Chapter Nine-
(To finish off the little Danimals scene...for those who didn't understand it...^^;;
"...Da-" In his mind, the word was supposed to be 'damn it all,' but he remembered Kohana was there, and finished, "...nimals.")
Okee, so, you've all stated, or at least, a few of you have, anyway, that you should have my head for that last cliffie...eheh...well, um, I'm kinda hoping to lengthen this chapter out a bit, so don't _seriously_ injure me, kay? ^__^ I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really appreciate all of your reviews, btw. Whoa, I can't believe I typed all those really's...yeah...caffeine....heh.
Francoise was the last to the cockpit, but she'd heard the commotion before she even got there. Immediately, she told them, "It's a Black Ghost vessel; it's carrying enough firepower to demolish an entire country!" This didn't help things at all. Kohana, who was still a yogurty mess, looked around at everyone with wide eyes from where she stood beside Dr. Gilmore while they all rushed to their battle stations and started throwing controls. They were speeding away from the huge vessel before any of them knew it.
Looking back on the radar told 009 that they were in trouble, "Uh, guys...it's keeping up with us. It's still right on top of us!"
"In that case--anyone have a plan?" 002 asked quickly.
"I do!" 007 shouted, then went to the back of the cockpit and held up a box of parachutes with his good arm. "Retreating doesn't sound too bad to me!"
A frying pan landed on his head, and his attacker, 003, shouted, "007, you're such a coward!" 007 nodded with stars around his head.
004 jumped in, "Kohana-!" 009 shot him a distressed and angry look. "Sorry, 009, but we have to involve her if you want her alive after this. Hey, kiddo," he said, waving Kohana toward him. She came obediently. "You know your power to make people dream?" With Kohana's nod, he finished, "You know what you can do to make them dream?" Slowly, but surely, an evil grin spread across her face.
"Okay, I'll do it. Bye, Papa; bye, Mommy!" she waved at 009, then 003. Everyone shot questioning glares at the two, who were blushing furiously.
Quickly, Joe explained, "An angel told her so, not me!" Still, there was a new tense silence in which he could have sworn the others were teasing him. "So what's Kohana doing anyway?" Francoise gulped a lump that was forming in her throat, barely able to keep her smile in check. She was finally part of the family, but the rather embarrassing outburst might just leave her scarred for one of the better intervals of her lifetime...
"You'll see. Just concentrate on keeping us alive until she does," 004 said, a devious smile painting his face. The Viewscreen above them showed little Kohana coming out on the top of the Dolphin. First, Joe was highly in disagreement, as they were speeding like madmen in the ship, and she could be thrown off, but she showed surprising balance on the windiest part of the ship.
Dr. Gilmore paid close attention, positive that they were about to see a portion of Kohana's power, and watched the small girl go right to the rear end of the ship, where the Black Ghost vessel was tailing them. Her pig tail braids whipped out from behind her, and she clutched the tail piece of the ship, squinting up at the other vessel. Then, with a rather naive grin, she closed her eyes, and held a palm up facing the vessel. Her entire body glowed a blue-ish color, and a crystalline wave washed over the entire huge ship. Suddenly, it started sinking in the air, falling rather slowly.
Joe's jaw dropped. Never before had he seen one of Black Ghost's designs being lowered by brainwaves...it was rather startling to see Kohana's dream telepathy causing the operators of the ship to land it. Somehow, he realized, she must also have the power of making people sleep walk. Or else...how...?
The Viewscreen blacked out, and Kohana returned onto the ship, rather beat. 009 got up and went to get her, while the others watched the ship land safely on the waters below. 002 was rather surprised, and finally, broke the silence by saying, "Okay...so I didn't have to train her to be a fighter-girl...hmm...too bad. I rather liked the idea..."
"Oh, Jet, shut up," Francoise said with a pleasant tone.
"Papa, I'm tired," Kohana said when Joe found her in the hall. He picked her up and cradled her close, rocking her gently back and forth.
"Okay, you can take a break," he said gently, "Oh, and Kohana?" She opened one of her eyes to look up at him. "I'm proud of you." They exchanged a grin, and Joe took her to her room to tuck her in.
