Hiya, cyborg fans! I hope you all enjoy the story so far. Thank you Queen of Duels for forgiving me for my bad memory. Also, apologies to Red Roses2. I also forgot to add you in the previous chapter. You have my permission to torment me forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.... You get the point. I'll take your idea and try to write shorter chapters. But, there might be more of them. Also, thank you angelkeiko300 for reviewing and your idea. So, anyone who wants to add a character to the story, please tell me, and I'll see what I can do. Please leave the character's name, age, and a short description. I'll be sure to give you credit. Oh, yeah. Sorry for not updating quick enough. I'm a freshman in High School, and I just started school. Forgive me. This story will go A LOT slower than usual.

Disclaimer: I don't own Cyborg 009, but I own 0017 aka Josephine.

"." ~ the way the cyborgs talk

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You know the rest.

Enough blabbering.

Let the show begin!

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(Josephine's p.o.v)

I woke up to see a blinding white light. "It's official. I'm dead," I thought. I turned my head to look around, and my eyes brought me to 002, asleep by the side of my cot, holding my hand ever so tightly. I sighed. "Great. I'm hallucinating, too." I starred as Jet stirred awake. He lifted his head and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He held my hand in the palms of his. Jet smiled widely. "Your awake," he said. I cocked my head in confusion. "Am I not dead, Jet?" I asked unsurely. He chuckled. "No, Josephine. You're quite alive. Tell me, do you remember anything, anything at all?" he asked him. I pondered for a moment. "Well, the last thing I remember was this dark room, and I was dressed in a strange uniform. The rest was a blur," I said, "Why? Is there something I should know, Jet?" My love looked at me with pity for a moment. I sighed. "Jet, you know how much I hate people giving me pity," I said. He nodded and his eyes returned to the brown determined eyes I love so much. I smiled. "That's better. So, tell me. What's been going on? When is it? Where am I? Who am I? And what did they make me for?" I wondered. That's a very good question." I turned my head to the door. There, stood an elderly man, a small baby held by a blond, a grown man with silver hair, a strong, tall native, a short, stocky Chinese, a bald gentlemen, an African, and a brunette-haired boy. What intrigued me the most was far beyond my imagination. In front of my very eyes, I saw a close to mirroring figure of myself.

(end p.o.v) Dr. Gilmore and the cyborgs walked into the room. Josephine looked at them confusingly. "May I ask who you all are, and if I'm going nuts?" Josephine said. Josephine's double also looked shockingly at Josephine. "Um, Josephine, I think there's something they need to tell us," she said. Josephine glared at her. "No, you think, Alex," she retorted

Everyone turned to look at the double. "Alex?" they all repeated. Alex nodded. "That's me." Dr. Gilmore sighed. "This is all very confusing. Let's take this to the living room," he commented. 002 turned to face Josephine. "Can you walk?" He asked Josephine, who was still lying on the cot. She slowly sat up as 002 firmly lifted her out of bed. Josephine's feet touched the floor, as her bare feet touched the icy-coldness of the tile floor. She looked around. "Alex, can you get my shoes for me? My feet are freezing," she said. Alex simply nodded and went to fetch her blue sneakers that were propped up in the corner. Josephine smiled. "Thanks." Josephine slowly slid her feet into the sneakers, while Alex retreated back to the group. Alex looked concernedly at her twin. 004 draped his arm around Alex's waist. It's alright. She's gonna be ok," he assured her. Alex nodded and sighed. "I sure hope so." Josephine slowly stood up with 002's support. Apparently, Josephine's knees refused to hold as she started falling. Everyone rushed at her, but 002 was closest and caught her carefully. The 00 Cyborgs, Dr. Gilmore, and Alex were all surrounding the fallen 0017 that was currently in 002's arms. "002, can you carry her to the living room?" 009 asked. 002 nodded. "Be glad to," he said. In a split second, 002 swept Josephine off the floor and carried her off to the living room.

"Please. Tell us what is going on here. I'm sure we would all like to know," Dr. Gilmore said. Josephine nodded, as well as Alex. "Well, where should we start...Let's see.Oh yes, Well, it's all very confusing, as you can see. Um... the beginning, right. I'll start when I was trapped in the fire in New York." Josephine said as she began to relive parts of her past.

(Flashback, Josephine's p.o.v)

"I love you, Jet," I said as I hurled the most precious thing in the world, out the window...my engagement ring. I slumped to the floor as I began to run out of oxygen. I heard a burst of flames behind me, and I turned to the attention of a black figure illuminated by the bright light of the fire. My visions began to blur as I squinted through the flames to get a better view. I fell to the floor with a thud. In font of me was a cloaked figure in black. Upon his face was a forbidding look of a skull. My thoughts swirled while wondering why the flames of smoke didn't affect this man of malevolence on his face. "Who.are.you." I managed to say as complete darkness surrounded my image, shrouding what's left of my dreams, and plunging me into a vast sea of darkness.

