Hi, everyone. Here's my next RahXephon fanfiction. This one is a prequel about Maya. It begins where she and Quon emerge from the temple in the woods. The piece is from Maya's point of view.
Disclaimer: RahXephon and its characters are the rightful property of their respective owners. This piece is not for profitable purposes.
"Sister, wait, wait up for me!" I shout as I run, always seeming to trail her no matter how fast I go.
She stops and turns towards me with a smile. She looks up towards the sky, I follow her gaze, but, blinded by the sun, I place my hand upon my brow.
"What are you looking at?"
She returns her sight to me, steps forward and takes hold of my hands.
"At the sky, Maya."
Confused, I say, "But, why?"
She runs her hand through my hair as she says, "It won't be much longer now."
She hugs me as she continues, "I'll make sure that we're always together."
I awaken from a dream of memories, and feel rain falling upon me. My vision focuses, and I see trees being blown by the wind in the darkness. Where am I? Sister! Where is she? I wildly spin around, falling on steps on which I find myself. Recovering, I see her, laid out on the steps, her eyes closed. Frightened, I move towards her and shake her as I call for her over and over again.
"Sister, please wake up, I'm scared, Sister!"
Receiving no response, I turn away and begin to sob, even Sister has broken a promise with me…
In my despair, I do not hear a person approaching until he is standing in front of me. I look up at him, and see him there, sheltered from the rain by a strange device. He crouches so that his face is level with mine and so that the device shields me from the raindrops.
"It's probably not a good idea to be out here in the rain," he says.
I flinch, scared of him.
He smiles and says, "There's no reason to be afraid, Maya Arpadis."
In shock, I feel my jaw drop, how can he know who I am?
Afraid, I back up and place my arms out wide to protect Sister.
"I can help you and Quon, Maya."
My brows furrow as I say in an angry voice, "How do you know our names? I don't know you."
Unable to control myself, I hear my voice falter as I continue, "I don't even know where I am."
"My name is Shougo, Rikudoh Shougo. Here we use our family name's first."
"Here?"
He nods his head yes in response before standing tall once more.
I relax my arms but remain alert just in case.
"Maya, there's much I'd like to tell you, and I'd like to help you and Quon."
I look back at Sister, not knowing what to do. I look up and see a stone building, is that where we came from? I run up the steps, and take hold of the handles, trying to force them open to see what is behind them. I fall backwards while the doors remain closed. Tears begin to fall once more – what are we doing here? I feel a hand upon my shoulder, and turn my head in that direction. We watch each other for a moment as I try to decide what to do next. Although I don't trust him, I realize that I am helpless to do anything on my own.
Reluctantly, I say, "All right, I'll go with you – but just to help Sister."
In response, he holds the object near me and says, "Can you take this umbrella, please, Maya?"
"Ok," I answer as I take hold of it. I watch his movements carefully as he bends over and picks up Sister in his arms. Not knowing where we are going, I do not start walking until he is ahead of me. We don't go very far before he stops in front of some machine that I've never seen before, and opens a hole into it.
Upset, I run towards them and say, "What are you doing? What is that you're putting Sister in?!"
He lays her down in the contraption and then turns to me.
"This is called a car, Maya, it's used to transport people from one place to another."
Wary, I inspect the car more, running my hand along it, and glancing throughout the interior. Deciding that it probably won't harm us, I look towards him. He opens another part of the car and I seat myself inside. He walks to the other side, gets in himself, and the car makes a loud noise, which scares me.
"That's the sound of the car's engine."
I say nothing as I look out the glass on my side. Can this stranger, this Rikudoh Shougo, really help us? I glance back at Sister and decide that I'll have to trust in him.
The movement of the car stops, surprising me. I look out the glass and see a large building. He helps me exit the car and then takes Sister up in his arms once more.
Curious, I jog towards the building, looking up and around. It's like nothing I've ever seen before, so unlike – our home. This thought in my mind, I begin to cry once more.
"Maya," he says, but I ignore him.
He doesn't have any right to tell me what to do, it was foolish of me to let him trick me into having us come here in the first place. I want so much to run away from here, but where would I go, and how could I leave Sister behind?
He appears before me again, still holding Sister, and says, "I know that this is difficult for you, Maya."
Infuriated by his attempt at pity, I clench my fists and shout at him, "How could you know?!"
I notice his arms tense as he answers, "You're right, I couldn't know."
Surprised, my tears stop and I look up at him.
"But, Maya, please know this, I'm here to help you two; for as long as you want, we could be together."
Together…
"I see that you've arrived; Lord Bähbem has been waiting."