Unatomic Stacey
Chapter 19: My Dilemma
(Following Day at 6:30 a.m. in Dertah's bedroom at a Villa in France)
I opened my eyes and sat up. I looked at the nearby clock and saw the time.
"You're up early," a voice said suddenly and I looked forward to see who it was.
"Lord Carmichael," I said brightly, "are you watching over me?" I asked him.
"Possibly," Lord Michael responded his voice sounding very cold.
"Have I done wrong?" I asked him in a voice that sounded mildly childlike.
"No," Lord Carchael told me, "or at least," he continued, "not now," he added.
"What has Demi said to you?" Lord Carmichael asked me suddenly.
I was about to answer when suddenly I thought.
Wait. Demi? She's my friend. And I almost…
"We spoke about me being under the LIVE diamond," I told him honestly.
"Oh?" Lord Carmichael asked.
"I really hope to be under its control totally someday," I lied, "if that's what you want," I added sweetly.
"You'll do what I want?" Lord Carmichael asked me with a teasing undertone.
"Anything," I responded.
"Continue resting and being my obedient servant," Lord Carmichael told me and with a smile he left.
I watched the door close with an adoring smile on my face.
Worthless bastard. I can't even show my true emotions because he'll know how much I'm really not under the control of the LIVE diamond. I mean I am Stacey Carmichael after all. But I can't remember anything except my family, that my Grandfather Carmichael killed two of them, my mother had lied to me, I stupidly turned to my grandfather who in turn put me under the control of the LIVE diamond, and I remember a few defiant bits and pieces including... Oh my God. I killed Atomic Betty and X5! Oh my God! I'm a murderer!
No you're not.
"What?" I asked looking around.
I'm in your head. You know that.
"My hea…?" I started to ask but stopped, "hey!" I cried angrily, "it was you talking earlier and would've ratted out Demi if I hadn't awakened."
Yes and you're a menace.
"Me!" I cried incredulously, "I'm no menace you body snatcher!" I shouted.
Shhhh! Do you want Lord Carmichael to hear you?
"He's no…!" I started to shout but stopped when I realized something, "you don't want him to hear us?" I asked her.
Of course not. I want to be independent just as much as you do.
"To live your life far away from my creepy 'incestual' undertone grandfather?" I asked her.
No. To be able to be with your grandfather.
"Ewww!" I cried, "I'm not doing that," I snapped in disgust.
Well I want to and we have to find a way to compromise until then.
"Until then what?" I asked.
Until we find a way to separate.
"How can we do that?" I asked her, "all my powers are controlled by my grandfather now and he can sense when I try almost anything magical," I pointed out, "he won't allow a separation spell to go through and even if he did I'm not powerful enough to even do it much less bother to try," I concluded.
You're such a pessimist. You're Stacey Carmichael and I'm Dertah D.N.A. Evol. Live with it and gain some damn confidence in yourself.
"Dertah D.N.A. Evol?" I asked.
Turn each word backwards and it will be Hatred AND Love. It's only when it's D.N.A. that it's pronounced D.N.A. as in genetic material. Turn it backward in my name and it's pronounced AND as in 'and I'm tired'. So my name when it's switched around shows the two main emotions that control human kind.
"You want to control human kind?" I asked her.
They are below me.
"No they are not," I told her firmly.
Whatever. But I need control of this body sometimes.
"No way," I refused, "next thing I know I suddenly gain control days later to see my uncle beside me in this bed," I said and I immediately felt my skin crawl.
Well you'll risk it anyway if you fight me. Don't you realize that us fighting will lead to one inevitable solution?
"What inevitable solution?" I asked suspiciously.
One of us overpowering the other. Your body originally or not doesn't matter. Remember this is a battle of the minds not the soul.
"So you could take over my body but not my soul," I said softly, "that would suck!" I shouted, "I don't want my mind to be destroyed just because you conquered me as the stronger personality.
Exactly. And I don't want vice versa. I want to be a whole person because I want to be with Lord Carmichael and serve him even better. But he's too …um…well he just won't understand that and would most likely see it as rebellion.
"And you want to serve a man who'd kill you before seeing you be independent of him," I said darkly.
You just don't understand. You're a naïve little girl.
"Excuse me?" I demanded, "but you're a part of me," I pointed out, "what are you?"
A woman obviously.
"And a bitch to boot," I muttered.
Watch it.
"Watch yourself," I snapped.
Let me take over.
"No way!" I refused.
Come on. I remember all of my life because it just started recently. You just remember pieces of your life up to a little after your father died and tiny flashes of the more recent part of your life including going to Lord Carmichael for assistance, your mother betraying and the death of Atomic Betty and injury of X5.
"Injury?" I asked in surprise.
You can't destroy a quality robot like X5 by cutting off his head!
"Oh, good point," I realized, "but how will I get to remember the rest of my life?"
I don't know. But Lord Carmichael is very careful because he knows that I'm not fully under the control of the LIVE diamond. You stay out and he'll know that somehow our minds split.
"But how did it happen?" I asked.
Maybe that talk with Demi awakened something within our minds and caused us to separate. I'm glad personally. Your conscience was annoying.
"And your love for my grandfather is just plain disgusting," I countered.
Whatever little girl. Just switch.
"I don't like this," I said honestly.
Who gives a…! Just do it okay.
"Okay," I conceded.
I closed my eyes and allowed my new alter ego Dertah to take over.
(Normal POV)
(Meanwhile at a Hospital in Space)
Sparky sat beside his unconscious leader who was within a special containment unit as she slowly healed. Whatever cut her had all sort of foreign things in it that made it very hard for the surgeons to even get the wounds to start to close plus she needed blood transfusions because her blood had been poisoned.
"Chief," Sparky said sadly as he touched the containment unit, "get well soon," he said tearfully and soon was leaning against the unit and sobbing.
End Chapter 19
I had hoped to make this chapter longer. But this was all that I could come up with. The next chapter will have a lot more in it; trust me. Anyway please review and thank you for reading. Oh and Barry, your review inspired me to do something in this story. Thank you very much. Thanks to everyone for reviewing ch18 and I'll try to update as soon as possible.