Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief

Thunder struck as the skies turn dark. A drizzle started right when the evacuation is going on. Smells of gun powder has been covered up by the smell of rain. Winds started to pick up and the air was sticky. "I have a bad premonition..." Vivi turned to inspect the sky. "A storm's coming." With a storm, the explosives cannot be fired. Gunpowder will be difficult to store and transport as well. The only problem is the missiles. Evacuation would be a problem with such weather too. Only about half has reached the hideout and the rest are still evacuating. Some refused to leave and are adamant on staying in their homes no matter what. Vivi had no choice but to stay there to monitor the situation. Also Vivi's wariness rose not because of the storm, there was an eerily unpleasant atmosphere accompanying the bad weather. She hoped that her tiny partner reached the technician safely. However, without her tiny friend she wasn't able to contact anyone else. She is stuck at the north side, alone.

(xD poor sparrow. ) ----- "THERE!" "GO!!" "NOW!!!" Vivi yelled to the people who did not know how to follow instructions properly. She hated work like this. It would be so much easier to fight. Why can't they just go kill off the troops before they arrived!? "Vivi... vivi..." "What!?" "Phone call. Phone call." "Huh!? Who?" "HQ. HQ." "Hq?" Vivi turned around. "Bzzzz... it's me." "......" "......" "Who?" "... Me. Fred." "..................." "... The technician." "..................." "... ... THE SHORTIE-" "-I know." "THEN ANSWER ME DAM****!!!" "So? What's up?" "Hm. I've done up a design for your bird. When you have the time, you can bring it down and I'll fix it up for you." "Ah. How about now?" "Now?" "Yea, I'll get Kuu to find you. It has enough battery to last its entire flight journey." "You're not coming?" "Might not. Oh btw, I might need him as soon as possible though. An hour. Possible?" "ONE HOUR!? You might as well kill me..." "How about two?" "... You seriously want my life?" "Alright you tell me." "Fastest a day. And along with all of the rest helping me. No more extra time." "Alright. I'll come in a day. Thanks." "..." "...?" "Just like this? Nothing else?" "Nothing." "No meals or anything?" "... How about a few kegs of beer?" "I'm underage..." "Ah..... I forgot." "..." -------

"Hm." Vivi thought for a while before bending down and flipped on th power switch on her shoes and sped off towards the North. If Sparrow was there they would have one more person to deal with the south. It seemed like she sped off pretty soon after Misaki made the phone call. Nobody except Vivi noticed though. Sparrow just had this kind of skill. She's perfect as an assassin. Not before long, Vivi could see the North tower. She bent down and flipped the switch to power burst mode. At about 3 meters away from the tower, she stomped hard on the ground. *POOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFRRRRRRR!!!!!!!* An intense burst of air blasted out from her shoes and sent her flying. When she was within reach, she grabbed the tiles which was sticking out of the building and with a swing, she swung herself into the tower and her foot aiming right for the bell. *DONGGG!* The bell chimed through the entire land. 'There. Now for the evacuation plan.' Vivi jumped off the tower and headed towards the buildings.

I see. :V Okay Guess I'll Continue~ ----------- As Vivi and the rest were about to strike, Sparrow joined in and took the attention away from those guys. "Well, looks like some o' the forceless're misbehavin'. Wouldn't yer precious Greyfield love ta hear about it?" She smiled crookedly, nodding to the three girls. 'Sparrow... What's she doing here?' Vivi thought. From their expressions, Sakila and Misaki didn't seem to be shocked. Guess they already knew about Sparrow. "I dunno what ya think yer doin', but I'm pretty sure yer botherin' my friends." Her gloves and eyes began to glow as Reaper's Touch started charging. "An' I wouldn't do that, 'cause in case ya hadn't noticed, I'm the little sh** that pounded the crap outta Petya yesterday..." Darkness overshadowed her as she gave the men her iciest stare. "Unless ya step away from 'em an' drop yer little toys, ya might 'ave ta tell the gen'ral 'bout why some chick sent ya back in full body casts..." The soldiers took a step back. "Oh-oh... I-it's Sparrow from the rebellion... ah-haha-ha-erm.. we-we'll take our leave then... if-if you don't mind..." The three small-lings turned to leave. "Ah- wait up." Sparrow pulled one of them back by their collar. "Do you know where is Petya?" "You-ou mean General Pety-ya? Erm..ermm... I-I don't know." the soldier looked away. Sparrow raised an eyebrow and grabbed his collar harder. "Ahhh! I'll tell you! I'll tell you! He-he's at the base now... bu-but he-he's coming here in a few hours time..." "For?" "I-I don't know! We-we were supposed to be stationing here to-to help out." "Hrm!?" Sparrow stared fiercely at the soldier. "I-I think they-they may be thinking of-of blowing up explosives or missiles or something! That's all I know! Really!" "R'ght." Sparrow dropped the shaking soldier and he scurried off like an ant. "Humph, that was impressive Sparrow." Vivi commented after the AF soldier ran. "It seems like your name has penetrated the AF. I'll remember to use it next time when anything happens." "Not the time to joke around Vivi..." Sakila frowned. "Did you hear what he said? Missiles? Explosives? This isn't good. We need to hurry and evacuate the people here! And we need to inform the higher ups to prepare for battle and get some troops over here as soon as possible. Oh yea by the way, thanks Sparrow." Vivi shrugged and turned the power on her shoes off. Need to save it for a few hours later. A faint smile surfaced on Vivi's face. ---------------------

