Forgotten Child
Chapter 7
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"003!!"
The Cyborgs rushed to the girl's room upon hearing her shriek. Joe was worried thoroughly. He got to the door first and immediately opened it.
"003!"
"Get away! Please, get away!" Françoise cried. She was in a dark corner of the room. In front of her, in the center of the room, Black Ghost stood. Joe stood frozen to the spot. The others piled around him. They gaped at the sight in front of them.
"Hello, Cyborgs," Black Ghost greeted them. Françoise whimpered silently. Joe regained his posture.
"You're dead."
"No, that was just an image. A copy of myself."
"It was just a copy?" jet repeated.
"That's right, 002. Now, why don't you leave so I can get on with what I want," Black Ghost said, turning towards Françoise once more. She had seized crying and was just staring blackly ahead.
"003! What's wrong?" Joe went to her and gently hugged her. He tried to get her back to reality, but it was fruitless. She kept staring, staring blankly ahead. Her once energetic and colorful eyes were distant and dull. Everything about her seemed dull. Joe slowly helped her up and glared at Black Ghost.
"What have you done to her?"
"Nothing. She's just spacing out. Now, give her over."
"Never! You'll have to pass through us first, jackass!" Jet cussed. Françoise suddenly gasped and a shriek emitted from her. Jet turned around, startled. Did he cause this? Black Ghost started to laugh.
"Surprised? I know what's wrong with her!"
"Leave her alone, Black Ghost! 003, control yourself!" Gilmore said to the girl. She only clutched her hair tightly and screamed loudly. Geronimo came to her.
"003, keep it together. You can control these powers! You can! Don't give up! We're all behind you! 003!" He stared at his companion.
"What's wrong with her?" Albert asked.
"She's remembering her powers, all of them. She's remembering how to use them. She's remembering the pain she brought to people. New powers, powers that were asleep and hidden from everyone, are awakening and they want out. We have to help her control them!" Gilmore said urgently.
"You won't help her. In fact, you're helping her powers grow!" Black Ghost laughed. Françoise screamed even louder. Joe hugged her tightly.
"003, please. Clam down and control yourself. Please."
"It.HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed. Joe tried desperately to bring her back. It hurt him to see her this way. The others were trying their best to bring her back.
"003, snap out of it!" Jet yelled. Suddenly, the girl quieted down. Albert looked at Jet, questioning look on his face. Jet shrugged in response.
"Ah, it seems that 003 has regained her powers. Come along, 003. We must go back home," Black Ghost said. He walked towards the silent girl, but the men stood in front of her.
"What's this?"
"You're not taking her unless you get past us," Pyunma said. GB nodded.
"003 is staying with us."
"003 doesn't even know you anymore. You'll be like strangers to her! She will recognize me, though," Black Ghost informed them, gleeful tone in his voice.
"Liar!" Chang exclaimed.
"Really? Well, why don't you try talking to her?"
# We will! 003, can you hear me? Are you ok? # Ivan asked, finally speaking. Françoise raised her head from Joe's hug and looked at the baby floating in front of her. She noticed where she was and Joe. She noticed Joe. Suddenly afraid, she tugged and pulled until she was away from the men that where once her friends.
"Who are you?" she asked doubtfully. A look of shock crossed the men's faces.
"You don't remember us?" Albert asked her.
"What are you talking about? Who are you? Where am I? What's going on? Oh! Ooh!" she clutched her head once more. She was trying to not fall to the pain again. She didn't know why, but an instinct told her to fight it.
"There, there, my dear. Are you ok, Françoise?" a voice asked her. It was very familiar. She turned around and came face to face with a person she thought she would never see again.
"What?"
"003 forget him! Come over here!" Jet exclaimed. Françoise didn't listen. She stared, mesmerized at the person in front of her eyes.
"Come, Françoise, I'll take care of you," the man in black said once more.
"Where will you take me?" Françoise challenged.
"Somewhere you won't have to worry about anything anymore," he answered.
"Liar."
"Huh?"
"You lie. You said you didn't want us. You said you would let us to rot."
"You tell him, 003!!" GB said. Se looked at him.
"You look so familiar, but I can't place you."
"Françoise, come!" the man said sharply.
"I don't think so. She already said she didn't want to go with you. Now, go away before we defeat you," Joe said, courage in his voice. Françoise looked at him now. She knew him. She did. It astounded her. She could not recognize everyone else, but the person in black and this boy. Yet, she knew him.
