The Wrong Girl
Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne or any of its characters.
Chapter 14
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"Yukari! Yukari! Oh there she is. Over here" Celena shouted to the rest of the group. Yukari faintly heard someone shouting. She could barely make out what they were saying, but she did hear her name. Yukari tried to open her eyes but she didn't have the strength to do so. She felt paralyzed and defenseless.
Yukari felt someone grab her arm and search for something on her wrist. She also felt miraculously cold, almost frozen. Why can't I move? What's wrong with me? Yukari started to panic but the only thing that seemed to be working was her head. " Oh my god" Celena whispered.
"What's wrong?" Merle asked, Celena didn't say anything. "Tell me!" Merle demanded Allen, Van, Dryden, and Millerna ran toward everyone's voices.
" Why's she blue and purple?" Van asked
"I guess she couldn't take a little battle so she ran out here. How pathetic" Allen remarked What the hell's his problem? I killed people I didn't want to. I'm NOT pathetic, I just don't like fighting. Asshole! He'll never understand.
"Umm… Yukari's dead. She's been out here a pretty long time so I'm not surprised" Celena told everyone. I'm not dead, what's she talking about? I am N…O…T dead! Not dead.
"You're kidding, you have to be. You just have to be" Merle screeched in panic.
"This is not good at all. She's from the Mystic Moon, what are we supposed to do? Send her back home dead? That's not practical" Van said seemingly not affected by this at all.
"She's from the Mystic Moon right? Also, what she's wearing looks like what Hitomi was wearing when she came. So, get Hitomi" Millerna offered "In the meantime we should get a coffin and burial place, as you said she can't go back to the Mystic Moon" Oh no! It's just like on T.V. my heart is beating so slow that they can't detect a pulse. They're going to bury me alive!
Yukari felt herself being picked up and carried somewhere. A few minutes later they walked through the castle doors. Yukari heard people gasping and she knew it was because they had just seen her. They walked through endless halls and finally she was lain on a sort of bed. " Okay, get her ready. No autopsy, we know she froze to death. Just clean her uniform and maybe brush her hair. She shall be buried in Fanalia" Van said to the Maid.
"Yes, my lord" was her response. Oh no, you are not going to undress me. The maid started to undress her. Get your hands off me! I want to go home. This is ridiculous; can't you see I'm not dead? "Hmm… Did she just blush? No that's silly dead people can't blush. I've been doing this for too many years"
Yukari moved the tip of her finger just slightly. Yes! I'll show everyone. I'll show them just who's dead, and it's not me. All of a sudden Yukari felt a surge go through her body, she snapped her eyes open and her socks and shoes were off but nothing else. She struggled to sit up but finally did so. When the maid noticed Yukari was sitting, she just stood there speechless.
Yukari simply said "I think they made a mistake" She then got off the bed, collected her socks and shoes, and walked out of the room. Leaving the maid in pure amazement. Yukari didn't feel the weight of the pendant and checked. They had taken the pendant. "Probably to get Hitomi" She said to herself.
Merle, Celena, and another woman she didn't know walked out of a room ahead of her. Heheheh now I'll get them back for declaring me dead. Yukari silently walked up to them and followed them all the way down the hall. She was at a decent distance but they never saw her. Finally Yukari grabbed Celena and Merle's shoulders. They looked back and saw a girl that was very pale. "Hello my dear friends. What's this that I hear that you believe I was dead? Oh Celena I guess I have you to thank for that. Seeing as you checked my pulse"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" they both screamed and all three ran down the hall. Yukari followed closely behind screaming at them to stop. "LORD VAN!" Merle screamed. Lord Van and Allen came out of a room to their left.
"What Merle? You look like you've just seen a ghost." Van said then he looked behind them and saw Yukari running down the hall "Oh, wait you have. Get in the room Allen and I will take care of this" Merle, Celena, and Millerna ran into the room. Allen drew his sword "Allen, put your sword away. You really believe that is a ghost or living dead?"
"Yes, I do" Allen answered
"You really are an idiot. She wasn't dead in the first place"
"Nope, I wasn't" Yukari said as she slowed down "But it was fun scaring them anyway. I could hear and feel everything that was going on. Allen, I really don't like you. You are an arrogant SOB. I thought you should know that. Also, I was in the forest because I ran there after killing some five or six men. Other side of course but I still didn't want to kill anyone."
"Can you show us how you killed them? I know you can't pilot a Guymelef and I came across some Zaibach Guymelefs that were twisted and distorted. I know of nothing that can do that" Van said
"Sure, but I don't know how to put them down without killing them. So I'll do it to Allen" Yukari said calmly
"What?! You've got to be kidding." He turned and started to run but was frozen in mid-air. Yukari had one palm facing towards him and commanded, "Stop"
"How did you do that?" Van curiously asked
"I don't know but can you throw an object at me? I need to figure out how to put him down without killing him" Yukari said
A/N: I'm back! Boston was okay, I hope you like this chapter. A little unnerving right? Hehehehe ^_^