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Melody was instructed to take Hexxis with her to a therapy session with the transfer doctor from Spectrum. Melody was more than nervous, knowing that they didn't know she had a Mane, and wasn't sure she wanted them to know. On the other hand, he was mostly there for Hexxis and Mara obviously didn't trust Hexxis to be alone with someone from Spectrum to due to her history with them, so Melody was entrusted with the task of keeping an eye on her while she was there too. Two birds with one stone. Sighing, she led Hexxis to the designated room. She took a cursory glance back and grabbed her hand with a concerned look before knocking on the door lightly and then hesitating to opening the door, scared of something. "C-can you open it?" she asked meekly, fidgeting at the memory of the last time she entered a closed room.

Hexxis had been given explicit instructions on what she would be doing, and what she was allowed to say. Melody had come for her and led her to the door where they would see Dr. Enid. She watched Melody carefully as seemed to hesitate and had grabbed her hand as Hexxis stared at their interlaced fingers with a glimmer of inquisitiveness. Was she scared of the doctor? Was she in a similar situation of dealing with bad doctors? When Melody asked her to open the door she nodded and stepped forward, not letting go of Melody as it seemed to bring the black-haired girl some comfort. "We are entering the room now." she announced robotically through the door. Hexxis opened the door and stepped inside, her eyes adjusting to the darkness fairly easily as it would take Melody some more time to adjust even if there was light from the window. She stood in front of Melody as she analyzed the surroundings.

Melody bit her lip as she shuffled in right behind Hexxis. After realizing she wasn't going to be shot at, she let out a breath of relief and took a step out from behind her to look at Enid. Her eyes showed her shy nature as she tried to keep her eyes focused on him, but her eyes shifted about every now and again nervously. Taking a deep breath, she tried to force herself to be strong. She looked over to the two chairs and moved over to them, letting go of Hexxis' hand so they could sit.

Hexxis was silent, her face completely void of expression as she focused on Enid for a bit then looked to Melody as she moved to the chairs. Hexxis followed suit and sat down in the vacant chair next to Melody, folding her hands into her lap as she stared ahead at the doctor, waiting patiently.

Melody shifted slightly as she listened to the request and nodded, taking a deep breath. "Uhm... I'm Melody Heart.. I...uhh... I don't know what to say..." she squeaked as she tried to calm down about it. It was easier when Mara ask her these questions, but for some reason she was really nervous.

'It's okay... just breathe..'

'Is it okay to tell him about you?'

'Don't worry about that, I'll handle it when you get to that part... Just focus on yourself and what you want to share with him... You're doing great..'

She took another breath to calm herself as she collected her thoughts and what to say.

Hexxis looked over to Melody and noticed her nervousness and spoke up, as maybe it would be easier for her if she went first. "My given name is Experiment 001 - Codename Hexxis, however, I am often referred to by my current authorized owners as Hexxis Luz. I am a specimen used in research for understanding Metas as well as utilized for combat situations within certain set parameters. I have not obtained nor currently have a mane or malice." she answered in her robotic monotone voice, her face just as blank as her voice.

Melody watched as Hexxis rambled off the information like it was nothing, sighing a bit she nodded to herself. "I am a muse meta and I'm a healer.... I'm Rasiel's daughter but I have no affiliation to him, I've never even him. I was apart of Spectrum as a child, cared for by Mirabelle and Professor Rhun... along with Leukos who is not here with us..." she fidgeted a bit and lowered her head a bit. "...and... I have a Mane..." she was quiet for a bit before she took a deep breath and her body language changed, relaxed. She lifted her head to look at Enid, tilting her head slightly with a quaint smile. "And my name is Alice.... It's very nice to meet you..."

She tilted her head a little more with a cordial grin, sitting quite proper in the chair, not an ounce of nervousness about her actions as she seemed intrigued. "You are correct, I am Alice Broken... The more I look at you, the more I begin to remember of you... It really has been a long time, has it not?" she asked, her grin growing at the mention of moons. Yes, she was fairly certain who he was now. "You certainly have grown into a handsome young lad.." she chuckled a bit, almost joking about the way she spoke. "Honestly, it's still a bit disorienting coming back after so many years... seeing those I grew up with, seeing them still alive and well..." she spoke calmly, blinking with curiosity.

