On with the fic!
Future Hope
By the Galux formerly known as Kitty
The capturing of Ray and Mariah, the escape, and the coming of Trinity.
(AN: Give the whole chappie away, y don't I)
Previously on this perfect, wonderful, marvelous brilliant, beautiful, excellent, super cool fic: Aah, yes, the M/E chapter. Tragic stuff that happened to Emily that made me go all emotional. Kai humiliating himself in a coming chapter, heheheheheheh! The reactions to Mariah's state! whacks Lee with a stick
And now, the continuation of the fic that is all the aforementioned things, and to skip all the boring bits and get right to the point...
Six months had past. During this time, Lee had constantly wandered around looking lost, muttering "My sister, my little sister..." but all the others seemed excited about the coming event of the birth of Ray and Mariah's child. Emily and Max had disappeared for a few days, only to come back with medical supplies and equipment (AN: Coincidence my arse) and the like. Kevin and Gary seemed pretty hyped about the whole thing; supposedly they had gotten over the fact that Ray and Mariah were in love, unlike their team leader. Max and Emily seemed happy to help, especially Emily. Tyson was still trying to figure out that babies didn't come from the stork, Kenny was still trying to explain how babies really did come to Tyson, and Kai seemed unnaturally nervous. The truth was he hadn't seen Trinity- that was the one from the future- for the whole time. He was actually starting to get slightly worried, but he wasn't sure why. He just knew that he hoped something hadn't happened to her, Kirra and Marth.
Trinity stood in the dark room, her golden eyes surveying the scene around her. Suddenly her foe leapt out at her. She spun around, quickly blocked, and threw a punch back at it. It dodged, and kicked at her head. She spun around to avoid the blow, but not quick enough, the tip of it's sharp foot caught her on the temple. She felt the gash, and rubbed the blood off her face.
"BASTARD!" she screamed before leaping at it again, this time a lot more serious than the other. It blocked again, but nothing was going to stop her this time. She jumped up above it's head, and brought her elbow down into it's skull. It immediately fell to the ground.
"TRAINING SIMULATION, COMPLETE." The voice over the intercom sounded, and the lights in the room turned back on, to see a robot with oil leaking out of it's now very busted head, sparks shooting from it's leg. Kirra and Marth stepped into the room, and Kirra walked over to her.
"You got distracted."
Trinity spun around to face her sister, who had a concerned look on her face.
"Something is bothering you, Trinity."
Trinity gulped in some air, and spun around to face away from her siblings. She stuck her nose in the air, and sighed. Her, distracted from her task? She never got distracted like that. It was so strange.
"Kirra is right, my daughter."
She spun around again to face her parents, who had entered the room. Her father sighed and walked over to her.
"Something is bothering you. You are not being your usual self at the moment. You mind is clouded."
"Little one, tell us what is hindering you," her mother said this slowly, so she didn't upset her.
"No, nothing is wrong."
"I can tell when there is something wrong with my own daughter, I'm not senile you know."
"Well, it's Kai."
Her mother raised an eyebrow; her father barely reacted at all.
"When I see him in the past, it reminds me of what we used to do when I was a kid. I remember he used to play with me all the time, and I always felt I could trust him. But when he left, I felt empty."
Her mother sighed. "I know how you feel. He was kind of cute back then wasn't he?"
"MARIAH." Her father's voice cut through them, he was tapping his foot impatiently on the ground.
"Jeez, Ray, you are the most gullible person I know. And you know that I'll always be with you." Her mother walked over to her father and put her arms around him."
"Yeah, of course I know that," he looked lovingly into her eyes.
"Eww, GROSS," Marth rolled his eyes, but then smiled.
Ray and Mariah laughed, and then turned to leave, but before they could leave, Lee rushed in. He frowned slightly at Ray and Mariah, who still had their arms around each other, and they just looked at each other knowingly. He would never change.
"We've got a problem."
Those words made them snap around, and turn their full attention to Lee. He gave them a 'finally' glance, before continuing.
"The timeline in the past has screwed up again. They..." he gestured to Trinity, Kirra and Marth "... will have to go back again."
Mariah looked at Ray, then back to Lee, her eyes sad. "They don't deserve to be growing up like this, Lee."
"I know, but if you two want to live to see Trinity being born in the past, it's essential that they go back."
"You know, mum and dad, when you go on about us being stupid teenagers, you should look at yourselves in the past." Marth said accusingly.
"We did some pretty stupid things, but without doing those stupid things you never would have existed."
"You know Marth, it's all very detailed, we could go into it for you."
"Not necessary, dad." Marth backed away, looking pale.
"Do all three of us really need to go? Do you think I can handle it?" Trinity stepped forward.
"You, Trinity, could handle anything. People would have to be naive or incredibly stupid to doubt your ability."
