It could have been another normal day, the sun came up and the clouds would pass over and rudely interrupt it's light as any other normal day does. However it wasn't a normal day, each day in a persons life is secure, as you read this you woke up today, you ate today, you went to work or collage or something of that nature, did you think twice? Did you notice the tiniest change? Neither did these group of warriors, mages, villains and do good-ers. Believing they knew the world. They are the heroes of their kingdoms old and new seeing millennium of change, a group of individuals who became so focused on saving they world they had no time to be selfish. So if they could do it again?
She opened her eyes, it was a bright summers morning the adolescent of only seventeen glanced towards the window of her bedroom in her small apartment in city centre of Shadinia the largest city on the planet. The girls big brown eyes fluttered at sunlight coming through the gap in her blinds and sighed with a smile, sunshine always made her day bright when it could break through the clouds of pollution and misery hanging thick in the air. Lately dreams plagued her night and visions plagued her day, her powers of time were showing her trouble within the world sometimes they were premonitions and sometimes flashbacks.
"what's the use of me trying to figure it all out, it's such a nice day for once I'll enjoy it and forget these silly dreams" She muttered to herself as she sprung from her bed gathering up her clothes and looking towards the door.
Meanwhile in the suburbs of Shadinia a family live, a mother in her late thirties, a father in his early forties and a teenager of eighteen, sounds pretty normal right? A day that begun as any other in their household.
"I told you before Sora you cant go outside for the newspaper in your underwear!" The mother bellowed to the father.
"Well Xiao huni! I told you not to get Remedy involved in computer technology but you did and he blew up the lab and guess who paid for it" Sora sighed, he wasn't an angry man not even slightly but he did like to keep a hold of his money. Remedy, the eighteen year old just blinked his handsome blue eyes at them innocently overlooking his parents so frequent head buttings. After his breakfast he grabbed his gold and red jacket, his sword which aided his every turn in his adventures and stepped out into the fast paced world of Yulenia.
Remedy made his way through town, the traffic not making a single tire screech as the era of hovering cars and buses was there. Televisions were as thin as glass and video games had become video worlds. He walked silently through the people and creatures that inhabited his world, this world he had saved from one man who believed he had the right to control it, that man's name was Rai and it's with the sword on Remedy's back that people could remain blissfully ignorant of the deeds done for them. But none of that mattered now and Remedy smiled as he glanced up into the sun soaked sky, his brown soft hair hanging down his forehead, those blissful blue eyes full of happiness and light. He arrived at his destination standing outside of a white block of flats.
After a few minutes of standing against the wall the door opened and there stood his friend. She smiled at him walking down the steps to him in a red checked sundress, her small angel wings catching the sunlight and shimmering, her brown hair neatly falling into curls.
"Morning" he said happily approaching her
"Hey Remy, I had strange dreams again you know it's getting kinda weird" She sighed
"Oh come on Meeka they will pass and you know it, bet you forgot what today is!" he laughed
"erm.. Of course I remember" she tried to convince him, frowning in thought. He grabbed her hands and looked into her eyes.
"You cant forget Meeka, you silly girl" he smiled and she just melted, lost in a sea of dreamy waves and bubbles in day dreaming love.
"Well, why don't you show me Remy" she said slyly leaning into him.
"Okie!" he grinned and turned still holding her hand and began to run through the people. She sighed once again knowing her head was being a bit to much of a dreamer.
He led her too his airplane hanger covering her eyes as they walked into the massive storage room.
"It's just a little further and…. There!" he removed his hands and her eyes lit up with excitement
"oh my god Remy! You got a new airship! How did you afford this?" she ran around it, glancing at the top of the range fighter ship capable of space travel, a crew of 10 and all shining battle ready.
"Well you know" he said sheepishly watching her circling it, "It's what happens after you invent a few things that take off, and the money from our adventures Meeka you cant forget that. But hey! I thought this way we can see Reiko she's always in some corner of the galaxy doing something important after the adventures I figured well, … you know keep in touch" he shrugged and used a remote to open the door to get inside. Of course Meeka didn't hesitate to go inside.
He followed her in to see her in the co pilot seat eagerly looking at him, she looked so at home amongst the dials, switches, holograms and controls.
"So can we fly it? Please please please!" she begged
"Oh no Dad will kill me, he said when I got it that unless he was with me I'd never take it out, he said it was so expensive he might as well of sold his arm for it" Remedy sighed sitting in the pilots seat, watching Meeka's face drop and he just hated seeing her sad, well actually he hated seeing anyone sad that was just Remedy he liked to help. He swallowed hard, turned to face the controls and put the key shakily to the ignition and Meeka's face lit up.
"Remy! Your gonna be a rebel?" He exclaimed with excitement
"Don't say anything more Meeka, this is taking enough kahonnies as it is" he swallowed again and sweat drops ran down his forehead as the roof of the bunker opened above them . She buckled her belt and looked at the endless beautiful sky above them, he saw her looking up so he did the same and something about that sky just enticed him. Just then Remedy got a little twinkle in his eye and his nerves where join, he was just born to fly and with that they were off.
At Remedy's home Sora glanced at his watch which had promptly begun beeping at him, Xiao watched as his face then dropped to frown, then anger.
"What's up dear? Late for work?" she asked uninterested
"Nope… sons gone running off in the air ship -.- you buy them a new toy and they just have to play with it don't they" he sighed and let his head slump and bounce on the dining table, Xiao sighed.
"I happen to remember a young sky pirate about 30 years ago, who wanted to get his hands on a airship and travel the skies, exploration is in the boys blood because it's in the father now leave him too it" Xiao sighed and walked away, Sora pouted and lifted his head off the table and all of a sudden a mischievous look came over him, pulling out his cell phone.
"Hey Neil… you up to much now-a-days?" Sora asked.
Meanwhile Meeka and Remedy were cruising around outside the earth surrounded by nothing but swirling lights and silence, while Remedy plotted the course for their friends ship the two teenagers said nothing to each other. Last time they'd been in space was during their great adventure to save the world, Meeka glanced at her mage's staff strapped to her back and thought about all the evil it's vanquished but despite that it never granted her biggest desire. Remedy glanced from screen to screen checking the ships engines and life support systems, his brown hair falling in neat little strands over his face. He looked at her a solemn strong look "hold tight" she sat straight in her seat and gripped onto the arm rests, as he gripped the steering column and hit hyper speed.
The stars around them became streams of light in the sky, Remedy looked across at Meeka who was pushed back in her seat taking in the universe around her. Her eyes green and wondrous as the controls and sky reflected into them. They both jutted forward as hyper drive ended leaving them facing the Dipla, the largest air ship either of them had seen it had much work done since the days of adventure.
