Tittle: Angel's Flight
Author: Lady Hiko
Email: ladyhiko@yahoo.com Ethereal Fein@aol.com
Chapter Nine: Halitosis
Insert disclaimer
Now lets recap what happened last time...
***** Flash ******
"... considering your mother doesn't know of your existence yet. I don't know, do you think I should let her in on our little secret Miss Hino?" I thought I heard him say, not believing it. "Don't use that name!" I heard her bellow back at him...
End Flash
"Could she be related to me..." I questioned, asking myself more than anyone else.
~``~``~``~``~ Rei ~``~``~``~``~
To say that silence insured would be an understatement. Lita's jaw dropped, Ami put her hand to cover her mouth, and Mina and Serena fell over onto each other.
"You can't be serious!" Serena gawked, as the others just stared blatantly at me. I mean really, did the thought that I could actually bear children be that unbelievable.
As I opened my mouth to reply, most likely causing a tongue war, Ami, being as reliable as she is, did speak up.
"You know," she reasoned. "It's really not that hard to believe, if you really think about it."
Flipping open her mini data computer and typing she continued, "My mom did say that that senshi that looked remarkably like her, and is most likely her, DID have a weird mark on her." She paused for a moment and then turned it towards us. " Here. This is the mark she was talking about. Doesn't it remind you of something?"
To say it looked familiar would be an understatement. The mark looked just like mine...well, sort of, it was different. It was green, two shades in fact, light green and forest green. It looked like there was a cross or a target behind the heart of the Mars symbol. But why would it have that behind it. It looked like the symbol of Earth, but shouldn't only Darien carry that sign? Does that mean I go for Darien too? Bleck! Leftovers, hell no!
Hey! You never know, right?
"Hey! That looks like Darien's and Pyro's symbol! What are those two doing together?! REI?!" Serena shrieked from her position on the floor.
"Don't ask me! How the hell am I supposed to know?!"
"Guys, let's not fight. We have more important matters at hand!" Ami tried to reason. Yeah, like that was going to work.
I heard Mina in the back ground whisper to Ami, "Yeah, like that's gonna work. You'll need the Jaws of Life now."
"Or the next best thing..." Ami whispered back in a sly tone as Lita got up and began to pull us apart.
Okay, so maybe, just maybe that'll work. It really isn't best to challenge Lita at times like this...heck; I'd rather challenge the shopping crazed Angela than deal with that. Speaking of which...
~~~~ At the current moment, Angela... ~~~~
The water was warm as I washed the final dishes for work, easing away the anxiety I had been feeling all day. Something seemed off. The flames were cold, the air was stale, almost a shadow of foreboding...but most of all was the inconstancy of Jake. He'd be his sweet beautiful self one minute, and a conceited jerk the next. And at times...at times he seemed as though he wasn't even there.
Clearing away the suds, I looked at myself. So pretty and full of the glow of fantasies of love. I could so easily imagine myself in his arms, comforted on those stormy nights of the alluring, yet frightening lightening. Unfortunately my eyes could just as easily, if not more so imagine me with Anton. Yes, I'll admit it; I created a little nickname for him, even if that isn't so far off from his full name.
My heart and mind are so confused though. Both are easy on the eyes, but Jake, that temper, is he really for me? My mind is yelling yes, but my heart...my heart is whispering no.
I stare into the water. What would Michelle say? Would she tell me to listen to my head or my hear...
The water began to shift and change, no longer just reflecting the image of me. I could see me, yet a smaller me washing the dishes just like I was a minute ago. A little Jacob walks in wrapping his arms around me, kissing my temple as I let out a slight giggle. A smile plays on my lips; he was always so sweet. Slowly the little him began to kiss down my neck; I blushed. The little him began to slip his hand into my shirt and the little me slipped away. I had backed away from him, questioning him for his actions, for he knows that I'm not ready yet! The little Jake just grinned cockily as he began to advance upon me...
Was that my fate? Was Michelle trying to tell me something?
Suddenly I felt cool arms wrapping around me as the image faded from view.
"See anything interesting?" Jake asked, kissing my temple.
"Nothing really," I replied, giggling uncomfortably.
"That can be remedied," he huskily whispered in my ear, beginning to kiss down my neck.
I whimpered.
