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Okay people, I've come down with yet another case of writer's block (So StarKnight, your inspiration would be greeeaaatly appreciated around about now :)) So instead of continuing where we left off, I'm going to do a little flashback scene, so you hopefully don't lose interest waiting :)
Ace and Jules have some things to tell each other...
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She stood at the bathroom mirror, staring at herself. As if the reflection would suddenly stop mimicking her, jump out, and tell her what to do.
'I've got to tell him... I can't keep it a secret. Not for long, anyway.
But what if he doesn't want it? I guess we can jump that hurdle if we get there.
I've got to tell him... now. I can do this. It's no biggie.'
She took a deep breath, then walked out of the bathroom feeling less and less capable the closer she got to the room Ace was in.
She got to the door. 'I can do this. I can do this. I CAN do this!' She felt ready - well, as ready as she ever could, so knocked on the door.
"Ace? You in there?"
"Yeah. Come in... I need to talk to you."
'What? Does he know? Don't be stupid Jules, course he doesn't, you've only just found out.'
The door slid open, to reveal Ace looking deadly serious with a possible hint of self pity.
"Ace? What's wrong?"
"I need to tell you something, and I need to know whether you'll stay with me."
Jules smiled "Similar situation here."
He looked up to his love's face with confusion. "Go on, you first then."
"No, no. Mine can wait, it's not going anywhere."
He took her hand in his and took a deep breath. "Jules, would you..." her eyes grew wide with anticipation, under the impression he was proposing "... still love me if I joined Cyclonia?"
She dropped his hand, along with her expression, which was replaced by horror.
"Jules?"
"You... you can't!" she snatched herself away from him when he tried to reach out to her.
"Stay away from me...and the answer's no if you hadn't already guessed." She pulled out a crystal from her pocket.
"Please don't, Jules. Please..." In a last ditch attempt to make her stay, he asked "What did you want to say?"
"It's really none of your concern now." And with this answer, she activated her crystal, which produced a lilac aura around her, and vanished into thin air.
Ace sat alone in the room for what must have been hours, wishing he could take it all back, but he finally came to this conclusion. 'No turning back now.'
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The lilac faded from around her. She stood at the base of a fang-like mountain, winged beasts flying overhead. She was on the Far side of Atmos. A fresh start for her, and her unborn child.
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So there you have it :) I suppose I could have publised this as a one-shot, but hey, it might not get all my lovely reader's attention that way.
Hope you enjoyed it, please review, Ideas will be appreciated :) (I'm stuck. or as Stork would say, DOOMED!)
Ta-ta,
Kezzy xxx