This is my most popular story ever! (even from before I was deleted!) I felt like trying to go into cyberspace and hug my reviewers! But sadly since I can't do it yet, I hope you'll settle for...PLUSHIES OF YOUR CHOICE!
By the way, this chapter's title uses correct grammar. It means...well, you'll see :winks:
If I could, I would own Cyborg 009 and have them being my puppets! wh00t! I also don't own any of the songs that appear in this chapter. This chapter is a partial songfic, but it will make a lot more sense once you see it. (it's only a small part of the chapter.)
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The Cyborg Children
Chapter Three: Fight for Your Right!
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"How was I supposed to know I broke it?" Julia flared, sitting on a cot in the infirmary. They had returned to the Dolphin an hour ago, only to discover that Julia had broken her wrist.
"Aside from all the pain, I don't know," Sophia teased. Julia growled.
"Hey, you can try holding your rage down for seven minutes. It's harder than hell. I tried, and tried, and eventually got my point across to the jerk." Julia added. "The best part was kicking him with these beauties. Nobody can resist my boots!"
By this time, Julia had gotten out of her crazed state. Once Ivan had rendered her motionless, every ounce of pain seemed to come and rage war on Julia. She was going to try and ignore that just like she had ignored rage, but this time it couldn't be held back. After thirty seconds, Julia was clinging to her arm.
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"Did you meet them?" An ebony figure demanded. A boy with black hair stood directly under him.
"Yeah. One of them will make a fantastic cyborg once she's grown a little," The boy replied.
"And what of our captives? Are they being treated fairly? We don't want them injured now, do we?" The ebony figure swirled around in his dark cape, revealing a skull mask and bulbous goldenrod eyes. The boy was remembering just how many teeth this guy could fit in one mask.
"They're fine. Except they're going stir crazy and want to see their children in the worst way possible, they're fine." The boy said. "Now, if you'll excuse me, Black Ghost, sir. I must be going."
"Very well." Black Ghost boomed, dismissing the youth from his lair.
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Julia was tearing around again like the devil she was, except with a casing of plaster around her right wrist. Once again, she and Celeste were working on a phenomenal cheerleading move with a kick of karate added for fun.
Florence had become a much more reasonable person. Whenever she sat down, her hands would automatically mimic playing a keyboard. Instead of asking when they were getting a piano, she'd ask if she could help with something. Most of the time, she was in the control room with Ivan.
"What's nagging at you, Julia?" Celeste asked. "You aren't like you usually are. There's no vigor in your motion. Something's up."
Julia looked at Celeste. Two weeks ago, this person would have been another face to look at going by. Now their lives were woven into the tightest bond possible. You couldn't have brought two people closer.
"You aren't even talking!" Celeste exclaimed, flabbergasted. Julia could give the Pope a snappy comeback.
Julia looked again at Celeste and sighed. "I should tell someone. We should have been armed. That guy was wearing a shirt that said..."
"You guys! We have company!" Liana hollered from the control room. Julia appeared to have stored her anger away instead of loosing it. Celeste sighed deeply and followed Julia up the way.
"Well, if it isn't the squirt!" A black-headed boy shouted.
Julia was ready to kick the butt again with her boots. "If it isn't Mr. Sensitive."
"I'm not Mr. Sensitive! I'm 0022!" He hollered. Julia picked up a gun and held it firmly at his head.
"One move and your head will be on display," Julia snapped. Celeste dashed from the scene, leaving everyone else to deal with the evil punk.
"It depends," 0022 replied, drawing a pistol, "Where will it hang?"
"Right here!" Celeste roared, shooting two guns at once. Liana and Sophia nearly died from shock. Celeste could give Miss Manners a run for her money, and here she was, shooting guns as if it were her nature. 0022 looked at Celeste with her brown hair whipping about wildly, and wondered if she was 009's child.
"Oh, it's squirt number two!" He boomed over the chaos. Celeste jumped behind him out the open window and bounded onto the top of the Dolphin. Nobody else tried to copy her feat; rather, they simply climbed through the hatch.
