May walked down the corridors of the Mayship until she reached April's room. She knocked on the door but there was no answer. May peeked inside and didn't see April anywhere, there was no sign that she was even her last night. "Maybe she's in the cafeteria." Most of the girls were in the cafeteria getting breakfast as May walked in. She looked around and didn't see April anywhere. "Where is she?" As she stood looking around, June yelled at her from across the room.

"May! Come sit down with us!"

She looked as June waved her over, Novel was also sitting with her. May wasn't really that hungry, but she grabbed a tray anyway and sat down with her friends. She wanted to go see how Dizzy was doing but she was probably still sleeping. She was also worried about April still missing.

"So I heard you and April were caught sneaking Dizzy out last night, was Johnny mad?" Novel asked.

May didn't know what to say to her. Sure, Johnny was mad at first, but when he found out about what happened to Dizzy his attitude changed from angry to concern. She didn't really feel comfortable talking about what happened last night with them, this is another reason why she wanted to find Dizzy.

"Hello?" June said to May snapping her fingers, trying to get her attention.

May woke up from her thoughts, "Oh, I..umm..." She trailed off.

"What's the matter May, you're never this speechless. Johnny must have been really upset with you." June said. "Did he yell at Dizzy too? And where's April? You three always eat together."

"Have you seen April?" May asked.

"I didn't see her last night but Johnny said he knew where she was."

"Johnny said that? I checked her room but she wasn't there."

"That's strange." June said. "Maybe we should go talk to Johnny."

May nodded, perhaps April was with Johnny or he was looking for her right now. But April wasn't what concerned her the most. "I'm more worried about Dizzy right now."

"Why, did something happen to her?" Novel asked.

May was a little shocked, she never really meant to say that out load. "Oh, it's just...uh...she..." May struggled for an excuse. "She was really upset about April missing and getting into trouble, that's all."

"You should go see how she's doing. She usually never sleeps in this late." Novel commented.

"Ok, I was going to do that after breakfast." May said, she didn't really want to wait anymore and picked up her tray and walk out.

Johnny was sitting down in one of the lounges drinking his morning coffee. He turned on the TV to watch the local news. He noticed that the news woman was pretty cute. But his attention soon turned to what the woman was saying.

"In local news, two men were murdered in alley in down town Paris." She said. "The men were found mutilated this morning." The screen changed to downtown Paris with many police men going in and out of a taped off alley. Johnny noticed the real Ky Kiske among them. "Mr. Kiske was unavailable for comment, but his involvement in the investigation has spread rumors that a Gear might be responsible. We'll keep you updates with more details as the investigation continues."

Johnny turned off the TV, he didn't really like the news anymore. No matter how many times he wanted to get away from the subject it came back to him. The mess Dizzy was in, those kidnappers, everything seemed to be going downhill. Who is behind it all? Maybe it was Zepp, they were tracking her for awhile, but Johnny knew they wouldn't stoop to kidnapping. Whoever was behind this likes to play dirty and were desperate to get what they want.

As Johnny pondered these thoughts he realized that his coffee mug was empty, "I need more coffee if I plan on getting through this day." He got up to replenish his cup.

"Mother! Mother!" said the small child running out of the house.

Inez was about an old woman of age fifty with white hair. She was sweeping out on the porch when she turned around to see the young girl running towards her. The child had blue hair tied in loops with two yellow ribbons. "What is it Dizzy?" she asked.

"Can I have another ribbon please?"

"What on earth are you going to do with three ribbons? I don't think I can make another loop in your hair." She said.

"Oh it's not for my hair," the young Dizzy said, "I wanted to put one on my tail!" She turned around revealing her black tail, "Please mother!"

"Well now that a cute idea, I think there's one in my dresser, the third drawer, why don't you go see if it's there."

"Ok!" Dizzy said.

She watched as she ran back into the house. Inez was a little bothered about Dizzy sudden growth lately. She was only a half year old and she appeared to be the age of six. On top of all that, she had recently grown a slender black tail and a small pair of discolored wings. She had to make holes in Dizzy's clothes so they could fit. The townsfolk have been nervous with Dizzy ever since they found her out near the woods on Christmas, abandoned. The local legend said that a demon lived deep in the forest, so they can't imagine finding a child the seemed to 'come' from it. She was just a baby when her husband, Jonathan, found her in some bushes near the forest. All that was on her was a medical bracelet with the word 'Dizzy' written on it. Inez and Jonathan were so heartbroken that someone left a child out that they adopted her into their home. They didn't have any children of their own and thought that this was blessing from God. But their 'blessing' was turning into something they never expected.

