Chapter Two
Distant Memories
AN:
jenny644443855: I'm glad you like it so much. I don't really understand that word you used it your review though.
Wolfwood11: I'm so glad your reading my fic and that you actually think it's creepy. Thank you for all the sweet compliments!
Korii Shoujo: I love the ocean but I make it look like some sort of criminal! I thought it would make this story creepy and interesting. Francoise is acting creepy but she'll get creepier. Trust me. Joe's not going to like it at all! Uh, I really didn't want you to hate the sea. It's beautiful, believe me. I'm happy that your so into this story! I'm happy now! I feel like no one likes it but I'll give it time. There's going to be fluff, just not too much. But I'll TRY to make it more of a romance story! Thanks for all the compliments!
GoldAngel2: What can I say? I try to make my stories romantic. But this story is different. I want to make it more deep and emotional. It relates a lot to me. It's not really the sea that's driving Francoise mad, it's her depression ( she's going to have lots of that in this story). My mother always told me that depression is powerful and can either drive you into madness or kill you. I want to make this story very depressing, deep, and hopefully, romantic ( I have no idea how that's going to happen). Anyway, I love the sea too. It's just so amazing. I don't deserve those compliments. I'm really a failed writer you know. But you, your a great writer. Thank you for all the sweet compliments.
Serene Faerie: I'm so glad you like it so much!
Golden Feather Dragon: I don't really take French! I really want to learn since it looks so simple. See, if you know Spanish then it's easy to learn French and other languages. That's pretty cool, you know. Your the first one to notice but I kind of said that I wasn't French at all in my other Cyborg 009 fic, so I thought more people would notice that. I love this story a lot since it's very different from all my other fics. It's depressing but it's also deep and mysterious. I was reading over this fic and I just couldn't believe it that I actually wrote this. It's very different but I want people to see a different side to me and to my writing. I wrote this fic since I was so depressed one day and I had to let it all out somehow. Writing is a way to do so. I'm glad you like my fic so much and thank you for all the support and compliments. Your fic is great too, you know! And I know there's so much competition but your great too! Thanks for everything!
MagicianCyborg: No kidding. I'm amazed at myself. I never imagined I would write such a fic. It's different. It's not romance for a change! You should really buy Fog since it's a great book! It's very interesting and you just want to find out what happens every time you flip a page. Lots of suspense and horror. Not like Stephen King though. He's an awesome writer. But still, it's a great book! My reading teacher got me into it. Well, I am a poet, you know. Like my fics, my poetry is also in a well known website. Every year I get invited to large famous conventions but I never go. I've been a semi finalist in big contests a lot. But somehow, I stopped writing poetry this summer. I lost all inspiration when my Grandfather died. But that's when I started writing my Kikaider fic and after two months of preparing it and writing out the first three chapters, I posted it and since then, I haven't stopped writing! I'm happy that you like my new fic so much and I thank you for all the support!
Tomoe2Kenshin: That was a funny review! I'm so happy you like it so much and I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Thank you all for your reviews and compliments! It's very sweet of you all! Thank you and here's the next chapter! Enjoy and review!
Disclaimer:
I do not own Cyborg 009 in ANY way. Some of the plot come out of Caroline B. Cooney's book, Fog, the first if the Losing Christina trilogy. I respect that, so that's why so many things are VERY different in my fic.
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The poster was scary but for some reason, Francoise felt the temptation to hang it on her pink wall. She gulped as she got the tape and she tip toed into her room with the poster and tape in her hand. She taped the poster on the wall and her eyes were transfixed on the picture of herself. Her fingers touched the poster, as if wanting to fall inside that very moment in time were she was on top of cliff and danced for the sea.
I belong to the sea, she thought.
But her friends, who were like family to her, just frowned and said that it was all her imagination.
A couple of minutes ago............
" Francoise," Albert had said, " the sea does not want you. It's all in your tiny little head."
" Your wrong," Francoise said, " the sea keeps count. It wants me."
" That man was probably playing a little joke on you," Joe suggested.
" Then explain why I couldn't control myself yesterday on the cliff? Why did the sea talk to me and control my body towards it? That was not my imagination. It was all real," Francoise said.
" So now you remember?" Jet said, rolling his eyes. He didn't believe a word she was saying.
" I just remembered," Francoise said, " the sea-"
" Now, I have had enough," Dr. Gilmore said, " stop talking nonsense, dear, the sea is just the sea. It cannot harm you."
