Darkness Sees the Light
Chapter 6
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Okay, please review this, Usa-chan (Sere-chan) and myself are writing this together. Email me at pokahydee@hotmail.com or Usa-chan (Sere-chan) at Serena@smcrossover.com. Anyway, enjoy^_^
The small group stood in some sort of room with the mirrors that each person had come out of.
"Where do we go now?" Quatre asked, still a little shaken up from seeing the image of his father. An image appeared above the small group, her icy blue eyes glaring at the odd bunch.
"You'll never find the princess," The woman said, an evil smirk spread across her face. "Are you ready for the next test?" She asked, the evil smirk only growing. She saw the glares she was getting from the boys and her evil laughter filled their ears. "Very well then." She said, before vanishing. A moment later, a fancy mirror appeared before them. The ones that surrounded the room were all very dark and drab looking but this one was silver and shone brightly in the dim light. It had crescent moons carved into it and had fancy designs throughout the frame.
"…." Heero walked up to the mirror, pushing his hand through. "Lets go." The others just shook their heads and followed Heero through the mirror. When Heero passed through the mirror he saw only blackness for a few seconds then red embers came into view. He was in a small town that was now only ashes and dust. There were a few piles of rubble that were still smoldering. 'Where am I?' He thought to himself, looking around the dark place. There wasn't even a moon to light the place up, it was pitch black out and the only light was from the smoldering embers that were the buildings.
He stopped when he saw something lying on the ground in front of him. He bent down to pick it up, seeing that it was a little girl's teddy bear. Something that most little girls wouldn't just leave lying around like that. A few feet from that, lay the body of a puppy, it had some serious burns on its fur and appeared to be very dead. He picked up the puppy, holding it against his body as he slowly walked away from the devastation. As he slowly walked away, the eyes of the puppy opened, glowing red. The dog jumped up, trying to attach itself to Heero's neck. Heero flung the dog to the ground, gripping his neck where the dog's teeth had dug in. He turned around when he felt something attach itself to his leg. It was a little girl… the little girl that he'd killed… her eyes were glowing the same red as the puppy's were as she stalked toward Heero. Heero's eyes bulged from his head.
"You killed me, you'll pay now." The little girl's once sweet voice said twisted with hatred and bitterness.
"I didn't mean to…" Heero started feeling true fear grip his body. "It was an accident…"
"You killed me, it's your turn now. You killed me, it's your turn now…" She was chanting over and over again.
"You killed us, it's time for you to die. You killed us, it's time for you to die…" A groups of soldiers and mobile suit pilots began to chant as the closed in on Heero.
"This isn't real!" He cried, loosing himself, fear gripping his heart for the first time in a long time. A beautiful angel stepped in front of the rest of them, looking strangely like Usagi.
"You're the reason I'm dying. I can never forgive you for that…" She was saying as she slowly walked toward Heero. He backed away from her, not being able to utter a single word. He drew his gun, pointing it at Usagi. He pulled back on the trigger, letting the bullet fly straight toward her. As the bullet hit her, her body shattered into a million pieces like glass and he found himself in a corridor like before, seeing several other mirrors and one broken mirror.
"So, Heero, I see you've passed the next test. You've faced your greatest fear and survived." Queen Nephelinia's bitter voice muttered.
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"I wonder what this test is going to be…" Quatre said as he walked through a long, dark hallway. He came to a door at the end of the hallway. He didn't really know what to do so he opened it and walked inside, seeing Trowa sitting in a chair with a large welt on his cheek. "Trowa?" He asked seeing his friend's unconscious form [A.N. they're just friends all right? It's okay to worry about a friend isn't it?].
"Quatre, you tried to kill me. I can never forgive you for that." Trowa said, as he rose from the chair. Behind him, Quatre heard a familiar voice. He spun around, seeing his father standing behind him, a look of hatred in his eyes.
"You let me die Quatre," He started, his voice full of anger and bitterness. "You didn't even TRY to save me." He continued, slowly closing in on Quatre. Quatre's eyes began to fill with tears as he slowly backed away from his father's form.
"That's not true," He whispered, backing up into Trowa. "That's all a lie!"
"Quatre…" A familiar silvery voice said behind him. Quatre spun around, this time facing Usagi. "Quatre, why didn't you save me? I was there for you at your worse time and you didn't do anything to help me, why?" She asked, her eyes filled with pain.
