Authors note: Man has it been a long time... Sorry about that. I've
been sidetracked a lot lately. First with a vacation to my best friends
cabin, then with school, then with a nice little thing called writers
block. Hopefully this'll still end up ok. Thanks to those few who
reviewed (Or emailed).
O_o... I got a new reviewer! Yay! Me is happy now. Hello there Yami no Ryu. Glad to hear you like the fic so far, and have read my other ones.
CHAPTER 2
"...Seemed so precious, even if it was truly nothing at all...."
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After seeing exactly how exhausted Kyuusai was Waki had decided to go and get them all some coffee. The steam rose gently as she carried the three cups down the hallway, and towards hiss apartment. Stopping at the door she waited for the computer to recognize her, and after a few short moments it shifted almost silently open.
"Ok guy's here it is..." Waki announced, she walked into the library and looked around, "Uh.. Guy's?" She turned back around to go into the main room, surprised to run strait into Bryce.
"What.. Where's...?" Waki began , careful not to spill the coffee.
"Shhhhh!" Bryce motioned for her to follow, and she did, being sure to stay quiet. Bryce led her to Kyuusai's room and pointed through the door.
"Oh!" Waki whispered, noticing that Kyuusai was sleeping soundly on the bed, "How long ago did he fall asleep?"
"Not too long..." Bryce answered, "I put him in there after he fell asleep at the table... I couldn't just leave him there. He looked really uncomfortable."
Waki nodded and headed over to the couch, setting the coffee on a small table before sitting down. She sighed and leaned back, looking up at the ceiling. Different thoughts clouded her mind as she sat there in silence.
Bryce watched this with mild amusement. He too had a puddle full of thoughts to sort through. Kyuusai... he had actually come up with a formula that would do something that the top scientists of the nations had tried to accomplish for so long... and he had done it in one day. Then there was the idea that the N.A. wouldn't accept it, well, not an idea per say, but a feeling.
But why wouldn't they? How could they turn it down. How could they turn something like that down when it could be one of mankind's only chances for survival.
'And if they did turn it down...' Bryce thought, then shuddered, 'cryogenic hibernation.' It was then that he realized just how scared he was...
"Bryce?" Waki had her eyes fixed on him, and he could tell by her expression that she was thinking the same thing.
"Don't worry Waki... Kyuusai has never let us down before, has he? He definitely won't this time." Bryce ensured her.
"I still think it's amazing."
He smirked slightly, as a funny little thought entered his head, "Yeah... me too Waki." He sighed, "Well, we can't contact the N.A. from here, so we'll wait until tomorrow morning and do it from the base. Go ahead and get some sleep, you take the couch, I'll clear up some of these papers and sleep on the floor."
"You sure? I can take the floor if you don't want it." Waki offered, "I don't mind."
"No that's ok..." Bryce answered, walking over to the closet. He peeked inside and spotted what he was looking for. Removing the blankets he threw them over to Waki, who wasn't expecting it. Smothered by the thick blankets she dug herself out then laid down on the couch. Bryce followed suit, and even with all the excitement of the discovery, still managed to fall asleep quite easily.
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It was now 6 am, and the three high ranking tacticians were once again in their home base. Kyuusai had asked Bryce to contact the N.A., claiming that he was a better persuasive speaker... and seeing as only one line from each base connected to the N.A.'s main base in Australia, all three of them could not speak at once.
As they waited, Waki and Kyuusai had picked up their game of chess that was left from before. they played for 2 hours.
Waki made her move, took in a slight breath and stated, "Checkmate..."
Before Kyuusai could look down to see how she had bested him, Bryce made himself noticed by stomping into the room and kicking a decently sized hole in the wall. He cursed and turned his gaze to the ground, trying to hide the tears that had begun to well in his eyes.
"Bryce..." Waki began, "What...?"
Kyuusai on the other hand remained silent. He knew Bryce far too well. He already knew what had happened. He looked up at his American friend, his orange eyes remaining completely calm.
Bryce met his gaze and quickly turned away, not being able to face up to his friends unnerving gaze.
