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Chapter 11: Surprise

Troy POV

I arrived the base in the middle of night.

"Welcome, son!" My father greeted me, seeing Eve standing behind me. "I see your mission success."

"I am proud of you, Troy!" Jock Morris appraised me.

"This mission is nothing." I said arrogantly to the scientist. "I don't think that you can do your part as successful as mine."

"I'll try my best, after all." I saw he tried hard to be patient and modest to me.

I sighed.

"Well, let's go inside. Eve is here. We can continue the research." Jock suggested.

When we entered the research room, Jock asked his female assistant to change Eve's clothes in another room as my subordinates' blood tainted hers at the previous battle. Few minutes later, Eve came, wearing a black sleeveless and mid-thigh dress and black stocking. I couldn't deny that she looked so gorgeous. Hell, she always looked perfect. Unfortunately, I didn't like the way she looked at. The blank stare from her purple reddish eyes had changed into ready-to-kill one. Maybe it was the farther effect of N.S.

I looked away. Those scary eyes were frightening, so dangerous.

"Why do we need two nanomachine creatures?" I asked, seeing the nanomachine-boy kept in standing position inside the giant cylinder aquarium. As the tank was so high, his feet didn't touch the tank's base.

"It's just like Eden Project," Jock answered, taking N.S from Eve, making her felled unconsciously. I caught her fast, scooping her into my arms.

"Eden?" I asked.

"You don't know? Eden was the biggest incident three years ago."

I felt like I ever heard that words somewhere. The biggest incident three years ago. Yes, I remembered. Someone ever mentioned them. And that was the annoying biker! He said it while introducing himself to me. I couldn't believe his mind was broader than mine. I thought I was smarter than that idiot. Anyway, whatever it was, there was no way I admitted his ability. I was the best. Always.

"I was in another country, much far from here, continuing my study. So I don't know much about it." I tried to make an excuse.

Actually, I hated reading newspaper and watching and listening to the news. For me, that was old-fashioned. But then again, I didn't want people would judge that I was not smart enough. Well, making a perfect excuse was a best decision.

"I see," Jock said.

"So? Explain it. Now. In brief."

"Eden Project was a perfect project to rule the world by pouring nano rain all over the world. Eve is the key of it. And this boy …." He looked at the result of his research. "He is … Adam."

"Adam and Eve?" I frowned. It sounded like … the beginning story of human being.

"Truly, Adam was a fantasy creature. Its original form was a giant machine, keeping much data. But I changed it. Adam means no giant machine. It's a nanomachine boy. He can move freely. More effective in being a bioweapon. The previous Adam, the machine itself, well, it still keeps much data, but I give it a new name. Just call it nano server."

"So, he is … alive?" I stared that unconscious boy unbelievably.

"Yes. We're just waiting for his resurrection."

"Is he human?"

"Actually, he is. We took him from an orphanage. He is a genius who had a fatal disease. Then we have an agreement. I would cure him with nanotech, but he should accept the consequence to be a nanomachine boy. And he accepted it. Furthermore, he studied Numbers data that I stole. He was the one who had many ideas about tools to overpower Numbers weapons."

I paid attention to the boy. He was like at the age of 16 or 17, being covered by white clothes.

I glanced at unconscious Eve in my arms. Blonde hair. Pale skin. He was like her. What an accidental thing! Unfortunately, I didn't know whether he had the same color of eyes like Eve. He was closing his eyes.

I found something odd. Although he was being kept in giant cylinder aquarium, full with water, he didn't wear respirator. It wasn't a normal thing. Did he actually breathe?

"How can he breathe in the water?" I asked.

"He is a nanomachine boy. He can transform his form, including his respiration system."

"Can Eve do that too?"

"Of course," he replied, gesturing me to put Eve into another giant cylinder aquarium which was empty.

"So, when?" I asked again, looking at the water was poured into Eve, filling the tank. As it was full with water, her body automatically moved. Now she was standing inside the tank. Her feet didn't touch the tank's base. Same position like Adam's.

"Pardon?" He couldn't hear clearly what I said.

"When will he awake?" I made my question clearer.

"Well, from my calculation, the time is today or tomorrow."

"And Eve?"

"Looks like she would never wake as she should control the nano server."

"So where is nano server?"

"You don't have to look for it."

"Is it in this room?"

Jock smiled. "This base is the nano server itself."

Train POV

After non-stop driving at the night, I stopped the car so we could have breakfast on the car at the morning.

"Do we have another food?" I was bored, eating instant noodles again and again since we started the trip.

"Yes! This!" Rinslet gave me another instant noodle.

"Do you understand what I asked?"

"You wanted another food, right?"

"But this is same."

"Of course not. The noodle that you eat is meat flavor. And this one is chicken flavor."

I stared at her blankly. (A/N: Anime style)

"I mean 'beside noodles'!" I yelled impatiently.

"Well, we have few breads." Sven checked the bag. "Just three."

"Good!" I wanted to grab them, but Rins blocked me. "What is it?"

"One bread for each of us," she said coolly.

