This is a remixed verison of Another Christmas Carol. The characters are the same but the plot is completely different. Violet leaves the Legion and becomes a theif for some evil group that thrives off of fear. Sorry If I wasn't around alot Xp . See ya soon!
Peace! LadyProtecta is out! For now...
Rain pitter pattered against the windows as the wind shook the building. A young mage looked over at his twin warrior sister whose eyes became dark and lifeless. This storm was in her doing… when she shut her emotions inside of her, this was the result…
Sometime…. It grew worse when she threw all of their belongs against the walls, the heavens would scream out in terror and planets shook with rage. The President of the United Planets would call her daughter and order her to calm down Anita. Little Anita… the daughter of nature.
At least today… she was just upset for she missed Violet, her best friend. It had been months since she left… and it was all because of the twins' adopted brother, Brainy… Skittles never forgave him for what he had done to her… tell her that he loved her then dump her for some hooker…
The day she found out, Skittles destroyed 29 moons that day with her powers. Never had she felt such dishonor… a Lady Guardian with a weak and emotionless brother… ugh…
Drew brushed his brown and green hair and sighed as a vine climbed from the palm of his hand. The earth, it was crying of sadness… they must leave now…
As they left for the Star Ship, a woman cried out: "It's the Blue Rose Gypsy!" Drew looked up to see a girl in her late teens, riding on top of one of the trains as it pulled in. Her hair was as black as midnight and was tied in a blue rose. Her blue strapless dress was cut from the side of one of her legs. And a teal masquerade mask hid her true identity.
Drew had heard of this girl thief. For months both the Legion and the Science Police had been struggling to apprehend her but like her title, she would swiftly disappear into the night without a trace. The Gypsy drew out a small marble and threw it at the crowd. A ball of royal blue smoke flooded into the area, causing panic.
Skittles shoved her bags into her brother and bounded after the suspect, snagging her phone in the process. "Mama!" she yelled as she struggled to see the gypsy, "It's me, Anita! Mama, she's here! The Blue Rose Gypsy is here! "
Using her powers, Skittles created a small tornado that gave her a temporary use of flight. She flew after the thief lady in high pursuit. She found a burst of speed and sped past the Gypsy.
"Hold it right there!" she yelled as Drew floated on the opposite side from her. The thief suddenly obeyed her command. She looked up and Drew noticed the color of her eyes: amethyst. His mouth hung open.
"No, way!" he yelled.
"What?" his twin responded.
Sirens interrupted the odd moment and the thief took off again, but not before looking back to see the twins standing there, confused.
"God! Why did they have to leave?" a boy with green skin cried as he crumbled up the note. He was done with her… why couldn't they just accept that? He didn't love her anymore and they took revenge on him by leaving him. His own little siblings. He only knew them for 9 months.
Odd couples were they…. Andrew… with his given name, Apollo, a mage and lord of earth, he could make the trees dance and the little girls swoon over him. And Anita… the cursed one… a dancer of swords and the wielder of all elements, with her sword and shield she was destined to protect her planet, her soul was a balance of sweetness and a coldness sides.
And he… he was the middle… he did not know which side to take. But it was his decision anymore… both the yin and the yang were gone. Little Anita cursed the Earth… sometimes it would rain and flood the city and sometimes it would remain hot and dry that all the water was drained.
A seductive red head appeared in the front door. "Hey, Boo. Whatcha doing?" she asked. Brainy smiled and looked up, forgetting the note for a moment. He stood up straight and combed his hair with his fingers.
"Hey, Memei," he grinned receiving a kiss on the lips from her. Her kiss tasted sort of tart, one of a sour taste, but that's what made her special. At least she wasn't as boring as his last girlfriend. She was funny, smart, pretty, and hot.
"So who's the letter from? Some desperate idiot?" Memei asked. Brainy's smile faded away as he turned back to look at the crumpled paper. A fear sparked its way into his body as lighting brightened the sky followed by thunder. He felt his sister's mystical magenta eyes burn the skin of his neck.
"My kid sister is upset. Not even Ayla can stop her tantrums," he mumbled, remembering that it was his duty to be his siblings' keeper. Despite her size, Skittles was connected to nature and could use her power anytime.
"HI BIG BROTHER!" Her happy voice echoed the thunder. The fear grew inside as the thought of the little Keonden becoming unstable. The thought of losing her and her twin struck his heart cords.