"She didn't kid when she told us she was busy! Gee Reiko …" Meeka starred at the vast metallic ship. Remedy lined the ship up with the docking bay and the sure enough they connected to the metal maze.
The two childhood friends began to wonder the ship trying to find navigation arrows pointing them to the command centre. The walls were all a strong white bolted together it made them feel safe after all not much really stands between life and death in space, a reinforced hull which you have to trust was manufactured properly. Meeka ran up to one of the many windows and pressed her hands to it in excitement and smiled,
"Look Remy look! It's a planet being born, in a few thousand years that's really gonna be something, you know considering our life span is only 100 years at maximum that makes us pretty small huh" she sighed as her eyes gazed out across the stars. Remedy walked up to the glass with her, the sound of his boots lightly clashing with the metal grating floor.
"Well bacteria are small, but they group together and suddenly their significant" He replied, then paused and gazed off in thought "Bacteria? Smooth…" he muttered quietly to himself
"Bacteria Remy? I guess it's a valid argument but I don't wanna know what goes on in your head" Meeka giggled and walked ahead down the corridor. Remedy sighed and smacked his palm into his head then followed her down the corridor not wanting to be alone in the ship.
It took some wondering but eventually the fearless duo came across a sign that pointed to the command centre of the ship, it was a large colour coded image of the ship and an arrow pointing to 'you're here'.
"Have you wondered why we haven't seen a single soul for the hour or so we've been walking?" Meeka asked inquisitively, Remedy just shrugged he had no idea. They proceeded to the designated point and the scenery changed little on the way which both of them found strange. Meeka pushed open the door of the command centre, it was filled with people sat in front of monitors and holographic screens none daring to look up from their fixed positions.
Above the duo on a platform looking down on them with a smile was their friend, Reiko, Meeka gained a huge grin across her face and found the steps up to hug the blue haired eighteen year old. Reiko was a little taken back at her friends embrace and tried to shove her off but such is Reiko, she was a independent and solemn girl with an attitude of never needing anyone. She had been the voice of reason throughout the adventures when Remedy had lost his head and Meeka just wasn't there she had filled the gap and carried them through, Remedy felt he owed a great deal to her which is something he knew he could never pay back.
"It's been so long Reiko look what you've done with the place this is incredible!" Meeka said in a hurried and excited way, the both knew when Meeka got excited it'd be a while till she calmed down so Reiko just went along with her.
"It just expanded my assets, you know what it's like running a galactic organisation, tricky! Especially after Neil left" she shrugged happily then pushed Meeka off her finally, Remedy just stood and starred his old feelings stirring inside him at the two important girls in front of him.
"Well aren't you gonna talk to me?" she asked him, looked down at the awe struck boy he nodded smiled and ran up the stairs and giving her a hug. Reiko of coursed blushed Remedy wasn't the type to be impulsive so he moved away petty quick but not quick enough to prevent the frown covering Meeka's face.
" So Reiko we were wondering where all your crew is? Your ship was practically abandoned till we got to this point?" Meeka asked resuming her happy façade.
"It's an intergalactic holiday celebrating colour and purity, you know stuff other then technology and space travel" Reiko said glancing over Meeka's shoulder to see one of the monitors, Reiko frowned inquisitively, Remedy followed her line of sight.
"Hey is everything okay?" He asked, he was worried a bit not a lot got this girls attention. Reiko gently pushed Meeka out the way and went over to the monitor and began to talk to her crew member, the duo looked at each other concerned and when Remedy could finally get a peek he saw a massive unknown energy source creeping along the ships radar.
"C'mon Meeka lets go wait in one the lobbies till Reiko's done" Remedy said pushing Meeka towards the door, she tried to dig her heals in and protests but mages were weak in stature and this mage was no different. As Reiko turned back to tell her friends what was happening she saw Remedy looking back at the door, he nodded dignifiedly to her as if to say this is your ship we wont interfere. She nodded back at him and he left knowing Reiko would come and find them when the time was ready.
So the two teens retreated to one of the lobbies where a person could sit, listening to music and watching the space outside just drift by. Meeka slumped in one of the chairs
"She didn't say we had to leave though Remy!" Meeka protested "We went through everything together so why do we now have to sit here" she pouted, folded her arms and gazed out the window.
"Because" he sighed trying to find a way to explain it to the difficult girl. " It's her ship now, we've all got different lives now and we need to respect this is hers" He said calmly, glancing out the window at the swirling lights and darkness.
"okay I guess you have a point" She sighed and sat up spend a few minutes composing herself then turned to him cheerfully
"So now what?" she chirped, he smiled and gave her a quick hug around the shoulders "Thanks for not staying mad Meeka" he said happily, all the while thinking about how sudden her mood changed were as he thought about it his uncle Hector had always told him that the Galigos family had violent mood swings. He let her go and the two sat and thought about it
"Well kind of reminds me of the beginning of our adventure, me and you at the beach with your parents when the alarms sound and everyone is evacuated off the planet and we spend the night at the shelter" Meeka giggled as her eyes drifted back.
"Yah and soon after that I didn't see you for months till I finally learned your escape pod had been taken hostage" Remedy said sadly, he didn't like to think about it for although their adventure was amazing it wasn't happy friends were lost along the way and a planet raged war upon it's nations.
"To be honest I cant remember that part very well" Meeka said shrugging and sitting up in her seat
"So when do you think Reiko will call us? She added trying to fill the silence left awkward by Remedy's sad aura
"I don't know, whenever she figures out what she's dealing with I guess?" He glanced to the monitors showing the ships cameras which watch over the hallways and many rooms, he spotted the one for the command centre and all he could see was a group of people forming around Reiko all chatting. Eventually Reiko left the room and entered where Meeka and Remedy were staying and both their eyes looked up hopefully at her.
"Hey guys sorry to keep you waiting but I think you should come see this" She said with an enthusiastic tone and turned and sharply left the room in only the way she could do with an air of authority. They got up and eagerly followed her to the command centre again and walking through the doors it felt as though the whole rooms eyes were fixated upon them, eyes of conviction. Who were these people who were so important to Reiko? It was almost as though the crew were jealous. Meeka and Remedy crossed the room and approached the large glass planed front of the room which allowed them to see for thousands of miles in a multitude of angles, but there straight in front of them was a black and red section of sky. A section which had no stars in it but a swirling vortex which as they starred into it only seemed to drag their very souls in. Remedy looked confused when he finally found the strength to pull his eyes away from it's centre.
"Is that a black hole or something?" he asked very unsure of himself, he may of travelled through space but he knew relatively little of it's phenomena's. Reiko stepped forward and a look came across her face that neither of them had every seen, a look of mischievous fascination.
