DBZ: The Fallen Empire (Chapter 5: Asylum)

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"Yeesh, why does everyone gotta get so intimidating when making deals?" Kire shrugged. "Anyways, I'll work on your armor as soon as I'm done with my upgrades. In the meanwhile, I'll think about that warning."

Kire turned on his chair and allowed Helga to finish the remainder of his arm. He wiggled his fingers and performed a quick test before moving to the KABS cores and using the same technique he performed on Solaris's armor to the cores. Interactable holograms appeared before the man, and he typed out several things on a keyboard, also a hologram. While he worked, Helga's arms shifted from KABS to Kire's back and fired a little laser around the majority of it, mostly to burn away the layer of skin and peel it away from his mechanical components. 

"Shall I begin adding the programs of the translocators and full body invisibility to your system, Master?" 

"Yeah. By the way, how's the progress on Mioi's new toy?"

"It is coming out wonderfully. I am positive it will better suit Mioi's needs as well as bring out the best in her potential."

"Well, that's the idea..." Kire yawned loudly before turning his attention back to the several holograms branching out before him. "Guess I should hurry up and fix KABS, who knows when we will fight again... In the meanwhile, go and run a diagnostic on that kid's armor and see what is wrong with it. Probably nothin' serious..."

The mechanical parts that were upgrading Kire's arms shifted to Solaris's armor, lifting it up and gently placing it on a nearby workbench. The arms zapped away at some parts, careful not to ruin anything of the armor before running her full scan to see where the problem lied. 

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Jaz's eyes widen, the blush over her cheeks darkening as she listened intently on Junior's words. However, she felt safe in his arm, nuzzling her face on the side of his chest as she longed to for several years. A warm sensation filled her up now that she finally got her answer.

"You know Junior..." Jaz leaned her body closer to his. "I felt the same way for a long time. I wish I could've told you sooner."

She paused, staring intently at the stars as she carefully built up her courage. Her heart fluttered, and despite her outspoken personality, she had trouble admitting her true feelings to someone. After a minute, Jaz took a deep breath, assumingly trying to ease her nerves, and cleared her throat. 

"You probably waited 25 years for me to say this..." Jaz turned her gaze from the stars directly to Junior. Her voice turned to a whisper while her green eyes locked with his own.

"I... I love you, Junior."
 
Gogeta Jr. perked his eyebrows up, his right wrist loudly beeping with a glowing light. He lifted his arm up, tapping on the mechanical keyboard for a few seconds before excitedly turning to Koth, showing the small glowing light on his screen.

"Get these coordinates punched in now."

Koth raised an eyebrow, staring down at the screen for only a second before lifting his head back up.

"Odessan? Why in the world are we heading out there?"

Gogeta Jr. quickly picked up his feet, jogging lightly towards the exit while waving his hand dismissively.

"You'll see Koth: it's all coming together!"

Koth grunted lightly in annoyance after Gogeta Jr. departed the cockpit, Vegetto's narrowed eyes turning from the exit to Koth, who sighed lightly.

"Well...we're still stuck out here anyway until that hyperdrive is fixed."

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Vegetto Jr. met her eyes with the same warm stare, his smile rising slightly and his cheeks turning red at Jaz's admission.

"I love you too."

He slowly leaned his head down, his eyes beginning to flutter shut only for them to rapidly explode wide open from the sound of the automatic steel doors loudly sliding open. Gogeta Jr. promptly entered the room, catching his breath and grinning slightly.

"Junior, you gotta hear this-"

He blinked in confusion, glancing between the two.

"Oh...am I interrupting something?"
 
Jaz immediately turned her head to the door only to see Gogeta Jr. In a way, she was relieved it wasn't her father but embarrassed that the boy caught them in a particular moment. Her face turned red, redder than her moment with Junior, and her body shook with anger since Gogeta Jr ruined their moment. She jolted up to her feet and pointed at Gogeta.

"Gogeta you jerk!" Jaz stomped her foot, angrily getting closer to Gogeta, nagging. "Were you raised in a barn or something?! Did no one ever teach you how to knock?! Don't you know how rude it is to just barge in?! I should send you to some faraway planet so that they teach you some damn manners?! Don't you know it's bad to barge in on a lady?! I should tell my dad you were sneaking a peek at me! He'll rip you apart!" Jaz stopped before Gogeta Jr, gripping his shirt and pulling him into a headlock, yanking at his hair, still red from embarrassment. 

"I'mma tell Vegetto to mail you straight to Vaylin so you can replace Junior and be her new toy! I 'outta mail you myself! Hmph! Now tell me, what the hell is so important that you had to interrupt my very important talk with Junior?! And it better be good before I rip your head off, you jerk! Pest! Meanie! Clod! Stupid!"
 
