AN: This chapter is a little shorter than some of the others, but I hope
that doesn't make a difference.
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'Hitomi! How can you say that? She was with the Zaibach; she has the armor and the skills.' Allen said; a little shocked at what Hitomi had said about Mystic. Mystic was turning out to be not such a bad person after all.
Mystic stood up angrily. 'I have always been a Zaibach soldier!' She was practically yelling it.
'Then where were you born?' Hitomi asked her.
'Zaibach's capitol!' Mystic spat out at her.
'Is that what the Zaibach told you? Who were your parents? Did you have any siblings?' Hitomi attacked Mystic with a landslide of questions.
Mystic seemed very offended, but she remembered what the Sorcerers had told her when questions of her family had come up. 'My family was killed; I was the only one who survived!'
'Then how could you have read the book 'Little Women'?' Hitomi asked her, she saw that she was getting on her nerves, but continued. 'Do you just know what the book was about? Do you even remember picking it up and reading it somewhere?'
Mystic was falling behind, she winced visibly at the continuing questions. 'I can't remember; I had a bad accident four years ago. I lost my memory.' Mystic confessed, she had always been told that that was why she didn't remember her childhood.
'Then how do you know that the Zaibach aren't lying to you?' Hitomi asked her, Mystic looked at her angrily at the idea of it.
'How dare you! I owe the Zaibach my life!' Mystic yelled at her, Hitomi was really pissing her off. 'Why are you asking me so many questions?' Mystic finally asked.
'Don't you see? Four years ago, on the Mystic Moon, my home, a little eleven year old girl was kidnapped in front of hundreds of people.' Hitomi told her.
'What does that have to do with me?!' Mystic asked her exasperated.
'That little girl was kidnapped by strange men wearing armor, now I see that it was Zaibach armor, right after a bright light beamed down from the heavens. Another beam of light was seen after the men had left with the kidnapped girl.' Hitomi said. 'They searched for the girl and the kidnappers for almost a year, before they called it off. The men didn't leave a trace, not a foot print, not even a ransom note. Think of it, it happened all four years ago, the time when you had your little 'accident'.' This all hit Mystic like a ton of bricks.
Her fists were clenched, her teeth gritted. She was shaking, she didn't know what to do, let alone say.
'Hey, c'mon, don't pick on the girl.' Ceri said a little too late to help anything.
'There was no reason to kidnap the girl, she was as normal as anyone else her age. She had no enemies, everyone liked her, even loved her. If you really are her, I know it would be hard, very hard. You have changed a lot since that day. They cut your hair and died it silver.' Hitomi stopped; she could see the pain in Mystic's eyes.
Mystic pushed past Hitomi and ran down the hall to a place where she could be alone. She was so confused. She wanted to believe that the Zaibach hadn't lied to her, but Hitomi had made so much sense. She was just making herself even more confused. Mystic had run all the way to the bay where they kept the Guymelefs. She was leaning on a rail of a catwalk. Mystic felt a single tear fall down her right cheek. Mystic remembered when she had last cried; it had been four years ago, with Folken.
Someone wiped the tear off of her cheek with their thumb.
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'Hitomi! How can you say that? She was with the Zaibach; she has the armor and the skills.' Allen said; a little shocked at what Hitomi had said about Mystic. Mystic was turning out to be not such a bad person after all.
Mystic stood up angrily. 'I have always been a Zaibach soldier!' She was practically yelling it.
'Then where were you born?' Hitomi asked her.
'Zaibach's capitol!' Mystic spat out at her.
'Is that what the Zaibach told you? Who were your parents? Did you have any siblings?' Hitomi attacked Mystic with a landslide of questions.
Mystic seemed very offended, but she remembered what the Sorcerers had told her when questions of her family had come up. 'My family was killed; I was the only one who survived!'
'Then how could you have read the book 'Little Women'?' Hitomi asked her, she saw that she was getting on her nerves, but continued. 'Do you just know what the book was about? Do you even remember picking it up and reading it somewhere?'
Mystic was falling behind, she winced visibly at the continuing questions. 'I can't remember; I had a bad accident four years ago. I lost my memory.' Mystic confessed, she had always been told that that was why she didn't remember her childhood.
'Then how do you know that the Zaibach aren't lying to you?' Hitomi asked her, Mystic looked at her angrily at the idea of it.
'How dare you! I owe the Zaibach my life!' Mystic yelled at her, Hitomi was really pissing her off. 'Why are you asking me so many questions?' Mystic finally asked.
'Don't you see? Four years ago, on the Mystic Moon, my home, a little eleven year old girl was kidnapped in front of hundreds of people.' Hitomi told her.
'What does that have to do with me?!' Mystic asked her exasperated.
'That little girl was kidnapped by strange men wearing armor, now I see that it was Zaibach armor, right after a bright light beamed down from the heavens. Another beam of light was seen after the men had left with the kidnapped girl.' Hitomi said. 'They searched for the girl and the kidnappers for almost a year, before they called it off. The men didn't leave a trace, not a foot print, not even a ransom note. Think of it, it happened all four years ago, the time when you had your little 'accident'.' This all hit Mystic like a ton of bricks.
Her fists were clenched, her teeth gritted. She was shaking, she didn't know what to do, let alone say.
'Hey, c'mon, don't pick on the girl.' Ceri said a little too late to help anything.
'There was no reason to kidnap the girl, she was as normal as anyone else her age. She had no enemies, everyone liked her, even loved her. If you really are her, I know it would be hard, very hard. You have changed a lot since that day. They cut your hair and died it silver.' Hitomi stopped; she could see the pain in Mystic's eyes.
Mystic pushed past Hitomi and ran down the hall to a place where she could be alone. She was so confused. She wanted to believe that the Zaibach hadn't lied to her, but Hitomi had made so much sense. She was just making herself even more confused. Mystic had run all the way to the bay where they kept the Guymelefs. She was leaning on a rail of a catwalk. Mystic felt a single tear fall down her right cheek. Mystic remembered when she had last cried; it had been four years ago, with Folken.
Someone wiped the tear off of her cheek with their thumb.