Memories Can Be Made
By: pnaixrose
Disclaimer: I don't own WA3. Don't sue.
Chapter 1: Leaving
Damn.
Why did I ever have to meet that girl? Why did I follow all of them around trying to 'save' the planet? That was so stupid of me...and usually I don't do stupid things.
Dammit Virginia. Why did I so willingly let you push me around everywhere? I'm so stupid for thinking that you would actually help me find out who I am. But I really couldn't help myself to actually believe you. I guess I was holding on to false hope.
Too late for that though. I know what I am now and why I don't have any memories.
My name isn't even Jet Enduro.
All thanks to hanging out with them. If I didn't tag along with them, I wouldn't have found out and I wouldn't be here wallowing in self-pity.
Argh! I was so content before I met them, getting treasures, earning money…and I didn't have to suffer under Virginia cheeriness all the time.
But now that I left, I feel empty. What's wrong with me?
Jet wandered around the wasteland, his Airget-lamh B/V2 at hand. As he walked, he started to regret leaving the gang this morning, but he couldn't go back, not now. He wouldn't be able to stand Gallows's angry face or Clive's disapproving looks. Most of all he couldn't stand seeing Virginia's upset face. Virginia...even remembering the name made him feel guilty.
He tried convincing himself that leaving was a good thing. Virginia always hated how he arrogant acted anyway. But he still felt something inside him that scolded him for leaving them, especially now that they had to save the planet without his help.If he finds out in the future that they were unsuccessful,he wouldn't admit it butit'd break his heart.He wouldn't be able to bear that Virginia - no - that they had failed. He shook the thought away. They were a really strong team, even without his help. It would be impossible for them to lose. Besides, nobody would need him anyway. They wouldn't even want him around. Especially Virginia.
Hescowled.
"Why does every thought have to end with Virginia? Why do I keep thinking about her?" he muttered quietly as he trudged through the Wasteland. He'd soon find out.
-
"Clive, what should we do?" Gallows whispered in concern. The two looked overat the table next to them. Virginia was drinking from her glass of water, staring into space and getting lost in thought. She'd been like that for the past twenty minutes which was very strange for she was usually chatting and giggling away.
They had stopped at a small village when their leader said that she wanted to stop. That was very unusual too because usually she was determined to go as far as they can without stopping. Something was definitely wrong with her. And both Gallows and Clive knew it had something to do with their silver haired companion...well ex-companion.
"There's nothing we can do. We have no idea where Jet is," Clive replied with a sigh.
Gallows clenched his fists. "When I see that little punk again I'll.."
"Well it doesn't seem that we'll see him anytime soon."
"But why'd he have to leave dammit!" he yelled as he slammed his fists on the table. A few people looked their way but he didn't notice. He hadn't really like that punk ever since the beginning of their little journey. He knew that kid would walk out of this. But he had actually hoped that he stayed. Jet was one of the people that made Virginia happy after all.
"Think about it, Gallows. He probably just wants to think about what he found out about himself."
Gallows glared at the sniper. "Look at all the trouble he caused us, and you're defending him!"
"I'm not defending anybody! I'm just saying that we should consider his feelings too!"
They both heard a sigh and they turned to their leader. "Guys, just stop fighting," Virginia saidas she continuedstaring into space.
They nodded as they looked at her despairingly. They had to help her somehow. They just had to.
The emerald eyed Drifter sighed again wearily. 'Jet, why'd you have to go?'
She was sad without him with them and didn't know why. And that's what annoyed her so much. He wasn't that much of a close friend to her, but she still cared for him. And she thought he would actually be changing his cold exterior. After all, he had been talking more to her as time went on. But she knew why he left. She understood. He was lost and was trying to run away from the truth.
She clutched at the piece of paper in her hand. It was crumpled by her reading and folding it again and again. She unfolded the paper and read the neat handwriting once more.
Everyone,
By the time you read this, I'll be already gone. I know you will be mad that I'm leaving. But I just wanted to say that it's been interesting…even sometimes fun…while it lasted. Maybe I'll see you again.
Jet
She sighed, remembering when they had all first met. 'Maybe meeting him WAS coincidence.' "Jet…"
"Hey Virginia, we should really start traveling again," Gallows suggested.
