The Last of the Bloodshed – Part 2 Written By: LilWyvernGirl Chapter 5
Duo Maxwell, waiting for the repairs on his Gundam, was conversing with Heero Yuy who apparently seemed to be ignoring Duo. Heero was working on his own Gundam, repairing it by himself, ungrateful for Duo's company and courtesy. Though they both didn't know it at the time, they had more in common then they originally thought.
"How do you suppose you can repair that thing by yourself without all of the necessary parts? Why don't you just wait until we get all the parts and continue working in the morning? It's not like you can just pop everything into place like you do with your broken bones! You need the necessary parts and we don't have them right now. Hey! Are you even listening to me?" Duo sighed. It was hopeless to even talk to Heero. Heero was too intent on his mission to just let it wait for a couple of hours. Heero wanted to get it done and over with as soon as possible. He couldn't let his mission wait any longer than it had to. And he would make sure that it didn't, no matter what.
"I'm going to get some rest and you should too. It's not like you have to stay up and work on that Gundam of yours but it's up to you I guess. You should get some sleep though." Duo waited for a response. When he was greeted with none, he sighed, stating, "Ok, I get it. Whatever. Just don't come running to me when you start having trouble." Duo walked off to get some rest as Heero continued to work on his Gundam.
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Reisyira finally stopped at the beautiful beach of Africa. Her search seemed unpromising at this point. She had covered over five hundred miles of this continent and had found nothing. No sign of the Silver Cat anywhere. It was hopeless for her. She may never fins the Silver Cat the way her luck was going. She sighed and sat down on the warm sands as the tide lapped at her feet. The sun was setting and the sky glowed with vibrant colors. The awing red sun sat on the horizon, challenging all others to spite her awesome power. Reisyira was awed by the beauty and grace in this display of power and serenity. She realized that she had never actually seen a sunset before. But now as she observed this daily event, she felt as though she were powerless against such a force and awed by how everything seemed to have its place during this event. Everything seemed to fit as the sky changed from a fiery orange to a blood red. The ocean reflected the colors in the sky as the sun disappeared below the horizon.
"Is this the way the sunsets at home were like? I've never noticed it before, but it's so very beautiful and serene. Everything reflects the tranquility of the sky. It's so peaceful…" She cut herself off as she gazed at the sky. The vibrant colors in the sky had died down a bit. The blood red color that the sky once was had now become a dark violet speckled with bright stars glowing brilliantly against the dark sky. How can something be so beautiful and yet so vague? She gazed at the stars. There were other things among the stars creating their own constellations among the night sky. She gazed thoughtfully at those strange new constellations, transfixed by the irregularity of these constellations. Those new stars she thought are man made! They must be those estranged space colonies I've heard about. How odd. They built them to look beautiful from the Earth. And I bet, from where I'm standing, that Earth looks beautiful from those colonies. Oh how I wish to go to outer space and see those colonies! But how can I, I had lost my Silver Cat.
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Chapter 6The Silver Cat sulked on quietly to the eastern beach of Africa. She had her head hung in silent mourning. The hushed sound of her large paws on the sand seemed to echo in her head as she closed on the beach. Her triangle ears were flattened against her oval head, her eyes had a distant look in them, staring with no purpose. Her whiskers were outstretched in front of her helping her avoid any steep drops in this barren wasteland. Her tail waved back and forth in agitation, she wasn't in a happy mood.
She could now see the blue-green waters from where she was. Her pace suddenly quickened as she continued on her way to the beach. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Sitting on the beach before her was the person she was sulking about. It was her beloved friend Reisyira!
"Hey Reisyira! It's me! Hey Rei! It's me Silver Cat!" the Silver Cat called happily to her lost friend.
Reisyira turned around and saw her cat friend running toward her. She smiled and called back, "Hey, Silver Cat! I've missed you so much! Hey Silver!"
The Silver Cat skidded to a halt as she stopped beside Reisyira. She put her head down beside Reisyira and started to purr loudly. Reisyira rubbed the big cat's nose. Silver Cat's fur quavered and pulled apart, revealing an entrance to the inside of her. Reisyira stepped in. She quickly made her way to the control room of the Silver Cat and sat down.
"So, where are we going?" asked the Silver Cat anxiously.
"Away from Africa, that's for sure," Reisyira replied.