"It's a tear in time" She said quietly with a little smile on her face and gripped the hand rail bar. Meeka just shrugged at Remedy but Remedy was curious about this.
"How do you know? Is it dangerous? …" He said a little bit alarmed and turned to face Reiko.
"Well in normal space protons flow at a steady rate this is necessary to keep time moving at a regular pace, but around this area the protons are getting sucked into the vortex, also there's is an invisible substance in the universe called aether which transmitted light through the 'lack of atmosphere' this is also a blank spot for it so how we can even see it is beyond me" Reiko finished her speech and then jumped up to her commanding seat and sat there and pondered.
"But I thought this sort thing only happens when you mess with the course of time or events? You know the whole the destiny is written stuff" She muttered quietly, Remedy looked away from both girls and starred into the face of his red eyed monster.
They spent the day with Reiko but five in the afternoon rolled around and so they all made their goodbyes then the due trekked their way back to Yulenia, their home planet. But the days events rattled in everyone's heads but it had been agreed that this discovery was to be kept a secret if the worlds government had found out then a full scale panic might ensue so it was vital Remedy not tell his family. Remedy's family were large players in the way the world was run, you see they had been hero's too each and everyone at some point aided or saved the world themselves, for reasons unknown it was born into the genetics of the family and there was no possible way to escape it. A theory says that it was assigned to the first of the line after he committed a crime and it was a weight each of them bore but provided that they served their duty they were allowed the 'happy ending'. So this constant line of bravery and civil service meant that if a problem came up they chased it down and worked closely with government officials.
"If your dad finds out then we're damned, besides there's not many people who can play with time? So it kinda means it had to be someone of our families and my mum and grandmother are six feet under guarding the world" Meeka sighed and sat deep in thought.
"Guarding the world?" Remedy asked, he wished he hadn't, he may of just invited a long speech to come to his doorsteps.
"Yah the Galigos family are Elemental mages and as such we watch over and maintain earths peace as such we get the gift of premonitions the only downside is we are kinda of immortal, well we do pass on but we then wonder as spirits. Except grandma, she is immortal she's always gonna look 25 but she just chooses when to be alive or not, bad luck kinda follows her so she thinks she better off dead right now" Meeka said pretty cheerfully, by this point Remedy's face was pretty pale and staring vacantly off into a corner of space.
"You'd give a psychiatrist his money worth you know that?" Remedy said quietly, Meeka glared and hit him playfully
"Hey I don't call your family crazy!" She snapped then sat back followed her arm and pouted again
"Yeah but I know their crazy that's the difference" He grinned and she laughed at him.
A while later they were touching down in the bunker where Remedy had originally parked as they bumpily hit the floor the engines powered down and a calm silence was all that could be heard. Well apart from Meeka popping her seat belt and messily clambering out the ship. Remedy watched her and laughed to himself before turning look at the now quietly sleeping ship, he ran his hand across the dashboard and smiled to himself.
"night night" he muttered quietly before turning and leaving himself, he jumped down the drop from door to floor then turned and used the remote to lock her up. Meeka stood watching him giggling to herself
"Awww is you girl all tucked up?" She sniggered. He rolled his eyes and whilst she was laughing to herself he got mischievous idea, walked over, picked her up and chucked her over his shoulder of course this was met with a lot of protest but he just laughed.
"I win" he said in triumph with a large grin on his face as he marched out the bunker with her tossed over his shoulder, of course every person he passed in the busy city looked twice and by the point where Remedy was only 2 blocks from his house she just waved and asked ' how you doing' to everyone who starred at her.
The door open and Sora was poised ready to tell his son off for taking out the airship but instead found his angry finger dropping and just starred as Remedy had a girl on his shoulder.
"Oh son when I told you to go find one I didn't mean club her over the head even I didn't do that to your mother" Sora said in dismay, Remedy sighed and dropped Meeka to her feet who after being carried across town was a bit unsteady and processed to stumble sideways into a potted flower knocking it to the floor and then falling to the floor. Remedy and Sora just stood there starring at her, what eventually broke the silence was Sora
"I told you before Rem, Galigos's are bad luck" Sora sighed and left the room, Remedy eventually snapped out of his daze and helped her up.
"Are you okay?" he asked, she got to her feet and brushed herself down
"Oh yeah I'm fine, happens more then you think" she said grinning trying to cover her embarrassment, Remedy sighed at the hopelessly cute and bewildered girl and removed a rose from her hair and began to make the flower arrangement up again.
A while later the table where sitting around to dinner have a family banter, Meeka was as much part of the family as their own son they choose to do this because Meeka had no mother of her own or father, she lived in a small cosy apartment in the city alone.
"Well it's getting late now so how about you stay here tonight?" Xiao asked, Remedy looked up from his dinner plate and nodded in agreement. Meeka's eyes darted from Remedy to her plate and she daintily pecked at her food she felt awkward.
"Well it is late, and I hate going out after dark … but are you sure it's okay? I mean I would of thought well you know… there's a problem with this?" Meeka muttered through clenched teeth. Sora and Xiao looked at each other puzzled till they both finally clicked.
"Oh we're not worried about that" Sora said in a lax voice.
"Yah it's our Remedy he wouldn't have those intentions" Xiao said in a very amused tone. Remedy's face of course, went a lovely cherry colour as he dropped his cutlery in flustered
"M-mom!" He stammered. Meeka giggled and felt more at ease, not because of what his parents had said but that she knew it to be true, he had no romantic connection to her and it was time about time she came to terms with that.
"Well if it's okay then I'd like to take your offer, it's pretty cold and lonely in my place anyway" Meeka smiled and Xiao nodded.
"I'll find some things for you after dinner dear" Xiao said happily. Remedy sat quietly at his place trying to get the colour of his face back down to being normal, Meeka glanced her eyes across at him and snickered to herself.
That evening Xiao found some track suit bottoms and a tank top for Meeka to wear as well as a sleeping bag, everyone said goodnight and went their own ways. Meeka entered into Remedy's room which was surprisingly spacious and very clean. Everything was tucked away in a cupboard or wardrobe, he had a desk against the wall covered in books but when Meeka approached the desk he ran over and closed the books.
"What are they?" Meeka asked trying to pry his hand away.
"They're just doodles of things that's all" He battered her hand away, rounded all the books up and shoved them under his pillow. Meeka shrugged and layed out her sleeping bag.
"You know in all this time I've known you I've not been in your room, your really clean for a boy" She giggled to herself. He stammered again, dinner had really set the tone for the night for him.
"H-hey! Just cause I'm a boy doesn't mean I have to stereotypically filthy" He defended himself lying down on his bed glancing up at the glowing star stickers on his ceiling.
