Phew! Another week accomplished…sorry for the late update! I was partying on Halloween night…Some excuse eh?? How was everyone's Halloween? Mine's was fun! Anyway, today is election day…dun dun dun…I wonder who will win. But I'm not into politics so blah…Well, I left everyone on edge last chapter now didn't I? LOL…Well, your about to find out what happens next!!! I won't be answering reviews at the moment. Yes I know…WHAT THE HELL IS KOS-MOS DOING!?? Hehe…
" Blah Blah Blah…"- Thoughts
' Blah Blah.'- Telepathy
Light Your Face With A Smile
Chapter 17
We
I shall not give into such ideas…such nonsense…
Impudence…
BANG!!!
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Shion leaned over the keyboard to read the captions on the bottom of the screen better. Miyuki sat in the seat before the wide monitor, clicking and typing away on certain keys. They both had decided to start tracking and pinning some evidence down on Juli Mizarhi…and other mysteries…It had come to their attention that MOMO wasn't the only one those facilties experimented on. There were many others before her…and because of this new found fact, they would try to do anything in their power to bring Juli down.
Ziggy would be meeting them soon. He thought it would be a good idea if he helped out, seeing as how the cyborg had nothing else better to do. He walked in causally through the lab doors, his metal feet clanking on the hard surfaced floors. Shion turned around to acknowledge his appearance. She placed her hands behind her back and smiled.
" Hey there Ziggy, thanks for coming by to help us."
" There is no problem Shion, I would also like to see Ms. Mizhari be put into her place for what she has done." With that, Shion directed the cyborg to a consul and gave him some instructions and on what they were searching for…
MOMO had been walking around with Mary for quite awhile. They had talked about many things…past events and what not…Mary didn't want to press on why MOMO acted strangely earlier…it seemed to bother her a great deal…
" How are you feeling MOMO?" Mary stated out of the blue as MOMO looked questionly over at the blonde.
" But I just said-"
" No no!" Mary paused, waving her hands in front of herself. " I mean…about Jr…" Mary had the subject on her mind for quite sometime. She needed to know what MOMO was going through right now, hearing the situation for Shion, the blonde lady had become worried for MOMO. She quickly remembered the time when MOMO had suddenly run out of the room for no apparent reason…
Mary stayed with Jr. for a few minutes…and had found him holding a bracelet…
MOMO's bracelet…
Which she now played around in her pocket…where it shouldn't have been…
Mary scolded at herself silently. How could she act so mean? But then again…she met Jr. first…not MOMO…Him waking up and finding the bracelet in his hands, Mary didn't want the small man getting any ideas…
Mary than nodded to herself. She was doing this for Jr.'s own good…seeing that bracelet will just give him false hope, she knew that better than anyone. Plus, she wanted to talk to Jr. once he had awakened…
It was still quite puzzling as to how the whole incident had happened. Mary took a quick glance at MOMO, who seemed to be fighting on what answer to give the girl…
Oh yes, she had asked a question, and it was never answered…
" MOMO?"
" I wonder how Jr. is doing…" MOMO muttered as Mary frowned. She placed a hand on MOMO's shoulder as the little girl looked upwards.
" I know he'll make it, he's a strong fighter! Little Master has been through much more tougher times than this." MOMO nodded weakly at this statement.
" Your right…but I still feel awful…"
" Why's that?" Mary tilted her head to the side questioningly.
" This feeling…" MOMO placed a hand on her chest and stopped walking. " I hadn't really told anyone…"
" What is it?" Mary asked worriedly as she now stood In front of the realian. MOMO took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
" I've been getting these strange thoughts, these strange feelings lately. There mostly negative…Every time I think of Jr…" MOMO paused, searching for a way to put it not so harshly " I seem to feel glad that he is in this current condition."
Mary gasped at MOMO's words and her eyes flared.
" MOMO! How could you say that!? How could you think such a way after all that Jr. has done for you! Jr. tries his best when he can…Not many people understand him!" Mary blurted out as MOMO looked towards Mary, confusion lighting her eyes up.
" Jr.?" MOMO asked as Mary had also become confused. She then realized that she had said Jr.'s name instead of her usually little master.
