"Where am I?" I looked about the room. It was dark.
"You're awake," said a woman with fiery hair, entering the room.
I said nothing, but instead, I stared.
"My name is Kaori," she explained, "I work for unknown."
Her statement seemed unfinished, like she would love to share with me something else, but she didn't trust me, yet.
"Do you need anything," she asked politely.
I shook my head no.
"All right, then I'll be going, he might need me you know," she hurried her words, but they sounded sweet. She briskly pranced out the door.
I took note of her clothing; it was red, like her hair, with red spike heels. Her eyes held tenseness in them. Though she spoke kindly, she seemed to have a definite edge to her. I decided that whatever it was didn't matter, and went to look about the room.
I looked at the walls and there seemed to be some sort of pattern to them. I studied them more carefully, and noticed that every third notch was a deep blue. I wondered if it had any real significance, other than to be pretty.
} In other places, Amara was desperately trying to find as much info as possible on Fang.
"Come on you stupid computer," she yelled. Things really never work fast enough when you need them to.
Someone knocked at the door.
"Will you people just go away, I'm busy!"
"Amara, it's me," Serenity's voice echoed through the door.
"Gosh, MPS, you've picked an awful time," she growled, but she scrambled through the door anyway.
"I'll only keep you a second," she pleaded.
"Fine, what is it?"
"I heard about Michele and."
"How?"
"Well, I do live next door, but my daughter, Princess Earth, told me."
"A new one?"
"Actually, I have several new daughters, I'll have to introduce them later, but I brought PE here with me."
"And?"
"She knows some things about Fang"
"Spill it kid," said Amara, turning around, only to find a grown girl standing in front of her.
"Expecting a child," PE mused.
Amara laughed at her, "You're still a kid to me, explain, please."
"Fang, she's a very special girl. She has the ability to change from a child to an adult."
"And this helps me how?"
"I'm getting there! Well, when you saw her, she was about ten, correct?"
"Yea"
"Well, when I first met her, she was twenty-one."
"Again, this helps me how?"
"You won't be able to track her by an age. By now, Unknown probably already has her, and Michele is just his toy. He knows you can't find her, because he already has her."
"What?"
"He's playing games with you."
"How would you know all this?"
"Simple intuition"
"Really?"
"Really, believe it or not, she was my friend; she told me."
"And, you know for certain he has her?"
"Of course I do"
"Don't get cocky with me. How?"
"Look, I've got my ways, let's just leave it at that. Look, you better go pretty quick and get her, or she'll be Kaori's new toy."
"Kaori?"
"Oh, yeah, she's his wannabe girlfriend. She's Fang's mother."
"Her mother?"
"Unknown treats her like dirt! She's worthless to him. She gave him his little experiment, and now he's done with her. But, for some reason, he feels like he owes her and keeps her there. It's pitiful really."
"Fine, can you tell me how to get in?"
"Sure, every third panel is a blue panel, the correct number on a certain wall is the pass code for the gate. It's also the pass code into her room."
"You know what room she's in?"
"Sure, I have my sources." She laughed.
Somehow, even though she was ticking Amara real bad, I knew that somewhere, down the line, she was going to come in handy. One of these days, she'd be our friend.
"If you know so much, why don't you give me the code?"
"No can do, classified information!"
"Great, and why, your mother is my sister, you know!"
"Yeah, I know, and I might be gracious enough to give it to you."
"Might?"
"Ok, the number if 57."
"Thanks kiddo, you're not half bad after all."
"Yea, sure."
"Thanks, Serenity."
"You're welcome sis. Come on now PE, we've gotta go home."
Amara winked at them both and ran out the back door.
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In a complete other world, it seemed like, I was still studying the walls.
"Michele," a woman's voice said, from behind me.
I froze, startled.
"Michele, it's me," the voice got weaker.
I turned slowly, to see the little girl I had once held in my arms as she cried on my kitchen floor. "Fang!"
"Hi," she said, and sat down.
"What are you doing here?"
"Daddy caught me, like he always does. Kaori said that you could take care of me, since you knew almost as much about me as she did."
I laughed, "But I've only known you a few weeks."
"Well, she's paid less attention to me in a lifetime then you two did in a few weeks."
I frowned.
"It's ok though, I don't mind. I never really accepted the facts, so it doesn't bother me like it did when I was a little kid."
"Fang, you're still pretty young, though."
"Actually," she corrected, "I only look you." She grew before my eyes to a lovely teen. "I'm fifteen."
