chapter 4:Leon tells all
"Mom, I'm home!" Leon said as he came inside, taking off his coat and throwing it ontot the coatrack near the doorway, while still keeping his cap on.
"Leon?" A mother's voice called out.
"Yo. I brought some friends." Leon said as he walked into the kitchen where Leon's mother was cooking a batch of cookies.
"Do they want any?" She asked.
Leon gave her a look that said "You've gotta be kidding"
Pierce walked inside, with Reia over his shoulder.
"Oh, she's passed out...set her down on the couch." The mother said as she saw Reia and Pierce.
Pierce set the beutiful girl down upon the couch, her head rested on a pillow, as her hair flowed down the side of her head.
Zife stood outside the house, his arms at his side. He looked up, seeing the house. It wasn't very far from his house, he could still go back...
Zife opened the door, walking inside. He set his backpack down on the oposite wall from where the coathanger was, and he kept his sword in the scabbard which was tied onto his back.
"Hello there!" Leon's Mother said with a smile.
"....hi..." Zife said.
"Won't you sit down?" She asked.
"I'll just stand..." Zife said as he leaned up against the wall and folded his arms across his chest, his head looking downward. He closed his eyes.
Leon sat down on the armchair which was on the oposite side from where Reia was laying, and Pierce was sitting.
Reia stirred just before Leon was about to talk.
"W...where am I?..." She asked.
"You passed out back there...we're in Leon's house..." Pierce said, looking down upon her.
Reia sat up, realizing by the look on Leon's face that he had something to say.
"You all know of the Army lead by Takeru, correct?" Leon asked.
Pierce and Reia nodded. Zife just tilted his head a little.
"My father had become one of them long ago....not long before I was born." Leon said.
"They killed him?" Zife said with sudden interest.
"Yeah...he's among their ranks, but I don't know where." Leon replied.
"Oh honey please don't tell this story..." Leon's mother pleaded, although the plead failed miserably.
"I am going to kill every single one of Takeru's army, and someday, even Takeru himself. They'll be sorry they took my father from me..." Leon said.
"But...won't you end up killing your father in the process?" Reia asked.
"He's not my father anymore, just another one of Takeru's soldiers, and Takeru and his army are all my enemeies..." Leon said as he drew his gun, looking down upon it.
"This weapon belonged to my father when he was young. He fought many a battle with it, and was a true warrior....maybe even legendary..." Leon said as he looked at the weapon, the gold designes flickering.
"Back when everybody lived on the planet...that was the most prosperous time of history...none of this "Seperate Colony" crap." Leon said as he reloaded the weapon, letting the empty shells hit the floor.
"Are there still people who live on the planet?" Pierce asked.
"Of course...and their lives are much better than the ones we have. They have fields to train in, monsters to fight, and mountains to climb...we have polluted air, gangs, and an evil army who claims to be doing what they do for the "good of the people..." Leon said.
"(Maybe he is on the planet...") Zife thought.
"I've always wanted to see what the planet was like..." Reia said.
"Hey, didn't I say I show you someday?" Pierce said with a smile.
"I cotinue to fight Takeru's army. Even a small injury like today's, those 5 guards, was enough. But that last one, Captain Vile, he is one of the higest among their ranks. I wanted to finish him but....I couldn't..." Leon said, hanging his head down.
"I want to make a direct attack at them but..." Leon stopped.
"But what?" Pierce asked.
"There is a large wall that seperates this city into two sides. One side is the civillian side, the other military. The military side is where Takeru and his army are, but only if you are a soldier can you get past this wall form the civillian side." Leon replied.
"Why don't we just disguise ourselves as soldiers and sneak in?" Zife said, his eyes still closed, and his head still hanging down.
"Hey...that's a pretty good idea!" Pierce said in response.
"Not the most original though, and besides, it wouldn't work. Before you enter, you are scanned for the "evil energy" that is fused into you when you are to join Takeru's army. Without joining Takeru's army for real, we'd be caught in no time flat." Leon said.