Once they got there, Florence all but fell right back down. Celeste was shooting non-stop at 0022, and he was shooting right back. She momentarily stopped shooting and charged at him. Then, using a horrible cheerleading move, she...
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"Where the hell are they?" Britain demanded.
"I tell you honestly, I could care less." Black Ghost said to his captives. Jet used an array of choice words at the screen that displayed his captor.
"Jet! What if Julia's in there?" Madison asked, playfully smacking him. He got the message.
"My servant has already finished them off by this time." Black Ghost told them, lying through his mask. "And if you'll excuse me, I have more human matters to tend to."
If that didn't cause holy hell to break loose, there would have been nothing else that could.
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"You're all worthy of fighting with me! Care to work for Black Ghost?" 0022 asked. Everyone excluding Issac was worn down to the last scrap of power, physically and mentally. Celeste launched herself at him with the last of her dying strength.
"Tell me where our parents are and maybe I'll let you live!" Celeste screamed, kicking his sensitive part. The boy clung to his lower half, moaning. Julia ran to him, and instead of vaulting over, settled for a swift kick in the behind with her steel-toed boots. It was guaranteed to have him sitting on a cushion for another six months, or your money back.
"Can't tell you," 0022 taunted. At that exact moment, a helicopter flew overhead and dropped a ladder down. "I'll be seeing you later, squirts!"
Everything seemed to take its toll on Celeste. As if waking up from a deep sleep, she looked at the guns in her hands. She stood there, gasping for air. Her skin was a deathly pale once more as Julia rushed over to hug Celeste.
"Glad...I could help." Celeste said before fainting into Julia's unsuspecting arms.
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"Julia!" Sophia exclaimed, throwing a couch pillow across the room, "Respect your elders!"
"Elders my butt!" Julia joyfully called over her shoulder. She hurled a pillow at Liana's exposed head over the couch.
Celeste was asleep down in the infirmary, and as explained by Issac, because of a severe shock. Her phobia to guns had sent her into shock after their fight with 0022, and she wouldn't wake up for another day. Everyone was disappointed, but kept their spirits up by having a pillow fight in the living room.
"Take that!" Ivan shouted as he threw a pillow at a stunned Angelina. She reacted by pummeling him with at least four more.
Issac was glad to see them all rollicking about together. Watching all the girls and Ivan go at it was amusement in its highest form. He was really quite tempted to join them, but he knew he would be risking his head to a bunch of teens.
Florence slid down behind an armchair with her arms loaded with pillows. "How's this?" She cried, launching three at Julia's head. Julia took two and ducked in time for the third to fly into Sophia's face.
"Really, do you think I'll take that?" Rene asked, jumping onto the armchair and dropping a pillow on Florence's head. Both were paralyzed by laughter.
"Hey, look, my stereo!" Julia shouted, pulling a portable stereo out of a corner. "And my CD's are here too! Loud music!"
A second later, Bringin' Da Noise was blasting out of the small stereo. Julia looked as if she was drawing energy from the music. Watching her throw pillows was like watching a little kid run in a candy shop, grabbing whatever it pleased. It took a minute for everyone else to get used to the loud music, but once they did, the pillow fight turned into a choreographed pillow fight.
"Whee! That was so much fun! Do you have any more songs?" Florence asked. Julia nodded happily and held up a black CD holder. Taking one out, she replaced the other one. There was a short instrumental, and then a woman's voice broke out in song.
Oh, you know I have seenA sky without sun
A man with no nation
"A sky without sun?' Florence asked, tossing a pillow at Ivan. "I see that at night. Well, unless you have the sun out during night in America, I can understand. There's no reason for anyone to not see a sky without sun."
"Interesting...a man with no nation. I've seen someone like that. I have a friend who was born crossing the International Date Line. She has no nation." Rene commented.
Saints, captive in chains
A song with no name
For lack of imagination
This time, there were no comments. Sophia sprang over the couch and turned to throw pillows at Rene. A moment later, a long chain of pillows were headed at Sophia.
And I have seen...Darker than ebony
Liana's dark hair could have been standing on end, but it wasn't. With all the pillows, there was so much static electricity going around that it wasn't a shock when Ivan's hair stood straight up.
