A/N: Kay guys! I'm back with chapter six! I just watched a scary movie, I don't know if you guys have ever seen or heard of it, but it's called, "The Grudge." I'm now officially scared of all dark places, closets, beds, stairs, elevators, and boyfriends for a good while. I swear! That just creeped me out and as I sit here typing my story, I keep looking back behind me to make sure…that nothing is sneaking up on me…ugh…I'm partly trembling right now! Hopefully I'll gain enough courage to watch, "Boogeyman." …So scared…Wha? Who turned out the lights?
Disclaimer:If I owned Chrono Crusade, I'd be so happy, but I don't…Moriyama does…
I nervously moved around the bikers and gangsters, seating myself at an empty table. Chrono sat in the same side of the booth as me and Aion, to his displeasure, sat with Remington. I sweat dropped as a biker chick walked up to our table, a tattoo on her arm with gum in her mouth. "Whatta' it be?" She said in a slight Western accent.
"Uh…" I looked at the main menu. "…Some pancakes…please…" I squeaked out.
Remington waved his hand slightly, "Just coffee for me, thanks." The girl's gaze turned to Chrono and Aion.
"Hey, Sugar!" The girl said in a seductive tone, leaning in next to Chrono and blowing in his ear lightly. Chrono squirmed as his gaze met with my confused one. He pushed her away lightly.
"I don't need any comfort, but I believe my ugly friend over there does." Chrono said, referring to Aion. Aion glared at him, turning his attention to the woman.
"Hey, Sexy…" Aion purred, leaning his face in towards her chest. She only coughed and slapped Aion, sticking her gum in his hair. "…Ow…" Aion rubbed his face, not noticing the gum.
I sweat dropped.
"Uh…Aion…let me get that for you…" I leaned towards him, grabbing the gum with a napkin and gave a sharp tug. He squealed as I grabbed onto his head, as the stubborn piece of gum wouldn't come out of his hair. I pulled it out and threw it on the ground. "That wasn't very nice of her…" I mumbled.
Aion grinned. "I'm so happy that you care so much about me!" He cried out, clapping his hands together in happiness. I laughed nervously. Chrono only remained silent, his mind thinking about something. I watched him for a while before my pancakes arrived. She gave Chrono a hot chocolate with a cherry on top, giving Aion frozen water. Aion licked at the glass of frozen water. "…This isn't funny anymore…" Aion mumbled. Chrono paled as he saw, "I love you," written in the hot chocolate. Chrono grimaced and pushed it over to me.
I stared at the, "I love you," written in whip cream, my eye twitched as I swirled it away with my spoon. "What a creepy lady…" I muttered, eating my pancakes. Remington sat next to the window and stared out it as he got cold coffee and the iced water also.
"…She could have told me that she loved me…" Remington muttered. I smiled lightly as I continued eating. Chrono reached over the side of the table and to find a newspaper at the bottom of it, it was the latest headline. It read:
Demons spotted in two towns, one town in complete ruins, Officer's still searching for clues leading to the situation on which these demons were.
Chrono didn't say anything as he shoved it back under the table. Remington suddenly pushed Aion out of the boof after checking an odd pocket watch. "Hey!" Aion cried out as Remington walked swiftly out of the bar and into the streets. We watched him, but then shrugged.
I finished and sighed happily. Aion frowned as his water still hadn't melted. "Watch out, Rosette. That lady could have poisoned your pancakes." Aion said, in a slightly jealous tone. I paled as I stared at the remaining half eaten pancake, my twitching eyes staring up at Aion. He grinned. Chrono only shook his head.
"Don't listen to him, Rosette. I'm sure it's okay. Just let Aion taste it, if he dies, then we'll know that it's poison's." Chrono stated, sighing.
Aion paled also. "N-no way!" Chrono grabbed Aion by the throat, stepping on his foot making Aion scream out as he stuffed a forkful of pancakes down his throat. Aion shut his mouth and swallowed, only to shriek out and pass out in his chair. I screamed as Aion started laughing, getting back up.
"Th-that wasn't funny, Aion…" I whispered quietly.
Chrono glared at Aion.
The lady came back a while later as Aion paid with what money he had. As we went to the exit, Aion stopped us. "Hey! They have a gambling area in here!" He was about to go and gamble, but Chrono grabbed him by the collar and started to drag him out.
