Chapter 2

Le nom thy de beauté est Shion

(Beauty thy name is Shion)

Shion placed a hand to Jr.'s forehead and frowned. "That's funny. You're not running a fever."

Jr. pushed her away. "Don't worry Shion…I know exactly who did that…Albedo. We can speak telepathically remember?"

Shion nodded. "But Jr…"

"Don't worry about me" he assured her as he looked into those stunning green eyes. Those green eyes that reflected such passion and beauty, Eyes that spoke none other than the truth. It was true she was concerned about her friend. Jr. gasped. Whose feelings were they? Certainly not his. He loved Momo more than anything… so whose feelings were these

……Gaignun……

…….Albedo's…….

………His….

"Come on Jr." Momo called him. "Lets get something to eat… are you well enough to eat?"

Jr. smiled like he always did when he looked at Momo's amber eyes. What on earth was he worrying about? Momo was the one he loved not Shion, besides Allen, his good friend was in love with Shion. He shook off the uneasiness that had momentarily settled in his stomach and strode over to Momo. "I'm Starved."

She giggled. "Good, cause Shion was going to teach me how to make her famous curry today. I want to get as good as her, so then maybe one day I can cook for mommy."

Jr. tensed up a bit but smiled back at her. "Sounds great."

Albedo had sat in his AGWS and watched intently as Jr. struggled against his will to realize whose feelings he felt. With grim satisfaction he laughed once again. "Oh Rubedo you are so pathetic. Even you question your own feelings. I thought you loved Ma Peche, but the second my feelings for dear Shion transfer to you're mind…you hesitate. What a pitiful man Rubedo. Ma Peche would be so upset if she found out." He laughed as another insane idea entered his mind. "Perhaps I should tell her. What a fuss that would cause." He glanced at the screen once more and smiled. "Such turmoil you feel dear boy…what a lost puppy you are."

As his laughter faded out he ran thorough his plans once more. Momo would be tested soon… within a few days and then he could strike…she would be totally defenseless. Perhaps whilst all this goes on he could snatch his 'belle reine' Shion. This plan seemed so perfect. Everything was falling into place. Soon the future would be opened. Soon everything would be clear… soon he'd have everything he searched for.

This thought sprung another laugh in his pilot seat. This time it echoed and rippled over the blankets of space…it was almost if he could be heard from miles away. Albedo hadn't been this happy in along time. "I'll finally have my revenge Rubedo."

(Three days later)

Kos-Mos arose from her daily tune up. She carefully stepped out of her regeneration bed and tested her flexing joints for a moment and searched the room. It was empty. Shion must have gone to check up on the others Kos-Mos silently confirmed. She took a step forward, her boots clacking on the ground, her hair whipped around her body. No sooner had she taken another step her indication sensors went off making a loud blipping noise in her ear. She turned to see Momo standing in the doorway of the room.

"You're awake?" she questioned the android.

"Affirmative. How may I be of service Multiple Observation Mimetic Organus 100-series prototype realian?" Kos-Mos questioned.

Momo placed a hand over her mouth and suppressed giggles. "Just call me Momo."

"Affirmative…Momo" the android replied, her red eyes innocent and wide.

Momo walked over to a bench and took a seat and watched Kos-Mos with her big amber eyes. "Kos-Mos?"

She turned to face the little girl. "Yes Momo?"

"Do you ever feel anything? Even though you're not human?" she asked

Kos-Mos paced back and forth across the room flexing her joints. Casually she replied. "I was not equipped with a pain educing nanomachine. I do not feel pain at all."

"That's not what I mean… do you ever feel sad or happy…or anything?" she questioned again.

"I have not felt these feelings Momo" the blue haired woman replied as she took a seat next to her guest. "I can assure you though…there is a 99.9999 chance its because I'm not human. I don't have a human heart."

Momo sighed. "I should have known better. Us Realian's and androids aren't supposed to feel anything are we?"

Kos-Mos looked at her. "What do you mean…my functions are not capable of decoding illogical thought processes."

"Never mind Kos-Mos" Momo whispered. " But do you have someone really special to you? Like someone who will always stand up for you and support you… like a parent?"

