A/N: I changed the end of chapter 3, so you might want to go back and look at that.
¨¨°º©o., Chapter 4: Removal ,.o©º°¨¨
I bent over and looked at the chip embedded in the back of his skull. It was sunk deep in, tiny metallic talons digging into the skin.
She was breathing softly behind me, her soft body so close. It was almost a distraction as I reached into my pocket and pulled out the slim butterfly knife I always carried with me. The silver blade gleamed in the light pouring in from the half dirty window.
Toto was still barking struggling against the gray duct tape holding him onto the bed. He squirmed hard, and I shoved his head into the bed bringing the knife to the chip.
I took a deep breath before I slid it into the skin. He yelped his voice muffled by the dingy mattress. Her breath hitched and I could feel her turning away. Blood trickled down his neck as I sliced around the skin. Then with a quick movement I turned the blade sliding it under the chip. With a grunt I pulled it up, dislodging the metal from his neck.
A square of blood began to stream from his neck, his voice cracking into a scream. She rushed over sliding off her over coat to press it against the wound. I held my hand on top of hers as she used her other hand to uncork a bottle of potion. The smell of potent magic filled the room as she poured it into his mouth. He gurgled a bit before swallowing the soothing liquid.
I dropped the chip onto the nightstand, flipping my butterfly knife closed. I slid it back into his pocket and looked at her meeting her blue gaze.
"He should be all right," I said with a shrug of one shoulder. She only nodded trying to blink away the tears in her eyes.
"Toto?" she said softly leaning over to look at his face. He was breathing shallowly his eyes a misted over azure. He looked up at her shuddering a bit.
"It's me Dorothy" she whispered. Her words sparked recognition in his eyes.
"What's goin' on?" Toto asked looking over at the duct tape holding him down. She rushed over and started to loosen it to allow him up.
"Your brain was hacked, Scarecrow removed the chip" She said looking over at me. Toto looked over at me, his eyes still strange. I felt as if I knew him from somewhere, they two of them. I shook my head to clear my thoughts.
"Thanks" Toto said with a curt nod.
"No problem" I said anxious to get out of the tiny, dirty apartment. The smell was really starting to get n my nerves.
"Toto, we are going to put the emerald back together, it's time" she said to him helping him get to his fists. He rubbed his wrist for a moment before looking over at me.
"What's he doing here?" Toto asked softly.
"I hired him. We need his help" she responded coolly. One thing I love is being in a room when people are talking about you like you aren't there. I rolled my eyes and huffed loudly as I crossed my arms.
"Can we get a move on? I don't want who ever hacked his brain to come back" I said my voice showing a tinge of exasperation. Dorothy nodded and walked out of the room to get her purse from the living room.
Toto turned and looked at me, we shared a long look with each other. My green eyes bored into his, it was almost like he wanted to say something. To his better judgement he just turned and walked out of the room leaving me alone.
I reached over and picked up the chip from the tiny nightstand turning it over and over in my fingers. The metal prongs were mostly broken and it was covered in blood. I leaned over the bed and whipped it off on Dorothy's abandoned red jacked.
Black words screamed at me from the back of the chip. GGarden.
I slid it into my pocket, glancing out the window. So it was none other then Galbadia Garden that had hacked dog boys mind. These kids were playing with the bug guns. I sighed and shrugged, as long as they paid me I didn't care.
I strode into the living room; they were both standing by the door waiting for me.
"Where to now?" I asked looking to Dorothy for my answer. Much to my surprise it was dog boy who spoke up.
"Balamb. We'll meet up with Tin Man and get his piece of the emerald" he said. It was then that I noticed he was holding another piece of the five faceted piece of computer machinery. It was open on both ends, with wires bursting from both sides.
"Who's gonna put that piece of hardware together" I asked following them out into the hallway.
"Our friend the Wizard will be taking care of it for us" He answered jabbing the button on the elevator.
Suddenly something struck me as wrong, and the world seemed to move in slow motion. The elevator pinged and the door opened slowly revealing the chick from the club earlier, weapon gleaming strapped on her arm.
"Get down" I shouted grabbing Dorothy and hitting the deck.
