CHAPTER 5- Dreams and the Dark
Huh? What happened? Where am I? All I can remember is a huge blinding light. That was my last conscious thought. My mind can see nothing but black. Am I dead? If I'm dead, it certainly was short and sweet. No, that's not it. I am alive. Nothing as small as an explosion could have killed me. I need to wake up. Come on. Wake up! WAKE UP!!!!!
Mya shot up with a jolt. Quickly she looked around the room, panting. She observed a prison cell, but unfortunately for her she, and the other pilots, were inside of it. With all her might she tried to pull herself up to stand.
No such luck.
Quietly she tilted her head downward as she felt darkness creep over her again. Once again Mya drifted out of consciousness and collapsed onto the cold and damp stone floor.
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Voices, so many voices. They're all around me. It's so loud, too loud. Why are they yelling? It's beginning to hurt my head, and the pain is too much. My headache is throbbing, am I going to black out again?
Slowly, very slowly Mya's eyes opened again. Something soft was beneath her head, not just the hard floor. Teeth and eyes clenched she painfully pulled herself up into a sitting position. Looking over to where her head once lay she saw a slightly wrinkled, but somewhat neatly folded none the less, denim jacket. Her look of puzzlement did not last long, as the entire cell full of gundam pilots snapped their heads toward the sound of footsteps in the hallway.
A Chinese girl, around the age of Mya, stood in front of the cell wearing the New OZ's uniform. She took a large ring of keys from her pocket and stood choosing the correct one. After finding it, she shoved it into the cell's keyhole and opened the rusting door. Standing to the side, she motioned them to come out with a broad smile across her face.
One by one the pilots crossed into the hall as Mya went to stand up. Oddly, she found it fairly easy to stand up. Looking over her shoulder her eyes met prussian blue ones. Heero was not only holding her up, in his other arm he held the folded jacket. Mya blinked as they crossed into the now crowded walkway. The Chinese girl waited for them with instructions.
"Hi, I'm Marie, the second in command here. Commander Todd requested an audience from you. If there's anything you want to know before, feel free to ask me now."
"Why is your organization pursuing OZ's ideals after the gundams crushed them once?" Trowa asked bluntly.
"It's very simple. Those in OZ were foolish and greedy. Our leader Todd is not so. We can destroy the gundams, as you have seen." Her smile brightened. "Although I am quite impressed you lasted this long."
"What is the purpose of your attack? What do you wish to achieve from this?" Heero questioned, still propping Mya up.
"It's simple really. We wish for absolute power. Absolute power will bring absolute peace. And naturally, everyone wishes for peace."
"But-" Quatre countered. "Absolute power corrupts absolutetly. What makes you think your organization can handle that kind of pressure? An anarchy is not exactly the best form of government for a peaceful rule."
"Oh yes, but Todd is a very confident leader. We are ready for anything and everything that might happen. We captured the gundams after all." She paused a moment. "Is there anything else?"
"Yes." Mya gathered her energy. She shoved out the words as quickly as they formed on the tip of her tongue, so as not to waste the little energy she had left. "What is your organization's name?"
"We call ourselves Aldebaran after the glorious star of the Taurus constellation. Why do you ask?"
"So right before I kill your leader, I can spit it in his face." Mya tried hard not to collapse. She could barely say another word, and a small stream of blood was trickling down her arm.
"Oh my, you sound very heroic, especially when you can barely stand up, even with help!" Marie let out a giggle. "In any case, we should go so as not to make Todd wait." She led them down a maze of hallways until they reached a large door.
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DW: Hey everyone DragonWing here! Sorry the chapter is so short, I've been having some difficulties.... but I swear they get longer! I Swear!
Huh? What happened? Where am I? All I can remember is a huge blinding light. That was my last conscious thought. My mind can see nothing but black. Am I dead? If I'm dead, it certainly was short and sweet. No, that's not it. I am alive. Nothing as small as an explosion could have killed me. I need to wake up. Come on. Wake up! WAKE UP!!!!!
Mya shot up with a jolt. Quickly she looked around the room, panting. She observed a prison cell, but unfortunately for her she, and the other pilots, were inside of it. With all her might she tried to pull herself up to stand.
No such luck.
Quietly she tilted her head downward as she felt darkness creep over her again. Once again Mya drifted out of consciousness and collapsed onto the cold and damp stone floor.
*************
Voices, so many voices. They're all around me. It's so loud, too loud. Why are they yelling? It's beginning to hurt my head, and the pain is too much. My headache is throbbing, am I going to black out again?
Slowly, very slowly Mya's eyes opened again. Something soft was beneath her head, not just the hard floor. Teeth and eyes clenched she painfully pulled herself up into a sitting position. Looking over to where her head once lay she saw a slightly wrinkled, but somewhat neatly folded none the less, denim jacket. Her look of puzzlement did not last long, as the entire cell full of gundam pilots snapped their heads toward the sound of footsteps in the hallway.
A Chinese girl, around the age of Mya, stood in front of the cell wearing the New OZ's uniform. She took a large ring of keys from her pocket and stood choosing the correct one. After finding it, she shoved it into the cell's keyhole and opened the rusting door. Standing to the side, she motioned them to come out with a broad smile across her face.
One by one the pilots crossed into the hall as Mya went to stand up. Oddly, she found it fairly easy to stand up. Looking over her shoulder her eyes met prussian blue ones. Heero was not only holding her up, in his other arm he held the folded jacket. Mya blinked as they crossed into the now crowded walkway. The Chinese girl waited for them with instructions.
"Hi, I'm Marie, the second in command here. Commander Todd requested an audience from you. If there's anything you want to know before, feel free to ask me now."
"Why is your organization pursuing OZ's ideals after the gundams crushed them once?" Trowa asked bluntly.
"It's very simple. Those in OZ were foolish and greedy. Our leader Todd is not so. We can destroy the gundams, as you have seen." Her smile brightened. "Although I am quite impressed you lasted this long."
"What is the purpose of your attack? What do you wish to achieve from this?" Heero questioned, still propping Mya up.
"It's simple really. We wish for absolute power. Absolute power will bring absolute peace. And naturally, everyone wishes for peace."
"But-" Quatre countered. "Absolute power corrupts absolutetly. What makes you think your organization can handle that kind of pressure? An anarchy is not exactly the best form of government for a peaceful rule."
"Oh yes, but Todd is a very confident leader. We are ready for anything and everything that might happen. We captured the gundams after all." She paused a moment. "Is there anything else?"
"Yes." Mya gathered her energy. She shoved out the words as quickly as they formed on the tip of her tongue, so as not to waste the little energy she had left. "What is your organization's name?"
"We call ourselves Aldebaran after the glorious star of the Taurus constellation. Why do you ask?"
"So right before I kill your leader, I can spit it in his face." Mya tried hard not to collapse. She could barely say another word, and a small stream of blood was trickling down her arm.
"Oh my, you sound very heroic, especially when you can barely stand up, even with help!" Marie let out a giggle. "In any case, we should go so as not to make Todd wait." She led them down a maze of hallways until they reached a large door.
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DW: Hey everyone DragonWing here! Sorry the chapter is so short, I've been having some difficulties.... but I swear they get longer! I Swear!