(Wait a sec? What's going on? Petya's there too? O.o btw, I'm not a weapons person, so if you don't mind, can you just explain what a PKP is? I don't feel like checking google all the time. >_<)

Seeing Sakila sigh, Vivi wondered if what she shared was a little too much. She realized that she didn't exactly explain properly to Sakila what the cube is for and how it worked. Maybe she would another day after they have digested the excessive information. All three sat down and started having their lunch/dessert. People say sweets give the most energy. Maybe T eats sweets all the time, which could explain why he has so much energy to spare. Vivi licked her spoon clean before dipping it in for another scoop. Just then, a group of noisy and loud uniformed men walked in. A sudden tension flooded the restaurant. Vivi pulled down her hood and misaki and sakila followed. The entire restaurant turned silent and no one except those men were making any noise. They were people from the armed forces. 'Not good.' Vivi threw a glance at Misaki and Sakila who both understood. They were going to be as low profile as they can so as not to alarm the armed forces. If anything, they might hold a hostage. With so many people around, this isn't a good place for battle. It is lucky that they dont have a uniform. "Hey waiter!!! Get us some beer!" one of the guys shouted. "Hurry!" "So-sorry sir, we don't sell beer here..." the owner shook while he replied. "WHAT!? What restaurants don't sell beer!? Get some for us right now! " "Bu-" "Hey SIR." the waiter from earlier responded before the owner can say anything. Oh dear. Smells like trouble.. "Don't you have eyes to read the menu? This is a fruit and coffee cafe. We only sell fruit and coffee related beverages. No beer. It's either you order from the menu or leave." "...Huhhhh?! What did you just say to me?" the soldier frowned. "Oh god." Sakila whispered, Misaki sighed, Vivi facepalmed. "Nonono. I'm so sorry! I'll get you some good beer immediately!" the owner immediately turned to the waiter and smacked his head before yelling at him. "What are you standing there for!? Get the h*** out there and get some beer!" "Heh that's much better. We want 3 bottles each. Oh get some playing cards and some girls while you're at it would ya~ HAhahaha~ The boy cursed under his breath before being pushed out of the restaurant by the owner. "... What an irritating bunch." "Always hated them." "..." Vivi stared down her cup of parfait. (Yes her parfait is special :V) "Oh hey there~" one of the soldiers turned to the three of them. 'Oh shit.' One got up and walked over. They probably saw Sakila and Misaki. Both are beauties in their own right. Vivi continued to stay hidden under her hood. "Heya~ can we sit beside you ladies?" the guy plopped down right in between Misaki and Sakila. The other two guys followed and crowded around the table. "Oh brother... Don't you get tired of doing this everyday? Hahaha~" "Heya~ Wanna go out with me for today? I'll treat ya good~" the guy inched closer to Misaki and Sakila who both got their punches ready to fire. "Humph." Vivi closed her eyes and gave a perfectly aimed kick from the bottom. It hit. "Ow-owwwwwowowow! You-you- what the heck are you doing!?" the guy grabbed the injury in pain. "I'm gonna-gonna kill you--owowowow." "Haha brother, looks like you're out of luck today. We'll help you out~" The other guys inched closer. "Ohoh.. You're a girl as well~ Sorry we didn't realize with your hood on." another of the soldier said. "You're angry that our brother only paid attention to your friends right?" the guy placed a hand on Vivi. "No worries~ You know what? I love Lolitas like yo-OWWWWWW!" Vivi gave a harder kick. Touching her is forbidden. Some words are too. "Humph!" Vivi stood up and walked out of the restaurant followed by Misaki and Sakila. "Hey wait you bi*****!!! We're gonna kill you!" the soldiers yelled and chased them out of the restaurant. "Hey Vivi wait up!" "..." "What a good way of not paying the bill!" "I was gonna punch them earlier on if Vivi hadn't kick him. But that kick was awesome." Vivi sighed. "By the way, Misaki, Vivi... What do you want to do with the guys behind?" Sakila turned around and pointed at the soldiers who are chasing them with guns on their hands. "Just to get them out of the restaurant." replied Vivi. Her bird flew out of her hood and landed on her head. Vivi switched on the power of her new platform shoes. Misaki and Sakila both got into their battle mode and ready to fight.

