Title: God of Man, Destroyer of Innocence
Author: Memy (Missheru)
E-mail: midnight_wing@hotmail.com
AIM: MemyWing
ICQ: I really don't use it much.
For Aurora's Background you'll get hints of it here but the whole thing can be found in Eternal Light: The Beginning. Used a lot of Trigun. Kind of apparent isn't it?
Chapter 1
I landed at my new home for the time being. Looking around I wondered how life could have ever established itself here. I had thought colonies were a stretch for livable conditions but this was much worse. I couldn't see any trees, or water. There was a city in the distance. It looked abandoned but it was a start. What was it meant for me to find the hand of a God? I changed to human form. It felt good to be able to change shape again. The change of shape should make no difference but Halo had told me that they had closed their eyes again to the truth. If that were true then illusions would still work to my advantage. I was getting closer to the city there was life here. In actuality the city was one of the busiest I had ever seen.
I was almost there when a light consumed the entire city. It looked like the blast from the atomic bombs I had seen on Earth. This was different though. There was no radiation and the cloud was not there, the light went to the sky in a thin column. I watched in awe as the light show ended and the city was in ruins. I felt sick. The destruction matched that of the Phoenix. I had to turn away. The winds were picking up now and it seemed my only choice was to find safety in what was left of the once grand city. As I entered I noticed immediately that whatever struck this city was different from Phoenix. There were survivors, where Phoenix gave total destruction. I walked through the almost empty streets. The wind gusted around me and sand carried on it cut my flesh. I couldn't care about that now. The destruction around me had drained all my self-care for the moment. Was this what was meant by the hand of God?
I sat in a half collapsed doorway in a building at the center of town. Others came to the area too looking for loved ones lost I guess. I remained in silence. There was one person that stood out. He was tall, with a red coat, a dark blanket over one side of his body, yellow tint glasses, and a look more solemn than any I had ever seen before. He was making sure that everyone was all right. I realized what he was hiding under the blanket. The smell of blood hit me as he came to ask me of my condition. The way he moved I realized he had lost his arm. "I'm fine, but what about your arm?"
He jumped back. I guess he thought he hid his injury well enough for no one to notice. He looked at me a moment his eyes wide behind the tint. "I-it'll be f-fine, thanks. How could you tell?"
I got up and motioned for him to step away from the small crowd. "I can smell the blood. You're still bleeding aren't you?"
"Yes, but not that bad now."
"Mind if I take a look?"
"I don't think that there's much you can do. It's pretty gruesome."
I pulled a roll of gauze from my pouch. I don't know why I wanted to help this soul so badly. He took the blanket from his side. Blood had soaked through his red coat and was starting to drip from the saturated fabric. He had bandaged it up earlier I saw but it wasn't enough for this. "I'm surprised you're still standing with how much blood you're loosing."
He looked at the ground as if in shame of his injury. I started to remove his bandage work starting to heal the wound with every touch. I wrapped the fresh gauze around what I left of the wound. I had just healed it enough to stop the bleeding and keep it from breaking open again. "Hey. You can take your eyes off the ground now. I told you I could handle any wound. Just be careful with it and it should stay clean."
I walked over to the rubble of what was once a well and pulled some water up to was the blood from his coat. I held it up. "I got the blood out, just a little wet but I think you can handle that."
I looked behind me and up at his face. He was smiling at me. I handed him his coat and walked back to my doorway. He followed a little later with his coat on again hand his blanket in a bunch in his arms. Same smile on his face. He held the blanket towards me. "It gets cold at night."
The smile had just become clumsier looking. Could a simple act of mercy make a person like another so much? "I couldn't, you'll need it."
"Ok, then I guess we'll have to share it."
I snapped my head back to him and gave him the sternest look I could muster. "No funny stuff and you have a deal."
"Funny stuff? I just wanted to show my appreciation to you, and this is the best I can think of Miss... Miss... are you going to tell me your name or leave hanging on my own words."
"Tempting, but cruel. My name is Aurora."
"Well, that wasn't too hard was it?"
He sat next to me and spread the blanket over both of us. He got himself comfortable before he continued. "Thanks for your help Aurora. Why haven't you asked my name?"
"Does it really matter?"
"Well it is normal to ask, I thought."
"If it would put your mind at ease then I'll ask. What's your name?"
"I can't tell you."
"So you made a big deal out of me not asking and you can't tell?"
"Yep, I guess so."
"It really doesn't matter, I know who you are inside. I guess I can call you Broom Head."
I smiled he frowned at my nickname. "Broom Head, what city is this? I'm not from here."
"This was July."
"I now know a city."
"Only one?"
He looked to me to find the answer to my strange words but I had fallen asleep. He shrugged his shoulders and tried to sleep as well.