Before he left her, though, she murmered sleepily, "Night, Papa...love ya..." There was a pause, and a wide smile played across Joe's features. When he glanced back at the little girl, she was sound asleep. He went back to the cockpit with the same somewhat childish grin plastered to his face, and got a few strange looks as he sat down.
Then he became serious again, "So what happened with the Black Ghost ship?"
"It...landed..." Dr. Gilmore said confusedly. "But before it did we caught a radio frequency that was going to-"
"-the Bronx," Jet finished, glancing at Joe meaningfully. A while back, Jet (who couldn't keep a secret for long) ended up confessing to Joe (who just happened to be the innocent passerby) that he was in love with Kathy. But he also loved Jimmy like a son...so it was a bit awkward to find them going to the town where the two of them lived. Joe gave his friend an encouraging smile.
"I see," he said.
And you KNOW that 007 just had to bring THIS up, "So explain to us why Kohana's calling 003 Mommy again?" Catching embarrassed glares from both 'Mommy' and 'Papa,' 007 shrank back into his little corner of injury.
'Now I suppose you two'll have to get married, huh?' From Dr. Gilmore's arms, little Ivan mentally smirked as Francoise rounded on him with a cold, sharp stare. 'What, it's true! It's un-civil where I come from to not be married and have a child.' When Francoise' glare intensified, Ivan giggled innocently. By this time, Joe was about three inches tall, or at least, that's how tall he felt. This conversation continued the entire trip to New York...
~~~In the big huge vessel~~~
"Are they gone?" the commander asked.
"Yes, sir, should we terminate radio silence?"
"No, the girl would hear it. Send a man to the boss with a message, though..."
"What message?"
"This one: Kohana, the stolen prototype 01, is with the enemy..."
"Why would that appeal to him, sir?"
"You don't know?"
"Don't know what?"
"Kohana's parents were both supposedly destroyed...but that wasn't true. Her mother did die, but her father's still alive."
"Huh?"
"The kid is the boss's daughter."
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The End! Not really, but...
Anyway, sorry it took, oh, what, an entire week to get the chapter up? But I did...so, send me flame or send me compliment...uh, just...don't kill me just yet^^, kay?
(To finish off the little Danimals scene...for those who didn't understand it...^^;;
"...Da-" In his mind, the word was supposed to be 'damn it all,' but he remembered Kohana was there, and finished, "...nimals.")
Okee, so, you've all stated, or at least, a few of you have, anyway, that you should have my head for that last cliffie...eheh...well, um, I'm kinda hoping to lengthen this chapter out a bit, so don't _seriously_ injure me, kay? ^__^ I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really appreciate all of your reviews, btw. Whoa, I can't believe I typed all those really's...yeah...caffeine....heh.
Francoise was the last to the cockpit, but she'd heard the commotion before she even got there. Immediately, she told them, "It's a Black Ghost vessel; it's carrying enough firepower to demolish an entire country!" This didn't help things at all. Kohana, who was still a yogurty mess, looked around at everyone with wide eyes from where she stood beside Dr. Gilmore while they all rushed to their battle stations and started throwing controls. They were speeding away from the huge vessel before any of them knew it.
Looking back on the radar told 009 that they were in trouble, "Uh, guys...it's keeping up with us. It's still right on top of us!"
"In that case--anyone have a plan?" 002 asked quickly.
"I do!" 007 shouted, then went to the back of the cockpit and held up a box of parachutes with his good arm. "Retreating doesn't sound too bad to me!"
A frying pan landed on his head, and his attacker, 003, shouted, "007, you're such a coward!" 007 nodded with stars around his head.
004 jumped in, "Kohana-!" 009 shot him a distressed and angry look. "Sorry, 009, but we have to involve her if you want her alive after this. Hey, kiddo," he said, waving Kohana toward him. She came obediently. "You know your power to make people dream?" With Kohana's nod, he finished, "You know what you can do to make them dream?" Slowly, but surely, an evil grin spread across her face.
"Okay, I'll do it. Bye, Papa; bye, Mommy!" she waved at 009, then 003. Everyone shot questioning glares at the two, who were blushing furiously.
