Authors note: Hey ppl. Schools been harsh lately... I got stuck in wood
shop (Cuz there was no room in any other classes (I wanted creative writing
and art but 9th graders arn't aloud to take them)) and let me tell you:
sawing a 2 by 4 is freaking harder than it looks with a small hand saw...
Anyways, enjoy!
CHAPTER 11
Rain stood by the window, the two crimson moons of planet Zi blazed brilliantly on the horizon as they began to set. She sighed, remembering a time from long before. Suddenly the door opened and in walked Luke, followed by Hiro. Luke's face was no longer bleeding, but it still looked bad.
'Good' Rain thought.
"Ah, Child, why haven't you eaten anything?" Luke stated, far too kindly, "I sent the food to show no hard feelings."
"I refuse to help you." Rain stated simply, not turning around to face the man who once used to be considered a family friend.
"You know... If you refuse, all I have to do is pull the plug and HE will die. The oxygen will be taken out of the liquid slowly, and he will painfully suffocate." Luke stated, a cruel, snake like smile on his face.
Rain turned, tears in her eyes, thinking about her position. Memories and thoughts spun around in her head as she tried to think of what to do. If she helped Luke... no, she didn't even want to think about that. But if she didn't help Luke... 'then Cloud will die...' She thought. Silently she stood, trying to decide on what to do. One faint memory continued to replay itself in her mind, over and over. Finally she came to her conclusion on what to do.
"Luke..." Rain stated, swallowing hard, "Cloud would rather die than have me help someone like you."
"Oh no..." Luke stated, the same cold, cruel smile still planted on his face, "That just won't do." He brought his fist forward, too quick and silent for Rain to see, hitting the young teenager directly in the gut.
Rain brought her hands to her stomach, coughing slightly. She fell to her knees, the pain in her gut and ribs to painful to stand. Slowly unconsciousness gripped her as she fell forward. Just before darkness completely gripped her, a memory came to her mind... the one that had replayed itself over and over before.
* --"Cloud?" Rain said, her silver hair glistening slightly in the dark night. She sat back to back with her older brother. At that time she was only 8, while Cloud was 15. Together they sat on the roof of their parents mansion, gazing into the sky. The two crimson moons glistening brightly in the black sky just before dawn. There was an unusually few number of stars out that night.
Rain turned to face Cloud, "Cloud?"
Cloud opened his eyes and looked at the young girl. Her dark blue eyes seemed to shine strangely, even in the dim light of the two moons, giving her a somewhat mysterious aura. He smiled, "What do you want?"
"Tell me about the stars again."
Cloud sighed, his spiked silver hair moving slightly in the faint wind, "Rain... you've heard that story a million times."
"But," She said, looking back at the sky, "The stars seem sad tonight."
Cloud sighed again, smiled, then laid down on the roof placing his hands behind his head. He closed his eyes and began, "They say that everyone has their own personal star, one that they always notice when they look up at the sky. According to father, humans came from one of those stars. It is said that humans came from one of the stars we see, that we left it thousands and thousands of years ago and came to Zi. According to Zoidian legends, the star that we came from became lonely without us. This made the other stars around it very sad. That is why the stars seem dim everyone and a while... its because they are sad."
"Cloud?" Rain asked curiously, "Which star is the one you always notice?"
Cloud opened one eye and peeked at his little sister, chuckling to himself a bit, "Oh I dunno. It's just an old legend Rain, so don't take it too seriously."
"I always notice that star." Rain said pointing at one of the hundreds of dim stars in the sky, "It always makes me feel so different when I look at it. Specially tonight. For some reason... it makes me feel like something bad is going to happen..."
Cloud laughed just as his watch beeped. He looked down at it and smiled, "Its 5 in the morning... a few more minutes Rain."
"Cloud if something happens..." Rain said, "Will you be with me?"
"What?!" Cloud asked surprised, "What brought that up?" He looked at Rain and saw a strange, somewhat worried look in her eyes. He nodded, "Of course."
