Georgia rushed to where Kaitlyn was staring out, and saw Janice and Kenji below. Janice seemed to be staring up at them. "LAND!!" Georgia shouted, and soon, they could all feel Lombardia getting lower to the ground. When Lombardia landed, all of them rushed out of the Dragon and faced Janice. "You are REALLY beginning to annoy me, you know that?!" Georgia shouted, and Janice just slightly smiled and shook her head.
"Oh you poor, poor thing. Did your brother get kidnaped? At least he wasn't murdered yet, huh?" Janice spat, shoving Kenji backwards onto his butt. He was tied up so he couldn't get back up, either. Georgia growled at her rival, and brought out her ARMs. "Heh, heh, you are so unoriginal. Whereas, I'm very original!" she said, taking her bayonet out from behind her back, and hitting Georgia's right side with the blunt side.
Georgia stumbled to the left, right into Anthony, who quickly pushed her away, and backed up. His face was aflame. Luckily, Kaitlyn and Meira were the only ones who saw, and they snickered. Georgia didn't notice the fact that Anthony was the one who she bumped into, all she was focused on was how much she hated Janice.
"How are YOU original!? With THAT dinky move?! I didn't even get scratched! SHEESH, you're a WIMP that is so attached to her vicious - or, I think, from what I've heard - brother, that you've become... just... LOATHSOME!!!" she shouted with all of her might, shocking the others so badly that they just stood there staring at her for a minute.
"You know something?" Janice asked, with the same poison she had had in her voice the first time they had met. She brought the bayonet back, and then turned to Anthony, smirking. "I bet if I killed Bernadette again, you'd understand how serious I am." she spat, and just as Georgia was about to say something, Anthony interrupted her.
"THAT'S IT!!! Now, HOW on FILGAIA do you know my last name!? Or... my full name if you know it?! HOW!?? I never told you, I know for a fact, there would have been no stinkin' way I WOULD have told you! But here you are, calling me 'Bernadette,' and such. HOW?!!" he shouted, and Janice's sinister grin turned into a normal smile for a moment, but only a moment.
"Heh, well, I'm surprised that they," she pointed to Jet and Virginia with her bayonet end, "don't recognize you. I'm sure they will when they see your arm." she said, and Anthony raised an eyebrow. He rolled the sleeve that covered his bionic arm up (he is now wearing something long sleeved, because Georgia forced him to, because she was still worried about him), and when Jet and Virginia saw it, they remembered something and gasped. He looked back at them, then back to Janice, a look of confusion on his face. "Heh, heh, well, Anthony, still confused? Poor boy, never were very smart. Don't you remember? I have known you ever since Mom found you in Quartly, when I was seven and you were one." everyone besides Janice, Anthony, Jet, and Virginia gasped and looked straight at Anthony. Anthony's eyes were just wide, and his mouth agape.
"Uh... yo-you mean... you... were... Kylie's daughter, and..." he had a very shocked/terrified look on his face. "Oh d*** it." he cursed under his breath, looking down at the ground.
"Yeah, Anthony, I used to call you my little brother, remember? And you were quite a shy little boy, up until Mom and I left you alone. Then I meet up with you again, and you definitely changed. What happened? Oh, did having to actually have to look after yourself make you a big tough man? Yeah, right. I bet you're still a pantywaist underneath." she tormented, and just as Anthony was about to attack, she charged at him.
'Oh no... Janice is...' fear flashed in Georgia's eyes, and then she furrowed her eyebrows, and readied herself to run. 'He did this for you... do it for him... rescue him... don't let Janice kill him...' she thought, then ran as fast as her legs could carry her towards Anthony. Anthony noticed that Georgia was also charging at him, and a look of pure horror crossed his face.
"GEORGIA, STOP!!" he shouted, just before Georgia got in front of him, and just as Janice had done the Rising Nova, doing it on Georgia instead. "NOOOOOOOO!!" he shouted, watching Georgia fly up into the air, then get shot, and fall back to the ground. 'I hate Janice! I HATE HER!!' he thought, as he stared at Georgia's limp body. He twitched, then fell to his knees next to the silver haired female's body. "Geor... gia..." he muttered, trying not to show the tears that were forming in his eyes.
Janice growled, and stomped her foot, swinging her bayonet around. "I'LL NEVER GET THE RIGHT ONE!!" she shouted, just before she ran off, Kaitlyn, Meira, Kenji (who was now untied), and Aleksey chasing after her.
