Disclaimer: I do not own the original cyborg 009 cast (001-009 and Black Ghost). I do however, own the characters Dr.Marshall, cyborgs 0015-0017, and I co-own 00X who belongs to deviantart's vixengal01.
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Episode 1: The Great EscapeIt was quite noisy today. Rumors of a new technological breakthrough were spreading like wildfire throughout the headquarters. Many scientists and followers of the organization gathered from around the globe to hear if these so called rumors were true. The chatter grew louder and louder with each passing second, each and every face anticipating the moment when their leader Black Ghost would finally introduce these new products that would bring the organization to glorious victory against the cyborg rebellion. Then, the room grew silent when the back door opened.
Everyone turned their heads to see their leader, a tall man cloaked in black and his true identity hidden behind a skull-shaped mask walk briskly into the room. Following behind him came another man. He was short in stature and had dark blue hair that looked tousled from much frustration and hard work. There were blotches of grease smeared here and there on his white lab coat. Despite his rough appearance he wore a proud yet twisted grin on his face. His dark pointed glasses shadowed his eyes. The two walked towards the front of the room. Some men seated around the table began to whisper their suspicions to one another. One of the soldiers stationed around the room raised one of his hands in silence as the leader cleared his throat.
" Greetings fellow colleagues. Today I have brought you all here to get a first glimpse of a new age of cybernetic technology. Thanks to Dr. John Marshall's hard work and perseverance he has created new weapons with unimaginable power!" Scientists began to whisper nervously to each other. This was not the reaction Dr. Marshall was expecting. He tapped his foot impatiently on the ground before one of the scientists spoke up. " B-but Black Ghost, we've created so many cyborgs already. The first nine escaped and turned against us while the other four were destroyed. Won't the same thing happen again?" he stuttered. Now Dr. Marshall spoke up, his Russian accent was thick and heavy with every word he said.
" Zhat ish why I constructed zhem vary vary carefully. If zhey ware ever to join zhe rebellion and fight against us I enserted a mihnd-control cheep zhat veel bring zhem bahck to zhere senses. Zhere ish possibly no vay to destroy zhem easily also because zheer skin ish made out of a steel alloy abel to withstand efven radiation! Today, I shall show you all a demonstration of one of my finished experiments." He snickered as the screen beside him pulled up the image of a group of scientists clustered around a figure blanketed in white lying on the operating table.
While you couldn't see most of it's body, the stump of its arm was dangling off the edge and wires hung loosely from the flesh. The camera focused to the other side of the room where a robotic arm was being pieced together. Then, a cry of pain sounded from around where the scientists were gathered. They began to scramble as the figure slowly sat up from the table. One of them shouted, " He's awake! Hold him dow-" but he was suddenly cut off by a high pitched buzzing sound that drowned out the commotion. In an instant, a brilliant red flash blinded the camera. When the light died down all that could be seen was the bodies of the scientists lying motionless on the floor, charred black from intense heat. The blanket that had covered the object had burned off as well showing that the thing it had shielded was merely a boy in his late-teens. The camera zoomed in on the boy's face, which was mostly covered by his dark hair. However, tilting the camera more towards the right revealed that one of his eyes was glowing red. Then, the camera went blank signifying that the tape had come to an end. Dr. Marshall's eyes darted from one man to the other as they nodded their heads in acceptance to his awry cyborg's destructive manner. He bowed his head slightly and smiled. " You are all now free to go. Thank you all for coming."
The men stood up and left in single file. Most of them were heading for the exit except for one who dwindled off to the right and sulked quietly through the corridor until he reached the end of a fork that took him either to the left or to the right. He looked both ways and behind him to make sure no one was following and darted to the left when he caught sight of a hand waving at him out of the corner of his eye. As he ran his appearance suddenly changed into that of another man, a cyborg to be exact.
