Chapter 9
Gaea and Rini clasped hands, blood trickling down their wrists.
"Blood sisters?" Rini said.
"Blood sisters." Gaea said and nodded to seal the binding ceremony. Just then she was hit with a flood of visions, things that she had dreamt about and others she knew for stories, still some things that she had never in her wildest dreams had seen. All, horrible death and destruction. She saw people's faces twisted in fear and pain. Blood was everywhere. She opened her eyes to see Rini looking the same way she thought she looked, shocked and pained. The visions flooded her vision as she blindly reached out for Rini. She found her and held her in a hug of desperation. She knew that Rini was seeing the same things that she was. She felt herself falling and the visions fell with her. She tried to run away, but her body wouldn't respond. She called out for Rini in her mind, found her quivering self image and held it as it grasp on to her for safety and refuge. (Everyone has a mental projection of them self, it's the you that you see in dreams and stuff. If they, being the characters in my story, link minds, they see each others mental image as their body.) They clung to each other for what seemed like an eternity, the horrific scenes playing around them like a hurricane. She could hear people talking to her and Rini, but she could not answer them. All she could do was sit there and cling to Rini with her life. Rini could also hear the voices "out side" but she couldn't reach them either. Then all of a sudden…all went dark.
"Their asleep, but I can not say how well they'll be when they wake up, or when they'll wake up." No on said a word at this, Carra sighed, wary from the long, hard work she had just completed. Serena and Darien sat in each other's arms by the fire in Carra's chamber where they had taken Gaea and Rini to shield them. The girls had bonded so tightly that when the takedown spell was cast on them it went doubled its strength. They had been in so much shock for so long that they had linked minds so well that it took 2 days to free their minds from each others grasp. When they were first found, Athena had tried to reach Gaea mind-to-mind, what she met there on the edges of Gaea's mind had kept her pretty quiet that first day. They didn't know what prolonged exposure to those visions would do to their minds. Yes they were strong girls, but even the strongest minds have a breaking point, and you never know what it is till it is too late. Athena sat as close to the fire as possible, she had been helping Carra the past few days, trying to free her bonded's mind from her friends so that she could shield her from the effects of the spell. It had worked in the end and her mind was safe and resting.
"I will go talk to her now. I must see what state her mind lays in after that." Gaea stated feeling her stored energies come to her aid and give her enough strength to carry out this last task before she would allow herself to collapse in a heap and sleep till lunch time the next day. She got up and walked through the door across the room from her. They all watched her go. She closed the door behind her, a sign that she was not to be disturbed. She walked over to the side of the queen sized bed that help to two girls that still clutched each others hands, at the moment that they broke their minds apart, they reached out and grasped hands. They hadn't gotten them apart since. {It's the blood bond mixing with the bond of friendship. Senseless girls.} Gaea shook her head and lay down on the bed almost on top of Gaea. She went first into a light trance, found the edges of her mind and then went into a deep trance so that she could go into the far reaches of her bonded's mind.
:Gaea. Dearheart. Can you hear me? Come back to me, Dearheart. Come find me. I'm here.: She called out into the corrupt abyss of Gaea's mind. She "sat down" and waited. In her mental image, she was a woman about 18 years old. Not very tall, but very well muscled. She had brown hair that shown in the false light she created around her like a beacon for Gaea to find in the darkness. She wore a sleeveless dress that was cut short above the knees and was pleated at the waist. It reminded her of the uniform of the Sailor Scouts, but in dress form instead of a white leo and colored skirt. (Tsa, Britt…you know what I mean! HeHe!) Soon she saw a light blue light in the distance and heard a noise, like the sound of a crying child.
:Dearheart, come here. I'll help you. It's me…Athena…Smallone.: The figure looked up and tilted it's head in contemplation for a moment, suddenly the light that surrounded the figure brightened and it ran towards Athena. As it grew nearer, she saw dark circles under her "eyes". It was Gaea sure enough. She ran us to Athena's image and hugged it. She felt cold in her arms. {Why is she this cold? Even her image should be warm.} Gaea broke the embrace and held Gaea out by the shoulders to look her over. She had thinned a great deal, but that was to be expected. Her eye's barely held on to the life that they once held within them. :Are you alright Dearheart?: Gaea let her "face" show deep concern.