"Well, do you think I can go back without Kirra or Marth?"
"I have no doubt."
Trinity nodded, hugged her brother and sister, who just looked grim, and then faced her parents. They just stared at her, their faces clouded. She gave them a smile, and then ran down the white corridor.
Meanwhile, the present Ray rolled over on their bed to see the present Mariah. She had grown huge over the past six months, her stomach dwarfing the rest of her thin frame. It was about 5 in the morning he estimated, before rolling over again and trying to get back to sleep. He didn't succeed, due to the fact that Mariah kept shifting around. She finally woke up, and rolled over and touched Ray on the shoulder.
"Ray, are you asleep?"
"No, what's wrong, Mariah?"
"It's kicking again."
"AGAIN?"
"Well, it's a fighter, isn't it?"
"Yeah, he will be a tough kid."
"I'm sorry, but SHE is not going to be roughhousing all the time."
Ray rolled over to face her, and she smiled tiredly back. He then put his hand to her huge stomach and started rubbing it. The baby immediately calmed.
"How DO you do that?"
"Magic touch."
"Yeah, whatever, mister." Mariah smiled at him before rolling over and practically launching herself off the bed. She still had about two weeks until it was due, but, god, it was going to be the longest two weeks of her life, the way this was going. She then rubbed her back and stretched, before going out towards the kitchen. Ray smiled, and slipped on a shirt, and followed her. Mariah was already there, heating up the jug for tea. Ray walked over and put his arms around her, and gently kissed her neck. She responded by putting her hand to his cheek. Mariah then turned around and both of them shared a kiss, which would have suffocated any normal human being. When they finally pulled away from each other, they finished their breakfast and got dressed. It was still only about a quarter to six- it would be a long time before the others woke up. So the two of them decided to go walking for a while, seeing their old hometown brings back memories that calmed them. For about 15 minutes they just walked together and held hands, and then the got talking, just about general things like baby names, and continuing arguments about gender. Finally, Mariah turned her head to face Ray, and she took a deep breath.
"I know this is probably going to sound stupid to you, but do you love me, Ray?"
He turned his head, surprised at her question.
"I'm sorry, I'm just so nervous about this, I don't wanna go through this alone."
Ray looked her in the eyes, his own eyes sparkling. "Of course I love you, more than anything else in the entire world."
Mariah beamed with happiness, and snuggled against him as best she could with her stomach sticking out and getting in the way."
"Aww, isn't that sweet."
The two spun around, only to see Tala, standing over them triumphantly, an evil grin on his face.
"Get them."
Ray suddenly felt a sharp pain on the back of his head, and fell to the ground, feeling himself lose consciousness.
"Mariah... he muttered, before completely passing out.
Kai woke to the feeling that something wasn't right. He went into the kitchen, and looked around, and then searched all the rooms. He went around the house, more frantically than the last, searching. He then stopped suddenly, the others were now emerging from their rooms. He cupped his hands to his mouth and said "Ray? Mariah?"
Trinity knew what she had to do. She had to rescue her parents. They had been captured, although it had not happened to her actual parents, back in her timeline. She called on Stella, who purred deeply. Then seeing the worry in it's master's eyes, it gave a soft roar of question.
"Stella, my parents are in trouble, we need to save them."
'Little one, do not get yourself concerned over this happening. Everyone knows you are perfectly capable of rescuing them.'
"I know, but... my mind is clouded."
'You need to focus, little one. Your mind will stay that way until you figure out what to do.'
"We'd better get going, Stella, there is no time to lose."
'As you wish, little one.'
Mystellara then hunched over to let Trinity climb onto it's back. It then launched itself into the air, and ran at top speed towards their destination.
Ray woke up in what looked like the cell they had rescued Mariah from about 8 months earlier. He saw that Mariah was with him. He quickly came over to her, and felt her hand. It was warm- she wasn't dead, at least. He could tell the baby was alive- his upper thigh was pressed against her stomach and it was kicking like crazy.
"Mm, dammit... stop... kicking me..." Mariah stirred and groaned, much to Ray's amusement. He shook her gently, and she stirred again, this time opening her eyes and looking straight at him.
"Ray? Where are we?"
"Looks like Tala and whoever else it was who ambushed us took us to this place again."
Speaking of the Devil, Tala had just entered the room, a slight smile on his lips.
"You know, you two have managed to evade us for quite some time. This is where this all ends."
"You're fucking mad! I don't even know what you're talking about!" Ray yelled.
"You will soon find out, white tiger."
Mariah had crawled into a corner, her arms wrapped around her very pregnant stomach. "What do we have to do with this?"
"Ahh, you see, that is the beauty of it, you have everything to do with this."
"Well then, enlighten us."
"That kid, if you could call it a kid, has contributed to most of our downfall." Tala pointed at Mariah, who looked at her stomach, and was whimpering very slightly.