" So 007, did you get the information we needed?" 009 asked walking silently out of the shadows. " Sure did, mate. I was there for the whole presentation! These blokes have most certainly created a new cyborg!" 009 looked back behind him signaling for the others to come out. A French woman with long blonde hair was the first to step out. Following close behind came a gray-haired man with pale blue eyes that looked back and forth down the seemingly dark hallway and a tall dark man who loomed over the rest of them. " So where can we find this guy?" the German asked.
" I took a good look at the video and saw that the room was labeled "Testing Room 23".
The woman took a few steps towards the cross section of the corridor touching her temples with her delicate fingers. Her emerald eyes focused beyond the continuous hall that stretched on in front of her. " Testing Room 23 is a few hallways down. It's guarded by robotic centries stationed in front of the door and throughout the corridor."
"Is there anyway around them 003?" 009 spoke up. "No it doesn't seem like it." She sighed. Her gaze focused back to the door of the testing room but noticed that something wasn't right. The few robots that were guarding the door were now destroyed, their pieces scattered on the ground. 003 turned around and opened her mouth to say something but the sudden blaring of the security alarms stopped her. The five cyborgs jumped at the sound of crashing metal and explosions coming from the opposite hallway. 009 nodded and they all ran towards the source of the sound.
"Hold on!" 009 shouted as they reached a corner. They all stopped in their tracks. Something, or someone was coming up the hallway. Soon a clatter of footsteps could be heard and as the cyborgs braced themselves for the enemy to emerge only a boy came running past them turning sharply around the corner. Before he was about to vanish into the darkness he suddenly stopped completely. He turned around and spotted the five cyborgs, looking them over with inquiring eyes before he idled towards them. He wore the standard cyborg suit, which surprised 009, and he had long dark hair that was tied loosely in the back. One of his eyes was a normal dark gray, almost black under his orange-tinted goggles but the other glowed an eerie crimson red. As he glanced from one cyborg to the other it seemed to study them, almost as if it were analyzing them.
" So I take it that you guys are supposed to be the rescue party?" he questioned crossing his arms. His voice was quite rich and mature for his age and his pronunciation of some words were a little off signifying that English wasn't entirely his native language. " I don't need your help to get out of here. I've taken care of most of the guards already and I'm about to take out the security system."
The 00-cyborgs looked at one another in bewilderment. Wasn't this kid the cyborg that 001 had told them to pick up because they were in danger? 009 thought as he looked back at the impatient teen in front of him.It didn't seem like it considering that he had escaped from his experimentation room without haste. It seems like his actions and intentions have been planned out from the start. 009's thoughts were interrupted however when the boy spoke again. "While you guys continue gawking at one another I think I'll be going now." His words were a bit rushed and he began taking steps backwards. Before any of them could say anything he turned on his heel and made a break through the hallway once more. 009 braced himself to click his accelerator switch but a familiar child's voice reached his ears. 'Wait 009! Let him go.'
"But 001, aren't we supposed to collect him?"
'Yes but we will catch up with him later. You'll see. Gather everyone to meet back at the Dolphin.'
Confused, he motioned everyone to head back towards the exit….
Meanwhile…
" Hey wake up!"
A small girl with blonde hair lying on an operating table began to slowly open her eyes. She blinked a few times before her vision finally focused on a woman standing above her. " Vhat is going on?" she cried in fear.
"Calm down I'll explain later. I need to get you out of here." She felt herself being lifted in the woman's arms and was lightly placed on her feet. "Can you walk?" the woman asked. " Yes, I zhink so." She took a few precarious steps before found her balance. She turned around to look at her rescuer to see that she was a tall, tan woman with short wild hair that covered one of her honey-colored eyes. She wore an odd red and gold suit with a long flowing scarf tied loosely around her neck. " Who are you?" she asked, her bright blue eyes grew wide. " I'm here to rescue you little miss. Now follow me and make sure you keep quiet. We don't want the guards to notice us now do we?"
"Guards? Rescue?"
She caught sight of a mirror at the edge of the room and walked towards it. She too was wearing that strange suit except her scarf was somewhat shorter. " I do not understand. vhat is going on?"
