Chapter Four...
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"No way!" Joe was still shaking his head in disbelief as he followed Mitzuko to town square, going over what she had just said again over and over in his head. "It's not possible! She can't be...can she?"
"She very well can, and is," Mitzuko said over her shoulder, "She was the first, and last, successful project of Operation Cyborg Soldier 01, a more modified version of the 00 Cyborgs. Unfortunately, I was blackmailed into modifying Kohana; she'd been picked up by some of Black Ghost's favorite soldiers, who also had a little mishap and killed her parents. They wounded her with a gunshot in the process, which is the main reason I didn't refuse the modification. She was dying, we had to work quickly. After we finished, Kohana was sent to Black Ghost for his approval. He laughed at her design and her age. You see, she had an almost completely human body, she had blood, and all the vital organs of a human. The only real cyborg body she had was the metal skeleton and a few parts here and there. Black Ghost was satisfied with her powers, even though, in his eyes, she was a failure. That's when I couldn't take it anymore. They were going to destroy Kohana then used the notes I took on her abilities to create a more functional cyborg. So I took the plans, notes, and Kohana, and fled here.
"Unfortunately, Black Ghost had foreseen my rebellion, and told the soldiers to follow me. They never found me, after the first month I supposed they gave up. But one day, they found Kohana, playing on the sidewalk in front of that church..." Mitzuko paused a moment, skipping what had obviously happened, then continued, "When I found Kohana, she was inches from death inside the rubble of the church. She had severe head trauma, and had been shot several times in the throat and chest. They even detached one of her legs, and left her for dead." Mitzuko shuddered as she remembered the injuries she'd seen, and Joe remembered how in both of his nightmares Kohana had been killed with a gun shot to the throat, and a head injury. "I repaired her, however, and brought her back. It wasn't surpring that, when she recovered, she naturally feared people. Even other cyborgs couldn't get close to her, she'd allow no one to touch her but me."
"So what's all this got to do with me dreaming about her?" Joe asked curiously.
"009...there's something that you were never told. Not even Dr. Gilmore knows about it."
"What?"
"Well, our operation was top-classified; only Black Ghost and the two other scientists on my team knew about it. You see, Black Ghost wanted a way to enter the minds of his victims, and as you know, 001 was out of the question. So we had to create a sort of Dream Maker...and we found a way. With Kohana's remaining blood, plus the blood Type AB positive, and a mental stimulating chip, we could create Kohana's mind with a subconscious reactor: she was able to bring people from their current surroundings and into her dreams, if she was connected to them. She could also create illusions to defend herself. But we couldn't find the blood that we needed."
"So what did you do?" Joe asked, feeling something big was about to be explained.
"We took the blood we needed from a nearby laboratorey. A few doctors were working on the most recent 00 Cyborg, and since he was still human, we could find out what Blood Type he had. It was a match. The blood we took...was from you, 009," Mitzuko explained, stopping and turning to look into his eyes. "Which almost makes you 01's older brother...her father, even." Joe was dumbfounded. It was his blood that made this little girl a cyborg. Great. As if he didn't have enough problems.
"And that's how I got sucked into Kohana's nightmares...because she has my blood in her," Joe concluded.
"Yes, that's exactly how." Joe stood there, trying to let all of this sink in. It all made sense, actually. If he was dissapearing from the Dolphin into Kohana's dreams, of course the others would be worried that he was using Acceleration in his sleep. And Kohana asking him to remember her was also just explained; she was almost his own daughter. Boy, did he have a lot of explaining to do.
Tightening his arms around Kohana, he sighed, and said, "Mitzuko, is it all right if I take her with me tonight? I promise we'll settle all of this tomorrow, I just feel like I could at least give her a few hours of my time..."
Mitzuko nodded, and smiled, "Of course you may. Just have her in bed by eight o' clock. She tends to get cranky if she's awake for too long."
Joe nodded, and, finally allowed to use his Acceleration, dissapeared in a speedy flash toward the Dolphin. Mitzuko looked after them for a moment, then lowered her head, "Goodbye, Kohana." Her eyes were out of view, and she called out to the darkness, "I know you've come to kill me. You can come out now."
"Smart woman, good of you not to run," said a deep, growling voice. An arm grabbed her waist, and led her quietly into the dark alleyway.
The silenced gunshot was easily mistaken, even to 003, as a backfire of a muffler.
Okay, everyone hates me right now...right? I'm sorry, I had to end the chapter here...I know it's really short...but I promise to have the next chapter up soon!! ^^;; Okay? So put away all those ugly weapons...wait, that one too! AAAHHH!! *skimpers off running from the holder of the pistol*
lol, sorry for the suspense^_^;;; Thanks for the reviews! Here 'tis!
