Disclaimer: I don't own either "OBAN: Star-Racers" nor such characters as Janus Lee Sr. or Michiru Kaiuo. They are mentioned in the prologue.
Summary: Sequel to Fixing Life. Just as Eva thinks it's all over, and as she starts a new life with her dad, she gets another visit by a person, who wants to change her destiny and fix the Universal Balance.
Fixing Life: Avatar's Mission.
Prologue
-Come back here, young lady! I'm not done yet! – a beautiful tall woman with hair of sea color and blue eyes cried from the hall.
-Too bad for you, 'cause I'm so totally out of here! – a fourteen-years-old girl with long blond hair fixed in a pony tail and bright green eyes, wearing black jeans, white blouse and wide stylish glasses cried back, heading for the door. Her twin-brother, a handsome blond-hair and green-eyed young man, wearing sand-colored costume, happened to be passing by.
-Hey, sis! Got in another fight with mom? – he smiled sarcastically.
-You know what, Janus? – the girl looked at him, opening the door, - I'm in no mood for another lecture from you! – with that she slammed the door of the family mansion as hard as she could.
-Whatever you say, Juny… - her brother said after a few moments, staring at the closed door.
-Why does she always have to meddle into my business? – June groaned, - For God's sake, this is my life, and I'm not a small helpless child anymore! If I want to find our dad, that's my business!
-You're right it is yours, - a voice from behind spoke. June turned around to face a man in long black costume.
-What? – June was taken aback, - Who are you? And what are you talking about?
-My name's Swetow, I'm an avatar, - the man answered back.
-An avatar? – June asked in confusion, - What does that mean?
-Avatars are the supreme magical beings, whose powers are almost unlimited, - the man explained, - One of our main goals is to save the Universal Balance.
June was silent for a moment, taking in what had just been told to her. Then she laughed.
-Oh yeah, right! – she laughed, - An avatar! Then I'm Madonna!
-If you were, I wouldn't have come to you, - Swetow answered, completely disregarding the girl's reaction.
-Oh, and what is that the all-mighty supreme magical creature wants of me? – Juny asked, smiling widely.
-We want you to join us, - the avatar simply answered.
-What?!
-JUNY!!! WAKE UP!!! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!!
June quickly snapped out of her memories and looked at the man in front of her.
-I… I'm sorry, Swetow… I guess I just got… carried away a bit… - the girl answered apologetically.
-Well, you should be more attentive, because we are discussing very important things, - Swetow stated firmly.
-Yes… I'm sorry, I'll be more attentive, - Juny looked at the ground.
Swetow watched her for a moment, then sighed.
-What is bothering you? – he asked.
-N-nothing… It's OK, really… - the girl began, but looking at her former teacher, she sighed in defeat, - OK, OK, I'll tell you. I was just… I was just recalling the day when we met for the first time…
-Oh, - Swetow said, - And..?
-Well, I… - June hesitated, before continuing, - That day I got in a big fight with mom… She never told neither me or my brother about our dad, and I got mad at her again… I ran away, then I met you… You told me about the avatars and the Great Mission of restoring the Universal Balance, and, although I did not believe you in the beginning, I followed you… You told me that I had a great destiny of becoming an avatar…
-And you did become an avatar, and a really great one, - Swetow noticed. June smiled.
-Thank you, - she said, - I remember how I went missing for three weeks, and my mom – she was very rich, an owner of a large company, Neptune Enterprises, - searched the whole world for me… I remember her and my brother's shock, when I came back one day and told them I was an avatar, a supreme magical being…
Juny laughed, and Swetow joined her. Then Swetow asked her:
-Is it often that you pity having become an avatar?
-No! No, not at all! – the girl answered, - I never pitied that! Of course, I did not become a brilliant head of Neptune Enterprises and Lee Industries, like my brother did, and I never married, but becoming an avatar helped me to find my dad, which, after all, made both mom and him very happy… I have powers to help people and make them happy… I'm immortal… No, I never pitied having become an avatar. The only painful thing is that I had to watch them all die… But it was about eighty years ago, and besides I can summon their spirits if I want to talk to any of them.
-Yeah, that's right, - Swetow agreed. – So, do you still want to help people be happy?
June narrowed her eyes.
-You know I do!
-OK then, listen here, - Swetow said in a business-like tone, - Several thousands of centuries ago, among us was an avatar named Kanaletto. You of course know that avatars are being neither good nor evil, but Kanaletto was too selfish even for the avatar. Moreover, he turned against the other avatars, claiming that the world was his and that we had to obey him. We had to stop him. To do that, we gathered all our powers and banished him from our world, capturing him in a cage in another dimension. But that turned out to be not enough.
Swetow waved his hand, and a hologram image of a teenage girl with short dark-red hair appeared.
-This girl, - Swetow indicated, - has suffered the most from Kanaletto's actions.
-How come? – Juny asked, - And who is she? Her face looks very familiar to me.
-Her name is Eva Wei, - Swetow answered.
-Eva Wei?! – June cried in surprise, - The winner of The Great Races Of Oban?
-Yes, exactly, - Swetow nodded, - Kanaletto managed to influence her destiny. He set up the accident on the track that caused her mother a life and made her father abandon her for ten years. His intentions were to get out of his imprisonment and destroy the avatars. In order to defeat him, Eva's racing partner and close friend, Jordan Wilson, had to become an avatar as well, and hence he and Eva were separated for all eternity.
Juny looked at the ground. The story was painful to hear.
-And what now? – she finally asked.
-Well, you see… It turns out that this girl and all of her friends suffered because of us, - Swetow stated and then, seeing June's confused expression, added, - If we locked Kanaletto and kept a better eye on him, this would have never happened.
June looked away, feeling miserable for the girl they were talking about.
-Now, we want to make it up to her, - Swetow went on.
-How?
-By reversing the outcome of some events. You see, an avatar's power is so great, that it can be used to do anything, absolutely anything. But you can't just flick your fingers and say: "I want it to be like that". You have to find a way how to use your power. And that's why we are assigning you to this task. You will be the avatar to fix the girl's life.
-Me?! – June looked surprised, - Why me?
-This task is not only to help Eva, but you as well, - Swetow explained, - Consider it as the quest for the control of your powers. Think it as of a lesson of some sort.
-I… OK… But… - June was at a complete loss of words.
-You can do it! – Swetow persuaded her.
June sighed heavily.
-OK, I'll try, - she said finally, - When do I start?
-You may start… right now, - with that Swetow faded out in a cloud of grey fog.
June stared at the hologram image of the girl for a moment, then turned away and faded out as well.
A/N: It was one of the longest chapters I have ever written, but there was no other way I could make it shorter. So, the prologue plots about the new and one of the main characters of the story. Chapter 1 will include some of the last lines of the epilogue of my previous story, Fixing Life.
I hope you liked this prologue, and I'm desperate to know what you think!