Here's the tenth chapter. Last time, TEC sent Miku on another mission to get some data for him and Miku was able to get herself invisible Yay! We'll see what happens next. Enjoy. ^-^

Ch.10

I made my way to the top floor where the control panel was. I opened the door and walked in. Master was no where to be found but in his place were at least ten guards walking around. I stood still when they all turned around to me as I entered.

Did they spot me?

The guards all look at each other and shrugged and went back to their walking.

Phew! I guess the invisibility really does work. I have to move fast, though. I walked around the room, trying to find another room. I tried not to make fun of the guards but I kept myself steady on my mission. You know, with this, I could easily escape. No one will know where I went.

But...I couldn't leave TEC. He asked me of something to do. I couldn't just leave him like that. He's been trying so hard to get me out of here. I can't just neglect him. For some reason, I think it's best to help each other get out of here. I mean, it's not fair for me to leave and let TEC stay here forever. But...he's a computer. How can I even help him escape?

I shook my head from all those thoughts once my eyes spotted a door behind the control panel. It had to be Master's room. I walked over to it and just as TEC warned me, there was a guard right in front of the door. I smirked, knowing it wouldn't be able to see me, and walked right through it and opened the door. I heard it gasped once the door closed in.

I looked around the room but Master was no where to be found. "Great. I'm alone."

I quickly went to look around for a box where data disks could be. I noticed a shelve by the far corner and checked there. In one shelve, there was a box labeled 'Data Disks'.

"Well, that was easy," I said as I took the box down and checked through it. "Now I have to find one certain disk."

I had to take out every disk in the box in order for me to reach down to the disk at the very bottom: 'Master's Plans'.

I took it over to the computer at a desk and turned it on. Once it was fully on, I placed the disk inside and waited for it to be read. After a while, a window popped out that read: 'Do you want all the other networks to read the data?' I moved the mouse over to the 'yes' button and clicked it. I saw another window pop out where all the data files were being spread to all the other networks available. TEC must be receiving it just now.

"Mission's done here," I said as I got the disk back out and placed it where I found it. I put the box back where it was and headed back out the room.

"Okay, TEC, I'm done," I said as I headed down the elevator.

"Thanks. I'm receiving everything," TEC said.

I smiled. "So, uh, am I suppose to wait until this thing wears off?"

"You can take it off now, if you want."

"How?"

"Go back to the third floor where the laboratory is, drink the green potion and rub some on your clothing."

I headed down to the third floor, walked over to the laboratory, drank the green potion, and rubbed some on my clothing. In an instant, I became visible.

"TEC, is it okay to go back to your room without spotting me?" I said.

"Yes. There's no one around," TEC said.

I exited the room and took the elevator back to TEC's room. I walked in and heard a lot of clicking computer noise.

"So TEC, how's it going?" I said.

"Well, there's a lot of information coming into view for me. A lot that I can't handle all at once. It might take me a while to figure this out," TEC said.

"Well, take your time. No one's going to pressure you."

"That's nice to know. However, I have to be quick on this. I can't let you be kept in this place any longer than you should. I'll get you out of here."

TEC is such a nice...computer guy.

"Please don't burn your motherboard with all the information stored in you," I said. "I do want you to be well."

I imagined TEC smiling. "I'm the main computer, the perfect computer. However, I'm beginning to realize that I'm not fully perfect."

"Without the information you just received, right?"

"Well..." Pause. "...Not really."

"Then?"

"It's...of someone."

"Someone?"

"I might be a computer but I do need something human to keep me alive."

"Are you talking about Master?"

"Master? Hell no." TEC laughed. "It's no one who's against you."

"So then..." I gasped. "Are you mentioning...me?"

Silence.

"Miku, I-" But TEC was interrupted by an unfamiliar beeping from his system. "I have just encountered a massive amount of files."

"Sounds like you might need some help with them," I said.

"Hmm...I think I'm going to have to...Miku, would you mind heading back to your room for a while? I'll call you back when I need you, okay?"

I nodded and walked out the room as TEC instructed me to. But as I was walking back to my room, I noticed the elevator door open and out came Master.

I froze in mid track as Master's eyes locked on with mine. Oh crud.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!"

Master grabbed me tightly by the arm as he pulled me towards the room and threw me to the bed.

"How dare you get out of your room!" Master yelled at me. "Whatever have I've done to you for you to disobey me?!"

I frowned. Is he seriously asking me that?

