AN: I didn't get many reviews for the last one so I hope I'm not taking so long as to lose readers!!! worried Well here is the last chapter.
"Can't we go any faster!?" 009 complained for the hundredth time.
"I know you're anxious and all, but could you please just SHUT UP!!?" 002 yelled. 009 glared angrily at him.
"Only God knows what they've done to her, and I intend to find out AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!" he shouted back. 002 growled and mumbled under his breath. He thought about slowing down the Dolphin on purpose, but he knew 009 would probably bash his face in if he did. 002 knew all to well he was more than capable of that. One end of his mouth crooked up in a smile. 'Pierre had it easy when he first came. 004 must be his hero. He suddenly gasped and did slow the ship.
"What are you doing!!!?" 009 exclaimed.
"The signal's stopped, right here." 002 pointed to a dot on the radar. "They're making a big mistake." 009 laughed bitterly.
"Yes they have. Land this thing." 002 carefully landed the Dolphin in a discreet area. 'Good luck finding us here.' 009 sped up and down the corridors alerting the team that it was time to leave. He then accelerated, and was crouching behind a line of large rocks, when the rest of the Cyborgs caught up. They all watched as a dark haired man, carrying an unconscious blonde woman in his arms, exited a black aircraft. Soon a blonde young man followed. He strolled out like he was walking in a flower garden on a sunny day.
"That stupid, arrogant, bugger!" 007 grumbled. 009 didn't acknowledge his outburst. He was too intent on observing the two men walking towards a huge boulder. He wished he had 003's sight and hearing, or in reality, he wished he had her. Pierre pulled out his cell phone and spoke into it. A passage opened at the bottom of the boulder and they began to walk in.
"GO!" he screamed. Then they could no longer see him. 007 turned into a bird, as the others made to run out.
"Stay put!" 004 directed. He sighed as they froze and 007 swerved in flight and zoomed back. "Let him go. We need to be more careful." 005 nodded in agreement.
"He's right. We can still be seen." Dr. Gilmore strode forward carrying 001.
"005 is correct. I do have a plan however." He gave 004 a few coordinates and he began to shoot missals out of he knee, destroying the outside security cameras. 001 then directed 007 to fly and find an alternate entrance.
"Don't worry 009 and 003 will be just fine." he comforted the rest.
Black Ghost paced back and forth in front of his tall chair. Pierre stood below the tall pedestal on which it sat. Logan was next to him, 003 still lay limp in his arms.
"Excellent Pierre, I'm proud of you." Pierre was expressionless, as the dark commander turned to Logan. "Though I'm sure Logan did his part in keeping you in control." Pierre felt his blood boiling in anger.
"Logan was a help to me in many ways, but he did not 'control' me" Black Ghost's gaze shifted back to the Frenchman, but he said nothing. His glare did not cause Pierre to cower or cry like it did most men. Logan himself shifted his feet uneasily.
"Mind yourself Pierre" Black Ghost said sharply. "Now leave the girl here." he directed Logan.
"Yes sir." He laid her on the bottom stair and backed away slowly.
"Leave me be." Logan quickly made his way towards the exit, but Pierre stayed where he was.
"What do you want with Françoise?" he inquired softly.
"She is part of my plan."
"Not good enough Scarl. I want a straight answer."
"You will receive nothing. Now get out of my sight."
"I don't think so. I went through a lot to get that woman and I will not be kicked away now."
"Take your insane obsession somewhere else. She will serve no purpose for you." Pierre narrowed his eyes at the masked figure of Black Ghost, and then he turned on his heel and walked briskly towards the door. Logan was waiting outside and rolled his eyes at Pierre when he strode out.
"You must be an idiot to argue with Scarl." Pierre stopped in his tracks and clenched his fists. His tense shoulders suddenly relaxed and he turned around with a serene expression.
"Logan my dear friend, you must learn that Black Ghost sometimes needs a taste of his own medicine. I think he has gotten a little too fond of being, what you call, 'frightening'" Logan cocked his head to one side looking at Pierre like he was crazy. Pierre had walked up to him and he didn't noticed, until he heard a snap and a crunch, that his belt had been taken off and destroyed.