"You're fifteen, but how?"
"I can change my age. Sometimes, I'm a baby, sometimes a kid, sometimes a teen, and sometimes a full grown woman."
"How?" I repeated.
"It was an experiment daddy did. The only reason he ever had sex with Kaori was so that he could have someone to experiment on."
"You mean, Kaori's your mother?"
"Yeah."
"Well, nobody told me that!"
"I'm not surprised. Kaori hates to think that I'm her child. She disowns me. Though, I am the one tie she's got on dad."
"But."
"She really loves him. She always has loved him, but she was always a pawn to him."
"That's sad."
"Yeah, it is, which is why I left. I didn't want to be a pawn any longer. I was sick and tired of being daddy's little test subject; I wanted out."
I nodded. "I completely understand, and I'm going to get you out, for good."
"How?"
"Just wait and see."
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"Don't worry Mich, I'm gonna get you out of that crazy man's clutches before he does something to you I'm going to regret all my life." She ran up to the building.
"Pass code."
"57"
"Access denied, voice incorrect."
She began to growl at it.
"Pass Code."
"57"
"Access denied, voice incorrect."
"Screw you machine! I said 57, dang it!"
"Access received, welcome home, Fang."
She laughed. "So, Fang has a flare for anger too, huh?"
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"49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57.that's the last one."
"So there are 57 little blue things in the wall, who cares?!?" Fang boomed.
"Who cares? You care.I, in my time as prisoner here, have figured out that these blue things are more than decoration. They must have some significance, and we're going to find out what that significance is."
"We are? How"
"Simple, try it in various machines."
"But I know all the pass codes, and 57 isn't one of them."
"But, doesn't you father change them?"
"Yeah, sometimes, but only when he feels there's a threat of someone finding out how to get in here."
"Exactly, Amara's on our tail, and he knows that she'll find out some way or another."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Unknown, she's penetrated the first barrier."
"I know Kaori, it's not important."
"But."
"She'll never get past anything else, there's no way."
"Do you want me to alert."
"No, leave him be, for now. We'll tell him about them both later. If they escape, it won't matter. Let them be."
"But what if Fang escapes with them?"
"They can't hide her from me, you know that."
"Yes sir."
Unknown picked up the phone, "Hello, let me speak with him."
The voice at the other end of the line, "Mr. Unknown, we weren't epecting another call from you for quite sometimes."
"Shut up you peon, let me speak with him."
"Yes sir"
"Unknown, my friend, how've you been?"
"Fang, my little escape artist, was released from my clutched again."
"Would you like me to get her back?"
"No, that won't be necessary. I found her."
"Oh good, then what do I owe the pleasure of this conversation?"
"The two who kept her, I'm not sure if you've heard of them or not. They're names are Amara and Michele the sailor soldiers of Neptune and Uranus."
"Yes, I've heard the names, in passing."
"They have become nuisances. I have Michele here with me, but she will not be here for long. Her comrade, Amara, is moving in steadily."
"Why don't you just capture her also?"
"They are both very smart. This would not be a suitable thing. They would surely escape."
"So, what's my part in this?"
"Watch them for me, stalk them. Tell me of their progress. See if I can use them, and if I can, then bring them to me. But, if I cannot, then kill them."
"Yes Sir, it would be my pleasure."
*click*
"So, he agreed?" asked Kaori.
Unknown nodded as he leaned back, smoking his pipe. "Yes my dear, he agreed."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Can't you two move any quicker?" Amara griped.
"This thing is tiny you know," I shouted back.
"Keep it down or he'll here you."
"He already has," said Fang.
"What," Amara and I said in unison.
"Yes, he knows. He's going to have you two followed. I can't run, without him finding me. It's best I stay and you two go on."
"No," I said, "you have to come, we have to get you out!"
"Sorry Michele, I can't. He'll find me and bring me back. You'll see me again, don't worry. I'll be fine. Thank you for your kindness." And she vanished.
"Whoa, where did she go," asked Amara.
"Back to be with those two wretched people."
"Kaori and Unknown?"
"Yes," I paused, "wait, how do you know about Kaori?"
"I have my ways." She grinned mischievously.
"I'll ask later," I sighed, and we continued out.
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AN: Ok, well that's it for Ch. 4. Am I doing better? I hope so! Please R&R, oh and if you have comments, suggestions, questions, flames (it's ok if you do, I know I'm not the best) email me @ neo_queen_serinity@hotmail.com Thanks for reading!
