The Raven
Part V- Identities Revealed...
These five simple words that were just muttered by this girl, this Cyber....made the room fall silent as if under a dark spell. Jose, eyes wide, loosened his grip on slid off her waist to the floor. The doctor's image on the huge screen bore a face of shock, and astonishment.
"My dear creation....have I just heard you say the magic words that I have been waiting to hear for years?" Von Riechter's voice was low but high pitched and edgy.
Raven stood tall and at attention, feeling her power. "Yes, Sir. She currently cloaks herself from the city in a near by apartment. As I followed her last night, I saw her and the Data enter it....but not depart it."
Von Riechter smiled a smile of triumph. "Excellent. You have proven yourself to be my finest project, Ultra-Cyber 1. You have accomplished more in the months you have been on this earth, then some of my other creations have accomplished all their lives..." he quickly flashed a 'look of death' at Jose.
Jose, for once paid no attention...but instead focused on Raven. "You have done well, Raven. I admire your skill and craft." He smiled, but it seem to be aimed at himself. "I, if I may compliment, have trained you well."
Von Riechter looked confused for a minute, then said "What did you just call her??..."
Jose knew this was coming. Ever since the night he granted the Ultra-Cyber a name, he had been waiting for the inevitable. "Uh...Raven, Father. I thought that maybe since she was pleasing you so, perhaps we could announce her as something besides her Cyber Code..."
"...but if your displeased with this, Sir, I will whole-heartedly return to Ultra-Cyber." Said Raven, finishing Jose's sentence.
Von Riechter didn't look angry....he looked....intrigued. "Raven....how unusual and cryptic...."
Raven saw that he seemed to like the darkness of the chosen word. "Permission to sustain this term, Sir?"
Von Riechter looked to be pondering the situation. "Permission granted." He said.
Jose and Raven smiled slightly at each other, then waited for their creator to continue. "Now then, Raven," he said, accenting the 'Raven' to make it stand out. "You will go out today into Meridiana, and prepare to destroy her." he glanced towards Jose, then harshly added, "take him with you. Make sure he stays out of trouble."
*****
"Up and down, up and down, up and dow......ohhhhh....." trailed off an air-sick Jose, as he draped loosely over Raven's arm as she jumped from roof-top to roof-top. His face was turning a pail green color, and his eyes looked as if he was just hit on the head with a blunt instrument. "Do you have to bounce around so much?? What are you, half rabbit?!"
Raven looked down, annoyed. He hadn't stopped whining since they had started out that morning. "Could be. I am an Ultra-Cyber, maybe I can bounce a little more then the cybers." she suddenly smiled evilly. "Say! I have an idea!" Jose looked up at her suspiciously. "Let's see if we can go really high...."
Jose bared his teeth. "NO! I command you not to!" He said panicky.
"Then be quiet." Raven snapped. Jose knew enough to know when he was beaten, so he quickly shut up. Following them close behind, was her raven.
To Jose's relief, they finally settled on top of what looked like an apartment complex. Jose slid off Raven's arm, and melted himself over the edge of the building, groaning.
"This is it Jose," whispered Raven. "She's inside. It's early, so we couldn't have missed her." she placed one foot on the edge, bending further down to look at the street below.
"Excellent." Jose stumbled over, and stood beside her.
As the hours pasted, Raven remained in her steady, eager state of mind. Jose, on the other hand, was getting to be like a child who had missed his well needed nap.
"When is she going to come out?? Are you sure you have the right building??...."
"Soon Jose...." Raven stood in the same position as she was when they first landed there. Her reflexes triggered at the slightest movement and sound...which was getting slightly annoying, since all Jose did was complain.
Suddenly, stories below then, they saw someone exit the main doors. Both Jose and Raven stood in complete silence and tranquility. They held their breath until the subject turned around.... 'this is it' they thought....it was.....They let out a long, disappointed breath. It was only a man. He was young, black hair, glasses, and wore a white shirt and blue pants.
Raven saw Jose's face turning red. "Oh no." she said. She had witnessed his previous temper-tantrums in the previous months to know enough that he was bound to have one any second.
