Disclaimer: I do not own Get Ed. This story happens sometime during the second half of the season.
Special Note: I have decided to use my stories Dojo Sisters and Dojo Match Maker as part of the story line. In other words, Family Secret happens after Dojo Match Maker.
Family Secret
By: Davescifi
Act 6
Part 1: Underground: following the end of Act 5,
"Snap", Fizz thought as Ami and her continued to fall into darkness and cursed herself for things not going as planned, "Now what are we going to do?" After the thought, Fizz tried to use her watch computer to get a fix on where they were but couldn't as her suit inflated and she hit the ground. Much to Fizz's surprise, the area that they had landed in was partly lit up, allowing Fizz to look around, however Fizz couldn't enjoy the view for long as she felt an incredible amount of pain appear and force her to look around until she found her sister on the ground, "Ami!"
"Fizz", Ami tried to call out as she heard her sister, even though she thought that her sister wouldn't help her after everything she put her through.
"Blast it, I've got to get this to her", Fizz said to herself as she found that the med-injector was still intact and started to run to her sister. After Fizz had got to where Ami was, she sat on her legs so she could put Ami's head on her lap and pressed the injector to the girl's neck.
"Fizz what are you", Ami tried to ask as she felt the injector press against her neck. Much to her surprise, Ami could feel that Fizz had no angry emotions towards her.
"She must be surprised that I would try to help her", Fizz thought as she felt Ami's emotions before she used her free hand to remove Ami's helmet, "Ami, listen to me, this should reverse what Toola did." With that, Fizz pulled the trigger and the medicine went into Ami's body. As the medicine started to work, Fizz could tell that Ami was starting to fall asleep from it and figured that it was just an effect.
"Fizz I", Ami stuttered as she tried to fight falling asleep but was still going under.
"It's okay", Fizz stated as she ran her hand through Ami's hair, "I'll take care of you. Go ahead and sleep." Fizz could feel the pain leaving her sister's body as Ami closed her eyes and rested. All Fizz could do for now was wait and hope that everything would turn out all right.
Part 2: Dojo,
"She should have called in by now", Burn stated as he walked back and forth in the living room where it was only Deets and him. Burn couldn't stand not knowing how Fizz was doing and wanted to go after her.
"Burn calm down", Deets said as she looked at the clock, "I'm sure Fizz will call in at any moment."
"Are you sure you didn't go to far", Burn asked as he wondered what had happened between the two girls before Fizz left.
"I did go to far", Deets answered as she wanted to kick herself for slapping her friend.
"I don't want to know", Burn responded before Deets and him left the living room and joined the others, "Anything?"
"Not yet", Ol'skool answered before the computer went off, "Wait a second."
"Is it Fizz", Ed asked.
"It's her signal but something's in it", Ol'skool said before he studied the pattern to make sense of what Fizz had sent.
"Torch anything", Ed asked before the holo-gram appeared.
"It's hard to make out", Torch answered, "But whatever it is, it's breaking down."
"I'll let it through", Ol'skool said before he did and Kitty appeared on table.
"It's Ami's pet", Loogie screamed as he thought it was a trap followed by Dr. Pinch, "Wait a second she looks sick."
"She may be trying to hack into the Dojo", Burn suggested as he went for a blaster.
"Wait dude", Torch called out as he looked Kitty over, "She's in no condition to do anything. She couldn't even hack a calculator right now."
"She's breaking apart", Ol'skool said as he put a field around the holo-pet, "That should do it."
"What did you do", Ed asked.
"That field will keep her from breaking apart", Ol'skool answered.
"This looks like damage from a Riot-bot's blaster", Torch said as he looked to the crew, "It looks like she's starting to repair herself."
"Was her memory damaged", Deets asked as she worried about Fizz.
"From what I can tell, no", Ol'skool responded.
"Poor thing", Deets said as she saw Kitty open her eyes and try to speak, "Torch what's she saying?" Torch went into the field and could tell that Kitty was worried as a beam went out from her but stopped midway.
"What is that", Ed asked.
