She sat and stared out the window.
The view was amazing. A small french villa,
the inside rooms splashed with colors. A small double doorway, leading out onto
the ivy-covered balcony was open.
The last dying rays of sun seemed to be
strewn about, glittering as they danced through the rustling leaves outside.
The back wall facing the balcony was covered in mirrors, all surrounded by
painted frames. Flowers in vases sat on tables; lazily the blooming pedals
turned their faces to the sinking sun.
White irises.
A small shadow was cast on the far wall, as a
lonely figure sat in the center of the room; her legs were pulled up to her
chest, her arms wrapped around her legs as she sat, staring ever ahead.
Waves lapped at the vacant shoreline. Every
so often a bird would cry out, calling back the sun from the depths of the
ocean. Taking no heed, the glowing ball silently continued it's disapperance
from view. The sky turned a bright shade of fucha, then faded to a dark violet.
Soon, night would fall upon all around.
Sitting there, the girl took a deep breath.
It caught in her throat, but she willed her conscience to stay level. Slowly,
she allowed her legs to streach out in front of her, her arms behind her, holding
her up. Slowly she turned her head, her eyes falling on an all too familiar
shape.
The black metal seemed to shine, even in the
dim light. It was so sleek looking, so innocent.
"Innocent in appearance; pure evil in
intentions…"
She looked away, the balcony scene only
viewable in the corner of her eyes.
"How can I say that….it is my life. I
chose my path; one day I knew I'd be----alone…"
Like a revalation the depth of her case
struck her square in the chest. She wanted to scream, to fling herself against
the walls in anguish, to make the world stop being so beautiful..
..because it wasn't.
Gazing back out, the sky had settled into a
dark violet.
"I'm…we…..are monsters…"
She hung her head, grieving with the Truth.
The harsh Truth that had followed them as long as she could remember…but that
she had never understood.
She looked up, willing the sun to stop it's
decent..to hang forever in that limbo between times; she so hated to sit here
in this place alone. This place…so many memories…
Without realizing it she had gotten to her
knees, her arms hanging limply at her sides. There was another rush, and this
time she couldn't surpress anything.
In what little light was left, a small tear
could be seen streaking down her cheek..meeting the bare, wooden floor.
She clenched her hands into fists, shaking
her head as if warding off someone that was there.
"No…no. I have chosen. We have chosen.
And now…I pay for both of our…lost…lives…"
Her eyes again rested on the handgun lying
off to her right. It was beginning to disappear in the growing darkness.
And suddenly, she smiled. So much pain had
been flooding her…thinking about..him.
She crawled over and picked the gun up,
sitting back on her heels, tears still streaming down both her cheeks; her
voice oddly calm as she turned it over in her hands.
"We survived so much….you and I…we have
the scars to prove that much…"
She sighed; her chest was so…empty. She felt
as though she was touching the real world for the first time…
" Y……you where so..perfect. I loved you
so much…in my eyes…you….you could never die…."
A few stray tears landed on the handle of the
gun as she held it.
"This…after so much…it was..this that
took everything away.."
She stood slowly, holding the gun to her
chest as a child might do to their mother's hand…searching for some kind of
reassurance…
Walking slowly she stood on the balcony,
still cradling the gun to her chest as she closed her eyes…just four days…four
short days ago she had looked into his eyes…….
There he was, standing on the
balcony…staring off into the setting sun. He turned and his face brightened
some; an awe-inspiring change to that of it's normal state.
"Miko…I'm glad you're here."
She had just smiled.
"I had no idea…"
"You look so solem, staring out like
that Jaye. If I didn't know you as well as I do, I'd think something was
wrong.."
He turned his back as she walked up beside
him, both of them looking out over the ever-moving ocean.
"Not wrong, per-say….just…I don't
know. I feel like something's going to happen."
"I wouldn't ignore it then. With what
we do…feelings are something you don't have…they just talk to you when you need
them."
He nodded.
"Someone's getting wise beyond her
years, 'eh? Miko Miko Miko…Sometimes I forget I've been doing this longer than
you…."
He turned and brushed the hair out of her
eyes, his own eyes sparkling with adoration and pride as he looked at her; his
jet black hair almost engulfing any light that threatened to come close.
"Well remember this: You saved me from
them…you brought me here and taught me all I know.." She smirked,
"Jaye, you are the most skilled man I've ever seen or come up
against…"
With that his face fell some and he drew
his hand away, once again resting his arms on the railing.
"Miko. I won't be here forever."
"Forever is very far away. None of us
will be here that long. But you..me…..it's what we do. Cheating death."
