Chapter 3
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Ally- oh my gosh, you guys DON'T know what Mae looks like! Im so sorry for not putting that in there XP, so this is for everyone who doesn't know what she looks like
Mae Takakashii
Hair- light brown hair with blond highlights, a little over shoulder length
Eyes- Dark Coffee brown
Interests- working on humanoid robots, reading, shopping and talking to friends
Sign- Capricorn
Home Planet: Old Milita
Current home: At her grandparent's house on Second Milita
Ying Fa Xang- Thank you oodles for the review!
CHAPTER 3 (Mae's thoughts)
"Alright Miss Takakashii, your terminal will be the one right there beside Mark and Shion," Chief Winnicot pointed over to a medium sized screen and matching chair, just like all the others.
"What will I be working on?" I asked.
"Oh, your perfecting KOS-MOS' Auto-Mode." I nodded and ran over to my chair and I started typing slowly, just incase I typed an error.
"Candie, make sure KOS-MOS' bindings are working properly, we don't want her coming out yet."
"You bet Chief!"
"Shion, I need you to watch the cage partition, make sure nothing is going wrong."
"Absolutely!"
"Fredric and Amy, I want you to contact the Second Division Weapon's section and see how KOS-MOS' condenser is coming, then I want you to see how her attachment weapons are going!"
"Certainly!" Amy yelled. I watched her run over to Fredric's terminal and sit next to him.
"Oh, she has a crush on him." I turned around from surprise to meet Mark, who obviously must of seen me watch them. I nodded and blushed. After two or three seconds Fredric announced, "The lines are congested, should I try again?"
Chief Winnicot shook his head no.
"Email them using your connection gear, they should get that quicker than waiting for the lines to decongest."
"ATTENTION EVERYONE!" The intercom yelled.
"DUE TO THE STORM, ALL LINES WILL BE CLOSED! THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY!"
"No wonder," Fredric sighed. The thunder crashed outside making me shudder with every crack. Lightning flashed near the window I was located at and I screamed. Lightning was never a thing I liked.
"Its okay Mae, they have multiple lightning towers outside!" Mark laughed. He called me Mae. Does he like me like me, or does he like me as a friend? The room got quiet. I was sure they were watching me.
"Okay Shion, Candie, Fredric, Amy and Shion! I need to see you in the other lab!" Chief Winnicot yelled.
"Huh? What about me and Mark?" I asked. He shrugged.
"I just needed these guys, so finish up your work!" And with that they all ran out the door and I was sure they were going to listen to what Mark and I were going to say.
"So, how long have you been here?" I asked Mark. He said, "1 year," without even looking away from his terminal. He turned and smiled.
"It never gets boring in here," I laughed. Somehow, the threatening lightning outside didn't scare me anymore.
"Hey, I was wondering if maybe you would like to get coffee sometime?" Panic Attack ALERT!
"Sure!" I smiled.
"WOOT!" Someone yelled outside. I heard a smacking sound and some shuffling. I walked to the door and opened it, making them fall to the floor.
"Oh hello Miss Takakashii!" Chief Winnicot said standing up.
"Were you listening to our conversation?" I asked.
"Well ofcou-," Shion quickly out her hand on Candie's mouth.
"What ever made you think that?" Shion said quickly and nervously. Everyone else got up quickly and ran back to their terminals and pretended to work, so they could hear anything else we were going to say.
"When?" I whispered to Mark.
"How about now?" He asked.
"Go ahead!" I jumped and turned around to face Chief Winnicot.
"I can have Amy and Jewel finish up your work!"
"Jewel?" I asked.
"She's a multi purpose Realian." I nodded and hand in hand, Mark and I walked out to the farthest coffee shop we could find.
"They are really annoying sometimes aren't they?' Mark asked after we ordered our coffee, this time I made sure I ordered a Frappuccino.
"Want to try some of this kind of coffee? Its superb!" Mark laughed.
"I don't eat anything I can't spell." I died laughing. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a lone Realian clutching her chest.
"Excuse me," I said getting up abruptly and walking over to her.
"Are you alright?" I asked. She shook her head.
"I started to have these abnormal malfunctions. I don't think I can move." I nodded and picked her up. My right arm, the one that was damaged wasn't shaking like me left arm because of her weight.
"Mark!" I yelled. He ran over.
"Need some help?" He asked, obviously seeing how her mass was hurting my arm. I nodded and I handed her over to him. Mark's arms flinched with her mass, but we were able to take her to a Realian Maintence Lab.
"Sherry!" The counselor yelled. He took her with ease and helped her up on a bed where he did some analyzes.
"I must thank you for brining my wife in! Let me give you a reward!" The counselor insisted.
"Umm, okay." Mark and I said in unison.