"Bryce!" Waki demanded, "What did they say...?"
Kyuusai cut her off calmly, knowing that she already knew the answer but was just trying to tell herself that it couldn't have happened, "They turned the proposal down."
Bryce nodded, still not meeting his fellow tacticians gaze, "They turned it down and said that they would send a representative to speak with us at the Tokyo base..."
Waki slouched in her chair, tears welling up in her eyes, "I don't get it... why?"
Bryce shook his head, "They refused to tell me why... the stupid sonofa bitches... Damn them all..."
"So what do we do now?" Waki asked.
Bryce remained silent, not being able answer her question.
Kyuusai continued to stare calmly, not letting any emotion show on his face, "We have to report to the Tokyo main base..." He sighed, stood up and walked over to get his coat and gloves. Quietly he left the room and walked outside. He made his way to the roof, and sat on the edge of the building, a place where he often went to think.
"Foolish unlogical creatures." He whispered to himself, turning his gaze up to the sky, and cursing when it was obscured by a supported city and pollution. He stayed silent for a while, cursing humans in all the ways he could think of.
After a while he became aware of a set of footsteps coming up behind him, "...Kyuusai?" It was Bryce.
Not receiving an answer, Bryce quietly sat down besides his friend. After a few moments he stated, "Im sorry."
Kyuusai shook his head, "For what?"
"I tried Kyuusai, I really did, I tried so hard to get them to accept it. And they listened, and they seemed interested... but they still turned it down. I don't know why. One of them even said that it was an amazing calculation, and it could work... But..."
"...They still turned it down..." Kyuusai sighed, "It wasn't your fault Bryce." He then smirked to himself, a tired smile coming across his face, "I can't say that I didn't expect it... But I kept telling myself they couldn't turn it down... I told myself that human beings were not that foolish, and they had much more intelligence as a whole than I gave them credit for." He paused, sighed, then continued, "Yes. I kept telling myself this." He continued to look up at the polluted sky above, the yearning to see the stars from earth hitting him harder then ever before..., "But oh how foolish I myself was. And in the end... I was wrong."
"Don't say that Kyuusai." Waki's voice came from behind, both the male tacticians were somewhat surprised to hear her, "It would have worked. You were not foolish... they were."
"No." Kyuusai said as she sat on his other side, "Your wrong Waki. I WAS foolish. Foolish to try and tell myself that there was no way they could turn it down. Foolish to give them so much credit. Foolish to put so much belief into it. Foolish to ever think that I could fix the world..." He was rudely interrupted by a very harsh slap in the face from his female comrade.
"Stop it right now." Waki demanded, anger overriding any other feeling she had at that moment, "You keep saying you were foolish... But apparently you were the only one who could come up with anything that could save the world. You were the only one to put belief into it... into people, human beings, and yourself." She began to cry, "to believe so strongly in something like that Kyuusai, and to come up with something so utterly brilliant. That is not foolishness."
"She's right buddy." Bryce sighed, "And we believed in it too, we knew that it would work... it was no where near foolish."
Kyuusai kept silent and let his friends words sink in, his face still covered in it's emotionless mask. He had a feeling deep in his gut that kept telling him that they were right, and that what they said was the complete and undeniable truth... but other thoughts kept pushing that feeling away. He kept claiming that human beings were stupid creatures... and he had so much proof of it... all he need do is look around, look around at the earth as it was. A mudball covered in concrete and metal. And after all... he was human as well.
"Kyuusai. You were not foolish, no matter how much you believe you were." Waki stated, "Perhaps human beings are foolish, and maybe, maybe you told yourself that they weren't... Then the N.A. pulls something like this... but that doesn't make them all foolish. Especially you."
Kyuusai nodded, "Thanks Waki." He looked down at his watch, then back up and at his two friends. First to Waki, then Bryce... and that was when another thought, other than the one that told him humans were foolish, crossed his mind... If they were still being sent to the satellite...
There was a pretty good chance that he wouldn't ever see them again.
