Chapter 4: The Elsa and a memory.

Now we find ourselves back on the Elsa, right after dinner.

"Hey, Shion, you ever think we'll find Lost Jerusalem?" Allen asked.

"Yes, I actually think we'll make it." Shion replied.

"Then, do you think KOS-MOS is there?"

"I really think so."

It's highly unlikely that KOS-MOS could float all the way to Lost Jerusalem, especially when we don't even know if her frame or, even her consciousness is still intact. Let alone functional. Allen thought.

"Allen."

"Yeah, Shion?"

"Tell me the truth; is it really possible for KOS-MOS to float all the way to Lost Jerusalem?"

"Of course!" Allen replied, with a smart looking grin on his face. "All though, it isn't impossible, it's just very unlikely."

"Thanks for being truthful to me, Allen. I believe that KOS-MOS was telling me the truth, when she said 'see you soon'."

"So you believe we're going to see her again?" Allen asked. "I also believe."

Meanwhile on the bridge…

Tony, Matthews, and Hammer see the first planet since they left the Dammerung.

"Hey, Tony is that…" Matthews states.

"It is!" Tony exclaims.

"I don't believe it!" Hammer says rather rambunctiously.

"Can we be sure?" Matthews asks.

"Yes, it's Lost Jerusalem!" Hammer said.

"Well let's get some sleep, and tell the others in the morning." Matthews says yawning at the end. "I'm out, see you guys tomorrow."

"See you captain." Hammer and Tony say at the same time.

Later in the men's cabin…

Matthews yawns then lies down in bed.

"Hey, Little Master, you up?"

"Yeah, Captain?" Jr. remarks.

"Uh, forget about it I'll tell everyone at breakfast. Night, Little Master."

"Okay… See you tomorrow."

The next day at breakfast…

"Everyone! I have an important announcement!" Matthews exclaims.

"Yeah, tell us already!" Jr. said in a very mild tone.

"Okay! We have good news!"

"The good news is we can now see Lost Jerusalem!" Matthews says. "Tony is going to get us there safe and sound."

"That's excellent news!" Everyone says.

"Yet… On the way there… We found abandoned Ormus ships."

"What?! Those Ormus ships have half the power of the Elsa's normal cruise speed!"

What's going on here? Shion said to herself

"That's impossible! There is no U.M.N! No columns and no hyperspace travel!" Allen barks.

"That's exactly what I thought…" Matthews exclaims.

Now we find ourselves in the Ormus building's holding cells…

"Canaan?" I asked.

"What is it Jene?"

"Do you think we're ever going to get out of here?"

"I don't know! Oh, I know! If you shut the hell up then maybe, just maybe we'll have some chance of living through this." Canaan barked.

"Shut the hell up." I replied.

Today looked bleak; we haven't had any food for about a day now and, believe me we are starving!

"Yo, remember when I, you, and Kate first met?"

"Yeah, it was one of the best days in my entire life. Yet I try to forget 'those' days…"

"Oh, yeah, that's right…"

"Weren't you and Kate already good friends?" Canaan asked.

"Yep, and you were the new guy."

We laughed and thought for a long time, about the past. Back when we we're only little kids…

We then went to sleep, and dreamt of the good old days…

Now we find ourselves in a rundown old orphanage…

The young Jene, who had medium length black hair down to his shoulders (that was spiked down, with two little hairs sticking out on top), with his trademark White tee-shirt, black-fire button-up, his fire-red and black jeans, and his Red shoes with black trim.

And the young Kate, who wore her long dark hair down to her knees, with her blue and white skirt and tee shirt combo.

"Hey, Kate?" I asked. "Do you think that kid over there wants to play with us?"

"I don't know, let's go and ask him!" A young Kate said.

On the other side of the playground there sat a spiked orange-haired young boy in his little grey and white jacket, black tee-shit combination, black jeans with the white-grey trim, and the black Vans shoes all with the white logo and white-grey socks. That boy was the young Canaan.

"Hey, you kid! You want to play cops and robbers with us?" Kate asked.

"No, I-I don't like other people." The young depressed Canaan replied.

"Why, why don't you wanna play with us?" I asked.

All the while Jene is watching his memories come to life.

"Whoa, where am I?"I asked, knowing that no one could hear me.

"Oh, I know where I am!" I said. "I'm in the old orphanage's playground!"

"I just don't want to, okay." The young Canaan said. "Now can you two just go away and play by yourselves."

"Come on it'll be fun!" The young Kate said.

"Yeah, we'll have lot's of fun!" I added.

"No, I said no and that's final!" Canaan yelled.

"Why..." I started.

Then the young Canaan stood up and yelled. "Because I don't like people anymore! People killed my mommy and daddy! I hate you all!"

The young Canaan then ran off crying into the orphanage.

"What's that guy's problem?" I asked.

"Don't you get it?!" Kate yelled. "He wasn't born an orphan like us! We don't know what he's going through!"

"I hated this memory… Every time I think about it, it makes me sad." I said, quietly to myself.

"Now Jene, you go in there and apologize to that poor kid!" Kate yelled.

The young Jene then walked into the orphanage and tried to find the young Canaan.

"Kid, kid! Where are you?" I asked.

"This is me?" I asked myself. "That's right! Back then I didn't grow my hair out long. Kate's long dark hair always kept my attention back then."

Okay why am I talking to myself!

"Leave me alone! I hate you all!" The young troubled Canaan yelled.

"Hey, kid w-we're s-sorry for what we did back there. We didn't have any idea that your mom and dad were murd-" Kate started.

"Shut up! I hate you, the people who murdered them, and everyone else too! I don't need anyone else but mommy and daddy!" The young Canaan cried.

"That Canaan. He was always on the verge of killing himself back then… He didn't know that we could all end up one big happy family! He always hated everyone, and no one ever talked to him… Except me and Kate. We just wanted to be his friends, we didn't mean to hurt his feelings." I rambled.

"Why won't you two just leave me alone?!" He yelled.

The two looked as though Canaan's words had struck them, like a cold long blade driven into a man's heart.

"We just want you to get up and stop being so sad." Kate said, holding back tears.

"Yeah, we just want to be your friends!" The young me replied.

"Friends?" The young Canaan asked, with tears in his eyes.

"Friends? Have you ever had any friend's?" Kate replied.

"No… What do friends do?" Canaan asked, starting to loosen up.

"Friends are always there for each other; they have fun and play together too." I added.

"Canaan never had any friends before us… Must have been hard for him. I mean, if I didn't have Kate, or Canaan I would probably just die." I said to myself.

The young Canaan finally calm asked. "Will you guys be my f-friends?"

"Yes, of course we will!" Both I and Kate replied.

And that started the long yet endearing friendship between Kate, Canaan, and me.

Later I found myself awake in the cell.

After yawning I asked. "Canaan?"

"Yeah, what is it?" He replied.

"Did you just dream of our past?"

"No, you're the only one who fell asleep." He looked as if he did have the same dream as me.

"How could me and Jene have the same exact dream?" Canaan mumbled to himself.

"What did you say Canaan?" I asked.

"N-nothing i-it's nothing." He replied.

Just then a guard in a black suit came to our cell and said. "Looks like it's you guys tern…"

"Turn for what?!" Canaan and me questioned.

"In due time, you will learn…" The dark guard said, whilst leading us out of the cell…