Crystal Magicians
By: Anime's Angels
Part Thirteen
She woke up in a cold sweat... her body ached...
Ryo looked at her, again. He swore she was calling his name. But she was
up now, and look
terrified.
"What's that matter, Cherri?"
No answer.
"Bad dreams?"
She nodded.
"Wanna talk about it? Get some fresh air? It's only two AM."
She shook her head.
"I-" Her voice cracked, her body now stable, she tried again. "I just want
to rest now... eat later...
and talk to you... about us... later... I'm just tired."
"Cher, we're together, that's all that matters. This stupid nightmare
scared you to much, ignore
it," he whispered, drawing her into his arms and kissing her temple. "Try
and sleep now."
It didn't take long for her to sleep again, her body was tired even if her
mind wasn't, but forget the
dream?
She couldn't even if she wanted to. And she did.
************
The Soul Calibur fighters, Mia and the Warlords, and others who had power
and were on Io sat
in the mess hall talking and eating. Their discussions were varied, from
how to defeat the Queits
to how many fights they had won before the take over, to how well they
'scored' last night.
"Joe shut up," Sophitia Alexandra commented to the handsome kickboxer. She
didn't look up to
see how her comment was taken, sipping her drink slowly, her green eyes
closed.
"You're just jealous that it wasn't you," he teased.
"I'm happily married thank you very much," she said. *Although I don't know
where my
husband is....* She forced the clutch in her chest away and shook her head
to get it out of her
head, pretending to shake her long blonde hair out of her face.
Joe shrugged. "Oh yeah I forgot," he said simply, his pride coming through
unscathed.
"Mia," Terry Bogard called to the woman sitting with her boyfriend at
another table nearby,
"have you heard from Earth?"
Mia sadly shook her head.
"And what about that kid, Yulie?" Andy Bogard added.
Mia sighed. "He's gone too! I don't know where he is!"
"Don't worry Koji-sama," Taki, the Japanese ninja, said softly, "he is
strong and will be well."
Mia smiled softly at the black haired, brown haired young woman.
"In the meantime you can think up the scolding and lecture you'll give him
when you see him
again," Ken remarked grinning.
Mia turned serious. "Thank you for reminding me," she said.
"Anytime!" Ken turned back to Joe to ask for more details about 'last
night'.
Ryu, Terry, Andy, Kilik, Siegfried, a large Native American named Rock, two
other Native
Americans Tommy Hawk and Nightwolf, Hwang, Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Jax, Jin
Kazama, Forrest
Law, Paul Phoenix, Hworang, Lei Wulong, Sekhmet, Cale, and Dais returned to
their previous
conversation, fighting. The women also began to discuss their fighting
skills as well. Eddie
Gordo and Maxi had turned to listen to Joe.
Kilik rolled his eyes at something Paul was saying that sounded completely
untrue when he spied
her. He nudged Siegfried next to him. "Isn't that her?" he whispered.
Siegfried nodded. "It is."
By that time most of the people in the room had seen her.
If JJ felt nervous walking into the mess hall, she didn't show it. She was
clean, her hair and skin
shining in the light, and her clothes were changed into one of the three
outfits she had found in
her package. The pants she wore were loose and dark blue with a white top
outlined in jade
green that was sleeveless and tight with a open violet jacket over it that
reached her waist and
was sleeveless. Her long brown hair was pulled into a five long braids, the
three in back braided
together, the other two hanging in front of her ears. She wore her pendant
proudly and carried
three books, a notebook, a sketch book, a pencil case, and a silk drawstring
bag in her hands.
They watched her as she sat at a small table by herself and placed the
things she carried on it.
"I wonder what she's doing?" Kung Lao asked the others as she opened one of
the three books
and her notebook and sketch book while taking out a pen and uncapping it.
"It looks like she's doing research," Chun Li said.