"Ok." The Silver Cat plodded to the lapping waters of the Indian Ocean and waded into the waters. After a few moments, she reached deeper depths and dove under water. Above the calm ocean the silhouette of a Gundam can be seen, darkened by the morning sun rising before it. A seagull flies past, blocking the view. As it flies away, the strange Gundam had disappeared into thin air. The scene appears calm again as an ocean breeze ripples the water. Some of the ripple gleam a magnificent silver as some of the fur from the Silver Cat ride the ripples and wash up onto the shore. The sun's bright light reflects off of the shards of fur, making them gleam with a blinding brightness. The scene becomes calm again as the sound of the tide drones on.
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The Silver Cat swam quickly and lazily through the ocean watching the whales and fish swim past her. Occasionally she would follow a pod of whales that were migrating through the ocean. She would stop after something else caught her eye, though.
She was following a shark when a missile caught her eye. She stopped and started toward the spot where she last saw the missile. A luminescent green light glowed eerily in the distance. The water in the area was frothed, something was happening over there. The water cleared a little and she saw what the green light was: an energy scythe belonging to a Gundam.
She growled as she remembered the other Gundam she encountered. With fury in her eyes she charged at the Gundam.
"Huh? What the…?" the Gundam pilot stammered. He turned his Gundam around just in time to see what was causing the commotion. He yelped in surprise at what the attacker was and had barely enough time to avoid the oncoming attack.
The Silver Cat turned to face her opponent. The Gundam was black and white, mainly black though, and it had a little bit of gold in its coloring. It had a strange small shield that could be shot toward the enemy like a weapon. Its beam scythe was not very long, but it was the only thing that would be a threat to her. She took note of that, as she got ready to retaliate.
There was a moment of silence and stillness. The two seemed to be sizing their opponent before the "fury". Then, they were on each other, yowls and screams of rage could be heard as the water around them became frothed with their movements. The Silver Cat slashed at the mid section of the mobile suit. The Gundam blocked and retaliated with a successful slash from his beam scythe. The Silver Cat reeled from the attack, but bounced back onto its feet quickly and pounced onto the Gundam. The Gundam avoided this attack also, but just as he was going to swipe her with its scythe, it was grounded with a strong strike from the Silver Cat's tail. The Gundam collapsed to the ocean floor in a heap. Silver Cat wrapped her tail around her and morphed into her mobile suit form. Suddenly the tide seemed to change the way it swelled onto the sands of the beaches.
The other Gundam got up and saw the now transformed Silver Cat. It picked up its beam scythe and gathered itself for an attack. Silver Cat armed herself with her energy scythes and set herself up for combat. Again, there was a short calm before the havoc. Then they were on each other once more. Neither got an attack on one another. Silver Cat would launch her scythes at the Gundam and the Gundam would launch his shield and swipe with his scythe. It was a very evenly matched battle, whereas they seemed to predict each other's moves and would dodge it easily without problem. The Silver Cat got a good hit in though. Silver Cat had just dodged a shot from the Gundam and had thrown one of her scythes back at him. It hit the Gundam square in the back. It collapsed to its knees from the sheer force of the attack. The scythe had gone clear through the Gundam, landing a little ways in front of it. Silver Cat walked up and pulled its energy scythe out of the ocean floor. She approached the Gundam and morphed back into her cat form. She lifted one of her paws and unsheathed the claws for the final blow. Then she had a spasm. She was paralyzed on the spot, yowling in pain. Her eyes rolled back into her head and she crumpled to the sea floor in a heap. There was silence.
The Gundam got up slowly and eyed the Silver Cat carefully. Then he picked it up. Apparently it was offline for some reason.
"Shouldn't let a machine like this go to waste. Nor a pilot like that. I guess I'll just take you with me just in case. You may be of use to me," said the pilot.
The Gundam took off out of the water carrying the Silver Cat. Then he started heading for the shoreline. He made it there and landed on the abandoned beach.
"Well, I just hope you're still living. There's gotta be a hospital around here somewhere. Just hang on."
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Chapter 7
Reisyira backed up into a wall pinioned between the wall and her attacker. She was sweating with fear of her attacker, afraid of what he might do to her. She felt around the wall for something, anything, to use against him. She started to inch toward the door at the far end of the room. He cocked back the hammer on his gun. Reisyira stopped cold.
"Where do you think your going, sweetie? If I were you, I'd do exactly what I'm told because I wouldn't like to take a shot. Wouldn't you agree?" He aimed the gun at her. She flinched and squeezed her eyes shut, not wanting to see her captor's face again. That face; the long scar on his face going from his left brow all the way to his collar bone, his sickening green eyes which always seemed to stare straight through whomever he looks at, and his earring on his left ear, which is a gold hoop with a hummingbird skull on it. His dark complexion that seemed to hide his expression would haunt her forever and the necklace he wore, a bone necklace with rat skulls on it will never erase itself from her memory.
