Disclaimer: I don't own anything besides the atomix. All other ideas belong their respective owners, and that includes any ideas I borrow from other fanfics that I like (that's very rarely though, and usually with the author's permission). I apologize for the late upload, but being a senior is a pain in the ass. Also coming up with stuff for the adventure thing is annoying too. Now Enjoy!

"What's with those horns? Answer me, or I'm not going to let you go!"

Nana was frightened; she had just climbed out of the pod when this man started asking her questions. She really wished her horns would just retract into her head and this guy would forget about it.

"Why are you asking me this? I don't even know you." Her voice wavered out weakly."

"Shut up! Listen to what I have to say or you'll suffer for it!"

"Well then, I'll suffer then." Nana climbed out of the pod, her feet barely making a sound. "Sorry for being in high spirits but I could defeat a hundred men like you without even trying. You are luck though; papa told me not to harm humans anymore."

Bando burst out laughing. "So you are a friend of that woman." He pulled out his gun and cocked it. Suddenly Nana felt a presence, It was like another diclonius, but it was so much denser then Lucy's presence. Bando was about to fire the bullet when a shot rang out, and his gun was knocked out of his hand. He turned. Standing about 50 meters to his left were 3 people, two girls and one boy.

"Who the hell are you? I'm going to kill you!" Bando raised his gun, the guy with untidy hair rushed forward and grabbed Bando's arm before he could react. There was a crushing sound, and Bando shouted in pain. He feels to the ground, cursing his enemy.

"You were too soft on the guy. You should have killed him Argie." The blond kid said.

"You could bitch about anything I do! You know what, the next time you screw up, I'm taking a picture!"

"With what, a rock?"

"You are so fucking dead when we get back to base, shithead." He turned to Nana. "Hey, you aren't Lucy. They didn't say another diclonius escaped the facility."

Judging by that pod, I don't think it escaped. Someone helped her."

"Chenie, does it really matter how she got out? I don't give shit if she went through the sewage or stole a helicopter. Why must everyone correct me?"

"Quit your yelling Argie! Why don't we all just shut up and get to the matter at hand. I think our target is getting confused." This was true. Nana was looking from one to the next with a bemused look on her face.

"Who are you people? You have no horns and yet I can sense your presence. And why am I your target?"

Argie grinned at Nana; this guy was starting to annoy her "All you need to know is that we were ordered to kill all diclonius besides Lucy we come into contact with."

"Do you get your orders from the director?"

"Don't make me repeat myself. All you need to know is that we have been ordered to kill you."

"Is that so? You could be a thousand men and I would still crush you."

"I heard what you were saying to that guy I beat up. I also heard from you that you don't like to fight humans because your papa told you not too. It's obvious you are trying to avoid a fight."

"I think you should go home if you know what's good for you."

"You still don't get it, do you?" Archie took a strange fighting pose that Nana did not recognize. "You can't compare me to shit like him. You said that you can't harm human's right? What if I showed you that I'm not human?" As he said that, spikes grew out of his back, sharp spikes about 2 feet long and very sharp at the tips. He now resembled a porcupine. Nana stared unbelievingly at the monster before her."

"What are you? (I've never seen someone do something like that. People without horns I can sense, and now he does this. What is going on here?)

Archie smirked at Nana's confusion. "Allow me to make the proper introduction. I am atomix number 968, Archie. Nice to meet you shithead."

Nana winced at his foul mouth while trying to deal with the torrent of questions now going through her head. This guy's introduction had the opposite affect on her: instead of getting questions answered, she got more. Still, it was impolite not to introduce her, so the questions would have to wait.

"I'm Nana. Although I can't really say that it's nice to meet you with you looking like that."

"Archie grinned again. "I guess you can't."

Suddenly, some of the spikes from his back arched towards Nana. Nana blocked all of them with her vectors.

"Hey Archie, are you sure you want to fight her here? You are at bit of a disadvantage here."

"Shut the fuck up! I can beat her with one arm if I want to!" With that said, he charged Nana head on.

("What is he thinking? He must know anything about diclonius if he is doing something this stupid. I'll be careful not to hurt him too much." Nana launched out her vectors at Archie. They were about to collide with him when Archie jumped to the left mischarge, avoiding the vectors.

("He dodged the vectors? How is that even possible? Does this mean that he can see them?" Nana directed her vectors towards Archie again, only for him to duck and dance around them. Nana was speechless. Not only could this guy dodge her vectors, but he made it look as easy as jump-roping.

"You're open!" Archie took out a gun from his pocket, charged at Nana, and shot her with it. Nana clutched her shoulder in pain.

("How did that bullet get through my vectors?"

Archie was staring at Nana like she was some disgusting insect that should be crushed. "I was right to take that guy's gun. Tungsten bullets; I heard most of your conversation, and it seemed like he knew a lot about the diclonius. You could have at least given me a good fight. I thought fighting a diclonius would prove to be a great challenge, but apparently I was mistaken. You've turned out to been quite a shitty opponent, Nana. Or do you like to be called number 7? You are very weak, despite having such a low number."

"Our numbers don't refer to our strength. Is that how it works for you?"

"Sort of, but it's not that simple. When we become atomix, our powers are tested, and from that moment on, we get two different colored numbers tattooed on our bodies. The red numbers are the numbers of the squad we are in. The black numbers represent our rank in strength. My strength is 96. That is to be expected though, since I'm one of the recent atomix.

"You are only 96?" Nana could not believe that she was being subdued by one of the weaker ones.

"How many of you are there?"

"I know there are at least 100 of us running around last time I checked the mission board, and we get more all the time. All you need to know is that there are 95 people above me in rank, and you can't beat me." With that, more spikes protruded from his body, this time from his hands. He let lose more projectiles as Nana, who blocked most of them but one went though and embedded itself in her chest. She clutched at the spike, and managed to pull it out, but this was really taking a toll on her physically and emotionally. She started crying.