" Oh…I'm sorry…"
" Um…no…" MOMO replied unsure of herself. " It's just that…I've never heard you say his name before…it caught me by surprise…I guess…"
The two stood silent…the flickering of lights making the only sound from a distance. MOMO suddenly had a thought…Jr. and Mary? No! That couldn't be either…she just said his name twice…it's just a name…
But the way she said it…made her question…
MOMO shook her head, all this thinking from just a name? Maybe Mary was just trying to emphasis her point on Jr. being a good person…
Yes…that's all it was…how ridiculous of her, thinking such a way…again…
" MOMO?" Mary called out to the said girl again, nervousness dimly shown in her eyes. She hadn't mean to say his name out loud…It just came out…but it was just a name…
To Mary…there was a difference…Little Master and Jr. were two different people…They couldn't possibly be the same… Little Master was her associate…Jr. was something more…Rubedo was something much more…
Mary knelt down to MOMO's level and decided to change the subject quickly…
" Say MOMO…ya think that you can find Shion?"
" Why?" MOMO asked innocently as Mary chuckled.
" We all could use a small break…maybe we have to many, but I could go for an ice cream!" Mary cheerfully replied as MOMO's eyes brightened a bit.
" That doesn't sound so bad…" MOMO trailed off as she closed her eyes and stood still for a few moments.
…
" She's in the lab." MOMO finally spoke and opened her eyes. Mary stood up and nodded.
" Alright! We'll all go together…and another thing." Mary began to walk ahead of MOMO and then stopped. " One of you guys are going to have to show me around the place, I get lost so easily!" Mary sighed as MOMO laughed…
Mary looked towards MOMO oddly…even though the blonde was being mean to MOMO secretly…
It was good to see her laugh again…
Miyuki began to pout out loud as Shion sighed, aggravated with the girl's whining. Shion had sent Miyuki out to look for Dr. Lunas, who had, at the moment, held the small black disk. She couldn't be found anywhere…or at least that's what Miyuki had claimed.
" Told you not to let her do it." Chris called from the other side of the lab as Miyuki stuck her tongue out at the blue haired male.
" I tried! Really! I can't find her anywhere!"
" Yeah…sure…"
" Shut up Chris!" Miyuki walked over and threw him out of his chair, causing him to yelp suddenly and fall on his ass. Miyuki smiled triumphfitly as Chris glared at her.
" Stop it you two! Such children I work with…" Shion said, rubbing her head as Allen backed away from her.
" Shion…please don't get to upset…" Allen asked as she glared daggers at him.
" And YOU! All you have been doing is standing there, not helping me find any useful information!"
" I'm sorry?" Allen questioned as Shion gave him a light "hmph" noise and turned around in her chair. She then looked over at Ziggy, who had been working silently…
" Ziggy, sorry for all of the noise…how are you doing?"
" No need for apologies, I'm am fine…But I think I've found som-"
" Shion!" MOMO jogged through the automatic doors, Mary not to far behind her. Shion stood up and walked over to the staircase, where MOMO was bouncing up and down from.
" MOMO. You seem to be in a good mood, I'm happy to see you that way."
" Thank you…" MOMO quietly spoke, embarrassed by her sudden appearance. " Won't you come…with us?"
" Where to?" Shion questioned.
" Well, I thought that maybe we could go for an ice cream?" Mary smiled as Shion stretched and thought about the idea.
" Well, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. I could use something sweet to get me going. Sure." Shion just couldn't say no to MOMO. It seemed that the pink haired girl could use the extra attention. " Oh…but I would really like to get that disk first…"
" Disk?"
" Yes…we we're just looking up some dirt on Juli Mizhari…" Shion said as MOMO frowned. " MOMO…"
" No…it's ok…I wasn't mommy's favorite anyway…" MOMO knelt her head down as Shion frowned. She quickly knelt down and hugged the girl.
" Oh…don't think that way…will get this all settled soon ok?" Shion said as MOMO looked at her and nodded slowly. Shion patted MOMO's pink hair and stood up again.
" I could help you…" MOMO then interrupted the silence and Shion's eyes widened.
" Of course! You can locate anybody, right MOMO?"
" Sure! Tell me who you are looking for, if it will help…"
" Plenty! Since Miyuki…" Shion glared at the girl in the corner who only shrugged. " Isn't much help, you'll do just fine! You're the greatest!…Now…locate Dr. Lunas for me?"
MOMO nodded at the request and closed her eyes, small lights appeared from her. Shion looked on contently, seeing how the new systems inside MOMO were working fine. After a few seconds MOMO frowned and opened her eyes.
" Sorry Shion…but she seems to be sleeping in her room at the moment."
" Oh! Darn…" Shion snapped her fingers and took on a thinking pose, shifting the weight from one foot to the other. Allen decided to join in, hoping that his idea would calm Shion's nerves on him suddenly becoming lazy.
