Author's Note 1: Italics for thoughts.

Chapter 2

Cobalt had awoken, except he wasn't at the crash site. He looked around and saw that he was in a bed. He put his hand on his forehead and realized that it was wrapped up in a bandage. "Where am I?" Cobalt thought. "I remember being near the wreckage of my ship. Then I was talking to that woman."

Cobalt looked around the room, until he saw a young girl sitting in a chair on the left side of the bed and a cabbit on her head. "Hello, I'm glad you're awake!" she said in a smile. "I'm Sasami. Nice to meet you!" the strange creature started to meow. "Oh and this is Ryo-Ouki." Again it meowed. Cobalt had a whimsical expression. "Is something wrong?"

"No, I'm fine. It's just... where am I?"

"Oh, you're on the Planet Earth."

"Planet... Earth? Yes... I see..."

"Well, I'll go get everyone. Now just sit tight."

"Can do, miss." Sasami left the room. "What bed manner. Earth, huh? Well, it's not Jurai, but I guess it's better than the one with a bold spot."

In a few minutes, Sasami came back with company. "See, he's awake."

"Oh, hello there. Glad you're up," Ayeka said. "I'm Ayeka. Pleasure to meet you."

"I'm Washu."

"The name's Ryoko."

"I'm Mihoshi. I'm so happy that you're okay! Oh, and this is my partner, Kiyone," she said as she grabbed her shoulders. "We're from the same Galaxy Police department!"

"Hello there," Kiyone said.

"I'm Tenchi, Are you feeling well?"

"Yes, I'm fine. The name's Cobalt. You see, I originally came from the Jurai, but something happened to my engines. So I crash-landed on this planet. But now I wonder... Why is the Galaxy Police way over here?"

"Well, sort of a long story, I doubt that you'll find it interesting," Kiyone said.

"Well," Mihoshi was starting, "It all started when-." Suddenly, Kiyone grabbed her by the mouth.

"When do you ever shut up, Mihoshi?" Kiyone snapped.

"So you're from Jurai too?" Tenchi said.

"You know Jurai?" Cobalt asked.

"Yes, you could say that."

"Lord Tenchi helped save my kingdom from a man that posed as Lord Yosho."

"What?Your kingdom...? Holy!" Cobalt yelped in shock while scooting back on the bed. "You're THE Ayeka! The princess of Jurai! And she," he said while pointing at Sasami. She just smiled and waved. "Your majesties!" he said as he bowed down to them.

"Oh, it's alright," Ayeka said.

"So how did you get here?" Mihoshi asked. "What happened to your ship?"

"Well, it's like this..." Cobalt started to get out of bed, but he disappeared. He then reappeared behind the group near the doorway, resting on the wall. When the group saw him, they all became shocked.

FLASHBACK

Cobalts ship emerges from the planet of Jurai. He starts taking off at incredible speeds. "Through most of my life, I was a product of a psychopathic madman named Dr. Clay for thirteen of my nineteen years."

"Dr. Clay?" Ryoko exclaimed.

"No way!" Washu yelled.

"It's true." Cobalt starts pressing some buttons in his ship. "You see, after he was captured thanks to you guys, I quickly left that ship. It has been a few months since. I thought I was finally free... until it happened." Suddenly, a beam hits the back of the ship. The source of the fire came from a very similar ship, except that it was blue with white stripes. "Dr. Clay was broken out of confinement by a comrade of his... my clone."

"You have a clone?" Tenchi said. Meanwhile, in the other ship, a man that looked like Cobalt started laughing in his cockpit. Unlike the original, he had short white hair and light blue eyes. His clothes were mostly blue, but he wore a white cloak.

"That's right. Before Clay created that robot, Zero, he took part of my DNA Sequence and made a few changes to the cellular structure. As soon as it was created, Dr. Clay dubbed my crazed copy Pyrite."

"So why would Pyrite pursuit you?" Kiyone asked.

"Pyrite was always Dr. Clay's loyal subject right next Zero. It was Pyrite, literally my own flesh and blood, that freed that bastard." Everyone gasped. " Pyrite was then told to come and bring me back. Anyways, the battle started." Laser fire was being exchanged back and fourth from the Cruiser-class ships. "In the end, it was a stalemate. Both our ships suffered insurmountable damage. I knew this was a good time to regroup so I changed course and was about to go warp. Then it happened."

Pyrite opened a small cap on his joystick. "This is for Dr. Clay," he said. He pressed the button and a large projectile came rushing towards Cobalt's ship. It exploded on impact just as Cobalt was in warp.

Meanwhile, his ship started rattling. "Damn it, Pyrite!" he yelled. Cobalt's engines lost power and he had arrived in the Sol System.

FLASHBACK ENDED

"So there you have it. A case of a crazed counterpart and an evil scientist. Cliche, I know. But it's the truth!"

"Okay, so you have a clone of yourself that freed its creator and wants to destroy you," Mihoshi blatantly said. "But still, why does Dr. Clay still want you?"

"Two things. One, Kiyone do you still have that egg?"

"Egg?" Kiyone said, almost forgetting. "Oh yeah! Just a second." Kiyone left the room in a rush. She ran down stairs and looked in the one place where no one would be able to find it... In Washu's Lab behind the equipment. Kiyone checked the egg to make sure there were no scratches on the shell or other sorts of damage. "Excellent," she thought. "If I left in the open, Ryoko might have turned it into an omelet." With the large red egg in her hands, she ran back upstairs and gave it to Cobalt. "Here you go."

"What?" Tenchi said. "All that because of an egg?"

"It's not JUST an egg, Tenchi," Cobalt replied. "Before I left the ship, I found this in one of his labs. It seems to be another one of his genetic experiments. The thing is, I don't know what resides in it. So in order to find out, I needed to find help and the only person to do that is you, Washu."

"Oh, me?" she sneered.

"Why, of course. Not only did I read some of your research during my captivity, but Dr. Clay just couldn't stop talking about you."

"Really," she said. "I guess he just couldn't stop thinking about my pretty face."

"I could see why. You look even more beautiful in person."

"Oh please, do go on."

Suddenly, Ryoko cleared her throat. "Hey, kid. How about we focus on the topic here," she growled. "So he wants his egg back. What else is there."

"Ah yes, but to do that, we must go outside. And Tenchi, I'll need you to be my volunteer." Tenchi was surprised at Cobalt's request. All Cobalt did was smirk at Tenchi's reaction.

"What is he up to?" Tenchi thought.