized cafeteria. “Hey, Dash.” “How ya doing boss,” said Rainbow Dash, “Who’re the guests, more Displaced?” “Yep, meet Jack and Jen,” Cruger replied, “Jack, Jen, meet my SPD, Pearl Spark, Hammer Fist, Evil Breaker, Night Stalker, and you probably recognize Rainbow Dash.” As Cruger said their names, each of the Rangers either nodded or waved in greeting. “Nice to meet you all,” Jen said. “And what do you mean by recognize Rainbow Dash?” She said specifically to Cruger. Cruger raised an eyebrow, “Really? OK, I’m going to list off a few names, you let me know if they sound familiar, Rarity.” “Not ringing a bell.” admits Jack. “Applejack?” “Nope.” Jen shrugged. “Fluttershy?” “Whats a Fluttershy? It sounds adorable.” Jen said. “Pinkamena Diane Pie? She also goes by Pinkie” Jack then looked up before saying “That does sound familiar, but I haven't met anybody by that name.” “Twilight Sparkle?” “Professor Sparkle? She’s a unicorn that is the head scientist of the PPP back in our dimension.” Jen commented raising an eyebrow herself. Cruger sighed, “Man oh man, you guys have a problem. Dash, I’m gonna grab a bite for me and our guests, mind explaining to these guys why they should find the rest of the girls?” “No problem boss,” Dash replied, giving a mock salute as Cruger walked off. “I don't get it… What's going on? Is there some kind of reason he mentioned You, Twilight, and four other people’s names?” Jen asked Dash. “Well, it looks like good old Rainbow Dash needs to educate ya on the pure awesomeness of the Elements of Harmony,” Rainbow said proudly. “Okay, there’s these magic jewel type things called the Elements of Harmony, each one chooses their own wielder, and together they can do some pretty awesome stuff. I’m the bearer of the Element of Loyalty, at least, I was until some stupid stuff that Discord did came to bite us in the butt and we had to give them up, but that’s not important. Anyway, AJ’s Honesty, Rarity’s Generosity, Fluttershy’s Kindness, Pinkie’s Laughter, and Twilight’s Magic, together we’ve saved Equestria, at least, a dozen times, with and without the Elements. Pretty cool huh?” Jen just sat there, her eye twitching before she began to massage her temples. “I’m going to see if my communicator works…” She said before messing with something and a holographic screen appeared above her palm, “Sweetie Drops? you there?” “Jen? Is that you? what's going on?” Came a reply as the image of sweetie drops head appeared on the screen. “Cool! The communicators work across dimensions! Anyway, I need to ask you something.” Jen said, “Can you check for any records on some ponies named Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkamena Diane Pie? As well as for anything called the Elements of Harmony?” “Sure, just give me a minute… Lyra! Get away from that!” Sweetie Drops replied before the communicator cut off. “Man, how did those two get so important?” Rainbow asked, “Here they’re just a musician and a candymaker, good ones, but still. “I don't know about Lyra, besides the fact that she’s Sweetie's girlfriend, But Sweetie Drops is actually one of the patrol officers of the PPP. She’s also the one who found us when we appeared in their solar system.” Jen said with a shrug. “Wait, solar system?” Rainbow asked, “as in, you go to other planets?” “Yeah, why?” Jen replied. “What else would we have our massive spaceship for?” asks Jack. “That’s, so, awesome,” Rainbow squeaked before Night Stalker stuffed a taco in her face to calm her down. “I don't get it, SPD stands for Space Patrol Delta… Don't you go into space to deal with alien criminals?” Jen asked. “You didn’t,” Cruger said as he returned, tacos in hand, “did you just invoke Murphy?” “I… Crap…” Jen said facepalming, “Well, at least, you won't have to deal with the Krawl.” Jack then sighs before saying “we better get out Spectrobes ready Jen because I bet you’ve just screwed us all over.” “What’s a Spectrobe?” asked Pearl Spark. Jack then turns to Jen before saying “do you want to show them or should I?” “Let's start with just the child forms unless a fight breaks out…” Jen groaned, “Swift, come meet some new friends.” A moment later a ball of light came out of the pink hexagon on Jen’s arm before forming into a half fish half sword like creature that floated by her shoulder. “Everyone, meet Swift,” Jen said as the Spectrobe flew around for a bit before returning to hovering by her shoulder. Jack then smiled before a similar light appeared from his Prizmod and a red, yellow, and blue bird appeared on his shoulder before he said “And this is Aoi.” “Huh, I bet Flutters would love to see those,” Rainbow Dash commented. Jen’s communicator then came back on and Sweetie Drops head appeared on the screen