"So you like that, huh?" he whispered, his hand beginning to creep up my shirt.
"No!" I yelled, slipping away from his grasp.
"What's the matter? Isn't that what you wanted?"
"No! I'm not that kind of girl!" I yelled back at him, thoroughly hurt that he'd do such a thing.
"Well then I'm sorry it has to be this way," he replied, advancing upon me...
````Chibi Hi ````
Across town a single soul awoke in sudden urgency. The foreboding feeling he'd been feeling all day had sharpened to a point, feeling as though it had been thrust into the pit of his stomach.
Jarod swiftly ran to the phone, frantically dialing the number of the café, working on instincts. The phone rang and rang for seemingly hours on end, but it was only mere moments.
There was no answer.
Only one thing ran in his mind as he ran to Angela's room. Her earrings...She wasn't wearing them; she never does when she goes to work!
Fumbling through her jewelry box, he came upon her hooked halo earrings.
"Thank Kami..." he whispered as he grabbed a hold of them. "Now which button was it?" he asked himself as he began to push random buttons on the earrings. First her locket fell out, then the saber. Various other items fell out until the thing he wanted, the thing he desired, fell out, her little white mini data computer with the golden emblem of mars and earth on it.
Now how do you work this thing?" he asked himself as he tried to open it, pushing random points and trying to pry it apart but to no avail. It didn't open until his hand accidentally slipped over the emblem.
As soon as it opened it immediately began beeping.
He wondered to himself, feeling like an untrained chimpanzee left on a spacecraft.
"Now I know she can hack into the senshi frequency with this. How does she do it?" he asked himself, scratching his head.
Suddenly the computer stopped beeping; confusing the heck out of him as the screen went blank.
In the shade of green only computers can proclaim scrolled the words:
WELCOME JAROD.
"What?!" he questioned outloud.
A tiny beam of light shot out of the computer, slowly forming a small image to the likeness of Sailor Halos herself. She was tiny and petite. She looked sort of pixie-like with her miniature white angel-like wings and tiny senshi uniform.
"Welcome Jarod," came the small voice of the little projection.
"How the?!" He began, unable to continue his sentence.
"I kind of figured one day you'd get a hold of this, and after your former self died and got a taste of your psyche, I figured you'd need a little help with your...computer ineptitude. So I placed a little bit of myself into this computer to help you," the little Halos replied. "So what'd you need help with?"
"I uhhh...I uhhh..." He stuttered.
"Oh yeah! It was hacking into the senshi frequency, right?" the little one interrupted.
"Uh, yeah..."
She just merrily drifted over to a small gold button and pointed to it.
"Push there!" she said excitedly. Then lightly lying on his lap with her feet in the air and her head propped between her elbows she continued, "I always wanted to see it in action!"
So he pushed the gold button, making the screen seem to split. It began to emit such a high pitched noise that even the little Halos covered here ears.
When it finally ebbed, she quickly replied, " Now I know why I don't use that if at all possible!"
The screen cleared back to normal and an image of Ami flashed onto the screen.
"Ami!"
She just looked at him flabbergasted. (AN: isn't that just a lovely word?)
"J-Jarod! What are you doing here? How did you get here?...HOW DID YOU GET ON THIS FREQUENCY?!"
"Angela's computer," he replied guiltily.
"Oh..." she replied, the information not quite sinking in. "WHAT?!"
"Listen, I really don't have time for this!"
She just put her hand over her mouth, taken aback by Jarod's sudden outburst. This was unlike his usual demeanor.
Softening his voice a little, he continued, " I need help; I need your help."
"Why?"
"Angela is missing and I think something's wrong. I need to trace her, but I can't work on this computer like you can."
"What do you mean? YOU hacked into MY computer! And what makes you think I'm so good anyways!"
"Please, don't make me beg. I need your help." (AN: Corny, ain't it? Don't worry, it'll get better and less corny.)
Sighing and contemplating on whether or not he was an enemy, she replied, "Alright, I'll help you..."
She paused, seemingly finally noticing what was now sitting on his shoulder.
"WHAT'S THAT?!" she asked, pointing a shocked finger at the little apparition on his shoulder.
He looked and saw as the little Halos nervously waved at him and Ami. "Hi Mercury!" she replied.
"ANGELA!!"
