0014 woke up to a
racket going on outside her door. She pulled on a bathrobe and opened
the door to see what was up. 002 and 004 were standing three feet
apart, yelling at each other. “It’s MY turn to take a shower
first!” 004 yelled.
“No way, last time I let you go first. It’s my turn.” 002
screamed back. They continued bickering, with 0014 staring at them,
astounded that they were arguing over such a stupid thing…like five-year-olds! But
she came back to reality when 004 muttered
“Sie sind so ein hartnäckiger Narr. Ich habe Schweine mit mehr Weisen dann
Sie gekannt.” 0014 intervened.
“Alright, I’ve heard enough.” Both men jumped. They had been so
preoccupied with their argument, that they hadn’t noticed her. “How
‘bout this. I toss the both of you overbroad, and then I’LL take
a shower first.” They gulped. A dip into the freezing ocean did not
sound inviting. They retreated from a disgruntled 0014, but she
called to 004.
“It’s not nice to insult someone in a language they don’t understand. ” She
smiled evilly “Es ist schlechte Weisen.” She turned on her heel
and walked into the shower-room, leaving 004 to stare after her with his jaw
hanging open.
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30 minutes later…
0014 felt better now
that she had taken a hot shower, and was drinking a cup of 006’s special
coffee mix. She was sitting at the table with the other cyborgs,
enjoying her coffee while waiting for 006 to finish making breakfast, when 004
came and sat next to her. She glared at him, then smiled. She
couldn’t stay mad at him. He smiled back.
“I want to apologies for my behavior this morning, and for waking you up.” He
said apologetically.
“Apologies accepted. I’m sorry for getting mad at you, I’m not
a morning person.” She laughed. Just then 002 came in.
“Aw man! 004, I was going to sit there!” he exclaimed.
“Well, I don’t see your name on it. Besides, I got here first.” 004
smoothly replied.
“But I wanted to sit next to 0014!” 002 wined.
“So do I.”
“Let me sit there!”
“No.”
“Yes!”
“No.”
“Yes!”
“No.”
“YES!”
“NO!” 0014 slapped her hand against her forehead. They
were going to give her a headache.
“Okay, okay! You BOTH can sit next to me! If 004 and I slide down,
002 can pull up a chair on my other side.” Both cyborgs were happy
with this suggestion. 0014 was just glad they were done
fighting…for now. Then 006 burst from the kitchen laden with
plates.
“Breakfast is served! This morning I felt like making an all American meal, so
dig in!” He placed plates of pancakes, waffles, eggs, French toast,
hash browns, and bacon on the table. The ravished cyborgs started
eating, and 003 fed 001 his bottle. 0014 filled her plate with a few
pancakes, some hash browns, and a huge pile of bacon. Breakfast was
peaceful…until the very end. There was a single piece of bacon
left, and both 002 and 004 had grabbed it and were glaring at each other.
“Let go.” 002 growled.
“No, I got I first.” They continued the argument, giving 0014,
who was smack dab in the middle of it, a massive headache. She had to
do something or else her head was going to explode.
“BOYS! JEEZ! It’s just a piece of bacon! I’ll split it in half
and you can each have some, just stop acting like little kids!” She
took a knife and cut the bacon exactly in half, handing a piece to each of them. 002
opened his mouth, but 00145 cut him off. “Don’t even THINK about
saying his piece is bigger. Their exactly the same size.” She
stacked her dishes and stormed into the kitchen, leaving the other cyborgs to
stare after her.
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But 0014 soon
realized that there was no stopping 002 and 004’s bickering. They fought over
everything, from who gets to sit where, to what to do, to who does what chore. The
other cyborgs seemed to be used to it, but it was driving 0014 crazy.
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That evening…
0014 was duty with
002 and 004. But fortunately for her, they were silent, concentrating
on their jobs. All was peaceful, then 0014 saw a blip appear on her
screen. She leaned in, taping a few keys. As more blips
appeared, her eyes widened momentarily before she sprung into action. “TORPEDO
ATACK! Three sonar torpedoes, coming from the southwest!” she jumped out of
her chair and sprinted to the weapons station.
“Prepare interceptors…” 004 commanded. 0014 flipped of the
cover and her thumb hovered over the launch button. “FIRE!” The
thumb came down, and three torpedoes launched from the Dolphin. 0014
slid next to the steering wheel as the rest of the team got the memo and came
into the cockpit.
“What’s happening?” 009 asked.
“Black Ghost is attacking us!” 002 exclaimed. 003 gasped.
“One of the torpedoes missed, prepare for impact!” But 0014
wouldn’t have that. She manipulated the ship so that the torpedo
barley missed, and exploded behind them. The shockwaves rattled the
ship; everyone was hanging on for dear life.
“Turn around, we’re taking to the air!” 004 ordered once the rocking had
stopped.
“No! We should destroy them!” 002 argued.
“003, what’s the enemy?” 009 asked. 003 concentrated on the
distant enemy.
“It’s a single unmanned submarine. A scout.” She said.
“Aw, we could take ‘em!” 002 exclaimed.
“No! It probably thinks that the torpedo hit. Destroying
it would only tell Black Ghost where we are, and that we’re still alive.” 004
explained. They plunged yet again into an angry argument. 0014
rolled her eyes and asked Dr. Gilmore
“Do they EVER stop?” He shook his head.
“ No, but you get used to it. But it’s best to let it run it’s course.” 0014
sighed.
“How about this, we take a vote. I don’t especially feel like fighting
now….All in favor of retreating?” the majority f the cyborgs raised their
hands.
“Then it’s settled, we take to the air!” 004 said. 002 only
grumbled. The ship turned around, and began the transformation. As
they broke through the surface, 0014 made a silent vow to decrease the arguing
on the ship is it was the last thing she did.
