Getting into fighting position I throw a punch that he easily dodged, and then proceeded to punch me in the stomach.
A... small toy. A little robot being thrown on the wall.
Kid's voices... they are... bullying me.
The kids… they run away... and I hear someone else approaching.
And then… I hear a adult's voice.
"You... little... pussy"
I open my eyes, awaking from a dream. I was laying down in some kind of bed, somewhere I’m not familiar. I look around, and see that I was in some kind of laboratory.
"Thank god. You woke up" I hear a voice from on the left. An woman's voice. A turn my head and see a woman with blond hair, using a white lab coat.
She was doing something on me?
"How are you feeling?" I ask who she is...but, nothing came out of my mouth "Oh yeah, you can’t talk yet
What? Wait, why I can't...HOLY SHIT! I look at my body and I see something that made me lost my shit WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY ARMS AND LEGS!?! WHY ARE THEY ROBOT PARTS!?!
"Calm down, Henry! Please!"
WHAT HAPPENED TO ME? WHAT HAPPENED TO… I feel a slap on my cheek.
"Listen!” The woman stares directly in my eyes “You probably don't remember anything, right?" I nod "So, I beg you to trust me when I say I WILL explain everything to you, just..." She puts a hand on my shoulder "Trust me" She smile at me. A sincere smile "Okay?"
I... don't have much sure, but... fucking it I nod.
"Thank you. Now, let me do something first" She goes to the computer on the side of my bed and start pressing some button "I'm not going to lie to you. I never will. This is going to hurt. But, you are a strong man. Remember that"
A weird on the top of the bed turns on with a green light, and Ahhh! Fuck! I close my eyes in pain.
"You can't imagine how happy I am, because you woke up" I feel her hand on my hair, cuddling. I struggle to open my eyes to look at her. She was crouched, looking at me with a smile "My name is Core Estelle, and you, Hardcore Henry, are my son"
Wait, my... mother?
"You are 17 years old and you are here because you suffered a... terrible accident, that took your life, and your arms, legs and vocal cords, as well" She said with sadness in her voice "But, thanks to the program CyberKa, that I signed you up for, you're back to life, with new cybernetic limbs... but, with no memory"
This... explains… alot
"I took care of you the whole process, just like you took care of me when we lost your father, Hard Spirit” She said with a small smile “And I promise, I will continue taking care of you until you get use with this... life. And I also promise to help you recover your memories"
Thank you... mom I think smiling at her, through the pain… actually, I noticed that the pain ended.
"Oh, we're done" She said and the light turns off. I look at my body to see what changed. I then see that my “cybernetic limbs” now were normal human limbs "Nice! The skin-cover is perfect"
Skin cover? Weird I seat on the bed, stretching myself.
"Here, hold this" My mother handed me over an apple that I picked up "Okay, you hands look normal. Squeeze a little bit more, please" Doing at she told me, I...
'WOW! I totally smashed the apple... awesome! I think impressed.
"Hahahaha, the operation was a success! Oh, hold on" She goes to a corner and I check my hands, noticing two things. That my right hand have a snake tattoo, a awesome one, and that on my left hand I notice that the "skin cover" didn't covered my knuckles, so my robot part were appearing "Ok, here" My mom returned with a backpack and some clothes.
Wait. Why do I… of crap! I NOW notice that I’m naked and I cover my... parts.
"Hihi, put them on” She gave me the clothes and the backpack “I leave you to alone to wear them. I promise I won’t peak” She said as she walk out of the room and “Oh, and don’t open the backpack” She said before leaving “I have a special surprise for you, so, NO peeking, ok“
Ok, then With this, she leaves and I look at the clothes she gave me. Grey sweatpants, a white tank top and slippers. I quickly put them on and I go out of the room, with the backpack, like mom said.
Opening the door, I see my mom using her phone as she waited for me “Oh, there you are” She noticed me and smile "You’re looking good, baby" She said with a giggle "Well, let's go” With this said, I follow her through the complex.
As we walk, we pass by some scientists that we're passing by or doing some... scientific stuff. Nothing impressive really, but this place IS impressive, though "We are almost there” My mom said as we walk… and I hear something loud distant “We are going to... wait, is this sound..."
A guitar? I think with sure A rock show is happening here?
"Oh, not again!" My mother said with a sigh "Let's go" She start walking faster, following the sound.
We get to the room where the sound was coming and my mom opened the door and...
HOLY WOW! THIS IS LOUD! Me and my mom shut our ears when the door opened. The sound was more loud than I imagined. We enter the room and I check around. I see four big amps on the top of the walls, more computers and two scientist, both wearing headphones. One had a Mohawk and was playing a guitar that was connected to a computer The responsible for the loud noise, I presume And the other was bald and was head bagging while playing air guitar.
"Hold one!" I hear my mom saying through the sound. She goes to the computer that had the guitar connected to it and displugs the guitar from it. And so, the loud music was gone and I remove my hand from my ears.
"Hey!" The scientist with the Mohawk said angry "What is the... Oh" When he see that it was mother, who had her arms crossed, he shuts up. The other, however, was still playing air guitar and bagging his head, so, the Mohawk scientist punches him.
