-Meine Kinder-
-My Children-
"Ich Will – I Want"
By Rammstein
(In English)
I want
I
want you to trust me
I want you to believe me
I want to feel
your eyes
I want to control every heartbeat
I
want to hear your voices
I want to disturb the peace
I want you
to see me well
I want you to understand me
I
want your fantasy
I want your energy
I want to see your hands
I
want to go down in applause
Do
you see me?
Do you understand me?
Do you feel me?
Do you
hear me?
Can you hear me?
We
hear you
Can
you see me?
We
see you
Can
you feel me?
We
feel you
I
don't understand you
I want
We
want you to trust us
We want you to believe everything from us
We
want to see your hands
We want to go down in applause - yeah
Can
you hear me?
We
hear you
Can
you see me?
We
see you
Can
you feel me?
We
feel you
I
don't understand you
Can
you hear us?
We
hear you
Can
you see us?
We
see you
Can
you feel us?
We
feel you
We
don't understand you
I want
-Chapter Ten-
-The Battle-
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Note: The rating for this will remain 'T' unless people really complain, but there is a violence/gore/language warning for chapters Ten and Eleven. Please proceed at your own risk. Thank you.
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It was, in his opinion, the best possible outcome he could have received from the present situation.
"Then I guess I have your answer." He gave the Gate Keepers a silent order and software activation to kill anything that moved, with a few acceptations for the choicer models. They didn't move, but simply disappeared. In the blink of an eye 023 was thrown backward and into 055, while the next closest cyborg, who happened to be 018, was flung in to the rock face.
"0018!"
Upon impact she had been knocked unconscious, and 018 a sizeable crater created by the sheer force at which she had hit the rock.
"No!" someone shouted, but it was too late. Cyborg children were being tossed about and cast aside like ragdolls.
"Damnit!" 004 turned to fire at where he estimated them to be, only to be slammed into the ground by the Gate Keeper with flaming red hair. Gate Keeper Two let out a low, guttural growl as he pinned him down.
Then out of nowhere and flying at a reckless speed, 015 came barreling out of the sky at Gate Keeper Two, effectively knocking him away. The two of them spontaneously burst in to flame as 015 engulfed them both in a fireball of her own creation. Too bad her victory was short lived.
There was a sickening crack when she hit the tree and one of her wings dangled limply.
"…Forgot you could fly." 015 gasped before she fell and crashed through the branches. The Gate Keeper was already gone, using boosters and accelerator in tandem to get back to the main area of fighting only a millisecond later.
Gate Keeper One was wreaking a path of destruction with his own blinding speed. It didn't even matter that the robots that got in his way where technically on his side; They fell to pieces at his feet.
"Now, do be careful." Commented a bemused 014, stopping the Gate Keeper from ripping 016's limbs off. "If you break them too badly, I won't be able to put them back together again."
The cat cyborg struggled and squeaked as he tried to escape.
"Snap the legs."
Crack. Snap. Crunch.
016 whimpered as he hit the ground with a soft thud.
"Give up yet?" 014 asked with a cruel smile. "Mercy is closer than you think- You have but to ask."
And as he had expected, they refused.
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The three of them raced down the darkened corridors at breakneck speed, weaving and dodging the scattered human guards and disabling the mechanical ones. 066 had a handheld GPS unit that helped to point them in the fairly right direction, even as twisting hallways and dead ends threw them off.
"I think this is it." They came to a stop before a generic looking door. "I'll open it, and Seth will go in ahead of us."
There was another key pad code to crack, but 072 and 066 tackled it easily and the door opened without hesitation. 064 tentively poked his head in.
"Oh, there you are!"
It was Dr. Shurii, gathering up a multitude of files and discs and shoving them haphazardly in a messenger bag. "Would you all be dears and help me finish picking up?"
"Shurii-sama, how did you know it was us?"
"External cameras." She pointed to a computer screen. "And I figured you probably wouldn't be involved in the fighting. Here, 072, you start downloading those scimatics, 064 I need those files over there, and 066 I have someone I want you to meet."
064 and 072 shrugged and went about their assigned tasks, while 066 gave Shurii and inquisitive look.
"Over here." He followed her to the back of the room where a few beds and a repair station had been lined up against the wall. Two of the beds where currently occupied, one by a normal looking unconscious boy and the other by an androgynous white haired figure.
"Is this the new android you've been working on?"
"Yes, he's done, actually." She was rapidly typing commands into a laptop hooked to the white haired androids neck. "All of the higher-ups still think I'm testing software and tweaking A.I., but he should run well enough to get us out of here."
There was a soft whirring sound a jolt, and then the androids pale gold eyes snapped open. He pushed himself up in one smooth motion then sat stock still. 066 waved his hand in front of its face, yet he got no reaction beyond its blank stare.
"Its appearance is lifelike, but that's where the illusion ends."
Shurii shrugged. "It's good enough for a prototype. I based him off of Cyberidia's design specifications."