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"Welcome to the Tokyo main base." A man greeted the three tacticians with a smile... but upon seeing their expressions quickly took it off his face, "My name, is Damien Traskar. You three are Captain lactation's Waki Funahash, Kyuusai Itsuro, and Bryce Garcia, correct?"
"Yes." Bryce answered for them.
"Good. I work with the N.A... I believe they spoke to you of a representative?"
"Your their representative!?" Waki almost blew up, "Then why didn't you accept...!?"
Kyuusai cut her off, "Not now Waki, im sure he doesn't want us to start an uproar right here in the main building of the base..."
"Yes, ah... Itsuro?" With a nod he continued, "Well, Captain Itsuro is quite right, it would be a bit chaotic to start an uproar here, so how about we head up to the satellite. I can explain everything there."
Waki looked about ready to bite the man's head off, but subdued, and quieted down a bit, "Why can't we just go to your office or something?... Do you really want to ship us off that bad?"
"My office, captain, is on the satellite anyway. And to tell the truth, I don't believe we should send people to Lyra... but I can also see that there is no other choice. So please, come this way." He then led them up to the launch pad, where they boarded the shuttle.
Kyuusai was silent the entire time, turning his gaze out the window. The N.A. wasn't going to accept his offer, no matter how much they protested... he wasn't sure as to why, but he knew they wouldn't...
As the shuttle got far enough away Kyuusai was slightly amazed to see what the earth looked like from afar, Yet also disgusted. Unlike in his old books, ones that depicted vast oceans, and huge, beautiful brown and green land masses, this scene showed him nothing more then what he saw when he walked outside his home. A dull, gray sphere covered in big gray domes.
'If they can do that to something that is so precious...' He thought, 'Then perhaps they deserve to die.'
The landing on the satellite went just as smoothly as take off, and the three were led to a large circular room where a few scientists were marching back and fourth between computers, checking to make sure everything was operational.
There were about fifty or so large containers, used for the cryogenic hibernation. Each one had a glass "window" and a small panel covered in buttons.
"I believe you already know what these are..." Damien stated, motioning towards the hibernation containers.
The three lactation's remained silent, and Damien sighed. He told the other scientists to leave the room, then made sure the doors were shut, "Listen," He began, then had to think about how to word his statement, "Mr. Itsuro, your theory was incredible..."
"Then why didn't you guy's...!?" Waki was silenced by a head shake from Kyuusai.
"...But," Damien, "We could not accept it for various reasons... Reasons that I am not permitted to tell you."
"Bull, Freaking, Shit." Bryce said, taking the man by the collar. Bryce may not have been very tall... but he was extremely well built, and it wasn't a good thing to have him angry at you, "Your gonna freeze us and lock us up in those damn boxes, shipping us to God knows where. We definitely deserve an explanation."
After a brief hesitation Damien sighed and nodded, "As you wish..." Bryce set him down, not all too gently, and waited for an explanation.
Damien cleared his throat, "I take it you all know of Grantu Trogh."
"...We're tacticians dear sir..." Bryce said irritably, "OF COURSE WE KNOW WHO GRANTU TROGH IS!"
"Well because of him we don't have that much narinium left... not enough for Mr. Itsuro's theory. That is the main reason why we could not except."
"What!?" Waki asked, "Where did it all go!? Last time we were informed of the stores there was more than enough!"
"Sadly, most of it went into weapons... and also, Trogh managed to steal a good deal of it from the Arizona main base in America." He paused, "And he used it to create more powerful weapons..."
Bryce cursed, "Just what we need... more weapons."
Kyuusai had stayed completely silent, taking all of the conversation in. Then a thought struck him, "He's planning one last assault on the N.A. isn't he? That's why you are sending people to the satellite."
"How did you know that!?" Damien demanded. He looked over Kyuusai then sighed, "Yes. A spy managed to find out that Trogh has plans to annihilate the Nations Alliance in 2 days time from now. You three were the first three chosen to be brought here, and about 40 more are due to arrive tomorrow." He paused, "Trogh won't hold back. He's already got his weapons in position, and sadly enough..."