Rain smiled, "I'll be there for you too, ok?!"
Cloud shook of his slight confusion and smiled, "Shhh. Watch."
The two sat and watched, waiting for sunrise. Slowly the moons faded as the eastern horizon began to grow slightly brighter. Soon the darkness faded into a soft, dark blue, and the horizon began to glow a bright orange- red. The two Light-Feathers sat in silence, watching the breathtaking sunrise.
"That always reminds me of mothers song... you know," She stated quietly, "The one papa always says you sing really good."
"You mean the one father always says WE sing really good?" Cloud said, "Not just me."
"Nuh uhh." Rain shook her head, "You sing it good. Not me." She paused for a second, "Will you sing it for me?"
"Rain..."
"Please?!"-- *
Rain smiled as the darkness crept over her... that was the day that Gabrielle had come and kidnapped them.
Luke picked up the unconscious girl and left the room. Hiro, running a hand through his dark red hair walked right at Luke's heals, glancing worriedly at the young girl in his masters arms.
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"I estimate only about 5 minutes until sunrise everyone." Jemie stated over the headsets.
"A WhaleKing's coming from the south." Rei and Izumi stated at the same time. They looked at each other annoyingly.
Everyone hid as the WhaleKing came into view and landed. Out stepped about five men, each with a pistol at their side. Then a younger man stepped out. He had dark red hair and blue eyes. He looked around and nodded. He stepped back inside, and out walked an older man, carrying something wrapped up in a blanket. At his heals stood the younger man with dark red hair.
The man that had the bundle made his way quickly to the center of the city and into the square. He turned to the men following, and nodded. Each man spread himself around the square, facing outward. The man holding the bundle handed it to the red headed man.
"Are you guy's ready?" Zack said. Everyone murmured their answers. Zack nodded, "Then lets do this."
The group all jumped out of their hiding places. They quickly took out the men with guns, then surrounded the two men in the center.
"Where's Rain!?" Izumi and Rei demanded, together again. They glared at each other, but quickly got over it.
"Who in the blazes are you!?" Luke demanded glaring at each member of the group in turn. He suddenly stopped when he came to Rei.
"Rei!" Luke stated, "Why in all of Zi are you here!?"
"Uncle Luke!?" Rei inquired, confused, "I could ask you the same thing!"
Rei stood, dumbfounded at the sight of his uncle. He stared strait into the eyes of the man that had given him the scar that graced his face for so long. Hatred revealed itself deep in Rei's eyes.
"HE is your uncle!?" Izumi demanded, turning to face Rei. She was about to say something else when she noticed the burning hatred in Rei's eyes. She also noticed that he was thinking about something, something that must of made him even more mad... because he had the faintest trace of tears in his eyes.
"Luke!" Zack stated angrily, drawing attention off of Rei, "So we meet again."
Luke turned to face Zack, obviously recognizing his voice. "You!" he exclaimed, "You were the one that escaped!"
"That's right Luke." Zero sneered, "I wasn't about to let you do to me what you did to..." He stopped.
"What I did to whom!?" Luke asked slyly, a smile coming to his face, "I did nothing wrong to no one."
Zack stood, anger written on his face, "You did nothing wrong?! Mixing zoids and humans to form an elite race isn't wrong?!"
"What!?" Rei yelled. The group stood silently, confused about what Zack had stated.
"I don't care about any of this!" Izumi yelled, confused and angry, "Hand Rain over!"
Luke smiled, "Oh.. I see now. You are the teams that were searching for her before..." He laughed and uncovered the blanket off of Rains face. Rei and Izumi began to dash forward, but suddenly stopped when Luke removed a hand gun from his jacket and pointed it directly at Rains temple. Hiro held his breath as he held Rain as still as possible.
"You do know..." Luke stated, slyly smiling at Rei and Izumi, "That she doesn't need to be alive to open the door."
Izumi and Rei both cursed, backing slowly away from Luke. The man smiled cruelly, "Now watch as I finally get what I need."