"No but there's a reason it's a stereotype Remy, cause that's what most boys are like but I forget your special Remy" She said with a yawn and a stretch before curling up in her sleeping bag. Remedy didn't reply for a while and when he finally came to say something she had already drifted asleep he smiled "Night Meeka" He muttered in quiet affection before turning out the light, changing into his track suit bottoms and getting into bed himself whilst she slept peacefully on the floor.
But her sleep wasn't really peaceful, that night she was racked with fear, nightmares and premonitions that kept her tossing and turning fighting the urge to fight back. She dreamed of endless fields but the sun was red, she dreamed of people melting away into dust, of time shattering and everyone they knew rewriting their lives and the course of history would become warped. Remedy tossed and turned till finally awaking to hear the mage muttering and shaking in her sleep, he got out of bed and approached her kneeling down to the floor but he didn't know what to do. Waking someone in mid premonition was never a good idea it might be important but equally she was in clear distress and he wanted to help her, so gently he shook her and called her name and eventually she awoke and looked at him, his eyes worried and her eyes full of sleep and panic.
"Are you okay?" he asked, she held her hand to her head and sat up
"Yeah, just saw some nasty things, it's okay Remy you can go back to bed I'll be fine" she muttered half out of breathe. He reluctantly returned to his bed but neither of them went back to sleep they just lay there unknowingly looking at each other in the dark one of them thinking I hope they're okay and one thinking how could you of done it?
The next morning the sun shone brightly through his blinds like it did everyday, it almost never rained in Yulenia not just the city of Shadinia but the whole continent and the whole planet was just generally a dry place but somehow the ecological system was perfectly adjust and so was still a lush planet but truthfully Remedy and Meeka hadn't seen much of their planet, only the city they lived in, if they wanted to know about the planet they need to ask their elders especially Remedy's Uncle and grandfather they had seen much of the world.
Meeka sat on the sofa in the Sheldon household, which was Remedy's last name. She had a blanket around her shoulders and a cup of coffee in her hands and a vacant stare across the living room. Remedy walked into the room in his dressing gown glancing across at the clock it read only seven am, he sighed and sat down next to her.
"I have to know Meeka, what did you see?" he said quietly looking across at her.
"I saw everything we worked for destroyed, the hole in space is gonna grow Remy it's going to consume everything…." she muttered quietly, his eyes widened in horror then looked away from her at the floor he didn't want her to see his expression and so for a while they said nothing to each other. When the silence was broken it was by Remedy sitting up looking at Meeka and realising something.
"Premonitions are only reflective of the current way things are going to pan out right?" Remedy asked, Meeka nodded quietly which was ended when Remedy grabbed her shoulders firmly in his hands
"So we can change it!" he said with enthusiasm, " it's not set in stone we can change it, will go see Mrs Harkness" Remedy was cut off by Meeka
"The goddess of the underworld?" Meeka snapped "Have you lost your mind? Me and her are oppersite"
"Yeah I know you work for light and her dark but Uncle Hector was always going on about how she was a good person and that she died to save her husbands life and the planet" Remedy went on "C'mon what do ya say?" He asked with plea in his eyes, Meeka smiled and nodded the light and determination rushing back into hers.
So after breakfast and getting dressed they headed across town, walking together under the blissful summer sunlight the occasional tree on a street corner providing some shade. Meeka was worried about seeing Mrs Harkness but little did she know Remedy was even more nervous and he knew they'd be travelling all day to see her she lived far from them across the mountains to the north of the city. She lived at a clearing between the mountains and a river, but beyond the rivers wide banks was the cursed woods a place with tree trucks so black the animals there thought night would never end. The tree tops grew thick there and intertwined, fighting all contenders for what little light would gift itself to them but neither Meeka or Remedy knew of this, they assumed they lived on a nice continent but little did they know that only south of the mountains were they safe.
"Hey do you think it'd be quicker if I took the airship?" Remedy asked turned to Meeka, she stopped walking and thought about it
"Well yeah I think it would be but there no guarantee you can land out there?" she replied to him and kept walking. "but!" she said with a bright idea lighting up her head, "We could hire a car? My mum told me stories about how they used to do it all the time in their adventures" Remedy thought about it, then lit up and grabbed the dipsy girls hand and he ran with her across the city.
"Where are we going?" she panted trying not to fall over her feet or the pavement
"We are going to hire a car but we have to hurry it's always busy" he panted back at her.
Eventually Remedy slowed down and both leaned against a small brick wall to get their breathe back, he lifted his head and pointed in front of them and sure enough there stood a massive sign 'Cars for hire'
"Isn't this a-another thing your dad would h-hate?" Meeka managed to cough out her words, Remedy had recovered faster then her
"Well yeah but it doesn't matter, and since when were you not impulsive?" he chuckled to himself and walked into the dealership. She looked up from the wall in astonishment then frowned he'd just insulted her she pushed off the wall and caught up to him already in the store trying to create negotiations.
As Meeka walked in that new car smell hit her as hard as a brick out of a cannon, the shiny white walls and floors sparkled beyond belief and straight in front of her sat a new convertible hover car sitting happily on it's little pedestal. A 2 seat compact tiger stripped convertible, Remedy was right about Meeka she was a very impulsive girl but she had only known the context to mean thoughtless at the expensive of everything or everyone. That was not the meaning Remedy meant, he loved her ability to see something and do it as not many people in life had that ability.
She could over hear Remedy talking with the sales person.
"Look I know I'm young but I'll take good care of it I promise" Remedy protested, but the salesmen once more shook his head and walked away from him and Remedy sighed. So Meeka winked a Remedy much to say I've got this and ran up to the sales guy.
"Look I'm terribly sorry about my brother mister, say hows about I take that little tiger over there out for a drive and then come right home to you, would you like that?" she said with one eyebrow raised, from the distance Remedy saw the salesman hand over the keys without an argument and she ran over to Remedy.
"Hey how'd you do that?" he said in astonishment, she just shrugged
"Just a girl thing my mum taught me for when you need something, apparently she learned it from her mum" Meeka said slyly, she then ran over to the car in question, the tiger stripped convertible which Remedy hardly seemed to care about he had no prejudice against girly cars. She turned the key and air poured out from underneath as it raised through it's pedestal and the salesman opened the gate. They were away.
Remedy had the radio turned up high as they drove through the streets of the city, eventually hitting the country lanes. He felt incredible with the wind through his hair the sun beating down on them speeding through deserted roads with unspoiled countryside the mountains in front of them and the city far behind, he looked at Meeka and smiled but she didn't look at him but Remedy being Remedy he just assumed she was focusing on the road so he kicked back again and left her to it. But although those mountains start off in the distance they seemed to sneak up, like a lot of thing in life. There was only one road that could take them through the mountains but it wasn't exactly safe as not many people needed to go to that side of the continent it didn't have the best reputation, so this meant the road wasn't well maintained. She put on the handbrake at the narrow entrance to the road.
