Hey everyone, yes I am back! I finally got the Hard-drive taken out of my broken laptop and loaded all the information of that onto my mums computer which I have now sort of taken over (hehe) So the chapter i had writen was retrieved yay! I am so happy now i hvae the drive to write the stories again since I wont need to rewrite the chapters!
With the next four chapters, it is like they are all happening simultaneously but to stop the confusion I wrote them in chunks following one of the boys. So don't think that one was found before the others, basically they were all found around about the same time. I just didn't want to be changing point of views throughout the chapter. This chapter will be following Quatre, and then will be Trowa, followed by Wufei and finally Duo and Heero. If you didn't notice I am going in order of the planets. This was because I am trying not to be to bias with my favourite characters and trying to have them featured equally, apart from like the outers, usa and mamo since it will take them a while to show up. Sorry for all those waiting for Heero/Hotaru romance that won't be for a while. I will hopefully get the next four chapters up quickly as to get all of the point of views done and for the inners to be reunited.
In the next chapters there will be stuff about the planets, mythology etc and most of the facts I wrote about are correct. In particular the mytholofy part of it since I am a huge fan of greek mythology. The parts about the planets are also mostly true facts except for a few things that I made up to make the powers match better. Let me just say I am so glad Saturn and Pluto don't get a thing like that because those two are slightly messed up! Anyways so in this there isn't actually ice on mercury since Mars is the only planet that is proven to have water. If there are any questions you want to ask me about those facts just leave it in the review and I will get back to you. That part may also be a little boring if you arent slightly nerdy like I am. I enjoy learning things like that but if you dont it can be skipped it just basically shows why the senshi have some of their powers and personalities. I hope you enjoy it anyway.
I am so happy to be updating but I am not sure how frequently I will update after all it is close to Christmas and working in retail always gets busier around this time of the year so I will have less time to write but I will continue updating jsut not super frequently.
Hope you enjoy this chapter and please REVIEW!
Quatre arrived at the hotel he was staying at soon after the meeting. He would have loved to spend more time with the other pilots but he knew that most of them would dive straight into this mission. Maybe he could convince them to go to dinner, most of them would have read their folders since the meeting only took about an hour.
Quatre sighed before he sat down holding the blue folder tightly in his hand. He was eager to find out more about who he was assigned to find but right at that moment he was still a bit shocked that the peace they had fought so hard to maintain was being threatened.
Shaking himself out of his thoughts and memories he opened up the blue folder to see the first page with the picture of the planet Mercury and its planetary symbol. He turned the page and began to read.
Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System named after the Roman god Mercury. It is bright when viewed from Earth but not easily seen due to angular separation from the Sun and thus can be viewed only in morning or evening twilight.
Mercury has a similar appearance to the moon, it is heavily cratered with smooth planes, ice is usually found in each of these craters due to the extreme cold temperatures that the planet can reach. The cold temperatures are reached due to the lack of the planet's atmosphere, allowing the heat to be lost from the planet when the surface is no longer facing the Sun. The coldest points are the poles and are completely covered in ice, much like Earth's North and South Poles.
The planet has no natural satellites and no real distinguishing features, unlike some of the other planets. It is the smallest of the 'inner planets' with an equatorial radius of 2439.7 km.
A solar day on Mercury lasts about 176 Earth days, which is about twice as long as Mercury's orbital period, which is roughly 88 Earth days. As a result, a Mercury year is about 0.5 Mercury days long and one Mercury day lasts approximately two Mercury Years.
The planetary or astronomical symbol for Mercury is a stylised version of Hermes caduceus, which is the Greek equivalent of the god the planet was named after.
Quatre took in the information, noting that it was only the basic information on the planet and in quite simple terms. He turned the page to see a picture of what he assumed to be either Hermes or Mercury. He briefly entertained the notion that the warriors they would be searching for would be the actual gods the planets were named after but quickly dismissed the thought at how ludicrous that sounded. He quickly studied the picture of Mercury. It was a man, covered only in a cloth with a hat and winged sandals on his feet. Also in the picture there was a cockerel, tortoise and he was holding a funny looking staff in his hand. Quatre was thoroughly confused by everything in the picture but knew that after reading the information about Mercury it would soon make sense.
Mercury was a Roman God equivalent to the Greek God Hermes. Hermes is the more well known of the two as it was believed that many of the Roman Gods were associated with the first existing Greek Gods. Due to this fact, the information given will be that of the Greek God Hermes.
Hermes was the son of Zeus and the nymph Maia born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia and was one of the twelve Olympian Gods known best for his role as the messenger of the god. He would deliver messages not only between the gods but from the gods to the mortals. Hermes had lesser known role, due to his cunning and intelligence he was also the god of commerce, thieves, travellers and a guide to the underworld.
His symbols include winged sandals also known as talaria, the tortoise the cockerel or rooster, winged hat and caduceus. The winged sandals were given to him as messenger of the gods, it allowed him to fly freely between the immortal world, mortal world and the underworld. The tortoise was symbol of his invention of the lyre, which was created from the tortoiseshell and the rooster represented the herald of the new day. The most famous of his symbols was the caduceus which is a herald's staff with two serpents intertwined around it and wings on the top. This was a gift given to him by the God of the Sun Apollo in exchange for the lyre.
