Chapter 10: Unravel the Truth
"Wow I have never seen so much damage on one net navi," said Lan's Father. Celeste was on screen showing so many damage marks and some pieces of her armor that was fading on bits and pieces. She was in the worst condition compare to Megaman, and Protoman combined. Lan's father does not know how to describe it.
"Is Celeste going to be all right," asked Lace as she was worried about her. Lan's father look at the hologram of Lace who looks so worried.
"It is hard to tell. Her program we have studied has nothing to do with her going out of control. We do not even know how that happened," said Lan's Father.
"Professor Hikari, look at this," said Mr. Famous. Professor Hikari looked at the data and found something impossible.
"Another signature data that resembles hers?" asked Professor Hikari. They look at the data and it was like if the other data of Celeste was tampered and twisted.
"Why haven't we picked this up before?" asked Professor Hikari. Mr. Famous has answered the question with the set of data.
"I do not know but by the looks of the data. It was hidden within Celeste herself. We have not detected it if it was inside of a net navi," said Mr. Famous.
"Well that would explain why she has her sensors off because the data shows that the sensors are not there on this data," said Professor Hikari.
"There is more. This one data has more destructive power compare to regular Celeste here. I believe that this one is the cause of Celeste outbreak," said Mr. Famous.
"Well if that is the case then, we would run tests on her," said Professor Hikari as Mr. Famous is already ahead of him. The other data started to disintegrate and become nothingness.
"Shoot we lost the data. Hurry try to recover it before gone forever," said Mr. Famous as Professor Hikari tries to recover it.
"How a data like this started to destroy itself. I am having a hard time to recover it," said Professor Hikari.
"Huh? Where am I? What are all these?" asked Celeste as she is still not wake as she float in the void. There was an unfamiliar voice that approaches her.
"That voice. It is not familiar. It is neither Lace nor Marionette. Or any operator or Net navi," said Celeste.
"Celeste. Have you forgotten me?" asked the voice. It sounds familiar but she cannot put her finger to it.
"I am heard your voice before, but I forgot where and who you are," said Celeste as she floating in the void.
"You have forgotten me. I am called Sand Rider. Most of you Gatekeepers call me your leader," said Sand Rider.
"Leader? Then that means there is more than one Gatekeeper?" asked Celeste. As she still in her dazed from what happened.
"Yes there are. Strider the Gatekeeper ninja. Bugman the Gatekeeper bug. Galaxia the Galaxy Gatekeeper. Then here are you, Gemini Celeste. And finally me Sand Rider," said Sand Rider.
"Gemini Celeste?" asked Celeste as she was still confused. From what the Dark Celeste told her of her being the Dark Gatekeeper.
"You still do not remember where you are from and how you got here in this place. Maybe in time you will remember well," said Sand Rider.
"But I thought I am a Dark Gatekeeper. As the other me told me," said Celeste as Sand Rider heard that.
"You are both Light and Dark. That is why you are called Gemini Celeste. You're Dark and Light Gatekeeper. Your Dark form tried to take over you and you send yourself somewhere else before anymore people got hurt. You even begged me to relieve you from your Gatekeeper's duty," said Sand Rider. Celeste started to have flashbacks what Marionette said before she transforms.
"Hey do not look at me like that. I am not the one who left her realm because of some stupid mistake. I did not leave my duties of a gatekeeper. I am not the one that almost got me killed by the other net navies who thinks you are there to kill them," said Marionette as the flashbacks ended.
"Marionette, How she knows me?" asked Celeste. Celeste tries to figure how did Marionette knows her.
"She knows I was a Gatekeeper. She knows I left due to my other side being unlocked. She also told me that another net navi was trying to kill me," said Celeste.
"You must find that navi if you wanted to know more about yourself," said Sand Rider as the void clash again. Celeste started to wake up to the science lab.
"Huh what happened," said Celeste as she woke up and finds herself on the Ministry of Science computers.
"Glad that you are awake," said Megaman as he was hologram on his PET. Celeste looks at the hologram.
"Megaman, you are alright," said Celeste as Megaman wonder if she knows what happened.
"Celeste, do you-" said Megaman. Celeste cut him off and looks at the ground of sadness.
"I know what I did. I was out of control and manage to destroy Internet City. Somehow I was there and yet I wasn't. I cannot explain how that happened because I do not know myself," said Celeste.
"It was like I was fighting myself. My darker self and that knows my every move and knows my weakness," said Celeste. Megaman was shock to hear this.
"I was not in control my body but the other self was. I only felt the pain and damage that everyone was dealing to me in my body," said Celeste as she looks at her hands.
"As if my body pain sensors were off when my other control it and revert it to me," said Celeste. Celeste clinch her fist.
"That side is now gone. I make sure that other self won't ever come back," said Celeste.
"So you were the one that was pleading to stop?" asked Megaman as that replay in his mind.
"Yes. I told my other self to stop until I started to fight against it. My attacks affected her but her attacks were affecting everyone. If my body took damage I took it. It happened when the Shark-like navi attack me as well as you and the red navi with a black visor," said Celeste.
"You mean Sharkman and Protoman. You felt all of our attacks," said Megaman. Celeste nodded in agreement.
"Well at least we won't have to worry about that. How is the red navi?" asked Celeste.
"Protoman already have been checked. He left early. I am just here waiting for my net op to get over here," said Megaman.
"Well if you see him. Tell him thanks for helping me," said Celeste with a smile. Megaman scratches the back of his helmet.
"Ok sure," said Megaman. Lan came walking in and saw Celeste awake and wonder what is going on.
"Papa I am here to pick up Megaman," said Lan and Mr. Famous walks out of a room and went where Lan is with Megaman's PET.
"Here you go Lan. Your father and I still doing research," said Mr. Famous as he did not pay any attention to the screen.
"You mean looking through my data," said Celeste as Mr. Famous was shocked to see Celeste awake.
"Well, yeah we did," said Mr. Famous as he scratches the back of his head. Celeste sighs.
"It is ok Mr. Famous. I know you and Professor Hikari are trying to help me. I need to talk to both Professor Hikari and you later," said Celeste.
"No need for formalities. Just call me famous," said Mr. Famous. Celeste sighs as she was not too happy.
"Ok. Well I am going back to the tubes. If you need to scan more on me," said Celeste as she leave the monitor.
"Now a net navi started calling me Mister," mumbled Mr. Famous as he does not like it one bit. Few hours later after the test and explanation that Celeste gives.
"Ok well now you can go home," said Professor Hikari as Celeste was happy to hear that news.
"Ok thank you Professor Hikari," said Celeste as she went back inside her PET waiting for Crystal to come.
"Ok take it easy we do not know how much of the other data is still inside of you but we do know it has disintegrate into bits," said Professor Hikari.
"Ok got it," said Celeste as she waits for Crystal to return to the laboratory to pick her up. Celeste was picked up and Crystal did not know what had happened through the whole time that Celeste was in the science labs and internet city.