She nodded. Things would be a lot different from now on.
-
"Damn. I'm tired," Jet muttered wearily as he leaned against a big boulder. Just then he saw three figures walking. He didn't really think much of them. They were probably Drifters that had stopped by at the town that was nearby. But suddenly there was a loud rumbling. A monster was probably coming. And by the looks of it, it was huge. Jet looked up saw the people look around and take their ARMs out, prepared to fight. He was too far to see the details of the people but he did see that one was a girl and the other two were guys. Squinting, he tried to remember where he had seen them.
'They seem familiar…very familiar…'
Suddenly it hit him. Had he really caught up with Virginia, Gallows, and Clive after only a few hours? Had he been walking the wrong way or in circles? Wow. He definitely needed towork onhis direction skills.
"DAMMIT!" he cursed. He hid behind the large rock he had been leaning against so that they wouldn't see him. Then making up his mind not to go to them just yet, he took out his ARMs. He would help them if they needed it. But he doubted they'd need it anyway.
-
Virginia, Gallows and Clive had walked about five miles from the town in an awkwards silence. They were all thinking about the same thing. Jet Enduro. Where was the guy anyway? Was it true they'd probably never see him again?
Suddenly there was a loud rumbling.
"Oh no…" Clive said.
"This feels like a big one!" Gallows warned, taking out his gun.
Then the monster appeared from the ground in front of them, cracking open the dusty earth. It looked like a gigantic caterpillar. Except it didn't look like those cute fuzzy ones. This one had dripping fangs, sharp feet and was colored dark purple. Its eyes were red with anger as it stared at the gang. It then roared with a shrill cry and ran toward them. Virginia, Gallows and Clive leaped out of the way immediately.
"So how do we beat this one? Any ideas?" Gallows yelled.
Clive thought for a minute, trying to clear his head for a strategy. "This thing is fast. If Jet were here he could've used his Accelerator. It would've been useful for a first hit."
"DAMN YOU JET!" Gallows shouted as he barely dodged another attack of the giant caterpillar.
"FORGET HIM! WE CAN BEAT THIS THING WITHOUT HIM!" Virginia shouted. She didn't mean it. She knew she didn't mean it too. It was just that she was so angry at him. He left. Just like that.
The truth was...she was miserable without him.
-
"FORGET HIM! WE CAN BEAT THIS THING WITHOUT HIM!"
Jet definitely heard that. He felt himself flinch. Virginia didn't even want to remember him. Something inside hurt him. It hurt so badly that he couldn't bear looking at them any longer.
"So," he whispered angrily, "They don't even want me back, huh? Fine they'll get want they want."
He was about to walk away from the scene when he heard a scream. A girl's scream…Virginia's scream…
-
Virginia screamed as the caterpillar grabbed her with its sharp tail. You'd think that caterpillars were slow and stupid right? Well this one certainly wasn't.
"VIRGINIA!" Gallows and Clive shouted in unison.
She shut her eyes from the pain of the tail squeezing her tightly. It hurt so much, she didn't think she could take it any longer. Then the caterpillar threw her roughly with its tail and shelanded some yards away with a thud on the dusty ground.
The caterpillar roared a victory roar, boosting its energy. Then it whacked it tail against Clive. He landed on the ground painfully. And as Gallows went to help him and Virginia, the caterpillar rammed into him. Gallows fell as well.
The caterpillar roared in triumph. Then to finish its prey off, it let out poisonous powder on them.It likedits meals alive yet unconscious and the poison made them extremely weak and on the verge of dying. They wouldn't survive. They all knew it, too.
Virginia was trying to get off the ground when the poison touched her. She felt immediately hot and weak. She couldn't even lift a muscle. It seemed that as if every second was taking away her strength. She didn't have a way to recover. 'Is this it? Just because Jet isn't here to help us, we fail? I hate you Jet…you led Gallows and Clive to their graves. We need you...'
Suddenly she heard a familiar male voice. One that she didn't expect to hear again any time soon.
"VIRGINIA!"
She picked her head up as pain shot up. She could only glance at the person quickly. He had blue pants, a brown vest with sleeves, a red and white scarf, grayish hair, but the most important thing she saw that his deep, soft violet eyes.
"...Jet?…"
Then she just couldn't take it anymore and everything went black.
