The Other Side Chapter 11
"Twilight!"
"Good evening Lucas" Cybersix ducked as she stepped into the big man's apartment. It was comfortable and was pleasantly warm compared to the chilly night she was just out in. He had risen the second she had come in his window and was now holding out his hand in offering of his chair.
"Um…do you want to sit down?" Cybersix eyed the chair for a moment before curling one leg under her and sat down, smiling a little but purposely made her face hold a bit of sadness in it. Lucas didn't miss it.
"Is something wrong?"
"No…not yet anyway." She said the last part quietly but Lucas still heard it, as she had hoped.
"Come on, what is it?" Cybersix had noticed from the beginning that Lucas was always eager to help her, which made her job easier but at the same time…
"I'm just a little worried about Cybersix coming to Meridianna, she should arrive in a day or two" Lucas looked at her for a second.
"How did you know she was coming?" he asked curiously but with a without trace of suspicion.
"Word on the street." She smiled.
"Oh..." he thought about that for a moment, "well you have nothing to worry about"
"Why?" she inquired as offhandedly as she could.
She didn't get a real answer from him though, "Because it's taken care of" he finished lamely. He knew it was lame too but at least it closed the subject, Cybersix gave a mental sigh of frustration. She decided it was time to make a move, time to just come out and say it.
"You're with the resistance aren't you?" to her astonishment he actually didn't look that surprised that she knew. She figured that he, having… restricted intelligence, would never have dreamed that she'd find out on her own. Well that just showed he was a little smarter then she had given him credit for.
But not that much.
"Yeah" he said with only a few seconds hesitation.
"I want to help them" she said, looking him the eye. Years of lying had made her a pro: Her eyes didn't dart away nor betray her true intentions. Lucas looked a little uneasy but he said he would check: The answer would probably be yes he had assured her. She didn't doubt him on that, she had 29 as well to back him up. Then mob psychology might take over to help her if she needed it.
They chatted for a few more minutes before Cybersix said she wanted to go hunt before it got too late.
"Goodbye Twilight" he said sadly seeing her to the window, not wanting her to leave. She squeezed his hand, feeling a different sort of power then fear. She realized that she was starting to almost like the man, while before she hadn't really had an opinion of him except that he wasn't very intelligent. Now she kind of enjoyed the time she spent with him. He was amusing without really knowing nor trying and…charming? Not quite the right word but close enough.
He cautiously but with more confidence than the first time reached behind her head and made to kiss her. Cybersix closed her eyes and prepared herself, her hands finding their way to his shoulders on their own. His hand had been on the small of her back began to travel to the front of her shirt, whether or not he was aware he was doing this she unsure. Either way, against her best efforts, she panicked and broke the kiss, and jumped out the window and into the night.
Her footsteps sounded loud and unnatural to her as she walked down the subway passageway. She was dressed as Adrian and her face was twisted with anxiety over what she might find. However, all was well when she entered the utility room. Lori was gagged (she noted this with faint amusement) and her hands were tied tightly with ropes behind her back.
"Evening Lori" Cybersix said pleasantly before turning her attention to the prisoner's captor. She had short red hair that fell to her shoulders, with gold streaks running randomly through it. Her eyes were a deep green that had little white spots in them. Her outfit was a simple: black pants and a black shirt.
Her name was Lyra and was now taking Jose's place. She was an old friend of Cybersix's that went back even before she had killed her Father. They had met at school, in the science lab, and hit it right off. Cybersix still wasn't sure how it had all happened. Then when Cybersix had killed Von R Lyra had found out but, instead of being afraid or repulsed, she was intrigued. She loved the power that all the creations had. And she wanted it. Lyra had, in fact, helped Jose train the new Technos and Fixed Ideas. After a lot of thought, Cybersix decided to let her friend become one of them, so they had changed her.
The operation had gone well but there had been one small problem. The power they had had to use amounted to about the same as a lightening bolt, thus the power had lightening marks on her back. They were the same ones commonly found on the bodies of humans hit by lightening. Cybersix had always found this interesting, while Lyra didn't seem to care though. The woman had proven to be a very good student and soon her skill had matched even Cybersix's and 29's. Cybersix had decided to send her out to watch over the creations in the Europe and the East, a great sign of trust, and Lyra had risen to the task magnificently. When Jose had showed his true colors Cybersix couldn't think of anyone else to take his place that she could trust, so she had called her old friend back to Meridianna to help her.