again. “Hey Jen, I looked into what you asked and those five ponies and these ‘Elements of Harmony’ don't exist in our solar system.” Sweetie Drops said. “Thanks, Sweetie, talk to you when we get back,” Jen said before turning her communicator back off. “I don’t exist?” Rainbow said, a look of disbelief, “but that’s…” Cruger held up a hand, “In their solar system Dash.” “At least, it just makes you that much more unique?” Jen offered. Cruger frowned, “Well, this could be a potential problem, if your travels take you to other systems, which they probably will, trying to locate them should be one of your highest priorities, they will come in handy, even if they don’t seem like it at first.” “I doubt we will find them, they sound as fictional as that Discord thing from when we first got here. I say fictional because I know he doesn't exist back where we come from.” Jen said shaking her head in frustration. Cruger chuckled, “Fictional you say, and I just suppose gaining the abilities of characters from a fictional game, and being sent to a world based on a fictional TV show, is impossible as well?” “I… Um… Uh…” Jen stuttered as steam began to come out of her ears and her eyes started to gloss over. “Wait back up a second…. Fictional TV show… did I hear that right?” asked Jack in disbelief. “That’s right,” Cruger said, pulling up a video on his tablet, “take a look.” “Uh,” said Rainbow Dash, “I’m leaving before I have another, what did Twilight call it, essential crisis.” “Existential,” corrected Cruger, “I was gonna ask you to leave anyway.” “What did we do wrong?” asked Jack in confusion. Cruger chuckled as he shook Jen awake, “Just watch the video, you’ll see.” “Wha?” Jen said as her mind rebooted. As soon as Jen got her bearings they started the video, and after it finished the two Spectrobe Masters just sat there stunned until Jen asked a specific question. “There are princesses?” Jen said with slight confusion. “Well I understand about the Princesses, I met a Twilight from another reality who was a Princess for crying out loud,” admits Jack. “I can't imagine Twi being a princess,” Jen said. “well, it exists and she was well… a royal pain,” admits Jack. “That pun was bad and you should feel bad,” Cruger deadpanned, “besides, she just needs some experience.” “But seriously, who is this Celestia and Luna!?” Jen asked, “There are no princesses back where we come from.” Cruger sighed, “Well, I’ll say this much, you two have earned the title of ‘Most Divergent Universe’.” “I still don't get it…” Jen grumbled, not liking that her question was being left unanswered. “Let’s just say they’re basically demigods and leave it at that,” Cruger responded. “That's quite the simple answer for such a complicated question,” joked a voice that seemed to come from out of nowhere. “I try,” said Cruger, “now, come on out before I show you why one of my nicknames back in the day was ‘The Blue Wolf’.” “What fun would that be?” The voice asked as Jen froze before her eye began to twitch. “No… No, no, no… That's not possible… How is HE here!?” Jen said as she started looking all around her, even checking above and below her. “I warned you,” said Cruger. With a flourish, he surrounded his hand with a blue glow, then reached out and grabbed something in midair, “The reason I was called ‘The Blue Wolf’, was that I always got my prey.” “Do you even know what you just grabbed kid?” The voice asked. Cruger frowned, “You just pulled a substitution, didn’t you?” “Woop~ Woop, Woop, Woop, Woop~” The voice said, imitating a certain alien lobster from Futurama. Cruger opened his hand to reveal a note that said ‘Nice Try’, “Been a long time since I’ve had a challenge.” Jack then sighs before saying “So I'm going to ask you the same thing as last time we heard you… who are you.” “You can call me Crux.” Said the voice as a mysterious being wearing a blue cloak materialized next to Cruger. “Pleasure to meet you,” replied Cruger, “mind explaining why your dimensional signature is so complex?” “Dimensional signature? I still have one?” Crux said with mock astonishment, “Just kidding, it’s from my Displaced’s universes. Two of whom are here with you.” “Really, you’re a Displacer, that changes things,” Cruger said as he dropped the paper, “I have a question for you, and a proposition depending on your answer.” “Go ahead.” Crux laughed. Cruger pointed at Jen and Jack, “Did you give them a choice?” “Kinda? It was more of an offer.” Crux said with a shrug. It took Jen a moment to get over the shock of what just transpired, but once she did she had to vouch for the guy, he did keep his promise… even if it hasn't happened yet. “He offered to reunite Jack with his relatives and I got dragged along…” She