"I'm going to look for them…" he murmured.
"Y-you can't be serious, right? The little rascal is just throwing a temper tantrum. Skittles just has to get use to me that's all. She's around here somewhere, Querl, she wouldn't run away. " Brainy stared at her. WAS Memei that serious? Did she not care about the youth of galaxy?
He had a 10 year old Barbarian warrior who took the liking of attacking first, worry about the consequence later. Skittles was a stubborn fool compared to her brothers. She set on a goal; there were no chances in stopping the child. She was fearless, loyal and careless. But… her loyalty would be questioned.
"You want to put some stupid little brats, who obviously are not really your blood siblings, in front of me?"
"Yea… my brother will need my assistance and my sister has a health problem," he mumbled.
"Why? I'm like the love of your life? And what, you go mad over a kid with asthma? Querl, your "bro" is smart enough to take care of her!"
"Skittles doesn't have asthma, she has a critical level fused into her powers and if I don't scan her daily, she'll die!"
"Then let her!" Brainy's eyes widened as he smacked her. She screamed and shouted that their relationship was over and watched as he stormed out, her pretty green eyes were becoming a monstrous yellow as a lizard like tongue flicker between her lips.
The memory of seeing her body limp with bruises and power dripping her after she warped her body into a huge energy shield to protect her home world made him tremble. The first time in his life as a human, he saw what near death looked like up close. Little Anita's magenta eyes were growing darker as she took her older brother's hands and held them to her heart.
"Don't leave me, Skit… Little S-s-sister," he begged.
"Don't cry, big brother…" she reassured him. Her cheerful voice was becoming distorted as elemental energy burned his skin. He rocked her gentle in his arms, gently humming the lullaby that he picked up from a video com of her birth mother. In the distance he could hear his own mother, howling in grief for her two adopted children who risked their lives to save their world. In his mind, he knew that his two younger siblings had despised the system in their world but still had loyalty inside to them.
Loyalty…
It was the thing that brought to his attention when she refused to go about her daily basis of following him around the Head Quarters and waiting for his arrival. He would always look over at the window in the lounge where she would sit at the window sill; her eyes would flash electric yellow as she hopped around the room, squealing with joy.
But… one day… to his surprise, she was not in her usual spot. Instead she was in the garden… the place where she took shelter for 5 days when he first met her. She sat underneath the bridge; her eyes were pools of sliver … the haunting color of her moods.
And still, when she was gone, the raging eyes of red still followed him. He knew where they fled to. He and his mother, Brianna aka Brainiac 4 both knew where the fled to…
She stood there, her rainbow eyes turned royal blue against the sun. Was it really that necessary to break her brother's heart like that? She bit her lip as the memories flew past her and danced with the sakura flowers in the breeze. Her fingers drummed on the hilt of her sword as she looked down at the Northern Empire bellow. A green light glimmered in one of the rooms of the palace. A small sad smile came and gone from her.
"Apollo, your light ceases to fade into the darkness. Even when the darkest times, you light my heart, brother," she whispered.
"OOOOOHHHH SKIIIITTTTYYYY CHAN! WHERE ARE YOU, LOVE?"
"WHA!" Skittles was glomped from behind. She turned to look into two teal shining eyes that were hidden behind brown bangs.
"ABEL! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" she screamed. Abel hugged her tighter, her armor pressing hard against her body.
"Anita! MY LOVE! HOW ARE YOU! WHEN YOU LEFT EARTH, I MOURNED FOR HOURS! PLEASE COME HOME!" he cried.
"STUPID IDIOT HOW DID YOU GET HERE!"
"He came with me, sister…" Skittles whirled around, as her eyes flashed blood red and her hair became the feathers of the glorious Phoenix. There standing a the entrance to the Pagoda was the green skinned Grinch who was the last of the list of people she would see.
"YOU!" she growled, swiftly drawing her kanta from her sheath and shoving Abel behind her as she stormed up and placed her blade under his chin, the edges slightly touched the surface of his skin, "Why did the Lord God allow you to into Keondes!" Fire pulsed through her veins and pulsed into the blade. Brainy winced at the heat flaring from the sword. He stared into her eyes as they caught light, constantly flaring from dark blue to bloody red and back again.