"It's okay, Chrono! Let him gamble." I said cheerfully.
"You don't understand, once Aion starts, he can't stop." We stared at Aion's happy go lucky face.
"Common, Chrono! Listen to Rosette!"
Chrono sighed and let go of him, as Aion bounded over to the slots, putting in a coin. Chrono and I sat down at chairs nearby as we waited for Aion to finish. My eyes started to close until I heard the door slam. Remington was back. He looked around, before he spotted us and sat down next to me. "What's happening?"
"Well…Aion wanted to gamble, so we let him…where were you?"
He didn't say anything. We all turned at the same time when we heard Aion screaming with money coming out of the machine. I grimaced.
"He must have won…" I said silently, Chrono nodding. "What are the likely hoods of that?" I joked as Aion was having a hard time getting all the coins into a bucket. The bikers glared as the gangsters cracked their fists. "I don't think they like the fact that Aion won…"
"Don't worry, Aion will be fine." Aion went over to the person who transfers the coins into money, who was still screaming with joy. As he bounded over to us, bag full of money in his hands, he turned around and flipped off all the gangsters and bikers!
"Take that, you son's of bitches!" He shouted, laughing in victory.
I gasped and covered my eyes, Chrono shielded me as a chair flew out of nowhere and hit Aion. "…Ow…" Aion said, a bump forming on his head. I broke out of Chrono's gasp and ran over to Aion.
"Aion, are you alright?" I asked in concern.
"Yes, yes, I'm fine. But, I don't think that will last for long if we stay in here…" Aion grabbed me and held me before his head as he ran out the door, Chrono following as Remington narrowly dodged an angered biker with a knife in his hand. Once outside, Chrono and Aion reverted to their demon forms and took off with us in their arms.
I sweat dropped. "That went well…" I shifted in Chrono's arms.
"Sure, but we should have left Aion in there with them…" Chrono muttered.
I sighed softly as I shut my eyes to get some sleep. Aion glanced over at the sleeping girl in Chrono's arms, seeing Chrono stare down at her in a fatherly way. Aion shuddered as Remington squirmed, slightly unhappy that a demon had to fly him to Eden.
Chrono thought back to what happened earlier that day…he felt such extraordinary power flow through him, all he wanted to do was to unleash that power. It was as if it was tempting him, seducing him with power. He shuddered, but he had almost no control of his actions once he tapped into it. He remembered as he grasped Rosette by the head and threw her away, as if she were nothing more than a piece of trash. Then he destroyed that city. He was slightly surprised when Aion had found him in the cave, telling him that he would find Rosette for him. It was slightly blurry, but it was there all the same.
Chrono pushed the bangs out of Rosette's eyes, once he landed down onto the grounds of Eden. "Rosette…we're here…" I opened my eyes slowly. Eden…it looked like an off ground paradise. The grass was green with healthy trees in the distance. Ahead of them, there was a big building.
"It's so beautiful…" I said slowly, Aion landed next to us and set Remington down, reverting back to his human form.
"It's a wonderful piece of work, be sure to thank Shader for that." Aion stated, stalking towards the building ahead of us. Chrono also reverted back to his human form and followed Aion, taking my hand. I looked back to make sure Remington was coming.
There was screams and yelling inside the building, but nothing other than dull white hallways and doors on both sides of the hall. We walked down the hall slowly, getting a good look at our surroundings. Aion stopped before us, pushing open a pair of big doors open and going inside the room, Chrono grinned and followed, pulling me along with him. Inside, there was an angry looking, pretty woman wearing some sort of a Western t-shirt with buttons on it, the bottom of it tied into a knot. Her hair was a silky black color as the top of her head was covered by a cowboy hat. Besides her, a man with some type of black covering on his face, grinned and patted her backside, resulting to her slapping him. He also wore a hat, but it was a little slimmer then hers. He was wearing the same type of clothes a cowboy would. Next to them, a lady with a tail was sitting on a table eating a fresh fish. She wore a pretty black sweatshirt and some short pants, a hole in the backside of her the pants for her tail to fit through. Near them, a big strong man was wearing all black, except for the small apron wrapped around his waist. He turned to us when we entered. "Hello, Chrono." He said softly.
Chrono grinned. "Nice to see you all again." The cat girl looked up from her fish and smiled.
"Chrono! My, my, I missed you so!" She bounded over to him on all fours, getting up on two's when she got to him, sniffing him. "You smell like human!" She cried, looking at me. "You don't smell at all like you normally do!" She cried out.
