10 - I'll Find You
London, 1941
Michelle squinted in the flickering light, frowning worriedly at the tunnel ceiling. The concrete stones were shaking, little clouds of dust falling around the people. Something bad was about to happen, she just knew it. The Germans were taking especially long this time.
The crowd shuffled farther into the tunnel as the stone walls gave another shudder. A sharp pain through her temple flared suddenly as the crash of a building was heard somewhere in the street overhead, making her cringe. Behind her, the crowd surged forward and, in her momentary pain, pushed her off balance. She tumbled forward with a squeak before involuntarily burying her face into the back of a boy's vest.
"You alright there?" a husky voice asked over her stammering apology, drawing her eyes up to the face of a woman. Green eyes, lit up with equal parts amusement and concern, looked down at her as the woman's lips curled with a charming sided smile. Michelle could only blink in astonishment at the face that had haunted her dreams for the past three years. The face she had searched all of England for, now finally standing in front of her.
"Uranus?"
The blonde's eyes went wide at the name.
"Neptune?" came the hushed reply.
The walls gave another violent shake, debris raining around them as their hands slowly met. Michelle smiled up at the woman, her breath catching as her vision swam with unshed tears. She reached a trembling hand up to touch her face to ensure that it wasn't all just a dream. Unchanged after a millennia, she was still breathtakingly beautiful, even dressed as a boy.
"It's so unfair," she whispered bitterly, shaking her head. Uranus pulled her into her arms and stroked Michelle's hair, soothing her as the tunnel began to tremble. They stood quietly, holding each other as panic slowly spread among the people.
"We'll be together again," Uranus assured her, her face buried in her lover's hair.
"I'll find you," Michelle promised, nodding firmly. "I'll find you again. As many times as it takes, I'll find you."
She felt the blonde laugh, the roar of the bombs drowning out the sound. Blue eyes met green in one final promise as she mouthed the words before everything went black.
I'll find you.