"00."
"Françoise, let's go!"
"I know you," she said to the boy with the golden brown eyes. He looked at her, hope in his eyes.
"Do you?"
"Yes. You're,"
"You're in my way. Françoise, come here!" Françoise grew irritated. She looked at the man.
"No."
"What did you say?"
"You heard me. No. Jean Paul and I said it to you once and now I'm saying it to you again. No!"
"Why you little!"
"Say whatever you want! Nothing will make me run away from you!"
"I demand you listen to me!"
"I think not. You left, so technically you aren't a superior to me in any way!"
"Ungrateful little girl! I give you the chance at eternal life and you ran away from me! Oh, but that won't happen again! Oh, no, young lady. GET OVER HERE, NOW!!!!"
"Make me!!" Françoise screamed back. Out of nowhere, a wave of power went through the room. Even Black Ghost seemed surprised.
"I see. You are able to control yourself."
"What's it to you?"
"A lot. Now come. Don't argue with me."
"Too bad, Black Ghost. She doesn't want to go and we're going to enforce that decision!" Albert said.
"That's right. Leave like you did all those years ago!" Geronimo said. Ivan nodded in agreement.
# She won't change her mind so you might as well give up. #
"Françoise, will you really stay with these freaks?"
"What are you talking about?" she asked the man.
"They aren't normal. They're Cyborgs!"
"All the more reason to join them! You turned me into a Cyborg! Your own flesh and blood!!"
This bit of info shocked the Cyborgs. Geronimo and Gilmore looked nervously at each other as all gazes turned to them.
"Is this what you were hiding?" Chang asked the question. The two gulped and nodded. Joe looked at Françoise. She was very determined. He had never seen her like that. She appeared to glow, and it made her more beautiful than she was.
"Françoise, be quiet."
"What? You don't want anyone to know what you did to me. You can't hide it forever. Soon, the whole world will know of your doings. And won't that be a great thing, Father?"
The Cyborgs froze. They were making the connection in their heads. Black Ghost was Françoise's Father? It was extremely hard to believe.
"Françoise, I gave you a better life! Look at your brother. He's not alive! He's dead! You're still alive! I gave you a gift!"
"NO! You gave me nothing. You wanted this, so you did it. I'll never let it slide."
"Yet, if I hadn't done that, you wouldn't have met the people behind you."
"If you hadn't have appeared before me, I would still have my memory of them! Bastard! Leave me alone!" Françoise launched herself at her father. He stayed still, expecting a weak attack from the weakest member of the 00 Cyborgs.
"OH!!!" He was knocked into the wall and outside. All it took was one simple touch from the girl. She followed him and dared him to stand and fight her. Black Ghost knew better than that.
"I'll be back, my Daughter. I'll be back. And next time, I'll be prepared for you." He disappeared. Françoise glared at the spot her father had been laying down in.
"I'll be waiting for you."
"003! Come back inside! It's cold out here!" Chang's voice rang. Françoise turned towards it. She frowned as she struggled to remember him. It was useless. In her heart, she knew she knew him. Her mind was just unwilling to let her remember. Her powers were really out of control.
"Um. I'm coming! How I wish I knew who you are," Françoise said. She slowly walked back the way she came before stopping midway. She felt her new abilities surge through her and she knew it was going to be a matter of time before she would have to face these problems. She sighed and walked on.
"Are you ok, 003?" Pyunma asked her. She slowly nodded yes and smiled awkwardly. She looked around. Everyone was staring at her. For some reason, it felt comfortable, but in another, it felt odd not knowing whom these people, these people who were looking at her so gently, were. She took a step back and bumped into someone. She spun around, ready to fight, when she noticed who it was.
"Feeling better?" Joe asked her. She nodded, barely breathing.
"Looks like you scared her!" GB joked. Françoise glared at him. HE knew that glare all to well.
"Don't hurt me!!! I promise I won't do anything!!" he said. She only looked on in triumph. Feeling in power was good. As suddenly as the thought had come, though, she swept it away.
'Power is not a leisure thing. It's serious,' she thought. Françoise knew that all too well. Loom at what power had done to her father. It had corrupted his mind. She did not want to end up that way. She shivered, from fright and from cold. Joe noticed and smiled.
"Cold?" She nodded.
"Take her to her room. Or do you remember where it is?" Gilmore asked cautiously.
"I don't recall where it is, sir," she said quietly, yet in a strong voice.
