"So we finally found you, Dizzy." The voice from behind her said.
Dizzy turned around and a saw that it was the same man that attack the lab three years ago. The man was also accompanied by four blonde men in white and blue coats. As Dizzy looked at them she noticed that the blonde men weren't really men at all, but looked exactly like that robot that she tried to fix.
"You're the man who destroyed this place, why did you kill all of those innocent people?" Dizzy asked.
"How did you know...," The man looked up at Dizzy and saw the computer still displaying its final message 'Last Recorded File', he shook his head. "So, the old bastard was recording it. It doesn't matter now, what matters is you."
"What do you want from me, who are you?"
"My name is Janus, I've been looking for you. You're the escaped hybrid, the one heir to the Gears, a Commander Gear."
Dizzy looked confused, "I don't understand."
"You will soon enough," He pointed at the robot to his left. "You, go." The robot nodded to the command and pulled out his sword. "Let's see how you do in battle."
"I don't wish to fight you, please stay back." Dizzy pleaded.
"I'm afraid you don't have that choice." Janus snapped his finger and the robot lunged at Dizzy.
The robot approached her with great haste, Dizzy screamed as the robot drew near and raised his sword at her ready to make an attack. A large runic symbol appeared below the robot, suddenly the robot seemed to drop into the ground where the runic laid. A large coffin appeared from out of it, the front was decorated with a woman with one arm. Dizzy's green wing engulfed her as she transformed into a large cloaked figure with a bow. The figure drew his bow and shot three arrows aimed at the coffin. They collided with it, shattering the contents of the coffin, parts of the robot that was sealed inside flew all over the room.
Upon the destruction of their brother, the others jumped back a little, their eyes were flashing. "CALCULATING-SPIRITUAL-POTENTIAL......OUT-OF-RANGE! DANGER!"
"Yes, you're the Princess of the Gears," Janus said with a smile to his face. "I've waited such a long time for this." He pointed back at the three robots, "All of you! Attack as one!" The robots looked at each other then back at their master, they were a little hesitant of the command but soon nodded to his request.
Two of the robots headed in opposite directions, they were going to attack from the sides. The other one lunged itself towards Dizzy, it started to jump in the air, trying to avoid repeating what happen to its brother.
Dizzy's white wing took on the form of a young woman. The woman twisted her wrist and summoned a spear that went flying towards the robot in the air. The robot was unable to avoid the attack and the spear collided with it, sending it flying back to where it came from. The robot hit the ground hard on its back and slid past Janus and collided with the wall.
The two on each of her sides began to flank Dizzy. She jumped away just in time as the robots past each other, missing their target. Undine appeared again and summoned a large piranha-like monster made of ice and spikes that flew towards one of the robots and bit into its side. The robot started to make weird sounds, as if screaming in pain, as the monster dug into the robot's side.
The unwounded one turned around in an instant and made its second attack on Dizzy. Undine once again appeared and pointed at the ground. A giant shard of ice erupted from the ground, the robot anticipated a ground attack and skillfully dodged it. The robot swung his sword towards Dizzy, she managed to jump back in time, the robot continued its assault and swung its sword again and again. Dizzy continued to dodge under the blade, barely avoiding the robot's attacks. The robot began to swing its sword above its head, in mid attack though, Necro appeared, and with even greater speed, swung a giant axe at the robot. The axe hit it directly and sent it to the ground. The robot shattered in pieces as it hit the ground.
The last robot managed to fend of the ice monster and lunged towards Dizzy, she was being preoccupied by its brother. It readied it sword for a direct attack, Dizzy still had her back to the robot. As the robot attacked, Dizzy's arm transformed into a deformed claw and grabbed the head of the robot behind her. The claw's force ripped the head of the robot clean off and its body fell to the ground, Dizzy let go of the head and her arm transformed back.
She looked around and saw the destruction that she caused. Thousands of pieces that were part of the robots laid scattered over the floor of the laboratory. Janus, still standing by the door, begun to clap. "Excellent, just excellent!" He stopped leaning on the side of the doorway, "You're just as powerful as I hoped you'd be!" Janus slowly began to walk towards Dizzy.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Dizzy, still confused by the man's actions.
"That was a test of your power, and you passed with flying colors," Janus reached behind his back and revealed a double bladed sword, he took into his hands and out in front of him, he was getting ready to attack. "But now you face me, and unlike those stupid RKs, I won't fall to pieces with a single hit."
"I'm warning you, stay away! I don't want to hurt anyone!" Dizzy screamed at the man.
Janus chuckled at her comment, "Like I said before, you don't have choice!" He started to move forward to attack when something caught his eye. A crow flew into the room and circle around his head, it was squawking madly towards him.
"I suggest you'd stop at what you're attempting to do and leave her alone." A voice from behind Janus said.
Janus turned around and saw the humanoid Gear, Testament standing in doorway. "Testament!" Dizzy said, happy to see him.