I woke up to hear the roaring hum of mechanical machinery. My visions were a bit blurry, but it was not enough to blind. I looked around at the nebulous pictures of white figures towering above me. I wanted to stop them from putting the gas mask on me, but a was paralyzed beyond imagination. So, I didn't do anything about it. I was to defenseless to even speak. One whiff of the gas, and I was out cold. The last thing I saw was a complete duplicate of me, who was also being operated on. I closed my eyes to oblivion.

I woke up once again, as an. apparatus, no.a cyborg. This time, I felt heartless, no emotions. nothing. I wanted to scream, to get up and run.run faraway, away from this nightmare of a reality. But, I didn't. I don't know why, though. I'm not myself anymore. Things as love, peace, hope, emotion.freedom, were not in my vocabulary tome any longer. I was a machine programmed to kill for the like of sin, to murder the innocence. I simply stood up and saluted the first scientist I saw. "Mission test c-17b complete. 0017 black at your service," I stated monotonously. The scientist in front of me smirked with arrogance. "Very well. Black Ghost would like to witness the success of project c-17b, ASAP," the scientist said frostily. "Understood." I walked off to Black Ghost's office. Soon the timber wood doors came into view. I knocked on the doors with a hollow sound. "Come in," a voice boomed from within. I pushed the entrance open and stepped inside the chillingly cold office. Immediately, I did something I would've never done before in my entire life. I bowed. I never bow to my enemies. But, I did. "Stand up, soldier," Black Ghost said. I obeyed his orders. I whirled around to hear another groan of the unoiled doors. Before me stood a precise duplicate of myself. I turned back to face my master. Wait. Since when did I use "Master" to refer as my enemies? Oh no, I'm really starting to change. My clone stood adjacent to me. That's when I noticed a few glitches of my "clone". Instead of midnight, black hair, she had crimson, red hair, and instead of dark, black eyes, she bore blazing scarlet eyes. Also, my clothes were a bright, blue color, while hers was a deep, navy shadow. Everything else was unconditionally accurate. She kneeled in front of Black Ghost as I finished examining her. "Get up," he said harshly. With out another word, she was up. I turned my gaze back towards Black Ghost. "Mission c-17b complete and successful."
"Mission c-17r complete and successful." Black Ghost smirked widely. "Good, very good. Now to test your abilities." With one press of a button, the crimson girl and I were dropped by a trap door beneath us. As the ground fast approached us, we both landed with a graceful stand. We were in a huge auditorium with steel doors surrounding us. There was no way out. The intercom came on as we heard Black ghost's voice echo throughout the room. "Cyborgs 0017 Black and 0017 Red, please shake hands." We did as we were told, knowing what we were supposed to do. Glaring daggers at each other, we clearly stated that the other was going down. Letting go of our tighten handshake, we continue to hear out the other instructions of Black Ghost.
"Prepare to fight each other. This will test out your strength and
abilities that are programmed into your computer sensor. You will
continue to fight, until I say so. Understood?"
"Loud and Clear."
"Very well, begin." After hearing his command, the crimson girl and I took our fighting stances, daring each other to make the first move. In the end, I was the bold one, making the first thrash. I hit my target as I backed away from the murderous yells of my victim. So, the battle began. While the crimson girl launched her Wind Blade at me, I countered it with my Seven Slash. While using Twister, I dodged her attack by using my Ultra Acceleration Mode to get away. Soon, we were down to one last attack. We both thought the same thing. "Final Attack," we yelled as we jumped into the air.
"Star Illuminated Beam!" Making a star-shaped figure in the air, while say those last few words, and thrusting our arms forward, two star-shaped beams blazed through the air, heading towards each other. There was a loud explosion as the brilliant radiance of the beam elucidated the intact auditorium. As the light cleared, only one cyborg remained standing. That cyborg was I. The crimson girl was lying motionlessly on the ground. She stirred as she got back on her feet, continuing the fight. "You should've stayed down, cyborg. Now, you're in for a great extent of pain and chaos," I said emotionlessly. I pulled back my arm, preparing to make the final blow. But, Black Ghost abruptly interrupted me on the intercom.
"That's enough, 0017 Black. You have clearly made your point in
battle. There is no further use for you to destroy 0017 Red." I lowered my arm reluctantly. "Yes, sir," I replied, while glaring at the crimson girl. She glared back as she stood up, wiping away the trickling blood that came from her mouth. "Report to my office immediately." With a swish of my black scarf, I turned away from the disappointing cyborg and gallantly walked to the office of the one who is feared.

(End p.o.v)

(Alex's p.o.v)

I despised myself for being so weak, and to get beaten up by my clone. And they say I was supposed to be the stronger half. I stood up and unwillingly followed the midnight girl towards my master's office. Walking past the grand, oak doors, I felt my master's disappointment drowning me. I starred down at the floor with failure. Black Ghost walked up to me. I waited for my punishment for my undoing.
"You have upset me greatly, 0017Red. I was hoping to expect more from
the likes of you. It looks like I was wrong. You are a great failure
to yourself and me. Do you hear me?" I can hear Black Ghost's voice echoing through my head. "Yes, sir. I understand that I have been a great displeasure to yourself and the organization. It will not happen again," I said. Black Ghost smirked.

