Anything but giving him his clothes back.

“Actually, can you...”

Nhhhhnt nhhhnt nhhhnt. A loud warning signal went off just as Richie was about to ask Tabitha to give him his armor back.

“Can you phase me into the control room so I can see what that is about if it isn’t too much trouble could you bring my armor back down to Earth?” Richie said pointing to where Tabitha had thrown his armor. She had reversed gravity on it when she did so it currently rested on the ceiling far from where Richie could ever hope to get it.

“Oh yeah, I forgot about that,” Tabitha said blushing.

“Forgot about it, how could you forget about it?” Riley asked exasperated. “Did you forget I am naked here?”

“Oh no I definitely didn’t forget that! I was just so distracted by your nudity that I forgot where I put your armor and that you needed my help to get it back.” Tabitha explained embarrassed.

“Yeah, well I wouldn’t have needed your help to get it back if you hadn’t stripped me naked in the first place!”

“Well, if you’re going to be like that maybe I should just leave you naked, or at least make you show me your penis before I give your armor back.” Tabitha teased as she lifted and phased Richie into the control room. She removed the glass wall phasing it free and letting it drop to the ground where it shattered. “Oops.”

“What do you mean oops, what did you expect would happen?” Richie demanded.

“I just thought it would be easier for us to talk if the glass wall wasn’t separating us. I thought it would be shatterproof or something. I don’t know!” Tabitha protested.

Richie turned to the alarm. “They’ve found us. I sealed this room off earlier but even this room's reinforced blast doors won’t keep them out for long. That Asian young woman over there has telepathic powers. She has been pleading with me to release MM303, the naked guy in the tube over there. I am going to release the two conscious ladies so they can help us free him.” Richie said as he went over and started unbinding the ladies with both hands leaving himself completely exposed to them.

“Oh, sure show the bad guys your penis up close and personal but you won’t show me, your ally,” Tabitha complained.

Richie pointedly stopped what he was doing covered himself again and turned around to face Tabitha. “Just bring me my armor for goodness' sake!” Then he turned around and started to work on the women’s bonds, once again showing them his penis.

“Fine, I see how it is. You think you can trust those girls then go ahead and free them, but you don’t need them to free the hunk in the bottle I can do that all by myself.” Tabitha said as she flew over to MM303 and grabbed him with her aura phasing him through the glass tube and out into the real world.

“Wait stop,” Richie yelled, for all, we know those machines are keeping him alive. You might kill him pulling him out like that.”

“Oh, oh what do I do, put him back?” Tabitha exclaimed panicking.

“No don’t worry.” The African American girl said, pulling her gag away from her mouth after having Richie free her hand. “It will take a lot more than that to kill Metallic Boy. You better get Lilly freed. She may be the only one he will listen to.”

“Metallic Boy as in the “Man of Metal” himself Metalic Man?” Richie asked suddenly concerned. He looked back at the young man, and he could see a resemblance to the man that was largely considered to be the strongest hero of them all. Richie hurriedly went to unbind the Asian woman’s bindings.

The woman who the African American girl called Lilly spoke once again in his head “Tamara is being overly cautious; he is not yet the weapon they are trying to make him into. I am certain I can keep him from hurting anyone.”

“If MM303 has Metalic Man’s powers then pardon me if I don’t take any chances,” Richey replied out loud.

The African American woman, Tamara, unaware of her friend Lilly’s side of the conversation since it was psychically communicated to Richie thought that he was talking to her “Exactly what I was suggesting, you might want to get a lot less nude, not that your armor could do much against him.”

“You might be surprised by what it can do,” Richie said trying to project a calmness he didn’t feel. “Twist I need my armor now!”

Tabitha was just staring at the naked man she had set free until his eyes suddenly focused and he took in his surroundings for the first time.

“Who are you people, what is this place? Where are Mama Lilly and Mama Tamara?” Metallic Boy said obviously upset.

“We are here MB,” Lilly called from the chair she was bound to as Richie desperately tried to free her.

“What have they done? Metallic Boy yelled in anger as his naked flesh suddenly turned a shining silver. The once naked human man was now a naked living metallic statue. Metallic Boy floated in the air and then flew at breakneck speed to the two women's side. He ripped Richie away from the two women, grabbed Richie by the throat, and lifted him off the ground one-handed. “Answer me what are you doing to the only women who have ever cared for me?