"MY LOVE! Please calm down… it's your brother! Not some maniac here to take your world!" Abel pleaded on behalf of his friend.
"Shut it, Abel… he doesn't deserve the name "brother" no longer. I sense that Brainiac 1.0 is still inside of him," Skittles hissed. Her words stung his body as if they were poison to the soul. Brainiac knew that if he moved, Skittles would defiantly slit his throat.
"Why do you say that!" he cried, struggling to not move, "why can't you accept the fact that she's not apart of my life anymore!"
Skittles stabbed her sword between his feet. "She was like a sister to both my brother and I! She helped us recover from the loss of our parents! Now she's gone! And who'd you pick to replace her, some trash hound hooker!"
"How do you know? You never even gave her a chance!"
"I may not be the brightest light bulb but the reasons why I play cupid is that I can sense the auras inside of people thanks to my powers. When I look at two lovers, I can tell if they are made for each other or not. That Memei is not who you think she is, Brainiac 5. The reason why she did not want you to find me was that I wouldn't protect you if I left. It's amazing that you followed your heart to Keondes."
"Skittles, what are you talking about?" Abel asked.
"Like I said, she gives off bad vibes. Drew sensed that she is not human at all thanks to his own powers over Earth. I feel as if she feeding some sort of energy off of you," Skittles explained, "Abel, leave me to speak to Brainy in private. "
Abel shrugged and left quietly. The Guardian's eyes flickered sky blue as she sat down Indian style, her sword now stabbed the center of the pagoda and she leaned her forehead against the hilt.
"Have you experienced emotions lately?" she murmured.
"Uh… no?"
"Any… unusual and constant?"
"Does a nightmare count?" Brainy shuttered.
"Yes."
Brainy sat down in front of Anita. Hidden behind the blade, he could see her eyes turning back to their original color as her animal like eye pierced into his soul and her mystic one began to search. A sweet scent of sakura, lavender and jasmine filled the air, causing his sight to grow hazy as the warrior mumbled her ancestors' language. Brainy's throat hitched and he felt his head hit the floor as his eyes rolled backwards.
He awoke in one of the palace bedrooms, gasping for air as if he had just escaped death. His chest was soaked with sweat as was the silk white sheets. He sat up as two elemental like animals: one a wolf of pink blazing fire, the other a tiger made of twigs and grass, leapt into his room. They began to change shape and formed back into children.
Skittles eyed him in silence before turning towards the desk, reaching for a calligraphy brush. She plopped herself down on the ground and began painting ancient words in a circle around her. She looked at her twin and mumbled something in the ancients' language, words that Brainy could not translate. The organic green-skinned boy scrambled out of bed and took his seat beside them and watched with curiosity silence as the symbols leapt up off the floor and began to circle them. He usually had fights with Andrew about magic, but now he had no choice but to rely on the mystifying works of superstition and classical spells that would save him.
Brainiac 5 returned home empty handed, leaving, to poor Skittles's demise, Abel on Keondes to keep watch over the twins. As he was to aboard his cruiser, his "little sister" began cursing in her native tongue against the thought of having Abel stay with them. Drew smacked the back of her head as Abel hugged her arm. The trio was a small amusement in the sadness of leaving them alone to fend for themselves.
As he walked into his mother's police station, he saw a green skinned woman in her late thirties, drumming her nails against the smooth pine surface of her desk. A moon light colored German Shepherd had laid it's on her lap in comforts of whatever was bugging her.
"Hey mom, Hi Zero," he greeted, kissing his mother on the cheek and scratching the dog behind the ears. Zero growled with affection as he licked the son of his partner's hand.
"Oh, hi sweetie. So the kids are staying in Keondes?"
"Yes, mother, Skittles got a fit and Drew and I have set up Com links to radio her condition."
"Oh that's good. I think I'll visit them next week."
"Mother is something wrong?'
"… It's about the Blue Rose Gypsy…"
"Oh… did you get her?"
"Yea… but she has some sort of condition. Not mental but physical. Can you do me a favor, hun?"
"Sure mom, what is it?" Brainy scratched his arm.
"You may know her but can you watch out for her for two weeks, she's on parole and we'll return her to her apartment but I need someone to keep a close eye on her to make sure she doesn't go off again."
"I guess…"
"Great she's in the jail cell."