said, explaining what happened. “But my words at the time was prove it and instead he pulled us into our reality.” admits Jack Cruger sighed “Well, at least, you are relatively decent. Now my proposition actually is for all three of you, if you’re interested of course.” “Proposition?” Jen asked. “Nothing too crazy,” Cruger said, “it’s more like an invitation. I’m creating a group with the goal of discovering everything there is to know about Displacement, and I’d like you three in it.” Jack then looks towards Cruger before saying “wait back up, you want us to help you with a subject we know so little about ourselves?” “Well, that’s the whole point,” Cruger said, “no one Displaced knows a whole lot about Displacement, but if a lot of Displaced from a lot of different universes with a lot of different skills all work together, we can figure out the truth.” Cruger looked thoughtful for a second, “Truth, catchy, looks like I figured out what to call this little group.” “Well, it sounds interesting… though, how would I be of help? and how could this benefit me and my displaced?” Crux asked. “Well,” Cruger said, taking out a Candroid he had in his pocket, “I was thinking of expanding Truth’s mission from just exchanging information to support as well, for example, I’m developing equipment for one Displaced that his base has but he doesn’t, and I’m helping another with accessing a plane of existence that holds equipment she needs to save her verse but is unable to access normally, just waiting for the right alignment on that last one.” “Sounds interesting, You piqued my interest so I guess I could hang around for that… Besides, I could use some new entertainment.” Crux said, “Well, I don't want to destabilize your dimension, so ta-ta for now!” He then disappeared in a puff of smoke. “Did he just call us entertainment?” Jen asked. “yes he did and I am not pleased about it.” admits Jack. “We’re gonna be doing crazy stuff anyway by dint of our situation,” Cruger said, “it doesn’t make too much difference whether or not he’s watching.” “Oh, and you have aliens incoming!” Crux said, popping back just to say that before disappearing again. Cruger sighed, “Case in point.” Cruger opened a portal and grabbed his sword, “Red Alert, Authorization Sierra Romeo Delta Montreal Dash One Zero Zero.” As he said that, alarms started blaring and people started running to their posts. “Jack?” Jen said turning to her boyfriend. “Jen, what's wrong?” asked Jack calmly “Your plan?” Jen deadpanned. Jack then smiled before saying “Well… I’d say we let Cruger decide where he needs us and help them repel the aliens.” “A wise decision,” Cruger said as he opened his Morpher, “what we got Rush?” “Sir, we’ve got incoming,” a voice sounded from the Morpher, “we don’t know what they are, but they’re big. We’ve determined three main variants: one looks like a green spider with black stripes, the second is a blue humanoid with black stripes and two heads, the third is a red blob with arm-like tentacles and black stripes. Standard defenses are having minimal effect.” Jack then looks towards Jen before saying “Krawl… they are in this universe as well.” “Hopefully, they just piggybacked off your arrival,” Cruger said, “have all units stand down Rush, I’ll take care of it with the aid of two specialists.” ‘Understood sir, good hunting,” Rush replied before communications ended with a click. “Cruger, Do you want us to help you stop them?” asks Jack “I think that's what he meant by two specialists.” Jen sighed. “Rule of Leadership 32,” Cruger said as he opened a portal to the battle, “nothing trumps experience.” “He’s right, you can’t beat an expert at his own game… unless you cheat that is.” Jen said as she returned Swift to her pink prizmod. “True enough,” Cruger said as they walked through the portal, “well, looks like it’s time for some fun, eh Bunker?” Cruger tapped his Prismod, allowing Bunker to emerge. “Time to deal with some nuances Tank,” Jen said before a red Spectrobe that looked like a cross between a samurai and a rhinoceros beetle appeared next to her. Jack then nodded his head before he said “When you're ready get everyone that's being deployed to our ship.” “Everyone who’s being deployed is already here,” Cruger said, “by the way, got any Flash?” “I’m prepped for that” replied Jack as a Spectrobe that looked like a samurai appeared beside him and said “I’ve got Samurite by my side.” “Good,” Cruger said, “I’ll get the blue ones, you get the red ones, Jen, you get the green ones, got it?” “Ok and if either of you gets overwhelmed I've got a backup of each type of Spectrobe.” replied Jack calmly. “Good,” Cruger said, “let’s roll.” “See you guys in a bit then,” Jen said while jumping on