"Vivi, continue... What info did he share?" Vivi paused before she explained, "Let's explain a little on the basis of our abilities first..." Both nodded. "I'm sure you do know that the basis of our abilities is energy. And to use our abilities, we have to expend the energies... And we all know that we have a limited amount of energy and will die if we actually do use up all the energy..." They nodded again. This is general knowledge. Vivi continued, "However, these energies that we expend, they don't just disappear and gone. It is actually only converted into another form of energy, which powers your abilities. Basically, energy cannot be created or destroyed. Also, the only known way to use our abilities is to expend energy. It means we definitely have to expend energy to use our abilities..." "Okay... That sounds like common sense... So what has this gotta do with T?" "Well... Now let's go to explanations. Let's describe T's first known ability. Inhibition of another's ability. If T actually is normal and follows the rules of the universe, then it means that he abides by the above points as well. Agreed?" "Yea." Both nodded. "Thus, we can conclude that his ability to inhibit doesn't actually work by nullifying or destroying energy, as energy cannot be destroyed." the others raised a brow. Vivi continued to explain, "We only know that somehow, we are unable to use our abilities, what actually is going on is unknown to us." Vivi stopped to take a breath. "Well, according to Shortie, there may be a few explanations to his abilities, though it may not be All of it and are based on the assumptions that he is a normal person and not some robot... or something..." "Alright go on..." "First, since he cannot destroy the energy, let's assume he turns the energy to another form. However, during our battles, we haven't noticed any other forms of abilities or any thing which the energy could have gone to. Also, it seems kind of weird to have expended energy to take away energy. He shouldn't be able to use energy to take in more energy.. He must have some thing which he spent the energy on... Based on this, we can make the second guess, this time, he didn't actually use the energy, but just directed the energy some where else..." "Somewhere else? How?" "Yes. Have you heard how a black hole is formed? It may have been the same principle. T could have created a point of energy with high density and it sucks all the nearby energy towards it... or something. If you want to know more, ask that tech guy..." "Oh okay." "There is also another explanation... And this one sounds most logical to me. By accident, I actually used the cube durin the battle and it actually did take some energy from me and it somehow managed to release... Which makes me wonder, if T's ability is to transform energies and take in energies, won't that energy be taken away too? Well considering the cube has a impermeable shell, it is understandable, but for it to be released on a gun makes T's ability suspicious." "Ah! True!" "Also, T can use so many other abilities which make him super human... Is that even possible?! He can even take over actions of people like in Sparrow's case, and appear and disappear at random... Those abilities are far too different. So, this leads us to think of another scenario. What if T's ability is actually not to control the energy... but actually, the control of the brain?" "Brain control!?" "Not exactly... It's hard to explain but something like that... See, if you can control their brain, you can stop them from using their abilities, you can make them do what you want, you can also create illusions to make them see him where he wants to be seen, and he may be able to use this on a huge mass of people at the same time, creating the illusion that his physical body is actually there..." "But isn't that a little... stretching it. I mean... To control so many people at once... Spending too much energy may deplete his energy and cause him to die..." "Well, yea... But he he makes use of intelligent weapons and technology. He can easily overcome that. Also, there is this possibility that his abilities actually come from technologies, but that would be out of our scope of assumption. If his abilities actually come from technology, then all the assumptions above would be invalid." "I see... That's a lot to take in... Ah." Sakila took out some paper and scribbled some of the things discussed. "I can't believe you actually thought out so much..." "... Yea I can't believe that guy can come up with this too... I thought he can only fix and come up with stuff..." "He was the one who provided AI to your bird right? He must have been a genius." Vivi nodded. "Yea. And Kuu's gonna have another upgrade soon." "Oh wow... I pity him... By the way, after a load of information, I feel hungry... Anywhere you wanna go for lunch?"

