AN: Sadly, we're drawing closer to the end of this fic. so I hope you've enjoyed it.
"Is everyone in position? 007?" 009 heard no response from the Englishman in the communicator implanted in his head. "007…"
"Arg! I'm here mate, can we please just start. I'm feeling all nervous, like I'm just about to go in front of an audience on opening night!"
"Well then let's give the audience what they've been waiting for…Start." The underwater entrance chamber had been pressurized and oxygen tanks had been installed for the humans that worked in and guarded the base. 007 eyed one such human in a dark black uniform. After studying him for a while, he transformed into an exact replica of the soldier. Quickly, he stunned the man with his blaster, drug him off to the side, and stood at attention at the door before the guard to his left could notice.
"Boring job this is eh Earl?" 007 nodded grimly and sighed. "I mean, iz nah like we'ar actually goin' to see one o them rebels any how." The other continued. 007 wished that he had waited for his victim to talk before he had knocked him unconscious. He decided to try his best and mimicked the man's accent.
"Yeh, there isn' any point for us tah bea 'ere. I agree with you. Dah rebels arn gonna come 'ere and no one else could breath long anough to ge' down 'ere." The guard just grunted in response. 007 waited a few minutes before beginning his true act. "'old on! Wha…wha was that?" The other soldier jumped into a fighting stance and his head shifted madly trying to spy what, his 'ally' had seen.
"Wha iz it Earl?"
"I saw one 'o them Cyborgs!"
"Where?"
"He stopped and waved at me 'an then disappeared!"
"Muss be that fasta one!" The heavily accented man snatched a walkie-talkie at his side and shouted into it. "ALERT! ALERT! CYBORG REBELS ARE INFILTRATING THE BASE AT THE UNDER ENTRANCE! ALERT!"
"Is that good enough 009?"
"Yeah, shut him up and get out of there." 007 grinned to himself and thwacked the man over the head.
"You weren't too far off mate." With that he ran to the water pool that led down into the ocean and dove in. He turned into a fish and swam as fast as he could back to the top of the island.
"Here comes 007." 003 mentioned to 009 from the Dolphin.
"Yeah I know. You ready?"
"Yes. 002, 004, and 005 are on their way too. Please be careful." 009 smiled.
"Don't worry Françoise. I'll be fine." The others ran up to their leader just as 003 had said.
"Let's go." 002 said and ran forward towards the surface access. The other two followed him. 005 smashed the door to rubble and the rest scampered in ahead of him. They met a guard pacing back and forth lazily. As soon as he saw them he gasped and grabbed his walkie-talkie.
"CY……"
"Sheesh you would have thought we were actually doing something wrong." 002 scoffed.
"Let's get going! We need to find Black Ghost, and fast." 004 said urgently. 002 sighed.
"No since in not having some fun. Taunting guards is the only amusing thing about this."
"Does everything have to be amusing?" 005 asked as the small team hurried onward.
"It's my way of coping so leave me alone!" 005 shrugged and no one said a word the rest of the way down the passage.
"Run 00 Cyborg!" The voice of Black Ghost echoed in 009's head as he sped towards the room that 003 had said he was located. "Run, run, RUN!" it taunted. 009 glared as the annoying phrase was repeated in his head.
"Shut up." 009 replied calmly. The sinister cackle echoed loudly in his skull, and then slowly died away. "You're going down Scarl." 009 dashed in front of a large portal and kicked the heavy doors open, revealing nothing but the usual dank darkness. He strode in without hesitation, and sensed the space around him. Nothing was the only way to describe the chamber.
"Never have I had a creation as persistent as you 9." Black Ghost's deep voice rang through the large room.
"Well then welcome to humanity Scarl. I'm sorry if you don't realize that it's worth fighting for. Even if we can never have it ourselves, at least we can make sure you don't destroy anyone else." A short chuckle followed.
"A noble little speech 009, but it's you who don't realize that humanity is corrupt. I perfected you. I made you into more than you were before!"
"YOU DESTROYED ME AND ALL THE OTHERS! And you sit here wondering why we've become rebels. The human race has survived plenty well without your 'improvements'. Why can't you just keep it that way?" 009's voice sank to barely more than a whisper. A long silence followed and… 009 sat up from the floor wondering how he got there. His head hurt badly. He groaned and tried to stand but ended up flat on his back once more. Two hands grasped his arms and pulled him up to his feet.
"Are you all right?" 005 asked. 009 turned and stared up at the large Cyborg.
"Who are you? And, and could you tell me who I am too?" he asked politely, almost childlike.
"What did he do to you my friend?"
"Who is he? We're friends?" A bright flash of light blinded 005 for no more than a split second. When he could see again, 009 was sprawled on the ground once more. A thin stream of energy hit 005 in the stomach and he too fell to the floor, unable to move. Heavy footsteps became louder and louder as they approached. Black Ghost looked down at 009 completely ignoring the paralyzed 005.
"Get away from him you idiot!" 002 shouted. 005's eyes swerved to the far wall where 002 and 004 were pinned by their wrists and ankles.
"My, my, this looks strangely familiar." Scarl said to no one person in particular. "Let's see…You two are where you were the last time you failed infiltrating my headquarters," he said pointing to the wall, "And you are on the ground, with no recollection of what's going on much less who you are, just like the pitiful little soldier that was my test subject" he gestured back to 009. 005 struggled and strained his muscles to work but they just didn't seem to obey. Black Ghost's head snapped in the direction of the 5th Cyborg and his eyes narrowed. "Stop your struggling or I will have to put you out of your misery."
"You're the one that started my misery." Black Ghost said nothing and turned back to 009.
"Strange that you'll finally be acting how I original hoped you would from the time of your creation…kill him." 009 rose and began to walk towards his friend.
003 gasped, clearly horrified.
"What is it my dear?" Dr. Gilmore rushed to her side. She had been observing everything going on inside the base.
"Black Ghost is controlling 009 somehow, and he's been ordered to destroy 005!" 006 rushed over to help her sit down in a chair. She waved him off and turned back to Dr. Gilmore.
"Where is 008? And 007?"
"They are both keeping troops and other defense mechanisms at bay while the others fight Black Ghost."
"Only two of them?"
"There are only nine of us 003, what more do you expect? Hundreds?" She sighed and put her face in her hands.
"Well why isn't 006 out there?"
"Well I'm not particularly good with aquatic fighting. My abilities are for land work not water. Besides, I'm a horrible swimmer." 006 said with as much good humor as he could pull together. 003 did not acknowledge his small attempt, not even with a smile.
"I'm going to try and contact him." She stated. Neither of the men objected, observing that she was not to be swayed from her decision.
"009?"
009 froze. There was a voice in his head, a soft kind voice. He felt that somehow he knew that voice.
"009? Please don't hurt 005. He's you're friend, your ally!"
"Don't attack him…don't…" 009 said aloud. Black Ghost's eyes narrowed.
"009 please, don't listen to Scarl. He cares nothing about you or anyone else. He'll kill you once he's done using you." 009's head began to throb again, worse than before if that was possible. His shoulders hunched and bent to clutch his knees. Slowly, he lifted his head to look at Black Ghost. His eyes blazed with hatred and anger.
"Try again; maybe you'll actually get it right one of these days. You worthless son of a-" And he threw himself at his arch enemy, completely disappearing from sight. He reappeared in the exact spot Scarl was standing, but he looked dismayed.
"Where did he go!" He bellowed. "WHERE DID HE GO?"
"This is not over 009. It will never be over" Black Ghost voice hissed his head. 'Never'