“Ouch! The fuck, dude!” The bald one said and then notices my mom “Ahh, hello Mrs. Core" He said "Forgive us. You were taking some time, so..."
"So, you guys decided to play rock star?" My mother finishes his sentence, and the bald one just shrugs "Hehe, you guys are stupid" She said smiling and shaking her head "Anyway, this is my son, Hardcore Henry" She motion to me and I wave at them.
"Ahh yes, the little Hardcore" The one with the Mohawk said, approaching at me and offering me a hand shake "The name is Alex Montoya, pal" I shake his hand, weakly, so that I couldn't smash his hand with my new... cyber arm "And this is my assistant" He motioned to the other who approached "Jonathan Greenberg"
"Yo" Jonathan offered me a hand shake with his left arm, and I accept "Oh" He then start analyzing it more closely "The cyber limb sure is working fine" He then start… rubbing it? “And I can feel that…”
Okay, enough of this! I pull my arm back Weirdo
"Oh, sorry pal" Jonathan said and shake his head.
"Forgive my friend" Alex said "Is that we never see this kind of..."
"Excuse me, guys?" My mother calls their attention "Aren’t you two forgetting something?"
"Ahh, yes. Henry, come with me" Jonathan start leading me to a chair, and Alex goes to the computer by the side "So, Henry, you noticed that you can't talk, correct?" I nod and sit on the chair and Jonathan put some kind of helmet on me "Well, we are about to fix this problem. And the best part is..." He goes to Alex's side with a smile.
"You can choose your own voice!" Alex completes his sentence.
Well, this is nice I slightly smile.
"Now, we are going to give you your choices. Take your time to decide, pal" Alex begins searching for voices on the computer "Okay, how about... this one?"
"Gotta go fast, bro!" Noope!
"Haha, this one is nice" Yeah, but no Jonathan "Oh, how about this?"
"Donacdum" Eh, maybe.
"Hey, isn't this voice from one of those guys?" Alex asks.
"...Maybe? I want from the British one, but this was the best I get" Jonathan answer "Hey, hey, play that one!"
"Ah, yes, yes" Alex said, and start searching "Here. You're going to love this one, Henry"
"English, mothafucka! Do you speak it?!" They laugh with this one, and I have to admit that it is funny... but definitely not the one I wanted.
"Guys!" My mom, who was sitting on a chair, calls them "How about Henry's voice?"
Yeah, I prefer that one, too I nod in agreement.
"I think Henry also wants this one" My mom said.
"Well, your choice, pal" Alex said "Okay, just let me..." Suddenly, a alarm start playing.
ATTENTION. THERE HAD BEEN A SECURITY BREACH. AVOID CONTACT WITH UNAUTHORIZED PERSONAL"
"Oh no, they’re here!" My mother said and rushes to me "We got to go!" She removes the helmet from my head and gets me out of the chair, holding me by the arms as she leads me to the door "We need to go before...!"
"Before what, darling?" The door opens and reveals a pale man with white hair smilling at her. He was using a red sweater with a brown trench coat, dark blue pants and black boots "Hello, Ms. Estelle" He said to my mom with a smile, and then looked at me with his "Ahh, this must be little Henry. The boy that was in the CyberKa program, correct?"
"Akan" My mom said, pushing me away from this man.
"The one and only, darling" Akan said, bowing to her "How are you doing?" He ask with a smile
"Fuck you" My mom answered.
"Tsk, tsk, darling, didn't they teach you that it’s mean to use bad word?" Akan said, shaking his finger at her "You know what I think about those who swear a lot?"
I don't like were this is going
"I think, that that people who swears a lot… " Akan then direct his arm to Alex, and RAISES ALEX IN THE AIR?!? "They don't even need a mouth in the first place!" Akan then extended his other arm to Alex and quickly push it backward, pulling Alex's jaw out and making him give a bloody scream. Akan then proceed to throw him on a wall, head first, smashing his head and painting the wall red
"Don't move, mother fucker!" Jonathan demands, as he points a shotgun at Akan’s head from behind.
“Look like you didn’t learn…”
“Shut the fuck up!” Jonathan stop Akan mid-sentence "Estelle! Henry! Get out of here!" He tells us my mom hold my hand and start running away as fast as she could, making our way out of the room "AAAHhhhhhhh!" We heard Jonathan's scream as we keep running.
Poor bastard. Why did he think a shotgun would stop a guy with telekinesis? I think to myself as I keep running with my mom Actually, a better quest would be HOW THE FUCK THAT GUY HAVE TELEKINESIS?!?
"GOTCHA!" Someone hit me in surprise, throwing me on a window.
"HENRY!" I try to recover from the hit, getting up slowly "WATCH OUT!" I receive a kick on my face, throwing me on the floor once more. Getting up faster, I see the one who attacked me. A soldier using a dark suit with a black balaclava.
Getting into fighting position I throw a punch that he easily dodged, and then proceeded to punch me in the stomach.
"And they said you were dangerous. HA!" He throws me at the floor and get on top of me, punching me repeatedly.
