Chapter Eight: "Have you already forgotten the tales of our elders?" Tiany shouted to the wind, letting it carry her words to Katherine's ears. "How when the world was made guardians were placed on it to keep her alive and well. Once our numbers were great, but now they dwindle, and as our number dwindle so does the earth. Don't you see that? "And what about you, Lightning Count? Do you not love the earth? If my race dies, so does your world, you'll live in images of how wonderful the earth once was, confined to space colonies, clinging to a past long gone." "That's enough Tiany!" Katherine yelled, "Those are just bedtime stories for the children. Our race is cursed and has a history of sorrow, let's at least do one thing right for the earth." "You fool! You're not playing the martyr, you're playing the annihilator." "No, I'm doing what is best for mankind. The earth will live on after we go." "Risk it!" "I will, you know better than to dare me." It was only a whisper but everyone heard it. The words chilling those who stood and watched the scene. The Gundam Pilots, armed and ready to fire, Ena, standing torn between what to do. "Katherine, our orders are to eliminate the traitors. You have a clear shot at both, why aren't you taking it?" "Because they're too good to die quickly. I'll take them back to base and take care of them there." She was ready to capture Tiany when Ena apparated in front of her. Instead of the glowing chamber sealing away Tiany, it took Ena in her place. Helplessly, she beat on the spherical walls of her new prison, but the green orb wouldn't budge. "No Ena!" Tiany screamed "Get out of here! Don't you get caught too!" Tiany stood transfixed, "Ena! Disapparate!" "I can't, don't you think I tired that! Now get out of here!" Another cage, bubble like thing came down to retrieve Tiany, but this time she simply disappeared. Katherine look at her catch, " 'I betray my colony in order to save it.' Great line Ena. We'll go back with her. The others will come to break her out, but we'll be ready." Without another word Zech's and Katherine took off to headquarters. "No! Not Ena, why did they have to take Ena?" Tiany sobbed from her perch in a tree, only shaking leaves were the only sign that she was there. "Again, I'm alone." "No, you're not." She whirled around, "Trowa? How did you get up here?" He didn't say anything, he didn't have to. Around his neck was a pendent - a cat's eye. Glowing softly in the dark of night, "You said you knew me, and that was true.but I ran away, I wanted to save the world in my own way." "You always were a loner. I remember you now. I've been looking for you forever, why didn't you say something before?" His green eyes stared off at the moon avoiding the subject, "Let's go back, and Tiany don't say anything about my relation to you." "I won't, brother." she promised. "Tiany!" Duo and the others met them at the door, "Thank God you're okay!" "We have to get Ena back, I don't want to know what will happen to her if we don't." "Don't worry babe, we will. I'll make sure of it." His normally laughing eyes held a look a grim determination, "Even if I have to bring down everyone else with me, I'll get her out of there. It's no small reason that I'm called the 'God of Death.' " Maybe Ena hadn't been just flirting. "We should get some sleep though," Quatre interrupted, "I think we'll all need it." "No," Tiany countered, "I'm sick of sleeping through things, and I couldn't sleep if I tried, especially knowing where Ena is at the moment." "I'll see if I can find her location." Heero said, "Tiany, come with me tell me everything you know about the tracking device they use." The two headed off down the hall, but not before Trowa slipped something into her hand, her talisman. In tradition of their clan, when one family member had passed away, their talisman was given to a family member to use for their own children or children yet to come. In Tiany's case it was given to her brother, as a keepsake more than anything. "What kind of frequency is emitted from these?" Heero asked his eyes never looking away from the flashing computer monitor. Tiany placed the talisman at the edge of the mouse, "Why don't you find out?" He looked at her quizzically, "Where did you get this? I thought you said yours was confiscated." "It was, but it was returned to me. don't ask how, because I promised not to reveal anything." A few moments of analyzing and a group of complex calculations, he had Ena's location pinpointed. "Let's move." Tiany whispered. No one was going to stop her now.not now, not ever.







A/N: Alrighty then. I think about one more chappie and I'll be done.kinda freaky huh? Neway. This is for you FireDemon.see I actually wrote something. *falls over in shock* okies well, this is the point where you either review or hit the back button. ( I think a review would be quite appreciated.) ^_~ Ciao! Ice Eyes