As Inez turned away she noticed a couple of people approaching the house. One man was the Mayor, Bill Wilson, and the other was Jack Dryden, one of her neighbors. She stepped off the porch to meet them.

"Hello Inez, how are you doing this afternoon?" Bill asked.

"Fine Bill, what brings you and Jack here?"

"Well you see..."

"It's that freak of a child you've been taking care of!" Jack interrupted.

"Jack, I will not have you talk about Dizzy like that in front of me!" Inez snapped, she looked back to Bill, "Is there something about her you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Well the townsfolk are a little...disturbed about her sudden appearance lately." Bill said.

"And they should be! It's been what? About six months since you found her and now she's the age of six year old child! And now the 'thing' has wings and a tail!" Jack shouted.

Bill looked towards him, "Please calm down Jack." He looked back at Inez, "Now I know that the child has had...a sudden growth spurt, but is it true that she has a tail and wings?"

Before Inez could answer them, Dizzy came running back out of the house holding a yellow ribbon in her hand as she approached her.

"Her it is mother! Can you tie it for me?" She said holding the ribbon up to her. Dizzy then looked up at the two men in front of her and shied away from them and behind Inez. Dizzy was pretty shy around strangers, even though she's seen Jack more than once.

Inez looked down towards Dizzy, "Dizzy could you go back inside and wait for me, I'll tie it for you in a minute."

Jack pointed out, "See its right there! A tail!" Bill could see that he was pointing at Dizzy who did indeed have a black tail coming out from behind her. "She's a monster I tell ya!"

"Jack! Not now!" Inez yelled, she looked down to Dizzy again, "Please go back inside and wait for me Dizzy." Dizzy nodded and ran back into the house. As she went they could see the small discolored wings on her back.

Inez watched as she entered into the house and was out of sight, then looked back at Jack, frustrated with his outburst. "Don't you ever say that in front of her again Jack! I want you off my property immediately!"

Jack just snorted and turned towards Bill, "You saw it didn't you?"

"I think it would be best to continue this conversation later, I'm sorry for the inconvenience Inez." Bill said, walking back the way he came. Jack was angered at the sudden dismissal, but soon followed after. Inez went back into the house, she saw Dizzy waiting just inside.

Inez smiled for her, trying not to worry her. "Sorry about that Dizzy, let me see the ribbon."

Dizzy gave the ribbon to her and she turned around so she could tie it on to her tail. Inez knotted the ribbon into a bow at the tip of the tail, "There, how's that?"

Dizzy looked at her tail, "Great! Thanks mother!"

Inez started to get up when Dizzy continued to look up at her, "Is there something else you need Dizzy?"

"Mother, what's a monster?"

"Well, you see..." Inez started to say.

"Am I a monster mother?" Dizzy asked.

The scene came to a halt, time stood still at the moment. The present day Dizzy was looking down at herself and her foster mother, she was recalling that day.

"She's a monster I tell ya!"

"Am I a monster mother?"

The area changed and Dizzy looked as the two men that she'd killed lied before her, she saw as an image of herself was smiling as she killed them. She had bright crimson eyes and a bloody claw for her left hand. The image of herself then looked up at Dizzy and started to walk towards her, "Yes, you are a monster." She said.

"No! I didn't want to hurt anyone!" She told herself.

"But you killed them."

"I didn't mean to use my power!"

"But you wanted to."

"When ever I use my power, it causes pain!"

"You enjoyed it."

"Never!"

"They wouldn't leave you alone, they wanted to hurt you. So you fought back, and you liked it."

"NNOOO!"

May was about to knock on Dizzy's door when she heard her scream from inside. May set her tray down and quickly opened the door. "Dizzy, what's wrong!?"

May looked and saw Dizzy in bed, she looked spooked. She was breathing heavily and was still half asleep. "NNOOO!" Dizzy shouted. May rushed over to her friend.