"It'll all be made clear if you come with me. We need to escape." The lady motioned for the child to follow. She hesitated a bit before she ran alongside her. Outside the room was a long corridor. " Quick. This way!" she took hold of the girl's hand and dashed down the hallway. However, a few robots stood in their path. The girl gasped while the woman stood in front of her to protect her. " I'll handle this. Stay close." She took out a space gun from a holster on her hip and began to shoot at the robots with deadly accuracy. They all exploded into pieces. " Keep up!" She commanded as they continued to dash down the hallway into the darkness.
Not to far from their location, a dark-haired boy was slinking in the shadows of a dimly lit testing room. There was something in this room that caught his eye and he sought to find out what it was. His red eye focused on the operating table in front of him. A girl was sitting up rubbing her eyes sleepily. The sound of him entering the testing room must have woken her up he thought. She blinked and looked towards his direction. " Who's there?" she asked defensively. She grabbed one of the doctor's utensils that lay next to her. She then pushed herself off of the table and began to walk towards him. She too was wearing the same outfit that he was and her gray eyes had a dangerous look upon them. He stood up from the metal boxes he was hiding behind, raising his arms above his head in surrender. " Look's like you caught me. Let's not do anything rash and hurt anyone now. I'm here to help you." He smirked as she lowered the scalpel but she kept her eyes narrowed on him. " I don't know if I can trust you. I don't even know where I am or what's going on in the first place." She frowned a bit, maintaining her grip on the tool in her hand. " Well if you follow me then I'll help you. We don't have much time."
" So you know where we are then?"
An alarm began to go off. " This isn't good." He grumbled. He turned over his shoulder and pointed towards the door. A look of mixed panic and frustration could be seen on his face. " If you want to make it out of here alive then follow me!" He shouted. She too felt disturbed by the sudden sirens. Her eyes grew wide. She took a step towards him. " Wait! You haven't explained anything to me! Where am I? Who are you? And why should we run?" Her persistence began to annoy him. " I have no time for this!" He furiously grabbed her by the wrist and started to drag her with him. She winced at his grip, which was surprisingly strong. She glanced at the hand that had snatched her and her eyes widened even more. He didn't have a normal hand; it was dark and metallic almost like a robot's. " What's with-?" She couldn't finish her sentence because the boy suddenly stopped and let go of her hand. She rubbed her wrist, glad that the pressure was slowly being relieved and that the feeling was coming back to her. " What was that for?" she protested. Three massive robots appeared in front of them, their guns pointed at them. "Halt cyborgs! Return to your rooms at once!" One of them commanded. Cyborgs? The girl looked nervously at her supposed savior whose gaze was focused upon the guards. " Return to your rooms!" It shouted once more. The robots were now prepared to fire. The boy put his fingers behind his ears and made a pinching and twisting motion with them. To her surprise, his unnatural red eye began to glow and in a brilliant red flash a laser fired at their enemies, slicing through them cleanly in two.
She was utterly confused. He can't be human can he? She snapped out of her thoughts as a familiar tugging forced her to continue to run. Whoever this person was, she would have to trust him. The two cyborgs reached a dimly lit section of the corridor this time. The boy adjusted his goggles to slide up to the bridge of his nose. A bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face; his features were tense. He pulled up the sleeve of his right arm to reveal his mechanical arm that glinted darkly under the soft light of the electric lamps perched on the sides of the walls. He put a finger to his lips for silence as they pressed onwards. Someone was coming. No, more than one. A pair of footsteps could be heard echoing throughout the empty shaft. Bracing himself, he raised his metal arm defensively to his side, fingers up. The sounds approached nearer and nearer still but he was ready to strike. As two figures focused into the picture he sprang out with his fingers poised at the neck of the taller silhouette. Vice versa, the figure had her gun aimed at his head.
"Are you 00X?" he whispered, studying the woman who had snuck up on them.
