indentA young woman, not much older than 16 years old, was blazing down a street with a package the size of a tractor tire attached to her bicycle. She was in a hurry and pumping her legs as fast as they would carry her. The package was late being given to her and she was trying her best to get it to it’s destination on time.
indent“Damn my stupid boss.” She yelled as she peddled faster. As this moment she lost her concentration and a red ball crossed her path. Out of her viewing range a little girl ran into the street to retrieve the red toy. She was shocked to see the older girl and her cargo barreling down on her; the child was frozen like a deer in front of high beams.
indent“Gemini formation!” A male voice yelled out as two shadowy figures jumped in to stop the high speed accident that was about to happen. The two individuals positioned themselves on either side of the front of the package and brought it all to a screeching halt.
indentThe first of the two to speak was a short male with blonde hair and an angry face. “Yo Becky; watch it or you’re gonna kill somebody.” He said as he walked toward the little girl cowering in fear.
indentRebecca turned to the male and seemed angry at his comment. “My name is Rebecca! R to the E to the B-E -C-C-A! Rebecca-licious” She turned to the other person that had helped her prevent the accident. “Hello, Midori-chan. Are you doing okay?” She asked rubbing her shoulder.
indent“Package, late, get going.” She stated bluntly as she pushed Rebecca toward her bike.
indent“Oh s**t on a s**t cracker!” Rebecca yelled as she hopped on her bike and started to pedal. The pavement was stained with a black mark as she took off. “I’m omega late now!” She thought as she pedaled. “I need more speed!”
indentShe reached down to her left shin and ripped away her skin. It was fake skin to cover her prosthetic limb. She ran her fingers across the limb and recited a small chant. “To gain the speed I seek, I call upon you - Princess of golden wings, Kaze Hime!” A set of golden wings outlined themselves on her false ankle as her legs pedaled faster.
indentThe bikes wheels whined as Rebecca pushed sixty miles per hour. She was taking curves as well as a herpetologist to space science. She skidded to a stop in front of a large skyscraper, it belong to the Hitomi Railroad Company. “I hate coming here.” She muttered under her breath. She ran her fingers across her shin and the golden wing faded from sight.
indentShe looked down at the package on the bike and wondered what is could’ve been. She ripped false skin from her left arm. She started to chant. “To gain the strength that I seek, I call upon you - Princess of silver wings, Umi Hime!” A set of silver wings outlined themselves on her false arm. She lifted the large box onto her shoulder and carried it into the building.
indentShe walked past the reception desk and was quickly stopped by two security guards. “We’ll take that Miss.” One of the guards said reaching for the box. “Sure.” she said with a smile. She dropped the box on the floor with a ground shaking crash. The box was unharmed, but the floor under it was cracked and slightly displaced tiles. The guards’ eyes went wide as she walked back to her bike and pedaled off.
indentAfter she had gone girl ran over to where the guards stood and squealed with delight. “He’s here!” She giggled happily. The guards didn’t know what to say as she picked up the package and skipped away with it. “Hey Boneheads, Get that floor fixed now!” She yelled ferociously as the floor cracked under her feet as she carried the box away.
indent“Damn, is every teenage girl around this place strong or are we just weak fully grown men?” The guard said as he looked over the floor. A strange hand print was in the middle of the place where the box had been dropped. “What the hell was in that box?” The other guard ask as he looked down the path the girl had taken.
indentThe girl had taken the box to a secret laboratory, the entrance was hidden under a large trap door that concealed an elevator. As she rode down the elevator she tore off the tape that held the lid shut. She flipped open the top and peered inside. “Hello Aries, she didn’t beat you up too badly did she?” The girl asked as she lifted a round metal head to her face.
indent“Hito-to -mi-mi...” It tried to say as it stuttered and sparks shot into the air. She slapped the side of the head and more sparks shot from it. “Hitomi-san, how are you feeling today?” It asked, its voice only temporarily restored.
indent“I’m fine, you’re the one that needs to be repaired. Plus,” She said concern in her voice. “call me Sora-kun, even Sohee would be nice.” The elevator stopped suddenly as it reached the hidden laboratory. “Alright people, we got a scientific wonder here let’s get him repaired and operational in two days!” She yelled as she walked through the lab with scientist carting the rest of the metallic being toward a large room.
indentSora carried Aries’ head into a room with a large desk shaped like the letter “C” and a rotating chair within its center. “Hey nee-san, don’t worry about Aries. He’ll be made good as new.” A small boy said as he turned the chair to face the Sora.
