Author's note: Lolz at R-02 D2! As long as Pyunma can be BB-8! XD Thanks for the review!
Hope this one is worth my nonsense….!
I tried to write about cybernetics but let's face it, I don't have a clue. So what I wrote may not make sense IRL buuuut to be fair, crazy stuff happens with the cyborgs (like 007 having THE BEST power or all those weird physic ones… not much explanation is given to their powers. So please, just roll with my theory *pushes glasses up on nose*) ENJOY! Can't wait to hear what ya think :D
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Chapter 12: Hunting for Witches
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"She gives me the creeps. She is just so weird and cold," Lily sighed as she sat with her teammates in the common room. Pyunma was piloting the Dolphin and R-02 was mediating in a spare room on the other end of the ship as finished examining her. They had a few more hours to get to Greece where they would stop before going to the Island of Magma in order for them all to recover to full strength before seeking out the gods. "Well, Jet was also weird and cold when we met him and look at him now!" Chang piped up. Jet's mouth dropped as he turned to the chef, "Hey, shut your mouth!" Albert shrugged, "Well, if you tried warming up to her and ask her about herself, maybe she will warm up to you?" Lily turned to him to face him properly. "Warm up to her? I say we burn her at the stake. See if she is a witch, anyone else in favor?" GB slowly started to raise his hand, only to be smacked down by Albert. "We are not hunting witches, it's bad enough we are hunting gods." Lily chuckled and continued, "But I did try! I was like, 'Hey, R-02, we started on the wrong foot here. Let's start with introductions. I'm Lily, I am from New Orleans, and I was training as a botanist before all this crazy stuff happened. What about you?' and she was like, 'I am R-02 and my personal information is classified.' Pppppppfttt!" Lily threw her hands up as she mocked R-02's British accent, badly. "Sorry, but I am getting tired of this, 'Oh I am so mysterious' act."
Jet chuckled at her impression and Albert shook his head, "Well, perhaps after this god issue is sorted out, she will relax a bit." Lily eyed Albert carefully, 'He seems pretty interested in R-02….' She glanced over at Jet who gave her a knowing nod. Her train of thought was interrupted by Dr. Gilmore's announcement over the intercom. "Alright, everyone, I need to see you one by one to check your vitals. It shouldn't take long. Lily, will you come first please? I also what to check that bite you sustained a few months ago." Lily looked down, pulling at the sleeve of her right hand and tracing her fingers over her wrist.
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Lily sat on the edge of the bed as Dr. Gilmore compared his notes. "Well, Dr. Gilmore, what's the verdict?" she asked nervously. He turned to her and took off his glasses, resting them on his notes. "Lily, your core make up has shifted from when we initially met. Your self-heal ability has manifested, meaning that it is now powerful, but also unbalanced. I am afraid that if you push yourself in battle, you could risk over powering your system and it could shut down, placing you back in a coma." Lily leaned forward, elbows on her knees, trying to process the information. "But Dr. Gilmore, I can't not fight," she responded quietly, not meeting his gaze. "It's too risky, Lily. It is best to stay on board when we reach the Island of Magma and I will run more tests and take samples. You would be a danger to the team if your system shuts down during any confrontation." She sat up straight and her hands balled into fists. "But I can't let everyone else put themselves at risk! I will be careful, I promise." Dr. Gilmore shook his head. "No, my girl. You have no control over this. I assure you that I will do everything I can to try and resolve this issue." Lily's shoulders dropped.
"How did this happen, Doctor? Was it all R-03's fault?" Dr. Gilmore stroked his beard. "There is a missing link between you, a 00 Cyborg and the R Cyborgs. You have absorbed power R-03 and it has altered your system. It makes me wonder if you were created with the intention of being able to take on the same make up as the R Cyborgs. As for being R-02's fault….. Hmm. It's hard to say. It appears your readings have altered since then. It could have been because of the incident with R-02. Her energy could have reactivated what was already there after the energy transfer from R-03. After taking a reading from R-02, you both initially had very different make up. However, yours is more like hers now, but not exactly the same. Remember, this is a theor- where are you going?" Lily was already at the door, "I am gonna burn that witch for doing this to me!" Dr. Gilmore hopped up from his seat. "Lily! Sit back down, right now. We have no proof of this." Lily turned back to him. "We have a mission to take care of. We cannot start fighting amongst ourselves. Now, I am going to take more samples from you to run further tests." Lily scowled and sat back on the bed. "Honestly, Lily, I see more and more of Jet in you every time we meet."
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Lily bounced her leg impatiently as she sat at the monitor in the control panel of the Dolphin. Jet, Joe, Albert, R-02 and Francoise had gone to map out the location were the gods were hiding. She was under house arrest for the foreseeable mission, as Doctor Gilmore deemed her a risk. Her right hand found her ring finger, and she traced where her ring should be. It was tucked safely away with her belongings but she now felt naked without it. She thought of Jet and she stomach flipped. 'This must be how he feels about me going out into danger. I hope he is okay. But, if I feel anything, I am leaving this ship to get him and NOTHING can stop me.'