"Hey." Sakila greeted when Vivi and Misaki got there. "Sakila! Sakila!" the little bird chirped happily as Sakila smiled back at it. "Hey Kuu~" "So what's up?" Vivi asked. "Hope I'm not in the way~" "Of course not Misaki~ I've wanted to talk to you for ages as well~ It's been long. I wonder how long has it been?" "About a year perhaps." "That's Vivi. Misaki, you left earlier if I'm not wrong." "Perhaps." Misaki shrugged. "Anyway, what's up?" "Oh yes. I have something I'd like to discuss." "About?" "I was wondering, have you ever heard of an ancient machine which can limit the abilities of a human?" "You mean the inhibitor?" "No nono... I mean... an ancient device... which can make the fastest runners slow, the strongest weak." "..." "Vivi any clue?" "... Any other information?" "Well, apparently it was created in this country they call 'Japan'." "Ah." Vivi and Misaki reacted to the name of the country. "What? Both of you know something?" Both of the girls hesitated, then shook their heads, seemingly trying to remember something important, but just can't hit it. "Nothing comes to mind?" "Are you trying to learn something about the inhibitor?" Vivi asked. "Yea... Just when I thought I had some clue, nobody knows anything about it..." "... Well... if its about the inhibitor instead..." "What?! Do you know anything about it?!" Sakila suddenly got pretty excited. "TELL ME." Misaki and Sakila both leaned closer. "Hmmm..." Vivi shifted her eyes away from the enthusiasm. "Its only a conjecture though... I'm not sure how much of it is true." "Whatever, just tell us." "Well... these are just information I got from a technician in the rebellion-" "-Ohh you mean Fred?" "..." "The youngest guy in the techs whom you always look for~?" Misaki smirked. Sakila raised an eyebrow. "Who?" "Oh~ Some guy in the rebellion who deals with the technology." Misaki grinned. "Looks like birds of the same feathers flock together." "..." "Ooooh." Sakila raised both eyebrows. "Next time I'll sneak in and take a look." "... No need to sneak. I'll let you meet him some day. He's great with technology and I agree he's quite a genius." "Ooooooh. How rare for you to praise someone." Misaki teased with a blank face. Sakila chuckled. "..." "Okay okay~ Let's stop before we get too far from the topic." "Vivi, continue... What info did he share?" ---------- [Lazy to type right now. Continue again next morning.. :V]

(Almost one week!? I've only hit the dummy and a week has passed!? O.o And 'us fools' are planning to 'show up', so can you give us some time for us to 'show up'? No one week yet please. Thanks.) Edits: I saw the edit. Thanks -------------- "HEY! What happened here!?" Someone shouted after they entered the training room the next day. On the floor sprawled a dozen of torn and tattered dummies, but there were no one in sight. "Keh! Those things are lousy..." complained Vivi with a frustrated look on her face. Misaki giggled behind. "Yea. But now they got a real good reason to get better quality ones." "They're all down when I haven't gotten enough yet. Humph. Does the rebellion lack money?" Misaki tried to control her laughter. "Stop trying to show off. Your hands are already bleeding." "This called bleeding? You haven't seen me when I came back from the fight." "Yea yea... " Misaki shrugged. "You don't look any better though." Vivi added on. "Me? At least they're not bleeding as much." "You just wiped them off. I saw that." Misaki stuck out her tongue. "We didn't get much sleep last night, but I still feel energetic. What should we do?" "Dunno." Vivi shrugged. "Vivi! Vivi!" shrieked her bird. "Vivi! Vivi!" "What's the matter?" "Sakila! Sakila!" the bird cried. "Sakila!" "Huh? What?" Vivi was confused. *BEEEEEEP!* "Hello? Vivi? Are you there?" 'Oh. A phone call.' Been ages since Vivi received any phone calls. "Da** who changed my ring tone!?" Vivi cursed under her breath and replied. "Yea. I'm here. What's the matter Sakila?" "Ah! Can we meet up for a while? Got some stuff to talk about!" "Sure. I have something I'd like to discuss as well." "Okay! Shall we meet at err... erm... how about your hiding place?" "Alright.... By the way, Misaki's here too. You want her along?" "Oh Misaki!? SURE! Ask her to come along too will ya!? Phone bill's high! Talk to you in person later! Ja~!" Sakila hung up. "Over! Over!" the bird cried happily. "... Kuu... Next time tell me when its a phone call." "Phone call! Phone call!" the bird shrieked. ------------------ :V

