Title: The Curse of Immortality: Sequal
By: Cheska-chan
Chapter: 11
E-Mail address: Minnashime@aol.com or AngellicSnow@aol.com
PG13
Disclaimer: *approaches two doors*
Choose one or the other. Goes towards the right one and opens it.
Walks down a long corridor. Approaches three doors. Choose one.
Chooses the center. Goes through a long, winding passage. This time
only one candle towards a cave. Picks it up and lights the way.
Finds two cave entrances. Chooses the right. After awhile chooses
the left now. Finally a box could be seen. A note on top.
Congratulations!
We congratulate you on your journey to get to here to find the
results of your initiation to our circle of owning a great anime!
Open it up and there should be a note saying whether you're in or not.
~Anonymous
Puts down the note and opens the box. A lone note is there.
We praise your bravery and willingness to go through the long and
strenous task of finding your way to this one area.
However, we regret ((*cough*)) to inform you that we must kindly
reject your offer of joining the team. Try again next year or
maybe way, way later than that. Good luck to your future.
~Anonymous Team.
Turns to the others.
Cheska: It seems that I don't own any type of anime. GW/SM/or DBZ.
Author's Notes: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! ^_^
Hope all of you will or has received a great Christmas and New Year!
I already opened my gifts...before Christmas...way before. Heheh...
Not sure if I'm receiving anymore. *sigh*
Anyways, here's an added chapter for you dear readers! ^^
Hope you'll enjoy it...or maybe not. I'm just making this up as I
go along...so I don't know what will come up ahead until later on.
Then I just add my thoughts to it in this author's notes. Weird, ne?
WEll here goes the chapter!
***********
Later that day, all the classes were gathered into a large
conference room located on the Central Building down below. It turns
out there was another floor down below. Supposedly used for meetings
and such. Whispers and chatter flew around as they waited for whoever
to show up.
"So many people,"Hotaru leaned next to her and whispered to her ear.
Serena could only nod, her stoic facade facing frontwards.
"Greetings fellow students and teachers. As you know, I am the
Dean of this University. Setsuna Meiou. I am here to inform you
that I have received word from the Vice Foreign Minister, Relena
Darlian Peacecraft,"announced Setsuna Meiou.
At that word, everyone's interest perked up at what she will
tell them. The pilots and Hotaru were already listening. All wondering
what could be so important as to gather every classroom to meet
in this room. All the rows were stacked up, from inward to outward.
Bottom to top. ((Like the one in GW where those nations met in that
one area or that other part when Peacecraft was preaching and Heero
was at that balcony thing keeping an eye *rolls eyes at that thought*))
Continuing on the Dean of the University took a steady breath and
placed her small glasses on. She stared down on the podium near the
microphone placed there and read the index card she brought with her.
"I shall dictate what has been passed on to me,"began the Dean.
"To those of Earth and the Colonies. It is to my
grievance that I must pass on this troublesome event. Mariemaeia and
Lady Une has passed away, due to sudden death by some unknown
force. At this moment, we don't know who or what did this. All we
know is that it is not caused by natural causes. The doctors and
the scientists have been summoned to analyze any possibilities.
After several days of secret observations, they have come up with
the results. A day before they told me about those results another
soldier has passed by Miss Noin and Milliardo Peacecraft's base. They have
brought me the same news of what they've heard. Both sides: the
soldier's report and the specialists are equivalent. This is what
has been said. Signs of struggles have been noticed. Both believe
that is the struggle to survive, meaning during their death.
The second is that they have taken blood samples and any clue to
who could have done the murder. There were no signs. Three days
after those reports, another soldier found something. A sign.
It is quite an odd signature and I doubt it is something to
worry about, but I shall not keep anything from you. In this
paper, I enclosed a picture of the insignia. That is all.
I feel grieved over Mariemaeia and Lady Une's death but we all
must move on. For a better, brighter future. And we shall find
the culprit(s) who have done this injustice. But keep in mind
that violence is not the answer, peace must be resolved.
Vice Foreign Minister
Relena Peacecraft." ended Setsuna Meiou and took off her spectacles
and stared out at the students.
Stepping a few steps back from the podium, the lights around them
grew dimmer and a light showed forth. The sign that the murderer
gave out blazed, enlarged for all to see. What Serena and Hotaru
saw, shocked them. A red rose was there surrounded by dark, black
petals circled around that full bloom of a blood red, velvety rose.
A tear drop fell from Serena's crystalline blue eyes as she
stared, unmoving. Hotaru placed a comforting hand on Serena's hand
to support her and stared as well.
(Who could do such a thing? Rose is meant for love, isn't it?
