Chapter CCIII: Weapon Awareness or How to Save on Remodelling ~Multehx

The machinery in the darkened laboratory hissed as it came to a stop. The doors on a large attached chamber slid slowly open. The interior was dark, but a darker form could be distinguished even in the pitch black.

There was a low sound like the whirring of mechanics mixed with a low groan of emerging from a groggy state. It rubbed its human-like head and made the strange sound again.

"This...body is good." It turned, starting down a hallway. "But it is too pure for me to hold long; I must find another body…"

It continued to lurch through the hall, dragging its feet slightly as it went.

Eventually, it could hear something shuffling toward it from the opposite direction. It continued slowly, watching carefully. As it neared a turn in the hallway, it saw what was making the noise. A deformed mutant experiment of a bio-weapon gone wrong was creeping along in search of food. It looked dangerous, and just as hideous. Its eyes gleamed with a savage look of bloodlust as it saw the metal being.

Instinctively, it lunged, bearing its fangs and drooling hungrily. It collided with the metal being's chest, hard. The being staggered back, its back hitting the wall. It winced as it stood erect.

"This form...too complicated to utilize weapon systems...need something...simpler..."

Instantly, its systems whirred to life and it shone with a brilliant light.

Its metallic form began to reconfigure; it grew shorter and rounder, neck and head vanishing. Two metallic boots with ankle flairs formed for feet on two metallic legs. A metallic gemstone formed in place of its left eye. The other one became a cold, red robot's lens. Its hands elongated and became clawed fingers. The final detail to appear was a metallic "M" that formed on the top of its head.

The being clenched and unclenched it's claws experimentally. "Ah...what a suitable body. And to be TOTALLY in control this time!" It pointed a clawed finger at the mutant. "Prepare to spill your blood all over this hall; your days end at the hands of the killing fiend, Metallic Multehx!"

The mutant probably was too inferior mentally to grasp this, but it sensed the hostility and growled savagely, crouching down on all fours. The round robot sneered, folding its arms. From its shoulders, two missile holders formed from the metal flesh. The weapons gleamed in a scattered ray of light from a broken skylight. The growling beast seemed somewhat frightened by this sight.

Metallic Multehx chuckled darkly to itself. "Now...Smile!"

Instantly, the missiles fired and hit their intended target, riddling it with shrapnel, blowing the majority of it to shreds, and burying it under rubble as part of the ceiling collapsed on it. A trail of red liquid slowly formed heading out for the pile.

The holders rejoined its shoulders and it blew a wisp of smoke out the corner of its mouth, grinning evilly. Its legs seemed to disassemble into metallic plates which flew upward and vanished into the air. As it continued this reverse construction it laughed insanely. The laughter echoed down the darkened corridors for moments after the last trace of it vanished.