I blushed and turned my head away, moving behind Chrono so that the others wouldn't see me, but to my demise, the cat girl grabbed onto me. "Hello, there! I bet you're the one who freed Chrono! Thank God you did so! I was missing him!" She hugged me tightly, making my eyes slightly budge out.
The two sitting at the table looked up at Chrono. "Ah, Chrono. You're back." The angry looking woman said. The man only nodded.
Chrono grinned. "Still as angry as ever, Rizel." He said to the woman, she smirked and propped her feet on the table.
"What can you expect?" Rizel bragged, sighing happily.
"Eh, hello, Jennia." Chrono said nervously.
"Nice to…hear your voice again, Chrono." Jennia said slowly, I realized what his face covering was for now. The man was blind. I squirmed as the cat girl dragged me to the table and forced my hand out before Rizel's face.
"Common, Rizel! This girl freed Chrono for us!" The cat girl made me wave my hand out before the woman. She frowned and pushed it away.
"I don't have time for children, Shader." She groaned, her concentration going on to her nails.
Shader frowned. "That's mean, Rizel!" She hugged me again though. "You look so cute!" She squeezed my cheeks and played with my hair. I looked up to see Chrono smiling warmly at Shader. Was this cat girl his girlfriend? I felt my heart sadden all the sudden.
Remington leaned against a wall and yawned, making some of the people here notice him. "Ah, the holy man is here." Jennia said slowly. Remington nodded, not saying anything to him, but turning his direction onto me.
"Rosette…may I have a word…" Remington spoke out to me. I nodded, leaving Chrono to be with his friends. "I don't know if I like it here…they're all demons, you know." He stated.
I nodded. "…I don't know either…I feel like I'll be ignored if I stay here…" I said slowly, guilt welling up in me. How could I say that? Was I being jealous? Chrono didn't even belong to me, and here I called him, my demon. I was being jealous, I realized, when Chrono should be with his friends again.
"Let's give them time together, than we'll come back in." Remington said, taking my hand as the two of us walked towards a ledge and sat there, staring down at the far away ground. "Are you upset?" He asked, I nodded. "Is it because you think Chrono won't notice you anymore?" I nodded again. "Don't feel that way, Rosette. He'll always notice you, he's just happy that he can see his friends again." It was quiet for a few minutes before I spoke out.
"Remington…I want to go back to the Order…" I said slowly, Remington lifted an eyebrow.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because…I don't really like it here…I feel as if I need to go back home and stay there for a while…I feel…really tired…" That was the last I said before I passed out, Remington catching me.
"Rosette? Are you okay?" He shook me lightly, but stopped when he heard a light snoring noise coming from me. "Thank God…"
In my dream, Joshua was sitting in a meadow of flowers, picking them and placing them in his lap. I walked through the flowers and sat down beside him. "Hey…" I said. "Hey…" He repeated. We sat in silence as Joshua continued to pick the flowers, he held one up to my nose as I sniffed it. "I'm sorry for what I've done…" He said slowly. I nodded. "It's okay…I'm sorry I said that I hated you…" Joshua nodded. "Listen, you're here because I requested it, there's something really important that I need to tell you." I nodded, listening carefully to my brother's words. "Aion was my employer." He said slowly, my eyes widened. "…Aion?" I asked, he nodded. "Yes. He sent me to unleash Chrono's anger. He was hoping that he would return to the same destructive demon as he was before. You must be careful around him, we know not of his plans." Joshua said, picking his words wisely. "You must go now, Aion is going to wake you up." He told me. I sighed, "Do I have to?" He nodded. "Will I see you again?" He nodded again sadly, grief in his eyes. "Real soon…bye, Rosette." I waved as I was jolted awake in the outside worlds.
"Aion! I told you to not wake her up!" I heard Chrono's voice shout at his brother, Aion only shrugged.
"Too late now…" I sat up slowly and rubbed my eyes, noticing that I was in a bed. I looked out in the corner of my eye to see Remington sitting next to me.
"Where…am I?" I stifled a yawn.
"Eden, in Chrono's room." Aion answered my question.
"Oh…" I closed my eyes again and leaned down on my pillow. "I feel really tired…" I informed everyone.
Chrono frowned with worry.
"But…don't worry about it…" This time I did yawn.