Casually, Raven glanced at the young man again. Strangely, something wouldn't leave her be about this individual....there was something familiar about him....too familiar. She narrowed her eyes, trying to grab a better look at him, but he was already walking quickly down the street.
Raven turned her head sharply. "Jose, come here!" she didn't even wait until Jose had completely walked over to her. She grabbed him in her arms, and at the speed of light, started running in the direction that the young man had disappeared in.
*****
"Morning, Lucas." said Adrian with a smile as he walked into the Cafe. Lucas sat at their usual table, eating the usual four plates of food that he eats
"Morning, Adrian. A little late this morning, aren't we?" He smiled, and took a drink of his coffee.
Adrian paused. "Ah...I was...uh...I didn't get in until late last night."
Lucas looked over to him. "Where were you? I don't think I've ever heard you mention that you went out."
Adrian tried to get Lucas off the top. "...Oops." he looked at his watch. "We had better get going. Don't want to be late." quickly, he stepped past the table, and waited outside for his friend.
'That was close' Cybersix thought to herself as she leaned against the wall in her identity costume. Not everything she told Lucas was a lie...she actually did get in late the previous night. She and Data 7 didn't loose that creature until wee in the morning. They were as careful as they could have been not to give away where they went. She was sure that whatever it was didn't know where to find them, but she was sure it would be back.
Lucas finally pushed open the door, walking onto the sidewalk. "Okay Mr. Punctual, let's go."
*****
Raven stood on top of a building that stood across the street from the Cafe. She was hidden in the shadows, making sure that no one saw her. Jose stood by, silently, but suddenly his voice rose up. "Wait a minute! I know him! He's always with Cybersix..." He pointed down to Lucas, who kept talking with Adrian.
Raven rushed over and looked Lucas over. "Hmmm.....he looks slow enough, but it looks as if whatever he lacks in his head, he makes up with his physical appearance. He could be a problem...but problems are disposed of."
*****
Adrian and Lucas walked down the hallway towards their classrooms. They parted and walked into their full classes.
"Morning everyone." Said Adrian as he dropped his books onto his front desk. The classroom stopped their commotion, and turned silent.
"Morning!" called Lori, sitting her usual careless way at her chair. She sat with her elbows on the table, her face in her hands with a love-sick look on her face.
Adrian shook his head. "Today, we will be talking about one of history's greatest poets, Edgar Allan Poe. The piece that I am about to read is one of his finest works. It's entitled, The Raven."
Raven scouted outside, looking for a way to find the young man. She looked up, and saw that the school had ledges, probably just the right size for her to set her toes on. With one giant leap, she scrunched herself against the building on the ledge. Her raven flew up and perched itself on top of her shoulder. She suddenly heard a familiar voice. She looked above her, and saw an open window.
".....and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me--filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before....."
She recognized the voice of the man. "Oh, what luck." she silently whispered to herself. She sat, listening to the words coming from the window.
"......Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before....."
Raven's attention locked itself to these words. These verses that he was speaking enchanted her... she had never heard anything so dark. She continued to listen to the poem, suddenly Adrian read a part to the poem that grabbed at her even more.
"...bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such a name as 'Nevermore'..."
"This is a sonnet of ravens," she whispered to herself. She stroked the head of the bird that sat on her shoulders. "How exquisite... a name of Nevermore."
Raven sat quietly on the ledge until Adrian was finished the poetry.
*****
After the school was deserted and empty, Raven followed the young man home. The sky was getting dark, and she noticed that he began to hurry to get home. As she watched from the shadows, he disappeared into the apartment.
Jose yawned and sat down. "Look... I don't know who this guy is, and I don't care! You are suppose to be on the hunt for Cybersix!!"
Raven slapped her hand over his mouth. "Shhh. Jose, you told me that you've seen the blond with Cybersix. So that means that...." she suddenly stopped when she saw a window on the side of the building open, and on the ledge, stood a woman. The same woman that Raven had stalked to previous night.
Before Raven could react, Cybersix took off into the night.
"Come on, Jose." Raven whispered with a pure evil look on her face. "Tonight will be the night. I grow weary of this game of bird and mouse....before the sun rises, somebody will die."
To Be Concluded in the Sixth, and Final Part...