"Why you little..." He tried to hit Pierre but he dodged quickly to the side and grabbed his arm, twisting it around. Logan winced and tried to pull away, but only succeeded in causing himself more pain. Pierre had a good grip.
"Like you, I have a few tricks of my own. I call this one experience." He drug the dark haired agent into another room and tied him to a chair with thick rope. "I've had all I can stand from you. I hope you like to sit and think; because that's all you'll be doing for a long, long time." Logan squirmed in his chair, his eyes wide with fear, and burning with hatred. Pierre cackled and left, smiling to himself. 'That, I think, was the highlight of my day.'
009 looked around frantically in the dim hall. 'I can't believe they didn't follow me!' he though irritably. 'I guess they have their reasons.'
"We do have our reasons Joe." 001 told him telepathically.
"001! Do you know where 003 is?"
"I can't locate her. There is a block around the base. Keep searching though, the others will be in there shortly. 007 just found an entrance."
"Alright." He went down hallway after hallway. He found it odd that there were hardly any doors.
"Hey 009!!" A tiny voice called. 009 looked around but saw no one. "Hey watch it! You almost stepped on me!" He looked down and saw a small gray mouse. It winked at him.
"It's me, 007! I'll help you look around." He scurried off in a different direction when the hallway forked. 009 shook his head and grinned as he remembered the story of 007 and the hippo, when they infiltrated the Greek God's palace. He stopped short as he came to a dead end. Looking to his right, he saw a single door. He pushed it open and he met pitch blackness.
"003?" he called, as he stepped into the darkness...
007 hurried along the floor, thinking about the last time he was a mouse.
"That hippo sure was ugly." he mused. He turned and squeezed under a door. The room's light had a bluish tint. The only one in the room was a dark haired person tied to a chair.
"Oh my goodness!" he squeaked. He scampered under a table and watched the man as he tried in vain to free himself. He slumped back against the chair, his eyes squeezed shut.
"No." He growled, "I'll NOT be imprisoned." He grunted in pain as he pulled at the ropes. After a long while they gave way and he fell from the chair on his knees. He stared at his hands. They were scratched and rubbed raw from the binding ropes.
"I'll get you Pierre. I'll get you good." He rose slowly from the floor and dashed out of the room. 007 turned back into his normal self.
"I do believe we should start an 'I hate Pierre' club." Straightening his red uniform, he quickly chased after the dark haired man.
"Hurry 006! That dynamite isn't going to wait on you to get out of the way." 004 hollered at his chubby friend.
"I'm ... coming!..." 006 puffed as he ran. 007 had found a crack in a large rock. It was only large enough for a small critter like a mouse. 004 decided to make that crack a little bigger. 006 made it a safe distance before the explosives detonated.
"Let's go!" 005 said as the smoke began to clear. They all hurried through the large gap. "The sooner we find 009, and 007, the better." 004 led the way with 005, 006, 002, and 008 behind him. They had walked quite a ways when 004 whispered,
"Stay back." he flattened himself against a wall. An angry looking young man rushed passed. "Ok he's gone." He had hardly taken a step when 007 collided with him.
"Which way did that bloody man go?"
"That way." 002 pointed in the direction the man had gone.
"Thanks, I'm trailing him. I think he might lead us to Pierre." The rest followed as 007 and 004 began to run after the angry human.
009 squinted, trying to see in the blackness, but to no avail. He continued to walk blindly around the room. He gasped as the door shut behind him. Then a small stream of light poured down from the ceiling, revealing a small figure sprawled out on a stair.
"003!!" 009 rushed towards her. When he reached her he crouched down on his knees and held her close. As soon as he had touched her more lights came on, uncovering a staircase that led up to a chair. Black Ghost sat in it, his head resting on his fist as his elbow leaned on the arm rest.
"Did you really think I'd leave her alone?" 009's head snapped upwards to stare at his enemy. He said nothing. Black Ghost continued. "Did you think you could run forever? I created you. Your life was in ruin and I gave you another chance. All of you a chance and this is how you repay me!? Crimes deserve punishments, 009. How else do you think wars are started? Someone does a wrong to another and then they want revenge. It's all so simple really."