" But-"
" I agree," Jet said.
" Why don't you listen to me?" She said, frustrated.
" Francoise, remember yesterday? All you needed was a nice nap to calm yourself, right? Then why don't you just sleep for a while?" Joe said, putting a hand on her shoulder. Francoise's eyes went wide and she shook his hand off her shoulder.
*End of Flashback*
" Sleep?" Francoise said to herself.
Heh, I don't need sleep! I'm not some girl with mental problems! I'm Francoise Arnoul, granite from France. I won't let them treat me like a girl with mental problems! They can't just expect me to be locked up in my room forever.
Her eyes stared up at the poster. How mysterious and scary that poster was. She saw herself in the poster. She saw her future in that poster. She was that girl in the poster. She was destined to belong to the sea and dance for it. She was destined to be it's puppet and do as the master pleased. She would dance in the rain and thunder on top of a cliff for the sea, like in the poster. She would dance in the night for her master.
" Frrraaannncccoooiiiissseeee," The sea said.
" Oui Messieur?" Francoise replied, eagerly.
" Dance for me," The sea said.
" Oui Messieur," She replied and she began to dance. She danced gracefully and fast. She danced non stop for the sea, as if she had the red shoes from the French movie she saw when she was small. She danced like her life depended on it and like she was a little puppet being controlled by the sea, her master.
" 003,"A gentle voice said.
She kept on dancing and caught a glimpse of the person who called her name. She smiled and tiptoed over to him and swung her arms around his neck.
" Messieur Shimamura, dance with me," She said.
" 003," Joe said, frowning slightly, " stop it."
" Joe, dance with me," She said, her eyes emotionless. A wide smile graced her pretty features, for no reason.
" Francoise," He said.
By the sound of her name, she was brought back to Earth. Joe was staring at her, concerned. Her arms slid off his neck and went around her shoulders. Her eyes were sad.
" Joe," She said, " I'm so sorry. It's that- well, I'm scared."
Joe got closer to her and his arms went around her tiny waist.
" What are you scared of, Francoise?" He asked.
" The sea," She said.
Joe's arms slid off her waist and he turned his back to her. He sighed, shook his head, and ran his finger through his mahogany hair. He turned around to face her, with a look of annoyance.
" Francoise," He said, shaking his head.
" You don't believe me, do you?" She said, frantically. She walked to the corner of room and whimpered in lose and pain. Her sadness broke his heart.
" Francoise-" He started. She slid down to the floor and hugged herself.
" You think I'm insane, don't you? The sea talks to me! It wants me! I'm not kidding! This isn't a joke! I wouldn't lie about something so serious, something that will eventually kill me!" Francoise said, in tears.
" Francoise, the sea can't hurt you! It won't, I promise! I'll be here! I won't leave you, Francoise," Joe soothed, sitting beside her on her oak floor. He brought Francoise to his lap and rocked her gently like a baby. She whimpered but his gentle touch made her calm down. Her ocean blue-green eyes stared at the boy. His cinnamon eyes stared at her, lovingly with a sweet smile.
" Joe?" She asked, as she brought her hand on top of his cheek.
" Yes Francoise?" He replied, putting his own large hand on top of her small one.
" You won't leave me, right Joe?" Francoise asked, like a child. Joe brought her hand to his lips and kissed it.
" Of course not, Francoise. I'll be here for you," He said. Francoise smiled weakly and she raised her head slightly towards his head. Her lips were close to his own and he anxiously waited for her gentle lips. But disappointment washed him as her lips only brushed his own and her head again fell on his shoulder. She had fallen to sleep.
" G' night, Francoise," He said and kissed her cheek.
*****
" Frraaannnncccoooiiiissseee," The ocean said.
It was late that night and Francoise tossed and turned on her pink four poster bed. Cold sweat ran down her forehead and the moonlight shined above her from her open window. Her window's and bed's curtains blew everywhere along with the harsh cold wind the came in from her large open window.
" Frannncccoooiiisse," The sea whispered in her ear.
Her eyes quickly fluttered open and she sat up, her hand on her chest. Her breathing was fast and hard, as if she had been running for a long time. Her eyes fell upon the poster hanging proudly on her pink wall. Like under a spell or enchantment, she was charmed by the poster. It had cursed her. Made her hear, see, and feel things that weren't true. But that voice. It sounded real. She knew who's voice it was. She knew.....him.
