Escaflowne ~ A Vision Reborn (21)

Escaflowne ~ A Vision Reborn (21)

Locked Up In Chains, Trapped in Walls

*~A White Rose Petal~*

A/N: Whew! I just got back from my grandpa's for Easter you know? That was interesting…this is the first Easter I didn't color or find eggs…I'm a LOVER of roller coasters…I love the height and all that stuff but I HATE bridges…walking by the water and have 'I'm going to fall, I'm going to fall…' Is not that much fun…the fudge was great though! ^_^ I love vacations…

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Summary:

Jin, Hitomi, and Tyler are locked up and awaiting Zatera…What's going to happen now that the only people who can save them are needed back home?

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Jin had tears running down her face. 'I can't believe I let this happen!' She thought to herself angrily. She was sitting on a wooden bench. Her arms were tied above her head in iron cuffs. Her feet were left undone, it wasn't like she could do much either way.

Looking around the room, you could see bones and and molding skin from people who were long forgotten by the queen. Jin wondered how long some of them were actually supposed to stay in here.

"Poor people…" She thought out loud, she rolled her eyes. "Lucky me, she's going to get me 'personally' tomorrow morning…" Jin grumbled. She pulled on her chains again. She knew it wouldn't do anything but she had nothing to else to do. Hitomi stared at her.

"Jin?" She whispered. Hitomi was far closer to her than what Tyler was and they could have conversations without Tyler hearing, like it really mattered though.

"Yeah?" She whispered back hoarsely. She wasn't used to being inside as long as she has been and in a strange way it was taking toll on her throat with no fresh air to go into it.

"Who was that man?"

"Which one?"

"The one that was curing Zatera? Or do you know?"

"I have no clue."

"Then about the one who talked to Wanda in the hall?"

"No clue."

"Damn."

"Why do you want to know?"

"I just wanted to see if it was possible that you might know and tell me something about them." Jin shook her head lightly, showing that she understood. She looked over at Tyler quickly and them turned back to Hitomi.

"Why don't you ask the lug?" She said jokingly. She tried to make a joke out of it but her voice couldn't reach Tyler. Hitomi smiled weakly and turned to Tyler.

"Tyler?" She croaked, loud enough for him to hear. "Do you know the man who talked to Wanda or cured Zatera?"

"The one who spoke to Wanda was a potion master, hired to…" Tyler said slowly. Hitomi and Jin both looked at him closely.

"Hired to what?" Hitomi said, going forward as much as she could. Tyler looked to the ground in shame for not telling them sooner, though they didn't know that. He mumbled something under his breath. Jin glared at him and squeezed her eyes shut. She swallowed tightly and finally croaked something out, loud enough for Tyler to hear.

"Tyler!" She said sharply. "Do you honestly think we can hear that?!" She said. Tyler swallowed at the storm that was running through her eyes. Hitomi saw the fear in him, which was not much different from her own fear at the moment. Tyler took in a breath and let it out again. He closed his eyes and bowed his head again. He brought it up and stared at Hitomi, knowing the matter would do more to her than Jin.

"He was hired to…make a love potion…" Hitomi looked confused. Jin couldn't keep attention very well because she was breathing heavily and that took all of her concentration.

"A love potion? So what's the big deal about that?" She asked him. Her eyes narrowed at him. They seemed like a trait Jin picked up when she was younger. Not like a family tree thing, just by being around someone so much.

"It's who she's planning to give it too." He whispered. Though she usually wouldn't hear a whisper from his distance, this one was different. It cut through the air and stung her ears. Jin looked at her and to Tyler. Her mouth opened as she realized what he was getting at.

"Oh my God…" She whispered. Hitomi's eyes widened.

"Van…" She whispered, it sounded hollow, an odd airy feeling in it.

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"In here you cat!" The guards said to a moaning Zatera. They opened up the doors and threw him through the door. Sending him spiraling on the floor. The guard looked back at and pointed to one the other guards.

"You!" He said sternly, "Tie him up by blond-boy." The other guard nodded and walked through.

Jin looked at Zatera, grief and guilt in her eyes. Zatera was to distracted by his stomach to even fight back. As the man started to chain him to the bars, a light flashed and hit his hand. He looked back at the other guards.

"Who shot me?" He asked. All of them looked almost as shocked as he did. Nobody from Zantaki was supposed to use their powers unless truly needed or are always at works no matter what. All the guards looked at him and around the room. The light seemed to come from almost nowhere. They all seemed confused. The one in charge just shook his head.

"It was probably just a-a light of a candle going out or something." He stuttered. All of the other guards knew better though. A candle going out would not have come this far, or hurt a guard.

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Van looked at his door. He threw everything he could grab at it. He grabbed the glass bowl, put it over his hand, and punched the door with it over his hand. It started to bleed heavily but he didn't notice it. He grabbed the grabbed the mirror and broke it. He smirked, though it had no humor.

"Break a mirror, get seven years bad luck." He whispered. He was about to throw a picture when somebody knocked on his door. A servant of Wanda's.

"Lord Van, you are to see Lady Wanda at this present time."

"It's upon the sleep hour, why is she calling it now?"

"She said if you were a awake, tell you of this."

"Tell her I'm asleep."