"Are you going to do what I say or are you going to take yours chances with my little friend here?" He drew a little circle in the air with his gun.
"She opened her eyes and stared him down. "I'd rather take my chances with your gun. I'd rather die than do your dirty work."
"Heh. That's exactly what I expected from you." He pulled the trigger. The shot rang out in the small apartment room. Reisyira fell to one knee; her left hand clenched her right side. Blood seeped through her fingers and ran down the side of her shirt and jeans. A large blotch of blood was on the wall behind her. There was blood all over her face.
"You… missed…"
"I know."
"Why… did you… miss…"
"I have my own ways of getting you to do what I say," he stated softly. He called out to some unknown accomplice somewhere in the apartment building. A shadowy figure emerged from the door. The figure was holding a small blonde boy. The child was beaten badly, his hands bound together behind him. He looked at Reisyira with his soft blue eyes; his expression was like that of a dead body, strained with pain and lifeless. Reisyira saw the child and looked away, nauseated from the scene before her.
"… What do you want of me?" Reisyira questioned.
"I want you to do everything I request of you."
"And if I don't?"
"The kid gets a couple of shots in the head." He pointed his gun at the boy's head and cocked the hammer back.
"Okay! I'll do it. I'll do it. Just don't shoot him. Please!"
"That's more like it. Mikey, go get Smoke. Were going on a ride and your coming sweetie. If you don't do what I say, the kid gets it."
"And what am I supposed to do?"
"Shoot and kill as many people as you can at our destination. And remember. The kid gets it if you don't."
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Reisyira awoke in a cold sweat, her heart beating rapidly and her eyes wild with fright. She gasped, trying to remember where she was. She looked around, realizing that she was in a type of hospital room only much more high-tech than the ones from 2010. She glanced toward a glass wall with a door and a lot of equipment on the other side of it. Doctors were watching the equipment intently and glancing at her from time to time. So, she thought, they are monitoring me. I'll give them a run for their money and I'll get out of this place. Heh. I bet they won't even notice.
Reisyira laid back into the bed and closed her eyes. Then, to the doctors' shock, her heart rate went sky high to dangerous levels. Then as quickly as the rate increased it fell to a dead stop.
Alarmed the doctors rushed into the room. When she saw them open the door she came to life. There was a blinding bright flash of florescent white then a spray of warm blood flooded the white room. The doctors lay on the floor in the pool of blood cut and impaled to a point where death was the outcome. Reisyira was standing a bloody scalpel in her hand and just strode away as if nothing happened. She stopped and placed the blade into her shoe and continued on her way. She must find the Silver Cat as soon as she can, because she's not going to put up with another encounter with a Gundam. But that may be a little too late, for the pilot who got her into the hospital was already there at the hospital.
She walked past the front desk. The lady behind the desk called to her, "Hey, you need to be signed out to leave this hospital, ma'am."
There was a guy at the desk who turned around and saw her standing there. Reisyira replied to the woman, "I'm sorry, but I'm not signed out. Do you have a problem with that?"
"Yes I do. You need to be signed out or you cannot leave this hospital."
"Well, I'm not going to get signed out. I have my own ways of getting out." Rei quickly slipped out the scalpel and got ready to lunge at the woman. The guy at the desk quickly took out a gun and shot Rei in the wrist, making her drop the scalpel, blood spraying onto the floor. Rei didn't even flinch from the shot, she just stared the guy straight into his eyes. There wasn't even a hint of pain in her eyes, just sudden hate.
"You bastard. You shot my wrist. You're gonna pay for that."
"Oh yeah? What're you going to do? You're arm's disabled for the moment." The guy pointed out her bloody wrist.
"Disabled? I'll show you disabled." Rei picked the scalpel up again with the same hand. The guy shot at her wrist again, but when the scalpel fell from her hands she grabbed her bloody wrist, spraying the blood into the guy's eyes. Then she lunged forward and smashed him into a nearby wall. A sickening crack could be heard as his head collided with the wall. Then she picked up the scalpel and disposed of the lady at the front desk. She stood still for a moment then turned to leave. As she was about to leave, there was a shot heard and a spray of blood came from her neck. She put her hand on the wound and looked back to see whom the attacker was. It was the guy. He was breathing heavily and was struggling to stand up.