" Jean Paul!" Francoise said.
" Francoise," His voice said, " come to me, dear sister! Come to me! Dance for me on the cliff, my dear."
" Oui Jean Paul," She said and jumped on her feet. She began to dance and hum a sad loud melody. The world went black and all she saw was the cliff. There was the wind and the silver yellow thunder. The cold rain and wind accompanied it all. She saw her handsome brother on top of the cliff. She danced to the top of the cliff. The sea roared as if it was laughing. Laughing harshly at her.
" You can have me, master," She told the sea, " just let me be with my brother."
But the closer she got to her dear older brother, the farther he seem to go. The truth was, that Francoise had just danced herself out of the beach house and was just dancing in the cold wind. There was no rain or thunder, like what she saw with those deceiving ocean blue eyes. Her brother was not there but she saw him so clearly. She danced on the cliff she had almost fallen off of the day before.
" Come to me, Francoise," He brother said, " we can both belong to the sea."
" Oui, of course, Jean Paul," She said, eagerly.
" Come to me," Jean said.
" I'll belong to the sea and to you. The sea wants me. It can have me," She said.
" Oui, Francoise," Jean Paul said, "oui."
*****
The men all woke up to the sound of the sad melody outside their doors. They recognized that hum. All at once, they got out their rooms. They stared curiously at each other.
" Did you hear that?" G.B asked.
" Well, what did you hear?" Jet asked.
"Humming," Joe said.
" So did I," Geronimo agreed.
" But which one of you were humming?" Dr. Gilmore said, " I'm sure I wasn't."
" I wasn't humming," Dr. Kazumi said.
" Neither was I," Chang said.
" Don't look at me," Albert and Jet said, shrugging.
" I was sleeping," Chang said.
" So was I," Pyunma said.
" Then who was it?" Geronimo asked.
They each stared at each other and there was a long pause until they realized that a certain female was not with them. Their eyes went wide.
" Francoise," They all said and walked into her room. It was empty and they realized that her room was freezing. They stared at the poster. They were startled to find that the girl in the poster who was supposedly Francoise, was in a different position then before. The girl, Francoise, was at the edge of the cliff and looked like she was about to fall.
At once, Joe got a weird feeling. He walked over to the opened window. Then, to his horror, he found Francoise again on the same cliff. Joe cursed himself under his breath. He accelerated to the top of the cliff.
" 003, stop it this instant!" Joe said, angrily.
" I'm coming Jean Paul! We'll go into the sea together!" She said, in a dreamy voice. She danced gracefully over to her brother, someone Joe couldn't see.
Behind her ocean blue eyes, she saw her handsome brother smile at her. He was at the edge and he beckoned her. The sea laughed and beckoned as well.
" Francoise," Jean Paul said but she was the only one to hear.
" Frrraaannncccoooiiissseee," The sea roared.
" Jooiinn uuussss," They both said.
" Oui master," She said, nodding.
" Come Francoise," Her brother said.
" Oui, Jean Paul," She said.
Her brother smiled and beckoned her to come forward. He smiled and let himself fall off the edge.
" COME FRANCOISE," He said.
" Oui, I will!" She said.
" Stop it Francoise!" Joe said.
At the sound of her name ( I'll explain this), Francoise came back to the real world. Her eyes were wide and emotionless. She was breathing fast.
" NO JEAN PAUL! I'M COMING!" She said and was about to jump if it wasn't for the pair of arms holding on to her waist, protectively.
" NO, JOE, MY BROTHER," She said, " HE'S GOING TO THE SEA WITHOUT ME."
" No Francoise, your just imagining everything," Joe said.
" No! He's there! He left without me! I need to go with the sea!" She said, in tears.
" Francoise, stop it! Your imagining everything! This isn't real!" Joe said, trying to drag her back down the cliff and back to the safe beach house below. But she was granite. She wouldn't give up. Her eyes fell on the smaller rocks below. The waves slapped the small rocks, in anger. It was furious that it's plan did not work.
Her eyes of that of the ocean, stared at the rocks, where behind her eyes, seemed like her brother was laying lifeless on. The crimson dark blood flowed down his body and into the water. The water drank the blood and the blood disappeared. It was her worst fear to see her brother dead in those sharp rocks. The sea wanted to drink her blood too. It wanted her soul, not her body. The sea wanted to take her away from the 00 Cyborgs. It wanted Francoise. It would have Francoise, one way or another.
