Linna looked at Sylia in wonder for a moment before shaking her head.
"I don't understand this." She said. "You brought us back just to be Knight Sabers again?"
"No." Sylia said. "You all died saving the world from Galatia. Priss was brought back a few days ago then we went looking for you two to get you back. And also because once again Tokyo needs our help and only you 3 can help."
Sylia sat down in a chair and looked at the floor.
"Tokyo is in big trouble." She said.
Linna was silent as Sylia explained what was happening then. When she was finished Linna was looking at the floor and slightly shacking.
"I understand." She said. "But I only have one question."
"What's that?" Sylia asked.
"If cloning is so common then why didn't you just clone your daughter?" Linna asked.
"Because their bodies were never recovered." Sylia said sadly.
"Oh. I see." Linna said lowering her head. "I'm sorry."
"That's ok it happened 3 years ago." Sylia said.
"Well if we get Tokyo back can't we bring them back as well?" Nene asked.
"I'd like to try." Sylia said. "But if they have been burned then there will be no DNA left to regenerate them with."
"Ok then lets see if we can do something about these Boomers." Linna said standing up.
Here legs were a bit wobbly but she managed to get dressed in the clothes that a nurse had brought for her and Nene. They walked into the lobby of the hospital and Linna and Nene signed some papers to bring them back to life and walked out of the hospital into a Tokyo that looked nothing like they remembered. There were almost no people on the streets and almost no high-rises.
"Where are all the buildings?" Nene asked.
"The law is that no buildings may be over 15 floors high." Sylia said. "Any violators
will be executed and burned."
"Is that why there are no people on the streets as well?" Linna asked.
"Yes we only have 30 minutes to get back to the shop before the boomers start making their rounds." Sylia said.
"So the Silky Doll is still around?" Linna asked.
"No it's an auto shop that Nigel and Mackey started in 2056." Sylia said.
"Oh I can't wait to see Mackey." Nene said. "I know he's older but still I want to see him.
"Umm Nene." Sylia said looking in the mirror of the car at her. "Mackey died 20 years ago."
"What?" Nene asked in disbelief.
"It was discovered that he was half human half boomer and they killed him for it." Sylia said as her eyes filled with tears. "His body was returned to us but it was his wished not to be regenerated because he wanted to be with you."
"So can we bring him back now that I'm back?" Nene asked as she started to cry.
"No." Sylia said. "He was cremated and scattered across the ocean.
Nene leaned over in her seat and started to sob and Linna placed her hand on her back to try to comfort her.
"I have a question." Priss said suddenly.
"What?" Sylia asked.
"If I remember right when they first cloned a sheep back in the late 1990s they said it was almost brain dead when it was cloned but soon showed regular brain waves but they said that the chances of it having any memory were slim." Priss said. "So why do we have our memories?"
"Well in 2093 it was discovered that the memory is in the DNA of a person's physical makeup and they were able to isolate that gene and recreate the persons memory." Sylia said. "It's really quit amazing."
"The only draw back is that we remember our deaths." Linna said.
'Yea that's the only draw back." Sylia said. "Can you live with the memory of your death?"
"I can." Priss said.
"Me too." Linna said.
Sylia looked at Nene through the mirror and she shook her head yes without looking up.
"Ok good." Sylia said. "We'll be at the shop soon so be ready to start training soon after we get there."
Nene's sobbing had subsided by the time they reached the shop and walked through the doors as a siren sounded signaling the end of the day and if you were out on the street to get inside now. They walked passed the register where Leo was finishing closing and he looked up at them as they walked into the elevator. One of them in particular caught his eye as she walked past him.
'Who was that?' He thought as she walked passed him. 'She was gorgeous.'
Sylia and the others walked out of the elevator into the living room that hadn't changed much in the last 70 years except some of the furniture.
"It looks the same." Linna said as she sat on the couch.
"Yea I don't like to change things." Sylia said.
"Umm is there anything to eat?" Nene asked.
Sylia laughed as she pointed to the kitchen.
"You know where everything is." She said.
Nene walked into the kitchen with Linna right behind her. Priss stood in the living room with Sylia for a moment longer before following. Nene and Linna had already raided the cabinets and were now working over the refrigerator for anything they could find that looked good. Priss walked over to the refrigerator and took out a beer and downed it in less than 5 seconds.
