Chapter Seven-
0.0 Never thought I'd get such feedback!! Thanks everyone! I know you all, you're awaiting the 'finding Mitzuko's body' crap...so this is that chappie! Be prepared...and afraid...^___^
Oh, and I'm using all of your suggestions, every single one, in the next few chapters...^_^;;; So, yeaaah....thanks^_^
It was time to go get Mitzuko, and Dr. Gilmore and Joe had decided it would be better to go alone and bring her to the Dolphin to discuss future custody of Kohana. Since the other cyborgs wanted to go see Dr. Kezumi before they had to leave, andsince 007 was stuck at the Dolphin with a bit of a cold, Kohana would stay at the Dolphin with him.
003 was in her room, contemplating over the fact that Joe almost had a daughter. As difficult as it was to believe that a weapon could nearly have a daughter, it was very believable that he as a man could. He was always so kind and gentle and protective...
She found herself blushing as her thoughts continued onto the fact that she'd like to be the one to help him raise Kohana. She put a hand to her cheek, sighing dreamily, and looked out the window, just as 001 awoke.
'Maybe you shouldn't think about such things so freely,' he teased her. She spun around to look at him, blushing bright red.
"I-I was j-j-just thinking...th-that it'd be nice to have a child...of my own," she stammered, having very little time to think up a better excuse.
'Riiight, I'm sure you were.'
"Well, let's go. I'm sure the others are waiting..." 003 said, still a little flustered at Ivan's ability to listen in on her private thoughts. She picked the baby up, and gave him a look, "And if you ever tell anyone about this..."
'Scout's honor!' 001 said, raising his two fingers.
"All right then...I trust you," she said with a smile. Someone knocked on the door lightly, and Francoise looked up as Kohana poked her head into the room. "Oh, hey, sweetie...what's the problem?" she asked, going over to kneel in front of Kohana.
"Nuthin'," Kohana answered, "Just everybody's lookin' for ya."
"Oh, all right...would you be a dear and tell them I'm on my way?"
"Yes'm." Kohana nodded sharply, and hurried ahead of her. Francoise smiled after the girl...indeed, she was a lot like Joe. Francoise just hoped that she could be involved with both father and daughter's lives...that was all she wanted at the moment.
"See you guys later!" Joe said, waving at the departing group as they headed to Dr. Kizumi's house. He turned to Dr. Gilmore. "Ready?"
"Yes, I'm ready, 009." He turned to 007, who was holding the hand of Kohana. "Are you sure you'll be all right watching her, 007?"
"Sure, we'll be fine, won't we, Kohana?" he asked, sending a sidelong glance at the child.
"Mm hm!! Just peachy!" she cried. Joe looked hesitant to leave, but was surprised when the little girl dropped 007's hand, and ran up to give him a hug. "Bye Papa! Please hurry back with Ms. Mitzuko. I miss her!" Joe smiled at her warmly.
"I will, I promise," he said, not knowing that his promise was broken before he made it.
Joe knocked on Mitzuko's door yet again, looking from his watch to Dr. Gilmore. They'd been there for nearly fifteen minutes, and were both getting worried. Finally, Joe said, "That's it. Something's wrong. I'm going to go in the back and see what I can find."
"Fine, but be careful," Dr. Gilmore warned. "Don't be going into the bathroom or anything...that might be more dangerous than anything else..." He was speaking from personal experience of course, not that he'd ever admit it or anything...^_~
"Right." 009 sped around the building and went into a back window. Looking around, he saw that he was in the kitchen, and walked into the room on his left. It was the living room. After a moment of getting used to the darkness of the room, he saw a light switch near the kitchen door, and flipped it on. It was to the expense of his promise to Kohana that he did. There, lying on the couch, was the pale body of Mitzuko. Her eyes were open wide, looking iced over. and her mouth in a tight firm line. Her white face was contorted with determination, and she looked as if she'd been moved into her apartment after her death. Blood was drying around a small hole in her chest, and dripped down from her lips, its scarlet color staining her beige suit. Joe looked away, and went to the door, opening it and looking at Dr. Gilmore with estranged eyes.
"Oh, my..." the doctor gasped. He immediately called 911, and left the reciever off of the base as he and 009 left the body there. They both knew better than to get involved with this; Black Ghost's name was all over it, and it was bad enough that he wanted them dead; he might get them improsined as well.