"Okay then…dinner will be ready soon, Rosette. So try to get some sleep, we'll tell you when it's done." Chrono and Aion left the room.
Remington stared at me. "Do you still want to go back to the Order?" He asked. I nodded slowly.
"Yeah…I miss home…" I said slowly. Remington stood up.
"I have a way to get us back there without anyone knowing, but we'll have to leave now, if that's okay with you." Remington told me.
"Okay…" I stood up and followed Remington out of the room, going back to the ledge we were at earlier. "How?"
Remington sighed lightly. "I have been keeping a secret from you…Rosette…" I saw him clutch at his chest, as two wings unfolded themselves from his back, and two ivory horns emerged from his skull. His ears were slightly fluffy, but not as fluffy as Chrono's. "I too, am a demon." I wasn't surprised.
I rubbed my eyes. "When I saw your eyes turn into slits, I knew it must have been something like this." Remington nodded and scooped me off my feet, diving off the ledge of Eden. I took one last look at Eden and said a small prayer for Chrono, as I fell fast asleep in Remington's arms.
Chrono sat down at a table, watching as Aion sat down next to him. "Do you know what's wrong with Rosette?" He asked his white haired brother.
Aion laughed nervously and twirled his fingers around in circles. "I forgot to tell you…" Chrono groaned. "Eden has a protective barrier around it, so that it keeps humans out. If one does enter, which they usually can't without the help of a demon, like us, they go into a type of delusional state and wish to rest and to never wake, it disappears once they're out of Eden's boundaries." Aion cowered away from the angry Chrono.
"Shit!" Chrono ran through the hallways, opening the door to his old room, to only find that Rosette was gone. "Where'd she go?" He spun around and ran out of the building and onto the soft grass, seeing Aion already there. "Aion! Do you know where Rosette is?"
Aion nodded and pointed down. "Remington took her. And by the looks of it, by Rosette's request." He stated sadly. Chrono's eyes widened as he reverted back to his demon form, opening his wings out to fly after them, but Aion stopped him. "Don't go. Rosette needs some time to think about some things…" Aion stated. Chrono growled and pushed Aion away from him, diving off the ledge.
10 years later…
"Kyle!" I screamed, my blonde hair waved out before my very eyes as a blast exploded next to the wall I was hiding behind. My young exorcist partner cried out as rocks showered over him. "Kyle, get down!" I ran out from behind the wall and went into a rolling dive, scooping Kyle up and hiding behind his wall. "Are you okay?" I asked the brown-headed boy.
"N-no…I think…my arm's broken…" He mumbled, holding onto his arm. My eyes moved to his arm to see a nasty gash in it.
"It's not broken, only dislocated. Kyle, get out of here and warn Remington that we just might have found Sark." I pushed Kyle to his feet.
"B-but, I can't leave you!" The boy yelled, but I pushed him away.
"You're only a distraction! Get going before you get hurt even worse!" Kyle hesitated before running out of the room and down a flight of stairs. I hid behind Kyle's wall and peered over, seeing nobody there. I crawled out and stayed low to the ground, sticking close to the walls. I stood up once I came over to a blonde haired man with short hair, two horns, and was wearing a black body suit with his wings hidden in a cape form. Around his neck he had on a black pocket watch. He smirked once he saw me stand up.
"Sark…" I mumbled, aiming my gun over to the demon. He waved his hand slowly in greeting.
"Hello again, Rosette Christopher!" He said cheerfully, not moving towards or away from me. "It's so nice to see your lovely face again, it's been so long…"
"Quit the pleasantries, Sark, and tell me the real reason why you're here!" I yelled, shifting onto my right leg.
"Hmm, well, I do want to tell you, so I will! I'm here to disable the local Magdalene Order here…and get rid of K-19, a secret branch full of agents searching out for demons! Are you happy now, Love?" Sark said in his slight British tone.
"You mean the San Francisco Branch of the Magdalene Order? Why" I questioned the smiling demon.
"Well, my Employer paid me a great deal to make sure that all Magdalene Orders are eliminated, but I'll make sure you aren't around when I destroy yours, Love!" He began to walk away, but I fired a warning shot, stopping him in his tracks.
"Knock it off, Sark! What does the K-19 have to deal with you?" I yelled to the irritated demon.