"You guys know the food is gonna be there later right?" Sylia asked.
"Not if we can help it." Nene said as she stuffed some food into her mouth.
Sylia laughed and walked back into the living room and turned on the TV as she sat on the couch. A minute later Leo came walking out of the elevator and sat next to her on the couch.
"So is everything alright?" He asked.
"Yea their gonna help." Sylia said.
"That's good news." Leo said. "So who's who?"
"Let's go in and I'll introduce you to them." Sylia said standing up.
"Ok." Leo said and jumped to his feet.
Sylia and Leo walked into the kitchen and found Linna and Priss drinking beers and all they could see of Nene was her backside sticking out from the refrigerator door.
"Everyone this is my Grandson Leo Katsaragi." Sylia said. "Let's see you have met Priss."
"Yep." Leo said giving her a wave.
"That's Linna Yamazaki sitting next to her." Linna said.
Linna raised her hand and wiggled her fingers at him then finished her beer.
"And the butt over there is Nene Romanova." Sylia said taking a piece of candy out of a bowl next to the door and pegging Nene right on the mark.
The thud that came from the refrigerator made everyone laugh knowing Nene had just hit her head on a shelf.
"Geese Sylia." Nene complained.
"You should have looked up." Sylia laughed.
"I was busy." Nene said as she turned around with a plate full of food in her hands.
"Nene you're never gonna fit into a suit if you eat like that." Linna laughed.
"I'll go on a diet tomorrow." Nene said in between bites.
"I've heard that before." Priss said as she finished her beer.
"Well seeing as Nene is stuffing herself and Priss is gonna be drunk soon I guess we'll have to save our first training exercise until tomorrow." Sylia said. "Your rooms have been prepared so when your ready just go to sleep and I'll see you all in the morning."
"You going to sleep?" Linna asked.
"Yea I am in my 90's after all." Sylia laughed as she walked out.
Sylia turned and walked out of the room and walked down the hall way and into her room and changed into her still very revealing nightgown and lay down.
'I can't believe there back.' She thought as she drifted to sleep. 'I will have my revenge.'
Nene continued eating until she almost puked before she wobbled into her room and passed out. Linna and Priss on the other hand sat in the kitchen drinking well into the night and talking about old times. Somehow they started talking about their lives after the fight with Galatia.
"Well after I killed her I crash landed some where in a desert in Africa." Priss said as she grabbed 2 beers from the refrigerator and handed one to Linna. "I walked through the desert for about 4 days before my strength gave out and I fell to the sand. I remember my vision getting blurry and then I was in a hospital 70 years later."
"Well as you know Nene and I landed on an island." Linna said opening her beer. "We did everything we could to survive but soon Nene got very sick and died about a month after we landed there. I buried her the best I could but I was so weak that it was hard. Finally I sat in that cave and started writing a will on a slab of rock and then I was in the hospital."
"Sylia and I found the will." Priss said. "You must have died as you were writing it because you left it unfinished. You said "If Priss or Sylia finds this I want you to know" what were you gonna say?"
"I was gonna say that you two were the best friends I ever had and I was sorry that I had to leave you both like that." Linna said as a tear formed in her eye.
"You were and still are my best friend." Priss said.
Linna looked at Priss with tears in her eyes before putting her beer down and giving Priss a hug.
"I'm so glad to be alive." She said.
"So am I." Priss said returning the hug.
Linna released Priss and looked at her beer and sighed.
"I think I've had enough." She said standing up. "I'll see you in the morning. Good night."
"Good night." Priss said as Linna walked out of the room.
Linna walked down the hall and into the room that was set up for her and fell right on the bed.
'I can't believe its been 70 years.' She thought. 'It all seems like yesterday.'
Priss only sat up for a few minutes before taking her beer and walked (More like stumbled) into the room and lying on the bed. The room was spinning but she could still make out a figure standing at her door.
"Who's that?" She asked trying to make out the figure.
"It's Leo." The figure said.
"What do you want?" Priss asked.
"Do you think you can beat those Boomers?" He asked.
"Well I took down Galatia didn't I." Priss said.
"I hope you can." Leo said. "I know my grandmother would like to know freedom once more before she dies."
"She will." Priss said. "I'll see to that my self."
"Thanks." Leo said and walked out of the room closing the door behind him.
'I will see to that even if I die again.' Priss thought as she drifted to sleep.