The Last Amazons

By Dixxy

Epilogue

(Sam)

We didn't go out for ice cream like Rona wanted. With the condition that Ella and I were in? Hell no! We all went home to try and heal up. Sage went home with me and Ella so he and I could heal each other. Overall, it had turned out to be a very, very long night. We were all tired and ready to crash.

When we finally got to talk to the Torrents, Anubis, and Ria on Friday morning, Ria and Sara verbally voiced their disappointment. "We missed a fight? You guys got into a tangle without us?" Ria complained. "I would've LOVED to whip the Amazon into a million pieces!"

"Amazons are very dangerous creatures, Ria," said Anubis. He turned to me. "Sam?"

"I'm all right," I said. "I don't know what to think of my heritage, though."

"Well, Anubis did say that Amazons were raised to be evil," said Sage. "I don't think any of us see you as anyone BUT Samantha Thomas. You're still our friend and just because you found out you aren't one hundred percent human doesn't change a thing between you and any of us."

"Did you two go out on a date last night?" asked Cye.

"We're just gonna be friends," I said. "Yeah, Sage is cute, but. . . anything I might've felt for him was just a stupid crush. No offense, Sage. We talked about it last night and we've decided that really good friends is the way to go."

Kento nodded. "Hey, whatever works."

"So, unless there's anything else that's going on, should we break for lunch?" asked Anubis.

"PIZZA!" Keisha cried out enthusiastically. We were all taken aback by the sudden outburst, especially Kento. Kento stared at Keisha dumbly before she giggled, pounced on him, and rubbed her nose against his.

In response, Kento licked her nose.

"EWWWW! KENTO!" she cried out, jumping away from him. Kento laughed, getting out from under her. He stuck his tongue out at her, slurping at the air. Keisha yelled at him and took off after her boyfriend, who was guffawing at her. It didn't take too long before she caught him.

"Aw c'mon, Keisha. . . let me go. . ." we heard Kento plead.

"Nuh-uh-uh!" she said. "I have to think of an appropriate punishment for you, Kento. Something that will make you ever want to do that again. Have any suggestions?"
"Let me go and take my word for it?"

"They're cute together," said Sara, who was looking over the back of the couch at the pair. She sat back down in the normal fashion, "She's got him pinned to the ground. She's straddled his waist and I think she's pinned his floor. He ain't going ANYWHERE until she decides he can go somewhere."

"Ah, perfect, Tiger Lily," we heard Keisha say. A minute or so passed before we heard Kento scream, then start to laugh and beg Tiger Lily to "stop". Keisha walked back into the living room. She turned to Ria, a grin on her face. "Thanks, Ria. Tiger Lily is punishing Kento for me."

"What's she doing to him?" asked Ria.

"She's giving him a bath."

~

After going home for a little bit, I decided to head back to Mike's mansion to see the boys again. Sage and Kento were supposed to have gotten their official feedback on the football team that day and I'd forgotten to ask about it at the meeting. That gave me a decent enough excuse to go over there.

When I got there, I discovered Kento had changed clothing and he, Sage, and, surprisingly enough, Cye, were all huddled around the living room coffee table, talking to each other in what I assumed to be Japanese. Kento and Cye were yapping at Sage and he kept looking at the other two, an irritated look on his face as he spoke something I vaguely recognized as a threat my mother used to use on me.

"Hi guys," I said. "What are you doing?"

Kento waved at me. "Hey, Sam."

"Well, after much pestering from Ria, we've finally decided to write to Ryo and Rowen to tell them that we're alive," said Cye. "Since Sage has the best penmanship between the three of us, he's doing the writing while we tell him what to write."

"I've seen your handwriting, Cye, it's really nice," I said.

"Not when he's using the Japanese kanji system," said Sage. "It's barely legible."

"Oh," I said, sitting down. "What are you telling them?"

"Well, for one, that we're still alive," said Kento. "Second, we're saying that we're with you guys- the Senshi- and Anubis, who was brought back to life to train you girls. We're still debating over whether or not to mention the Age of Legends, not to mention our location."

"Well," I said, "I think it depends on what you feel is best for your situation."

"Really?" said Cye.

"Yes. Think about the pros and cons of what to tell and what not to tell," I said. "For one, the Age of Legends is a definitely good idea. For all we know they're walking through walls or causing things to spontaneously combust. If they are, they have no idea WHY they're doing that. Explain the Age of Legends to them and then they'll know what's going on."

"All right," said Sage. "Now, how about pictures?"
"Of what?" I asked.

"Us. Anubis. You girls. Buildings around here. That kind of stuff," said Kento.