"Then we'll just bust in and take them all on..." Zife said, pushing himself off of the wall he was leaning on.
"Zife, there are over 10,000 soldiers in Takeru's army...and you expect to take them all on?" Pierce asked.
"I don't know...if people like Leon are losing their families to this army, then they obviously are evil. I lost my parents long ago...probably when all of you were happy and content, living your lives like normal human beings...." Zife said.
"Zife...I never knew..." Reia said.
"Yo...that's sad...." Pierce said, putting his arm around Reia.
It wasn't like Zife to open up like this to other people...this was a first time for him.
"I rememeber you!" Reia said. "You were that shy, quiet little boy! I was in all of your classes 1st through 8th grade! You were always so introverted, you never let anyone, even the teachers help you..." Reia said.
"And I don't intend for any of that to change..." Zife said.
"So...you'll stay alone forever..." Leon said.
"Why not...it's been that way....all of my life..." Zife said.
"Zife..." Reia said.
Zife turned around.
"If you are finished Leon, then I'm leaving. Reia is fine, and I bid you good luck in your fight against Takeru's army." Zife said as he started to walk in the direction for the door.
"Y'mean you aint gonna help us?" Leon said as he looked on at Zife.
"You are all extremely skilled. You will be able to figt them on your own." Zife said, still not turning around.
"So tha's it then, you're just gonna up and leave then?!" Pierce exclaimed as he stood up.
Zife turned around.
"I hope that you arent insisting that I stay with you. I have my own problems to take care of..." Zife said.
"Zife-" Reia was cut off by the slam of Leon's door.
Zife was gone.
"Leon....we'll stay and help you, there's no way we will desert you." Pierce said as he sat back down.
"Well, I've figured out a weakpoint in the seperating barrier's security system. It won't detect thing s that pass through under it, like the underground stream which suplies Takeru's army with water." Leon said.
"So, we'll travel in through the stream, and end up past the gate?" Pierce asked.
"Bingo." Leon replied.
"We'll leave tommorow. I've already found the entrance to the stream on this side of Pandora. We'll head through there,and attack the enemy by surprise." Leon said.
Zife had been listening the whole time. He had just opened and shut the door, making it seem as though he had left, hiding in the corridor which lead to the front door of Leon's house.
Zife quietly opened and shut the door, heading towards his empty home.
"Sire!" Vile said as he approached the throne of Takeru.
"Vile...did you succede in recruiting Leon Valentine?" An evil voice boomed.
"Sire...no...but we foudn someone whom I think you wil be interested in...Zife...last name unknown..." Vile said.
"Zife?!?...so he's still around..." Takeru said, leaning back in his chair.
"He is quite powerful...he took out 3 of my most powerful men, and the blood of a true warrior courses through his veigns." Vile said.
"Send 30 of our finest soldiers after him...obviously thirty soldiers doesn't even amount to Zife's TRUE power." Takeru said.
"TRUE power sire?..." Vile asked.
"I will explain...do you remember that tornado that we spotted on the radar last night?" Takeru asked.
"Yes sir..." Vile said, waiting for a response.
"That may have been the work of Zife..." Takeru replied.
"Unbelieveable!!" Vile exclaimed.
"He must have the power of the legendary "Trance" skill..." Takeru said.
"Trance?...But as I have only heard, that ability is granted to only the "Chosen Warriors..." Vile said.
"My point exactly..." Takeru replied.
"What about our information gatherer? What has he found out?" Takeru asked.
"I have not contacted him in several days, but I shall soon." Vile replied.
"That will be all..." Takeru said, ending the conversation.
Vile nodded, walking outside of the massive throne-room.
"Zife...you are still alive...but how?..." Takeru asked himself.
Zife stepped inside of his house, taking his belongings and just throwing them aside. He took his shirt off, laying down on his bed, putting his hands behind his head, closing his eyes.
