Dark Earth
-by Copycat1411
(surreal_1411@hotmail.com)
Rated R
Usual disclaimers apply, I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing so don't sue me coz I don't have a penny on me!
* sections in italics are dreams
Chapter One: Arrival
Screams were heard all around. The village was aflame and smoke filled the air. A boy no older than ten hid in his mother's skirts.
"No…please." His mother begged as tears of fear ran down her face.
The man with the fangs just laughed and grabbed the boy before setting his werewolf on the mother. The boy was made to watch his mother being eaten alive. Tears ran down his face as his mother's screams imprinted themselves in his mind. As the wolf had his last bite, he turned to look at the boy and licked its lips. The boy then met the same fate.
People were running…
trying to escape… but no one did….All around was fire, death and blood. The blood of the villagers ran like a river of red water. No one survived that night… and it was only the beginning.
"HE'S ESCAPED!!"
"INFORM HIS EXCELLENCY!!!"
"EVERYONE BE ON THE LOOKOUT!! WE HAVE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS KILLER LOOSE!!!"
He smirked and then melted into the shadows.
(forest - midnight)
"He's coming." A dark-haired boy said to his companions.
"Took him long enough," muttered Duo.
"…" commented Trowa.
"What did you find?" asked Quatre as Heero emerged from the shadows.
"Treize is planning an attack on the Sanc Kingdom."
"What are we going to do about it?"
"…sabotage hi – "
Suddenly a flash of something unidentifiable flickered briefly before it disappeared. It was very subtle but all the boys felt it.
An energy belonging to someone very strong….
Belonging to someone in distress….
"Did you feel that?" Wufei interrupted.
"That energy, so powerful," murmured Trowa.
"…" said Heero.
"It's coming in that direction," from Duo.
They ran….
Swift like the wind….
To where the trees parted and a clearing was revealed….
"Wait." Heero hissed as they hid in the bushes. They watched as scouts from OZ surround the unconscious girl with silver hair. "They don't smell human."
"Four scouts here, five coming. Quatre, get the girl. Heero, intercept the five. Trowa and I will get rid of the ones here. Duo, help out." Wufei said as his acute hearing tuned in on the enemies' conversation.
"I take no orders from you, Wufei," growled Heero as he merged with the shadows.
"Trowa, Duo, take on the three shape-shifters. Leave the vampire to me."
Duo was already shape-changing into a silver wolf. Wufei's eyes took on a more silvery colour as his fangs grew, he took out a wooden sword and prepared to fight. Trowa unsheathed two silver blades. On the signal, Quatre sent a ring of fire to the girl to protect her and by doing so, drew attention on themselves.
Duo sprang on the man beginning to change … but the scout had no chance. Before the transformation was complete, Duo had already ripped off the man's head with his teeth. He then turned and advanced towards the other fully-changed tiger.
Meanwhile, Trowa was gracefully avoiding the swipes of a clumsy bear. With every pass the bear made at him, he dodged and managed to cut his opponent with his knives. The bear howled with pain and rage and its worsening temper making it more careless. Trowa took his time and slowly sliced up his assignment.
Wufei was playing with his food as always – drawing a little bit of blood here and a little bit there. The other vampire got furious and lunged. The both landed on the ground. The fight lasted a few moments before Wufei got his prey from behind and bit.
Quatre was already gone. While the others were playing, he retrieved the girl and headed back to his hidden estates underneath the forest.
"Amateurs," said Wufei in disgust after finishing his snack.
(elsewhere)
"I wonder what they found," said scout one to his fellow work-mates.
"Wouldn't be surprised if it was dinner and a little entertainment," replied another earning snickers from the other four.
"Got to say, I'm pretty hungry, haven't eaten all day."
"A dead man does not need to eat," whispered a chilling voice from the shadows.
"Who's that?! I demand that you show yourself in the name of His Excellency, Treize of OZ!"
The source of the voice chuckled … the sound chilled them all to the core. Suddenly a scout fell drawing the attention of everyone else in the group.
"h-he-he's dead," stuttered one of them.
A cold laugh was heard again.
"Where are you?! What are you?!"
"I'm right here."
"Where?!"
"Right behind you."
Before the man can turn, Heero stepped out from the man's shadow with a barbed wire in his hand. In front of everyone he wrapped the wire around the man's neck and pulled…slowly. The wire bit into the neck and at the rate of speed Heero pulled it at, caused a great amount of pain. Blood rolled down the man's neck as the wire cut through and a gurgle escaped the man's throat before his eyes rolled back into his head. Heero dropped the man and looked at the others. They stood frozen for a few seconds before scattering in all directions.
He hunted them down….
One by one....
He always enjoyed the chase….(Winner Estates - underground)
"A day will come, Treize Khushrenada, when five boys and a girl will crush OZ. They will destroy you and dest– "
The old seeress was interrupted by her head rolling on the floor. Treize Khushrenada grinned evilly.
"And when they come, I'll kill them. Just like I have killed everyone who opposes me."
"Is she okay, doctor?" asked Quatre.
"Oh yes. She just unconscious. A good sleep will do."
Serena watched as Treize kill a little girl not much older than eleven in front of her parents eyes. She cried with them as she watched him fasten the girl to chains that dangled from the ceiling. She watched him lower the girl into a fit full of starved sharks so that the girls foot just touched the water. Serena closed her eyes and wished that she could block her ears to. The screams rung in her head and then she heard him say to her,
"When I find you, I'll do much worse than feed you to the sharks."
"NOOO!!!!!"
End of Chapter One.