Left with a Memory

Chapter 14- Interrogate

Jackie jumped from rooftop to rooftop. His normally red suit was in night mode now, so it was a much darker, shaded red instead of the bright red it normally was. He paused on one roof, looking down at the monitor of his watch. Good, he was still on track. He jumped to the next building, getting to the edge, then dropping down the fire escape into a dark alleyway. He look back into the brightly lit streets. Ireland was never this active. He turned away from it, pulling out the holoscreen on his watch. A dot appeared about 20 meters away as the hero began heading in that direction. Finally, he reached the backdoor of an abandoned shop, still with a dusty "For Rent" sign. He aggressively pushed on the door. It held little resistance before letting him in.

The hero closed the door behind him. The room was pitch black. He activated the flashlight on his watch, inspecting the surrounding. Finally, the light landed on a figure standing in the doorway to another room. "Your late," He said coldly.

Jackie let out a heavy sigh. "Sorry Chase, got a little lost here. I'm not really used to LA yet," He looked past Chase into the room he was guarding. "He hasn't been much trouble has he?" Jackie inquired.

Chase looked over his shoulder. "So far no, he has been trying to signal for his brothers, but Jamie's device seems to be fully operational now," He gestured for Jackie to follow as he began to enter the room. Jackie trailed close behind.

As they entered, Jamie flicked a switch turning on a single over head light, Chase and Jamie stood behind the man tied tightly to the chair. He was completely unconscious. No sign of human life at all. Jackie looked up at Jamie. "Wake him up tinker."

Jamie nodded, stepping behind the man. He snaked his hand on his side, up and under his shirt slightly. There was a loud click and Jamie stepped back as the one captured seemed to come back to life. "System back online. Error; receiving and transmission signals blocked. Attempting to fix problem."

Jackie stepped closer to the android. "No point in trying that Google. Wake up and listen to me," Googleplier's eyes flashed yellow for a moment. He looked down, seeing he was tied up, he began to wiggle, trying to loosen the rope. He finally looked up at the hero.

"Jackieboy man?" He said questionable. "What are you doing?"

Jackie's face stayed stone cold. "They call you Oliver right, not Google Yellow. I always wondered why exactly, but it seems that you're the most human like android I've seen. There for, the most likely to help us."

Oliver chuckled nervously. "If you want my help, this is a pretty rude way of asking for it. Why don't you let me go and we can talk about this back at the Iplier egos' place," He hopefully suggested.

Jackie just shook his head. "The task we need you for is something that your brothers would never allow themselves to get involved in," He stepped forward, grabbing the back of Oliver's chair. "It's about Anti. You know, Antisepticeye. The big bad glitch that'll burn through your systems like microwave popcorn."

Oliver nodded. "We've heard of him," He swallowed heavily. If Jackie didn't know any better, he'd think he was a real human, with the way he acted. "We've also heard that you're the hero of the Septics. You don't hurt people! Especially those who haven't done anything wrong!" Oliver was pleading now. He seemed so scared.

Jackie looked down, taking a deep breath. He was a hero, and while he never would hurt anyone who didn't have it coming, he had to play the antihero role for the moment. He looked back into Yellow's eyes, a grave expression on his face. "That was before I lost two of my closest friends. You've never lost your brothers the way I have. Watching them die right before your eyes, and not being able to do a thing about it. Not even having their bodies to give a proper burial. Once hurts. Twice does something to you. You find that once it happens twice, you'd do anything to avenge them," He leaned forward, tilting Oliver's chair back on two legs. "Do you understand now where I'm coming from Oliver? I. Am. Desperate." He emphasized those last words needing it to get across.

Chase took a small step forward, giving Jackie the look to cool down. The hero sighed, letting Oliver's chair down. He looked back at the robot with a softer expression now. "Oliver, all I'm asking is do you know how to locate Anti?"

"H-how the h-hell would I-I know?" Oliver stumbled to get out.

"I said it before," Jackie tutted. "You and Anti are basically complete opposites. So you can't tell me you don't have ways to figure out if he's near," Jackie could see Oliver's systems were panicked. They were probably trying to reach the other Googles for help, but Jameson made a signal dampening collar specifically for this reason. "Come on Oliver, All I need is to know how to find him. He took," Jackie choked on his words. "He took Marvin from us."

Oliver looked up in shock. He always liked the little magician. Always so full of energy and positivity. The Septic and Iplier egos were never very close, except for Henrik and Dr. Iplier, but Oliver always hoped to get to know Marvin a little better. He thought they could have become good friends. The yellow droid nodded finally. "Electricity," He said. "Anti is a creature of pure electricity. He feeds off it. If you can find a place that's drained electricity like a running faucet, you should be able to find him."

Jackie looked up at Chase and Jamie. It made sense. The way Anti pulled electricity from those wires at the factory, of course. "Jamie, remove it." He instructed. Jamie took off the signal dampening collar from Oliver's neck. "There, now signal for your brothers to come help you. Oh and Oliver," Jackie held onto the droid's shoulder. He looked into his eyes with the kindest expression, showing the yellow bot that all he saw before was the hero's desperation. "Thank you."

Oliver nodded. The other egos gathered, ready for Chase to teleport them back home. "Jackie," He called before they left. "I'm sorry about what's happened. Please, be careful when you find him."

Jackie smiled sadly back at him. "We will be," And with that, the egos were gone in a flash of light.

Anti walked into Marvin's room holding his injection for the day. He paused however when he saw the magician... smiling? Anti tried to ignore it but as he got closer he could hear him humming something. He quickly finished the injection, ready to leave but something stopped him. Suddenly Marvin laughed. "Oh Anti~" He called in a sing-song voice. The glitch looked back at the magician. He kept humming.

Then, he was singing. "~One, two. They're coming for you! ~ Three, four. Better lock your door ~" He let out a cold, mad laugh, neck snapping from side to side. "~They're cooooming...~"

Something happened that Anti hadn't seen in a long time; Marvin's third eye opened. However, this time it wasn't a bright, septic green, instead, it was pitch black with a dark green iris. Anti looked down at Marvin smiling. Finally. "So what do you think we should do about them. My little Dark Trickster?" He playfully asked, hands ghosting over his cuffed wrists.

Marvin's hand bent side to side, bones popping beneath the skin. He smiled back up at Ant, both eyes turning dark green now instead of deep blue. "L͜e̕t'͏s͠ ̶h̡a͠ve ̕s̡o̴me ͞fun!"