"It's a beam that holograms use to talk to each other", Deets explained, "Normally you can't see it, but the field is allowing it.
"Calm down, I'll connected us", Torch said as he sent out a beam that hit Kitty as her's disappeared. For the next few moments, the two holo-grams talked to each other as the Dojo waited.
"Why can't we hear them", Loogie asked followed by Dr. Pinch, "She's still wounded."
"He's right", Ol'skool added, "For now it's easier for Kitty to explain things slowly through that beam until her systems are fully repaired."
"But something could have happened to Fizz", Burn said before he saw Torch leave the field, "What's wrong?"
"Bedlam has them", Torch answered, "Both Ami and Fizz."
"What", the crew let out as they heard him.
"What happened", Burn asked.
"Apparently Ami was going to use Bedlam's systems to find Toola, but he teamed up with Bedlam and told him about Ami's plans of not helping him get Ed so Bedlam captured them", Torch started, "After that, Bedlam sent bots and grabbed Fizz."
"What happened after", Ol'skool asked as he looked at Kitty and then back to Torch.
"Seems that they were able to escape and get their weapons but Kitty was hit and Fizz sent her here", Torch finished before Deets went to the tracking computer, "What are you doing?"
"Seeing if they got out", Deets said before she looked at the screen and went wide-eyed.
"Are they still at Bedlam's", Ed and Loogie asked.
"No they got out", Deets started, "But they're underground."
"Where Burn shouted as he was getting tired of waiting.
"In Sector 50", Deets answered, "But they're deep under the surface.
"I'm going after her", Burn said as he started to leave.
"Wait Burn", Ol'skool ordered as he got up, "We'll go after them and try to find Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins."
"I'll stay here until Kitty is fixed", Torch added.
"Fine", Burn responded as waiting was the last thing he wanted to do but the wait was short and the crew headed out towards their friend and hoped to finally end the matter.
Part 3: Underground,
"Huh", Ami let out as she opened her eyes and found herself sitting but resting on Fizz who was sitting with her back to a wall and had her arms around Ami, "She must have moved me while I was asleep." As Ami turned, she thought that Fizz was asleep until Fizz opened her eyes.
"Your awake", Fizz asked Ami moved away a bit, "Feel better?"
"What", Ami asked back as she moved away a bit more but still remained seated, "Why do I feel different?"
"Probably a sign that the medicine is working", Fizz started, "That should mean that you're cured."
"Cured", Ami stuttered as she rubbed her neck where the med-injector had been pressed, "What did you inject me with?"
"Dr. Burton, Dojo's personal doctor, found that your DNA was breaking down", Fizz started, "What I injected you with was a sample of my genetic material with a DNA corrector." Fizz then stopped as she saw Ami look away and could feel Ami's surprise, "What's wrong?"
"You helped me", Ami asked, "Even after what I did?"
"Of course, your", Fizz started but felt the sadness in Ami appear, "You want to talk about it?"
"About what", Ami asked as she wasn't sure what Fizz meant.
"About what happened", Fizz answered.
"You know what happened", Ami responded.
"Can I ask one question", Fizz asked.
"Like what", Ami questioned.
"Who's Lala", Fizz asked before she felt the sense of shock come from Ami, "You said her name along with your friends when you were sleeping."
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you", Ami said.
"I'd know if you were telling the truth", Fizz stated as if to remind Ami of their link, "Come on, who was she?"
"She was a Liger", Ami said, "You know, the result if a tiger and a lion have a cub together."
"I don't understand", Fizz stated as she listened.
"You see, Toola was also experimenting on animals", Ami continued, "In Lala's case, Toola injected her with the same radioactive material that was the cause of the hover-squirrels becoming what they are. As a result, Lala became smarter though not on the same level as the squirrels."
"But what does that have to do with you", Fizz asked as she had to get Ami to talk.
"One day, when I was five or six years old, Toola thought that I was misbehaving and after hurting me, decided to scare me by putting me in Lala's cage", Ami explained, "When I saw her, I thought she was going to kill me."