Why use a rose for an emblem of darkness? Those black petals....
must be the reason for evil. The only one who used roses
to fight was....Tuxedo Mask, Enymion, Dark Endymion, and...Neo-King
Endymion. Darien...Mamoru..Chiba. Could it? No...no, he would
never! Never ever do this! So who could?)Serena scrunched up
her face, pondering over the situation and stared over at Hotaru.
She was sorting it out as well.
Suddenly a slight beeping sound came from her right side. Veering
her head, she noticed that Heero brought his laptop and was now
opening the mail.
"Urgent,"grunted Heero and read the contents. Quickly, he shut down the
laptop and zoomed off. Dodging and swiftly fleeing the site. In that
process he growled and the students near him instantly jumped off to the
side, wanting to avoid the 'Perfect Solider.'
After his start of a mad dash, Serena took off after him followed by
Hotaru and soon the other guys as well. From far away, Setsuna saw
them go off and sadness spread across her ageless face.
(It has begun.)Setsuna took notice off and left the conference room.
The other students saw the Dean leave and what was left of the University
went off as well. Earlier on, after showing the emblem, students began leaving
as well as teachers but some have stayed..to see what else may show up. But
seeing the Dean exit the room meant nothing more was needed to say, so now
they began to leave.
****************
"Heero! Heero!"shouted Serena as she ran, trying to catch up.
The Perfect Soldier didn't slow down though, all he did was run trying to
get to the site he needed to get to.
After a few minutes of silence and running feet upon the hallway tiles,
the two have arrived in front of a black motorcycle. Heero got on and
instantly started up the transportation vehicle. Serena hopped on and
grabbed ahold of his waist and held on. Heero took off, neither one wearing
a helmet.
Hotaru and the others arrived in time to see Heero and Serena go down the
road, disappearing over the horizon on a motorcycle.
"They left. Without us,"Hotaru sighed and turned to the other four pilots.
"No clue where they could be,"shrugged Duo and Quatre shook his head.
"We'll take your car, if you don't mind Quatre,"Hotaru turned to the kind,
platinum blond haired boy.
"Of course,"Quatre agreed.
Getting on, Hotaru was at the driver's seat.
"Do you know how to drive, Hotaru?"asked an uneasy Duo.
"Why do you ask, don't you trust me Duo?"Hotaru turned to Duo, her eyes
gleaming with slight specks of water.
"Of course!"Duo replied, a bit too quickly.
Smirking, Hotaru turned on the ignition key and the car hummed to life.
The passengers in the car grew unsteady and strapped on their seatbelts.
Double checking to make sure it was tight and prepared for the worse.
Hotaru gingerly backed up the car and did all the right signals, as if she's
been driving all her life and once they got out of the parking perfectly
okay. All of the guys sighed in relief and came to believe she wouldn't
crash them.
Hotaru bit her lip hesitantly and her dark eyes inspected the land before her.
Her pupils darting here and there, wondering and deciding.
"Hotaru? Hotaru? Are you okay?"Duo asked beside her.
"Oh, oh yeah. I'm okay. Just concluding where those two could..
be,"Hotaru started out uncertain and slow but she paused near the end and her
eyes shined with mirth as she smirked.
"Narrowed it down, let's go,"Hotaru shifted gears on the sports
car and pressed hard on the gas petal.
After 7 seconds the car was driving down the road way above the
speed limit of an average 30 miles to now 80mph.
"Gahhh!! Hotaru!! Who taught you how to drive like this?!"Duo shouted
from the side, his eyes wide.
"Shh.."Hotaru ignored him and focused on the road.
************
"Heero? Are you ever going to tell me what was on that
mail?"Serena asked.
"Hnn..from the doctors,"Heero finally said.
"The doctors...hmm.."Serena lowered her eyes, wondering what it could be.
After a few minutes, they changed lanes.
"Sankan is the problem,"Heero relented.
"Sankan?!"Serena exclaimed, her crystalline blue eyes widening in worry.
(Sankan, please be safe!)Serena prayed.
"He's been...well taken by the enemy,"Heero monotoned.
"The enemy, any clue to who this is?"Serena asked.
"Hn."Heero grunted, wanting to avoid saying who it was.
"Tell me,"Serena glared and hugging his waist tighter.
"Makura,"Heero gave in, his voice gruff.
"Makura?"Serena echoed and stayed silent after that.
(She's been brought back as well? But why would she take Sankan?
My Sankan? Does she know that he's....? How? And the base?
In what way could Makura get in the base?!)Serena's mind was in a whirl
but she shook it off.
(It doesn't really matter. As long as we get Sankan back, everything
will be alright. Everything.)Serena resolved and focused on the path
in front of them.