"Dizzy! Dizzy wake up!" She said shaking her. Dizzy opened her eyes and looked up at May. She looked around the room, a little confused.

"May, I..." Dizzy started to say, she had just woken up, but was already in tears.

"It's ok Dizzy, you were having a bad dream."

"It...it was so real. I was watching myself kill those men, I was enjoying it." She looked down at her left hand, the hand that was bloody from the night before, "I'm a monster."

"I told you not to say that Dizzy!" May shouted, "You're not a monster, you're my friend."

"May...you don't understand."

"Please Dizzy, you have to stop this, you can't keep beating yourself up for what happened last night. I know it was tragic but let it be, you're scaring me."

Dizzy sat silently for a moment, "I'll try."

May got up from Dizzy's bed and made her way back to the door, she picked up the food tray she left. She brought it back and sat it down in front of Dizzy. "Now here, you missed breakfast and I thought you might me hungry."

Dizzy looked down at the food and back towards May, "Thank you, May." She smiled a little.

May returned her smile, "That's better, now eat up. After you're done we'll talk some more." May said as she stood up and left the room. As she closed the door she noticed Johnny coming down the corridor with a mug in hand.

"Is she up May?" Johnny asked.

"Yeah, but I think she needs a little more time." May said. "Did you find April?"

"Well, that's what I wanted to talk about with Dizzy."

"Why what's wrong?"

He shook his head, "I don't know, but it's somehow involved with Dizzy." He walked over to Dizzy's door and knocked on it. "Dizzy? It's Johnny, can I come in?"

There was a slight pause, "Yes, come in."

Johnny opened the door and saw that Dizzy was still in bed, she was eating off of a tray next to her. He walked in the room and May soon followed. Johnny put his mug on Dizzy's desk. He then grabbed the near by chair and moved it next to the bed. Johnny sat down and faced Dizzy. May sat down on the end of Dizzy's bed.

"How you holding up Dizzy?" He asked.

"I...I don't know. I feel awful." She said.

"Well that's natural, the only thing I can say is try not to dwell on it."

"I know, but...I can't stop thinking about it."

Johnny put his hand on her shoulder, "You'll find a way, it's never easy. Death is never easy to accept. I had a hard time when my father died."

Dizzy looked up to him, "What did you do?"

"Well, my father was a very caring man. He would help anyone in need and would let them into our house if they need shelter. I looked up to him, but he was killed during the war and I became an orphan."

"I didn't know you were an orphan too Johnny." May said.

"Yep, I had it pretty hard, but I remember my father and how he took care of people. I decided that I wanted to do the same, so others didn't have to go through what I had to go through. So I created the Jellyfish Pirates and went around the globe searching for orphans that need help." He looked towards May, "You were the first one I found."

May blushed a little at Johnny's comment. He turned his gaze back to Dizzy. "Your father was killed in the war, so, he was killed by a Gear wasn't he?"

Johnny didn't say anything at first, Dizzy started to look away from him. "Do you hate me because..."

"No I don't hate you. I don't hate you or any other Gear. I learned that from my old man, never turn someone away just because of looks or background. Everyone's an equal to me." Dizzy looked back at him, "That's the main reason we came to find you, being an orphan and a Gear isn't an easy life at all I imagine."

"No...thank you Johnny." She smiled at him.

He smiled back, "Well I'm glad you're feeling better."

There was another pause, "Oh, did you find April?" Dizzy said.

"Yeah, what did you want to say before?" May asked.

Johnny sat back in his chair, "Yes I did find her."

May's eyes lit up, "Really, where is she?"

Johnny looked to her, "Well that's the problem, she's been kidnapped."

"What?" Dizzy and May said. "By who, where, why?" May rambled.

Johnny held his hand towards May, "Calm down, I know your concerned but," He took off his sunglasses and looked towards Dizzy, she stared back at him. "I think it's the same people who attack you before Dizzy."

"Why would they kidnap April?" Dizzy asked.

"They're trying to get to you. Someone, or something, last night told me that they wanted to trade April in exchange for you."

"We can't do that!" May shouted.

Johnny looked back at May, "I know that, but they have all the cards right now. They want to meet at some fairgrounds tonight. And if we don't show or do something stupid, they've threatened to kill April."

"K..kill her? Who would do such a thing?" May said.