"That's fine. You do remember your name, right? I mean, the other name you have?"
"003? Yes, I remember that name. It will greatly please me if you call me that."
"So you shall," Geronimo said. The blonde smiled warily at him. Joe took her shoulder and she let him lead her away from the staring eyes.
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"You don't remember anything?" he asked her as they made their way to her room. She hesitated.
"No, I remember some things."
"Like what?"
"Like you."
"Hm?"
"I remember you. It's queer, but I can remember you when I can't remember anyone else. Isn't odd, Joe?"
"Yes, but I'm sure you'll regain your memory soon. Here we are." Joe opened her door and revealed the room they were in not so long ago. A large hole had taken the space of a wall.
"Uh-oh. We forgot about that."
"Um, that's ok. I can fix it. Watch."
Françoise stepped in front and lazily waved her hand in the air. Joe watched in amazement as the wall 'grew' new wall. Soon, the wall was as it had been.
"How did you do that?" he asked her.
"It's a new ability of mine. I thought I'd mess it up, though."
"Why would you?"
"I didn't want to tell anyone..."
"Tell anyone what?"
"I. I can't control to the full extent."
"What?"
"I just can't! When I punched my father I couldn't control the force behind it. I didn't mean to hit him that hard. Yet. It didn't go haywire, like it used to."
"You have had these capabilities before?"
"Yes." She hid her face in the shadows, once more remembering. Joe felt her discomfort and went to her.
"Don't worry. Everyone is here to help you. I'm sure Prof. Gilmore will help you master them. And. I'm here. I'll always be here to help you." Françoise turned to him.
"Will you?"
"Yes, I will."
"Thank you, Joe." He wrapped her in a warm and tender hug in which she never wanted to leave and that somehow calmed her.
"Joe?"
"Yes?"
"How is it that you can help me control them?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well. It's just that. You sort of help me not go crazy with these new abilities. Look, go outside and walk all the way to the others." Joe pulled away, looked at Françoise, and did as he was told.
"Alone," Françoise whispered as the door closed behind the only person she remembered. Suddenly, she felt angry.
"Hope comes back. But then. Doom shows up. This world sows me no mercy. And I shall show it none!" The baby-blue-ish glow around her turned completely dark and she started to demolish the room. Windows broke, furniture was tossed aside and the wind was let in. it was hungry. Hungry for destruction. Hungry for chaos. Françoise had the power to give it to it. She toyed with the wind. It howled and whistled. It wanted chaos. It would do anything for chaos. Absolutely everything.
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# Where's 003? # Ivan asked Joe as he came into the living room.
"In her room. We're conducting an experiment. And." Joe stopped talking, then made a wild dash for the French girl's room. No one dared follow him. An eerie wind had entered the room and it had frozen them to their spots. They were too perplexed to move.
Joe ran to the room and slammed open the door. Françoise was in her bad, untouched, while her room was thrown into madness. Joe took one step and had to doge the desk. He knew only one way to get to her.
"Acceleration Mode!" He clicked his back tooth and sprinted towards Françoise.
"003! Stop it!" he said to her. She turned to him and smiled darkly.
"Joe. How nice to see you! Sorry, but Françoise isn't available at the moment. But, I am. What can I do for you?" she asked. Joe knew that this was the power within Françoise talking.
"That's right. I'm showing Françoise what I can do. She's watching. She's really learning how to control me. I hope she remembers how to soon. Then she and I will become one and we'll continue with our rampage that we started so long ago!" It laughed cruelly. Joe stared.
"No. Françoise, come back! Come back!" he grabbed her and hugged her tightly once more. Tears had formed and were sliding down his cheeks.
"Come back."
"Joe?" a faint whisper said. The room's items slowly stopped before they fell down with a loud ring. She shivered and closed her eyes. Joe smiled and looked at her.
"Open your eyes. You have to clean this mess."
"How?"
"Try to control the furniture again. Make it do what you want it to do."
"All right." Françoise focused and felt herself losing control, but the thought of Joe holding her reassured her and she valiantly commanded her room to organize itself. Afterwards, she commanded the windows to repair themselves. All this she did and more.
"Good job," Joe whispered.
"Hm."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You look tired. You should get some sleep."
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"For coming back and helping me. You know, when ever you're around, I don't lose my self-control over it. You saw what happened when you left. I'm worried that I might harm the others while I'm sleeping."
"That's true."
