Joe Shimamura woke up from what had to be the strangest dream ever.
In his dream, he had been a female, named Joanna. And, god, he
remember that dream's crucial point: when a young, brown-haired, blue-
eyed girl came running up to him/her. All she said was "They will come
soon. Don't be afraid!" Then she had run off, leaving the stunned
Joe/Joanna to contemplate this.
It's over now, he thought.
~@~@~@~
In other cases, Francoise was still asleep. That same girl came
running over to her, but with an arm full of flowers. Francoise smiled
at the young girl running. But when the girl came near, she turned
into a much older girl, of about seventeen. She told Francoise about
Black Ghost, even though Francoise already knew. The girl threw in at
the end about a girl who had made cyborgs, but wasn't a member of
Black Ghost. This flipped Francoise out so much, she awoke with a
start.
"But Joe, how is that possible?"
"I have no clue, doc. That's all she told me."
Francoise caught a conversation in the making. Apparently, Joe had
been having a dream along the same lines as hers. He had been worried
about it, so he talked to Gilmore about it. Sounded right, she
thought.
~@~@~@~
Diamond had begun her work on Emerald.
At last, she thought. I'm going at it again. Since it would be stupid
to make a duplicate of herself, she went straight to May.
With hardly any sleep, Garnet had said. You need to sleep, Diamond, or
you're going to make yourself sick. Rest for another day, and then get
back to work. Garnet's attempts had failed; Diamond just went back to
work. No comments on Diamond's side, just back to working.
The main build of Emerald was about the same age as Amethyst and
Garnet were, around 13-14 years old. It hadn't been hard. Yugi had
already made them for her, the computer genius.
Chang was stressed. He had a whole bunch of ideas for what to make as
this morning's breakfast, but couldn't choose. After about twenty
minutes of fighting with himself, Joe and Gilmore walked into the
room. Chang seized the opportunity to ask someone about what to make.
"Good morning, 009. What would you like for breakfast this morning?"
Chang asked Joe, feeling extremely awkward. He usually didn't ask
questions like this.
"Do you mind making pancakes?" Joe asked Chang. Besides, he was sick
of Chinese food anyway.
"Sure, why not?" Chang said, then scuttled off to get to work.
~@~@~@~
Diamond had gotten only to the "brain" of Emerald and it was midnight.
Garnet had been right, and Diamond had begun to think the world was
ending. Her forehead felt warm, but she assured herself that it was
from stress, not a fever. But when she got out the thermometer, she
had a temperature of one hundred and one.
"Time for bed, Diamond." A voice called her from the door. It was
Amethyst, Garnet standing next to her. "Garnet told you, and she was
right. You're sick. Go upstairs and get to sleep. We promise to work
on Emerald. Anyway, you programmed us to know how to do this."
"Thanks...but I can't stop. If you do work, could you get Emerald and
Pearl done.." Diamond didn't get to finish.
~@~@~@~
"Pancakes? Seriously?" Jet shouted after Joe, literally flying out of
bed. "I haven't had those in ages!" he told Joe merrily. "I was
getting sick of eating Chinese shit day after day, anyway."
"Why do you think I put in the request?" Joe wanted to know, sounding
very amused. He walked out of Jet's room right before Jet started to
whoop with joy.
Joe went into Francoise's room next. "Uhhh....Francoise? Are you awake?"
Joe asked, cautiously entering the female's room.
"Good morning, Joe. I heard you talking with Dr. Gilmore this morning.
What happened?" Francoise wanted to know; she'd been wondering ever
since that morning.
"You heard me?"
"Yes, and from what I can gather, we had almost the same dream."
Francoise told him.
"Well, I dreamed I was a girl" Joe said earnestly. Francoise giggled.
"I saw this little girl. She told me that they were coming soon and
not to be afraid of them. That's all, I swear." Joe added, with a
smile. Francoise gave a small gasp.
"That's exactly what happened in my dream. Except that when the girl
came closer to me, she was about seventeen. She told me that there was
a person out there who made cyborgs."
"So? They probably work for Black Ghost." Joe retorted. That was
always the case.
"No, Joe. They don't work for Black Ghost. They operate by
themselves."
~@~@~@~
Garnet gingerly laid Diamond in her bed. Amethyst covered her with her
blanket and pried the large diamond from her creator's hand. Looking
at it, Amethyst gathered that it had to be worth a couple billion
dollars, just by the size of it.