"I… I would have if I could…" Quatre said, feeling sorrow and guilt clutching at his soul. "I… I didn't mean to hurt any of you… please forgive me…" Quatre whispered, the tears falling freely.
"We'll never forgive you…" The three said in unison. "We will kill you for what you've done to us. You won't get away with it…"
"This is all a lie…" Quatre mumbled to himself. "This isn't real, it's another one of Nephelinia's tests…" Quatre told himself. He looked up into the eyes of Usagi and looked away seconds later. "It's not real…" He repeated. He kept his eyes closed, drawing his gun and aiming it at his father. He didn't open his eyes, but pulled the trigger, letting the bullet fly toward his father. "I'm sorry… father…" He whispered. He opened his eyes when he heard glass shattering and found himself on the ground next to Heero. There were several other mirrors, two of which had been shattered.
"You all right?" Heero asked, seeing the tears on Quatre's cheeks. Quatre wiped them away quickly.
"I'm fine. Do you think the others will pass their tests?" Quatre asked.
"…."
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"I wonder where I am now," Duo thought outloud, looking down the dark corridor. He walked carelessly down the hallway, his hands crossed behind his head. "What kind of a test is this?" He asked, walking down the endless hallway. "Is she trying to tire me out by making me walk miles?"
"Duo…" A silvery voice called. Duo looked around him, seeing no one.
"What's going on?" He asked, stopping in the hallway. "Who's there?" He called, cupping his hands to his mouth.
"Duo… you let them take me…" The whispered voice continued.
"Huh? Usagi?" He asked, following the voice through the empty hallway. He heard a silvery laugh but he couldn't tell where it came from. It seemed to be completely surrounding him, the walls were closing in on his, he couldn't breathe. "What's going on?! Usagi?!?!"
"Oh Duo, you always say you're not afraid of death," The silvery voice continued. "Now that you're facing it, you realize that you are terrified of death, it could even be your greatest fear." He ran through the hallway, clutching his heart, feeling like it would burst out of his chest.
"What are you doing?!" He demanded, trying his hardest to force the air into his lungs. He heard her silvery laugh again and saw her figure slowly fade into view. "Usagi?!" He asked, seeing that she wore all black and there was an upside down black crescent moon on her forehead. Heero stood by her side, pointing a gun at Duo.
"Good bye, Duo." Heero said in an emotionless tone.
"NO!" Duo shouted, pulling his gun. He closed his eyes and squeezed the trigger, feeling the pain in his chest slowly lift. He heard glass shattering and when he opened his eyes, found himself in the hallway next to Heero and Quatre. "Usagi…" He whispered.
"Are you all right, Duo?" Quatre asked, kneeling down beside his friend. Duo shook his head, his face still set in a terrified expression. "She said that we had to face our greatest fear." Duo shook his head in agreement and slowly made his way to his feet. He looked and saw that there were three shattered mirrors and there were two more that were still intact.
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"Three have passed the second test…" Nephelinia said to herself, a scowl on her face. "Hmm… I thought for sure that at least one of them wouldn't have passed the first test. No matter, they won't pass them all." Usagi picked up her head, glaring at Nephelinia. She was dressed as Neo Queen Serenity but she felt very tired and very weak. Her powers were weakening every moment she stayed in there. Without the Moon, Serenity would be even more vulnerable than she was now.
"You won't win Nephelinia…" She said in a weak voice, managing to smile slightly. "Heero won't let you…"
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Haruka was in Crystal Tokyo, inside of the Crystal palace.
"Neo Queen Serenity?" She asked, walking through the palace, searching for her queen. She slowly made her way toward Usagi's quarters, knocking lightly on the door. When there was no answer, she pushed the door open, walking into the room. "Your highness?" She asked, she saw the Queen's form laying on the canopy bed.
"Haruka?" Her weak voice came from her spot on the bed. Usagi opened her eyes and looked up at Haruka.
"What happened?" Haruka asked sitting on the edge of the bed. The blankets were red with blood and there was a large gash across Serenity's stomach. "Did Nephelinia do this to you?"
"Endymion…" Her voice trailed off as she touched a purple bruise on her cheek. "He… tried to kill me…" Haruka leaned over her Queen, lifting her off the bed in both arms.