He had many children such as Pan – god of nature, Hermaphroditus – immortal son of Hermes and Aphrodite who was changed into an androgynous being, Tyche- goddess of prosperity and Autolycus – Prince of thieves and Odysseus' grandfather.
He is said to reside on Mount Olympus with the other twelve Olympian Gods.
Quatre didn't know all of the names mentioned and decided that he would later research a bit more on Greek and Roman Mythology, just to get more knowledge. Turning to the last two pages of the folder there was a map with a blue dot over an island and information on the location of the Mercurial Warrior and why the researchers believed that this was the place to find him.
The warrior from Mercury's location is on Mount Kyllini. It is a mountain on the Peloponnesus peninsula in Greece. This is the modern day name for the Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, the place where Hermes/Mercury was said to be born.
There is an observatory located where the actual cave that Hermes was located that hasn't been used in years. The cave goes underneath the observatory but can no longer be accessed. Through thorough research this is the only location that has a connection to Hermes/Mercury that isn't Mount Olympus.
The first thought was that all warriors would be located on Mount Olympus but with further research facts about where the Gods were born were unearthed.
This place also could connect to the planet Mercury as the observatory studied mainly the inner planets but specifically Mercury.
Quatre looked for more reasoning to why the researchers thought that Mount Kyllini was the right place for him to go but he couldn't find any more information. He was unsure of whether the Observatory was the right place to look; there just wasn't a lot of evidence to support the conclusion.
He sighed before closing the folder and grabbing out his laptop to research more on Mercury the planet, Mercury the god, Hermes, Mount Kyllini, Greek and Roman Mythology. After spending hours reading up on all the topics he too agreed that the Mount Kyllini would be the best place to look. If they were wrong they could always find somewhere else to look.
Before Quatre knew it, it was time for dinner but after all his research and reading he didn't feel like eating with the others. There was something that was at the back of his mind when he read up on all this information, like there was something missing.
He knew that there as one more thing associated with Mercury, one that he could only vaguely remember hearing about once before but he couldn't quite remember it and it was frustrating him to no end.
He quickly ate dinner before returning back into his room to re-read everything. He hoped that by going over everything that the thing he was searching for would just appear but he was having no such luck.
When the sun was setting Quatre decided to call it a night. He got into bed and thought more about the god Hermes and how he liked the sound of the god. He was so interesting and such an enigma. In one way he was an intelligent, loyal god but in others he was cunning and a thief. Quatre wondered if the warrior would be like that, if he was like that how could they trust him.
Sighing Quatre closed his eyes and tried to relax. He eventually fell to sleep and dreamed the same dream he had been having for the last month or so, coincidentally when the crystal plaque had been discovered.
His dream always consisted of a girl that he could only ever see the back of. She had short blue hair and delicate body shape. The curves on her body were subtle and she was dressed in a blue dress. In her hands was what appeared to be a small blue palm pilot. Whenever he got close to seeing her face she would always disappear before he saw any of her features. A voice always followed this and it always said the same thing.
"Soon, you will free her and show her that following her logic is not everything that sometimes the heart knows better. She will need you, protect her Quatre."
After the words were spoken he would awaken with a small headache and more questions than answers. That night was no different he woke up bright and early thanks to the dream and wondered what it could possibly mean. He was always one to follow his emotions, due to his ability as an empath and this time would be no different. He felt himself developing some sort of feelings for the girl even though he had never met her. He knew how stupid it sounded but he couldn't stop trusting his intuition that he would meet her eventually.
He slowly got out of his bed and took a shower before deciding on his outfit for the day. He decided on a loose pair of tan slacks, a white t-shirt with a long sleeve blue business shirt over the top. He knew he would be going up a mountain but according to his research the mountain wasn't too difficult to climb and wouldn't take an awful lot of time.
After eating breakfast he grabbed a bag and packed some supplies which included a first aid kit, water, food and matches. He placed the blue folder in the bag and was finally ready to go.
Quatre arrived at the preventer's headquarters at 9.00 am and was greeted by Sally.
"Quatre how are you?"
"Fine thank you Miss Po and how are you?"
Sally smiled at Quatre. "I am a little worried about these missions but I am sure everything will be fine. Now if you follow me I will show you to your transportation."
Quatre nodded and followed Sally through a busy corridor and into an elevator. She pressed the button that took them to the roof and the two waited in comfortable silence. When the elevator stopped the two stepped out to see only two small planes remaining.
Quatre stared at the plane and then turned to Sally in disbelief.
"Am I the second last to arrive?"
Sally chuckled softly and nodded. "Heero, Duo and Wufei arrived earlier this morning. I am just waiting for Trowa now."
Quatre nodded and remembered that Duo was going on the mission with Heero therefore would be made to get up bright and early to begin the mission. Suddenly it all made sense as to why he was one of the last to arrive.