Kos-Mos stared blankly at the wall for a moment. "…. Yes…Shion."

Momo's eyes brightened. " Really. You think Shion could be you're parent?"

"Affirmative…Shion is my guardian. I feel most comfortable in battle state when I'm protecting her."

Astonished Momo's mouth dropped. "So even Realian's and androids can have parents too even though they can function without them?"

"Yes" Kos-Mos replied as she began to walk around the room again. She turned abruptly, her hand clenched to the center of her chest.

Momo stood up with a gasp. "Whats wrong Kos-Mos?"

Allen Ridgley, co worker of Shion's in Vector's First division took in a swig of steaming coffee from his mug. He lowered his arm and placed the mug on the table and abruptly spit out the contents in his mouth as he gazed at a computer screen. "Chief! Chief! Get over here!"

Shion promptly ran across the room to Allen's screen. "No need to yell, I can here you just fine. Whats the problem?"

"Look" He blurted out as he pointed to the screen.

Shion gasped. "Oh my…" without thinking she pushed Allen out of the seat and began to type like mad accessing codes and locks.

Allen got up from the floor and looked at his Chief engineer and boss with wide eyes. "Chief do you know what this means?"

Shion nodded, her mouth partially open in surprise. "This is Kos-Mos emotion monitor isn't it?"

Allen nodded.

She looked at the screen again with astonishment. The lines that were always still and unmoving were now jumping all over the screen. "Kos-Mos is feeling some sort of emotion."

"Impossible, we tried giving her emotions and she rejected the data software." Allen confirmed.

Without reply Shion opened a screen on the computer that was connected to the hangar's cameras. She watched with interest as Kos-Mos and Momo came into focus. "Watch."

"Kos-Mos are you okay?" Momo questioned as Kos-Mos gripped her chest tightly.

"I- I can assure you there is a 53.265 chance that this isn't normal…I am not functioning properly… excuse me Momo." She slowly walked to her regeneration bed and hopped in slowly letting the lid close.

"Kos-Mos…were you feeling pain?" Momo and Shion both questioned at the same time.

Shion closed the screen and looked at the emotional sensors graph again. It was silent once more. She then turned her face to meet Allen's. "This has never happened before."

Allen shook his head. "That was odd. She's never had any movement on that graph at all before."

"Did something Momo say to her trigger that?" Shion wondered. "I'll have to talk to her later." She stood up and walked out of the room in silence drowning in her thoughts.

It was quiet and dark in the small room that sat atop the Dammerung, head of Vector corporations. A tall white haired man with a thick lock of hair that hung in front of his face sat facing the endless space filled with speckled stars. Two men in cloaks stood behind him silently.

"Very interesting" the white haired man they called Wilhelm spoke up. "Kos-Mos has never felt pain before. This should get very interesting from here on."

The blue-cloaked man stepped forward daringly. "Sir are you sure you want Kos-Mos to be feeling pain so soon. She is but a mere Android with no purpose in your plan yet. She shouldn't feel pain until…the awakening."

"I agree" the red-cloaked man replied. He too stepped from the shadows. "Its dangerous to have them find out about the true awakening of Kos-Mos. The girl would never allow it."

Wilhelm laughed. "Dear friends…I've planned it very carefully, and even if that twinge of pain was not on my agenda it will not ruin every thing…what I'm really concerned about is how that 100 series realian prototype affected Kos-Mos so much. Perhaps we can use this to our liking."

"How" the cloaked men snapped.

"It will all come in good time," Wilhelm laughed. "As for the rest of my plan…it's going smoothly…except…Shion is not yet ready. We cannot peruse this any further until she can face her past and her present. I believe dear Yeshua is trying to interfere. He's trying to use that girl Nephillim to hint it to my dear worker what her roll in this life is.

"What does that girl mean to you anyway sire?" the blue-cloaked man asked.

"Yes she is just a simple girl working for you and your company. Nothing more. How could she influence your master plot?" the red-cloaked man asked.

Wilhelm choked back a laugh. "Don't worry everything is going smoothly remember. We will win. Do not worry…the priestess of Zarathrustra will soon appear before us. It is unto her decision how to end this.

(End Chapter 2)

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