And now it seems that IWithout your eyes could never be
Angelina came face-to-face with Florence as she hid from a pillow, and both thought how pretty the other's eyes were. Seconds later, six pillows came flying toward them and they burst out laughing at each other's startled faces.
My one desire, all I aspireIsn't your eyes forever to live
Traveled all over the seven oceans
There is nothing that I wouldn't give
Came from Bahrain, got to Beirut,
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours
All the way into Celeste's deep sleep, she heard the ruckus above her. Dreams plagued her sleep of crossing the entire world. At one point, she subconsciously screamed.
Came from Bahrain, got to Beirut,
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours
Angelina was at the center of the living room, standing on the coffee table. No one could hit such an easy target. It came to a sudden realization to Angelina that they were going from one end of the world to the next.
Oh, you know I have seenA woman a means and rags begging for pleasure
Crossed a river of salt
Just after I rode a ship that sunk in the desert"Alright, girls, I think we've given each other enough," Julia said, panting. She flipped the stereo off.
"Can I borrow that sometime?" Florence asked. Julia's head bobbed with a renewed vigor.
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"Well? Did you finish the mongrels off?" Black Ghost demanded, orb-like eyes glowing furiously.
"Yes," 0022 lied. "They were no trouble whatsoever."
"Really, then?" Black Ghost asked smugly. "Then why do I have this picture from your pilot?" He held up a picture of the girls and Ivan, standing without any blood on them. 0022 opened his mouth, but no words came out. "You said you destroyed the beasts. Now, show me the real proof."
0022 was in a real pickle. "I dropped it!" He blurted, lying once more. He hadn't gotten anything from the Dolphin.
"Are you certain? Black Ghost asked, "Or do I need to get 0023 to help you?"
"I'll be back once they think they're out of the woods," 0022 said. "0023 doesn't need to help me. I'll be fine on my own."
"0022, are you afraid of me?" A female's voice asked, coming from a looming shadow. "I mean, I'm a scary person if you can't beat a bunch of KIDS!"
"Oh, stuff it, 0023." 0022 mumbled. The girl laughed and stepped out of the shadows, showing her long black hair and ice-blue eyes. She wore a blood-red jumpsuit that fit every curve of her body to the bursting point of the material.
"I get the feeling that we're going to be stuck together until the end of time," 0023 said, flicking 0022 hard on the forehead. "Now, let's see if we can find the snot-nosed brats."
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Celeste woke up to find herself in a white room. Nobody looked to be in close proximity of wherever she was. The first thought that popped into her head was 0022. Had she been taken away? What had happened to her?
"Celeste?" Someone's voice called from outside the room. "Are you alive in there?" Celeste realized that it was Julia's voice. "Well, when you come back to life, you can come up and have din-din with us. Grandpa says you need to eat something."
It struck the Japanese/French child that she was still on the Dolphin. Nobody had taken her anywhere but the infirmary. Celeste relaxed quite a bit. It was reassuring to know that you were at least somewhere you could recognize.
The door burst wide open and for a moment, all Celeste could see was a mountain of food. Then Liana and Sophia's heads poked out from beneath, grinning from ear to ear.
"Hello, Celeste! You're awake!" Liana exclaimed. It was impossible for Celeste's eyes to grow any larger by simply looking at all the food the two of them had brought down for her. "Grandpa Issac said you might be awake and want food, so we brought you some from up there!"
"And we brought everyone else, too!" Sophia added. Celeste saw Julia hanging in the doorway with Angelina and Rene trying to get in. Florence was already in with Sophia and Liana, holding up a tray of some sort of food. "Well, except Grandpa and Ivan, we did!"
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As it turned out, Ivan and Issac were up in the control room. It was a good opportunity once the girls had gone to visit Celeste to discuss their next move.
"No, Gilmore, it is not wise to go straight there. You've seen them! They have raw energy that doesn't last for more than half an hour! We need to get them to train more!" Ivan argued. "Every one has a weakness that the others fill in. I admit it's a good thing, but what if you were to corner Julia? She'd beat you down, then pull off some stupid move and break a bone."
