Back with another entry!
Note: Koyomiko is not my character. She was created by Funakounasoul. All rights and privilages belong to her.
Anyhow, on with the story.
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"Well, now.", Dagon stated, observing the blackened wreckage that was once the G2 phase observation screens.
"How does that even happen?", the other alien man asked as he clutched his fists in frustration.
"A bond is not supposed to form. Those girls must truly be pure to form a progeny as powerful as she.", Dagon said.
"What do we do?", the other asked.
"Find them, of course. We cannot let someone so worthwhile be lost."
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Chiyo was sure she had fallen unconcious, although she was not sure for how long she had been out. Her last memory was of Dagon placing a shining sphere within a glass enclosed contraption. Allowing her eyes to adjust to light once more she noticed that the glass enclosure across from her and Sakaki's metal prisons was shining with a radiant light.
"Sakaki-san? Sakaki-san!?", Chiyo called. She could not turn her head so the only thing she could do was try to awaken the older girl.
A groan eminated from beside her.
"Sakaki-san!", she called once more.
"C..Chiyo-chan?", Sakaki whispered.
"Sakaki-san! I'm glad you're ok but we really need to find a way out of here!", Chiyo said.
Sakaki struggled against the restraints to no avail.
"Where are we? What happened?", the older girl shivered. She was terrified, just as anyone would be, waking up strapped into an ungodly contraption.
"Sakaki-san, Dagon did something to us. I'm not sure what but it has something to do with that bright light over there. I...I don't know what's going to happen...", copious tears filled Chiyo's eyes as the sound of breaking glass filled the room.
The glass enclosure had shattered, sending spears metres away from where they had originated from. the light within faded quickly to reveal a nude teenage girl. Her face showed only confusion as she stared at the two girls across from her.
"Eh?", she squeaked.
"Help us! Please help us! We need you to let us out of here!", Chiyo pleaded to the girl.
"...Eh?", was all the girl said, cocking her head to let her long orange hair fall to the side.
"Can you understand me? We need your help!", Chiyo asked again.
The girl pointed to herself.
"Eh?"
"Yes! We need you to help us!", Chiyo said, her hope growing into a smile on her face.
The girl plodded foward, her steps small and awkward due to the fact she seemed to not be used to walking. She clomped over to where Chiyo and Sakaki were strapped, falling foward and placing her hands on Chiyo's shoulders she spoke,
"Ah!"
"Huh?", Chiyo was confused, gazing into the happy face of the rather odd girl.
The girl leaned foward and gave Chiyo a hug. That was when something clicked.
"Sakaki-san..."
"Yes?"
"I think...this is our daughter..."
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Existance seemed to literally throw them to pieces. At least, that's what it felt like. Kagura bounced head over foot along the polished black floor, finally coming to a skidding halt.
"Osaka!", she called, painfully pushing herself up with her forearms.
She saw Osaka sitting, a bit dazed only a few metres from her.
As a matter of fact, so were Yomi, and Tomo, and Kaorin, and Chihiro, and...a little girl?
"Mama! Mama!", the little girl shook Tomo and Yomi as they groaned to get to their feet.
"What the hell!", Kagura called out, running as fast as she could to the three standing girls.
"Kagura!?", Yomi exclaimed. "How did you get here?"
"And Osaka!", Tomo shouted.
"...And us too.", Kaorin added, mentioning Chihiro and herself.
"But...why us?", Yomi asked the air itself.
"Who's the girl?", Kagura asked, far more interested in that mystery.
"Oh, this is Koyomiko!", Tomo said, hoisting the girl into her arms.
"Yeah! I'm Koyomiko! Nice to meet all you!", the little girl chirped.
"Koyo...miko? ...She's naked.", Osaka mused.
"Where'd she come from?", Kaorin asked.
"Save that for later.", Yomi said, scanning their surroundings.
The room was large. It looked much like the inside of the compound, yet at one end was a massive wall with built-in doors large enough for one man. While at the other end was an immense open gateway. It bore a striking resemblance to an airplane hanger, yet with no planes present.
"Hey! That looks like a way out!", Tomo screamed, pointing her free hand at the massive doorway. Light could be seen further down the tunnel the door opened onto. A slight breeze could even be felt swirling throughout the cavernous hanger.
"Are you sure it's safe?", asked Kaorin.
"It looks safer than the alternative.", Yomi said.
"Well, let's go then!", Kagura prodded.
The girls proceeded to run towards the exit, with Tomo taking up the rear under the extra weight of her daughter.
"Faster, Mama! Faster!", Koyomiko giggled as she rode on Tomo shoulders.
"Geez, I'm trying!"
The breeze became stronger as they passed out of the doors and into a short underground passage.
"This is definately a way out!", Tomo reiterated.
Indeed, the girl was correct. Not long after they stepped out into the pure midday sunlight. Around them stood massive pines and firs, arrainged on a downward slope. From their vantage point they could see for many kilometeres across the wilderness.
"Looks like we're on a mountain.", Yomi pointed out.
"Guess the only way to go is down!", Tomo exclaimed.
