Public Service

Kevin Levin is finally captured after long years of eluding all authorities in the galaxy. He is given a choice, be shot on sight or join a Section of the Japanese government. Kevin knows a good deal when he sees one and takes the job. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex fusion.

Chapter One: Reboot

Kevin Ethan Levin had spent years running away, eluding Ben Tennyson, his arch nemesis, or was it the other way around that he was the arch nemesis? He wasn't really sure of anything anymore. His sanity had dissolved until only thoughts off hatred and revenge remained.

He'd watched as humanity had literally fallen apart, world wars had broken out, changing the very continent of America, now the Ameri-Soviets and the United States of America, along with the American Empire.

He'd made big money off this of course, using his knowledge of alien tech to sell information and prototypes to the highest bidder. It had made him wealthy, he'd played all sides of the game, but all the money in the world could not change him back to the handsome 28 year old he had been, that was eleven years ago. He'd become used to life as a misshapen abomination, but he desperately wanted to change back.

He'd settled down in Japan, the other nations of the world weren't pulling in enough profit, but in Japan he could find a buyer for anything he had to sell and that was fine with him.

He wasn't really surprised when the Japanese government came down him, what did surprise him was the fact that they came down on him with guns blazing with orders to shoot to kill if he didn't surrender.

He smiled to himself; some of the good guys did have spines after all.

Kevin was hunkered down behind a wall, avoiding gunfire. There was that persistent girl again. He'd managed to wound a few of her men, including an older guy with prosthetic eyes who put up a really good fight, but this one just wouldn't go away.

He could unleash his attacks and use all the chaos to get away, but this lady was real good, he'd heard the older guy call her "Queen Kong" or something like that. This one was really good, he had to admit it. He played scenarios over and over in his head, and unfortunately, she won every time, but he had to give it a shot.

He launched himself from his hiding place and fired every single one of his alien powers at her. He expected all the lasers to hit her at once but she avoided them all at inhuman speed and he launched a steel pipe at her like a spear.

The woman calmly stared down the scope of her gun and fired, Kevin watched in awe as the bullet split the pipe in half, unfortunately, he wasn't quick enough to avoid it and fired three shots into his body, they weren't fatal, but it was extremely painful.

"You're a real good with those powers you son of a bitch. From now on, you're mine!" the Major told him.

Kevin sighed; there was no debating with this woman to change her mind. She reminded him of Gwen, but she was far more terrifying.

Kevin was led away in cuffs that prevented any use of his powers. He wondered if they'd take him to some lab and experiment on him like he was a freak. No one cared about him; they didn't even give him a second thought.

"What do you people intend to do with me?" he asked. He saw an elderly man, whose face resembled an ape walk into the room.

"It's quite simple really," Daisuke Aramaki said. "We want your criminal expertise and knowledge of the alien technology that made you so wealthy. Work for us long enough and we'll wipe your record clean. Even get you reinstated as a Plumber, if that's what you want."

"And if I turn down this generous offer?" Kevin asked.

"It's quite simple; the Major will blow your sorry head off after I give the order for your termination. The fact that you've been selling your technology to both our government and that of the American Empire is something we cannot ignore. So we were assigned to catch you. I'm offering you a win-win situation, you will work for us, in exchange you use your various connections in the black market to help us in cases and once you've proven yourself, we'll give you what you want."

"You'll fix my body?" Kevin asked hopefully. He didn't care if they made him dress in a Barney suit, he wanted to be normal.

"We'll give you an alternative, Kevin. We'll cyberize your brain and place it in a completely cyberized body, you'd have a human form, but your powers will be gone, but I doubt that it would bother you to be rid of it. Or we can attempt a painful reversal of the body you're currently in. But we'll see if we can return your body to normal. If we are successful, we'll transfer your cyberbrain back to your original body."

"I'll take a fake body over this one any day," Kevin said, his eyes widened as a familiar face entered the room.

"Ben Tennyson," Kevin sighed. "I didn't think you were the type to work for the government."

"I could say the same about you, so what'd they bribe you with this time? Money, women, status, a get-out-of-jail-free card? I'm here because the Ameri-Soviets didn't want me around." Ben smirked.

"I'm not like that, and you know it!"

"The way you treated Gwen, I highly doubt it."

"Just shut up!" Kevin snarled. "Where is she?"

"Gwen is dead, Kevin. A plane crash, seven years ago. You were too busy destroying things to get the news. Not that you cared anyway. They tried to save her with some experimental treatment, I never heard if it worked out."

Kevin was stricken. Despite the fact that he had always disliked Ben, he'd always enjoyed Gwen's company. It just seemed impossible that something as mundane as a plane crash could take the life of someone who had fought against him time and again, across the galaxy.

"I don't believe you! You're lying!"

"She's dead, Kevin, I'm sorry." He turned and left the stunned Osmosian alone in a shocked stupor. Major Kusanagi stared at him impassively and watched him go.

Togusa led him down to the lab where they would begin his cyberization. The Major entered a room where Ben was waiting for her.

"That was harsh Tennyson," Motoko told him in private.

"It's the truth though, you don't remember me, or your parents or anything else since you woke up, all they managed to salvage was your brain Gwen. They even gave you a new name you've been using for over a decade. It's not like me calling you Gwen means anything to you now. In a way, my cousin Gwen Tennyson is dead."

"All that exists is Motoko Kusanagi, combat wiz and member of Section 9, I know, you've said it before. Still, it is nice that you keep trying to help me remember, that would be nice to be able to put names with faces."

"Keep an eye on him okay, he's a big pain," Ben warned.

"So I gather," Motoko shrugged. "It doesn't bother you that you lied to him? Or the fact that I kill terrorists?"

"The world isn't as black and white as it was when we were teens. The world's fallen apart; I do my best to stop the aliens. I try not to kill them, but sometimes, there are no other options, but I'll let your conscience handle it."

He gave her a smile. "I find it kind of hard to believe that you dated him."

"Really? He doesn't seem like my type."

"That's what I thought. Are you still seeing that girl?" he asked, that was an awkward question, but he wanted to be a part of her life after all.

"Does it really matter?" she asked. She didn't have any moral restraints or care what people thought of her for what she did. She wanted to experience everything in life she could, even if it wasn't right by someone's moral standards.

"You used to like guys you know," Ben said.

"I do, but according to you, I always picked the wrong ones," she barely hinted a smile. "Maybe one day I'll find a good one, but not right now. And none of this bothers you?"

"It's your life, I can't tell you what to do. I have to get back to work now," Ben said, he had to get going.

"I'll be going now Gwen, take care of yourself, Major," Ben said, he turned and left.

Major Motoko Kusanagi frowned and went back to work. She went down to the basement where the lab was. They were outfitting Kevin Levin with a fully prosthetic body, at least until they could reverse his monstrous body back to normal.

Putting together a body for Kevin wasn't that hard, they'd simply copied the photos of him that they had and designed his body to look about 38 years old. Ben had mentioned that he was one year her senior so he was 39.

Major Kusanagi frowned at a thought that entered her head, and put it out of her mind. Kevin Levin didn't mean anything to her, just like the name Gwen Tennyson didn't mean anything to her. Her relationship with him would only be professional. Still, the quest to find her lost memories was something she didn't want to give up. She saw them finish putting Kevin Levin together as they inserted his cyberbrain. She put it out of her mind. She had work to do.

Author's Note: If I didn't make the Major bi, the fans would hate me, so it's staying in there. It won't be in the story itself, but if I didn't write her that way, it would be a disservice to the characters, so deal with it.