"I agree with you on that, Ivan. But now is when then have the most energy. They're roaring hot to destroy Black Ghost. If we wait any longer, their energy will start to fade as they see new opportunities." Issac interjected, causing the boy to cross his arms.
Ivan sighed. The older man had won. It royally stank, but they would have to get at Black Ghost some time. Right now wasn't the time to notify the cheerful females. Tomorrow, once they were all at breakfast, would be a great time.
"Did I interrupt something good?" Celeste asked, poking her head through a small gap in the door.
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"Good, you're all here." Issac said, sitting down at the dining room table the next morning.
"Don't say a word. You're going to tell us we're headed straight for Black Ghost and that we need to save all our energy up. We're headed there right now, aren't we?" Celeste said. Ivan and Issac came quite close to falling off their stools.
"H-how did you know that?" Issac asked.
"It wasn't hard to hear you yelling at each other last night about it," Celeste explained. "And anyway, why not just get it over with?"
"That's a good one! Now, about training..." Liana said.
"No further training is needed. You're all at a good level right now." Ivan replied.
"No, Ivan. I disagree. That doesn't make any sense. From what I heard before I went down, you want us to train more. Like you said, each of us has a weakness. The rest don't have that weakness, but if one is caught, they'll be that much less imposing. For example, I simply cannot stand the sight of blood. When I had my blood drawn, they used anesthetic on my so I wouldn't dart. Liana has a fear of people attacking from behind. I don't have the problems she has, and she doesn't have my fear of blood." Florence cross-examined, folding her arms in a pout.
"I agree with Florence," Celeste said. "While all of you can use guns, I can't. Julia burns her energy and then makes a fatal mistake. Sophia won't stand being alone. Rene has a fear of fire. Angelina stays away from water. Even you, Ivan. I don't know what your weakness is, but you have one."
"Don't start debating, please." Julia told them. "Whenever it starts, for the rest of the day we're going around in a pissy mood. So just lay off of it. Grandpa, we are not going to head for Black Ghost's place yet. None of us are ready, and we've just woken up. Give it a break. We all need to get over the 0022 incident. I'm willing to bet that he's coming back soon. Besides, my cereal is getting soggy."
Breakfast was continued with all the normal chatter. Julia was adapting to using her left hand to eat, which was quite a hard task. Florence laughed and tried eating with her right hand, since she was left-handed. The two of them wound up laughing at each other for trying it in the first place.
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"Morons," 0023 said. "I thought you said that they were intelligent, you fool!"
"Sir, we are approximately fifty miles from the children," A pilot said.
"You blithering idiot! I'm a woman, idiot!" 0023 spat. The pilot saluted her, then returned to his job. Where had this cyborg come from? Basic training?
"And as for you," 0023 said, turning once more on 0022. "I want you to get me a nice, cold beer. I'll need the energy."
"Yes, Your Highness." 0022 said under his breath. 0023 made a few interesting hand gestures before the male departed. 0022 was starting to get pissed. This female was dominant, sure, but even dominance had its limit. This was just pure abuse.
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"Is it to late to tell you something?" Sophia asked. They were all out on the top of the Dolphin, lying flat on their backs and watching clouds.
"What is it?" Ivan asked.
"Well, I have a big problem. My younger cousin Emma is supposed to be visiting me today. She's eight years old. I left a message at home telling her that I was away visiting relatives. Her parents drop her off at our house and she stays for a few days at a time. I feel really terrible asking, but can we go get her? I don't want anything to happen to her," Sophia told them. Julia scrambled to sit up.
"Sure, go ask Issac if he'll let you fly to Britain. But I warn you; it may already too late to get her. Black Ghost is probably guarding your houses to make sure to get every one of you unsuspectingly. Hey, look, it's shaped like Japan!" Ivan replied. Florence laughed at Ivan's comment.
Without thinking twice, Sophia jumped down into the Dolphin. "Grandpa! Can we go to England right away at top speed? My little cousin is supposed to be visiting and Ivan said that Black Ghost may have gotten her!"
"Well, this is a change in plans. But I suppose we must if Black Ghost is out hunting. Let's go to the controls and we'll get into the air." Issac said.