She just pointed to herself and innocently asked, "Who? Me?"
"Whatever that is, bring it over with you. The only way I'm going to be able to help you is if you tell me the truth," pausing a moment she continued. "I'll meet you at the Hikiwa shrine. I'm sure you know where it is."
"Wait a sec..." he began, but she had already clicked the screen off. "I don't know where that is."
The little thing on his shoulder, which was starting to annoy him, piped up and said, " Push this button," indicating a round red button next to the screen. Pushing it he got the accurate coordinates and directions. (AN: There is only one Little Halos, she keeps moving around.)
Leaving the house, he asked the little Halos in his pocket, " So what part of Angela are you anyways?" (AN: Maybe she's the little voice inside my head. She's now saying More French Vanilla Cocoa Please! J/K.)
"I don't know. Maybe I'm part of all of her."
"Part of all of her?"
"Sort of. Why?"
"I was just curious if you could help me locate the REAL Angela."
"No, but I can help you figure out where she's not."
"How?"
"Type in the coordinates in her computer, it'll scan that area for energy."
Thinking that it couldn't hurt, he typed them in, but only got a trace of energy.
"She's no longer there."
```````````Meanwhile Angela...
I slowly regained consciousness feeling coolness on my face and roughness around my wrists and ankles. I felt as though I was eating a dirty sock. Though truly, I felt as though I had been pulled through a taffy machine.
It all came flowing back in little pieces, drip by drip so to speak.
Jacob's betrayal.
He advanced upon me, smile no longer bared, his hands frozen in a clawed position. I remember then, those hands, wrapping around my throat, blocking the blood from going or leaving my brain. There was loud clattering around me as I reached for something, anything, to help me, but even that sound didn't attract help. The blood in my brain was stilling fast as I tried to fight in desperation. I had the good fortune of grabbing onto a full bottle of Windex, hitting him in the jewels with everything I had left. I barely remember hitting the floor as I began to gasp for air, my throat burning with every gulp.
As the spots from my vision began to clear, I saw Jacob crouched low to the floor. I hit him good!
"Serves...you...right..." I rasped, air barely squeaking through my seemingly pinched air pipe.
Those eyes, his eyes, seemed to light up like fire as he grabbed the large round rubber tubing from the dough machine, advancing upon me once more. Gritting his teeth I could hear him seethe "You bitch..." as he wrapped it around my neck. The world was feeling as though it was spinning 100 times as fast as he spun me into the walk in fridge over and over again. It was like as though with every blow someone was splattering explosive mud over my eyes. With every flash I could see less and less until I could see no more.
So that is how I woke up here, seeing that the cold thing I felt was a marble floor. It was a cool black, if you got an overview shot you'd see that there was blue and white mixed in, giving it the look of black fire, demonic and burning; yet it still is cold like ice. It's possessed fire, their symbol. I lifted my head up, staring straightforward, knowing they always sat at the base of the flame.
Stupid move.
My head thunked straight back down with the pain of a mindgrain.
"Glad to see you're awake," drawled the younger Alsessaly.
"You said you had something to show me, Jacob, so show me." Spoke the older one.
So bound and gagged on the floor I watched as Jacob approached me threatenly that night.
He knelt down to me, propping me unwillingly up into a standing position against a pillar. Turning back to the Alsessalys, he began, "Now you all remember the heart snatchers fiasco and how they could remove one's heart crystal." He opens a mirror and brings out a heart snatcher gun. "I believe, that if the holder does this right, they can control their victim. I will now demonstrate it on my lovely assistant."
He turned back to me, aiming the gun at me, he replied, "It didn't have to be this way."
He pulled the trigger and the goop slipped out, taking all my thoughts, hopes and dreams away in an all-encasing burning pain.
``````````Meanwhile at the temple...Mina
Ami just closed her computer finally and looked a bit pale around the gills.
"Ami? What's wrong? Who were you talking to? ... Was it Greg?!" I asked. Hey! I was just curious!
"No. It was Jarod, Jarod Hopeno."
"What?!" I asked, my face going red. "How did he talk to you on that thing? Does he know about us?!"
I didn't hear her reply as I caught out the corner of my eye Rei's mirror in the corner of her room. It was glowing a faint yellow, feeling as though it was humming, but creating no sound. It looked as though someone was passing by it, but no one was in front of it. Kinda creepy.