" Uh…Shion?"
" What!?" Shion quickly turned to look at the brunette, who coward away in his seat..
" Well…since Jr. was the one to give it to her…maybe she returned the disk already?"
" But Jr. isn't awake right now." Shion gritted through her teeth is Allen sighed.
" Well…since chaos is Jr.'s room mate, maybe he knows something…" Allen trailed off as Shion smiled…her Satan like self turning into a happy Angel (cough cough).
" Brilliant idea Allen! chaos should be roaming around somewhere! I never known him to take many naps…MOMO, locate chaos for me!" Shion threw a fist in the air as everyone looked at her strangely…If it were an anime…they would all be sweat dropping at this point… . ;;
" Ok." MOMO giggled as she closed her eyes again, the small bright lights appearing.
Game room
No
Eatery
No
Bathroom…
No…
Control room…
No…
MOMO listed off the places in her systems…
Bedroom…
No?
Everyone had suddenly grew silent as they noticed MOMO's face expressing confusion. Her eyebrows knit together as she began to bite her lip.
Hallways?
No??
" MOMO? Is there something wrong?" Ziggy called as her face changed from confusion to worry. She searched and searched…
Everything seemed empty…
Where was he…?
Training room?
MOMO had locked on to a signal inside that certain room…but it wasn't chaos. It seemed to be KOS-MOS…she was about to look more into the person's profile…
" Ahh!!!" MOMO yelped out as the lights quickly disappeared and she held her head, sinking to the floor doing so. Everyone rushed over to MOMO quickly as Ziggy picked her up.
" MOMO!? Are you alright!?" Miyuki called as MOMO held her eyes tightly together. After a few more moments, MOMO opened her eyes slowly…and quickly looked around.
" Is her systems functioning fine?" Ziggy questioned as Shion was about to head for one of the computers…
" I'm…fine…" MOMO spoke, as everyone felt relief wash over them.
" What happened?" Allen asked as she looked over to him, releasing herself from Ziggy's embrace.
" I…I can't find…" MOMO suddenly said.
" What?"
" I can't find chaos anywhere!" MOMO yelled out, a bit frantically. Shion was taken a back by her statement.
" You can't find him?" Shion as incredulously as MOMO nodded. She stood up straight, everyone following afterwards.
" His signal…his body heat…I can't find him anywhere…it's like he's vanished!"
" That can't be…?" Shion questioned " Maybe your systems are acting up?"
" No! I'm sure." MOMO put in confidently. " He isn't outside or inside the building…he disappeared…"
Everyone's expressions also turned now to worry.
chaos disappearing? He might be the odd one…but he wouldn't just disappear on them…could he?
Shion thought for a second as she came up with a plan…
" MOMO…what about KOS-MOS? She also has a searching system…maybe she could find him. Then we could all find out if your systems are functioning fine." Shion explained calmly as MOMO nodded.
" O…ok…but…"
" But?" Ziggy inquired.
" While I was searching…I thought I had located KOS-MOS in the training room."
" Oh…she must still be in there…I told her to go and practice…but that was well over hours ago…she couldn't still be there…" Shion pondered out loud as MOMO continued.
" That's not it…when I tried to check if it was her…my systems some how went haywire, so I stopped looking…Her movement…It was like she was frozen…" By hearing this, Shion started panicking slightly.
" Frozen!? That can't be! I'm going to check on this myself!"
" Boss! Don't do anything crazy!" Allen pleaded as Shion glared at him once again.
" Quiet Allen! YOU can stay here and act like a chicken! I'm heading over to the training facility!" Shion picked up her hand held computer and began walking up the steps. The computer suddenly started to ring.
They all stopped and looked over to Chris. He swung around in his chair and then looked back at the others.
" It's a call from Dr. Lunas."
" Well, answer it!" Miyuki ordered as Chris rolled his eyes. The screen changed, showing the woman on the screen. She seemed to be in her bedroom.
" Dr. Lunas? Is there something you need?" Chris asked as she stretched a bit and looked over at the monitor.
" I was calling in to see if any of the data I sent to the Foundation was sent back to me?"
" Foundation? What did you send them?" Allen asked, suddenly interested as Dr. Lunas was taken a back by the number of people in the lab. She narrowed her eyes suddenly, ignoring Allen's question.
" I'll explain later…Why are there so many people inside my lab?"
" There seems to be a disturbance Doctor."
" What do you mean?" Dr. Lunas became suddenly awake.