"Maybe I can sleep elsewhere. A place where I can't harm anyone, do you have a place like that?"
"No. Besides, you'll be much safer here. Look, just wait here and I'll ask the professor what he thinks we should do. One second thought, come with me." Françoise nodded and got up, Joe followed suit. They made their way to the living room where the professors and the Cyborgs where.
"So the problem is your abilities."
"Right, Prof. Gilmore."
"Hm. This is a tough one. I don't think any rooms are safe enough."
# It's simple. #
"What's simple, 001?"
# The solution to the problem! #
Françoise looked at the baby. She felt drawn to him, but she neglected it for now. It was not the time for these emotions.
"Tell us you're discovery, 001," Prof. Izumi said.
# 009 will sleep with 003 in order to make sure 003 won't harm us. It appears only he can help 003 control the extra skills Black Ghost gave her. #
Françoise's face stood rigid, while the others grinned a bit. They knew of Joe's hidden secret. He only glared at them.
"We have to help 003 regain her memories of us. This might be a way to achieve that," Joe said sourly.
"Father had it all planned out. He planned on this to happen."
"What do you mean, 003?"
"Let's let her rest first, Izumi. She hasn't slept in a while. 009, go with her. We'll see in the morning. Gilmore said.
# Don't you be thinking of anything! # Ivan laughed. Joe growled.
"What a perverted baby!" Jet commented. Françoise had not heard Ivan's statement, so she did not understood why the men where laughing. Still, she didn't like it and called upon the wind. Immediately, it froze them in their tracks. They all glanced at Françoise to meet her gaze. She allowed the wind to remain for a while before exterminating it and following Joe out of the room. ~~~.
"I noticed what you did." Françoise looked up.
"What do you mean, Joe?"
"You called on the Wind."
"I knew that something I wouldn't like was said, so I called it forth."
"Mischievous."
"Sorry, but I couldn't help myself." Françoise and Joe climbed into bed at the same time and looked either way.
"Good night," Françoise murmured before drifting to sleep. Joe turned around and gently pulled her into a hug.
"Good night, Françoise." *********************.
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Chapter 7
Hey, y'all! Did u like the last chapter? Guess I'll find out when I read the reviews! Well, here is the next long awaited chapter!
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Disclaimer: CosmosAngel1 does not own Cyborg 009. She owns any character that doesn't appear in the anime or mange, though!
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"003!!"
The Cyborgs rushed to the girl's room upon hearing her shriek. Joe was worried thoroughly. He got to the door first and immediately opened it.
"003!"
"Get away! Please, get away!" Françoise cried. She was in a dark corner of the room. In front of her, in the center of the room, Black Ghost stood. Joe stood frozen to the spot. The others piled around him. They gaped at the sight in front of them.
"Hello, Cyborgs," Black Ghost greeted them. Françoise whimpered silently. Joe regained his posture.
"You're dead."
"No, that was just an image. A copy of myself."
"It was just a copy?" jet repeated.
"That's right, 002. Now, why don't you leave so I can get on with what I want," Black Ghost said, turning towards Françoise once more. She had seized crying and was just staring blackly ahead.
"003! What's wrong?" Joe went to her and gently hugged her. He tried to get her back to reality, but it was fruitless. She kept staring, staring blankly ahead. Her once energetic and colorful eyes were distant and dull. Everything about her seemed dull. Joe slowly helped her up and glared at Black Ghost.
"What have you done to her?"
"Nothing. She's just spacing out. Now, give her over."
"Never! You'll have to pass through us first, jackass!" Jet cussed. Françoise suddenly gasped and a shriek emitted from her. Jet turned around, startled. Did he cause this? Black Ghost started to laugh.
"Surprised? I know what's wrong with her!"
"Leave her alone, Black Ghost! 003, control yourself!" Gilmore said to the girl. She only clutched her hair tightly and screamed loudly. Geronimo came to her.
"003, keep it together. You can control these powers! You can! Don't give up! We're all behind you! 003!" He stared at his companion.
"What's wrong with her?" Albert asked.
"She's remembering her powers, all of them. She's remembering how to use them. She's remembering the pain she brought to people. New powers, powers that were asleep and hidden from everyone, are awakening and they want out. We have to help her control them!" Gilmore said urgently.
"You won't help her. In fact, you're helping her powers grow!" Black Ghost laughed. Françoise screamed even louder. Joe hugged her tightly.
