I want to thank all my reviewers! The hard drive failure on fanfiction made
me pretty down. I didn't get to update! But now I can. if I can figure out
fanfiction's new layout, which I don't like at all. Oh well. No use crying
over spilt milk! Here's my new chapter. I hope you like it.
Teach me to Dream
Chapter three~ Sleeping Beauty
'Damnit. Where is this idiot taking us?' Gene thought to himself, scowling. He looked down at Melfina, who was still limp, in his arms. It was strangely like the situation in which Gwen Khan had suspended her personality. But then she just seemed..asleep. But now; Melfina felt so light in his arms, and she looked so pale; her face didn't look peaceful, like usual. Gene tried to figure out what was so different about her now.
Suddenly it hit him, she looked like an android. Before she had always seemed so human, so real. But now it was like she'd changed, her skin looked different, her whole aura was..different.
"What the hell did you do to her?" Gene asked Dr. Benson. Suddenly Gene felt like he had to know what was wrong.
"You'll see soon." Dr. Benson snapped.
Gene started to protest, but was silenced by a pleading look from Jim.
Gene frowned and looked back at Melfina.
"Here we are." Dr. Benson said in a singsong like voice. They had stopped in the middle of a hallway, with no door in sight.
"What are you talking about mister?" Jim asked, annoyance evident in his voice. "We're in the middle of nowhere."
Dr. Benson snorted then turned to the right wall. He touched one of the many panels in the wall and all the panels suddenly disappeared. Just vanished. Gene took a step back in surprise and Jim couldn't help but mutter a "whoa."
"Come now." Dr. Benson addressed his stunned companions. "Follow me."
They walked down the dark hallway for a little bit, and finally stopped when they came to a door.
Br. Benson pressed some numbers into a number board next to the door and it slid open with a creak.
They entered the room and Gene opened his eyes wide. Even after all his wanderings of the universe, he'd never seen a machine like the one in front of him.
It looked like a chair, but there were thousands upon thousands of cords and wires running from it into a small capsule like thing laying on a stand near the wall. Computers and monitors sat on the other side of the room, reading off charts and numbers.
"Welcome to my lab." Said Dr. Benson.
"Alright. We're here. Now what did you do to Mel?" Gene asked, getting prepared to do something drastic.
"And how do you know she..she isn't human." Jim asked.
"Simple," Dr. Benson started. "I make things like her for a living."
Gene bristled slightly at hearing Melfina being called a thing.
"I can recognize any android, bio or regular, very easily. You can she's different anyway by the way she acts. She's to calm to be human. And what have I done to her? Simple." Dr. Benson's smile widened. "I've suspended her soul. Much like professor Khan once did."
"What?" was all Gene managed to get out.
But Jim voiced what Gene was thinking. "You can't have suspended her soul..she isn't human. So she doesn't have a soul. Right? You could only have suspended her personality."
Dr. Benson smirked. "By now you should realize nearly nothing on Melfina is real. It's all synthesized, not real."
"That's not true!" Jim snapped. "She has muscles incorporated within her machinery. And she has feelings and emotions."
"But don't you see?" Dr. Benson asked. "All of it's fake. No matter what she does it's all based on her programming. But her programming is so advanced that no one could tell. And even though she has muscles and veins and everything like that, it's all fake. And somehow professor Khan managed to create a synthesized soul, which is like her personality. But she can live without her personality; it would be like she's just asleep. But without her soul she's nothing. Just a dead body of machinery and fake organs. That is why she look's so different."
Gene closed his eyes, trying to digest this extremely confusing information.
"But no need to worry. I'm going to change her back. Give her to me." Dr. Benson held out his arms.
Gene saw no other option; he numbly handed over Melfina.
Dr. Benson brushed her hair from the back of her neck and pulled out a small remote like machine. He pressed it lightly into Melfina's neck, just above her hairline, and clicked something on it. Melfina's eyes opened slowly. She shifted in Dr. Benson's arm with a groan, turning around to look into his face. Once she realized who was holding her, she immediately pushed herself out of his grasp, and stumbled over to Gene.
Gene held Melfina close, trying to stop her from shaking when he heard the slight tap of footsteps behind him.
"Now. Now. Benson, no need to scare them." A soft taunting voice said.
Gene turned around and saw a man standing in the doorway of the lab. He was tall, taller than Gene, and look to be a few years older. His hair was black, and slicked back, with dark green eyes. He was wearing a simple business suit.
"Gene Starwind I presume? I'm Mr. Johnson." Mr. Johnson held out his hand, but Gene didn't take it.
"Why are we here? Your friend over there told us we'd get five thousand wong if we came. We came. So we need the money. And fifteen thousand if we did a certain job. Now I wanna know exactly what kind of job that is!" Gene snapped at Mr. Johnson.
