Telia's work went on uninterrupted for almost two hours, and Marcus wandering in after checking what was left in his ship was good timing as far as Telia was concerned. She had finished her project, and the collection of pieces were laying on one of the heavy work tables Dragon Claw had set up in there. Marcus simply looked curious as he poked one of the larger sections of whatever it was with his claw. It made a light clink noise as the claw tapped the reinforced metal, and it barely budged.
He turned to look at Telia with a raised eye ridge and she gave him a half smile. "Best I could come up with on short notice. You're acting like someone left you to starve for a while. Whatever that Phazon garbage is it's affecting your mind. Fortunately Core ended up with some files from Samus's ship, and he had the decoding keys, unlike the pirates. This is based on some tech they used during a not so distant multi planet war with the "Space Pirates". Looks like the same group that Dragon Claw was mentioning. Though the G.F. records don't mention any faction other than the one they keep having Samus blow up. This is based on that, with some extra bits from the Chozo and of course our own engineering thrown in. Gonna warn you, it's going to hurt like a mother when you put it on. Once it charges the tanks and capacitors though you should be a bit calmer." she said, gesturing for him to sit down.
While Marcus wouldn't claim to understand the finer details, it was his sister, and she was the one person he could trust more than Samus at this point. He sat down with an inarticulate grunt, apparently not trusting himself to speak quite yet. The mess of parts was quickly assembled into a massive
Lantern Shield . She had even managed to at some point integrate his buster pistol into the main body, allowing him to keep his ranged capabilities.
The edge of the blade was dull gray, but as she showed him, it would energize for combat when he was ready. It would run off his internal power supply for the most part, but with the PED system having been upgraded and build into most of the parts, he could also add a huge boost with his own nearly unlimited fuel. In addition to the shield and gun, it came with armor augmentations for his arms, and a half plate of chest and back armor to give him some additional protection. Plus the off hand could still be used to deploy some of the other parts for his buster's multi weapon system. All in all it was a useful tool.
With everything settled in place, He flipped the blade forward, and then clenched with a snarl as the PED started forcibly siphoning off the excess Phazon in his body. It only lasted a minute or two but Marcus was tired afterward. He slipped the blade again and looked sidelong at his sister. "That sucked almost as bad as that last fight with him. I hope that's not a constant thing." he said to her, a weak smile on his features.
Telia for her part just hugged her brother, glad he was at least more coherent. "Yeah, but it's good to have you back. I'll check up on our prisoner, make sure they're securing her. You go and see if Samus needs any help with her ship. that thing looked like it was just this side of a scrapyard to me, but I could be wrong. Oh, and be careful with that thing, it's still sharp you know." she said, heading for the medical bay.
It only took her a few minutes, but when she got there, her expression darkened seeing both the Cat and Josh in the medical berths, and nobody had taken the time to strap the cat into the bed to ensure she didn't try anything. Telia wasn't in her armor, having shed it during her work in the shop, but she was still capable.
She started approaching the bed with the Cat on it, and stopped. One of the medical bots was in the corner, getting maintenance performed on one of it's tools. Specifically the one that looked like it had held a long probe used for examining deep wounds. Long and sharp, it would make an excellent improvised weapon. With cautious steps she approached the cat's right arm.
The cat in the meantime was patiently waiting, playing unconscious. She could hear Telia enter, and had to work to keep her body from betraying her with an elevated pulse or muscle spasms. Pain still roared in her belly, but she forced it down as she became aware that her long sought after foe was not wearing armor this time. Once Telia was in range, she snapped her arm out suddenly, using a small portion of her own power to hyper charge her muscles. Even Telia wouldn't have time to react without equipment.
"Telia barely had a fraction of a second to realize she had fallen into the trap as the improvised shiv pierced the left side of her chest, the velocity of the Cat's swing giving it enough power to pierce her hide, and subsequently, one of her hearts. Pain racked her body as the spike was also carrying a charge, but her rage was more than enough to keep it from overwhelming her. Almost as fast as the Cat, her hand snapped to the spike, and wrapped around the Cat's own apendage. With a vicious strike with the other arm, she not only shattered the Cat's elbow, but dislocated the shoulder and sprained the wrist.
The cat screeched in renewed agony as she was again heavily injured. Telia on the other hand didn't show any mercy. With the cat unable to focus, she yanked her hand from the spike buried in her chest, and then punched the cat in the face, hard. Stars filled the Cat's field of view as her head snapped to one side, and several teeth were knocked loose. With the Cat dazed, Telia was free to quickly use the bed restraints to strap the further injured Elite to the bed in such a manner she couldn't get her claws into the material to cut herself loose.
With that done, and the Cat recovered enough to start throwing insults, Telia snarled, and smashed her elbow into the Cat's temple, rendering the Cat utterly unconscious. Satisfied that the prisoner wouldn't be awake any time soon to try again, she turned to Josh. The bloody spike was still sticking out of her chest, and the look on her face was just shy of murderous.
"Now I wonder who's bright idea it was to put a dangerous prisoner in the med lab WITHOUT RESTRAINTS!" she roared, ripping the spike out as she finished. The bloodied metal clattered to the floor in front of Josh as she fought to stay standing. "If I have to put her in her place again, I'll be permanent. I'll also remind you that the only reason she is alive is because a friend of my brother's asked. My willingness to allow her to live is rapidly dwindling. Pray for her sake she doesn't get loose, I won't hesitate to kill her, and neither will Marcus." She said, slowly regaining her composure. The hole in her hide had stopped bleeding, and was slowly starting to heal over. The burns from the electrical discharge were slowing the regeneration, but not halting it.
Marcus at that moment came charging down the hall and into the medical bay, his gun ready to fire. He had felt the flash of pain through his and his sister's link, but without more he assumed the worst. His assumption was confirmed by the fact his sister was covered in blood, and the Cat was now being treated for even more injuries by the medical bots. "Lemmie guess, she wasn't bolted to the table." he said, lowering his weapon.
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