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PART II
Light Your Face With A Smile
Chapter 21
The
Their finally here…
The ship docked smoothly, the sounds of gas pressure coming loose and the distant shouts of people outside the ship. The imprisoned group listened carefully, their minds filled with racing thoughts…wondering if they had truthfully reached…
Fifth Jerusalem…
" Chief, please calm down!"
" Calm down!? How can I!? KOS-MOS has been missing throughout this whole trip! And YOUR telling me to calm DOWN? What if she's hurt Allen…but she's already hurt, her systems shut down for some reason we don't know of…what if they do something to her Allen? How inconsiderate you are!" Shion yelled at her co-worker as he winced at her statements.
Shion, throughout some of the ride to their current location, had made herself sick with worry as to where KOS-MOS could have been taking to…
Without anyone knowing, Mary sat in the corner still, annoyed at the brunette…hoping at some point in time she could just shut up…Didn't Shion realize how much she was making the situation worse with her badgering loudly? Mary sighed and looked over to MOMO. It was strange, Mary thought. Why would they take KOS-MOS and not MOMO? Isn't that what they we're really after? What Juli was really after? Maybe there had been some ulterior motive…
Still glancing at the pink haired girl, she noticed the sadden expression on her face. MOMO seemed calm…yet, she seemed lifeless, as tired of all the events that had taken place…maybe she wished for everything to stop? To just freeze in time? Maybe she wished that all of this was just bad dream…
How Mary also wished for all of it to stop…
But it couldn't…it wouldn't…
Wasn't the negative experiences what made us grow to be more mature?
Learn from past mistakes?
Mary huffed, her eyes revealing stormy depths of angered feelings. Mistakes…no one ever learned from there mistakes…if everyone had…would we feel the need to conspire against each other? To avenge our ancestors failed ideals? No…there was no such things as mistakes to the people…
Just the need for improvement…to become superior…
Mary looked down at her hands suddenly, starring at her palms carefully. Tracing with her eye the small wrinkles that laid embedded in her hands. These lines seemed to tell a life's story…the aging process of every human being…
Palm reading was so old fashioned…but how fascinating it seemed…
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Mary was snapped out of her thoughts by the sudden movement of feet…a multiple pairs of feet heading for the door…for the hanger. Everyone else seemed to noticed this…Ziggy stood up and approached Shion and Allen, seeing how they were closest to the door. Mary stood up as MOMO lifted her head…how dizzy she felt.
Swish…
The code was unlocked and the automatic doors opened horizontally. A man adjusted his glasses as the light began to flood the dim room.
"You…" Shion said lowly as the man only nodded, a few guards standing behind him, waiting to proceed by his command it seemed.
" Well Shion…I'm so glad you still remember me through the short hours." The man with glasses replied, smiling as he recognized familiarly flashing through the girl's eyes. She snorted at his comment as he only chuckled. " To bad I don't have enough time talk to you…I'm sure we'll both get familiar later." Shion threw him a disgusted look as he shrugged.
" Where…are we?" Mary demanded slowly, interrupting the conversation, allowing Allen to move in front of Shion. He felt protective suddenly…
" That is quite the question eh…although, it seems you should all know the answer." The man crossed his arms together and looked towards the floor. Ziggy narrowed his eyes.
" Fifth Jerusalem?"
" Well well, it seems the group is smart after all…but the answer was obvious anyway…" He chuckled at his own words and motioned for the guards to step forward. MOMO moved even more back to the corner. The man noticed the sudden movement and gazed at the frightened girl. He smiled wickedly and made his way to her. At this, Ziggy stepped in his way, causing the guards to lift their guns towards the pair. The man was unfazed by Ziggy's unannounced threat and sighed.
" I'm sure you wouldn't do anything…stupid…would you?" The male carefully said, hoping that Ziggy caught the point of what he was meaning. The cyborg gazed at the shorter man as Mary had walked over to MOMO to give the girl some comfort. It became apparent to Mary that MOMO didn't want to face the man alone.
After a few moments of silence, Ziggy stepped aside, causing the man to grin and continue his walk towards the girl. Mary glared at him as he bent down and took his glasses off. MOMO starred at the floor, not wanting to meet the malicious man's gaze. He seemed to be analyzing her.
" My…" The man breathed in as he whispered. " You are a fine piece of work eh?" MOMO bowed her head down even more, uncomfortable with the situation. He motioned for two guards to step forward and then snapped his fingers.