Zife had a large scar on his chest. It was the gash that he had recieved so long ago. Not long after laying down, Zife got up, pouring himself some water. he then layed himself down on the floor, and began to do sit-ups.
After reaching his 6000th sit-up, he decided to take a rest. He heard a knock at the door. He slipped his shirt on and answered it.
It was Reia.
"Reia...how did you find out where I live?" Zife asked.
"I followed you, I watched you walk home. I then returned to Leon's house and we continued our planning." Reia replied.
"Zife please...come with us...for me?" Reia asked.
"Why would I do anything for you?" Zife asked.
"Zife...please..." Reia pleaded once again.
"Why do you want me to come with you so badly?" Zife asked.
"Because I...I..."
There was a clap of thunder.
Rain was able to penetrate the barrier covering Pandora, and lightning was conducted to ANYTHING fairly easily once it entered Pandora.
"Guess you should come in..." Zife said as he walked back inside, leaving the door open for Reia.
She walked inside, turning the light on.
"Help yourself to anything in the kictchen..." Zife said as he headed for the window which he often looked out.
Reia soon came up, pulling up a chair and sitting next to him.
"Zife...I have a question for you..." Reia asked.
"What is it?" Zife asked in his same dead tone.
"Have you ever thought you loved someone...but then relaize that you don't love them at all.
"You wanted to ask me that?" Zife asked.
"Zife I...I..." Reia was couldn't finsish.
"What? What's the matter now?" Zife asked in a slightly irritated tone.
"Zife, you are so cold, and alone. Haven't you ever loved someone?" Reia asked.
"I lost the ablility to love long ago...along with my parents..." Zife said.
"Zife, you cannot lose an emotion like love, it is human nature to love,Zife..." Reia said.
"When you've been through as much as I have...you forget what love is..." Zife said.
The rain continued to pour down.
Reia leaned her head on Zife's shoulder, and eventually fell asleep. Zife picked her up, laying her down on his bed.
He looked down upon her.
("She's so beutiful...")
("Maybe I will help them...")
...("For her...")...
"Mom, I'm home!" Leon said as he came inside, taking off his coat and throwing it ontot the coatrack near the doorway, while still keeping his cap on.
"Leon?" A mother's voice called out.
"Yo. I brought some friends." Leon said as he walked into the kitchen where Leon's mother was cooking a batch of cookies.
"Do they want any?" She asked.
Leon gave her a look that said "You've gotta be kidding"
Pierce walked inside, with Reia over his shoulder.
"Oh, she's passed out...set her down on the couch." The mother said as she saw Reia and Pierce.
Pierce set the beutiful girl down upon the couch, her head rested on a pillow, as her hair flowed down the side of her head.
Zife stood outside the house, his arms at his side. He looked up, seeing the house. It wasn't very far from his house, he could still go back...
Zife opened the door, walking inside. He set his backpack down on the oposite wall from where the coathanger was, and he kept his sword in the scabbard which was tied onto his back.
"Hello there!" Leon's Mother said with a smile.
"....hi..." Zife said.
"Won't you sit down?" She asked.
"I'll just stand..." Zife said as he leaned up against the wall and folded his arms across his chest, his head looking downward. He closed his eyes.
Leon sat down on the armchair which was on the oposite side from where Reia was laying, and Pierce was sitting.
Reia stirred just before Leon was about to talk.
"W...where am I?..." She asked.
"You passed out back there...we're in Leon's house..." Pierce said, looking down upon her.
Reia sat up, realizing by the look on Leon's face that he had something to say.
"You all know of the Army lead by Takeru, correct?" Leon asked.
Pierce and Reia nodded. Zife just tilted his head a little.
"My father had become one of them long ago....not long before I was born." Leon said.
"They killed him?" Zife said with sudden interest.
"Yeah...he's among their ranks, but I don't know where." Leon replied.
"Oh honey please don't tell this story..." Leon's mother pleaded, although the plead failed miserably.