Brainy shrugged as he followed Zero into another room. Criminal eyes watched with anger as the hero made his way down the corridors. They struggled to grab at him, but yelped when Zero lunged at their fingers.
The boy stopped and looked up at a pair of familiar violet eyes, peering at him from the corner of her cell. He let out a tiny gasp before narrowing his eyes at her. The girl pulled the hoodie she had on over her head and turned her head way from his gaze.
"Salu…" he hissed as if she was poison, "You're the Blue Rose Gypsy?"
Vi didn't respond but nodded her head slowly. She was too afraid to speak to him, let alone look at him. She heard the force field slide and felt her arm being yanked up. Her eyes met his cold green ones as he held her chin. Her body throbbed with pain as his breath blew on her face.
He turned and dragged Violet with him, angered that this was the girl who became the number one thief that no one could apprehend. Zero followed, thinking that this was some kind of game.
"Mother! She's the suspect?" Brainy demanded. Brianna looked up from her coffee and nodded.
"You volunteered… and I've already added you on the list. So no whining."
Violet's new home was a large shabby apartment. It was like the high class apartments but at least it was habitable. Brainy wrinkled his nose at the pungent smell of mold and mildew as they walked in followed by Zero, who whimpered pitifully. This is where the girl lived? Obvious for a woman of thievery to live here in the dark old streets of Mars. He dropped his bags and took the key for her handcuffs from his pocket. She winced at the touch of his hand as the cuffs dropped from her wrists.
"What?" he asked.
She didn't reply as she retreated into her room. Brainy looked around the den, hoping to find some traces of evidence of her "shopping" spree. Everything looked like it came from a second hand shop. Old furniture, old lamps even an old coffee table laid in this very room.
His Ex came back out, her eyes hidden behind the curtains of her bangs. She looked different to him with out her uniform, her green flower and her smile. In fact she didn't even look like the same happy and mischievous Shrinking Violet. The one that seemed to be the most naïve being in the Legion, the one that seemed to smile at every situation, the one who had the most unique giggl-
No… he was through with her. He didn't care about her well not so much that he would go mad to save her. But he couldn't help but see the sadness flow out of her body. The dark like ragged casual clothes she wore… this wasn't Vi he once knew. But … it was same facial look, same eye shape and eye color, same hairdo with a violet streak, same size …. But the thing was she looked so sad.
She took a piece of paper and began scribbling words on it. She continued to avoid his gaze as she handed him the paper. Since he was a "guest" she had offered him her room while Zero would stay with her in the den. All of the windows and side doors were to be bolted shut and only Brainy had access to the front door. She felt like a caged bird inside this dark cold room… To make matters worse, she was a caged bird stuck with an cold hearted cat that was ready to eat her anytime soon.
"What's wrong now?" he demanded. She shook her head and walked towards the kitchen in hopes of getting far away from him. She clumsily took out the pots and pans, a few of them fell to the floor with a loud clatter. She swiftly picked them up and slammed them on the counter top as she reached into the fridge and took out a large ham.
"Need any help." His voice made her jump and she slowly nodded, handing him the pan of cold ham. Zero sat in between them, drooling at the sight of meat. Brainy shrugged and turned on the stove. He eyed the girl standing next to him. Her fingers trembled as she began stirring the bread batter. Her back was turned from his view. As he watched, he wondered why she blocked out her voice for him. Beneath her black spaghetti strap tank top and low cut blue jeans, her figure was thin except for the odd shape of a round belly. Her hair had grown and was quite messy from the last time he saw her in the lab. Now it fell to her shoulders and was matted. He never saw her like this. Then he felt it, the longing to push back the black and violet curtains that blocked her eyes and to hear her giggle once more.
The smell of burnt rubber interrupted his thoughts as he heard Zero howl. He looked down to see burnt fat oil seep across the dirty tiled floor from the charcoaled ham. A gentle snort came from behind him and as he turned, he thought he saw a small smile on the girl's delicate face as she knelt down and stroked the dog in comfort.
"Looks like we're having Chinese to night Zero," she whispered to the dog. Though she was considered a criminal, she was also Zero's best friend. Zero sloppily gave the Imskan a large doggy kiss on the face. Brainy glared at her. What gave her the right to speak to a dog but not to him? As she left, he began to create questions for her later in the time that he was here.