Anthony was now scowling, but his eyes were getting misty at the same time. "Why... did you do that... you stupid bimbo? It's not like I'm important or anything... you're more important... why did you do that?" he asked in a whisper, then reached around to his bag. "Please..." he said, searching through the bag. He felt nothing. His eyes widened, and he kept perfectly still. "Nothing... to... heal or revive her with..." he muttered, then looked around to Jet and Virginia, blinking back his tears. "Do... do you two... have anything...?" he asked, trying not to show in his voice that he was scared, and about to break down. Jet and Virginia searched through their bags, but found nothing, and looked up to Anthony with terrified looks.
Anthony growled, and threw his bag as hard as he could against the ground. "YOU STUPID BIMBO!! Why!? First I saved you so this wouldn't happen, and now, it happened anyway, because you were so STUPID as to SAVE ME!!" he shouted at Georgia's unmoving form, as a couple tears ran down his face. "Oh great, now you've got me crying..." he muttered, rubbing the tears off his face with his sleeve. "Come on Georgia, do for me what I did for you, and wake up. Please?" he asked, lifting Georgia's head up. He tapped her cheek, shaking his head. Suddenly Jet came up, and grabbed Georgia away from Anthony, then began walking towards Lombardia. Anthony sat there, staring off that way. "Why... do I feel like this, I only just met her... a few days ago..." he whispered to himself, then suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder, and looked up to see Virginia looking down at him.
"Anthony, calm down. We'll take her to some town where she can be healed. We're just as worried about her as you are." she consoled him, and he hung his head back down. "Well, we'll get her to the town faster if you get up off your butt and get into Lombardia, you know." she said, then began walking towards Lombardia. Anthony then slowly stood up and followed after her.
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Soon the others joined them, and they took off. When they got to Lombardia, Virginia checked to see if they had any revive fruit or anything, and Kaitlyn did have a revive fruit. They quickly used it on Georgia, who was now awake, but needed to be healed, and quite soon.
She was lying in a room at that moment, sleeping peacefully. The others were slightly worried about her, so they had someone stay in the room and make sure she was all right. They would switch who got to watch her every hour or so. It was Anthony's turn.
He sat on a chair, to the right of the bed, staring straight at Georgia's peaceful face. He was smiling very slightly, with half-lidded eyes. He still was wishing that she hadn't saved him, but at least she was alive and was going to be all right soon. He watched as she rolled around to her other side, so he couldn't see her face. 'Hey, no fair!' he thought, scowling, and shaking his head.
After a couple minutes of complete silence, Anthony heard Georgia mutter something. He raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Georgia? Are you awake?" Georgia rolled over, facing him, and he saw that she was indeed awake. He scowled deeply at her, and said, "NEVER save me AGAIN."
Georgia frowned back, and tried sitting up, unsuccessfully. After trying, she looked back to Anthony, still frowning at him like he was at her. "I can't do that." she stated, and Anthony stood up, his scowl getting much deeper.
"Why not??"
"Well, why can't I save you ever again? Hmm?" she smirked, and Anthony's scowl began to disappear, a blush replacing it, but he fought to keep his scowl, unfortunately, though, it wasn't working.
"Be... because... I... I... was... worried..." he muttered, looking to the side. He looked back to her to see that she had a smile planted on her face. He couldn't help but begin to smile himself, but he fought it, and instead it made him look like he was growling. "You're smiling... why?" he asked, and Georgia just chuckled, then sighed.
"Oh, just thinking about how you were actually worried about me. You always came across that you hated me." she stated, lacing her hands together and placing them over her stomach, on top of the covers.
"Why can't you not ever save me again?" he asked, getting back to the original question. Georgia then looked towards him, unlaced her fingers and turned onto her side, facing away from him. He scowled once again, and walked over to the bed, crossing his arms. "Hey, I told you why you can't ever save me again. Now, you tell me why you can't not." he said, half begging. He heard the silver haired female mutter something, and he leaned closer. "What was that?" he heard her mutter it once again, not very much louder, and he leaned much closer, so he was almost directly over her. "I still didn't hear you, please repeat again, and please don't mumble this time." he heard Georgia growl, then she quickly turned over onto her side, coming face to face with Anthony, who was startled by her sudden jerky movement, (and not supporting himself on the bed by his arms) felt himself fall down so he was resting on the bed, his face only an inch away from Georgia's. Her eyes were wide, as were his.