"Is she ok?" a young, nervous voice asked from the doorway. It turned
out that it belonged to Aquamarine.
"She's fine. All she did was deprive her body of sleep for too long, that's all. No need to worry. Do you want to help create Emerald and possibly Pearl?" Garnet asked Aquamarine.
"I'd love to! Oh, but wait....shouldn't someone take care of Diamond? Maybe I can do it?" Aquamarine stated. She had a good point.
"Touché, Aqua. You stay up here with Diamond and we'll work on Emerald. See ya later!" Garnet said. The she and Amethyst left to go back to Diamond laboratory to work on Emerald.
~@~@~@~
It didn't take long for Great Britain to smell breakfast. He hadn't smelled pancakes since Jet had tried to cook, but desperately failed. It was also Jet's cries of joy that woke him up. Then, he chose his revenge: turning into a pin at the table and seating himself where Jet sat. Then, when Jet sat down, he'd be screaming in pain, not in joy.
"007? Are you coming to breakfast?" a concerned 003 was at his door.
"Coming, 003. Did 002 get lessons in cooking, or did 006 make pancakes?" G.B asked Francoise.
"Come and see for yourself." She told him, grinning slightly.
At the table, Jet was shoveling in as many pancakes as he possibly could per minute. Chang had to run back into the kitchen four times before Jet slowed down. The others at the table hadn't even gone near the food; for fear they might be devoured in the process of Jet's eating frenzy. All they did was stare.
When Britain came into the dining room, Jet had just began to let other people have a stab at the pancakes. Damn, Britain thought. There goes my perfect revenge plan.
"Good morning, 007." G. Junior said from his place at the table. Did I do something odd, Britain wondered. He wasn't used to getting addressed by 003 and 005. It was a rare honor. Next thing you knew, Chang would offer to take his shift at the controls for awhile. That'd be a laugh, the actor thought, imagining 006 at the controls.
Britain seated himself in between 009 and 008. It was unusually loud this morning, but it was probably because of the change in the menu. But it wasn't that way, Albert thought. He could hear Joe, Francoise and Gilmore talking about dreams.
"So, what about little girls with flowers in their arms?" Jet remarked, enthrathed by what they were saying. Suddenly, all other noises ceased to exist. Everyone wanted to hear about Joe and Francoise's dreams. Even Chang poked his head out of the kitchen to hear what it was all about.
"Well, if you insist on knowing, 002, 009 and 003 had almost the same dream last night. They believe that they were being transmitted by Black Ghost." Dr. Gilmore told Jet. Albert and Britain listened even more intently, hearing Black Ghost mentioned.
"Last night, I dreamed that a small girl told me that they were coming soon and not to be afraid. 003 dreamed that that same girl came to her, but she was seventeen. She told 003 about Black Ghost. And here's the real message that she gave 003: someone's out there making cyborgs." Joe said.
Jet sprayed his orange juice all over when he heard this. "Tell me, 009. Black Ghost made us into cyborgs, right? BLACK GHOST makes cyborgs."
"No, 002. The girl said it wasn't Black Ghost. She said that it was someone else." Francoise said for the second time that morning.
"Well then 003, did she say who it was?" Albert asked Francoise. All Francoise did was shake her head no.
~@~@~@~
In Aquamarine's time zone, it was well past two in the morning. Everyone but Garnet and Amethyst had fallen asleep already, including Aquamarine. This didn't mean she couldn't dream, though.
~@~@~@~
"Hmmm...what's this?" Aquamarine was asking no one in particular. "Hello? Is anyone here?"
"Hello, dear. My name is Black Ghost. It is a pleasure to meet you." Black Ghost responded to Aquamarine.
Of course, Aquamarine had no idea who this was. She thought he was a friend, she thought he wasn't real at all. This was a dream, anyway.
"It's nice to meet you, Black Ghost. My name's Aquamarine."
"Aquamarine? Well, Aquamarine, you can help me. When you wake up, search 'Black Ghost' on the internet. I will give you an access code to get in. Once you are in, search for the zero-zero cyborgs. Destroy them, for they are the evilest works we ever created. They rebelled against their creators, and are now wrecking havoc on our world. Help us get rid of them. Farewell, Aquamarine. I hope to meet you again someday." Black Ghost said to Aquamarine. Then he was gone.
~@~@~@~
At that moment, Francoise Arnoul sensed that something had gone terribly wrong.