"No way!" Joe was still shaking his head in disbelief as he followed Mitzuko to town square, going over what she had just said again over and over in his head. "It's not possible! She can't be...can she?"
"She very well can, and is," Mitzuko said over her shoulder, "She was the first, and last, successful project of Operation Cyborg Soldier 01, a more modified version of the 00 Cyborgs. Unfortunately, I was blackmailed into modifying Kohana; she'd been picked up by some of Black Ghost's favorite soldiers, who also had a little mishap and killed her parents. They wounded her with a gunshot in the process, which is the main reason I didn't refuse the modification. She was dying, we had to work quickly. After we finished, Kohana was sent to Black Ghost for his approval. He laughed at her design and her age. You see, she had an almost completely human body, she had blood, and all the vital organs of a human. The only real cyborg body she had was the metal skeleton and a few parts here and there. Black Ghost was satisfied with her powers, even though, in his eyes, she was a failure. That's when I couldn't take it anymore. They were going to destroy Kohana then used the notes I took on her abilities to create a more functional cyborg. So I took the plans, notes, and Kohana, and fled here.
"Unfortunately, Black Ghost had foreseen my rebellion, and told the soldiers to follow me. They never found me, after the first month I supposed they gave up. But one day, they found Kohana, playing on the sidewalk in front of that church..." Mitzuko paused a moment, skipping what had obviously happened, then continued, "When I found Kohana, she was inches from death inside the rubble of the church. She had severe head trauma, and had been shot several times in the throat and chest. They even detached one of her legs, and left her for dead." Mitzuko shuddered as she remembered the injuries she'd seen, and Joe remembered how in both of his nightmares Kohana had been killed with a gun shot to the throat, and a head injury. "I repaired her, however, and brought her back. It wasn't surpring that, when she recovered, she naturally feared people. Even other cyborgs couldn't get close to her, she'd allow no one to touch her but me."
"So what's all this got to do with me dreaming about her?" Joe asked curiously.
"009...there's something that you were never told. Not even Dr. Gilmore knows about it."
"What?"
"Well, our operation was top-classified; only Black Ghost and the two other scientists on my team knew about it. You see, Black Ghost wanted a way to enter the minds of his victims, and as you know, 001 was out of the question. So we had to create a sort of Dream Maker...and we found a way. With Kohana's remaining blood, plus the blood Type AB positive, and a mental stimulating chip, we could create Kohana's mind with a subconscious reactor: she was able to bring people from their current surroundings and into her dreams, if she was connected to them. She could also create illusions to defend herself. But we couldn't find the blood that we needed."
"So what did you do?" Joe asked, feeling something big was about to be explained.
"We took the blood we needed from a nearby laboratorey. A few doctors were working on the most recent 00 Cyborg, and since he was still human, we could find out what Blood Type he had. It was a match. The blood we took...was from you, 009," Mitzuko explained, stopping and turning to look into his eyes. "Which almost makes you 01's older brother...her father, even." Joe was dumbfounded. It was his blood that made this little girl a cyborg. Great. As if he didn't have enough problems.
"And that's how I got sucked into Kohana's nightmares...because she has my blood in her," Joe concluded.
"Yes, that's exactly how." Joe stood there, trying to let all of this sink in. It all made sense, actually. If he was dissapearing from the Dolphin into Kohana's dreams, of course the others would be worried that he was using Acceleration in his sleep. And Kohana asking him to remember her was also just explained; she was almost his own daughter. Boy, did he have a lot of explaining to do.
Tightening his arms around Kohana, he sighed, and said, "Mitzuko, is it all right if I take her with me tonight? I promise we'll settle all of this tomorrow, I just feel like I could at least give her a few hours of my time..."
Mitzuko nodded, and smiled, "Of course you may. Just have her in bed by eight o' clock. She tends to get cranky if she's awake for too long."
Joe nodded, and, finally allowed to use his Acceleration, dissapeared in a speedy flash toward the Dolphin. Mitzuko looked after them for a moment, then lowered her head, "Goodbye, Kohana." Her eyes were out of view, and she called out to the darkness, "I know you've come to kill me. You can come out now."
"Smart woman, good of you not to run," said a deep, growling voice. An arm grabbed her waist, and led her quietly into the dark alleyway.
The silenced gunshot was easily mistaken, even to 003, as a backfire of a muffler.
Okay, everyone hates me right now...right? I'm sorry, I had to end the chapter here...I know it's really short...but I promise to have the next chapter up soon!! ^^;; Okay? So put away all those ugly weapons...wait, that one too! AAAHHH!! *skimpers off running from the holder of the pistol*