her Spectrobes back before he charged off towards where the green Krawl were. “Time to roll Bunker,” Cruger said as he ran towards the blue Krawl, Bunker floating close behind. Jack then shouted “good luck both you!” with that he jumped onto the back of Samurite as they charged towards the group of red Krawl. -Jen's Perspective- As soon as Jen and her Spectrobe arrived near the Vizepi she hopped off his back. “Ok Tank, Smash them!” Jen said as she drew her sword before charging into the fray. A moment later her Spectrobe followed her as it smashed Krawl left and right with its horn. Seconds later Jen looked behind her to see that she was slowly being surrounded by a small group of Vizepi with Tank being held back from reaching her by the rest of them. “Not good, Grilden! I need backup!” Jen shouted, calling out her second adult form Spectrobe. As soon as she said that a Spectrobe that looked like a blue two-headed dragon appeared next to her, causing the Krawl to begin slowly backing away. Seconds later Grilden fires off three blasts of energy the destroyed three of the Vizepi instantly before it turned around firing continuously at them at intervals. “Great job Grilden, Now let's go give Tank some backup!” Jen said before she and Grilden charged to Tank’s side while annihilating a few Krawl along the way. While this was happening Jens pulse began to race causing bits of white stuff with black stripes to form on the back of her left shoulder. As soon as the remainder of the Krawl she was tasked with stopping were destroyed Jen looked around to see that she was alone before recalling Tank and Grilden. Seconds later Jen vision began to drift as she began to fall towards the ground, however, she managed to regain her composure. “Crap… It’s happening faster than I thought…” She said before stumbling back over to the others while covering her shoulder with her right hand. -Cruger's Perspective- “Well, Bunker,” Cruger asked, “ready to go?” Bunker clashed his shields together in agreement. Cruger nodded while making an adjustment to his Morpher, “Got it, I’ll call the targets, hunker down and watch my back.” Cruger pushed a button, causing his battle music to play. Cruger and Bunker then started mowing through the Krawl, though each in their own way. Cruger used hit and run tactics to hit stragglers and draw them in close, where Bunker used his heavy shields to knock down large groups of foes while blocking their attacks. Eventually, all the Krawl were grouped up around them. “Ready to end this Bunker?” Bunker clashed his shields together again. Cruger placed his hands on one of Bunker’s shields, causing both of them to glow. Bunker then started spinning, tearing through the remaining Krawl as electricity arced across his surface. “Well, that’s what I call serving Judgement,” Cruger said as explosions flared up behind him and Bunker. -Jack's Perspective- As Jack approached the group of Krawl he realised that they all consisted of Swar, causing him to smile before saying, “Swar seriously, man I drew the short straw.” Seconds later a large golden beetle appeared beside him before he said “Vilakroma, Covering fire.” Within second of him ordering the command a bright white burst of energy erupted from its cannon slamming into a large group of Swar instantly obliterating them whilst causing some of the others Swar to turn and look towards him before they began charging the Spectrobes. Jack then looked towards Vilakroma before saying, “keep eliminating any large groups once you're charged, Samurite you focus on keeping them off of Vilakroma.” Seconds later another group of them were destroyed by Vilakroma whilst Samurite sliced any Swar that got close. However, seconds later a blast from Vilakroma changed direction and fired two volleys of energy off into the distance, before turning back towards the remaining Krawl. Seconds later both he and Samurite began to glow causing before Jack smiled before shouting “combination attack” before what appeared to be meteorite began to appear to fall towards the remaining Krawl before obliterating them. As soon as the flames began to die down Jack looked around to see that there was no Krawl left as he recalled Samurite and Vilakroma before Leo appeared beside him before he said “Let's find the others, Leo” Within seconds, Leo lowered its head before Jack jumped on before the began to head towards the others. “So how did you do for your first fight?” Jen asked Cruger as she limped over to the two other displaced already waiting at the rondevu point. “You think this was my first fight?” Cruger asked. “Against Krawl, and using a Spectrobe.” Jen clarified as she leaned against a tree for support. “Not, bad, Bunker’s pretty good for