Chapter 84: Depression
Dr. Brim: "The trash heap, old partner, and the Catalyst."
Isaac's team steps through the door as it closes.
BroBot: ">:(."
Isaac wipes off his arm cannon.
Isaac: "Sup bitch."
LeeAnn pulls out her laptop.
Dr. LeeAnn: "Looks like you've been waiting for quite a bit."
Purple mist swirls around Brim.
Dr. Brim: "Far too long Olivia."
Isaac points his arm cannon forward.
Isaac: "One of two things is going to happen. Either we kick your ass, or we'll kick your ass."
BroBot: "?"
Dr. Brim: "Then I'd suppose you mean the third option, my victory."
The mist is heading for Isaac.
Isaac: "I'm pretty sure I was right."
The three separate to avoid the mist's attack.
BroBot: ":)."
BroBot and Isaac fire at Brim, but the mist defends Brim.
Dr. LeeAnn: "That virus is quite an issue."
Isaac and BroBot draw energy blades.
Isaac: "I'm the real issue."
Isaac and BroBot try attacking Brim, but the mist grabs their blades.
Dr. Brim: "That's correct."
The mist carries the two into the air by their arms.
Dr. LeeAnn: "Are you okay?!"
BroBot: "?!"
Isaac: "I've been through worse."
The two are thrown towards the floor.
Dr. Brim: "Have you now?"
The two make a crash landing as Brim turns towards LeeAnn.
Dr. LeeAnn: "I'll find a way past that suped up virus."
The virus grabs LeeAnn's laptop as BroBot and Isaac get back on their feet.
Dr. Brim: "But that just takes all of the fun away from me."
Brim looks towards Isaac.
Dr. Brim: "(in head) Well, most of it."
The virus envelopes LeeAnn.
BroBot: "!!!!!!"
Dr. LeeAnn: "(coughing) You bastard!"
Isaac points his cannon at Brim's head.
Isaac: "Pasta la vista, baby."
Isaac fires, but the mist lets go of LeeAnn to defend Brim.
Dr. LeeAnn: "(coughing) Thanks Isaac."
Dr. Brim: "Looks like you've got some rational thinking."
Isaac: "I may look stupid, but I'm not."
The virus dashes towards Isaac.
Dr. Brim: "And nothing sticks to you like glue."
Isaac jumps left to dodge.
Isaac: "Then you haven't seen me and those bitches at school."
Awkward moment of silence...
Dr. LeeAnn: "(awkwardly) I'll just pretend I didn't hear that."
LeeAnn's laptop falls to the ground.
BroBot: ":O."
BroBot catches it midair.
Dr. Brim: "(in head) I don't even think that the weakness will even faze him that much."
Isaac prepares his arm cannon.
Dr. Brim: "(in head) It'll have to be a moment where he's already surrounded."
Brim concentrates the virus on Isaac.
BroBot: "?"
BroBot gives LeeAnn her laptop.
Dr. LeeAnn: "Why is he focusing on Isaac?"
An idea crosses her mind as Isaac proceeds to dodge.
Dr. LeeAnn: "He's got something on you!"
Isaac stops for a brief moment, but a fatal moment.
Isaac: "What?"
Dr. Brim: "All you did was make this easier!"
The virus wraps around Isaac, binding his arms to his sides.
Isaac: "(struggling) Well shit."
Brim slowly walks up to Isaac.
Dr. Brim: "So how difficult is it to hide depression?"
BroBot: "?!"
Dr. LeeAnn: "Depression?"
Isaac: "(struggling) Not that difficult..."
Isaac stops struggling for a moment as a little virus makes it's way into his systems.
Dr. Brim: "You developed a sense of humor and intake illegal substances to hide from it."
Isaac begins twitching chaotically.
Isaac: "(twitching) Y-You bast-tard!"
Dr. Brim: "Then a world born from a dwindling imagination was created."
The twitching begins to die down.
Dr. Brim: "You can no longer escape depression."
Isaac goes limp.
Dr. Brim: "It's been knocking on your door."
The virus drops Isaac's lifeless body.
BroBot: ":'(."
The virus throws Isaac to the side.
Dr. LeeAnn: "(darkly) So you had a change of plans like before?"
LeeAnn looks at Brim, clearly enraged.
Dr. Brim: "Someone like him would be unfazed by our methods even if he wasn't a Catalyst."
Brim looks at Isaac.
Dr. Brim: "Getting into his head is like trying to punch through a metal wall. Impossible."
The virus swirls around Brim again.
Dr. Brim: "God to know that the junk heap just needs a little reprogramming."
BroBot: ":'(."
Dr. LeeAnn: "You're not getting us Brim."
The remaining two prepare themselves.
However...
Isaac stands in a metallic realm in his casual attire.
Isaac: "Damn, he got me."
Isaac looks at the floor.
Isaac: "But I guess that's all in the past. I'm fucking dead."
