Hey! I'm back!!!!
Hey, you haven't run yet!!! Cool!
(Gets back under control from jumping excitedly around her lounge room.) Ahem.
Anyway, I'm back with the next part of my story, Fighting the Future.
I hope you like it, and thanks to everyone who reviewed.
Disclaimer: I own no one in this chapter.
Warning: Alright, so everyone knows in advance, Zechs is going to be EXTREMELY out of character. He doesn't actually make an appearance until the next chapter, but there's talk of him in this one. I'm not going to give away anything, but, he's not a happy, normal chappy. I hope this doesn't stop you from reading.
Please read and review.
Fighting the Future
Chapter 3
"She's drained. Physically, she'll be alright in a couple of hours. But mentally..." Relena trailed off, unwilling to look the boys in the eye.
"Mentally, what?" Heero asked, a hard look on his face.
Relena shook her head. "I don't know. She's still claiming to be Sakura Kinomoto..."
She was cut off by Duo. "But what if she is?" he asked.
"But how?" Quatre cut in.
Duo looked at the floor. "I don't know."
Wufei had been silent up until now. "Time travel."
Everyone turned to stare at him.
"What?" Quatre asked.
"Time travel." Wufei repeated.
"It's not possible." Heero stated.
"We don't know that it's not possible." Wufei corrected.
"There's one way we might be able to check if she's who she says she is." Trowa called from a computer.
"Which is?" Duo asked.
"Wait a sec." Trowa turned back to the computer screen and began typing and clicking furiously.
Everyone crowded around him. After about a minute, a face appeared on the screen. It was of a girl, with long light-reddish-brown coloured hair, she was wearing a light blue shirt, and had a large smile on her face.
"This is a photo of the real Sakura Kinomoto, when she was 23." Trowa announced.
"There is a slight resemblance." Duo observed, staring at the picture on the computer screen and then turned to look at Sakura, who lay on a makeshift bed. She had been unconscious for 3 hours now.
"Bring up a picture of her when she was younger." Wufei commanded.
Trowa bristled at the harsh tone of Wufei's voice, but typed in a few commands anyway.
A second later, another picture came up on the screen.
"This was taken a week before she disappeared." Trowa read.
The pilots stared in shock. The girl in the photo was identical to the girl who lay unconscious 5 metres away.
"Wow." Relena breathed, glancing from the computer to the real girl and back again.
Heero was leaning over Trowa's shoulder, reading something on the screen. He took in a short breath, and shot back.
"Heero? What's wrong?" Relena asked, doubt and worry flooding her eyes.
"There's something in here." Heero began. "A year before she disappeared, she made a request. She asked for something to be opened. Tomorrow." Heero looked up. "Don't you think it's kind of coincidental, that she appears here, and tomorrow, something of hers is supposed to be opened?"
"What???" was the collective outcry from everyone.
"Listen to this." Trowa said. " 'One of Miss Kinomoto's stranger requests was that a book, rumoured to be very dear to her, was to be opened on the 9 of September, 705 years after her death. Miss Kinomoto was of the opinion that the world would be united in peace, and there would be colonies in space sometime in the future.'"
"Oh, no!" Relena cried. "I just remembered. Treize knew about this. He had it removed, when he was in power. I think I know where it is. I'll have to make a few phone calls though." Relena frowned.
"What do you mean, when he was in power?" Quatre asked, frowning. "He's still in power, isn't he?"
Relena sighed. "Zechs." She told them by way of explanation. When they still looked confused, she continued. "He took over. Sick of being in Treize's shadow, I guess. He only did it last week, but I was there, as the Sanc Kingdom representative. The guards who came in with Zechs killed everybody, except Treize and me, me because I'm Zechs' sister, and Treize because they still needed him, I guess." Relena looked at the computer screen, sighing again. "Zechs told the press that Treize was injured in the attack, and if he, Zechs, hadn't gotten there in time, and saved the both of us, we would be dead right now." The young girl hung her head. "He knows I still talk with you guys, the rebel pilots, and he said that if I told you guys about it, he would kill my mother."
"Don't worry about it, Relena. We'll get her back." Duo soothed gently, but he was looking extremely awkward.
"I can probably get the book." Relena said, thinking. "But we are assuming that I can convince Zechs to give me the book. But what if he won't?"
Heero's face darkened. "Then we get it ourselves."
Sorry it's so short. This chapter was pretty pointless for action, but a lot of questions were answered (I hope), and a few more may have been asked. Please, R+R, and there should be more up, by next week, at least. Maybe earlier, depends if I can get on the net.