"How can you speak of war and death as if it is nothing but a card game? You make me sick." Black Ghost's maniacal laughter echoed off the walls of the large chamber.
"Foolish Cyborg, I'll makeyou see things my way." A robot whizzed past 009 snatching 003 out of his grasp.
"NO!" In seconds she had been placed at Black Ghost's feet. Another robot came up behind 009 to attack him, but he was much too quick. The robot did not go down easily though. It fought him back against the far wall.
"If you want her, come and get her!" Black Ghost jeered. 009 took a step back towards the stair case. Fighters of all kinds jumped out in front if him. Glaring at them all, he cracked his knuckles and accelerated. He fought with all his strength. Robots and men alike fell to the ground in heaps.
"Is that all you got?" he shouted.
"Impressive. You are more so in person I must say."
"Compliments from you are an insult." Black Ghost said nothing, as more combatants crowded the floor. Then he said,
"You and Pierre are very much alike. You both seem to shape every thought and action around this...woman." He kicked her with his foot and she groaned, still unconscious. 009 was sent into a rage and began to attack everything in sight.
Logan ran as fast as he could. He knew exactly where Pierre would be. 'I hope Black Ghost saves a pain session for me.' He clenched his fists. 'I'll give him a beating worse than 009 did' He came to a dead end in the hallway and knew where he was. He wrenched open the door and saw machines crumpling and breaking by some invisible force. He was in the right place. Now all he needed to do was find Pierre.
Pierre climbed his way up a ladder attached behind the staircase pedestal. Black Ghost had Françoise. That thought kept running through his head. He pushed himself upward onto the platform, and then flattened himself against the back of the large chair. He could just see Françoise when he peered around the throne. He watched as Black Ghost kicked her. Shaking with anger, he clenched his fists around the stone arm rest. Then he crouched down waiting for the opportune moment, his eyes still fixed on Françoise.
005 pulled open the large door the man had run through. His mouth gaped open at what he saw. Injured or dead men and robots damaged beyond repair (or recollection of what they were) were scattered all around the floor. More were still collapsing. 004 and the rest crowded around him grimacing at the scene.
"Do you think we should help him out?"
"No," 004 said, "He might attack us. From the looks of things, he isn't too happy right now. What we need to do is get Black Ghost." 005 nodded gravely and entered the battle stricken room. They hurried as quickly as they could through the mass of fighters towards the platform. 002 nudged 004 and pointed up to where Black Ghost was standing. He could see 2 other dim figures. One was crouching and the other was creeping up behind him.
"One of those must be the guy we were following."
"I think you're right. Whatever the guy is after, it isn't Black Ghost."
The more he destroyed the more he became angry. 009 swore he would destroy the black masked war leader. With a loud cry he switched to mach 3. Mach 1 had been sufficient enough, but he wanted this done...now. A gigantic tank of some sort stood in front of him, guns at the ready. He rushed at it holding his own gun outward. The tank fired at the same speed he was running. The shell hit him much to his surprise. He lay there flat on his back moaning. He desperately tried to get up but couldn't. He had been stunned by the bullet. The tank rolled towards 009 to crush him. It was almost on top of him when 002 flew around and around it, shooting randomly. The tank fell back, guns now aimed at 002. 009 decided he would thank him later. He tried once again to get up, and succeeded. Still a little stiff, he trudged over to the stairs.
004 had tried to stop him, but once 002 saw 009 he had flown without thinking. The others abandoned the plan of getting Black Ghost and charged to the fight the evil army. Sighing, 004 joined them, firing round after round out of his hand. He eyed 009 walking slowly to the thrown like chair.
"Hurry my friend." A soldier grabbed then grabbed him by neck, which he soon learned was a mistake. Jabbing him in the ribs, 004 grabbed the fighter by the arm and fired a single bullet in his shoulder. 'No sense in killing the poor fellow' The man clutched his shoulder and winced as the Cyborg hurried off to join his friends in combat.