" Take them away…" A sudden roar of noise was made as Shion and Allen were taken out of the hanger first. Mary resisted, but began to cooperate as one of the man hit her in the stomach with the back of his gun. She didn't want to leave MOMO alone… "…and the girl comes with me." The man finished as Ziggy began to protest. Since he seemed to be bigger and stronger one of the group, one of the guards suddenly shocked him on the neck as he was about to approach MOMO.
Caught off guard, Ziggy sunk to the floor. The guards roughly pulled him along, Mary trailing behind him as they were all lead off the ship.
Shion looked around, noticing how they were defiantly in the docking area. Crates among crates laid everywhere as workers minded there business, shouting out orders and getting errands done…
The Vector employee suddenly looked up, noticing how floors upon floors of windows stacked higher in the red building…on one of those floors…
A figure…seemed to be watching the whole event…but Shion couldn't make out who it was…as she blinked, the figure was gone…
The only thing Shion could get was someone…someone with brown hair…
" Let me go!" MOMO called out, Shion cut from her thoughts as she looked back at the ship's ramp. Two guards were carrying MOMO off the ship. A man holding her legs as the other by her shoulders. She was going out of control…She didn't want this…
MOMO cried out again as Shion and Mary tried to get free of the guard's grasps, but failed in doing so…
" Please…I don't want to go…not again…I don't want to come back! Don't do this!" MOMO screamed out in her mind as the guards carried her away…
The words of the man with glasses shook her deeply…As everyone left the room, the man had whispered in her ear…
" We would love to test…and maybe even extract the Y-data from you…Your such a lovely little thing…I'm sure you wouldn't mind…"
These words repeated in her head over and over…
MOMO thought she was away from it…away from the testing…
Away from the experimentations…
She didn't want it anymore! She didn't want to hurt anymore…
" Don't just stand there! Move it!" One of the guards called as they nudged everyone out of their thoughts, causing them to be dragged in a different direction…
" MOMO…please be safe…" Shion thought worriedly…
Little did the group know…
…it would have been the last time either one of them saw her again…
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" Let me go!" MOMO repeatedly shouted as the guards tried to handle her with care, although, she was making it extremely difficult…One of them was about to hit her from annoyance.
" Hit her and I will be sure to have you fired." The man with glasses ordered as the guard immediate went along silently again.
So many thoughts were rushing through her mind…they couldn't do this…she didn't want it…
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How sleepy he kept feeling…
And yet…how annoying it was getting…
All of his wounds might have healed mostly…but he shouldn't have been just lying there…he needed to get out and look for her…
Look for MOMO…
Jr. jumped out a bed…feeling energized from the tons of naps he had been getting. Why had he felt so exhausted? From what Gaignun could gather, hearing of the past events from chaos, Jr. must have over exerted his powers…and it was causing him to act as if he had narcolepsy…
" Hopefully I won't fall asleep again…I have no time for this crap!" Jr. thought as he began to change into his usual attire.
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Setting his guns into their respected holsters, Jr. stroked their surface, the thought of how rusty his skill had become…seeing as how he hadn't used them in quite awhile.
Heading for the transportation car, he clicked to be transported to the bridge…
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As he traveled to his desired location…Jr. recapped on previous events…and suddenly frowned…
They were all dead…
Lifeless on the floor…their blood dry…their limbs unmoving…
How could they have done this? How could Juli order such a thing…?
Jr. sat down in the transportation car alone…placing his elbows on his knees, and clasping his palms together, where they knelt on his forehead…
He had wanted to see it for himself…he couldn't believe it…
Gaignun had narrowed his eyes at his advisor…Jr. had ran out of the room, along with chaos…
" Miyuki…Chris…Ms. Lunas…I'm so sorry…you shouldn't have been in this…" Jr. whispered, a deathly silence following.
Why did they…go? They had nothing in this…they were innocent! They just wanted to help…and look what happened! How many deaths would…
Jr. placed his chin on his enclosed palms…which were now tightening into fists.
Those guards had took Shion and everyone…and MOMO…were they alright? Was she alright?
Was MOMO blaming herself for everything as well?
The thought had never came to him before…but assessing the situation…would MOMO blame herself for the death and casualties of others? Was she also blaming herself for past mistakes? Past occurrences as Jr. had?
He didn't want her to go through such torture…Maybe he was being unfair…
Jr. himself hadn't gone through complete physical torture as MOMO had…
The transportation car stopped and Jr. stepped out.