" No! Jean Paul! You can't be dead! You just can't!" Francoise yelled, in tears.
Behind Joe's crimson eyes, the sea was just the sea and the rocks were just being slapped by the harsh sea. He knew that the sea was furious but not because of what Francoise had said. The sea was just the sea, after all. Or so he thought.
"C'mon Francoise," Joe said.
" No, I belong to the sea! I want to join my brother," She sobbed.
He couldn't take it anymore. He just couldn't stand to watch her cry or speak nonsense. He used his accelerator mode to bring them back to the front of the beach house where everyone else was at. They all sighed in relief.
" Francoise, you really have to stop that! Your acting like a child!"Jet yelled. She just stared at him. She was somewhere in space.
" You know what Jet? Just shut up! Leave Francoise alone," Joe said and grabbed Francoise's hand. He led her inside the house, while she mumbled something about the color of the sky and about the sea. He opened the door to her room.
" Hold on, Francoise," He said.
" Oui ( You've probably figured out that 'oui' means yes in French)," She said.
Joe closed the window and locked it up. It was freezing inside her room. He was about to take the poster off the wall when he felt a small, cold hand on his back.
" Joe," She whispered, rubbing her cheek on his arm. He froze. Like her room, she was also very cold. She rubbed her rosy cheek on his arm, lovingly.
" Francoise......" Joe said.
" You said you wouldn't leave me alone," She whispered, her hand grabbing his. She planted cold kisses on his palm.
There was a pause and the only thing that could be heard was Francoise kissing Joe's hand. He just watched her.
" You left me alone with the sea," She whispered.
" The sea is outside, Francoise. It's not in your room," He said, rolling his eyes.
She shook her head and pointed at the poster that was just an inch away.
" Let me take it off," He suggested. She kissed his wrist and shook her head.
" The sea is too strong," She said, " Anyway, I've tried to take it off the wall but it's stuck."
" Francoise," He said, " the poster has to come off. I'll take it off."
She stared at him with eyes of awe. She was right, it was as if the poster was painted on the wall. She whimpered.
" I knew that would happen. The sea told me," She said, shaking her head.
" Francoise, how did the sea tell you?" He asked, annoyed.
" It told me in my dreams. It laughed at me and said it would never leave me alone until I belong to it," Francoise said.
" Francoise...." Joe said and was about to leave.
" Joe, don't leave me alone again with the sea," She said. Her eyes filled with tears and she whimpered.
" Francoise, what will everyone think if I slept with you?" He asked.
" I don't care what they think. I care on what the sea thinks," Francoise said, holding his hand.
" What? What will the sea think?" He asked, frowning.
" The sea is jealous, Joe. It won't be happy," She said.
" Then why should I sleep with you if the sea is jealous?" He asked. He didn't like the way that sentence came out. It just didn't sound right.
" Why should it be jealous? What is a night that I would spend with you compared with the eternity I will spend with the sea?" She said, dreamily. Joe's eyes went wide and he just sighed in annoyance.
When will this end? he thought.
Outside, the sea was furious.It wouldn't give up. It was granite and it will have Francoise.
THE SEA IS GRANITE. IT WILL HAVE FRANCOISE AS IT'S MIGHTY TREASURE....................
TO BE CONTINUED......................
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AN:
Did you like this chapter? Tell me! I know there wasn't a lot of fluff. There will be more, I promise. Oh, you know how Francoise acts like she's under a trance and every time Joe calls her name, she comes back to Earth? Well, that's hard to explain. I'll just say that Francoise is in love with Joe ( duh) and he's the only one who can save her from madness and the evil clutches of the mad sea. Well, that's it! Review please!
Thanks,
SDA 009
P.S I'm going to update my other Cyborg 009 fic pretty soon. I want to make it REALLY long. Anyway, I'm in the mood to write lots of romance since I just got a new petit ami. Which means boyfriend in French! I'm so happy! o^_^o
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REVIEW! NO FLAMES, PLEASE!
" THE SEA IS GRANITE. IT WILL HAVE FRANCOISE AS IT'S MIGHTY TREASURE......."
NEXT CHAPTER- MADNESS: What can I say? Francoise is going insane and she is now forbidden to go out the house. But the sea will do ANYTHING to have Francoise....................