"I'm sorry my lord, but I can not." Van growled under his breath as he got over to the door. He opened it up and glared at the woman on the other side. He knew that she had nothing to do with this, but he needed to let it out on somebody that instant, and Wanda wasn't there. The woman swallowed.

"This way, your hi-highness." She said. She turned around quickly and walked down a few halls with Van following her. Soon, she came to a door with gold handles. She grasped them and pulled them open. Inside was Wanda. She was lightly weeping into a lace hankerchief. For a moment, Van thought she was weeping over what she had done. That was until she talked to him.

"I'm so sorry you have to leave so soon, Van." She whispered his name, as if she were far away and calling to him. Van shivered, he knew she was going to do something. "Is there anything that you want to see before you go?" She asked, a small smile on her face. Van kept his face stern and he cocked an eyebrow at him.

"What do you mean?" He asked. Wanda smiled at him, showing most of her teeth.

"I mean," She said, an oddly happy voice, "Any certain deaths?" Van's face left it's stern face and went to one of shock. He in took a breath and glared at her. "You seem to not know who I'm talking about…" She shrugged and looked at the window. "I suppose you feel bad, being lied to…" She kept on saying small things like that, and each one kept on getting his undivided attention.

"Who are you talking about?" Van was able to choke out. Wanda looked at, a fake look of shock on her face.

"Oh…you know…Jin, Tyler, Zatera…Iris?" Van looked at her, eyes wide. 'Iris…Hitomi!' He thought. Van looked at her, grinding his teeth together.

"You sentenced them to DEATH!" HE said, eyes blazing. Wanda started to get a little uncomfortable but didn't show it.

"They lied to me!" She said, trying to get a larger point than him.

"They did it for this kingdom's good!" He said. He shook his head at her. "This is over. I'm needed back at my castle."

"Their deaths are in three days, they'll be tortured everyday you're gone." She said to him in a calm voice. She put her hands in her lap, looking like she didn't just say anything.

Van started to breathe harder. How could he leave? How could he stay? He would rather stay with Hitomi and everybody he met, but doing that would pull from his duties of King of Fanailia. 'What the hell am I going to do?' He thought to himself. He lowered his hand from the knob and put his head against the door. He sighed.

"I'm going to get a messenger." He mumbled under his breath. He brought his hand back up to the knob and turned it. He stepped out of the room that was holding a grinning Wanda inside of it's walls. 'I did it.' She thought. 'The last step, is almost done…' She thought. She stepped out of her chair and went to the door. Walking out of it a few minutes after Van.

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"Allen! What are we going to do?!" Hissed Merle. Allen was pacing back and forth. Merle was swinging her tail in an angry like fashion, eyes narrowed. Allen sighed.

"I was hoping you came up with something!"

"Me? Why me?" Allen shrugged.

"I didn't come up with one." Merle growled.

"Nicely done."

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Fanailia (Moving along with the messenger)

"The advisors are not going to like this…" The young boy mumbled under his breath. There was really only one strong reason why he took the job as messenger. He got away from Zantaki. Most would not want to leave their homeland, but when things happen like they are now, you're thriving to leave but trapped in your own walls. He turned into the doors. There were two guards there, he swallowed.

"I-I am here to see-see the," He swallowed, "the advisors of, of Fanailia!" He said. The guards looked at him as if they didn't believe his story very well.

"Why must you see them?" One of them asked.

"I am a mess-messenger from Lord Van." He said in a rush, to get it all out so that they, both, would understand. The guards looked at each other and nodded their heads.

"Tosae shall follow you to make sure that you aren't lying." The boy nodded his head and went in front of Tosae who followed him and told him where to go.

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"WHAT!" One of the advisors yelled. The others had the same look of anger on their faces as the one who yelled. The boy swallowed again.

"Lord Van must stay for reasons that can be left unknown to you." The boy stuttered. One of the advisors glared at him and spoke up.

"Who sent you boy, to tell us that awful lie?" He said. His voice full of hatred. The boy, at the moment, felt as if he were in a torture chamber, that was a little better than Wanda's actual one. The boy shivered, remembering what she did to his father before she killed him.

"Lord Van, sir!" He said. The advisors looked as if they didn't believe him. The boy tried to remember everything that Van told him and his eyes snapped open in an earnest voice, he got out, "I forgot!" He said. All the advisors looked at him, waiting for him to finish.

"If none of you are believing me, a few advisors must come to Zantaki! If none go, grab someone you can trust and will tell you the truth!" He said. The advisor at the end of the row raised his eyebrow.

"I'll go." He said.

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The unicorn looked to the sky. The wind blew his fur from side-to-side but he was unaffected from the cold. He turned around and started to run to the castle. He stood at the edge of the forest on a cliff, looking down at the kingdom of Zantaki. Slowly waiting his time to strike.

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A/N: 'ello folks! Guess what! I'm learning FRENCH! Sometime (not the near future I think) I might actually get a story out in French! I'm so proud! Lol…anyway, sorry the delay about this story…I'm going to get Oh Together Again up in a couple of minutes…If you would like to see ~*:o:Angel:o:Hitomi:o:*~'s art for this, go here - http://www.merlesroom.homestead.com/escaart1.html IT IS KEWL!!!!! Well…toodles!

~AWRP

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