"Why are you doing this? I'm only doing what Papa told me to do. I can't harm anyone, no, I can't. Nana's a good girl..."

"You still have a father? Funny, I though diclonius killed their parents the moment they get their powers."

"Papa told me not to hurt anyone. He told me that I could stay with him."

"Papa lied then. Listen Nana, you don't have a place in this world anymore. You were used for their convenience, and trashed when you became unusable. That's how it works with us too. When someone comes along that has a better power that works for the same tasks as another Atomix has they are disposed of. The same is true when an Atomix fails too many tasks or is deemed too insane to do missions and poses a significant threat to others. You can go to the fucking bottom without even knowing what happened."

More tears began to flow from Nana's face. She stared disbelievingly at Archie, who was grinning at her apparent suffering. "Papa wouldn't do that!"

"Yes he would. You were used at their dispense, and they easily trashed you. They are probably looking for you right now. Keeping you alive is too dangerous for them. You have the potential to affect many people with your virus. How does it feel to be a cockroach? A being that is viewed as horrific and terrifying by the majority of the human population? This is how the world works. The strong use the weak, and some of the exceptionally clever weak manipulate the strong to become strong. You don't have a place in this world anymore, Nana!"

Nana tried to clear her head of the things he was saying, but no matter what she did, all those thoughts rushed through her head and threatened to twist her mind. ("No, it can't be true. Why would Papa do such a thing? Why would I be born if my destiny was to be abandoned and die?" If that is true, then there is no place for me in this world. I'll just have to kill everyone!")

Suddenly, Argie felt a huge surge of power come from Nana. The sand around her was being pressed down by some invisible force. The air around her reeked with power. But the most terrifying change was her eyes, which were now filled with malice and hate.

"What is this?"

"I've decided. That killing someone like you is okay." Nana's voice had lost her innocent young girl tone to it and was more machine like now. Argie fired the gun at her, one hit her arm, and the other hit her leg. They hit, but she only recoiled slightly from each impact, and kept on coming towards him. When she got close enough, she fired he vectors at a surprise Argie. Argie barely had enough time to dodge, noting that for some reason, her vectors were faster than before.

("What the fuck? Diclonius are supposed to be unable to concentrate on their power if they are in pain from something. So why then, when I shot her arm and leg, did she keep on coming? She didn't even bleed!"

Argie did a couple back flips to get out of the range of Nana's vectors, pointed the gun at Nana, and yelled triumphant "it's over Nana! I'm out of the range of your vectors and I'm going to kill you now. Now if you apologize I might take you alive, since I'm in a good mood today. I..." He sentence was caught short when Nana's arm detached from her body and punched him in the face. He realized why she did not react much or bleed from the gunshot wounds.

("Artificial limbs, shit! I'm in trouble.") He feels to the ground, and found Nana standing over him. He turned his hand and aimed nothing? His hand was empty. He looked at his hand in disbelieve, then he look at his gun, which was 3 meters away from him in the sand. He turned back to Nana, who was standing over him with that cold look in her eyes.

"Now you don't have your gun."

"That doesn't change a thing!" Metal spikes shot out of his chest at Nana, 2 hit her in the chest. She fell to the ground as Argie stood up and over her. He laughed and grabbed a spike that he protruded from his body and held it like a knife.

Suddenly, a shot rang out. Argie stared at his right arm, which was now a tangled, bloody mess. He screamed in pain, clutching his arm. He turned his head to stare at Bando, who was now standing up, gun in hand.

"You... How are you standing?"

"You broke my artificial limb, dumbass. And you didn't bother to frisk me when you took the first gun. So I guess this is goodbye." Bando took aim at Archie's head.

"God damn it!" Liem threw a smoke bomb, and smoke hid everything from view. When the smoke cleared, all 3 Atomix were gone. Nana looked up at Bando, that murderous look gone from her eyes.

"I'm not with Lucy. She is the reason why my limbs are artificial. I have to find her and stop her."

"So, we have a common enemy." Bando pulled out a card. Nana took it, and looked it over.

"This is my number. If you find her, contact me."

"Thank you for your help!"

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Eric and (name) were running away with Argie on their back, ranting how he was going to tear Nana and Bando apart when he got the chance. (Name) was the first person to break the silence.

"You know what will happen to him now. Why did you even bother to bring him?"

"We aren't bringing him to base. We'll give him to someone else."

"Who do you have in mind?"

"Could I ask you to make a path please?"

Chenie smirked. "I see what you have in mind."

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Nana was climbing up some stone steps when she felt a huge presence nearby. ("Who could be so powerful?") She saw a man in a dark cloak on the top stair. He was wearing a mask. Seeing the expression on Nana's face, he said.

"I'm not her to quarrel with you, I just want to talk."

"Why would you want to talk to Nana?" Nana was still on guard; she didn't know what this guy was, so it was best to be prepared.

"You lost your limbs to Lucy right?"

"How do you know?"

"I know a lot of things. But I want you to do something."

"What do you want me to do?"

"The next time you meet Lucy, ask her why she kills people. You have never heard her side of the story before."

"Why should I do that?"

"This is even true among diclonius, but people always kill for a reason, even if it's incomprehensible to the rest of us."

"Lucy is just a bad person!"

"Nothing is that simple. Go and find her, and see what I mean."

The masked man went up the last few stairs and disappeared. Nana climbed up the stairs, wandering what to make of this new development.

Incendo walked along the beach. ("So everything is coming into play. I can't wait.")

Another chapter done! I'll try to get it done faster, I promise!