My Morphine:
Ch 8: 'O my enemy. Do I terrify--'
"And I a smiling woman.
I am only thirty.
And like the cat I have nine times to die.
This is Number Three.
What a trash
To annihilate each decade."
Meara fell to her knees, her head throbbing. Reese wrapped her arms around her shoulders and held her tight, starting fiercely at Hiltz. Thomas was the only one who stood, ever vigilant and defiant.
"You're the one who destroyed Raven." The ruby haired man hissed as he shrugged.
"And what if I am? Do you really think that you can control Raven's happiness?"
"You? Bring Raven happiness? Lies! You are just like Van, you bring him nothing of the sort--"
"I am not!!" He stopped and blushed softly. "I'm not, I…"
Hiltz gave a victorious grin and sat back in the Death Stinger.
Thomas looked around at all the wrecked Zoids and noticed a black and red Great Zaber, slowly working itself from being tangled with a Shield Liger and another few Zoids.
/That's…That's Karl's Zoid!/ he thought happily as it freed itself and the beautiful, golden haired pilot shakily jumped out.
"T-Thomas?" He said warily as the former Lieutenant grinned widely and jumped onto his brother.
"Karl!" He placed a big kiss on his lips, making the other blush cutely and nuzzle him back, hugging him tightly.
"You idiot! I missed you so much!" The elder Schubaltz said softly as Thomas laughed hoarsely.
"I know, I know, I missed you too, but I can't breathe!" he teased as the Colonel blushed again and let him go a bit.
Hiltz gave the same smug grin. "See, you are traitorous, consorting with the enemy."
"My brother is not the enemy!"
"He's an Imperial, he's under Fiona's control! He is the enemy…" the redhead told him. "You know what we agreed to, your death, and Raven's too."
———
"What a million filaments.
The peanut-crunching crowd
Shoves in to see
Them unwrap me hand and foot——
The big strip tease.
Gentlemen, ladies,
These are my hands,
My knees.
I may be skin and bone,
Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman.
The first time it happened I was ten.
It was an accident.
The second time I meant
To last it out and not come back at all.
I rocked shut
As a seashell..
They had to call and call
And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls. "
Raven tossed and turned in the bed, horrific visions burning in his mind. He saw Hiltz standing before Meara, Reese and Thomas' lifeless bodies; then Shadow's frozen form; then his mother and father dying again at Ambient's hand. He opened his eyes quickly and sat up.
"Mother!?" he cried out, looking around to see the semi-familiar surroundings. He noticed that the space beside him was vacant and Thomas' clothing wasn't on the floor.
"Thomas?" He called, frightened by the extreme silence. He hurriedly dressed and got up. "Thomas?" He called again. A sheet of white paper stuck to the dark-wood door caught his eye. On it, written in Meara's perfect script was:
"Raven,
We are not going to take Hiltz's shit anymore.
We plan to finish this once and for all.
We'll be back as soon as possible.
Love,
Meara,
Reese and Thomas."
Below that was Thomas' more untidy writing:
" Raven,
Promise we'll be careful,
And don't worry about us!
Love you!
-Thomas"
Raven's hand shook as he read. /They wouldn't …they can't be that foolish …Thomas!/ He pushed open the door and ran from the house to the Geno-Breaker.
———
"Dying
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I've a call.
It's easy enough to do it in a cell.
It's easy enough to do it and stay put
It's the theatrical
Comeback in broad day
To the same place, the same face, the same brute
Amused shout:
'A miracle!'
That knocks me out.
This is a charge
For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge,
For the hearing of my heart——
It really goes.
And there is a charge, a very large charge,
For a word or a touch
Or a bit of blood
Or a piece of my hair or my clothes.
So, so, Herr Doktor.
So, Herr Enemy.
I am your opus,
I am your valuable
The pure gold baby
That melts to a shriek.
I turn and burn.
Do not think I underestimate your great concern.
Ash, ash—
You poke and stir.
Flesh, bone, there is nothing there—
Herr God, Herr Lucifer,
Beware
Beware."
———
Raven pushed the Geno-Breaker to it's limit; it was just so much harder to do without Shadow! The readings of energy showed the Death Stinger and Hiltz would be in the Republic's capital. He saw New Helic City, demolished and fallen. He knew Hiltz had seen him as he entered the city, and he quickly abandoned the Geno-Breaker.
"My dear, Raven, so nice of you to join us."
He stared up at Hiltz, then looked to the others; Meara fading in and out of consciousness and Reese trying to help her, Thomas in the protective arms of his elder brother.
/No…/
"Raven….you remember our little deal, don't you." The dark haired teen shook slightly as Hiltz laughed. "He's betrayed us, like I told you he would, live up to your end of the deal, Raven, kill him…"
Raven looked down at the gun which had materialized in his hand, and looked up slightly to Thomas. Karl stood protectively in front of him but Thomas shook his head and stepped up to him. Slowly, he raised the gun and took aim.
Meara and Reese looked at him, and Thomas smiled slightly. Raven's hand shook moreso and he threw the handgun down.
"No!"
"What?" Hiltz said shocked as Raven glared hard.
"No! I'm not going to kill him!"
The gun reappeared in Hiltz's hand. "Fine, then I'll do it!"
Meara stood weakly, leaning her weight on her ornate staff, watching Hiltz point the gun at Thomas. His finger twitched at the trigger and pulled. Her eyes went wide as she saw Raven push the blonde out of the way. He stooped in pain, clutching his stomach, Thomas, in a panic, supporting him.
Hiltz's façade faded a moment as he dropped the weapon.
"No, fool! I…I never would have killed you, I just wanted your weaknesses to be gone! Why don't you understand! I never wanted you to die!"
Meara hissed and broke into a run, she transformed into her silver-white wolf form and jumped at him.