"HENRY!" I hear my mom, between the punches "I didn't wanted to do this...Hard-gage!" Suddenly, I hold the next punch the soldier was going to deliver… and I have no idea how. With the tables flipped, I start crushing the soldier's hand, making him scream in pain. He punch me with his other hand, making me let his hand go and allowing me to get up. I look at him and I see him holding his hand in pain "You're DEAD!" The soldier said to me, removing his balaclava and revealing a man with a scar on his nose a bald head "PROSTITUTKA!"
Bring it on, fucker I said ready.
He runs at me and tries to punch me. However, I was the one who easily dodged this time and I managed to hold his arm and punch his ancon, making him scream in pain for his broken arm. I pick his head and I throw at a resistant window, bashing his head in it, over, and over, and over, and over, and over… Is that a... cloud, right next to the window?... WHERE THE FUCK AM I?!? I said surprise, so confused that I let the limp soldier’s body fall on the floor as I look through the window very confuse.
"Yes, Henry, this laboratory is located on a blimp. Is much safe for our kind of researches" My mom approach at me "Also, if you are wondering how suddenly you started fighting better, it’s because of the CyberKa program"
I was wondering
"CyberKa not just brought you back to life, with new functional limbs, Henry, but also gave you talent in combat, that activated thanks to the activation word I just said” She said and tears start forming on her eyes "You are a practically a killing machine, now, something I didn't wanted to happen! But... it was the only way to have my son back" She break out in tears, hugging me and crying "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry for turning you into this! I just wanted my son back so bad!” I hug her back, felling bad for her “After losing my Spirit, I couldn't stand living without my Hardcore"
Hey, calm down I start patting her back It's okay, It's okay
"I'm sorry, I'm making a show here ain't I?" She let me go and start cleaning the tears from her eyes "Okay, okay, I'm..."
"OVER HERE!" We hear more of them coming.
"Godammit, they're coming" My mom said "We need to go, NOW!" I nod and we return to run "There is a room with escape pods nearby. Come on!" She starts leading the way, as I follow.
After more running, we get to the escape pods room "Okay, we are here” My mom procceds to open the door and we enter “Now we… ah, no, NO!”
What happened? I ask a I look at the escape pods, that looked to be in good states.
"They broke all of them!" She said and pointed to the panel by the side of each one of them, and I notice bullet holes and all of them.
Fuck me!
"Wait” She runs to a escape pod and I follow “Yes! This one is working” And she was right, as this one’s panel wasn’t destroyed "Okay Henry, get inside!" I obey her and enter, as she start pressing some buttons on the panel "Listen, and listen carefully. We are overflying a city called Canterlot City. In this city exists a school called Canterlot High. Inside your backpack you will find a cell phone with the gps that will lead you to the school, some clothes and papers of registrations so you can matriculate yourself in it"
Got it… papers of registrations? I think confuse.
"That would be the surprise, Henry. I would matriculate you on this school, bought a house for us in Canterlot City, so that we both could have a normal life together, again" She said with a sad smile.
Really?
"Listen. Find the school, matriculate and find a man named Jimmy” She explains “He is a old friend and he will take care of you for now on"
Wait, now on?
"I'm going to miss you so much, Henry"
Wait, what!? No, she can't. There's enough space to two of us I extend my hand to her. You HAVE to come along
"No, Henry, I can't" She said and tears start forming on her eyes.
YES! YES YOU CAN!
"Henry" She smile at me and put on the panel "Goodbye" She then press the button and close the escape pod, launching me out of the blimp.
NOOOO! FUCK! I punch the escape pod door in anger. After breathing slowly and calming down a bit, I look through the glass and I see the city mom talked about. Canterlot City Looks peaceful I think with a small smile, but soon I sigh and…
"ACTIVATE: PARACHUTE. ACTIVATE: PARACHUTE"
Oh, boy I start looking around for the thing that will activate the parachutes, I find the lever that will do the trick. Pulling it, the parachute was activated, slowing the pod's fall and I hope it works as we get close to the Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
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After some time bumping on the ground, the escape finally stopped and simply lay there on the floor Ahhh, finally... I want to barf I see that the escape pod’s door is almost opened, so, with a strong kick from a cybernetic leg, the breaks opens, allowing me to crawl outside.
"Oh god!" I hear a woman and then I notice some people around the escape pod. Everyone stares at me in surprise and shock, some even having their phones ready to call a ambulance, I think
Ok, where am I? I look at the ground and I notice grass, so I look around and I notice that in fact I was in a park Oh shit, the backpack I check the backpack on my back,a nd lucky me it was still there Thank God I pass by the people around me, ignoring their offers, and start walking around Ok… what do I do, now? I then remember what my mom said to me. About finding this man named Jimmy and how he will take care of… me Fuck, this isn't right! I can't abandon her. Not like this! I think worry For now, I don’t have any leads of what to do, so, I better find this Jimmy. Maybe he can help me, somehow I nod to myself Ok, I better make my way to Canterlot High now! I then start felling a horrible smell… and It was coming from But first, I need to change my clothes.