(Authour's note: Every now and then I'll have a character narrate the story. 
Usually this will happen if the title deals with the character, but not always.)


What Koyomi saw through the Monitor

I sat down in the monitor seat, recalling what Alita told me, " There's something 
about Ken I don't get. It's about her fighting technique. I want you to go to her monitor 
and tell me what happens when she fights." Easier said than done. It's not that I don't 
like Ken it's just that...well never mind. The announcer called that all bets 
stopped now. The race was starting. I pulled the head set down and the screen 
flickered on. At first it showed the number '13' then it changed to where I saw 
the grid Ken was in. Around her different sized players loomed over her. It was 
like looking up at a mountain. Suddenly she ran after the ball. I had seen races 
before, taking pictures of the players but that was nothing compared to actually 
playing it. It was totally crazy! But it was also fun, kinda. From up in the stands 
the players didn't look very big but racing for the ball, trying to get it away from 
others, it was awesome! Ken was much faster then I thought she was. She flew 
past the others and snatched the ball. She reached the first obstacle: tubular bins. 
She went in. She glanced behind her. A player was closing in. When he reached 
her he tried for the ball. That was when I stopped having fun. For a second the 
screen was very blurry then it was black. I started to complain when it flickered. 
Instead of seeing the race I saw something else entirely. It was like I was in a 
space ship or something. As I wondered why was seeing this I remembered 
something about the motorballers. They have chips planted in their eyes to show 
what happens. That meant that this is Ken was seeing. Suddenly the left half of 
the screen went back to the race while the right side stayed where it was. On the 
left it showed the remains of the player that had tried to take the ball. The right 
side showed the hall slowly moving. Whatever that was the person was walking 
down the hall. Left, another player.
Right, someone running toward me. They ran right past me, no, through me!
Left, the player closed in.
Right, suddenly I was in the cockpit of the ship. In front of me there were two 
people. Cyborgs. One was missing the lower half of his body. The other was 
sitting at a control panel. A sudden burst of wind hit them. From behind I heard 
someone yell, but I couldn't understand what they said.
Left, the player somehow got hold of the ball. Ken suddenly grabbed them by 
their arm.
Right, the guy with half his body pointed to a section of a wall nearby and 
shouted orders to the person. I looked behind me and saw a girl quickly float 
over to the wall he pointed to. The wall opened to reveal a pocket. The girl got 
in.
Left, the player's arm was crushed. Ken then grabbed his neck and twisted it 
back snapping it in two. She grabbed the ball and continued. The screen then 
showed only what the right did.
Right, a gel covered the girl and then shot her into space. Another wind came 
but this time it burst opened the wall. There the girl's eyes widened behind her 
goggles. That's when I noticed a bluish-white film around me. An arm created by 
the film stretched out at lightning speed and cut off most of her body. The girl's 
eyes stayed opened for a minute then they rolled back into her head. The 
remainder of her body fell down to Earth.
The screen showed the Earth for about a minute then a sudden pair of eyes 
popped on it. The eyes were deep blue and scary. They seemed to belong to a 
bloodthirsty killer, I could tell. Being a part of Barjack for a while with crazies can 
teach you stuff. That's when I realized whose eyes they were. I knew who 
owned the eyes that seemed to look at the world and they wanted to do nothing 
other than spill the blood of its inhabitants. 
	I screamed and ripped off the head set. People in the room stared at me 
but I didn't care. I was glad to get it off. The race was almost over. I ran to the 
pit. Alita and Figure were surprised to see me out of the monitor already and to 
se that I was scared. " What?" Alita asked me urgently. " What happened?" I 
slowed down my breathing and tried to calm my voice. " If...I 
told...you...you...wouldn't.... believe...it," I managed between breaths. Alita's eyes 
widened and I had another realization. One I hated even more than the other 
did. I knew what I saw would change Figure's, mine, and above all else, Alita's 
feeling to Ken. I regretted that I went down into that monitor room. Soon Ken 
finished the race. We acted like nothing had happened as we went to her house. 
Late that night Alita, Figure, and I snuck out of our rooms to the living room. 
Ken had gone to bed. The woman that had answered the door the other day had 
disappeared. Reluctantly I told them what happened. When I got to the part of 
the spaceship Alita started to ask questions about what I saw. I wasn't surprised. 
After I finished it was certain: I had seen Alita's past and the murder of her crew.
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To be continued in...
Face-off! Alita confronts Ken.
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