" chaos seems to be missing…and KOS-MOS…there might be something wrong with her." Shion quickly said as Dr. Lunas placed her glasses on.
" Hmm…give me the details when I arrive at the lab. I'll be heading over to my patient to see how he is doing. He should be waking up anytime soon. Plus, his vitals need checking anyway."
" Alrighty! See you soon!" With that, Chris closed the screen and looked over to Shion. MOMO, Ziggy, and Allen came up to her.
" We're coming to!" MOMO said as the other two nodded. Shion quickly nodded with her as they all jogged out of the room.
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" Surely KOS-MOS is fine…I know she's been complaining about malfunctions…could this have anything to do with it?" Shion thought as they finally reached the training room. They all stood for a few minutes, catching their breath as Ziggy calmly stood in front of the door.
The doors opened slower than usually…
They all piled out into the room and now stood on the balcony inside. The whole room was white with some walls replaced as mirrors. Equipment laid around the room…and one of the machines was broken, it's arms dangling to the side as it shut off.
Shion walked towards the balcony's edge with MOMO…and suddenly gasped at the site before her.
Small colored shards were laid all over the floor…bullet shells did as well, there metallic surface shinning in the bright light of the room. The machines that had once been working about, had stopped moving a while ago. A certain machine, which contained disks, was down at the moment. But that's not what caught Shion's attention the most…
Off to the far side of the room…a few traces of crimson, was spattered around a certain area…in front of it…
KOS-MOS laid propped up on the wall, a gun sat in her hand…It seemed as if it melted…
" KOS-MOS!" Shion shouted as they all rushed down the stairs and over to the blue haired girl. Shion quickly noted something…odd about KOS-MOS as she knelt down, while repeatedly calling out her name.
KOS-MOS's eyes…they were half open, but Shion could defiantly see it…
They were a light blue…KOS-MOS didn't have blue eyes…they were supposed to be red.
" Is…she going to be…ok?" MOMO asked, her arms placed close to her chest.
" I don't know. What happened?" Shion asked no one in particular as Ziggy knelt next to the crimson spots on the floor.
" Someone else must have been here." Ziggy pointed to the spots.
" Blood…" Allen said as he also knelt down. It was very bright and blended with the white flooring, but Allen could see it. He picked up the strands of hair off the ground, MOMO's eyes questioning what he was doing.
" There…silver…silver hair?"
" chaos!?" MOMO blurted out, her frown deepening as Ziggy narrowed his eyes.
" But…did chaos get injured somehow?? No…this is confusing…" Allen wondered as Shion looked towards the others.
" We have to get her to the recharging bed. She seems to have shutdown somehow."
"Can we get her…?" MOMO trailed off.
" We sure can! I'll make sure of it! Come on!" Ziggy and Allen assisted in helping Shion pick up KOS-MOS
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Owww…my head hurts…
Somewhere soft?
It's bright though…
She was…here…
Yea…
I remember…
And I heard her…
Giving me something…
But my…hand…
Feels empty…
My body…aches…
No! She saw it again!
DRILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Ahhh!!
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Bringgggggg Bringggggg…
Miyuki, Chris, and Mary sat in the lab patiently waiting for the others to arrive. Miyuki had gone back to the control room quickly however, saying she couldn't detect any other presence that was unwanted in the facility. Chris, yet again, turned around in his swivel chair, seeing how the monitor was calling his attention.
" Maybe it's the others?" Miyuki asked as Chris typed in a few keys and suddenly, Dr. Lunas appeared on the screen…and she seemed slightly pissed…
" Uhh…I thought you'd be here by now Doctor." Chris asked as the Doctor narrowed her eyes.
" You people really want to tick me off eh?"
" What are you talking about?" Chris shot back at her as she frowned. Seeing as how they all didn't know what she was talking about…
" Oh dear…"
" What is it doctor?" Miyuki walked over to the screen.
" It seems we might have another issue on our hands…"
" What?" Mary asked as the Doctor moved herself from view…
And suddenly…everyone grew pale…
An empty bed was seen…
Yes…and empty bed…
But no Jr…
Dun Dun DUN!!! Now everyone is disappearing!!! Where's chaos!? Is he alive!? Where's Jr.!? Has he gone psycho!? The beginning of this chap. Was somewhat boring but….hey! I'm making you all suffer HAHAHAHA. Did KOS-MOS do something to chaos? Who knows if any of you will find out!!! MWA MWA MHAAAA!!!!!! Read and review looks over at very PISSED off reviewers Gotta run!