Lies

A/N: Not a good day… Not much else to say except for a special thanks to flyboy961 for helping me out with all my stories thus far.

To the story!

"You're confused, are you not?" someone asked from past his closed eyelids. Ever since that last vision everything had been deathly quiet. He assumed he'd been sleeping… "I know you probably can't answer me yet. I have answers for you. Ones that are going to seem much more plausible than what Aivillia and Zephyr are telling you. They are advanced beings that shouldn't be messed with. We shall be watching for you to recover. If you wish to hear what we have to say then meet us at the rundown house in the woods on the day that you recover."

He heard footsteps, signaling that the person was leaving. After he heard the door close he tried to curl his fingers and toes again. Meeting those feats with success he tried to open his eyes and slowly succeeded.

"Oh good, you're awake… How are you feeling?" Yolanda asked him, walking over quickly.

-Lirril-

She took Odd's hand in hers and brought him toward the forest. "There's something that I have to tell you, but you have to promise not to tell anyone and you have to hear me out…"

Odd nodded, determination showing on his face.

Lirril took a deep breath. She barely knew Odd, but she could tell easily that she could trust him. She could trust him and she could get his help. "I'm not like you… I technically wasn't born… I truthfully am not really supposed to even exist… I was created by someone… I was created for them to sell as a worker that would work for free as long as I had food to eat and a place to sleep. Same for the others. I can't tell you who the others are, but you should know that I'm an AI. I still do have normal bodily functions, though."

Odd looked as if he were thinking something over then beamed at her. "It's okay! We used to think that Aelita was an AI before she came to Earth and we found out about her dad."

"The thing is though, Odd, that right now there are five AIs here. Me, my three friends, and one of your friends. I can't tell you who or anything else because I'm almost positive that someone is coming near, but please don't hate me…" In truth all that she really wanted was to be accepted. She wanted people to like her for her. She wanted to be able to have a family and grow older, which she still did (but that wasn't the point), or to be able to live her life before she shut down for good… She wanted to experience everything…

"C'mon, I have something I want to show you. Just like you said, though, you can't tell anyone."

-Zender-

"I know exactly what I'll tell him. It will most likely buy us the time that we need to find the traitor and return the child's memories to him so that we may get to those prototypes," he stated to the computer screen.

"Good work… I knew placing you four on the job was the correct decision. Now, what of Lirril?" the man asked, leaning forward.

"She's been hanging around the humans much more frequently than necessary. I think she may revert to their side, but it's not too much of a loss. She'll lose."

"That's what I like to hear…"

"The man in charge of the dorms is coming. I'll contact you tomorrow."

"Good."

Zender shut off the computer and went to lie in the bed he was provided.

(*)(*)(*)(*) The Next Day (*)(*)(*)(*)

Ulrich walked quickly into the woods. He'd been excused from classes for the day in order to recover from the headache that was still bluntly aching. It was small and manageable, but in no means did that mean that it needed to be there.

"I see you came," a girl with light blue hair wearing Japanese style clothing said as she walked up to him. "So you're going to hear us out?"

He nodded. "I just want to know the truth. I'll listen to what you have to say, but I can't promise I'll believe you."

"That's all we ask for. My name is Aiko, by the way. The girl up in the trees is Amelina. Zender is the one that spoke to you and he's waiting at the house. We needed to make sure that there wasn't anyone following you. If Aivillia or Zephyr saw that you were speaking with us or that we knew the truth then we'd be in big trouble and they can't know that we know… That puts the five of us in danger," Aiko explained as she brought him toward the Hermitage standing in the distance.

"Yeah, that's basically what they told me. I can't tell anyone because you'd either get experimented on or something worse. I know that telling would probably put me and my friends in an awkward position, too," he stated as they entered the gates.

"Zender would like to speak with you alone, if that's alright. Amelina and I will be standing guard out here so you don't have to worry about him trying something. He really just wishes to speak with you," Aiko explained as Amelina came out of the trees and followed beside the two.

"Aiko, I'll be standing at the gate," Amelina stated, her black hair swaying with the breeze.

Aiko nodded and then turned her attention to Ulrich. "Please have an open mind about what you are going to hear. It may be shocking…"

Ulrich nodded and walked inside. He knew that Zender would most likely be in the room that looked as if it were the living room. It was big and open. He went toward the room and saw Zender standing there in the center, waiting.

"Ulrich, we've met before. Xander is an alias that I use. It's just so that certain people don't know I'm around," Zender said as he looked Ulrich over. "I can see why they chose you…"

"Chose me?" Ulrich asked, walking closer, but not close enough that Zender could grab him or something.

"Yes, Aivillia and Zephyr chose you when you were little. They caused the fire that killed your real family. They weren't really planning on having someone else find you. I hear that the story is that they left to get something to eat, not leaving someone to watch you, and someone else found you. They've spent a good span of time trying to find you. I can see you're curious as to what I mean, correct?" Zender asked, taking a seat on the ground.

Ulrich followed suit and nodded. "They told me that I'm their younger brother, Tristam."

"That's partway true, Ulrich. You must understand something first. Aivillia, Zephyr, Aiko, Amelina, and myself are all AIs. We were created to serve one purpose. To serve the people that took us. Aivillia and her parents' generation were the prototypes. Her parents are escaped prototypes. Tristam was only four, the same age you were when they started that fire, and he was goofing off here. They can't stay on Earth too long or they die. He wasn't paying attention to how long he stayed and he nearly died. There was enough time to store his memories and personality somewhere. Tristam looked much like you did as a child. I've found pictures. Do you understand now what has happened?" Zender asked, looking at Ulrich's expression.

A/N: I'll leave it there since my parents are bugging me about getting off. =3 I'm kind of mad right now, because they're threatening to unplug the computers. XPPP It's really stupid. I'm hoping that they don't. I just thought I'd warn you guys, though. It'll be until our house is immaculate. Which won't happen. So I don't know how long it might be. Cleaning to my mom's standards means that it's never EVER clean. EVER. Unless she's the one that does it. =P

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~MoonlitxAngel