The thing, whatever it was, stopped pacing and seemed to look at me. It sent chills up my spine. Something inside me compelled me to walk up to the mirror. As curiosity goes, I decided to try to touch, to tap the glass.
My hand went right through it, giving it the felling of a warm breath of air alive with emotion racing through and around my hand. It began to automatically perspire with all the heat that encompassed it.
"Mina?" whispered Serena in the background.
"It's alright, my hand's fine, but it's so hot..."
I abruptly stopped my sentence, feeling something clamp onto me.
"M-Mina?" I heard Serena whisper, but I didn't have time to answer as I heard her scream my name while I was pulled straight into the mirror.
"Hello Mina."
``````Meanwhile at Damion's Martial Arts Lesson, His sparring partner````
I had just flipped Damion and suddenly he went pale. I didn't hit him that hard, did I? Maybe he needs a break.
"Damion, are you alright?"
Wiping his forehead, he replied, "Yeah, I'm alright."
Extending my hand towards him on the floor I replied, "Here, let me help you up."
Grabbing my hand, he replied, "Thanks Jamie. I'm glad you're here instead of America."
`````Meanwhile in the throne room, Anthony```````
I had come upon the strangest of sites as I had walked into the room for my daily report.
There was Angela, bound and gagged in her work uniform standing against a pillar. Jacob was standing there, aiming something at her. Then there was a loud bang and she crumpled to the floor. I didn't even realize I was running until I was at her side, my files forgotten on the floor and me yelling, "What have you done to her?!"
I didn't have time to even realize Jacob held her heart crystal as I touched her face, crumpling to the floor beside her.
````Chibi Hi```````
Somewhere across town, far away from the foreboding ship another person stood deep in thought. Overzealous smile fading slightly, she set down her theatre arts grade book. Taking off her glasses and turning her head skyward she whispered, "And so it has begun."
`````````````````````````Author's Notes`````````````````````````
There! Ended it! Don't' ya just hate it when that happens? Don't worry Chapter 10 will be out soon.
Ja ne!
~ Lady Hiko
Author: Lady Hiko
Email: ladyhiko@yahoo.com Ethereal Fein@aol.com
Chapter Nine: Halitosis
Insert disclaimer
Now lets recap what happened last time...
***** Flash ******
"... considering your mother doesn't know of your existence yet. I don't know, do you think I should let her in on our little secret Miss Hino?" I thought I heard him say, not believing it. "Don't use that name!" I heard her bellow back at him...
End Flash
"Could she be related to me..." I questioned, asking myself more than anyone else.
~``~``~``~``~ Rei ~``~``~``~``~
To say that silence insured would be an understatement. Lita's jaw dropped, Ami put her hand to cover her mouth, and Mina and Serena fell over onto each other.
"You can't be serious!" Serena gawked, as the others just stared blatantly at me. I mean really, did the thought that I could actually bear children be that unbelievable.
As I opened my mouth to reply, most likely causing a tongue war, Ami, being as reliable as she is, did speak up.
"You know," she reasoned. "It's really not that hard to believe, if you really think about it."
Flipping open her mini data computer and typing she continued, "My mom did say that that senshi that looked remarkably like her, and is most likely her, DID have a weird mark on her." She paused for a moment and then turned it towards us. " Here. This is the mark she was talking about. Doesn't it remind you of something?"
To say it looked familiar would be an understatement. The mark looked just like mine...well, sort of, it was different. It was green, two shades in fact, light green and forest green. It looked like there was a cross or a target behind the heart of the Mars symbol. But why would it have that behind it. It looked like the symbol of Earth, but shouldn't only Darien carry that sign? Does that mean I go for Darien too? Bleck! Leftovers, hell no!
Hey! You never know, right?
"Hey! That looks like Darien's and Pyro's symbol! What are those two doing together?! REI?!" Serena shrieked from her position on the floor.
"Don't ask me! How the hell am I supposed to know?!"
"Guys, let's not fight. We have more important matters at hand!" Ami tried to reason. Yeah, like that was going to work.
I heard Mina in the back ground whisper to Ami, "Yeah, like that's gonna work. You'll need the Jaws of Life now."