"Get back down! We're flying!" Sophia shouted up to her family. They muttered their discontent and climbed inside. Sophia dashed to the control room to find her grandfather waiting to teach her.
The explanation was short and sweet. Once it was over, Sophia sat down at the main seat and set the Dolphin for top speed. Moments after, they took to the skies. The scenery changed from the deep ocean green that everyone was used to to a stunning blue. White clouds danced around.
"What is your cousin's name?" Angelina asked.
"Emma," Sophia replied, breathless from excitement.
"Well. Apparently, Black Ghost has heard her name within your home. They are waiting until you arrive to display what has occurred in your absence," Angelina told her. Sophia whirled and gave her a queer look.
"Can you hack?" Sophia asked.
"Yes. I only got good last year, but as you see, it pays off. Their system is child's play." Angelina told her.
"That's because that's a false lead," Ivan said. "You didn't expect it to be that easy, did you?"
Angelina sighed. "Good point."
On the flight drew. Sophia's senses were in such high tune that she could hear when Liana opened the refrigerator door in the kitchen. It was the most stressed that she'd ever been, including the time when she had taken the lead role in a nationwide play. That had been when she was eleven.
Nothing was going to tear that British girl away from the large window. Airplanes flew far above that moved at what seemed like an inching pace. Sophia was not going to let her attention snap. Letting that happen was like getting stage fright.
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"Thank you. That only took you forty-five minutes." 0023 snapped, snatching the beer out of 0022's hands. He harumphed and turned back to return to the cargo area. "And where do you think you're going?"
"To find more beer," 0022 said through clenched teeth. "You're not the only one who needs energy around here."
"You're right," She purred. "I'm the only one that matters. I forgot! Thank you for reminding me of that, 0022. I'll make sure Black Ghost gives you an upgrade for that. And look, you blithering fool, you don't need to cause any more problems. I'll run this circus, so don't worry about it. Now, once we arrive, I want you to check what they're doing. After that, report back to me and I'll shoot the brats before they can think twice. I put my trust in you for this. Is that so hard?"
"I didn't understand that part about your running the show. Last time I checked, I'm running this operation. Besides, you don't know those kids. They have 001 with them." 0022 barked.
0023 seemed taken back a bit. "001? How come we didn't get him?"
"Unimportant," 0022 responded. "Now, you'll attack first and I'll wipe them out. Be warned for the one with red hair. She's got boots with steel and likes to kick."
"I've got news for you, fool. We've got bodies of steel!" 0023 sang.
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"My house!" Sophia cried, standing up after five hours of sitting. Celeste and Rene had to hold her back from jumping to her death out the window.
"Can we land in your backyard?" Celeste asked. Sophia nodded gently. The Dolphin stopped on the rough grass beside rows of flowers and shrubbery. Sophia climbed the ladder three rungs at a time, and then pounced off the top. She charged up to the screen door and pulled a key out of one of the hanging flowerpots.
"Emma? Emma, are you here?" Sophia called into the house.
"Sophie? Did you come back?" A nervous little girl's voice asked. She peeked around a corner. She saw Sophia and bolted into her arms. Sophia lifted the child up and hugged her for all she was worth. The little girl had strawberry blond hair that curled at the ends and hazel eyes. She wore a blue long-sleeved t-shirt with a large blue star on it and a denim skirt with white sneakers. In her arms was a care-worn teddy bear.
"Emma! Nothing is wrong with you!" Sophia breathed into her cousin's hair. Emma cried into the older girl's shoulder.
"No! No! Sophie, you don't understand! I've been here for three days! They...they...." Emma said, bringing herself to look into Sophia's eyes.
"So this is Emma-chan?" Celeste asked. Emma looked up, alarmed.
"Emma, don't worry. They're your...other cousins." Sophia quickly said. Emma seemed to accept this. "Now, what were you saying?"
"Sophie! They changed me! I'm not the same! They gave me a new name!" Emma sobbed into Sophia's shoulder. ((A/N: Sophie is Emma's nickname for Sophia))
"Shhh, shhh. It's all right. We've found you. What name did they give you? Why did they give it to you?" Sophia asked gently.
