Shadow Fangs

Chapter 6

         Zorakuba had finally fallen back asleep a few hours later.  Chef was in sleep mode on the bedside table.
      Koujaku was in the kitchen talking with Aoba, who had come home a few moments before.
          "Are you sure that's what he was talking about?" Aoba asks Koujaku seriously, who gives a nod.  "Positive....he was describing Morphine's tag art," Koujaku's tone is just as serious as before.
      "Why would they go after him?  And aren't they just a myth anyways?" Aoba asks with a slight edge to his voice.
      The two continue to talk up until Granny clears her throat from the doorway.  "I think I may help enlighten the situation alittle bit..." She says to the boys, who jumped a few feet in the air.  They whirled around to face her.
      She walks into the room silently then begins to explain who morphine was to them.

(Authors note.  They later on tell their friends via noiz mink etc.  It's like the game or anime)
 
       After she was finished explaining to them, the two nodded silently.  "There's also....something else about that boy I recognize....i didn't know what it was until recently...." she continue but before she could explain further, Zorakuba walks in. 
        "Hey guys....I can finally get up now.  Oh...." he looks at the three for a moment.  "Am...I interrupting something?" He asks oblivious to their conversation before.  The three nervously look at eachother for a moment before Tae speaks.   
          "Zorakuba.....theres some things we need to discuss," She says in a quiet tone, unusual for her.  He nods silently before walking into the kitchen.  "Yes...?" He asks quietly, sensing something was up as he stood infront of the others.
     "Do you know who Toue is?" Tae asks quietly as the others look at him.  "Toue....?  Isn't he the one who's...in charge of Platinum Jail?  I don't know much of him.  Why?" Zorakuba asks confused.
      They were now sitting at the table since it was going to be a tough discussion.
       "Well....Zorakuba...theres something more about him than you know.....and it involves you..." she continues to the quiet Zorakuba. He silently asks her to explain.  That is when she tells the story of Toue and Platinum Jail.
        After telling him, Zorakuba seems to be deep in thought.  "But.....what does this have to do with me?" He asks after a moment as he looks at Tae, his face in a confused frown.
         "He probably erased or tampered with your memories...and then tried to finish you off when you were attacked by Morphine...but you luckily managed to escape," she pauses before taking a deep breath.
       "Zorakuba...you used to work for Toue...you even worked with me.  But you were like his personal worker.  You did everything he asked.  Mainly because you didn't know what he was doing until it was too late....he was experimenting on you for a very long time...since the time of your unnatural birth," she says as she looks at him.
     "My unnatural birth?  What do you mean Tae?" Zorakuba asks in a slightly shaky voice.  He was starting to get uneasy.
          Tae took a moment to answer as the others sat silently.  "You were not born Zorakuba......you were created in Toue's lab with human DNA strands combined with the mental coding of one of his Allmates...You were like a machine back then as you grew into your teen years...but soon you began to develope your own personality and way of thinking which wasn't what Toue wanted.  He wanted you to be like a machine so you'd do everything he said without hesitation. Soon you were beginning to learn more and more about his true colors and started to hesitate on going certain jobs so he....he had you come in one day.  He tried to force you to submit but you wouldn't......thats when he sent you to a man by the name of Simon Morse,"
       Zorakuba suddenly tensed as he heard that name, and the others noticed.  "H-he.....i remember his name......his...his face....the torture he inflicted.....but I never knew why he did that.....why do I remember that if I couldn't even remember Toue?" He is almost radiating the fear of remeberance of the cruel man know by Simon.
      "He couldn't remove that memory because it was too deep into your mind.  He sent you there to break your will.  He succeeded before tampering with your mind...but something happened and you escaped before he could complete his work...you lost all memory of him and your time there shortly after....and here you are now..." Tae finishes softly, her hands folded.
          The other two were silent, whether it be shock or respect for the loads of information hitting Zorakuba, who had his fists clenched as he took shaky breaths.  He looked like he was about to start crying it screaming or just have a mental break down.
      "I.....," he manages to speak in a small voice, "I remember.....the symbol.....the heart one with the wings I saw......why it looked so familiar....the lab....the different machines....thats....thats how I knew how to build Allmates...." Zorakuba seems to be in a different dimension as he speaks.  He is starring at the table.
     For some reason, the memories were flooding back at that very moment.  He yelled, more of a scream of pain, as he held his head, the memories coming back.  Toue, Morphine, the plan to take over the island, everything! His shaking hands grasped his head tightly as his body trembled violently.  It was too much for him to handle.  He was losing it.
     The others rushed to his side as Zorakuba started writhing in pain.  They tried desperately to help him somehow but they couldn't do anything.  Then Aoba...got an idea. 
       He was going to use the power of scrap to try and save Zorakub's mind.....before it breaks for good.

(So sorry I hadn't updated in a few days!  I've been really busy.  Anyways this was written on 2 hours of sleep and 6 cups of coffee this time so tell me what you think of this little turn of events.)