"Are you sure you wanna do this?" She asked Remedy.
"You mean go see that evil woman? The one that caused so many problems in everyones lives, sure … it's our only solution right?" He replied, Meeka frowned
"Your grandmother Iris has been telling you stories again hasn't she?" Meeka said with a sigh,
"Well you don't seem that happy about this either?" Remedy snapped. Meeka frowned again lifted the handbrake and put her foot to the floor and neither of them spoke for a while which set in a tension rift between the two friends. Around them the scenery deteriorated the trees where withering by the sides of the roads and the mountains turned from snow peaked lights to dark without a single blade of green among them. They road turned from tarmac to dirt but eventually they appeared on the other side but the only sight to great them was one of darkness and lifelessness. This was a place no trees stood and rivers ran purple. They came down from the mountain and pulled up outside of a dark castle, the walls made of cold stone and the top of the castle reached so high that it vanished beyond the red clouded sky. They got out the car after hiding it behind whatever little foliage they could find and approached the metal spiked gated. A buzz came over the speakers.
"Who is it?" Came a dark cold female voice, Remedy's eyes for a moment turned red but Meeka held out her arm to push him back.
"Calm down!" she muttered, then turned to the little microphone on the edge of the gate " It's the descendants of Sora and Xiao, Miko and Aross… we'd like to speak to Mrs Harkness" she said in a bold tone but really she was as scared as a little girl on the first day of term. The speaker said no more but the gates before them opened and slowly the two walked in.
Across the pathway a figure began walking toward them, Remedy and Meeka stopped walking and just looked at each other nervous and Remedy reached round to his back and had one hand gripped to his blade's handle but Meeka wasn't so precautious. The figure got closer they could see it was a girl in her twenty's with moonless night black wings, her wings seemed a mixture of leather type material and feathers. As this woman got even closer they could see her lilac hair and light pastel eyes as well as her light blue dress her skin as pale as the money itself.
"Ah Remedy, Meeka last time I saw you two you were just ickle tots" She smiled, and both were taken back and just stop there wandering how a goddess of hell could look so pure and innocent.
"Er… hi Mrs Harkness" Meeka finally said after a very awkward few minutes.
"Well now we've met you can just call me Lenore, or Star which is my nickname… so I'm assuming this visit isn't just to exchange pleasantries so come in and tell me just why you r here" She said turning to lead them into the castled mighty walls. Of course the two bewildered teens just followed but Meeka just couldn't help her inquisitive soul.
"So Star … why are you so how do I put this, not evilly? " Meeka asked, Star sighed and smiled and stopped them at a portrait of her old self.
"Your Mother Meeka, she was an amazing woman. You see when you were about twelve, Me, your mother, Hector, Sukian, Tomicho and Aross went on an adventure to save the world from my evil father, Rai" she looked down and looked sad, "your mother won, Rai trapped her soul at the centre of the earth while he tried to send a meteor to earth, Aross, your father Meeka went to save her. She got free and together me and her turned to angels and deflected the meteor and as we fell to earth she sapped the darkness from my veins and sent them with meteor. She gave me my freedom to be happy back, unfortunately by this point my soul was bound to serve the underworld but at least I can do so without cruelty" She moved on and so Meeka followed her. But Remedy stood there, memorised by the picture of the girly covered in snaking dragon tattoos the blue ink lines glowing with dark power across her skin, innocent eyes trapped within walls of pain in every movement. He snapped from his trance and caught up with the girls as they entered the lobby.
The lobby had a grand fireplace and on one of the white sofa's sat a man inn his late twenties reading intently on a book whilst in the corner sat a baby's crib and sweet lullabies floated from it's frilled railings. The man looked up from his book, his black hair and blue eyes could only be describe as of Asian orient but no such place existed in this world infact you'd more likely to see a half animal person then a human but that was just the course nature had taken, the anamal (half animal people) and humans were two close knit societies they saw no difference in each other.
"Make yourself comfortable" Star said sitting next to the man, and so Remedy and Meeka sat on the oppersite couch which faced Star.
"This man is Sukian, he's seen more of the world and of strength then you can imagine" she said smiling and gently punching his arm. Meeka scanned the man up and down only to notice he was very well build and he also had wings but his were black feather only and larger the Stars, Meeka imagined that if Sukian extended his wings they'd be about 5 metres in span.
"So, why are you here?" Star asked firmly, Sukian sighed and placed down his book he thought he knew what was coming.
"Well-" Meeka tried to start but Remedy interrupted her.
"We found a tear in times fabric in space, we felt you'd be able to do something about it before we got any of my family involved as well.. You know what they're like" Remedy said a little bit embarrassed and ashamed. Star frowned,
"Would you be willing to take me to it?" Star asked which made Sukian sit up and take note of her.
"Lenore?" he butted in "no more dangerous stuff there's a baby there that needs you, beside Akihiko and Narla need time to shine! They are 19 and 18 now they need to handle these things. Look kids" He said turning to Remedy and Meeka, " she cant help you and I don't want her to get hurt, so go find Aki and Narla, to my knowledge they serve on Reiko's ship so off you go" he sighed, Meeka got up and left feeling insulted. But as Remedy stood up Sukian gave him a cold hard stare down but Remedy turned and left also.
"I could of handled it!" Star snapped.
"I just have a bad feeling about that kid okay?" Sukian said aggravated
"What Remedy? He's harmless, Sora's kid and Sora was pretty harmless" Star rolled her eyes.
"Yah he'd like you to believe that" Sukian said getting up and leaving the room.
Outside the two teens dig their car out from under the mud and red crumbling leaves, as soon as it's dug out Meeka stops and just sat on the boot of the car and gazed sadly into the distance. Remedy looked between her and the drivers seat as if to say are you insane? Dawdling in this place.
"What up?" Remedy asked "C'mon Meeka we have to go this place is really dangerous" he said getting into the car, he turned in his seat to face her.
"You called my impulsive, you think I just run in and don't think?" she snapped still glancing off into the distance. He sighed sadly
"Look I didn't mean it that way, it's one of your best qualities it's something I could never do, I meant it to be a compliment and a joke. I'm really sorry Meeka" he looked at her with sincere apology and she reluctantly got in the car and turned the ignition on back out and headed away from the castle.
Through the window Star watched them go with a solemn look across her face, she picked up her cell phone from the window ledge and hit speed dial.
"Hey Riku, I- oh your new names Neil huh? Anyway I know your off in some corner of space but there's a problem and you need to reform the group with Reiko… I cant explain right now I have to go see for myself. Just watch over the kids, their getting ideas in their heads, thanks and take care of yourself" she hung up and sighed as her husband stood behind her.
