Lady Ruby Dragon: I'm back! Thanks for the reviews peoples!
Disclaimer: LRD doesn't own any of these characters or the anime aside from 0014. 0014's mine.
"…I'm so bored! There is absolutely nothing to do here," 002 complained from his usual position leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Then we should talk about something. It's better than just sitting here," 003 said reasonably, "What about?"
"Well, we don't know all that much about each other, so lets talk about our pasts," 008 suggested.
"Good idea. I'll start!" 007 offered.
The cyborgs went around telling of their lives before they became cyborgs. Some had more to say than others, such as 007 who insisted on acting his out. Others, like 002, had little to say. Eventually, it was 009's turn.
"Um, well, as you already know, I was orphaned when I was very young and raised by the priest who lived at the church where I was found. As I grew up, I watched other kids go to school and later go home to their parents. One day however, the church caught fire. I ran through the church, looking for the Father but I ended up finding him already dead. He had not died from the fire however, he had been murdered. The police ended up coming in and finding me crouched over the Father's body. Of course, they thought that I was the one who had killed him. So, they arrested me. I escaped on the way to the prison and ended up jumping off a cliff to avoid a second capture. When I woke up later, I was just about to be turned into a cyborg and I think you know the rest from there."
009 became silent as he lost himself in memories of his childhood and early teenage years.
"I'm going to go out for a while," 009 said quietly, turning toward the door and starting to leave.
"Joe-" 003 breathed, reaching out to him. She felt a strong hand fall onto her shoulder, holding her back. Looking up at the person, her aquamarine eyes met the brown eyes of 005.
"Let him go. He needs to think." 003 nodded in understanding and allowed her arm to fall back to her side.
009 walked down the busy streets of Paris, France where they were currently stationed at 003's request. He had his hands shoved into his pockets and eyes glued to the sidewalk ahead of him, his mind preoccupied.
'It's nice to be here again. I can kinda get away from my problems. But then again, I am rather homesick. Someday, I think I'd like to go back to Tokyo. But then again, they probably wouldn't want me back considering I'm probably still the accused murderer of the Father.'
Memories of that horrible day flashed inescapably through his mind. The Father laying on the church floor, surrounded by flames, and a knife stuck right in his chest; breaking loose from the police, running, and being chased, cornered on the edge of a cliff with guns pointing right at him everywhere him looked except behind him, and finally diving into the turbulent water below.
0014's head snapped up as she looked across from where she was standing. Not far from her stood a boy with brown hair that fell over his left eye. He didn't even notice where he walking from the looks of it. It appeared as if he was just going wherever his feet carried him.
Her voice the same as when she last spoke to Black Ghost, she said, "There's one of them now." Her eyes narrowed and she smirked as she pulled a piece of paper from her pocket. She moved silently toward the boy she had just spotted.
Joe continued to stare blankly at the sidewalk so he didn't notice the person walking in his direction. The other kept her head down as well but occasionally snuck glances at her target and smiled crookedly. He was yanked out of his trance when he suddenly bumped into the other person. He snapped his head up and stared at the person before him. She was dressed strangely in a pair of sunglasses, even though it was a cloudy day, and a brown leather trench coat that seemed too heavy for the temperature. Her hat wasn't as strange aside from the pointed lumps it failed to hide completely.
She fell backwards ridiculously, considering he had merely bumped into her. It almost seemed…staged.
Realizing what had just occurred, he muttered a "sorry" and being the gentleman he is, he stuck his right hand out to help the young lady up. The girl smiled humorlessly and being careful that her claws did not touch 009's palm, she grabbed the offered hand and allowed herself to be helped up.
Joe could felt her slip something into his hand before releasing it and he glanced down in curiosity. He raised his gaze to where the girl was to inquire, but his eyes fell only on empty sidewalk.
Confused, 009 looked around, but saw no trace of the girl. He shrugged it off as nothing and began to un-crumple the paper. It turned out to actually be an envelope with the words "00-CYBORGS" written across the front in a dark violet. Underneath those words, more letters were etched, just a bit smaller in the same color. These said, "ALL CYBORGS MUST BE PRESENT BEFORE READING."
The male cyborg turned around and headed back to Dr. Gilmore's home with the envelope still clutched tightly in his hand.
"Welcome back, 009." 004 looked up from his book.
"Hey."
Albert noticed the envelope still clutched in 009's firm grasp.
"What's that?" Using his head, 004 gestured toward the abused paper in 009's hand.
"I don't know. While I was out walking, I accidentally bumped into this girl who was dressed rather strangely come to think of it. When I helped her up, she pushed this into my hand." 009 waved the said paper.
009 handed it over to 004, who looked at it carefully, 006 walked in.
"Ah, 009, you're home. Would you mind running to the store for me? I need a few things for dinner." The Chinese cyborg pulled out a piece of paper that must have been the list.
'A few?' the Japanese teen thought, 'That list trails almost to the ground!'
"006, can't you do your own shopping for once?" 002 had just walked into the room since he heard talking and was very bored. 006 merely shot him a look that said, 'Oh-just-be-quiet-for-once-no-matter-how-hard-that-is-for-you'
"So, what's going on here?" 002 asked, ignoring the look and moving over to 004.
"Some girl gave 009 this note."
"What does it say?" 006 asked, now interested.
"We don't know yet," 009 said, "According to what's written here, all of us need to be here before we open it. Must be important"
"Then what are you waiting for, an invitation! Call everyone in here!" 002 almost yelled.
009 cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled, "Cyborgs! Meeting in the living room now!" (I'm pretending that the cyborgs are currently in a house, even though they most likely wouldn't be.)
Almost instantly, the remaining cyborgs (003 (carrying 001), 005, 007, and 008) came running into the said room.
"What's the matter?" 003 asked with a hint of concern in her voice.
"Nothing's wrong. It's just, 009 received a note today. It states that we all have to be present before it is read," 004 reassured 003.
"Open it up and read it," 008 said.
009 took the note back from 004 and slid his finger under the flap. Pulling out the paper inside, 009 began to read:
00-CYBORGS,
I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT. IT CONCERNS BLACK GHOST. I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOU AND YOUR CAUSE. I HAVE JUST ESCAPED FROM THE CLUTCHES OF BLACK GHOST.
I, OF COURSE, AM A FELLOW CYBORG, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY GUESSED.
MEET ME AT THE OLD OUTDOOR AUDITORIUM RUINS. 003 SHOULD KNOW WHERE THIS PLACE IS. I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR ARRIVAL. PLEASE COME TONIGHT AT 10:30 PM.
SIGNED,
A FELLOW CYBORG
"Well, it would appear that she has a certain fondness for capital letters, wouldn't it?" 007 asked after re-reading the note from over 009's shoulder.
LRD: Okay, there's chapter 2. Now to start working on chapter 3's editing. looks at her watch Oh look, it's Review Time.