"Please learn how to not ask so many questions, Love. The K-19 is starting to get really annoying. We all voted to eliminate them, they came very close to discovering our hide away, so that's why." The handsome demon told me.
"Hmm…you mean Eden?" Sark nodded. "Why not ask them nicely to stop, Love?" I taunted, but Sark didn't get my sarcasm. He smiled widely.
"Well, they wouldn't exactly listen to us, so we just have to do it the hard way. I must take my leave now, Love, but I'll come back for you later." Sark disappeared into thin air, as I moaned.
"Damn! He got away again!" I growled as I heard an explosion nearby, a gas leak had just exploded and got caught in the way of the already started fire! I gasped as the fire snaked around my only way out. "I might not get out of this one, this time…" I mumbled. I moved around the walls and leaped over a close by flame. The building exploded again as I felt the tremble. I looked around for a new way out. The windows.
Taking my gun, I blasted the window open with my gun. I looked down to see the local fire apartment below, a ladder rising up near me, but it was too far off for me to make it. Near me, I saw a shadow shimmer through the crackling fire as I saw a haunted figure rise up out of the flames. I glared as I took my chances and leaped out the window.
6 years earlier.
I stretched out as I grinned widely. My first mission without Remington's help! I spun around in my revolving chair as I saw other members going with me on my mission, seat themselves down at the same table I was out. They talked among themselves, but stopped once Remington arrived and seated himself.
"Hello, Everybody, so glad you all can make it." He flashed a smile my way. "As you may all ready know, the Magdalene Order are paying your way on a plane to France, then you'll all take the train leading to a location in Paris. There, you must see to it that you meet with a man named, Jack McKay. He has information on the latest six children taken under employment, referring to our one and only, Rosette Christopher's brother. Once you meet him, you are to give him this briefcase full of money and escort him back to New York, safe and sound." He paused to take a sip of water.
"But, a man by the name of Julian Sark, wishes to kill him. This man is extremely dangerous, he is the cause of the deaths of Mary, Anna, Claire, and Ambien. These were highly treasured Militia experts, but they died anyways to the fiend. Sark is on a mission to exterminate McKay, to make sure that we don't learn about children. I wish you all well on this mission and may you all come back safely." Remington stood up and stared at me. "Rosette? May I have a word?" I nodded and stood from my chair, following Remington into another room.
"Yes, Remington?" I asked.
"Are you sure that you want to go on this mission?" Remington asked me, concern in his voice. "I know that you're still disturbed about your brother, and I'm only worrying about your welfare."
"No!" I said firmly, "I've been training forever for this! And I'm not coming back until I see to it that McKay comes back safe and sound!" I smiled though. "Don't worry! I've been through worse!" I left the room, but Remington caught up with me.
"Are you sure? Cause Arvin's coming on this mission." Remington informed me.
My eye twitched. "You're bringing him with us? Why?" I asked him, despite my anger.
"Well, Arvin is in you're league, and I think it would do you two good if you learned how to cooperate with one another. But, hey! You said you could take the mission!" Remington began to leave.
"B-but! I don't need to cooperate with that jerk!" I shouted after Remington, he only waved.
"Be at the airport by three o' clock in the morning, Rosette!" He said cheerfully, leaving me completely. I mumbled as I went back into my room and set my alarm clock, going to bed really early.
"Hey, Bitch, ready?" I woke up to the extremely annoying voice, I woke up and stared into the green eyes of Arvin.
"Shut it, Bastard!" I shouted, throwing a pillow at him. "And what the Hell are you doing in my room?" I yelled, hitting him again.
"Well, I had to shut off your alarm clock so that it wouldn't wake up the whole Order, Bitch! Better get ready or you'll be late!" Arvin shouted, leaving me. I cursed the brown-headed Militia as I got ready.
"Bout time, Bitch." Arvin muttered, starting up the car. I only ignored him and sat next to him.
"Shut it, Asshole! Is everyone ready?" I asked, he nodded. I looked back to see the other Militia's getting into their car's and taking off. Arvin started ours as we took off towards the train station.
I sighed as Arvin started humming, I only stared out my window and shut my eyes. I hadn't left the Order in five years, It's been a long time since I've seen Chrono… Well, I couldn't see him anyways since he couldn't take one step into the boundaries of the Order without getting burned. I had to admit, I've been missing him a lot… "Stop you're damn humming, Arvin!" I shouted, covering my ears.
