Recapturing the Lost (II Continuation) (DISCONTINUED FOR NOW)

Focus On the Future, Not the Past.

"I know you're eager, and so am I, but I feel obligated to remind you that the building has practically no power left. If we need to upload 4S, we probably won't be able to do it today. We can always come back later though with a power source, okay?"

I nod, I'm too excited to form a sentence, or even a single word. 3GS silently steps out of the way, gesturing for me to do the honours.

I gently open the door.

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At first I'm not greeted with sight, but the smell of this place, it's safe to assume it wasn't used much even when this place was still fully functioning, which doesn't surprise me in the slightest, to Cobs, if you messed up and died, that was your punishment, no second chance even though he could easily give you one.

Besides the stench of dust, oil and burnt wires, a massive computer sits in the middle of the room, with some weird, hollow machine with a door to inside of it to the right, covered in grime and muck, but still looks fully operational. A few storage lockers sit up against the left wall, each one looking big and tall enough for both me and 3GS hide in together, if we wanted or needed too.

As soon as my mind processes my surroundings, and everything I see, I go up to the computer, shoving its chair out of my way and behind me. The computer, like last time, boots up when I get close.

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'Welcome, 4.'

'Who would you like to repair?'

4S.

'Are you sure you would like to repair MePhone4S?"

Yes.

'Please stand by while we draw the needed amount of power...'

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My entire body shakes in excitement, as I watch the bar load as it gains the power from somewhere, I'd question how it's getting even a lick of power if it benefited me in any way. As I just stared at the progress bar, 3GS stands up next to me opening a new tab.

"Hey!" I exclaimed. "I was watching that!"

"4, calm down, hold on..." He says as he put the tabs on 'Split' so I can still see the slowing filling progress bar while he opens up "The Graveyard" file. It's file is mostly bare, with only five names in it.

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'MePhone4S' Currently being recovered...
'A.D.A.M' Not enough power to recover currently.
'B.R.I.A.N' Not enough power to recover currently.
'J.U.S.T.I.N' Not enough power to recover currently.
'MePad (Mini)' Not enough power to recover currently.

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"...holy shit..." I say under my breath, everyone who I watched die in front of me when I was powerless to stop them, right here. It might not be MeLife, but by whatever god is out there it's gonna work so well it might as well be!

"3GS, 3GS, do you know how ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THIS IS?!" I speak up after my mind can process how beautiful of a situation this is.

"For once, I know exactly what you're thinking, and yes. This is perfect." He pauses for a second choosing his word carefully before he speaks again. "I think we're gonna have to change what we're doing once we get out of here, y'know to fit with this discovery.

"Completely fine with me! As long as everyone gets back somehow... honestly I think I'll be fine." I remark, being absolutely ecstatic, the excitement radiating out from my voice.

Slowly the power bar loads up till a new message pops up.

'Please insert a vessel into the machine to put the data into.'

After this message appears, the storage lockers I mentioned fling open revealing many unused MePhone "bodies" inside. 3GS walks up to inspect them, from where I'm standing I can faintly see a specific body label 'MePhone4S' on the back, which makes NO sense because I also have that body currently... maybe Cobs planned in case 4S failed and died while hunting me down, so he made a back-up. Regardless. 3GS grabs that vessel, opens the machine's door and puts the body inside then closes the door.

'Uploading... stand by.'

My mind is racing, my brother, my younger brother, who I never really got to know or hang out with, is going to live again. And after that, when we bring more power here, I can bring back the others but especially MePad... god I have a lot of apologising and explaining to tell him when he comes back, what if he doesn't forgive me? What if he leaves? What if he HATES me-

I'm interrupted from my spiral when 3GS puts his hand on my head.

"You're a good kid 4, I'm proud of you." Words get caught in my throat as I try to respond, but eventually I get this.

"Thank you... I-I try." I smile at 3GS. Then a little ding comes from the machine.

((Authors Note: 1422 words let go chat that's the most so far. Imma apologise for the lack of updates the holidays were busy as shit for me and I wasn't able to use my laptop for a few days. SCHOOL HAS STARTED UP FOR ME so again updates will be semi-irregular since I'm burnt tf out after school. Hope you guys liked chapter 4!))