Chapter 2 - Sleep
Ok...you're all confused...I'll explain...-sad sigh with little anime tears at her eyes-
Kira and Cagalli can read minds and yadda yadda that comes from being telepathic. Kira was open about it and told people he could hear the voices, so his mom thought he was insane and sent him off. That's why only Kira was taken. -nod- I hope you understand now...-teary-
As far as pairings are concerned...-sigh- I never really...thought about it...But my notes are suggesting a KxL pairing and possible AxC...though the AC is unlikly...seeing as they'll only meet...what? Once? -shrugs-
A blonde girl stepped off the bus and made her way down the sidewalk towards her house. Yea, she could buy a car if she wanted. But gas was so expensive, she had school and a low paying job, and...really...she just didn't want one.
After making it to her door, the blonde unlocked it and stepped inside. Her parents had moved to a bigger house after they both made money and let their daughter keep this one...Only because the girl refused to let them sell it.
She laid her stuff down on the floor next to her bed, in the same room she'd always had. She flopped down, face first, into the covers, quilts, and other bed supplies laying on her bed.
In the corner of her room was the door. Across from it was the large window that could light her whole room just by itself. Her bed was a double and was against the same wall as the window, corner ways from the door. Across from her bed and parallel to the door was her desk, with a laptop on it.
She hardly used said laptop, but hey...they were handy in a pinch(sure they are...-rolls eyes-). Her closet was settled between the door and the window, taking up most of that wall there. The other wall, between the bed and desk, was covered in photos. Many of which were years old and showed a young blonde accompanied by a young brunette. Some were of just the brunette and many had captions on them. One such picture, of both kids in bunny suits as babies, was labeled 'Kira and Cagalli, age 3.'
She sighed and rolled over onto her back. Yes, this girl was Cagalli. There was really only one reason she refused to let her parents sell this house.
Kira.
Yes, she was waiting for Kira. And she'd stay in this house until he came back! He had been taken away...what was it now?
10 years ago...
So long...so very long...But Cagalli would stay. What if Kira came back and no one was here. He would feel abandoned, lost, and alone. He wouldn't know where they had moved...
Cagalli had once thought, 'what would it feel like if that happened to me?' Of course, she came up with 'I'd feel so lonely...abandoned almost...I might not feel like...living...anymore...'
So she stayed. She swore she would. Even if Kira was dead already and there was no hope. She would wait. Forever if she had to. Because they were twins, they were supposed to stick together.
Cagalli never spoke to anyone at school, unless to tell them off. She always spoke in her mind. Unless someone could hear her thoughts, they weren't worthy of her time. Everyday when she got home, Cagalli did the same thing.
Flop down on bed and drop books on floor. Sigh before sitting up. Sit indian style and try to contact Kira again. Fail. Refuse to cry and go do homework.
Yea...it was a sad and pathetic existence. And frankly, she didn't care. Kira was her brother! Twin brother!
So, once again...Cagalli sighed and sat up. She crossed her legs and folded her hands as if praying.
'Please let him answer this time...Please.'
Taking a deep breath, Cagalli sent out a mental pulsation...
'Kira? Kira! Can you hear me? Please...Please hear me...Kira!'
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Lavender eyes shot open. The last echos of a voice dimming away. He blinked a bit before sitting up. He winced when he realized that, on his head, was a half hat-like thing with wires connected...and he'd just pulled his hair...Ow.
Taking the hat off, he felt dizzy for a moment, the low buzzing that had been playing in his ears suddenly gone. He shook his head before looking around.
The room was nearly bare...He was laying on a firm, uncomfortable, table-like bed with machines around it. All of them with straight lines on their monitors, he guessed it was because he'd taken the hat off...but he didn't know how he knew this...
He gave a confused look to the blue-ish white color of the walls, floor, and ceiling. So...plain. And the room was so big...it was as big as a house almost! But there was nothing in there...nothing except him, the 'bed,' and the machines...
Oh! A door! He saw a door over in the cor-wait...the room was circular...never mind...Well, there was a door far away in what would be the corner if the room wasn't a circle.
'Where am I?' he felt like he'd been asleep for a long time.
Suddenly, a memory flashed by in his mind.
