What I've Done
Chapter 6
By Archaeologist of Humanity.
With editorial help from Jerzu - Who is cool, check out her stuff if you get the chance!
Lowee Airspace.
Ram flew next to Neptune as she kept her eye on her. Neptune flinched and twitched as they got closer to Lowee's capital city. Where they would enevitably meet Blanc...Again in Neptune's opinion.
Everyone down in the streets didn't really pay attention to the two flying overhead as they were busy with their own lives.
'They look funny mum...Like...Ants I think you said?'
Neptune smiled sheepishly as she heard the child's thought to her. 'Yeah, well... That's something I'll teach you. I guess I have too, don't I?'
She felt a kick so she stopped flying forwards, making Ram stop also.
"Something wrong Neptune?" Ram questioned as she floated closer to her, the ball of electrizity opening up to reveal a rather...Pale faced Neptune and a bump around her stomach. Finally, Ram got the message... Something told her that whatever was inside her was causing this...
Ram grinned with a cheeky smirk on her face. "Let me guess...You've been with someone the past few days?"
Neptune blinked in shock. Had Blanc been teaching Ram some of the adult stuff she read!?
Speaking quietly again as to not antagonist the child inside of her she whispered, "Eh...Kiddo, how did you-"
Ram sighed out loudly in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, come ON Neptune! Even I would not be silly enough to fall for that kind of deception! Who is he? Is he nice? Did you like it? What was it like?"
Neptune began to giggle nervously as she put an arm around the back of her head - Blushing. "Ummm...Maybe we can talk about this later? I'm feeling a bit giddy kiddo..."
Ram nodded with a pout, disappointed she couldn't get any information out of Planeptune's CPU. "Okay. This way-" She descended in altitude towards the Land of White Serenity's main Basilicom while Neptune flinched and twitched where she was in the sky.
A kick.
"Owwww..."
A nudge.
"Hey...Ummm...Care to stop that? I need to land now. We can go flying later!" Neptune hoped to her STARS that, that would be enough to satisfy the child...But...Nothing ever works the way we want it to - Does it?
'When are we gonna eat some more food? You're empty...'
Neptune sweatdropped, just how MUCH food could this kid CONSUME!? The child put her to SHAME...And that wasn't easy! Far from it! Nep's sake!
"Ehhh...Just let me land. We can talk when we're grounded alright?"
'I want food! FOOD!'
Neptune chuckled nervously to herself as the child inside of her started to kick relentlessly and mercilessly - It was like taking a kick from Arfoire when she was at her strongest HDD form - Purple Heart.
Neptune winced as she felt pain all around her so her thunder disguise disappeared and she began to crash land towards the capital's Basilicom, trying to aim just to the right of it - Unfortunately that was right where Financier was talking to Ram...
Managing to get some air in her lungs due to the rapid descent, Neptune started to flail her arms around. "Move MOVE MOVE!"
Ram looked up and dodged out of the way within moments, jumping forwards allowing herself to barrel-roll out of the way while Blanc (Who had just arrived to ask Ram who had been at the border) sighed loudly opening her arms and waited for Neptune to crash land...
Right into her arms.
Neptune had her eyes closed but when nothing happened she started to get curious. Especially when she didn't feel anything but softness all around her.
"Neptune. Open your eyes."
Neptune opened her eyes slowly to see Blanc's eyes looking at hers. "Have you not learned to stop falling from the sky yet?"
"Uhhh... Hey Blanny." Neptune looked at Blanc up and down, seeing that Blanc had only just woken up from the looks of it (Unruley hair and whatnot) and she looked...REALLY grumpy.
Sighing in frustration, Blanc put Neptune back onto her feet and shook her head. "Let me guess... You've been busy?"
Neptune looked away from Blanc at this point. "I... Dunno what you're on about Blanny! I-I..."
Blanc growled which had Neptune yelp and look at her. "I'm sorry! I'll listen! What..." She looked down, her lilac hair covering her features. "What did you say?" She whispered.
Blanc was amused by this but chose instead to take Neptune's hand and drag back into Lowee's Basilicom with Ram following behind her, who changed back to her human form.
[With Silver, Nepgear and Uni - Tunnel X675139]
After a considerable walk through a maze-like tunnel the three participants in the group, consisting of Nepgear, Uni and Silver, saw a bright light peak on the horizon of what could only be assumed as the exit.
"So...That's the exit, huh? Seems a bit...small."
Nepgear nodded. "It is. It's better then being spotted though, and even better, compared to that visitor Neptune had around 2 hundred years ago...Who made her-" When Uni cast a curious glance in her direction Nepgear clamped a hand over her mouth in realization to what she had almost disclosed.
Silver sighed out loudly. "What was your human name again Purple Sister?"
Nepgear frowned. "Nepgear! NEPGEAR! N-E-"
"I know how to spell." Silver growled. As she turned to face the pair she had been walking in front of for the past few minutes. Walking back to the pair she continued, "So... Nepgear, what were you saying? You were mentioning something about a visitor?"