***************
"This is the outside world, Sankan. How long it's been since
you've seen the fresh air and sunshine, eh?"Dr. O told the child
next to him.
"Outside, it's so bright,"Sankan commented, scrunching up his
face and observing humanity and nature mixed together with science.
"We are on Earth, this is natural,"Dr. H added.
"Birds..."Sankan murmered.
"Yes, those are birds. To be precise they're seagulls because they
live out by the ocean,"Dr. J explained.
"Those people, they're so happy on this bright and sunny day,"Sankan noticed.
"They're a family, Sankan. Like we are your family, except they're
life is much more carefree and they don't have to worry about the war
as much as your family does,"informed Dr. G.
"Why?"Sankan wondered.
"Because that's the life that has been chosen for you,"Dr. S uttered.
Suddenly a little boy came up to Sankan with a smile on his face.
So pure and innocent, just as he was right now.
"Do you want to play?"the boy asked.
"Play? Play what?"Sankan asked. It's been a long time since he
last played and that was when all of them were together unlike now. This
boy was like a little older than him by two years and he appeared more
childish than he was.
"Building a sand..sandcastle,"sputtered the little boy.
"May I?"Sankan spun around to face the five scientists and they stared
at one another for a moment before agreeing to the request of this
unfamiliar child.
"Let's go!"the boy exclaimed and grabbed a hold of Sankan's hand and
dragged off.
A few minutes later, the two boys set to work and a couple came around.
A man of his 30's and a woman in her late 20's. Both stopped a few feet
away from the two boys and the woman bent down and spoke to the little
boy that Sankan just met. She smiled and then got up and the two continued
on down the beach arm in arm.
"That was your mom?"Sankan wanted to make sure.
"Yeah and my dad,"the little boy answered, unfazed by the question.
"Dad?"Sankan cocked her head and stared at the little boy.
"Yeah, dad. All of us little kids have one!"the little boy explained
to him and scrunched up his face,"Don't you have a dad?"
"A dad? I never had a dad before, at least none that I know about,"Sankan said
to him.
"That's weird. Doesn't your mommy kiss a guy and tell him to go
do stuff and order him about and he goes and does that stuff?"the little boy
spoke.
"Uhmm...no, she doesn't. But she does live in a house full of
guys, but they're only my uncles and my one aunt,"Sankan shook his head.
"Oh, I have those too! My uncles and aunts acts weird whenever I
show up. They always crowd me and try pinching my cheeks and
talks all weird,"the little boy blurted, touching his cheek as if reliving
that moment.
"Oh..I wonder where my dad is,"Sankan's voice was vocalized distant.
"Maybe when you get back, you'll ask her. Where's your mom?"the little
boy asked, piling more sand along with Sankan.
"Uhmm..she went away and left me with these people. She said she'll
be back and she will since she came back a while ago. She's in a long
term work, you see..."Sankan explained.
"Oh..my parents go to those too,"nodded the little boy and that
finalized their conversation for awhile.
Later on, a shadow fell across the half built sandcastle and looking
up the two boys saw a woman in front of them. She had midnight black
hair resembling Darien's and ocean blue eyes. It was as if she was
a twin of Darien except in woman form with now slightly longer hair reaching
a bit past her shoulders. A small smile appeared on her red lips.
"Hello..."the woman greeted them.
The little boy got up and stared up at her. He shuddered a bit and gulped
down, trying to hide his nervous attitude. He put his hands in a tight
fist and stared at her.
"May we help you?"the little boy stuttered in as much of a polite manner
he could accomplish.
"Indeed, you may,"the woman smirked.
"Who are you?"Sankan asked.
"A relative of yours....may I ask your name?"the woman crouched down
to meet Sankan's lavender eyes.
"A relative? Mommy never said I had another relative,"Sankan shook his head.
"But you didn't know you had a da..."the little boy began but snapped
his mouth shut at almost completing his sentence.
The woman smiled larger at the talkative boy to her side.
"Well I am, my name is Makura..."the woman held out her hand to shake his.
"I'm...the son of..my mommy.."Sankan was unsure of what to say.
(What can I use? She's a stranger, I don't think she is related to me.
She looks evil in a way..and scary. Is she a bad guy like Uncle Duo
and Uncle Trowa talks about? A worker..a worker for...Oz?)wondered Sankan.
"Do you work for Oz?"Sankan asked her and the little boy near her gasped
and stepped closer to Sankan.
(I guess his parents warned him about Oz also.)figured Sankan.
"Hahaha...what a bright boy! But no, I don't work for Oz. I don't
work for anyone at all"Makura laughed.
