Galerians: Reanimation
by
Hihana
Disclaimer
I have yet to find them on ebay, so I guess the rights stay were they belong!
Summary
Cain and Rita have returned from the data world only to find that something happened to Rion and neither could foresee the consequences….
Author's notes
The tenth chapter... I can't believe it, it's so late.. I'm really ashamed because of it.. not to forget the novel for Galerians, which is still being tweaked.. it's maddening. The prologue doesn't want to bend like I want it to…
I hope you all enjoy the chapter, even though it's more of a filling one than actual actions.
Reviewers from chapter 9
I seriously love you all….
Shaveza:
Thank you, I'm glad that you liked the chapter. Here is a bit of additional
information on Rion's condition.. Enjoy!!
SapphireLights:
Thank you, I'm so glad that you liked the chapter.. sorry that I haven't been online in the last weeks, but
real life is slowly killing me.. but here is something for you to enjoy.. So Enjoy!
tenshi-gosuperu:
Thank you for the review, glad to hear that you like the story.. as for you suggestion I fear I will have to
disappoint you.. Parano is still too fucked up for a relationship, even with another Galerian but still thank
you.. I hope you will enjoy this chapter as well.
Warnings
Violence and spoilers... please it's best if you know both games beforehand or have seen the movie..
and
RionxLilia in this chapter (yes Sapphire you read correctly..)
Read and enjoy... oh and leave a review pretty please...because I need them like fishes need water…
Bye
Hihana
(Annoying notes from the author)
"Speaking"
quotes, thoughts
telepathic contact
Scanned scenes/flashback
Last time …
At last her gaze fell on the person connected to the instruments and devices. She stifled a gasp. It was Rion Steiner, without a doubt. The blond hair was tousled and clung to the forehead. The whole face was sweaty and the aquamarine eyes open, staring at something neither of them could see. Rion's back was arched almost to the point of breaking, the breathing was erratic and uneven. The mouth opened in a silent scream, fingers were clawed into the bed sheets. He looked like he was seeing an unfathomable horror.
"Pat?! What's wrong with him?"
"Nice question Cain, I'll give you an answer as soon as I have one."
Chapter 10 Reunions and confusion
"What happened?"
"I don't know. One minute I was watching over yours and Spider's process, as the alarm went off. I directed Lisa to operate alone and came here. He was already like this and except breathing he hasn't moved in the last hour."
"It's like he is dead. The link between us is nonexistent."
"His brain activities have stilled almost sixty minutes ago. After that I performed a scan on his body and checked the room. There wasn't any equipment which could have caused that. His body is alright too."
"In short you have no idea what happened?" It wasn't really a question.
"That sums it up." Pat sighed and looked at the face of his longtime friend, the terror written in the fine features was enough to sent shivers down his spine and he had no idea to what Rion had been seeing. He just hoped, that they could get him back. Lilia and Elsa would never forgive him, if he lost him.
"I'm going to make another mind check, maybe I overlooked something."
Cain nodded but he knew that Pat had not overseen anything, the scientist was a perfectionist, he checked everything double and triple if that meant that everything worked in order. A mistake or something overlooked was almost impossible. They had to face, Rion was gone, wherever he was at the moment and they could only hope that he would come back.
The door opened with a hiss, Spider stepped in, followed by Nitro, who was, like Rita, only clothed with a bed sheet. Cain sighed and opened one of the cabinets in the room and fetched two goons for the girls. Both locked themselves in the bathroom to change.
Somewhere else
This place was unfamiliar, Rion knew. It was full of peace and harmony and could have easily been taken from one of those 'everything is alright in the world' movies, the old Rion had watched on occasion. He stood in a field, full of flowers. The chirping of the birds, the wind blowing strands in face. Looking down he discovered, that he wore different clothes. A white shirt and dark blue pants. His characteristic collar was missing along with the bracelets, he usually wore. Only his earring was still there.
"Rion, there you are. I was waiting for you."
It couldn't be, it was impossible. But there she stood, near the small stream, that parted the field, wearing a dark blue sundress. Her hair was longer than he remembered, the brown eyes sparkling, the lips forming that gentle smile. One hand was resting on the bulge of her stomach.
"Lilia, is it really you."
"Of course. What happened Rion? Did you dream something?"
"You're dead Lilia. Pat told me you died, the radiation in Ash's base. As he tried to revive Dorothy."
"Rion? What are you saying? Ash doesn't have a base. He is the chemistry professor. Radiation? Dorothy? Rion as we were fourteen, there was an incident in mushroom tower. Dorothy was destroyed and our fathers were also killed in that explosion. Your mother was so distraught, that she followed your father in death."
"Lilia? Who am I?"
She stepped in front of him, her skin not so unnatural pale like in the shelter, but a healthy peachy color. She literally glowed. Her small hands took his and guided them to her stomach. He suppressed a gasp. Looking at her, he saw how content and peaceful she looked.
"You are Rion Steiner, the best husband a woman can wish for. You are the father of my daughter, and the one of this little gift."
She pressed his hands on her stomach, his fingers glided over the curve, feeling tiny motions underneath her skin. A sign of life. He felt his eyes widen. Husband?
"We are married?"
"Of course, since I turned sixteen. Did you hit your head, while you were here?"
Rion embraced her, emotions, he never knew existed, swelling in his chest. His head came to rest in the crook between neck and shoulder and then he sobbed. Spilling tears he had never allowed himself to shed.
Tears for his mother and father, who were only faint pictures in a memory that wasn't his own.
