A Reason To Love
n/a: this chapter's kinda short... but then again so are alot of other chapters ^^; gomen ne for the short chapters! but thats just my style...
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~ I'm not going back. ~
Moonbay sat in the Genosaurer's cockpit, her head in her hands.
~ If the cost of going back is to lose this zoid, then it's not worth it. ~
She sighed and looked up. The nearest city was about fifteen miles away.
~ I don't understand why, but I need this Genosaurer. I need it... just like I need to find Irvine... ~
"Should I... go back...?" Moonbay whispered. The Genosaurer growled, showing its disapproval.
Moonbay nodded. "Yes. It's time to move on."
The Genosaurer started its journey to the city of Keures.
- - -
Irvine sat in his cell, pondering about the girl.
"Sei. She said her name was Sei."
He closed his eyes and tugged at his chains.
"Sei said that she'd find a way to free me..."
As if it was an answer to his thoughts, the door clicked open. The girl appeared in the doorway and she walked towards him.
"Hey."
"Hi."
Sei pulled out a key and unlocked the chains. Irvine slowly got up, not yet used to his new freedom to move his body the way he wanted.
She looked at him. "Are you ok?"
Irvine grunted in response and jerked his head towards the door. "So how're we gonna get out of here?" he said in a slightly hoarse voice.
Sei smiled and got up. "There's a free zoid in the hangar. We sneak ourselves onto it. That's the hard part." she flicked out a card. "See this? It's our key to freedom. It'll get those doors open and we can fly the zoid outta there and to the nearest city."
"Why are you doing this?" Irvine asked.
"Because... because I'm sick of this place!" she looked at Irvine. "I'm sick of Tero's ideals, I'm sick of working for something I no longer believe in!"
"And why did you drag me into this?"
"You... remind me of someone... i knew..." Sei took his hand. "Let's go."
Sei led him down a hallway and into another one. For some reason, they saw no sign of life.
"Where's all the people?" Irvine whispered.
"Lunch. You're not allowed outta the cafeteria until about fifteen minutes into the period." she whispered back. The truth was that it was cleared out on purpose, but telling him that would defeat the purpose of doing all this undercover work.
'But they would have some security people walking around in case something like this happens... Tero doesn't strike me as someone that careless...' Irvine thought.
"Trouble up ahead." Sei muttered. Irvine looked and saw two heavily armed guards standing with their backs to them.
'What are they doing here?! Didn't they get Tero's command to stay out of this sector today?!' Sei's mind said.
Sei and Irvine looked at each other.
"What now?"
Sei paused before getting behind Irvine and firmly held his wrists together.
"What the fu-"
"Just play along!" she hissed, and she marched him towards the guards. They turned around and looked at her curiously. Sei took out her security clearance [n/a: is that what you call it?] card and flashed it at them, and they let her pass.
The guards looked at each other. "I told you we weren't supposed to be on duty today." one muttered to the other.
Irvine glanced back at them. He had heard that. And now he was confused about the situation.
Sei continued to march him up to the Redler.
"Get in" she whispered, but he was already climbing up the zoid and into the cockpit. Sei followed him and plopped down in the piloting seat, as Irvine got comfortable in the back. She put her trusty card in a slot, and the Redler powered up and the gates opened up. There was nothing but sky and sand to be seen... and freedom.
n/a: this chapter's kinda short... but then again so are alot of other chapters ^^; gomen ne for the short chapters! but thats just my style...
- - -
~ I'm not going back. ~
Moonbay sat in the Genosaurer's cockpit, her head in her hands.
~ If the cost of going back is to lose this zoid, then it's not worth it. ~
She sighed and looked up. The nearest city was about fifteen miles away.
~ I don't understand why, but I need this Genosaurer. I need it... just like I need to find Irvine... ~
"Should I... go back...?" Moonbay whispered. The Genosaurer growled, showing its disapproval.
Moonbay nodded. "Yes. It's time to move on."
The Genosaurer started its journey to the city of Keures.
- - -
Irvine sat in his cell, pondering about the girl.
"Sei. She said her name was Sei."
He closed his eyes and tugged at his chains.
"Sei said that she'd find a way to free me..."
As if it was an answer to his thoughts, the door clicked open. The girl appeared in the doorway and she walked towards him.
"Hey."
"Hi."
Sei pulled out a key and unlocked the chains. Irvine slowly got up, not yet used to his new freedom to move his body the way he wanted.
She looked at him. "Are you ok?"
Irvine grunted in response and jerked his head towards the door. "So how're we gonna get out of here?" he said in a slightly hoarse voice.
Sei smiled and got up. "There's a free zoid in the hangar. We sneak ourselves onto it. That's the hard part." she flicked out a card. "See this? It's our key to freedom. It'll get those doors open and we can fly the zoid outta there and to the nearest city."
"Why are you doing this?" Irvine asked.
"Because... because I'm sick of this place!" she looked at Irvine. "I'm sick of Tero's ideals, I'm sick of working for something I no longer believe in!"
"And why did you drag me into this?"
"You... remind me of someone... i knew..." Sei took his hand. "Let's go."
Sei led him down a hallway and into another one. For some reason, they saw no sign of life.
"Where's all the people?" Irvine whispered.
"Lunch. You're not allowed outta the cafeteria until about fifteen minutes into the period." she whispered back. The truth was that it was cleared out on purpose, but telling him that would defeat the purpose of doing all this undercover work.
'But they would have some security people walking around in case something like this happens... Tero doesn't strike me as someone that careless...' Irvine thought.
"Trouble up ahead." Sei muttered. Irvine looked and saw two heavily armed guards standing with their backs to them.
'What are they doing here?! Didn't they get Tero's command to stay out of this sector today?!' Sei's mind said.
Sei and Irvine looked at each other.
"What now?"
Sei paused before getting behind Irvine and firmly held his wrists together.
"What the fu-"
"Just play along!" she hissed, and she marched him towards the guards. They turned around and looked at her curiously. Sei took out her security clearance [n/a: is that what you call it?] card and flashed it at them, and they let her pass.
The guards looked at each other. "I told you we weren't supposed to be on duty today." one muttered to the other.
Irvine glanced back at them. He had heard that. And now he was confused about the situation.
Sei continued to march him up to the Redler.
"Get in" she whispered, but he was already climbing up the zoid and into the cockpit. Sei followed him and plopped down in the piloting seat, as Irvine got comfortable in the back. She put her trusty card in a slot, and the Redler powered up and the gates opened up. There was nothing but sky and sand to be seen... and freedom.