"It and the other two of your brats are what is making our little world domination scheme a little on the difficult side. But you'd probably never have known that unless I had told you. In the future, those three little animals have destroyed most of our bases and forces, following their parents' footsteps. You two were always the special ones, weren't you? Well not anymore, we are going to finish all that bullshit once and for all." With that, Tala turned and left the room.
Ray looked to the ceiling; they needed to escape, now! He started pacing the small room, thinking of what they could do.
"Ray..."
"Mariah, please, I'm trying to think of how to get out of here."
"Ray...!"
He spun around to look at her, and saw she was huddled in the corner, her arms around her stomach tears streaming down her face.
"It's decided on a bad time to enter the world then."
"Oh shit."
"What are we supposed to do now?" she asked before wincing in pain.
"I'll tell you what you can do now." The voice echoed in the back of their minds, and the great purple bit beast slammed through the wall, followed by it's master. The wall crumbled, and Trinity came through the wall. She saw her mother huddled in the corner, and immediately knew what was happening.
"Bring her over here, and hold her tight. Then touch my bit beast."
Ray did as he was told. Trinity closed her eyes, and the suddenly opened them again- but they looked like they were on fire.
"TELEPORTATION."
And with that, Ray and Mariah ended up back their house. Emily ran out to them, and saw Mariah.
"Shit, where were you two? You should've been in bed resting, Mariah, now look what happened."
They all rushed inside to prepare for the coming of Trinity.
"Breathe, Mariah."
"Ray, if you tell me to breathe one more time, I'll get up and suffocate you."
Ray had said this approximately 50 times, and it was getting on her nerves. She winced as another contraction hit her. Ray sat down and stroked her forehead.
"Not long now, Mariah, you're doing fine." Emily smiled.
Mariah grunted and pushed again. Ray seemed worse off than she did. Mariah screamed as a sharp pain hit her again, and Emily smiled. "I think you'd better do that just once more."
Mariah did so, and then flopped back on the pillows behind her, defeated. She closed her eyes, her breathing heavy. Then she heard a howl that probably rattled the windows, and Emily's voice. "Oh my God! Mariah, she's beautiful."
That caused her to open her eyes and blink once- her vision was blurred, she was so tired. Emily then handed her a bundle wrapped in blankets. She held it close, the baby's red hair and golden eyes were the resemblance she held to her parents. Ray then smiled and said, "It was a girl."
"So, are you satisfied with your daughter?"
"Couldn't be happier." And with that he leaned over and kissed her. "Mind if I go show the other guys?"
"Not at all." Mariah handed the baby to Ray. "I thought of a name, what about Trinity? Because we are now three, instead of just two."
"Perfect." Ray the stood up to go outside.
"Wait!" Ray spun around to face Mariah. She was smirking. "I told you it was a girl."
Meanwhile, the rest of the Bladebreakers and White Tigers were sitting on the couches, waiting impatiently. It had been almost 5 hours. Surely nothing could have gone wrong? A sound behind then stirred them from the uncomfortable silence, and they saw Ray carrying a tiny baby wrapped up tightly in blankets. Everyone immediately rushed over to him.
"Oh Gosh, she's beautiful, Ray!" said Max.
"He has a striking resemblance to both of you two!" added Kenny.
"Yeah, the eyes are a dead giveaway," said Kevin.
"The red hair is as well. I know that pink and black make red," smiled Gary.
"Hmmm," Kai hmmmed, smiling.
"Hey Ray, when did the stork come?" asked Tyson.
Everyone sweatdropped, then Lee said, with a dazed look on his face, "I'm an uncle." Lee then smiled at Trinity, and looked up at Ray. "You look after my little sister, and this little one too, my friend."
Ray smiled at Lee. "Her name is Trinity."
Tyson shoved the others out of the way, and started talking to Trin. "Hewwo, wittle Trinity, I'm Tyson! Can you say Tyson?"
"Tyson! She's only about 5 minutes old!" snapped Ray.
Trinity the opened her golden eyes to look at Tyson, and burst into tears. Tyson sweat dropped, and Kai shoved him out of the way. "Give me a go, Tyson." Trinity looked up at Kai, and immediately calmed down. She then smiled a little baby smile and went to sleep, still smiling. "Well, she seems to have taken a shine to me, Tyson."
Tyson glared at Kai, who smirked back. Ray rocked her gently, before whispering "I think I'd better go see Mariah again."
"Is she alright, Ray?" asked Lee.
"Fine- tired but very happy."
Ray started walking out of the room, but Kai coughed. Ray looked back and Kai was still smirking.
"I believe I won the bet, Ray."
I liked the end bit! I'd better go to bed now, swimming carnival tomorrow! And remember, no reviews, no chapter 8. Ja ne minna-san. Review by pressing the pretty purple button.