"Koneko-chan…" She whispered, feeling warm tears form in her eyes. She hadn't cried in so long, she hadn't cried when Michiru had had her pure heart taken. She hadn't cried when she thought Michiru was killed by the heart snatchers and so many other times they had been so close to death. "I swear to Kami that I'll kill him!!" She shouted, feeling anger well up inside. She felt her insides breaking apart as the beautiful Queen began to float away. Her eyes were glazed over and her breathing was slowing dramatically. "You can't die!" Haruka nearly shouted, feeling a strange sadness rush through her soul. That's when it hit her, this was her worst fear… this could be a test… Her eyes flew open and she gently laid Serenity's body down. "I'm sorry, your Highness, I won't fall for this trick…" Serenity's eyes opened and she sat straight up.
"What are you talking about?" She asked. "What trick?"
"How can you be sitting up so straight when you were just laying there dying a minute ago?" Haruka questioned. Serenity wasn't able to answer that, she sat in shock as she looked at the woman. Slowly, Serenity climbed out of bed, heading for Haruka.
"Well… if I can't trick you, then I guess you'll have to die, then." Came the twisted voice of the Queen as she slowly walked toward Haruka. She had to do something so she pulled out her dagger lunging toward Serenity.
"I'm sorry, koneko-chan." She whispered as she plunged the object into her tender stomach. She heard glass shattering and found herself in a hallway with four shattered mirrors. Sitting on the ground was Duo and both Quatre and Heero were standing. Heero, leaning up against a wall with his eyes closed and arms crossed over his chest and Quatre talking to Duo. Quatre looked up as the shattering of glass could be heard. He notice something that resembled tears on Haruka's face but made no move to comfort her. Haruka wiped her eyes hastily and stood, arms crossed over her chest.
"You think Wufei'll pass the test?" Duo asked, standing up. Quatre nodded slightly.
"Yeah, I'm sure he will." Quatre said staring at the last mirror.
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Wufei was in Nataku, he was fighting against mobile dolls and wasn't doing too great. His eyes narrowed and his brow creased in anger.
"I won't lose to soul less dolls…" He mumbled as he kept fighting.
"Yes you will, weakling." Duo's voice taunted as Duo's face appeared on the screen.
"Shuttup Maxwell!" He said, plunging his weapon into another mobile doll, watching as it blew up, sending debris in all directions. A mobile doll attacked him from behind, sending him crashing into a nearby colony.
"What's wrong Wufei? Too weak to beat them?" Came Duo's taunting voice again.
"I'm not weak Maxwell!" He shouted, feeling anger and fear rising up inside of him.
"You're weak Wufei.." Heero's monotone voice said.
"Why would we want a weakling like you fighting with us? You can't even beat a few mobile dolls." Duo's voice came again.
"You're too weak to be a gundam pilot." Trowa's voice said.
"I thought you were stronger, Wufei, guess I was wrong." Came Quatre's voice over the radio.
"I'm not weak… I'm not weak…" He said to himself as he went into a blind rage, destroying everything in sight, including the colony. He stopped fighting, realizing what he had done. "No…" He whispered, feeling the fear griping his body. "I… I am weak…"
"You're probably too weak to even defeat me." Came a silvery voice. Wufei turned to see a mobile single mobile suit floating in front of him. The pilots face popped up onto the screen.
"Usagi?" He asked. "I won't fight a weak woman." He commented. He watched as a smirk spread across her face and she attacked.
"Face it Wufei, you're weak, you can't defeat me." She said, still smirking.
"I won't be defeated by a weak woman!!" He shouted.
"You're fighting with your emotions, Wufei, that is a sign of weakness." She commented as she brought the energy saber down, cutting into the hard gundamian alloy. His gundam staggered back as he felt the anger grip at him. 'I'm losing against a woman…' He thought in fear and anger.
"I won't lose to you!" He shouted, lunging at her, using his trident to slice the mobile suit in half. He heard the shattering of glass and the scene disappeared, Nataku was gone and so was the debris floating around him. He looked around some sort of room, seeing several broken mirrors. "It was a test…" He mumbled, numbly. He stood up, wiping all emotion off his face and slowly made his way toward the rest of them, stopping and crossing his arms over his chest.
"Looks like we all made it, what do we do next?" Haruka asked, looking over toward Heero.
"…."
"Looks like everyone passed the next test, I assure you, the next one won't be so easy," Nephelinia's evil voice said as a shadow of her face appeared above them. "Time is running out so I suggest you hurry." She said, her voice taunting.
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So, how'd you like it? Sorry it took so long to finish, I haven't been in the mood to do much lately, sick again with laryngitis this time and I can't talk at all. Anyway, please review, let us know how it was.
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