Forging an Alliance(Zyajin)

PL: 14,901
House Lvl 1: Active

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"A little to the left." called out Iris, the Bio-Android grunting as he shifted a large pillar of plasteel over towards the left an inch or two. "A little more..." the Cyborg maid called over, Zyajin grumbling as he complied. "That's perfect! Thank you sir. I would have done it myself but-" she began to say, the Bio-Android shushing her with a flick of his tail. She'd learned early on to keep an eye on that tail of his, since that was how he absorbed his victims and she didn't particularly feel like joining any of them in the drink.

"Check that the systems are properly operational." he ordered of her as he turned around to face her. "I want to ensure that before we attempt to bring the Gravimetric Chamber online that this place even has functional power capabilities." said the Bio-Android, the cyborg female immediately nodding and rushing over to a control panel embedded in the wall.

She tapped in a few buttons and slowly the place began to hum, several monitors around the room lighting up. "Everything looks to be-" Iris began to say before a beeping sound emanated from one of the consoles. "What's that?" asked the Bio-Android as both of them moved towards it to take a closer look. "It's a proximity sensor sir. I installed it for when you're outside... I haven't yet got myself an energy detection device and haven't learned yet how to sense energy levels..." she explained, the Bio-Android nodding slowly at her words.

"Very well... then it seems we have someone paying us a visit... Someone who's power is just low enough to escape my notice, but can apparently detect mine judging from their position..." he said, tapping the monitor cautiously, just to make sure it was working properly.

He rubbed his chin in thought before shrugging. "I'll take care of it. I always did want to try out take-out food." he quipped, Iris nervously chuckling at his remark as he left their lair and began to make his way towards this specimen that was looking for him. He was able to catch the tail end of their little rant, and raised an eyebrow. "Who should be dead little boy?" he called over, looking at them cautiously.

The tail indicated that the boy had Saiyan heritage... but with such a low power level, in theory he shouldn't be too much of a problem. Just to be certain though, the Bio-Android did give the skies a quick scan. No moon out tonight, which means no Giant Monkey form to surprise me with. That's something at least. thought Zyajin to himself before he refocused on the boy in front of him.

There was something oddly familiar to him about this child. He tilted his head a little from side to side, trying to figure out why he had this vague sense of familiarity to him. He looked far too young to have been one of the people who worked on him, so that left a few possibilities. Oh well, it was a matter for another time. "I find it puzzling that you're out here on your own. I sense nobody else here besides ourselves... even the Saiyans wouldn't let their offspring run amok on a world that has quite a few many defenders would they?" he inquired.


( Etoru )

Zyajin tilted his head as the child spoke and raised an eyebrow at the information regarding someone he knew. "Interesting... was this person a Saiyan like yourself? Logic would follow such an origin given your species and question." the Bio-Android inquired of the little boy. He considered the situation and the youths continuing questions. "I was created by a previous government of this world, as a failsafe weapon against any attacks from the Saiyan and Arcosian Empires." he explained. "It's possible that whomever this person you knew, was one of my genetic donors. Willing or unwilling. The scientists did not care, so long as the DNA was intact." said the Bio-Android, finding it quite interesting to meet someone who knew about a part of himself.

Then came the swiftly tiring question of whether he was evil or not. The Bio-Android sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Why does everyone ask this question? Good or evil are irrelevant." he remarked. He sighed before continuing. "One could argue that I could be construed as evil perhaps yes. I am a living biological weapon, whom consumes those weaker or equal in strength to myself in order to rapidly increase my own power so that I may become the ultimate living weapon I was intended to become." Zyajin offered as an explanation.

His eyebrow raised higher at the child's idea of a game. "Seems like a waste of time and honestly boring. Eventually you'd run out of fireworks, and it wastes energy should someone in the vicinity decide to take offense with your game and try to retaliate." the Bio-Android remarked finding this child's desires quite perplexing. "And as for partners... what's to stop me from simply consuming you and adding your power and abilities to my own?" he inquired of the apparently weaker child.

