Chapter 338 The Crazy Situation Escalates

"Get out of my way. He's probably almost at his limit. That attack would've killed a normal person but it didn't kill him." Akali told her brother. She tried to push past Akio but he pushed her backwards, watching her take a couple steps back. The prism in her eyes glowed brighter as she struggled to fight the urge.

"We can't kill him." Akio told her. "Detain him and stop the Protocol. That's our priority." She watched as Lee Seng fully stood up. The light disappeared from him as his body continued to smoke. She noticed he was uninjured. All of his injuries were gone. Surprise replaced her disappointed face. Akio looked at her face and slowly turned.

"To think…" Lee Seng's voice struggled to speak as he slowly turned. "I tried my… best to protect you… And yet you're… under her control." He stomped his foot into the ground as he finished turning. The Dark Matter pulled back from his face as he angrily pointed at his sister.

"I COULD'VE DIED!" Lee Seng shouted. His willpower immediately grabbed control of whatever the Protocol was doing to him. The tendrils and wings fell to the ground. Part of the Dark Matter suit began to spill as he let out heavy breaths.

Akali pushed Akio out of the way and rushed at Lee Seng.

"Number 1, that's enough! Don't do it!" Akio shouted. He chased after his possessed sister, falling due to his injuries. He grunted in pain as he felt some of his injuries reopening.

"Exalted Prison." She swung the dagger straight for his neck. Lee Seng could feel the Protocol fighting back at him as he lifted his hand and grabbed the dagger and his sister's hand. His hand ignited in pain and flames as he pushed against the strength of the blow.

'Exalted Prison ignites the blade in light. It's one of Akali's finishers… Damn it hurts!' Lee Seng thought as Akali continued to push as she lifted her free hand and grabbed Lee Seng's neck.

"You're resisting one of my finishers?" She growled, disappointed. She squeezed his neck as he continued to push the blade away from him.

,m "S-stop… it… before… it comes…" Lee Seng said between struggling breaths.

[Kill her. Kill her. Kill her! Kill the bitch!]

Dark Matter exploded all around Akali and him as the sound of a gunshot echoed into the air. Lee Seng felt something fly straight through his chest, immediately all the Dark Matter spilling into the ground.

Akali shoved Lee Seng onto the ground as she pulled the dagger away. She raised it as the prism aura pulse in her eyes . She shook her hand violently as she tried to snap out of the grasp of Number 1's power.

"No!" Akio shouted as the sounds of footsteps rushed towards him. "Enough!"

"Heal him now." Scarlet spoke as she ran past. Dr. Valentin dropped and hovered over Akio.

"It's fine, Akio. Stay still." Dr. Valentin ordered.

"No, Lee Seng! Lee Seng!" Akio shouted. He tried to claw his way out swinging at Dr. Valentin as he tried to blink. A pink barrier blocked his path as he watched Scarlet and Alex running to kneel next to the unmoving Lee Seng. Akio could feel something instantly wash over him.

He instantly stopped moving. He could feel Number 1's control over him. Tears streamed down his face as Dr. Valentin began to heal him.

"I'll be fine here, Zoe. Go help them." Dr. Valentin motioned. Zoe gave him a nervous lol before running ahead. The sound of distinct heels hit the ground as they slowly came to Akio.

"Detain him by all necessary measures." Nicole spoke. "That was his order. I'm only doing what we were told as the Head of the Numbers." She kneeled and poked her head into Akio's vision. She could hear him cursing at her.

"Shush now. He'll be alright. Go to sleep." She ordered. Akio's eyes immediately dropped and he fell asleep. She stood up and sighed. "When Five is done healing him, take him to the car."

"Yes, One." Carter and Abby nodded. Carter looked to the unmoving Lee Seng. He watched Nicole put the gun back into the holster as she turned around.

"Let's get him in and move out!" Nicole waved as she moved past Carter and Abby back to the car.

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Lee Seng's vision was blurry when he woke up. He could hear people all around him, casually going about their work around him. He could feel needles and tubes attached to him.

"He's awake, sir. What do we do?" Someone asked.

"Knock him out. We need to run a thorough test." The Creator ordered. Lee Seng instantly felt something wash over him causing him to go back into slumber.

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When Lee Seng woke, he clutched his head as he groaned in pain. He could feel a tube attached to his left arm as he tried to massage his earthwuake of a headache head.