"Or the next best thing..." Ami whispered back in a sly tone as Lita got up and began to pull us apart.
Okay, so maybe, just maybe that'll work. It really isn't best to challenge Lita at times like this...heck; I'd rather challenge the shopping crazed Angela than deal with that. Speaking of which...
~~~~ At the current moment, Angela... ~~~~
The water was warm as I washed the final dishes for work, easing away the anxiety I had been feeling all day. Something seemed off. The flames were cold, the air was stale, almost a shadow of foreboding...but most of all was the inconstancy of Jake. He'd be his sweet beautiful self one minute, and a conceited jerk the next. And at times...at times he seemed as though he wasn't even there.
Clearing away the suds, I looked at myself. So pretty and full of the glow of fantasies of love. I could so easily imagine myself in his arms, comforted on those stormy nights of the alluring, yet frightening lightening. Unfortunately my eyes could just as easily, if not more so imagine me with Anton. Yes, I'll admit it; I created a little nickname for him, even if that isn't so far off from his full name.
My heart and mind are so confused though. Both are easy on the eyes, but Jake, that temper, is he really for me? My mind is yelling yes, but my heart...my heart is whispering no.
I stare into the water. What would Michelle say? Would she tell me to listen to my head or my hear...
The water began to shift and change, no longer just reflecting the image of me. I could see me, yet a smaller me washing the dishes just like I was a minute ago. A little Jacob walks in wrapping his arms around me, kissing my temple as I let out a slight giggle. A smile plays on my lips; he was always so sweet. Slowly the little him began to kiss down my neck; I blushed. The little him began to slip his hand into my shirt and the little me slipped away. I had backed away from him, questioning him for his actions, for he knows that I'm not ready yet! The little Jake just grinned cockily as he began to advance upon me...
Was that my fate? Was Michelle trying to tell me something?
Suddenly I felt cool arms wrapping around me as the image faded from view.
"See anything interesting?" Jake asked, kissing my temple.
"Nothing really," I replied, giggling uncomfortably.
"That can be remedied," he huskily whispered in my ear, beginning to kiss down my neck.
I whimpered.
"So you like that, huh?" he whispered, his hand beginning to creep up my shirt.
"No!" I yelled, slipping away from his grasp.
"What's the matter? Isn't that what you wanted?"
"No! I'm not that kind of girl!" I yelled back at him, thoroughly hurt that he'd do such a thing.
"Well then I'm sorry it has to be this way," he replied, advancing upon me...
````Chibi Hi ````
Across town a single soul awoke in sudden urgency. The foreboding feeling he'd been feeling all day had sharpened to a point, feeling as though it had been thrust into the pit of his stomach.
Jarod swiftly ran to the phone, frantically dialing the number of the café, working on instincts. The phone rang and rang for seemingly hours on end, but it was only mere moments.
There was no answer.
Only one thing ran in his mind as he ran to Angela's room. Her earrings...She wasn't wearing them; she never does when she goes to work!
Fumbling through her jewelry box, he came upon her hooked halo earrings.
"Thank Kami..." he whispered as he grabbed a hold of them. "Now which button was it?" he asked himself as he began to push random buttons on the earrings. First her locket fell out, then the saber. Various other items fell out until the thing he wanted, the thing he desired, fell out, her little white mini data computer with the golden emblem of mars and earth on it.
Now how do you work this thing?" he asked himself as he tried to open it, pushing random points and trying to pry it apart but to no avail. It didn't open until his hand accidentally slipped over the emblem.
As soon as it opened it immediately began beeping.
He wondered to himself, feeling like an untrained chimpanzee left on a spacecraft.
"Now I know she can hack into the senshi frequency with this. How does she do it?" he asked himself, scratching his head.
Suddenly the computer stopped beeping; confusing the heck out of him as the screen went blank.
In the shade of green only computers can proclaim scrolled the words:
WELCOME JAROD.
"What?!" he questioned outloud.
A tiny beam of light shot out of the computer, slowly forming a small image to the likeness of Sailor Halos herself. She was tiny and petite. She looked sort of pixie-like with her miniature white angel-like wings and tiny senshi uniform.
"Welcome Jarod," came the small voice of the little projection.
"How the?!" He began, unable to continue his sentence.