Luke watched as the horizon began to get light, "Hiro hold the child so that she is standing."
Hiro hesitantly obeyed, standing Rain on her feet. He let her body lean against his as he held her up. Izumi immediately noticed the bruise on her face from when Luke had hit her.
"What the hell did you do to her!?" Izumi demanded, taking a step forward. Luke shook his head, pointing his gun at Rain once again. Izumi cursed and once again backed away.
Luke looked over at the horizon, a grin on his face. He watched as the sun began to rise.
The first rays of light made their way towards the group. Luke turned to face the statue and waited. He watched at the rays of light struck the dragons glass eyes.
The group stood in anger, but also in awe, for what they saw amazed them. The dragons eyes lit up brightly, turning a brilliant, light shade of blue. Almost seconds after the light turned them blue, they faded to red. Then a beam of light shot out of the dragons eyes, aiming directly into the roses. The beam was no thicker than a thread of string at its starting point, and would have been almost completely invisible to people who were not looking for it. The rose bushes began to shine slightly, as the morning dew caught the light.
"Now, Hiro! Hold her right hand into the light now!" Luke demanded.
Hiro hesitated, but obeyed, lifting Rains right hand into the light. The beam of light spread across her hand, forming the shape of a tiny red dragon. It faded to blue as the light began to disappear.
Suddenly the statues stone head began to crumble, revealing a crystal version of the dragons face. The crystal shone a soft blue/green. Then, the stones beneath the groups feet began to crumble. Dust flew into the air, momentarily blinding the entire group, and sending most of them into coughing fits. When the dust cleared, and the group could see, there was a small staircase in the center of the square, leading down, beneath the roses.
~~~~~~~End of chapter 11~~~~~~
Authors note: Just so there's no confusion... Cloud Light-Feathers story about Cloud is a spin off, not really part of my story, but a story based on part of my story. His and my story will probably not be too similar on what happened to Cloud during his absence. Go review his story though... Im sure it will be good.
Anyways, go review, and I hope you liked the small cliff I left you at that was actually my friend Scarlet gave me that idea... she told me that I should leave you at the cliff hanger. (Its only a small Cliff hanger though!)
CHAPTER 11
Rain stood by the window, the two crimson moons of planet Zi blazed brilliantly on the horizon as they began to set. She sighed, remembering a time from long before. Suddenly the door opened and in walked Luke, followed by Hiro. Luke's face was no longer bleeding, but it still looked bad.
'Good' Rain thought.
"Ah, Child, why haven't you eaten anything?" Luke stated, far too kindly, "I sent the food to show no hard feelings."
"I refuse to help you." Rain stated simply, not turning around to face the man who once used to be considered a family friend.
"You know... If you refuse, all I have to do is pull the plug and HE will die. The oxygen will be taken out of the liquid slowly, and he will painfully suffocate." Luke stated, a cruel, snake like smile on his face.
Rain turned, tears in her eyes, thinking about her position. Memories and thoughts spun around in her head as she tried to think of what to do. If she helped Luke... no, she didn't even want to think about that. But if she didn't help Luke... 'then Cloud will die...' She thought. Silently she stood, trying to decide on what to do. One faint memory continued to replay itself in her mind, over and over. Finally she came to her conclusion on what to do.
"Luke..." Rain stated, swallowing hard, "Cloud would rather die than have me help someone like you."
"Oh no..." Luke stated, the same cold, cruel smile still planted on his face, "That just won't do." He brought his fist forward, too quick and silent for Rain to see, hitting the young teenager directly in the gut.
Rain brought her hands to her stomach, coughing slightly. She fell to her knees, the pain in her gut and ribs to painful to stand. Slowly unconsciousness gripped her as she fell forward. Just before darkness completely gripped her, a memory came to her mind... the one that had replayed itself over and over before.
* --"Cloud?" Rain said, her silver hair glistening slightly in the dark night. She sat back to back with her older brother. At that time she was only 8, while Cloud was 15. Together they sat on the roof of their parents mansion, gazing into the sky. The two crimson moons glistening brightly in the black sky just before dawn. There was an unusually few number of stars out that night.