someone born today,” Cruger said while dodging a swing from Bunker, “by the way, you feeling alright?” “Spectrobes are creatures of light that exist to fight against the shadows of evil like the Krawl.” Jen chuckled, “And I’m just exhausted, it’s nothing for you to worry about.” Jack then sighs before saying “Jen you're holding your shoulder, what happened?” “Like I said, nothing for you to worry about,” Jen grumbled. “Jen… I know you better than anyone, you know you can’t lie to me… what happened.” Jack asked clearly worried. “I can’t tell you,” Jen replied before wincing. “Jen… you realise how worried I was when you were injured before… I don’t want to lose you.” “And that's why I can't tell you, I can't let you worry over something like this… You wouldn't be able to do your job if I did.” Jen snapped before wincing again. “I’d be less able to if I wasn’t focusing on trying to understand what’s wrong… Jen, please let me help you.” Jack asked clearly scared for her. “Jack, I love you… But you can't handle the truth of what's going on!” Jen shouted. “Jen, I’ve stood by you through every mistake we’ve ever made… I'm sure this can’t be as bad as all the experiments that went wrong.” “The accident is nothing compared to the implications of what's going on, please don't force my hand here.” Jen pleaded. “Jen… you already know my answer… don’t make me worry, about you… not again, you know what I’d be like.” “Can we just save it for when we get back to our dimension?” Jen asked. Jack then sighed before saying “As long as you promise that you will explain once we’re home.” “Fine…” Jen said sadly. “Not to get in between a couple with problems,” Cruger said, turning to Jen “but there’s something that I need to talk to you about.” “What do you need?” Jen asked with a weary smile. Cruger lightly smacked her on the head, “That’s for bringing down the wrath of Murphy on us.” “Sorry…” Jen chuckled as she rubbed her head with her left hand. “Just don’t do it again,” Cruger said as he opened a portal back to Jack’s ship. “Well, It's been nice meeting you, Cruger. And maybe next time it can be a simple, stress-free, get together.” Jen chuckled dryly before she wobbled through the portal and went to the ship's lab. Jack the sighed before saying “well Cruger… thank you for everything… do you want anything before we head back” Cruger shook his head, “Nothing off the top of my head, but here,” Cruger tossed him a copy of his token, “It comes with communication capabilities, and it’ll spread to the rest of your tokens.” Jack then smiled as he caught the token before saying “thank you If you ever need help again don’t hesitate to give us a call.” Cruger smiled back, “No problem, I’ll need to call anyway when Bunker’s ready to evolve,” Cruger stuck out his hand, “seek the truth, my friend.” “You too my friend” replied Jack as he shook Cruger’s hand before slowly walking towards the portal. Jack the turned around before saluting him and walking through the portal to the ship. “Our contract is complete, tell your Dash when you find her that I said hi,” Cruger said before closing the portal. As soon as the portal closed the wormhole returned, consuming Jack’s ship and its two crew members before spitting them back out in their dimension. “We should let the commander know we're back,” Jen said. Jack then stared at her before saying “first you're telling me what’s wrong… I’m sorry, but it’s all I can think about right now.” Jen sighed. “There's no avoiding this landmine is there?” She asked. “Nope, there is no way I'm not pulling the pin on this grenade.” admitted Jack Jen chuckled dryly for a moment about how they were joking about bombs of all things before she composed herself. “Then you better not say anything about this to anyone, not even Sweetie drops or the commander,” Jen said as she turned so that her left side was facing him. Jack then places a hand on his chest before saying “I swear on the memory of my family.” “If you say so,” Jen said sadly as she removed her right hand from her left shoulder, revealing the partially Krawlified body part. “Jen, is that what I think it is?” Jack asked once again worried. “I warned you that it wasn't going to be pretty...” Jen sighed, “Yes Jack, I’m infected.” Jack then sighs and says “You thought this would worry me?” “I became infected the same way as Krux from the games.” Jen elaborated. “But you're not Krux Jen.” “I’m similar enough…” Jen said as tears began to form in her eyes. “No your not… You are the most kind, strong hearted, amazing person I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.” “That's what they said about Krux when he was a Spectrobe master.” Jen muttered to herself before limping off to the lab to be alone .