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Distant Memories
AN:
jenny644443855: I'm glad you like it so much. I don't really understand that word you used it your review though.
Wolfwood11: I'm so glad your reading my fic and that you actually think it's creepy. Thank you for all the sweet compliments!
Korii Shoujo: I love the ocean but I make it look like some sort of criminal! I thought it would make this story creepy and interesting. Francoise is acting creepy but she'll get creepier. Trust me. Joe's not going to like it at all! Uh, I really didn't want you to hate the sea. It's beautiful, believe me. I'm happy that your so into this story! I'm happy now! I feel like no one likes it but I'll give it time. There's going to be fluff, just not too much. But I'll TRY to make it more of a romance story! Thanks for all the compliments!
GoldAngel2: What can I say? I try to make my stories romantic. But this story is different. I want to make it more deep and emotional. It relates a lot to me. It's not really the sea that's driving Francoise mad, it's her depression ( she's going to have lots of that in this story). My mother always told me that depression is powerful and can either drive you into madness or kill you. I want to make this story very depressing, deep, and hopefully, romantic ( I have no idea how that's going to happen). Anyway, I love the sea too. It's just so amazing. I don't deserve those compliments. I'm really a failed writer you know. But you, your a great writer. Thank you for all the sweet compliments.
Serene Faerie: I'm so glad you like it so much!
Golden Feather Dragon: I don't really take French! I really want to learn since it looks so simple. See, if you know Spanish then it's easy to learn French and other languages. That's pretty cool, you know. Your the first one to notice but I kind of said that I wasn't French at all in my other Cyborg 009 fic, so I thought more people would notice that. I love this story a lot since it's very different from all my other fics. It's depressing but it's also deep and mysterious. I was reading over this fic and I just couldn't believe it that I actually wrote this. It's very different but I want people to see a different side to me and to my writing. I wrote this fic since I was so depressed one day and I had to let it all out somehow. Writing is a way to do so. I'm glad you like my fic so much and thank you for all the support and compliments. Your fic is great too, you know! And I know there's so much competition but your great too! Thanks for everything!
MagicianCyborg: No kidding. I'm amazed at myself. I never imagined I would write such a fic. It's different. It's not romance for a change! You should really buy Fog since it's a great book! It's very interesting and you just want to find out what happens every time you flip a page. Lots of suspense and horror. Not like Stephen King though. He's an awesome writer. But still, it's a great book! My reading teacher got me into it. Well, I am a poet, you know. Like my fics, my poetry is also in a well known website. Every year I get invited to large famous conventions but I never go. I've been a semi finalist in big contests a lot. But somehow, I stopped writing poetry this summer. I lost all inspiration when my Grandfather died. But that's when I started writing my Kikaider fic and after two months of preparing it and writing out the first three chapters, I posted it and since then, I haven't stopped writing! I'm happy that you like my new fic so much and I thank you for all the support!
Tomoe2Kenshin: That was a funny review! I'm so happy you like it so much and I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Thank you all for your reviews and compliments! It's very sweet of you all! Thank you and here's the next chapter! Enjoy and review!
Disclaimer:
I do not own Cyborg 009 in ANY way. Some of the plot come out of Caroline B. Cooney's book, Fog, the first if the Losing Christina trilogy. I respect that, so that's why so many things are VERY different in my fic.
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The poster was scary but for some reason, Francoise felt the temptation to hang it on her pink wall. She gulped as she got the tape and she tip toed into her room with the poster and tape in her hand. She taped the poster on the wall and her eyes were transfixed on the picture of herself. Her fingers touched the poster, as if wanting to fall inside that very moment in time were she was on top of cliff and danced for the sea.
I belong to the sea, she thought.
But her friends, who were like family to her, just frowned and said that it was all her imagination.
A couple of minutes ago............
" Francoise," Albert had said, " the sea does not want you. It's all in your tiny little head."
" Your wrong," Francoise said, " the sea keeps count. It wants me."
" That man was probably playing a little joke on you," Joe suggested.
" Then explain why I couldn't control myself yesterday on the cliff? Why did the sea talk to me and control my body towards it? That was not my imagination. It was all real," Francoise said.
" So now you remember?" Jet said, rolling his eyes. He didn't believe a word she was saying.