"Sure!" I said. "And tell them to send pictures BACK! I want to see what Ryo and Rowen look like, though I probably don't want to know as badly as Ria and Rona do." I sighed heavily. "You should see those two. They're going through muscle magazines and pointing at different men. 'I bet THIS is Ryo!' 'Yeah, well THIS is Rowen!' It's pathetic."

"So we've seen," said Kento. "I 'd hate to inform Rona, but Rowen's a twig."

I laughed. "What?"

"So he's a little on the skinny side, at least he isn't a human skeleton," said Sage. He put his pen down and showed me the paper. "I know you can't read this, but this is pretty much all we have right now. In addition to our failed drafts, that is." I noticed a few crumpled up pieces of paper lying around the three of them, obviously copies they had not been pleased with.

"How many words is it?" I asked.

"Um," said Cye, taking the paper from Sage. He scanned over the paper, trying to translate it into something I would be able to understand. I took that opportunity to sit down, stealing a handful of popcorn from their bowl. "Maybe about a hundred, I'd say. Two, maybe three paragraphs."

"Okay, what have you covered?" I asked.

"First off, it says that we're alive," said Sage. "Then we go on to say we're sorry about taking so long to contact them- we really couldn't. The first seven or eight months we were captive, and when Kento escaped he was kept pretty busy by Shinshu. Then we had to deal with Cye's brainwashing and the Under City. We've spent the past five weeks or so settling in and getting ready for school and what not."

"How much of what you just told me did you include in the letter?"

"Nothing but the fact we're sorry we couldn't get to them earlier- we're trying to figure out how to explain it," said Kento. "I mean, this is going to come as a shock to them- Oh! Put that in. 'This must come as a shock to you, but it's true- we are alive'. That sounds good!"

"I have an idea," I said. "Write it up in English on the computer and have the rest of us look it over so we can see how well written it is. Then translate it back into Japanese, if you guys can do that. We can act all stupid and ask you guys questions that you'll need to answer in the letter."

"Brilliance! I knew they gave you the Wisdom armor for a reason!" said Kento.

I raised my fist to the bearer of Hardrock. "Do you value your life?"

"You think I'm scared of you, Sam? You couldn't lay a hand on me," said Kento.

I turned to Sage. "Sage, please add this into the letter. 'Cye and I are alive. Unfortunately, Kento met his end at the hands of a very angry and offended Amazon human hybrid who because he was dumb enough to insult my fighting ability and my intelligence." Kento's eyes widened at the comment as I took off after him.

~

When I got home later than evening, Ella wasn't home. But that was all right. I'd just heat up a frozen pizza or something for dinner. She wouldn't mind the artificial cheese and tomato goodness that one can only get from frozen pizzas. I sure wouldn't. I hadn't had a real meal since that morning at breakfast.

The other Senshi and I had helped the boys figure out how to word their letter to the other two who were back in Japan, all of us adding in some suggestions. Cara and Anubis helped as well, Cara taking some photos and Anubis recommending some other add-ins, though we had to explain him he couldn't send an Orange Julius through the mail. It was kind of funny, though.

I sighed heavily as I went into my room. I stripped down to my underwear and threw a T-shirt and a pair of plaid shorts on before crawling under the covers. I sat up, bracing my back up against the headboard. I sighed heavily, thinking over how the past few days had spanned out.

You aren't human, Sam. You're a hybrid, I thought to myself. What does this mean?

I rolled over, attempting to reach for the lights to turn it out. I paused, however, feeling somehow. . . lonesome. I sat up, smiling to myself. I knew what was bothering me, and it had a very simple fix. I swung my legs over the side of the bed and walked over to my closet door.

I tore through miscellaneous debris for a few minutes until I found what I was looking for. I put my hands on it, placing it carefully in my lap. I ran my hands over the told memory, old stains still lying within its fur. Even after ten years, Katie the Kangaroo was still stained with my mother's blood.

I stood up, clutching Katie in my arms. I hadn't played with or slept with the old toy since my father killed my mother, and I got a sudden urge to keep it with me. I sat on my bed, running the back of my hand over stuffed animal, knowing what it symbolized. The loss of my youth. The loss of my innocence. The loss of my own mother.

Most of my innocence is gone.

It was my job to protect the innocence of others, now. . .

~

So, what did you think? I'll post up any remaining questions you guys leave after this chapter in the prologue of the next story, which is either going to be a variation of Oh, Lucky Me or A Tale of Two Torrents.

Musou Misora: Well. . . I'm not sure which is next, either *sweatdrops*.

Kar-chan: Yeah, I think Sage and Rona will be decently close friends. Eventually he gets a motorcycle, too, though his getting the motorcycle is overshadowed by something not so pleasant that happens to Keisha. . . what pictures were stupid? You've lost me there!

That's all for now. Until I get the next story out. . . um. . . go read End of Innocence v2.0. yeah! That's it!

~Dixxy