"Somehow, I don't think peace and quiet will be possible on this ship..." Mioi joked, crossing her arms as she heard the remnants of the outbursts going on nearby. "I was already used to calling people Master back at the Academy anyway, so not using it out of habit feels even stranger. Let us find a more suitable area to spend the time while we wait for the hyperdrive to be repaired. ...Master."
 
With his armor left to Kire, Solaris left the lab to go help HK-47 and Brach with repairing the hyperdrive. Without his armor, he was left in a close fitting black jacket, pants, and boots covered in Solarian religious iconography. On him was a necklace with an emblem in the form of a seal, and on his back was the silver cape he had been wearing with his armor. Though the Solar Saiyan was limited in technical knowledge, he could still provide a helping hand to the two mechanics.

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The scan on Solaris' armor revealed the near full information of it. It was composed of alloys and crystal formations that would be similar to deep space materials that Kire had come across in limited quantities, the source unknown. Compared to the ones Kire had encountered, it seemed these were improved versions, much better than their closest matches. The metal alloys seemed designed to reflect off or adsorb any attack on them, whether it be slashing, puncturing, or simple impact, so the armor itself would survive and it would pass onto Solaris for himself to tank. Strangely, the crystals had a slight amount of light stored within them, acting as batteries. What could it power? In addition there were a dozen, nearly invisible nodes on the exterior of the armor, and only 2 of them were still functional. Physically speaking the primary problem was a clean slice through one of the arms, just below the shoulder, that was both an added weak spot in the armor, and also disrupted the crystals acting as a complete set of batteries.

The armor had an additional component inside it however. Inside the nodes was the remnants of the code of an AI. Broken and shattered, it seems this was what Solaris had warned about repairing. Thankfully for Kire however, it seems that the language was set to English for his sake. He could most definitely extract anything he wanted out of here, as long as it was intact. From the way it was set up, it seemed the AI was split into several different areas of code. "Functions" which seemed to include unique battle commands as well. "Memory" which was mostly information stored within the AI that could provide information on what it had seen and Solaris' past. "Control" which was mostly related to physically moving Solaris' body via the nearly invisible nodes. There was a fourth section however. Written in a completely different coding language, forced onto the primary AI. In addition, it was written in another language entirely and run through at least a dozen ciphers. Whatever it was, it couldn't be good.

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Kira gave a small laugh in responses to Mioi's joke.

"Keep that wit about you and we'll get along well. As for a suitable area, how about where you were heading to last? Has to be nice enough to train in."
 
"Argh!!"

Gogeta Jr. yelped as he was pulled into the headlock, fidgetting under Jaz's scolding and squirming to break free. He soon broke the hold, rubbing his neck for a minute after Jaz finished her rant.

"Alright alright, sheesh! Something big has come up...I'll knock next time."

Vegetto Jr. chuckled lightly, leaning his head over the back of the couch and resting his arm on the headrest.

"What's so important for you to barge in like that?"

Gogeta Jr. corrected his clothes, scowling lightly at Jaz for a moment before walking deeper into the room, his head turning to Vegetto Jr.

"It's about Odessan: have you checked your messages?"

Vegetto Jr. shook his head, glancing down at his wrist and lightly tapping on the metal band. He blinked lightly, a couple of dings sounding off before he flicked the side of the band gently, constant flashes of light still illuminating Vegetto Jr's face as he glanced up with wide eyes.

"How many?"

"Over a hundred. Odessan's been over run!"

Vegetto Jr. blinked in confusion, seeing Gogeta Jr's upbeat and ecstatic expression.

"By who? Did Zakuul find us?"

Gogeta Jr rapidly shook his head.

"No! Supporters, all across the universe. We have literally fighters swarming to the base, by the literal thousands from the Empire and the Republic alike!"

Vegetto Jr. raised an eyebrow, watching Gogeta Jr. shut off the light on his own wristband.

"What? How?"

Gogeta Jr. kept a small grin, sitting in the chair across the Vegetto Jr.

"There's footage. On the holonet: what happened on Asylum."

He leaned back in his seat, smirking.

"There's no denying it now, and word has spread across the universe. The former Sith Emperor has returned, and not even Arcann could stop him in full fledged combat. For the first time in over two decades, someone has stood up to Zakuul and won."

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Upon arriving in the small, cramped space housing the reactor, HK-47 rose from the floor. He shut the panel leading to a set of circuitry he was repairing, facing towards Brachi and Solaris both.

"Introduction: Greetings, meatbags. I have already stabilized the hyperdrive, as requested by Master Koth. We should arrive on Odessan within two hours upon ignition."

