TThe truth is known, almost. Of course, who are we to know a truth, only for it to be lies for someone else? Anyways, enjoy!
Chapter Twenty-one:
Iumi's(p.o.v):
It was all white noise. The radios, the choppers, the military, they were just white noise to me. This mission, my mission, would be the only thing I could think about. It was time to get Umi back. As soon as I find her, I'm going to make us both escape, then make her remember everything. I don't know how, but we were going to get away from Kiumi's clutches.
I flew down to my target, told the others to wait for my mark, but there'd be no mark. It was time to escape.
I stared at Umi, whose hair was growing long and nicely, like before. She was alone, which I'm grateful for. I slowly stepped out of the bushes and into Umi's range. She immedently sensed me and went into defense mode, but I already put up my white flag.
"Easy now, I'm not going to hurt you." I tell her. She doesn't move. "I'll say this now, I'm going to tell you something, something you might not believe, and even get mad about, but you have to trust me, what I'm about to tell you is the truth.
"My name is Iumi, and we use to be best friends. We were born on our home world of Hiysusi where there are only a small handful of men left because of the war. We were sent to Earth to follow the Trif as she would attempt to save this planet before the species here killed each other off. We had to do this before time ran out and she'd self destruct. Her home world is Endya, next to ours. There were a total of thirty of us, but many were lost.
"Our leader went insane and now only wants the Trif killed and this world gone. Her name is Kiumi. There are several other groups that know about the Trif and want her. Kiumi is one, the Society, Conya, and a group of Endyaians that want to take the Trif home. But I've had enough of it.
"I was forced to erase your memories, but hopefully I didn't destroy them all together and you can remember all this. Remember me. It time we go home Umi, go home and be happy together."
Umi stared but I wasn't surprised. It was a lot to sink in. Finally she looks at me and puts her arms down.
"I…umi…" That sound alone made me want to cry. "Iumi,"
"That's right! It's me!" I exclaimed. She looks down, sadly, then in anger at me.
"You! You did this to me!" She screamed. Suddenly she jumped at me, taking me by surprise. She was on top of me, about to punch me when I cried the fatal words that would destroy all my hopes and dreams.
"Help!" Without warning, the troopers were there, by sky and land. They ganged up on Umi, but she fought back. I heard screaming from somewhere else and Umi looked frightened.
"Iggy!" Umi ran towards the screams and I followed. We entered a camp not far off. There was a boy there, fighting off the many soldiers that were ganging up on him. One of the soldiers came out of the tent, hold a girl who looked like she were sleeping. The boy looked furious at them and charged, only to be held off.
"Terra! Let Terra go!" He screamed. Umi knock down the soldiers and grabbed the girl. Suddenly she took to the sky.
"Iggy, we must go!" The boy kept fighting the soldiers, but as soon as he was in the clear, he took off. I quickly hit the sky as well, following quickly behind. Umi noticed.
"I'll take her on!" The boy said, turning towards me.
"No," She handed him the girl. "I must take care of this." The boy took off. Umi looked angrily at me. "You want to be happy? You call this happiness! You hurt my friends, you were part of those who took them! It's not fair! You want to leave to find happiness when that girl's life is on the line for something she doesn't even understand! Then go find your happiness, but count me out!" I saw the boy returning now, but I didn't care. I was mad.
"How could you say that? You hardly know them! Humans! They deserve to die!"
"I might not know them that well, but they show me kindness and hope, even when I was a lost cause. Humans don't deserve to die. No one should deserve to die!" Umi said.
I stared at her, longing to get her back to her old self, but it was too late. Suddenly a chopper was right behind her, and without warning, shots clear as day pierced her body.
"UMI!" The boy yelled. Umi's body fell towards the ground, but the chopper's claw grabbed her and pulled her in, then disappeared.
I lost. I lost my best friend in the whole world. I lost Umi, forever.