"Ohh.."Sankan seemed disappointed at that.
(Where's mommy? Where are the doctors? Where is Dr. M?)thought Sankan
and looked around him but neither one was in sight. Actually, no one
else was in sight that could help the two of them, him and that little boy who
was cowering right next to him.
"I'm here to pick you up, your mommy told me to get you so I can take
you to her. She's eager to meet you,"smiled Makura.
"Mommy?"voiced out Sankan, uncertain.
"Yes, your mommy,"Makura nodded.
"Then what's my mommy's name?"Sankan cocked his head.
"You're pretty smart for a little toddler, aren't you?"Makura smirked and
reached out for him but Sankan avoided it and dragged the little boy with him.
The two ran and ran till they reached a cove near by. During their run, it
was amazing at how much speed they put behind them and Makura. They climbed
on the tall rocks and went near the entrance.
"I'm scared,"cried the little boy and started bawling.
"Crying won't help much if that weird woman is after us,"Sankan glared.
"You're acting mean,"the little boy pointed out with a frown.
"Look, it's true isn't it? That woman is after us and we can't let
her grab a hold of us or else we'll...we'll be.."started Sankan.
"I know, we'll be...kid..napped...kidnapped,"sniffed the little boy.
"Right,"Sankan nodded and then before they could continue with their
escape they were grabbed from behind but nothing was holding them.
A shadow loomed above them and they saw Makura. She was laughing and
waving her finger in a way that said they were being naughty.
"Looks like I got something to bargain for,"Makura grinned.
Before she entered the spaceship that just arrived nearby, five doctors
reached the edge of the cliff in time to see Sankan get taken away, while dropping
the little boy to Dr. O's arms just in time to prevent a serious cut on his
head. Sankan's lavender eyes widened in shock and he stared right at them.
"HELP!!!"Sankan shouted in a pleading tone.
"Mommy!!"Sankan exclaimed but just as he began to yell out mommy again, the
doors to the ship closed and went off into the sky.
The little boy in Dr. O's arms was unconscious due to the ordeal and he slept
peacefully.
"That looks like Makura,"Dr. G commented.
"It is, Makura. She's back,"Dr. M approached them.
"Looks like the guys have another mission,"sighed Dr. J.
"No, it's still one mission. Makura is involved with the metal
as well. She assigned the task to grab ahold of it,"Dr. M corrected.
"What does she want with a piece of metal?"Dr H asked.
"I don't know,"Dr. M shook her head and walked off.
Few minutes later, the couple who were the parents of the little boy arrived and
took him in the mother's arms. She smiled in gratitude and the family left the
beach in relief.
********************
"You're saying that Makura took Sankan?!"exclaimed Duo inside the base.
"Where were you five?!?!"badgered Hotaru.
"This can't be happening!"Quatre shouted, unbelieving.
"Look, Makura managed to get Sankan..."one of the doctors raised his voice
to answer one of the questions.
"We were...watching but turned our heads for one sec..."began another one.
"It is happening and we must.."a third voiced over.
"STOP IT!!"yelled Serena as she straightened up and glared at all of them,
making them quiet down.
"Look, all we know is that Makura kidnapped Sankan. For what? I'm
not completely sure. All I know is that we need to get
him back, please. Please help me with this,"Serena stated.
"Of course, Serena...anything for you,"nodded Hotaru.
"If Hotaru is in, count me in. Anyways, Sankan is so young! It'd be
a shame to leave him with that weirdo,"grinned Duo.
"It's injustice for an onna like Makura to kidnap a child!"grunted Wufei.
Soon everyone agreed except for Heero who just leaned against the wall,
observing the scene. Everyone stared at him, wondering what he'll do.
"Mission: Accepted,"Heero uttered in monotone.
Serena beamed at him in gratitude and then reflected it towards the others.
"Thank you,"Serena nodded in thanks.
To be continued...
*******************
Yeah, I know. It's short. Shorter than the previous two chapters
but it's long enough and my usual pages. Right? Right.
I was too tired to continue writing this and I previously played a game
momentarily that scared me! @_@ *blergh* Anyone played Parasite Eve?
It's scary!!! *sniff* Darn footsteps echoing and stupid burnt corpses and
mutating rats! Wahhh!!! I didn't have a memory card either...*gah*
Darn things costs so much. My brother got me three new games...of course
they're old and so they're cheap but oh welps. A present is a present
and he got me something I wanted which was....FF7! Cool! ^^
I started playing the darn game and I missed Yuffie!! Wahh!! ;_;
I just hope I don't miss Vincent either...*blegh* I sooo want to
get Vincent in the game.
Well Merry Christmas Everyone!! And have a great New Year's Day!!
