A story that I`m updating...testing waters here.

Hope you enjoy the first part of this prologue.

Perfect Cyborn

Prologue

The world had changed much in the many following years as Human Augmentation becomes something that the public can use. The Corporation that created it was the Caelum Industries. It had become a multi billionaire company in matter of three years with the advancement done in the Human genome project.

The Augmentation project was born out of that genome project, at a way to make Human beings stronger or faster, but it was only used for wounded cops or soldiers in the Army. While Caelum Industries hold the ring power for the most powerful business in all of Gaia, they have started to work upon a new project…one that would change the world…

They call it, the Perfect Cyborn project…created by the one and only Serah Farron, my little sister. She was only in her early twenties, and she was already head of the Augmentation project in Caelum Industries. Compared to the many brains that she works around with, she is considered a child genius, since she was the one to create the Perfect Cyborn project.

I am proud of her, at least, she was working on something that could help people.

Caelum Industries building

December 18.

9: 15 P.M.

The Science Wing in the building was how it always had been, ever since I first walked through these doors. Many people walking up and down the hallway and working on some projects or another, and test being carried out with the latest prototype they were working with.

All in all, it was a busy place.

I let out a yawn of boredom, since I am already used to seeing everything that was going on around me. I pushed my hair out of my face as I focused my eyes upon the plasma screen that was on the wall giving the news.

"…Industrial project of the Caelum Industries which will be announced tomorrow at the Cocoon Science Convention which will be held in Central Eden this year," the announcer was saying, "Not many details had been revealed about what will be announced this years but I`m sure many of us are waiting for the reveals. In later news, Primarch Dysley had given a press conference today with the Military leader of Cocoon Forces about the effects Human Augmentation have on soldiers and how it will improve their performance…"

I seated up feeling the gun`s but poke at my side, and then stood up. My charge was coming toward me now talking with an elderly man dressed in a suit. I simply stood there watching her. Serah Farron looked more like our mother, although most say that I resembled her a lot, but I think it was because we had matching pink hair.

She saw me watching her and gives me a bright smile which I returned with a nod. She did a quick job in saying goodbye to the old guy before coming my way and giving me a hug.

"Hey sis," she said, "I didn`t keep you waiting long have I?"

I shook my head.

"Don`t worry about it," I told her, "The news was interesting enough to keep me busy."

She gave the TV on the wall a glance which was now talking about sports and returned her attention to me.

"I`m sure," she said, "Now we have to go up my office and we can finally leave."

I gave her a nod.

"We are going to be late you know," I told her, "Considering you were the one who convince me to come along with you."

The both of us started walking down the hallway heading toward the elevator. Serah let out a sigh.

"I know," Serah said, "But I didn`t think that this meeting would have taken this long. We have already perfected the science for the Human Cyborn. They must just want to pressure me."

"Serah," I told her, "That thing you invented. It`s a pretty damn big thing as far as a I know. You completely surpassed the idea of human augmentation. Those old guys are the ones feeling the pressure since a twenty two year old girl barely out of college is able to surpass them."

Serah blushed slightly at that as she pushed the button to call the elevator.

"Thanks sis," she said.

"Hey, it`s my job to make you feel better," I told her, "But even so Serah, about tonight…"

"Don`t tell me something came up," she told me.

I stared at her.

"It`s not that I`m bailing out on you," I stared.

"Claire, you`ve done that plenty of time in the past when I invite you to come hang out with Snow and I," she said.

"Now, now Serah," I told her, "Most of those times, it really was an emergency. You don't think how hard is it for the G.C. to keep this city from breaking apart. I mean, humanitarian manifesting almost daily now since human augmentation went public…and we have to keep the peace on the streets, and arresting for vandalism. It`s a warzone out there sometimes."

The elevator door opened with a chime and we both got on and then she pressed the button. Then we started going straight up.

"But none of that tonight," she said, "Claire, you know how important it is for me."

"I know Serah," I told her, sighing, "You`ve been telling me the same thing for days now."

"So you don`t conveniently forget to come as you have done the past times I invited you somewhere," she told me.

Yeah. My sister knew me so well. It`s not like I didn't want to come with her, I really did. Its just that, I don`t get along well with her…fiancé. Yeah, you heard right, my little sister is going to get married in January which is only a couple of weeks away. I still think she is rushing it a little bit, I mean, she is only twenty two years old, and she met the guy only a year ago.

I am four years older than her and I am not looking to get married.

The elevator door opened and we both walked out of it into another hallway which led straight into her office. This entire floor was conserved to developing new technology like the one she had created.

"Miss Farron," a voice yelled.

The both of us turned around toward the voice. It was a younger man, and he was holding a data pad in his hand.

"Noel," she said, "What`s up? Is there something wrong?"

"Just some data that I want you to look over," he said.

She took it from him and quickly worked her way through it, pushing some stuffs and the hologram like images flew through the flat screen.

"Everything is in order Noel," she said, "But you`ll have to move the Cryogens to Thursdays. The augmentation might malfunction if it is under too much stress from the patient`s nervous system, if they keep a calm head, then it will work out."

Noel glanced at the pad before nodding.

"Thanks Miss Farron," he said, before running off.

The two of us continued to walk together, until we reached her office as the door slid open.

"I still think you`re rushing into this marriage Serah," I told her.

She glanced back at me.

