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Connection Established; Contact Made

Day 6

3:00 AM

Inside the Encephalon...

"You must hurry....before she comes...find me." Xenos' voice echoed through KOS-MOS' mind as she stood in Miltia park. KOS-MOS ran through the city of Miltia scanning for signs of the girl. She ran eradicating all and everything that got in her way, finally she picked up the girl's signal and followed it. She found herself inside the room where the U.R.T.V.'s had attempted to contain and eradicate U-DO. There she saw the girl standing alone, back turned to KOS-MOS, she turned around slowly finally revealing her face to KOS-MOS. "Why do you keep contacting me?" KOS-MOS asked stepping closer, she gazed into the girl's silver eyes.

"I have to tell you, the end of you may not be far..." Xenos was interrupted as she looked up toward the ceiling of the building, Nephilem slowly appeared inside the building.

"Please Xenos, try to understand...." Nephilem raised her hand, KOS-MOS knew she was about to relocate the girl to yet again prevent them from meeting. The graphics begun to get hazy as the always did when Nephilem did this. However this time Xenos was ready for her.

"No, not this time; Nissan." Xenos raised her hand and teleported herself and KOS-MOS to a new location. KOS-MOS looked around, though she was not suppose to be able to feel, she felt as if the room was spinning. She could feel a gentle wind against her face, she felt a surge of emotion move through her: fear, anticipation, curiosity, and shock surged through her, sending a chill up her spine. The room was pitch black, KOS-MOS could see nothing, hear nothing. This made her feel lonely and full of fear, her body shuddered violently; like the time when she was inside the Encephalon with Shion and she reacted to the Gnosis. KOS-MOS' body continued to shudder.

Why? Why is this happening? My body is malfuctioning.....what is this? Am I feeling? But why!? I don't understand, it is not logical, machines....weapons can NOT feel! These thoughts ran through KOS-MOS' mind as she tried to make sense of what was going on around her. Her body started to shudder even more violently and no matter what she tried she could not seem to get herself under control, it was almost as if KOS-MOS' body was being controlled by something else. "No, n-n-not p-possible! Subconscious domain protection breached! ERROR, ERROR!" KOS-MOS' body shuddered violently a few more times then stopped, "W-w-wh-who a-am I-I?" KOS-MOS said before her systems did an emergency shutdown. Her body fell to the ground with a loud sound of metal hitting the ground.

At the Uzuki home...

8:00 AM

Jr. sat sipping coffee, normally he didn't like coffee; but after everything he'd been through he really didn't care. "sigh Geez...what else could possibly go wrong...what a week!" He put his head on the kitchen counter. He thought back on the nightmare that had been plaguing him for the past seven days! Traffic accidents, fires, hospital visits, the list seemed to go on and on. MOMO walked in hoping to cheer Jr. up a little.

"Oh, c'mon; Jr.! It isn't that bad, think of it this way all that's left now is the plumbing right? How hard can it be, we'll just call the plumber and this whole thing will be over!" MOMO said smiling hoping it would give Jr. even a little spark of hope.

"Yeah, I guess so....still, I hope I never go to another party in my life!" Jr. put his head down on the counter again, hoping to forget all about the "problems" that had occurred in that past few days. Jr. closed his eyes for a moment, I wonder where chaos and KOS-MOS are. They've been disappearing a lot lately...and Albedo....what did he mean? They're coming....who's they!? ARRRRRRRGH! All this thinking is making my head hurt! Jr. got up and went to the phone, perhaps to call the plumber; perhaps not.

On board the Elsa inside the KOS-MOS maintenance lab...

Shion looked at the KOS-MOS module, "I wonder if something's wrong with KOS-MOS? She's been in sleep mode a lot lately, maybe I should ask her about it when she gets up? Hmmmmmmmmmmm...." There was a moment of silence as Shion thought to herself. She shook her head and left the room.

