Chapter Eight: Rest for the Weak
Leos lay in a hospital bed as he awoke. A bandage was wrapped around his
head, and he was surrounded by friends. A television was over his head
where a newscast was shown, featuring him as a hero. "Good morning Leos,
nice to she your alive." Rachel lay near his feat, her eyes filled with
tears. Leos rubbed his head, a nerve splitting pain echoing down his spine.
"Ahh!" Leos grabbed his hand as he jerked back from a bandage.
"Shit!" Leos screamed as he rubbed his hand, the people around him laughing slightly. "Oh Leos, just calm down. You'll be fine soon enough. Just relax and get some rest, its over now." Rachel grinned as stood up, rubbing her back. It had been three days since he had passed out and everyone was still a buzz of the death of Sephiroth.
"So it seems, even in death, Matthais is over shadowed by Sephiroth." Leos looked down at his stomach, as Gret asked him a question. "What do you mean Leos, what about Matthais?" Leos looked up to him and told the story of Matthais betrayal, and his defeat. "You see, all this time, everyone had over looked him. So he began to plot against his own master. Its a strange fate. All this time I wanted revenge against those who killed Sacri, and now that their dead, I'm not satisfied, as if something about them still threatened me."
"Well Leos, its over anyways, you should just stay here and rest." Rachel spoke to her old friend as she left the room, stopping suddenly as Leos spoke back to her. "Rachel, I don't know, I just don't know. What Sephiroth said to me? Rachel, do me a favor, get of this planet, go to earth, and pay your respects to Sacri. Then, it may be over, but promise me this." "Leos. What did Sephiroth say to you?" Rachel asked her as she turned back to him. "Nothing! Just promise me!" Leos yelled at her in frustration, order her to promise her. "All right Leos, I'll go to earth, and I'll visit that dreadful place. Just don't go and get yourself killed." Rachel nodded her head, stepping out the door.
Rachel looked down at the red planet from the window of her ship as she left Mars, her destination Earth once again. It had been so long since she had been to earth, or even in space, she had forgotten what it was like. She thought of Leos, down in his hospital bed, asleep, his head still filled with thoughts. The trip from Mars to Earth would take six days and six nights. As Mars left her view, a feeling that not all was right in the Universe overtook her, as she burst out into tears. In the distance past her, a shooting star fell, its eerie light still with mankind, despite the star having died millions of years ago.
Leos shot up from his bed in a cold sweat. His face was drenched with the liquid as he got up from his bed sheets, the white sheets floating back to the bed in a ghostly manner. The bandages on his back beginning to peal off, he ached all over from the sudden exposure to the air. He leaned over as he began to puke into his sink, grasping for a cup of water. The rooms around him where silent, patients young and old fast asleep.
"Erg, I have got to get out of this place." Leos cough up as he spoke, disgusted that he was being treated with old people that are damned anyway. "Rachel, thank god you got of this hell hole and went back to Earth. This way, when Sephiroth comes back, you can't get in my way. And I know it in my bones. He will come back." Leos fell back onto his bed, screaming as a shock of pain ran through his skin, blood spilling across the bed from the wound. An ugly old nurse burst into his room after hearing the scream, shouting at him. "Mr.Peceak, you really must be more careful!"
A cold chill ran down Rel's spine as he looked up from the Jiontradi's deck, watching the same shooting star as Rachel. He wondered just how many people are looking at the same Moon as him, and how many times will he look at this same Moon. "Leos, Rachel, everyone. I wonder, how many more days do we have to live? Is our destiny as ravens to die on the battlefield like so many others? Everyone I see, everyone whom I talk to, everyone I kill, they have a story, a life, a meaning. But, as a raven, I guess it is sometimes my job to take away that meaning, and take away their chance of saying good- bye to you, Mr.Moonman, one last time." Rel talked to himself as he rolled over in his bed, and fell asleep.
Two days later Leos wandered through the halls of the Jiontradi again, his scars there with him waving like a banner. He stepped into a hallway, as he stumbled over, grabbing onto railing, the ship rocking. "What the hell is going on?" A man yelled at him from down the hall, Leos just looking at him confused. From beneath the ship the ground began to dig up as disorder units began to come up from their burrows.
"Leos, this is urgent!" Rel ran up to him screaming as he stood up straight. "Leos, we need you to get in your armored core, now! We'll give you your mission briefing when your ready." Rel barely had enough time to tell Leos before the pilot shoved him out of the way, running towards the docking bay. As he ran, he thought about Sephiroth again. "So the monster rises from the ashes, resurrection."
Leos sat in the cockpit of Arch-Angel, his face mask fogged with his breath. Sweat rolled down his neck, his body burning up from the heat of the suit, and the anxiety of the battle ahead of him. He gripped the controls, his hands numbed from being in the same form so long. He jumped as a pictured appeared on the left side of his monitor, Rel in his armored core speaking to him. "Leos, your mission is as follows. The disorder units have suddenly begun acting more violently than ever for some reason. We have been order by the government to attack who ever, or what ever that has caused this. I will be sent to Falna Crater to destroy the core of a disorder nest decently discovered under the ship. You will be sent to the Disorder Nest to destroy as many targets as possible. Our mission starts now." Rel looked to his console, smirking as his drop ship launched from the port, heading off in the direction of Falna Crater. "Leos, just in case I don't come back, I want you to know. All those things I said about you, I didn't mean it." Rel looked up to the comm. screen, smiling weakly. "I know, old friend. Tell you what, after this mission; I'll buy you a round."
