Chapter 3: A Past Explained

Sho and Agito enter the apartment that Sho and Agito's friend, Natsuki, lives in, followed by Sonnet. Mizuki, Natsuki, Tetsuro and Shizu greet them as they enter.

After quick introduction, Sonnet started to fill the others in on her past.

"As Sho and Agito already know," Sonnet began, "I'm not completely human. I'm a cyborg, as hard as it may be to believe."

There was a brief stunned silence from the four people who didn't already know this.

"It's true," Sho said, "She showed us the circuitry in her arm."

"How is this possible?" Agito demanded.

"This will take some time, are you all sure you want to hear this?" Sonnet asked, after getting a nod from each individual in the room, she continued, "I wasn't always a cyborg. Until the age of 16 I was a human girl. I had had a very rough childhood, which I don't want to go into detail about, but at some point before I turned 15 I discovered I had some rare abilities."

"What kind of abilities?" Sho asked.

"ESP abilities. Using my mind, I could move things, take control of someone else's mind, or make things explode."

"Could you prove this please?" Tetsuro asked curiously.

"Of course, do you need that mug over there?" She asked, pointing to a ceramic mug on the windowsill.

"No." Natsuki replied.

As Sonnet stared at the mug, her eyes began to glow, surprising everyone in the room, shocking them when the mug shattered into several pieces.

"Handy ability." Agito commented.

"Depends what you use it on." remarked Sho.

"Some parts of my past are not pleasant," Sonnet continued, "I said I didn't want to go into detail about it, but I'll sum it up for you."

Her audience was listening very carefully to her now.

"I was an orphan. I don't know who my parents are; they could be dead for all I know. I lived most of my life on the streets of America. My abilities 'awoke', for lack of a better word, when I was 15. A gang of boys were threatening me and I was scared, I panicked and accidentally killed them."

"Because you didn't understand your powers?" Tetsuro asked.

"Right," Sonnet replied, "As you may have guessed, back then I didn't understand anything about myself. I was terrified of what I had done and hoping it was a one-off event. It wasn't. In the following two months, I killed several other people who were threatening me in a similar way."

"How did you kill them?" asked Agito.

"I made their heads explode."

That statement surprised everyone in the room.

"That's how you killed those zoanoids in the clearing, isn't it?" Sho asked her.

Sonnet looked at him and gave him a small nod. She then continued her story.

"It became a mystery around America, how these people had died. Eventually a company called 'Taron' became aware of my abilities and tracked me down."

"Taron, I've never heard of them. Who are they?" Mizuki asked.

"Taron is a secret organisation that, like Chronos used to, exists in the shadows. One of the scientists of Taron found me after another attack; I had been badly beaten and couldn't fight back or use my ESP abilities. The scientist, Dr Melicus, made me into an emotionless, soulless cyborg and I was programmed to obey him. For two years I worked for him. One of my first assignments from him was to track down a young woman here, in Japan, who was rumoured to have more powerful ESP abilities than anyone else in the world. I found the young woman and was eventually ordered to kill her. During this task though, my emotions and feelings for others began to resurface. I was unable to kill her, but I managed to convince Melicus that I had."

"How did you get your unit?" Agito asked.

"I'm getting to that. Taron has agents within Chronos. Through these agents, Taron became aware of the two Guyvers in Japan. They also became aware of another unit, a dormant one. The Taron agents managed to steal this unit from Chronos and it was offered to me. Dr Melicus had been unaware that I had been gradually getting my emotions back. Once I had merged with the unit, I killed Melicus and left Taron, I became a rogue operative. What I am trying to do is redeem myself for all the things I did in Taron's employ."

"That's understandable." Natsuki said.

"That is why I help the two of you in your fight against Chronos. I am aware that redemption will be difficult but I don't care about that. There, I've told you about who I am and why I'm helping you."

"How were you able to disobey the man who was controlling you?"

"During my mission to locate the woman in Japan, who is now a good friend of mine, I encountered another person that Taron had converted into a cyborg. This cyborg had turned against Taron as well. He saved my life on one occasion and, later on I saved him, even though I had been under orders to destroy him. That is when I realised that I could resist Melicus' control over me, and disregard his orders. I waited until I got my unit though before I openly rebelled against Taron."

There was a long silence in the apartment before Sho managed to say:

"I think we all appreciate you telling us all this Sonnet. I, for one, appreciate the help you have given us against Chronos this last year."

"It's getting quite late now Sonnet," Mizuki said, standing up, "Would you like to stay for supper."

Sonnet smiled before replying.

"Thanks for the offer, Mizuki. But, one of the drawbacks to being a cyborg is that I can't eat. I wouldn't mind staying here for a while though."

"That's fine." Natsuki offered, "You can stay the night if you wish."

"Thank you, I'd like that. Even though I don't need to sleep either, which can be a useful thing."

"Do you need any help, Mizuki?" Sho asked.

"Sure, Sho, you can help out. You said a while back that you wouldn't mind learning how to cook, I'll teach you while you're helping me."

"OK." Sho said, smiling.

As Sho and Mizuki left the room, Agito turned to Sonnet.

"If you don't mind Sonnet, I wouldn't mind having a practice battle with you sometime. I've been curious about what you unit is like since I first saw you. You don't look like Sho and I do when you are a Guyver. I'm also curious about what the unit does to you, since the Unit-G can increase the physical strength of its host by 100X, and I wouldn't be surprised if you were already stronger than a normal person due to the fact that you are a cyborg."

Sonnet smiled, "My unit is slightly different than yours or Sho's, not just in terms of appearance. From what Taron could learn through their Chronos agents, my unit is a prototype one. It doesn't have a sonic disruptor, as you have probably noticed; it is also stronger than your units. When I become Guyver Blue, my physical strength increases by 200X; the weapons on the armour are different too. Why don't we go to the ruins of the Chronos base at Relics Point? I'll show you then."

"All right, but Relics Point is some distance away, it will take us a while to get there."

"I can get us there right now if you like. I can use some of the capabilities of my armour even if I'm not wearing it."

"OK, Tetsuro, could you let Sho and Mizuki know where we will be?" Agito asked him. As Tetsuro nodded Agito said, "Let's go then Sonnet."

Sonnet stood up from the chair, as did Agito, she put her hands on his shoulders, and they disappeared in a flash of blue light.