"Pathetic little girl!" He yelled, throwing her back with a yelp.
Raven laughed, then coughed slightly. "Heh, die? Who said I'm going to die? You on the other hand…" he said, sounding pained, rising to the best of his ability without Thomas. He spread his hand, concentrating and all of the glass shards in the surrounding area from the buildings rose and formed the silhouette of a bird of prey, then 'flew' at Hiltz, as Raven collapsed, and they weakly cut into the red-haired man. He laughed triumphantly as Meara rose in human form behind him, her staff raised.
"Die!" She shouted as he turned and she drove the pointed tip of her staff into his chest. He let out a choked scream and sent her flying with the last wave of energy he could manage as he tumbled down from the Death Stinger.
Meara groaned, her head reeling nauseatingly. She fluttered open her eyes again and saw a familiar face in her blurry view, a young man with blonde hair and green eyes, smiling kindly at her.
"Mi…Mizu…no?" She whispered as she drifted into black.
[To be Continued …]
Hi; sorry I haven't updated. Fanfiction.net wasn't working for me. I couldn't view with frames. Thank you for putting up with me, I love you all.
Original note:
Oha minna, ooooh! Cliffhanger-y! What's gonna happen?! Poor Hiltz fans, gomen nasai. Didya catch the little *slight* Hiltz-x-Raven?? ^_^ Everyone loves everyone in mah ficcies.
Wasn't the ending just /so/anime? Hehe. So Who's Mizuno!? You'll have to wait to find out in the next chapter!
-Naomi Hun†er
Disc: Mizuno is not mine his is owned by ___ ^_- I know who, but you can't, yet, Meara is mine, The Plot is mine, the whole glass bird idea is not mine. I 'stole' the idea from CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon Seishiro uses that move in the first story-- the one with the cursed building and the 'invincible man' and the dog… that one. The poem and title are taken from Sylvia Plath's "Lady Lazarus" It's an amazing poem, Sylvia Plath is the best, last year, I did two reports on her! ^_^I do not own ZOIDS.
Review Responses:
Prism Eclipser: *faints* I inspired you? *faints again* Gomen nasai, I'm a huge fan of yours! "Who Needs Sleep" was the first yaoi lemon I ever read! Ahh! *is ecstatic* Thank you so, so, so much! ^//^ I can't wait to see some more of your work, especially since no-one's put up any decent ZERO yaoi lately (although I'm guilty of this myself, hehe.) I'm really glad you like my work! Enjoy what is to come!
Baron Of Wings: Ohayo Baron-kun! ^_^ (I'm his BETA reader and kinda co-author) MEEEEOOOOW!!! I'm glad you're reading it, even if it's not your "bowl of soup" ^_- Yeah, coz it's not like I pestered you to a hundred times or anything. *laughs* Mata mata!
Wolf Blade of the Undead: Thank you for reading, even if you have a short attention spa---Oh! Jeremy….Jer? WTF? Okay…O.o Wow, two people I made read in a row! ^_- Thanks for reading.
Colonel Karl L Schubaltz-sama: It's okay, I know the feeling when you're so busy and you've got no time *laughs and sighs*
I'm glad you like it, yes, "interesting" is what I hoped to be going for. :p *salutes back*
Shadow: Hai! I believe that I was the first author to post Thomas-x-Raven *smiles proudly* Though, Tamazel's (formerly known as December) came out around the same time as mine. Hers was amazing, too. Fiona can be fun but it's all in context. Sometimes (in the series) she'll go into uberbitch mode then be all sweet. Only thing I can't believe is how Thomas-kun fell in love with Fiona during Guardian Force. She's ugly, stupid and ditzy in that un-cute way. *sighs* He needs his eyes checked, ne? *tickles Thomas*
I'm glad you liked the focus on Meara. She's a fun character to write about and from. *hugs Meara-chan* I'll be posting the next chapter as soon as I can!
Aqua Rhapsody: *Giggles* Shh….Mizuno is a secret. Yeah, Meara has a very second-in-command position though it fades later on….*giggles again* Not sayin no more than that! I'm glad that The Fossilized Cup's sill up, it was a cool idea! Fiona Bashing i5 Fun, r4wr. Hehe. *sweatdrops*
Maelgwyn: ^^; *waves hands in defense* Don't worry, no hurting I swear….*thinks of her future plans* I think I might be lying….
*nervous laugh* Don't worry, I actually plan on finishing this fanfic. And thank you Maelgwyn-san you rock too. All (98.6 percent of all) Slash writers rock!! ^_^
And, Oh no, no, no. If I owned Zoids Eleven Pm would be pushing early. *evil grin*
Ninetails: Whee! Red and White, *laughs* Don't worry I cried for Raven and Shadow too. I honestly went to school crying, right, David? Jeje. Disarm? Heheh. Ahh….sure. ;p No, it's just being slow. *sighs* In other words I'm stuck at where to go and It's gonna be a while before it updates since I want to finish typing My Morphine. I'd love to go to Australia…but getting there would be a problem, *envisions the scene of asking her parents*
Un! Touya and Yukito have a love confession-- or well Yuki confesses to Sakura when she tells him she likes him but then he still dun tell To-ya-chan, but then Yuki gets all sniffly around him and it was all fun. Meanwhile I haven't even seen any graphics from this--just text. I think TouyaxYukito.com has it. ^^
Plink: *laughs hysterically and hands you a box of tissues* ^^ You bring up excellent points when reviewing! I'm glad you like Meara, but I'm not so sure about my Rhyss. She seems so flat. You're not being a pain, don't worry, I think it's an interesting (in a good way) theory! Really! I'm glad you liked the Prozen-x-Hiltz I put in for you! ^_^ Oh! And everyone R&R "Zi's Angels" by Plink, it's hilarious.!