"003, please. Clam down and control yourself. Please."
"It.HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed. Joe tried desperately to bring her back. It hurt him to see her this way. The others were trying their best to bring her back.
"003, snap out of it!" Jet yelled. Suddenly, the girl quieted down. Albert looked at Jet, questioning look on his face. Jet shrugged in response.
"Ah, it seems that 003 has regained her powers. Come along, 003. We must go back home," Black Ghost said. He walked towards the silent girl, but the men stood in front of her.
"What's this?"
"You're not taking her unless you get past us," Pyunma said. GB nodded.
"003 is staying with us."
"003 doesn't even know you anymore. You'll be like strangers to her! She will recognize me, though," Black Ghost informed them, gleeful tone in his voice.
"Liar!" Chang exclaimed.
"Really? Well, why don't you try talking to her?"
# We will! 003, can you hear me? Are you ok? # Ivan asked, finally speaking. Françoise raised her head from Joe's hug and looked at the baby floating in front of her. She noticed where she was and Joe. She noticed Joe. Suddenly afraid, she tugged and pulled until she was away from the men that where once her friends.
"Who are you?" she asked doubtfully. A look of shock crossed the men's faces.
"You don't remember us?" Albert asked her.
"What are you talking about? Who are you? Where am I? What's going on? Oh! Ooh!" she clutched her head once more. She was trying to not fall to the pain again. She didn't know why, but an instinct told her to fight it.
"There, there, my dear. Are you ok, Françoise?" a voice asked her. It was very familiar. She turned around and came face to face with a person she thought she would never see again.
"What?"
"003 forget him! Come over here!" Jet exclaimed. Françoise didn't listen. She stared, mesmerized at the person in front of her eyes.
"Come, Françoise, I'll take care of you," the man in black said once more.
"Where will you take me?" Françoise challenged.
"Somewhere you won't have to worry about anything anymore," he answered.
"Liar."
"Huh?"
"You lie. You said you didn't want us. You said you would let us to rot."
"You tell him, 003!!" GB said. Se looked at him.
"You look so familiar, but I can't place you."
"Françoise, come!" the man said sharply.
"I don't think so. She already said she didn't want to go with you. Now, go away before we defeat you," Joe said, courage in his voice. Françoise looked at him now. She knew him. She did. It astounded her. She could not recognize everyone else, but the person in black and this boy. Yet, she knew him.
"00."
"Françoise, let's go!"
"I know you," she said to the boy with the golden brown eyes. He looked at her, hope in his eyes.
"Do you?"
"Yes. You're,"
"You're in my way. Françoise, come here!" Françoise grew irritated. She looked at the man.
"No."
"What did you say?"
"You heard me. No. Jean Paul and I said it to you once and now I'm saying it to you again. No!"
"Why you little!"
"Say whatever you want! Nothing will make me run away from you!"
"I demand you listen to me!"
"I think not. You left, so technically you aren't a superior to me in any way!"
"Ungrateful little girl! I give you the chance at eternal life and you ran away from me! Oh, but that won't happen again! Oh, no, young lady. GET OVER HERE, NOW!!!!"
"Make me!!" Françoise screamed back. Out of nowhere, a wave of power went through the room. Even Black Ghost seemed surprised.
"I see. You are able to control yourself."
"What's it to you?"
"A lot. Now come. Don't argue with me."
"Too bad, Black Ghost. She doesn't want to go and we're going to enforce that decision!" Albert said.
"That's right. Leave like you did all those years ago!" Geronimo said. Ivan nodded in agreement.
# She won't change her mind so you might as well give up. #
"Françoise, will you really stay with these freaks?"
"What are you talking about?" she asked the man.
"They aren't normal. They're Cyborgs!"
"All the more reason to join them! You turned me into a Cyborg! Your own flesh and blood!!"
This bit of info shocked the Cyborgs. Geronimo and Gilmore looked nervously at each other as all gazes turned to them.
"Is this what you were hiding?" Chang asked the question. The two gulped and nodded. Joe looked at Françoise. She was very determined. He had never seen her like that. She appeared to glow, and it made her more beautiful than she was.
"Françoise, be quiet."
"What? You don't want anyone to know what you did to me. You can't hide it forever. Soon, the whole world will know of your doings. And won't that be a great thing, Father?"
The Cyborgs froze. They were making the connection in their heads. Black Ghost was Françoise's Father? It was extremely hard to believe.