" I just remembered," Francoise said, " the sea-"
" Now, I have had enough," Dr. Gilmore said, " stop talking nonsense, dear, the sea is just the sea. It cannot harm you."
" But-"
" I agree," Jet said.
" Why don't you listen to me?" She said, frustrated.
" Francoise, remember yesterday? All you needed was a nice nap to calm yourself, right? Then why don't you just sleep for a while?" Joe said, putting a hand on her shoulder. Francoise's eyes went wide and she shook his hand off her shoulder.
*End of Flashback*
" Sleep?" Francoise said to herself.
Heh, I don't need sleep! I'm not some girl with mental problems! I'm Francoise Arnoul, granite from France. I won't let them treat me like a girl with mental problems! They can't just expect me to be locked up in my room forever.
Her eyes stared up at the poster. How mysterious and scary that poster was. She saw herself in the poster. She saw her future in that poster. She was that girl in the poster. She was destined to belong to the sea and dance for it. She was destined to be it's puppet and do as the master pleased. She would dance in the rain and thunder on top of a cliff for the sea, like in the poster. She would dance in the night for her master.
" Frrraaannncccoooiiiissseeee," The sea said.
" Oui Messieur?" Francoise replied, eagerly.
" Dance for me," The sea said.
" Oui Messieur," She replied and she began to dance. She danced gracefully and fast. She danced non stop for the sea, as if she had the red shoes from the French movie she saw when she was small. She danced like her life depended on it and like she was a little puppet being controlled by the sea, her master.
" 003,"A gentle voice said.
She kept on dancing and caught a glimpse of the person who called her name. She smiled and tiptoed over to him and swung her arms around his neck.
" Messieur Shimamura, dance with me," She said.
" 003," Joe said, frowning slightly, " stop it."
" Joe, dance with me," She said, her eyes emotionless. A wide smile graced her pretty features, for no reason.
" Francoise," He said.
By the sound of her name, she was brought back to Earth. Joe was staring at her, concerned. Her arms slid off his neck and went around her shoulders. Her eyes were sad.
" Joe," She said, " I'm so sorry. It's that- well, I'm scared."
Joe got closer to her and his arms went around her tiny waist.
" What are you scared of, Francoise?" He asked.
" The sea," She said.
Joe's arms slid off her waist and he turned his back to her. He sighed, shook his head, and ran his finger through his mahogany hair. He turned around to face her, with a look of annoyance.
" Francoise," He said, shaking his head.
" You don't believe me, do you?" She said, frantically. She walked to the corner of room and whimpered in lose and pain. Her sadness broke his heart.
" Francoise-" He started. She slid down to the floor and hugged herself.
" You think I'm insane, don't you? The sea talks to me! It wants me! I'm not kidding! This isn't a joke! I wouldn't lie about something so serious, something that will eventually kill me!" Francoise said, in tears.
" Francoise, the sea can't hurt you! It won't, I promise! I'll be here! I won't leave you, Francoise," Joe soothed, sitting beside her on her oak floor. He brought Francoise to his lap and rocked her gently like a baby. She whimpered but his gentle touch made her calm down. Her ocean blue-green eyes stared at the boy. His cinnamon eyes stared at her, lovingly with a sweet smile.
" Joe?" She asked, as she brought her hand on top of his cheek.
" Yes Francoise?" He replied, putting his own large hand on top of her small one.
" You won't leave me, right Joe?" Francoise asked, like a child. Joe brought her hand to his lips and kissed it.
" Of course not, Francoise. I'll be here for you," He said. Francoise smiled weakly and she raised her head slightly towards his head. Her lips were close to his own and he anxiously waited for her gentle lips. But disappointment washed him as her lips only brushed his own and her head again fell on his shoulder. She had fallen to sleep.
" G' night, Francoise," He said and kissed her cheek.
*****
" Frraaannnncccoooiiiissseee," The ocean said.
It was late that night and Francoise tossed and turned on her pink four poster bed. Cold sweat ran down her forehead and the moonlight shined above her from her open window. Her window's and bed's curtains blew everywhere along with the harsh cold wind the came in from her large open window.
" Frannncccoooiiisse," The sea whispered in her ear.
Her eyes quickly fluttered open and she sat up, her hand on her chest. Her breathing was fast and hard, as if she had been running for a long time. Her eyes fell upon the poster hanging proudly on her pink wall. Like under a spell or enchantment, she was charmed by the poster. It had cursed her. Made her hear, see, and feel things that weren't true. But that voice. It sounded real. She knew who's voice it was. She knew.....him.