Part V- Identities Revealed...
These five simple words that were just muttered by this girl, this Cyber....made the room fall silent as if under a dark spell. Jose, eyes wide, loosened his grip on slid off her waist to the floor. The doctor's image on the huge screen bore a face of shock, and astonishment.
"My dear creation....have I just heard you say the magic words that I have been waiting to hear for years?" Von Riechter's voice was low but high pitched and edgy.
Raven stood tall and at attention, feeling her power. "Yes, Sir. She currently cloaks herself from the city in a near by apartment. As I followed her last night, I saw her and the Data enter it....but not depart it."
Von Riechter smiled a smile of triumph. "Excellent. You have proven yourself to be my finest project, Ultra-Cyber 1. You have accomplished more in the months you have been on this earth, then some of my other creations have accomplished all their lives..." he quickly flashed a 'look of death' at Jose.
Jose, for once paid no attention...but instead focused on Raven. "You have done well, Raven. I admire your skill and craft." He smiled, but it seem to be aimed at himself. "I, if I may compliment, have trained you well."
Von Riechter looked confused for a minute, then said "What did you just call her??..."
Jose knew this was coming. Ever since the night he granted the Ultra-Cyber a name, he had been waiting for the inevitable. "Uh...Raven, Father. I thought that maybe since she was pleasing you so, perhaps we could announce her as something besides her Cyber Code..."
"...but if your displeased with this, Sir, I will whole-heartedly return to Ultra-Cyber." Said Raven, finishing Jose's sentence.
Von Riechter didn't look angry....he looked....intrigued. "Raven....how unusual and cryptic...."
Raven saw that he seemed to like the darkness of the chosen word. "Permission to sustain this term, Sir?"
Von Riechter looked to be pondering the situation. "Permission granted." He said.
Jose and Raven smiled slightly at each other, then waited for their creator to continue. "Now then, Raven," he said, accenting the 'Raven' to make it stand out. "You will go out today into Meridiana, and prepare to destroy her." he glanced towards Jose, then harshly added, "take him with you. Make sure he stays out of trouble."
*****
"Up and down, up and down, up and dow......ohhhhh....." trailed off an air-sick Jose, as he draped loosely over Raven's arm as she jumped from roof-top to roof-top. His face was turning a pail green color, and his eyes looked as if he was just hit on the head with a blunt instrument. "Do you have to bounce around so much?? What are you, half rabbit?!"
Raven looked down, annoyed. He hadn't stopped whining since they had started out that morning. "Could be. I am an Ultra-Cyber, maybe I can bounce a little more then the cybers." she suddenly smiled evilly. "Say! I have an idea!" Jose looked up at her suspiciously. "Let's see if we can go really high...."
Jose bared his teeth. "NO! I command you not to!" He said panicky.
"Then be quiet." Raven snapped. Jose knew enough to know when he was beaten, so he quickly shut up. Following them close behind, was her raven.
To Jose's relief, they finally settled on top of what looked like an apartment complex. Jose slid off Raven's arm, and melted himself over the edge of the building, groaning.
"This is it Jose," whispered Raven. "She's inside. It's early, so we couldn't have missed her." she placed one foot on the edge, bending further down to look at the street below.
"Excellent." Jose stumbled over, and stood beside her.
As the hours pasted, Raven remained in her steady, eager state of mind. Jose, on the other hand, was getting to be like a child who had missed his well needed nap.
"When is she going to come out?? Are you sure you have the right building??...."
"Soon Jose...." Raven stood in the same position as she was when they first landed there. Her reflexes triggered at the slightest movement and sound...which was getting slightly annoying, since all Jose did was complain.
Suddenly, stories below then, they saw someone exit the main doors. Both Jose and Raven stood in complete silence and tranquility. They held their breath until the subject turned around.... 'this is it' they thought....it was.....They let out a long, disappointed breath. It was only a man. He was young, black hair, glasses, and wore a white shirt and blue pants.
Raven saw Jose's face turning red. "Oh no." she said. She had witnessed his previous temper-tantrums in the previous months to know enough that he was bound to have one any second.
