In the dark crevasses of Trio's mind she heard voices calling out to her.
For days she resisted, quite content in the quiet and peaceful parts of her
mind. Everyday the voices got more insistent and finally she couldn't take
it anymore and she cracked her eyes open. The first thing she saw was Shiro
holding her hand and a worried but relieved look on his face.
"Shiro." Trio's fuzzy brain suddenly lit up. Sitting up in a rush and making her wounds cry out and blackening her vision she muttered. "But.I though you."
"It's all right, Trio. I'm okay. I'm still alive and so are you."
The tired girl sighed and quickly assessed that she was in her bed. Shiro was the only one in her room. The shaggy red carpet (at her request, she was 10 at the time) clashed with the light purple walls but she loved the two colors and despite the difference, Jerome had agreed. Her light brown dresser sat next to her bed and atop that was a picture of the G-Alloids, taken soon after they met. Despite living in a mansion, Trio's room was average for an only child.
Trio blinked away tears. "I made it.I really made it."
Shiro kissed Trio's cheek. "It's okay.calm down. You've been asleep for three days since you came back."
"I heard voices calling to me but I was tired and calm and SAFE I didn't want to leave my haven."
"But don't you it's about time you come back to the world of the living?"
A giggled escaped the girl. "Don't hide in the shadows, Jerome, I know you're there."
A relieved sigh came from the shadowed doorway. "You've always been able to sense someone else in your room. Even since you were a baby."
Trio let out a strangled cry, "DAAAAAAAD! Stop with the trips down memory lane!"
Jerome laughed, the first time Shiro had ever seen this stern man laugh.
"All right, all right I'll stop." Jerome's face toughened up. "You're going to have to tell us what happened then. I know it might be hard or even traumatic but we need to know what he did to have such severe injuries." he trailed off, seeing the look on his daughter's face.
"Do I have to tell everyone?" Trio asked quietly.
"He didn't." Shiro's face had an appalled look.
"No, he didn't touch me.but.for a G-Alloid he did something much worse." (Since this is confusing let me elaborate: being controlled by another who wishes to and can hurt you. For a G-Alloid this is pure torture)
Jerome pulled a handheld recorder out of his pocket. "Here, this'll make it easier for you won't it?"
Trio nodded and retold the events of her capture (and since it's really boring to tell it all again, the author has taken the liberty to SKIP it and get to the part you don't know about ^-^).
"I made it to the border of the Azure Kingdom by nightfall and landed in a small forest. I removed the handcuffs and table and slept well into the afternoon.
"As much as it hurt I flew on, knowing if I didn't keep going I'd never make it."
"Then yesterday afternoon you made it here, but how did you know where you were going?" Jerome asked.
"Deathscythe told you huh?"
"He clued me in a little, but I was so mentally weakened I couldn't hear much of anything."
"I see," Jerome turned off the recorder.
"What.has the team decided to do about this?" Trio asked quietly.
"Nothing yet," Shiro replied just as quiet. "They were arguing for days on whether or not to go into the Azure Kingdom and get you out."
"Is Melody here?"
"Yea, she's with the others."
"Have they been going to school?"
"Trio," Shiro's face was confused, "where'd that question come from?"
"She's always worried about falling behind because of absences," Jerome informed the boy.
"No," Shiro replied in answer to Trio's question.
"I see," Trio closed her eyes and relaxed on her pillow. "Tell Daemon I'm awake and that he needs to start talking with the other G-Alloids about Kai, he has GOT to be stopped."
"I'll do it," Shiro volunteered. "But is that really something you should be worrying about right NOW?" When Trio refused to answer, the boy got up and left the room, Jerome still sitting on the edge of the bed.
"How much longer, Jerome?"
"Wha?"
"The G-Genomes, how much longer until it's completely integrated into his system?
"I'd say a few days, maybe a week at the maximum.wait.how did YOU know about that?"
"."
"One of the G-Alloids is going to have to eliminate Kai, Trio, more than likely it'll have to be Shiro."
"I know."
"How did you find out about Shiro's condition?"
"A machine is useful for locating other machines," Trio replied vaguely.
"Are you going to tell him?"
"I don't know.it's hard.it's like telling a child they're adopted.there's never a right time."
"But it has to be done eventually."
"And what would that be?" Melody asked as she peeked her head in the door.
"Nothing you should be concerned with." Jerome replied irritably.
Melody steadied her attention at Jerome for a moment then turned to the G- Alloid in the bed, "Trio, Daemon asked me to tell you that the 'X' made a TV broadcast about you guys."
Trio shot up and knocked a surprise Jerome on the floor. "WHAT?!"
"He's let the world know you exist."
Trio sank back on the bed. "Do they know our alias names?"