Zyajin shrugged. "It's possible. Or he had his DNA sample taken when he was in a medical facility getting a check-up. Or some other means. Scientists aren't too picky about how they acquired the samples." he said, finding himself strangely on the defensive. Perhaps this Saiyan named Aspa was producing more of an effect on him than he considered.

I need to acquire more Saiyan genetic coding if this is going to continue... the Bio-Android thought to himself whilst the child raved on about good and evil once more. He raised an eyebrow though at the purpose of the game. "There are other ways to spend the time rather than making potential servants into fireworks." he remarked, allowing his words to sink into the boys mind... assuming he even had much of a mind.

He didn't look to be even a decade old yet. Zyajin visibly flinched as the boy's power level began to rapidly ascend, quickly outstripping his own power level. When he made the claim about this only being two percent of his power, the Bio-Android quickly did some calculations, taking into account the half-Saiyan, half-human heritage the child had, and found himself disliking the results very much so.

"Why is it always the hybrids that give me the biggest headache?" the Bio-Android asked himself as he recalled the half-demon Ryuga pulling off a similar trick during their last encounter... and the fact this child was a hybrid as well did not help matters, especially if he could potentially pull off the same stunt during a fight.

That thought pulled him up short as something felt familiar to him. Something he would need to perform a comparative analysis on immediately... now if this child would cooperate with the test. The boy continued on his talk about teaming up, the Bio-Android rubbing his chin in apparent thought. "Hmm... very well. In fact, I believe I know someone who may be interested in forming an alliance with yourself as well. A crimson Namekian who fancies himself as the next overseer of this world." Zyajin remarked before he thought of how to proceed with his test.

"I have but one request before we proceed. Whilst it is true I can only absorb beings that are equal or lower than my own power level, I can still collect a sample of their genetics if they are stronger than myself. Through that sample, I can improve myself through their genetic knowledge of their techniques." he explained, leading the boy down the train of thought. "Given your age and immense level of power, would you permit me to collect such a sample?" the Bio-Android requested.

"It could aid in understanding how you've managed to achieve such a power in such a short amount of time." explained Zyajin to the boy. "The procedure would take but a few seconds. Five at the most. None of your power will be taken from you." he assured him. If permission was given, Zyajin would flick his tail around and gently insert the tip of it into Etoru's stomach lining, like a doctor would insert a needle into a patient, for five seconds collecting the genetic sample he required from him.

If such an event occured, the Bio-Android would tilt his head in brief confusion towards Etoru. "Curious... you said you were half human and half Saiyan correct?" he would inquire upon removing his tail from the boys body. "I ask this because in your sample you provided, I detected a hint of demonic power seeping in around your DNA, attempting to become a part of your genetic coding... Very curious." he remarked, whilst inwardly he was almost tempted to grin in delight. Almost. He had finally managed to obtain more demonic DNA, and from a very unlikely source as well. True it was but a mere shadow compared to what he had obtained from Ryuga, but even a hint of DNA was better than nothing.

In either case, if Etoru provided permission or not, Zyajin would introduce himself. "I go by the name Zyajin. Given my origins and one of my component genetic baselines, I found the name somewhat fitting." he said to the young boy.

The Bio-Android shrugged at the child's level of concern for his emotional well being. "In my current state, I don't find myself caring much in either way if you are rude or not. My future evolutionary stages may care, or they may not. It's something I intend to run a comparitive analysis come that day." he said to the hybrid. When the child explained where the demonic energies had originated from, it piqued his curiosity.

"An attempted possession... intriguing. Hence your current outlook on existence." he said, noting the boys particular use of terminology. "Corrupted you say. Such a term implies that a portion of you regrets and abhors such an action having taken place within you." stated the Bio-Android, wondering how the lad would react to such an analysis.

When the boy began to slightly ramble concerning his name the Bio-Android raised an eyebrow. "Pokotoko? I am to assume this was the name of the demon then." he inquired, finding it a rather curious name. He sighed when the boy asked where his lair was.

