Chapter 3
Written By Illuminet
Disclaimer: Refer to the first chapter to view. Other than that, proceed.
Note: Not much to say here, just giving credit to a friend of mine who offered to help me by typing up a good chunk of this chapter. What she did in about an entire week would have taken me a month to type up. So it is because of my friend this chapter was posted quickly. Is that cool or what?
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'...'-Indicate Thought / Telepathy
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[Preface]
Dizzy Badguy...
Her Gear powers are incredibly substantial regardless of her rather young age in Gear terms. Perhaps what is even more significant than her powers is that she is the child of the Proto-type Gear, #000 (Sol Badguy), and the first complete Gear, #001 (Justice Badguy). Although Dizzy was conceived after her parents regained full self awareness, she was also the result of a well hidden test conducted by the creator of the Gears himself, behind the backs of her parents. This test was to confirm if Gears could reproduce their own kind bisexually, like they could when they were still Human.
Positive. Dizzy was the first confirmation that Gears could reproduce other Gears. Dizzy is also the first Gear to ever start as a child and grow into adulthood. There are only two true side effects of Gear births. First is that the child Gear will grow rapidly into adulthood, estimated at around four times the average Human growth into adulthood. Second, the child will usually grow with a type of mutation. In Dizzy's case, she had two wings and a tail which she can will to become small enough where they don't show any physical change to her. This was all confirmed by the creator of the Gears.
When Dizzy was still just a baby near the beginning of the Crusades, she was taken from her parents by the creator and then abandoned near the end of the Crusades. It was also around this time she had been discovered and brought in by the man called Johnny. Why the creator took her, only to abandon her is currently unknown, but he has many dark designs in store for her and her recently found father, and they will all come within good time...
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[Main Story]
Zeppian Airport
'I finally get a vacation...and my wife and child want to spent it here? The only real good thing that will come out of this is by checking in on Sol Badguy, although it might be a little too early for that, too...'
The young man thought. Ky Kiske is a man regarded as a true hero. Both to the Humans and to the Gears. His short silvery blonde hair shimmered about his boyish face, and his turquoise blue eyes were filled with life. After coming back from ending the Crusades as a great hero to his home country of France, Ky soon traded his sword for a gun and went from Knight to Policeman. He was a tireless enforcer of justice through and through. He was not dressed as a Policeman today because he was ordered to take a very long vacation. Now he dressed as most normal people do in this day and age. He wore a simple white shirt tucked into dark blue jeans. A sapphire necklace adorned with a cross made out of gold hung around his neck.
"Well dear, this is it, the nation of Zepp. It's not known for it's cleanliness but it is a rather homely place."
Ky said to his beautiful wife, Jam Kiske who was formally Jam Kuradoberi, the greatest chef in all of China. She wore a traditional dark black Chinese dress. Her long, reddish brown hair was tied into a large ring and was kept secure by a large golden hair ornament on top of her head.
"Wow, I bet we could find all sorts of neat things here. Aren't you glad we came, honey?"
She asked him with a smile. Ky smiled and nodded back, although it didn't look very enthusiastic. He wasn't going to argue with her of course, because he figured it this way: He didn't win the argument at home, so why would this scenario by played any differently? He looked around.
"Hey, where's Bridget?"
Ky asked. He soon got his answer.
"Right here, dad."
Now truth be told, Bridget's name and features could point out that he looked like a young girl, but was actually a he. He got most of his looks from his father of course, with the blond hair and light skin color. His eyes were a dark azure color which neither his father or mother could guess how he got, because Ky's eyes were not truly blue, and Jam's eyes were a light hazel brown color. Perhaps in most cases, Bridget would be made fun of at his school for looking like a cute girl and having a girl's name, but because he was the son of the great Ky Kiske, no attempt of making fun of him was ever made. The young boy had on a black hooded sweater with blue sleeves, and blue jeans. He also had a necklace that was similar to his father's in appearance.
"Why don't you two go find a hotel while I check in with someone."
Ky said to the two. Bridget looked up at him.
"You mean Sol Badguy right? Can we come too?"
Bridget asked. Ky was going to refuse, but one look at the ultimate weapon at Bridget's disposal: The sad puppy dog eyes of doom, Ky knew he could never say no to such a face. This look was of course inherited by his mother, who if she ever rarely lost an argument of some sort to Ky, would give him the same look which he couldn't refuse. Ky sighed in defeat.
"Curse my weak heartedness. Fine, let's pay Mr. Badguy a visit..."