"You have no way of stopping them." Kyuusai guessed. By the look on Damiens face he could tell that he was right.
After a few moments of silence Damien looked down at his watch, "You have one hour to do what you need to do... from here until then you will be monitored by much more than me, so do not attempt..."
"We're not gonna escape or try anything..." Waki said sadly.
"I really do have regrets about this... But, well." He paused, "There really is no choice."
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The next hour seemed to race by, as the three tacticians sat in a lobby like room on the Lyra satellite. They had been offered a meal, but none of them ate, their appetites really not present at the moment.
When the full hour was up Damien entered the room, and led them back to the Cryogenic chambers.
Once there he spoke, "The process is painless. You will not feel pain in any way shape or form... The three of you will be sent off together, and another group of three will follow you tomorrow. The rest will be sent off in other directions. If you land on a planet capable of supporting human life your chamber's computer will send a signal to any others that may still be in space and they will change course to that planet. Your chambers will open automatically."
"So your saying we will be sent off together?" Bryce said, at least there was a little good news.
"Yes. The chambers were built by three's." Damien answered, "That's about it. Any other questions?"
When no one spoke up a group of scientist gave them each a special suit to change into. They did, then were each led to their capsules, which as Damien had said, were connected by three's. Kyuusai silently laid down in his, Bryce doing much of the same. But Waki was hesitant.
Damien sighed, "Listen, if it makes you feel any better, Im one of the three that are going to be sent of tomorrow to follow you."
Waki cursed as she cried and laid down in her own chamber, and the scientists worked to connect some wires and pipes to their suits, then the doors shifted slowly closed.
Kyuusai was immediately aware of a change in temperature, and began to feel tired. He was aware of the capsules moving slightly, then he began to slip in and out of consciousness. The last thing he would ever remember seeing would be the gray planet called earth. He also realized for the first time that he was scared to see it, scared to leave it... more so then he thought he would ever be. Even though the planet had been ruined. It was then that he told himself, 'No Waki... you were wrong, they are foolish creatures... all of us.'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of chapter 2~
Authors note: Finaly, I'll be able to start with zoid crap! Yay. Tell me whatcha think!
O_o... I got a new reviewer! Yay! Me is happy now. Hello there Yami no Ryu. Glad to hear you like the fic so far, and have read my other ones.
CHAPTER 2
"...Seemed so precious, even if it was truly nothing at all...."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
After seeing exactly how exhausted Kyuusai was Waki had decided to go and get them all some coffee. The steam rose gently as she carried the three cups down the hallway, and towards hiss apartment. Stopping at the door she waited for the computer to recognize her, and after a few short moments it shifted almost silently open.
"Ok guy's here it is..." Waki announced, she walked into the library and looked around, "Uh.. Guy's?" She turned back around to go into the main room, surprised to run strait into Bryce.
"What.. Where's...?" Waki began , careful not to spill the coffee.
"Shhhhh!" Bryce motioned for her to follow, and she did, being sure to stay quiet. Bryce led her to Kyuusai's room and pointed through the door.
"Oh!" Waki whispered, noticing that Kyuusai was sleeping soundly on the bed, "How long ago did he fall asleep?"
"Not too long..." Bryce answered, "I put him in there after he fell asleep at the table... I couldn't just leave him there. He looked really uncomfortable."
Waki nodded and headed over to the couch, setting the coffee on a small table before sitting down. She sighed and leaned back, looking up at the ceiling. Different thoughts clouded her mind as she sat there in silence.
Bryce watched this with mild amusement. He too had a puddle full of thoughts to sort through. Kyuusai... he had actually come up with a formula that would do something that the top scientists of the nations had tried to accomplish for so long... and he had done it in one day. Then there was the idea that the N.A. wouldn't accept it, well, not an idea per say, but a feeling.
But why wouldn't they? How could they turn it down. How could they turn something like that down when it could be one of mankind's only chances for survival.
'And if they did turn it down...' Bryce thought, then shuddered, 'cryogenic hibernation.' It was then that he realized just how scared he was...