Hexxis sat patiently, staring at Dr. Enid, as she didn't seem to move at all until he spoke to her. She listened to the question then thought very briefly. "Yes. I am missing the component Item 0-01. I have been instructed to resume functions with it." she paused for a moment then spoke again. "The component is an item that was given to me, it produces a voice..." she flickered her vision away, a glint of struggle as she tried to find the best way to explain it. "The component is apart of my functions as it is a back-up coding meant for completion of tasks that I would otherwise fail. The component is unstable and is recommended to be dormant and unused unless absolutely necessary..." Hexxis remained sitting with almost perfect posture as she stared ahead, thinking for only another moment before then answering the third question. "I am unaware of what is listed in my file, so for questions regarding comparisons, I would likely not have the answer to. However, I can assume my commands are not listed as that is a liability, as well it may not mention the specific tests run on me... for research." she seemed to be skirting the issue just a bit, but didn't seem like she genuinely knew anything about herself beyond what was programmed.

Closing her eyes, she merely relinquished control back to Melody, not exactly fond of questioning though she would answer if asked directly. She assumed that the questions were meant for Melody anyway as she just remained quiet and listened. She opened her eyes as they had returned to red and blue now and she sighed back into a nervous glance at Dr. Enid. "...Blue, Gold, and Pink..." she answer timidly, pausing between each color to think hard on it. "...I generally like them all..." she added quietly then bit her lip as she tackled the next question, "I... like to play tag with Leukos in grandma's mansion... That was fun... He's really ticklish..." she gave a faint smile as she remembered that being a very often thing that occurred when they were alone. "Uhm... strawberries?.... I.. I like hot chocolate, I guess.." she answered and glanced over to Hexxis who had broken her stare from Dr. Enid to look at her which seemed to make Melody nervous. "...what's wrong?.." she asked with slight concern as she frowned when Hexxis shook her head dismissively then returned her gaze back to the doctor. Let out an exhale, Melody thought about the last question and then nodded to herself, "I like when the moon is out... " she answered simply as she kept her hands folded in her lap and looked away a bit embarrassed by her answers.

Hexxis paused at the first question. Thinking over how color was simply light rays with varying wavelengths that resulted in what the eye would perceive as color. Thinking yet again for only a moment, "I do not understand why that is important to ask the difference in my likeliness to desire one wavelength over another, but if it is information that is crucial to this analysis, I could only assume I tend to favor wavelengths between 380-450 nm and 580-600 nm." she answered simply. She then tried to remember some kind of memory but did not seem to have any. "I do not have any recent memories that I favor. I have only recently came to SIU under the care of Mara Gold." she then thought for more than a few moments on the next question, almost slightly confused. "I... do not eat.... or drink.."

She sighed, "She does eat and drink... when she's ordered to.. Don't make it sound like Mara is starving you... You starve yourself if she's not on top of making sure you actually eat..." she scolded lightly then frowned.

She paused, "I do not favor any sustenance that I have consumed since being here." She then, paused again for an even longer length of time then blinked with an expressionless face. "Twenty-one zero six." she answered bluntly then waited for further instruction.

The door to the therapy session opened suddenly, not the first door to do this on it's own recently. The door swung open and there was no one there, at least not visibly. An over sized figure walked through the doorway not visible to those inside, or those outside for that matter either. A quick glance around confirmed that this was the room he had been looking for, which was a good thing as there weren't many left before he would have been forced to move through the busy construction areas. The figure moved incredibly silent, an eerie image if they had been able to see it. The invisible man moved to the center of the room standing between Hexxis, Melody and the Doctor.

The stealth faded as a large figure clad in black SIU armor appeared. The large suit already had a fist coming towards the doctor, an attempt to incapacitate the unknown man so that he couldn't alert anyone else within the base. Acting quickly he followed it up with a burst of energy attempting to stun both Hexxis, Melody and the Doctor. He needed time to act if he was to resolve this quickly, and dealing with Hexxis and an unknown Meta wasn't ideal.

As the door opened, he looked up, his eyes going wide as he quickly stood up and backpedaled as fast as he could - only managing to get out of the majority of the way. The punch nearly whiffed but knocked his glasses off his face and would leave a partial bruise on that side of the face, but as the stun connected with him, even though he thought he was just outside of the radius, he grunted in pain and fell to a knee. Slowly looking up, his eyes flickered from their deep purple to an unnaturally bright gold. "I do hope this is an awful joke..." he was still down for the count, physically at least. He didn't look too worse for wear, but the stun had locked him up enough to shake him.