"Here are the codes to get the plane started and the location is already programmed in. It hopefully won't take you too long to get there. The GPS says it will take roughly two hours. Just keep on course and radio me if there are any problems."
Sally proceeded to hand over a piece of paper with the codes on it and a device that looked like a walkie talkie but could communicate to base from pretty much anywhere on the earth.
Quatre nodded and placed the radio in his bag before climbing into the cockpit. He entered the codes and the small plane started up. He didn't need to do much on the plane as it was following autopilot. He just kept on eye on everything to ensure a safe ride.
The ride to Greece was smooth and Quatre greatly enjoyed seeing the scenery, Greece was truly beautiful. He landed the plane and stepped out into the warm air before heading off getting a car to drive to Mount Kyllini.
As he drove Quatre could not get past the feeling that he was missing something really important about Mercury. He tried to get the thought off his mind by concentrating on all the facts he had learnt about Mercury and Hermes but it was not working.
He sighed out of relief when he finally arrived at Mount Kyllini. He slowly began his trek up the mountain observing the sights around him. After he was three quarters of the way up the mountain the air around him started to become cooler. Quatre shivered slightly as he continued walking up the mountain, admiring the scenary. He wondered why people rarely travelled up this mountain it was beautiful.
Finally he reached the top of the mountain and saw the small white observatory sitting on the mountain. Quatre was still doubtful of this being the right place but as he got closer he felt a stirring in his heart making him feel close to something, but he did not know what.
He took a breath as he opened the door to the old observatory. A gust of freezing cold air hit him as he stepped inside. Quatre rubbed his arms trying to keep warm.
Taking a moment to adjust to the cold Quatre decided he should take a quick look around, the less time he was in the place the better. He quickly walked through the observatory until he found a staircase that led downstairs.
Quatre quickly made his way down the stairs and stopped when he came to what appeared to be a big freezer. He looked inside to see a huge blue crystal that was glowing slightly.
Quatre was at a loss at how to get into the room until he saw the symbol of Mercury made out of blue crystal on the door. He walked over to it and traced the symbol. He tried to push in the symbol and jumped backwards as a small control panel and screen popped out from the ceiling at his eye level.
The screen lit up and words started to appear on the screen.
What Walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?
Quatre frowned as he read the riddle displayed on the screen. He thought long and hard about it but was unable to come up with the answer. Sighing he sat down and took out his radio to contact someone for help when he remembered that he hadn't had signal from about half way up the mountain and he didn't want to walk that far.
Instead he sat down and started to go over different answers in his head. For some reason he thought he should know the answer, suddenly it hit him that was the riddle from the myth of Oedipus.
The myth of Oedipus was like Greek and Roman mythology extremely outdated, hell if Quatre was to think about it they were probably considered ancient and boring back in the 21st Century. The only reason Quatre remembered the book was because he studied it when he was trying to learn more about psychology due to his empathic abilities.
Freud a 20th Century psychologist had used the name Oedipus Complex to explain the origin of certain neuroses in childhood. This complex was defined as a male child's unconscious desire for the exclusive love of his mother. Quatre was intrigued by Freud's study as he never knew his mother and neither did any of his friends. He researched the subject further and discovered the origin of the name. He read the story but his interest in psychology was soon gone from his mind after the war was finished and he was in charge of his father's company.
He thanked Allah at that moment, for his empathic abilities which caused him to like psychology and discover Oedipus. It was times like that where he believed that things like fate did exist because if it wasn't him that was to retrieve the Mercurial warrior he doubted that any of the other ex-pilots would know the answer to the riddle.
He smiled softly as he typed the simple three letter word answer on the little control panel.
Man
As soon as he pressed enter the symbol of Mercury retracted into the door like it was a button being pressed. Quatre watched entranced as the freezer began to fill with a smoky gas substance. He saw the gas envelope the crystal and realised that the gas was liquid nitrogen as the crystal was soon frozen.
The gas stopped when the blue crystal was completely frozen. Quatre nearly jumped out his skin when the crystal shattered and the door to the freezer swung open. A figure fell to the floor surrounded by the shattered crystal.
Quatre rushed forward to the fallen figure and turned bright red when he finally got close enough to see it clearly. There lying on the floor was a naked woman, she only had subtle curves but he could still clearly see that it was a woman, a beautiful woman with short blue hair.
Quatre tried to avert his eyes but he couldn't take his eyes off her, she was the girl from his dreams. When the surprise finally wore off Quatre cursed inwardly for not immediately covering her up. He was a gentleman and he was gawking at her like... like... like Duo!
He quickly shed his business shirt and attempted to dress her with his eyes firmly shut. He managed to get the shirt on but he soon realised that there was no way he would be able to do up the buttons with his eyes closed. He pulled the two sided together and peeked one eye open followed by the other when he saw that he had at least successfully covered her feminine body parts. Quatre quickly did up the buttons and lifted her gently up in his arms before walking out of the observatory and walking down the mountain.
He was half way down the mountain when a thought hit him. The powerful warriors that were going to protect the world were females and then he remembered of a story he hadn't heard since he was 5 years old. The tale of the legendary Sailor Senshi.
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