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Johnny's
"That has to be the biggest load of bull shit I've ever heard...a guy possessed by a vengeful spirit that can make his head turn three hundred sixty degrees...yeah fucking right."
Sol said as his head hit the pillow of his bed. He was feeling a tad woozy from all the beer drinking last night. Faust and he began off with a good start, since Faust was a doctor, and Sol himself was formally a doctor as a Human. Finally when day time came, Faust was mentioning his troubles with a patient named Zappa who's body could do things a normal Human body could not, all because of some vengeful spirit stuck inside of him. And just when Sol was beginning to think the guy wasn't totally nuts.
"So you finally came home."
Dizzy said. Sol opened his eyes to see Dizzy staring down at him. Sol sighed and got up.
"Yeah Dizzy, want do you...no wait, your mom right?"
He asked her. Dizzy nodded.
"Fine, ask away then."
He told her. Before she could say anything however, a knock on Sol's door interrupted her.
"Hey Sol, a Policeman named Ky Kiske is here to see you. Hey if he asks, say there are no underaged girls living here, even if they really are."
Johnny's voice sounded from the other side. Sol sighed.
"Great...just what I fucking need."
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The main room
While Ky was waiting by the entrance with Jam, Bridget looked as if he might have been having a staring contest with May. What the two were actually doing were thinking about each other. Bridget's thoughts went something like...
'Hey, what a cute girl...maybe I should ask her out sometime, I mean we are staying here for a couple of months, so...'
As for May, her went like...
'Cute...NO! Must think of Johnny, must think of Johnny...but this guy is so...No! You must not give into temptation, May...'
It was at this time Sol made his entrance. He and Ky stared at one another.
"So tell me, boy, why are you here? Don't you think it's a bit early to be checking in on me?"
Sol asked him. Ky nodded.
"Yes, it is...but the misses and the young one wanted to be here, and so..."
Once Ky said that, Sol's eyes darted from Ky to Bridget, then from Jam to Bridget.
"Well, I can see where he gets his physical appearance from...kind of feminine, though...more so than usual for a boy his age..."
Sol said softly as he analyzed Bridget.
"How about you? Where's your famous child, Sol?"
Ky asked. Sol merely stepped to the side to reveal Dizzy who had been hidden behind Sol's tall frame. Ky's eyes stared at Dizzy for a long time, then went to Sol, then back to Dizzy again. He kept doing this for quite a while and Sol was getting annoyed.
"Hey boy, just hurry up and say you see no fucking resemblance, ask me if she resembles her mother, to which I respond with a not really. Shit, just stop wasting my time."
Sol said irritably.
"Such filthy language. I have half the mind to wash your mouth out with a bar of soap."
Jam responded to Sol. Sol looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Hey lady, you can just bite my ass."
He told her. Jam got down right furious and looked like she was prepared to strike Sol down, but Ky was there to calm her down.
"Now, now Jam, don't let him get to you. Take nice deep breaths and relax. We'll be done here soon, okay?"
Ky said, comforting her. Jam did as he said and calmed down, deciding to just glare at Sol. Sol smirked, but otherwise did not do anything else.
"So how's your new life here, Sol? Getting used to living here yet?"
Ky asked. Sol sighed.
"I've only had a day to move in, boy. Stop with the protocol of questions and ask me when I've had about a month. Fly back here then."
Sol told him. Ky looked thoughtful.
"It's a good thing that I'm on vacation for a while here. So I don't have to fly all the way back to France. A month wait you'll get then, Sol."
Ky told him. Sol simply shrugged.
"Yeah, yeah. A month. Now get out of here. Your bothering me, boy."
Sol said. Before Ky could leave with Jam and Bridget, Dizzy stopped him.
"Wait Mr. Kiske. I just want to thank you for having my dad released."
Dizzy said to him with a slight bow of gratitude to Ky. Ky smiled and nodded.
"And your welcome, Dizzy Badguy. Hopefully your influence will help Sol clean up his act."
Ky said to her.
"Even if it hasn't been that long since we met, I rather like the way my dad is, and I don't think I'd want it any other way."
Dizzy told him.
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Back in Sol's room
"Okay now...where were we, before Johnny interrupted...oh yeah, the questions. I'm sure you got a lot."
Sol said to her. Dizzy nodded.
"Yes. One thing though since it was brought up. You said that I don't really resemble mom a whole lot, and the same goes with you. Why is that?"
She asked. Sol put a hand to his chin in thought.
"Hmmm...I think that may just concern you birth. Your mother had red hair and yellow eyes, but both of you do share a similar skin color. You already know what I look like and there's nothing all that similar between us. The only thing that combines us is on a whole other level."
