An: Alright, whoa…. didn't think I'd get that many reviews for the story, guess I better get on top of the ball and start writing again huh? Well I'm starting a new Angel Sanctuary Fic with someone and were getting that organized, god, for once, me, me out of all people organized.
Duo: *reads AN notes, looks back at Jack, then back down at the notes,* Since when did you start to organize things?
Jack: Never
Duo: Ahh…that's what I thought…huh…then you wrote something wrong in the AN notes…
Jack: No I didn't.
Duo: Bu- Wh- I tho- ahh never mind your too confusin man…I can't keep up with ya…
Jack: *rolls her eyes…* oh god…what am I going to do with you…
AN: I own nothing…cept the blatantly obvious people who aren't owned by a big company or whatever…I'm sleepy its 2352 hours…but im determined to write this 9th chapter…ohh by the way T-Chan Maxwell…thankx for the 50$ *Wink wink* heh..see what late nights do to me...? Ohh…this fic is centered mostly around Rylen and Heero alright, I'll answer some of your questions in the story, and if I don't then just e-mail them to me. Kinda depressing….sorry…I'll try and work on making things a little more happier. Long Chapter.
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A week had passed at the old haunted mansion, the atmosphere was extremely calm, even with Duo running around. A fresh layer of snow had fallen to the ground raising the already 3 feet of snow to about 4 feet.
Kia steadily got better thanks to her best friend, Rylen.
It was December 4th, a night that Rylen loved, and which she hated.
Heero looked out of the window, away from the laptop. He could see his daughter on the front steps of the house, just sitting there, looking at nothing unparticular. She was wearing her usual black-tee shirt, and tight jeans.
Looking back at the laptop Heero decided that it was time he needed to talk to her, since it was obvious that she wasn't going to talk to him. Closing the lid of his beloved computer, Heero got up and walked through the front door and stood behind Rylen.
The night was calm, and the moon was clear, a once full moon, was now a waning crescent. Rylen moved her left hand up to the elbow of her right arm and looked down at her shoes.
"Why did you lie to them?" She asked.
Heero looked up startled at first, he had forgotten that she, like Kia, was an angel. She waited for Heero to answer, and when he didn't she turned around.
Heero saw the pain in her eyes, he cringed slightly, "Rylen…I think its time that we talked." He started.
They both sat down on the front step and looked out at the bare street and the clear crescent moon. "Why did you lie?" She repeated.
Heero looked down in defeat, he knew he had to tell her and now was as good as time as any. "Rylen…you remember your mother right?" He started.
"Course I do, but my question now is, do you remember her?" She asked.
Heero froze, he closed his eyes trying to remember the woman he had loved so long ago, the woman that gave him this child. Slowly a vision came to his mind, it wasn't Relena, or anybody that any of the other pilots knew.
The vision inside his head grew gradually to a visible picture, of a woman of 15, her mid-back length light brown hair, and a silvery blue colored eyes. He remembered her curves, her voice even, her laugh, and then her name…
"Emily…" He answered slowly.
Rylen looked over at her father, "That's right." She answered.
"Rylen…you have to listen to me…" Heero tried again.
"I'm listening." She answered.
"The reason why I lied to the others about Emily was because…I don't even know…" He finished.
Rylen raised an eyebrow. "That's a good excuse." She said after a small moment of silence.
"I didn't even remember her up until now!" Heero yelled.
"You don't have to yell at me, I'm only two feet away." Rylen said calmly, yet, sarcastically. She could feel her father's piercing gaze resting on her, and she all but smiled, it soon faded, "Look, I know how it is not remembering anything of your past, I barely remember mom myself. Barely remember the night that I was ra- never mind…" Rylen started to get up and leave.
Heero stood up, "Were not done talking yet." He started.
"Sure we are…" His daughter answered. He watched as she walked through the four feet of snow.
"Rylen!" Heero yelled.
