Ww11- Hi everybody. I have no life so I decided to update again today. I hope you all enjoy.

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"Cyborg 009"- talking

'Cyborg 009'- thinking

::Cyborg 009::- 001 talking

When 002 and 0016 walked into the kitchen for breakfast the next day all eyes looked at them. Everyone smiled, even Dr. Gilmore who was still ticked from the events of yesterday. Noticing they were being intently watched, 002 shot a look at 004. 004 smiled innocently but had "guilty" stamped all over his face. 003 broke the silence.

"All of us have decided to go shopping today. 006 is going to the store with 007 and 005. 009 and I are going to the mall with 004. Would you and 0016 like to come with us too?" she politely asked.

"What about Dr. Gilmore?" questioned 002.

"He decided to stay home with Professor Kazumi and have another rematch," said 009.

"Oh. I guess I'll go too. What about you 0016?" 002 asked the other female cyborg.

"Sure, that way we can hang out together," she said.

"Then it's settled. We'll leave at 10 o' clock," said 006.

005, 006, and 007 were dropped off at the grocery store, while the rest of the cyborgs continued to the mall.

As their car passed a small, out of the way restaurant, 002 shouted, "Stop here."

009 screeched the car to a stop. "Okay, but why?" he asked as 002 got out.

"Because this is where I want to take 0016 on our date," he replied smugly. "This shouldn't be such a surprise since I'm sure he told you already," and shot 004 another look.

"Alright. You two have a good time. We'll be back at 6 to pick you up," said 009.

"Sounds good to me," said 002.

009 hit the gas and 002 and 0016 were finally alone.

"Let's go in and find a seat," said 002 and offered her his arm and they walked inside.

It was almost six o' clock, and the two cyborgs were waiting outside the restaurant filled with food, happiness, and love.

'Wow. He's so nice,' thought 0016 to herself. 'He looks so nice when he smiles. His laugh is the cutest thing. What a great guy. When you really get to know him, he's not such a tough guy at heart. He's really a kind and caring person.'

'Wow. She's so great. She is really pretty. And she's so fun loving. She has a great sense of humor too. She is such a caring person. She's a perfect girl,' he thought as he smiled at her.

He leaned down to her and their lips touched. But he quickly pulled away as the sound of an oncoming car reached his ears. The car continued on by. He wiped his brow. He knew that everybody knew they liked each other but it would still embarrass him to have them see him kiss her. He started to lean down once more but was once again rudely interrupted. Although this time it was not a car. A loud explosion penetrated the evening silence followed by screams and sirens.

"Let's go help," the both said at the same time.

As they arrived at the scene, the red convertible with the rest of the 00 cyborgs screeched to a stop in front of them. Everyone hopped out.

"What happened?" asked 005.

"I don't know. We were waiting outside the restaurant for you guys when we heard an explosion. We just got here too," explained 002.

"Well what are you guys doing just talking. We have to help those people still inside that fire," yelled 0016.

"Okay, I'll fly in there myself and get them out. 003, how many are there?" hurriedly asked 002.

"There are three people. One adult and two children," was the answer.

"I'm off," and 002 activated his jets and took off towards the burning building.

"It looks like the structure is weakening," said 005.

"Those flames must be incredible hot to do so much damage in so little a time," said 004.

"I sure hope 002 hurries it up," said a worried 007. "For his sake and for the sake of the people too."

"I'll help too," said 0016 as she started to activate her acceleration mode.

A firm hand held her back. "No, you can't. You can't use your acceleration powers on a normal human. The fast speeds are too much for their bodies to handle," 009 explained.

"Please hurry," 0016 whispered with tears of worry appearing in her eyes.

Another loud explosion announced that the building would not stay standing for very much longer.

All of a sudden a bright streak appeared in the parking lot beside the flaming structure. It was 002. He had managed to jettison himself out if the blaze with two of the three trapped people. Everyone rushed to his side. He was badly burned. He struggled to his feet. He stopped to catch his breath and gently laid the child next to his mother.

"Jet, hurry back. We'll take care of these two here. There's not much time," shouted 008 over the clamor of the fire.

"I'm going," he said and turned to fly back but accidentally tripped over a fireman's hose.

He picked himself up and took off towards the entrance to the building. He was almost inside the door when a final explosion sent the entire inferno collapsing into a giant fireball around the remaining child. The force of the collapsing structure sent his flying backwards where he was slammed into another building across the street.

All of the remaining cyborgs had managed to carry the two other humans out of danger before the vicious blast. 002 picked his battered body off of the pavement and looked at the ruined building in dismay. The child was dead.