He slowly extended up his left hand, a small rod shooting up from his palm and holding it close to the nearby console.

"Query: shall I provide upgrades to the ship to optimize these parameters? I require permission from a leader of the Alliance."
 
"I was on my way to the parental unit's lab and inquire about a sleeping area..."  Mioi scratched her head. "I am unsure if Kire has already completed living arrangements for the small one and myself. It is possible we may become the roommates. It is probably noisy in the lab at the moment anyway. We could explore the ship for an empty room?" She asked Kira. The idea of intruding on Kire while he worked on technology she couldn't understand sounded bothersome for both parties. "Maybe some place with a view of the stars?"
 
Kire hummed a cheerful tune as he carefully worked on the inside of the Jaz's KABS core. He managed to display the last few images recorded from the previous fight and saw Vaylin and all her insanity. He narrowed his eyes, getting a good look at her before closing the holoimage and returning to work. Despite only seeing a still image of the girl, he felt a cold shiver run up his mechanical body. 

This girl is bad news... God, what do my little girl and this crazy bitch see in that Junior kid? Ugh, why couldn't my daughter go after someone who isn't such a big target...

"Master, I have finished my scans, and I believe you might want to see this," Helga said. "This armor is somewhat similar to KABS; however, the metal alloys are not only stronger but can reflect melee attacks. There are also many things you might find very interesting."

Kire groaned before shutting down the holograms he worked on and shoved his wheeled chair to the armor Helga worked on. He performed the same hologram tricks as with KABS and began to see for himself what was so important. The man flipped through all the information Helga managed to gather, each reading taking longer than the last. There was a small pause in the room before Kire's annoyed frown turned to a devious smile. His eyes lit up with joy at the information he was viewing.

"Y'know, maybe workin' on this kid's armor ain't so bad after all." Kire cracked his knuckles, typing away on his holo-keyboard, bringing up and capturing information from the scans. "First things first, think you can copy the property of those metals to KABS? The suit can use more durability after that last fight."

"Certainly Master."

"These batteries can prove useful as storage or decrease power consumption... Maybe I can use the reflective properties and combine it with the Ki absorption so that KABS gets a boost from physical hits as well..." Kire talked silently to himself while he carefully read through the scans. He paused upon noticing something about an A.I. "Hello, what's this?"

"I believe it is an AI program associated with the armor. We shouldn't activate it, Master, Solaris warned us not to. I have yet to discover much about this AI other than 'Functions' and 'Memory'. I have found something deeper... but it poses a bit of a challenge for me to decipher. However, do not forget why Solaris gave you this armor to begin with, Master."

"Oh yeah, he wanted to fix his tacky thing. Alright, lemmie get that done first before I start tinkerin'." Kire grabbed one of Helga's free arms and pulled it down. He pushed a button behind his ear and a transparent welders mask formed over his face. He began to carefully weld any metals together before he worked on the crystal-like batteries. "Also, make sure that all discoveries go to KABS, I have a feeling the battles ahead are gonna be even rougher."




Jaz grumbled to herself and crossed her arms, listening to the conversation and taking a seat next to Junior. She cheered up when she heard how many people were supporting them.

"Well, that's good news for a change. It's about time we catch a bit of a break, to be honest..." Jaz slumped her shoulders, already thinking about relaxing. "Maybe when we rest on this planet, Junior can teach me how to fly and we can finally have a real spar to see who's the better fighter! Besides, Junior and I still need to...talk."

Jaz twiddled her thumbs slightly before glaring at Gogeta Jr., her cheeks red.

"A-And you better not tell anyone what you saw... My dad would kill both of you."
 
Solaris watched HK move the rod close to the console and shook his head.

"Request denied. Do not continue." He stated before turning to the reactor, approaching towards it. Glancing behind him to Brachi and HK he wondered aloud.

"What if we provided the reactor with some more power?"

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If scanned the welding would show an immediate decrease in the vulnerable point of the armor and a repairing of the connected crystal batteries ability to function together. The properties of the metals and crystals could be copied, but unless Kire could synthesize the exact compositions of the materials it shouldn't be as effective. If he could somehow recreate those materials from another galaxy with his lab, then he might even be able to make a better, augmented version of Solaris' armor.

The AI was in fragments, in pieces. To even make it usable would require lots of repair. What remained still could be useful salvage. The fourth function, written in that cipher, seemed like it was formerly auto-generated, but now stuck in a single form. With enough time and processing, it could be broken into. The effects of that though, are unknown.

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"Empty rooms should be around here, this is a super weapon." Kira replied. "View of the stars would be possible. Would help with things. Better get moving, right?" She suggested before starting to walk, looking around the various doors.
 
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