Testament held his hand towards Dizzy, "Stay back Dizzy, I'll handle this human." He then summoned a red scythe, preparing to fight with Janus.
"Damn, I didn't expect you to show up, and just when I thought everything was going my way." Janus then smiled at Testament, "But I always expect the worst." He then took out a small device, it was a remote of some kind. He pushed one of the buttons on it and the robot that cashed near the door exploded. The explosion blew Testament away from the door and across the room, he hit the ground hard a slid for a few feet.
"Testament!" Dizzy yelled as she ran over to him to see if he was alright.
Janus took the opportunity and made his way to the doorway, he turned back and looked towards Dizzy. "We'll meet again, you can count on that!" He ran into the darkness of the hallway, disappearing for her sight.
"Testament are you ok?" Dizzy kneed next to him, checking to see if he was hurt.
"Damn dirty human! Using cheap tricks to flee." Testament growled as he saw the man escape. He picked himself off the ground, a little stunned from the explosion, but not injured. "Are you alright Dizzy?"
"Yes, I'm fine. What about you, you're not hurt are you?"
"No, who was that man? What was he trying to do to you?"
"He said his name was Janus and that he's been looking for me. He came in with those mechanical people and attacked me."
Testament looked at the shattered bodies of the fallen Robo Kys and soon recognized them, they were the pawns the Post War Admin. Bureau. "What was the PWAB doing here? Are they beginning to move again?" Testament thought, he then looked back at Dizzy. "Well, your safe now Dizzy."
Dizzy and Testament left the lab and back in the forest. It was almost dark, they started to walk down one of the trails as Dizzy explained to him about what happened on the Mayship and the woman in red.
"...and then I fell into that lab and that man showed up." Dizzy said.
"I knew I shouldn't have left you in the custody of those humans, you could have been seriously hurt!"
"The Jellyfish are nice people, it's not their fault I fell. I just lost my balance."
Testament started to calm down, "So...you're happy with them?"
Dizzy nodded, "Yes, they're really fun to be with, and Johnny is very kind."
Testament sneered slightly at Johnny's name, but for Dizzy's sake he didn't say anything. "Well if you ever need to return to the forest, I'll be there protecting it for you."
Dizzy smiled and hugged Testament, "Thank you, Testament."
As the two walked they could here someone yelling, they stopped to listen. The voice was getting closer and the person was yelling for Dizzy.
"That's May!" Dizzy said as her eyes lit up with excitement.
"Well, I'd best be leaving." Testament said, making his way deeper into the forest.
Dizzy turned back to him, "Why don't you stay and say hello?"
Testament shook his head, "No that's alright, I've already said my hellos." Dizzy looked at him a little confused, "Farewell and take care Dizzy." He waved to her and continued walking.
"I'll visit you soon, ok!" Dizzy shouted to Testament who was only a silhouette before he was completely gone. Dizzy turned and saw her orange pirate friend running towards her.
"Hey it's Dizzy! Dizzy!" May shouted as she reached her. A couple of the other girls came up behind her, all excited to see their friend safe and well.
"May! Where's Johnny and the Mayship?"
"Everyone's back at the ship, come on! We'll take you back!" May grabbed Dizzy's arm and pulled her back to the way she came. The girls all gathered around Dizzy as they made their journey back to the ship.
A Helicopter flew over the forest, inside was Janus frustrated after the days events. "Damn it!" He hit the side of the wall with his fist.
Inside, besides Janus, was the pilot, Gregory. "Not everything go the way you planed Janus?" Gregory said sarcastically.
Janus held two of his fingers out an inch apart from each other, "I was this close! This close! And then that damn Gear showed up and ruined everything!" He closed his eyes and held his hand against his forehead.
Gregory chuckled at Janus's outburst, "You know, remind me of the boy with a handful of sand. The boy scooped up the sand, with his hand relaxed he could hold it all. But when he tightens his grip, the sand slipped away."
Janus always looked up to Gregory as a mentor, he was older and wiser than him and he showed him the ropes when he joined the PWAB. He was always so cool and precise, and these word games were just his style of trying to teach him something. But after a day like today, Janus didn't feel like playing word games.
Janus lifted his hand and glared back at his friend, "Your point is?"
He laughed again, "The point is you tried to capture your target too quickly, you should have evaluated the situation and took the time to come up with a plan." Gregory could see Janus was still frustrated, "Plus, I doubt you've could have taken the Gear on by yourself."
That got Janus's full attention, "And what makes you think that?"
"Well, Stan and James told me on the radio how she single-handily took out four RKs, and forgive me if I'm wrong, you're out of practice."
"Those stupid Robo Kys are completely useless! They didn't even touch the girl...but, it has been about seven years since I took up my blade. I still practice every now and then," He sat back looking out the window, "But in the heat of battle, and when faced with a difficult opponent, old habits die hard."
"Do you miss your old job?"
Janus shook his head, "No, less pay and more risk didn't suit me. And I heard the organization is falling apart. Hmm..."
