Crossover

Crossover

To Save Time & Space

Chapter Twenty-One:

By Tonz82

Email: tonz82@yahoo.com

Sesha shivered as the cold wind blew across her body. She grasped her cloak closer around her body, but that didn't stop the icy winds from whistling through her ears.

"Empress, let me help you," said a soldier as he reached forward with his hand for her to take.

Sesha ignored his chivalrous gesture and jumped down from her space vehicle. She landed on the snow without making a sound and continued down the walkway of the landing pad. The soldier and the rest of the guards ran to catch up with her. Two guards each walked in front and behind her as they escorted her into the transport room. Her head military chief, Cyril, met her there. She looked up ahead at the entrance of the subterranean check-in station. It was one of Orzara's many underground stations. This one in particular was used only for Orzaran military officials, leaders, and royalty.

As soon as Sesha had entered Orzara's atmosphere, she noticed that the entire planet was now completely covered in snow and that the air was far beyond the freezing point. Gradually, the weather on Orzara had changed from warm sunny rays and into icy cold death. It was so cold that much of its people had had to move underground to the crowded subterranean cities.

"Empress, we received your orders from Sageria. The Orzaran Imperial Armies have been gathered and the generals of all three Orzaran tribes await your commands," Cyril informed her.

"Good." Sesha answered curtly.

She then removed her hood. Cyril immediately became concerned when she saw the injured queen's wounds.

"Empress! What happened?" Cyril cried as she took a step forward in Sesha's direction.

"I'm fine." Sesha replied coldly. She put up her hand, signaling Cyril to halt.

"But Empress you're injured. I will call for one of the royal medics," Cyril argued.

Sesha ignored the chief's objections and stepped on to the elevator platform with her royal escorts.

"No!" Sesha interrupted, "I just need to rest. I will retire to my quarters. Keep the generals on standby."

The military chief reluctantly bowed.

A second later, the elevator immediately began to descend down the underground shaft. A burst of warm bright light from the city suddenly filled the clear walls of the elevator. Sesha could feel the warmth of Orzara's core as she gazed at the city through the glass. This made her scoff at the reports she had received about the geothermal energy levels. Reports from her advisors that had informed her that this very essential energy of the underground cities was beginning to run out. This was something that she could not understand, since the geothermal energy comes straight from Orzara's core and is never ending.

Her advisors countered that Orzara's other once abundant energy sources were now almost depleted and that it wasn't because of the people's increased use. She didn't give them a chance to continue their reports since she abruptly ended the meeting. She hadn't really cared about any of Orzara's minor internal problems. She had no time to listen to menial babbling and complaining about unimportant matters. Especially when her concerns needed to be more focused on serving Daisan. By serving Daisan, he would provide for them in return. They only needed to gain his favor.

Sesha headed straight for her private chambers. She took off her cloak and laid down on her bed. She had failed Master Daisan, but she was grateful for the mercy that he had shown her. Unfortunately, he didn't kill Tacere or even that lapdog, Lycoris. After they had left Daisan's throne room; they had all argued and spat out more idle threats.

For whatever reason, she felt more anger towards Tacere, despite the fact that Lycoris had been the cause of her suffering at Daisan's hands. For a brief moment she wondered why all of her rage was always focused at him? She hated Lycoris as well, but not with the same intensity as Tacere. She viewed Lycoris as a sniveling coward who hid behind his so call warrior's code of honor, but Tacere… The malice she held for him was unconditional, almost unreasonable.

This made her to begin to wonder even more, though. If Tacere and Lycoris had been anyone else she wouldn't hesitate to kill them. Then what was stopping her from disposing of them both?

At the moment it seemed that Daisan needed the help of all three of them. If she was to gain Daisan's favor she couldn't provoke his anger by doing anything too hasty. But still, it wasn't just Daisan's wrath that stopped her from acting out on what her impulses screamed at her to do. It was something else.

No! she cried in her mind.

She refused to think that something as disgusting as compassion or any other weakness was holding her back.

'No, the only thing saving Tacere and Lycoris is Daisan's need for them', she reassured herself.