"No…it's what I do. It's what I've
allowed you to get tangled int—"
"You know damn well that I wanted
this…I had no life back there. Neither did you. That's why you left, and it's
why I left as well."
He turned only his head, his eyes..for the
first time in years..showed compassion.
"If anything happends to you..I'd
never forgive myself."
But she had just taken his hand and
smiled, chasing away his fears for her.
"Jaye…I was taught by the immortal
black heart. We both shall be here for a long time."
And so they had stood, side by side,
engulfed by darkness.
A teacher and a pupil.
A killer and an accomplice.
A brother…and a sister.
She drew a ragged breath. That conversation
they had…she replayed it over and over in her mind…day and night.
"You couldn't die…you were a god to me…I
looked up to you so much…"
Bringing a hand up to her face she once more
surpressed a sob, tears again staining her face; the gun was clutched in her
hand.
"I must…must..be strong. You were so
strong. You were strong until the end. You deserve respect past all that any
can give you."
She then stood and walked to the balcony,
taking a single Iris in the same hand she was holding the gun. Sliding down a
metal ladder by the sides she silently touched onto the ground and, though
darkness was settling in, there was still dying light emitting from beneath the
waves that she could find her way.
She walked through a small garden set behind
the house; a simple fountain gurgling at the center. As she passed through a
small black archway her toes felt sand with each step. After a few moments she was
at the water's edge. From this distance she could still make out a small strip
of orange sky streaming across the sky.
A small breeze again quietly swooped around
her; the black trenchcoat she was wearing fluttering in the invisable force.
Taking the iris in her other hand she looked at it, holding it up to her face,
her arm holding the gun at her side.
"No one understands..no one is leading
this life like we…I am. This coldness gripping me…it's..it's total and utter
lonliness…"
Lowering the flower she brought the gun up,
studying it in the ill-light. She had memorized it..and every time she looked
at it the face of it's owner sprang to her mind..
"He paid for his charge…I did what
anyone would do, didn't I Jaye…? I did what you taught me to…I did what anyone
in our line of work would do for their fallen…partner..?"
She sighed, gazing up at the heavens and held
her arms out to her sides, pleading for an answer.
"But..we were not partners…we're human.
We're monsters. We're killers…..dammit Jaye I don't know what I am! Why didn't
I ever feel pain like this before..!? Why didn't I suffer for the lives I
took?? Why didn't you tell me that you wouldn't…."
"..be here forever…?"
She squeezed her eyes shut and then, with all
her strength hurled the black abomination out into the sea. Though her eyes
were closed she heard the splash as it hit, some ways off. Opening them slowly,
she gazed out at the almost totally darkened sky. Sitting back in the sand on
her butt she rested her elbows on her knees, the flower held in both her
hands..
"You taught me to care for nothing, as
the world showed us from the beginning…why is it that I finally understand the
pain you've felt from the start….and now…I must suffer alone…"
"…as for all those years we worked
together…you did…"
Leaning forward she placed the iris on the
dampened sand and stood, turning her back on the ocean and walked back to the
house, dissappearing through the familiar archway.
Another wind picked up, tossing the iris in
the air and flitting it this way and that..as if playing with it in the air. It
flew out over the sea, destined to rest somewhere in it's depths.
Miko had climbed the stairs and was once
again standing on the balcony. Darkness had taken over, so though she was
gazing out, she wasn't seeing anything.
"Just four short days ago, Jaye…there
was so much I never asked..so much you never told me…"
Her head hung and she whispered the words out
to the night, a sudden warm breeze flying through the room, rustling all the
flowers nearby..
"……that you wouldn't be here
forever…"
"I miss you so much, Jaye…."
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Miko:
=| DAMMIT SAGE!! What's wrong with you..?!?! You're not supposed to give
THAT much away…*grumbleexplicetmutter*
You havn't even written the main story yet…
#^___^#
Riii-iight…I know..I know…Well the people don't know that!!! In fact..I'm sure they're very confused as
of now..
Kalli:
You've still got to introduce me.
Thorn:
Me too!!! Grr..
*sweatdrop*
o.o;; erm..right..I know…
Jaye: HEY!!
I DON'T WANT TO DI—*has a hand clamped over his mouth*
=D RIGHT!!
Well everyone…this is a major spoiler if I ever get around to writing an actually
long fic that introduces my charries and their pasts…so…if I do…consider yourselves
enlightened!!! -_-() Ahh the things my mind
spits out at 2 am…*slinks off*
Jaye:
I STILL DON'T WANNA DI--*dragged off* ()¬_¬
[PS…Sage,
Miko, Thorn, Kalli and Jaye, along with any other mentioned characters are © to me. Steal
them..and I'll beat zee crap outta you.
Have a blow pop.]