Rain turned to face Cloud, "Cloud?"
Cloud opened his eyes and looked at the young girl. Her dark blue eyes seemed to shine strangely, even in the dim light of the two moons, giving her a somewhat mysterious aura. He smiled, "What do you want?"
"Tell me about the stars again."
Cloud sighed, his spiked silver hair moving slightly in the faint wind, "Rain... you've heard that story a million times."
"But," She said, looking back at the sky, "The stars seem sad tonight."
Cloud sighed again, smiled, then laid down on the roof placing his hands behind his head. He closed his eyes and began, "They say that everyone has their own personal star, one that they always notice when they look up at the sky. According to father, humans came from one of those stars. It is said that humans came from one of the stars we see, that we left it thousands and thousands of years ago and came to Zi. According to Zoidian legends, the star that we came from became lonely without us. This made the other stars around it very sad. That is why the stars seem dim everyone and a while... its because they are sad."
"Cloud?" Rain asked curiously, "Which star is the one you always notice?"
Cloud opened one eye and peeked at his little sister, chuckling to himself a bit, "Oh I dunno. It's just an old legend Rain, so don't take it too seriously."
"I always notice that star." Rain said pointing at one of the hundreds of dim stars in the sky, "It always makes me feel so different when I look at it. Specially tonight. For some reason... it makes me feel like something bad is going to happen..."
Cloud laughed just as his watch beeped. He looked down at it and smiled, "Its 5 in the morning... a few more minutes Rain."
"Cloud if something happens..." Rain said, "Will you be with me?"
"What?!" Cloud asked surprised, "What brought that up?" He looked at Rain and saw a strange, somewhat worried look in her eyes. He nodded, "Of course."
Rain smiled, "I'll be there for you too, ok?!"
Cloud shook of his slight confusion and smiled, "Shhh. Watch."
The two sat and watched, waiting for sunrise. Slowly the moons faded as the eastern horizon began to grow slightly brighter. Soon the darkness faded into a soft, dark blue, and the horizon began to glow a bright orange- red. The two Light-Feathers sat in silence, watching the breathtaking sunrise.
"That always reminds me of mothers song... you know," She stated quietly, "The one papa always says you sing really good."
"You mean the one father always says WE sing really good?" Cloud said, "Not just me."
"Nuh uhh." Rain shook her head, "You sing it good. Not me." She paused for a second, "Will you sing it for me?"
"Rain..."
"Please?!"-- *
Rain smiled as the darkness crept over her... that was the day that Gabrielle had come and kidnapped them.
Luke picked up the unconscious girl and left the room. Hiro, running a hand through his dark red hair walked right at Luke's heals, glancing worriedly at the young girl in his masters arms.
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"I estimate only about 5 minutes until sunrise everyone." Jemie stated over the headsets.
"A WhaleKing's coming from the south." Rei and Izumi stated at the same time. They looked at each other annoyingly.
Everyone hid as the WhaleKing came into view and landed. Out stepped about five men, each with a pistol at their side. Then a younger man stepped out. He had dark red hair and blue eyes. He looked around and nodded. He stepped back inside, and out walked an older man, carrying something wrapped up in a blanket. At his heals stood the younger man with dark red hair.
The man that had the bundle made his way quickly to the center of the city and into the square. He turned to the men following, and nodded. Each man spread himself around the square, facing outward. The man holding the bundle handed it to the red headed man.
"Are you guy's ready?" Zack said. Everyone murmured their answers. Zack nodded, "Then lets do this."
The group all jumped out of their hiding places. They quickly took out the men with guns, then surrounded the two men in the center.
"Where's Rain!?" Izumi and Rei demanded, together again. They glared at each other, but quickly got over it.
"Who in the blazes are you!?" Luke demanded glaring at each member of the group in turn. He suddenly stopped when he came to Rei.