"I am going to kill every single one of Takeru's army, and someday, even Takeru himself. They'll be sorry they took my father from me..." Leon said.
"But...won't you end up killing your father in the process?" Reia asked.
"He's not my father anymore, just another one of Takeru's soldiers, and Takeru and his army are all my enemeies..." Leon said as he drew his gun, looking down upon it.
"This weapon belonged to my father when he was young. He fought many a battle with it, and was a true warrior....maybe even legendary..." Leon said as he looked at the weapon, the gold designes flickering.
"Back when everybody lived on the planet...that was the most prosperous time of history...none of this "Seperate Colony" crap." Leon said as he reloaded the weapon, letting the empty shells hit the floor.
"Are there still people who live on the planet?" Pierce asked.
"Of course...and their lives are much better than the ones we have. They have fields to train in, monsters to fight, and mountains to climb...we have polluted air, gangs, and an evil army who claims to be doing what they do for the "good of the people..." Leon said.
"(Maybe he is on the planet...") Zife thought.
"I've always wanted to see what the planet was like..." Reia said.
"Hey, didn't I say I show you someday?" Pierce said with a smile.
"I cotinue to fight Takeru's army. Even a small injury like today's, those 5 guards, was enough. But that last one, Captain Vile, he is one of the higest among their ranks. I wanted to finish him but....I couldn't..." Leon said, hanging his head down.
"I want to make a direct attack at them but..." Leon stopped.
"But what?" Pierce asked.
"There is a large wall that seperates this city into two sides. One side is the civillian side, the other military. The military side is where Takeru and his army are, but only if you are a soldier can you get past this wall form the civillian side." Leon replied.
"Why don't we just disguise ourselves as soldiers and sneak in?" Zife said, his eyes still closed, and his head still hanging down.
"Hey...that's a pretty good idea!" Pierce said in response.
"Not the most original though, and besides, it wouldn't work. Before you enter, you are scanned for the "evil energy" that is fused into you when you are to join Takeru's army. Without joining Takeru's army for real, we'd be caught in no time flat." Leon said.
"Then we'll just bust in and take them all on..." Zife said, pushing himself off of the wall he was leaning on.
"Zife, there are over 10,000 soldiers in Takeru's army...and you expect to take them all on?" Pierce asked.
"I don't know...if people like Leon are losing their families to this army, then they obviously are evil. I lost my parents long ago...probably when all of you were happy and content, living your lives like normal human beings...." Zife said.
"Zife...I never knew..." Reia said.
"Yo...that's sad...." Pierce said, putting his arm around Reia.
It wasn't like Zife to open up like this to other people...this was a first time for him.
"I rememeber you!" Reia said. "You were that shy, quiet little boy! I was in all of your classes 1st through 8th grade! You were always so introverted, you never let anyone, even the teachers help you..." Reia said.
"And I don't intend for any of that to change..." Zife said.
"So...you'll stay alone forever..." Leon said.
"Why not...it's been that way....all of my life..." Zife said.
"Zife..." Reia said.
Zife turned around.
"If you are finished Leon, then I'm leaving. Reia is fine, and I bid you good luck in your fight against Takeru's army." Zife said as he started to walk in the direction for the door.
"Y'mean you aint gonna help us?" Leon said as he looked on at Zife.
"You are all extremely skilled. You will be able to figt them on your own." Zife said, still not turning around.
"So tha's it then, you're just gonna up and leave then?!" Pierce exclaimed as he stood up.
Zife turned around.
"I hope that you arent insisting that I stay with you. I have my own problems to take care of..." Zife said.
"Zife-" Reia was cut off by the slam of Leon's door.
Zife was gone.
"Leon....we'll stay and help you, there's no way we will desert you." Pierce said as he sat back down.
"Well, I've figured out a weakpoint in the seperating barrier's security system. It won't detect thing s that pass through under it, like the underground stream which suplies Takeru's army with water." Leon said.
"So, we'll travel in through the stream, and end up past the gate?" Pierce asked.