"What happened", Fizz questioned as she moved closer to her sister.
"She walked over and, instead of killing me, befriended me", Ami stated as tears started to run down her face, "She was the only one in that lab that was ever nice to me and Toola would allow me to be with her if I was good. Lala treated me like I was her child, she would nurture me and clean my wounds if I was hurt, comfort me if I was sad, and at night she would let me rest my head on her neck like it was a pillow as I listened to her breathing. Her purring would be my lullaby. That was until." Ami had to stop as she sobbed uncontrollably.
"Toola right", Fizz asked as she was overcome by Ami's sadness.
"Yes", Ami sobbed, "One day, he came into the cage where Lala and me were, I was still hurt from an earlier experiment was still in pain. When I couldn't move Toola went to hit me and Lala attacked him to protect me and ripped a chuck out of his arm, but two of the guard-bots shot and killed her." Ami then stopped as she closed her eyes, "Lala died protecting me. It was their fault, it's my fault." After she finished, Ami felt Fizz try to hug her, but pushed away, "Don't touch me!"
"Ami please, let me help", Fizz begged as she began to sob too, "I want to help you."
"No you don't", Ami shouted as she went for one of her blasters to scare Fizz, "You just want to protect Mom and Dad. You've done something so I can't feel what your really thinking." Ami was then caught off guard as Fizz grabbed the blaster and raised her arm.
"Sorry Deets but I'm going to have to steel one of your plays", Fizz thought as she slapped Ami across the face.
"What", Ami thought as she felt Fizz hug her tightly.
"I'm sorry", Fizz said as she felt the slap herself and hated what she did bringing the thought about Deets, "Is this what she felt like after she slapped me?"
"Who do you think you are", Ami questioned as Fizz brought their heads so they were face to face. Ami was stunned as she saw the tears come from Fizz's eyes, "What?"
"Ami do these tears look fake", Fizz asked, "I feel your pain, you can share it with me, I'll cry with you." Ami didn't say anything as she realized that Fizz did care for her and began to shake. Fizz then embraced her again.
"It's not your fault", Fizz said as she hugged her twin, "I know you blame Mom and Dad because you can't see how they could fall for Toola's lie. I blamed them too, but they're human they make mistakes. In the end, Toola is the only one to blame."
"But I", Ami stuttered, "My friends, they died."
"They died because of Toola", Fizz said, "There was no way you could have known or stopped it. Even if they're gone, they'll always be in your heart. That's how I know that you would never have hurt Mom and Dad."
"How do you know that", Ami asked even though she had never considered what she was going to them when she had them.
"Because even if you had aimed at them, the goodness inside you that Lala and your friends kept alive would have stopped you." As Fizz finished, she let Ami look at her face again, "Please Ami, Mom loves you, Dad loves you, and I love you. Please give them another chance, give me a chance." Fizz was then caught off guard as Ami wrapped her arms around her and cried on her shoulder.
"I sorry", Ami let out as she cried, "I just don't want to lose anyone else."
"Look Kitty will be alright", Fizz assured her, "And you can't go through life alone, Lala and the others would want you to make new friends and my friends at Dojo would be your friends too. It would be a new start." Ami didn't say anything but Fizz could tell that she had got through as both of them continued to cry.
Part 4: Bedlam's tower,
"Have you found them yet", Bedlam asked as Toola and him walked to the computer.
"Not yet sir", Cora answered, "But its possible that something underground or one of the twins is blocking my sensors."
"I see", Bedlam responded as he turned to Toola, "Any suggestions?"
"Not yet", Toola answered, "I have to consider that the med-injector that Ami's sister had could have been her normal medicine or perhaps something that they thought would cure Ami. In any case if Amy is alive, she will come back and try to destroy me."
"I see", Bedlam answered as Crouch came into the control center, "What is it?"
"Just wanted to tell Dr. Toola that his robots were fixed", Crouch answered.
"Very good", Toola responded as he turned to Cora, "Any sign of Dojo or the Hawkins?"