Sol said. Dizzy nodded.
"You mean genetically, right?"
She asked. Sol nodded.
"I see...well then, what was mom's personality like?"
Dizzy asked. Sol thought on this, again putting a hand to his chin.
"Well, before she regained free will, she was pretty much a mindless doll. I regained my free will about half a year before she did. Once she regained it, she got the same personality she had as a Human. Her personality was a kind of reserved one. She liked to take care of things herself mostly before she even considers getting help. She was a very dutiful person as well. One wouldn't think with her amazing fighting prowess as a Gear that she would probably make a great housewife or a maid or something like that. I'm sure if she was alive today, the two of you would get along well."
Sol told her.
"You mentioned mom's personality being similar as a Gear just as it was when she was Human. Did you two know each other back then, too?"
Dizzy asked. Sol nodded slowly.
"Yeah...back when we were Humans, you mother and I were to be married...fate wasn't to kind, of course. Enough about that though. Your parents aren't Humans, their Gears."
Sol said firmly.
"I understand. Can you be honest with me about something, dad? I won't get angry about it, but I want to know. Why was it that I was abandoned? Johnny has been raising me for a long time...so..."
Dizzy sounded like she might be on the verge of crying. Sol couldn't blame her. This was probably the all time question she wanted to ask of her parents. Sol didn't want to feel it, but anger started to fill his mind. Dizzy could sense it too.
"Dad...?"
Dizzy asked him. Sol lowered his head, letting the metal visor cover the visibility of his eyes.
"Listen...You were taken away by a person calling himself That Man. It's only an alias, though. His real name is...Frederick Mercury. I don't know why he took you away from us, but me and your mother swore we'd get you back, but the Crusades had to come first...and Justice never made it...Only until yesterday did I believe you were still in his clutches. If I had known Johnny was the one who really had you...well, what's done is done. Let's just leave it that and hope I can keep my promise to your mother and keep watching over you, right?"
He asked. Dizzy nodded.
"Okay. You seem to get really angry when you mention him, so I'll drop the subject. Do you have any kind of picture of mom that I could see?"
Dizzy asked him. Sol shook his head.
"Sorry, Dizzy. I don't carry anything like that on me to remind me of her. The only thing I do have is this piece of metal tied to my fore head. A part of it belonged to your mother. If you were a normally created Gear like myself, I could send you a mental image of her, but that's not possible."
Sol explained.
"I see. I guess that's all I'll ask for now. I know a lot more what mom was like now then I ever did, even with research. Thanks dad. Maybe today we should go sightseeing. It's best you know your way around Zepp, right?"
She asked. Sol nodded.
"True. It's not like I got anything better to do. All I really know is where the airport, this place, the mall, and the construction site that's a bit far from here."
Sol told her.
"All you've really seen is a part of the Business District. Zepp is divided into four of them. The one we live in here is all a part of the Business District. The area serves as a working place for the people of Zepp, who usually live in the Residential District which is conveniently placed right by the Business District so commuting isn't all that tough. The Business District's also for entertainment. Right next to the Residential District is the Junkyard District. That's where most of the tools for hardware stores are dug up from. Finally there's the Presidential District, which is the smallest. That's where the President of Zepp, Gabriel, lives and works."
Dizzy explained to Sol.
"President Gabriel...that's who you said right?"
Sol asked her. Something about the President's name bothered him, but what it was, Dizzy could not tell.
"Yeah. Why do you ask? Is there a problem?"
Dizzy asked, her eyes looking worried. Sol shook his head.
"No. Just making sure that was the name you said."
Sol told her. Even if it was a lie, Dizzy fell for it and let her question drop. Someone knocked on the door.
"Hey Dizzy, your boyfriend's here."
May said from the other side of the door. Dizzy's eyes widened in surprise.
"I didn't know Testament was here. I'll be right back, dad."
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Zepp Hospital
"Here's the hospital of Zepp. The head doctor here has all the things and experience necessary to treat either a Human or a Gear."
Dizzy explained to Sol. Testament tagged along because he was invited by Dizzy. His original intent was to surprise Dizzy and ask her out for lunch, but seeing as Dizzy wanted to spend time with Sol, Testament did not want to interfere with their plans.
"Hey, I want to go inside for a bit. There's something I have to see."
Sol told them as he began walking to the entrance of the hospital. Dizzy looked at him with a confused expression on her face. She turned to Testament, who simply shrugged his shoulders. The two decided to follow closely behind Sol. Sol made his way to the receptionist desk where a blonde haired Gear had just got off the phone with someone.