It was rather rare, but Vivi was kind of happy that day, so she decided to go do some workout and spend some energy. But when she reached, another girl, Misaki, was there, and she was practically killing the dummies Vivi was supposed to hit later. That can't do. "Hey." Vivi called out to the girl, who apparently did not hear it. "Hey." She called out again. Still, no response. "... HEY!" Vivi yelled at her, finally catching her attention. The girl responded, letting out a raspy "Hey." Vivi threw her waterbottle to her and asked blankly, "So... whatcha up to?" "What does it look like? Beating the shit outta dummies." "Because of the meeting?" Vivi asked, with a little sarcasm in her tone. Misaki gave no reply, just an indication that it was probably true. Vivi then sat down next to her, which she normally wouldn't with other people. They had worked together in previous missions and met quite a couple of times. However, the main reason Vivi felt more comfortable with this girl, was probably because they both shared the same goals. She felt that she could relate to how Misaki feels when she joined the rebellion. Like her, someone close to her had been hurt, in her case died, and they both joined the fight for revenge. This made Vivi feel as though they are bonded by fate. Then, she remembered that Misaki has the ability to bend metals. She hurriedly took out her mechanical bird and put it onto Misaki's hands before asking "Can you fix Kuu? He got screwed up during the battle..." Vivi turned to look at at the ground, "and I know your dad is a clockmaker so..." "I can try," she said, while fiddling with the bird. "No promises though. I only have basic knowledge." "Well... I'm too lazy so..." Vivi trailed off her sentence. She actually just wanted to see Misaki's metal bending ability. She knew Misaki had seen her bird quite a couple of times, so she should have no problem bending it back to the original shape. Vivi understands perfectly that Misaki is actually a genius at this, except she doesn't know it herself. About a half hour later, after multiple attempts, of some which Misaki herself wasn't satisfied, the bird was fixed as though it was brand new. The bird's eyes flashed on as it screeched out, "Hiya~! Hiya~!" "Yes!" she yelled out. "Thanks for fixing it." Vivi faintly smiled back. "You're welcome!" Misaki looks as though she was in joy. They then continued to sit in silence for a second, the only sounds coming from the rather loud mechanical bird. Vivi then remembered why she was there in the first place. She got up before walking over to the wall and grabbed some tape. As she wrapped it around her fists, she said, "Come on, let's kick some dummy ass." The other girl laughed in agreement. "Ready?" 'Heh. I won't lose to you.' Vivi thought. "Ready." Misaki gave a nod to Vivi, which somehow indicated their start. Vivi brought up her fist and smashed into the hard cushion. ========= Earlier with the technician. ============ "So... What do you need my help with?" The technician asked. "I need you to help me upgrade him." Vivi held out an out of shaped bird from her new, but still huge and black jacket. "Huh?! Again? I always wonder why do you need such a high-tech bird for?" The technician raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "I've already helped you to add an AI chip into your bird a few weeks ago, and now you want an upgrade? Do you need him to fight or something?" "No." Vivi replied and placed the bird on the bed. "I just don't want him to end up like this again." "... Oh right... You don't care what happens to my awesome invention but you care so much about your..... bird." "So... can you help?" "Humph, I probably can but I may not want to help." the technician crossed his arms. "But first, you need to tell me what kind of upgrade you want to do to your bird. AI technology is already a bit too much for a mechanical bird." "... I.. want to know if it would be possible to put that cube technology into it?" "The cube? You want your bird to be a battery now?" "No no no. I mean... Can you make it in such a way that it can use the energy from the cube?" "Huh, you mean allowing it to use it like its own ability? Why do you need...?" "Can you do it?" Vivi asked again. "I... I'll try. This could take a while though... " he shrugged. "Oh, and one more thing." "What?" "Can you help to coat the 'void crystal' or whatever that is onto it as well?" "... Void crystal!? You crazy!? That thing is rare!" "Well, Jackson did say he would get the materials, you can get some from there..." "WHAT!? That is for the manufacture of the cu- wait... you don't tell me you want ME to STEAL it?" "It's not stealing... its still for the same purpose, but just used in a more innovative way..." "..." "Just do it." "Did I just hear a command?" "No." "Humph." "You can do it." "That's easy for you to say..." "I know. Well if Jackson finds out, tell him I insisted on it." "............ I always knew you were trouble." "Thanks." --------- =V