'What the hell?' Lee Seng managed to think. His vision wasn't blurred and he could tell he was in some sort of white room. He slowly pushed himself up, finding tubes and stuff attached to his body. The sheets covering his body fell, exposing his naked body as he pushed through the pain. His body was aching just as much as his headache.

'Where am I..?' Lee Seng wondered. He took a long and slow look around the room. All white room with no exit. The room was padded with some sort of odd material. The only thing in this room was the bed he was on, the weird machine he was hooked up to with random data on it and a padded entrance to another small room.

It didn't take him long to understand what had happened. The machine began to beep loudly as he remembered the Protocol forcing a transformation onto him.

'Crap.' Lee Seng pulled the tubes and wires connected to him. He ripped them off and listened to the machine make an annoying siren noise.

CONNECTION HAS BEEN SEVERED. PLEASE RECONNECT TO CONTINUE.

He groaned as he forced his legs over to the side. He leapt off, falling into the ground as the sheets somewhat pulled with him, half off the bed. His body was still very much in pain and the cold ground had just made things worse.

A loud set of clicks were heard, followed by a wall dropping. Footsteps moved into the room, quickly. Lee Seng pulled on the sheet and covered the bottom half of himself.

Strange soldiers in similar uniform all surrounded him, guns pointed at him. They were all wearing helmets that blocked Lee Seng from telling who they were. A familiar logo sprawled across their chests.

"Chang Laboratories"

He sighed as the last set of footsteps entered with the same clicks coming afterwards. The wall closed as the person made their way to Lee Seng, popping out from the men with guns pointed at him.

"Looks like he's awake." A blonde girl who has a Karen haircut spoke. She looked young and wore a lab coat over her business outfit. She pushed her glasses up with her thin index finger. "Number Eleven has awakened. Such a shame we couldn't get any more data. Your father told us to expect you to peel those off, so we kept a careful eye on you. Seems like Dr. Chang was correct once again."

"Who are you? Where am I?" Lee Seng asked.

"I guess you wouldn't know about this facility." The woman spoke. "Classified information I can't tell you about, Number 11. I work for the Creator, your father. I'm Dr. Reeds."

Dr. Reeds wasn't someone he knew. He knew most of the people who worked for the Creator. He knew their faces but Dr. Reeds' name and face didn't match at all with the faces in his head. The wall released a set of clicks before opening. Dr. Reeds looked over and then turned back to look at Lee Seng.

"Give him these shots and dress him. Bring him to the designated spot when he's done with his shots." Dr. Reeds ordered.

"What shots? Where am I going?" Lee Seng asked. Dr. Reeds turned as Lee Seng lifted his hand. He tried to release a blast of gravity but nothing came out.

"Follow orders and maybe someone will tell you what happened to you." Dr. Reeds commented before leaving.

'M-my power… I-it's gone…' Lee Seng gulped. The soldiers moved over to him and grabbed him. They lifted him up like he weighed like nothing and set him on the bed. They didn't care for his nude appearance and watched him as a tall woman moved over with a set of syringes.

"You… have we met?" Lee Seng asked. The woman reminded him of someone. His mind raced to piece together the puzzles. The answer was.coming to him when she turned and grabbed a gun. She turned and put the needles into the gun and loaded it.

"The Shifter!" Lee Seng shouted. "You're the bitch that caved me in!" The woman lifted the gun and gave a knowing look to the soldiers.

"Hold him, well." She ordered. The soldiers held him down harder as she inserted the needles into his chest and squeezed.the trigger. Lee Seng felt a sleepy feeling wash over him as the woman pulled the gun back to her side. "Dress him. He'll be out for a while."

The tall woman moved out into the other room Dr. Reed was standing with the Creator and a couple other people. Nicole stood off to the side with her arms crossed as she patiently waited.

"It is done, sir." The tall woman split into two small identical girls. She had tan skin and two identical marks appeared on opposite sides of their faces.

"Good, twins." The Creator nodded. "Now we'll proceed with the plan. Number One, make sure you do a thorough job with all of their memories."

"Yes, sir." Nicole nodded.

"Sir, why are you going through this much trouble to try to reset him?" The left twin asked. "You could easily just keep him here if you wanted."

"Yes, I could, A, but what my son would want most is the acceptance and normal life he's always wanted. I can give him that and have his trust while I continue to monitor him.

"Oh, that reminds me, Number One. Bring Manny and Sara to me. I need to talk to them about something." The Creator turned to look at Nicole.

"Yes, sir. Anything else?" Nicole asked as the soldiers dragged Lee Seng out of the room with clothes on him.

"No. That'll be all. Let's go."