"You are not getting away this time, Dorothy" Rinoa Heartily said as she sprayed over our head with her weapon. Toto fell to the ground blood erupting from his chest. It splattered across the wooden walls. His piece of the cyber emerald clattered to the ground turning end over end.
Dorothy screamed rocketing to her feet. Her fist connected loudly with the side of Rinoa's head, send the petite girl sprawling.
"Time to go" I said scooping up the emerald, and grabbing her wrist. We started to sprint down the hallway. Rinoa's two lackeys moved into action. One bent down to make sure she was ok, the other stepped into the hallway opening his trench coat wide to pull out his gleaming machine gun.
We ran into Toto's apartment, frantically searching for someway out. I heard a tinking in the hallway and a rolling sound. I looked at her meeting her panicked eyes.
"Grenade" she said her voice hysterical. I glanced at the window and then on a whim ran at it. She screamed as we fell through the dirty glass.
Air rushed around us, the apartment building looming above us. Toto's other windows suddenly burst outward, glass showering us and the street below. She was screaming, as we fell, shaking her head wildly.
I yanked her towards me, wrapping my arms tightly around her.
"Float" I shouted suddenly. The air stopped speeding around us, our bodies suddenly as light as air. Stopped scream as she watched her feet land softly on the sidewalk. She blinked and then looked up at me with a grin. Then in a rush of emotion she pressed her lips hard to mine.
Maybe it was the situation, or the adrenaline rush, or her hot body. I didn't know what it was but I found myself kissing her back, hard and passionate. Her fingers were curled in my hair, her taste invading me fully. It was all like a dream.
"I'll get you Dorothy!" Our kiss was interrupted by the scream of Rinoa who was hanging half out one of the windows. I was ready, prepared to dodge more bullets when a car came to a screeching halt next to us.
It was a pink convertible with an attractive middle aged woman in it.
"Dorothy, you look like you need a ride," the woman said. Without a spoken response Dorothy pulled me into the pink car and we were speeding away from the My Final Heaven apartment building.
It struck me funny that it really would be Toto's final heaven, and resting-place.
Omg. Yes an update! I've deicded to continue this at the convincing of my dear friend Jacks!
¨¨°º©o., Chapter 4: Removal ,.o©º°¨¨
I bent over and looked at the chip embedded in the back of his skull. It was sunk deep in, tiny metallic talons digging into the skin.
She was breathing softly behind me, her soft body so close. It was almost a distraction as I reached into my pocket and pulled out the slim butterfly knife I always carried with me. The silver blade gleamed in the light pouring in from the half dirty window.
Toto was still barking struggling against the gray duct tape holding him onto the bed. He squirmed hard, and I shoved his head into the bed bringing the knife to the chip.
I took a deep breath before I slid it into the skin. He yelped his voice muffled by the dingy mattress. Her breath hitched and I could feel her turning away. Blood trickled down his neck as I sliced around the skin. Then with a quick movement I turned the blade sliding it under the chip. With a grunt I pulled it up, dislodging the metal from his neck.
A square of blood began to stream from his neck, his voice cracking into a scream. She rushed over sliding off her over coat to press it against the wound. I held my hand on top of hers as she used her other hand to uncork a bottle of potion. The smell of potent magic filled the room as she poured it into his mouth. He gurgled a bit before swallowing the soothing liquid.
I dropped the chip onto the nightstand, flipping my butterfly knife closed. I slid it back into his pocket and looked at her meeting her blue gaze.
"He should be all right," I said with a shrug of one shoulder. She only nodded trying to blink away the tears in her eyes.
"Toto?" she said softly leaning over to look at his face. He was breathing shallowly his eyes a misted over azure. He looked up at her shuddering a bit.
"It's me Dorothy" she whispered. Her words sparked recognition in his eyes.
"What's goin' on?" Toto asked looking over at the duct tape holding him down. She rushed over and started to loosen it to allow him up.
"Your brain was hacked, Scarecrow removed the chip" She said looking over at me. Toto looked over at me, his eyes still strange. I felt as if I knew him from somewhere, they two of them. I shook my head to clear my thoughts.
"Thanks" Toto said with a curt nod.
"No problem" I said anxious to get out of the tiny, dirty apartment. The smell was really starting to get n my nerves.