Now she was before her looking rather pleased with herself. Standing next to her was a Techno.
"Everything go well? Did she talk to anyone?"
"Not that I know of, I grabbed her in her home early this morning"
"Good work" she turned back to Lori and removed the gag. Immediately a parade of insults burst forth criticizing everything from the school system, law enforcement to rope burns. Cybersix waited patiently for the profanity to subside.
"What's going on here?!" Lori finally demanded.
"You've been kidnapped obviously" Adrian answered calmly.
"Why?"
"Because you went prying were you had no business prying."
"Who are you and what do you mean you bastard?" Cybersix smiled a little.
"I'm a bitch actually," she said letting her hair fall down and removed her glasses. Lori was shocked and angry.
"You're that kinky chick!"
"If that is the phrase, then you, my dear, are going to be a dead chick soon." Lori's breathing quickened even more but her fear didn't show anywhere but in her eyes: they never quite learned how to lie. In a way Cybersix admired her: She was slutty, true, but she could take as well as give.
"Bitch" was all she said. It was almost muttered under her breath.
"Actually I'm surprised that YOU fell for me! Couldn't tell the difference? Pathetic for someone like yourself." Cybersix continued, "The way you throw your body around, you wouldn't have lived very long anyway."
Lori snorted, "That's pretty rich coming from a bitch in drag!"
Cybersix just shrugged her shoulders in response. She was still thinking of how she was going to kill Lori. She didn't want a big mess and she admitted to herself that she wanted Lori to suffer as little pain as possible. She could cut her wrists and make it look like suicide which would doubtless be really good for them.
In the end she just decided to "keep it simple stupid" and slit her throat. The girl glared at her, teeth clenched ready to hurl forth some more swear words should times call on it. Lyra sat back and watched as Cybersix came over to Lori with knife in hand. Lori didn't seem to be able to say anything, she was really scared now that she understood this was for real. Cybersix held up the knife to the young girl's neck.
A thin trickle of blood began to slip down the knife and into her shirt, Cybersix closed her eyes for moment. A moaning filled her mind, Dr. Zack covered with blood…Elio when she found him from playing in the water, a small trickle of blood ran down his chin from where they had hit him…29 after they brought his body up from where he had fallen. Her hand, the one that held the knife, shook a little in anger scrapping Lori's neck a little more.
"Was this really the best thing to do?" she thought. Couldn't Lori be used for something? A hostage perhaps? It would be good to have one. She could always keep her to do experiments on. No, she would never be like her Father. He had been cruel, evil and insane. She mentally shook her head and again tried to draw the knife across the teenager's throat. Lori watched her with wide, scared eyes, not saying anything except the occasional muttered cuss word.
Cybersix drew back her blade, "Take her to Jose's mansion." Even though the clone was dead the mansion had still retained the name of "Jose's mansion," as if in some weird form of remembrance.
"I thought you wanted to kill her?" the Techno said.
"I changed my mind," Cybersix said irritably, "Thought she would do better as a hostage then a corpse." This was only half the truth. The whole truth was Cybersix couldn't bring herself to kill the girl. She didn't know why. She had killed before, and Lori even knew who Cybersix was, but… it was because she would make a good hostage, Cybersix said to herself. That was the only reason she had kept her alive: Something inside her knew that she would come in handy sometime. Besides she could always kill her later shoud she turn out to be a problem, this way she wasn't shutting any possible doors. She nodded to seal the matter to herself, there was no other reason.
"Um…could I have her? For a little while?" asked the timid voice of the Techno. Cybersix turned to glare at him, running through the list of Technos in her head. This one had been made by Von Reichter himself, not by her. That would explain his perversion she thought.
"No"
The Techno didn't ask again, knowing he would probably be punished for asking as it was. Lyra picked Lori up, who had been gagged again, and left the room. The Techno followed her, with Cybersix trailing behind all of them, leaving the subway as if nothing had happened.