"Françoise, I gave you a better life! Look at your brother. He's not alive! He's dead! You're still alive! I gave you a gift!"
"NO! You gave me nothing. You wanted this, so you did it. I'll never let it slide."
"Yet, if I hadn't done that, you wouldn't have met the people behind you."
"If you hadn't have appeared before me, I would still have my memory of them! Bastard! Leave me alone!" Françoise launched herself at her father. He stayed still, expecting a weak attack from the weakest member of the 00 Cyborgs.
"OH!!!" He was knocked into the wall and outside. All it took was one simple touch from the girl. She followed him and dared him to stand and fight her. Black Ghost knew better than that.
"I'll be back, my Daughter. I'll be back. And next time, I'll be prepared for you." He disappeared. Françoise glared at the spot her father had been laying down in.
"I'll be waiting for you."
"003! Come back inside! It's cold out here!" Chang's voice rang. Françoise turned towards it. She frowned as she struggled to remember him. It was useless. In her heart, she knew she knew him. Her mind was just unwilling to let her remember. Her powers were really out of control.
"Um. I'm coming! How I wish I knew who you are," Françoise said. She slowly walked back the way she came before stopping midway. She felt her new abilities surge through her and she knew it was going to be a matter of time before she would have to face these problems. She sighed and walked on.
"Are you ok, 003?" Pyunma asked her. She slowly nodded yes and smiled awkwardly. She looked around. Everyone was staring at her. For some reason, it felt comfortable, but in another, it felt odd not knowing whom these people, these people who were looking at her so gently, were. She took a step back and bumped into someone. She spun around, ready to fight, when she noticed who it was.
"Feeling better?" Joe asked her. She nodded, barely breathing.
"Looks like you scared her!" GB joked. Françoise glared at him. HE knew that glare all to well.
"Don't hurt me!!! I promise I won't do anything!!" he said. She only looked on in triumph. Feeling in power was good. As suddenly as the thought had come, though, she swept it away.
'Power is not a leisure thing. It's serious,' she thought. Françoise knew that all too well. Loom at what power had done to her father. It had corrupted his mind. She did not want to end up that way. She shivered, from fright and from cold. Joe noticed and smiled.
"Cold?" She nodded.
"Take her to her room. Or do you remember where it is?" Gilmore asked cautiously.
"I don't recall where it is, sir," she said quietly, yet in a strong voice.
"That's fine. You do remember your name, right? I mean, the other name you have?"
"003? Yes, I remember that name. It will greatly please me if you call me that."
"So you shall," Geronimo said. The blonde smiled warily at him. Joe took her shoulder and she let him lead her away from the staring eyes.
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"You don't remember anything?" he asked her as they made their way to her room. She hesitated.
"No, I remember some things."
"Like what?"
"Like you."
"Hm?"
"I remember you. It's queer, but I can remember you when I can't remember anyone else. Isn't odd, Joe?"
"Yes, but I'm sure you'll regain your memory soon. Here we are." Joe opened her door and revealed the room they were in not so long ago. A large hole had taken the space of a wall.
"Uh-oh. We forgot about that."
"Um, that's ok. I can fix it. Watch."
Françoise stepped in front and lazily waved her hand in the air. Joe watched in amazement as the wall 'grew' new wall. Soon, the wall was as it had been.
"How did you do that?" he asked her.
"It's a new ability of mine. I thought I'd mess it up, though."
"Why would you?"
"I didn't want to tell anyone..."
"Tell anyone what?"
"I. I can't control to the full extent."
"What?"
"I just can't! When I punched my father I couldn't control the force behind it. I didn't mean to hit him that hard. Yet. It didn't go haywire, like it used to."
"You have had these capabilities before?"
"Yes." She hid her face in the shadows, once more remembering. Joe felt her discomfort and went to her.
"Don't worry. Everyone is here to help you. I'm sure Prof. Gilmore will help you master them. And. I'm here. I'll always be here to help you." Françoise turned to him.
"Will you?"
"Yes, I will."
"Thank you, Joe." He wrapped her in a warm and tender hug in which she never wanted to leave and that somehow calmed her.
"Joe?"
"Yes?"
"How is it that you can help me control them?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well. It's just that. You sort of help me not go crazy with these new abilities. Look, go outside and walk all the way to the others." Joe pulled away, looked at Françoise, and did as he was told.
"Alone," Françoise whispered as the door closed behind the only person she remembered. Suddenly, she felt angry.
