OF BLOOD AND MACHINE

By Melanie Doucette

I don't owne outlaw star... wish i did but im not makeing any momo off this so dont sue. And enjoy

don't hater rate! This was written in 2004 this chapter only so bare with I just found it lost in internet land im such I good finder I thought this was lost forever…

CHAPTER 1 cold as steel

melfina, melfina, im going back to the lay line you don't need me any more you know how to give your heart wings... farewell Melfina sat up in her bed in a sweat, she got up and walked to the slider door and let out a sigh" ohh I cant sleep" she went to go make some tea for her self. The outlaw star was docked in sential III and so they stayed at starwind and hawking entrprise.melfina filled the kettle with water and put it on the stove burner and sat down at the table. Thing's have settled down its been two years since the lay line escape, And melfina and gene were still a bit confused about her past but that didn't stop gene from loving her. Melfina looped her bracelet one that gene got her a few weeks ago it was for her birthday or the day they found her in that small box for the ship. Gene was steered awake by Gilliam " gene gene, melfina's up ,I think she had a nightmare again?" gene rolled out of bed wareing his tight blue boxers " agh Gilliam why don't you talk to her ". " well gene I though maybe you'd have a better effect hence im a machine and don't understand the sleep and dream concept" gene rolled his eyes " ok, ok I get it" gene slide open his door and stalked toward the kitchen" Mel what's wrong?" Melfina turned around to him a bit startled" oh gene, it's nothing just can't sleep" Gene sat down next to her" it's still bothering you ah Mel?" gene put his arm around her melfina rested her head on his shoulder" I don't know, but when im with you it don't matter besides it's just a dream" she closed her eyes. Gene smiled "don't worry Mel I'll always be hear for you" the kettle began to whistle the steam rose" gene? Do you think it's a good idea that im going to that school?" Gene shifted so he was looking at melfina "honestly, no Mel you're so smart you don't need school but if its what you want?" Melfina got up and turned off the stove" well, I just wanna learn more about human thing's all I know is machine terms" gene stud up and stretched" well that's fine by me when your an outlaw on a ship that's all you really need to learn , but I suppose other things are good to know" melfina pored the water into her cup with the tea pouch" ok, don't worry gene if its no good then I'll quit" gene blew her a kiss" night Mel" he walked off into the dark halls melfina walked to her room with her tea. The next morning Jim woke up with a loud scream" aghg gene we have a problem" gene rushed into jims room "what whats wrong?" Jim was on his knees" gene I can't find the 1000 Wong we made yesterday" gene's face seamed to crackle" w w what? Jim scratched his head in dumbness" Jim how could you lose that its for the charge on the trip to toboko, you better find it" Gene stormed out of the room and walked into melfina she groped her laundry " oh gene sorry I didn't see you" gene looked at her as she stared to pick up her belongings he was to angry to face her" sorry" he walked off. Melfina sat on the floor dumb founded Jim rushed out and decided to help her" oh don't worry Mel it's not you he's mad at I kinnda lost something of his" melfina felt more at ease now" oh it's ok Jim I hope you find what ever it is " she then with all the clothes went to the laundry room. Jim saw gene in the kitchen " gene im sorry I'll find it or I'll make it up I'll go out and make some money , im really sorry" Gen didn't say a word as he munched on a doughnut" gene don't take it out on Mel ok' Jim stormed off , gene rose a brow and then continued to eat his food. "So you see I really need the job mister, so what do ya say?" Jim weakly smiled , the old farmer fiddled with his beard" well I need the field tiller fixed I'll give you 500 Wong" Jim hung his head " sure ok , hu only 500 more to go " later that day, Melfina was at the mall looking for some new gloves for gene , " Hay Mel over hear" waved a ranting ashia , ashia was now living at her own apartment and worked at a athletics' store." oh ashia just the person I need " melfina walked to the store. Ashia hugged melfina" Wow Mel I haven't seen you in like 2 weeks, so how's it going?" melfina was stumped with that question, whether she was asking about life in general or Mel and gene's life." OH fine I guess, um can you help me find a few things, im still not to good with the mall its so crowed" Ashia smiled "well sure" melfina handed her the list ashia rushed off about the store grabbing the accessories. Jim clapped his hands together " well sir I'm finished, she's as good as new" Jim said standing next to the tiller," oh thank you young man hears your 500 Wong" Jim put the money in his wallet" well if you need any thing just give me a call": he said giveing the man his card. Jim waved as he drove away in his car, he listed to the radio a techno beat played "hum now I got to make 500 more hum but ware, ah maybe dans dinner needs a garbage dispozel fix up!" Later once every one was back at the house, Jim walked in with a proud face " hey gene ware are ya?" he looked around Gilliam's blue canister shaped body came around to corner " oh Jim, im afraid genes not back yet, he left a while ago..." Jim mustered to him self "yah well how about Mel?" "Sorry she should be back soon!" Jim sat down in the couch "huu... fine gill wanna play cards?" Gilliam's canister body detached from the track on the wall and rested on the table" ya that would be welcome Jim" just then the door opened and gene walked in" hey Gilliam is... oh Jim your home I see so wares Mel?" Jim got up " she's still out , but should be back soon, ware have you been?" gene threw him self on the couch" well I decided to pay a visit to sasuka she said she'll think about joining us on the trip to toboko" Jim then jumped" oh yeah gene I made 900 Wong I'll get the rest some other time ok" he handed the money to gene." good and when you find the rest I'll have to decline from kicking your ass" gene jumped at Jim playfully punching him " hey, no gene stop". Melfina was walking home with a bag full of stuff gene