Meanwhile Meeka was just passing through the mountains sunset light just starting to hit their faces again and she decided to stop at one of the peaks to watch the sun go down.
"Well who can honestly say they get the opportunity a lot?" she smiled at Remedy he relaxed a bit now the sky was it's mostly normal colour, his focus went back to the sun setting far beyond the continent and the ocean that shielded it from all neighbouring continents. Now Remedy knew what lay beyond these mountains he wasn't overly eager to adventure the world. It then dawned on him, the romantic set up… all alone, at sunset, on a mountain
"You know Meeka we should really be getting the car back?" He said nervously, she shrugged and got up making her way to the car and of course Remedy quickly followed. Eventually they reached Shadinia and Remedy's house, Meeka pulled up slowly.
"Night Remy" She said cheerfully, he smiled, said goodnight and made a bolt for the door. Meeka sighed in disappointment and pulled away, he just watched her go from safe inside his house.
As soon as she was gone he leant on the wall in relief when the lamp light in the living room came on and Remedy knew he was in for it now. Remedy thought about diving into his room or back outside but like it mattered they were coming from and sure enough his father came around the corner.
"Where have you been? It's late, ten pm late" He bellowed at Remedy.
"Dad when you were young, did you have an erge pulling you away from home?" Remedy asked. Sora was a little taken back before he nodded in understanding
"come sit" Sora said softly, they both sat on the couch and Sora pulled out a box of old photographs.
"This is when you were little?" Remedy said in excitement. Sora nodded
"That was my Island, always sunset there… beautiful place…. But one night I felt a tug on my heart I went to check the islands, everything and one I knew was gone and I was cast up into the skies and so began my adventure. The funny thing is that everyday me and my friends would try to build a raft and see the world" Sora smiled in painful happy memories. "There was me, Neil, Xiao, Miko and Aross, we were best friends" Sora trailed off. Remedy looked at his Dad's face which was well with emotions, Sora flicked through the pictures which showed his adventure from start to finish. Remedy sighed and looked down.
"Look son" Sora said and though Remedy raised his head to face his father, his father did not face him. "If you need to go, then go. Destiny never waited for anyone and I trust you to come back…. Again" he added. Remedy snickered it did seem amussing that this wasn't the first time.
"Dad it's not that serious yet, I just need to sort some things out and for you to understand and try not to worry." Remedy smiled, Sora's face fell into relief he turned to his son smiling.
"Give your old man a big hug!" Sora said in a sappy tone. Remedy panicked but it was too late he was in a crushing embrace, soon as he could get free they all said their goodnights and another day was put to rest. Meanwhile all that greeted Meeka was a lonely dark apartment, she sighed as she closed the door.
The next day Remedy was up and knocking on Meeka's door till eventually a sleepy and overall unhappy girl answered it in her pjs and dressing gown.
"What?" She muttered.
"Hey pretty face looking happy today aren't we?" He said with a smug look. She frowned and went to close the door but magically his foot found it's self blocking the door she sighed and let the door go and he followed Meeka in.
"C'mon I didn't mean it, anyway we have to go speak with Reiko see what's going on and plot a course of action" Remedy said banging his fist down into an open palm she rolled her eyes and slumped onto the couch.
"what happened to, it's her ship blah blah blah" Meeka aid dully. Remedy rolled his eyes at her childish nature
"I was talking with dad and turns out Destiny is destiny and so we're involved now lets go, c'mon get dressed Meeka… If you get dressed you can be my co-pilot" He said under strain, of course her eyes lit up and she got to her feet. Remedy nodded in triumph as he left to stand outside and let Meeka get ready.
Eventually she emerged from her room dressed and ready to go, he got off the wall almost asleep and rubbed his eyes.
"What took so long?" he groaned, she just gave a cheeky smile
"Lets just say … I don't like being woken up" she replied before heading to the elevator. He sighed and followed after her. Once again they made their way across town and reached the bunker and one again Remedy opened it and Meeka ran on.
"You have to be careful in here okay Meeks?" He said calmly coming in and taking pilots seat. She smiled and nodded as the engines started to engage and the noise of high winds and heat was heard just as before. The roof above them opened and off they took plotting course for the Dipla
The docked on the Dipla however this time instead of wandering out to deserted halls and monitors they stepped out to see Reiko standing in front of them with two men either side.
"I've been expecting you two, come with me" She demanded as she turned to lead them to their designation. It all felt a little too serious for the duo's tastes but none the less the buttoned up and followed her. Passing them was the busy pace of soldiers, technicians, pilots, paper pushers and other personal who were all neat in their uniform and going about their work.
Once again they entered the command centre but this time it was brimming with people.
"I'm guessing someone's found out about it?" Remedy muttered quietly, Reiko just nodded.
"Only problem is it seems to be expanding" Reiko said quietly and both Remedy and Meeka's faces looked up in shock, the bigger it grew the more unstable it was likely to become. Meeka sighed, they needed help and now but the people who could help were scattered in the winds of time, the heroes of the old, Star and Sukian had been two of them.
"I guess there's nothing for it" Reiko said with great disappointment " You two must gather the others, Hector, Tomicho, Neil" She was cut off by a strangers deep masculine voice
"Well one is right here" the voice was strong and cocky, and Reiko smiled knowing exactly who it was and ran over to one of the commanding chair and spun it to face her, there was a man in his thirties with blonde hair, blue eyes and a very good build.
"Neil Flitter at your service" he said with a sly smile tipping his head forward. He had been the one to find Remedy when his escape pod crashed into a underdeveloped planet at the beginning of his adventure.
"Hey I remember you! You saved me- I mean you interrupted my fight" Remedy said trying to recover from the break in his attempting to be masculine façade. Neil rolled his eyes and stood up which brought him to a mighty six foot allowing him to tower over everyone in the room.
"Ya okay buddy" Neil chuckled, he had a warm personality with one fatal flaw, "Oh hi Meeka your looking ravishing as normal" He said leaning on a section of wall by her, she just sighed and walked away from him.
"Well well I haven't seen you since you left the Dipla and put me in charge so how did you know when to walk back into our lives like you own them?" Reiko said fifty percent full of snide and fifty percent nostalgic.
"Sora phone me to track down his little rebel of a son, gotta say, well done there kid. After that I've been keeping close tabs on everyone that they've involved into this" Neil said looking cross at the two of them, both just bowed their heads accepting that telling the mistress of the underworld may not have been a good idea.