"Hope comes back. But then. Doom shows up. This world sows me no mercy. And I shall show it none!" The baby-blue-ish glow around her turned completely dark and she started to demolish the room. Windows broke, furniture was tossed aside and the wind was let in. it was hungry. Hungry for destruction. Hungry for chaos. Françoise had the power to give it to it. She toyed with the wind. It howled and whistled. It wanted chaos. It would do anything for chaos. Absolutely everything.
~~.
# Where's 003? # Ivan asked Joe as he came into the living room.
"In her room. We're conducting an experiment. And." Joe stopped talking, then made a wild dash for the French girl's room. No one dared follow him. An eerie wind had entered the room and it had frozen them to their spots. They were too perplexed to move.
Joe ran to the room and slammed open the door. Françoise was in her bad, untouched, while her room was thrown into madness. Joe took one step and had to doge the desk. He knew only one way to get to her.
"Acceleration Mode!" He clicked his back tooth and sprinted towards Françoise.
"003! Stop it!" he said to her. She turned to him and smiled darkly.
"Joe. How nice to see you! Sorry, but Françoise isn't available at the moment. But, I am. What can I do for you?" she asked. Joe knew that this was the power within Françoise talking.
"That's right. I'm showing Françoise what I can do. She's watching. She's really learning how to control me. I hope she remembers how to soon. Then she and I will become one and we'll continue with our rampage that we started so long ago!" It laughed cruelly. Joe stared.
"No. Françoise, come back! Come back!" he grabbed her and hugged her tightly once more. Tears had formed and were sliding down his cheeks.
"Come back."
"Joe?" a faint whisper said. The room's items slowly stopped before they fell down with a loud ring. She shivered and closed her eyes. Joe smiled and looked at her.
"Open your eyes. You have to clean this mess."
"How?"
"Try to control the furniture again. Make it do what you want it to do."
"All right." Françoise focused and felt herself losing control, but the thought of Joe holding her reassured her and she valiantly commanded her room to organize itself. Afterwards, she commanded the windows to repair themselves. All this she did and more.
"Good job," Joe whispered.
"Hm."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You look tired. You should get some sleep."
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"For coming back and helping me. You know, when ever you're around, I don't lose my self-control over it. You saw what happened when you left. I'm worried that I might harm the others while I'm sleeping."
"That's true."
"Maybe I can sleep elsewhere. A place where I can't harm anyone, do you have a place like that?"
"No. Besides, you'll be much safer here. Look, just wait here and I'll ask the professor what he thinks we should do. One second thought, come with me." Françoise nodded and got up, Joe followed suit. They made their way to the living room where the professors and the Cyborgs where.
"So the problem is your abilities."
"Right, Prof. Gilmore."
"Hm. This is a tough one. I don't think any rooms are safe enough."
# It's simple. #
"What's simple, 001?"
# The solution to the problem! #
Françoise looked at the baby. She felt drawn to him, but she neglected it for now. It was not the time for these emotions.
"Tell us you're discovery, 001," Prof. Izumi said.
# 009 will sleep with 003 in order to make sure 003 won't harm us. It appears only he can help 003 control the extra skills Black Ghost gave her. #
Françoise's face stood rigid, while the others grinned a bit. They knew of Joe's hidden secret. He only glared at them.
"We have to help 003 regain her memories of us. This might be a way to achieve that," Joe said sourly.
"Father had it all planned out. He planned on this to happen."
"What do you mean, 003?"
"Let's let her rest first, Izumi. She hasn't slept in a while. 009, go with her. We'll see in the morning. Gilmore said.
# Don't you be thinking of anything! # Ivan laughed. Joe growled.
"What a perverted baby!" Jet commented. Françoise had not heard Ivan's statement, so she did not understood why the men where laughing. Still, she didn't like it and called upon the wind. Immediately, it froze them in their tracks. They all glanced at Françoise to meet her gaze. She allowed the wind to remain for a while before exterminating it and following Joe out of the room. ~~~.
"I noticed what you did." Françoise looked up.
"What do you mean, Joe?"
"You called on the Wind."
"I knew that something I wouldn't like was said, so I called it forth."
"Mischievous."
"Sorry, but I couldn't help myself." Françoise and Joe climbed into bed at the same time and looked either way.
"Good night," Françoise murmured before drifting to sleep. Joe turned around and gently pulled her into a hug.
"Good night, Françoise." *********************.
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