Through His Eyes Darkly
A fanfic by LadyRivka
Ah. Saturday morning.
I force myself to crawl out of bed. I only sleep Friday nights; I only need a few hours a week because I'm a cyborg, and I choose Friday nights because there's nothing good on late-night TV, at least not up here in the wilderness.
I wander half-dazed into the bathroom. The usual morning routine. Shower, brush teeth, wash face and hair. I need to do these things to keep my biotic components in top shape.
When I'm done washing my face, I look up into the mirror- something that I have sworn never to do, because I know I look good, dammit. I don't need a piece of glass to tell me that.
A pair of icy blue eyes stare back at me.
These are not my eyes, I think. They can't be. They are much too out of place, much too…dare I say it?…inhuman.
I knew #16 and #18 had the icy blue servos, but I didn't think Gero would mar my appearance with those goddamn things.
The more I stare in the mirror, the more those eyes startle me. Why did Gero have to manipulate me? My thoughts, my vision, my very being? Why, dammit? And why had I not noticed them until now?
Maybe it was a shock to my consciousness, like being absorbed by Cell had been. Before that moment, I was too cocky, screaming I was the ultimate warrior. Then Cell's vacuum tail came upon me, and all was silence.
Now I see these eyes, and a flood of memories of what my vision had been came upon me: Sensing power levels just by looking at people. Being able to view various objects in the ultraviolet range of the spectrum.
Why, God damn it, why?
Gero had stolen another piece of me. My original, human eyes are probably floating in a jar of formaldehyde somewhere, being gawked at by a plethora of onlookers at some science museum. Or maybe they were blown up in the lab explosion I've heard so much about.
The iciness of those Kami-forsaken servos in my eye sockets became too much for me to bear. I leaned over the sink, screaming, knowing that the damage had been done, and never could be repaired.
I will never look in another mirror as long as I live.
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