Here is the next chapter! I am very happy to see that this story (which is one of the first things I eversubmitted) is so well liked! Thank you one & all whohave read &/or reviewed my humble little fic.

(p.s. Glad you enjoyed it so far CharizardRulz-Cyborg009Rulz.)

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Dr. Gilmore waspacing back & forth in his living room, wondering if his cyborg friends were doing well & hoping for their safe return, when the bright light returned once again, signifying that the "dimensional portal" was once again in use. Dr. Gilmore thought that this was strange; he had expected them to be gone for much longer.

"Is everything alright?" He asked, as a man who looked like 009 came through the portal. "I didn't expect you to be back for quite some time." He saw the black uniform & cold eyes & knew that this wasn't the 009 he knew. The other cyborgs from the alternate universe stepped through the portal & surrounded Dr. Gilmore. "What is this? What do you want with me?"

"Nothing…" Said Nine. "…For now. So why don't you take a little nap?"

Dr. Gilmore experienced the same fatigue the cyborgs did when One used his mental powers on them, & he fell to the ground.

"Well," Said Nine, as Five picked up Dr. Gilmore off of the ground. "Let's get started. We have a lot to do before we begin the takeover."

Meanwhile, in the other dimension, 004 was trying to break free of his restraints, which were designed especially to prevent the use of his machine-gun hand & rocket-launcher legs.

"Give it up." 004 heard a familiar voice & saw his alternate self walk up to him with a smile on his face. "We each designed a cell to work on our weaknesses. So you could never hope to get free. I know myself too well."

"If you really know yourself…" Said 004, as he continued to struggle. "…then you know I'm not going to give up that easily!"

"Unfortunately, I do know that. Which is too bad, I would much rather have you guys on our side than against us."

"Likewise. 001 told us why you guys are doing this & I've gotta ask: why are you going along with this. Nine is the one who lost his mind. What's your excuse?"

Four looked at his double for a moment with a serious look on his face. "Because… I know what it feels like… to lose your very heart & soul. & so do you." 004 was surprised by this answer, but understood what he meant. He wanted to argue but couldn't, so his double continued. "If I had had the chance to do then what we have done now… things might have been different."

Four walked out of the room, leaving 004 to his own thoughts.

Later, back in the normal dimension, a monstrous lizard man was attacking a city. The police tried to shoot him but the bullets just bounced off of him & made him laugh. The lizard man was about to crush a policeman that he had cornered in an ally when he was shot with some sort of laser. He turned to see six men dressed in black & purple, one of which was holding a gun of some sort. The lizard man knew that this was the weapon fired at him & he attacked the man who held it. But the man disappeared into thin air, & as the monster tried to figure out where his prey had gone he suddenly felt as though someone had hit him several times without even being seen. He fell to the ground just as the man reappeared as swiftly as he had disappeared.

"Please," The lizard man begged in his inhuman voice. "I didn't mean to hurt those people; I promise I'll do anything, just don't kill me."

But begging was useless. The man raised his weapon, pointed it between the creature's eyes, & fired. It was all over now.

"That's that." Said Nine, with absolutely no emotion in his voice.

009's other self had executed many enemies since 003 died. It surprised him how easy it was at first. You just point, pull the trigger, & that is that. He never could figure out why saving a life was so much harder than ending one, but he didn't question it either. He just did what was necessary, despite the fact that Dr. Gilmore had disagreed with his methods. Nine still regretted Dr. Gilmore leaving them, but he didn't let it get in the way of his duty, & neither did the others. They had all changed dramatically in the past couple of years, but so did their world. & they were determined to change this world as well… before it was too late.

A huge crowd gathered around the cyborgs, everyone wanting to know how this seemingly normal human could defeat the lizard monster.

"Excuse me," Said a reporter, as she pushed through the crowd, followed by a camera man. "I'm with channel 5 news, can you tell our viewers who you are & how you were able to defeat the monster?"

"My name is Nine," The cyborg replied. "& my friends & I have come to protect this, & all the cities of the world from danger."

The crowd gave a cheer, thinking that they had met true superheroes. None of them noticed Nine smiling as he thought to himself.

Excellent. Now that we have gained their trust we can move on to part 2 of our mission

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I hope you like this chapter, I know the whole "lizard man attacking the city" thing may have been a little cliche & seems utterly pointless in this story, but I needed some way of revealing Nine's plan of gaining the peoples trust & setting the stage for the next part of his plan. Good news for ceestar & Kacie(aka Gothic & any other 004 fans: The next two chapters will see 004 play a very important role in my story! YAY 004!!! I too am a big 004 fan. Later!