Rylen froze upon hearing her name, she turned around and looked at him, "You know dad, as long as I've watched you from up above, and kept an eye out for you when you were in battle, I always pushed away the thought that everything you are, or were, was cold, dark, and secretive. I believed that somewhere down there buried beneath the solider was someone who cared, and showed emotion…I guess I was wrong…" She said softly before turning around, tears shimmered in her eyes as she started walking way from the house.
Heero watched from the front step, his fists clenched, his teeth bared, once Rylen had left his sight, he took out the left post with a quick kick. He walked back inside.
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Kia was on the couch with Trowa watching Heero as he came in the room, "I guess that talk didn't go as planned?" She asked.
"No…" He answered firmly.
Kia looked at Trowa who got up, and went through the top floor. Leaving Kia to talk with Heero alone.
"Do you know what day it is, Heero?" Kia asked, wrapping the blanket around her.
"December 4th, why?" He asked.
"Today is the day that Rylen was born." She started.
"What?" Heero looked back at Kia, "Are you serious?" He asked.
"Very, Rylen is 135 years old today, but today is also a very depressing day for her." Kia added.
Heero was now interested, he sat on the edge of the couch, his fingers intertwined and his elbows resting on his knees.
"When Rylen turned 17, something really bad happened to her, when she was coming home from the movies with her friends." Kia paused remembering the day. She sighed before starting up again, " It was around 2 in the morning, none of us were drunk, we came to a stop light in the downtown L2 Colony, where we lived. Rylen originally lived on L1 with her mother, but her mother died when Riles was only 13, a elderly couple took her in, but…it was the wrong time for us to be there. Once we stopped, a group of seven guys came out to the car, shot the three people in back of us, Rylen got out of the car, and started fighting with them. I tried to stop her, but one of the men grabbed me and knocked me out. Rylen told me that she mouthed off to the leader of the group, and by the time that I came to…I could hear were Rylen's screams of protest, pain, just calling for help." Kia paused remembering the feeling.
"So your saying that those guys, raped my daughter?" Heero asked.
"Yes…all seven of them…she died two days later." Kia answered softly with tears in her eyes.
Heero stared dumbfounded at the floor, his daughter? Raped? Died at 17? Just like him… "Just like me…" Heero whispered.
Kia nodded, "Just like you, in almost every way, and that also means, that she was right, somewhere down in there…beneath the solider that we know, is someone who cares for his friends, and his daughter." Kia whispered.
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Rylen walked towards the nearest graveyard. She kept watching her back, just to make sure that there was no one there that would jump her. Looking back towards the graveyard she walked in and looked around, she was searching for a certain person, the leader of the group Scott. Checking her back again, she sighed and then ran into something hard.
"Nice to see you too, Rylen…" The voice sneered.
Rylen jumped back, "Scott!!" She yelled.
"Expecting the undertaker?" He asked, advancing onto her.
Rylen moved back away from Scott. " I bring a message for my Lord." Rylen started.
Scott paused and crossed his arms, "Alright, I'll tell Lucifer, once you tell me, and then I raped you all over again." Scott growled.
"No…" Rylen whispered.
"Ohh yes…and don't even think about flying away from me this time, I came perfectly prepared." Scott said showing a gun that was hidden under the trench coat.
Rylen stepped back in fear knowing what was going to happen. "Now what is the message?" Scott growled.
"M-My Lord says, that the War will start in a matter of 2 new moons. If Lucifer agrees then he is to give me the letter and I will deliver it to my Lord." Rylen answered, her confidence growing. He voice no longer shook, and she was now glaring at Scott.
"Alright, I'll be right back…" Scott disappeared in a mist of Black and Red smoke.
Rylen immediately let her wings spurt from her back, and she leapt up into the air gracefully. Waiting on a broken headstone, Rylen stood their looking down around her. If one were to look at her from a far they would have thought that she was just an angel statue. She waited for Scott to return with Lucifer's answer.
Soon after, a wave of Black and Red smoke appeared, and two bodies instead of one, emerged from the smoke.
Rylen narrowed her eyes, it was Lucifer with Scott. ' Oh no…' She thought to herself.