"So, are we heading back to home base?" Gregory glanced back at Janus, he was thinking deeply about something, "Did you hear what I said?"
Janus snapped out of his thoughts, "Yes...and yes, but when we land, make preparations for another trip."
"Oh? And where are you going in such a hurry?"
"To see an old friend."
"...we've been assigned to create the first human-Gear hybrid."
"...working on the hybrid using a human's and Justice's DNA."
"...we've adequately called her Dizzy."
"...she should be an adult within three years and be ready for training."
"I've been looking for you. You're the escaped hybrid, the one heir to the Gears, a Commander Gear."
"Nooo!"
Dizzy jumped out of her sleep, she was breathing heavily from the nightmare she had. The thoughts kept coming back to her, how she was made and why that man was tracking her. She didn't tell anyone about what she saw down in the lab, not even Testament. She needed to find out more. More about her origins, she remembered that the Gear DNA that was used to make her was from another Commander Gear called Justice. Dizzy didn't know much about Justice or the Gears and the Crusades, just that Justice led the Gears in a war against the human race.
She got out of bed, she need to think about something else. The more she tried, the more she wanted answers. She made her way to the cafeteria to grab a midnight snack. As Dizzy made her way down the corridor she could hear someone else in the cafeteria. She looked and didn't see any lights on, did someone sneak in again, maybe it was that man again or the woman in red?
She cautiously entered the cafeteria, looking around for any intruders. She heard another noise by the fridge, she walked over but didn't see anyone there. "Hello? Is someone there?"
A hand fell on her shoulder, "Dizzy?"
"Ahh!" Dizzy turned around and her winged guardians showed up, ready to make an attack. She couldn't see the person touched her, she twisted her head back and forth looking for the person.
The lights came on, "Woah! Take it easy Dizzy! It's me, Johnny!" He had his hands up, a little frightened at Dizzy's sudden defensive behavior.
Dizzy let her wings down and breathed a sigh of relief, "You scared me Johnny."
"Hey, you scared me too, what are you doing up so late?"
"I couldn't sleep. What are you doing up Johnny?"
Johnny scratched the back of his head, Dizzy noticed that he wasn't wearing his sunglasses or his hat and that this was the first time she could really see his face, "Oh, I was just sneaking in here to grab some cherry pie before bed." He made his way over to the fridge and opened to reveal the pie and set it on the counter. He started to grab a plate and he turned to Dizzy, "You want a piece?"
Dizzy nodded, "Sure, I came down here for snack." She made her way over to one of the tables as Johnny grabbed two plates and put a piece of pie on each one and made his way to where Dizzy was sitting.
He sat down across from her and took a bite out of the pie, "Mmm, that's good stuff. You've made this pie before haven't you Dizzy?"
Dizzy was looking at her pie slice, she still hadn't taken a bite of it yet. She looked up when Johnny said her name, "Huh?" Dizzy blinked and looked at him, "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
Johnny was about to take another bite when he could see something was troubling her, he put his fork down. "Is something the matter Dizzy?"
"Yeah, but it's complicated." She looked down at her pie again, still not eating it.
"You want to talk about it?"
"It's just...well..." Dizzy struggled with what she wanted to say, should she tell Johnny what happened? Maybe she can solve this herself, but she needed to find out more about the past, with the Gears. "I'd like to know more about the Gears and their origin."
"Family history eh? Well, it's pretty dark, you know, with the Crusades and all?"
"I was born after them, but I've only heard a little from Testament, he didn't like talking about them."
"I imagine not, the guy's got secrets, probably didn't want you to know about that part of his life."
"It just, do you know of any books or recordings of Gear history?"
"Unfortunately no. There was very little history recorded during the Crusades and all documents on Gears I imagine are top secret and locked up somewhere."
Dizzy lowered her head, a little disappointed at what Johnny said, "Oh...I see."
Johnny felt bad for her, she was a Gear after all, but she doesn't know anything about them. Why people hate them, why they were made, the Crusades, there was a lot she didn't know, or Johnny for that fact. Johnny wanted to do something for her, he then thought of something, "But," Johnny started to say.
Dizzy looked up at him again, waiting for him to finish his sentence.
"We are a group of pirates after all, we could 'liberate' this information from certain some ones if you know what I mean?"
Dizzy's eyes started to light up, "Really? I mean, is that right though?"
Johnny flailed his hands in the air, "Hey we're pirates! Right and wrong have no effect on us, just taking and running."
Dizzy laughed a little at Johnny's example, he smiled knowing that cheered her up.
"Tell you what, we'll be in the air tomorrow and if I find anything out about where we can find what you're looking for, we'll fly right on over and get you what you need."
Dizzy smiled again, "Thank you, Johnny."
"You're family and we look out for our own." Johnny picked his fork back up, "Now let's eat some pie and get a good nights rest." Dizzy nodded and they both took a bite of pie.