JJ was doing research out of the books she found in her package. At that
moment she was
turning the pages looking for information on teleportation. She was going
to find a way off that
rock, and she was going to find it now!
She didn't even look up when Siegfried sat down at the table with her.
"Hello," she said turning
another page her green eyes scanning it for anything useful.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"A whole lot better thank you," she said still not looking up at him.
Silence.
"What are you doing?" he asked finally.
She looked up meeting his blue-green eyes. "I guess I can tell you seeing
as how we fight on the
same side." She pulled her pendant off and set it on the open book. "This
pendant has special
powers," she said looking down at it. "What they are I don't know, that's
what the book here is
for. But it has something to do with the Queits and whoever is controlling
them."
"Someone's controlling them?" he asked suddenly very interested.
JJ nodded. "People who can use jewels like we can."
"You and your friends back on Earth?"
JJ nodded. "Right now I'm looking up on how to teleport so I can get off
this blasted rock and
get to where I can help them."
"Have you considered telling Mia this?" Siegfried asked.
JJ blinked. "Why?"
"She might allow you to come with us tomorrow to the surface."
"Really?" JJ was hopeful and her eyes lit up with it.
Siegfried nodded. "My name is Siegfried Schtauffen," he introduced.
"Janis 'JJ' Hunter," JJ said reaching down to pick up her pendant. She put
it on and got to her
feet. Siegfried got to his.
"I'll introduce you to her," he said.
JJ smiled and nodded. They began walking towards Mia's table when an
explosion sent them
both flying off their feet and onto each other.
"What the hell!" Joe yelled as warning lights went off.
"5 Queits are attacking! We have 5 Queits attacking! I repeat 5 Queits!" a
woman's voice said
calmly over the PA system.
JJ rolled off of Siegfried and got to her feet. Panic was breaking out
amongst the non-fighters on
the base. She had to do something! "Lets show them what we got," she told
her pendant.
Siegfried grabbed her arm and tried to drag her away from the large window
at the end of the
mess hall. "Come on! You have to get to safety!" he ordered.
JJ twisted out of his grip and began walking calmly to the window. "You
creeps want to mess
with me!" she yelled at the Queit ships and mecha that were flying around
outside. She stopped
and stood still ignoring orders, demands, and threats from the others to get
out of there. She
gripped her pendant and concentrated hard on opening her mind's gates to the
power within her.
'Beginners should open their minds to the power and let it guide you the
first times you use it.
Gradually step up to the mastery of the power of your jewel.'
The book said so.
Siegfried, Kilik, and Terry reached out to grab her and pull her back when
they were blinded by
sudden purple light.
"What in the world?" Mia breathed she and Anubis stopping to stare at the
mysterious girl.
JJ's eyes snapped open. "CELESTIAL DRAGON FIRE!" she screamed shoving her
hands
upwards. Light radiated from her hands at her targets, the Queit ships and
mecha, each bolt of
purple fire striking one and blinding or destroying it. JJ dropped to the
ground as soon as the
light disappeared.
"JJ!" Siegfried exclaimed as he rushed to her side. He rolled her over and
leaned down close to
her face to see if she was breathing.
She wasn't.
"She's not breathing!" he yelled.
Mia was at his side in an instant feeling for a pulse. She had one, but
without oxygen it was
fading fast. She moved JJ's head to open her airway and started artificial
respiration. The others
watched on in concern as Mia worked to save the life of the girl who had
saved theirs.
"The Queits have been destroyed, the attack is over, thanks to the purple
light and our men," the
woman said over the PA system.
JJ gasped her eyes snapping open, breathing on her own.
Siegfried swore that her eyes were purple when she opened them. He looked
again and saw that
they were their natural dark green color.
"Are you okay?" Mia asked.
JJ was pale and felt incredibly weak. *Okay, opened my mind up to *too* much
power that
time!* she thought idly as she weakly shook her head 'yes'. She sighed and
closed her eyes
letting sleep claim her.