003 stirred awake. Her vision was blurry and her head and side hurt a lot. When she could see better she looked around. Battle is what she saw. Her eyes widened and she looked up to see Scarl in front of her. She crawled backwards away. He looked down at her and laughed.
"So you're awake now are you? Wonderful." He snatched her throat and lifted her in the air. "I hope you like pain my dear."
"PUT HER DOWN!!" He turned his head slowly to see 009 standing on the top step.
"Ah how sweet. 009 plays the hero again."
"I said, put her down."
"As you wish." He threw the helpless 003 to the ground and pounced on 009. They both tumbled down the stairs, wrestling and punching at each other.
"Joe!!" 003 shouted.
Logan saw his chance. Black Ghost had given it to him. The girl was just sitting there. He would hit Pierre where it hurt the most. He dashed forward and seized her around the waist. He grinned at her gasping and displeasure.
"NO, leave me ALONE!!" she cried. Pierre's eyes would have melted metal. He rose and cracked Logan over the head with the end of his gun. Logan dropped her and stumbled. Pierre turned to 003.
"Françoise are you hurt?" She said nothing but hugged her arms and bowed her head to look at the floor. "Françoise." he said gently. She lifted her gaze just in time to see 009 go flying back up the staircase.
"Joe!" Scarl came casually up his hands clasped behind his back.
"Pierre, how nice of you to join us." he sneered. Logan had regained his composure and grasped him by the shoulders. He held Pierre out like a rag doll and Scarl walked up to him. "You have been nothing but a nuisance to me but I'm glad I saved you. This one little task you did for me was helpful. I now have most of the 00 Cyborgs and the strongest one is defeated." He pulled out a small device with a single red button on it. "Do you know what this is?" Pierre struggled against Logan and he shook with fear. "Ah, yes. I thought you knew. I see no reason to keep you alive any longer." Pierre back kicked Logan and pulled out a tiny metal disk, no bigger than the end of his finger. Black Ghost stopped his movement to press the button.
"The probe stays functional."
"You are ordering me?"
"It stays on." Scarl began to laugh.
"I don't think so."
"Fine then." Pierre threw the disk to the ground with all of his strength. A huge explosion and a blinding light erupted from it. Everyone that was close to Pierre fell back and stone shrapnel flew everywhere. Black Ghost lay sprawled on the ground, pieces of sharp stone sticking out from his shoulders and head. Pierre strode over to him, snatching the button out of his hands.
"Who's laughing now?" Black Ghost tried to sit up but couldn't. He slumped back down with a thud.
"This isn't over. It's never over." He reached down to his belt, flicked a switch, and was gone. Pierre suddenly became aware how exhausted he was, and fell on his knees. 003 crawled over to him.
"Pierre? Are you ok?" He looked at her and smiled.
"You care?"
"You saved me, you and Joe both." He chuckled a little, eyeing the now conscious Joe.
"All I ever wanted was your love Françoise. I hope you understand that." He held the button up, level with his eyes.
"What are you doing?"
"If I'm going to die, It'll be by my hand and mine only. I'm done Françoise. I'm done living." He grinned and pressed the button. The grin never vanished as his body writhed in pain. 003 gasped as Pierre began to disintegrate.
"What is happening!?" she cried. 009 moved over to cradle her in his arms.
"His age is finally catching up with him." 004 and the rest looked upon the dying Pierre from below, horror stricken. 006 felt sick, and 005 hung his head. The air around them was dark and gloomy as the twitching form suddenly ceased movement. 003 hid her face in 009's shoulder and he grimaced as he gazed at nothing but a yellowed skeleton. He picked her up and started down the stairs, deciding to leave the remains where they chose to fall.
"Come on, it's over now." All lights in the room went out, and all was enveloped in darkness once more, as the door sealed shut behind them.
THE END! I enjoyed writing this story for your enjoyment and I hope you did enjoy it, or I wrote it for nothing! The Epilog with follow this and then that well be the official end of Past to Present. Thank you all for your support and reviews. I hope you check out my next story entitled "Memory" which I will submit as soon as I can possibly finish it!