Starshower.
Hey, you haven't run yet!!! Cool!
(Gets back under control from jumping excitedly around her lounge room.) Ahem.
Anyway, I'm back with the next part of my story, Fighting the Future.
I hope you like it, and thanks to everyone who reviewed.
Disclaimer: I own no one in this chapter.
Warning: Alright, so everyone knows in advance, Zechs is going to be EXTREMELY out of character. He doesn't actually make an appearance until the next chapter, but there's talk of him in this one. I'm not going to give away anything, but, he's not a happy, normal chappy. I hope this doesn't stop you from reading.
Please read and review.
Fighting the Future
Chapter 3
"She's drained. Physically, she'll be alright in a couple of hours. But mentally..." Relena trailed off, unwilling to look the boys in the eye.
"Mentally, what?" Heero asked, a hard look on his face.
Relena shook her head. "I don't know. She's still claiming to be Sakura Kinomoto..."
She was cut off by Duo. "But what if she is?" he asked.
"But how?" Quatre cut in.
Duo looked at the floor. "I don't know."
Wufei had been silent up until now. "Time travel."
Everyone turned to stare at him.
"What?" Quatre asked.
"Time travel." Wufei repeated.
"It's not possible." Heero stated.
"We don't know that it's not possible." Wufei corrected.
"There's one way we might be able to check if she's who she says she is." Trowa called from a computer.
"Which is?" Duo asked.
"Wait a sec." Trowa turned back to the computer screen and began typing and clicking furiously.
Everyone crowded around him. After about a minute, a face appeared on the screen. It was of a girl, with long light-reddish-brown coloured hair, she was wearing a light blue shirt, and had a large smile on her face.
"This is a photo of the real Sakura Kinomoto, when she was 23." Trowa announced.
"There is a slight resemblance." Duo observed, staring at the picture on the computer screen and then turned to look at Sakura, who lay on a makeshift bed. She had been unconscious for 3 hours now.
"Bring up a picture of her when she was younger." Wufei commanded.
Trowa bristled at the harsh tone of Wufei's voice, but typed in a few commands anyway.
A second later, another picture came up on the screen.
"This was taken a week before she disappeared." Trowa read.
The pilots stared in shock. The girl in the photo was identical to the girl who lay unconscious 5 metres away.
"Wow." Relena breathed, glancing from the computer to the real girl and back again.
Heero was leaning over Trowa's shoulder, reading something on the screen. He took in a short breath, and shot back.
"Heero? What's wrong?" Relena asked, doubt and worry flooding her eyes.
"There's something in here." Heero began. "A year before she disappeared, she made a request. She asked for something to be opened. Tomorrow." Heero looked up. "Don't you think it's kind of coincidental, that she appears here, and tomorrow, something of hers is supposed to be opened?"
"What???" was the collective outcry from everyone.
"Listen to this." Trowa said. " 'One of Miss Kinomoto's stranger requests was that a book, rumoured to be very dear to her, was to be opened on the 9 of September, 705 years after her death. Miss Kinomoto was of the opinion that the world would be united in peace, and there would be colonies in space sometime in the future.'"
"Oh, no!" Relena cried. "I just remembered. Treize knew about this. He had it removed, when he was in power. I think I know where it is. I'll have to make a few phone calls though." Relena frowned.
"What do you mean, when he was in power?" Quatre asked, frowning. "He's still in power, isn't he?"
Relena sighed. "Zechs." She told them by way of explanation. When they still looked confused, she continued. "He took over. Sick of being in Treize's shadow, I guess. He only did it last week, but I was there, as the Sanc Kingdom representative. The guards who came in with Zechs killed everybody, except Treize and me, me because I'm Zechs' sister, and Treize because they still needed him, I guess." Relena looked at the computer screen, sighing again. "Zechs told the press that Treize was injured in the attack, and if he, Zechs, hadn't gotten there in time, and saved the both of us, we would be dead right now." The young girl hung her head. "He knows I still talk with you guys, the rebel pilots, and he said that if I told you guys about it, he would kill my mother."
"Don't worry about it, Relena. We'll get her back." Duo soothed gently, but he was looking extremely awkward.
"I can probably get the book." Relena said, thinking. "But we are assuming that I can convince Zechs to give me the book. But what if he won't?"
Heero's face darkened. "Then we get it ourselves."
Sorry it's so short. This chapter was pretty pointless for action, but a lot of questions were answered (I hope), and a few more may have been asked. Please, R+R, and there should be more up, by next week, at least. Maybe earlier, depends if I can get on the net.
Starshower.