Chapter 10: Answering Questions

"I have an idea." Mutaru said, from the chair near the balcony door.

"What's that?"

"I assume that nothing is wrong with your other arm? The one that has never been blown or cut off?"

"No there isn't."

"So your reflexes will still be the same?"

"Yes. Where are you going with this?"

"I'll be back in a minute." Mutaru said, and left the room.

Ran looked thoughtful for a second.

"What?" Sonnet asked, "I've seen that look before."

"My brother is going to get something to throw at you, to test your reflexes."

"That won't help me to determine if my arm is completely organic now."

"He has something else in mind. I don't know what, though."

"How?"

"He just told me telepathically."

Mutaru re-entered the room and said,

"Here Sonnet, catch this."

He then threw a tennis ball at Sonnet and, before Ran realised that Sonnet had moved, Sonnet caught it easily.

"Very good reflexes," She commented, "What else are you holding?"

"This."

Mutaru then handed Sonnet a sharp knife and a few small towels.

"I see what you are thinking Mutaru."

"Are you serious, Sonnet?"

"Yes Ran, your brother is right. If I cut my arm with the knife I'll know if anything is different."

Sonnet removed her jacket, rolled up her shirtsleeves and then pressed the knife on the skin of her arm and cut herself with the blade. A small amount of blood poured from the cut, but Sonnet didn't react. Mutaru then passed her a cloth, which she used to wipe up the blood and clean the knife blade.

"That was my original arm. I'll try my regenerated arm now."

Sonnet repeated the cut on her other arm. The same thing happened with that arm as well.

"Maybe I was wrong, it is still mechanical." Sonnet said, looking inside her arm.

"So you can't become human again." Ran stated.

"Apparently not, but maybe this is better. With my cybernetic components, I'm stronger and can withstand more damage than I would with a human body."

"Plus the unit increases those characteristics." Mutaru pointed out.

"That's true, alright; I should be able to get your units within a day or two. Once you have become Guyvers I'll teach you how to use the various weapons and abilities that it gives a host."

"That's good," Ran said, "We'll wait for you to obtain them. I'm sorry it didn't work"

[Forget it Ran, I'll find a way someday. Until then, due to my unit, I'm practically immortal.]

"OK, I'll let you know when I have them. I'm just going to deal with these cuts."

Sonnet teleported herself to the roof of the building and summoned her armour to heal the cuts. She shut it down once she had healed and teleported back to the apartment.

"That was fast." Ran commented.

"My armour heals me very quickly," Sonnet replied, "Ran, I think I know why my regenerated arm felt different than the arm I had before."

"Why's that?"

"My regenerated arm is a cloned arm, not my original one."

"That could be it."

"Yes, since I'm more aware of my skin and muscles conditions, due to the technology inside me, I probably noticed something that other Guyvers wouldn't be aware of."

At that moment, the door opened and Ran's Uncle entered the apartment.

"Hello, everyone," He said, "Back again Sonnet? Is there something wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong," Sonnet stated, "But I do have a request, Mr Kyriu"

"Which is?"

"I've been offered a promotion in Chronos. It involves me working for the Japan Branch, because of that; I've been looking at the spare apartments in this building. I've seen one that I like, but I need a reference before I can move in. Would you supply one?"

"That's all?"

"Yes."

"Gladly." Kyriu said.

"Thank you. Within a week, you should have a new neighbour."

"That will be fun!" Mutaru commented.

"Come on Sonnet," Kyriu said, "I'll write it now and then we can take it to the Landlady. Sort this out as fast as possible."

"OK."

Within an hour Kyriu and Sonnet had dealt with the paperwork for Sonnet's apartment. Sonnet was then told that she would have the apartment in the two days she had been promised. Kyriu invited her to stay at their apartment until then. Sonnet accepted, and went back to the apartment to give her friends the news. Then she teleported herself back to her former apartment in America.