:I am now that you're here Smallone. It was so horrible! I could see things from my past and other dimensions. Rini and I have been talking and she told me about her dreams, I know everything. I remember.: She looked her tiger, now a woman, in the face that she always wore when they met in the mind. {Does Athena know? Of course she does, or she wouldn't look guilty like that. How long has she known? Is there anything else that she hasn't told me?} Gaea almost became infuriated, then regained her composure and look at Athena again with a questioning glance. Athena almost cried aloud.
:I'm sorry I never told you before, but I was sworn not to tell. If you figured it out on your own, I was inclined to tell you, not everything mind you…but I guess it's a little late for that, huh?: Athena said, a mental tear trickling down her face that showed real grief. It was hard to hide your emotion when you were linked min-to-mind, it took great skill and almost all of your concentration, which was devoted to Gaea at the moment. Gaea hugged Athena and just simply held her for a long time, emotions and healing energy passed between both of them. Finally Athena broke the hug and smiled, fatigue plagued her face and posture. :I must go, I have been working on you and the squirt for 2 days.: Gaea nodded and smiled.
:Get your rest, small one. I'll be alright now. I'll keep Rini company. She's strong enough for visitors also. Tell Serena and Darien. Good night beloved.: And with that Athena smiled and faded out, reluctant to leave her bonded. Finally she blew a kiss and winked out.
Athena woke to a dying fire and a headache. {I need to eat, drink and sleep. In that order. I won't do her any good in this state.} She thought as she slid off the bed, careful not to disturb the girls. She walked out the cracked door and woke Serena to nod at the door. She woke Darien and they rushed in. Carra awoke at that moment.
"She is strong the I take it?" Se said cautiously.
:Yes. They both are and will recover with time.: Athena said too blanketed with sleep and exhaustion to speak out loud. Carra nodded and took the plate next to her and set it on the floor in front of Athena. She bent her head and scarfed down the clod meat and bread, barely tasting it. Then Carra put a bowl down and poured water into it from a pitcher that had been placed away from the fire to keep it cool. After she finished the food, she gulped the water down and stumbled out of the room to a side chamber and fell on the blankets that had been placed on the floor for her to sleep on. She drifted of to sleep in a peaceful, dreamless sleep.
Gaea and Rini clasped hands, blood trickling down their wrists.
"Blood sisters?" Rini said.
"Blood sisters." Gaea said and nodded to seal the binding ceremony. Just then she was hit with a flood of visions, things that she had dreamt about and others she knew for stories, still some things that she had never in her wildest dreams had seen. All, horrible death and destruction. She saw people's faces twisted in fear and pain. Blood was everywhere. She opened her eyes to see Rini looking the same way she thought she looked, shocked and pained. The visions flooded her vision as she blindly reached out for Rini. She found her and held her in a hug of desperation. She knew that Rini was seeing the same things that she was. She felt herself falling and the visions fell with her. She tried to run away, but her body wouldn't respond. She called out for Rini in her mind, found her quivering self image and held it as it grasp on to her for safety and refuge. (Everyone has a mental projection of them self, it's the you that you see in dreams and stuff. If they, being the characters in my story, link minds, they see each others mental image as their body.) They clung to each other for what seemed like an eternity, the horrific scenes playing around them like a hurricane. She could hear people talking to her and Rini, but she could not answer them. All she could do was sit there and cling to Rini with her life. Rini could also hear the voices "out side" but she couldn't reach them either. Then all of a sudden…all went dark.
"Their asleep, but I can not say how well they'll be when they wake up, or when they'll wake up." No on said a word at this, Carra sighed, wary from the long, hard work she had just completed. Serena and Darien sat in each other's arms by the fire in Carra's chamber where they had taken Gaea and Rini to shield them. The girls had bonded so tightly that when the takedown spell was cast on them it went doubled its strength. They had been in so much shock for so long that they had linked minds so well that it took 2 days to free their minds from each others grasp. When they were first found, Athena had tried to reach Gaea mind-to-mind, what she met there on the edges of Gaea's mind had kept her pretty quiet that first day. They didn't know what prolonged exposure to those visions would do to their minds. Yes they were strong girls, but even the strongest minds have a breaking point, and you never know what it is till it is too late. Athena sat as close to the fire as possible, she had been helping Carra the past few days, trying to free her bonded's mind from her friends so that she could shield her from the effects of the spell. It had worked in the end and her mind was safe and resting.