By: Cheska-chan
Chapter: 11
E-Mail address: Minnashime@aol.com or AngellicSnow@aol.com
PG13
Disclaimer: *approaches two doors*
Choose one or the other. Goes towards the right one and opens it.
Walks down a long corridor. Approaches three doors. Choose one.
Chooses the center. Goes through a long, winding passage. This time
only one candle towards a cave. Picks it up and lights the way.
Finds two cave entrances. Chooses the right. After awhile chooses
the left now. Finally a box could be seen. A note on top.
Congratulations!
We congratulate you on your journey to get to here to find the
results of your initiation to our circle of owning a great anime!
Open it up and there should be a note saying whether you're in or not.
~Anonymous
Puts down the note and opens the box. A lone note is there.
We praise your bravery and willingness to go through the long and
strenous task of finding your way to this one area.
However, we regret ((*cough*)) to inform you that we must kindly
reject your offer of joining the team. Try again next year or
maybe way, way later than that. Good luck to your future.
~Anonymous Team.
Turns to the others.
Cheska: It seems that I don't own any type of anime. GW/SM/or DBZ.
Author's Notes: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! ^_^
Hope all of you will or has received a great Christmas and New Year!
I already opened my gifts...before Christmas...way before. Heheh...
Not sure if I'm receiving anymore. *sigh*
Anyways, here's an added chapter for you dear readers! ^^
Hope you'll enjoy it...or maybe not. I'm just making this up as I
go along...so I don't know what will come up ahead until later on.
Then I just add my thoughts to it in this author's notes. Weird, ne?
WEll here goes the chapter!
***********
Later that day, all the classes were gathered into a large
conference room located on the Central Building down below. It turns
out there was another floor down below. Supposedly used for meetings
and such. Whispers and chatter flew around as they waited for whoever
to show up.
"So many people,"Hotaru leaned next to her and whispered to her ear.
Serena could only nod, her stoic facade facing frontwards.
"Greetings fellow students and teachers. As you know, I am the
Dean of this University. Setsuna Meiou. I am here to inform you
that I have received word from the Vice Foreign Minister, Relena
Darlian Peacecraft,"announced Setsuna Meiou.
At that word, everyone's interest perked up at what she will
tell them. The pilots and Hotaru were already listening. All wondering
what could be so important as to gather every classroom to meet
in this room. All the rows were stacked up, from inward to outward.
Bottom to top. ((Like the one in GW where those nations met in that
one area or that other part when Peacecraft was preaching and Heero
was at that balcony thing keeping an eye *rolls eyes at that thought*))
Continuing on the Dean of the University took a steady breath and
placed her small glasses on. She stared down on the podium near the
microphone placed there and read the index card she brought with her.
"I shall dictate what has been passed on to me,"began the Dean.
"To those of Earth and the Colonies. It is to my
grievance that I must pass on this troublesome event. Mariemaeia and
Lady Une has passed away, due to sudden death by some unknown
force. At this moment, we don't know who or what did this. All we
know is that it is not caused by natural causes. The doctors and
the scientists have been summoned to analyze any possibilities.
After several days of secret observations, they have come up with
the results. A day before they told me about those results another
soldier has passed by Miss Noin and Milliardo Peacecraft's base. They have
brought me the same news of what they've heard. Both sides: the
soldier's report and the specialists are equivalent. This is what
has been said. Signs of struggles have been noticed. Both believe
that is the struggle to survive, meaning during their death.
The second is that they have taken blood samples and any clue to
who could have done the murder. There were no signs. Three days
after those reports, another soldier found something. A sign.
It is quite an odd signature and I doubt it is something to
worry about, but I shall not keep anything from you. In this
paper, I enclosed a picture of the insignia. That is all.
I feel grieved over Mariemaeia and Lady Une's death but we all
must move on. For a better, brighter future. And we shall find
the culprit(s) who have done this injustice. But keep in mind
that violence is not the answer, peace must be resolved.
Vice Foreign Minister
Relena Peacecraft." ended Setsuna Meiou and took off her spectacles
and stared out at the students.
Stepping a few steps back from the podium, the lights around them
grew dimmer and a light showed forth. The sign that the murderer
gave out blazed, enlarged for all to see. What Serena and Hotaru
saw, shocked them. A red rose was there surrounded by dark, black
petals circled around that full bloom of a blood red, velvety rose.
A tear drop fell from Serena's crystalline blue eyes as she
stared, unmoving. Hotaru placed a comforting hand on Serena's hand
to support her and stared as well.
(Who could do such a thing? Rose is meant for love, isn't it?
