Cybersix

Episode 14: Answers

By: Cyber

Authors Note: This is my first fan fiction, and it turned out better as a script than a story, so please go easy on the reviews. Also, I wrote this with the assumptions that Cybersix hadn't told Lucas yet, that her and Adrian are one and the same.

Scene: (Inside 'Adrian's' apartment: Cybersix is sitting on her bed in her Adrian clothes, with her night outfit draped over a chair to dry. She's cleaning and bandaging her wounds, when someone knocks on the door, so gets up to answers it without thinking)

Cybersix: (She opens the door) "Lucas!" (She exclaims, with a look of shock) "What are you doing here?"

Lucas: (He grins) "I came to see if Adrian was ok, and I guess he is!" (Looking at her cloth)

Cybersix: (Confused, she looks at her clothes. Realizing her mistake) "Um, ah…" (Panic starts rising inside her)

Lucas: "Can I come in?" (He rubs the back of his neck, chuckling at her reaction)

Cybersix: "Uh…" (As her eyes dart around the room) "yah, sure, come in." (She closes the door behind him. Babbling) "Lucas, I can explain, and I should, you see Adrian…" (She falters, afraid of his reaction)

Lucas: "I know." (Understanding written all over his face)

Cybersix: (Shocked and confused) "You do? How?" (Wary of what he thinks he knows)

Lucas: (With a smile) "Lori told me how you gave her Adrian's glasses yesterday, so it wasn't hard to put 2 and 2 together and realize you were Adrian. When I didn't see you today, I came to see if you needed any help." (Mumbling) "And to see if you'd even survived." (A look of Concern crosses his face) "You're not hurt are you?"

Cybersix: (She smiles at his concern for her) "No, I'm fine, just some scrapes and bruises."

Lucas: (Relieved. He frowns) "You know I'm hurt you felt you couldn't trust me enough to tell me, I thought we were friends!" (He turns away)

Cybersix: (A look of hurt wipes the smile from her face) "We are! But it had nothing to do with trust." (She takes a few steps away from him)

Lucas: "You know, I would've understood." (He turns back to face her with a look of hurt/sorrow)

Cybersix: "I know, it's…" (She turns to hide the tears starting to form in her eyes) "it's just that…" (She stops unsure of how to explain)

Lucas: "What! Tell me." (He walks up to her and puts a hand on her shoulder)

Cybersix: (He takes his hand away as she turns around. With her head down she sighs) "I didn't know how you'd react, and I didn't want to jeopardize our friendship."

Lucas: (His face expressionless) "Why tell Lori?"

Cybersix: (She looks to the side, her expression sorrowful) "I don't know, I guess to see her reaction when she realized she'd had a crush on a woman the whole time." (She smiles at that, than her expression turns sorrowful again) "Or maybe, deep down I knew she'd tell you, and than if I didn't make it, at least you'd know the truth. I'm sorry Lucas, I didn't think it'd matter, please forgive me!"

Lucas: (He puts a hand under her chin to make her look into his eyes) "I already have." (He smiles)

Cybersix: (She smiles back) "Thank you!"

Lucas: (He takes his hand away and grins mischievously) "You know, you being Adrian answers a lot of questions."

Cybersix: (She lifts one eye brow in curiosity) "Oh! How so?"

Lucas: (Fighting to keep his face void of expressions, he looks at his hand ticking the reasons off on his fingers as he goes) "Well, for starters there's your reaction to the vial of Sustenance when I first told you about Cybersix, your refusal to explain what your relationship with Cybersix was, your refusal to see a doctor when you got hurt on that field trip we went on, and of course little things here and there that didn't make any sense at the time." (He looks up and smiles at her expression)

Cybersix: (Wide-eyed and shocked) "Oh!" (They both chuckle)

Lucas: (With a slight frown of curiosity and worry) "So anyway, how did you manage to survive?"

Cybersix: (She frowns in memory of the near escape) "Well Data 7 and I"

Lucas: (Interrupting) "Data 7's ok isn't he?" (A look of worry crosses his face)

Cybersix: (She smiles) "He's fine, he's probably resting at Julian's," (At the look of confusion on Lucas' face) "the street kid I've told you about."

Lucas: (Recognition fills his face) "Ah, yes."

Cybersix: (Seeing he remembered) "Anyway, we'd just gotten to the exit when the bomb went off, luckily we were on the waterside part of the building and were pushed far enough away to miss most of the debris. We were able to grab a log, that had been thrown into the water from the explosion, and made our way to shore."

Lucas: (With a new look of concern) "So what now? I mean, what are you going to do about Sustenance," (A grin forms on his face) "and are you still going to be Adrian?"

Cybersix: (Her face void of expressions) "Well, with Von Riechter finally dead, Sustenance is going to run out eventually," (She sees the worry on his face and grins) "but I believe Jose is still alive. I should be ok for awhile, and yes Adrian will be sticking around, if Jose is alive, I'll still have to be careful." (As an after thought) "I just hope Lori hasn't told anybody." (She frowns at that thought)

Lucas: (He grins) "I don't think you'll have to worry about Lori."

Cybersix: (Confused and curious) "Why's that?"

Lucas: "Well think about it! Would you want everybody to know you'd had a crush on a male teacher that was really a woman the whole time? She got appearances to keep up."

Cybersix: (She smiles) "I see your point." (They both chuckle)

Lucas: (He turns serious) "Do you think Jose knows how to make Sustenance?

Cybersix: (She also turns serious) "Yes, I believe he does. He betrayed Von Riechter, and I don't think he's dumb or reckless enough to do that without some idea of how he was going to keep his troops alive." (They walk over to the window and look out at the damaged city) "I honestly don't think we've seen the last of him or his goons."

To be continued

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