"I love him you know," she told me.

I nodded.

"So you`ve told me, but you`re still young. You just left college and you already want to get married."

"Claire, we already talked about this," she told me.

"I know," I told her taking a seat upon the couch she had in her office, "I just don't want you to make hasty decisions and regret them later."

She left what she was doing on her desk and come to take a seat beside me.

"Claire," she said, "I…I truly want to marry Snow. I just want to know I`ll have your support. It will make me truly happy, since you`re family."

I stared into her hopeful blue eyes. They were similar to mines in many ways but hers were childlike, or more innocent, some would say, being a Guardian Corps, I tend to see some stuff that I would like to forget.

"Serah…, I`ve left work early," I told her, "To come here and wait for you so we can go in my car. Isn`t that proof enough you have my support already?"

She gave me a smile and a hug.

"I knew I could count on you Claire," she said.

I chuckled.

"You know I want you to be happy."

She nodded.

"I know," she said.

She quickly stood up and walk to her desk so that she could work. I simply stayed on the couch waiting for her to finish when a beep sound drew my eyes toward her again, finding her eyes frustrated.

"What is it?"

"I can`t log on into the server," she said, taking hold of the phone on her desk, "I`m going to have to call Engineering for this."

She typed in the number and waited for a few seconds before frowning.

"Weird…no one is answering," she said.

I stood up walking toward her.

"Is that normal?"

She shook her head.

"No, there is usually someone there to answer," she said.

"I`m going to check it out then," I told her.

"You don`t have to do this," she told me, "I can just call Security…"

I gave her shoulder a pat.

"Relax," I told her, "Here, you can walk me through it since you know this building more than I do. I`m G.C. Serah, so no one is going to stop me from going anywhere."

She stared at me before taking the radio I had handed to her from my belt, and putting it against her hear.

"Alright go," she told me, "and don't take too long."

I nodded at her and walked out of the office, putting the radio in my ear. I arrived in front of the elevator and pressed it open.

"Serah, which floor is engineering?" I asked her.

"It`s in the sub-levels," her voice told me through the radio.

"Okay," I told her, pressing the button.

The elevator started to go down.

"You did this so we can get there later didn`t you?"

"C`mon Serah," I told her, "I already told you, you have my support. Even so, this is a great story that you can tell Snow when you guys are married."

"Yeah being late to a diner with his parents sound like a great story," Serah said, and in my mind, I can see her rolling her eyes.

"He can take it after all, he said he is a Hero isn`t he?" I told her.

"My hero," Serah said, sighing dreamily, "You know Claire, you need to find yourself a boyfriend."

"Serah, is this really the time?"

"Yes," Serah said, "There must be someone that you like back at work?"

"You`re right," I told her, "There is someone I like back there."

"Really! Do I know him?" I can hear the hope in her voice.

"Yep, his name is Work and he kept me busy for really long hours," I told her.

I started to chuckle hearing her sigh.

"Way to get my hopes up Claire," she said, and I swore she was pouting.

"C`mon, it was pretty funny," I told her, chuckling.

The elevator door opened and I had arrived in Engineering. I started to walk through the floor and weirdly enough, most of the lights weren`t on. They were all flickering as if they hadn`t enough power to sustains them.

"Hey Serah,"

"What is it?"

"Do the lights flicker in Engineering?" I asked her.

"I don't think so, why?"

"Cause they are now," I told her, "Must be a power surge or something…but if it was a power surge the whole building will be thrown into darkness…something else is wrong here."

"Should I call for security?" Serah asked, and I can hear her worried tone.

"I`m not sure," I told her, "Let me find out what`s going on…if it`s bad, then you can start calling security."

"Okay, but be careful okay," she told me.

I pulled out my gun and turn the safety off.

"I will,"

I continued to walk down the hallway more cautiously than before, holding my gun at the ready. The entire floor was oddly silent for a building that was supposed to be busy. I arrived in front of a T shaped way with the wall in front of me.

It had a map of the floor upon it and a put my back upon the wall that was on my left. I glanced down it, checking if it was clear and the other one, which was clear also. Then I approached the map checking where everything was and I quickly made my way into the direction where the office was situated.

As I got closer, I can hear voices talking but not in Cocoon dialect, causing me to slow down. I come to a stop, listening to what they were saying but I couldn`t understand a word of it. Slowly, I stepped closer and found myself upon a catwalk with whoever was talking below it. I feel my eyes widen seeing their masked faces and the machine guns they were holding in their hands.

Most of them were dressed like civilians as the one in the middle approached saying something to the rest which nodded at him. He probably is their leader of this operation and then, he raised his hand, holding up a small device which he pressed his finger down upon it.

Then a rumbling noise echoed all around me as I can hear explosions taking places everywhere and in the radio in my ear, I heard Serah scream, which sounded really loud in the silence below. Then the man, the leader looked up at the noise.

His face was masked, a pearly white mask and it was looking in my direction…He had seen me…Shit. He pointed at me, yelling something in his strange dialect which the group around him started to turn and opening fire.

I quickly took off down the hallway, running for all I have.

"Serah," I said to the radio in my ear, hearing breathing, "Sound the alarm; tell them we have a breach."

Yay, a new chapter that i`m uploading because i started writting this and i couldn`t stop.

Hope you enjoy and the next part of the prologue is up next.

Jacques0 out.

R&R.