"She said to find Akihiko and Narla" Remedy said, " I just remembered" he added, Neil shook his head
"Well forget it kid, we aren't getting them involved, I've kept Suki man informed and if necessary he said he would step in, meanwhile lets go find Hector he'll know where everyone else is" Neil rambled on in his cocky voice, Meeka sighed she couldn't stand the sound of his voice and the fact he tried to play a hip young style.
"Well Dad always said that Uncle Hector lived on the Centinia continent? In a town called Metosa but that's all I know" Remedy shrugged. Neil grabbed both him and Meeka and began to walk through the ship with one under each arm. The both just looked at each other was there really an point protesting.
Neil plonked the two now very grumpy teens down in his ship and proceeded to the drivers seat and began to fiddle with the switches and the distinct noise of the engines. Meeka and Remedy sat on the two beds which were set back into the wall of the narrow hallway to the cockpit, just waiting for the force of lift off. Sure enough he put his hand to the lever in the central column on the controls. The ship pulled away from the docking station and raised back towards the earth.
"You know I'm almost memorising the stars on this journey" Remedy said giving a little laugh, "joke?" he said quietly. Neither Meeka or Neil were amused.
"You know if your gonna make jokes, not to me kid I've been travelling this region of space for over 12 years so I have the star memorised" Neil said checking the various screens. Meeka just glared a Remedy, they had practically been kidnapped and he was making jokes so she began to shake her head slowly, Remedy frowned.
"Hey I'm trying" he said defensively folding his arms and laying back on the bed in a grump. Neil just rolled his eyes wandering if he was going to have to deal with this all the way back to Yulenia.
After a few hours the unhappy trio touched down on the Centinia continent, Neil walked through the ship and shook the shoulders of the two sleeping teens who startled into life, Meeka was the first to sit up and notice they were back in atmosphere.
"So where are we?" She asked dazed and still rubbing sleep from her eyes.
"We're on the continent" He said happily clapping his hands together, "It's about forty degrees Celsius so absolutely boiling out there and it's mostly marshland and dust till we hit that town, Metosa which is surrounded by woods and so is pretty pleasant … if a little warm" he reached up and turned off the air conditioning and immediately Meeka could feel the difference, Remedy had just rolled over and tried to go back to sleep which just lead to Neil giving him a hit round the head and being dragged to his feet.
"Yeah know Dad made you out to be goofy and a push over" Remedy grumbled, Neil sighed and waiting for the sealed door to lower down.
"Yeah well things happened and I decided I needed to get tougher" He said leaving the ship not wanting to be alone he was swiftly followed by Meeka and Remedy who upon walking out felt the hot sticky heat smack into them like a wall.
After walking for a little while they met with the ocean on the eastern side of the continent, across the water Remedy could see the faint glow of lights twinkling and twirling on top of the waters. He squinted and tried to look inside but it seemed impossible just the living shiny moving cloud sitting happily on top the water far away from them.
"That must be the Rinoak continent only one named after it's main city, it's fairy dominant they don't take kindly to humans after we destroyed the world and now mostly live in super city's which suck up energy and other resources. Basically tree huggers there's only one girl I know who lives there… we're best off stay here trust me boy" Neil bent down to the waters edge and splashed some water on himself
"Say Remy, how do you feel about meeting your Uncle Heccy after all this time?" Meeka said trying to get the mood off the heat which had reduced the boys to jacketless and Meeka to just her skirt, leggings shoes and tank top.
"I don't know Meeka, Dad always spoke fondly of the guy but he just seemed a bit to weird for me" he said unsurely, then leaning down to the water and filling the canteen that hung around his belt loop, had to house his two belts somewhere after all.
"Well least we're on an adventure just like the old times?" Meeka said with a half cheery smile, it's hard to keep your moral in high temperatures. Neil sighed and stood and waved his arm to signal their moving on from the area.
"So how far have we to go Mr Flitter?" Meeka asked,
"About 5 mile, I couldn't get any closer due to the woods" he replied
So onward everyone went until they hit the corner of seahorse bay, a large circle just hole punched out of the continent but made for beautiful scenery. Seasonally the tides moved in sunny season the tides brought with them tropical fish and as you'd expect in the monsoon season it depended how much rain fell as to if the cold water fish would come into the bay at all. Meeka's eyes lit up at the beauty of the bay, birds singing and not a concrete pillar in site however from here they have to walk along the beach to get to the little town of Metosa so there was only one thing to do, take their shoes off and take a nice cool walk along the beach. Neil paced ahead while the other two lagged behind to talk.
"So do you think he's alien or human?" Meeka whispered to Remedy, he looked shocked at her and moved closer.
"There's a terrible thought Meeka, he's helping us…" He muttered back
"Yeah but look at those rings on his neck? Like tattoos going all the way around in a spiral but it just ends? Spirals up two rings and ends in the middle… you would get that tattooed and look at his muscles… maybe we should run for it" Meeka added which of course was making Remedy nervous.
"Nice sand here huh" He said desperately trying to change the topic but what was the point, he stopped and she looked at him worried
"Rem?" She asked, he smiled and hit her arm "your it!" he said running off down the beach and of course she ran after him. Neil rolled his eyes there was something he was longing for and watching the two friends he knew he missed his wife but he had a task and so he swallowed it and continued steadily heading down the beach.
Eventually the reached the town of Metosa heading in their only hint that a town was here was the sign post. As Meeka and Remedy looked around utterly confused Neil tapped their shoulders and pointed up, the whole town was a maze up walkways above them. After a undesired stair climb they reach the organic town, it was clear they lived off the land.
"So how do we find Hector?" Remedy asked but he just watched as Neil blanked him and began showing a picture around to the people and anamals passing them.
"Hey you seen this Katta man?" Neil asked and the guy pointed to one of the sturdier houses made of logs. Neil thanked the man then went up to the door of the house and knocked. A female demon opened the door she had cute red eyes, tiny red wings and long blonde hair.
"How can I help ya?" She said cheerily wriggling her little wings
"I'm looking for Hector Chapelle, is he here right now?" Neil asked, she nodded and invited them inside. In the living room sat a man with scruffy brown hair, cat ears and two fluffy flicking cat tails he had a small build but not scrawny. He looked up from his magazine and panicked.
"Cali why did you let the police in here! Look guys I know I technically owe you thousands but I cant pay it see my kids in collage and-" he began to rant on frantically, Meeka and Remedy stayed out of it, Neil however slowly approached the Katta.
"Hey Hec take it easy we're not police" He tried to reassure him but Hector had already climbed up a tall cabinet banging his head on the ceiling quite a bit and the fur on his ears and tails standing on end. Just then the demon girl entered the room again
"Heccy this is your grandson and Miko's daughter, and this is Riku who for some reason has changed his name since you two last spoke now get down!" she grabbed a broom and tried tapping him on the head till he came down, "I'm sorry when he gets worked up he just doesn't like to come down" .