"They called me 0021! They said I had power with the elements! Sophie, what does it mean?" The girl asked into her cousin's shoulder.
Sophia was frozen with horror. Not Emma. Not pure, sweet, innocent Emma. How could they? How could those...those...inhumane fools do that?
"It's too late!" Celeste exclaimed as if it were a line from a movie.
"There you are!" A woman's sharp voice pierced the melancholy feel. "I was looking for you, you snot-nosed brats. 0021, come with me!"
Like they had been cued, Florence and Angelina fired at the woman. She was jumping out of the sky down toward Sophia and Emma. Emma buried her face into Celeste and Sophia's shoulders to drown out the sound of the bullets.
"0021, why are you hiding from me? It's only 0023, coming to bring you back!" The cruel woman said. Emma looked at the woman.
"I said no before, you mean old lady!" Emma shouted. A moment later, fire had sprung up around 0023 and the three girls darted back to the Dolphin. Emma stopped them and ran back inside to get three suitcases, and then went running back out with them being carried by the wind.
"Come on, come on, before that fire goes!" Florence urged, guiding Emma into the Dolphin. Sophia was the last one down, slamming the hatch shut behind her.
Emma climbed back into the safety of Sophia's arms as the Dolphin flew up and away. Sophia carried her out onto the couch, where they sat down. Liana came and poked her head in.
"Who are you?" Emma asked. Liana beamed.
"My name is Liana! You must be Emma, right?" Liana told her. Emma bobbed her head. "Let me know if you want anything to eat. I can whip you up anything you want, anytime you want it!"
"Do I get that offer?" Sophia teased.
"No! I know you too well, and you can make it yourself!" Liana called, heading down to her lair. Emma had a shadow of a smile on her face.
"Now, Emma, what did they tell you aside from your new name?" Sophia asked gently.
"0023 is coming back with 0022," Emma said, eyes large and unseeing.
"Okay. You stay right here," Sophia told her. Emma sat obediently, clinging to her teddy bear.
"Give us back 0021!" 0022's voice shouted. Sophia knew it automatically as his voice. This evil punk was the reason her cousin couldn't live a normal life. He was the one who destroyed Emma Jessica Hashe's future.
"You don't own her!" Sophia screamed, picking up a lead pipe and hurling it at him. "No one owns her! Emma may be little, but she's who she wants to be!"
"You tell 'em, Sophia!" Julia cheered. She tugged on the steel boots and watched 0022's moves. Equally, he watched Julia with her metal tipped boots. As if 0022 was a rock, Julia took off at him and vaulted over, keeping her body in a tight ball. When she uncurled, she kicked an unaware 0022 right where it hurt again.
"You metal idiot!" 0023 shrieked. "You can do better than that!"
"Sure I can!" He yelled back. "I'm just too good to do it! Get your butt down here, you insolent fool and FINISH THEM OFF!"
Time seemed to stand completely still for a minute as Emma came dashing in. Emma drew back as she saw 0022 and 0023, but nonetheless went in. She caught sight of 001 and had a sudden crash down to who she was with.
(You're 001, aren't you?) She asked.
(Yes,) Ivan responded. Emma held his eyes in hers.
(Then you must have...no; they wouldn't have gotten to you yet. Supposedly, we are able to work in synchrony.) Emma said.
(I don't know. But we may as well give it a shot.) 001 said.
(And anyway, I'm not 0021. I'm 000.) Emma blurted. A small part of her arm flickered in and out of existence, then stopped after a minute or so. 001 felt something leave his body, and Emma burst into a confident smile and raised her hands, palms facing outward toward 0023.
"Farewell, 0023!" Emma shouted, beams of spectral light erupting from her fingertips and heading at 0022 and 0023. In moments, their images faded away. Ivan felt the missing piece return as Emma beamed at him. The small girl gave a little hop and threw a victory punch.
"Big things most definitely come in small packages!" Julia cheered, doing a cartwheel. "Emma, you are the most rock 'em sock 'em little chicka I know!"
