AN: Ok this is probably my favorite of all the Cyborgs: 009! Nice violin joke Kacie Got anymore? You and Demon Darkchild have been my best reviewers on this fic! thanks a lot. One scene in this is out of sequence with the manga and I added some dialog, so sorry if it matters to anyone.

Dr. Gilmore knocked on 009's door. A few seconds later a curious looking 009 opened the door.

"What is it Dr.?"

"I want you to see what everyone is doing outside! They've been out there for about an hour or two." Dr. Gilmore replied. 009 nodded and quickly entered the room in which the hatch door was located. As soon as he had the door open he was surprised to see them all hardly moving at all. 002 would usually fly around and show off whenever he was outside, and 007 always recited monologs from old plays he knew. He turned his gaze to 003. She looked sad and distracted. He made his way over to sit down next to her, and was surprised when she didn't even look at him. Finally, he dared to break the silence.

"Are you ok 003?" he whispered. 003 exhaled slowly.

"Yes, I'm fine. I'm just thinking about what my life used to be and asking the same question I have for years: What would have happened if I wasn't captured?" She answered him in a voice so quiet he almost couldn't hear her. His only response was a mild, half smile.

"My life wasn't so great before"...

A black car pulled to a stop as a security guard walked up. The driver rolled down his window and alarms that sounded in the distance became louder.

"What's wrong?" the driver asked.

"A few of the delinquents escaped but we'll get 'em back." the guard waved his hand for them to go forward. "Go on." The driver nodded as he rolled up his window. He turned to the passenger and nodded to him. The driver's companion opened a small box and a tiny insect looking robot took flight. They both smiled wickedly as the device buzzed out the window and the car lurched forward.

Sirens screamed and whined as Joe and his friend ran for their lives. 'I am NOT going back there.' he thought as he heard the barking of dogs and the yells of security guards. He fought back frustration at not being able to help his other comrade who had fallen and hurt his leg.

"Run faster Joe they're gaining on us! This way!" Joe pushed himself harder as his friend led him into a thin forest. They both began to panic as bright headlights shone through the trees. The two desperate runaways slowed as they approached a small ledge. Several men below were placing wooden blockings across the road.

"No a road block!" Joe's friend exclaimed. Joe grimaced.

"Now what?"

"We have to find an alternative road."

"Wait look over there!" Joe pointed to a small, obscure cave. They both dashed for it with no hesitation.

The passenger in the car smiled grimly as he watched a screen on the small box the robot was held in. He quickly turned to the driver.

"There in a cave about half a mile from here."

"Right." he replied. He stepped on the gas pedal and the car sped forward.

"What are you going to do when we get away from here?" Joe asked. His friend sighed.

"I'm just going to go lay low in Tokyo, you?" Joe smiled weakly.

"Tokyo sounds fine anywhere is fine. It's not like there's anyone out there that cares about me."

"No parents? Siblings?"

"No, no one. I came right from the orphanage and then straight into juvey. I have no memories at all of what my parent's looked like." The robotic insect flew silently above their heads, darting this way and that. Suddenly it twitched and zoomed off towards a dark shadow. It nestled itself inside a small metal box which immediately closed with a loud snap. The two escapees jumped to attention.

"RUN!!" Joe shouted. They dashed forward frantically looking for a different exit besides the one they'd come in. If someone had found them there were most likely more outside the main entrance. A man garbed in black stepped forward. He wore a thick black cloth over his face. He cocked a gun at the two and they froze.

"GUN!" The strange man chucked as he pulled the trigger. Instead of bullets a thick gray smoke poured out on them. They coughed and wheezed, falling to their knees. They crawled slowly away from the toxic cloud anxiously trying to catch a clean breath, but to no avail. Joe's friend struggled to stand and managed to take a step before he fell down an unseen ledge. Joe was out cold his breathing slow. The man yanked the cloth from his face grinning mischievously as two other men, also dressed up black, stepped up on either side of him.

"Load him up." The first black clad man ordered harshly.

"Which one?"

"It doesn't matter, just take one. How about that one?" He gestured to Joe like he was bored, and walked out of the cave. The other two lifted the unconscious Joe roughly off the ground and followed.

009 clutched his throat as he remembered the suffocating smoke.

"Not great before at all." He looked down at 003 sadly. She looked just as forlorn as he, staring down at the infant in her arms. 'Not great before and not great now.' he thought. He closed his eyes and his past life played over and over in his head.

AN ok I hope that wasn't too hard to follow with the switching between the black ghost agents and Joe and friend. I hope the quality of my writing didn't decrease. I didn't feel as good about this chapter as I did about the others. Well tell me what you think. See you next chapter!