" Judging by your mechanics and your bold but brash attempt to attack me, you must be 0015." She lowered the gun to her side. A sarcastic smile graced her lips. " Yes, I'm 00X and I'm the one who woke you." She glanced down at the young brunette at his side who looked who had a puzzled look about her. " So I see you actually followed my orders and picked up the other girl. So you still have a will of your own." She sighed in what seemed to be relief. " We need to get out of here. I have some friends of mine who came to pick us up."
"Friends?" the little blonde girl in braids spoke up from behind her. " So zhere are others? And zhey have come to save us?"
"Yes, now come on kids, we don't have much time."
The four of them sprinted towards the light ahead of them which opened up into a massive air carrier housed with a variety of crafts. 00X spotted a particular aircraft to her liking and motioned for the rest of the group to board. However, troops had stationed themselves around them blocking their exit. A short, blue-haired man walked towards them with a twisted smile on his face. " Now vhere do you zhink you are going my precious experiments?" He glanced at 00X who scowled at him. " Ah, so I see zhat you are in on Professor Gilmore's side, no? I cannot allow that, oh no not at all." He narrowed his eyes at her. " I have created zhese children to be the next generation of an entirely new age of cybernetics. They are mine to have and mine to control!"
0015 stepped forward; he was outraged. He lifted his arm at the doctor and his arm clicked like the trigger of a loaded gun. The professor only smirked. " Oh ho! You think you can scare me 0015? I know all of your weaknesses; I could kill you in an instant!" A low growl rose in his voice. He wouldn't tolerate any further nonsense from these four. " Capture them all!" he furiously ordered. The battalion began to close in on them. All of a sudden the four cyborgs had disappeared in an instant. The soldiers looked at one another in confusion. Dr. Marshall however, gritted his teeth in anger as he watched a hijacked plane fly off into the distance...
On board, 00X gave a heavy sigh of relief. Using her psychic powers weren't always easy, especially teleportation. She was at least glad that she had managed to get these kids safe from harm. She looked back from the control panel to see the two girls talking amongst each other. The boy, code-named 0015, was sitting opposite them looking out at the window with a blank expression on his face. She switched the controls to "Autopilot" and turned the chair around to face them. " I guess you all want an explanation as to what's going on don't you?" They all nodded. "Where should I begin?"
"Where were we to begin with?" The sixteen-year-old brunette asked her. " You were all in a laboratory under a secret organization called Black Ghost."
"Black Ghost?"
" It's a group that creates weapons of mass destruction and profits from them."
"But vhat do ve have to do vith zhem?" the youngest questioned. " Well… like me, you children were kidnapped off of the streets to become part of their newest project. Advanced human beings called cyborgs. You all were reconstructed into weapons to be used to dominate the world. However, you are considered the third generation. The first two rebelled against their creators and escaped before they could be taken over completely."
"So we're weapons, huh? It didn't take me that long to figure it out." 0015 looked over his metal arm. There was a moment of silence before 00X spoke again. " If you all haven't noticed. We've been given code names. For example, I'm 00X." She pointed towards the boy. " He's 0015. He was created before you two. And if I'm correct," She looked at the blonde child. "You're 0016," then at the teenage girl beside her. " And you're 0017."
0017 didn't like these numbered names. " Can we not call each other numbers? It just doesn't sound right."
00X smiled. " If you insist. We'll call each other by our real names. I'm Rosena Raveheart from Brooklyn, New York. Just call me Rose."
0016 stood up. "I am Brigitta Känin from Sveden."
0017 came next. " I'm Ava from The Bronx."
The three girls looked at the final member who gave them a half-hearted smile as he crossed his arms. " I'm Makani… from Hawaii."
Rose couldn't help but giggle. What cute kids she thought to herself. For cyborgs they were more human than she had thought. However, what troubled her most was that she was unaware of the abilities that these children possessed. Those thoughts had to be put aside for now though, she looked on their smiling faces and she too smiled as they flew off into the sunset…
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(A.N/ so this concludes the first chapter of the story. This is my first real work so far other than the previous Avatar fan fiction that I created and posted a long time ago under a different pen name. Please do not post any flames, just constructive criticism in the least. Reviews would be great )