[Punch block 18 vs. 23. Stun Block 15 vs. 20. Total hp lost - 10. Current hp 90]

Melody took a deep breath and took a step to run for the door but was far too late as she saw him swing the blade toward her. In a panic she closed her eyes tight, bracing for the impact, slamming against the wall, her skin glimmered over with gold, eventually covering her whole body and her aura faded from sigh though her body remain [Golden Form: Lvl 3]. She let out a yelp as she was held against the wall. "Nooo!! Leave us alone!!" she screeched as she was clearly freaking out, struggling beneath his grasp, trying not to cry. "Mara!! Syth!! Zira!! Anybody, help!!!" she cried out loudly, trying to get anyone's attention at this point.

Hexxis strained as she forced herself to stand, taking a step forward to initiate combat once more. He spoke and she hestitated. He addressed her by name and identified himself as the Head of Security from Haven.

'Identify, Head of Security Jason Schmidt.'

She couldn't see his face, she could not complete the request, but somehow she still felt compelled to listen, even obey. She didn't understand as she should not comply if he could not be identified. This was not the correct procedure.

H̴̤e҉̟͕̘̱ ̴̱̞̘̦̺̣i͓s͎̪̭̪̥͉̞ ͎̬n̵̩̭o̷͍̳t͠ ̦a҉̲͖̖̫̯u̳ţ̩̙̬h͎͓̣͔̤̲͈͡o̜̜͕͈͇ŕ͕̩ͅi̻̝̺̪̖z͇ͅȩ̖͕̪̱d͉͝.͎̤̪̱̤̲.̻̹̲͙ͅ

'You have been compromised.'

'Do I... activate breakdown?...'

S̟͎̯͞t̖e̱̬̻̣̱͘p͇̺̘̰̲ ̱̺̯̕1̝̩̥̕:̣͖ ̳̱̻̭̖͍͝Y̹̤͝o͡u̻̰̝͙ͅ ̠̘͕̮̘͎m̳̦̩͓̕u̸͕͕s̗͙͚̝t̯͖̱̤̱͚̖ ̧̼͙͓̙r͕̪̥̦̥͖͉e̡ț͈͠u̡̘̲̯͕̠̘r̰̮̥̘͚̯n.̳͕̩

Hexxis seemed to be struggling with the words he spoke, as she tried to fight back the command but her mind slowly began to accept what he said.

'You have been compromised.'

D͍o̪̮̻̠̻͈ ̸̳n͓̫͓̳o̸t͏ ̻̳͚͍̝̫͇a̟̼͘u̲̻̘̪̱t̩͚͠h̬o͖r̷̟͓̬͉̦̘i̶͙z͝e͚̗͢ ̰͍͟h̸i̩͎̗̪͜m̛̬͇͖̟.̴̲͈

"Authorized owner Jason Schmidt identified. Errors detected. Initiating breakdown protocol step one."

H̴̘͎̳e ̣i̷͍̬̜̫̠̫s̹̳͙͚͞ ͝n̘̖̟͖̖͍͎͡ọ̶͍͚̫t̶͈ ̫͎̲̮͕͘a̴͇̗͚͕út̝͔͔̕h̲̳̫͚̟̮͝o̵r̜̟̖íẓ͓e͕̮̜̯͇̺̳͢d̞̳̱ͅ ̫͚͔̦̞͈͘f̛o̫̙̯͕̝̻ͅr̵̙̘͈̲͓͍͔ ͖̱͍̹̤͞t͚̺h͏i̩̤̝s̢̬ ͇̩͍͍͔̻͡p̣̯̞̩̖̻r̙͔͙͍o̪t͙o̘̮̼̥̪̪̺͞c̱̗̰̣͕͍ͅo͖̯̮͚̙͉ͅl̳.̩̳̳͎̹̪̰

She blinked slowly then nodded. "Eliminate all others present... Understood." she glanced to Melody who was pinned then turned to Dr. Enid and took a step towards him, summoning her sheathed sword to her hand. 'He must be eliminated.'

S̹̱̼̩̯t̘̦̺̤͜o͘p̨̻͎̭̟̖̣̗

She began to draw her sword, staring at Dr. Enid with a blank face, taking another step towards him. 'This isn't right.'

W̥̳̘͚e̪̬ ̗͇͚̘̼͚̫c̥̲̲͔̙̪̭a̝n̲͚̖̖̕n̛o̯͚̟̪͈̦̺͟t̫͉͕̞́ ̝̲͖̭ș͙t̥̳̫̻o͕̞̳͈̮͇̩p̺̟


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