"I left her for just three seconds, I swear I did..." 007 mumbled to himself, looking around with his hands on his hips. It was true, he had taken his eyes off of Kohana for just a second, but she had dissapeared in that second. "Kohana!" 007 called out. "Where'd you go?" Walking into the kitchen, 007's eyes widened *I hope you like this, Q.o.D^_~) There, sprawled across the table, was a trail of peanut butter...spread over 006's recipie book and 002's favorite jacket. Also, 005's so-called 'Nature Wine' was all over the two items, and the walls. 003's diary and ballet photo book were lying open on the counter, with fingerprints everywhere. 007 groaned, about to clean up the mess, when a noise from the little sitting room the group had created distracted him. He went into there, but instead of finding Kohana, he found 008's favorite fishy pajamas torn up by 004's knife collection...the knives all going dull because of the fact that the room was flooded with water. The water was coming into the room from under the bathroom door, and 007 fearfully opened it. Where there was once a bathroom, there was now an ocean. Apparently, Kohana could do much more damage than any amount of the combined powers of all the cyborgs in the galaxy. Dr. Gilmore and 001's famous sand-bottle (ooc: you know, the little weird bottles filled with multi-colored sands?) had been dumped onto the floor, some of 003's PRIVATE things were stuffed into the bathtub, which was running, and had obviously caused the flood, and it got worse. 009's blue vest was hanging in tattered shreds in the sink, covered with whipped cream, hairspray, shaving cream, and cut up with the razors that were spread all over the place.
"How could a little girl do all of this in just a few minutes' time?" he wondered aloud, then heard a sound from the most dreaded- his room. Running, not walking, there, he threw open the door to see the most incredible sight in all of the history of incredible sights. Kohana, snuggled in a bed of all of the clothing 007 possessed, was sleeping peacefully, looking like a little angel. 007 gaped at her, mouth open and hanging to the floor, arms and shoulders slumped, as she mumbled in her sleep and turned over, her black hair slightly astray but besides that, looking perfectly clean, and like she hadn't done anything.
Blinking, 007 then walked around, inspecting the rest of the ship. In an intreval of five minutes, the tiny four-year-old girl had damaged 009's room, tp'd the cockpit, and drawn all over the hallway walls and doors. "Uh, yeah, does anyone know a thirty second clean-up crew?" 007 wondered aloud, noticing out the window that everyon but 009 and Dr. Gilmore were returning.
When the door opened, and 003 stepped inside, she screamed. And screamed. And threw several random objects at 007 as she chased him down, intent upon killing him.
HEEE! Okay, the calling 003 Mother suggestion will be comin' soon^_~ Thank you all so much for the ideas, very inspiring! Keep up the reviewing, I'll keep up the insanity! ^_~ Gotta jet...no pun intended.
0.0 Never thought I'd get such feedback!! Thanks everyone! I know you all, you're awaiting the 'finding Mitzuko's body' crap...so this is that chappie! Be prepared...and afraid...^___^
Oh, and I'm using all of your suggestions, every single one, in the next few chapters...^_^;;; So, yeaaah....thanks^_^
It was time to go get Mitzuko, and Dr. Gilmore and Joe had decided it would be better to go alone and bring her to the Dolphin to discuss future custody of Kohana. Since the other cyborgs wanted to go see Dr. Kezumi before they had to leave, andsince 007 was stuck at the Dolphin with a bit of a cold, Kohana would stay at the Dolphin with him.
003 was in her room, contemplating over the fact that Joe almost had a daughter. As difficult as it was to believe that a weapon could nearly have a daughter, it was very believable that he as a man could. He was always so kind and gentle and protective...
She found herself blushing as her thoughts continued onto the fact that she'd like to be the one to help him raise Kohana. She put a hand to her cheek, sighing dreamily, and looked out the window, just as 001 awoke.
'Maybe you shouldn't think about such things so freely,' he teased her. She spun around to look at him, blushing bright red.
"I-I was j-j-just thinking...th-that it'd be nice to have a child...of my own," she stammered, having very little time to think up a better excuse.
'Riiight, I'm sure you were.'
"Well, let's go. I'm sure the others are waiting..." 003 said, still a little flustered at Ivan's ability to listen in on her private thoughts. She picked the baby up, and gave him a look, "And if you ever tell anyone about this..."
'Scout's honor!' 001 said, raising his two fingers.
"All right then...I trust you," she said with a smile. Someone knocked on the door lightly, and Francoise looked up as Kohana poked her head into the room. "Oh, hey, sweetie...what's the problem?" she asked, going over to kneel in front of Kohana.
"Nuthin'," Kohana answered, "Just everybody's lookin' for ya."
"Oh, all right...would you be a dear and tell them I'm on my way?"
"Yes'm." Kohana nodded sharply, and hurried ahead of her. Francoise smiled after the girl...indeed, she was a lot like Joe. Francoise just hoped that she could be involved with both father and daughter's lives...that was all she wanted at the moment.
"See you guys later!" Joe said, waving at the departing group as they headed to Dr. Kizumi's house. He turned to Dr. Gilmore. "Ready?"