End of chapter 11
"Twilight!"
"Good evening Lucas" Cybersix ducked as she stepped into the big man's apartment. It was comfortable and was pleasantly warm compared to the chilly night she was just out in. He had risen the second she had come in his window and was now holding out his hand in offering of his chair.
"Um…do you want to sit down?" Cybersix eyed the chair for a moment before curling one leg under her and sat down, smiling a little but purposely made her face hold a bit of sadness in it. Lucas didn't miss it.
"Is something wrong?"
"No…not yet anyway." She said the last part quietly but Lucas still heard it, as she had hoped.
"Come on, what is it?" Cybersix had noticed from the beginning that Lucas was always eager to help her, which made her job easier but at the same time…
"I'm just a little worried about Cybersix coming to Meridianna, she should arrive in a day or two" Lucas looked at her for a second.
"How did you know she was coming?" he asked curiously but with a without trace of suspicion.
"Word on the street." She smiled.
"Oh..." he thought about that for a moment, "well you have nothing to worry about"
"Why?" she inquired as offhandedly as she could.
She didn't get a real answer from him though, "Because it's taken care of" he finished lamely. He knew it was lame too but at least it closed the subject, Cybersix gave a mental sigh of frustration. She decided it was time to make a move, time to just come out and say it.
"You're with the resistance aren't you?" to her astonishment he actually didn't look that surprised that she knew. She figured that he, having… restricted intelligence, would never have dreamed that she'd find out on her own. Well that just showed he was a little smarter then she had given him credit for.
But not that much.
"Yeah" he said with only a few seconds hesitation.
"I want to help them" she said, looking him the eye. Years of lying had made her a pro: Her eyes didn't dart away nor betray her true intentions. Lucas looked a little uneasy but he said he would check: The answer would probably be yes he had assured her. She didn't doubt him on that, she had 29 as well to back him up. Then mob psychology might take over to help her if she needed it.
They chatted for a few more minutes before Cybersix said she wanted to go hunt before it got too late.
"Goodbye Twilight" he said sadly seeing her to the window, not wanting her to leave. She squeezed his hand, feeling a different sort of power then fear. She realized that she was starting to almost like the man, while before she hadn't really had an opinion of him except that he wasn't very intelligent. Now she kind of enjoyed the time she spent with him. He was amusing without really knowing nor trying and…charming? Not quite the right word but close enough.
He cautiously but with more confidence than the first time reached behind her head and made to kiss her. Cybersix closed her eyes and prepared herself, her hands finding their way to his shoulders on their own. His hand had been on the small of her back began to travel to the front of her shirt, whether or not he was aware he was doing this she unsure. Either way, against her best efforts, she panicked and broke the kiss, and jumped out the window and into the night.
Her footsteps sounded loud and unnatural to her as she walked down the subway passageway. She was dressed as Adrian and her face was twisted with anxiety over what she might find. However, all was well when she entered the utility room. Lori was gagged (she noted this with faint amusement) and her hands were tied tightly with ropes behind her back.
"Evening Lori" Cybersix said pleasantly before turning her attention to the prisoner's captor. She had short red hair that fell to her shoulders, with gold streaks running randomly through it. Her eyes were a deep green that had little white spots in them. Her outfit was a simple: black pants and a black shirt.
Her name was Lyra and was now taking Jose's place. She was an old friend of Cybersix's that went back even before she had killed her Father. They had met at school, in the science lab, and hit it right off. Cybersix still wasn't sure how it had all happened. Then when Cybersix had killed Von R Lyra had found out but, instead of being afraid or repulsed, she was intrigued. She loved the power that all the creations had. And she wanted it. Lyra had, in fact, helped Jose train the new Technos and Fixed Ideas. After a lot of thought, Cybersix decided to let her friend become one of them, so they had changed her.
The operation had gone well but there had been one small problem. The power they had had to use amounted to about the same as a lightening bolt, thus the power had lightening marks on her back. They were the same ones commonly found on the bodies of humans hit by lightening. Cybersix had always found this interesting, while Lyra didn't seem to care though. The woman had proven to be a very good student and soon her skill had matched even Cybersix's and 29's. Cybersix had decided to send her out to watch over the creations in the Europe and the East, a great sign of trust, and Lyra had risen to the task magnificently. When Jose had showed his true colors Cybersix couldn't think of anyone else to take his place that she could trust, so she had called her old friend back to Meridianna to help her.