indent“Thank you for the comfort, but I know that these guys do great work. You just gotta yell at them a little.” Sora said as she sat on her brother’s lap.
indent“Get off of me you fat cow!” He said before shoving her forward and kicking her rear-end knocking her to the floor. She was sprawled out on the floor with her rear in the air. She lay there, glaring from between her legs at her younger brother who was rolling with laughter.
indent“You have a footprint on your fat butt!” He laughed not knowing she had gotten up and was looming over him. “You actually thought I’d let your “Heavy-as-the-Titanic” butt sit on me?” He said before standing up and dusting himself off.
indent“You little BRAT!” She yelled before lunging at him with the intent to kill his immortal soul. While they fought Rebecca was on her way home to her children. She had a pair of fraternal twins, Rayne and Penelope, both age nine.
indent“Kids, I’m home!” She yelled as she entered her apartment. A little girl with a mask covering her face ran toward Rebecca and lunged through the air. “Whoa there.” she said as she caught her. “Pen-chan, you gotta stop doing that or you’re going to hurt me or yourself some day.”
indent“Hi Mom.” Rayne said flatly as he walked past Rebecca. He took Penelope from his mother’s arms and carried her to the couch. “Did you bring us anything?” He asked holding his arms up like she was going to punch him.
indent“As a matter of fact I did.” She said reaching under her shirt. She pulled out a small box of clay and a microchip on a metal tether. “The clay is for you Pen, and for the man of the house a microchip that was saved from my first prosthetic arm, I know it my not seem like much, but it has memories attached to it.” She said as she handed out her gifts.
indent“Mommy, thank you for the gifts.” Rayne said with a girlish giggle, he turned quickly to his sister. “Do that again and I’ll pop you.” He said flatly once again.
indentPenelope waved her hand in front of her face and her mask changed from a blank mask to a blue mask with a white tear drop under her right eye. She sat down on the floor and had her face in her hands.
indentRebecca stood up and loomed over Rayne. She grabbed him by his head and threw him onto the couch. “Apologize to your sister!” She yelled at him as he pulled his head from the cushions.
indent“I’m sorry nee-san, I didn’t mean to.” Rayne said as he straightened his clothes. Penelope waved her hand and changed her mask to a pink mask with a rabbit on her cheek. “I guess you’re happy.” He said before Penelope tackled him to the floor.
indentPenelope sat over her brother and stared deep into his eyes. Rayne’s cheeks turned red as he turned his gaze toward the wall. “Get off me nee-san, I can’t stand when you think like that.” He said before pushing Penelope from his lap.
indent“Rayne, please get the table set for dinner. Pen-chan, let’s get those hands washed.” Rebecca said as she picked up Penelope and carried her to the bathroom. Rayne set the table, but wasn’t too enthusiastic about it.
indentWhen Rebecca and Penelope returned Rayne had set plates, silverware, and lit candles. "Wow, you do have some talents after all." Rebecca said as she pulled a pot from the cabinet. "Hey Pen-chan, can you work a little magic for me?" She said with a wink.
indentPenelope waved a hand in front of her face and the pink rabbit mask that she had worn before was replaced with a aqua colored mask painted with spout-like mouth that was fixed in a straight forward position, on each side of her mask were fin-like designs.
indentPenelope lifted her chin and started to spray water from the mask directly into the pot. Rebecca placed the pot onto the stove once it was filled and threw in a few spices. "Cut some vegetables please." She asked Penelope. The young girl switched mask this time with a dark purple mask with metal spines protruding from it.
indentRayne threw some freshly washed and peeled vegetables toward the pot and Penelope swiped at them with her hands. "I think you missed that time." Rebecca said as she stirred the pot. As the mixture swirled around the pot the whole vegetables slowly split apart.
indent"Nee-san never misses; if she ever misses you won't be around to see it." Rayne said as he sat down at the dinner table waiting for the food to finish. The food took some time, but that didn't bother them. That night they were able to sit and eat like a family.
indentAs they sat at the dinner table Rebecca couldn't help, but as a few nagging questions. "I've never seen your real face; Do you ever take those things off?" She asked Penelope as she tapped on the table. "And how the heck did you learn to do that stuff with the water and the other things?"