In his dream, he had been a female, named Joanna. And, god, he
remember that dream's crucial point: when a young, brown-haired, blue-
eyed girl came running up to him/her. All she said was "They will come
soon. Don't be afraid!" Then she had run off, leaving the stunned
Joe/Joanna to contemplate this.
It's over now, he thought.
~@~@~@~
In other cases, Francoise was still asleep. That same girl came
running over to her, but with an arm full of flowers. Francoise smiled
at the young girl running. But when the girl came near, she turned
into a much older girl, of about seventeen. She told Francoise about
Black Ghost, even though Francoise already knew. The girl threw in at
the end about a girl who had made cyborgs, but wasn't a member of
Black Ghost. This flipped Francoise out so much, she awoke with a
start.
"But Joe, how is that possible?"
"I have no clue, doc. That's all she told me."
Francoise caught a conversation in the making. Apparently, Joe had
been having a dream along the same lines as hers. He had been worried
about it, so he talked to Gilmore about it. Sounded right, she
thought.
~@~@~@~
Diamond had begun her work on Emerald.
At last, she thought. I'm going at it again. Since it would be stupid
to make a duplicate of herself, she went straight to May.
With hardly any sleep, Garnet had said. You need to sleep, Diamond, or
you're going to make yourself sick. Rest for another day, and then get
back to work. Garnet's attempts had failed; Diamond just went back to
work. No comments on Diamond's side, just back to working.
The main build of Emerald was about the same age as Amethyst and
Garnet were, around 13-14 years old. It hadn't been hard. Yugi had
already made them for her, the computer genius.
Chang was stressed. He had a whole bunch of ideas for what to make as
this morning's breakfast, but couldn't choose. After about twenty
minutes of fighting with himself, Joe and Gilmore walked into the
room. Chang seized the opportunity to ask someone about what to make.
"Good morning, 009. What would you like for breakfast this morning?"
Chang asked Joe, feeling extremely awkward. He usually didn't ask
questions like this.
"Do you mind making pancakes?" Joe asked Chang. Besides, he was sick
of Chinese food anyway.
"Sure, why not?" Chang said, then scuttled off to get to work.
~@~@~@~
Diamond had gotten only to the "brain" of Emerald and it was midnight.
Garnet had been right, and Diamond had begun to think the world was
ending. Her forehead felt warm, but she assured herself that it was
from stress, not a fever. But when she got out the thermometer, she
had a temperature of one hundred and one.
"Time for bed, Diamond." A voice called her from the door. It was
Amethyst, Garnet standing next to her. "Garnet told you, and she was
right. You're sick. Go upstairs and get to sleep. We promise to work
on Emerald. Anyway, you programmed us to know how to do this."
"Thanks...but I can't stop. If you do work, could you get Emerald and
Pearl done.." Diamond didn't get to finish.
~@~@~@~
"Pancakes? Seriously?" Jet shouted after Joe, literally flying out of
bed. "I haven't had those in ages!" he told Joe merrily. "I was
getting sick of eating Chinese shit day after day, anyway."
"Why do you think I put in the request?" Joe wanted to know, sounding
very amused. He walked out of Jet's room right before Jet started to
whoop with joy.
Joe went into Francoise's room next. "Uhhh....Francoise? Are you awake?"
Joe asked, cautiously entering the female's room.
"Good morning, Joe. I heard you talking with Dr. Gilmore this morning.
What happened?" Francoise wanted to know; she'd been wondering ever
since that morning.
"You heard me?"
"Yes, and from what I can gather, we had almost the same dream."
Francoise told him.
"Well, I dreamed I was a girl" Joe said earnestly. Francoise giggled.
"I saw this little girl. She told me that they were coming soon and
not to be afraid of them. That's all, I swear." Joe added, with a
smile. Francoise gave a small gasp.
"That's exactly what happened in my dream. Except that when the girl
came closer to me, she was about seventeen. She told me that there was
a person out there who made cyborgs."
"So? They probably work for Black Ghost." Joe retorted. That was
always the case.
"No, Joe. They don't work for Black Ghost. They operate by
themselves."
~@~@~@~
Garnet gingerly laid Diamond in her bed. Amethyst covered her with her
blanket and pried the large diamond from her creator's hand. Looking
at it, Amethyst gathered that it had to be worth a couple billion
dollars, just by the size of it.