Nepgear bit her lower lip as she shook her head. "N-No! It's nothing... Please, let's just catch up to my sister... I don't know what's going on with her!"
Silver sighed in final frustration. "That's it..." She suddenly dashed forward, with surprising speed and pounced ontop of Nepgear and sending both to the ground, frustrated that Nepgear would not give her a straight answer. "You..." Her eyes lit up in anger. She was so angry...Yet, something was telling her not to hit Nepgear who was looking at her with terrified eyes.
"P-Please don't hurt me! I didn't do anything! Goodness! I'm so sorry! I didn't ask for the traveller from another dimension to come here!"
Uni's eyes widened at this. "A dimensional traveller? What's his name?" She took a step closer to the pair and pulled out her rifle from her inventory and narrowed her eyes at Silver. "Oh, and Silver? Wasn't it? GET. Off. Of. Nepgear." She growled, pointing the gun at Silver.
Silver clenched her right fist tightly as she angrily threw a punch...Which-
Landed on the ground next to Nepgear's head, the echoing vibration of the punch through the tunnel's ground was enough to shake both the ground (and Nepgear).
Nepgear froze in place. She was beyond terrified. Sure, she had faced enemies of great importance before but she had, had people like her *sister* beside her!
Nepgear resolve crumbled to her becoming a gibbering wreck with a tears starting to form in her eyes.
'Enough Silver.' A familiar echoing voice in her head had Silver look up and around. "Master?" She whispered, her senses going back to almost feral. "Where...?" Uni hadn't said anything as she pointed her gun at her with angry flames in her eyes. Uni was still furious but..if it wasn't her who spoke...then...Who had?
'No more...I don't want her to leave Grandpa! Don't make her leave!' A young voice echoed in Silver's head.
Silver clutched her head and fell to the ground to the right of Nepgear, leaving the Candidate to scramble to her feet. She was shaking but she was just coming around now that Silver wasn't on top of her.
"You okay Nepgear!?" Uni stood in front of Nepgear as Silver shook on the ground.
Nepgear nodded. "I t-t-think so..."
Uni nodded at her best friend as the pair looked to Silver who was making all kinds of noises.
Silver closed her eyes. Visions of her Clan and her past resurfaced as she did so. 'Not now...No...'
After a number of minutes where Silver was twitching and groaning to herself, eventually Uni lowered her gun. "Are you...Alright?"
Silver opened her eyes slowly. They were glistening with a few stray tears that had escaped her toughened exterior. "I..." she soon moved to wipe them away, as if any more would cause the dam to break.
Nepgear walked past Uni with Uni casting her a concerned glance, Nepgear slowly lowered herself so she was kneeling down next to Silver. "It's okay. We can work together, ne?"
Nepgear opened her hand out to Silver and eased it over to her. "We don't have to be enemies, let's be friends, alright?"
Silver sighed. "Yes...You are right Candi-"
"I said my name is Nepgear. Please use it."
"Nepgear."
Nepgear smiled. "That's better!"
Silver took Nepgear's hand and the two stood up together with Uni putting her gun lowered to her side. "Alright. Time to get out of here!"
"You read my mind. Mind telling me more about this traveller as we walk?"
"Sure...Uni? Can you keep a watch for monsters for us?"
Uni smirked and hefted her gun on her shoulder. "Who do you think I am? Of course I can."
[With Neptune + Blanc]
Blanc sighed. "So, you've got yourself knocked up by someone from another planet...What did I tell you about that?"
Neptune blushed. "Well, when you put it like that..."
"THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PUT IT!"
Neptune's blush vanished and she started to panic. "I'm sorry Blanc! Don't hit me! You could kill the child!"
Blanc smirked as she settled back down. "Okay...Well...I suppose you can have a room here. Did you..." She cut off the rest of her sentence as she suddenly narrowed her eyes at Neptune.
Neptune began to feel quite self concious. "Uhhh...Wha-What is it? Do I have Arfoire on my nose? Why are you looking at me that closely?"
Blanc chuckled a bit. "I'd be impressed if she was. But seriously, you're not well...Go, get a ground floor room. If there's anyone in there, kick 'em out."
Neptune rose her hands in protest but Blanc simply placed her hand on Neptune's right hand. "Do it. Now. Before you start to piss me off."
Neptune giggled slightly as she turned and headed deeper into Lowee/Blanc's Basilicom. Thankful that her friend is listening to her...Somewhat.
Financier appeared from behind a sofa, cleaning up after Ram's snack eating session a few hours previous. "Lady Blanc. I just finished cleaning."
Blanc smiled. "Good job."
Financier smiled. "You're welcome." Happy with the praise.
Blanc stood up and put her book away in her hammerspace as she began to think. 'Hmmmm...' She thought. 'Maybe I should follow Neptune. Make sure she doesn't get lost...And from the looks of it - That child she's carrying might have to be born soon...' She shuddered at the thought, resisting a groan at the thought of the huge headache that would be coming her way. 'And in my Basilicom too...The Basilicom's a place to work, not a daycare. Grr, Neptune! I'll be having a few words with her...'
To Be Continued...