By: Anime's Angels
Part Thirteen
She woke up in a cold sweat... her body ached...
Ryo looked at her, again. He swore she was calling his name. But she was
up now, and look
terrified.
"What's that matter, Cherri?"
No answer.
"Bad dreams?"
She nodded.
"Wanna talk about it? Get some fresh air? It's only two AM."
She shook her head.
"I-" Her voice cracked, her body now stable, she tried again. "I just want
to rest now... eat later...
and talk to you... about us... later... I'm just tired."
"Cher, we're together, that's all that matters. This stupid nightmare
scared you to much, ignore
it," he whispered, drawing her into his arms and kissing her temple. "Try
and sleep now."
It didn't take long for her to sleep again, her body was tired even if her
mind wasn't, but forget the
dream?
She couldn't even if she wanted to. And she did.
************
The Soul Calibur fighters, Mia and the Warlords, and others who had power
and were on Io sat
in the mess hall talking and eating. Their discussions were varied, from
how to defeat the Queits
to how many fights they had won before the take over, to how well they
'scored' last night.
"Joe shut up," Sophitia Alexandra commented to the handsome kickboxer. She
didn't look up to
see how her comment was taken, sipping her drink slowly, her green eyes
closed.
"You're just jealous that it wasn't you," he teased.
"I'm happily married thank you very much," she said. *Although I don't know
where my
husband is....* She forced the clutch in her chest away and shook her head
to get it out of her
head, pretending to shake her long blonde hair out of her face.
Joe shrugged. "Oh yeah I forgot," he said simply, his pride coming through
unscathed.
"Mia," Terry Bogard called to the woman sitting with her boyfriend at
another table nearby,
"have you heard from Earth?"
Mia sadly shook her head.
"And what about that kid, Yulie?" Andy Bogard added.
Mia sighed. "He's gone too! I don't know where he is!"
"Don't worry Koji-sama," Taki, the Japanese ninja, said softly, "he is
strong and will be well."
Mia smiled softly at the black haired, brown haired young woman.
"In the meantime you can think up the scolding and lecture you'll give him
when you see him
again," Ken remarked grinning.
Mia turned serious. "Thank you for reminding me," she said.
"Anytime!" Ken turned back to Joe to ask for more details about 'last
night'.
Ryu, Terry, Andy, Kilik, Siegfried, a large Native American named Rock, two
other Native
Americans Tommy Hawk and Nightwolf, Hwang, Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Jax, Jin
Kazama, Forrest
Law, Paul Phoenix, Hworang, Lei Wulong, Sekhmet, Cale, and Dais returned to
their previous
conversation, fighting. The women also began to discuss their fighting
skills as well. Eddie
Gordo and Maxi had turned to listen to Joe.
Kilik rolled his eyes at something Paul was saying that sounded completely
untrue when he spied
her. He nudged Siegfried next to him. "Isn't that her?" he whispered.
Siegfried nodded. "It is."
By that time most of the people in the room had seen her.
If JJ felt nervous walking into the mess hall, she didn't show it. She was
clean, her hair and skin
shining in the light, and her clothes were changed into one of the three
outfits she had found in
her package. The pants she wore were loose and dark blue with a white top
outlined in jade
green that was sleeveless and tight with a open violet jacket over it that
reached her waist and
was sleeveless. Her long brown hair was pulled into a five long braids, the
three in back braided
together, the other two hanging in front of her ears. She wore her pendant
proudly and carried
three books, a notebook, a sketch book, a pencil case, and a silk drawstring
bag in her hands.
They watched her as she sat at a small table by herself and placed the
things she carried on it.
"I wonder what she's doing?" Kung Lao asked the others as she opened one of
the three books
and her notebook and sketch book while taking out a pen and uncapping it.
"It looks like she's doing research," Chun Li said.