I sighed. "Fine. Give me one."

I heard Sven muttered something on the back seat. "… back to the usual whining Train."

"You know I can hear you, Sven!"

"Really? So does it mean you can tell where the fuming Black Cat that forcefully wanted to rescue the Princess is?" he asked indifferently.

"He … he's napping …." I turned away to hide my blushes from Rins and him. At least, I found a good excuse for responding Sven's question.

"Napping in your soul, waiting to be woken by the Princess' kidnapper," teased Rinslet, grinning mischievously.

"Shut it, Rins," I cursed silently while eating the bread. It looked like she knew my crush on Princess. WAIT! Crush?!

Then she turned to Sven, saying enthusiastically, "Hey! Why don't we try to contact Annette's or Eve's cell-phone?"

"What?" Sven's eyes widened. "Are you crazy?"

"Well, there is a big chance that Troy Wolff will pick the phone. I just wanna hear his voice. How dare he abduct my little sister?!" She looked at me. "By the way, Train, can I use your phone? Mine's low battery."

"Hell no!" I defended, glaring at her. Why did she say that damn name again? My ears stung! And how dare she asked to call him, using my phone?! Was she out of her mind? But then again, where was my phone? I put it on the dashboard and now it was gone.

When I turned around, I saw Rins dialed Princess' number, using my phone.

"Rins!" I yelled, trying to grab it from her.

"Hey! Someone picks it up!" Rins pressed the 'loudspeaker' button so Sven and I could hear too.

Troy POV

After having breakfast, Eve's cell-phone rang. I saw 'Train' name in the screen. I smirked. I guessed the kitten was trying to start the game, even at the morning. What a great way to start a day!

"Good morning!" I greeted him cheerfully, but he didn't answer. "Train, I know it's you. Why do you call me? Oh, sorry. You want to talk to your Princess, right? Well, she can't pick her phone. But don't worry. She's perfectly fine. I guess she is dreaming now. So, when will you arrive here? You can bring your little friends if you're too afraid to show yourself alone. I have a surprise for you. And I hope it will be ready when you're here."

I glanced at Adam's tank, continuing with supercilious tone, "Anyway, I have a prediction that you'll fail. Honestly, I like fairy tales about the brave knight saving the princess. Unfortunately, this is an exception. There is no knight who will succeed in rescuing Princess, because the knights in my own story must die, including Black Cat."

I ended the call harshly before getting any responses and then went out from the research room.

That was too bad that I didn't see the situation inside Adam's tank. The boy's fingers faintly moved. His eyes were a little opened, revealing his glowing red eyes.

Rinslet POV

Train, Sven, and I were speechless, even after knowing Troy ended the call.

It was the worst idea to call that idiot. Truly, this was sooo infuriating. I wanted to warp around his neck mercilessly soon.

I saw mad and shocked expression in Sven's face. Mad because he heard his annoying and arrogant tone, and shocked because he couldn't believe that his daughter had a bad acquaintance. He squeezed a can of soft drink ruthlessly, making the liquid wet his hand.

On the contrary, Train was so quite. He was looking at the road without commenting anything. I didn't know why, but I felt like he was trying hard to restrain the appearance of his old self.

"I-I guess we should continue our travel," I said nervously. "W-Who will drive?"

"I will," Sven answered. "Train, out! Sit on the back seat."

Train's gaze travelled to Sven, saying unemotionally, "No."

"But-"

"Let me drive until lunch time."

"Fine." Sven sighed, glancing at me. "Rins, when will we arrive?"

"Tonight, it's about 10 or 11 pm," I said.

Train POV

No one started any chat when I drove. Rinslet read the map quietly. Sometimes she looked at the road with wandering eyes or checked her email from her cell-phone. Sven smoked non-stop. So the back windows should be always widely opened.

I saw their anger still remained, although we had finished our breakfast two hours ago. Well, that stupid call was so damn maddening. Of course, they got angry.

And how about your feeling? My mind asked myself.

Me? My feeling? Well, it was a hard effort to hold my wrath, and I succeed, I guessed.

Sven and Rinslet only saw my calmness. They didn't know that I actually wanted to explode. I hated his annoying voice, but it was not a main matter anymore, especially after I knew that Princess was okay. Well, I wished he didn't lie.

The first thing now at my mind was that he dared to challenge me. Even he had a surprise for me. How could I refuse that? Truly, I felt like my old self came back. I really felt my adrenaline started going. The strong desire to bring bad luck. The sense of shooting target. The hunting instinct. They were back. I hated to admit it, but what Rinslet said was not absolutely wrong. My old self was waiting to be woken by the Princess' kidnapper. And at this time, he started getting up, slowly consuming the cheerful personality that I built all this time.

There is no knight who will succeed in rescuing Princess, because the knights in my own story must die, including Black Cat.

That sentence was extremely interesting. So daring. Very challenging. Troy made it well. Even too damn well.

I smirked.

I hope that your surprise would never disappoint me, Troy.

TBC

A/N: This is the end of the chapter. Please review. ^^