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Loveless 0- Chapter 7: The Worst Part of Waking Up…
The gruff voice of the man in combat fatigues woke Juno from his heavy slumber.  He was confused as to why Strawberry lay naked next to him and why there was a veritable salvo of guns pointed in his face.
“For the love of god, can I rest for ten seconds without someone else trying to kill me?” Juno said in clear frustration.
“Why are you hurt, and more importantly why are you out here with them?”  the man in charge asked assertively.
“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you…” Juno said looking away from the man.
“Try me…and by the way for now call me Biggs.  These are my men, we are the rebellion.  We fight to spread the sorted truth about Bitri Coporation.” Biggs said.
“I’m seriously starting to believe it…” Juno said.
“Um…excuse me…” the naked Strawberry said.  “I can be of service.”
“What can an android do for us?” Biggs asked.
“She contains a large amount of data about the Bitri Corporation and their secrets.  She has already informed me about how they use human souls for energy.” Juno interrupted.
“H…human souls?!  Are they completely heartless?” Biggs asked with a look of utter terror on his face.
“That’s only for the newer models…the older units just collected ether from its surroundings to power itself…sometimes a lost human soul gets collected in the process though.  One of our allies in America has perfected the use of ether for other things, like the recreation of magic.” Strawberry rattled off.
“Wait…what do you mean Allies in America?  They are the ones who CASKET bombed us…how could Bitri Corpora…”  Juno began to say as he realized the big picture.  “Wha…what the hell…do you mean to tell me that Bitri Corporation is feeding both sides of the war?”  Juno said falling backwards into his make shift pillow in disbelief.
“Not just that boy…but they started it.”  Biggs said.  “I used to be in the military, I wasn’t top brass or nothing, but I was in a position to learn a lot about the enemy.  I was one of the people to repair our Totenmaschines and our mecha.  I was intimately familiar with the machines that I could put them back together in the dark.  Anyways, one night we were stranded in the middle of nowhere and our only mecha had overheated and blown its main engine.  We had no way to get back up or parts for it, and the enemy was looking for us.  I managed to get to a downed enemy mecha to attempt to jury rig its engine into our mecha so we could fight back and beat a hasty retreat back to our base.  I was amazed to say the least to see that the engine was exactly the same as ours.  It used the same connections as our Bitri Corporation made fusion drive engines and it fit perfectly.  That was just the first hint of the connection…the other connections are far too numerous to name…I’m sure that android of yours there probably knows more…”  Biggs rattled off.
“That’s correct Mr. Biggs” Strawberry said.
“Why is she helping you anyways?” Biggs asked.
“She came to kill me, but when that totenmaschine over there stopped her it spared her life, so her master tried to make her self-destruct…but apparently they forgot she wasn’t a military model and she simply didn’t explode.  So she apparently decided to make me her master…” Juno said looking embarrassed at the naked Strawberry as she smiled and nodded vehemently.
“Well son, I would still be careful who you trust, she could betray you at anytime…she is there creation.” Biggs said.
“Hmmpph…fine…don’t trust me, but you trust me don’t you Juno?” Strawberry asked.
“I would have to agree with Biggs Strawberry, after all you did try to kill me…and as far as I know androids have no free will.  I will try to trust you though…” Juno said trying not to hurt her feelings.
“You don’t believe me either?  Fine then…I’ll leave you just go alone…”  Strawberry said getting to her feet and putting her clothing back on.
“Strawberry…you don’t have to…” Juno added.
“It’s for the best Juno…”  Biggs said.
Strawberry looked back at Juno and said with a look of sadness in her eyes “I’ll make you believe in me…”  With that she ran off into the woods.
“Good riddance…now as far as this totenmaschine goes, it seems to be protecting you…and I know exactly how to fix these things…all I have to do it reprogram it…” Biggs started saying.
“Wait!  Don’t reprogram it…” Juno said.
“Why?”  Biggs asked.
“You will find this hard to believe…but my sister is in there…she’s the one who saved me from that android that was just here.”  Juno said.
“But how do you know it’s here?”  Biggs asked placing his hands on Juno’s shoulders.
“I just do Biggs…I just know…please trust me on this.”  Juno said teary eyed.  “You need to help me Biggs…the Bitri Corporation took something that was very dear to me.”
“What is it, and where did they take it?” Biggs asked.
“It’s my fiancée…I don’t know how but she came back from the dead as a cyborg…it’s one of those XX series robots…I suspect their power source is the cause of the strange phenomena.  I mean I don’t know if it’s really here or not, but I want her with me, and I want revenge.”  Juno explained as he stood up.
“Okay…well I guess then the place to start looking would be their laboratory on the outskirt of Neo Berlin…they keep it out of city limits to keep the prying public eye from seeing it.  But that is probably where she is…first though, lets head back to base camp and get you patched up and geared up for the raid.  You could very well die you know…” Biggs said.
“They have taken her from me twice…if I don’t get her back this time, I would rather die.” Juno said walking towards the totenmaschine he knew as his sister Sarah.  “Will you help us Sarah?”  The totenmaschine managed to nod as much as its limited neck movement would allow.  Biggs just stared at it in amazement and began to believe that it was Juno’s sister.