Isaac begins walking forward.
Isaac: "But what he said about my depression is true."
The floor begins to course with Base 64 words like blood pumping through veins.
Isaac: "What the hell?"
Something snaps in Isaac's mind, allowing him to read the Base 64.
Isaac: "Keep doing what you always do, but find people you can rely on when you need it most."
The feeling fades as the binary stops flowing.
Isaac: "People I can rely on..."
Isaac thinks about the people he's connected to.
Isaac: "I just can't hide it forever."
Isaac begins to fade.
Isaac: "Better than nothing."
Isaac has faded away.
Meanwhile...
BroBot has taken critical damage as LeeAnn frantically types away on her laptop.
Dr. Brim: "You can't find the antivirus with your only bodyguard looking like he belongs in a compressor."
Dr. LeeAnn: "(in head) To think I was married to a man like this."
BroBot can't stand.
Dr. Brim: "Now let's hurry before that junk heap does have to go to an actual junk heap."
The virus makes it's way towards LeeAnn.
???: "(weakly) What was your plan in trying to take me out? A small jolt to my system?"
BroBot: "?"
Dr. Brim: "(smirking) Guess I should've hit you with a little more."
Everyone looks towards Isaac as he gets back onto his feet.
Isaac: "(darkly) You actually think any dose of that virus was going to kill me?"
Isaac looks towards Brim as a new light sparks in his eyes.
Isaac: "(darkly) Mind if I stop holding back?"
More metal sprouts from his body.
Isaac: "I'm kicking it into Overdrive!"
The pink energy coursing through Isaac's body begins pumping faster and glowing brighter.
Dr. Brim: "Overdrive?"
What little human on Isaac is now covered in black metal and his other hand becomes an arm cannon.
Isaac: "Now that's a lot better."
Isaac aims both cannons as metal flakes break off of him and land on BroBot, repairing the damage.
BroBot: "^_^."
The virus makes a mad dash for Isaac.
Isaac: "You honestly think that an upgrade wouldn't come with benefits?"
Isaac fires one blast, evaporating some of the virus.
Dr. Brim: "Wh-What?!"
Isaac: "LeeAnn, feel free to copy my antivirus and upload it to BroBot."
Dr. LeeAnn: "Already on it!"
Isaac walks menacingly towards Brim.
Dr. Brim: "No! My perfect virus!"
Isaac continues to fire.
Isaac: "Useless, useless, useless, useless!"
Isaac switches to twin blades and makes the virus look like melted butter.
BroBot: ":O !"
A light flashes in BroBot's eyes.
Dr. LeeAnn: "You're good to go!"
BroBot: "^_^."
BroBot begins marching towards Brim.
Isaac: "You mind if I test this out a little more first?"
BroBot: "?"
Dr. LeeAnn: "Let him. I can try getting some of his schematics for an upgrade from the data."
BroBot stops as Isaac gets in Brim's face.
Dr. Brim: "Just what the hell did I do?"
Isaac points his cannons at Brim.
Isaac: "You fucked up."
Isaac fires a barrage of blasts that the virus does defend most of them, but a few sparks burn Brim's clothing and hands.
Dr. Brim: "I can't have..."
Isaac gets a cannon through the virus and pressed against Brim's stomach.
Isaac: "You're right, you really fucked up."
Isaac fires, sending Brim flying into a wall with his clothes badly burned in the process.
Dr. LeeAnn: "Talk about a bang."
Isaac: "That's all you'll need. You ready?"
The metallic aura glows brighter than ever.
BroBot: "^_^."
Dr. LeeAnn: "If you say so."
The virus creates a massive wall in front of Brim.
Heroes: "Perfect Synergy..."
Isaac and BroBot slice and dice the wall with LeeAnn synced to their systems.
Heroes: "... Basis..."
Isaac puts both arm cannons together as BroBot charges his gun.
Heroes: "... of Code!"
The two fire, using most of their super blast to finish the wall, but the final seconds hit Brim like a truck.
Dr. Brim: "(weakly) So... that's Overdrive..."
Isaac returns to normal.
Isaac: "So are you done with this, 'cause I've got anime to watch."
A button falls out of Brim's torn pocket and is pushed by landing on his foot.
Dr. Brim: "(weakly) Quite done..."
Brim begins to fade.
BroBot: "!"
Dr. Brim: "(weakly) I'll find a way..."
Brim fades away as the door to the other side opens.
Dr. LeeAnn: "And I'll always find a way to counter."
BroBot marches over to the door.
Isaac: "Something's telling me he'll want a round three."
LeeAnn sheds a single tear.
Dr. LeeAnn: "And I'll just get BroBot ready for that round."
BroBot: "?"
BroBot is utterly confused as to why the other two aren't moving.
Isaac: "Don't worry, we're coming."
Isaac and Dr. LeeAnn follow, preparing for what they're about to face...
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