Casually, Raven glanced at the young man again. Strangely, something wouldn't leave her be about this individual....there was something familiar about him....too familiar. She narrowed her eyes, trying to grab a better look at him, but he was already walking quickly down the street.
Raven turned her head sharply. "Jose, come here!" she didn't even wait until Jose had completely walked over to her. She grabbed him in her arms, and at the speed of light, started running in the direction that the young man had disappeared in.
*****
"Morning, Lucas." said Adrian with a smile as he walked into the Cafe. Lucas sat at their usual table, eating the usual four plates of food that he eats
"Morning, Adrian. A little late this morning, aren't we?" He smiled, and took a drink of his coffee.
Adrian paused. "Ah...I was...uh...I didn't get in until late last night."
Lucas looked over to him. "Where were you? I don't think I've ever heard you mention that you went out."
Adrian tried to get Lucas off the top. "...Oops." he looked at his watch. "We had better get going. Don't want to be late." quickly, he stepped past the table, and waited outside for his friend.
'That was close' Cybersix thought to herself as she leaned against the wall in her identity costume. Not everything she told Lucas was a lie...she actually did get in late the previous night. She and Data 7 didn't loose that creature until wee in the morning. They were as careful as they could have been not to give away where they went. She was sure that whatever it was didn't know where to find them, but she was sure it would be back.
Lucas finally pushed open the door, walking onto the sidewalk. "Okay Mr. Punctual, let's go."
*****
Raven stood on top of a building that stood across the street from the Cafe. She was hidden in the shadows, making sure that no one saw her. Jose stood by, silently, but suddenly his voice rose up. "Wait a minute! I know him! He's always with Cybersix..." He pointed down to Lucas, who kept talking with Adrian.
Raven rushed over and looked Lucas over. "Hmmm.....he looks slow enough, but it looks as if whatever he lacks in his head, he makes up with his physical appearance. He could be a problem...but problems are disposed of."
*****
Adrian and Lucas walked down the hallway towards their classrooms. They parted and walked into their full classes.
"Morning everyone." Said Adrian as he dropped his books onto his front desk. The classroom stopped their commotion, and turned silent.
"Morning!" called Lori, sitting her usual careless way at her chair. She sat with her elbows on the table, her face in her hands with a love-sick look on her face.
Adrian shook his head. "Today, we will be talking about one of history's greatest poets, Edgar Allan Poe. The piece that I am about to read is one of his finest works. It's entitled, The Raven."
Raven scouted outside, looking for a way to find the young man. She looked up, and saw that the school had ledges, probably just the right size for her to set her toes on. With one giant leap, she scrunched herself against the building on the ledge. Her raven flew up and perched itself on top of her shoulder. She suddenly heard a familiar voice. She looked above her, and saw an open window.
".....and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me--filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before....."
She recognized the voice of the man. "Oh, what luck." she silently whispered to herself. She sat, listening to the words coming from the window.
"......Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before....."
Raven's attention locked itself to these words. These verses that he was speaking enchanted her... she had never heard anything so dark. She continued to listen to the poem, suddenly Adrian read a part to the poem that grabbed at her even more.
"...bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such a name as 'Nevermore'..."
"This is a sonnet of ravens," she whispered to herself. She stroked the head of the bird that sat on her shoulders. "How exquisite... a name of Nevermore."
Raven sat quietly on the ledge until Adrian was finished the poetry.
*****
After the school was deserted and empty, Raven followed the young man home. The sky was getting dark, and she noticed that he began to hurry to get home. As she watched from the shadows, he disappeared into the apartment.
Jose yawned and sat down. "Look... I don't know who this guy is, and I don't care! You are suppose to be on the hunt for Cybersix!!"
Raven slapped her hand over his mouth. "Shhh. Jose, you told me that you've seen the blond with Cybersix. So that means that...." she suddenly stopped when she saw a window on the side of the building open, and on the ledge, stood a woman. The same woman that Raven had stalked to previous night.
Before Raven could react, Cybersix took off into the night.
"Come on, Jose." Raven whispered with a pure evil look on her face. "Tonight will be the night. I grow weary of this game of bird and mouse....before the sun rises, somebody will die."
To Be Concluded in the Sixth, and Final Part...