"Shit!" Leos screamed as he rubbed his hand, the people around him laughing slightly. "Oh Leos, just calm down. You'll be fine soon enough. Just relax and get some rest, its over now." Rachel grinned as stood up, rubbing her back. It had been three days since he had passed out and everyone was still a buzz of the death of Sephiroth.
"So it seems, even in death, Matthais is over shadowed by Sephiroth." Leos looked down at his stomach, as Gret asked him a question. "What do you mean Leos, what about Matthais?" Leos looked up to him and told the story of Matthais betrayal, and his defeat. "You see, all this time, everyone had over looked him. So he began to plot against his own master. Its a strange fate. All this time I wanted revenge against those who killed Sacri, and now that their dead, I'm not satisfied, as if something about them still threatened me."
"Well Leos, its over anyways, you should just stay here and rest." Rachel spoke to her old friend as she left the room, stopping suddenly as Leos spoke back to her. "Rachel, I don't know, I just don't know. What Sephiroth said to me? Rachel, do me a favor, get of this planet, go to earth, and pay your respects to Sacri. Then, it may be over, but promise me this." "Leos. What did Sephiroth say to you?" Rachel asked her as she turned back to him. "Nothing! Just promise me!" Leos yelled at her in frustration, order her to promise her. "All right Leos, I'll go to earth, and I'll visit that dreadful place. Just don't go and get yourself killed." Rachel nodded her head, stepping out the door.
Rachel looked down at the red planet from the window of her ship as she left Mars, her destination Earth once again. It had been so long since she had been to earth, or even in space, she had forgotten what it was like. She thought of Leos, down in his hospital bed, asleep, his head still filled with thoughts. The trip from Mars to Earth would take six days and six nights. As Mars left her view, a feeling that not all was right in the Universe overtook her, as she burst out into tears. In the distance past her, a shooting star fell, its eerie light still with mankind, despite the star having died millions of years ago.
Leos shot up from his bed in a cold sweat. His face was drenched with the liquid as he got up from his bed sheets, the white sheets floating back to the bed in a ghostly manner. The bandages on his back beginning to peal off, he ached all over from the sudden exposure to the air. He leaned over as he began to puke into his sink, grasping for a cup of water. The rooms around him where silent, patients young and old fast asleep.
"Erg, I have got to get out of this place." Leos cough up as he spoke, disgusted that he was being treated with old people that are damned anyway. "Rachel, thank god you got of this hell hole and went back to Earth. This way, when Sephiroth comes back, you can't get in my way. And I know it in my bones. He will come back." Leos fell back onto his bed, screaming as a shock of pain ran through his skin, blood spilling across the bed from the wound. An ugly old nurse burst into his room after hearing the scream, shouting at him. "Mr.Peceak, you really must be more careful!"
A cold chill ran down Rel's spine as he looked up from the Jiontradi's deck, watching the same shooting star as Rachel. He wondered just how many people are looking at the same Moon as him, and how many times will he look at this same Moon. "Leos, Rachel, everyone. I wonder, how many more days do we have to live? Is our destiny as ravens to die on the battlefield like so many others? Everyone I see, everyone whom I talk to, everyone I kill, they have a story, a life, a meaning. But, as a raven, I guess it is sometimes my job to take away that meaning, and take away their chance of saying good- bye to you, Mr.Moonman, one last time." Rel talked to himself as he rolled over in his bed, and fell asleep.
Two days later Leos wandered through the halls of the Jiontradi again, his scars there with him waving like a banner. He stepped into a hallway, as he stumbled over, grabbing onto railing, the ship rocking. "What the hell is going on?" A man yelled at him from down the hall, Leos just looking at him confused. From beneath the ship the ground began to dig up as disorder units began to come up from their burrows.
"Leos, this is urgent!" Rel ran up to him screaming as he stood up straight. "Leos, we need you to get in your armored core, now! We'll give you your mission briefing when your ready." Rel barely had enough time to tell Leos before the pilot shoved him out of the way, running towards the docking bay. As he ran, he thought about Sephiroth again. "So the monster rises from the ashes, resurrection."
Leos sat in the cockpit of Arch-Angel, his face mask fogged with his breath. Sweat rolled down his neck, his body burning up from the heat of the suit, and the anxiety of the battle ahead of him. He gripped the controls, his hands numbed from being in the same form so long. He jumped as a pictured appeared on the left side of his monitor, Rel in his armored core speaking to him. "Leos, your mission is as follows. The disorder units have suddenly begun acting more violently than ever for some reason. We have been order by the government to attack who ever, or what ever that has caused this. I will be sent to Falna Crater to destroy the core of a disorder nest decently discovered under the ship. You will be sent to the Disorder Nest to destroy as many targets as possible. Our mission starts now." Rel looked to his console, smirking as his drop ship launched from the port, heading off in the direction of Falna Crater. "Leos, just in case I don't come back, I want you to know. All those things I said about you, I didn't mean it." Rel looked up to the comm. screen, smiling weakly. "I know, old friend. Tell you what, after this mission; I'll buy you a round."