Chase threw the battered Hyper-Freeze into one of the twelve air conditioning units. Crushing it.

 

"You are going to tell me everything you know about Tech’s organization and how your associated with it" Chase began, drawing his claws "Or I will personally-"

 

"I assure you, there is no need for violence," Tech cut in calmly

 

Chase's eyes widened, and he immediately realized his mistake

 

"Crap."

 

Slowly, he turned around to face the “stranger” behind him.

 

"You" He growled Tech smiled "Yes, me" "What do you want?" Chase spat, as he took off his mask

 

"That was a little excessive don't you think?" Tech responded, ignoring what Chase had just said.

 

Chase drew his claws and held them up in the Tokyo moonlight

 

"I said, what do you WANT?” Chase fumed

 

"To talk," He said dryly

 

"Oh really!?" Chase mocked "You want to talk?"

 

"I do" Tech replied

 

Chase rolled his eyes, "Goodbye," He said getting ready to jump

 

"Chase wait! I really do just want to talk!" Tech exclaimed

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"What!?!?" Chase yelled, spinning around to face his father as he threw his mask to the ground

 

Tech looked at him knowingly, causing Chase to feel sick to his stomach, he was getting seriously angry

 

"Well," Chase began "Where do you want me to start dad? Maybe at the part where you've been wiping my memories for, I don't even know how long!"

 

"Son..." Tech tried to say, but Chase didn't stop "Or maybe..." He burned "We could talk about the fact that in all our efforts for peace, you've been building an entire army of war robots!? POWERFUL war robots, at that!"

 

"Son if you would let me-" Tech tried to cut in, but once more Chase didn't let him speak, as his body started to vibrate faster

 

"No! I got it!" Chase said, anger and resentment creeping into his voice "Let's talk about the fact that I watched you kill someone in cold blood... You just killed him, without any warning... Is that what you wanted to talk about?"

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In an instant, there was an extremely loud sonic boom! And Chase suddenly stood directly in front of his father

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"Well? let's talk" Chase growled

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...

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"Chase," Tech began "did it not occur to you, at all, that perhaps it was necessary? What have I taught you your entire life!? The ends justify the means!"

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But Chase paid no attention to his father

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"I don't even know who you are anymore, because the Tech that I know, wouldn't ever, EVER kill anyone!!" Chase thundered

 

"Chase, don’t be ridiculous," Tech cut in

 

"No!" Chase says stopping his dad from interrupting him for the hundredth time, "Isn't this what you wanted? Look at us! We're talking!!!" Chase yelled, in anger, expecting his father to react in some way... But he didn't

 

Instead, Tech looked down, not saying anything... Until he did.

 

"How can you be so naive?" He said in a much darker tone than before "In order to make the world a better place we must first get rid of those trying to make it WORSE! Did you really think that everyone would just sit back and accept what we are doing? Did you really think people like John could be REASONED WITH?!?!"

 

Chase was taken aback for a second

 

"Surely you co-" Chase began

 

"No! I want you to hear this son! When those people do join together and rise up to try and stop us, and they will, we have to be able to fight back, or else everything that we've done, everything that we've worked so hard for, is for nothing!” Tech exclaimed, and then taking a second to calm himself, he finished “The ends. Justify. The means. Do you understand?"

 

And Chase did understand, more than he would have liked to

 

Tech watched as his words had the desired effect, and Chase stood there speechless

 

"Chase, come home." He said somberly

 

Chase wanted to accept the offer, no matter how mad he was at his father, he was still his father, and he so desperately wanted to trust him, and he almost did... But something stopped him; he still didn’t have the full picture.

 

He looked up at his father, his face now returned to its former defiance "Goodbye dad"  

 

With that, he swiftly put on his mask.

 

Then, there was a thunderous boom as Chase broke the sound barrier, and then silence.

 

Chase was gone

 

For a second Tech stood there, staring calmly at the spot where his son had just been standing.

 

Darla walked over to Tech

 

"Do you think he'll come around?" She asked,

 

"Of course he will, I know my son." Tech responded confidently

 

…

 

"And if he doesn't, well make him."