The Lab

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Where stuff gets blown up constantly along with creating objects curtsey of Rikku, one of the heads of Science.

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Rikku, when she was done dragging Julian down the stairs, dragged him into The Labs. She propped him up against the wall, making sure that he was a comfortable position where he wouldn't fall over. When she was done with that, the upbeat Technokinetic started pulling down various herbs and chemicals so that she could start preparing for the Removal.

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Julian stirred and groaned, blinking. "What the hell?" He mused, chuckling. "You're so tiny, and you managed to knock me out and drag me down a few flights of stairs?" Jules gingerly touched the back of his head, where it was tender and achy.

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"Well a girl's gotta follow Protocol," Rikku said, sprinkling a little belladonna into the clean vial she was working with. ""Besides you aren't bigger than my brother Brother so it was fairly easy."

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"Ah. I see." Julian shifted, and stood slowly. "What is this? A lab, or something? And what is that?"

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"Yes this is The Lab and this right here is a mixture to numb the pain and to knock you out, but it only lasts for ten minutes, so you have to be cooperative," Rikku said as she finished with the mixture and started putting the vials away.

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Julian's eyes widened slightly. "I...I really don't want to take that. And...you know about the poison, right? In the chip?"

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Rikku laughed. "Of course silly! Hello~ Technokinetic," She smiled and faced Julian. "Well you have to, unless you want your father to come and raid this camp and kill you. In which case, I would have to take care of you myself, and I am sure you don't want that, cause I don't want that."

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Jules sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Fine. Give me the goddamn thing. Do I need to just stand here, or lay down, or some shit like that?" He bit his lip, knowing that he would be unconscious...the President's son...in a variant camp. Then again, he was a variant.

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"Laying down would be best," Rikku said as she handed him the mixture. She patted an exam table and said," It wont take me long."

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Julian nodded grimly, taking the mixture and walking over to the table. He drank it all in one gulp, like a shot, and grimaced at the sickly sweet taste. "Wh...what's in this?" His body felt prickly, and he felt drowsy. Jules figured he would fall over any second, and got on the table, his back resting against the cool metal. "Okay...I think..."

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"I'll tell you what's in it once you wake up. And what do you think?" Rikku said, cracking her knuckles.

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"I think..." I may die. If you remove it...I'm scared. Me, of all people, Julian Grave, is scared. Before he could voice his thoughts, Jules' eyelids dropped, and he fell asleep.

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Rikku rubbed her temples and she concentrated. "Okay chip..... Tracking chip....." Rikku had done many of theses but this one was the first one she had done in a while. "Okay, the chip is compiled of several different tracking and tracing technologies.... And the off switch is the by the codes of ...... Ah these ones!" In her mind, she typed out the numbers and she then saw,"Access Granted,deactivated." She then opened her eyes and she looked down at Julian. Rikku looked at a clock on the wall and said to herself lightly," You should be waking up in a minute....You'll be a little numb..... But it'll be alright."

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Julian started feeling the prickly feeling in his limbs again, and opened his eyes slowly. His whole body was heavy, and when he tried to move, he didn't feel anything. "Is it over?"

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"Mhmmmm. It's off. And they have no way to turn it back on," Rikku said, walking back toward the cabinet and pulling out a granola bar. "Eat this," She said, walking back toward him and holding out the bar,"It'll help push out the chip. And I'm pretty sure you're hungry...."

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"Yeah, thanks..." Julian cautiously took the bar, and broke it in half. He slid a half of it in his mouth, and smiled. "This is pretty damn good, for a granola bar."

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"You can tell that to our chef when you get a chance. He makes them," Rikku said, with a bright smile back. "How are you feeling?"

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"Numb. Disconnected, if you mind the obvious pun." Julian chuckled slightly, but it was without humor. "I wonder what my Father's doing right now."

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Rikku shed a smile and she said,"I don't want to know what he's doing. You're safe now. The only one that you have to worry about is the Boss Lady, Lightning....."

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"Lightning?" Jules said, confused. "Who the hell is she?" He hadn't heard of a variant named Lightning. There was that soldier... "...wait...the deserter?"

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"She don't talk much about herself..... So I wouldn't know. None of us Variants would," Rikku shrugged her small shoulders and sat next to Julian on the exam table.

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"Well..." Julian said slowly, thinking, "Can I talk to her? Maybe she can help me. I won't give up data or anything, but I will try and see if I can reason with my father."

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Rikku then laughed again," Ha! Good one! Talk to Lightning!" She then looked at Julian and saw that his face was serious. "Oh you were serious about that? Well okay, I should go with you just in case, besides I don't want you getting lost or any of that jazz," Rikku hopped off of the exam table and dusted herself off.

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Jules raised an eyebrow, and hopped off after. He steadied himself, feeling a pang of something in his head, but righted himself and stood. "Okay. So...where is she?"

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"She would mostly likely be in the Intel room... That is where she spends most of her time," Rikku said opening the door and looking left and then right, and then back again.

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Julian glanced at Rikku. "Looking for someone?" He noted the way she opened the door, how she was cautious and a bit wary.

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"Just making sure that Lightning isnt coming this way is all," Rikku said as she stepped out into the hallway," Because she would have a Baby Elephant if she knew that I let The President's Son into the camp....."

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Jules flashed his trademark United-Republic-poster-child smile, showing bright white teeth. "Aw, I'm not that popular, am I?" He chuckled slightly, and ran a hand through his dark hair. "Just tell me where it is, and I can...get there. Unseen, too."

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"The Intel room is going to be... 2 stories below us to your right my left," Rikku said," Just make sure to knock first and I will meet you down there!" Rikku flashed him a bright smile and started going down the hallway at a light pace and she slid down the railing to the stairs, carefree as ever.

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Jules nodded, and smirked. "See you there." He started to vibrate, to move faster than the speed of light. His particles were so quick, they were virtually invisible, and Julian sunk through the floor--no, two floors--and stopped in the middle of a hallway. Julian saw the room before anything--it was one that occupied the right side of the hall, currently guarded by variants in dark fatigues. They took one glance at him, and next thing he knew, he was on the ground, a variant soldier's knee in the center of his back.

( Post there? )

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((Ohhhh~ Nice touch Cammie. :3 Yes ma'am on it right now.))

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( Hah. I had to. >///< )