Author: Memy (Missheru)
E-mail: midnight_wing@hotmail.com
AIM: MemyWing
ICQ: I really don't use it much.
For Aurora's Background you'll get hints of it here but the whole thing can be found in Eternal Light: The Beginning. Used a lot of Trigun. Kind of apparent isn't it?
Chapter 1
I landed at my new home for the time being. Looking around I wondered how life could have ever established itself here. I had thought colonies were a stretch for livable conditions but this was much worse. I couldn't see any trees, or water. There was a city in the distance. It looked abandoned but it was a start. What was it meant for me to find the hand of a God? I changed to human form. It felt good to be able to change shape again. The change of shape should make no difference but Halo had told me that they had closed their eyes again to the truth. If that were true then illusions would still work to my advantage. I was getting closer to the city there was life here. In actuality the city was one of the busiest I had ever seen.
I was almost there when a light consumed the entire city. It looked like the blast from the atomic bombs I had seen on Earth. This was different though. There was no radiation and the cloud was not there, the light went to the sky in a thin column. I watched in awe as the light show ended and the city was in ruins. I felt sick. The destruction matched that of the Phoenix. I had to turn away. The winds were picking up now and it seemed my only choice was to find safety in what was left of the once grand city. As I entered I noticed immediately that whatever struck this city was different from Phoenix. There were survivors, where Phoenix gave total destruction. I walked through the almost empty streets. The wind gusted around me and sand carried on it cut my flesh. I couldn't care about that now. The destruction around me had drained all my self-care for the moment. Was this what was meant by the hand of God?
I sat in a half collapsed doorway in a building at the center of town. Others came to the area too looking for loved ones lost I guess. I remained in silence. There was one person that stood out. He was tall, with a red coat, a dark blanket over one side of his body, yellow tint glasses, and a look more solemn than any I had ever seen before. He was making sure that everyone was all right. I realized what he was hiding under the blanket. The smell of blood hit me as he came to ask me of my condition. The way he moved I realized he had lost his arm. "I'm fine, but what about your arm?"
He jumped back. I guess he thought he hid his injury well enough for no one to notice. He looked at me a moment his eyes wide behind the tint. "I-it'll be f-fine, thanks. How could you tell?"
I got up and motioned for him to step away from the small crowd. "I can smell the blood. You're still bleeding aren't you?"
"Yes, but not that bad now."
"Mind if I take a look?"
"I don't think that there's much you can do. It's pretty gruesome."
I pulled a roll of gauze from my pouch. I don't know why I wanted to help this soul so badly. He took the blanket from his side. Blood had soaked through his red coat and was starting to drip from the saturated fabric. He had bandaged it up earlier I saw but it wasn't enough for this. "I'm surprised you're still standing with how much blood you're loosing."
He looked at the ground as if in shame of his injury. I started to remove his bandage work starting to heal the wound with every touch. I wrapped the fresh gauze around what I left of the wound. I had just healed it enough to stop the bleeding and keep it from breaking open again. "Hey. You can take your eyes off the ground now. I told you I could handle any wound. Just be careful with it and it should stay clean."
I walked over to the rubble of what was once a well and pulled some water up to was the blood from his coat. I held it up. "I got the blood out, just a little wet but I think you can handle that."
I looked behind me and up at his face. He was smiling at me. I handed him his coat and walked back to my doorway. He followed a little later with his coat on again hand his blanket in a bunch in his arms. Same smile on his face. He held the blanket towards me. "It gets cold at night."
The smile had just become clumsier looking. Could a simple act of mercy make a person like another so much? "I couldn't, you'll need it."
"Ok, then I guess we'll have to share it."
I snapped my head back to him and gave him the sternest look I could muster. "No funny stuff and you have a deal."
"Funny stuff? I just wanted to show my appreciation to you, and this is the best I can think of Miss... Miss... are you going to tell me your name or leave hanging on my own words."
"Tempting, but cruel. My name is Aurora."
"Well, that wasn't too hard was it?"
He sat next to me and spread the blanket over both of us. He got himself comfortable before he continued. "Thanks for your help Aurora. Why haven't you asked my name?"
"Does it really matter?"
"Well it is normal to ask, I thought."
"If it would put your mind at ease then I'll ask. What's your name?"
"I can't tell you."
"So you made a big deal out of me not asking and you can't tell?"
"Yep, I guess so."
"It really doesn't matter, I know who you are inside. I guess I can call you Broom Head."
I smiled he frowned at my nickname. "Broom Head, what city is this? I'm not from here."
"This was July."
"I now know a city."
"Only one?"
He looked to me to find the answer to my strange words but I had fallen asleep. He shrugged his shoulders and tried to sleep as well.