Cyber 0
Chapter 3 : Ruins

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AN: This is more of a filler chapter, I'm also experiemnting with different POVs in one chapter... Let's see how it turns out, hmm?
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Cybersix woke up groggily the next morning, as the sun was beginning to rise. She was sprawled out on her bed, Data 7 sleeping beside her. very bruise and scratch from the previous day had started to ache, and she winced as she sat up slowly. She stole a glance at her alarm clock as she stood up shakily. It was only 6 AM, and she didn't think she could fall asleep again. Remembering Lucas, she considered going over to his apartment. He'll kill me for waking him up, though... She heard Data 7 waking up behind her, and she turned to face her brother. Should I go talk to Lucas, brother? Data 7 yawned and gave her his version of a shrug.

Why don't you call him? That is, unless the phone lines got knocked down.

Cybersix pondered the suggestion. "I've never called Lucas as myself before," she realized out loud. Making up her mind, she reached for the phone. The steady sound of the dial tone welcomed her. "Well, at least the phone lines are working..." She dialed Lucas' number, her fingers shaking slightly. What do I say to him if I wake him up? What do if he doesn't pick up... What if-"

"Hello?" Cybersix stopped her worried thoughts as Lucas answered.

"Hello, Lucas.. It's me... I hope I didn't wake you up..."

"No... No... I've been up since four in the morning... I couldn't sleep... I guess I'm not the only one who couldn't sleep. Either that, or you're planning on going to class today..." Lucas's attempt at a joke made her smile weakly.

"Anyway.. About last night. I wanted to thank you for..." She paused. "For being there." Inwardly, she rebuked herself for how pathetic that had sounded.

"I didn't see it as an option. Hey... I asked you last night, but you had fallen asleep... Do you want to meet somewhere... and talk?"

"There isn't anything to talk about, Lucas."

"You do want to find out who Cyber 0 was, don't you?" Cybersix sighed.

"Fine. I'll be over in an hour. Good-bye, Lucas... And thank you for your help."

"'Bye... Adrian... uh... Cybersix..." Cybersix smiled weakly again as she hung up.

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"Over here, you idiots!" Jose's bratty voice cut through the silence of the labratory ruins. "I'm over here!" The three Fixed Ideas that had survive the explosion were wanering cluelessly around what was left of Von Reichter's lab, looking for him. The first of the three found Jose wedged between two empty sustenance tanks, banging his fists against them in frustration.

"There you are! Get me out of here!" The second Fixed Idea grabbed a hold of Jose's head and bega to pull. "No! you IDIOT! You'll rip my head off!" The Fixed Idea ignored him and kept pulling... until, finally, Jose popped out of the gap and landed on the ground. The boy glared venemously at the three Ideas, and straightened up before them. "Even though the lab is destroyed beyond repair, and my father is dead, we must relocate at my father's bigger labratory in South America. I doubt that any of you twits know how to fly an airplane..."

The second Fixed Idea grunted a negative response. Its companions did the same. Jose groaned.

"Then I think it's time you three figure out how!" snapped the angry child, at a loss for another way to get to Von Reichter's hidden labratory. "And we also still need to find Cybersix, and destroy her- if she isn't dead already." Jose pushed his way between the two Fixed Ideas, shoving them out of the way. "I'll go find somewhere for us to stay. Salvage anything you can from the ruins, and bottle as much as that sustenance as you can carry at once. Cybersix will most likely come here tonight to find some for herself." Jose grinned evilly in anticipation- they would finally capture Cybersix tonight. He set off towards the city, leaving the Fixed Ideas sifting through the mess behind him.