Tears for the Galerians he had killed, bound by fate to die at his hands. Brothers and sister he didn't remember anymore than the persons who would have been his parents.
But most tears he shed for Lilia, the young woman he loved and never told. The woman who was now in his arms, her stomach pressed into his own. The one who was making soothing noises, her arms wounds around him rubbing his back. Sinking to the ground he hugged her tighter. Looking into her eyes he closed his and their lips met.
He decided if this was a dream, he never wanted to wake up again.
Far far away someone smiled at that thought.
Back to the Memorial Hospital
"I've got brain activity."
That was the sentence, they all had wanted to hear so desperately. It had been a week since Rion had fallen in coma, or whatever had happened to him. The other Galerians hadn't been able to do anything. Nitro and Spider had fetched Parano and Rita and Cain got Birdman. Only Ash seemed to have vanished. Pat had located the last Galerian two times in the last week, but every time they hadn't been able to find him.
The nursemaid for Elsa had been hired and was taking care of her, but there hadn't been a day without asking for her daddy. Pat was sure, that it couldn't be healthy for the young child. She was also crying constantly. Rion had said, that mankind despised him. While his words may held some truth, it was a fact, that all people, who visited his room regularly, cared for him. They wanted him back, even if most were former enemies.
Pat himself had spent the last week to check double and triple to ensure, that Rion's body would survive. At the moment it looked like Rion wouldn't survive very long, two days after the incident, his breathing had stopped from time to time. Then his heart had started to flutter. In the end Pat had hooked the young man on life supporting machines.
"How strong?"
Cain, who looked like he hadn't slept in a week, which he hadn't, almost jumped Pat. The blond Galerian was balancing on a fine line between reality and insanity since the link between him an Rion had shut down. Apparently as Rion had brought him back, their bond had been deepened. And now the younger twin couldn't exist without his other half. There were times when he simply sat on a chair or bed and stared at the wall on other occasions he was babbling like a child.
Rita hovered behind him, her mother sense had come to life in the last week. She had been the one to hold them all together. Rainheart needed her, and Cain wasn't so far behind. In the night he would wake up, screaming like someone was trying to stab him to death. Then he would sob in her chest like a baby younger than Elsa would. The psychiatrist had already confirmed two mental breakdowns in the span of the last three days. If Rion wouldn't come back soon, Cain would follow his brother, wherever he was.
Nitro, Spider and Parano had tried their best to help, yes even Parano. They all had talked to Cornelia Tucker and agreed to her conditions. All had gotten new names since Spider and Parano were clearly not everyday names. There wasn't much they could do though, Pat was the only one, who could effectively take care of Rion. Elsa had her nursemaid and Rainheart Rita. They had gotten to know each other better though.
"Not even close to normal activity, but at least we know now, that Rion is somewhere in there."
"You mean, he did that to himself willingly?"
"I doubt that. The human psyche and the one of a Galerian are nearly identical. He showed no signs of breakdown. My guess would be, that something or someone triggered the effect."
"But why does he not come back?"
"I don't know that Rita, either he can't or maybe…"
"Maybe.. maybe what Pat?"
"Maybe he doesn't want to come back."
"Why?"
"I don't know. Maybe he is somewhere better?"
He shrugged, he hated not knowing something. Looking around he noted that the others agreed.
"He better come back before it's too late, otherwise I'm dragging him back myself. And then I will kill him."
Pat shivered, he had no doubt, that Rita would do what she promised. He was worried too, Cain looked ready to drop dead. His skin was paler than a sheet and sweat formed on his brow. He had lost weight and his breathing became harder. He had examined the boy completely and what he had found worried him. Not only did Cain suffer psychical , but for some strange reason his physical condition worsened with every passing day.
He liked Rion's younger twin. He wasn't as serious as Rion. Given they hadn't know each other for long, but the young one had a refreshing attitude. Not to mention the fact that he was nice to look at. Fighting the urge to blush as a chuckle reached his ears he met the eyes of the red haired woman. Rita had minor telepathic abilities and no doubt she had heard him. Cain was currently not able to draw upon his abilities, lucky him.
"Don't think so loud Pat, someone might hear it."
He simple nodded before busying himself again with the data of Rion's brain activity. Spider and Nitro were currently on a mission. Parano accompanied them, a pack of rabbits had been sighted around twenty miles from Michelangelo city. The military had requested their help and since they were helpless anyway, the three had left earlier this day.
Cain simple looked at him, but Pat waved him off. Moving and speaking when unnecessary, should be avoided. It would cost him energy, he didn't have. Under normal circumstances he would had the boy tied to a bed, but the stubborn blond insisted on being here. Fool, who would get himself killed.
"I'll try to trace the signal of activity, maybe I can locate Rion."
"You do that Pat, and after that you will take a nice long nap. No, you will go and sleep. Take Cain with you, he will need the extra energy too. And no I won't budge on this. Of to bed with you." Great Rita in mother hen mode. With one last look at the screen, Pat secured the data and set the alarm. If anything changed in Rion's conditions a shrill bell would ring through the whole apartment, loud enough to wake the dead.
After all it wasn't only Rion's life on the line, but that of Cain and himself too. Cain would die if Rion didn't come back, and if Cain died Rita would kill him. No pressure, ha. Checking everything one last time, he took Cain's hand and tugged. The blond came to his feet, swaying dangerously. Pulling one arm over his shoulder he guided the young man into the guestrooms.
Tbc….
and that's it for this chapter… so how will this continue.. will Rion be saved.. will Cain die… does Rion even want to come back?
Find out in the next installment….