Eventually Hector did come down and he circled Remedy in an inspecting manor.
"dis is my brothers spawn?" Hector said, before flinging his arms open and hugging the kid, " I haven't seen you since you were just a ickle dot in your mothers eye" Remedy tried to smile as the life was taken out of him. Meeka just giggled as she was learning that Remedy had one of the most embarrassing families possible. But her laugh ended when Hector dropped Remedy and turned to her.
"And you, your grandma was like my mother and best friend, your mother was just like she was my daughter I'm so glad a piece of her will live on in you… I made a promise to your mother that I'd protect her well we both know where she is now" Hector glanced up to the skies and smiled, "So I'll protect you instead, I was always the guardian of the Galigos family" Hector grinned pointing to photos lined up on a shelf. Neil sighed.
"And what about me? We were childhood friends c'mon Hec were my sentimental speech" Neil said looking hopeful one was heading his way
"Oh hey Neil ya long time no see how you been?" Hector asked sound a little uninterested.
"Oh well I was leader of a space alliance for a while then I left and travelled the universe for a bit all the while still sending letters to the wife course" he said stretching, Hectors face frowned at the mention of wife. Hector knew who she was.
"You know something tells me this isn't just social" The demon girl added peering around the doorway,
"It's okay Cali you can come in" Hector said slumping onto the couch, "She right though, why ya guys here? What's it got to do with me?" Hector asked suspiciously.
" Your right" Remedy added, sitting down on the armchair facing the couch "Far about Yulenia is a hole in time growing in space and we cant figure out what's causing it or how to repair it, as you know Meeka's powers haven't raised to goddess yet so unlike her family she doesn't have the ability to repair time despite it being her genetic gift" Hector looked long and hard at Remedy,
"You haven't explain what dis has got to do with me?" Hector asked,
"We're gathering all the Heroes to try and find a solution to this" Neil butted in, Meeka just sat in the corner and tried to figure out why her mother never passed on her powers. Hector nodded in thought before then standing and shaking Neil's hand.
"I'm in" Hector said firmly, " Cali you stay here Hun and protect the house and when our daughter gets home you make sure she cleans her room I'm fed up with say it" He then kissed Cali on the forehead and her wings wriggled happily "bye Heccy, be careful out there" She said as he smiled and shut the door.
After a short but hot trail back around the bay they reached Neil's ship after shutting the door Neil flips on the air conditioning and instant relief is felt by all except Hector who had grown accustomed to the heat of the continent. Neil slumped into the pilots seat from which he could see the sun just peaking down into the ocean he hit his head back against the seat.
"Guys we have a problem, it's evening and I cant fly off the planet at night so we're sitting tight tonight, I had my night license revoke after the faulty radar meant I might of hit a roaming satellite" He ran his hand down his face in shame and annoyance.
"Should we stay here or go back to the town?" Meeka asked,
"Oh darlin' you don't wanna go out there at night" Hector leant across to whisper to her, "Full of monsters, this continents conditions mean we attract things with scaly skin and many many oh so many teeth" He went on they ignored as he began muttering to himself.
"We could always move onto the city on this continent" Remedy muttered,
"how did you know there was one?" Neil asked raising an eyebrow
"You just told me" Remedy grinned and then got hit around the head, "Smart as-" Neil tried to insult him before Hector covered his mouth and glared. Neil rolled his eyes and shoved the hand off his mouth and went to the back of the corridor and hit a button which opened the door which none of them even thought was a door. The room which was revealed had many bed in stack on the wall like bunk beds, as well as a kitchen area and a room leading to medical and bathroom facilities.
"What are you guys waiting for?" Neil said grinning in his cocky manor and the others got up and followed him in. The air was tense throughout dinner everyone worried what meeting up meant, you see in every adventure the hero must gather his followers to be his fighting party well at the moment that was falling into motion and no one wanted another adventure, maybe at first Meeka and Remedy were excited by the idea by now it was getting a bit too serious.
Night finally came around after what felt like a very long day and two of the quarto had gone to bed and drifted off. Neil and Hector had been the ones to go to bed, Meeka just lay there listening out for every mummer that Hector came out with and every monstrous squeak of the strained bed when Neil rolled. Remedy had opted for the bed in the hallway as there was no room left for him in the room, Meeka got up and walked through the ship she daren't look at the time it must have been some late hour at night she sat in the pilots seat and glanced through the glass at the stars up above in the sky. She then looked at the controls around her.
"I have my license, why does no one think I'm capable?" she muttered angrily to herself, she glanced back at the room with Neil asleep and ran down the corridor to hit for the door to close, Remedy watched Meeka till she looked at him at which point he pretended to be fast asleep and she went back to the controls. Took a deep breathe and turned on the monitors, powered up the engines and lifted off from the planets and headed for space which remarkable didn't wake Neil or Hector. But Remedy on the other hand completely panicked, he raised from his bed.
"What the hell are you doing?" he snapped " you cant fly? Oh we're all gonna die!" he then laid back on his bed breathing very hard. Meeka sighed
"You made me jump Remedy and for your information I have my license I'm not that hopeless little girl you rescued from the kidnappers anymore Remy! I'm the daughter of a goddess damnit treat me like one!" she snapped back at him as they entered space, she levelled the ship back to horizontal and plotted a course for the Dipla.
A few hours passed and she docked the ship onto the Dipla's bay and opened the door to the back room of the ship, when she turned around Remedy was sitting up on his bed looking sadly at the floor.
"I'm sorry Meeka, I didn't mean to baby you… but when you were taken from me I wanted to protect you I didn't want to loose you again. I mean we've been friends since we were kids do you have any idea how bad I felt you could have been dead I was terrified" he muttered looking down his hair shading his eyes. She smiled a little touched then sat next to him and put her arms around him,
"I'm sorry too Remy, it didn't occur to me I didn't know how much you cared" she said softly and whilst she wasn't looking he wiped his eyes then lifted his head.
"I'll try to treat you better I promise" He said smiling, she smiled back and hugged him a little tighter before letting go and going into the back and waking the others.
Once again they made the journey through the Dipla to Reiko's command everyone feeling a little nervous and Hector just looked around in utter amazement it had been a long time since he had seen anything even remotely similar to the Dipla, it had been a long time since he had seen the action at all he just lived his quiet life in the middle of no where and that was him now. After wandering and a brief dust in with the security they enter the command room.
Reiko was sitting in her chair looking between various charts and maps when Meeka got annoyed that they didn't have a her focus and tapped on her head and folded her arms.
"Oh hi guys, ah I see you found Hector Chapelle well gentlemen and ladies I believe we have work to do"
