Chapter 4: Artificial Intelligence Pt 2

He began to stare at the window once more, but this time he seemed more focused on everything but the girl, He calmly raised his hand in a fist and knocked on the window once he approved of all the tools the doctors had received.

"You may begin the second operation."

It didn't take long for them to get into place and begin working. Al they had to do was open up the skin that covered her skull and place the AI inside. Not a difficult feat, but it was reasuring for the doctors that the girl was clamped in, with no room to escape.



It was different this time. The dream was different. Was it different? She couldn't tell. Crystaall knew she had to keep moving toward the light. The dark shadow was chasing her. This shadow was a figure she could easily recognize, for it was her own. She was cloaked in black cloth and the only thing she could see when she looked back, was the red eyes that shone through the darkness. She kept running to the light, but she couldn't reach it. Everytime she got close, it moved farther away. It was almost like a ball of light that was trying to guide her, but she couldn't believe that. Then came the pain. The pain that made her collapse to her knees. The brutal pain that made her grasp her head and attempt to pull her hair out. She tried to scream but her mouth would not move and she could only curse herself in her head as she tried to stand and failed. This pain was new, and the shadow figure of herself began to loom over her like the evils that corrupt her galaxy, her universe. It soon knelt down and stared into her own feiry eyes and it smiled a big red grin.

"Don't worry about the pain, little Crystaall. You will learn to accept me as nothing but your purest form of wrath."

Crystaall tried to speak, but when she opened her mouth, the shadow turned to dust and flew inside. The ball of light got closer and closer with every second, until she was blinded by the orb.  The pain stopped, but the light remained. She then began to feel the cold metal over her arms and her ankles. But something was wrong, Her arms didn't feel like her arms, instead... they felt like a machine.

Chapter 4: Artificial Intelligence

Crystaall lay on an operation table, unconscious as several doctors hovered over her, looking at the 15 year old girl who now wore a medical gown to cover her bare skin. It was almost pale under the bright lights. There were very few pieces of equipment the doctors had in their possession though. All one could see was a scalpal and a small clear box that held a small mirco chip inside. However, on the opposite side of the bright room, stood the cloaked man and another doctor by his side. They stared through the one way mirror, and it was pretty obvious that half of the operation had already been conducted. The new robotic arms were already in place, with each nerve linked up. The man's hands were clapsed behind his back as continued to stare through the window with silence. The doctor stared, equally, between the girl and his superior until he could no longer stand the question.

"Sir?"

"What is bothering you?"

"I was wondering if you two are-"

"Yes."

"How do you know?"

"It is a family secret my good doctor."

The doctor chuckled and soon spoke under his breath.

"Some family."

The man soon grabbed the docotr by the throat and lift him by his neck, keeping him suspended in air with all his strength.

"You ever mock my family, escpecially her.... you will be breathing through tubes."

He dropped the doctor who collapsed to his feet, struggling to stand, even with the small drop.

"Yes sir."

Chapter 3: Royal Protection Pt 9

He struck quickly and without warning. One moment he was 5 feet away from her, and then he was behind her. She turned and was about to throw one of her knives at him, but something was missing. the blade was cleanly cut in half. She stared at it for a few moments and then threw it to the ground and immidiately threw the other knife at him. He cut that one in half as well and Crystaall stared as the two halves dropped to the ground.

"Now now, we can have anyone hurting that badly can we?"

"Don't tempt me you evil demon."

"Demon? No. Evil? Yes. Come test your mettle, kiddo."

"I am not your child."

He was tempting her. He was taunting her. And, unfortunately, it was working. She knew to stand back and fight, but her heart said 'strike, and never let up.' She knew her pistols would not work so she decided to run at the man. He deactivated his blade as he saw the girl heading straight for him. He side-stepped as she went for a shoulder charge at him. Crystaall failed quickly, falling into a roll and rising back to her feet, picking up small grains of sand and dust. She looked at the man and raised her right arm. She taunted him with two of her fingers moving back and forth. The man shrugged and charged the small girl and he was successful. She dodged, but she never anticipated the pain. Crystaall had side-stepped in the same motion just like the man, but instead, she had her arms raised up so she could throw the man into the ground. It was simplistic and wise, but with his weaponry, he easily countered. He had ignited his blade and it cut straight through her arms. He was right beneath her when Crystaall began to fall and managed to get out from underneath the falling girl with a second to spare as she hit the ground. The pain was excruciating. At least it was in her own mind. She couldn't even think over the large screams she produced. The pain was unexpected and she couldn't quit screaming, but then she could see a black circle, she tried to blink it away, but after doing so it engulfed her vision, blinding her and silencing her loud mouth. The man stood there at the three pieces. With one piece breathing. The other two were her complete arms, and the girl only had her shoulders left. The robed man sighed as he walked over to her, deactivating the crimson blade and picking her up.

"I told you it would be difficult, Crys."