"Igloo's are far too primitive in this day and age, and wouldn't be feasible unless in the extreme north which we are not. It would also prove far too inadequate for what I intend it for." he said before beginning to lead the way towards the mountain and down through the tree covered shaft that led deep into the mountain itself. The cyborg maid was in the process of tweaking some of the wiring when Zyajin arrived. "Welcome back sir, I take it you've dea-" she began to say before spotting Etoru behind him.

"Umm... sir? There's a small child following you..." said the maid, to which the Bio-Android sighed and nodded. "Indeed. Iris, this is Etoru, a Saiyan Human Hybrid and the source of the movement we detected earlier. Etoru, this is Iris, a human cyborg who handles the technical applications of my base." he said in introduction. Iris was a little taken aback but nodded her head all the same to the boy.

"Pleasure to meet you. And for the record, I do more than just handle technical applications. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even have the prototype stages for your Gravity Chamber ready yet, nor the correct calibration for the geo-thermal powered systems." she said, illiciting a growl from the Bio-Android. The cyborg squeaked and went back to working on a set of large circuitry panels.

The Bio-Android rubbed his chin as he considered how best to try and explain evolutionary stages thing to the Half-Saiyan child. "I assure you I am holding nothing back. As for the evolutionary stages... the best analogy I can consider right now is your own Saiyan heritage. You know of the Super Saiyan transformations correct? Imagine achieving each Super Saiyan form and beyond, and as you achieve each one, staying in that form permanently." Zyajin explained to Etoru whilst he looked to Iris when the boy was asking about a hologram projector.

The cyborg maid rolled her eyes a little. "Give me a minute." she said before moving to what looked like a metal stump in the middle of the floor. She pulled off one of the panels and the sounds of tinkering could be heard, along with the usual flashes of electrical light before the device hummed into life. Iris closed up the panel before tapping a button on its side, activating the device. "It's a little shaky right now, but it'll do for the moment." explained the cyborg maid, the Bio-Android nodding as they looked upon a holographic representation of Earth.

As Etoru dictated his "mastermind plan", the map obliged him with the zooming in functions, albeit with some distortion as the projector tried to keep up with what was asked of it. Both Zyajin and Iris looked at one another, sighing at the end of plan and were then asked for their opinions. "You want to explain it to him or shall I sir?" asked Iris, the Bio-Android rubbing the bridge of his nose between his fingers. "I'll do it. You get back to work and see if we can't stablise some things here. If not, compile a list of the components we'll be needing." he ordered, the cyborg maid nodding before she got back to work.

Zyajin turned to regard the Half-Saiyan child. "The first issue is with the location. An elementary school. It assumes that in the wake of the invasion, such a structure would even still be intact, let alone still in use." he explained. "Second, assuming that it was still in use, there is the problem of assuming we would prove victorious. In my travels on this world, I have detected and encountered several beings who's power surpasses even yours. Without transforming." he said, wondering if the boy had even thought this plan through at all. It was as if he didn't even consider failure to be a remote possibility. Was that due to his Saiyan heritage, or the influence of the demonic energies coursing through his body, or was it a combination of the two? That or it could just be childish naivety.

He held up a hand to forestall any bickering. "That is not to say this... plan of yours, to use the term loosely, doesn't hold some form of merit." said the Bio-Android. "You're kidding right?" asked Iris, Zyajin flicking his tail slightly causing her to get back to what she was doing. "With some adjustments." he said before tapping on the projector once more.

"We strike at several locations prior to our true assault, and then mask our energy signatures before anyone arrives so we can ascertain who would be the ones responding to such alarms of distress. Know your enemy before they can know you." the Bio-Android explained to the child. "A few places would be your standard bank, maybe a Capsule Corporation building here and there, a few refugee camps that have propped up since the invasions end. Locations such as this would prove suitable draw points for any of this world's self-appointed heroes."

Iris popped her head up from behind her work once more. "Despite the differences in your powers, I'd listen to him. He was created and designed to be the perfect weapon. Strategy 101 is pretty much one of his brains base codes." she said before continuing on her work.