requested and two large paper fan's she decided to buy for her room, they were rather heavy duty. She was about a block away from home ," hay missy looking for a real man" said a voice in the shadows, a bunch of crummy looking thug's approached melfina, she began to walk faster." Hey witch im talking to you" he said catching up to her" yeah let me give you a hand" said one of the other guys." No that's ok im fine" Mel weakly let out then the leader grabbed her shoulder she then let out a cry and began to run clumsily holding all the stuff she bought." hey get her, missy your gunna regret running." just then a guy jumped in front of melfina, she screamed dropping the stuff accept the two large fans." stop it leave me alone" yelled hoping some one would hear. A sharp slap came down on her face" shut up bitch" she them fell to her knees oh gene help me she looked up and the guy held his belt in his hands" you need to be thought a lesson girly" the other guys stared chuckling. Melfina tried getting up but the man swung his belt hitting her in the back she fell back down " gene" she cried ,but instead of crying she felt an odd anger growing inside" leave me along you bastards" she cursed as she forced her self up undaunted by the second blow , she griped the fans hard. Her knuckles burned white, she swung one up it met the guy right in the face, he stumbled backwards. the three other guys gasped" what the, that's it now your really gunna get it girl!" they all lunged at her, with out thinking she opened one of the fans and batted them away, she was even surprised in her actions and on how the fan didn't rip! The guy she had hit got up rubbing his jaw "you, ahhh" he ran at her, but she opened the other fan and used' the arch of paper like a saw and swished it, it sliced his arm open. Melfina was no longer scared and with her skill decided to fight her way out to this mess. "ah I cant take it Jim, im going to look for her!" gene went to walk out the door it slid open, but there she was with the two fans covered in blood and some splattered on her face " Mel are you ok what happened" gene hissed as she collapsed in his arms to his surprised she didn't start crying " I was on my way home and some guys jumped me.." Gene held her so he could look into her eyes " Mel, how did you get away, are you hurt" she shook her head " no it's not my blood, I, I" her eyes began to fill with tears" I fought... them and... im ok just a bruise" gene was thankful she was ok" oh Mel I was so worried but how, you don't fight and with what?" she groped the fans "oh gene I don't know how I did it, what's wrong with me" she cried into his chest" Jim inspected the fans" gene? I think .." he said holding one of the fans . Gene nodded and hinted to just stop the conversation. It seamed melfina had a way to protect her self but how and why did it come out just now? Was it a program in her machine or a human impulse//////////////////////////////////////////////////// it
PART 2 OF CHAPTER ONE..when the shit hits the fan … melfina Mel, its me im that other part of you don't be scared.. You will know what you need to know soon "well it seem's to be a bad storm today every one, so enjoy you time in doors" Gilliam reported to them, he had a link to the house even thought he was on the out law star this was so they could be informed of all information Gilliam could get while they were not on borde the out law star. " oh great I hate rain" gene mumbled at the table , melfina placed a plate full of rice balls in front of gene " hear eat up gene" melfina said as she too sat down and sipped her tea. Jim was fiddling with his laptop "well I can get payperveiw if we want to watch a movie for free" he said with a mouth full of toast. "sure nothing else to do" gene mustered," so Mel what do you want to watch?" Jim asked melfina pondered ' well what's playing today?" Jim read off the titles" the ring 3, lion king 6, links to people, space escape,umm ,hears a few old titles, lion king, 50 first dates,gigil,glitter,a.i., and forest gump" Gene was staring into space," well I've seen all the lion king's and forest Gump, um what's a.i. about?" Jim then went silent for a long time. " well, its a bout a cyborg child on the quest to find his family that ditched him and he find's the meaning of being human, but that don't sound any good huh Mel?" Melfina sat looking kind of sad" wow they even though about cyborges back then.. Hum it sounds up my ally can we watch it?" Gene choked on some rice" mel,cau,why do you wanna watch that it's so depressing?" melfina made a twisted face" well I just wanna see for my self" Jim gave gene an apologetic face for bringing it up" fine Mel if you want" gene gave in. after the movie melfina sat in a bit of silence" wow that was sad , gene you were right it's not that happy unlike an other cyborg movie I've seen bicentinalman it think its calld?"Gene popped a Rollo in his mouth and chewed" welll I chew told chew you"... Later they all decided to take a nap. "I cant believe it Ron, us the McDougal brothers , takein out some one else's garbage and cleaning out rooms for 20 Wong" wined Harry with his blue hair shielding his eyes" Ron threw the garbage bag into the dumpster " shut up Harry, were lucky were alive no thanks to gene, we still need to pay off dr.bezmoth for are new bodies" Harry took a bite out of his granola bar" hay I cant get it why did we get beaten, well at least im alive, and when I find starwind he's a dead man" Ron sipped his milk" yeah ware have I herd you say that before, Harry we don't even have a ship let alone we cant fight starwind like this" A woman pooked out the door " hay lazy asses im not paying you for sitting on your robotic assess now get to work" Harry and Ron got up with a huff" yeah yeah were on it lady" Ron answerd.They were working in a storage center and living in a one room unit in the building it was pathetic they were broke after finding dr bezmoth to repair them so they traded there ship for their bodies but still need further repaire's improvement's and to buy back thire ship so they could hunt down gene. Melfina was sitting out side on the steps "hey Mel you'll get wet come in" Jim said as a bolt of lighting lit the sky. Melfina turned to face him" Jim... do you think im...different?" Jim sat beside her.

