Ch. 5: Jack, Pewds, and the Rocket people
Jack slowly and sleepily opened his eyes to a bright light on the ceiling above him. He squinted at the brightness for a moment before his eyes adjusted and he was able to look around. Although the septic material in Jack's body would've rejected whatever Billy stuck him with, whatever was in that dart seemed to have been strong enough to knock him out long enough to strap him to some type of table. Jack looked down his body and saw how tightly strapped up his arms and legs were, unable to break free despite his strength. He then peaked around the room he was in and it appeared to be some weird type of science lab from the looks of it.
He wasn't sure what exactly this place was though. It had the normal look of a lab, but it had all of these other weird things that didn't typically go with it. Things that looked like potions, weird looking serums, strange plans and experiments, odd as hell photographs of strange looking people and creatures, possibly both, and a long list of things that Jack was pretty sure didn't typically go with, or some even legally allowed, in a science lab. All in general, Jack really couldn't explain what the hell he was looking at, or if it even was a real lab. His attention was then caught to his right by the person lying next to him, it was that guy Pewdiepie.
"Hey, buddy" Jack whispered as he struggled against the restraints. "Dude! Uh.....Pewds, wake up man" he whispered again, and the vigilante began to open his eyes as well. "Hey, you alright?"
"Yyyea" he sleepily groaned, and then also tried to break free, only to realize that his arms were restrained just above the metal hands along with his legs like Jack. "Damnit, where are we?" he questioned after a minute.
"I don't know, I just woke up here as well" he answered.
"Man that friend of ur's is a real peace of work" Pewds sighed.
"We wouldn't even be here if it wasn't fer you" Jack quietly argued.
"Hey, I was just trying to help, and you didn't want it" he shot back.
"Because you were trying to kill him!" Jack argued a little louder this time.
"Yes and it was wrong and I'm sorry" he irritably admitted. "But I could tell that he wouldn't die and beyond that, he was trying to kill you" he quickly and angrily explained.
"Well.....wait, so you were actually trying to save me?" he furrowed his brow in disbelief.
"Yeah!" he answered like it was obvious.
".....Why?"
"Why not?" he scoffed with a shrug. "It's no different then what you do"
Jack had to admit, though this guy didn't give a good first impression, he actually a pretty solid dude. "Thanx, really" he kindly granted. "But it seems he wasn't trying to kill me after all, which is honestly surprising" he notably added.
"What do you think he is planning?" Pewds questioned.
"The hell if I know" Jack answered.
"You have a history with this guy?" Pewds questioned again.
"Yea, but it's a long, fucked up, story that you don't wanna hear" he noted.
"I'm sure I've seen worse" Pewds assured, and received a curious look from Jack.
"Which reminds me, who are you? Or what are you? If you don't mind me asking" he questioned wondrously.
"I'm....complicated" he answered awkwardly, and they laughed.
"So I can tell" Jack added and they continued to laugh.
"The uh.....powers came with the hands, and the hands I got the last time I was in a place like this" he explained. "Which was....long before even you and ur pal, Markiplier, got ur abilities" he went on. "That's the short version of it"
"Well if that's the case, how come I've never heard of you before?" Jack wondered.
"I'm more of a....work in the shadows and do my own thing kind of guy" he explained.
"I can see that" Jack nodded. "What about ur name? Or is that too much to ask for?" he asked, Pewds letting out a brief chuckle under his breath.
"It's Felix, Felix Kjellberg" he answered, and then had to help Jack pronounce his last name. "I know, ur nit the first and you won't be the last" he said after a minute of helping Jack.
"Mine's Sean, but my friends still call me Jack" he stated.
"Well Jack, if you have any ideas on how we can get outta here, feel free to share please" Felix noted.
"Yea, you too" he scoffed.
"I wouldn't bother" they heard a male voice say, and turned to see Billy behind two other interesting looking figures by the door. "Those restraints were specifically made for people like you" the male person with blue, anime-like hair and wearing a blue shirt, green jacket and black slacks said as he and the others walked closer to the two captured heroes.
"Of course, we didn't expect your friend here to show up. But luckily, we didn't need quite the same ones for him" the lady standing next to him with red hair and pony tails on the sides of her head included, wearing an old looking orange dress with black pants and red shoes.
Jack took a brief moment to glance between the two odd looking characters and his adversary standing behind them. "And I'm guessing you two had to pay him a generous amount to keep me alive, including giving him those super soldier traits" Jack mentioned and they giggled under their breaths.
"A well spent amount at that" the lady nodded.
"Wha-who are you people?" Jack questioned. "What do you want with us? And why do you guys look like Team Rocket from Pokemon?" he went on in confusion.
The two captors seemed a little less amused by his last remark, but just sighed it away. "We're just two people who have a particular interest in your abilities" the blue haired rocket guy said simply. "But since you brought it up, how bout you just call us Rocketman and Lady Rocket?" he grinned pridefully.