"You missed."
"I don't thinks so."
Rei looked at her hand. It was covered in blood and nerve fluid.
"You really think that will stop me."
"Yep."
Rei turned to attack him but she collapsed to the floor. "You… bastard…" Rei passed out.
The guy slumped onto the floor breathing heavily. He stared at Rei for a moment then took his eyes away from her. He stared at the ground for a moment, and then he turned his gaze to the ceiling. "That's why I'm Duo Maxwell, The God of Death. I know what I'm doing, unlike some people."
Rei mumbled quietly, "Maxwell…"
Duo stared at her. "What?"
Rei's expression changed from fury to sorrow. "Why… Why did you…?"
Duo looked at her, puzzled by what she was saying. "Why did I what?" His question remained unanswered as Reisyira fell limp and her breathing slowed. Duo frowned and picked her up. "I know you'll probably cause me a lot of trouble, but I can live with it. I am of coarse The God of Death, and death seems to follow you every-where." With that, Duo carried Reisyira out of the hospital, toward the place where his Gundam and her mobile suit were being kept.
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Chapter 8
Duo, still carrying Reisyira, arrived at the place where both of the mobile suits were being kept. When he got there, he was met with chaos. Rei's mobile suit was roaring and slashing at the workers, blinded with rage. The workers were scrambled throughout the area, fleeing from the raging machine. Duo observed the mess and sighed. This'll be a lot of fun, Duo thought to himself, that thing raging around in blind fury and everyone scattered and running like scared mice…this is going to be so much fun.
The raging mobile suit roared loudly in a blind rampage and lunged forward at Duo, but instead of tearing him to pieces it stopped and sniffed him. Duo stared at the machine for a moment with curiosity. It growled at Duo then took Rei from his arms.
"Hey! What'dya think your doing, huh? That's a really bad idea, you know…" Duo started but was met with a loud growl before he finished. Duo crossed his arms and stared at the machine angrily. "What do you think you are anyway…? Grr… never mind. Your as hopeless to talk to as Heero is…"
The machine glared at Duo. "You know what," It started, startling Duo, "you are the one that's hopeless. All you do is talk and you never get anything done. What a wasteful person. You should use your time more wisely."
Duo reacted to that comment very quickly. "WHAT?! Me hopeless? Me wasteful? I resent that!"
The machine ignored Duo's comments and continued walking away. This made Duo pretty angry. "Hey you hunk of junk! Don't think you can walk away from me without a fight!"
It stopped and turned to face Duo. "I am Silver Cat and I don't need to take this crap from the likes of you."
Reisyira moaned quietly as she started to regain consciousness. Her eyes fluttered open and turned to Silver Cat. "Silver Cat…"
"Rei?" Silver Cat set Rei down and eyed her friend with wonder and happiness. "What do you want?"
"I want to stay here." Rei said bluntly.
"Stay?!" Silver Cat said. Duo smirked at the remark.
"I want to stay for a while. There are still things I want to clear up…"
"Are you sure? I don't think I can take anymore of this…"
"Please, my friend, I must."
"Okay then. We'll stay. But don't say anything when I'm thrashing around in anger."
Rei just laughed and walked back toward the work place. She walked up to Duo and socked him in the stomach. Duo fell to his knees from the unexpected attack.
Duo coughed up a little blood. "Hey, what was that for…?"
Rei glared at him. "That was for shooting me in the wrist. I'm still not through with you, though."
"Jeez, somebody woke up one the wrong side of the bed…"
Rei glared at him then continued on, leaving the whole place in shock.
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Chapter 9Reisyira sat down in a dark room that she was occupying for the time being. Her mind was a total blur; everything that has happened in the last few weeks has been tearing at her emotions and at her mind. She just couldn't piece everything together; the kind hearted young man, the illustrious hyper-active guy she just met, the strange things called colonies, the mobile suits, and her appearance here in the future. It all didn't go together. But somehow, she knew that it all was there; she could see it clearly before her. It was just that she really couldn't make out if it was all to her advantage or all to her disadvantage. To her, it was all a matter of clearing the fog in her mind. But, to her dismay, the fog was thick and enrapturing, making it even more difficult for her to make heads or tails of it. It was all so confusing. It didn't make sense.
She stared at the floor of the room for a long time, trying to clear her mind, hoping that she'll see the true meaning behind all of this confusion and elusiveness. She gazed at the floor and watched as her torn and almost forgotten memories seemed to play before her eyes. Then, it all abruptly stopped; the image of a young boy before her eyes and then the image blurred and faded away. A glittery droplet fell to the floor and shattered into thousands of smaller droplets.