A simple apology wouldn't heal the wounds MOMO had mentally…and physically…
Those scars…they would always stay embedded in her skin…reminding her of the pain…
Jr. nodded at the guards standing by the elevator, who saluted him. Stepping on, he waited impatiently as the elevator moved upward…
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Reaching his destination, familiar emerald eyes looked towards Jr.'s direction, a smile creeping on the owner's face.
" Sleep well?" chaos questioned as Jr. frowned…he hadn't meant to doze off all the time. Catching the expression on the boy's face, chaos spoke softly. " It's ok Jr…we can't keep at it all the time…we all need our rest…"
" Did you rest yet?"
" Awhile ago…I'm fine now."
" And your headaches?"
" They still come…but I'll survive." chaos smiled as did Jr…and then they both heard coughing.
" Where's your concern for me?" Gaignun questioned, causing Jr. to glare at the man approaching the two.
" YOU weren't hurt…so YOU don't deserve none of my sympathy."
" How touching."
" Bite me."
" I'm not a Hannibal Jr., and if I were, that mouth of yours would be the first thing to go." Gaignun calmly stated as chaos tried to hold back the laughter, seeing the expression on Jr.'s face was priceless.
Jr. quickly regained his composure and snorted.
" Shut it Gaignun, I'm not in the mood, we have other matters to attend to. Looking for MOMO would be a good place to START." Jr. bit out as Gaignun narrowed his eyes.
" Ah yes…while you sleep away, we slave away at that idea…Jr., what do you think we have been trying to do?"
" For all I know, you could be slaving away at your desk, signing tax returns while the rest of the crew do round up stunts in outer space on the Durandal…just to make sure the ships working."
" Let us please focus on the matter at hand." Shelley cut in as she walked down the ramp gracefully, the three males catching her attention. Gaignun nodded as Jr. looked towards the side.
They all stood in silence until Shelley spoke again.
" I am worried for my sister…as well as the others. Let us bring them back in one peace…plus Mr. Gaignun, we are receiving a signal from Vector Industries."
" Vector Industries? What do they want?" Jr. said questioningly.
" Mr. Wilhelm would like to have a word with us."
" Ah, Mr. Wilhelm, please, patch him through." Gaignun replied as Shelley went to bring the message up on screen.
In a matter of moments, the platinum haired male mentioned before appeared on the wide screen, his fact expressing concern as he sat at his desk.
" Good evening Gaignun."
" Evening Wilhelm, for what honor do I owe for such a call?"
" I would think the answer obvious…no?"
Gaignun chuckled and nodded. " Quite right."
" To be quite frank…I hear some of my employees have experienced some causalities?" The room suddenly became silent as Jr. stepped forward.
" Mr. Wilhelm…I…" Jr. paused, unsure of what to say. " They…"
" No need to explain young man, I know perfectly well. Let us not have their deaths be in vain."
Jr. obeyed the man's request and fell silent again.
" I would suspected that the main parties have been captured?"
" Indeed."
" KOS-MOS is safe…as well as the…" Wilhelm paused, correcting himself, seeing as he was still in the presence of Jr. " MOMO…they wouldn't harm the two…nor the others." Wilhelm was always in the know about certain things…after all, he did have connections…
" How could you be so sure?"
" Isn't that obvious too? I wouldn't dare think the little girl would let them put her friends in danger…or she would herself."
Jr. tightened his fists. He didn't want anyone or MOMO putting themselves in danger…he wanted them all to be safe…
" But then again." Wilhelm continued. " This isn't why I called in…I was hoping to be of some assistance."
This had caught everyone's attention as Gaignun raised an eyebrow in curiosity. " Oh?"
" Yes…I have come to tell you your next course of actions. I would suggest heading to Fifth Jerusalem immediately…and quietly as possible."
" Fifth Jerusalem!? But we already checked that place out…Helmer's staff didn't find a trace of anything suspicious. Plus, why send them to an obvious place? We all know that is where the Sub Committee's main head quarters are…and wouldn't they have been therea while ago."
" True…but doesn't stalled transportation mean anything to you?" Wilhelm questioned as a sign of understanding crossed Gaignun's face.
" Hmm…Maybe they expected us to check the place out sooner or later…and when we did finish…they would bring the hostages in…It also let us think of maybe the others were sent to another location that would be tricky to find."
" My point exactly, it is confirmed that they have transported their prisoners there."
" Wait…how would you know all this?" Jr. questioned.
" Connections is the key Jr…is it not? Besides…I also have one more bit of information for you all seemed to have missed."
" And this would be…?"