On board the Elsa in chaos' room...

chaos sat in his chair, his head on his desk, fast asleep he was; looking so very peaceful. However, his dreams were not so peaceful...

Inside chaos' dream, the ruined city...

chaos opened his eyes slowly, he felt strange; as if he were half sleeping, half waking. Usually his dreams where just images and scenes being played out, he could never feel anything in his dreams it was as if he was always suspended in the air; but this time it was different. This time he could feel the gentle breeze on his face, and the ground under his feet. This "dream world" was very real. chaos looked around, he found himself in a city that looked oh-so-familiar. It wasn't Miltia, but another city from his past that had fallen prey to a similar fate. He couldn't help feeling disoriented and nostalgic at the same time, it was like he knew where he was; but at the same time didn't. He walked on slowly looking at the rubble and debris around him, he wandered what could have happened in this devastated city. He felt chills run up and down his spine, "Have I been here before? It seems so familar...ugh!" chaos pressed his hand against his forehead. Oh! Why can't I remember? I've been here but I don't have a clue where this place is! Why? Why did I forget....my name what was it? ...Malachi...is that right? Who are you? Why do I keep thinking about you now? He raised his head, and continued to walked. As he did it he heard what sounded to him like voices, "What this? There's people here?" The voices continued to get louder, they didn't seem to talk about anything in particular; they were all jumbled together. Right before chaos' eyes the debris disappeared before his eyes, now he looked a city that seemed like it had just been built. The buildings were undamaged, and soon chaos began to see what looked like the figures of people. The figures where blurred, but chaos was sure they were people, he couldn't make out the details of their faces, but one figure stood out from all the others. The other figures were blurred images, with translucent bodies, but this one wasn't blurred at all. I was a very clear image, a girl with black hair with her back turned to chaos. She was wearing a white and brown robe with gold lining. Without turning to face chaos she walked away, chaos stood for a moment looking at her, "W-wait!" However the image just continued to walk on, he chased after her. He yelled out to her to wait, but it seemed she couldn't hear him. chaos chased her till they were at a lookout point in front of the ocean, "Wait please! Are you Xenos?" chaos yelled as he tried to catch his breath. The image stopped, she didn't answer, she turned around slowly; and just as it seemed chaos would she her face the sound of his room door opening awoke him from his dream.

In chaos' room on board the Elsa...

"Oh, I'm sorry chaos; I hope I wasn't disturbing you." Shion said as she walked inside.

chaos stared for a moment before rubbing his eyes, "No, not at all...I...was just taking a nap that's all." She stood there for a moment with an odd look on her face, "Is there something wrong, Shion?" This jolted Shion out of her thoughts.

"Hm? No, no, I was just thinking that....." Shion stopped.

chaos tilted his head to the right, "That?" he asked.

Shion shook her head quickly, "Oh, no! I was just thinking that....well, you and KOS-MOS sure have been wondering off a lot. Heh, I'm starting to think something's wrong with you two." Shion smiled, chaos stared and remained silent. "Is something wrong chaos, you don't seem very like yourself.....or well what I was trying to say was--" chaos raised his hand indicating for her to stop.

"Well.....it's just that...I've had a lot on my mind lately. That's all, really." chaos smiled ever-so slightly. Shion stared for a moment then left.

"Well, chaos I'm heading back to the house for lunch now. If there's anything I can get you--" chaos cut her off again.

"No thank you, Shion, I'll be fine." He smiled gently. Shion frowned before leaving.

Back at the Uzuki home...

