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RogueXOXO


Present Day

"Serena run!" Mina shouted taking off down the deserted street avoiding the rubble blocking her path. I could feel the thud of heavy footfalls behind me rumbling the ground and making it difficult to stand. Part of me wondered who it was. Could it be Duo and the Deathscythe, chasing after us in his impossibly strong suit? Perhaps Heero on the ground with his pistol aimed at her heart. Some days I wished he'd just pull the trigger. Perhaps it was Darien and his shoulder Gatling gun, deadlier since it connected straight to his brain and with his Earth Elemental powers. Maybe he'd be the one to stop the pain in my heart.

A building crumbled, falling around beside me and I rolled out of the way. Blonde hair wrapped around me like a golden cocoon tripping me up as I tried to pull myself off the ground. Mina turned, her own cream soda hair curling around her and dropping into my face. Mina could have been my sister with the same cornflower eyes that always held worry and concern, something I hadn't been known for. The graceful older girl gripped my upper arm with more strength than her petite body should have been capable of and hoisted me off the ground.

"We have to run," she hissed as another footfall rattled windowpanes. Glass shattered in a shower around us.

I nodded trying not to trip as I ran along behind her.

I remembered a time when the world hadn't been crumbling apart, when monster machines didn't hunt those of us who didn't understand how to use them. A time before those of us who'd been affected by the radiation had to go into hiding. That was before I woke up with the ability to bend the light into a power that would change someone's heart, a power that could kill. That was the day radiation exploded around the world.

Three Years Ago

Sunlight glittered off blades of grass. The courthouse felt alive as people moved about walking their dogs, listening to street musicians, and just enjoying the warm Arizona weather. Monsoon season always brought out the best in everyone. The intense one hundred degree days would cool as rain fell in short bursts, the sticky humidity the only side effect. Trees and grass seemed to glow like emeralds instead of looking near death.

"We're going to be late," Darien called walking over. Jet black hair fell in dark eyes and he swept them out of the way shading his eyes from the sun. He looked at me with a perfect grin carrying a small basket.

"Late for what?" I sighed laying back and watching the grey clouds drift past. Soon they'd fill the sky and large droplets would flood street corners.

"Late for the meeting," he replied taking a seat next to me. Even sitting he towered over me a good eight inches.

"I don't to go." I frowned rolling away from him.

He sighed as if he talking to a child. "You have to go or you're going to miss signing up for school."

"I'm already signed up for school," I countered trying not to pout. He was right. I needed to go to the school and get my classes sorted out for my senior year next month. I didn't need him to remind me that I would have to take extra classes to make sure I would graduate.

"You know what I mean." He lifted a long lock of hair and tickled my arm with it. Darien Chiba had been the love of my life since I was fourteen, though he was older than me. My eighteenth birthday would be in a couple of month where Darien had recently turned twenty three.

"Yes. I know what you mean," I sighed pushing off the grass. Automatically Darien lifted an arm to steady me though I didn't need it this time. Lately I hadn't felt as awkward and clumsy.

"You want some lunch first before you head over there?" He lifted the wicker basket, a white and red checkered blanket hanging over the edge in a picturesque way that reminded me of Normal Rockwell magazine covers my grandma had kept in storage. I looked him over with his black t-shirt and shorts. Always the same color every day. Nothing every seemed to change in Prescott.

"I always want food!" I cheered excited for something that would stall heading over to the school. Darien chuckled lifting the blanket. Beneath it sat containers of various lunch foods. He handed me a paper plate and piled potato salad and fried chicken on top.

Overhead birds cawed as they flew past. The clouds grew darker shifting closer together so quickly I could see the movements. I could smell the rain, fresh like newly cut grass and dusty earth. I always loved the smell just before it rained. Darien looked concerned glancing up at the clouds. It didn't matter to me if it rained or not. A little water didn't hurt anyone.

Darien groaned sliding dirty dishes back into the wicker basket. His stomach, though lean, bulged a bit from eating his fill. I laughed helping to clean up the mess. I'd eaten at least twice what he had and didn't feel full, a fact I almost prided myself on. We continued replacing lids on containers and collecting trash. A drop fell on my arm splattering in a wet trickle that made me look down.

