Epic of Bee

Sakura and I floated into the medical bay, and I set the two of us down. There wasn't much in the way of medical equipment, but it gave the feel of one.

I was sure that anything we needed would be produced from one of the walls or really anywhere in the room. I had to admit that the ship was pretty impressive in the way that it created rooms and paths.

"So, what are you going to do about her?" Sakura asked once we were standing before Helaina.

"I am not quite sure yet, but now that I am connected with Hilda, I should have full system strength. I will start with a basic scan to see if I can find anything out of place on the outside," I said, placing one of my hands on the casket's surface.

A screen appeared as light from my hand scanned over Helaina's sleeping body using the lowest settings I could. A full scan of her body appeared, and I used my two upper arms to move the view as I looked it over, zooming into places.

"Find anything?" Sakura asked, and I shook my head.

"I didn't expect to. This was to see if anything happened when I tried scanning. I will try again, but this time I will go full power. Whatever is inside of there is going to know what I am trying to do, so we need to be ready. I will need you to have barriers ready to contain her; I would even start layering them now if you can with my hand still on," I explained, and Sakura nodded.

"Yeah, I can start layering them on right now," Sakura said as she put both hands out in front of herself.

The nine-tailed woman's eyes started to glow pink along with the tips of her ears and tails. Raw Magic poured forward, and I could sense immense power as Sakura concentrated.

Magical circles started to form above the coffin and slowly sank down. The moment each one of them touched the golden coffin, they spread over and around the entire thing.

"That should be good now. There are ten, and I will keep layering them on," Sakura said with a slight strain in her voice, but I knew this was going to take a lot out of her.

'I am ready, my Queen. I will be running through the scans as well with you. Once we know the problem, I will use a special algorithm that Hilda brought from Gamble that checks all threads. Hilda said that you two were the only ones that would be able to use it,' Atom explained, and I took a deep breath.

I focused my concentration into my palm and blasted the inside of the coffin with as much power as I could use to scan. I used my lower free hand to shield my eyes and turned my head as it happened because it was so bright.

[WARNING! Rouge DNA Encountered!]

[Corrupted Genes found!]

[Do you wish to engage? Yes|No?]

Suddenly, the light faded, and Helaina's body started to crack and get bigger. The areas between were filled with red as her body started to change.

I had to stop this; even though I had no idea what my System meant, I had no time.

"Yes!" I screamed, and time slowed down to a complete stop. The entire scene around me just stopped moving, but then a message appeared.

[Gene Repair Mode Activated!]

[Re-Sync with F.I.R.E Required.]

I was ripped out of my body and torn off the planet faster than I could think, and then I was ripped even out of the galaxy. The next thing I knew, I was sitting on the island of marble, alone.

I had a body, but it had no sex, just a glowing form.

I tried to trace over what happened and what was to come next, but I just couldn't figure it out. The screens that had appeared were nothing like others I had seen, but I hadn't run into this problem yet.

"Fancy seeing you in a place like this."

I turned around to see another glowing form, but I knew who it was.

"A1, what are you here for this time? Are you worried that I am going to make it out of here, Tyler?" I asked, and he laughed at me.

"What would I be worried about, Little Bee?" Tyler laughed.

"That is B1 to you, prick. You know exactly why I am here, so wipe that smirk off your face!" I growled, and he gave me the finger and vanished.

"Real mature," I muttered.

[Re-Sync Completed!]

[Entering New World Engine: Repair-Rite Rouge]

What in the hell was that supposed to mean? This sounded more like a game than a new world!

I was about to start complaining out loud, but one of the marbles not far from me lifted into the air. I watched as it slowly floated closer to me and then stopped.

I looked at it curiously, poking my finger at it.

That was the wrong move,

I was sucked into the tiny marble, and lines of incomprehensible text blurred past me in line. One of them pressed into my body, and I felt myself start to change.

More lines of code pressed and bent into my body, and bare skin appeared on my waist when I looked down. Soon my body was covered in the streaming data, and I felt two more arms grow, making me feel a bit better.

I had gotten used to having the extra set, and I was sure that I was going to need it where I was going. Once the arms had grown, the darkness around me became brighter, and I was forced to close my eyes.

When I opened them, I was sitting on the ground in a dimly lit room. I stood up and looked around, but there was no way out of the room.

There were only three circles on the ground about ten feet away from the wall.

"This is new," Hilda said from behind me, and I nearly jumped out of my skin.