Seductress In White Chapter Seven: Learning The Truth

"I'm Monica's father" Jimmy said.

"I'm Madison's father." Kaito said.

"I'm just a friend of the families." Harley said.

"And I'm Yuki's uh I mean Monica's boyfriend." Kyo said. Claes took them into hers and Angelica's room. Angelica was once again in the hospital.

"Alright let's say I believe you." Claes said. "Why didn't you come in the agency instead of hiding in the bushes?"

"We were watching our daughters trying to figure out what's going on here. Can you tell us what's going on and help us?" Jimmy asked. "Please Claes we want our daughters back."

"How did you know my name is Claes? I've never met you before."

"I heard the other girls calling you that." Jimmy replied.

"Well what do you want me to do? If it endangers any of the handlers or other cyborgs I won't do it." Claes said.

"Cyborgs?" Harley questioned.

"Yes, all of the girls in section 2 of the Social Welfare Agency are turned into cyborgs, and are conditioned."

"What's the purpose of this so called agency?" he asked.

"Well Jose says that the ruse is that we're a government funded organization in the business of saving lives, but the truth is that the agency is just here to do the government's dirty work."

"Is that so? What kinds of people are your targets?"

"Mafia bosses, terrorists, people in the republican faction. Sometimes policemen if they get in the way of our target. But we just don't go around killing people. We gotta get authorization before eliminating a target." Claes said.

"Authorization from who?" Jimmy asked.

"I don't know that. The handlers just tell the other girls who to kill and how to do it."

"Why didn't you go on the mission today?" Harley asked.

"Cause I don't have a handler."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Just for as long as my memory allows I've never gone on missions. I've always remained on the base and been what people would call a test rat. The other girls might be able to tell you why."

"Why don't you remember?" Kaito asked.

"The reconditioning process." She answered.

"Reconditioning process?" Jimmy questioned.

"Yeah, when you get hurt you get repaired or what we call reconditioned and for some unknown reason it erases your memory. It also shortens your life span dramatically."

"Anything else we need to know? Like who Angelica and Elsa are?" Harley asked.

"Well Elsa has a room to herself and she doesn't really talk to us and usually does missions by herself. Her handler is Lauro. Angelica is always sick. Her cybernetic implants keep screwing up and malfunctioning because she's just a prototype. She's in the hospital all the time. Her handler is Marco." Claes said.

"I see." Kaito said.

"You guys better go back out to the bushes before anybody sees you."

"Wait, can you put these in every room?" Harley asked handing her 20 listening devices.

"Sure." She said taking them.

"Make sure you put them in places that nobody will see them." Kaito advised.

"Okay." Claes said and led the way back to the bushes. They stayed there for 7 days listening into the conversations.

"Marco!" a girl said excitedly as she ran up to the man with a book in her arms. The man had silver glasses and gray eyes. He also had a little bit of a beard. He had short brown hair the matched his brown sweater. He also had black pants. He had a depressed and uninterested expression on his face. The girl had a pink string in her hair that ended in a bow at the top of her head. She had light purple hair and smokey colored eyes. She wore black shoes and pants and a light purple sweater. Her name was Angelica. "They finally released me today. Now we can be together again."

Marco didn't say anything. He looked toward the book in her arms. The book was the story he himself had made up. The other staff members helped. The book was about Prince Pasta and Princess Pizza. His ex- girlfriend made in into a book.

/Flashback/

Angelina had just been brought to the agency after her father had tried to kill her by running her over. She was on an errand for her mother with her dog, Pero. Her father needed the insurance money for Angelina. Angelina hadn't been made into a cyborg yet so her name hadn't yet been changed to Angelica. The girl was just waking up in a bed with Marco by her side and Marco's friend, Dr. Bauanki.

"Mommy…Daddy…Pero." She mumbled. The girl opened her eyes and looked around. She didn't understand where she was. "Who are you? What am I doing in this bed?" she asked.

"You're in a hospital." Marco replied.

"Hospital? The last thing I remember is running on an errand with Pero. Then this car came after me and then I couldn't move." Angelina said.

"The doctors used their magic to heal you." Marco said. Bauanki chuckled and walked over on the other side of her.

"Where's my daddy? And Pero?" the girl asked.

"You're parents had something to take care of so they'll be back later, and Pero is with them too." He lied. He knew full well that her parents wouldn't be back. Dr. Bauanki picked up a needle.

"Are you gonna stick me with that?" Angelina asked.

"Why? Do you not like getting shots?" Bauanki asked.

"Uh uh."

"Of coarse. No kid likes getting shots." Marco said. "How about I tell you a story so you won't even feel it? Now let's see what we have."

Angelina smiled but was still worried. She hated getting shots but wanted a story.

"Do you like…Pasta?" Marco asked.

"I love it." Angelina replied.

"Alright then, I'm going to tell you about the Prince of Pasta." Marco said and continued just a little bit of the story. Angelina flinched at the shot.

"It still hurt anyway." She interrupted.

"I should've figured that." Marco replied.

"Well go on. What happened to the pasta man?"

"I'll wait to tell you more of the story when it's time for your next shot." Marco said leaving the room.

/End Flashback/

'Hey parents were the scum of the earth for what they did to her. But they were right in calling her an angel. Angelina was reborn as a cybernetic test subject. I decided to rename her Angelica. She would pester me about the rest of the story every time I saw her. By the time Prince Pasta met Princess Pizza she was an assassin.' He thought.

"The doctor gave me this book to read. It's pretty good." Angelica said looking down at the book in her arms. She then looked back up at her handler. "Marco when can I sta-" she tried to ask but was cut off when Marco pushed her and sent the book flying. Since they just happened to be in front of the guy's bushes the book indecently hit Kaito in the face. Angelica looked like she had been slapped in the face.

"Your unsteadiness is a handicap you can't afford. Go change clothes and start running laps. It's much to early for work." Marco said roughly and walked away. Angelica stayed in that position for a few seconds then looked around.

"What happened to my book?"