"Okay lets see here, do you have any 100-series Realian friends?" I nodded a 'No'.
"What about that project you're working on, whatever it is, it could certainly use this!" He picked up an A.G.W.S gun.
"Its not an A.G.W.S," Mark explained.
"Okay, 100,000 g's!" Oh, I about screamed.
"Okay!" I stuck out my hand and he gave me the money, now I can go shopping! Mark led me down the corridor and back into the First Division sector.
"Who would of thought he would give us so much money?" I asked flipping through it. Mark gave me a concerning look.
"It might not be real, make sure you have Chief Winnicot takes it to the director to see if its counterfeit or not." I shrugged and pulled out 50,000 g's for Mark.
"Oh you don't need to do that! You're the one that found her!" I pressed the money into his hand.
"Lets go shopping sometime!" I opened the door to our project room and everyone cheered.
"We saw you on the U.M.N news! You saved that Realian woman!" Candie yelled.
"Was it really that important, beside that that Realian was his wife?" Shion nodded.
"Yes, she was an important prototype of some sort, they wouldn't give us any information because were not in that sector." I nodded.
"Alright Love Birds, get back to your stations!" Chief Winnicot yelled. I blushed and fumbled into my chair, only succeeding in falling. Mark stuck out a hand and I put up my right arm. When he grabbed it, he stopped and didn't try to pull up.
"Mae, your arm," he whispered. I looked at it, but it didn't look unusual.
"Its cold and hard." He abruptly let go and I fell a little. I examined my arm; it really didn't look any different from my other one. With my left hand, I felt the skin on my right arm. It did feel cold and hard compared to my other arm. I looked up, about to cry. I saw Chief Winnicot turn away. He looked like he knew something! However, he would tell me right? I got up quickly and muttered, "I need some time to myself," and I ran outside crying. I heard the door open behind me and Shion ran after me. Surprisingly, she caught up.
"Mae wait!" She called. I stopped and wiped the tears from my eyes.
"It feels awful, like I was mutated!" Shion led me to a lounge area and we sat down.
"Its okay Mae! You don't act or think any different do you? People still love you for who you are right? Think of Realians, or cyborgs! Don't you think cyborgs resent ever being in the Life Recycling Act?"
"But, cyborgs have limits on where they can go! People are afraid to be near cyborgs!" I cried out.
"But look at your arm! Even you couldn't tell it was a prosthetic one. And that synthetic skin looks really good. I think its Realian tissue, im not sure." Hearing Shion go on about how awesome it was, made me feel better.
"You think Mark still likes me even though I have a fake arm?" I asked. Shion laughed.
"Girl, I think he would like you even if you were a Realian! Anyway, I heard when he was little, he had heart problems so he had to have something put into his heart so it could function properly!" Hearing this made me feel great.
"Shall we go back?" Shion asked. I nodded and followed her back to our room.
"I wonder, is it bullet proof?" Shion asked. I shrugged. I defiantly wanted to talk to the person who did my operation and possibly thank them. When she opened the door everyone crowded around me to make sure I was okay. Candie had coffee, the kind I like waiting for me at my Terminal.
"Actually Miss Takakashii, I need you to watch over the cage partition with Shion. Just pull up the file on your Connection Gear and it should appear on your screen. I nodded and I successfully opened it. It was a good hour or so when the storms started up again. They weren't as severe as the first time, but they were near that. A couple of times, some Realians came and checked up on us to see if our power was on and such.
"Chief Winnicot, some one is on a connection for you!" Candie yelled. Chief Winnicot looked surprised and rushed out suddenly.
"Is something the matter?" I asked Shion.
"Honestly, I have no clue with him."
Kevin and Wilhelm"Ah, good to see you again," Wilhelm nodded. Kevin nodded and sat in a chair so he could rest.
"I have upped the day of KOS-MOS' awakening, I want it done by tomorrow. You need to go to the planet Ariadne and give this Connection Gear to a man that will be waiting there. I expect this to be done in less than 12 hours, understood?" Wilhelm asked.
"But, I need to tell everyone else!" Kevin yelled.
"I expect it to be done, my dear Testament." In addition, with that, he ended the connection. Kevin ran out and back into the KOS-MOS' project room.
"Everyone, I have good and bad news," Kevin announced. Everyone turned to face him.
"The CEO of Vector has upped the awakening to tomorrow. I must leave on some business to Ariadne so I expect every final test to be finished!" He yelled. Everyone cheered, unbeknownst of the danger they were to be falling under.
"Wait Kevin!" Shion yelled. She and Kevin went outside the room so they could talk.
"Be really careful okay. I want you to know that I will always love you no matter what, and I cant wait until next month for our wedding." Kevin smiled.
"I love you to, Shion."