"Bingo." Leon replied.
"We'll leave tommorow. I've already found the entrance to the stream on this side of Pandora. We'll head through there,and attack the enemy by surprise." Leon said.
Zife had been listening the whole time. He had just opened and shut the door, making it seem as though he had left, hiding in the corridor which lead to the front door of Leon's house.
Zife quietly opened and shut the door, heading towards his empty home.
"Sire!" Vile said as he approached the throne of Takeru.
"Vile...did you succede in recruiting Leon Valentine?" An evil voice boomed.
"Sire...no...but we foudn someone whom I think you wil be interested in...Zife...last name unknown..." Vile said.
"Zife?!?...so he's still around..." Takeru said, leaning back in his chair.
"He is quite powerful...he took out 3 of my most powerful men, and the blood of a true warrior courses through his veigns." Vile said.
"Send 30 of our finest soldiers after him...obviously thirty soldiers doesn't even amount to Zife's TRUE power." Takeru said.
"TRUE power sire?..." Vile asked.
"I will explain...do you remember that tornado that we spotted on the radar last night?" Takeru asked.
"Yes sir..." Vile said, waiting for a response.
"That may have been the work of Zife..." Takeru replied.
"Unbelieveable!!" Vile exclaimed.
"He must have the power of the legendary "Trance" skill..." Takeru said.
"Trance?...But as I have only heard, that ability is granted to only the "Chosen Warriors..." Vile said.
"My point exactly..." Takeru replied.
"What about our information gatherer? What has he found out?" Takeru asked.
"I have not contacted him in several days, but I shall soon." Vile replied.
"That will be all..." Takeru said, ending the conversation.
Vile nodded, walking outside of the massive throne-room.
"Zife...you are still alive...but how?..." Takeru asked himself.
Zife stepped inside of his house, taking his belongings and just throwing them aside. He took his shirt off, laying down on his bed, putting his hands behind his head, closing his eyes.
Zife had a large scar on his chest. It was the gash that he had recieved so long ago. Not long after laying down, Zife got up, pouring himself some water. he then layed himself down on the floor, and began to do sit-ups.
After reaching his 6000th sit-up, he decided to take a rest. He heard a knock at the door. He slipped his shirt on and answered it.
It was Reia.
"Reia...how did you find out where I live?" Zife asked.
"I followed you, I watched you walk home. I then returned to Leon's house and we continued our planning." Reia replied.
"Zife please...come with us...for me?" Reia asked.
"Why would I do anything for you?" Zife asked.
"Zife...please..." Reia pleaded once again.
"Why do you want me to come with you so badly?" Zife asked.
"Because I...I..."
There was a clap of thunder.
Rain was able to penetrate the barrier covering Pandora, and lightning was conducted to ANYTHING fairly easily once it entered Pandora.
"Guess you should come in..." Zife said as he walked back inside, leaving the door open for Reia.
She walked inside, turning the light on.
"Help yourself to anything in the kictchen..." Zife said as he headed for the window which he often looked out.
Reia soon came up, pulling up a chair and sitting next to him.
"Zife...I have a question for you..." Reia asked.
"What is it?" Zife asked in his same dead tone.
"Have you ever thought you loved someone...but then relaize that you don't love them at all.
"You wanted to ask me that?" Zife asked.
"Zife I...I..." Reia was couldn't finsish.
"What? What's the matter now?" Zife asked in a slightly irritated tone.
"Zife, you are so cold, and alone. Haven't you ever loved someone?" Reia asked.
"I lost the ablility to love long ago...along with my parents..." Zife said.
"Zife, you cannot lose an emotion like love, it is human nature to love,Zife..." Reia said.
"When you've been through as much as I have...you forget what love is..." Zife said.
The rain continued to pour down.
Reia leaned her head on Zife's shoulder, and eventually fell asleep. Zife picked her up, laying her down on his bed.
He looked down upon her.
("She's so beutiful...")
("Maybe I will help them...")
...("For her...")...