Reclaim Destiny
-A tribute to the fallen Dragon Slayers and their lord Dilandau-
By: SoulStealer
Disclaimer: I don't own Esca.
A/N-
Yukiskin/Princess Neptune: Glad you like it!
WaTaShIwA ShInImEdAmI: hehe… please don't kill me! No, not all the slayers die. Lets just say… *counts fingers* one, two, three, four… Yes, four live. ^_^;; sorry, the others were needed for the plot…
Mackey: Glad you like it, also! BTW, a Mary Sue is an original character who is in most ways perfect and falls in love with another character. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's what is it.)
And as always, please review! I thank anyone who already has, you guys are great!
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Chapter Four
"The Return"
"Remind me again why I'm helping you, again?" Sage asked as she and Miguel moved toward the glider port. They had been hobbling along for the past thirty minutes using each other for occasional support.
Miguel rolled his eyes. "Listen I know you don't want to do this, but I really need another person here. Plus, I promise y--"
"Hm," Sage said in annoyance. "All I heard was 'I, I, I'."
"Will you stop it!" Miguel's frustration level rose a notched. "You don't have to go all bit--"
"I'm sorry!" Sage hissed. "I just don't like this. I have a weird feeling, like something bad is going to happen."
"What do you mean?" Miguel asked as the limped on. "Are you a seer or something?"
"No I'm not a seer, I just have… feelings. And this one's just like in the dungeon when I coughed, but-- this is weird-- I wasn't coughing; I was choking. You were choking. I could 'feel' it."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Miguel asked. She was becoming more like the Mystic Moon girl every second, except she was on his side…
"Sorry," Sage bit her lip. "I just was confused. It's not like I 'feel' someone die all the time… but it wasn't the first time though, I saw a few other people die."
"Princess Marlene?"
"Yes," Sage said icily. "She had some kind of fever, it burned and burned and didn't stop. I know how it feels; it's a painful way to die. But then sometimes I think she deserved it…"
"What do you mean?"
"She was a brat," Sage spat. "She thinks just because I come from some 'Mystic Moon' she can keep me for some kind of weird pet."
Miguel almost lost his footing. "You come from the Mystic Moon?" He thought to himself, are all people from that place seers? That would explain the other girl's ability to see his 'Melef.
"Yeah," Sage shrugged. "I call it 'Earth' though. Is it true you can see it at night?"
"You've… never seen the Mystic Moon?" Miguel seemed a bit surprised. "I thought you would have by now."
"Locked in a prison for three years? I don't think so."
Miguel sighed with relief as the Friedian glider port came into view. "We're nearly there."
"So what do we do?" Sage asked. "We don't have a plan!"
"Yes we do."
"Ok, let me guess. We wait out and hijack a private glider, then we fly it back ever so easily to you're flying ship… which is docked where?"
"Precisely," Miguel smiled as his stooped down to pick up a loose brick off the ground. "Precisely."
***
"We did it!" Miguel felt the adrenaline pumping through his as the glider sped down the runway. " Vione here I come!"
"I'm still in shock…" Sage said. The plan had been simple, almost to simple in fact. Once they had spotted an open glider it was up to her. Sage had walked over to the owner as he finished loading his glider. She held her chest out, shaking her hips as she walked, approaching the man. "Hi," she had said huskily and her returned her greeting with a hungry smile. Sage had felt a twang of fear ripple through her but it dissolved as Miguel brought the brick down on the owner's head.
"I still can't believe I acted like that!" Sage hissed in distaste.
Miguel grinned from his seat at the controls. "You were pretty good at it too," he teased.
"You!" She smacked the back of his head. "Any way, how are we going to find this ship?"
"The Vione should be near by," Miguel frowned. "If Folken sent someone out to free me they'll be expecting me to return soon."
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"Attention! Unknown ship approaching, all personnel to the docking bay!"
The broadcast rang clearly through the halls of the Vione. Dragon Slayers ran to meat the new threat as dock men and mechanics retreated. Slowly the hatch opened and a small two-manned glider skidded to a stop on the docking floor.
"Come out from the glider slowly!" Gatti shouted as he drew his katana. "Any fast movements and we will attack!"
There was a rustling and the gliders hatch popped open. Slowly and over-dramatically a brunette head came into view.
"I thought you'd recognize you're old Dragon Slayer, Miguel," the brunette said dejectedly.
"Miguel!"
Choruses of greeting chimed through the hanger. Gatti watched as his comrades ran to greet their comrade. Gatti, himself, strode over and clapped Miguel on the back.
"Nice to have you back."
"Nice to be back!" Miguel managed to say before Dallet and Chest tackled him in a hug.
"Eck! To much male bonding here." A rough voice hissed from the inside of the glider. Slowly Gatti made his way over to the cockpit. Inside he found what was a girl… or at least he thought. Her hair was long enough but her voice and her figure weren't quite what you could call feminine.
"Mind explaining this?" Gatti called hauling the girl out by her shirt frount. She hissed and tried to free herself from his iron grip.
The docking bay grew quiet and all eyes rested on Miguel or the girl and Gatti.
"It's ok," Miguel said. "She's with me."
"Miguel," Dallet hissed. "You now we're not aloud to bring… people like her aboard. Lord Dilandau doesn't allow wenches--"
"Hey!" The girl shouted. "One, I'M NOT A PROSTITUTE! Two, don't talk about me like I'm not here!"
Dallet blinked, not many girls in his lifetime had talked back to him. Instead this one glared daggers at the young 'Melef pilot while she struggled to free herself from Gatti's grip. Dallet backed up a step, just to be safe.
"Just let go of her," Miguel sighed. "Listen she can 'see' things, things that happen in the future. She can help us!"
"So you go and pick up some girl who has odd hallucinations while you're gone?" Another Dragon Slayer asked.
"No, it's just--"
The previous Dragon Slayer continued. "Great, Lord Dilandau's going to love this!"
"Oh and what might that be?"
Sage shiver visible as Lord Dilandau walked down a staircase. The silver haired, blood red eyed Lord approached. The Dragon Slayers parted as he approached. Another shiver ran down her spine.
"Miguel," she whispered. "I think this is the 'bad feeling' I was talking about."