"I'm very sorry. My colleague isn't very big on talking, obviously. We we're going to ask you to help us find a certain type of android and then bring it here, but it seems you already have. We also need your help hooking her up."
"Hooking me up?" Melfina finally spoke. She was looking at Mr. Johnson with wide haunted eyes. Gene saw how different she looked now; her skin didn't look waxy and fake, but soft and real. She looked alive now.
Mr. Johnson tilted his head slightly then said, "Yes, we need to hook you up to our computer systems. We are in desperate need of your help.."
"Melfina." Melfina supplied quietly.
"We are in desperate need of your help Melfina."
"Me?" Melfina squeaked.
"Well, yes." Dr. Benson said.
Melfina looked down at her feet for a long time. Finally she asked, "What can I do? Why do you need me?"
"I need for you to sit in the chair, where we will hook you up. You are the most advanced android I have ever seen. A duplicate of your data will be made, and transported into the system to be saved." Mr. Johnson explained.
"Why do you need her data?" Jim asked, confused. "You're not trying to find the galactic lei line are you?"
"No." Mr. Johnson said shortly. " I cannot tell you why. But if you could just cooperate, it won't hurt you or cause you damage in any way, I promise."
"I don't think we should do anything for you." Gene snapped.
Dr. Benson took a threatening step forward, "remember, Gene Starwind, I can suspended Melfina's soul at anytime. You wouldn't want that to happen, now would you?"
Melfina looked up at Gene, confusion in her eyes. Gene looked down into Melfina's beautiful face and sighed. "No, I guess not. But it's not my choice, it's Melfina's."
Melfina looked from Gene to Mr. Johnson, then to the machine. She slowly took a few steps toward Mr. Johnson and said, "I'll do it." In a surprisingly defiant voice.
Dr. Benson took Melfina's hand and led her to the chair. Melfina suddenly felt cold dread wash over her. She didn't want to sit in the chair. But Dr. Benson pushed her down. The minute she touched the chair, chain like restraints popped up and held her in place. Melfina cried out in surprise and began to struggle.
"Don't!" Mr. Johnson said to her. "You are alright, the restraints are there to hold you in place. If you move you will move the connection. They're not there to hurt you."
Melfina swallowed her fear and forced herself to relax. A wave of exhaustion fell over Melfina. She tried to keep her eyes open and in contact with Gene's eyes, but she couldn't. She slowly closed her eyes.
***********
'Where am I?' Melfina thought. It looked very much like the cyber World she lived in every time she got into her navigation chamber. Only it seemed darker. Melfina looked down and saw she was wearing what appeared to be a deep blue body suit.
Suddenly a bright light surrounded Melfina, imprisoning her. Melfina called out for someone to help her, when a small figure came in from the distance.
Melfina looked on, confused. A little girl was floating toward her, she seemed asleep.
"Help me! Please!" she called toward the little girl. But the girl didn't respond, she just stayed asleep.
Suddenly the light surrounding Melfina tightened in on her, large bolts of light shot out and touched Melfina, attaching themselves to various places on her.
A rush of pain coursed through Melfina, as the white light appeared larger. Melfina cried out in pain, the white light seemed to be draining her.
Melfina struggled against the white light until it finally let go. Melfina gasped and shuddered; breathing heavily she watched the light head toward the floating girl.
"Don't hurt her to!" Melfina cried out, trying to run over to help the girl somehow.
The light surrounded the little girl, closing in on her.
"NO!" Melfina cried as the white light became large, then exploded blinding her.
"NO!" Melfina screamed, her eyes snapping open. She looked around and saw herself in the lab, with Dr. Benson in her face. She looked around wildly and saw Jim lying on the ground, while Gene was only half conscious, being supported by a man all in navy blue.
Melfina's eyes widened, looking around she realized there was at least a dozen men standing around in navy blue suits.
"What did you do to them? What have you done?" Melfina asked Dr. Benson, her voice higher than usual.
"Nothing to concern yourself with." Dr. Benson said. "Take them away!" he motioned to the men in blue.
"You bastard!" a voice shouted. Melfina turned her head and saw Mr. Johnson struggling against four men in blue. "You betrayed me!"
"Now, now. No need to get hostile, after all without you, none of this would be possible." Dr. Benson taunted.
The men in blue dragged Mr. Johnson the same way they had dragged Gene and Jim.
"What have you done!?" Melfina repeated loudly. "GENE!!"
Well that's the end of my chapter. It's my pathetic attempt at a cliffhanger. Oh well. I'm just sitting here at home, writing a lot. I'm sick so I have nothing to do. Grr. Allergies suck. Oh well. Review make great medicine for me..he he.