"Wait, Cy's not here?"
"No. Why?"
"Damn." He swore. "We thought she would be here with you."
Shurii sighed as she started to unhook the android. "I wish she was too, but all I've seen of Cy is her blueprints."
The android slid off the bed at Shurii's nod and scooped up the unconscious boy, then stood awaiting further orders.
"All right guys, it's time to move out!"
"Okay, just let me finish wiping the memory-"
"Y-you!"
072 was cut off by a shout. In the doorway was Dr. Kalvin, open mouthed and staring in shock.
"You! I knew it!" he pointed angrily at the group of rebels. "You where never loyal, a-and I never trusted you!"
"Shit!" 064 leapt at him, but Kalvin had already dashed off. "I'll go after him, you get out of here!"
"I'm coming with you!" 066 ran out after him, leaving Shurii and everyone else behind.
"Oh, well that was interesting." Shurii commented offhandedly.
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For once, Dr. Kalvin's paranoia paid off.
'I knew it! I knew she was a traitor!'
He looked frantically for a guard, an alarm, something to raise the red flag. Just then 049 happened to come around a corner.
"049!" he called out gleefully. "I have something important to tell you!"
She growled at him. "What do you want?"
"Shurii, she's been working with the rebels-"
"Really now?" a ferocious glint came to her eyes. "This makes everything much easier."
There where footsteps coming from down the hall, the echoes of movements getting closer and closer.
"T-they're coming!" Kalvin squeaked in fear and turned to flee. 049 grabbed his arm and held him fast.
"And where do you think you're going?"
"Y-you're going to f-fight them, aren't you?"
That evil gleam was still in her blue eyes was a grin spread over her face.
"Not until I finish my job here."
"What-"
049 kept one hand on Kalvin's arm and slammed her other hand in to his face.
"I've always wanted to do this to a human… Let's go for a ride, shall we?"
A click and a moment later Dr. Kalvin's flesh was literally ripped from the underlying skeletal structure by the force and speed of Acceleration. Tissues tore and organs ruptured in a bloody explosion. The whole action took less than half a second in real time.
049 came out of acceleration dripping in gore and smiling. She turned at the sound of a startled gasp to find that the other two cyborgs had caught up.
"Chico…?" on ventured hesitantly.
With a flick of a wrist she drove her favorite dagger in to his shoulder. The cyborg shrieked in pain, and it only seemed to brighten her mood.
"I don't see why he was so worried. You two don't seem so tough." The second cyborg ignored her and instead got about pulling the blade out of his comrade. He looked it over for a few moments before tossing it back to her.
"Ellinium coated. That'll punch a hole in just about anything."
"You've got a good eye." She noted, casually twirling the dagger around. "Has Ume come out yet? I was hoping we'd get to play."
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Outside, things where looking grim indeed.
014 was toying with them, playing his sick game, dragging it out as long as he could.
She felt useless hiding up on a hill behind the trees. It wasn't like 003 could really do anything more to help with enemies that where clearly out of their league. The kids didn't even realize how powerful they were on their own- At the moment, she would put money on anyone one of them if they went toe to toe with a first generation model. But then they… They were moving too fast to be seen, and the clashing metallic ringing of multiple accelerators made individuals impossible to pinpoint.
In a way she was glad she wasn't a part of the fighting. She knew there was no way she could point a gun at them.
(All the others are holding back too.) 001 could easily read her thoughts. (They're afraid of hurting them, even when they can see that they are not the same people anymore.)
"But they have to be in there somewhere." She protested aloud. "Can't you somehow reach out to them?"
(I've already tried. It's like running in to a brick wall- I can't get in, and it looks like they can't get out.)
"Mental blocks, personality suppression, and replacement consciousnesses are all Dr. Kalvin's specialties. 014 is particularly interested and knowledgeable in that field of work as well." 051 explained. "It's less time consuming and cheaper than creating a new cyborg. It also has a tendency to be unpredictable. Remodeling a unit is one thing, controlling it is a whole new challenge."
The frown on 051's face said that she had seen this happen all too often.
"So this has happened before?"
"This is about to happen now." 051 corrected. "There's no way around it at this point."
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It always began the same way.
It started with a prickling and itching sensation tearing away at the edge of her subconscious. Hint, suggestions, and subtle pushes until an opportunity to seize control presented itself. After that, the suffocating darkness would drown her will. Most days she would resist.
Today she happily jumped in.
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-It's my turn now.-
Laying amongst broken rocks and robots reduced to scrap metal, she opened her deep purple eyes. The crashing of weapons and the cries of battle had died down, but they hadn't ceased. Good.
She hadn't missed all the fun.
Rache was nearby, but Kalak was closer. She could sync with both of them, but not right now. Ignoring the fallen twin blades and ripping off the sheaths that formally held them, she drew the claymore strapped to her back. As she swung it around in her left hand she took visual stock of the situation.