"I kind of figured one day you'd get a hold of this, and after your former self died and got a taste of your psyche, I figured you'd need a little help with your...computer ineptitude. So I placed a little bit of myself into this computer to help you," the little Halos replied. "So what'd you need help with?"
"I uhhh...I uhhh..." He stuttered.
"Oh yeah! It was hacking into the senshi frequency, right?" the little one interrupted.
"Uh, yeah..."
She just merrily drifted over to a small gold button and pointed to it.
"Push there!" she said excitedly. Then lightly lying on his lap with her feet in the air and her head propped between her elbows she continued, "I always wanted to see it in action!"
So he pushed the gold button, making the screen seem to split. It began to emit such a high pitched noise that even the little Halos covered here ears.
When it finally ebbed, she quickly replied, " Now I know why I don't use that if at all possible!"
The screen cleared back to normal and an image of Ami flashed onto the screen.
"Ami!"
She just looked at him flabbergasted. (AN: isn't that just a lovely word?)
"J-Jarod! What are you doing here? How did you get here?...HOW DID YOU GET ON THIS FREQUENCY?!"
"Angela's computer," he replied guiltily.
"Oh..." she replied, the information not quite sinking in. "WHAT?!"
"Listen, I really don't have time for this!"
She just put her hand over her mouth, taken aback by Jarod's sudden outburst. This was unlike his usual demeanor.
Softening his voice a little, he continued, " I need help; I need your help."
"Why?"
"Angela is missing and I think something's wrong. I need to trace her, but I can't work on this computer like you can."
"What do you mean? YOU hacked into MY computer! And what makes you think I'm so good anyways!"
"Please, don't make me beg. I need your help." (AN: Corny, ain't it? Don't worry, it'll get better and less corny.)
Sighing and contemplating on whether or not he was an enemy, she replied, "Alright, I'll help you..."
She paused, seemingly finally noticing what was now sitting on his shoulder.
"WHAT'S THAT?!" she asked, pointing a shocked finger at the little apparition on his shoulder.
He looked and saw as the little Halos nervously waved at him and Ami. "Hi Mercury!" she replied.
"ANGELA!!"
She just pointed to herself and innocently asked, "Who? Me?"
"Whatever that is, bring it over with you. The only way I'm going to be able to help you is if you tell me the truth," pausing a moment she continued. "I'll meet you at the Hikiwa shrine. I'm sure you know where it is."
"Wait a sec..." he began, but she had already clicked the screen off. "I don't know where that is."
The little thing on his shoulder, which was starting to annoy him, piped up and said, " Push this button," indicating a round red button next to the screen. Pushing it he got the accurate coordinates and directions. (AN: There is only one Little Halos, she keeps moving around.)
Leaving the house, he asked the little Halos in his pocket, " So what part of Angela are you anyways?" (AN: Maybe she's the little voice inside my head. She's now saying More French Vanilla Cocoa Please! J/K.)
"I don't know. Maybe I'm part of all of her."
"Part of all of her?"
"Sort of. Why?"
"I was just curious if you could help me locate the REAL Angela."
"No, but I can help you figure out where she's not."
"How?"
"Type in the coordinates in her computer, it'll scan that area for energy."
Thinking that it couldn't hurt, he typed them in, but only got a trace of energy.
"She's no longer there."
```````````Meanwhile Angela...
I slowly regained consciousness feeling coolness on my face and roughness around my wrists and ankles. I felt as though I was eating a dirty sock. Though truly, I felt as though I had been pulled through a taffy machine.
It all came flowing back in little pieces, drip by drip so to speak.
Jacob's betrayal.
He advanced upon me, smile no longer bared, his hands frozen in a clawed position. I remember then, those hands, wrapping around my throat, blocking the blood from going or leaving my brain. There was loud clattering around me as I reached for something, anything, to help me, but even that sound didn't attract help. The blood in my brain was stilling fast as I tried to fight in desperation. I had the good fortune of grabbing onto a full bottle of Windex, hitting him in the jewels with everything I had left. I barely remember hitting the floor as I began to gasp for air, my throat burning with every gulp.
As the spots from my vision began to clear, I saw Jacob crouched low to the floor. I hit him good!
"Serves...you...right..." I rasped, air barely squeaking through my seemingly pinched air pipe.