"How bout I just call you guys Team Knockoff? Does that sound good?" he shrugged with a smartass smirk, increasing their unamusement.
"I know you two" Felix chimed in, catching everyone's attention. "You did some work with the Shadow" he pointed out, making them giggle.
"Oh we've done so much more then that, Felix" lady rocket replied as she walked over to his table. "And yes, we know about you too"
"We've been searching for you for a long time, ever since your own little war with the Shadow" Rocketman included. "And by mere chance, here you are"
"Which reminds me" Billy chimed in. "Thanx for stopping by, I got my reward doubled because of it" he stated with a proud look.
"Ur gonna wish I hadn't ya little shit" he countered promisingly.
"We'll see" Billy smirked.
"And what's this interest you have in my powers?" Jack asked.
"Oh don't worry Jack" Billy answered. "They just wanna see if they can chop you up, extract ur powers, and if you somehow manage to survive, I'll get to finally kill you" he stated in an assuring, but very sadistic manor.
"And your doing all of this is for what? Because of ur daddy issues?" Jack fired off, resulting in him getting his throat grasped by Billy.
"Billy, billy let him go" Rocketman urged as he tried to pull his arm away, Jack keeping a tough look as it became harder to breath. "Let him go, we need him!" he ordered more pleadingly, the angered villain finally granting his request. Jack gasped, coughed and gagged every the tight grip around his throat was released. Billy was slowly backed away by his creator, before the blue haired scientist turned his attention back towards the hero.
"So you guys wanna steel our powers, huh?" Jack questioned breathlessly.
"We want to discover more about them, and we want to use them for a much greater purpose" he nodded.
"Like what, conquering the world?" Felix interrogated.
"Oh no, not in that way at least" Lady Rocket assured. "We simply want to-"
"What? Create a better world?" he interrogated again. "I've heard it all before lady, and lemme tell you, you three nut-jobs.... are no different then the average nut-job who thinks saving the world means destroying it"
"That, or ur all actually just power-hungry little bastards with too much parenting problems" Jack mockingly remarked, winking at Billy when he saw the vengeful death stare he was giving him.
"On the contrary, we serve a much higher purpose then either of you can imagine, and we intend to share that purpose with the rest of the world" Rocketman defended.
"By doing what, getting an army of psychotic supervillains and enslaving mankind?" Jack interrogated.
"By restoring order and peace, it's as simple as that" Lady Rocket corrected. "But of course, we'll be living like gods among humans"
"Well, you can always dream, nothing wrong with that" Felix mocked with a casual shrug.
"You can continue to mock us and say whatever you want, but nothing changes what we are going to accomplish, and you two can either be apart of it, or be the first of many to stand against us and die" Rocketman threatened sincerely.
"Well, I'm usually the first to do something stupid anyway, and I kinda like it" Felix remarked. "You know Jack, it's a wonder why you called these guys Team Knockoff, because they're very original" he sarcastically mocked again, Jack laughing along with him as the Rockets stared disappointedly and Billy evily chuckled, actually glad they refused so they could finally get to the fun part he's been looking forward to.
"So be it then, you both made ur choice" Rocketman noted before he and Lady Rocket walked over to where their lab coats were hanging. Billy walked by the door with his arms crossed and an eager smirk on his. Team Knockoff put their lab coats on and properly buttoned them up before returning to Jack's side.
"Such a shame" Lady Rocket said sadly. "We could've been a great team, one with an even better name then Team Knockoff"
"But on the bright side, it was an honor getting to meet you and know you before we began" Rocketman added positively, starting to mess around with all the tools on the tray next to Jack.
As scary of a situation as this was, Jack actually thought this might be a way to escape. "So what're you guys gonna do? You really gonna just slice me open and see if you can find the source of my power?" he questioned, finishing the last part jokingly.
"Oh no, we're not gonna slice you open, just ur arm" he assured. "We're gonna have a look at that septic material in ur arms, see what we can do with it, how we can play around with it, maybe even see if you'll still be able to heal" he informed with a devious smile, Jack returning the smile with narrowed eyes.
"We could give you something so you wouldn't feel any pain, but we're pretty sure ur body would just reject it" the redhead added.
Jack turned to see that the mad scientist had a scalpel in his hand and was ready to use it. Jack then took a quick glance at his restraints, saw the strap and chains guarding his wrist and the lock that kept them secure. He then saw that his captor was holding the scalpel right above his hand. "I must admit, you guys are pretty smart, and you seem to have me figured out quite well" he granted, making the two smile with odd suspicion. "But there's one other thing I can do that you guys didn't know of and didn't prevent" he mentioned.
"Is that so?" he questioned, raising an eyebrow with amused curiosity. "And that would be?"
"Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!" the powerful super sonic scream sent the villain flying back into Billy, bring Lady Rocket to her knees with her hands gripping her ears and shatter every piece of glass in the room. But when Rocketman flew back, he released the scalpel, and it fell right into his captive's hand. While continuing to scream, Septic Sam showed Jack the exact way to properly pick the lock and free himself. While at the same time, putting enough speed in his legs to vibrate and make them break free from their own restraints. It was a hell of an overwhelming multitask, but Jack managed to free his arm and break his legs free.
As he tried to regain his breath and energy, Jack saw that the psychotic trio had rushed out while he was shouting. "You ok Felix?" Jack asked as he began to do the other lock.
"When my ear drums stop ringing, I'll letchu know" he replied, shaking his head to regain his hearing.
"Quit being such a drama queen" Jack laughed, freeing his other arm and using the scalpel to cut away his restraints. "We need to go" he urged as he helped him out of his bed.
"That's a hell of a scream, reminds me of a friend of mine"
The two heroes went out into a hallway with dim lighting and no sign of any of their foes. "I don't see them, we need to find them and stop them fast" Felix urgently stated.
"Hold on, I can find them" Jack assured as he began scanning the walls, Sam showing him everything within them. "Man, we need to get the cops here when we're done" he noted.
"Just say when you find them and we'll take care of it" Felix noted.
It was only a second later when Jack saw the group charging away. "I see them!" he called before rushing off in a split second, leaving Pewds in the dim lit hallway.
"Wait Jack! Uh....." he looked around and saw no sign of the Irishman, just the dim lighting. "Irish bastard!" he whispered to himself.
Jack rushed up to the hallway way they were running down and cut them off at the end of it. "Where you going?! Fun time with Jackaboy is just getting started!" he hollered with an excited smile.
"Oh we just needed to grab the party gifts" Rocketman said before brought out some type of weapon and fired it at Jack, who rushed outta the way and into the next hallway before the blast hit the wall behind him.
"Woah!" Jack exclaimed when he saw the effect of the blast. He was lucky he had super speed, otherwise there's no way he could've out ran that big of a blast. He kept his back to the wall as he slowly stepped closer to the corner and peaked his head around it, not finding his adversaries. He then saw that it was all a clever trick, that they just brought him to that point so they could double back and take the elevator that took them back to the building above them. Jack found his way to the stairs that would lead him in the same direction and charged up in no time.
He followed their trail into a room that was widely spaced with some fancy equipment and windows that revealed it was still nighttime. As soon as Jack appeared in the room, Rocketman had that weird crazy gun on him, and Lady Rocket was joining him. "You really are something else Jack, just always full of surprises" the redhead acknowledged. "I guess we can give you one last chance"
"To what, join you?" Jack quirked an eyebrow. "Did my screaming rupture your brains or anything?" he mocked.
"No, but it did take away any mercy and reason within me" Rocketman noted with a devilish smile. "Farewell Jack" he nodded before he and the lady fired their weapons. Thanks to Jack's eye and speed, everything went into slow motion so that he could see and determine everything around him. They were some weird type of miniature rockets with what looked like plasma energy in them, and there was nowhere Jack could go to avoid the blast except in between them. But the way they were angled, that seemed to be Jack's best bet.
Jack ran straight ahead and past the two evildoers before the rockets collided with each other, the blast knocking them down and shattering the windows and equipment around them. Jack made it back to his feet before they did, just in time to snatch their weapons away with his septic webs. The knockoff team reached their feet, and it was only then when Jack realized Billy wasn't among them. "Where's Billy?" he interrogated, but the Rocketman just laughed with that same devilish look.
"Don't worry Jack, you won't hafta worry about him anymore" he assured, and then Jack heard the sound of a motorcycle charging away. He peaked outside the shattered window and saw his nemesis speeding away, and this distraction allowed Rocketman to pull out his hidden side-arm. Jack spun back to the sound of a gunshot going off, but saw that the gun had been knocked away by a steel fist.
"Sup bros" he heard Pewdiepie say from the other door next to them. His hand retracted back and he had both fist pointed at each of the villains. "This ends now" he stated before launching his fist in both their directions. From his own experience, Jack knew that those fist would kill them, and he could not let them happen. Sure, these two were some kind of messed up, but this was still wrong and Jack couldn't allow Felix to do something like this.
Using his super speed, Jack shoved Lady Rocket first and then Rocketman outta the path of the flying fist before they could hit their targets. He was also sure to trap the villains in his webs before returning to his spot and watch as the fist flew through thin air. "Hey!" Felix shouted as his hands retracted. "What the hell Jack?!"
"No killing" Jack ordered before shooting webs at his legs and yanking him off balance.
"Ah! Awe, fuck you Jack"
"Fuck you Felix" he shot back before returning by the window. "I'm going after Billy, do not kill them or I swear" he warned.
"Fine, have it ur way dickface"
"Suck on all of my testicles Pewds"
Jack stood right on the edge of the window, ready to take off before, "Hey Jack" and turned his attention back to the Rocketman. "You will see us again" he promised.
"I'll be waiting" he nodded before jumping out, shooting his webs and swinging off after Billy.
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