In fact, the only thing keeping her people, the Orzarans, the Sagerians, and the Ri'sorans from breaking out into an all out war was their allegiance to Daisan. She was alive, though, and that still meant that she had a chance to prove herself to him. She would make Daisan see that there was no need for aid from Sageria or Risora. Once she had Daisan's favor, she would destroy all those whom she hated. This was Sesha's last thought as she slipped into slumber.

**Dream Sequence Begins**

Sesha stood on a large balcony. Below in a courtyard, she saw a woman with very fair skin and long black hair. She was dressed in a regal gown and surrounded by silhouetted figures. The woman shook hands with two of the silhouetted figures and smiled. Sesha noticed that the woman smiled more warmly in particular at one of the shadowed individuals more then the rest of the group. Somehow this woman seemed familiar to Sesha.

She jumped off the balcony's edge and stealthily hid herself behind some bushes. The sun was shining and the day was bright, yet she still could not make out whom the other figures were standing beside the woman. As Sesha got closer she realized that the young woman was more than just familiar. The woman was in fact her!

Suddenly Sesha was no longer standing behind the bushes. Somehow she was now standing amongst the shadowed figures in the courtyard and wearing the same regal gown. A strong gust of wind blew across her face. She and the rest of the shadowed persons glanced up at the sky. It had turned dark and a large black silhouette could be seen in the sky. Sesha and the other shadowed persons looked up surprised as they stared at the dark silhouette.

****

Sesha tossed and turned as the dream changed.

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She now saw herself leading an army against the shadowed bodies of enemy soldiers. She could not make out their forms. The battle was fierce and many died. It didn't take her long to realize that she and her army would not win this battle, but she refused to give the signal to retreat. Instead she told her army to press on. As she continued to fight in the heated field of battle, her body began to glow and she dematerialized. She reappeared in a dark room.

An enormous dark silhouette loomed over her. It was the same menacing figure that had first appeared in the beginning of her dream. Sesha could feel others in the dark room with her. Even though she couldn't see them she knew that these people were her allies. The dark silhouette reached forward with a dark hand and showed her a vision of her planet, Orzara. She could see lights and the explosions of battle on the surface. The dark silhouette laughed and then suddenly black energy exploded covering the entire planet's surface. As Sesha watched this happen she was filled with despair and defeat. She turned away from the vision of her planet.

Her eyes opened wide in surprise. A young girl with creamy white skin now stood in front of her. She had wavy black and purple streaked hair, pulled up into a high ponytail. The girl held her body tightly and shivered. Sesha continued to stare at the girl. She felt a connection to her. Somehow she knew her. She looked into the girl's sparkling amethyst eyes. They were filled with fear. Suddenly the girl's body began to crackle with the same dark energy that had covered Orzara. She struggled desperately. Tears began to come out of the girl's eyes.

"Please, help me!" she cried.

Sesha felt a deep concern and immediately reached for her, but suddenly felt herself sinking into the black floor beneath her. Once again the dark silhouette loomed over her. Dark hands pulled on her. Sesha resisted and continued to reach for the girl. The young girl continued to speak to her, but all of the sound in the room had become muted. The empress struggled to make out the girl's words. Their fingers were inches from touching-

**Dream Sequence Ends**

Sesha jerked out of her slumber, fully awake. She grabbed her head. She had had this dream before, but only after having it again did she remember it.

"The same dream…What does it mean?…The girl… who are you?" she whispered.

Suddenly the air in Sesha's room chilled and Sesha became alert.

"Master Daisan," she replied. She immediately forgot about her dream as though it never happened.

'Sesha, did you gather your armies?' Daisan asked telepathically. His voice boomed in her head.

"Yes, my lord, we await your commands." Sesha answered.

'Good. I want your troops sent beyond the borders of your space.' Daisan instructed, 'I need them to raid more planets and gather more energy for me.'

"Yes, I understand. I will lead them myself," she replied.

'No. There's something else I want you to do for me.' Daisan commented.

******

Tacere watched as the door to his throne room was closed. He now sat in the room alone. The royal doctor had just finished bandaging his arms and other wounds. Everything was now in order and all he had to do was wait.