" Mel I think your great I'm just sorry I'm not your age cause I'd steal yah from gene" he joked" oh thanks Jim, but really do you think gene can really love me?" Jim blushed" well I think so if I could so couldn't he" melfina smiled" oh Jim I had no idea you felt that way" Jim looked out into the storm and bolts filed the sky" no one would understand Mel, that way I feel I mean I love you but I know its not the way it supposed to be , im just a kid, but what im saying Mel is I think gene can and does love you" melfina put her hand on jims hand" Jim you'll make some one very happy one day, nothing can stop this feeling so don't hide it , I used to show it and it got me no ware" Jim smiled holding back tears" thanks Mel well I do think gene loves you he's not as perverted as he used to be" Jim wanted to kiss melfina , she made him feel so free with no care in the world but he knew it wa sent right" hey guys whatcha doing in the rain?" gene said as he came out side" ouh gene the rain wont get us under this porch come and sit down" Jim said diverting his attention from melfina to the storm. Gene sat down" so what you guys talking about?" Jim looked at gene "ah nothing much well I got stuff to do so I'll go now, see ya" Jim walked into the house. gene looked at melfina" hua what's wrong with him?" melfina leaned on gene" he's growing up gene and he will make some one very happy" gene was lost" err ah ok" they sat and watched the storm." melfina?" melfina looked at gene" I love you Mel and if you need me I'll all ways listen" she relaxed back onto his shoulder" I know gene and I love you too, gene I'll listen to you too!" Melfina crawled into bed she was a bit antsy because tomorrow was her first day to her school. She new it would be scary but she was ready. Melfina, don't be scared im only hear to make sure your ok don't be scared I love you and would never hurt you... good night / the next morining came soon melfina got dressed and made a a quick breachfast and kissed gene" well i got to go and catvh the buss by gene" he grabed her hand" be carefull mel ok" she smiled " gene i'll be fine, bye Jim by Gilliam" she ran out the door" bye melfina" jim and gilliam called out.gene sat down and picked at his waffels" jim do you think she'll be ok?" jim looked up from his laptop" well gene i'll follow her if you want"gene gulped down his juice" na that's ok, hey im giong for a walk i'll be back soon" gene threw on his jacket and left. The air was cold as it was the end of winter, melfina wait at the buss pick up, a few others stud with her, and this was a school for people that want more knowledge and all things. the buss pulled up and they all got on melfina sat by her self and just watheced the scenery. "Welcome to genda school for further learning, I'm Mr. summers and im the administer of this school and if you have any questions just ask me"melfina looked around ,the auditorium wasn't all to full many people ware already in classes but her and the few new comers were at the meeting. Then the bell rang so every one got up, melfina looked at her schedule and her first class was science with dr bezmoth. she walked into the class it was full of laughing people and very intelligent looking faces." ua you must be a new student what's your name?"bezmoth asked" oh hie im melfina" the dr went blank but quickly smiled " well melfina welcome to my class if you'll take a seat we'll commence class." melfina sat next to an Asian girl " hie im melfina what's your name" the girl smiled showing her bucked teeth but brilliant blue eyes" im kantana nice to meet you" a boy in back of melfina taped Mel's shoulder" oh " she turned around, he looked at her from behind long gray hair with brilliant green eyes" hie im Kyle nice to meet you melfina, was it?" melfina smiled" oh yes hello"

