To Fall Before the Flame, Chapter 6
I stood at attention as i recieved my first real mission orders from professor G.
"Your target is a man by the name of Nave Lucren, he is the one who comissioned your family's demise," my jaw clenched and my fists tightened, "remember, he is very dangerous, and when you get in to his secret compound, you should get as much information as possible about the building, we can't access all the information about it here. Good luck, and remember your training. You're dismissed, Raevyn Maxwell."
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I felt a poke on my arm. I opened my eyes and wiped the sleep out of them, and took a look around.
"We're here." Sensei said. I got out of the taxi and stretched as i smelled the cool mountain air. All around me were the dark green conifers that surrounded Uncle Quatre's mansion. I could barely see underneath them because it was about 10 o'clock pm and i didn't feel like looking at them any harder. I started to move away from the taxi and i kept looking around. What i was looking at was the stars. Up here at the mansion there was hardly any pollution, so i felt as if i were at home on the colony at a viewing port, looking at the stars. They were all so bright and full of hope, but sometimes one would black out, then reappear. That means a colony passed in front of it.
"Raevyn, time to go!"
"coming!" i yelled. I grabbed my bag and started running up the long path to Uncle Quatre's house. I was finally going to be reunited with my dad!
I opened the front door and ran inside.
"Raevyn! Wait up!" Sensei yelled. Caught up in my excitement, i ignored him and kept running. Since i didn't have any knowledge as to where my father was, or how to get around this huge place, i just started running up and down the halls yelling.
"Dad!! Dad!! I'm here!!" After a couple minutes of fruitless searching, i stopped and started to think. Now that i calmed down a little, i noticed that there wasn't anther single person in the entire house! Or at least where i looked. The many windowed ballroom was empty except for a few candles, the entry way where i came in was all bare except for paintings and a rug, and all the rooms i came to had no people in them. No one was there. I sat down to think in the entry way. I then saw Sensei approach me.
"Where is everyone?" i asked.
"That's what i was trying to tell you," he said, "they are all in a secret underground part of this place. If you had stopped and listened to me, then i could have told you."
"Oh."
Blushing a furious red that even strawberries would be jealous of, i followed my Sensei out into the dining room. I walked to the back wall and started feeling around. Still really embarassed, i let him look and stayed out of his way.
"Ah, here it is." He then reached near a closet and started to peel some of the wallpaper away. Behind it there was (go figure) a keypad. Out of habit i started to pull out my keypad hacker, but i caught myself and put it back, blushing some more. Sensei looked at me. His eyes went wide and he tackled me down. Right as we hit the ground i heard a bullet ping off the floor next to where i was standing! Sensei then got off of me, pulled out his gun and fired a couple shots, i heard a howling in the distance that was then cut off.
"Come on Raevyn, let's go!" He grabbed me off the ground and rushed me into the room behind the wall. Actually, when i was shoved in, i almost fell! There was a staircase going down!
"Go!"
I ran down the stairs, hoping that the shot fired was the last assassin we had to deal with tonight. After the long sloping stairs stopped, we came to a long dark hall going what looked like forever going in right and left. "Right or left?"
"Right" i turned started to walk down the dark hall, felling the walls to guide myself. Suddenly i was blinded by a light. Sensei had turned the lights on. A door was in front of us, and Uncle Trowa was leaning on it.
"Uncle Trowa!" i ran up and hugged him.
"Hey Raevyn."
"Hello Trowa"
"Wufei"
"What's up Uncle Trowa? Why are out here? And where is my dad and uncle Heero and Uncle Quatre." Uncle Trowa looked at me and then said to Sensei,
"Wufei, i need to talk to you for a second. Raevyn, can you stay here for a moment?" kind of confused and a little annoyed i said
"um, okay." As Sensei and Uncle Trowa entered the room, i sat down cross- legged and started to sulk. After about 30 seconds of that, i tried meditating, it only kind of helped; my anxiousness still overroad any other emotion i was feeling at the moment. Another minute later i heard a pound against the wall, as if someone had punched it. The door slid open and i rose to ask whoever was coming out what the hell was going on. Sensei stepped out leaning against the door frame, looking more tired than i had ever seen him, and with a hint of sadness in his normally serious eyes. Not good.
"Sensei..."
"Raevyn, there's a problem with your father..."
"What's wrong? Is he going to be okay? Can i see him? Is he in that room? Tell me!" He grabbed my arm and kept me from running into the room.
"Raevyn! Stop being hysterical!!"
"No! Let me see my father!!" I broke out of Sensei's grip and dashed into the room. In this white room there was a bed set up on the far wall. Uncle Quatre was leaning against a side wall with his eyes closed. Uncle Heero was typing up something on his computer at a hastily set up desk, and Uncle Trowa was standing next to the doctor who was standing next to the bed, writing notes on a clipboard; all four of them had a sense of worry surrounding them, it was easy to see. On the bed was my father!!
"DDDAAAAAAADDDD!!!"