"I will go talk to her now. I must see what state her mind lays in after that." Gaea stated feeling her stored energies come to her aid and give her enough strength to carry out this last task before she would allow herself to collapse in a heap and sleep till lunch time the next day. She got up and walked through the door across the room from her. They all watched her go. She closed the door behind her, a sign that she was not to be disturbed. She walked over to the side of the queen sized bed that help to two girls that still clutched each others hands, at the moment that they broke their minds apart, they reached out and grasped hands. They hadn't gotten them apart since. {It's the blood bond mixing with the bond of friendship. Senseless girls.} Gaea shook her head and lay down on the bed almost on top of Gaea. She went first into a light trance, found the edges of her mind and then went into a deep trance so that she could go into the far reaches of her bonded's mind.
:Gaea. Dearheart. Can you hear me? Come back to me, Dearheart. Come find me. I'm here.: She called out into the corrupt abyss of Gaea's mind. She "sat down" and waited. In her mental image, she was a woman about 18 years old. Not very tall, but very well muscled. She had brown hair that shown in the false light she created around her like a beacon for Gaea to find in the darkness. She wore a sleeveless dress that was cut short above the knees and was pleated at the waist. It reminded her of the uniform of the Sailor Scouts, but in dress form instead of a white leo and colored skirt. (Tsa, Britt…you know what I mean! HeHe!) Soon she saw a light blue light in the distance and heard a noise, like the sound of a crying child.
:Dearheart, come here. I'll help you. It's me…Athena…Smallone.: The figure looked up and tilted it's head in contemplation for a moment, suddenly the light that surrounded the figure brightened and it ran towards Athena. As it grew nearer, she saw dark circles under her "eyes". It was Gaea sure enough. She ran us to Athena's image and hugged it. She felt cold in her arms. {Why is she this cold? Even her image should be warm.} Gaea broke the embrace and held Gaea out by the shoulders to look her over. She had thinned a great deal, but that was to be expected. Her eye's barely held on to the life that they once held within them. :Are you alright Dearheart?: Gaea let her "face" show deep concern.
:I am now that you're here Smallone. It was so horrible! I could see things from my past and other dimensions. Rini and I have been talking and she told me about her dreams, I know everything. I remember.: She looked her tiger, now a woman, in the face that she always wore when they met in the mind. {Does Athena know? Of course she does, or she wouldn't look guilty like that. How long has she known? Is there anything else that she hasn't told me?} Gaea almost became infuriated, then regained her composure and look at Athena again with a questioning glance. Athena almost cried aloud.
:I'm sorry I never told you before, but I was sworn not to tell. If you figured it out on your own, I was inclined to tell you, not everything mind you…but I guess it's a little late for that, huh?: Athena said, a mental tear trickling down her face that showed real grief. It was hard to hide your emotion when you were linked min-to-mind, it took great skill and almost all of your concentration, which was devoted to Gaea at the moment. Gaea hugged Athena and just simply held her for a long time, emotions and healing energy passed between both of them. Finally Athena broke the hug and smiled, fatigue plagued her face and posture. :I must go, I have been working on you and the squirt for 2 days.: Gaea nodded and smiled.
:Get your rest, small one. I'll be alright now. I'll keep Rini company. She's strong enough for visitors also. Tell Serena and Darien. Good night beloved.: And with that Athena smiled and faded out, reluctant to leave her bonded. Finally she blew a kiss and winked out.
Athena woke to a dying fire and a headache. {I need to eat, drink and sleep. In that order. I won't do her any good in this state.} She thought as she slid off the bed, careful not to disturb the girls. She walked out the cracked door and woke Serena to nod at the door. She woke Darien and they rushed in. Carra awoke at that moment.
"She is strong the I take it?" Se said cautiously.
:Yes. They both are and will recover with time.: Athena said too blanketed with sleep and exhaustion to speak out loud. Carra nodded and took the plate next to her and set it on the floor in front of Athena. She bent her head and scarfed down the clod meat and bread, barely tasting it. Then Carra put a bowl down and poured water into it from a pitcher that had been placed away from the fire to keep it cool. After she finished the food, she gulped the water down and stumbled out of the room to a side chamber and fell on the blankets that had been placed on the floor for her to sleep on. She drifted of to sleep in a peaceful, dreamless sleep.