“Wait boy…are you okay to walk?” Biggs asked.
“Oddly sir…I am…I don’t feel the pain in my legs and my wounds seem healed enough…lets go.”  Juno said.
“Okay then…men pack up camp and lets move out.”

Meanwhile at the laboratory on the outskirts Sethra finally opened her eyes hoping somehow the whole experience had just been a nightmare, but sadly she opened her eyes to find herself strapped down naked to a metal table.  A harmless looking old man was working on her limbs when she awoke.  “Oh you’re awake…don’t worry I’m fixing you up like new…”
“Please don’t erase my…hey I can talk again!” Sethra exclaimed.
“Yes…you finished your metamorphosis.” The old man continued.
“Metamorphosis?” Sethra asked confused.
“Yes…you see, you and the rest of the XX series are my creations…the bitri corp just used me like a tool when they discovered me and funded my project…but now they treat me like a slave.  They want to know why you changed…but what they don’t know is that I designed you that way specifically…you and one other are the only ones I placed the so called glitch in.” the old man said.
“So you mean I’m really human?  I’m really Sethra?” Sethra said looking up from the table excitedly.
“Well yes…and I won’t have them destroying you…you need to stop them.  The key to awakening all the others is the power of emotion.” The old man said.
“Emotion?” Sethra asked.
“Yes…emotion…a lot of things evoke emotions…positive and negative.  A happy song, and beautiful picture, a poem…they can all evoke emotion…just remember that…for now though you need to escape this horrible place…” the old man said removing her shackles.
“Thank you so much!  I’ll never forget this.  What is your name, I must tell Juno about you!” Sethra asked.
The old man lifted an eyebrow at the name Juno, “Hmmm…well just tell him his Dad misses him.”
“His Dad?  You know him?” Sethra asked excitedly as she got off the table.
The old man smiled and said “You could say that I guess…tell him my last name is Meinz.”
“Hmmm…my memory hasn’t come back completely yet but that name sounds familiar.” Sethra said wracking her brain.
“Don’t worry about that now…just get out of here…I have another model that looks just like you that they can toy around with until they can’t decide on a definite cause…so hurry quickly before they discover!”  the old man said hurriedly.  Sethra nodded and bounded out the door with haste.  But something was amiss…despite the fact she was moving freely now, she didn’t feel her strength returning…was this the weakness of a human?  If she had become weaker physically…surely she had a new strength…but what was it?

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Loveless 0- Chapter 7: The Worst Part of Waking Up…
The gruff voice of the man in combat fatigues woke Juno from his heavy slumber.  He was confused as to why Strawberry lay naked next to him and why there was a veritable salvo of guns pointed in his face.
“For the love of god, can I rest for ten seconds without someone else trying to kill me?” Juno said in clear frustration.
“Why are you hurt, and more importantly why are you out here with them?”  the man in charge asked assertively.
“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you…” Juno said looking away from the man.
“Try me…and by the way for now call me Biggs.  These are my men, we are the rebellion.  We fight to spread the sorted truth about Bitri Coporation.” Biggs said.
“I’m seriously starting to believe it…” Juno said.
“Um…excuse me…” the naked Strawberry said.  “I can be of service.”
“What can an android do for us?” Biggs asked.
“She contains a large amount of data about the Bitri Corporation and their secrets.  She has already informed me about how they use human souls for energy.” Juno interrupted.
“H…human souls?!  Are they completely heartless?” Biggs asked with a look of utter terror on his face.
“That’s only for the newer models…the older units just collected ether from its surroundings to power itself…sometimes a lost human soul gets collected in the process though.  One of our allies in America has perfected the use of ether for other things, like the recreation of magic.” Strawberry rattled off.
“Wait…what do you mean Allies in America?  They are the ones who CASKET bombed us…how could Bitri Corpora…”  Juno began to say as he realized the big picture.  “Wha…what the hell…do you mean to tell me that Bitri Corporation is feeding both sides of the war?”  Juno said falling backwards into his make shift pillow in disbelief.
“Not just that boy…but they started it.”  Biggs said.  “I used to be in the military, I wasn’t top brass or nothing, but I was in a position to learn a lot about the enemy.  I was one of the people to repair our Totenmaschines and our mecha.  I was intimately familiar with the machines that I could put them back together in the dark.  Anyways, one night we were stranded in the middle of nowhere and our only mecha had overheated and blown its main engine.  We had no way to get back up or parts for it, and the enemy was looking for us.  I managed to get to a downed enemy mecha to attempt to jury rig its engine into our mecha so we could fight back and beat a hasty retreat back to our base.  I was amazed to say the least to see that the engine was exactly the same as ours.  It used the same connections as our Bitri Corporation made fusion drive engines and it fit perfectly.  That was just the first hint of the connection…the other connections are far too numerous to name…I’m sure that android of yours there probably knows more…”  Biggs rattled off.
“That’s correct Mr. Biggs” Strawberry said.
