Chapter 4

Hsc003: Hi!! Thank you for all the wonderful reviews. Today I have a special guest with me. Let me introduce you to 009!!

009: Hi.

Hsc003: How do you like my story 009?

009: I like it a lot, although I would like to know what illness I have.

Hsc003: Well, you'll just have to wait and see.

009: But I want to know now!!

Hsc003: Just be patient 009, and while you are waiting, you can say the disclaimer!

009: Do I have to?!

Hsc003: Yes!!

009: Hikarisailorcat003 doesn't own Cyborg 009 or Yugioh.

Hsc003: Enjoy the story!!

Before everyone went to bed that night, Dr. Gilmore asked Joe if he could do a check-up on him. Joe said yes and they both went to the infirmary. An hour later and Dr. Gilmore told Joe that he was finished but wouldn't know the results until the next morning.

That night while everyone was sleeping, Joe started to roll around in his bed. He was sweating and every now and then he would mutter something in his sleep. He then started to really panic. Francoise heard him and went to his room.

"Joe? Joe, what's wrong?" asked a worried Francoise. Joe then screamed and woke with a start. He was breathing heavily and shaking. Francoise climbed on his bed and gave him a hug.

"Are you ok Joe?" Francoise asked. Joe just hugged Francoise tightly and started to cry in her shoulder. Francoise rocked Joe back and forth, whispering 'it's ok' and 'I'm here'.

Once Joe had calmed down, they separated.

"Are you ok now Joe?" Francoise asked. Joe nodded, wiping away the last of his tears.

"What was your dream about?" Francoise asked.

"Nothing." Joe replied.

"Please tell me."

"…It was just some memories of my life." Joe cautiously said. "When my mother left me at the church, when the father died, the day I became a cyborg and when I killed Black Ghost." Francoise hugged Joe again.

"It's ok Joe. That's all over now. You have a future to worry about. Don't worry about the past." Francoise said, hoping to calm down Joe. Joe looked at the clock. It was 3 am.

"Will you stay here with me tonight?" asked a frightened Joe.

"Sure."

Morning:

"Good morning everyone. Ah, Joe, can I see you for a moment please?" asked Dr. Gilmore when he came for breakfast that morning.

Joe went with Dr. Gilmore to the lounge room and sat on the couch.

"I have the results." Dr. Gilmore said. "I'm afraid they are not very good."

Dr. Gilmore looked very sad and frustrated. "I'm afraid you have a virus."

"A virus?" asked a shocked Joe.

"Yes, in your mechanical parts." Dr. Gilmore replied.

"How?" Joe asked.

"Well, your body creates it by itself. It is sort of like a computer virus. It is very unlikely that any cyborg or robot would get in less than 10 years. It causes the victim to suffer from mood changes, vomiting, nightmares, and weakness at unexpected times, and loosing memories. It can control your body! It can make you do whatever it feels like." Dr. Gilmore explained.

"How do you cure it?" Joe asked.

Dr. Gilmore took a deep breath. "Unfortunately, there is not cure that has been found yet but Professor Izumi and I are going to find a cure."

"What if you don't find a cure?"

"… Hopefully we will find a cure if not… well…"

"What?! What will happen is you don't find a cure?!" yelled Joe.

"… You will… die."

Joe was shocked. Speechless. How could this be happening? He was ill and might die? What had he done to deserve this? Joe thought.

"I'm sorry Joe. Professor Izumi and I will find a cure. I promise." With those last words Dr. Gilmore left the speechless Joe.

"Joe, breakfast is ready." Chang said from in the kitchen. Joe got up and went to the dining room.

They were having a feast for breakfast! There were eggs, rice, toast, Vegemite, Nutella, Peanut Butter, jam, Butter, bacon, sausages, fruit, and about a dozen different types of cereal.

Joe sat down and took an Apple; he ate 2 bites and then put it on his plate.

"Excuse me. I don't feel very hungry today." Joe put on a fake smile and left the table. Everyone watched him leave.

Joe went outside and walked along the beach when he heard footsteps coming up to him. He felt a hand on his shoulder.

It was Yami.

"Are you ok? Because I don't think you are. I heard that you were quite a big breakfast eater and all you ate today was 2 bites of an apple." Yami said. Yami and Joe seemed to get along really well last night.

When Joe didn't answer, Yami continued. "I heard you scream last night. Are you ok?"

"I'm fine." Joe said. "I just had a nightmare. That's all."

"Look, I just need some time by myself. I'll be fine." Joe said, saying the last part more to himself than to Yami. Yami nodded his head and left. Joe then accelerated away.

Yami went inside to see the others.

"How is he?" asked Francoise.

"He's ok. He just needs some time to himself." Yami replied.

The rest of the day went by very slowly. Francoise was so worried about Joe. When it was lunch time, Francoise went out to look for Joe and tell him that lunch was ready, but she couldn't find him anywhere.

Francoise came back to the house and told the others and everyone went out to look for him.

"What about lunch?" asked annoyed Joey. Everyone looked at Joey and just left. He followed.

The first place they looked was the woods near the beach house. Joe wasn't there. Next Yugi suggested the Church, but he wasn't there.

"Where could he be?" Jet wondered out loud. They spent the rest of the day looking for Joe. When they got back home at 6 pm, they still hadn't found Joe.

Chang and Geronimo went looking for Joe down at the docks, however they didn't see him hidden behind a boat. He didn't want to talk to his friends now. When it was 7 pm, he slowly made his way back home.

"Joe! Where have you been all day? We were looking for you everywhere!" yelled Jet as Joe walked through the door. Joe didn't answer. Instead he just went to his room and closed the door with a thud. "Punk." Jet said to Joe's closed door.

"Joe, please let me in!" Francoise cried through the closed door.

"Just leave me alone! I don't want to talk!" Joe yelled. But Francoise wasn't going to give up.

"Joe!" she pounded on the door. "Let me talk to you!"

There was quiet inside Joe's room. He slowly got up off his bed and went to open the door. Francoise walked in.

"Joe, why didn't you come home today? I was so worried!"

Joe went and stood next to his window. He looked out at the ocean and pretended that he didn't hear Francoise.

Francoise walked up to Joe and gave him a hug. They separated and looked into each other's eyes. They lent in to each other and kissed. It was the best feeling that Joe had had in a long time. They separated and there were tears in Joe's eyes.

"Joe? What's wrong?" Francoise asked.

"I… I… I can't!" with those words, Joe ran from his room, crying.

Hsc003: Well, how did you like it? Please review!!!

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Hsc003: I won't be able to update until February because I am going to America on the 1st of January. See you all in February!

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