She closed the door to her room behind her. She looked down at Zero and began to sob. "I'm sorry," she whispered. Zero whined and nuzzled her stomach as she slid to the floor. He could sense her condition. She could understand why he dumped her for Memei. She was sort of a control freak at that time. She grew so jealous of the flirting that when it came up to the point she confronted him, he told her that he had hated her.
Her stomach growled. Not again. For months now, she was always hungry. She would eat meat, pork, some fish, rice and anything such as chili dog, double on the chili with rice and salsa that would make her sick. She stumbled over to the draw and began munching down on a mega chocolate bar as she ordered Chinese food.
She stood up and saw a familiar green outfit hanging in her closet. She felt the cool, crisp cloth underneath her pale fingers. She closed her eyes as the sweet memories…saving the day, rocking out to her favorite songs, playing with the young twins. Feeling safe in the arms of the man she loved.
All… gone…
Her life was at stake. Now she was forced to be the ally of a malicious beings called the "Black Plague." If she had refused… the life within her would die along with her. She remembered the cruel looks of the hooded men as they hissed in her ears… filling her mind with images of death. Every night she would be called to steal…
Gone was the Shrinking Violet, in her place… the mysterious Blue Rose Gypsy, the lady dancer who hypnotized those of high ranking with alluring gymnastic movements then knocking them out with a pill. Then in her place from where she stood, was a mystify blue rose, one from the planet, Gyzeria, that only blossomed in the winter snow at the full moonlight. She would then leave the stolen item at some grave sight at a particular location and await till the shadows moved. Oh how she hated watching those eyes as they grabbed the item and hiss a warning to her that if she failed, it would cost her life.
… and now that she was caught… well… it was death row now… and he was involved. She prayed to God that the Black Plague would stay away from them till he left. Until then she would have to protect him from them while struggling through the heartache that she still had loved him with the fact that they were no longer friends.
She looked out her window as the last trace of sunlight faded into the darkened clouds of night. In the distance, bells chimed gloomily songs of melancholy, warning her that her time was nearly up. She swallowed… if she were to tell him the truth… would he believe her somber story?
Meanwhile, back on the planet Keondes, the child Lady Guardian sat by the boy reflection of her in a dark chamber of isolated mountain. Behind them was the song of the waterfall that fell from the ceiling of the cave and flowed to the base and down to the northern empire.
This was the cave of their ancestors, the Guardians of the past, those who wielded the Lunar Katana or controlled the magic of the Solaris staff. The child nobles' faces were stained Green and Magenta marking of the ancients. Before them and above them stood the lines of guardians, each with a firm face as if they were ready to lecture the new nobles.
"I call upon the ancestors before us, come to thy cries of help. Your children seek your advice for a terrible curse is yet to dawn. Let the horses of wind carry you to us! Let our powers bring you!" Skittles shouted.
At that point, lights filled the blank eyes of the ancients and one by one from the top did they follow.
"You have awakened us, Lady Guardian Diana. What is it that you seek?" asked one of the cursed descendants that through her power was freed. The children before them looked no longer youthful but older as if time had suddenly past in three years and the younglings in their early teens or what they would have become in the future.
Diana or the warrior Skittles bowed before them. "We come for answers of an ancient race that was said to be extinct. This race was said to have come from the Mythiouliousian nebula of the galaxy called the Medusaians, the snake haired people," Drew spoke in the native tongue.
"In recent time, we have said to believe that with the power you have taught us, we have found evidence that they are still hunting other beings, tearing their minds to shreds with lies till they are erased and completely blank for them to feed on them. One had taken our brother's mind and has lured him into thinking she's human," Skittles added, "The girl that shares my control of the skies had followed her along with her own brothers, Garth and Mekt and had discovered that she is part of a 23 century group called the "Black Plague" a vile group of assassins who feed on ones fear."
The elders looked at each other with fear. What to do? Oh if there was more of the Medusians then they would all perish! Skittles sat down on her Dragon like flower pet, Spike as if he was a throne.
"Silence! Calm, my people! We are guardians, not fearing fools." Drew barked, "We must act calmly if we are to defeat this ancient enemy to our universe. The Medusians want to bring back the dark ages where fear ruled us all. The dark ages before our own Lady Areses was born that nearly killed our youthful universe! If they are alive… then we must ready ourselves for the coming of another war."