" Jean Paul!" Francoise said.
" Francoise," His voice said, " come to me, dear sister! Come to me! Dance for me on the cliff, my dear."
" Oui Jean Paul," She said and jumped on her feet. She began to dance and hum a sad loud melody. The world went black and all she saw was the cliff. There was the wind and the silver yellow thunder. The cold rain and wind accompanied it all. She saw her handsome brother on top of the cliff. She danced to the top of the cliff. The sea roared as if it was laughing. Laughing harshly at her.
" You can have me, master," She told the sea, " just let me be with my brother."
But the closer she got to her dear older brother, the farther he seem to go. The truth was, that Francoise had just danced herself out of the beach house and was just dancing in the cold wind. There was no rain or thunder, like what she saw with those deceiving ocean blue eyes. Her brother was not there but she saw him so clearly. She danced on the cliff she had almost fallen off of the day before.
" Come to me, Francoise," He brother said, " we can both belong to the sea."
" Oui, of course, Jean Paul," She said, eagerly.
" Come to me," Jean said.
" I'll belong to the sea and to you. The sea wants me. It can have me," She said.
" Oui, Francoise," Jean Paul said, "oui."
*****
The men all woke up to the sound of the sad melody outside their doors. They recognized that hum. All at once, they got out their rooms. They stared curiously at each other.
" Did you hear that?" G.B asked.
" Well, what did you hear?" Jet asked.
"Humming," Joe said.
" So did I," Geronimo agreed.
" But which one of you were humming?" Dr. Gilmore said, " I'm sure I wasn't."
" I wasn't humming," Dr. Kazumi said.
" Neither was I," Chang said.
" Don't look at me," Albert and Jet said, shrugging.
" I was sleeping," Chang said.
" So was I," Pyunma said.
" Then who was it?" Geronimo asked.
They each stared at each other and there was a long pause until they realized that a certain female was not with them. Their eyes went wide.
" Francoise," They all said and walked into her room. It was empty and they realized that her room was freezing. They stared at the poster. They were startled to find that the girl in the poster who was supposedly Francoise, was in a different position then before. The girl, Francoise, was at the edge of the cliff and looked like she was about to fall.
At once, Joe got a weird feeling. He walked over to the opened window. Then, to his horror, he found Francoise again on the same cliff. Joe cursed himself under his breath. He accelerated to the top of the cliff.
" 003, stop it this instant!" Joe said, angrily.
" I'm coming Jean Paul! We'll go into the sea together!" She said, in a dreamy voice. She danced gracefully over to her brother, someone Joe couldn't see.
Behind her ocean blue eyes, she saw her handsome brother smile at her. He was at the edge and he beckoned her. The sea laughed and beckoned as well.
" Francoise," Jean Paul said but she was the only one to hear.
" Frrraaannncccoooiiissseee," The sea roared.
" Jooiinn uuussss," They both said.
" Oui master," She said, nodding.
" Come Francoise," Her brother said.
" Oui, Jean Paul," She said.
Her brother smiled and beckoned her to come forward. He smiled and let himself fall off the edge.
" COME FRANCOISE," He said.
" Oui, I will!" She said.
" Stop it Francoise!" Joe said.
At the sound of her name ( I'll explain this), Francoise came back to the real world. Her eyes were wide and emotionless. She was breathing fast.
" NO JEAN PAUL! I'M COMING!" She said and was about to jump if it wasn't for the pair of arms holding on to her waist, protectively.
" NO, JOE, MY BROTHER," She said, " HE'S GOING TO THE SEA WITHOUT ME."
" No Francoise, your just imagining everything," Joe said.
" No! He's there! He left without me! I need to go with the sea!" She said, in tears.
" Francoise, stop it! Your imagining everything! This isn't real!" Joe said, trying to drag her back down the cliff and back to the safe beach house below. But she was granite. She wouldn't give up. Her eyes fell on the smaller rocks below. The waves slapped the small rocks, in anger. It was furious that it's plan did not work.
Her eyes of that of the ocean, stared at the rocks, where behind her eyes, seemed like her brother was laying lifeless on. The crimson dark blood flowed down his body and into the water. The water drank the blood and the blood disappeared. It was her worst fear to see her brother dead in those sharp rocks. The sea wanted to drink her blood too. It wanted her soul, not her body. The sea wanted to take her away from the 00 Cyborgs. It wanted Francoise. It would have Francoise, one way or another.