"Shut it! I'll do what I want!" I don't know why, but I respected Arvin in a strange way. The fifteen-year-old Militia apprentice was only a year older than me, but had the same talent I had. He was a great partner, but he could get really annoying sometimes. I looked out the window to see Marshall laughing with Cindy at the two of us. I blushed as I knew what they were thinking. I saw Arvin lower his face from letting me see his embarrassment also.
"Just stop humming and drive." I muttered, closing my eyes.
A while later, I heard a door slam. I looked over to see Arvin just about to shake me awake. "Hurry! We're running late!" Arvin cried, running to the trunk of the car and taking out equipment that we'd need; clothing, guns, cameras, and disguises.
"Shit! How late are we?" I grabbed onto my own stuff and followed Arvin into the airport. In there, there was a group of expert Militia's leading us to three separate airplanes.
"A good fifteen minutes late!" He shouted, throwing our supplies in the back, taking up the front and starting up the plane. I hopped in the back as a Militia apprentice by the name of Anna, joined me.
After hours of hearing the annoying hum of the engine, we finally made it to France. The plane landed, thanks to Arvin's skill in piloting as we took a taxicab to the train station. We all managed to fit into two taxi cabs. There was six of us in all. Marshall, Anna, Cindy, Mike, Arvin, and myself. Yep. We were a cheery old bunch. Except for the fact that we all had anger problems with one another, except for Marshall and Cindy, who were, in fact, lovers.
Everybody thought that Arvin and I would be an excellent pair, but we denied it all the way. The taxi let us out as we met up with the other group and got into the train taking us to Paris. Only two more hours to go.
After my constant pacing and Arvin's moaning, we finally arrived there. I was very hyper by that time, being confined in such a small room. What can you expect? Arvin, Mike, and myself split up with Marshall, Anna, and Cindy, who went on with the part of the mission to go find Sark and keep an eye on him, while Arvin, Mike, and I went to meet up with McKay. I carried the case full of money, my bullet pouch underneath my itchy uniform of a peasant, bugging me. I sighed as I turned my head to Arvin. "Hey! Do you mind if you carry this for a while?"
Arvin scoffed. "No way!" I groaned as I gave it to Mike, who reluctantly took it. We went into the alley, as McKay told us specifically to meet up with him in and waited, our radios on standby. I heard a cackle and looked down at my radio.
"Psst! Team A, this is Team B! Sark is here, may I repeat, Sark is here! Over." I groaned.
"Great! McKay has to hurry if he wants his money!" I complained. Arvin only shook his head as Mike leaned against a wall.
We turned by the sound of a car. We looked over to the end of the alley to see a car pull up, a tall man in a black body suit underneath a British Officer's cape and hat walked out. I heard my radio cackle again.
"Sark is here! Get McKay out of there!" We gasped as we saw the man pull out a gun, I turned my head to see McKay walk into the alley, hands in pockets.
"Shit!" We heard McKay shout, turning to run. I saw this and ran after him.
"Rosette! Where are you going?" Arvin shouted.
"After McKay! Take care of Sark!" I shouted, trying to keep up with the tall man's legs. Arvin agreed, but I gasped when I saw Sark hit Mike and Arvin with the butt of his gun, he took off after McKay and me. "McKay! Wait!" I shouted, pushing Jack down once I caught up to him as Sark let loose a volley of bullets. He pushed me off him once Sark ran out of bullets.
"Deal's off! You guys are trying to kill me!" McKay said frantically, as Sark closed in on us.
"No! I have the money right here with me! Come with—" I looked up to see Sark smile and knock me out with his gun. The world went black.
I gasped when I woke up with a bag over my head. "Hello, there!" I heard a light British voice ring out to me. I twitched as I tried to pull the bag off my head, only to find that it was tied and my hands were bound to the ground. I heard a mumble next to me and I figured that it was McKay.
"Let me go, you fiend!" I yelled out to the man I figured was Sark.
"Oh no, I'm sorry, but I can't do that, cause you see, I need to kill Mr. McKay here and you're in my way of doing so. So I need to dispose of you also." Sark told me in a matter of fact tone. I scoffed, but opened my eyes in shock as Sark pulled the bag off my head. "Can you breath now?" He asked politely.
I looked around and saw a line of blood running down McKay's face and also saw that I was bound to chains in the van we were in. I shook my head. "I can't breath until I get out of this alive with McKay, safe and sound." I hissed out.