"I just picked up the Dojo", Cora answered, "It appears that they're about to meet up with the Hawkins and possibly head to where we think the twins are."
"I see", Toola said as he turned to Bedlam, "You wouldn't mind if I tested them myself would you?"
"As long as you don't kill Ed", Bedlam answered, "I'll take it as you plan to take your robots with you?"
"Of course", Toola stated as he left the room leaving them alone.
"You don't trust him do you", Cora asked.
"Of course not", Bedlam answered, "But I need his knowledge."
"But Mr. Bedlam I found a copy of all his data in one of his bots", Crouch said as he handed Bedlam a disk that he put in the computer.
"Crouch I'm impressed", Bedlam stated as he looked at the data, "I guess I don't need him after all."
"Are you hoping that Dojo wins", the hologram asked.
"Believe it or not, yes", Bedlam answered.
"Normally that idea would make you sick", Crouch commented.
"Yes that would normally be true", Bedlam said before he started to laugh, "But I'm going to look at it as I'm getting the Dojo to do my dirty work for me. Crouch get some popcorn, this should be an interesting show." Neither the Cora nor Crouch said anything as Crouch left and Bedlam sat down as if he was about to watch a game show.
Part 5: Somewhere between Dojo and Sector 50,
"What are we going to do", Mrs. Hawkins asked as Mr. Hawkins and her walked around thinking about how the last couple of days had been.
"I don't know", Mr. Hawkins answered as he still fought the urge to kick himself for letting everything happen, but could tell that his wife was worried even more, "Your thinking about Frances too?"
"We should have been more honest", Mrs. Hawkins said as she looked away, "I wouldn't blame her if she never wanted to talk to us again."
"You know Frances isn't like that", Mr. Hawkins stated, "She's got your temper you know. She'll come around, but for now we need to worry about Ami."
"Your right", Mrs. Hawkins responded as she put her head against her love's chest, "Do you think that Ami would ever come home to live with us?"
"I doubt it, even if she forgives us, she's taken care of herself for too long", Mr. Hawkins answered even though he hated it, "She'd hate the idea of living under someone else's roof." After say that, Mr. Hawkins could feel the tears coming from Fizz's mother, "Honey?"
"I just want her to know that we love her, I just want hold her", Mrs. Hawkins cried before Mr. Hawkins had her sit down and calm herself.
"Honey it'll work out", Mr. Hawkins said before he kissed her on her forehead, "You'll see."
"I hope your right", Mrs. Hawkins responded before she saw Ol'skool and the others show up, "Ol'skool?"
"Good, we found you", Ol'skool stated as he got off his board, "We've been looking all over."
"What's wrong", Mr. Hawkins asked as Mrs. Hawkins and him got up.
"Where's Fizz", Mrs. Hawkins asked as she didn't see her daughter.
"With Ami", they're in Sector 50", Deets answered.
"Tell me what happened", Mr. Hawkins said. Over the next few minutes, Burn and the others explained what had happened before Mr. Hawkins stopped them as he saw Dr. Burton approach with Torch, Kitty, and the Riot-bots that Bedlam had given Ami, "Burton?"
"Doctor", Ol'skool asked as everyone was surprised to see her, "What's going on?"
"Kitty and Torch found me and told me what happened", Dr. Burton explained, "Kitty asked me to come just in case Ami was hurt." Everyone then looked at the holo-pet, who hid behind one of the bots.
"I see", Mrs. Hawkins responded as she walked over to the holo-pet, "Lets get going, I want to talk to Kitty alone while we walk." Everyone just shook their heads before they started to travel to where they thought Ami and Fizz were. While they traveled, Kitty and Mrs. Hawkins talked as Ami's mother wanted to know more about the daughter that she thought was dead. Soon they were at the crevasse that Fizz and Ami had fallen into.
"This is the place", Burn stated as he looked in hoping that Fizz was alright.
"Anything of Bedlam's", Deets asked as she looked at Torch.
"From what I can tell, no", Torch replied, "We seem to be the only ones here."
"Something's not right", Ol'skool commented as he looked around.
