AN: YES there is more! This is the epilogue however. Yeah it's an abrupt ending, but I want it that way. Leaves it open for a sequel…that is a MAYBE. For those who requested fluff: this is your lucky day!

009 leaned against the rail on top of the Dolphin, gazing at the tiny pinpoint that had been the underwater base. Streams of thick gray smoke floated up in the sky from its ruins. He sighed and hung his head. 'How many times am I going to fail?' he thought. He felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and turned his head to see 003.

"How are you?" she asked. 009 smiled weakly at her.

"I'm doin' alright, you?" She took his arm and looked out at their latest wreckage with him.

"I'm about the same. Always one more fight, one more war. I always feel that it's got to end at some point…it just has to." He released his arm from her grasp and placed it around her shoulders.

"It will Françoise. I promise." he whispered. He pulled her to him and kissed the top of her head. She sighed and closed her eyes, as she relaxed. The stress of the mission was completely forgotten as she stood there with 009. He lightly stroked her hair and back, wishing he could stay there with her forever.

"I wouldn't mind having my mind erased if they left only memories like this." he said lightheartedly. 003 giggled against his chest. "I don't know what I would have done if your voice hadn't brought me back to reality" He peered down at her blonde head and gently guided her face to look him in the eyes. His smile was no longer a mask to hide his pain. He slowly tilted his head and kissed her softly.

"Don't worry Françoise. Someday Black Ghost will be gone. He's vanished for now, so until he shows up again, we just have to take things as they come." She turned so he was behind her, and he wrapped his arms around her waist. The island was long gone and all that held their gaze was the placid waters of the ocean.

Black Ghost drummed his fingers impatiently on the armrest of an ordinary chair. The room in which he sat was extremely lacking in size, at least in comparison of his late chamber. The decline in extravagance irritated him. Everything irritated him: from the way the lights hung from the low ceiling, to the pattern on the gray tiled floor. A knock sounded on the small door, and Black Ghost did not hesitate to answer.

"Enter." Camelan shuffled in slowly, his feet almost dragging.

"You…you wanted to se-see me sir?"

"Yes, yes I did, and can you guess why?" Camelan shook his head, though he knew exactly why he was summoned. "I took you out of that base before they destroyed it, just so I could have the pleasure of speaking with you. Aren't you grateful Camelan?"

"Oh yeeeeeeeeees sir! Yes! Very grateful indeed!"

"Are you grateful for the nice lab I gave to you for your inventions and research purposes? Are you grateful for the materials I supplied you? Are you grateful for the test subjects I provided you with?"

"Yes sir! It was everything I could have dreamed of!"

"I'm glad to hear that Dr." Black Ghost paused for a moment and stared hard at the quivering scientist. "Let me tell you a few things I'm not grateful for…I'm not particularly grateful that your first mind wipe device was so easily conquered-"

"Sir it was a prototy-"

"SILENCE!" Black Ghost bellowed. Camelan snapped his mouth shut and his eyes widened with fear. "I'm not grateful that you took so long to develop the second devise…and I'm especially not grateful that the second one DIDN'T WORK!" Black Ghost pounded his fist on the armrest and Camelan jumped. Scarl rose and strode towards him and seized him by the neck. "Too many times have those Cyborgs ruined my plans and my headquarters. Too many times have they destroyed my technology, and you doctor, you aided in that annihilation. That, I cannot accept." He released Camelan and stood back taking out a small gun and rapidly pulling the trigger. Camelan glowed with a sickening green and shrieked with agony. When his screams finally ceased, and silence filled the room once more, all that was left to collapse on the ground was a charred skeleton.

I know I usually end my stories with a good mood, but I decided to do things differently this time. Thanks for reading everyone. I hope you read my next story! (whatever that will be…lol)