A/N Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. Here's the next chapter.
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Words floated around in her head, repeating themselves endlessly. And what was worse: she couldn't understand them. Her mind felt like exploding and she felt like screaming, but she could do neither. And it seemed as if her body was being restrained somehow.
Cold filled her and ran down her. Breath slowly escaped her and just barely kept her alive. What had happened? That man had said a few words and she just fell like a stone. That man.. Now she remembered. He was Monotomo Peilei, but not. The way he talked.. It was almost as if he were.. Hazanko! That bastard! She would kill him when she got the next chance. She had had nightmares about him, about what he had done to her.
That bastard had stolen away her first kiss. She would never for give him for that. And he killed Dakota, the man she had admired so much. He had played his games with her, kept going when her body could take no more. He would pay dearly for those things he had done to her.
Something warm touched her. It ran down her chest to her legs. It was a hand.
"BASTARD!" Maki opened up her eyes and saw Hazanko smiling. She breathed heavily and fury filled her.
"I knew that would get your attention. You always hated that. Now, you are in my control. You will open up the way to the Leyline. And you have no choice in the matter." He held out his hand and repeated the line that had paralyzed her. Nothing happened. "What? Why isn't it working?"
At that moment, the restraints holding her to the door released and she fell to the floor. She stood up and looked coldly at him. "It's called free will, dumb ass. I just commanded the Leyline to set me free, and it did. It seems they changed their way of doing things since the last time you came here. They will no longer allow a Maiden of the Leyline to be used against her will. And I like that."
Hazanko backed up and drew out a pistol. His hands shook as he pointed it at her. "Stay away. I will kill you if necessary."
Maki smiled. "No, you won't. I'm worth too much to just kill me, aren't I?" She stood firm where she was.
Hazanko shook more rapidly now. "How did you?"
She took a single step towards him. "You know that man in the red suit who met with me about ten years ago, well he's why. He told me that I was a top-class bio android. Actually, he said I was much more sophisticated than a bio android due to the fact that I am made out of cloned human organs. The only two things that are not human about me are my titanium frame and part of my brain. My cybernetic part of my brain controls my immune system and certain command phrases like the one you used on me."
"You remembered none of this before!"
"That was because beforehand my memories of these events had been suppressed and new ones were added in, to make me think I had been born on Earth and that I had been alive for nineteen years. In reality, I am only ten years old, probably outdated in your standards."
"If you were outdated, do you honestly think I would waste my time with you?" His shaking lessened.
Maki took another step towards him. "Yes, if you were desperate enough for power. Melfina was easy to control because she was a new model. I am ten years old, but I still function. You could care less about that. All you want is power."
"Why the hell did they make you so smart? Melfina wasn't even as smart as you!"
Maki took another step. "That's because Melfina has not been around for as long. I have street smarts. She does not, or if she does, very few of them. But, the man in the red suit told me that I was designed to be smart, so it is really not my fault."
"You are a failed prototype because of that. Bio androids are supposed to be semi-intelligent and, with the aid of the Leyline command, completely obedient. Melfina is almost a perfect example of this."
"But her love for Gene Starwind came out on top. You see Hazanko, love is perhaps the most dangerous thing in the entire universe. Love can create bonds that are tighter than anything, and if they are broken or loosened, serious repercussions will occur.
"People in love tend to become quite violent when their loved ones are taken away from them. This violence is a kind that is very difficult to defeat."
"How would you know?"
She was now only three feet from him. "Why do you think?"
He thought about it for a moment. "You, in love? How absurd! How could you feel love?"
Tears formed faintly on the edges of her eyes. "I am in love, and you shouldn't question that. Love is not quite so hard to grasp for me. I understand it well." A single teardrop fell and rolled down her cheek. "And I will make you pay for hurting those I love!"
Maki charged at Hazanko. Bullets flew, two hitting Maki. One hit her shoulder and the other hit her thigh. However, that did not stop her. She brought a clean, solid punch across his face, sending a few feet to land on the ground hard.
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"Jim, contact the Venus Eclipse! We've got a lock on the Leyline," said Sazuka. The Venus Eclipse's sensors had been damaged during the fight with Hazanko's ship, so the Outlaw Star had to relay the data to Kashamie through the communications system.
"Right." Jim patched a line through to Kashamie. "Kashamie, Sazuka's gonna transfer the Leyline data to you."
"Alright. I'm ready anytime."
"Sazuka, go ahead and transfer the data."
"Transferring data.. Transferred. You should have the data now."
"Yeah, I do. It's coming up on my control panel right now. You guys get going. The data seems to have no errors and the coordinates have already loaded, so get going and don't waste time. I highly doubt Maki has time to spare."
"Roger. Outlaw Star out."
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The massive C'tarl ship floated outside the large, black orb that housed the Galactic Leyline. They had abandoned the Heifon Space Race to be here, and it was only because the captain had a spell of clairvoyance and believed Maki was in danger. Although, they were not complaining. This was the Galactic Leyline, so if they could get in, riches would probably be waiting.
"Captain, we are nearly ready to enter the Leyline," said a man sitting at one of several control panels.
Tuno, the captain of the Cura Cura, had a hard face on. Maki was in there, and he knew it. They had little time to waste. "Good. The second we are able, put our engines on full and take us to the Leyline."
"Yes sir."
Maki, Tuno thought, I am coming.
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A/N So, how was that? I hope you liked it.
