Project Shadow Ch 3
Finally uploaded. Sorry it took so long. Enjoy!
The group looked in total shock at the girl in the cryogenic pod. She looked 15 years old, had long, brown hair, and lightly tanned skin, and was wearing the same blue uniform with the four large red buttons and long red scarf as Carlos and Dimitri.
"Caramba." Dimitri managed to finally say.
"You took the words right out of my mouth." Carlos mused.
"Who is she?" Albert said.
Carlos walked up to the monitor next to the pod and looked it over thoroughly.
"According to this," He said, "she is known as cyborg prototype number 14, code named, 0014. She looks 15, but this says she's actually 20. Aside from that, not much else."
"What do you mean, not much else?" GB asked.
"I mean almost everything has been blacked out."
"Whatever the case, we have to take her with us." Joe said.
"What?!" Jet yelled. "We don't know anything about this girl and you want to help her?!"
"We can't just leave her like this, Jet, of all of us, you should know that." Albert replied, leaving Jet speechless.
"How long has she been like this, anyway?" Dimitri asked.
"Hold on, there's a date here" Carlos said looking back at the monitor. Suddenly, his eyes widened as if someone had just sucker punched him in the stomach.
"AY CARAMBA! 1944?!" He gasped.
"What? You have to be kidding!" Dimitri yelled as he pushed Carlos out of the way to see for himself, only to find that he was right.
"As you can see, I'm not kidding." Carlos said.
"All the more reason we have to help her." Joe said.
It took a while, but the team found how to open the cryogenic pod. When the pod opened, however, 0014 didn't wake up.
"We didn't kill her, did we?" Albert said.
"I don't think so." Carlos said, still looking at the monitor. "From what I can gather, her systems are still rebooting. According to this thing, 0014 is more mechanical than she is cybernetic; it may take a while for her to fully reactivate."
"So one of us has to play pack mule until she wakes up?" GB said.
"Unfortunately, sí."
"Well I'm sure as hell not going to do it; not unless I know more about her." Jet replied.
"Don't look at me; I prefer to stay lightweight when I fly." Dimitri said.
"Count me out." Chang said. "For all we know, she could be rigged with a bomb set to go off once she wakes up."
"I don't see anything that mentions any explosives in her." Carlos replied. "Matter of fact, this thing doesn't even mention what she does; only that all her weapons are operational. But it does mention a nickname the scientists gave her, and it makes me a little nervous."
"What do they call her?" Joe asked.
"'The Goddess of Blood'."
After a long silence, Dimitri spoke up. "Suddenly, I feel safer leaving her behind." He said with an uneasy tone.
"That's not your decision to make; she's coming with us." Joe said.
"Is there nothing that will change your mind?!"
"If you guys are done arguing, then let's go." Albert said, carrying 0014 on his back. As the group turned to leave, Dimitri noticed Carlos was still looking at the monitor; an uneasy look on his face.
"Hey, Carlos," He said, getting the young Spaniard's attention, "come on, let's go!"
"Uh, r-right." Carlos said, hesitantly, as he left the monitor, something clearly on his mind.
"What's up?"
"I'll tell you later."
"If I remember correctly, the exit should be just up ahead after this next turn." Joe said.
"Finally!" Dimitri said.
"How's 0014 doing?"
"Still no change." Albert said, looking over his shoulder at the still motionless girl on his back.
"Maybe Doctor Gilmore should look at her." GB said.
"Who's Doctor Gilmore?" Carlos asked.
"Who cares; we're almost out of out of this miserable dungeon!" Dimitri said.
However, as the group got to the turn, they found themselves staring down the barrels of the weapons that were being aimed at them by soldiers.
"Caramba, you guys give a new meaning to the phrase, 'out of the frying pan, into the fire', you know that?" Carlos murmured.
"Yeah, we've noticed." Albert said.
"I'm open for ideas if anyone has any." GB said.
"Well, in a situation like this," Dimitri said, "I tend to follow my philosophy."
"Oh no, anything but that." Carlos groaned.
"Why? What's his philosophy?" Jet asked.
"When the heat is on," Dimitri said as he got on his jets, "it's every man for himself!"
With that, the young Russian flew at the soldiers, dodging their weapon fire and at the same time, knocking out as many as he could. For a long time, he seemed to be doing well, but then, one of the soldier's shots hit Dimitri in his legs, causing him to tumble to the ground. When he tried to get back on his jets again, they sputtered and shut down. Before the soldiers could fire any more shots at him, not missing a beat, Jet switched on his accelerator and pulled Dimitri out of trouble. At the same time, Chang breathed a wall of fire to separate them from the soldiers. As they came out of Jet's acceleration mode, Dimitri collapsed to the ground.
"What happened to him?" Joe said.
"His jets have been deactivated, along with both his legs." Carlos replied.
"What was in those shots?" Albert asked.
"EMP bullets. That's why I warned you not to get hit by their weapons; if you do, whatever gets hit will shut down."
"Fortunately, the effects don't last long." Dimitri groaned. "Now I have a question of my own; why would someone who hates me save me?"
"Because we still have a score to settle when we get out of here remember?" Jet answered, catching Dimitri off guard. Suddenly, more shots rang out as the soldiers fired blindly through the flames.