Those eyes, his eyes, seemed to light up like fire as he grabbed the large round rubber tubing from the dough machine, advancing upon me once more. Gritting his teeth I could hear him seethe "You bitch..." as he wrapped it around my neck. The world was feeling as though it was spinning 100 times as fast as he spun me into the walk in fridge over and over again. It was like as though with every blow someone was splattering explosive mud over my eyes. With every flash I could see less and less until I could see no more.
So that is how I woke up here, seeing that the cold thing I felt was a marble floor. It was a cool black, if you got an overview shot you'd see that there was blue and white mixed in, giving it the look of black fire, demonic and burning; yet it still is cold like ice. It's possessed fire, their symbol. I lifted my head up, staring straightforward, knowing they always sat at the base of the flame.
Stupid move.
My head thunked straight back down with the pain of a mindgrain.
"Glad to see you're awake," drawled the younger Alsessaly.
"You said you had something to show me, Jacob, so show me." Spoke the older one.
So bound and gagged on the floor I watched as Jacob approached me threatenly that night.
He knelt down to me, propping me unwillingly up into a standing position against a pillar. Turning back to the Alsessalys, he began, "Now you all remember the heart snatchers fiasco and how they could remove one's heart crystal." He opens a mirror and brings out a heart snatcher gun. "I believe, that if the holder does this right, they can control their victim. I will now demonstrate it on my lovely assistant."
He turned back to me, aiming the gun at me, he replied, "It didn't have to be this way."
He pulled the trigger and the goop slipped out, taking all my thoughts, hopes and dreams away in an all-encasing burning pain.
``````````Meanwhile at the temple...Mina
Ami just closed her computer finally and looked a bit pale around the gills.
"Ami? What's wrong? Who were you talking to? ... Was it Greg?!" I asked. Hey! I was just curious!
"No. It was Jarod, Jarod Hopeno."
"What?!" I asked, my face going red. "How did he talk to you on that thing? Does he know about us?!"
I didn't hear her reply as I caught out the corner of my eye Rei's mirror in the corner of her room. It was glowing a faint yellow, feeling as though it was humming, but creating no sound. It looked as though someone was passing by it, but no one was in front of it. Kinda creepy.
The thing, whatever it was, stopped pacing and seemed to look at me. It sent chills up my spine. Something inside me compelled me to walk up to the mirror. As curiosity goes, I decided to try to touch, to tap the glass.
My hand went right through it, giving it the felling of a warm breath of air alive with emotion racing through and around my hand. It began to automatically perspire with all the heat that encompassed it.
"Mina?" whispered Serena in the background.
"It's alright, my hand's fine, but it's so hot..."
I abruptly stopped my sentence, feeling something clamp onto me.
"M-Mina?" I heard Serena whisper, but I didn't have time to answer as I heard her scream my name while I was pulled straight into the mirror.
"Hello Mina."
``````Meanwhile at Damion's Martial Arts Lesson, His sparring partner````
I had just flipped Damion and suddenly he went pale. I didn't hit him that hard, did I? Maybe he needs a break.
"Damion, are you alright?"
Wiping his forehead, he replied, "Yeah, I'm alright."
Extending my hand towards him on the floor I replied, "Here, let me help you up."
Grabbing my hand, he replied, "Thanks Jamie. I'm glad you're here instead of America."
`````Meanwhile in the throne room, Anthony```````
I had come upon the strangest of sites as I had walked into the room for my daily report.
There was Angela, bound and gagged in her work uniform standing against a pillar. Jacob was standing there, aiming something at her. Then there was a loud bang and she crumpled to the floor. I didn't even realize I was running until I was at her side, my files forgotten on the floor and me yelling, "What have you done to her?!"
I didn't have time to even realize Jacob held her heart crystal as I touched her face, crumpling to the floor beside her.
````Chibi Hi```````
Somewhere across town, far away from the foreboding ship another person stood deep in thought. Overzealous smile fading slightly, she set down her theatre arts grade book. Taking off her glasses and turning her head skyward she whispered, "And so it has begun."
`````````````````````````Author's Notes`````````````````````````
There! Ended it! Don't' ya just hate it when that happens? Don't worry Chapter 10 will be out soon.
Ja ne!
~ Lady Hiko