"Want a ride? It's starting to rain," Darien offered helping me off the ground. I frowned looking at my bike while brushing the grass and other debris off my shorts.

"That's okay I'll…" The ground shook cutting off my sentence. I fell forward into Darien's arms as the trees continued to shake. The trees rattled in an unfamiliar way reminding me of maracas.

"An earthquake?" Darien frowned looking around. People remained standing, the shaking not nearly bad enough to knock everyone off their feet though surprised looks filled every face I could see.

"Can you even remember the last time Prescott had an earthquake?" I asked watching people run to their cars.

Darien shook his head. "No. If there had been one it wasn't bad enough for anyone to feel it."

"Maybe I should just head home," I said looking wearily at my bike. Rain pelted the ground faster, harder than before and I could feel my hair sticking to my head.

"I'll give you a ride," he said pulling me towards the black sports car he drove. Before we could get very far the earth shook again and I fell. Darien danced around trying to remain standing. After a few seconds of fumbling he fell rolling on top of me. Branches dropped out of the trees, several of the statues falling over.

As suddenly as the quake began it stopped. Darien lifted his head allowing me an opportunity to look around and breathe. In the still I could see a golden ring. It burst around us, long enough to cover the entire earth. Power shook me to my core as the ring passed through me giving me a cool chill. Darien grunted in pain doubling over clutching his chest. My heart raced thundering in my ears.

Electricity flew through my veins. I could see light spreading through my arms and legs causing my skin to glow. Darien's face grew dark as the light ring disappeared over the horizon. He rolled off of me dropping to the ground in a painful thud. I felt weak, my limbs shaking. My stomach churched violently as Darien gasped for air.

"Are you alright?" He breathed hard clutching his chest. His normally tanned skin looked pale, green even.

"I…I don't know," I replied trying to keep everything I'd just eaten in my stomach which seemed to roll even though I didn't move. Pressure filled my head. "What-"

"I don't know. Come on. Let's get you home." He staggered as he tried to stand attempting to help me up in the process. We fumbled around unsteady on our feet.

"Normally I'm the clumsy one." I tried to joke hefting Darien off the ground as best I could. His much larger frame felt heavier against my petite form and I struggled to hold him upright. It just seemed too much for him to hold his own weight up alone.

"I feel-strange," he breathed. Every breath seemed shallow and forced. My own breathing felt labored as if a weight lay on my chest.

"So do I," I said feeling my knees knocking together under the strain. Somewhere sirens sounded and I looked at the scene around me. Statues that had been at the courthouse for nearly a century lay in shattered pieces. Branches covered the ground, an entire tree lying across the courthouse steps. Several buildings around had crumbled, debris falling into the streets.

Darien drug himself towards the car using me as a crutch. I could feel my own legs giving beneath his heavy weight and the weakness from whatever had happened. People screamed as they ran away from cracking buildings that sounded as if they would collapse at any moment. The building in front of us rumbled. Pieces of the building fell onto the ground with a crunch. Car sirens filled the silence as debris slammed into metal.

"Darien! Serena! Get out of the way," Rei's voice reached us from across the way. I could see my best friends standing at the end of the street. She held onto a stranger limping with blood drooling down her own leg. Above us I could see a large piece of the building falling. My heart sped and I trembled unsure what to do. It fell so quickly I knew we wouldn't be able to get out of the way.

Darien grunted pushing me beneath him. As he did the asphalt seemed to split around us. Pieces of earth lifted into the air forming a shield that arched above Darien. The debris crashed down with me wrapped tightly in Darien's free arm. His second seemed hold the pieces of earth up.

"What just? How did? Darien?" I couldn't complete my sentence. There was no way to described what had just happened. If I hadn't seen it myself I wouldn't have believed it.

"I don't know. I wanted to save you and as I brought my arm up the earth came up too," he said lowering his arm. As he did the asphalt returned to the ground, broken and out of place, but no longer a wall in the air.

"Did you just see-," Raye began setting the man she'd been dragging on the ground. Her raven hair stuck out in places, brown where dust had settled.

"I know," Darien replied sitting on the curb. For a while we sat and listened to the car alarms and sirens from the rescue vehicles. Debris continued to fall around us crashing into the street and squishing cars. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't find anything to say. Darien made the earth move. We would never be able to explain that.