Disclaimer: Sorry, I donated all my money to the WTC relief efforts. My ass is poor. I do own this whole plot thing that I'm wracking my brain for, though. The song, 'Man's Road' came from the movie, The Last Unicorn. It's a good book too.
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Chapter Seven: Welcome to My Nightmare......
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Cosmos waited in her room,
silently, until trouble came for her again. It usually did every time things
were slightly whacky.
5...4...3...2...1. "Cosmos! Quickly, turn on the news. OZ is broadcasting
your picture all over the bloody television!" Setsuna said, flinging the
door open. "What?" Cosmos stumbled to the living room to see if it was
true. "...infiltrated OZ base 253 last night with one of the wanted gundum
pilots and has stolen an information disk. Our men our all on alert and
we urge you, the citizens of this city, to do so as well. She is considered
highly dangerous. For your own safety, do NOT approach her. You can contact
an anonymous tip phone line at...*click*" Hotaru switched off the tube
and looked over to Cosmos for comments or orders, probably both. "I can't
believe this. How the hell did they get a picture of me?!" shouted the
furious woman, staring holes into Setsuna. "They must have had highly advanced
security cameras, hidden from the naked eye. At least it was of your good
side." she responded, shocking the outers. Cosmos, however, was not amused.
"How can you, of all people, make light of this situation?" she asked,
raising an eyebrow. "I guess I'm the only one remembers the Luna Pen?"
Cosmos smacked her forehead out of stupidity. "Of course! I am such a dumb
ass." Haruka looked at her kitten, shocked that se would say such a thing.
Setsuna continued on. "You would have had to done it any how. We're going
to mach you with a missing person. A girl about your age to be more precise."
She went into her room and returned shortly with a brown folder. "Her name
is Autumn Maeve Rogers. She disappeared about two weeks ago after having
a fight with her parents, Sage and Nolan Rogers. She has one brother and
two sisters. Here is the rest. Lucky for us, the Rogers' live in Maine.
You're cover story will be that they had you move in with a guardian, me,
for a while to help cool things between your family and yourself. The rest
of the information will be in here." Setsuna handed Cosmos the folder,
patting her hand reassuringly. "Don't worry Princess, everything will work
itself out." she said mysteriously, as usual. Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru
silently took in the information in case of questioning and let their princess
sift through her thoughts.
Wufei lay in complete silence, for the fifth time counting the cracks in the ceiling, which there were none. 'I swear when I get out of here...' his thoughts trailed as the door creaked open. A dark haired child peeked in cautiously at him before entering, a fact which he liked. It meant that whoever had taken him here considered him a threat of some sort. Good. The girl walked silently to him and proceeded to check his already healing wounds. "I see that you are healing quickly. That's good. My name is Hotaru, and the tall woman that had yelled at you earlier was Haruka." Wufei hid his surprise. That was a woman? Haruka looked like a man to him. Damn onna. Hotaru smuggled a laugh. She knew he must have thought that Haruka-papa was a man. "Who was other woman, the white haired one?" he asked, looking to her again. She bit her lip. "That you'll have to ask her yourself. Do you want a phone to contact you comrades?" she asked ambiguously. Wufei's head jerked. "How do you know of them?" he asked, a deadly hint that she better have an answer. Hotaru only shook her had and smiled. "I know all about you. She may not, but I do." With that, she turned to leave, closing the door to his room, but opening his curiosity.
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After swallowing the biggest
aspirin pills he could find, Quatre wondered to his music room, only to
see Trowa playing his beloved flute. The song was all too familiar to him,
to all of them. It was the theme to their poor lives. That damn Rhythm
Emotion song. While in itself a beautiful song, it had become too redundant
for his liking. Trowa looked over his shoulder and noticed he was there.
"You sounded beautiful, as usual. Care for a duet?" Quatre asked, already
heading to his violin stand. "Always." came the reply. "I hear a song the
other day on the radio and found it rather...fitting. So, I found the music
to it. Here." Qautre handed the silent clown turned solider a sheet of
music. "Man's Road." Trowa read.
Horizon, rising up to me
the purple dawn.
Dust demon, screamin'
brings an eagle to lead me on
For in my heart, I carry such a,
heavy load.
Here I am, on Man's Road.
Walkin Man's Road
Walkin' Man's Road.
I'm hungry, weary.
but I can not lay me down
the rain comes, dreary
but there's no shelter I have found.
It will be a long time before I find, my abode
Here I am on Man's Road
Walking Man's Road
Moon rising, disguising,
lonely streets in gay displays
the stars fade, the night shade,
falls and makes the world afraid.
It waits inside and for the sky to explode
Here I am on Man's Road
Walkin' Man's Road
Walkin' Man's Road
Walkin' Man's Road
Walkin' Man's Road
Walkin' Man's Road
Trowa finished his flute
solo and looked in..almost awe at the simple sheet of music. "Quatre, it's
so perfect." The blonde prince simply nodded and let out a small sad smile,
for they both knew that no matter how sad the song was, it fit their lives
to a tee.
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Cosmos sat on her bed, cross-legged,
and open the brown folder. A picture of a pretty young girl fell into her
lap. Picking it up to study, Cosmos held it up to get a better look. She
looked about sixteen, give or take a year. Pretty black hair with the ends
fading from a bright yellow to orange to red fell around her mid back with
slight layers all over. 'Hn. Obviously going for the fire affect. Pretty
good.' she thought, continuing her study. The closed smile she wore seemed
sincere to the casual observer, but if you looked closely, you could see
a sarcastic meaning behind it. 'She's got spirit. I like that.' The nose
was a bit crooked and had a diamond nose stud on the left side. The cheek
bones could have been more pronounced like her own, but oh well. Cosmos
almost dropped the picture when she noticed the eyes. Only one was green.
The other was a gray shade.
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Oh...small cliff hanger. why does this girl have weird eyes! Knowing
all the weird stuff that happens to the senshi, its probably not normal!
see ya next time.