Chp. 17 - Monster Mash

                                    

                                          
I just wanted a nice day to lie in before I had to go rootin' around in N and V's noggins for their missing memories. The process was simple enough, done it before with a classmate... by accidently overloading the processor that permanently set his head on fire... okay, so minor miscalculations, but this was different!
What was more difficult, however...
"I'm sorry, you want me to do what with what!?" I gawked at V for the longest time, spinning around fully at my desk. I had been getting everything ready, only issue was getting V on board, even N struggled to convince her. So I asked, 'Well, what do I have to do in order to convince you?'. Big mistake on my end.
She slammed her fist onto my desk, feeling everything buckle or jump. "I want you to put this thing into a new body, how is that complicated to understand, Shorty?" She had the nerve to give me snark too!
The item in question was... Soriks' SIVA core. Far as Kovik told me, they acted as the new hearts to Splicers and their followers, removing the whole need for organic vulnerabilities, of course, while they can repair themselves if not critically damaged. If completely intact, they could possibly share the same strange phenomenon as Kovik, imprinting that Splicer's very mind onto it.
Rubbing my temples, I tried to run this smoothy through my head. "We're talking about ramming a Splicer mind, one that tried to kill us, back into a new body to, potentially, undo everything we just worked our butts off to stop - Oh, and we nearly died to do!" I snapped back, looking to N in disbelief. "I'm not the only one here seeing a significant problem with this, right!?"
He looked between us anxiously, attempting to get a word in the whole time. Again, he went to speak, only for V's arm to swing wide, cutting him off as she glared daggers back at me. "This is different, I can't explain it, alright, I... I don't think all this crap with SIVA's over... so I thought..." She sighed, looking around angrily. Because of me? Herself? I couldn't even make heads or tails of what V was thinking. "...if we had someone who was on the inside, we could also figure out how this tech even got here in the first place. This never existed before, look what a bad copy could do, let alone the real deal!"
"Uzi-" I turned to look to N, he looked conflicted for a bit when he spoke, rubbing his hands together, gesturing to V- "V's never been this adamant about something like this before, its important, isn't it?"
Her face was sour but then looked just as uncertain, averting her eyes to the core sat between us. N continued. "Is it possible? Kovik?" He asked, and the first time since last night, Kovik materialized. He'd been silent since our fight against Kaviss.
~Theoretically, it should work akin to what became of me, creating a sufficient body, coupled with SIVA to mend it all together... possibly, though I cannot be certain you'll receive the result you're looking for~ He glanced at V, then to me. ~If these are her terms to accessing her supressed memories, then we cannot pass up this chance, even at such a risk as reviving a Devil known for his combat experience~
Even Kovik's on board, or at the very least, entertaining the idea of some necromancy BS. I looked between them all, trying to find some leverage in this argument, but I got nothing. V wasn't about to budge for no better reason than a hunch, or, that's all she was willing to tell us.
"Uzi?" N gave me that look again, practically begging me to twist my arm and give V this chance. Given everything they've done to help me with Solver, hell, even protecting this god-awful place.
"Uuuuuugh..." Slamming my head against my desk, I threw my hands up. "Alright, fine! You want some creepy, undead, SIVA-infested Splicer back to life, I'll freakin' give you one, not my problem if it goes rogue, got it?" I jabbed between them, especially at V, though her eyes did flash in surprise at my agreement. "In exchange, I'm popping your heads open, no backsies!"