The cave was large enough inside for a man to stand and was smaller at the entrance. The entrance was covered in vines and inside a small stream flowed from near the back out the front. Presently, a brown mouse sat on the top of the cave mouth. Then it sighed with relieve, sneaked back inside the cave, and raced to the back of it. When it got near it spotted the three humans there and changed into GB. "Did you see any one, 007?" Albert asked while Geronimo and Chang looked up. Albert and Geronimo had gotten there early and GB and Chang had gotten there on time.
"Yeah. 002 and 008 are right behind me. They'll be here in a minute."
"What about 009, 003, and 001?" Chang asked.
"I haven't seen them," GB replied sadly and left in mouse form.
"Where can they be?" Albert asked silently not to anyone in particular. And no one answered. A few seconds later Jet and Pyunma walked in.
"I told you we weren't the last ones to get here," Jet said to Pyunma with an I-told-you-so tone.
Pyunma just shrugged and apologized to the others, "Sorry we're late. We went farther than we thought, so we started late… Where's the others? It's not like 009 and 003 to come late."
"007's outside standing guard. You just missed him and we don't know were 003, 001, and 009 are," Albert said while the two sat and silence followed. GB check back every five minutes.
Fifteen minutes later, Jet asked, bored, "Someone talk. I don't like this silence. 009 said to think about battle plans. So let's talk about battle plan ideas."
Before anyone could say anything else, bombs shook the cave from near by above them. Afraid that the cave would collapse, Albert yelled above the noise, "Get out side, now!" And they all ran outside. GB was waiting for them and the battle continued.
After a few moments of battle, everyone saw that the cyborgs were losing and a missile was heading right for Albert's exposed back when out of nowhere a black leopard slammed into his side, pushing him out of danger. As Albert looked at the leopard with surprise and alarm, the missile exploded right where he had been standing. "Thank you," he whispered not knowing why it had saved him. And to his more surprise, it nodded as in reply! He looked around to continue the battle and saw that five other animals were helping his teammates, Joe was with one of them, and he was with Pyunma! He sighed. 'I'm glad he's all right but where's 003 and 001. And what's with the animals?' he thought. The battle continued on. Near a half-hour later, the cyborgs noticed that they were wining and finally the Black Ghost goons retreated. They all relaxed and regrouped.
"Sorry I was late getting here. We left late," Joe apologized, indicating to the animals, "And I bet you have a lot of questions,"
"You have no idea," Jet mumbled then asked, "Here's two main ones. What's with the animals and where's 003 and 001?"
"Follow me. I'll take you to them. We'll get the Dolphin later," Joe replied and started walking to the north. "003 and 001 are at their," indicating to the animals who were walking at their sides, "base with three others. Oh, and by the way, if you haven't noticed already, they're cyborg animals."
Stop. Blink. Blink. Silence. Then they all yelled really loud as one, "WHAT!"
Joe grinned, "I told you they wouldn't believe me," he said to the tiger at his side and he and Kya explained everything as they continued walking.
One and a half hours later…They neared the animal's base and someone had just asked, "How did you all get along? I mean, there's a horse and a wolf together! That's not normal."
"We didn't at first. We were all jumpy, especially 0015," Kya answered, "And here we are." They all looked ahead. She showed them the way in. When they entered, the rest of the human cyborgs looked around in awe.
"Where's 003?" Albert asked after a moment.
"I'm right here," came the reply as she exited from Kya's room holding Ivan. Some of them jumped. Pyunma had walked over near the pool when suddenly a bat flew onto his head and made him jump and fall into the water! When he came up he saw the bat on the ground holding its stomach because it was laughing so hard. All of a sudden it squeaked and began flying up as fast as it could.
"Get back here, 0017! You know better than that! I know you heard me you bat!" Kya yelled racing after the bat. When it was over the pool on the opposite side of the humans from her, she jumped over them, extended one of her wings and hit the bat so it would go into the water, and landed on an unseen platform above the water in the shadows. "That's what you get," she said calmly as 0017 jumped out in a dog form then said to Pyunma who was still in the water, "Well, since your in there, why don't you get acquainted to 0018, your partner." And 0018 popped up at the surface gave a few clicks and whistles, and they both swam away.
"While they are down there, 0018 will check the area out. I need to look around too," Kya, looking up, announced after they left, then looked down at Joe and asked, "Would you like to come with, 009?"
Joe looked at his team to see if they minded. Seeing that they didn't, he replied, "Sure."
Kya smiled and jumped up onto another flat space higher up on the opposite side of the cave. She repeated this until she was at the top, were there was a good size hole were some of there light came from, and waited. Joe followed suit. When he got near the top, Kya said to her team, "We'll be back in about a half hour, maybe. Get to know each other a little. And please, don't destroy anything or do something stupid," glaring at 0017, she added, "including you 0017." With that the two disappeared through the hole.
Outside, on the top of the rock mound, Joe asked, "So, how are we going to do this?"
"Simple," Kya said while extending her wings, "Get on my back. We can fly around."
A little surprised, Joe asked with some worry, "Are you sure you can carry me?"
"Yes, easily. I'm like you, remember. I could carry 005, if needed, just not very far or high. You are much lighter. Just get on and hold on to my harness. That's one reason why some of us wear them. To stay on and up right, you can squeeze your legs as hard as you want; it won't hurt me any. Just hang on and don't be afraid, I won't let you fall, but if for some reason you do, I'll catch you. I'll try to give you a smooth ride." Joe did as she said and sat right behind her wings. In an instant, she jumped of over the cliff on one side with her wings stretched to their full length, falling a little, then pulling up and they were airborne. During this, Joe had leaned forward so that his head was close to hers and his legs had tightened in slight fear. Kya had sensed his fear, small but still there. When they were over the trees she called back, "You can look up now. Just ride me as if you were on a horse. You'll love the view. It's better to fly and see the view when the wind's in your face."
Joe straightened and looked around but kept his legs firm. They were gliding close to the trees to have some cover. Joe smiled. 'She's right this feels great!' he thought. After that he helped her keep by watching the sky while she watched the ground. On the last part of the search, Joe asked, "While we're heading north, can we go pick up the Dolphin? I can bring her in alone. I just don't know where it put her. She can go underwater, just to let you know."
"Sure, it's not too far. The under water cave is well hidden and is big enough to hold your ship," Kya said and headed for the their vehicle. They got there in ten minutes. Joe unlocked ((they can lock it right?)) the ship and headed for the control room. When he got there, he scanned the ship for any unwanted cargo: people, tracers, robots, and so on. When he was finished, he started the Dolphin and headed for the base going high up into the clouds and going at an arch. After a few minutes, they past the base and Joe turned the ship to the side, descended, and submerged. As they headed for the underwater entrance, they came upon the two swimmers. Pyunma grabbed on and 0018 swam at his side. They entered the underwater cave and Pyunma and 0018 swam for the surface, which wasn't too far away. A few minutes later, Joe and Kya followed.
During the leaders' search, the cyborgs had talked, got and learned about their crystals, and learned each other's real names.
0011 is also called Blizzard.
0012 is also called Glider.
0013 is also called Soarra (Soar-ah).
0014 is also called Black Night or Night.
0015 is also called Freda (Free-duh).
0016 is also called Hunter.
0017 is also called Gazali.
0018 is also called Ecco (Echo).
0019 already know.
After talking for a little bit longer, they all decided to go back to Kasumi's and they did.
The End, for now…
That means there will be sequels to this story…