"I don't know, I'm sorry, Trio."
The gong that was the doorbell rang loud and clear. Jerome sat up as it rang three more times in succession.
"Shiro." Trio's fuzzy brain suddenly lit up. Sitting up in a rush and making her wounds cry out and blackening her vision she muttered. "But.I though you."
"It's all right, Trio. I'm okay. I'm still alive and so are you."
The tired girl sighed and quickly assessed that she was in her bed. Shiro was the only one in her room. The shaggy red carpet (at her request, she was 10 at the time) clashed with the light purple walls but she loved the two colors and despite the difference, Jerome had agreed. Her light brown dresser sat next to her bed and atop that was a picture of the G-Alloids, taken soon after they met. Despite living in a mansion, Trio's room was average for an only child.
Trio blinked away tears. "I made it.I really made it."
Shiro kissed Trio's cheek. "It's okay.calm down. You've been asleep for three days since you came back."
"I heard voices calling to me but I was tired and calm and SAFE I didn't want to leave my haven."
"But don't you it's about time you come back to the world of the living?"
A giggled escaped the girl. "Don't hide in the shadows, Jerome, I know you're there."
A relieved sigh came from the shadowed doorway. "You've always been able to sense someone else in your room. Even since you were a baby."
Trio let out a strangled cry, "DAAAAAAAD! Stop with the trips down memory lane!"
Jerome laughed, the first time Shiro had ever seen this stern man laugh.
"All right, all right I'll stop." Jerome's face toughened up. "You're going to have to tell us what happened then. I know it might be hard or even traumatic but we need to know what he did to have such severe injuries." he trailed off, seeing the look on his daughter's face.
"Do I have to tell everyone?" Trio asked quietly.
"He didn't." Shiro's face had an appalled look.
"No, he didn't touch me.but.for a G-Alloid he did something much worse." (Since this is confusing let me elaborate: being controlled by another who wishes to and can hurt you. For a G-Alloid this is pure torture)
Jerome pulled a handheld recorder out of his pocket. "Here, this'll make it easier for you won't it?"
Trio nodded and retold the events of her capture (and since it's really boring to tell it all again, the author has taken the liberty to SKIP it and get to the part you don't know about ^-^).
"I made it to the border of the Azure Kingdom by nightfall and landed in a small forest. I removed the handcuffs and table and slept well into the afternoon.
"As much as it hurt I flew on, knowing if I didn't keep going I'd never make it."
"Then yesterday afternoon you made it here, but how did you know where you were going?" Jerome asked.
"Deathscythe told you huh?"
"He clued me in a little, but I was so mentally weakened I couldn't hear much of anything."
"I see," Jerome turned off the recorder.
"What.has the team decided to do about this?" Trio asked quietly.
"Nothing yet," Shiro replied just as quiet. "They were arguing for days on whether or not to go into the Azure Kingdom and get you out."
"Is Melody here?"
"Yea, she's with the others."
"Have they been going to school?"
"Trio," Shiro's face was confused, "where'd that question come from?"
"She's always worried about falling behind because of absences," Jerome informed the boy.
"No," Shiro replied in answer to Trio's question.
"I see," Trio closed her eyes and relaxed on her pillow. "Tell Daemon I'm awake and that he needs to start talking with the other G-Alloids about Kai, he has GOT to be stopped."
"I'll do it," Shiro volunteered. "But is that really something you should be worrying about right NOW?" When Trio refused to answer, the boy got up and left the room, Jerome still sitting on the edge of the bed.
"How much longer, Jerome?"
"Wha?"
"The G-Genomes, how much longer until it's completely integrated into his system?
"I'd say a few days, maybe a week at the maximum.wait.how did YOU know about that?"
"."
"One of the G-Alloids is going to have to eliminate Kai, Trio, more than likely it'll have to be Shiro."
"I know."
"How did you find out about Shiro's condition?"
"A machine is useful for locating other machines," Trio replied vaguely.
"Are you going to tell him?"
"I don't know.it's hard.it's like telling a child they're adopted.there's never a right time."
"But it has to be done eventually."
"And what would that be?" Melody asked as she peeked her head in the door.
"Nothing you should be concerned with." Jerome replied irritably.
Melody steadied her attention at Jerome for a moment then turned to the G- Alloid in the bed, "Trio, Daemon asked me to tell you that the 'X' made a TV broadcast about you guys."
Trio shot up and knocked a surprise Jerome on the floor. "WHAT?!"
"He's let the world know you exist."
Trio sank back on the bed. "Do they know our alias names?"
"I don't know, I'm sorry, Trio."
The gong that was the doorbell rang loud and clear. Jerome sat up as it rang three more times in succession.