Rei put a hand to her cheek and found it was moist. What's this? My cheek is wet. What is this? I feel like I've died all over again. Why am I so confused? Have I forgotten this feeling? What is it that I feel…? Rei thought to herself. She wiped away the tears and stared up at the ceiling. Why am I so lost…? She thought.
There was a click as someone opened the door. Reisyira turned her gaze to the door quickly and narrowed her gaze as she discovered whom it was. "What do you want, huh? You know you're the last person I'd want to talk to right now."
"Hey, is that any way to treat me, your host? Have a little consideration for others." Duo walked up to her. Rei gave him a cold stare.
"Don't make me hit you again. I'm not in the mood for your immature antics."
"Jeez, lighten up. You shouldn't be so uptight and stern. Loosen up and have a little fun once in a while."
"Lighten up? What for? I don't have a reason to be loose."
Duo crossed his arms. "Wow, you're even worse than Heero, but at least you talk to me"
Reisyira got up and grabbed Duo's braid.
"Hey! Let go of my braid! What'd you think you're doing?!" Duo yelled.
"Shutting you up." Rei pulled on his braid and started to walk out, dragging Duo by his braid.
"Hey! This isn't funny! Let go of my braid right now!"
"Hmmm… let me give it some thought… No I'm not going to let go of your braid. So there." Rei continued to pull Duo with her by his braid.
"Argh! Let go! Let go! This is so not funny!"
Rei turned to him, but continued to walk. "It's not funny to you because it's happening to you." Rei turned back and continued to walk.
Duo crossed his arms. "This is the last time I'm going to be friendly to an insane maniac."
"Are you implying that I'm insane?" Rei asked softly.
"Damn straight!"
Rei jerked on his braid, making him fall.
"Ouch! Hey, what are you doing…?"
Rei let go of Duo's braid and stared at Duo, who was disoriented and in pain. Then, she turned and left him there, walking to Silver Cat.
Duo watched her walk away, completely confused. He called out to her, "Hey? Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm leaving. I don't have to tell you where I'm going."
Duo crossed his arms. "Fine. Don't tell me where you're going. I don't want to know."
"Yeah right…" Reisyira walked to Silver Cat and placed her hand onto the silvery fur of the big metal cat. A hole appeared where she had touched the cat. Duo watched with great interest as She entered, the hole disappeared, and the Silver Cat's eyes began to glow. Then it walked away.
Duo watched as the strange duo left him. He sighed softly. "Well, there go the two strangest people I've ever met." A glimmer of light flickered on the horizon then faded out. Duo got up and walked away from the scene as the sun slowly started to set on the horizon.
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Chapter 10
Reisyira and her Silver Cat were out in the forest resting for a while, the daylight was too obvious for them to roam around to they hid away in the dark sanctuary of the forest. Silver Cat was sleeping peacefully in the shade of the forest and Reisyira sat wide-awake, leaning against a tree and gazing up at the speckled sky above. Her yellow eyes glittered in the light and seemed to have an actual expression on it besides anger. She seemed to be very happy. She smiled as she gazed up into the speckled overhead view. Her eyes started to close and she fell into a light sleep, unaware of things to come.
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"Hey sis look over there!" a bright young blonde boy was pointing to a forest.
"What is it? Oh, it's a forest. Would you like to explore it?" Rei asked. She was much younger, her Indian red hair put up in a ponytail and her yellow eyes bright and full of life, not dead and cold like they were now.
"Sure sis!" The young boy took his sister's hand and headed to the forest. His blue eyes glittered with happiness as they headed over to the forest. Reisyira was happy for only one reason: her brother was happy.
They both entered the forest, both happy and full of energy. Rei following her exploratory brother wherever he went. They played in the small creek, watched squirrels, picked flowers, and made flower necklaces. They both soon became tired and sat down, gazing up at the sky.
"Sis…" the boy started gazing up into the trees.
"What is it…?" Rei turned to her brother.
"Look, the leaves break up the light and make it sparkle. It's so pretty."
"Yeah, it is. It's very pretty." Reisyira turned her gaze to the sky and looked at the beautiful scene. The wind blew softly rattling the leaves of the trees. The sky glittered and the light danced in the leaves.
Rei sighed and half-closed her eyes whispering softly to her brother, "It's very beautiful…"
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