"Wow, you're a pretty girl. What's your name?" Sark wasn't as old as I had expected, he looked as if he were at the end of his teen years.
"Ima." I muttered.
"Ima what?" He asked mannerly, pushing my bangs out of my eyes.
"Ima' gonna' kick your ass!" I shouted, biting onto his hand. He squealed and pushed me away from him, nursing his hand.
"You're a feisty one, aren't you?" He said slowly, nursing his hand.
"Shut it, Bastard!" I spat on his shoe.
"Keep this up, Love, and I'll have to punish you more than I have to." Sark said, a tone of annoyance in his voice.
"Let McKay and I go! We're doing this for the good of the people! I hate it when intimates like you try to do things that aren't good! Why?" I asked finally.
"It's my job, Love. If I don't, horrible things will happen." Sark said in a sadden tone, pulling out a black pocket watch and looking at it.
"That's…the same thing my brother told me…" I gasped.
"Who's your brother, Love?" He asked, a small grin on his face. "I might know him.
"He's dead, you Bastard! So it won't matter anyways!" I screamed at him.
"Ah, so you're the sister of Joshua Christopher, ne? He was a good friend in his time." Sark muttered, sucking on his soar hand.
"How did you—"
"We had the same employer." Sark cut me off.
"You mean…Aion?" I asked. Sark nodded.
"Aion is doing a great job at exterminating anything that might get in his way. And he gave your brother, me, and five others an extraordinary gift." He fingered at his watch again. "The ability to turn into demons…" He said lastly.
"Demons…?" Joshua had been able to turn into a demon, so it was true then… "But how is that possible?" I asked Sark.
"This…" He showed me his watch. "With a simple twist of this knob, I am able to turn into a demon from the power of the Astral Lines. You're brother had one too." He told me.
"Why are you telling me this?" I asked the demon/man.
"Because, I think you just might stand a chance in stopping Aion, Love." He smiled. "Just something about you is special."
"Just what is Aion trying to do?" I asked him.
"He wants to rebel against the demon world called, Pandemonium. Once that's done, he will create a new Earth where he is Lord."
"When my brother was still alive, he told me that if he didn't do his job, something horrible would happen? What will happen?" I questioned Sark again.
"Aion has an astral force planted deep into the core of the Earth. If his plans don't go well, and Pandemonium over throws his rebellion, he will blow up this planet along with himself; destroying Pandemonium in the process." Sark sighed. "Is that all, cause I have to kill this guy."
"Yes…but you can't kill him! The Order needs him so that we can save you guys and overthrow Aion!" I yelled.
"But, I need to destroy him now, Love!" Sark waved to the driver and the van stopped. Sark threw open the doors and pulled McKay out. I peered out of the open doors and saw that we were at a cliff. Sark dragged McKay over to the cliff and pushed him off, taking out his gun and shooting at him while he fell.
"No!" Sark turned around and grinned.
"You're turn." He pulled me out by the hair. "So sorry, Love!"
"B-but you said that I would stand a chance to overthrow Aion's rebellion! Why are you going to kill me if you said that?" I yelled, confused.
"I said that you stood a chance, and that chance means that you have to stand a chance against me. If you survive, then I'll let you live!" Sark held the gun up to my head, my body trembling slightly. "Any last requests, Love?" Sark grinned.
"Yeah…I wish you'd burn in Hell!" I spat out.
Sark frowned, but leaned down and kissed me full on the lips. "I'll give that to you as a last request instead." Sark loaded his gun. "Please understand, Love, I have to do this if you don't want many people to die from the Earth exploding. Aion told us clearly that if his rebellion doesn't work and if he dies, he'd make sure that everyone will die along with him."
I groaned as Sark held me up straight by the hair, thinking about things that happened in my life. I can't believe Chrono was in on this, he had to be, concerning the fact that he was Aion's brother and friend. I let him go, just to end the world. What an idiot I was. I closed my eyes as I felt Sark stiffen all the sudden. I opened my eyes to see Sark crash into a cliff, his gun crushed in his hand. I looked around, seeing who was my savior, only to see the very demon I was thinking about…Chrono.
Biting my tongue, I turned to run, Chrono seeing me, was about to run after me, but only to be attacked by Sark. I gasped when Sark turned into a blonde haired demon with small horns behind his long fuzzy ears. I jumped into Sark's van, only to be pushed down to the ground by Sark's driver.