Arigatou! Mandy~Chan
Teach me to Dream
Chapter three~ Sleeping Beauty
'Damnit. Where is this idiot taking us?' Gene thought to himself, scowling. He looked down at Melfina, who was still limp, in his arms. It was strangely like the situation in which Gwen Khan had suspended her personality. But then she just seemed..asleep. But now; Melfina felt so light in his arms, and she looked so pale; her face didn't look peaceful, like usual. Gene tried to figure out what was so different about her now.
Suddenly it hit him, she looked like an android. Before she had always seemed so human, so real. But now it was like she'd changed, her skin looked different, her whole aura was..different.
"What the hell did you do to her?" Gene asked Dr. Benson. Suddenly Gene felt like he had to know what was wrong.
"You'll see soon." Dr. Benson snapped.
Gene started to protest, but was silenced by a pleading look from Jim.
Gene frowned and looked back at Melfina.
"Here we are." Dr. Benson said in a singsong like voice. They had stopped in the middle of a hallway, with no door in sight.
"What are you talking about mister?" Jim asked, annoyance evident in his voice. "We're in the middle of nowhere."
Dr. Benson snorted then turned to the right wall. He touched one of the many panels in the wall and all the panels suddenly disappeared. Just vanished. Gene took a step back in surprise and Jim couldn't help but mutter a "whoa."
"Come now." Dr. Benson addressed his stunned companions. "Follow me."
They walked down the dark hallway for a little bit, and finally stopped when they came to a door.
Br. Benson pressed some numbers into a number board next to the door and it slid open with a creak.
They entered the room and Gene opened his eyes wide. Even after all his wanderings of the universe, he'd never seen a machine like the one in front of him.
It looked like a chair, but there were thousands upon thousands of cords and wires running from it into a small capsule like thing laying on a stand near the wall. Computers and monitors sat on the other side of the room, reading off charts and numbers.
"Welcome to my lab." Said Dr. Benson.
"Alright. We're here. Now what did you do to Mel?" Gene asked, getting prepared to do something drastic.
"And how do you know she..she isn't human." Jim asked.
"Simple," Dr. Benson started. "I make things like her for a living."
Gene bristled slightly at hearing Melfina being called a thing.
"I can recognize any android, bio or regular, very easily. You can she's different anyway by the way she acts. She's to calm to be human. And what have I done to her? Simple." Dr. Benson's smile widened. "I've suspended her soul. Much like professor Khan once did."
"What?" was all Gene managed to get out.
But Jim voiced what Gene was thinking. "You can't have suspended her soul..she isn't human. So she doesn't have a soul. Right? You could only have suspended her personality."
Dr. Benson smirked. "By now you should realize nearly nothing on Melfina is real. It's all synthesized, not real."
"That's not true!" Jim snapped. "She has muscles incorporated within her machinery. And she has feelings and emotions."
"But don't you see?" Dr. Benson asked. "All of it's fake. No matter what she does it's all based on her programming. But her programming is so advanced that no one could tell. And even though she has muscles and veins and everything like that, it's all fake. And somehow professor Khan managed to create a synthesized soul, which is like her personality. But she can live without her personality; it would be like she's just asleep. But without her soul she's nothing. Just a dead body of machinery and fake organs. That is why she look's so different."
Gene closed his eyes, trying to digest this extremely confusing information.
"But no need to worry. I'm going to change her back. Give her to me." Dr. Benson held out his arms.
Gene saw no other option; he numbly handed over Melfina.
Dr. Benson brushed her hair from the back of her neck and pulled out a small remote like machine. He pressed it lightly into Melfina's neck, just above her hairline, and clicked something on it. Melfina's eyes opened slowly. She shifted in Dr. Benson's arm with a groan, turning around to look into his face. Once she realized who was holding her, she immediately pushed herself out of his grasp, and stumbled over to Gene.
Gene held Melfina close, trying to stop her from shaking when he heard the slight tap of footsteps behind him.
"Now. Now. Benson, no need to scare them." A soft taunting voice said.
Gene turned around and saw a man standing in the doorway of the lab. He was tall, taller than Gene, and look to be a few years older. His hair was black, and slicked back, with dark green eyes. He was wearing a simple business suit.
"Gene Starwind I presume? I'm Mr. Johnson." Mr. Johnson held out his hand, but Gene didn't take it.
"Why are we here? Your friend over there told us we'd get five thousand wong if we came. We came. So we need the money. And fifteen thousand if we did a certain job. Now I wanna know exactly what kind of job that is!" Gene snapped at Mr. Johnson.