Why use a rose for an emblem of darkness? Those black petals....
must be the reason for evil. The only one who used roses
to fight was....Tuxedo Mask, Enymion, Dark Endymion, and...Neo-King
Endymion. Darien...Mamoru..Chiba. Could it? No...no, he would
never! Never ever do this! So who could?)Serena scrunched up
her face, pondering over the situation and stared over at Hotaru.
She was sorting it out as well.
Suddenly a slight beeping sound came from her right side. Veering
her head, she noticed that Heero brought his laptop and was now
opening the mail.
"Urgent,"grunted Heero and read the contents. Quickly, he shut down the
laptop and zoomed off. Dodging and swiftly fleeing the site. In that
process he growled and the students near him instantly jumped off to the
side, wanting to avoid the 'Perfect Solider.'
After his start of a mad dash, Serena took off after him followed by
Hotaru and soon the other guys as well. From far away, Setsuna saw
them go off and sadness spread across her ageless face.
(It has begun.)Setsuna took notice off and left the conference room.
The other students saw the Dean leave and what was left of the University
went off as well. Earlier on, after showing the emblem, students began leaving
as well as teachers but some have stayed..to see what else may show up. But
seeing the Dean exit the room meant nothing more was needed to say, so now
they began to leave.
****************
"Heero! Heero!"shouted Serena as she ran, trying to catch up.
The Perfect Soldier didn't slow down though, all he did was run trying to
get to the site he needed to get to.
After a few minutes of silence and running feet upon the hallway tiles,
the two have arrived in front of a black motorcycle. Heero got on and
instantly started up the transportation vehicle. Serena hopped on and
grabbed ahold of his waist and held on. Heero took off, neither one wearing
a helmet.
Hotaru and the others arrived in time to see Heero and Serena go down the
road, disappearing over the horizon on a motorcycle.
"They left. Without us,"Hotaru sighed and turned to the other four pilots.
"No clue where they could be,"shrugged Duo and Quatre shook his head.
"We'll take your car, if you don't mind Quatre,"Hotaru turned to the kind,
platinum blond haired boy.
"Of course,"Quatre agreed.
Getting on, Hotaru was at the driver's seat.
"Do you know how to drive, Hotaru?"asked an uneasy Duo.
"Why do you ask, don't you trust me Duo?"Hotaru turned to Duo, her eyes
gleaming with slight specks of water.
"Of course!"Duo replied, a bit too quickly.
Smirking, Hotaru turned on the ignition key and the car hummed to life.
The passengers in the car grew unsteady and strapped on their seatbelts.
Double checking to make sure it was tight and prepared for the worse.
Hotaru gingerly backed up the car and did all the right signals, as if she's
been driving all her life and once they got out of the parking perfectly
okay. All of the guys sighed in relief and came to believe she wouldn't
crash them.
Hotaru bit her lip hesitantly and her dark eyes inspected the land before her.
Her pupils darting here and there, wondering and deciding.
"Hotaru? Hotaru? Are you okay?"Duo asked beside her.
"Oh, oh yeah. I'm okay. Just concluding where those two could..
be,"Hotaru started out uncertain and slow but she paused near the end and her
eyes shined with mirth as she smirked.
"Narrowed it down, let's go,"Hotaru shifted gears on the sports
car and pressed hard on the gas petal.
After 7 seconds the car was driving down the road way above the
speed limit of an average 30 miles to now 80mph.
"Gahhh!! Hotaru!! Who taught you how to drive like this?!"Duo shouted
from the side, his eyes wide.
"Shh.."Hotaru ignored him and focused on the road.
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"Heero? Are you ever going to tell me what was on that
mail?"Serena asked.
"Hnn..from the doctors,"Heero finally said.
"The doctors...hmm.."Serena lowered her eyes, wondering what it could be.
After a few minutes, they changed lanes.
"Sankan is the problem,"Heero relented.
"Sankan?!"Serena exclaimed, her crystalline blue eyes widening in worry.
(Sankan, please be safe!)Serena prayed.
"He's been...well taken by the enemy,"Heero monotoned.
"The enemy, any clue to who this is?"Serena asked.
"Hn."Heero grunted, wanting to avoid saying who it was.
"Tell me,"Serena glared and hugging his waist tighter.
"Makura,"Heero gave in, his voice gruff.
"Makura?"Serena echoed and stayed silent after that.
(She's been brought back as well? But why would she take Sankan?
My Sankan? Does she know that he's....? How? And the base?
In what way could Makura get in the base?!)Serena's mind was in a whirl
but she shook it off.
(It doesn't really matter. As long as we get Sankan back, everything
will be alright. Everything.)Serena resolved and focused on the path
in front of them.