JJ was doing research out of the books she found in her package. At that
moment she was
turning the pages looking for information on teleportation. She was going
to find a way off that
rock, and she was going to find it now!
She didn't even look up when Siegfried sat down at the table with her.
"Hello," she said turning
another page her green eyes scanning it for anything useful.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"A whole lot better thank you," she said still not looking up at him.
Silence.
"What are you doing?" he asked finally.
She looked up meeting his blue-green eyes. "I guess I can tell you seeing
as how we fight on the
same side." She pulled her pendant off and set it on the open book. "This
pendant has special
powers," she said looking down at it. "What they are I don't know, that's
what the book here is
for. But it has something to do with the Queits and whoever is controlling
them."
"Someone's controlling them?" he asked suddenly very interested.
JJ nodded. "People who can use jewels like we can."
"You and your friends back on Earth?"
JJ nodded. "Right now I'm looking up on how to teleport so I can get off
this blasted rock and
get to where I can help them."
"Have you considered telling Mia this?" Siegfried asked.
JJ blinked. "Why?"
"She might allow you to come with us tomorrow to the surface."
"Really?" JJ was hopeful and her eyes lit up with it.
Siegfried nodded. "My name is Siegfried Schtauffen," he introduced.
"Janis 'JJ' Hunter," JJ said reaching down to pick up her pendant. She put
it on and got to her
feet. Siegfried got to his.
"I'll introduce you to her," he said.
JJ smiled and nodded. They began walking towards Mia's table when an
explosion sent them
both flying off their feet and onto each other.
"What the hell!" Joe yelled as warning lights went off.
"5 Queits are attacking! We have 5 Queits attacking! I repeat 5 Queits!" a
woman's voice said
calmly over the PA system.
JJ rolled off of Siegfried and got to her feet. Panic was breaking out
amongst the non-fighters on
the base. She had to do something! "Lets show them what we got," she told
her pendant.
Siegfried grabbed her arm and tried to drag her away from the large window
at the end of the
mess hall. "Come on! You have to get to safety!" he ordered.
JJ twisted out of his grip and began walking calmly to the window. "You
creeps want to mess
with me!" she yelled at the Queit ships and mecha that were flying around
outside. She stopped
and stood still ignoring orders, demands, and threats from the others to get
out of there. She
gripped her pendant and concentrated hard on opening her mind's gates to the
power within her.
'Beginners should open their minds to the power and let it guide you the
first times you use it.
Gradually step up to the mastery of the power of your jewel.'
The book said so.
Siegfried, Kilik, and Terry reached out to grab her and pull her back when
they were blinded by
sudden purple light.
"What in the world?" Mia breathed she and Anubis stopping to stare at the
mysterious girl.
JJ's eyes snapped open. "CELESTIAL DRAGON FIRE!" she screamed shoving her
hands
upwards. Light radiated from her hands at her targets, the Queit ships and
mecha, each bolt of
purple fire striking one and blinding or destroying it. JJ dropped to the
ground as soon as the
light disappeared.
"JJ!" Siegfried exclaimed as he rushed to her side. He rolled her over and
leaned down close to
her face to see if she was breathing.
She wasn't.
"She's not breathing!" he yelled.
Mia was at his side in an instant feeling for a pulse. She had one, but
without oxygen it was
fading fast. She moved JJ's head to open her airway and started artificial
respiration. The others
watched on in concern as Mia worked to save the life of the girl who had
saved theirs.
"The Queits have been destroyed, the attack is over, thanks to the purple
light and our men," the
woman said over the PA system.
JJ gasped her eyes snapping open, breathing on her own.
Siegfried swore that her eyes were purple when she opened them. He looked
again and saw that
they were their natural dark green color.
"Are you okay?" Mia asked.
JJ was pale and felt incredibly weak. *Okay, opened my mind up to *too* much
power that
time!* she thought idly as she weakly shook her head 'yes'. She sighed and
closed her eyes
letting sleep claim her.