"I-I said... that... I..." she began, and she could feel her cheeks begin to flush. "I... l... l... lo... love you..." she mumbled, hoping that he wouldn't hear, like before, but this time, he heard full well. His eyes widened a bit more, if that was possible, and his cheeks began to burn a light pink, while Georgia's were a dark crimson. "I know it's too soon for me to love you, I mean we only met about a week ago, but... I can't help it, it just... happened... you probably hate me even worse now, but..." she trailed off, when she noticed that Anthony's face was getting down closer to her's. This was a shock to her, because this was what people do when they are about to kiss someone. And kissing someone is definitely not what you would do if you hated them, in fact, quite the opposite. They were only a centimeter away now, and closing. Anthony was the one getting closer, Georgia was still too much in shock to move. Then, suddenly, Anthony just stopped moving, when they were closer than a centimeter. He looked like he was shocked at something, so Georgia decided to do something. She reached around his neck and pulled him down into a kiss.
Outside of the room, Kaitlyn had heard Georgia's voice, and had told everybody that she must be awake. She had also told them that they should go in and see how she was doing. So, they were all about to go into the room. Kaitlyn walked up to it, turned the doorknob, and pushed the door open. What they saw shocked them all. They saw Anthony and Georgia, kissing passionately.
'I knew it!' Kaitlyn thought, beaming brightly. All of a sudden Aleksey's voice could be heard, "EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!!!"
As soon as Georgia heard Aleksey's voice, she stopped the kiss by bolting upright. When she caught sight of the others she scowled, and a fire appeared in her eyes. Unfortunately, when she had sat up, it made Anthony roll off of the bed, onto the floor, on his butt.
Anthony glared at Kaitlyn, and scowled, VERY deeply, "What are you looking at?!" he said. Kaitlyn just stood there, and smiled. Anthony shook his head, and crossed his arms, standing up, and sitting back down in his chair.
Georgia's frown deepened, and she shouted, "GET OUT OF HERE, NOW!" They complied, quickly, and turned around, all except Aleksey, who looked like he was about to blow chunks. Meira walked back into the room, grabbed Aleksey's shoulders, turned him around, and steered him out of the room. Now, instead of looking just sick, he looked love sick.
Georgia looked at Anthony, and slightly smiled. He just continued to scowl. "So, Anthony... um... I was wondering if... you felt the same...?" she asked, and his scowl contorted to a look of confusion.
They sat there for a couple minutes in complete silence, and Georgia was beginning to feel a little impatient. "Do you?" she asked, and Anthony just sighed, looking to the door, but his eyes focused on the floor.
"I..." he started, and closed his eyes, with another sigh. "I don't know." he said, opening his eyes and looking up at her. Her tiny smile disappeared altogether, and her eyes showed disappointment.
"Then... why did you kiss me?" she asked, and Anthony bit his lip, leaning his head back. This wasn't exactly the easiest thing he had ever been through, and he figured that it was just a simple thing compared with what was most likely to come.
"I don't know... I just don't. I... think I might know, but, but... Man, how could you do this..." he mumbled, and Georgia sighed, looking down and closing her eyes.
"Yes. I think I understand. You can give me a straight answer today if you would like, but you do not have to if you don't want to." she stated, and Anthony nodded his head. After a short pause, he suddenly stood up, and walked out of the room. As soon as he left, Georgia could feel tears well up in her eyes. "Oh Anthony, why? Why couldn't you have given me a simple answer?? I would have settled for a no, if that's what your answer was, but why must you leave me guessing!?" she exclaimed, bringing her knees up, placing her arms on top of them, and burying her face in her arms.
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Kaitlyn, who was sitting right next to Georgia's room's door, watched as Anthony left the room, looking utterly confused. He walked right past her, not seeming to notice her, then she heard a faint weeping coming from Georgia's boudoir. She looked to the door, then stood up, and placed the book she had been reading on her chair. She twisted the doorknob, and then pushed the door open, to see Georgia sitting on her bed, her legs up, with her arms on them, and her head buried in them. A sob escaped from Georgia, and Kaitlyn could see her shake from it.
Kaitlyn stepped in, and immediately asked, "What did he do to you?" as she asked this, she crossed her arms. Georgia looked up at Kaitlyn, finally taking notice of her presence, and sniffed once. She raised her hand and wiped the tears off her already tear-stained face.
"He... he did no-nothing, Kai-Kaitlyn... And I-I'm f-fine... you don't need to-o worry..." she said, her voice cracking once and a while. Kaitlyn raised an eyebrow at her, making her slightly chuckle. "Great, now I'm beginning to sound like him..." she muttered, and Kaitlyn sighed, walking forward and sitting down on the bed.
"Georgia, WHAT happened? I won't tell, if you would prefer I don't, but please, just tell me. Maybe I can help?" she mentioned, and Georgia just sniffled, with a sigh.