"I took you out, didn't I?! Why would you get out on your own?!" Master continued with his scowling. "You know, you could've just waited for me to come get out and take you out again! You didn't had to go out on your own! By the way, how did you get out?"

I crossed my arms. "I'm not going to tell you."

Master raised his hand, ready to slap me. But he made himself stop and merely growled.

"You could've gotten seriously hurt," he said.

I tilted my head. "Hurt?"

"These guards I have aren't as easily going as I am or even the shadows. They have no mind of their own to think how harm can really hurt a human. They have no senses."

"And you were worried I would get hurt by them?"

"Yes."

Well, what do you know? Here I thought that I was seriously going to get it when it was only having a lecture.

"So, is that the reason you won't let me roam around? Because I would get hurt?" I said.

Master nodded.

Huh. Master actually does have a human side to him. But why? Why care about me so much? I mean, he is the kidnapper and I'm his victim. Shouldn't he be acting cruelly to me instead of protectively?

"Master, I never thought you would care about me so much," I said. "Why do you care so much about me?"

Master hesitated and turned his face away from my sight. "You're the victim. I can't let you off my sight."

"Of course but you act too nice to me. I seriously thought I was going to get beaten to death but here I am, having a decent conversation with you. Why?"

"There's nothing wrong with the decent conversation."

"But it's not expected from a kidnapper."

"Is that so? Would you like for me to beat you to death?"

"Of course not."

"Then don't mention it."

I pouted. "I was just saying."

Master growled.

We stayed in silence for a while until Master turned his face over to me.

"Are you okay, Miku?" he said.

I blinked. "Yes. Why?"

"Because of last time. You were acting weird. What happened to you?"

"How should I know? I thought you were one to answer me. Did you do something to me to become such a monster?"

"I would never do anything that doesn't please you."

Hence, you're too nice.

"So, you have no idea what happened to you?" Master said.

"Not at all. But...it sure was weird and painful," I said.

"It was painful for some of my guards and I. You attacked us."

"I swear I didn't mean to. I couldn't control myself."

"I understand. Maybe we should research about that abnormality."

" 'We'? As in you and I?"

"Is there something wrong with that?"

"Well, no, it just sounds a bit odd, you know. For you, the kidnapper, to be willing to find something wrong with the victim, me, and help you out on it."

Master smirked. "You still think it's a bit unnatural for the bad guy to be nice to the prisoner, right?"

"Yeah."

Master sat in the bed next to me and looked at me. I tried to look at him but he was just staring into my eyes so deeply, it kinda freaked me out. I turned away for a while before I felt a hand underneath my chin that pulled me towards the Master's face once more. He used his other hands to caress my cheek. I felt a chill run down my spine.

What in the world?

"H-how old are you, Master?" I stuttered.

Master smiled. "Not much older than you are, my dear."

I gulped. "I'm a teenager still."

"So am I."

I blinked. "H-huh?"

Master chuckled softly and the unexpected was beginning to happen. He was leaning towards me with his eyes fixed on my trembling lips. I felt my face get hot and I knew Master could feel them. My heartbeat and breathing increased in speed as Master came closer and closer. It was like he was taking forever to reached my lips, but I was only trying to avoid the unexpected. I blinked my eyes, trying to clear this awful vision I was having. But, alas, it was all true.

Master's breath had reached my cheeks as his lips open wide to welcome mine. I wasn't sure why I didn't move away. I was just froze, actually felt myself waiting for something to happen. It wasn't like this was my time to get kissed, but it felt like it. But it wasn't from a guy I liked...was it? Did I like Master without realizing it? Is that why I wasn't pushing him away? What in the world was this?

Just when Master's lips were at the tip of mine, a strange beeping noise was heard. Master quickly moved away from me as I hesitated and looked away, trying to hide my blush.

"What is it?" I heard Master say, but he wasn't talking to me. "Yes?...Uh-huh...So then...Urgh! You guys failed again!...Fine...Get back over here."

Master stood up from the bed and exited the room without saying anything else. I just sat there, looking down to the bed sheets. I was feeling a mixture of emotions.

Shocked.

Scared.

Relieved.

Unsatisfied.

Happy.

I sighed and decided to wash out for the day. I do hope TEC would call me again. I needed someone to let these feelings out.

Whoa! Okay, so then first, Miku was able to do her mission just fine until she was heading back to her room and Master spotted her! No! He got mad at her and began to talk to her about getting hurt and whatnot. And then, the unthinkable happened...maybe. Master was about to kiss Miku until he got interrupted by a call. Holy smokes!

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