Now she was before her looking rather pleased with herself. Standing next to her was a Techno.
"Everything go well? Did she talk to anyone?"
"Not that I know of, I grabbed her in her home early this morning"
"Good work" she turned back to Lori and removed the gag. Immediately a parade of insults burst forth criticizing everything from the school system, law enforcement to rope burns. Cybersix waited patiently for the profanity to subside.
"What's going on here?!" Lori finally demanded.
"You've been kidnapped obviously" Adrian answered calmly.
"Why?"
"Because you went prying were you had no business prying."
"Who are you and what do you mean you bastard?" Cybersix smiled a little.
"I'm a bitch actually," she said letting her hair fall down and removed her glasses. Lori was shocked and angry.
"You're that kinky chick!"
"If that is the phrase, then you, my dear, are going to be a dead chick soon." Lori's breathing quickened even more but her fear didn't show anywhere but in her eyes: they never quite learned how to lie. In a way Cybersix admired her: She was slutty, true, but she could take as well as give.
"Bitch" was all she said. It was almost muttered under her breath.
"Actually I'm surprised that YOU fell for me! Couldn't tell the difference? Pathetic for someone like yourself." Cybersix continued, "The way you throw your body around, you wouldn't have lived very long anyway."
Lori snorted, "That's pretty rich coming from a bitch in drag!"
Cybersix just shrugged her shoulders in response. She was still thinking of how she was going to kill Lori. She didn't want a big mess and she admitted to herself that she wanted Lori to suffer as little pain as possible. She could cut her wrists and make it look like suicide which would doubtless be really good for them.
In the end she just decided to "keep it simple stupid" and slit her throat. The girl glared at her, teeth clenched ready to hurl forth some more swear words should times call on it. Lyra sat back and watched as Cybersix came over to Lori with knife in hand. Lori didn't seem to be able to say anything, she was really scared now that she understood this was for real. Cybersix held up the knife to the young girl's neck.
A thin trickle of blood began to slip down the knife and into her shirt, Cybersix closed her eyes for moment. A moaning filled her mind, Dr. Zack covered with blood…Elio when she found him from playing in the water, a small trickle of blood ran down his chin from where they had hit him…29 after they brought his body up from where he had fallen. Her hand, the one that held the knife, shook a little in anger scrapping Lori's neck a little more.
"Was this really the best thing to do?" she thought. Couldn't Lori be used for something? A hostage perhaps? It would be good to have one. She could always keep her to do experiments on. No, she would never be like her Father. He had been cruel, evil and insane. She mentally shook her head and again tried to draw the knife across the teenager's throat. Lori watched her with wide, scared eyes, not saying anything except the occasional muttered cuss word.
Cybersix drew back her blade, "Take her to Jose's mansion." Even though the clone was dead the mansion had still retained the name of "Jose's mansion," as if in some weird form of remembrance.
"I thought you wanted to kill her?" the Techno said.
"I changed my mind," Cybersix said irritably, "Thought she would do better as a hostage then a corpse." This was only half the truth. The whole truth was Cybersix couldn't bring herself to kill the girl. She didn't know why. She had killed before, and Lori even knew who Cybersix was, but… it was because she would make a good hostage, Cybersix said to herself. That was the only reason she had kept her alive: Something inside her knew that she would come in handy sometime. Besides she could always kill her later shoud she turn out to be a problem, this way she wasn't shutting any possible doors. She nodded to seal the matter to herself, there was no other reason.
"Um…could I have her? For a little while?" asked the timid voice of the Techno. Cybersix turned to glare at him, running through the list of Technos in her head. This one had been made by Von Reichter himself, not by her. That would explain his perversion she thought.
"No"
The Techno didn't ask again, knowing he would probably be punished for asking as it was. Lyra picked Lori up, who had been gagged again, and left the room. The Techno followed her, with Cybersix trailing behind all of them, leaving the subway as if nothing had happened.
End of chapter 11