9:00 AM

"Hello, did someone call a plumber?" The plumber stood at the door, Jr. nodded and let him in. The plumber left to go about fixing the bathroom and the kitchen pipes that were damaged during the party/fire. An easy task for a plumber yes? Perhaps, but knowing the luck of our heroes; perhaps not. The repairs in the kitchen went on without out a hitch and was done in a relatively short period of time, but how long must one expect their luck to last? Especially when you're know for having very little good luck! In no time the plumber found the damaged pipe and removed and when into his supply kit to get a replacement pipe; however as he reach over to place the new pipe in his necklace happened to fall in the pipe that led down to the sewage pipe. The plumber sat and thought for a moment, he was so concerned about his necklace that he didn't take the time out to think and make wise decision and well..."Hey, could you please bring me a vacuum with a hose attachment?" The plumber poked his head out the bathroom and called out to Jr.

"Uh, yeah..." Jr. stared at him with a weird look on his face, Why the hell would a plumber need a vacuum? Oh well, he's the plumber, not me. "Yeah hang on a moment!" Jr. said as he ran off to find the vacuum and hose attachment.

Don't rush!

Take time and think things through...

Else the unspeakable could happen....

Then, I wonder...

What will you do?

In no time Jr. returned with what the plumber had asked for, "Here you go." Jr. said handing the vacuum and hose to the plumber. The plumber took the vacuum and closed the door.

In the bathroom...

The plumber hooked up the hose and then shoved the hose into the area where the pipe had been removed. (AN: I am taking this scene from a scene in the movie Mouse Hunt.) He didn't stop to think twice, in a second the vacuum was on sucking up the necklace and the "contents" of the sewage line. He was so concerned with his necklace he forgot that the "contents" of the sewage pipe were also being sucked up into the vacuum. Nor did he notice the vacuum bag expanding and EXPANDING till it popped out the vacuum, and he completely ignored the wretched smell, as well. The vacuum bag continued to expand till...well think of a balloon when it's filled with too much air...

BOOM!! This sound instantly snapped Jr. out of his day dream about MOMO and him eating his breakfast. He ran to the bathroom to check on the plumber, "HEY ARE YOU ALRI--Ewwwwwwwwwwwww!" The sight before Jr.'s eyes horrified him, you-know-what covered the walls; Jr. had to hold his breath and plug his nose to keep from losing his breakfast. The plumber sat there in the middle of the bathroom, covered in you-know-what, and that wretched smell which could only come from a sewer. In total shock the plumber got up, and walked towards Jr. "AHH!! STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK!!!" Jr. yelled as he slammed the door, and locked the plumber in. Oh god! How am I gonna explain this to Shion? Is karma out to get me? Did I do something in one of my past lives to deserve this? Why me!? WHY THE HELL ME!!!? Jr. thought to himself as he tried to calm down. The day went on, Jr. called the sanitation department and they went to work right away sanitizing the bathroom and the plumber. This cost Jr. fifteen bowls of hot scalding extra spicy curry, prepared by our favorite Vector employee; first R & D division.

7:00AM

On board the Elsa...

Shion entered the maintence lab, "She's still not up? ...KOS-MOS...what's happening to you?" She looked as if she were about to cry and turned to leave, when...

The module opened KOS-MOS sat up slowly, "Connection established; contact made." Shion looked at her surprised.

"KOS-MOS? What are you talking about? Connection? Contact?" Shion came closer to KOS-MOS, "What's going on!?" KOS-MOS stared and said nothing, "KOS-MOS! I want an answer! What's going on!?"

KOS-MOS closed her eyes, "It is not yet time for you to know, Shion." Shion seemed very displeased with this answer, "In time, Shion. In time all that needs to be known will be known." Shion frowned.

At first Shion felt like she wanted to explode but she held in her anger, "Ok KOS-MOS, what ever you say." Shion turned and left to keep herself from exploding on KOS-MOS. "I wish someone would tell me what's happening here! First chaos, and now KOS-MOS!? WHAT'S GOING ON!!?"

Day 5-1

Sanitation of bathroom completed, however everyone still refused to use that bathroom.

Xenosaga Sister: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!! After this only chapter 8 and then everything for this story will be done!!! XD Hooray!!! Soon I'll be able to answer your questions about Xenos!! Threads of Memory here I come!!