"You're awake," said a woman with fiery hair, entering the room.
I said nothing, but instead, I stared.
"My name is Kaori," she explained, "I work for unknown."
Her statement seemed unfinished, like she would love to share with me something else, but she didn't trust me, yet.
"Do you need anything," she asked politely.
I shook my head no.
"All right, then I'll be going, he might need me you know," she hurried her words, but they sounded sweet. She briskly pranced out the door.
I took note of her clothing; it was red, like her hair, with red spike heels. Her eyes held tenseness in them. Though she spoke kindly, she seemed to have a definite edge to her. I decided that whatever it was didn't matter, and went to look about the room.
I looked at the walls and there seemed to be some sort of pattern to them. I studied them more carefully, and noticed that every third notch was a deep blue. I wondered if it had any real significance, other than to be pretty.
} In other places, Amara was desperately trying to find as much info as possible on Fang.
"Come on you stupid computer," she yelled. Things really never work fast enough when you need them to.
Someone knocked at the door.
"Will you people just go away, I'm busy!"
"Amara, it's me," Serenity's voice echoed through the door.
"Gosh, MPS, you've picked an awful time," she growled, but she scrambled through the door anyway.
"I'll only keep you a second," she pleaded.
"Fine, what is it?"
"I heard about Michele and."
"How?"
"Well, I do live next door, but my daughter, Princess Earth, told me."
"A new one?"
"Actually, I have several new daughters, I'll have to introduce them later, but I brought PE here with me."
"And?"
"She knows some things about Fang"
"Spill it kid," said Amara, turning around, only to find a grown girl standing in front of her.
"Expecting a child," PE mused.
Amara laughed at her, "You're still a kid to me, explain, please."
"Fang, she's a very special girl. She has the ability to change from a child to an adult."
"And this helps me how?"
"I'm getting there! Well, when you saw her, she was about ten, correct?"
"Yea"
"Well, when I first met her, she was twenty-one."
"Again, this helps me how?"
"You won't be able to track her by an age. By now, Unknown probably already has her, and Michele is just his toy. He knows you can't find her, because he already has her."
"What?"
"He's playing games with you."
"How would you know all this?"
"Simple intuition"
"Really?"
"Really, believe it or not, she was my friend; she told me."
"And, you know for certain he has her?"
"Of course I do"
"Don't get cocky with me. How?"
"Look, I've got my ways, let's just leave it at that. Look, you better go pretty quick and get her, or she'll be Kaori's new toy."
"Kaori?"
"Oh, yeah, she's his wannabe girlfriend. She's Fang's mother."
"Her mother?"
"Unknown treats her like dirt! She's worthless to him. She gave him his little experiment, and now he's done with her. But, for some reason, he feels like he owes her and keeps her there. It's pitiful really."
"Fine, can you tell me how to get in?"
"Sure, every third panel is a blue panel, the correct number on a certain wall is the pass code for the gate. It's also the pass code into her room."
"You know what room she's in?"
"Sure, I have my sources." She laughed.
Somehow, even though she was ticking Amara real bad, I knew that somewhere, down the line, she was going to come in handy. One of these days, she'd be our friend.
"If you know so much, why don't you give me the code?"
"No can do, classified information!"
"Great, and why, your mother is my sister, you know!"
"Yeah, I know, and I might be gracious enough to give it to you."
"Might?"
"Ok, the number if 57."
"Thanks kiddo, you're not half bad after all."
"Yea, sure."
"Thanks, Serenity."
"You're welcome sis. Come on now PE, we've gotta go home."
Amara winked at them both and ran out the back door.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In a complete other world, it seemed like, I was still studying the walls.
"Michele," a woman's voice said, from behind me.
I froze, startled.
"Michele, it's me," the voice got weaker.
I turned slowly, to see the little girl I had once held in my arms as she cried on my kitchen floor. "Fang!"
"Hi," she said, and sat down.
"What are you doing here?"
"Daddy caught me, like he always does. Kaori said that you could take care of me, since you knew almost as much about me as she did."
I laughed, "But I've only known you a few weeks."
"Well, she's paid less attention to me in a lifetime then you two did in a few weeks."
I frowned.
"It's ok though, I don't mind. I never really accepted the facts, so it doesn't bother me like it did when I was a little kid."
"Fang, you're still pretty young, though."
"Actually," she corrected, "I only look you." She grew before my eyes to a lovely teen. "I'm fifteen."
