Disclaimer: Whatever is in this fic, I don't own it. Except for Girl; she belongs to me, perhaps because for the most part, she IS me. Oh, and now I have two new characters who belong to me, Angnor and Connus. Wh00t for me.
Now to answer reviews!
Megami no Inazumi: I hope I never meet them again too. And yes, take it from the beta; they will wrench your mind.
Bloodredcherry: It would take too long to explain, so I will just say that it is a video game, and the Temple is basically the way to the boss.
Alocin: Digestive biscuit? Never mind…
Citti Kitty Monroe: Wow, long review! Well, no, your hypothesis was not correct, though that is a pretty good idea. I have never seen any Animatrix, though.
Agent Josey: Yeeessss…evil cliffhangers…muahahaha!
*The author sleeps on her desk, resisting every effort of her muse to be wake her up* So…sleepy…5 more minutes…*goes back to sleep until muse blows air horn directly into her ear* GAH!!! NEXT CHAPTER!!! OKAY!!! *eyes twitch* So, in the last part, Agent Smelrond shows up again, imprisons Girl inside the NetherCube (that is such a fun name) with her two old arch-nemeses, 'Agents' (more like ½ Agents, actually) Angnor and Connus, whom she defeats after they taunt her a whole lot. But she's still trapped in the NetherCube, which Smelrond has run off with. This chapter was brought to you by the Association of Sleepy People; "Zzzz…". *her job done, the poor author falls back asleep*
Chapter 7: Her Code
Smith is riding a nearly empty subway train, the NetherCube containing Girl inside his pocket.
Girl: So, Smelrond, we meet again…
Smith: *mutters to himself, not heard within the NetherCube* The author really likes this line, doesn't she?
Author's Muse: She's asleep right now, but the answer is a definite yes. *disappears in a poof of inspirational smoke*
Girl (continuing): FOR THE LAST TIME!!! *a teensy tapping sound begins to emanate from the NetherCube, which is actually Girl smashing into the wall repeatedly*
Disembodied Voice of Smith (DVS from now on): Give it up, there is no escape unless you are taken out from the outside using my super special one-of-a-kind key that no one except me knows the location of.
Girl: There's always another way. It's called 'dramatic convention'.
DVS: So sorry, but I made the NetherCube dramatic convention-proof.
Girl: Dammit.
DVS: Most people say that when confronted by me and my inescapable intelligence.
Girl: I really hate you.
DVS: Most people do.
Girl: My friends hate you too.
DVS: Do they now?
Girl: They heard you laugh once and instantly dissolved into screaming hysterics and then kept randomly clutching their ears and whimpering for the next month.
DVS: When did they hear me laugh?
Girl: 3rd movie trailer, I think.
DVS: Not going to ask.
Girl: Smartest idea I've ever heard out of you.
DVS: Why thank you.
Girl: It wasn't a compliment, Smelrond. I heard the laugh too. It sounded like someone being violently sick combined with a dying cow.
DVS: How pleasant.
Girl: That's really bad and cliché sarcasm, Smelrond.
DVS: Quit calling me that!
Girl: If you're going to keep me trapped in a white box with my two arch-nemeses for all eternity, I can call you whatever I bloody well want to. Smelrond.
DVS: I'm going to take them out in a few months.
Girl: I'm still going to call you Smelrond.
DVS: Rrrrgh…
At the other end of the subway car…
The Twins were taking an afternoon off, Two still slightly sad at the loss of Girl
Two (telepathically speaking with One): We wonder what she's doing with the Rebels right now…?
One (reading book and also speaking telepathically): Us, stop moping. She's probably fine.
Two: Yeah, we're right. It's not like she could have gotten into any horrible messes in such a short time. *looks around the train, reading people's codes out of boredom* Us…
One: Yes?
Two: Smelrond is over there.
One: Okay, we've even adapted her weird names for people now and that's just…WHAT?!? What's he doing here? Shouldn't he be off doing mysterious Agent stuff?
Two: We think he is…
One: How do we know?
Two: He's got some sort of strange box in his pocket…
One: And…?
Two: There's three really small codes inside the box, two Agents and one human. We don't know anything about the Agents, but the human…
One: What about it?
Two: *looks One straight in the face, eyes dead serious* It's hers.
One: Shit.
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A/N: Yay! The Twins are back! I was just so sad to leave them earlier that I brought them back, straight in the middle of the plot this time. Just wait and see what I have in store for them, muahahaha! Gomen nasai about the shortness, it just felt right to end it there, plus I am actually really, really tired *yawns**suddenly and randomly begins running around crazily chanting NetherCube over and over* NetherCube, NetherCube, NetherCube, NetherCube! I love saying that!