indentPenelope looked at her mother not knowing what to say. "No, I never take these things off; I don't want anyone to see what I really look like." Rayne said as he ate. Rebecca pulled the mask from Penelope's face and saw another mask directly under it, a mask with a single eye hole and two deep grooves that were painted red. "Look on the back." Rayne said as he finished his soup.
indentOn the back was a large swirl that was in actuality a magic spell carved into the mask. "Wow, looks like the same stuff a friend of mines is into." She said placing the mask back on Penelope's face before clearing the table. "Go get ready for bed."
indentThe children ran to their room and changed their clothes before hopping into a bed. Rebecca came into the room a short while later and tucked them into bed. "Well, goodnight Pen-chan." She said before kissing Penelope's mask. "Ack! Penelope, start using something else beside pastels to color your masks, maybe something fruity. Rayne get to sleep or no Cyber Knights of Justice tomorrow."
indentRayne just turned his back and waited for her to leave. Once she left Penelope wrapped her arms around her brother. "I know Nee-chan, but she is our mom." He said lifting Penelope's mask and kissing her on the lips. "She's right; pastels are not the best tasting things in the world." He said trying to clean the taste from his mouth.
indentThe following morning Rebecca grabbed Rayne by his pajama shirt and carried him to the living room. "Rayne, are you ready to combat the forces of evil." She whispered into his ear and he sat up still sleeping.
indentRayne jumped to his feet and saluted. "Ready to serve and protect in the name of the Queen, Sir." He said before looking up to see Rebecca in her white tank top and pink panda panties. She was giggling up a storm. "Mom, put some pants on or I'll kick you." He said before turning on the television to watch his favorite show..
indentPenelope walked out of her room and kissed her brother on the cheek before she walked to the bathroom. Rebecca walked into the bathroom to catch Penelope off guard and see her face even if it was just a glimpse. Rayne grabbed his mother's elastic band then letting go. It made a loud snap as she fell to the floor. "Try to sneak another peek and I'll make it where you wake up in a living hell for the rest of your life." He said as he held her face to the floor.
indentPenelope ran from the bathroom with her mask covering her face and a towel wrapped around herself. "What the hell is your problem?" Rebecca said as she stood up rubbing her back soothing. She grabbed Rayne by his head and threw him across the room and lodging his head between the cushins.
indent"Oh yeah, two points!" Rebecca squealed as she walked to her room and got dressed. She stopped when she passed the mirror. "My eye, my arm, my leg, and even my parents. I lost them that day." She said as she ran her fingers across a scar under her eye.
indentRebecca thought back to the day when all of her troubles began. Her parents were driving her home after a nightout at the movies, it was snowing harder than the forecaster had predicted.
indent"Mom, how come you and dad aren't buckled up?" A young girl spoke, it was Rebecca at the age of ten. "It's because we areold enough not to need them." Her father said as he drove. The snow was getting thicker as time went on, it had gotten so thick that it was hard to see more than a few feet ahead.
indentSuddenly the car crashed into a pile of other cars.The next thing Rebecca knew she woke up in a hospital, noone was around. She tried to open her left eye, but she couldn't even feel it moving. She tried to reach up and touch it, but her left arm up to the elbow was missing she looked down to her feet in horror seeing her leg up to the knee was missing also.
indentHer only reaction was to scream at the top of her lungs, calling for her parents. A few nurses and doctors came to see her, but noone mentioned her parents. "Where are my parents!" She screamed at them, but noone answered. It took her all but a minute to figure out that she didn't have parents any more. She was told that she had been out for a few days and was going to need a few new limbs. She didn't like it but this was the fate she had been dealt.
indentShe was sent to live with a foster family, but she got herself emancipated once she was able to take care of herself. She was doing good for herself so far and she couldn't keep blaming herself fotr her parents' stupidity.
indentA marble shooting past her face made her snap back to reality. "Note to self: kill Mik for shooting at me." Rebecca said before pulling on her clothes. She left the room and kissed her kids on the head before hopping on her bike, headed for school.
indent"Okay, this is my first day of school since I took off to start at work. I hope everything goes alright." Rebecca thought as she chained her bike down. She calmly walked into the school not knowing what to expect.
indentShe looked at he class schedule and ran down a hall amd stopped at a classroom with the words "Health Education. on it's glass window. Before she could open it a girl grabbed Rebecca's prostectic arm and started to crack it.
indentRebecca flung her arm back and threw the person aside so she could se who they were. "Sora? What the hell do you want?" Rebecca yelled out once she had gotten a good look at her attacker's face.
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