"Yes, I'm ready, 009." He turned to 007, who was holding the hand of Kohana. "Are you sure you'll be all right watching her, 007?"
"Sure, we'll be fine, won't we, Kohana?" he asked, sending a sidelong glance at the child.
"Mm hm!! Just peachy!" she cried. Joe looked hesitant to leave, but was surprised when the little girl dropped 007's hand, and ran up to give him a hug. "Bye Papa! Please hurry back with Ms. Mitzuko. I miss her!" Joe smiled at her warmly.
"I will, I promise," he said, not knowing that his promise was broken before he made it.
Joe knocked on Mitzuko's door yet again, looking from his watch to Dr. Gilmore. They'd been there for nearly fifteen minutes, and were both getting worried. Finally, Joe said, "That's it. Something's wrong. I'm going to go in the back and see what I can find."
"Fine, but be careful," Dr. Gilmore warned. "Don't be going into the bathroom or anything...that might be more dangerous than anything else..." He was speaking from personal experience of course, not that he'd ever admit it or anything...^_~
"Right." 009 sped around the building and went into a back window. Looking around, he saw that he was in the kitchen, and walked into the room on his left. It was the living room. After a moment of getting used to the darkness of the room, he saw a light switch near the kitchen door, and flipped it on. It was to the expense of his promise to Kohana that he did. There, lying on the couch, was the pale body of Mitzuko. Her eyes were open wide, looking iced over. and her mouth in a tight firm line. Her white face was contorted with determination, and she looked as if she'd been moved into her apartment after her death. Blood was drying around a small hole in her chest, and dripped down from her lips, its scarlet color staining her beige suit. Joe looked away, and went to the door, opening it and looking at Dr. Gilmore with estranged eyes.
"Oh, my..." the doctor gasped. He immediately called 911, and left the reciever off of the base as he and 009 left the body there. They both knew better than to get involved with this; Black Ghost's name was all over it, and it was bad enough that he wanted them dead; he might get them improsined as well.
"I left her for just three seconds, I swear I did..." 007 mumbled to himself, looking around with his hands on his hips. It was true, he had taken his eyes off of Kohana for just a second, but she had dissapeared in that second. "Kohana!" 007 called out. "Where'd you go?" Walking into the kitchen, 007's eyes widened *I hope you like this, Q.o.D^_~) There, sprawled across the table, was a trail of peanut butter...spread over 006's recipie book and 002's favorite jacket. Also, 005's so-called 'Nature Wine' was all over the two items, and the walls. 003's diary and ballet photo book were lying open on the counter, with fingerprints everywhere. 007 groaned, about to clean up the mess, when a noise from the little sitting room the group had created distracted him. He went into there, but instead of finding Kohana, he found 008's favorite fishy pajamas torn up by 004's knife collection...the knives all going dull because of the fact that the room was flooded with water. The water was coming into the room from under the bathroom door, and 007 fearfully opened it. Where there was once a bathroom, there was now an ocean. Apparently, Kohana could do much more damage than any amount of the combined powers of all the cyborgs in the galaxy. Dr. Gilmore and 001's famous sand-bottle (ooc: you know, the little weird bottles filled with multi-colored sands?) had been dumped onto the floor, some of 003's PRIVATE things were stuffed into the bathtub, which was running, and had obviously caused the flood, and it got worse. 009's blue vest was hanging in tattered shreds in the sink, covered with whipped cream, hairspray, shaving cream, and cut up with the razors that were spread all over the place.
"How could a little girl do all of this in just a few minutes' time?" he wondered aloud, then heard a sound from the most dreaded- his room. Running, not walking, there, he threw open the door to see the most incredible sight in all of the history of incredible sights. Kohana, snuggled in a bed of all of the clothing 007 possessed, was sleeping peacefully, looking like a little angel. 007 gaped at her, mouth open and hanging to the floor, arms and shoulders slumped, as she mumbled in her sleep and turned over, her black hair slightly astray but besides that, looking perfectly clean, and like she hadn't done anything.
Blinking, 007 then walked around, inspecting the rest of the ship. In an intreval of five minutes, the tiny four-year-old girl had damaged 009's room, tp'd the cockpit, and drawn all over the hallway walls and doors. "Uh, yeah, does anyone know a thirty second clean-up crew?" 007 wondered aloud, noticing out the window that everyon but 009 and Dr. Gilmore were returning.
When the door opened, and 003 stepped inside, she screamed. And screamed. And threw several random objects at 007 as she chased him down, intent upon killing him.
HEEE! Okay, the calling 003 Mother suggestion will be comin' soon^_~ Thank you all so much for the ideas, very inspiring! Keep up the reviewing, I'll keep up the insanity! ^_~ Gotta jet...no pun intended.