-
"VIRGINIA!"
I didn't know what I was doing. I just knew I just had to save her. Before, whenever we were in a battle, I never would've let her get hurt. I don't know if she noticed though. But, what am I feeling now? Why do I have to save her? Why…?
Jet stood face to face with the enemy. The others were already down and unconscious. He knew that he had to save them even though they hated him no. Besides, he was fuming mad, even though he didn't know why. When he saw Virginia fall, something just exploded inside him. And Jet decided to take out this anger on the monster.
"NO ONE HURTS MY FRIENDS!" 'Did I just say…friends?' Maybe it was just the anger talking.
The monster caterpillar just roared, almost mocking the human. But Jet stood his ground.
The caterpillar got angry and got ready to ram into him. But Jet dodged it easily. He got his Airget-lamh ready as he swerved to avoid the caterpillar. He kept on dodging it until it looked too tired. When he was just about to use his gatling attack to finish him, the caterpillar whipped his tail and hit Jet on the back. He fell and hit the ground with a thud.
'No...I can't die here...I have to help them. I have to…'
Slowly, Jet got up flinching because of the pain in his back. The monster was extremely angry now. He took one last, powerful dive at Jet. Luckily, he barely dodged and didn't waste any time. He quickly used his gatling attack, using up all his ammo. The monster caterpillar cried out in pain, but Jet didn't show mercy. Finally all his ammo ran out and the caterpillar fell…finally dead.
Jet sat down for a minute trying to get rid of the pain. Then he remembered the others. He got up and went to Clive. Clive was knocked unconscious. Nothing really serious just some bruises and small cuts. Then he came to Gallows. Gallows was also knocked unconscious. He had a big cut on his right arm though. Jet quickly bandaged that up with some extra things he found in their pack. When he came to Virginia, he thought that she would be unconscious, but he noticed something different. She was breathing really hard. Jet kneeled down and laid his hand on her forehead.
'Why is it so hot?'
Suddenly he remembered. The monster had let out poisonous powder from its mouth. So that means...
He immediately grabbed her shoulders and started shaking her. "Virginia! Virginia!"
No respond. Just breathing.
"Damn…you're poisoned!"
The powder must've missed Gallows and Clive somehow, but it didn't miss Virginia. Or maybe Gallows and Clive had some amulet or something on them that repelled poison. Jet didn't care. All he knew that Virginia was fading away…and fast.
"No Virginia…I won't let you die…" He looked for an antidote from the bag they carry for emergencies. No luck. "DAMMIT!" he screamed.
He fell to his knees in front of Virginia, feeling defeated. His head bowed down, and his legs shaking.
"Virginia…you can't…I mean…ugh…damn…" he stuttered. This was all his fault. This wouldn't have happened if he hadn't left them.
"J-Jet….?"
He looked down on Virginia in surprise. She was struggling to talk.
"Hey, don't talk," he scolded.
"S-Stop bossing me around…" she answered. But it was obvious she didn't mean it, she was happy that Jet was back. He sat her up, his arms around her to keep her from falling.
"Virginia…"
"Don't look at me like that," she said forcing a weak smile.
"You're poisoned..."
Shewas silent. "At least I'm with you, Jet," she whispered looking down.
There was an awkward silence.
Then Virginia spoke. "Why'd you leave, Jet? Didn't you like us? Did I do something?"
Jet stared at her in disbelief. "Of course not! I just…just…needed time to think."
"So you would've come back after you did all your thinking?" Virginia said weakly, sounding like a child.
"I thought everyone would be mad at me so I didn't even consider-"
"I would never be mad at you."she interruptedwith a smile.
Jet felt the blood rising to his cheeks at the sight of her bright grin. Here she was, feeling horrible with poison and was smiling. What was wrong with this girl?
Virginia suddenly groaned. "I-I feel dizzy…"
Jet bit his bottom lip. The poison was affecting her...and fast. "Hey! You're going to be okay! Wake up!" he said shaking her. But all he heard was her deep breathing.
'Well at least she's still breathing…'
He shook his head in disbelief. "Virginia, you can't leave. I won't let you leave. I promise..."
But he was trapped. No antidote, no help for miles, no way to help her. There was nothing he could do. He felt so useless...and scared.