"Rei!" Luke stated, "Why in all of Zi are you here!?"
"Uncle Luke!?" Rei inquired, confused, "I could ask you the same thing!"
Rei stood, dumbfounded at the sight of his uncle. He stared strait into the eyes of the man that had given him the scar that graced his face for so long. Hatred revealed itself deep in Rei's eyes.
"HE is your uncle!?" Izumi demanded, turning to face Rei. She was about to say something else when she noticed the burning hatred in Rei's eyes. She also noticed that he was thinking about something, something that must of made him even more mad... because he had the faintest trace of tears in his eyes.
"Luke!" Zack stated angrily, drawing attention off of Rei, "So we meet again."
Luke turned to face Zack, obviously recognizing his voice. "You!" he exclaimed, "You were the one that escaped!"
"That's right Luke." Zero sneered, "I wasn't about to let you do to me what you did to..." He stopped.
"What I did to whom!?" Luke asked slyly, a smile coming to his face, "I did nothing wrong to no one."
Zack stood, anger written on his face, "You did nothing wrong?! Mixing zoids and humans to form an elite race isn't wrong?!"
"What!?" Rei yelled. The group stood silently, confused about what Zack had stated.
"I don't care about any of this!" Izumi yelled, confused and angry, "Hand Rain over!"
Luke smiled, "Oh.. I see now. You are the teams that were searching for her before..." He laughed and uncovered the blanket off of Rains face. Rei and Izumi began to dash forward, but suddenly stopped when Luke removed a hand gun from his jacket and pointed it directly at Rains temple. Hiro held his breath as he held Rain as still as possible.
"You do know..." Luke stated, slyly smiling at Rei and Izumi, "That she doesn't need to be alive to open the door."
Izumi and Rei both cursed, backing slowly away from Luke. The man smiled cruelly, "Now watch as I finally get what I need."
Luke watched as the horizon began to get light, "Hiro hold the child so that she is standing."
Hiro hesitantly obeyed, standing Rain on her feet. He let her body lean against his as he held her up. Izumi immediately noticed the bruise on her face from when Luke had hit her.
"What the hell did you do to her!?" Izumi demanded, taking a step forward. Luke shook his head, pointing his gun at Rain once again. Izumi cursed and once again backed away.
Luke looked over at the horizon, a grin on his face. He watched as the sun began to rise.
The first rays of light made their way towards the group. Luke turned to face the statue and waited. He watched at the rays of light struck the dragons glass eyes.
The group stood in anger, but also in awe, for what they saw amazed them. The dragons eyes lit up brightly, turning a brilliant, light shade of blue. Almost seconds after the light turned them blue, they faded to red. Then a beam of light shot out of the dragons eyes, aiming directly into the roses. The beam was no thicker than a thread of string at its starting point, and would have been almost completely invisible to people who were not looking for it. The rose bushes began to shine slightly, as the morning dew caught the light.
"Now, Hiro! Hold her right hand into the light now!" Luke demanded.
Hiro hesitated, but obeyed, lifting Rains right hand into the light. The beam of light spread across her hand, forming the shape of a tiny red dragon. It faded to blue as the light began to disappear.
Suddenly the statues stone head began to crumble, revealing a crystal version of the dragons face. The crystal shone a soft blue/green. Then, the stones beneath the groups feet began to crumble. Dust flew into the air, momentarily blinding the entire group, and sending most of them into coughing fits. When the dust cleared, and the group could see, there was a small staircase in the center of the square, leading down, beneath the roses.
~~~~~~~End of chapter 11~~~~~~
Authors note: Just so there's no confusion... Cloud Light-Feathers story about Cloud is a spin off, not really part of my story, but a story based on part of my story. His and my story will probably not be too similar on what happened to Cloud during his absence. Go review his story though... Im sure it will be good.
Anyways, go review, and I hope you liked the small cliff I left you at that was actually my friend Scarlet gave me that idea... she told me that I should leave you at the cliff hanger. (Its only a small Cliff hanger though!)