'Oh right...they took me away...How long have I been here?'He stood up, removing and loose wires from around his person, and noticing that he had no shirt on...
He walked over to the door and looked through the small window at the top. His height meant he could only half see through it. Outside was a hall, but no one was out there...strange.
'Hello?' he asked softly in his head, as he formed soundless words with his mouth. 'Hello! Is anybody out there?'
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Cagalli's eyes shot open as she was hit by a large telepathic force. She gasped, falling backwards onto her pillow. Kira!
It was Kira! It had to be! 10 years after he was taken...and he was alive!
'Kira! Kira! Hey Kira!' she called happily.
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'Kira! Kira! Hey Kira!'
Kira jumped back from the door and looked around in a panic.
'Kira!'
'Wh-who's that? Who are you?'
'Oh Kira! It really is you! It's me, Cagalli!' he heard come back to him, in his head.
'Who...?'
'What?' she sounded so surprised... 'You...you don't...remember me?'
'How long have I been here? Where is...here? I'm so confused...My head hurts...' he grabbed his head as it began to feel as if it were about to explode.
He saw startled orange-ish colored eyes...
'I can't...speak...'
'Kira...?' she sounded so genuinely concerned about him...but his head...it hurt so bad...
'It hurts...' Tears began leaking from his closed eyes as he fell to the floor in pain. 'Cagalli...' even in his mind he sounded like he was crying... 'Cagalli help me...Why does it hurt?'
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She gasped softly at how weak, vulnerable, and young he sounded...like he hadn't grown up at all since he was 6...Maybe he hadn't?
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The door opened and many men in white came in...They all wore silver bands around their heads that sparked the semblance of a memory in Kira's mind...but he couldn't place it. None of the men looked very inviting or nice...
'Wh-who are you? What are...What are you doing? No...I don't wanna sleep.' he said in his mind as the men picked him up and set him on the bed.
'I said I'm not tired!'
He shook one of them off of his arms and they all paused for a moment before the only one not holding him reached in his pocket and took out a needle (as in a shot, like at the doctor's)
'What's that? Get it away from me! No!' they injected him with the nearly clear, but slightly blue, liquid and he instantly felt tired.
He stopped trying to shake them off...The men backed away and watched as he tried to reach out to them, pitifully...
'Please...I'm not...I don't wanna...' his eyes closed and he fell slack, slipping off the 'bed' and landing, hard, on the floor below...
'Kira? Kira!'
It echoed in his now dark mind...the plea of a girl he couldn't remember...Of a person...he wished he knew...And then he knew nothing...except the black abyss of dreamless sleep...
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Cagalli had fallen off her bed. When Kira had obviously started to talk to a third person (or persons) she had gotten worried. He didn't seem to like them, in fact, he seemed scared. Her eyes had closed and, as she had called to him when his words began to fade, she had fallen off the bed and landed in a crumpled heap on the floor.
Her breathing ragged, Cagalli pushed herself up and rushed to her window. Looking out, the rest of the world had obviously not been aware of the turmoil occurring in it's midst...
Kira obviously couldn't control his powers, as his unspoken conversation had come to her clearly. He also couldn't talk, truthfully, because he had to speak to this obviously-not-telepathic person in his mind as well.
'Oh Kira...What trouble are you in?' She sighed, knowing it wasn't Kira's fault. Not in the least. 'Damn you mother...you condemned your own son!'
Well...at least she knew he was alive now...
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In a dark room...Kira sat on the floor. Six year old Kira...
He saw a flash of light whisk by and turned with a smile to try and find it again.
His smile faded when he realized it was gone...Another flew by him on his other side and he flipped around to look for that one too...Gone.
He didn't like this game, if it was a game...
The lights, were his memories...but he didn't know that yet...
Suddenly, while looking for a third light that flew above him, Kira notices everything getting lighter...He looked from the 'sky' to in front of him. One of the lights, whichwas actually in the shape of a screen, was flying right at him.
He put his arms up in the defensive position, hiding his face, as the memory block crashed into him...pulling him away...into a blissful dream of the past...
End! The Book of Lacus starts next chapter! Yes...I categorized this stories events...sue me...
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Wait! Don't actually sue me! It was a figure of speech! Learn what they are and then come back! Ah! -runs from court peoples and suing reviewers-