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"This is the outside world, Sankan. How long it's been since
you've seen the fresh air and sunshine, eh?"Dr. O told the child
next to him.
"Outside, it's so bright,"Sankan commented, scrunching up his
face and observing humanity and nature mixed together with science.
"We are on Earth, this is natural,"Dr. H added.
"Birds..."Sankan murmered.
"Yes, those are birds. To be precise they're seagulls because they
live out by the ocean,"Dr. J explained.
"Those people, they're so happy on this bright and sunny day,"Sankan noticed.
"They're a family, Sankan. Like we are your family, except they're
life is much more carefree and they don't have to worry about the war
as much as your family does,"informed Dr. G.
"Why?"Sankan wondered.
"Because that's the life that has been chosen for you,"Dr. S uttered.
Suddenly a little boy came up to Sankan with a smile on his face.
So pure and innocent, just as he was right now.
"Do you want to play?"the boy asked.
"Play? Play what?"Sankan asked. It's been a long time since he
last played and that was when all of them were together unlike now. This
boy was like a little older than him by two years and he appeared more
childish than he was.
"Building a sand..sandcastle,"sputtered the little boy.
"May I?"Sankan spun around to face the five scientists and they stared
at one another for a moment before agreeing to the request of this
unfamiliar child.
"Let's go!"the boy exclaimed and grabbed a hold of Sankan's hand and
dragged off.
A few minutes later, the two boys set to work and a couple came around.
A man of his 30's and a woman in her late 20's. Both stopped a few feet
away from the two boys and the woman bent down and spoke to the little
boy that Sankan just met. She smiled and then got up and the two continued
on down the beach arm in arm.
"That was your mom?"Sankan wanted to make sure.
"Yeah and my dad,"the little boy answered, unfazed by the question.
"Dad?"Sankan cocked her head and stared at the little boy.
"Yeah, dad. All of us little kids have one!"the little boy explained
to him and scrunched up his face,"Don't you have a dad?"
"A dad? I never had a dad before, at least none that I know about,"Sankan said
to him.
"That's weird. Doesn't your mommy kiss a guy and tell him to go
do stuff and order him about and he goes and does that stuff?"the little boy
spoke.
"Uhmm...no, she doesn't. But she does live in a house full of
guys, but they're only my uncles and my one aunt,"Sankan shook his head.
"Oh, I have those too! My uncles and aunts acts weird whenever I
show up. They always crowd me and try pinching my cheeks and
talks all weird,"the little boy blurted, touching his cheek as if reliving
that moment.
"Oh..I wonder where my dad is,"Sankan's voice was vocalized distant.
"Maybe when you get back, you'll ask her. Where's your mom?"the little
boy asked, piling more sand along with Sankan.
"Uhmm..she went away and left me with these people. She said she'll
be back and she will since she came back a while ago. She's in a long
term work, you see..."Sankan explained.
"Oh..my parents go to those too,"nodded the little boy and that
finalized their conversation for awhile.
Later on, a shadow fell across the half built sandcastle and looking
up the two boys saw a woman in front of them. She had midnight black
hair resembling Darien's and ocean blue eyes. It was as if she was
a twin of Darien except in woman form with now slightly longer hair reaching
a bit past her shoulders. A small smile appeared on her red lips.
"Hello..."the woman greeted them.
The little boy got up and stared up at her. He shuddered a bit and gulped
down, trying to hide his nervous attitude. He put his hands in a tight
fist and stared at her.
"May we help you?"the little boy stuttered in as much of a polite manner
he could accomplish.
"Indeed, you may,"the woman smirked.
"Who are you?"Sankan asked.
"A relative of yours....may I ask your name?"the woman crouched down
to meet Sankan's lavender eyes.
"A relative? Mommy never said I had another relative,"Sankan shook his head.
"But you didn't know you had a da..."the little boy began but snapped
his mouth shut at almost completing his sentence.
The woman smiled larger at the talkative boy to her side.
"Well I am, my name is Makura..."the woman held out her hand to shake his.
"I'm...the son of..my mommy.."Sankan was unsure of what to say.
(What can I use? She's a stranger, I don't think she is related to me.
She looks evil in a way..and scary. Is she a bad guy like Uncle Duo
and Uncle Trowa talks about? A worker..a worker for...Oz?)wondered Sankan.
"Do you work for Oz?"Sankan asked her and the little boy near her gasped
and stepped closer to Sankan.
(I guess his parents warned him about Oz also.)figured Sankan.
"Hahaha...what a bright boy! But no, I don't work for Oz. I don't
work for anyone at all"Makura laughed.
