Chase

by Angelica S. (Sailor Negaverse)
Email: sailoryaolihotmail.com

Book One: Legend's Beginning
Prologue: Hidden Truths

Note: equals thoughts

She floated serenely in the blue liquid, her eyelids
closed shut. Cold wires dug into her skin, its sensors monitoring her
every movement. Her heartbeat was heard from the machine that controlled
her, it analyzed her physical movements with care. She was beautiful,
her body trapped in the center of the glass cylinder, her face calm
and oblivious of the lab she was in. A mask covered coral lips, supplying
her with the needed oxygen. Tendrils of unruly hair fluttered around
her naked frame. She was beautiful, like a sleeping angel.

"Is she ready to be submerged?" A voice asked quietly. Footsteps
echoed against the misty silence of the lab. He watched the maiden
suspended in the dome with mild curiosity. He felt nervous somewhat,
for the lab and its strange machinery was... creepy. The eerie hum
of the computers and the rythmatic recording of her heartbeat made him
nervous.

"Yes sir. She should be ready by tomorrow, 8:00 East Jurai standard,"
the lab technician replied. The room was oddly still and dark. The man
narrowed his eyes as he roamed across the woman's body. Everything was
perfect, supple, and smooth. She was very desirable, a quality he did not
liked.

"I wanted a perfect soldier, not a whore. Why was it a woman?" The
question was sharp and cold. It cuts through the misted room like a knife.

"Well... sir... when the embryo was cloned and placed into the womb,
it had two x chromosomes and we had no choice. Our technology is not
advanced enough to determine the sex of it. It was luck, sir," the scientist
stuttered nervously, eyes watching his superior warily.

"Hmm..." the man muttered, not completely satisfied. He wanted the
perfect machine... no... soldier. One who would lead them to victory
against the poor little "People of the Tree". His eyes narrowed into slits
at the thought. He will drive those people out, put restraints against
all the trees of Jurai and... kill the bastard child called Endymion.
And she will help him achieve total control of Jurai. He will be the king
and he will win.

..........

"Mama... why are we here?" Young Endymion said while burying his
chest into his mother's breast. The woman sighed and wrapped her arms
protectively over her son.

"There are too many things you don't under, Endy. Remember, you
have the power... you are the rightful heir of this planet... of Jurai,
and the solar system." She wanted to tell her son the terrible truth,
the whole truth, but she couldn't. He was young. Oh kami-sama... protect
my child, she prayed. He was only 8 years old, and she could only hope
that she would live to see him next year. Something was happening...
she was sure of it. My son... there are so many things you don't
understand.

"Mama... I miss the palace. Why are we here?" His mother looked
into Endymion's sincere blue eyes. Such innocence, she thought
as she felt her heart ripped into pieces. Why is this happening to her
son? He doesn't deserve it.

Forcing herself to smile brightly, she said, "We are here for
vacation. Just a vacation. You like it here, don't you?" Endy nodded
enthusiastically. She couldn't bare to tell him that he will never
go back to the palace. He doesn't know that they were at war, a war with
the goal of killing them both.

End of Prologue

Okay, a mini author's note. I haven't wrote in a while, but
I hope this is... somewhat satisfactory. This book set is called
CHASE and consists of three books, "Legend's Beginning", "The
Golden Hind", and "A Cyborg Angel". I'm not the a-chapter-a-week
type, but hopefully, with summer vacation, I can get book two out
soon. The planet of Jurai and the idea of 'trees' is taken from
Tenchi Muyo, but this IS NOT A CROSSOVER. There will be no relations
besides the setting. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to
emails.