"Bryce?" Waki had her eyes fixed on him, and he could tell by her expression that she was thinking the same thing.
"Don't worry Waki... Kyuusai has never let us down before, has he? He definitely won't this time." Bryce ensured her.
"I still think it's amazing."
He smirked slightly, as a funny little thought entered his head, "Yeah... me too Waki." He sighed, "Well, we can't contact the N.A. from here, so we'll wait until tomorrow morning and do it from the base. Go ahead and get some sleep, you take the couch, I'll clear up some of these papers and sleep on the floor."
"You sure? I can take the floor if you don't want it." Waki offered, "I don't mind."
"No that's ok..." Bryce answered, walking over to the closet. He peeked inside and spotted what he was looking for. Removing the blankets he threw them over to Waki, who wasn't expecting it. Smothered by the thick blankets she dug herself out then laid down on the couch. Bryce followed suit, and even with all the excitement of the discovery, still managed to fall asleep quite easily.
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It was now 6 am, and the three high ranking tacticians were once again in their home base. Kyuusai had asked Bryce to contact the N.A., claiming that he was a better persuasive speaker... and seeing as only one line from each base connected to the N.A.'s main base in Australia, all three of them could not speak at once.
As they waited, Waki and Kyuusai had picked up their game of chess that was left from before. they played for 2 hours.
Waki made her move, took in a slight breath and stated, "Checkmate..."
Before Kyuusai could look down to see how she had bested him, Bryce made himself noticed by stomping into the room and kicking a decently sized hole in the wall. He cursed and turned his gaze to the ground, trying to hide the tears that had begun to well in his eyes.
"Bryce..." Waki began, "What...?"
Kyuusai on the other hand remained silent. He knew Bryce far too well. He already knew what had happened. He looked up at his American friend, his orange eyes remaining completely calm.
Bryce met his gaze and quickly turned away, not being able to face up to his friends unnerving gaze.
"Bryce!" Waki demanded, "What did they say...?"
Kyuusai cut her off calmly, knowing that she already knew the answer but was just trying to tell herself that it couldn't have happened, "They turned the proposal down."
Bryce nodded, still not meeting his fellow tacticians gaze, "They turned it down and said that they would send a representative to speak with us at the Tokyo base..."
Waki slouched in her chair, tears welling up in her eyes, "I don't get it... why?"
Bryce shook his head, "They refused to tell me why... the stupid sonofa bitches... Damn them all..."
"So what do we do now?" Waki asked.
Bryce remained silent, not being able answer her question.
Kyuusai continued to stare calmly, not letting any emotion show on his face, "We have to report to the Tokyo main base..." He sighed, stood up and walked over to get his coat and gloves. Quietly he left the room and walked outside. He made his way to the roof, and sat on the edge of the building, a place where he often went to think.
"Foolish unlogical creatures." He whispered to himself, turning his gaze up to the sky, and cursing when it was obscured by a supported city and pollution. He stayed silent for a while, cursing humans in all the ways he could think of.
After a while he became aware of a set of footsteps coming up behind him, "...Kyuusai?" It was Bryce.
Not receiving an answer, Bryce quietly sat down besides his friend. After a few moments he stated, "Im sorry."
Kyuusai shook his head, "For what?"
"I tried Kyuusai, I really did, I tried so hard to get them to accept it. And they listened, and they seemed interested... but they still turned it down. I don't know why. One of them even said that it was an amazing calculation, and it could work... But..."
"...They still turned it down..." Kyuusai sighed, "It wasn't your fault Bryce." He then smirked to himself, a tired smile coming across his face, "I can't say that I didn't expect it... But I kept telling myself they couldn't turn it down... I told myself that human beings were not that foolish, and they had much more intelligence as a whole than I gave them credit for." He paused, sighed, then continued, "Yes. I kept telling myself this." He continued to look up at the polluted sky above, the yearning to see the stars from earth hitting him harder then ever before..., "But oh how foolish I myself was. And in the end... I was wrong."