-Show me what you can do!-
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The changed registered in the back of 055's mind and he backed off his attack on the first Gate Keeper. He knew the voice was coming before it spoke.
(-Hello, children.-)
It sent a shockwave through the ranks of younger cyborgs and left the older ones considerably confused.
(-Now if you'll all be dears and retreat, I'll take it from here.-)
055 watched as they all, perhaps some reluctantly, fell back. 014 seemed to be amused by this sudden change and called the Gate Keepers back.
"Oh? Have you decided to surrender?"
"Hardly."
Mitani came stalking out of the dust and rubble where she had fallen, swinging a large sword. Her entire attitude hand changed from the happy and excitable girl to this dark and demented creature.
"You must be getting rusty if you overlooked my arrival."
"Ahh, 099. What a pleasant surprise-"
She waved him off. "Cut the theatrics. I've come to take my children home."
"Is that the only reason you've come out?" 014's eyes narrowed dangerously. "018 is not known for letting you run free."
Her eyes were so dark they almost looked black.
"We made a bargain."
"What a coincidence. So did I." He snapped his fingers and a shower of ice spears hurtled at 099. She side stepped them only to parry a sword made of the same frozen water. 049 leered at her, her own eyes now a bright orange in place of the normal blue.
"C'mon Umeko, let's play!"
055 looked away from the fight, biting his lip. If the two of them where here, then it was only a matter of time…
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"…Why are they stopping?"
"You wouldn't notice a change." 051 sighed. "Not at first, anyway. Keep watching."
003 did, and that's when things went to hell.
018 rose from where she had fallen, and swaggered out on to the field. Her presence, strangely enough, caused both sides to halt the conflict. At least she could now easily hear their conversation.
"You mean… 0018 has one of those control programs?"
"More like a whole other person. It's… complicated. No one really knows the whole story of how and why behind Umeko either. But even with her and Mitani's faulty memories, she knows more about the Genesis Series, or all of us, than anyone else. So we have to tolerate her. And…" 051 expression clouded again. "There is no way of removing 99 without killing 18. They are linked, bound and chained to one another. 041 and 055 are in similar situations.
As she spoke, a shower of ice spears rained down on the exposed 018. She dodged, but a moment later was trading blows someone 003 assumed to be 041 under 014's control. She couldn't help herself as her vision wandered to the two dark clad figures flanking 014.
For now, the fighting had stopped…
But the battle was just beginning.
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To be continued….
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Please read the authors notes before asking any questions! Thank you!
A/N: As I sit here in my room typing up this fanfiction I am currently surrounded by no less than nine Cyborg 009 action figures. If you happen to follow me on DeviantART, you've probably seen pictures of my babies. If you don't follow me on DA…. GET OVER THERE NAOS PLEASE. You won't be disappointed, as I'm posting Meine Kinder there and I have some pictures of the kids up!
ANYWHO ON TO IMPORTANT STUFF. I'm betting you're a little confused about what's going on. That's normal, as this is a long overdue projection of many massively fun and amazing fan roleplays. So all will be explained in due time!
Granted, many of the kid's backgrounds and how they all ended up together is pulled right from archived RP's, but I've changed a lot of things. As in all our naivety about things…. Like jumping on the double zero bandwagon and OC pairings THAT MADE NO SENSE. (i.e., major 18 X 55 shipping. I scare myself.) Don't judge us, where like what, 12? 13? Maybe even 14 if you where Jen?
Anyway, I know I sorta broke the whole continuation of the 00 project rule, but only slightly. You will notice that I've dropped one zero, and it's usually pronounced, "OH-eighteen", or whatever the number is. This stems from our logic of, "Wait, wouldn't it have been '010' and not '0010'? Oh, whatever you crazy Japanese people…" We started implementing that in RP's a little later our super epic story-ness. The numbers are a just combination of personal nostalgia and the fact that the kids idolize the first nine. I use their names half of the time anyway…
003 and the others will refer to them using double zeros because that's what she's used to. The kids are a project within themselves as the Genesis Series, and then a project within that as I think I'm going to go ahead and convert a few OC's to Gate Keeper status. (Plotting face)
Oh yes, a note on pairings-
Fran and Joe are the only ones who are probably going to hook up EVER. I will be dropping bomb shell hints at points, just to make you put on your slash and OC x Cannon goggles, but I really don't want anyone to hurt me. (Scared face) OC x OC pairings will abound, yet beyond that I don't think I'm safe writing anything in. If I do happen to do that, it'll be posted separately as a little AU ficllet. I'll also take requests if anyone wants to see something or challenge me to write for something!
Sorry for the massive long-ness, but I'm revising things and setting things straight and whatnot. If you've read this far, GIVE YOURSELF A HUG. And I'll give you a cookie. (throws cookies in crowd) If you want moar fandomy goodness, go to my profile and find my DevinatART page. Because I'm never not on there. XD
So long, good night, and thanks for three years of support!
-Carolyn