Lucifer turned towards her, "Come no Angel, do you honestly believe that I would deny the war?" Lucifer asked cruelly.
Rylen swallowed hard, she could feel her heart beat raising, "I am only a messenger." She answered.
"Hmm…very well…take the letter and be gone." Lucifer held out a red envelope, Rylen eyed Scott carefully, before she leapt down and took the envelope from Lucifer. As soon as her fingers touched the envelope, Scott grabbed her from behind. Rylen screamed.
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All the pilots and Kia looked up upon hearing the scream, "Rylen…" Kia whispered.
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Rylen struggled to get out of Scott's tight grasp, but everything she did couldn't break the iron grip around her stomach.
"I told you Rylen, I had you once, I would have you again." Scott growled.
"NO!!" Rylen yelled.
Scott just laughed.
In the one moment that it took Rylen to yell, they were down in Hell. Scott dragged a struggling Rylen over to a room and threw her in. "Your going to stay in her until you can't even say a word." He said harshly.
Lucifer walked up in back of Scott and patted him on the shoulder, "Well played Scott…Well played." He said.
Scott grinned slightly.
Rylen's eyes grew wide as the door closed. She struggled to get up, and she lunged at the door, and pounded on it. "LET ME OUTTA HERE!! LET ME GO!!" She screamed.
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Kia searched the graveyard, where the foot prints last showed the three people were, "Oh no…" She whispered seeing the Rylen's footprints disappearing.
"What's up?" Duo asked.
Kia looked up at Duo, "Lucifer took her…" Kia answered.
"WHAT?!" All the pilots yelled.
"We have to get back to the house." Kia said quickly.
"Why?" Heero asked.
"Because, if she does come back that's where she's going to go." Kia answered.
"What do you mean if?" Wufei asked.
"I don't mean if, Rylen's smart, she'll figure away to get out of Hell and back to earth, when she does get back, she's going to come back to the house." Kia answered again. The others slowly nodded and they started back to the house through the snow.
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Rylen pounded on the door one last time before she backed up and kicked it, but nothing happened. "That two timing sonofabitch!!" She yelled. Looking around the room, she saw a bed, a full-length mirror and a window. "So predictable…" She whispered, walking over to the window, she looked out. She could see the earth above her. Looking at the mirror she followed her gut instinct.
Rylen touched the mirror and it moved, jumping back, Rylen, looked at the door, then back at the mirror, "Found it…" She whispered. Setting her hand up against the glass of the mirror Rylen pushed through the glass. Her arm, her leg then the rest of her body, once she was through, she felt her self-rising. When she past the earth she looked down, "What the?!" She yelled.
Spreading her wings, she slowed. Then landed on top of the roof. Setting her wings back to where they usually were, in her back. Rylen set off down the roof. She stepped on a soft spot, where there was no snow, and it creaked, before it gave way and Rylen fell into the house.
Everybody jumped when they heard something collapse. What ever it was, it was coming closer, and closer. Until it was right above them, then broke through the ceiling. Everybody jumped back, when the dust settled, they could make out someone moving.
"That hurt…" The voice whispered.
Kia looked closer and saw that it was Rylen.
"RYLEN!!" She yelled running forward, she knelt down next to Rylen. "Are you alright?" She asked, laughing slightly, seeing that Rylen was covered in dust and wood chips.
"Huh? Oh yeah fine, not to mention that I fell through three stor-" But at that time, the last floor gave away, and both Kia and Rylen fell through the floor.
"KIA!! RYLEN!!" The pilots yelled. They all rushed over towards the hole in the floor and looked down.
"Make that four stories…" Rylen's weak voice answered.
Kia laughed slightly.
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AN: Alright, I'm done writing this chapter, this was long for me…I just wanted to get Rylen out of Hell then through the four stories and yea…now I've got a writers block again, so , if you guys want this next chapter to come out faster, you need to give me some idea's, either put them in the review box, or E-mail them to me at Darkangel@yahoo.com
Thanks!!
Jack!!