"Don't say that Kyuusai." Waki's voice came from behind, both the male tacticians were somewhat surprised to hear her, "It would have worked. You were not foolish... they were."
"No." Kyuusai said as she sat on his other side, "Your wrong Waki. I WAS foolish. Foolish to try and tell myself that there was no way they could turn it down. Foolish to give them so much credit. Foolish to put so much belief into it. Foolish to ever think that I could fix the world..." He was rudely interrupted by a very harsh slap in the face from his female comrade.
"Stop it right now." Waki demanded, anger overriding any other feeling she had at that moment, "You keep saying you were foolish... But apparently you were the only one who could come up with anything that could save the world. You were the only one to put belief into it... into people, human beings, and yourself." She began to cry, "to believe so strongly in something like that Kyuusai, and to come up with something so utterly brilliant. That is not foolishness."
"She's right buddy." Bryce sighed, "And we believed in it too, we knew that it would work... it was no where near foolish."
Kyuusai kept silent and let his friends words sink in, his face still covered in it's emotionless mask. He had a feeling deep in his gut that kept telling him that they were right, and that what they said was the complete and undeniable truth... but other thoughts kept pushing that feeling away. He kept claiming that human beings were stupid creatures... and he had so much proof of it... all he need do is look around, look around at the earth as it was. A mudball covered in concrete and metal. And after all... he was human as well.
"Kyuusai. You were not foolish, no matter how much you believe you were." Waki stated, "Perhaps human beings are foolish, and maybe, maybe you told yourself that they weren't... Then the N.A. pulls something like this... but that doesn't make them all foolish. Especially you."
Kyuusai nodded, "Thanks Waki." He looked down at his watch, then back up and at his two friends. First to Waki, then Bryce... and that was when another thought, other than the one that told him humans were foolish, crossed his mind... If they were still being sent to the satellite...
There was a pretty good chance that he wouldn't ever see them again.
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"Welcome to the Tokyo main base." A man greeted the three tacticians with a smile... but upon seeing their expressions quickly took it off his face, "My name, is Damien Traskar. You three are Captain lactation's Waki Funahash, Kyuusai Itsuro, and Bryce Garcia, correct?"
"Yes." Bryce answered for them.
"Good. I work with the N.A... I believe they spoke to you of a representative?"
"Your their representative!?" Waki almost blew up, "Then why didn't you accept...!?"
Kyuusai cut her off, "Not now Waki, im sure he doesn't want us to start an uproar right here in the main building of the base..."
"Yes, ah... Itsuro?" With a nod he continued, "Well, Captain Itsuro is quite right, it would be a bit chaotic to start an uproar here, so how about we head up to the satellite. I can explain everything there."
Waki looked about ready to bite the man's head off, but subdued, and quieted down a bit, "Why can't we just go to your office or something?... Do you really want to ship us off that bad?"
"My office, captain, is on the satellite anyway. And to tell the truth, I don't believe we should send people to Lyra... but I can also see that there is no other choice. So please, come this way." He then led them up to the launch pad, where they boarded the shuttle.
Kyuusai was silent the entire time, turning his gaze out the window. The N.A. wasn't going to accept his offer, no matter how much they protested... he wasn't sure as to why, but he knew they wouldn't...
As the shuttle got far enough away Kyuusai was slightly amazed to see what the earth looked like from afar, Yet also disgusted. Unlike in his old books, ones that depicted vast oceans, and huge, beautiful brown and green land masses, this scene showed him nothing more then what he saw when he walked outside his home. A dull, gray sphere covered in big gray domes.
'If they can do that to something that is so precious...' He thought, 'Then perhaps they deserve to die.'
The landing on the satellite went just as smoothly as take off, and the three were led to a large circular room where a few scientists were marching back and fourth between computers, checking to make sure everything was operational.
There were about fifty or so large containers, used for the cryogenic hibernation. Each one had a glass "window" and a small panel covered in buttons.
"I believe you already know what these are..." Damien stated, motioning towards the hibernation containers.