0016's face had two shimmering streaks running down through the ashes blown at her by the wind. They seemed to dance as the still burning ruins reflected off her face. Her eyes were shining not with joy for the safe return of her love. They were not shining in relief for the two people he saved. They were shining in grief for the one life lost. The life she never knew. The life she would never know.

Now that grief turned to anger. Anger that there was nothing to do now. There was no one to blame. No one but him. That clumsy oaf.

She almost flew at him, her rage and her sorrow throwing her out of control. She was on him, punching him. Swearing at him. It was all his fault. If he didn't trip. That child would be alive right now. Living and breathing. Alive. 005 ran over and pulled her off of 002.

As he stood up he reached out his hand to try to apologize. To try to explain. "0016," he began and he grabbed her arm.

She tore from his grip and threw herself into 004's arms. 004 looked hopelessly at him and then down at her. He wrapped both of his arms around her convulsing shoulders. She snuggled deeper into his chest, her tears smearing the ashes from her face on his uniform. Silently, 004 kissed her forehead and hugged her tighter. He then looked up at the inferno, the child's grave, the light reflecting softly in his tear-moistened eyes. His expression was unreadable as the other cyborgs looked at the fire. No one there would forget this night.

The next night, 0016 was sitting on a cliff overlooking the sea. A still sore 002 approached her.

"What do you want?" she snapped.

"0016. I wanted to,"

He was cut short. "To what? Apologize. I'm sorry," she said mockingly. "I'm sorry for killing that kid. I'm sorry that I'm a clumsy oaf. I'm sorry it had to happen this way, but hey I'm all right. You are such a self-centered moron. I can't love a man who cares only for himself. We're through. Now don't follow me in. I never want to speak to you again." With that she stormed off into the house and slammed the door behind her.

002 sighed and sat down where she'd previously been sitting. He tousled in his mind what she had just said. She was right. He was a self-centered moron. He couldn't live on like this. But it was too late. There was no way he could make it up. He goofed big time. And the kid had paid with his life. His shoulders started to shake with grief. He soon fell asleep from exhaustion. His dreams were haunted with horrible nightmares.

He was inside a burning building screaming for help. When he looked outside he saw firemen and police officers just standing there, doing nothing. Then all of the 00 cyborgs showed up. 0016 was their new leader. All she did was stand there and laugh. All of the others did too. Then the building would collapse. He had the same dream over and over again. It was being chiseled into his mind. He screamed in his sleep and then woke up.

The sun had not even come up yet. It was probably about 5 o' clock. 002 Sat up in a cold sweat, he was shaking even though his entire body still hurt from the pounding he received two days ago. He painfully stood up and stretched his arms over his head. He was all cramped up.

He soon was aware of a whizzing noise. While still stretching he turned to look where it had come from. He was suddenly struck with an incredible force that sent him flying backwards. He landed hard on the ground. As he tried to sit up he found that he couldn't. His hand had been neatly bound by what had to have been the whizzing noise.

It was some sort of strange metal ring that adjusted itself perfectly to keep his wrists from moving at all. He heard another whizzing noise and he rolled to one side but hit a tree. His feet could no longer move. He struggled to stand and pushed himself to a standing position with his bound wrists. He heard a third whizzing noise and tried to run but forgot his feet were tied. The third ring caught him around the upper arms and pinned his arms to his side. He was sent down to the ground again. He started to try to move but was hit over the head hard and blacked out.

0016 had just stepped outside. She was looking for 002. She thought about what happened last night and decided that she over reacted. When she came downstairs that morning 001 told her about 002's dreams. She then felt really bad and went outside to look for him since 004 said he saw him sleeping out there at around 5 in the morning. She heard 001 in her head.

::002 isn't there!::

"Why where did he go?" she asked, the panic rising in her voice. 001 seemed really nervous.

::Not him. Black Ghost has just kidnapped him!::

"What?!" 004 shouted, waking everybody up.

"Oh no. 002, I'm sorry," 0016 whispered. "I'll get you back no matter what it takes. I'm truly sorry," she shouted out loud and sank to the ground in tears.

Sorry about how dark that chapter was. I was really tired today. I had to take it out on someone. Sorry. I'll update as fast as I can. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. See what happens to 002 in my next update.

To Gold Angel2- here's the next scheme. I hope you like it.

A/N- I'll thank people individually if I write something that pertains to what they asked for in their review. I still love you all. Pick more treats that you like. Enjoy them all. Gluttony is good.