"... it's suppose to help.. not hinder nor should it cause one to go absolutly mad..." she questioned herself as she sat in her room.. alone.. in the dark..
a soft knocking coming from her door interupted her thoughts, kind of reluctant to answer the door...
peeking through a small crack through the opened door, she smiled gently...
"i didn't expect to see you at this time of day..."
Axl shrugged his shoulders...
". was actually done with my training and figured you needed someone to talk to... unless you perfer to be by yourself... alone... in the dark..."
"..yea well.." she began as she deeply sighed. "..i guess i should go do something productive..."
Axl motioned down the hallway...
"Lifesaver said X should be up and around anytime now and i was going to go visit him... i figured you would would to come with me..."
Shonen glanced down the hallway...
"...um... i'd rather not...not now anyway..."
Axl looked puzzled...
why not?... whatever melt down he had yesterday is over and done with... i actually surprised with all the stress he causes himself he doesn't breakdown like that more often..." Axl said, trying to sound reassuring in a strange sort of way.
Shonen's gaze kept focused down the hall..
"...i hate to say it Axl... but this time... his meltdown was my fault..."
Axl sighed.
"..if this is about the Blade X reveal... " he began
Shonen shook her head...
"..no... something far worse..."
"... what could be worse?.."
Shonen reached into her pocket, pulling out a small red and gold drawstring bag. then reached inside and pulled out a small red stone...
".. this... this is what caused X's meltdown..."
Axl looked at the stone with great attempt then began to reach for the stone causing Shonen to quickly close her hand..
".. don't touch it..."
Axl drew back...
"...why not?.. it's just a stone..."
Shonen shook her head..
".. no, it's not... it's a philosopher stone.. my alchemy teacher gave me a bunch of them... there's a war coming Axl... and this was what i thought our key to victory..."
"... philosophers stone?... key to victory?... what on earth are you talking about?..."
"once it was a myth.. but it's real... it's very dangerous to produse... but can amplify alchemy transmutations... i thought it would help X... to give him more strength...in the garage... i handed him a stone...and it... it just... melted in his hand like a piece of chololate... i thought he was fine... then..."
".. then his room and capsule was trashed landing him in the emergency recharge lab..." Axl spoke with a whisper, finishing her sentence.
Shonen nodded...
Axl drew back..
".. why Shonen?... why didn't you do more research?..."
Shonen looked back at Axl..
"i didn't know he would react the way he did... but i guess.. sometimes... i don't think of him as a reploid...i think of him more as a human... than anything..."
Axl reached for her hand... leading her into the hallway...
"...despite everything... you two need to see each other now more than ever... both of you need to talk..."
"... i almost killed him Axl... i think i'm the last one he would want to see..."
Axl chuckled slightly..
"... i don't know you two as long as Zero does... but don't think that's the worse thing you've done to him..."
Shonen lowered her eyes as Axl lead her towards X's temperary room.