As soon as Tacere had arrived back at his royal palace, he gave commands to have his planetary army prepared. The whole time he was giving out his orders he kept thinking about what had happened after his meeting with Daisan. Sesha had been the cause for their mission's failure. Lycoris, the spineless weakling, had caused their punishment. He should have known that the fool would do something like that. His thoughts went back to when Sesha had confronted him on their mission. He should have crushed her then, but he couldn't do it. Something had stopped him. This caused his mind to wander back to a dream he had a night ago.

The dream had played like a black and white movie and he had been the audience. He watched a young boy run through a forest. He saw a young girl with creamy fair skin and another young boy with blonde hair. The two had been talking, but stopped once they noticed the other boy. The three stared at each other with wide, innocent eyes. The girl was the first to introduce herself. She stepped forward boldly. Her eyes were full of confidence and pride. The other boy introduced himself and it wasn't long before all three children began playing together. The three children's playtime didn't last long, though.

Shadowed figures appeared in the small clearing. The clearing began to change and the three children were surrounded by darkness. The shadowed figures grabbed the three children pulling each other apart in separate directions. The children stared into one another's eyes until they couldn't see one another anymore. This is when Tacere would wakes up, always confused. What the dream meant or was trying to tell him, he didn't know.

The entire dream felt sort of familiar, like he had had it before. Yet he only had had it once. Already it was beginning to fade from his memory. The details of it were becoming foggier with every passing moment. He didn't get much time to ponder anything else because his thoughts were literally interrupted.

Tacere, called a dark voice.

"Master Daisan." Tacere answered.

'Have you done what I asked?'

"Yes." Tacere replied aloud.

'Then have your military generals report to me for direct orders.'

"Yes, but--" Tacere asked.

'I have something else in mind for you.'

*****

Lycoris stared out the balcony of his room. He gazed down at his marching soldiers gathering in one of Ri'sora's many military facilities, where they would await orders. His thoughts kept wandering back to the meeting with Master Daisan. Sesha and Tacere had blamed the failure of their mission on each other.

They're behavior had disgusted him. Although, he did have to admit that he had agreed with Sesha's actions, but she still should have followed Tacere's orders. Especially since Master Daisan had put him charge. When Master Daisan had asked him what had happened both Sesha and Tacere had glared at him.

Ultimately, his loyalties lied with Master Daisan; he hadn't cared about either of Tacere or Sesha threatening looks. Master Daisan had asked him what had happened and he told him exactly that. They had all failed. An honorable warrior does not blame his failures on others. Yet despite his disgust of Tacere's pomposity and Sesha's prideful arrogance, he was use to it. For some reason he couldn't help but feel a connection to the both of them, a connection from the past. This reminded him of his most recent dream. It seemed to be more of memories of the past.

In it he saw a small humble planet of honorable warriors. This planet was known for its fighters and superb technique. Many royal families sought these warriors as personal guards and many came from other worlds just to study the techniques of these warriors. The ruler of the planet was good friends with the rulers of the two neighboring planets.

As time went on something happened to change the relations between two of the neighboring planets. The dispute between the two planets heated up over time and broke out into war. The small humble planet remained neutral at first, but as the war intensified the ruler of the small planet tried to see if he could mediate discussions. Despite his attempts at diplomacy, the war between the other two planets became worse. Eventually their fight spilled on to the small humble planet, causing horrible disaster. Sadly, this did not stop the warring between the other two planets.

The humble ruler became enraged at the rulers of the other two planets and all three planets began to engage in war. The events after this point were unknown since this was where Lycoris' dream ended. He had no idea what it meant and had no clue of what it had to do with him. The dream felt important though. Like a reminder of something. Whenever he tried to think about the past his head began to hurt. He decided that it didn't matter and neither did the dream. The future was all that really concerned him though and with that final thought the dream began to fade from his mind. Lycoris' body stiffened as he heard a loud voice ring in his ears.

'Lycoris are your soldiers ready?' Daisan asked telepathically.

"Yes, Master Daisan." Lycoris responded, What are your orders my lord?

'I will tell you, but afterwards I have a separate mission that I need you to fulfill,' the dark magician 'pathed.

"Of course, Master Daisan." Lycoris answer dutifully.

As usual no questions asked.

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