"Ah, so you are Sophia's cousin," Issac said, meandering into the control room. "Emma Jessica Hashe, age seven and one-half. Tell me, child, did you meet anyone while you were alone at Sophia's home?"
"I can tell you what you're going to ask, but it'll be a waste of time. Yes, I was given a broad range of abilities ranging from elemental control to physic powers that only one other has," Emma said, looking fixedly at Ivan.
"So, you are..." Issac began.
"Alias 0021, but I was the first of the megas series. They named me 0021 in their cyborg project and 000 in their megas project." Emma finished.
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Later at dinner, Issac was talking up the advantages of invading Black Ghost and was proving to be like a lead balloon. Sophia and Florence were talking up the prospect of having to face their fear before they went in.
"I agree with them," Emma said from a small corner. "You all have at least one disadvantage with you. Getting over it will enable you to go off on your own, or divide and conquer."
"I couldn't have put it better myself," Celeste declared.
The Dolphin had returned to traveling through the seas. At that point, they were surfaced on a brilliant starry night in the Atlantic Ocean. Celeste was trying to get out to look at the stars, but she had to do dishes.
"Liana, please? How many nights do I ever get to do this?" Celeste pouted. Then, she bolted away up the ladder and out the hatch. Slamming the hatch shut, she sat down on top of it, ignoring the discontent of Liana.
It was one of those 'Kodak Moments for People without a Kodak Camera'. There was a huge full moon hanging in the sky with a deep indigo backdrop. Silver stars flecked the sky, leaving barely any room for the beautiful indigo to peep through. Celeste laid back, letting her senses slip. Nothing was more pleasant than this.
A cold, wet drop plinked Celeste's forehead five minutes later. Soon after, ten, then hundreds, and then, "Dude, why right now? That was the best view I ever had!" So with that, the glum Celeste dropped back down inside to shelter from the rain.
"Celeste? Is it raining?" Julia demanded, jumping in front of Celeste. Celeste grinned and Julia scrambled up the ladder.
"No getting yourself sick up there!" Issac called. Julia frowned.
"Be that way! I promise I won't!" Julia shouted back. She popped her head out. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, but there were gales and gales of rain. "Dreams do come true!"
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Emma was sleeping soundly on the couch, giving her poor stuffed animal the death grip. Sophia had her own head lid back onto a pillow, slowly dozing off next to her cyborg cousin.
A drenched Julia half-slid and half-climbed down the ladder. She was shivering with chill, but was positively glowing.
"Seriously, Julia, be glad you didn't freeze up there. Grandpa said that he could hear you singing up there." Florence commented, "And there wasn't a single cloud."
"Yes, after ten minutes there were. I have no idea how, though." Julia returned.
Without knowing why, Florence looked at the slumbering Emma. Is it even remotely possible that this girl is...no way. She's a spy like my dad! How could she be causing this storm? It doesn't make any sense. Today was a gorgeous day. Why would there be rain? Nothing adds up.
Florence had just hit the nail on the head.
Emma Hashe was 0021, the cyborg.
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:falls over: That was my longest chapter EVER! Man, I kept sneaking into my garage to write late at night when I was supposed to be asleep. This chapter is dedicated to Rose, for letting me use Emma Hashe. Emma Hashe is her pen name, so that's why I dedicate this long chapter to her. On Microsoft Word, this thing is 16 pages! Believe me or not, but it is. Crazy...
I have come up with something! When the song says "Saints, captive in chains", Sophia has pillows thrown at her. Why Sophia? HINT: Sophia's full name is Sophia Christina Britain. This is open to anybody! Everyone who gets the correct answer gets to request a plushie! (HELLO: try taking letters out and even words. Use alternative spellings!)
If that is too hard for you, I have an alternative. What does 'Celeste' mean? Winners will also receive a plushie of your choice. You can only enter one answer. Make it count by doing what you know!
Have fun! Keep reviewing! Tell a friend to flame me! I love flames! Thank you to Kazumi Kairi or Kairi-chan and ceestar! You two are the ultimate reviewers! Keep it up!
"You aren't a kitty. You're a MUTANT KITTY FROM PLANET CARTOUCHE!"