"I'm very sorry. My colleague isn't very big on talking, obviously. We we're going to ask you to help us find a certain type of android and then bring it here, but it seems you already have. We also need your help hooking her up."
"Hooking me up?" Melfina finally spoke. She was looking at Mr. Johnson with wide haunted eyes. Gene saw how different she looked now; her skin didn't look waxy and fake, but soft and real. She looked alive now.
Mr. Johnson tilted his head slightly then said, "Yes, we need to hook you up to our computer systems. We are in desperate need of your help.."
"Melfina." Melfina supplied quietly.
"We are in desperate need of your help Melfina."
"Me?" Melfina squeaked.
"Well, yes." Dr. Benson said.
Melfina looked down at her feet for a long time. Finally she asked, "What can I do? Why do you need me?"
"I need for you to sit in the chair, where we will hook you up. You are the most advanced android I have ever seen. A duplicate of your data will be made, and transported into the system to be saved." Mr. Johnson explained.
"Why do you need her data?" Jim asked, confused. "You're not trying to find the galactic lei line are you?"
"No." Mr. Johnson said shortly. " I cannot tell you why. But if you could just cooperate, it won't hurt you or cause you damage in any way, I promise."
"I don't think we should do anything for you." Gene snapped.
Dr. Benson took a threatening step forward, "remember, Gene Starwind, I can suspended Melfina's soul at anytime. You wouldn't want that to happen, now would you?"
Melfina looked up at Gene, confusion in her eyes. Gene looked down into Melfina's beautiful face and sighed. "No, I guess not. But it's not my choice, it's Melfina's."
Melfina looked from Gene to Mr. Johnson, then to the machine. She slowly took a few steps toward Mr. Johnson and said, "I'll do it." In a surprisingly defiant voice.
Dr. Benson took Melfina's hand and led her to the chair. Melfina suddenly felt cold dread wash over her. She didn't want to sit in the chair. But Dr. Benson pushed her down. The minute she touched the chair, chain like restraints popped up and held her in place. Melfina cried out in surprise and began to struggle.
"Don't!" Mr. Johnson said to her. "You are alright, the restraints are there to hold you in place. If you move you will move the connection. They're not there to hurt you."
Melfina swallowed her fear and forced herself to relax. A wave of exhaustion fell over Melfina. She tried to keep her eyes open and in contact with Gene's eyes, but she couldn't. She slowly closed her eyes.
***********
'Where am I?' Melfina thought. It looked very much like the cyber World she lived in every time she got into her navigation chamber. Only it seemed darker. Melfina looked down and saw she was wearing what appeared to be a deep blue body suit.
Suddenly a bright light surrounded Melfina, imprisoning her. Melfina called out for someone to help her, when a small figure came in from the distance.
Melfina looked on, confused. A little girl was floating toward her, she seemed asleep.
"Help me! Please!" she called toward the little girl. But the girl didn't respond, she just stayed asleep.
Suddenly the light surrounding Melfina tightened in on her, large bolts of light shot out and touched Melfina, attaching themselves to various places on her.
A rush of pain coursed through Melfina, as the white light appeared larger. Melfina cried out in pain, the white light seemed to be draining her.
Melfina struggled against the white light until it finally let go. Melfina gasped and shuddered; breathing heavily she watched the light head toward the floating girl.
"Don't hurt her to!" Melfina cried out, trying to run over to help the girl somehow.
The light surrounded the little girl, closing in on her.
"NO!" Melfina cried as the white light became large, then exploded blinding her.
"NO!" Melfina screamed, her eyes snapping open. She looked around and saw herself in the lab, with Dr. Benson in her face. She looked around wildly and saw Jim lying on the ground, while Gene was only half conscious, being supported by a man all in navy blue.
Melfina's eyes widened, looking around she realized there was at least a dozen men standing around in navy blue suits.
"What did you do to them? What have you done?" Melfina asked Dr. Benson, her voice higher than usual.
"Nothing to concern yourself with." Dr. Benson said. "Take them away!" he motioned to the men in blue.
"You bastard!" a voice shouted. Melfina turned her head and saw Mr. Johnson struggling against four men in blue. "You betrayed me!"
"Now, now. No need to get hostile, after all without you, none of this would be possible." Dr. Benson taunted.
The men in blue dragged Mr. Johnson the same way they had dragged Gene and Jim.
"What have you done!?" Melfina repeated loudly. "GENE!!"
Well that's the end of my chapter. It's my pathetic attempt at a cliffhanger. Oh well. I'm just sitting here at home, writing a lot. I'm sick so I have nothing to do. Grr. Allergies suck. Oh well. Review make great medicine for me..he he.
Arigatou! Mandy~Chan
