Gorillaz – An Alternative Beginning

If you have been following this you can guess who's next. This story is set in Japan but I don't know any Japanese so you're going to have to imagine they are talking Japanese. Noodle's story ….. this is it.

Noodle

BANG!

The front of the house was blown clean off in a massive fireball. Passers by nearly had a heart attack when it happened. There was an eerie silence that followed the explosion. No one was sure what to do next. Everyone thought the house had been abandoned. Nevertheless they rummaged through the rubble in hope of finding any clue for what had happened.

One person standing close by when it happened was a young woman. She moved away from the huge huddle that surrounded the pile of rubble and moved to a more deserted area farther away. She rummaged through a pile of debris but didn't find anything. She sighed, brushed the dust off her glasses and turned away. All of a sudden her eyes bulged at what she saw.

From a large pile of rubble protruded a tiny arm. It wasn't moving. The woman ran to it. She had completely missed it. She threw the dusty debris off with all her strength. It unveiled a small face with eyes closed. A young girl's face. The woman pulled her out and cradled her as if she was her baby. The little girl looked only about 8 or 9 years old and appeared to be wearing a cute little radio helmet. She was so light as well. Was she eating at all? Wait …. was she alive? The woman placed her ear against the girl's chest. She could hear faint thumping sounds. Her heart was still working, she was a strong girl; although maybe not for long if she didn't get help.

The good Samaritan, with child in arms, hurried to find help. She ran around the site and eventually, on top of the hill, she saw an ambulance.

"Please! Help her!" the woman spluttered as she struggled up the hill.

The two paramedics standing idly by the ambulance stared at the little girl.

"Is she yours?" one of them asked.

"She's not my child. I found her under the rubble. She is alive, but only just. I fear she may be the only survivor."

She handed him the girl and they quickly looked her over.

"Hmm." said the other man. "I fear you may be right."

He looked back at the little girl. "I'll take it from here if that's OK?"

Within seconds the ambulance was speeding away to a hospital. The woman stood there for a few moments, praying she would be OK.

The little girl was rushed into an emergency room and was immediately plugged into life support. A doctor checked her condition and was disappointed with the results, not because they were poor but they were bad news. He exited the room and bumped into another doctor. His name was Aichi Kato. (AN: Yes, my attempt of a Japanese name. Sorry.) He used to design robots before he became a doctor and had always been considered a bit eccentric. It was always best to avoid him if possible but it was a bit too late now.

"What's happening?" he asked.

"There's a little girl in there. She was the only survivor of that recent explosion. We don't know why it happened. Her condition is bad. She is sitting on the edge of death as we speak. If we don't do something soon then she will die."

Tayentino nodded "Do we know who she is?"

"No clue whatsoever. She has no medical records or anything like that. She might as well not exist."

"Is there any family we can contact?"

"No DNA matches have come up yet but we are still scanning. That's not our biggest problem at the minute though. We need to keep her alive. She needs some very complicated surgery and there's nobody available right now."

"Well let me try."

The doctor stared at him. "What? It's just too risky … it needs somebody with a lot of experience of delicate surgery."

"Just let me try. I need you to let me. We can't just let her die. Please, let me help her."

The doctor was staggered by Aichi's words. He had never been so dedicated to do anything like this before.

"Errm… both of her legs have shut down and so has her left arm."

Later, Aichi was ready to operate. He demanded to do it alone. It was just him and the unconscious little girl in the room. While operating he realised that there was nothing he could really do to fix her broken limbs. They were too destroyed. She would be crippled for life, unless… Aichi gained an idea. He ran out of the room and returned with a box. He know what he was about to do was illegal but it was last chance to save her. And so, for the next hour, he performed the rest of the operation.

Later that day the doctor went down the corridor to check on the little girl. He was about to turn the corner to her room when he bumped into Aichi again. He seemed triumphant but slightly worried at the same time.

"How did it go?" asked the doctor.

"See for yourself." The doctor looked down to her room. The door was open and he could see the little girl was awake now and watching a cartoon on her television.

"She's alive then?"

"Yep. Also I was told a minute ago that the other people on the site were the girl's parents. They are dead."

This shocked the doctor but he nodded anyway. "How did she take it?"

"Surprisingly well. Didn't seem to affect her too badly."

The doctor noticed that Aichi seemed more nervous as he spoke. Something was wrong.

"So… how did the operation go?" he tested.

"Fine, fine. She's going to be fine. Now if you excuse me I have to get past."

The doctor stopped him from leaving. "What happened?"

Aichi sighed. He had to say. "There is a small problem I suppose."

"Is she going to die?"

"NO! No, seriously she will be fine but… different."

"Different? What do you mean by different?"

He took a deep breath and said quietly:

"I gave her bionic limbs."

"…WHAT?"

"The original ones were too broken to repair. The blast must have shattered them to nothing. I didn't want her crippled at such a young age. I just used the spare parts I had in my box from my old job."

The doctor was speechless. "But… but that's illegal! You can't do that! If the government find out then they might use her as a weapon!"

"I know, but I wanted to help. There was no other way, believe me."

There was a pause. "Fine, we will leave it. She seems happy enough anyway. As long as no one finds out and tells the government then she will be safe."

The problem is though that if she had been safe, there would be no story for her. So of course someone blabbed to the government and someone was sent to collect her. Government agent Saitama was that person. In the hospital he approached the doctor.

"Where is she?"

"I have no idea what you are talking about."

"The bionic girl. I was told that she was left in your care when she came here."

"Who told you that?"

"That is of no importance."

Well then you must have the wrong hospital because I really have no idea what you are talking about."

While this was going on, Aichi and a nurse were sneaking out of the back of the building with the girl who was still confused about what was going on. No one seemed to tell her for some reason. The nurse turned to Aichi.

"You must take her away. She must never know what she has become."

"Where will I take her?"

"We found a DNA result. She has an uncle over the other side of Japan. He owns a children's military camp. She will be safe there."

"Well, as safe as you can get in a military camp."

"There is no time for joking around, Aichi. You must go now."

Aichi and the girl got into his car. The nurse watched as they sped off into the distance.

And done! Before you ask yes, this was slightly inspired by the Cyborg Noodle. Alright so you now know who everyone is, Murdoc is an angel trapped in Hell by a demon who is crushing on him, 2D was born with blue hair and was considered unique, Russel was trapped in a block of ice for an unknown reason and is about to be experimented on and Noodle is now a bionic girl on the run from the authorities. The stories will continue and they will come together, don't worry. Until next time. Adios!