THAT, more than her cautions previously, had Ranma suitably nervous about all this.
"Here we are," said their guide, pushing his glasses back to the bridge of his nose with one finger as the elevator doors opened. "She's right this way."
The moment Ranma saw Akane floating in a gel-filled tube, various leads hooked up to her, caution dropped and he leapt. His only thought was to break her out.
KA-ZAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP! snap!
"Ungh," said Ranma after he'd come to a sliding stop on the floor of the lab.
"I'm impressed," said Gendo Ikari. "Most people would be dead. Even most of the tougher pokegirls and Tamers with appropriate blood gifts would at least be unconscious."
"Yeah," said Ranma, slowly getting up with muscles that kept twitching out of control.
"Ranma," said Nabiki, "you're smoking."
Ranma casually brushed off the knuckles that were smouldering. Though when he realized that particular hand was now sporting a section of charcoal - he'd be hurting when the adrenalin wore out. "Let her go."
"Of course," said Gendo with a smirk. "We've no use for a common Tomboy here. However, there's the matter of certain damages, and a few deaths."
"What?" asked Ranma. "What do you mean?"
"This Tomboy has killed innocent humans, a few pokegirls too," said Gendo smoothly. "I have resources I can use to intercede, but I would need some reimbursement."
"She's killed people?" asked Ranma. Not that he necessarily believed this guy, but he didn't necessarily disbelieve him either.
Nabiki winced. There was no reason to believe anything that Gendo Ikari said. The 'original' was prone to manipulation and lying, and this version had an organized crime and shadow-organization background from her own research. That he'd make a claim like that indicated he could at least fake things, or at worst - Akane HAD done the deeds and could have this held over her head for their time in this world. Neither was a good sign.
"There's also property damage, trespassing, and we have a strong leash law here in this city," said Gendo. "She's broken many laws but you can simply pay the fines on most of it."
"uh huh," muttered Ranma. Considering his financial status, he was betting that wasn't going to go over easy.
"So what is it that you want?" asked Nabiki, knowing that getting involved herself was chancy but leaving it entirely to Ranma seemed a recipe for disaster.
"Me?" asked Gendo. "The salvation of the human race."
"Is she okay in there?" asked Ranma.
"Oh yes," said Gendo, "though when she arrived there were some problems that needed to be addressed. She should be fine to release though, as soon as she's recovered. In the meantime, there's something I think you should see."
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