gene walked on the street and looked up at the sky and could see the stars faintly" oh melfina be careful the streets ware rather crude with alleys and freaks and sickos but gene wasn't scared at all. gene then herd an argument going on in an ally" well it's some thing to do" gene went to investigate .there was four thugs beating on a small weakling nerd" please I don't have any thing" he pleaded the thugs ware all beaten up ,gene put to and to together and knew they were the one's that harassed melfina " hey you" gene walked toward them" hey what do you want punk" the leader hissed at gene " did you guys see a girl about this tall with black hair" gene asked" yah why she's a little hussy, " "boss you mean that girl from a couple night's ago?" gene smiled" yeah that's right she was out hear couple nights ago" the leader looked angry": why what do you want? gene walked up to him and punched him in the stomach" don't touch her again got that?"

The other thugs pulled out theire weapons, one guy had a chain, the other a pipe and one had a gun, the boss got up and jumped at gene with a knife. gene dodged it" you got to be kidding me you guys wanna fight me" the guy with the chain spit" your a dead man" he lashed his whip at gene ,gene grabbed it and pulled the guy close and kneed him in the balls" am I a dead man?"" you fool" the guy with the gun shot at gene , gene ran toward the alleys edge" ha run you baby" the boss yelled" gene then turned around faseing them once more " oh im not leavening yet" he pulled out his sword cuter" just gaining some space" he held the sword up high" you ready you morons, I hope this works" he charged at them with all his speed the sword collided with the steel pipe and it the sword cracked sweat drop from his forhead in embaressment" ok just how does sasuka do it?" they all the jumped gene " ah hey fight fare "
" ahgh damn" gene was up against a chain linked fence how did Mel hurt these guys I know I can waist um but I cant kill um " so punk you gunna protect that little whore" the boss said with a smirk" ok that's it you dead beats I see you don't get it so I'll show you my true power" gene pulled out his caster gun" they all stepped back" ha-ha hau boss he's got a spell gun" said a worried thug. the boss also looked worried but kept his cool" he's bluffing it's probley fake" gene clicked the trigger the gun began to glow" do you guy's wanna see if im bluffing?" they looked at each other" lets get out of hear" they ran off" hey losers im not finished hear ,just when it was getting fun" gene put his gun away and made sure the kid was ok" thank you sir very much" no problem now get gion and stay out of trouble" well that's it for now hope you liked it I'll write more soon r&r hehe well gene seams to being a bad ass huh well that's gene for ya ha well any way review,this is an old story I wrote in 2004 and I finaly found it flooting around in internet land and revised it so you can enjoy it, I had it posted on fanfic net before as Melanie starwind2 but it's no longer up and that loging name is closed but hear it is long time no see I was even amazed in it's creativeity I was younger but still full ov idea's well read and review! No flames please!