Quickly, Joe explained, "An angel told her so, not me!" Still, there was a new tense silence in which he could have sworn the others were teasing him. "So what's Kohana doing anyway?" Francoise gulped a lump that was forming in her throat, barely able to keep her smile in check. She was finally part of the family, but the rather embarrassing outburst might just leave her scarred for one of the better intervals of her lifetime...
"You'll see. Just concentrate on keeping us alive until she does," 004 said, a devious smile painting his face. The Viewscreen above them showed little Kohana coming out on the top of the Dolphin. First, Joe was highly in disagreement, as they were speeding like madmen in the ship, and she could be thrown off, but she showed surprising balance on the windiest part of the ship.
Dr. Gilmore paid close attention, positive that they were about to see a portion of Kohana's power, and watched the small girl go right to the rear end of the ship, where the Black Ghost vessel was tailing them. Her pig tail braids whipped out from behind her, and she clutched the tail piece of the ship, squinting up at the other vessel. Then, with a rather naive grin, she closed her eyes, and held a palm up facing the vessel. Her entire body glowed a blue-ish color, and a crystalline wave washed over the entire huge ship. Suddenly, it started sinking in the air, falling rather slowly.
Joe's jaw dropped. Never before had he seen one of Black Ghost's designs being lowered by brainwaves...it was rather startling to see Kohana's dream telepathy causing the operators of the ship to land it. Somehow, he realized, she must also have the power of making people sleep walk. Or else...how...?
The Viewscreen blacked out, and Kohana returned onto the ship, rather beat. 009 got up and went to get her, while the others watched the ship land safely on the waters below. 002 was rather surprised, and finally, broke the silence by saying, "Okay...so I didn't have to train her to be a fighter-girl...hmm...too bad. I rather liked the idea..."
"Oh, Jet, shut up," Francoise said with a pleasant tone.
"Papa, I'm tired," Kohana said when Joe found her in the hall. He picked her up and cradled her close, rocking her gently back and forth.
"Okay, you can take a break," he said gently, "Oh, and Kohana?" She opened one of her eyes to look up at him. "I'm proud of you." They exchanged a grin, and Joe took her to her room to tuck her in.
Before he left her, though, she murmered sleepily, "Night, Papa...love ya..." There was a pause, and a wide smile played across Joe's features. When he glanced back at the little girl, she was sound asleep. He went back to the cockpit with the same somewhat childish grin plastered to his face, and got a few strange looks as he sat down.
Then he became serious again, "So what happened with the Black Ghost ship?"
"It...landed..." Dr. Gilmore said confusedly. "But before it did we caught a radio frequency that was going to-"
"-the Bronx," Jet finished, glancing at Joe meaningfully. A while back, Jet (who couldn't keep a secret for long) ended up confessing to Joe (who just happened to be the innocent passerby) that he was in love with Kathy. But he also loved Jimmy like a son...so it was a bit awkward to find them going to the town where the two of them lived. Joe gave his friend an encouraging smile.
"I see," he said.
And you KNOW that 007 just had to bring THIS up, "So explain to us why Kohana's calling 003 Mommy again?" Catching embarrassed glares from both 'Mommy' and 'Papa,' 007 shrank back into his little corner of injury.
'Now I suppose you two'll have to get married, huh?' From Dr. Gilmore's arms, little Ivan mentally smirked as Francoise rounded on him with a cold, sharp stare. 'What, it's true! It's un-civil where I come from to not be married and have a child.' When Francoise' glare intensified, Ivan giggled innocently. By this time, Joe was about three inches tall, or at least, that's how tall he felt. This conversation continued the entire trip to New York...
~~~In the big huge vessel~~~
"Are they gone?" the commander asked.
"Yes, sir, should we terminate radio silence?"
"No, the girl would hear it. Send a man to the boss with a message, though..."
"What message?"
"This one: Kohana, the stolen prototype 01, is with the enemy..."
"Why would that appeal to him, sir?"
"You don't know?"
"Don't know what?"
"Kohana's parents were both supposedly destroyed...but that wasn't true. Her mother did die, but her father's still alive."
"Huh?"
"The kid is the boss's daughter."
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The End! Not really, but...
Anyway, sorry it took, oh, what, an entire week to get the chapter up? But I did...so, send me flame or send me compliment...uh, just...don't kill me just yet^^, kay?