"Not so fast. I wouldn't want to get lost in the woods now.", Yomi responded. "Does anyone see any signs of life?"
As they scanned, Osaka was the first one to pinpoint something.
"Over there!", she called out, pointing to the east. Upon further inspection it was seen that there was a small town visable at the base of whatever mountain they happened to be on. Although, they were still a fair distance away. Five kilometres at least.
"All right, Osaka!", Tomo congratulated the girl with a rather rough pat on the back.
"All right, Osaka!", Koyomiko repeated.
"Aww, she's so cute!", Kaorin said.
"She gets it from me.", Tomo smirked in a very un-cute manner.
"She really does need clothes.", Kagura pointed out. "Here."
She removed her sweatshirt and wrapped the cloth around the girl's body, passing it between her legs and tying the sleeves at the front. It looked like some sort of bizarre loincloth/jumpsuit combonation, but it fit the bill for the moment.
"Let's not waste any time.", Yomi said, leading the girls down the hill. Koyomiko rode on Tomo's shoulders due to the fact that she had no shoes. The air was chilly, but it was bearable for everyone.
"So, ummm...I guess you guys were told to reproduce too?", Kagura stated.
Yomi nodded.
"Yomi just gave me a freakin' hug and Koyomiko popped outta nowhere!", Tomo said.
"I didn't come from nowhere!", Koyomiko bopped her mother on the head.
"Weird...", Kagura droned.
"Me and Kagura got stuck togetha' and we just sat and talked.", Osaka said.
"Me and Kaorin were together as well.", Chihiro said.
"I guess they wanted us all...to reproduce...", Kagura shivered as they pushed their way through the brush.
"And I guess me and Tomo were the only successful ones.", said Yomi.
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They named her Kaede and she seemed quite pleased. It took many minutes to teach the girl how to release the straps and bangles that held the girls to the contraptions, but Chiyo and Sakaki were free not long after. They stretched their aching arms and decided action had to be taken; and soon.
"Kaede, we have to leave.", Chiyo calmly explained to their progeny. "Please come with us."
Sakaki led the way. It was slightly odd to her to begin feeling motherly instincts for a teenage girl that just happened to pop out of a rather enlarged test tube. She was even more amazed at Chiyo's ability to handle the situation.
'I guess she knows more about motherhood than I thought.', Sakaki whispered in her own mind.
She assumed it stemmed from the fact that she took care of herself at home a lot. Chiyo even said so herself. Her father and mother were very busy people so she had learned to deal with household things on her own.
Sakaki quietly pushed open the door and checked the black-floored hallway in both directions.
"Dagon brought us from that way.", Chiyo said, pointing down the left corridor.
"Let's go the opposite way.", Sakaki said, motioning for Chiyo and Kaede to follow.
"Eh?", Kaede piped up.
"Shh! We need to be quiet.", Chiyo reprimanded.
They approached a closed door. Through it could be heard voices. At this sound Sakaki shoved Chiyo and Kaede flat against the wall, listening and hoping the men would leave.
"Where could they have gone?", said one voice.
"There is only one exit. We can only hope they will be there. Call command for flyovers of the mountain, leave no stone unturned. I want that girl back!", the other voice commanded, much stronger than the previous.
"Sakaki-san...", Chiyo whispered.
Sakaki acknowledged the smaller girl.
"Are they...talking about us?"
Sakaki shook her head.
"I do not think so."
"Does that mean...", Chiyo's eyes became cloudy. Kaede whimpered with worry and wiped the little girl's eyes.
"There are others...", Sakaki stated, her jaw setting solid with bewilderment.
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"What if the humans below see the craft?", the alien man asked.
"Have they ever done anything before? Of course not! And they won't start now.", Dagon answered.
"Yes.", responded the man, turning his back and retreating down the corridor.
Dagon turned off into a side hallway, headed for the communications room. He was sure command would not be pleased with him, but at the same time he was also sure they would be interested in what had transpired.
"Not often does one see such a psychic child...", he mumbled to himself.
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Koyomiko had fallen asleep. The girls were glad of this for moments before she had been whining.
"Are we there yet? I'm hungry!"
Each girl gave their respective "AWW!" to just how adorable she looked asleep on Tomo's shoulders. Tomo, on the other hand, was not quite so happy.
"Geez, she gets heavy after awhile."
"So, what's it feel like to have a kid now?", Kagura asked, crunching through one of the many patches of old snow they had encountered along their trek.
"Heavy...", Tomo answered.
"It doesn't feel as odd as I thought it would.", Yomi said.
"She really is very cute.", Chihiro said.
"She looks a lot like ya.", Osaka pointed out.
"Well, duh! She's our kid!", Tomo said.
Kagura had stopped ahead and was simply gazing out into the wilderness.
"Something wrong?", Kaorin asked.
Kagura sighed as she gazed across the forest from the top of the small outcropping. the town was more visable now, and was slowly getting closer.
"I just wish we knew where we were."
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Just where are they!? Any guesses? Correct guesses get extra points!