"Your plan focused on a single primary target." pointed out the Bio-Android when the child began to complain. "The alterations to it I suggested include striking at numerous locations, thus allowing for a greater impact of fear and dread to spread throughout the populace. You wish to do this to cause havoc and spread evil correct?" Zyajin inquired of Etoru. "It would be like going fishing without the correct bait. For all you know, taking this childrens school hostage would only attract the local police forces, or someone that even I could handle on my own. And that would not be as much fun for you now would it?" asked the Bio-Android, deciding to play to Etoru's inflating ego.

The fact that he was a child as well made his attempts at psychological manipulation only the easier... not to mention the insights to the boys mind that he obtained from that genetics sample he was so graciously given by the hybrid. The boys haste to begin was starting to become an irritant... but perhaps there was a way to mollify him. "Let us not be in such a rush to begin. Our ultimate goal is to entrap, defeat and in my case, consume this worlds powerful warriors is it not? Right now they are busy rebuilding after the Saiyan invasion. The populace of this world are on edge. They are like a cornered cat, waiting for someone else to come along and try to strike..." he said as he circled the globe map.

"I suggest, we wait. Patience is our ally in this endeavour. Patience and timing. To use the fishing analogy earlier, you don't immediately start to fish in a location where someone else has already dipped their rod. Nothing will bite there so soon." he informed Etoru, holding up a hand to try and forestall any argument. "Besides, by the end of today the artificial gravitational field chamber will be fully operational, and then we can increase our power further from within it." said the Bio-Android. "As undoubtedly powerful as you are... would it not be better to become even more so? Should one of those that defeated the Saiyan Empress herself appear... wouldn't it be more fun to see the shock and surprise on their faces when they bear witness to you wielding an even greater power than her?" he asked of the boy as he faced him once more.

"Also, it will allow us time to gather even more friends for this little party we're planning." said Zyajin almost off-handedly as if he had only just considered it. "An entire team of powerful evil warriors... now wouldn't that be something worth waiting to see unleashed upon this world of goodie goodies?" the Bio-Android asked Etoru, playing to the boys vanity and ego.

The Bio-Android smirked as the boy's mind bent to his will for a moment through his choice of words. He allowed himself a chuckle whilst the Saiyan hybrid left, not uttering a word until after he had definitely left. He turned his focus towards Iris. "Inform Dr Breech that a demonically corrupted Saiyan hybrid by the name of Etoru is planning on either striking at a series of small targets before moving onto a larger target, or is simply going to go straight for this larger target. It's a young boy no more than a decade old, so could be either one. He designated an education facility for beings of his own age group. Fancies himself as being "evil" and is out now trying to recruit some more minions of his own for this endeavour." he told his cyborg assistant who was already typing away the message to be sent from his lair to Dr Breech's own.

"Also add on that I'll be accompanying the boy. His power level peaks at just over the one hundred and fifty thousand marker with an unknown level of power hidden behind that. If he were to coordinate his own strike at another location for materials or components for our own plan, that would be the time to do so, as this Etoru means to draw to us some of this worlds champions to prove himself superior." said the Bio-Android, Iris nodding at his words before blinking. "Sir, what should I tell him should you..." she began to say.

"I do not intend to die that day, and will do what I can to effect an escape should the situation prove too unattainable to control." said Zyajin before he paused in thought as he considered the possibility. "However, should such a situation arise... I want him or yourself to recover my remains and begin work on reviving me. With my Saiyan genetics once I am revived, the death experience should initiate a massive power increase due to the zenkai I possess." the Bio-Android decided, the Cyborg maid nodding as she compiled the message and sent it off to Dr Breech. Assuming he ever answers his mail.

Zyajin looked over to the nascent Artificial Gravity Chamber that was still under construction. "In the mean time Iris... let us get this machine properly operational. I have no intention of dying, and I have every intention of becoming much stronger than I currently am." he said, the two of them setting off to work. Preparations had to be made.

(I shall take PL for this thread, House level 1 was in effect so that'd be a 10% boost)