"Oh, Chrono! So nice to see you!" Sark bit out, pulling off the remaining shreds of his British Officer outfit, his body suit still on, but slightly different.
"Sark…what are you doing here?" Chrono groaned, not getting out of his defensive position.
"Doing my latest job, Chrono!" Sark said cheerfully. He turned and made a snapping sound, the driver rolling off me. "Looks like you made it through this one, Love! Hope to see you soon in the future!" Sark disappeared in a shimmer of air, leaving me in complete confusion.
Chrono shuddered and dropped his defensive pose and walked slowly over to me, the driver also disappearing with Sark, so that it left us alone. I glared at Chrono as he walked over to me, and punched him in the face as soon as he got close enough to me. "How could you be in on it with Aion! I know what you two are planning! And I'm very pissed off from it! How could you, Chrono! I trusted you!" I screamed out to the disturbed demon.
Chrono only opened his mouth slightly, searching for something to say to me. "Rosette…I…I was in on it with Aion before I met you. It's been our greatest plot since we were born, Rosette! But, once we do succeed, I promise that you'll be alive with us!" Chrono said cheerfully, a tear streamed down my face.
"I don't want to be the only human left on Earth, only to be surrounded by killer demons, Chrono! I'd rather die with my people! I can't believe this!" I closed my eyes and shook my head furiously. "I won't do it! And I'll fight to the bitter end to stop you!" I spun around and started to walk back towards the city where Marshall, Cindy, Anna, Arvin, and Mike were.
"Rosette, please wait! We'll leave some humans alive! You won't be alone! You'll have me!" Chrono pleaded, catching up with me.
"I don't like it! I don't want anybody to die anymore!" I shouted to the demon.
"But, Rosette! They have to! This we'll be a world full of peaceful demons living together under our command!" I stopped to look at the flustered demon.
"And what makes you think that they won't rebel on you, Chrono?" I asked him, turning around to make Chrono think about it.
"I haven't seen you for six years, and this is all we talk about? Common! Come and have lunch with me, Rosette! Just think about it! No more people will die if we succeed! And I'll make sure that you won't either!" Chrono said, jogging next to me, I walked faster.
"You can't be sure of that Chrono! Humans only live up to seventy! I'll die sooner or later! And those demons that you think we'll live with you guys peacefully in your new world, will sooner or later rebel on you!" I shouted at him.
Chrono stopped. "You're serious about this, aren't you Rosette?" He asked me, I only nodded. "We can…still see each other…can't we?"
I shook my head. "No, no more. I don't want to see you again, Chrono. What you guys are doing, is horrible!" I shook my head harder, trying to keep myself from crying. I turned around to see Chrono's hurt face.
He whimpered softly, "Rosette…I…"
"Chrono, I don't know you anymore…" I said sadly, turning around and running back to the city. I didn't stop when I heard a furious scream and a burst of air, I turned my head away to see dust rise up from where Chrono previously was. I guess he flew away in an angry matter.
Once I made it to Paris, I found my partners. They were all okay, but only with the guilt of a failed mission. Damn…
6 years later.
I jumped out the window, feeling the all too familiar air rush up past me as I heard an angered scream behind me, I just barely escaped Chrono. Since I didn't live at the Order anymore, he had been stalking me everywhere I went. There was no escaping him, and I dared not to go back to the Order and live there like a coward. I'd have to face Chrono sooner or later.
Below me, as the ground rushed up to meet me, I saw Remington arrive in his car. He looked around quickly, before unleashing his wings to catch me, once landed on the safe ground, he turned back to normal.
"Rosette! Are you okay?" Remington asked, as I coughed out smoke.
"Sure, Remington. I just barely escape a building on fire, but I'm perfectly okay!" I told him sarcastically, my eyes moving back to the window I jumped from. Chrono would follow me, no matter where I'd go, no matter what I'd do. Even though I told him that I didn't want to see him anymore. He still wanted to see me…and there was no stopping him.
A/N: (Evil laughter) Rosette is now nineteen and Chrono is…how ever old he is! Now we get some more action in this chapter! YAY! And no, I do not own Alias, the television series I stole the name, "Sark," from. I'll get right on it to get the next chapter out soon! So hang on tight and give me a lot of reviews! Then it just might come out faster than you expect it too! (Hint, Hint)