I tore accross the room with tears streaming down my face. With out my knowing, and with lightning quick speed Uncle Heero got up and grabbed both my arms before i could run to the bed. I wanted to see my father!!
"Uncle Heero let me go!! I need to see my dad!!"
"Get a hold of yourself Raevyn! What Duo needs now is rest, and you jumping on him won't help!" With Uncle Heero still holding me back, i fell to my knees, all my energy gone and my tears now flowing from my eyes more freely than ever, mostly because i knew he was right, and i wanted so much just to be with my dad. I looked up and saw him on the bed. He was a ghostly white had an oxygen mask covering his nose and mouth, and his eyes were bent down, as though he was in pain.
"There you go, let's get you some rest and food okay?" even though all my soul was against it, i let myself be led out of the room and into smaller quarters right next door that had a bedroom and a connecting bathroom and shower. All of my small load of luggage was next to the bed. I sat down on the bed and Uncle Heero quietly left. I was in a state of shock.
What happened?
Why can't i see my dad?
What's wrong?
I finally got up. I undressed and i got in the shower, which i needed very badly. While in the shower, i took my braid out and grabbed my brush. As i brushed my hair, i became more calm and relax, though my curiosity and anguish were still burning inside of me. I got out, dried off, and put a towel around my chest and tried to find some clothes, and left my long wet brown hair in a towel. I got back into the room and looked around. I found my bags and started to dig through them. There! I found my black pants and my black tank top and my arms length black gloves, i didn't feel very colorful right now. I took my hair out of my towel and brushed it out, grabbed my hair tie and braided my still damp hair. I looked down in my bag and i saw something in one of the pockets, it was my book. I had forgotten that i had packed it. It was called Dune, and i had never finished it. To calm myself a little more, i lay down and started to read.
A knock on the door woke me up suddenly, i had fallen asleep!
"Come in." i mumbled. Uncle Quatre came in with a tray of food.
"Hey, i brought you something, i assume the food on your flight was bad?" I nodded as i he sat down next to me and set the tray on a bedside table.
"What's going on?" i asked, "Something's wrong and you guys aren't telling me. And when can i see my father?" Uncle Quatre sighed and looked down. When he opened them again, they glittered in sadness.
"Raevyn, i don't know how to tell you this, but..." he paused, "Raevyn... your father is dying."
An omnious silence fell.
My father.
Dying... ~*~*~*~*~*~*
Raevyn: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Sorry, lost my head, you know the drill and you better follow if want to know what the hell is going on huh?
I stood at attention as i recieved my first real mission orders from professor G.
"Your target is a man by the name of Nave Lucren, he is the one who comissioned your family's demise," my jaw clenched and my fists tightened, "remember, he is very dangerous, and when you get in to his secret compound, you should get as much information as possible about the building, we can't access all the information about it here. Good luck, and remember your training. You're dismissed, Raevyn Maxwell."
~*~*~*~*~*
I felt a poke on my arm. I opened my eyes and wiped the sleep out of them, and took a look around.
"We're here." Sensei said. I got out of the taxi and stretched as i smelled the cool mountain air. All around me were the dark green conifers that surrounded Uncle Quatre's mansion. I could barely see underneath them because it was about 10 o'clock pm and i didn't feel like looking at them any harder. I started to move away from the taxi and i kept looking around. What i was looking at was the stars. Up here at the mansion there was hardly any pollution, so i felt as if i were at home on the colony at a viewing port, looking at the stars. They were all so bright and full of hope, but sometimes one would black out, then reappear. That means a colony passed in front of it.
"Raevyn, time to go!"
"coming!" i yelled. I grabbed my bag and started running up the long path to Uncle Quatre's house. I was finally going to be reunited with my dad!
I opened the front door and ran inside.
"Raevyn! Wait up!" Sensei yelled. Caught up in my excitement, i ignored him and kept running. Since i didn't have any knowledge as to where my father was, or how to get around this huge place, i just started running up and down the halls yelling.
"Dad!! Dad!! I'm here!!" After a couple minutes of fruitless searching, i stopped and started to think. Now that i calmed down a little, i noticed that there wasn't anther single person in the entire house! Or at least where i looked. The many windowed ballroom was empty except for a few candles, the entry way where i came in was all bare except for paintings and a rug, and all the rooms i came to had no people in them. No one was there. I sat down to think in the entry way. I then saw Sensei approach me.
"Where is everyone?" i asked.
"That's what i was trying to tell you," he said, "they are all in a secret underground part of this place. If you had stopped and listened to me, then i could have told you."
"Oh."
Blushing a furious red that even strawberries would be jealous of, i followed my Sensei out into the dining room. I walked to the back wall and started feeling around. Still really embarassed, i let him look and stayed out of his way.