" A blue haired…"
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They had finally reached a room that seemed to be situated on the upper floors. The guards busted through the automatic doors, and then the doors behind them closed quickly.
MOMO was suddenly thrown to the floor as one of the guards roughly uncuffed her hands.
The room was quiet…eerily quiet…
The guards, as well as the man in glasses bowed their heads and turned to leave. MOMO looked behind her to see them disappear through the door. She looked down at her wrists and began to rub them.
Where was she…? Noticing how silent it was, she began to turn around…
" I never knew I had such a disobeying daughter…your nothing like Sakura. What was my husband thinking?" A voice called out, causing MOMO to freeze in mid turn.
Was that…?
" Mom…my?" MOMO choked out as she finally turned around…noticing the dark pair of eyes looking towards her…not showing any signs of comfort or affection…
" Though…I am not your mother." Juli paused. " Daughters wouldn't disobey their mothers…would they?"
MOMO looked at her surroundings…was she in…a…lab…?
Behind Juli and beside her, stood a staff of many people…most of them being men…what was going on?
" …and a mother wouldn't hate their daughters so." Juli finished as MOMO looked back at her, a sudden fear creeping into her eyes.
What we're they planning on doing?
MOMO suddenly saw movement behind Juli…was that…a hand? Was someone hiding behind her mother?
" Mommy…what are you doing…"
" Don't call me that!" Juli called as MOMO closed her eyes…and then blinked…How could MOMO consider this woman a mother?
Feeling a bit more braver, MOMO finally stood up slowly. " Why are you here? Who are all of these people? Why…why are you doing this to me!" MOMO called out as she gripped a fist in front of her chest. MOMO felt frightened as she absent mindedly rubbed one of the scars on her arm…which was concealed by her clothing. Juli felt a tug on her own clothing. Turning her head slightly, she whispered something MOMO wasn't able to hear. After a few moments, Juli and the mysterious figure began to leave.
" Wait…where are you going?" MOMO called as the pair were headed to a door on the side.
Who was that?
Juli looked behind her, taking one last look at MOMO.
" Disgusting thing…I'll let them deal with you…and the Y-data. Soon, all of my husband's work will be in my care….and there will be no more use for you."
" Don't say that!" MOMO called again as she suddenly felt the space around her become small.
" A mere doll." Juli muttered. " Without a heart and soul…you weren't made for this world." With that, Juli and the figure went through the open the door.
Who was that?
MOMO was about to run over to the two, until her way was blocked. A male wearing a white lab coat stood in her way, eyeing her. Another man stood behind her as MOMO turned around. A female with long dark urbane hair, which had some tied behind her head, held unto a clipboard and placed a hand on her hip.
MOMO's eyes widened considerably at the woman's sudden words.
" Let's get to work…" She paused. " Strip her of her clothing…all of it." The woman said calmly.
MOMO ran in the only open direction possible as the two males jumped for her. She ran for the door, knocking objects and trays over on her way. As she reached it…
" Oh no! It's locked!"
The realian began to bang on the door as she felt two pairs of strong hands grab her, causing her to yelp out in surprise.
" No! Stop it!" MOMO shouted as they dragged her over to a metal table, where the woman was waiting…a needle in her hand. MOMO shook uncontrollably as they started to have difficulty in calming the girl down.
" Place her here! Quickly!" The woman called as they slammed MOMO's body down on the table. She struggled as much as she could.
" Help me…anyone…"
" Let go!" MOMO yelled as the woman tested the needle first. Seeing the approaching needle coming forward, MOMO felt the tears begin to form.
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STAB
The liquid went in smoothly…deeply into the little girl's skin.
She didn't scream out…nor did she let the tears fall…
She sat there…frozen in time….her eyes wide with grief…
It was happening all over again…
" Now then." The woman calmly spoke and looked at her other staff members. " Let us being experimentation plan 106."
The man who had earlier taken MOMO to the table, raised his arm above the table, grabbing a tube like cord…which seemed to have a narrow metal tip, a whole made at it's end. The other male pulled MOMO's shirt down in the back…where one of her scars was seen on her upper back.
Seeing this, the man suddenly jabbed the contraption into her back on the scar…
And suddenly…time seemed to have slowed once again…
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She let the tears fall this time…as a curdling blood scream pierced the silent air…
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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Shion looked up quickly from her crouched position on the floor in her prison cell, thinking she heard a muffled shriek from a distance…and then…
…all was silent again…
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Dun dun…and once again…I have done it! Another long ass chapter…and I'm tired…me going to bed…darn…gotta take a shower first…yawn…