"Well, after I told him I loved him and we kissed, and after you guys left, I asked if he felt the same. At first he didn't reply, then he said that he didn't know then left. So either he hates me even more, or, or, oh, I don't know!" she burst out crying once again, and Kaitlyn hugged her, in a big sister like gesture.
"He doesn't hate you, Georgia. I know for a fact he doesn't. If it will make you feel better, I saw him staring at you with an almost love-sick look on his face after we left Ballack Rise. And you should have seen his reaction when Janice almost killed you. I thought he was going to kill himself." she stated, and Georgia pulled away from her, a stunned look on her tear-stained face.
"WHAT!!?" she exclaimed, and Kaitlyn grinned, nodding. Georgia's face lit up, and, although red and puffy, her eyes were the most cheerful Kaitlyn had seen them yet. "Are you telling me... that... he... he feels the same!?" she squealed, and Kaitlyn nodded her head, making Georgia collapse down onto her pillow, such a large grin on her face that if she stayed like that very long, she would be stuck in that position.
Kaitlyn got up, and began to head towards the door, until she stopped and turned her head to look over her shoulder. "Oh, and if when he tells you you feels the same, can you please not tell him you already know?"
Georgia raised an eyebrow, obviously confused. "Why?"
"I would like to be alive when we find my father." Kaitlyn stated, and walked out of the room, leaving Georgia to giggle about it.
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Jet and Virginia sat in a couple seats close to the front of Lombardia, sitting next to each other, Virginia resting her head on Jet's shoulder. She sighed, and looked up to Jet face. "Jet? Do you think that... the next time Janice strikes, one of us actually will die?" she questioned, and Jet looked down at her, his eyebrows narrowed.
"Well I certainly hope NOT, but with the fact that she's related to Janus, there's no telling for sure. She's almost killed Anthony and Georgia, and she's kidnaped Kenji, so I really don't know." he stated, and Virginia closed her eyes, nodding her head.
"Yes, that's exactly why I'm afraid. I mean, she says that's not to the best of her abilities. If practically killing them isn't to the best of her abilities, then what could be? She could kill any of us at any time. And... what if she already has killed Clive and Gallows?" Virginia questioned, and Jet shook his head, closing his eyes.
"I really don't know." he opened his eyes back up, and looked down at Virginia's face, to see two silent tears making their way down her face. He brought his hand up, and rubbed her tears away, then kissed her forehead. "Don't worry, Ginny. I'm sure nothing bad has happened to them." Virginia nodded her head, and sighed shakily, hugging Jet arm.
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Anthony sat alone in one of the rooms, holding his head. "Man... I need to tell her, but... it's so hard... I know for a face I love her after that kiss, but... what if she finds out about... Aiko and Anastasia... and if I told her I love her she wouldn't believe me..." he muttered, shaking his head, and sighing. Almost immediately after he finished speaking, Kaitlyn burst in, making him look up to her. She looked very irritated by something.
"Anthony Bernadette! I heard what you said, who are Aiko and Anastasia!?" she shrieked at him, and he shrunk back in fear, his eyes wide. She stormed forward, and that's when he noticed that Georgia was behind Kaitlyn, leaning against the doorframe for support. When Kaitlyn noticed him looking that way, she turned around, and bristled. "GEORGIA!! What are you doing out of bed?? Get back in bed, you can't walk around like you're just fine!!" she exclaimed, and Georgia just shook her head stubbornly.
"Kaitlyn, I'm not going to get back into bed. I feel fine, and just sitting in bed is boring. Plus, I heard you yelling at Anthony so I decided to see what it was all about." she said, then looked to Anthony, who was still staring at her with a shocked expression. "I heard Kaitlyn yelling about two people named Aiko and Anastasia... who are they and what do they have to do with you?" she asked, her curiosity creeping up on her. Anthony looked down at his lap, and Kaitlyn crossed her arms.
"We both asked you the same question, Anothoth. Now answer before we have to take drastic measures. And why did you say that if Georgia found out about Aiko and Anastasia and you told her you love her afterwards she wouldn't believe you, hmm?" Kaitlyn asked, and Georgia stiffened, frowning slightly at Anthony who was cornered by the two girls. He couldn't get out of this mess, he had to tell them.
"Aiko Eleniak was... um... well, uh... she was more than a friend... much more... and Anastasia... um, she... she is... my daughter..." he muttered, but both Kaitlyn and Georgia heard him. Kaitlyn's jaw dropped, while Georgia stood away from the wall, her eyes wide, her mouth in a snarl, and her fists balled. Anthony was in deep trouble... Georgia was shocked, sure, but even more than that, she was enraged.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??!?!?!!"