What I've Done
Chapter 9
By Archaeologist of Humanity
Special thanks to Jerzu as normal for providing Silver, Vixen and Snow.
[Silver, Nepgear, Uni, Snow and Vixen.]
"Fix us some drinks if you would."
Snow nodded her head slowly upon Vixen's request/instruction and headed into a different part of the hovel while the others sat in a formation reminsant of a semi-circle. Silver sat to the left of Vixen, Uni to the left of Silver and Nepgear on Uni's left. Snow would sit on the right-hand side of Vixen. Just in case the fox tried anything funny... But...Only Silver and her knew this. And how dangerous/mischievious Vixen could be...Specifically, his smirk didn't help things.
Vixen looked over to Silver. "So, Argent? Have you not introduced yourself to your friends properly? That's not like you...Normally, you'd say-"
Silver growled via her throat very deeply. "Yet, you can talk...Traitor of a mentor..."
Nepgear pointed her finger to the 'mentor'. "He's your mentor? He's so..." She tried to think of the word but nothing came to her.
"Young. How old is he again?" Uni finished Nepgear's sentence.
Silver smirked as Vixen kept his gaze fixed on her, she brushed her fingers on her hoodie as she took in a deep yet mellow breath. "Well, actually he's-"
Vixen was behind Silver in a flash without so much as a sound, suprising Nepgear and Uni as he smirked himself, "Now Argent, don't you know its rude to speak of a maidens age?"
"Wh...Wh...WHAT!?" Silver spun on the spot from her seating position as she attempted to unleash multiple attacks on Vixen...Unsheathing her twin blades as she did so, which made Uni's eyes widened for a brief moment in surprise, the attacks all failed however due to the Vixen's enhanced speed and agility. "Now, where were we?"
"I was about to kick your ass for suprising me!"
Vixen smirked in a twisted smile that just SPELT trouble. "Yeah...I can't see that happening. I've missed you Argent."
"I can't say the same..."
Uni pulled out her rifle again. "Silver, want some cover?"
Snow snorted into pure laughter as Silver was stuttering, looking between Snow, Vixen and Uni. "Really? You called yourself SILVER!? Seriously Argent Servus..." Snow joked.
Silver growled under her breath. "Leave. Me. Alone. Or. You'll. Be, next, young one."
Vixen's eyes flashed from their normal orange to blood red as he caught Silver's right hand and twisted it in one attempt - Forcing her to to end up back in her seating position, growling in pain.
Nepgear spoke up at this point, refusing to allow any further violence. "P-please! No more fighting! Goodness, we have to get to my sister! Do you know the fastest way to Lowee's Basilicom?"
Vixen's pupils went back to normal as he looked over to the Purple Sister. "You mean Purple Heart, right?" He chuckled. "Let me guess, things aren't going good for her right now?"
Uni exhaled loudly. "Really? We gotta do this right this second? Why can't we just be civil about this?"
Silver looked to Vixen. "Because this class act doesn't play by the RULES." She whispered as she nursed her right hand, which trobbed with the force that it was subjected to.
Within moments, Silver suddenly froze with little to no warning. Vixen went back to sit down and glanced at Silver every now and again. "Problem child. She's always been gifted, I seem to remember, but... She's been plagued by dreams..."
"Dreams?" Uni creased her eyebrows questioningly. "What do you mean by that?"
Snow brought the drinks to everyone while Uni was questioning Vixen. "What master means - Is that Silver has propetic dreams. Not nessasarily ones that tell immediate future, but she can see the future sometimes. If she tells about it, the results can be different to what she sees. I used to be able to see them with her."
Nepgear nodded and said thanks to Snow for bringing her drink to her. "So...You two used to dream together? That's nice...I wish I could have done that with Neptune..."