"Ohh.."Sankan seemed disappointed at that.
(Where's mommy? Where are the doctors? Where is Dr. M?)thought Sankan
and looked around him but neither one was in sight. Actually, no one
else was in sight that could help the two of them, him and that little boy who
was cowering right next to him.
"I'm here to pick you up, your mommy told me to get you so I can take
you to her. She's eager to meet you,"smiled Makura.
"Mommy?"voiced out Sankan, uncertain.
"Yes, your mommy,"Makura nodded.
"Then what's my mommy's name?"Sankan cocked his head.
"You're pretty smart for a little toddler, aren't you?"Makura smirked and
reached out for him but Sankan avoided it and dragged the little boy with him.
The two ran and ran till they reached a cove near by. During their run, it
was amazing at how much speed they put behind them and Makura. They climbed
on the tall rocks and went near the entrance.
"I'm scared,"cried the little boy and started bawling.
"Crying won't help much if that weird woman is after us,"Sankan glared.
"You're acting mean,"the little boy pointed out with a frown.
"Look, it's true isn't it? That woman is after us and we can't let
her grab a hold of us or else we'll...we'll be.."started Sankan.
"I know, we'll be...kid..napped...kidnapped,"sniffed the little boy.
"Right,"Sankan nodded and then before they could continue with their
escape they were grabbed from behind but nothing was holding them.
A shadow loomed above them and they saw Makura. She was laughing and
waving her finger in a way that said they were being naughty.
"Looks like I got something to bargain for,"Makura grinned.
Before she entered the spaceship that just arrived nearby, five doctors
reached the edge of the cliff in time to see Sankan get taken away, while dropping
the little boy to Dr. O's arms just in time to prevent a serious cut on his
head. Sankan's lavender eyes widened in shock and he stared right at them.
"HELP!!!"Sankan shouted in a pleading tone.
"Mommy!!"Sankan exclaimed but just as he began to yell out mommy again, the
doors to the ship closed and went off into the sky.
The little boy in Dr. O's arms was unconscious due to the ordeal and he slept
peacefully.
"That looks like Makura,"Dr. G commented.
"It is, Makura. She's back,"Dr. M approached them.
"Looks like the guys have another mission,"sighed Dr. J.
"No, it's still one mission. Makura is involved with the metal
as well. She assigned the task to grab ahold of it,"Dr. M corrected.
"What does she want with a piece of metal?"Dr H asked.
"I don't know,"Dr. M shook her head and walked off.
Few minutes later, the couple who were the parents of the little boy arrived and
took him in the mother's arms. She smiled in gratitude and the family left the
beach in relief.
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"You're saying that Makura took Sankan?!"exclaimed Duo inside the base.
"Where were you five?!?!"badgered Hotaru.
"This can't be happening!"Quatre shouted, unbelieving.
"Look, Makura managed to get Sankan..."one of the doctors raised his voice
to answer one of the questions.
"We were...watching but turned our heads for one sec..."began another one.
"It is happening and we must.."a third voiced over.
"STOP IT!!"yelled Serena as she straightened up and glared at all of them,
making them quiet down.
"Look, all we know is that Makura kidnapped Sankan. For what? I'm
not completely sure. All I know is that we need to get
him back, please. Please help me with this,"Serena stated.
"Of course, Serena...anything for you,"nodded Hotaru.
"If Hotaru is in, count me in. Anyways, Sankan is so young! It'd be
a shame to leave him with that weirdo,"grinned Duo.
"It's injustice for an onna like Makura to kidnap a child!"grunted Wufei.
Soon everyone agreed except for Heero who just leaned against the wall,
observing the scene. Everyone stared at him, wondering what he'll do.
"Mission: Accepted,"Heero uttered in monotone.
Serena beamed at him in gratitude and then reflected it towards the others.
"Thank you,"Serena nodded in thanks.
To be continued...
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Yeah, I know. It's short. Shorter than the previous two chapters
but it's long enough and my usual pages. Right? Right.
I was too tired to continue writing this and I previously played a game
momentarily that scared me! @_@ *blergh* Anyone played Parasite Eve?
It's scary!!! *sniff* Darn footsteps echoing and stupid burnt corpses and
mutating rats! Wahhh!!! I didn't have a memory card either...*gah*
Darn things costs so much. My brother got me three new games...of course
they're old and so they're cheap but oh welps. A present is a present
and he got me something I wanted which was....FF7! Cool! ^^
I started playing the darn game and I missed Yuffie!! Wahh!! ;_;
I just hope I don't miss Vincent either...*blegh* I sooo want to
get Vincent in the game.
Well Merry Christmas Everyone!! And have a great New Year's Day!!