"Is she ok?" a young, nervous voice asked from the doorway. It turned
out that it belonged to Aquamarine.
"She's fine. All she did was deprive her body of sleep for too long, that's all. No need to worry. Do you want to help create Emerald and possibly Pearl?" Garnet asked Aquamarine.
"I'd love to! Oh, but wait....shouldn't someone take care of Diamond? Maybe I can do it?" Aquamarine stated. She had a good point.
"Touché, Aqua. You stay up here with Diamond and we'll work on Emerald. See ya later!" Garnet said. The she and Amethyst left to go back to Diamond laboratory to work on Emerald.
~@~@~@~
It didn't take long for Great Britain to smell breakfast. He hadn't smelled pancakes since Jet had tried to cook, but desperately failed. It was also Jet's cries of joy that woke him up. Then, he chose his revenge: turning into a pin at the table and seating himself where Jet sat. Then, when Jet sat down, he'd be screaming in pain, not in joy.
"007? Are you coming to breakfast?" a concerned 003 was at his door.
"Coming, 003. Did 002 get lessons in cooking, or did 006 make pancakes?" G.B asked Francoise.
"Come and see for yourself." She told him, grinning slightly.
At the table, Jet was shoveling in as many pancakes as he possibly could per minute. Chang had to run back into the kitchen four times before Jet slowed down. The others at the table hadn't even gone near the food; for fear they might be devoured in the process of Jet's eating frenzy. All they did was stare.
When Britain came into the dining room, Jet had just began to let other people have a stab at the pancakes. Damn, Britain thought. There goes my perfect revenge plan.
"Good morning, 007." G. Junior said from his place at the table. Did I do something odd, Britain wondered. He wasn't used to getting addressed by 003 and 005. It was a rare honor. Next thing you knew, Chang would offer to take his shift at the controls for awhile. That'd be a laugh, the actor thought, imagining 006 at the controls.
Britain seated himself in between 009 and 008. It was unusually loud this morning, but it was probably because of the change in the menu. But it wasn't that way, Albert thought. He could hear Joe, Francoise and Gilmore talking about dreams.
"So, what about little girls with flowers in their arms?" Jet remarked, enthrathed by what they were saying. Suddenly, all other noises ceased to exist. Everyone wanted to hear about Joe and Francoise's dreams. Even Chang poked his head out of the kitchen to hear what it was all about.
"Well, if you insist on knowing, 002, 009 and 003 had almost the same dream last night. They believe that they were being transmitted by Black Ghost." Dr. Gilmore told Jet. Albert and Britain listened even more intently, hearing Black Ghost mentioned.
"Last night, I dreamed that a small girl told me that they were coming soon and not to be afraid. 003 dreamed that that same girl came to her, but she was seventeen. She told 003 about Black Ghost. And here's the real message that she gave 003: someone's out there making cyborgs." Joe said.
Jet sprayed his orange juice all over when he heard this. "Tell me, 009. Black Ghost made us into cyborgs, right? BLACK GHOST makes cyborgs."
"No, 002. The girl said it wasn't Black Ghost. She said that it was someone else." Francoise said for the second time that morning.
"Well then 003, did she say who it was?" Albert asked Francoise. All Francoise did was shake her head no.
~@~@~@~
In Aquamarine's time zone, it was well past two in the morning. Everyone but Garnet and Amethyst had fallen asleep already, including Aquamarine. This didn't mean she couldn't dream, though.
~@~@~@~
"Hmmm...what's this?" Aquamarine was asking no one in particular. "Hello? Is anyone here?"
"Hello, dear. My name is Black Ghost. It is a pleasure to meet you." Black Ghost responded to Aquamarine.
Of course, Aquamarine had no idea who this was. She thought he was a friend, she thought he wasn't real at all. This was a dream, anyway.
"It's nice to meet you, Black Ghost. My name's Aquamarine."
"Aquamarine? Well, Aquamarine, you can help me. When you wake up, search 'Black Ghost' on the internet. I will give you an access code to get in. Once you are in, search for the zero-zero cyborgs. Destroy them, for they are the evilest works we ever created. They rebelled against their creators, and are now wrecking havoc on our world. Help us get rid of them. Farewell, Aquamarine. I hope to meet you again someday." Black Ghost said to Aquamarine. Then he was gone.
~@~@~@~
At that moment, Francoise Arnoul sensed that something had gone terribly wrong.