Title: Nobody's Shadow
Chapter Four: Launchies
Author: Prophetess Of Hearts
A.N: how's this for progress on my stories? AND WHY ISN'T ANYONE PUTTING THIS ON THEIR FAVORITES!?
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"They seem to be handling this well"
"yes, but we can't have them sleeping in the same bed."
"They don't seem to want to other wise."
"They are isolated."
"Yes, but not the way you want them to be."
"We can easily fix that."
"I know, I just don't want to"
"You may not want to but you have no choice."
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The next few days went by with Usagi, Mamoru and the other 'launcies' as the older kids called them learning how to use the 'lazers' they were given in the battle room. The 'lazers' would illuminate a given area or 'freeze' any suit that they happened to hold the beam on for the proper amount of seconds thereby stopping it from attacking them.
The trips to the mess hall were filled with taunting by a few of the older soldiers over how close Mamoru and Usagi were along with remarks about how short usagi was. But appearently that had been allowed, unlike with a boy soldier that was younger then a few. The kids name was 'Ender' apparently. It was widely known about this kid, the facts that he had the highest score on the board for the games and the fact that he was the current genius in the school. All in all both usagi and mamoru were silently glad that they were not him. They knew that he would be harrased something feirce.
But they really didn't care at the moment about 'Ender' all they cared about was making it through their classes, which were still easy compared to when they were in the orphanage. They heared tell that it was possible to 'ice out' or in other words be sent back to earth. But there was no point to it, they hadn't heard of anyone ACTUALLY icing out, it was just a way to keep them in check. As a result they didn't really care about anything there.
Mamoru and Usagi spent their free time in the libary, or the gym or on their 'desks'; the thin computers that would do anything that they wanted it to as long as they knew how to. They had figured out early after looking over and over a 'fantasy game' that had giants and other creatures that told of a 'fairy land' that you could go to. As they looked over it they eventually found a way to make it so they could play it together, making it 'multiplayer'. yet even as they played they knew that there was really more to it then that. Oh yes, they knew that it would probly get back to the teachers of what was going on, after all... if they didn't have the monitors anymore then they HAD tyo find out what was going on SOMEHOW.
As for their time in the gym, that was to help them get Usagi ready for anything that may come in battles, and to also help her for when they got out of the 'Battle School' especially for when they had to go to earth once more. They knew that it would be cxoming, but they also knew that before that ever happened there would be a battle. A battle against the Buggers.
Buggers, it was a mean term for an alien race that had came against Humans in the past after the third world war that had happened in year 2001 A.D. The onlt thing that they knew about it was that it had all began on September 11th, 2001 when planes crashed into the 'Twin Towers' and a few other places. it had resulted in many lost lives and panic. And all for what? They didn't really know. But the buggers had come many years after that and had been stopped by one man: Mazer Rackam. tehre were amny things on the huy, mainly how he flew in on a suiide mission against the buggers and came out victorious. Other then that it was just propaganda about the man and such, 'Millitary Accomplishment' they called it. but it didn't matter.
Aty nights they would start off in different bunks until Usagi climed up into Mamoru's top bunk and under the covers. They always wore their suits into bed, it had been the condition against total seperation that 'mommy' had proposed. They went along with it, they just couldn't sleep in different bunks. At first the other kids had given usagi and mamoru really weird looks when they were found in the same bed, and they knew that word had probably spread over a major part of the Battle School about this arangement, but they didn't care.
This continued over the whole year, no major changes happened, and they noticed the only difference was that the kids stopped crying themselves to sleep over missing their parents, or sisters, brothers or friends. This didn't have any effect on the two though, all they really rememebred and cared about was one another. They didn't wantto be seperated.
And thats when their postings came in telling of the news.
Chapter Four: Launchies
Author: Prophetess Of Hearts
A.N: how's this for progress on my stories? AND WHY ISN'T ANYONE PUTTING THIS ON THEIR FAVORITES!?
------- ------- ------ ------- ------- -------- -------
"They seem to be handling this well"
"yes, but we can't have them sleeping in the same bed."
"They don't seem to want to other wise."
"They are isolated."
"Yes, but not the way you want them to be."
"We can easily fix that."
"I know, I just don't want to"
"You may not want to but you have no choice."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next few days went by with Usagi, Mamoru and the other 'launcies' as the older kids called them learning how to use the 'lazers' they were given in the battle room. The 'lazers' would illuminate a given area or 'freeze' any suit that they happened to hold the beam on for the proper amount of seconds thereby stopping it from attacking them.
The trips to the mess hall were filled with taunting by a few of the older soldiers over how close Mamoru and Usagi were along with remarks about how short usagi was. But appearently that had been allowed, unlike with a boy soldier that was younger then a few. The kids name was 'Ender' apparently. It was widely known about this kid, the facts that he had the highest score on the board for the games and the fact that he was the current genius in the school. All in all both usagi and mamoru were silently glad that they were not him. They knew that he would be harrased something feirce.
But they really didn't care at the moment about 'Ender' all they cared about was making it through their classes, which were still easy compared to when they were in the orphanage. They heared tell that it was possible to 'ice out' or in other words be sent back to earth. But there was no point to it, they hadn't heard of anyone ACTUALLY icing out, it was just a way to keep them in check. As a result they didn't really care about anything there.
Mamoru and Usagi spent their free time in the libary, or the gym or on their 'desks'; the thin computers that would do anything that they wanted it to as long as they knew how to. They had figured out early after looking over and over a 'fantasy game' that had giants and other creatures that told of a 'fairy land' that you could go to. As they looked over it they eventually found a way to make it so they could play it together, making it 'multiplayer'. yet even as they played they knew that there was really more to it then that. Oh yes, they knew that it would probly get back to the teachers of what was going on, after all... if they didn't have the monitors anymore then they HAD tyo find out what was going on SOMEHOW.
As for their time in the gym, that was to help them get Usagi ready for anything that may come in battles, and to also help her for when they got out of the 'Battle School' especially for when they had to go to earth once more. They knew that it would be cxoming, but they also knew that before that ever happened there would be a battle. A battle against the Buggers.
Buggers, it was a mean term for an alien race that had came against Humans in the past after the third world war that had happened in year 2001 A.D. The onlt thing that they knew about it was that it had all began on September 11th, 2001 when planes crashed into the 'Twin Towers' and a few other places. it had resulted in many lost lives and panic. And all for what? They didn't really know. But the buggers had come many years after that and had been stopped by one man: Mazer Rackam. tehre were amny things on the huy, mainly how he flew in on a suiide mission against the buggers and came out victorious. Other then that it was just propaganda about the man and such, 'Millitary Accomplishment' they called it. but it didn't matter.
Aty nights they would start off in different bunks until Usagi climed up into Mamoru's top bunk and under the covers. They always wore their suits into bed, it had been the condition against total seperation that 'mommy' had proposed. They went along with it, they just couldn't sleep in different bunks. At first the other kids had given usagi and mamoru really weird looks when they were found in the same bed, and they knew that word had probably spread over a major part of the Battle School about this arangement, but they didn't care.
This continued over the whole year, no major changes happened, and they noticed the only difference was that the kids stopped crying themselves to sleep over missing their parents, or sisters, brothers or friends. This didn't have any effect on the two though, all they really rememebred and cared about was one another. They didn't wantto be seperated.
And thats when their postings came in telling of the news.