"Toto, we are going to put the emerald back together, it's time" she said to him helping him get to his fists. He rubbed his wrist for a moment before looking over at me.
"What's he doing here?" Toto asked softly.
"I hired him. We need his help" she responded coolly. One thing I love is being in a room when people are talking about you like you aren't there. I rolled my eyes and huffed loudly as I crossed my arms.
"Can we get a move on? I don't want who ever hacked his brain to come back" I said my voice showing a tinge of exasperation. Dorothy nodded and walked out of the room to get her purse from the living room.
Toto turned and looked at me, we shared a long look with each other. My green eyes bored into his, it was almost like he wanted to say something. To his better judgement he just turned and walked out of the room leaving me alone.
I reached over and picked up the chip from the tiny nightstand turning it over and over in my fingers. The metal prongs were mostly broken and it was covered in blood. I leaned over the bed and whipped it off on Dorothy's abandoned red jacked.
Black words screamed at me from the back of the chip. GGarden.
I slid it into my pocket, glancing out the window. So it was none other then Galbadia Garden that had hacked dog boys mind. These kids were playing with the bug guns. I sighed and shrugged, as long as they paid me I didn't care.
I strode into the living room; they were both standing by the door waiting for me.
"Where to now?" I asked looking to Dorothy for my answer. Much to my surprise it was dog boy who spoke up.
"Balamb. We'll meet up with Tin Man and get his piece of the emerald" he said. It was then that I noticed he was holding another piece of the five faceted piece of computer machinery. It was open on both ends, with wires bursting from both sides.
"Who's gonna put that piece of hardware together" I asked following them out into the hallway.
"Our friend the Wizard will be taking care of it for us" He answered jabbing the button on the elevator.
Suddenly something struck me as wrong, and the world seemed to move in slow motion. The elevator pinged and the door opened slowly revealing the chick from the club earlier, weapon gleaming strapped on her arm.
"Get down" I shouted grabbing Dorothy and hitting the deck.
"You are not getting away this time, Dorothy" Rinoa Heartily said as she sprayed over our head with her weapon. Toto fell to the ground blood erupting from his chest. It splattered across the wooden walls. His piece of the cyber emerald clattered to the ground turning end over end.
Dorothy screamed rocketing to her feet. Her fist connected loudly with the side of Rinoa's head, send the petite girl sprawling.
"Time to go" I said scooping up the emerald, and grabbing her wrist. We started to sprint down the hallway. Rinoa's two lackeys moved into action. One bent down to make sure she was ok, the other stepped into the hallway opening his trench coat wide to pull out his gleaming machine gun.
We ran into Toto's apartment, frantically searching for someway out. I heard a tinking in the hallway and a rolling sound. I looked at her meeting her panicked eyes.
"Grenade" she said her voice hysterical. I glanced at the window and then on a whim ran at it. She screamed as we fell through the dirty glass.
Air rushed around us, the apartment building looming above us. Toto's other windows suddenly burst outward, glass showering us and the street below. She was screaming, as we fell, shaking her head wildly.
I yanked her towards me, wrapping my arms tightly around her.
"Float" I shouted suddenly. The air stopped speeding around us, our bodies suddenly as light as air. Stopped scream as she watched her feet land softly on the sidewalk. She blinked and then looked up at me with a grin. Then in a rush of emotion she pressed her lips hard to mine.
Maybe it was the situation, or the adrenaline rush, or her hot body. I didn't know what it was but I found myself kissing her back, hard and passionate. Her fingers were curled in my hair, her taste invading me fully. It was all like a dream.
"I'll get you Dorothy!" Our kiss was interrupted by the scream of Rinoa who was hanging half out one of the windows. I was ready, prepared to dodge more bullets when a car came to a screeching halt next to us.
It was a pink convertible with an attractive middle aged woman in it.
"Dorothy, you look like you need a ride," the woman said. Without a spoken response Dorothy pulled me into the pink car and we were speeding away from the My Final Heaven apartment building.
It struck me funny that it really would be Toto's final heaven, and resting-place.
Omg. Yes an update! I've deicded to continue this at the convincing of my dear friend Jacks!