"No, it won't. And I will make sure of that. Yourself and 0017 Black
will be trapped together in a cyborg body. 0017 Black has a look too
pure of innocence. Therefore, 0017 Black will be trapped in your body.
But, as a punishment for your unrighteous failure, you will no longer
be able too control your own body. No, 0017 Black will have that
opportunity. Clearly, she has the skills of a true warrior that far
surpasses the likes of yours. Understood?" I nodded my head, halfheartedly. I hated the idea to be controlled by my worst nemesis, but I had no choice. Black Ghost's power obviously exceeds the midnight girl's powers. Therefore, I would be rendered helpless if I object. Soon, we were marched into the same lab we were created. Within minutes, we were placed in a capsule and the covers of the pod trapped us inside. There was sleeping gas flowing freely from the sides of the pod. With all the strength I could muster, I turned my head to see the face of my clone, starring determinedly into nothingness. Before I blacked out, the last thing I remembered was the look on her face.the look of revenge.

(End p.o.v)

(End Flashback)

The 00 cyborgs and Dr. Gilmore starred amazingly as both Josephine and Alex took their turn in sharing their sides of the story. "That was a very.interesting story," Dr. Gilmore said, being bold as the first to speak. Josephine shook her head. "No, it wasn't a story. All this was true. I hardly even know Alex before we were trapped in one body. It was when during the assignment to destroy the 00 cyborgs, we were able to talk telepathically between one soul and the other, making conversation and getting to know the other," she said. 007 rubbed his temples. "This is all very confusing," he said. Everyone sweat dropped. "In other words, to summarize it all in one sentence, Josephine and I were reprogrammed by Black Ghost and couldn't stop ourselves from attacking you. We are both very sorry," Alex stated. 004 smiled. "Hey, the good thing is, now we know that 0017 Black and 0017 Red are both on our side now, right?" 004 said. Alex nodded. "Right. Oh, and please, call us by our real names. We liked to be addressed by our original title," Alex said, as Josephine nodded in agreement. 003 covered her mouth with her hand.
"Oh, how rude of us. We didn't even introduce ourselves. Well, I'm
003, also known as Françoise Arnoul."

"Hello. I'm 005. You can call me Geronimo."

"I'm 006 or Chang Chang-ku. It's great to meet you."

"Good afternoon, Maladies. I am the actor, 007. But for you, you can
call me Great Britain or GB. The pleasure is all mine," GB said as she
kissed Josephine's hand. Josephine giggled.

"My, what a gentlemen."

007 was bonked on the head by 002's fist.

"Touch her again and die."

004 had Alex held protectively in his arms. Josephine smiled at the confused Alex who was blushing madly at how close she was to 004. She turned her head to face 002 who was sitting/steaming next to her. With a hearty laugh, Josephine gently kissed 002 on the cheek. 002 smiled widely, as he hugged Josephine close, no longer steaming with anger. 007 quickly retreated back to his seat.

008 sighed. "Back to the introductions, I'm 008. Or, you can call me Pyunma. It's good to have you with us."

"Good to meet you both. I'm 009, aka, Joe Shimimura. Welcome to the team."

004 laughed. "You probably already know me, but I'm 004, also known as Albert Heinrich."

002 smirked. "Of course, I'm the greatest cyborg of them all, 002. But, you know me as Jet Link."

Dr. Gilmore smiled at the two girls. "Hello. I'm Dr. Gilmore. It's very nice to have you with us." He turned to 001 who was snoozing away in his comfy basket. "This over here is 001, but he's also known as Ivan," Dr. Gilmore said, while pointing to the baby who was in dreamland.

Josephine and Alex smiled at the cute and adorable baby. "Aw. He's so sweet. Are you sure he's a cyborg?" they asked at the same time. 002 and 004 was starring at the floor, while the girls were cooing over the baby. "What about us?" they both said quietly. Everyone laughed heartily, as both Josephine and Alex went back to kiss both of them on the cheek. Josephine and 002 turned to look at the newly formed couple. "You never told us that you guys were officially a couple," they said. 004 and Alex blushed. Laughter ricocheted through the room. Suddenly, Alex and Josephine froze. 009 noticed the girls' tenseness. "What's wrong?" he asked. Both girls turned to look out the window, looking outside towards the blue sky. They squinted into the distance.

"Something's coming."

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Cliffhanger

Oh.what will it be? What's coming to get the 00 cyborg team? Well, it's up to you to decide. Please review and tell me how you like it. As always, flames are accepted and credit is given when credit is due. Decide what will happen to the 00 Cyborgs. Please leave that in a review, and I'll be sure to give you FULL credit. R&R please!