GeneShaft - I Hope I Am Not Dreaming - I could care less whether her hair is red or brown, don't sue me.... I don't own GeneShaft, duh.
'Your red hair sticks out like a sore thumb in crowds a lot. But most people aren't that observant. You have beautiful brown eyes and your gene type is white. Everybody thinks that being white is a bad thing, but it's not. Being white means you have a great potential. You have the ability to do many things.'
'You hit me once, when we first set out. I deserved it. I was surprised that you hit me. Maybe I had already liked you then. None the less, I should've punished you, I didn't. It was just another way you're different from everyone else. It's a good thing most of the time.'
'If you hadn't have been here, I may have stayed a cold-blooded male. Mario died, Sofia died, Remmy- Levy- Strouss died, you didn't die. I was ill, and when I first woke up, I thought you might be dead. You hadn't come to visit me that day. Strange, I could somehow sense when my crew came in.'
'No one ever came to visit me, except the doctors, Mario, and you. So, when you said Mario was dead, I was upset, but not much. The day you didn't come, I got worried. I dreamt of the first day we met. Not as soldiers, as people. You and Ryoko, you asked me to play. Thank you.'
'I wish we could've been friends a little longer before I had to leave, and become a great leader. I'm sorry about Ryoko. I did not want her to die. Check the recording in my quarters that was retrieved from the ship if you don't believe me. I hate seeing my fellow crew members, fellow trainees, die.'
'Maybe I should've died that day. Maybe I should've let Ryoko live. But I did nothing to stop it, and soon if was over. You see, I was weak. I am still weak in a way. Though I do not care as much now as I did before for the lives of other individuals, I care more for the entire group of colors, and deeply about the whites. Whites are the children, white is you.'
'You harbor so much anger towards me, and I cannot deny the fact that you should be angry with me. I have caused the death of so many people. Everyone says, that a duplicate is not the same as the actual person. I didn't understand. Not when Mario said it, I understood the day Ryoko died. She said it would be okay, because she had a duplicate. I understood, that day, that a duplicate wasn't the real thing.'
'As time passed, I nearly forgot, but I questioned myself many times. Ryoko wanted me to meet you, when I was rescued. I didn't go to earth, I didn't meet you. I almost forgot about it until I looked at the applicants for new soldiers. Your profile popped out at me. Maybe it was the name that caught my memory, or maybe it was your appearance that stirred memories of my childhood, a passing thought in my mind.'
'I recommended you, even though I had no idea what you were capable of. But that is the point, isn't it? That we don't know what you are capable of. You're a white. Whites are weak, right? Wrong. Whites are probably the least weak creatures in the universe. Everyone around me has skills programmed into them, like a machine. You are different because no skills are personally programmed in. You are able to do anything you want because you can control what you are capable of.'
'You were the perfect choice, as pilot of the Shaft. I saw you, the first time you entered the bridge, and I couldn't look away. You had actually come, even when you learned that I was the captain. Throughout our mission, you continued to amaze me. So many possibilities. How could one person have so much potential?'
'I think, I confessed how much I cared, the day I thought you were going to die. The day Register Beatrice collapsed. The day my vision became dark, and I first began to get sick. I thought I saw Oberus...I believe I did. Everything got darker, as soon as your death seemed to be at hand. But you lived. Inside I was happy, outside I was neutral.'
'Please forgive me, for all the anger you posses. I wish none of it had ever happened, Ryoko death. You would not hate me, and we might be friends. I believe that you may care about me, even in the slightest, for reasons besides you want to kill me. Why else would you sit by my bedside when I was sick? Why else would you come down to Europa to save me? I hope that I am not dreaming.'
'Your DNA, white, was able to make Europa, an evil moon, into a beautiful Earth. I hope I am not dreaming. That you actually did run over to help me after it was all over. That you actually did hold my hand, hoping I was okay. Mario said something about an emotion called love. A strange feeling is building up inside me. Could this be love, what Mario spoke of?'
"Captain? Captain? Hiroto... Amagiwa!" Mika's voice penetrated Hiroto Amagiwa's thoughts.
"Yes? What is it?" Hiroto saw that he had been dreaming. They were standing in a hallway, on the Bilkis. Soon they would dock, and everyone would leave.
"Why were you staring at me?" Mika asked. Hiroto remembered now. He'd begun to daydream as soon as he entered the hallway and had seen Mika's retreating back. His thoughts had taken over.
"No reason." he said in monotone. Hiroto turned around, to go in the opposite direction of Mika.
"Wait!" Mika burst. "Um...I mean...uh...th....thanks." she turned and ran off.
"For what?" Hiroto asked as she ran off. But Mika didn't turn around to answer him, and so he didn't get an answer. As Hiroto Amagiwa turned to continue walking, he murmured, "I hope I am not dreaming."
"I finally understand you Lord Sneak. And if you really feel that way, then I'm confident that my decision was correct...You see, 'whites' are potential. I very much want to see a white's potential. And if turns out to be humanities salvation....well then....that's a bonus." - Hiroto Amagiwa
"What have you done? What was that?" - Lord Sneak
"THAT is potential, Lord Sneak." - Captain Amagiwa.
"Hiroto...You're one of the chosen...Carry out your duties and responsibilities...Hiroto." - Hiroto's Mother
"Captain...Captain....Don't die before I get to kill you ok?" - Mika Seido
"Seido...Mika Seido...There was something I wanted to tell you...Mika" - Hiroto Amagiwa
"Potential huh?" Hiroto asked himself as the Bilkis docked. "Heh..."
Mika Seido exited the Bilkis. With the rings gone, they wouldn't be in trouble. That's why they were allowed to dock. When she entered the Bilkis, Sofia, Mario, and Tiki were with her. Only Tiki was still alive, and she was with Mir at the moment. The blondes were enjoying solid ground.
"Mika...Mika Seido." came a voice from behind.
"Huh?" Mika turned around to see the captain there. "Captain?" she averted her eyes. "What do you want?" he smiled softly.
"Would you like to get a drink?" he offered. Mika's head snapped up to see him.
"Huh? Wha? Uh....sure...this isn't a trick is it?" she asked, suspicious.
"No. This is entirely my treat. No strings attached." he finsihed walking out of the Bilkis and stopped next to Mika. "Lunch...maybe?" Mika smiled.
"Okay. Your treat? I'm all for it. Let's go!" She took the captain's hand and pulled him along, a smile on her face.
'This is not...a dream.' Captain Hiroto thought, smiling.
Jessica -- I wrote this to keep my muse quiet. I like how it turned out. All quotes are from the last episode. Enjoy.
Esprit -- hmm....-admiring work- I like it.....a little different than what I had imagined, but it works...
Jessica -- Deal. I like it and that's all that matters.
Esprit -- Work on your Angel fic.
Jessica -- Yes ma'am.