Trapped in the Static

Better Leverage

"Zhe lasers made clean cuts so it is difficult to put back together" Henrik supplied, "I honestly don't know if I can fix it. Electricity snaps at me when I try and put it back together"

"Why'd you come?" Jackie asked him.

Anti stared at him for a while until he leaned over and tapped his walkie, "It turned on while you were fighting rust-bucket"

" . . .oh. You heard, then"

"Yeah"

Jackie swallowed as they locked eye contact and finally the hero gave in, "It's true, you know. I wouldn't have said all that if I didn't think so. Sorry I've been giving you a hard time"

Anti shrugged, "I don't blame you, red." he stood and rolled his shoulders, coming up to the cable, "Not let's turn the lights back on, shall we?"

Marvin held onto Chase when they entered the depths of Dark's mind. Exactly where Dark would probably expect them. But surprisingly enough. . . . there was dead silence.

They were in the middle of what seemed like a frozen lake, snow drifting around them and barren trees creaking in the wind. It seemed like night but then again it was probably always like this.

"Fooking hell." Chase mumbled, "This is in his head? No wonder he's so uptight."

"Hm" Marvin hummed, "I believe this was where Dark was actually born. In the void, I mean. This is how this part of the void took shape according to Host"

"Well maybe he just has a hard time letting go of things. Would make sense"

"Let's walk around and see if we can find something that'll lead us to the kids. Keep your mind silent if you can."

"Wait vhat are you doing?!" Henrik stood to try and stop Anti, "You can't fix the cable! It is  a lost cause!"

"You're saying you're giving up already, doc?" Anti teased but the doctor wasn't having any of that.

"I'm SAYING you'd probably only make it worse with your glitching! No offense."

"The city's already fucked, Schneep" Anti countered, a snarl on his face as always, "What's the harm in trying?"

"Vhy would you vant to? You are the one who . . . . . " he stopped himself and sighed, seeing Jackie's glare from behind Anti, "Fine. . . . . give it a shot then."

Anti walked past Henrik to the cable to examine it. The cable was about the size of an arm in diameter filled with complicated wiring that had been cut clean in half by Google's lasers. 

"Why not ductape?"

"Are you kidding me!?" Henrik snapped at him again, "If I could have used that shite then I vould have! It keeps sparking trying to kill meh!"

"But if it wasn't sparking at you then you'd be able to fix it?"

Henrik glared at him, "Vell of course but tis not that simple!"

"Sounds simple enough to me" Anti snorted, loving seeing the doctor so worked up.

"You are so infuriating! UGH! I cannot-!"

Jackie was almost amused by their interaction but stayed quiet. It seemed as though Anti had a plan.

"I can change the current of the sparks using my own body, doc. It'll keep the sparks away from you for long enough so you can ductape this mess. Think you can handle that?"