"Head back!" Carlos said as he slung Dimitri's arm over his shoulders and hoisted him onto his feet. "We need to retreat for cover until they cease firing!"
Afraid that she might get hit in the crossfire, Albert shifted 0014 from his back into his arms as the others headed for the turn. Unfortunately, the action slowed him down enough to get hit twice in the back. Jet looked over his shoulder and watched in horror as Albert crashed to the ground, 0014 landing farther away. As he rushed over to the German's side, Jet failed to notice that the flames separating them from the soldiers had died down enough for them to see him and to shoot out his right leg. As Jet hit the ground, Carlos yelped in surprise as he and the others were pushed into the open at gunpoint by more soldiers.
"Well, I got to admit, boys, this has to be the closest you two have gotten to escaping." The Captain said. "But, then again, you did have help."
"Don't push your luck." Dimitri growled.
"However, if I had known that transmission was sent to the 00-cyborgs, I wouldn't have interrupted it."
"Why not?" Carlos asked suspiciously.
"We've been causing a lot of trouble for the Black Ghost organization." Jet groaned as the Captain walked up to Albert's body.
"I would love more than anything to kill you all right now." He said, glaring down at the motionless German. "But I know how much trouble I'll get in if I do, so I'll make you an offer; leave the boys, and 0014, and I'll let you all go."
"No way!" Joe yelled. "Wherever we go, they go!"
"I'm glad you think that way; it gives me an excuse to keep you all here to 'assist with the experiments'. But first, get 0014 back to her cryogenic pod. And this time, make sure she stays there."
As two soldiers grabbed 0014, Jet noticed a small movement out of the corner of his eye. He looked and saw Albert trying vainly to get back on his feet. Unfortunately, the Captain saw it as well.
"Don't think I've forgotten about you." He said as he pointed his gun at the German's head. Suddenly, the two soldiers carrying 0014 yelped in shock and fear as they released her and stumbled backwards. "What are you two doing?!"
"0014," one of the soldiers trembled, "she-she's awake!"
Everyone looked over and sure enough, the once unconscious girl was getting on her feet. As she stood up 0014 took a deep breath and looked at the Captain with her brown eyes.
"Don't just stand there, you idiots;" he yelled. "Take her down!"
As the soldiers open fired, 0014 raised her right arm and out spiraled a large shield that deflected all the shots. As the shield spiraled back into her arm, 0014 glanced back at the Captain.
"Alright," she said, "my turn."
0014 then bolted towards the soldiers. Before she made contact, the young girl snapped her arms outwards and out sprung a blade that stretched from her elbows to her wrists. While avoiding the shots, 0014 slashed and destroyed every weapon in her sight until none of the soldiers had a working weapon between them. As she came to a stop, 0014 retracted her blades and said smugly, "Now then, who's next?"
With that, all the soldiers dropped what was left of their weapons and scrambled to get as far away from 0014 as possible, despite the Captain's protest.
"Looks like I'll have to deal with you myself!" He sneered as he pointed his gun at the young girl.
"For your sake, I hope you're a better challenge than they were." She said as she started walking towards the Captain. Every shot he fired, 0014 effortlessly dodged until he stopped firing and looked at her in frustration and panic.
"I'm guessing you're down to your last shot." 0014 said, raising her left arm. "Me, on the other hand, I've got plenty to spare." The young girl then clenched her hand into a fist and a long drill sprang out from her wrist that she aimed at the Captain. "You should choose your next move carefully."
"No," he replied, pointing his gun back at Albert, "you should! There's no way I'm going to let a cyborg as important as you escape the Testing Grounds!"
Suddenly, something knocked the Captain's gun out of his hand and then he was slammed head first against the wall. Seconds later, Dimitri appeared in front of the Captain and said, "You're starting to make me feel a little unappreciated here."
"How did you do that?" Joe said.
"You and 002 aren't the only ones with an acceleration mode."
As Jet got back on his feet and rushed over to Albert's side, 0014 shoved Dimitri out of her way and glared down at the Captain.
"Now, you listen closely to me;" She began. "You're going to let us all leave this place. And if you even try to stop us," suddenly, 0014's drill started to glowing bright blue then it fired a single shot that just missed his head. "The next shot I fire will go right through your mouth! But, just to make double sure you don't try anything," the young girl then retracted her drill and activated her shield, that she slammed into the Captain's head, knocking him out cold.
"Caramba, now I see why she's nicknamed 'The Goddess of Blood'." Carlos murmured as he and the rest of the team rushed over to help the struggling German. 0014 looked over at where everyone was headed and the hard gaze in her eyes immediately softened into a worried glance as she ran over to Albert's side as well.
"What happened to him? Is he alright?" She asked, placing her hand on his shoulder, her once sturdy and smug voice now sounding very worried.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." Albert wheezed as he looked at 0014. Suddenly, the young girl gasped and stumbled backwards in shock.
"0014, what's wrong?" Joe asked.
"I-I'm not really sure. But I feel as if I know him from somewhere." She trembled.
The long silence that followed was interrupted by an impatient young Russian, who said loudly, "Can we go now?!"
to be continued
well there you have it; chapter 3. Again, I apologize if I used any oc's that someone else has already used. I appreciate the comment that followed the last chapter, but again, this is still my first fanfic so please go easy on me