(Moho says it takes a week for the weapons to prime during the meeting. And the meeting is just over. I don't think a week passes so quickly. However, I don't think he said we can't start the basic fights. So probably... yeah? )

(Can assume someone had moved you somewhere comfortable, and you wake up in the middle of the meeting. :V)

Chatted with my sister on fb chat, when she was just sitting next to me. Had sent her a message to ask her what's the time. She turned to the side and checked the clock and replied me through fb. :V

The meeting wasn't as boring as expected. At the end of the meeting, Vivi left the meeting room and headed for the workshop where the technicians are. She needed their help with something. She wasn't very clear about the route but in the end she still made it there. The technicians recognized her immediately. "Hey chibi, what do you need from us now?" the short guy from earlier asked. "I need your help with something." "Humph." the guy rolled his eyes. "I don't see why I have to. There's nothing in it for me and im not obliged to help you. But~ if you beg me I'll consider..." the technician shrugged and turned away smugly. "I see..." Vivi nodded and turned to leave. "... HEy youre leaving just like this!? At least explain what you came here for!" "..." Vivi paused to shrug then continued on her way out. --- (Late afternoon)--- "... Hide your presence if you don't want to be found out... Nobody's gonna go unnoticed if he keeps glancing in like that." commented Vivi on her bed. "And what are you doing in a girl's room at this time of the day?" "Humph, I-I'm just here to ask abou-about your opinion on the cube." the short guy came out of hiding and entered the room. "Well too bad for you, it's useless now and Jackson would probably not use it." "What!? Why!? It's awesome!" "The enemy found out about it already. They will easily find a way with it." "..." "Humph... Fancy an old man like you sulking... Disgraceful." "... Who are you calling old man? I haven't even passed 21 yet.." "By the way... I need your help." "Important?" "No." "..." "..." "By the way, where's the cube..?" "Dumped somewhere during the fight." "... Thanks a lot." "No prob." --------------------- Edited to fit storyline. :V

Everyone was stunned by the sudden appearance of T. The warning and news he brought along didn't make it any better. They were at a loss for what to do. Jackson sighed and then spoke. "Right. This was one of the issues I was about to bring up earlier. Listen." he pulled out the recorder again and pushed the button. There seemed to be nothing coming out from the recorder. Then, Jackson took out another item. "It was one of the items that Vivi and Sparrow took back." Jackson explained, then placed the recorder next to the item. Suddenly, they could hear a soft melody being played. Then, slowly, it started to increase in volume and became louder, and louder, and within a matter of seconds, the volume increased til everyone was covering their ears in pain. Before it caused any serious damage, Jackson turned off the recorder. "As all of you have witnessed, this is something like an amplifier. T probably used this to amplify the ability. From the cube explanation, we can also understand that T probably has a similar way to store his energy and extract it. Then he amplified it using this and increased the range of effect greatly." Jackson paused for a moment before commenting. "I'm afraid their technology is far too advanced for us to create another device to counter. For now, try not to rely too much on our abilities." "There's something I don't understand..." someone in the room commented. "Why did T come down specifically to warn us about all these? " "Well, for an organization that produces weapons and arms, in which scenario will they get the most benefit?" "In a war... Ah! Don't tell me?" "That could be one possibility. If a war starts, both sides will be needing weapons to counter the weapons of the enemy." "I see! So that's it! They want to use this despicable means to-" "However, if that was the case, it was weird that they made no proposal for us to work together nor introduce themselves as a weapons dealer. I have heard that T was an eccentric man and probably no one can figure out just what is in his mind." Jackson shrugged. "For now, I'll have the researchers work with the technicians to see if they can come up with anything useful. I want all of you to start training on your combat skills from now. I will call upon another meeting when we have any news, so make sure you're always available. Also inform your families to make preparations for war (if you have any). End of meeting."

