once again i say Outlaw Star ain't mine so there XÞ
What is left to live for?
By Keiyo Meisato
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Jim took the blanket and covered Melfina's forever sleeping body. He stepped back a bit and looked at her form one last time before turning to leave the terrible sight. He couldn't find anymore tears to cry for her with. She had been like a mother to him and now she was gone with no way of bringing her back.
His head hung low as he parted from her.
Trying to erase the images from earlier, Jim raced down the hall in search of his aniki. He had pasted the kitchen, forcing himself not to think about what lay behind the counter. He felt sick all over. He was stiil confused as to what had happened and who had done this terrible thing, that he didn't see the hand before it was too late.
He fell face down on the floor, landing hard on his shoulder. Wincing in pain he grabbed his arm and sat up. He glanced back at what he'd tripped on.
"Aniki!!!" Gene was laying on the floor of the laundry room, his clothes thrown haphazardly on the metal floor. His eyes were closed tight as he lay in a pool of his own blood. The arm Jim had tripped over looked fine, but the other was a mangle mess of bone and flesh and blood. The blond was by his partner's side in an instant, his mouth wide with worry.
"Aniki??? Aniki, wake up!!!" Jim, half hopeing Gene would open his eyes, half expecting Gene to be dead was surprised to see the red head's eyes flutter open. "Aniki!"
Gene looked at his young friend and smirked weakly, "Jim....you're ok..."
Tears were running down his cheeks again. Appearently, he still had some left. "I have to get you to a hospital." Jim said as he swung Gene's arm over his shoulder. Gene hissed as knives of pain shot trough his body, and he forced Jim to put him down. "Aniki! Come on! I have to get you out of here!"
"You go...get the others and get out of here...." The outlaw began to cough up streams of blood that melted into the growing puddle around him.
"Aniki...." THe boy said timidly, "They......they're all ...." He couldn't finish as Gene looked up at him, his face pale. He knew the answer the boy was going to give him.
"no...." Gene slammed his fist on the ground, but collapsed under his own weight.
"Aniki! Please... I have to get you ...."
"Jim!" Gene cut him off.
Jim looked at his best friend with shining blue eyes filled with saddness and fear.
"Jim... I need you to... URGHHH!!!" Gene flipped over on his back grabbing at his chest.
"Aniki! No!" Jim was by his side looking over him franticly, not knowing what to do. Gene's movements began to slow; not in a relaxing way but in a weakening way. The red heads eyes began to role back in his head.
"Oh God Please don't take my aniki!" Jim prayed as he watched Gene convulse on the blood stained floor.
Suddenly, the outlaws body went limp, his eyes still open. Jims's face went pale and he reached his hand out to this partners neck. He counted and sat back slowly. His vision blurred and the tears fell like an endless downpour of rain. His aniki was dead. His best friend was dead. All his friends were dead and there was nothing he could do about it. He was alone.
Jim lay beside the still form of his best friend, brother and partner. Exaustion had taken over his small body and all he could do was thing , remember the past. How he first met Gene. He was only five. His father had left him in an arcade. Abandoned him, and Gene had taken him in.
He remembered when her first met Melfina back on Sentinal III. She had been so kind, so nice. He remembered going shopping with her and finding her a new outfit. And all the times she'd shared her food with him, like a mother would.
Aisha, almost like his big sister, who would tease him. And Suzuka. She was quiet, but had a kind sence to her.
They were all his family, but not anymore. They'd been taken away from him. His life had been taken away never to be given back.
Jim closed his bloodshot eyes and reminised on the fun times they had had, when he heard the sound of metal on metal. Someone was opening the ships doors. Jim's eyes shot open, but he didn't move. There was no reason to. He had nothing left to live for.
He continued to lay there until a broad figure filled the doorway. The man hesitated then bent down and lifted Jim's small body off the floor by his jacket colar. The boy's head rocked forward in a defeated manner. His eyes droopy with wet tears. Behind the tall figure Jim could see many more.
He came down hard on the floor as the man tossed him. He squinted his eyes as pain shot through his head. When he finally opened them again, the men were all around him, devilish smirks across their faces. One of them lifted a heavy boot and proceeded in kicking Jim in the side. He curled his small body into a ball as pain shot through his chest, then another kick came, and another and another, until they were all poundng on his small defeated form. His eyes were closed tight as the pain continued to serge through his body. Darkness began to consume him and he found himself slipping into and endless sleep. Im coming aniki, he thought in a whispering voice.
Jim....
Jim smiled inwardly. He could already hear his aniki's voice as the painful blows contunued.
"Jim....?"
Suddenly as quick as it came, the pain began to subside, melting out of his small body. His head still hurt but the kicks were gone, and the voice was getting clearer.
"Jim, wake up." It was Gene's voice. But why was he in pain if he was suposed to be dead? He slowly began to open his eyes. Blinding light pierced the darkness making his head hurt even more. He blinked and the brightneww faded, and there was Gene, standing over him sith worry in his eyes.
Jim reached up his hand to his head where the source of the pain was and found a small bump over his right temple.
"Jim." Gene sighed in releaf. Jim looked up at the red head and blinked.
"Gene...?? Is that you?" Jim said weakly.
"Ya! Who were you expecting, Peter Pan?" The outlaw smirked down at his friend.
Jim lunged forward and grabbed his aniki around the waist.
"Whoa! Whats the matter, Jim?" Gene said in shock. The boy didn't respond. The only thing the red head heard was the quiet sobbing of his friend.
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There! Is everybody happy now? ^^ i hope its ok im rushing cause i have to go to bed x.x ok well hope ya liked it ^^ Mata aimasho! thanks for readin'