The three lactation's remained silent, and Damien sighed. He told the other scientists to leave the room, then made sure the doors were shut, "Listen," He began, then had to think about how to word his statement, "Mr. Itsuro, your theory was incredible..."
"Then why didn't you guy's...!?" Waki was silenced by a head shake from Kyuusai.
"...But," Damien, "We could not accept it for various reasons... Reasons that I am not permitted to tell you."
"Bull, Freaking, Shit." Bryce said, taking the man by the collar. Bryce may not have been very tall... but he was extremely well built, and it wasn't a good thing to have him angry at you, "Your gonna freeze us and lock us up in those damn boxes, shipping us to God knows where. We definitely deserve an explanation."
After a brief hesitation Damien sighed and nodded, "As you wish..." Bryce set him down, not all too gently, and waited for an explanation.
Damien cleared his throat, "I take it you all know of Grantu Trogh."
"...We're tacticians dear sir..." Bryce said irritably, "OF COURSE WE KNOW WHO GRANTU TROGH IS!"
"Well because of him we don't have that much narinium left... not enough for Mr. Itsuro's theory. That is the main reason why we could not except."
"What!?" Waki asked, "Where did it all go!? Last time we were informed of the stores there was more than enough!"
"Sadly, most of it went into weapons... and also, Trogh managed to steal a good deal of it from the Arizona main base in America." He paused, "And he used it to create more powerful weapons..."
Bryce cursed, "Just what we need... more weapons."
Kyuusai had stayed completely silent, taking all of the conversation in. Then a thought struck him, "He's planning one last assault on the N.A. isn't he? That's why you are sending people to the satellite."
"How did you know that!?" Damien demanded. He looked over Kyuusai then sighed, "Yes. A spy managed to find out that Trogh has plans to annihilate the Nations Alliance in 2 days time from now. You three were the first three chosen to be brought here, and about 40 more are due to arrive tomorrow." He paused, "Trogh won't hold back. He's already got his weapons in position, and sadly enough..."
"You have no way of stopping them." Kyuusai guessed. By the look on Damiens face he could tell that he was right.
After a few moments of silence Damien looked down at his watch, "You have one hour to do what you need to do... from here until then you will be monitored by much more than me, so do not attempt..."
"We're not gonna escape or try anything..." Waki said sadly.
"I really do have regrets about this... But, well." He paused, "There really is no choice."
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The next hour seemed to race by, as the three tacticians sat in a lobby like room on the Lyra satellite. They had been offered a meal, but none of them ate, their appetites really not present at the moment.
When the full hour was up Damien entered the room, and led them back to the Cryogenic chambers.
Once there he spoke, "The process is painless. You will not feel pain in any way shape or form... The three of you will be sent off together, and another group of three will follow you tomorrow. The rest will be sent off in other directions. If you land on a planet capable of supporting human life your chamber's computer will send a signal to any others that may still be in space and they will change course to that planet. Your chambers will open automatically."
"So your saying we will be sent off together?" Bryce said, at least there was a little good news.
"Yes. The chambers were built by three's." Damien answered, "That's about it. Any other questions?"
When no one spoke up a group of scientist gave them each a special suit to change into. They did, then were each led to their capsules, which as Damien had said, were connected by three's. Kyuusai silently laid down in his, Bryce doing much of the same. But Waki was hesitant.
Damien sighed, "Listen, if it makes you feel any better, Im one of the three that are going to be sent of tomorrow to follow you."
Waki cursed as she cried and laid down in her own chamber, and the scientists worked to connect some wires and pipes to their suits, then the doors shifted slowly closed.
Kyuusai was immediately aware of a change in temperature, and began to feel tired. He was aware of the capsules moving slightly, then he began to slip in and out of consciousness. The last thing he would ever remember seeing would be the gray planet called earth. He also realized for the first time that he was scared to see it, scared to leave it... more so then he thought he would ever be. Even though the planet had been ruined. It was then that he told himself, 'No Waki... you were wrong, they are foolish creatures... all of us.'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of chapter 2~
Authors note: Finaly, I'll be able to start with zoid crap! Yay. Tell me whatcha think!