"Now what?" Jackson turned to ask Vivi once the technicians were gathered. Vivi scanned the group of them carefully. "Ah." Everyone waited for Vivi to comment. "Shortie.." Vivi pointed to the shortest one amongst the technicians. "... HEY! Whaddya mean by SHORTie you... you shortie!" the annoyed guy tried to fight back but was held down by his fellow mates. "You-you're even shorter than me!" "Humph. If I were taller than you, it would be terrible for you." Vivi shrugged nonchalantly. "WHAT!?" The hysterical guy flailed around on the ground trying to get his mates off him. "Alright. That's enough. Vivi, you have something to tell us?" one sentence from Jackson cut the drama and all turned their attention back to the topic. "Hey shortie." Vivi ignored the screams of the guy and continued asking. "Remember the cube you gave me? Are there any more of that?" The guy suddenly simmered down. "Cube?" the rest of the technicians turned to him in curiosity. "Yes. You can't remember?" The guy stared blankly into the air. "... Remember the incident where I happened to witness what you did to the new nano-" "Nooooo stop! Stop! Stop! I remember now I remember!" the guy stopped Vivi frantically as he looked around guiltily. "Wha-what about it?" "Oh." Vivi thought for a moment. "That thing may be able to counter the new technology of the AF. Can you create more of that?" "...Huh? You used it? So you know what it does already?" the guy suddenly looked a lot more excited. "How was it? Isn't it cool? It was a coincidence that I discovered the material for it, but the creation was totally my idea! I'm a total genius! Hahahaa!" Everyone in the room was puzzled by all the indigestable content. "Explain what this means Vivi." Jackson asked. "... Well, when the machine was in place, I wasn't able to unleash any of my power at all." Vivi folded her arms and paused. "I am not very sure, but the cube somehow used my power in my place.., or something..." Vivi struggled to find the correct words to describe. "In your place?" Jackson asked. "Argh! Explain it properly you blockhead! It's such an awesome invention!" The short technician yelled in displeasure. "I'll do the explanation!" He coughed and cleared his throat. "Eer-hemmm... Well, this 'cube' is actually made from a very rare material in Nubinelle called the power crystal. It has the ability to resonate with the energy within an ability user. However, it is so rare and only accumulate in small amounts so there is basically no use for it." He then paused for a moment before giving a smug grin, "But, as genius as I am, I've found a way to use it!" "And how did our genius use it?" Jackson asked and the guy's grin widened. "Ah. Well, heh, I've combined the crystal with another crystal called the void crystal. I'm sure you've heard of it. It totally cannot resonate with any energy at all." "how does that work?" Some one in the room asked. "Well, this is a wonderful question! I actually shaped the power crystal in such a way that it refracts the energy so that it will stay in the crystal and the void crystal will act like a vacuum that will store the ene-" "HEY WE CANT UNDERSTAND THAT! JUST EXPLAIN WHAT IT DOES!" Someone yelled and some others boo-ed. "You-you people just can't understand the awesomeness of what I created just by knowing why it does!" more booing and complaints. "Fine fine fine!" the technician surrenderef to the pressure. "To put it simply, the cube is an energy store, which can be released on impact. It's something like an energy battery which stores the ability of a user." "I see. That would be useful. Any limitations?" Jackson continued asking. "Well... It does have a size limit, so unless you can get large amounts of it, it can only store so little energy, Also, if too much energy is stored in there, it would result in too high resonance and break the crystal, which is why I had to include a trigger in the cube to force automatic extraction. The cube will trigger the right amount of energy do that the energy will not exceed the capacity of the crystal. " "I see. I guess that's why I could transfer my ability onto the laser gun even though I couldn't expend energy." vivi commented. "That's right." the technician nodded, to which, Jackson asked. "If I am able to get the materials, would you be able to mass produce? I need this urgently," "If... We have the materials, we can make one cube within a day..." he replied, a little lack of confidence. "Right. Tasha, kindly prepare and import all necessary materials, I'm leaving this up to you, but try not to inform William about it." Jackson ordered. "Oh yes, try and find Sparrow too." Immediately, Tasha ushered the technicians out of the room . "Now let's continue with what we found out about the generator." Jackson continued to speak after the technicians left. "We have analyzed the samples brought back by Vivi and we have found out the true identity of the generator. I want all of you to listen to this." Jackson took out a recorder and clicked on play. -----/// >__< (Okay, the beginning is just for amusement. :V)