Johnny shrugged, "I don't know, but they'll do whatever they can to get what they want. And right now, they want Dizzy for some reason."

"I'm so sorry Johnny. I never meant for any of this to happen." Dizzy said.

"Hey, this isn't your fault, whoever is doing this is at fault, you're an innocent in all this."

"Yeah Dizzy, it's not your fault." May added.

"I know, but it's because of me." She looked down again, "I've caused too much trouble."

"What are you going to do Johnny?" May asked.

"I don't know," He said. "I'm going to have to tell the crew about this and form some kind of plan." He put his hand out and lifted Dizzy's head back up to look at her, "I know it's going to be hard but, you're going to have to come with me when it's time."

Dizzy looked at him for a moment and then nodded. "I understand Johnny."

"Your not going to give her to them are you Johnny!?" May proclaimed.

"I don't want to lose any of my crew, no matter what. But I'm going to have to bring Dizzy so we don't cause suspicion. I don't plan on lose either of you to them and besides," Johnny thought of Testament, "I promised nothing would happened to you Dizzy."

She let out a weak smile, "Thank you Johnny."

"Well what do we do until then?" May asked.

Johnny stood up and retrieved his mug and took a sip, "We think, plan, and act. It's all we can do until tonight."

Janus leaned against the car while he was waiting at the fairgrounds. It was about 11:40 so he didn't expect to see the pirates yet. Gregory was sitting in the diver seat, waiting incase they need to make a quick escape. He glanced over to see their captive, she was still knocked out due to the sedatives they gave her. But they should be wearing off soon. She was being held by two Robo-Kys. Besides those two, there were 18 others around the area. Ten were scattered around the area for surveillance and two sets of five from Gregory, him and the girl. His five were positioned around the car waiting for further instructions and three were on the girl, two were holding her on each side and one behind her. "Wait a minute, there's only three, where the hell is the other two?"

Janus looked around and didn't see the two anywhere. A little while after he heard a loud clang, it came from behind him around a corner. He pointed at two of the Robo-Kys behind him, "You two, go see what that was." They nodded and speed off. Within a few seconds they returned.

"SIR. UNITS-RK-002012-AND-RK-002059-ARE-FIGHTING." One of the robots said.

Janus decided to see this for himself and went around the corner, the two robots followed. As he approached he heard a couple of more loud clangs. He could now see two RKs were indeed fighting, the clangs were coming from their swords hitting together. He noticed that their fighting style was extremely poor. He watched them for a minute, "Why the hell...oh I'm going to kill them."

Janus stormed over to break up the fight, he shouted at them. "Will you idiots quit messing with these RKs! The last thing I need is you messing up my plans!"

The robots stopped and looked towards Janus, one of them began to speak. "OH-COME-ON-BOSS! WE-WERE-JUST-HAVING-A-LITTLE-FUN!"

The other one spoke, "YEAH-THE-PIRATES-AREN'T-GOING-TO-BE-HERE-FOR-ANOTHER-TEN-MINUTES-OR-SO."

Janus was furious, he held his fingers to his nose and closed his eyes, "Stan...James...you cannot possible understand the level of anger I'm feeling right now." He opened his eyes and grabbed both of the robots and started at them, "If you don't stop remote controlling these right now you'll regret this ten folds when I get back to base."

One of the robots held its hands up, "OK! JEEZ! LIGHTEN-UP! WE'RE-SORRY!"

"Good, now give back control to the RKs and don't even think about doing this again."

The machines nodded and their eyes flashed for a second, they then started at Janus, waiting. "Go back and protect the girl." The robots obeyed and when back to where they were keeping April. Janus also returned to his position and leaned against the car again.

"They'll never learn will they?" Gregory said looking up to Janus.

"I swear, if they give me a good reason, I'll kill them." Gregory chuckled at his comment, but Janus was dead serious. He didn't want anything to go wrong during this, everything was coming together nicely. The last thing he wanted is for all of it to fall apart right at the end.

After a while one of the Robo-Kys from the surveillance squad came up to him. "SIR-THE-PIRATE-SHIP-HAS-BEEN-SPOTTED-AND-IS-LANDING."

"Good, keep watch and make sure they find their way here."

"YES-SIR." It said and flew back to where it came from.

Janus smiled, "Showtime."