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AN: Wow people actually came back! I am so happy! I'm putting an AN at the top of the chapter for once-everyone celebrate!! So you've comeback to see what's the deal with Kat and Dilandau huh? Wanted to see what I did with them in the cell? Well here's your answers… yes I'm leaving now-read!
Death Moon Rising
I would like to take this time to dedicate this story to someone special. She's touched my writing and has encouraged me to go places where I never would've thought possible. Like Crimson Fire, she helped me get to where I am today. Kae Noel, this one is dedicated to you!
Chapter 9: I'll Tell You Why
It was three days later before Kat saw Dilandau again. She had been planning her escape ever since he had left her alone. Of course she had two guards around her 24/7 and she couldn't use her powers to the extent she would've liked because she was still recovering from the power drain. But after some effort and mindless chatter she had gotten the guards to tell her what was up with Dilandau.
She had listened as she played with the pale colored mush that she served her for dinner as they recalled on how since the day the Girl Slayer named Serenity had come Dilandau had shown a certain, small likeness to her. They told her that she was rising in position to become second in command to him and that she had been absolutely infatuated with the red-eyed captain. This only made Kat angrier.
So the girl likes him huh? She thought as she rested her head in her hands, leaning back against the wall. I bet he's got no quarrels with that. Probably likes the attention he gets from her.
Er, why'd I ever have to come back to Zaibach? Did I really think that Dilandau really loved me enough to wait like I had? He didn't even say he loved me before I left! If I hadn't come back then I wouldn't have been pulled into this stupid war and I wouldn't have open up that ancient evil.
"Here," Dilandau's voice came gruffly as he put a tray of food and water down on the floor. She hadn't noticed that he was even in the room.
She glared at the same pale colored mush and then him. "Eat your own shit, pig. I'm not eating anything you give me," she hissed at him, turning her head to the wall. She would not look at him.
Dilandau looked at her in surprise. He would've thought that by now she would've returned to her normal self, complaining about the food and laughing as she made weird pictures with it. Instead she just bit him every time he tried to make things right… there was definitely something wrong with her. "Why are you so.... venomous?" He asked, keeping his voice low to control the anger coursing through him. It made him so angry to see her so mad at him. "This isn't the girl I fell in love with."
"Oh, I'm sure not! You never knew me Dilandau. You never admitted you loved me-in fact, I doubt that you can love! You just use girls like me don't you? You just moved on to Serenity after I left now didn't you?" Kat shot back, her head whirling around to glare at him.
"Serenity? What does she have to do with you?"
"Oh, come on! You can at least try a little harder to hide it!"
"Hide what?! Damn it Kat, tell me why you're angry at me!"
"Hide the fact that you used me! You never loved me; while I was gone you just moved right on, didn't you? Well people who pretend to love me and then hurt me never live."
In an instant Kat's world had fallen apart. She had told Dilandau why she was so angry with him. Why she hated him. Why she rejected him. He just stared at her with an unreadable expression on his face but she could see in his eyes he was trying to make sense of what she said.
"How-" Dilandau started.
"How could I what? Think that you loved someone else?" She snorted. Might as well get it out, she thought. "Gee, not hard! When I was taken you never looked back did you? You never even tried to search for me. There was no sign that you would ever come. Then when you found me you were trying to torch the forest! You didn't even stop to look at me.
"When you called my name in an angry tone it was like you were ordering a soldier to get back in line. I ran from you because it was either stay there and die or go back and let Gaea die.
"Then when you attacked our cabin you yelled "no" when I hit Serenity. You never yell at any injured unit. I hear you've been going soft on her, letting her rise to power, giving her special things to do with you exclusively. Hell, she calls you "Dilandau" and you don't even react!
"Do you understand that by putting me through this torture of not even loving me you have opened up the scar in Gaea and now this evil army is rising and is going to kill everyone? Do you realize that because you were too busy playing mind games with me Gaea was suffering? I came back for you, Dilandau, and you don't even love me anymore!"
Tears bristled inside her eyes as she glared at her former lover. How could she not have seen it? He was a monster with no emotions, born to kill and manipulate. There was no way in a thousand years he could've ever loved her and now Gaea was going to be destroyed because she was too stupid to see his tricks.
Slowly the facts clicked with Dilandau. He could see why Kat was rejecting him now. He could see why she hurt so much and bit his hand every time he extended it towards her. "Kat-" he started, but didn't get a chance to continue.
Kat glared at Dilandau's surprised face. She could feel her power rising in her; she could feel the normal charge of electricity in her veins as her power continued to grow. Rising to the occasion, she thought. Once she had enough power (which only took a few seconds) she reached out with her mind and forced the wall behind her to vaporize.
It started to swirl and mix together before a huge gaping hole ate it and the wall was gone. "You should remember one thing, I don't like being mistreated. Right now I have a job to do," she growled as she stood up and walked out of the cell. She found that she was on the edge of Vione ready to fall off once she stepped outside the wall.
Perched on the ledge of the stone, she raised her arms out to her sides and closed her eyes. I can feel Nicole and Alex. They aren't far. All I need to do is make wings and rescue them and the Dragon Slayers. After all, we do have an unfinished job to complete, she thought.
"Kat, don't!" Dilandau shouted. He tried to get to her but his legs wouldn't move.
"Funny how now you care! Sudden death makes you want to scream because you're going to lose another person to toy with. Good bye, bastard!" Kat yelled over her shoulder as she jumped off the edge and started falling towards the ground.
AN: WOW! CLIFFHANGER!!! I haven't done one of those in a LONG time… it feels so good! So now we know a little about what's going on… but where's the real story?! Is Kat going to sacrifice herself? What about Nicole and Alex and the DS? Who's going to save them?
The answers are:
You'll have to read the next chapter!
BWUAHAHAH!!!! CLIFFHANGER!!! R+R people! I'm celebrating my new cliffhanger!
~ShadowKat