Snow giggled slightly, amused with Nepgear's simplistic-sounding nature. "You, might, have enjoyed it. But then again, you might not. Nightmare's were never nice either. Especially, the ones were we were being hunted...Or ending up in a cooking pot...Or-"
Nepgear looked at Snow with an expression of motification all over her face as Snow gave a drink to Uni then set one on the ground next to Silver. She approached Vixen and handed him a drink to which there was an exchange of glances from Snow to Vixen - Almost like they were being telepathic to each other.
Outside there was a snowstorm brewing - and it was getting worse.
"Okay, okay." Uni took a drink and smiled afterwards, earning a brief swift smile from Snow. "More to the topic at hand - You know of Purple Heart, obviously, and things that are happening because of her. Tell me, or us actually, what's going on? She must be in pain or something by now?"
Vixen nodded. "She's in pain. A lot of it at that." He took a sip of his drink as his dark yet crimson looking yellow tail curled next to him, it had a black tip like looked like a blade.
Nepgear started to sweat - She was starting to panic and Uni could see that. All the warning signs were there. "Nepgear..." She placed her free hand ontop of Nepgear's to calm her down - Which seemed to work. For the moment. She looked to Vixen again. "What about the Lowee Basilicom? How far is that from here?"
Vixen cast a look to Snow, who could only nod, then looked to Uni. "It's further on. Give or take 5 miles. But there's a storm brewing out there. You won't survive put simply."
Snow rose an eyebrow. "What about the bridge? Shouldn't that-"
"I told you not to talk about that to guests Snow..."
"But they need help! And besides, it'd get Argent out of our hair..."
"Out of YOUR hair you mean?"
"Shut up!"
"I beg your pardon?"
Snow blinked. "What..."
Uni sighed angrily. "I SAID shut up! The pair of you! Where's this so called, Bridge!? We'll go and leave Silver here with you, or Argent, whatever she's called!"
Snow chuckled nervously. "About that..."
[With Neptune and Max over in Lowee's Basilicom...]
"So... What do you think we should name the child?"
Neptune blinked and looked to Max in a shot. "Ar-are you serious!? You're only thinking of that-" She winced as another kick interrupted her thoughts, "N-n-now!?"
Max looked around and then placed a hand on Neptune's. "Y...You are right. We need to think about your health first. We can talk about names later."
Neptune seemed to relax a bit at his touch. "Y-Yeah..." She frowned. "I can't seem to hear the child's thoughts anymore though..."
Max blinked in shock. "You...You could hear our child's thoughts!?"
Neptune winced at Max's loud shout. "Not...Not so loud...I..." She felt a wave of pain interrupt her as her body started to glow. "GAH!" She yelled, her voice sounding like a wolf's howl.
"Neptune!" Max was even closer to Neptune, trying to figure out what was going on within a shot. "What's going on? Tell me..." He gave her hand a reassuring squeeze.
Neptune looked to him as she felt more pain fly through her. "I...I think...It's labour...I can't be sure though...I'm in worlds of pain...UGh...Stop it!" She yelled.
Max had literally no idea of the pain he had caused Neptune and was instantly regretting their 'experiment'-night all those many years ago.
"I'm...I'm so sorry Neptune... I didn't...I didn't have any idea I was going to cause you THIS much pain!"
Neptune looked at Max's shocked expression. "Well, believe it buddy! You made this happen, so, we're both in it now!"
Max nodded and gripped Neptune's hand tighter. "I know. I just hope Blanc heard you."
Neptune lowered her head and closed her eyes as the pain grew worse. "She most likely did. I need her help..."
Max nodded again as he leant in closer to Neptune, causing the CPU's cheeks to turn red. "I'll go find her. Don't go anywhere-" He kissed her on the lips which caused Neptune to skyrocket her blush to untold levels as she stuttered - He pulled away and let go of her hand, heading for where he last saw Blanc walking.
Hopefully, Max would find Blanc.
Neptune relaxed for a moment, no kicking or pain hit her at this point. "I'll...I'll have to name the kid something cool...Or, maybe something lame-" She felt another kick. She leaned forward. "Owwwwieee...Okay, definately cool. NOT lame..."
To Be Continued in Chapter 10.