"Hey, is there a Doctor Baldhead around here? I'd like to speak with him."
Sol said to the receptionist. Her green eyes were looking up and down his upper body, or what ever she could see of him from her position behind the large desk.
"Hey, is there a Doctor Baldhead here or not?"
Sol inquired forcefully enough to break the woman's gaze on him.
"Oh...yes there is...do you have an appointment?"
She asked him. Sol shook his head.
"Just tell him that a Sol Badguy is here to see him."
He told her.
"Oh, you decided to see me so soon? I'm touched by your kindness."
Faust said from behind Sol. Sol turned around, having to look way up at the tall doctor.
"Shit. Hey, lower yourself a bit, my neck's hurting from having to look up at you."
Sol said to him. Faust chuckled.
"Yes, that's the person I talked to last night. So then, what brings you here?"
Faust asked him.
"I want you to prove to me you have a patient who can do all the things you said he could do."
Sol told him.
"Oh? Even with all my vivid descriptiveness you still don't believe me? I'm crushed."
Faust said using a hurt tone of voice. Sol sighed.
"Yeah, yeah, Whatever, just give me solid proof and I won't call you a liar."
Sol told him.
"I have no problem showing you him, but...there is this tiny little problem."
Faust admitted.
"Yeah? And that is...?"
Sol inquired, trying to get the answer out of the doctor.
"Well you see, since his condition as of yet can not be cured...he has been cryogenically frozen for the future. Hopefully medical advances can cure his possessed spirit...or I could just call for an exorcism if I wasn't so cheap."
Faust said with a laugh.
"Hmmm...well, I still think your just making up a fucking excuse but I guess I'll buy into it...for now anyway. I've got other things to do today and since your probably a busy person I'll let you get on with you life of saving other people's lives. See ya, doc."
Sol said, walking away. Dizzy and Testament followed after him.
"Actually, the doctor's telling you the truth, dad. I once saw the person he was trying to cure. His body was really flexible and could move in many different way beyond what normal people, either Human or Gear could pull off."
Dizzy told him.
"Well if you say so. Where to next?"
Sol asked.
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Johnny's
"Well, time for work again. I'm sorry I couldn't show you more, dad..."
Dizzy said but was interrupted by Sol.
"Hey, don't worry about. You got to make a living too. At least I know more about this place than I did yesterday."
Sol admitted. Dizzy smiled.
"That's good to know. Are you going out again tonight?"
Dizzy asked him. Sol nodded.
"Yeah. Something interesting may come up at night. You never know. So I'll see you later."
He turned away from her, giving her a slight wave before putting his hands in his pockets and walking off. Dizzy turned toward the door, where Testament was holding it open.
"Shall we?"
He asked simply, holding out his hand. Dizzy nodded with a small giggle and took his hand.
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Axl's Electric Accessories
'When me, Dizzy and Testament walked by this store, I could have sworn I've seen the owner before. If it really is who I think it is, I guess now's as good a time as any to kick his ass.'
Sol thought to himself as he stood in front of the store.
"Sorry, were closed. Please come again tomorrow."
A man said from behind the counter. He was reading a newspaper. His long blonde hair was tied up with a British flag bandanna. He wore a white shirt with a small jean jacket and a pair of jean shorts.
"So...it really is you, Low."
The voice made the man look up from his newspaper in surprise. Sol took this time to dramatically walk from the shadows of the room.
"The Proto-type...So your really here."
The man said.
"Axl dear, are you coming to bed?"
A woman's voice sounded from the stairway behind the counter. Axl turned to it.
"Sorry Megumi, but an old acquaintance of mine is here, so were probably going to go out."
Axl said.
"Alright. Don't stay out too late though. You have to open the shop tomorrow."
Megumi's voice came from upstairs again.
"Don't worry, we'll probably be out for only an hour or so."
Axl told her.
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On the streets
"So how do you want it? Quick and painless, or slow and painful?"
Sol asked. Axl shook his head.
"Neither. Can't you just hear me out?"
Axl asked. He was then rammed into the side of a building and pinned there by Sol.
"Hear you out? Did you guys hear me out before killing me and my soon to be wife before turning us into Gears?"
Sol asked with a furious tone. Axl looked at him with a confused expression before realizing that Sol's eyes had changed from their usual red and yellow eye color to dark brown.
"Freddie, it's you..."
Before Axl could say anymore, Sol punched him hard in the stomach, making him fall to his knees.