"Ah, here it is." He then reached near a closet and started to peel some of the wallpaper away. Behind it there was (go figure) a keypad. Out of habit i started to pull out my keypad hacker, but i caught myself and put it back, blushing some more. Sensei looked at me. His eyes went wide and he tackled me down. Right as we hit the ground i heard a bullet ping off the floor next to where i was standing! Sensei then got off of me, pulled out his gun and fired a couple shots, i heard a howling in the distance that was then cut off.
"Come on Raevyn, let's go!" He grabbed me off the ground and rushed me into the room behind the wall. Actually, when i was shoved in, i almost fell! There was a staircase going down!
"Go!"
I ran down the stairs, hoping that the shot fired was the last assassin we had to deal with tonight. After the long sloping stairs stopped, we came to a long dark hall going what looked like forever going in right and left. "Right or left?"
"Right" i turned started to walk down the dark hall, felling the walls to guide myself. Suddenly i was blinded by a light. Sensei had turned the lights on. A door was in front of us, and Uncle Trowa was leaning on it.
"Uncle Trowa!" i ran up and hugged him.
"Hey Raevyn."
"Hello Trowa"
"Wufei"
"What's up Uncle Trowa? Why are out here? And where is my dad and uncle Heero and Uncle Quatre." Uncle Trowa looked at me and then said to Sensei,
"Wufei, i need to talk to you for a second. Raevyn, can you stay here for a moment?" kind of confused and a little annoyed i said
"um, okay." As Sensei and Uncle Trowa entered the room, i sat down cross- legged and started to sulk. After about 30 seconds of that, i tried meditating, it only kind of helped; my anxiousness still overroad any other emotion i was feeling at the moment. Another minute later i heard a pound against the wall, as if someone had punched it. The door slid open and i rose to ask whoever was coming out what the hell was going on. Sensei stepped out leaning against the door frame, looking more tired than i had ever seen him, and with a hint of sadness in his normally serious eyes. Not good.
"Sensei..."
"Raevyn, there's a problem with your father..."
"What's wrong? Is he going to be okay? Can i see him? Is he in that room? Tell me!" He grabbed my arm and kept me from running into the room.
"Raevyn! Stop being hysterical!!"
"No! Let me see my father!!" I broke out of Sensei's grip and dashed into the room. In this white room there was a bed set up on the far wall. Uncle Quatre was leaning against a side wall with his eyes closed. Uncle Heero was typing up something on his computer at a hastily set up desk, and Uncle Trowa was standing next to the doctor who was standing next to the bed, writing notes on a clipboard; all four of them had a sense of worry surrounding them, it was easy to see. On the bed was my father!!
"DDDAAAAAAADDDD!!!"
I tore accross the room with tears streaming down my face. With out my knowing, and with lightning quick speed Uncle Heero got up and grabbed both my arms before i could run to the bed. I wanted to see my father!!
"Uncle Heero let me go!! I need to see my dad!!"
"Get a hold of yourself Raevyn! What Duo needs now is rest, and you jumping on him won't help!" With Uncle Heero still holding me back, i fell to my knees, all my energy gone and my tears now flowing from my eyes more freely than ever, mostly because i knew he was right, and i wanted so much just to be with my dad. I looked up and saw him on the bed. He was a ghostly white had an oxygen mask covering his nose and mouth, and his eyes were bent down, as though he was in pain.
"There you go, let's get you some rest and food okay?" even though all my soul was against it, i let myself be led out of the room and into smaller quarters right next door that had a bedroom and a connecting bathroom and shower. All of my small load of luggage was next to the bed. I sat down on the bed and Uncle Heero quietly left. I was in a state of shock.
What happened?
Why can't i see my dad?
What's wrong?
I finally got up. I undressed and i got in the shower, which i needed very badly. While in the shower, i took my braid out and grabbed my brush. As i brushed my hair, i became more calm and relax, though my curiosity and anguish were still burning inside of me. I got out, dried off, and put a towel around my chest and tried to find some clothes, and left my long wet brown hair in a towel. I got back into the room and looked around. I found my bags and started to dig through them. There! I found my black pants and my black tank top and my arms length black gloves, i didn't feel very colorful right now. I took my hair out of my towel and brushed it out, grabbed my hair tie and braided my still damp hair. I looked down in my bag and i saw something in one of the pockets, it was my book. I had forgotten that i had packed it. It was called Dune, and i had never finished it. To calm myself a little more, i lay down and started to read.
A knock on the door woke me up suddenly, i had fallen asleep!
"Come in." i mumbled. Uncle Quatre came in with a tray of food.
"Hey, i brought you something, i assume the food on your flight was bad?" I nodded as i he sat down next to me and set the tray on a bedside table.
"What's going on?" i asked, "Something's wrong and you guys aren't telling me. And when can i see my father?" Uncle Quatre sighed and looked down. When he opened them again, they glittered in sadness.
"Raevyn, i don't know how to tell you this, but..." he paused, "Raevyn... your father is dying."
An omnious silence fell.
My father.
Dying... ~*~*~*~*~*~*
Raevyn: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Sorry, lost my head, you know the drill and you better follow if want to know what the hell is going on huh?