" No! Jean Paul! You can't be dead! You just can't!" Francoise yelled, in tears.
Behind Joe's crimson eyes, the sea was just the sea and the rocks were just being slapped by the harsh sea. He knew that the sea was furious but not because of what Francoise had said. The sea was just the sea, after all. Or so he thought.
"C'mon Francoise," Joe said.
" No, I belong to the sea! I want to join my brother," She sobbed.
He couldn't take it anymore. He just couldn't stand to watch her cry or speak nonsense. He used his accelerator mode to bring them back to the front of the beach house where everyone else was at. They all sighed in relief.
" Francoise, you really have to stop that! Your acting like a child!"Jet yelled. She just stared at him. She was somewhere in space.
" You know what Jet? Just shut up! Leave Francoise alone," Joe said and grabbed Francoise's hand. He led her inside the house, while she mumbled something about the color of the sky and about the sea. He opened the door to her room.
" Hold on, Francoise," He said.
" Oui ( You've probably figured out that 'oui' means yes in French)," She said.
Joe closed the window and locked it up. It was freezing inside her room. He was about to take the poster off the wall when he felt a small, cold hand on his back.
" Joe," She whispered, rubbing her cheek on his arm. He froze. Like her room, she was also very cold. She rubbed her rosy cheek on his arm, lovingly.
" Francoise......" Joe said.
" You said you wouldn't leave me alone," She whispered, her hand grabbing his. She planted cold kisses on his palm.
There was a pause and the only thing that could be heard was Francoise kissing Joe's hand. He just watched her.
" You left me alone with the sea," She whispered.
" The sea is outside, Francoise. It's not in your room," He said, rolling his eyes.
She shook her head and pointed at the poster that was just an inch away.
" Let me take it off," He suggested. She kissed his wrist and shook her head.
" The sea is too strong," She said, " Anyway, I've tried to take it off the wall but it's stuck."
" Francoise," He said, " the poster has to come off. I'll take it off."
She stared at him with eyes of awe. She was right, it was as if the poster was painted on the wall. She whimpered.
" I knew that would happen. The sea told me," She said, shaking her head.
" Francoise, how did the sea tell you?" He asked, annoyed.
" It told me in my dreams. It laughed at me and said it would never leave me alone until I belong to it," Francoise said.
" Francoise...." Joe said and was about to leave.
" Joe, don't leave me alone again with the sea," She said. Her eyes filled with tears and she whimpered.
" Francoise, what will everyone think if I slept with you?" He asked.
" I don't care what they think. I care on what the sea thinks," Francoise said, holding his hand.
" What? What will the sea think?" He asked, frowning.
" The sea is jealous, Joe. It won't be happy," She said.
" Then why should I sleep with you if the sea is jealous?" He asked. He didn't like the way that sentence came out. It just didn't sound right.
" Why should it be jealous? What is a night that I would spend with you compared with the eternity I will spend with the sea?" She said, dreamily. Joe's eyes went wide and he just sighed in annoyance.
When will this end? he thought.
Outside, the sea was furious.It wouldn't give up. It was granite and it will have Francoise.
THE SEA IS GRANITE. IT WILL HAVE FRANCOISE AS IT'S MIGHTY TREASURE....................
TO BE CONTINUED......................
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AN:
Did you like this chapter? Tell me! I know there wasn't a lot of fluff. There will be more, I promise. Oh, you know how Francoise acts like she's under a trance and every time Joe calls her name, she comes back to Earth? Well, that's hard to explain. I'll just say that Francoise is in love with Joe ( duh) and he's the only one who can save her from madness and the evil clutches of the mad sea. Well, that's it! Review please!
Thanks,
SDA 009
P.S I'm going to update my other Cyborg 009 fic pretty soon. I want to make it REALLY long. Anyway, I'm in the mood to write lots of romance since I just got a new petit ami. Which means boyfriend in French! I'm so happy! o^_^o
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" THE SEA IS GRANITE. IT WILL HAVE FRANCOISE AS IT'S MIGHTY TREASURE......."
NEXT CHAPTER- MADNESS: What can I say? Francoise is going insane and she is now forbidden to go out the house. But the sea will do ANYTHING to have Francoise....................
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