"Damn right it's me. If it had been the Gear who punched you, you would have a hole right through your stomach."
Sol said to him. Axl looked confused.
"You have your original Human persona within you?"
Axl asked. Sol shook his head.
"Not just the Human. Including myself, there is a total of three personas within this body. Me, the Human Frederick, the Gear called the Dragon, and then there's the most often used personality of Sol Badguy, who combines part of the Gear's powers yet still retains his Human logic."
Sol explained. Axl's expression turned to even greater confusion. Sol looked annoyed.
"Surely you knew all of this because you worked on the Gear Project in the United States after flying there all the way from Europe."
Sol stated. Axl shook his head.
"Freddie...You and me became best friends when we first met. As we got to know each other, I told you I was a part of the Gear Project. We were finally going to have our first Human subject, but when I found out it was you who would be the Proto-type to see if Humans could undergo the Gear conversion like animals could, I couldn't do it. I refused to be a part of toying with my best friend's body and decided to quit the Project. Officially it was stated that one could leave the Project if they wanted to, but that was just a lie. I was put in a holding cell for knowing too much information, or so I was told. Something amazing happened though. Before I say it though, Freddie, aren't you wondering how I can exist here still looking young when it was over two hundred years since the Gear Project?"
Axl asked him. Sol shook his head.
"It crossed my mind only briefly, Axl. Most of my thoughts were on how to kill you. I don't sense that your lying to me about wanting to quit to not help in the Gear conversion of me, so that doesn't make you my enemy. Not anymore. So go ahead, tell me how your able to survive so long through the past ages in order to be alive in this time."
Sol asked, helping Axl to his feet. Axl smirked.
"You probably won't believe me but here goes. The amazing thing that happened to me was a time slip. I went through a portal and ended up going steadily through the future. I finally learned to control it when I hit this time period and well since then...I have my just married Japanese wife and my store to watch over. I no longer time slip anymore unless it's by my control, so I've been able to make a living here in Zepp."
Axl explained.
"I see. I guess I'll trust you again then Axl. Sorry about the punch earlier."
Sol said. He was a lot more polite in when it came down to his Human persona.
"Hey, no problem, it was just a misunderstanding. Sol Badguy came here to be with his daughter, right?"
Axl asked. Sol nodded.
"Yeah. I can't blame him since my nut case of a father still roams around the world, although things have been quiet for a long time. I want to believe my old man finally croaked but I know it's just not that simple."
Sol said. Axl nodded.
"Your not mistaken either, Freddie, but I'm not the real one you should meet. Gabriel is here, did you know that? He also worked in the Gear Project. He's lived a long time unknown to most people before becoming the President of Zepp. Although he has a Gear's longitivity of life, I'm not sure if he's actually a Gear. That Man's techniques have increased dramatically. He can make powerful Humans using Gear technology and give them longer life without actually turning them into Gears, or so I believe. That's really all I know. I'm also not sure whether he has broken free of the team of the Gear Project like I have or is secretly still in league with them. You'll have to ask him yourself, well, you and Sol."
Axl explained. Sol nodded.
"I see. Well, It was nice talking with you Axl, but you have a wife who's waiting for you. Maybe, when this is all over, we can go out and have a beer sometime."
Sol said to him. Axl nodded.
"Hopefully. Anyway, see you later Freddie."
Axl said before departing back for his shop. Sol's eyes returned to what they once where as his true persona took control.
'So...things are becoming more serious than I originally imagined...I hope none of this means Dizzy will be in trouble in the near future...but all I can do is hope...for now. Maybe tomorrow I'll pay that asshole, Gabriel, a visit...'
...To Be Continued...
Note 2: Well, hopefully that last part is giving rise to a more solid plot, Sheo Darren. Also to The Hybrid, yes I know Sol's hair color is not originally black. You'll find that not every character who makes an appearance here ( and there are a lot of characters who will be showing up...) will not retain all the same physical attributes as they originally did. Of course they will usually just be minor changes like color of eyes or hair, and sometimes skin tone. Finally to SolxDizzy reviewer, sorry but this story's not going to have any actual incest between Sol and Dizzy. I may take it into consideration for another Guilty Gear story, so you'll just have to wait patiently and see. Anyway thanks for the positive reviews on this story. I'm glad to know people are enjoying it. Also, If something need better explaining or anything like that, just let me know. Oh yeah, and once again I'd like to thank the friend who made it possible to post this chapter up so quickly. If I'm lucky, she may be able to help me with later chapters so I can get them posted faster than I originally thought.