When it seems like most of the people has reached, Jackson decided to start the meeting. "Looks like most of them are here. Anyone saw Sparrow?" he asked. "Don't see her around. It seems like she isn't in her ward." someone answered. "Well then, we can't wait too long. Someone tell her the contents of the meeting later. Let's start." Jackson stood up and spoke, "There is some emergency matters I need to discuss with all of you. I believe Vivi knows about this as well." he turned to look at Vivi. "I believe many of you Have heard the rumour that there is a kind of machine invented that inhibits the power of the ability users... I want to hear your comments about this." The room started to fill with lots of murmurring, but no one made any comment. Jackson then turned towards Vivi and asked, "I'd like to hear from you Vivi." Vivi frowned and then folded her arms before replying. "... You should already know about the details from the 8th battalion already... What do you wish to hear from me?" "Well, I'd like to know what are your views on this?" he replied. Vivi paused, thought for a moment and replied. "It's really a very troublesome device.... However... There is something which I found out from this." Everyone turned silent and all waited for Vivi to respond. Vivi thought for a while and then said, "Find the technician." Jackson raised an eyebrow. "Technician?" someone asked. "What has the technician got to do with the incident?" "Hold it." Jackson stopped everyone from trying to interrupt. He looked at the guy sitting beside him, "Get all the technicians in rebellion here now." ------ :V ---------

(Where's the question? :V) Why are you red and blue? ------- Doraemon. :V

It didn't take long before Vivi reached the main meeting room. She pushed the door open and entered. There were already a few people in the room. Everyone stared cautiously at Vivi and had weird expressions when she entered. Either they were surprised to see a child wandering into their important meeting for ability users or they were puzzled by her sense of fashion. "Oh Vivi you're here as well?" Jackson pondered for a moment to figure out who it was under the 'cloak'. Vivi threw him an irritated look and replied, "Am I not supposed to be here?" "No no no... That's not what I meant..." Jackson waved his hands in amusement. "I heard you had it bad during a recent battle and still havent regained consciousness, so I figured... Well anyways its good you've recovered. Take a seat." "Humph." Vivi looked away and walked away from the seats and instead leaned on a wall at the corner of the room. Jackson shrugged and asked "You sure you don't want to sit? It's gonna be long." Vivi again, threw him the unsatisfied look and sat on the floor instead. Despite her attitude towards Jackson, Vivi actually pretty admired Jackson and his capabilities, leadership and his ambition. She probably was just embarrassed to admit that. Another possible reason is, she is at her rebellious age and without a parent, she probably directed all of it to Jackson without realizing it herself. Not before long, most of the important people gathered and Jackson decided to start the meeting.

Why are you so useless. ===== KKLT. :V

Vivi stared at the person at the door. She thought she saw him somewhere before. He bowed to Vivi before saying, "Jackson sir asks to pass a message for all ability users to gather in the main meeting room as long as they're conscious." After delivering the message, he bowed again with respect and said with a smile, "That's all for the message. I sincerely hope you get well soon." Vivi again gave the guy silent treatment. After the guy left, Vivi got herself out of bed and plugged out the power charger from her bird. "Charging complete! Charging complete!" the little bird chirped and landed on Vivi's head. Vivi searched around for her jacket but it does not seem to be anywhere in the room. Perhaps they sent it for repair seeing how tattered the cloth is or they may have thrown it away. Looking around, she plucked the white curtain off the window and wrapped it around herself like a cloak and left the room.

Vivi thought about the time she joined the 8th battalion. It reminded her about her brother, and it isn't anything pleasant. In the end, many things happened and she ended up in the rebellion. But in the end she still isn't skilled enough to deal with the armed forces. She quit the battalion to join the rebellion just for the sake of defeating the AF, but it didn't turn out very successful. She can't help but feel frustrated that she wasn't able to do anything. She calmed down a little and sat up on her bed. Then she spotted someone at the door.

I see. It may only have affected you while you're online. I haven't been affected so I don't know.