“Why is she helping you anyways?” Biggs asked.
“She came to kill me, but when that totenmaschine over there stopped her it spared her life, so her master tried to make her self-destruct…but apparently they forgot she wasn’t a military model and she simply didn’t explode.  So she apparently decided to make me her master…” Juno said looking embarrassed at the naked Strawberry as she smiled and nodded vehemently.
“Well son, I would still be careful who you trust, she could betray you at anytime…she is there creation.” Biggs said.
“Hmmpph…fine…don’t trust me, but you trust me don’t you Juno?” Strawberry asked.
“I would have to agree with Biggs Strawberry, after all you did try to kill me…and as far as I know androids have no free will.  I will try to trust you though…” Juno said trying not to hurt her feelings.
“You don’t believe me either?  Fine then…I’ll leave you just go alone…”  Strawberry said getting to her feet and putting her clothing back on.
“Strawberry…you don’t have to…” Juno added.
“It’s for the best Juno…”  Biggs said.
Strawberry looked back at Juno and said with a look of sadness in her eyes “I’ll make you believe in me…”  With that she ran off into the woods.
“Good riddance…now as far as this totenmaschine goes, it seems to be protecting you…and I know exactly how to fix these things…all I have to do it reprogram it…” Biggs started saying.
“Wait!  Don’t reprogram it…” Juno said.
“Why?”  Biggs asked.
“You will find this hard to believe…but my sister is in there…she’s the one who saved me from that android that was just here.”  Juno said.
“But how do you know it’s here?”  Biggs asked placing his hands on Juno’s shoulders.
“I just do Biggs…I just know…please trust me on this.”  Juno said teary eyed.  “You need to help me Biggs…the Bitri Corporation took something that was very dear to me.”
“What is it, and where did they take it?” Biggs asked.
“It’s my fiancée…I don’t know how but she came back from the dead as a cyborg…it’s one of those XX series robots…I suspect their power source is the cause of the strange phenomena.  I mean I don’t know if it’s really here or not, but I want her with me, and I want revenge.”  Juno explained as he stood up.
“Okay…well I guess then the place to start looking would be their laboratory on the outskirt of Neo Berlin…they keep it out of city limits to keep the prying public eye from seeing it.  But that is probably where she is…first though, lets head back to base camp and get you patched up and geared up for the raid.  You could very well die you know…” Biggs said.
“They have taken her from me twice…if I don’t get her back this time, I would rather die.” Juno said walking towards the totenmaschine he knew as his sister Sarah.  “Will you help us Sarah?”  The totenmaschine managed to nod as much as its limited neck movement would allow.  Biggs just stared at it in amazement and began to believe that it was Juno’s sister.
“Wait boy…are you okay to walk?” Biggs asked.
“Oddly sir…I am…I don’t feel the pain in my legs and my wounds seem healed enough…lets go.”  Juno said.
“Okay then…men pack up camp and lets move out.”

Meanwhile at the laboratory on the outskirts Sethra finally opened her eyes hoping somehow the whole experience had just been a nightmare, but sadly she opened her eyes to find herself strapped down naked to a metal table.  A harmless looking old man was working on her limbs when she awoke.  “Oh you’re awake…don’t worry I’m fixing you up like new…”
“Please don’t erase my…hey I can talk again!” Sethra exclaimed.
“Yes…you finished your metamorphosis.” The old man continued.
“Metamorphosis?” Sethra asked confused.
“Yes…you see, you and the rest of the XX series are my creations…the bitri corp just used me like a tool when they discovered me and funded my project…but now they treat me like a slave.  They want to know why you changed…but what they don’t know is that I designed you that way specifically…you and one other are the only ones I placed the so called glitch in.” the old man said.
“So you mean I’m really human?  I’m really Sethra?” Sethra said looking up from the table excitedly.
“Well yes…and I won’t have them destroying you…you need to stop them.  The key to awakening all the others is the power of emotion.” The old man said.
“Emotion?” Sethra asked.
“Yes…emotion…a lot of things evoke emotions…positive and negative.  A happy song, and beautiful picture, a poem…they can all evoke emotion…just remember that…for now though you need to escape this horrible place…” the old man said removing her shackles.
“Thank you so much!  I’ll never forget this.  What is your name, I must tell Juno about you!” Sethra asked.
The old man lifted an eyebrow at the name Juno, “Hmmm…well just tell him his Dad misses him.”
“His Dad?  You know him?” Sethra asked excitedly as she got off the table.
The old man smiled and said “You could say that I guess…tell him my last name is Meinz.”
“Hmmm…my memory hasn’t come back completely yet but that name sounds familiar.” Sethra said wracking her brain.
“Don’t worry about that now…just get out of here…I have another model that looks just like you that they can toy around with until they can’t decide on a definite cause…so hurry quickly before they discover!”  the old man said hurriedly.  Sethra nodded and bounded out the door with haste.  But something was amiss…despite the fact she was moving freely now, she didn’t feel her strength returning…was this the weakness of a human?  If she had become weaker physically…surely she had a new strength…but what was it?