"Yeah, Bedlam had to know they fell here", Ed added.
"So how do we get them out", Loogie asked.
"I'll sent two Riot-bots down", Kitty answered before she did just that.
"How will they know that you sent them", Mr. Hawkins asked.
"Ami will know the difference because of the weapons", Kitty explained. Soon another voice could be heard.
"Kitty is that you", Ami asked as she used the Riot-bots to communicate.
"Ami, are you okay", Kitty asked as she listened.
"I'm fine, Fizz is as well", Ami answered, "Have the bot get us out of here."
"No problem", Kitty responded as she sent a command to the Riot-bots who picked the girls up and brought them to the surface.
"Guys", Fizz shouted as she ran to the crew not seeing that her parents were behind her.
"Fizz", the Dojo called out as they ran to her.
"Are you okay", Burn asked.
"I'm fine", Fizz answered.
"You're parents are here too", Ed pointed out, causing Fizz to turn around and see them walking to Ami who had given herself some distance and had her back to them.
"Aren't you going to walk over", Deets asked.
"Not yet", Fizz replied as she looked at her 'big sister', "Right now it's best if I stay out of the way."
"Where'd Kitty go", Dr. Pinch asked as she seemed to disappear. Everyone then saw Ami attach something to her ear and figured that Ami and Kitty were having a private conversation.
"I'm glad to see your okay", Ami said as Kitty went into the ear piece.
"Same here", Kitty responded, "Your parents are walking this way."
"Kitty", Ami started to say as she tried to not turn around, "How did you know?"
"That you would have never hurt your parents or Fizz", Kitty asked back, "Ami, I know you better than anyone."
"That's why you always had my back", Ami questioned.
"That's right", Kitty answered.
"Thank you", Ami said before she could feel that her parents were behind her.
"Ami", Mrs. Hawkins called out.
"Are you okay", Mr. Hawkins asked.
"I'm fine", Ami whispered but was still loud enough for them to hear.
"Ami listen", Mr. Hawkins started, "We know we messed up but."
"We want you to know that we love you", Mrs. Hawkins finshed and waited for Ami to respond.
"So Fizz was telling the truth", Ami thought as she wanted to turn around.
"Ami you know you want to", Kitty said as she could tell what was going through Ami's mind.
"Ami we", Mrs. Hawkins started to say as she got on one knee but was caught off guard when Ami turned around and hugged her. Mr. Hawkins then came down and put his arms around her as did Mrs. Hawkins.
"Mom, Dad", Ami said with tears in her eyes, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."
"Shh, it's okay", Mrs. Hawkins said as she hugged Ami.
"Looks like you got through", Deets commented as she watched before she turned to Fizz.
"Yeah", Fizz commented as she started to walk over. The other just stayed where they were.
"Think it worked", Ol'skool asked as he looked at Dr. Burton.
"From just looking, yes", Dr. Burton answered, "However I need to run tests to be sure."
"Ami", Fizz spoke as she stopped right next to her sister and parents before she hugged her sister from behind.
"I almost hate to break up such a moment", a voice called out that made Ami's eyes go wide. Just than something started to come out of the ground and seperated Ami and Fizz from their parents as well as trapped the rest of the Dojo crew. Within a few moments, Ol'skool, Dr. Burton, Mr. Hawkins and Mrs. Hawkins were on the outside of what appeared to be a barrier while the Dojo, Ami, Kitty, Torch and the Riot-bots were inside.
"What the snap", Burn asked as he looked around.
"Who is that", Ed and Loogie asked as they saw someone appear.
"Is that", Deets asked.
"It is", Fizz answered.
"Hello everyone", the voice said as he walked closer.
"Toola", Ami shouted as she looked at the one who she thought was a monster and with new reason, "What have you done?"
Well this is the sixth part of my seventh Get Ed story. I sort of cut this chapter early so there would be enough for another one. The next chapter should interest readers as the story comes to a close. As before, if anyone has any suggestions or comments, please let me know. Thank you in advance.
Davescifi