Chapter 28: One of the Pains of War



"Dustin!" the blond boy laid on the floor in the hallway barely conscious. He weakly opened his garnet red eyes and awaited his vision to clear. Kneeling beside him was a woman with long blond hair tied back in a braid. "Dustin." she repeated. Her voice was full of worry.

"M-mom . . ."he managed to say as he tried to move his weak and beat up body. The woman bent down closer to him and held him in a protective hug.

"Oh Dustin, I'm so happy you're okay." she sounded as if she would burst into tears. She loosened her grip on her son and helped him to his feet. "What happened? Who did this to you?" she still sounded worried but now also angered.

"It was Asturian and Fanelian soldiers. I don't know how they managed to get on the Vione but there were too many for me. I tried to fight off as many as I could so Dilandra could escape." a wave of fear hit Setsuna. What if something happened to Dilandra.

"Alright, you just rest in my room and I'll be there to check on you shortly." she hugged her son again and kissed on the forehead before she turned to dash down the hallway.



"Ouch . . ."Dilandra muttered as she regained her consciousness. She rubbed her forehead and then the rest of her face with both of her hands. When she was finally fully awake she tried to remember what had happened. The room she was in wasn't that of her own, it was smaller and wasn't really a room but more like a cell of some sort. She bolted upright in fear. Where the fuck am I? She wondered. She soon realized that she hands had been bound together with rope. Huh? Okay, what happened? She had also noticed that her sword was missing and was nowhere to be found.

"Well, well, well, looks like sleeping beauty has finally decided to wake up." a man's voice hissed for the shadows on the other side of the bars. The man was not alone either. There were about seven other's with him.

"Who are you? And what do you want from me?" Dilandra asked in a clod and chilling tone. Many of the other men laughed and one of the men stepped forward and into the light. Oh great, not him again. Dilandra thought with a sigh.

"Well, I hope you haven't forgotten me." Allen said as he stared her down.

"How could I forget a hideous face like yours?" Dilandra smirked with her remark and Allen frowned.

"You little lady should just watch your tongue 'cause you're gonna be here for a long time." Dilandra felt like she could vomit just looking at him and having to see him act all high and mighty.

"So what the fuck do you want with me?" She demanded again. Allen smiled.

"Well, there's actually two reasons we kidnapped you. One being that we can use you to make Zaibach surrender and two, I want to get a little revenge on someone."



Setsuna ran though the hallways in a hurry looking for Dilandra. Okay Dilandra, where are you hiding? "Uh Setsuna?" the man's voice stopped her while she dashed down the hallway.

"What is it Gatti?! I'm kinda busy!" she barked at him. He stepped back, afraid that she would hit him.

"Whoa, we were just all worried about you. Something's wrong and just the way you're acting about it has got us worried." Setsuna took a deep calming breath.

"Sorry, I'm just looking for Dilandra. I don't know where she went and I've checked most of the Vione already-"

"Setsuna!" another man's voice yelled from down the hall.

"What is it Violle?" she almost regretted asking him.

"We have word on the whereabouts of your daughter." Setsuna's face beamed.

"Well! Where is she!?!" her patients was wearing thin. Violle swallowed hard. He didn't want to be the one to tell her.

"Uh, she's . . . Well, she got captured by the enemy." he shut his eyes and awaited her reaction. Setsuna looked almost pale.

"Uh, Setsuna . . . are you okay?" Gatti asked cautiously. She turned her head to face Gatti and obviously forced a smile and nodded.

"Oh yes. I'll be just fine. All I ask is that no one talk to me or they'll regret it." she tried to walk away as calmly as possible. That mother fucking Allen! I'm gonna kill him if it's the last thing I do! her mind was full of nothing but anger.

Dilandau spotted his lovely wife in the hallway and decided to sneak up behind her. He gentle wrapped his arms around her and expected her to squirm or squeal like usual but neither happened. "What's the matter darling?" he asked her in his innocent yet seductive voice.

"I'm gonna kill that fucking knight." she muttered and continued to walk down the hall. Dilandau's face changed from playful to serious.

"What happened?" he demanded.

"He took her . . ." Setsuna's eyes began to well up and her tears weren't too far away from spilling down her cheeks. "I've lost her again to him." her lip trembled as she spoke and the tears finally came. She turned to her husband and fell into his arms crying. Dilandau wrap one arm around her back and let the other caress her hair.



"Hey, I wonder what's gonna happen to Dilandra and Melody?" Minako wondered aloud as she ate her lunch quietly with her friends at school. "It's been what, at least two days and no sign of either of them." Minako sighed and tied to eat but she couldn't with all that was going on.

"I know what you mean." the brunet replied. "Like who's side are we on?" Minako looked up from her sandwich and looked at her friend.

"What do you mean Naoko?"

"Well, it's obvious that Melody and Dilandra are enemies. Remember that blond guy whatever his name was acted so nice to Melody and he even tried to kill Dilandra." Minako along with the other girls nodded.

"I say we stick on Dil's side. She has been our friend since we were in elementary school and we just can't abandon her." it was true, they all met when they had all first started school and became instant friends.

"But what about Melody?" the short haired blond asked the group and there was a silence.

"Well I don't care Rei, I'm sticking on Dil's side till the end. She's my best friend. You can go and join Melody's side but I've made up my mind."

"Whoa, I never said I was joining her side. I was just asking about her. Who's gonna stick on her side?" the question created another silence.



A/N: Wow, can you believe it? Chapter 28! I never ever thought I would make it this far! Well, mainly because I was originally gonna end the fic when Dilly and Setsuna got back together and they didn't have a daughter but I'm actually happy I didn't choose that path. Any ways, please review. I love hearing your opinions on my chappies. If you want to flame me(and I'm very surprised I got no flames from any Allen-lovers for my last chapter) or if you have a question, feel free to e-mail them to me at sailor_cosmos71@hotmail.com