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Words floated around in her head, repeating themselves endlessly. And what was worse: she couldn't understand them. Her mind felt like exploding and she felt like screaming, but she could do neither. And it seemed as if her body was being restrained somehow.
Cold filled her and ran down her. Breath slowly escaped her and just barely kept her alive. What had happened? That man had said a few words and she just fell like a stone. That man.. Now she remembered. He was Monotomo Peilei, but not. The way he talked.. It was almost as if he were.. Hazanko! That bastard! She would kill him when she got the next chance. She had had nightmares about him, about what he had done to her.
That bastard had stolen away her first kiss. She would never for give him for that. And he killed Dakota, the man she had admired so much. He had played his games with her, kept going when her body could take no more. He would pay dearly for those things he had done to her.
Something warm touched her. It ran down her chest to her legs. It was a hand.
"BASTARD!" Maki opened up her eyes and saw Hazanko smiling. She breathed heavily and fury filled her.
"I knew that would get your attention. You always hated that. Now, you are in my control. You will open up the way to the Leyline. And you have no choice in the matter." He held out his hand and repeated the line that had paralyzed her. Nothing happened. "What? Why isn't it working?"
At that moment, the restraints holding her to the door released and she fell to the floor. She stood up and looked coldly at him. "It's called free will, dumb ass. I just commanded the Leyline to set me free, and it did. It seems they changed their way of doing things since the last time you came here. They will no longer allow a Maiden of the Leyline to be used against her will. And I like that."
Hazanko backed up and drew out a pistol. His hands shook as he pointed it at her. "Stay away. I will kill you if necessary."
Maki smiled. "No, you won't. I'm worth too much to just kill me, aren't I?" She stood firm where she was.
Hazanko shook more rapidly now. "How did you?"
She took a single step towards him. "You know that man in the red suit who met with me about ten years ago, well he's why. He told me that I was a top-class bio android. Actually, he said I was much more sophisticated than a bio android due to the fact that I am made out of cloned human organs. The only two things that are not human about me are my titanium frame and part of my brain. My cybernetic part of my brain controls my immune system and certain command phrases like the one you used on me."
"You remembered none of this before!"
"That was because beforehand my memories of these events had been suppressed and new ones were added in, to make me think I had been born on Earth and that I had been alive for nineteen years. In reality, I am only ten years old, probably outdated in your standards."
"If you were outdated, do you honestly think I would waste my time with you?" His shaking lessened.
Maki took another step towards him. "Yes, if you were desperate enough for power. Melfina was easy to control because she was a new model. I am ten years old, but I still function. You could care less about that. All you want is power."
"Why the hell did they make you so smart? Melfina wasn't even as smart as you!"
Maki took another step. "That's because Melfina has not been around for as long. I have street smarts. She does not, or if she does, very few of them. But, the man in the red suit told me that I was designed to be smart, so it is really not my fault."
"You are a failed prototype because of that. Bio androids are supposed to be semi-intelligent and, with the aid of the Leyline command, completely obedient. Melfina is almost a perfect example of this."
"But her love for Gene Starwind came out on top. You see Hazanko, love is perhaps the most dangerous thing in the entire universe. Love can create bonds that are tighter than anything, and if they are broken or loosened, serious repercussions will occur.
"People in love tend to become quite violent when their loved ones are taken away from them. This violence is a kind that is very difficult to defeat."
"How would you know?"
She was now only three feet from him. "Why do you think?"
He thought about it for a moment. "You, in love? How absurd! How could you feel love?"
Tears formed faintly on the edges of her eyes. "I am in love, and you shouldn't question that. Love is not quite so hard to grasp for me. I understand it well." A single teardrop fell and rolled down her cheek. "And I will make you pay for hurting those I love!"
Maki charged at Hazanko. Bullets flew, two hitting Maki. One hit her shoulder and the other hit her thigh. However, that did not stop her. She brought a clean, solid punch across his face, sending a few feet to land on the ground hard.
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"Jim, contact the Venus Eclipse! We've got a lock on the Leyline," said Sazuka. The Venus Eclipse's sensors had been damaged during the fight with Hazanko's ship, so the Outlaw Star had to relay the data to Kashamie through the communications system.
"Right." Jim patched a line through to Kashamie. "Kashamie, Sazuka's gonna transfer the Leyline data to you."
"Alright. I'm ready anytime."
"Sazuka, go ahead and transfer the data."
"Transferring data.. Transferred. You should have the data now."
"Yeah, I do. It's coming up on my control panel right now. You guys get going. The data seems to have no errors and the coordinates have already loaded, so get going and don't waste time. I highly doubt Maki has time to spare."
"Roger. Outlaw Star out."
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The massive C'tarl ship floated outside the large, black orb that housed the Galactic Leyline. They had abandoned the Heifon Space Race to be here, and it was only because the captain had a spell of clairvoyance and believed Maki was in danger. Although, they were not complaining. This was the Galactic Leyline, so if they could get in, riches would probably be waiting.
"Captain, we are nearly ready to enter the Leyline," said a man sitting at one of several control panels.
Tuno, the captain of the Cura Cura, had a hard face on. Maki was in there, and he knew it. They had little time to waste. "Good. The second we are able, put our engines on full and take us to the Leyline."
"Yes sir."
Maki, Tuno thought, I am coming.
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A/N So, how was that? I hope you liked it.