Suddenly, something collided with the ship and everyone was sent flying forward. Then the ship started to lift out of the water. Pyunma hit the scanner and brought up an image of the huge robot. "Firing primary rear torpedoes!" The giant released the ship and she rocked back and forth. "We're being dragged underwater! Activating reverse thrusters!" Pyunma called out. The ship lurched forward, despite the powerful thrusters. "It's no good, we're going down!" Lily flew out of her seat, at the ship nosedived and spun. Everything blurred and Lily felt her stomach flipflop as she held onto the edge of the radar panel. She squeezed her eyes shut and swallowed down the sick feeling. Then everything turned white and the room stopped spinning. Lily slowly opened her eyes. Her grip on the panel loosened as she realized they were now above water again. She looked over at Ivan, seeing his left eye glowing, his pudgy little hand outstretched. "Good thing Ivan woke up!" Chang spluttered as he hauled himself up. G Jr. placed Doctor Gilmore back down on the ground and Pyunma stumbled over to the scanner screen. Lily slowly got back on her feet. She wobbled and grabbed onto her chair for support. "Well, Ivan will probably be out for a couple of weeks after that," Doctor Gilmore stated quietly, looking down at the tiny infant. "The others are returning." Lily's ears pricked at Pyunma's announcement. "Except…. Joe is not with them."
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The team stood in the cockpit of the Dolphin watching Pyunma dive into the water. The search for Joe had begun. The rest of the team had to be checked by Dr. Gilmore before joining the search. The group filtered out as Albert was the first to repaired, leaving just Jet and Lily in the room. He collapsed into a chair. "Well, what happened out there?" Lily asked, sitting beside him. "Well, we did a great job of getting beat up. Joe did manage to take out that panter guy before he was shot in the side." Lily looked up at the screen, the tracker following Pyunma. -Think Joe is okay?- she asked internally, for fear Francoise would hear. She choked up and ran off to her room once they had finished updating the rest of the team on Joe's disappearance. –He'll be fine, I am sure. Francoise said the shot was on the right side and low.- Lily nodded and stretched back in her chair. "It's hell having to stay put while y'all take care of this." Jet looked at her sadly, "I know you're frustrated, Lily, but you know Dr. Gilmore wouldn't keep you here unless it was really necessary." Lily sighed heavily and played with her ring finger again.
"I am just worried, Jet. What if this can't be fixed? I can't just sit on the sidelines, knowing I will never get a chance cos I'm a ticking time bomb." Lily leaned her elbows on her knees and rested her head in her hands. Jet reached forward, and squeezed her shoulder. "Don't worry, Lily. Dr. Gilmore is a genius. He'll figure something out." Lily gave him a small smile. The intercom crackled. "Jet, please proceed to my lab for repairs." He rose to feet. "Well, I guess that's me. Catch you later, Firefly," he bent down to give her a peck on the cheek and left.
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Several hours later, Jet and Pyunma returned with Joe, who had his wound dressed by the blue haired goddess, Artemis. He relayed what she had told him. Chang agreed that she had a strong point; humans indeed have been an aggressive species. The rest discussed the reality that war seemed to be the only way to move forward, only to be silenced by G Jr. and his statement on positive thinking. GB then returned, adding more information on a human working with the gods. Dr. Gilmore recognized GB's morph and concluded that he was Gaia, Black Ghost's right hand scientist who believed that cyborg advancements should not be hindered by human emotions or memories. "His work method was insane. He removed the human memories from his test subjects in order to make them function robotically. It was unethical and so sad," Dr. Gilmore explained.
R-02 looked up from the corner of the room and then walked out, down the adjoining corridor. Lily noticed her leave. GB was explaining about the machine he found in the base of the temple. Ivan's basket floated up, distracting everyone. Nobody seemed to notice that R-02 vanished, so quietly, Lily also left the room.
"The world's in great danger. These beings have the same physic power as me and with that machine they can more than double their strength. They have the capability of destroying the entire planet." Lily could hear Ivan's voice as she quickly went to the control panel. She checked the radar to see that R-02 was already on the Island of Magma. 'She must have used her accelerator. I wonder what she is up to…' Lily furrowed her eyebrows. 'I knew there was something odd. Maybe she has an alliance with these god cyborgs. I better check it out. I can go out and be back before the others notice, Joe needs to be fixed up after all.' Lily used her accelerator and sneaked off the Dolphin to tail the mysterious cyborg.
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R-02 stayed hidden as she watched Gaia walk along the forested path to the cliff's edge. She clenched her teeth and then accelerated, appearing in front of him, blocking his path. She aimed the blaster between his eyes. "Not a sound, Gaia. I will not hesitate in pulling the trigger," she stated coldly. Gaia raised his hands. "Who are you?" he hissed. "I am R-02. You must have worked on me. I will lower my blaster if you agree to cooperate with me." Gaia nodded and R-02 lowered her gun. "Ah, yes, R-02. I did work on you briefly, before R-03 and my mythos cyborgs proved more promising. What do you want?"
Lily skidded to a halt, hearing voices up ahead. She crept quietly, keeping to the shadows. She spied R-02 talking with the same man GB had shown them. 'That sneaky witch! I knew it!' Lily then launched herself forward, grabbing R-02 and knocking her to the ground. She rolled over on top and punched R-02 in the face. "I knew it! I knew you were bad news!" she shouted. R-02's skin started to turn silver and she growled, "Get off, you moron, you don't know what's going on!" Lily raised her fist again when a blue light glowed behind her. R-02's eyes widened as she watched Lily jerk, back arching as a blue arrow hit exited out through the left side of her chest. Lily's pupils contracted and her mouth opened. A small gasp escaped her lips as she fell forward on top of R-02. Panic flooded R-02 as her heart beat quickened. She grabbed Lily by the shoulders and rolled her away, seeing the deep wound right through her heart. Her navy uniform darkened as the blood seeped through the material. Lily's eyes rolled back in her head.
Back on the Dolphin, Jet jerked upright and he blood ran cold. "Lily! Something happened!"
Gaia turned towards the source of the arrow. He raised his gun. "Your purpose to me has been served, Artemis. He pulled the trigger. A laser split the night air and Artemis stumbled back, and disappeared over the edge of the cliff.
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