"You're fifteen, but how?"
"I can change my age. Sometimes, I'm a baby, sometimes a kid, sometimes a teen, and sometimes a full grown woman."
"How?" I repeated.
"It was an experiment daddy did. The only reason he ever had sex with Kaori was so that he could have someone to experiment on."
"You mean, Kaori's your mother?"
"Yeah."
"Well, nobody told me that!"
"I'm not surprised. Kaori hates to think that I'm her child. She disowns me. Though, I am the one tie she's got on dad."
"But."
"She really loves him. She always has loved him, but she was always a pawn to him."
"That's sad."
"Yeah, it is, which is why I left. I didn't want to be a pawn any longer. I was sick and tired of being daddy's little test subject; I wanted out."
I nodded. "I completely understand, and I'm going to get you out, for good."
"How?"
"Just wait and see."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Don't worry Mich, I'm gonna get you out of that crazy man's clutches before he does something to you I'm going to regret all my life." She ran up to the building.
"Pass code."
"57"
"Access denied, voice incorrect."
She began to growl at it.
"Pass Code."
"57"
"Access denied, voice incorrect."
"Screw you machine! I said 57, dang it!"
"Access received, welcome home, Fang."
She laughed. "So, Fang has a flare for anger too, huh?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57.that's the last one."
"So there are 57 little blue things in the wall, who cares?!?" Fang boomed.
"Who cares? You care.I, in my time as prisoner here, have figured out that these blue things are more than decoration. They must have some significance, and we're going to find out what that significance is."
"We are? How"
"Simple, try it in various machines."
"But I know all the pass codes, and 57 isn't one of them."
"But, doesn't you father change them?"
"Yeah, sometimes, but only when he feels there's a threat of someone finding out how to get in here."
"Exactly, Amara's on our tail, and he knows that she'll find out some way or another."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Unknown, she's penetrated the first barrier."
"I know Kaori, it's not important."
"But."
"She'll never get past anything else, there's no way."
"Do you want me to alert."
"No, leave him be, for now. We'll tell him about them both later. If they escape, it won't matter. Let them be."
"But what if Fang escapes with them?"
"They can't hide her from me, you know that."
"Yes sir."
Unknown picked up the phone, "Hello, let me speak with him."
The voice at the other end of the line, "Mr. Unknown, we weren't epecting another call from you for quite sometimes."
"Shut up you peon, let me speak with him."
"Yes sir"
"Unknown, my friend, how've you been?"
"Fang, my little escape artist, was released from my clutched again."
"Would you like me to get her back?"
"No, that won't be necessary. I found her."
"Oh good, then what do I owe the pleasure of this conversation?"
"The two who kept her, I'm not sure if you've heard of them or not. They're names are Amara and Michele the sailor soldiers of Neptune and Uranus."
"Yes, I've heard the names, in passing."
"They have become nuisances. I have Michele here with me, but she will not be here for long. Her comrade, Amara, is moving in steadily."
"Why don't you just capture her also?"
"They are both very smart. This would not be a suitable thing. They would surely escape."
"So, what's my part in this?"
"Watch them for me, stalk them. Tell me of their progress. See if I can use them, and if I can, then bring them to me. But, if I cannot, then kill them."
"Yes Sir, it would be my pleasure."
*click*
"So, he agreed?" asked Kaori.
Unknown nodded as he leaned back, smoking his pipe. "Yes my dear, he agreed."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Can't you two move any quicker?" Amara griped.
"This thing is tiny you know," I shouted back.
"Keep it down or he'll here you."
"He already has," said Fang.
"What," Amara and I said in unison.
"Yes, he knows. He's going to have you two followed. I can't run, without him finding me. It's best I stay and you two go on."
"No," I said, "you have to come, we have to get you out!"
"Sorry Michele, I can't. He'll find me and bring me back. You'll see me again, don't worry. I'll be fine. Thank you for your kindness." And she vanished.
"Whoa, where did she go," asked Amara.
"Back to be with those two wretched people."
"Kaori and Unknown?"
"Yes," I paused, "wait, how do you know about Kaori?"
"I have my ways." She grinned mischievously.
"I'll ask later," I sighed, and we continued out.
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AN: Ok, well that's it for Ch. 4. Am I doing better? I hope so! Please R&R, oh and if you have comments, suggestions, questions, flames (it's ok if you do, I know I'm not the best) email me @ neo_queen_serinity@hotmail.com Thanks for reading!