This chapter is dedicated to the reviewer-- redtiger. Who, without his/her review, I don't think I would've gotten around to continuing with this story, plus the fact that I've been really busy, sorry if it took so long to continue this. So a big thank you to redtiger, and everyone else that has read this story and enjoyed it. Thanks. -Genzai
We were heading to the outskirts of Bern. Brad drove, while Nagi sat next to me and just stared out the window while Schuldich from the front seat kept looking back at me with a smirk. Today was the day we would all meet them. I couldn't stop thinking what she was going to be like. From what little Brad had told me about her, she was cold, evil, and someone you didn't want to mess with. This could all be summed up by the fact that she was the leader of Rosenkreuz.
"You shouldn't be so worried about her Ann," Schuldich started saying, "With her being a hella of a lot stronger and more powerful then you….yeah, sure, so she might kill you? Were all going to die at some point right? You just might do it while fighting your half sister." He stretched out his arms and rolled down the window. The breeze blew his hair around in such a way that it looked like a fire blazing.
"That's really sick Schuldich."
"Yeah, I know… but sweetheart, there's not much of a chance for any of us to live through this. You don't know these people like we do. I'm just being realistic, got a problem with that?" He chuckled and leaned his head out the window.
I was just about to say something when Brad spoke.
"Here they come." He quickly pulled the car to the side of the road and proceeded to get out.
"I can feel them…" Was all Nagi could say.
"Nagi…Schuldich, you two make sure nothing happens to Ann. If she's captured, this all goes to hell. Understand?" Brad ordered and fixed his tie and glasses as the wind picked up.
My heart was pounding. I looked around me, I saw Brad looking towards the woods that was across the street. One by one they came out.
Silvia, Colonel Amlisch, Sergei and then, there she was, her expression was priceless. She didn't mirror me in appearance as much as I thought she would. The only exterior thing that made us similar in the least was our bone structure and the manner in which we held ourselves, with elegance and resilience.
Everyone was silent for the moment. Until Schuldich piped up, "Wow…not bad she's hot," he glanced over at Silvia and winked.
"Hello Crawford. So where is my dear half sister? I heard you found her for me?"
"Yes Catherine, nice to see you again as well. Ann is here with us." Crawford announced.
Catherine looked around until she spotted me. My whole body tensed up and I found it hard to breath.
Nagi lifted as many heavy rocks as he could and hurled them at Colonel Amlisch; Crawford fired shots at Catherine who dodged them with ease. Schuldich stood in front of me for a little bit, and fought with Sergei then tossed me one of his guns and just said, "Try not to die. Ok?" and then went to fight with him in hand to hand combat.
I didn't really know how to use a gun so I just pointed it at Catherine and pulled the trigger. The force of it made me jump as well as the noise. Catherine turned her head towards me and her eyes locked onto me. The shoot had obviously missed her and she was now pissed.
"Ann run! Get out of here now!" Crawford screamed.
Everything seemed to be happening in slow motion. Ann turned to run, but it seemed so slow at the rate Catherine was flying at her. He tried to hit her again from behind. Crawford's mind raced as it was all happening.
I don't understand, she is the half sister of this bitch, and yet she can't even make a decent shot.
Crawford thought back to when he first heard about Ann.
They were at Head Quarters that day doing research to try and locate her.
"If we find her, then we could get rid of Rosenkreuz once and for all, right?" Schuldich asked Crawford, wanting him to confirm his understanding of it all.
"Yes. If we can find her, persuade her to do this, and then it's all over for them."
"…Yes" Crawford added," and she's suppose to have all the same powers as Catherine."
He resumed typing on the computer while Schuldich couldn't help but keep conversation going. Before he even opened his mouth to ask what her powers would be, Crawford answered.
"Same as Catherine's, she'll have speed, telekinesis, and a heightened sense of awareness to her surroundings. Now go do something else." Schuldich walked away satisfied.
The only information so far which lead them to believe that Catherine's half sibling was a girl, was in some old medical records that they happened to stumble across. The name of this girl that they found on the records had not turned up anywhere else. So the name itself was no use, all they knew was that she was a girl most likely living around the same area as Schwarz.
In the present time Schuldich was being beaten up by Sergei, Nagi's telekinetic barrier had broken as Silvia unleashed her psychic fury on him, and here I was optimistic that Ann would face Catherine and the rest of Rosenkreuz with raging powers that could surpass them all. Yet here I was, looking at her terrified and distraught face, telling her to run. I love this woman, but she needs to do this. She needs to fight them. But how can I ask her to do this when she knows nothing about her powers or fighting. I was foolish to think that if she were engaged in battle everything would just come to her natural.
Catherine charged toward Ann in full force. Crawford fired as many shots as he could at Catherine, but missed each time. Just as Ann tried firing two more shots, Catherine kicked her in the stomach which knocked her out instantly.
"Silvia! Colonel Amlisch! Sergei! Time to go!" She grabbed Ann and with lighting speed, they were all gone.
"What happened? What the hell happened?" Crawford yelled while running toward Schuldich.
"Hey, we know where she went; it's no big d…." Crawford punched him hard in the face before he had a chance to finish what he was saying.
"You were suppose to watch her! Now we just have to hope she isn't being torn to pieces right now because of you!"
"Yeah, yeah, well they had to have some reason for capturing her; otherwise they would have just killed her when she was here." Crawford went to punch him again but Schuldich dodged it.
"…why do you think that is Schuldich?" His eyes narrowed, "That's so they can take her back to Rosenkreuz, brainwash her, then use her against us. And believe me, if they do, they will teach her how to use her psychic abilities. Now you tell me again why this isn't a big deal?"
Schuldich just scowled and looked to the side. Hating how his mistake had been pointed out to him.
Nagi stood up with ripped clothes and bruises from being tossed around and slammed into the rocky ground. Hearing all that was said between his teammates he headed to the car, which to his surprise was turned upside down and was completely smashed in.
"Oh shit." Schuldich said with a sighed, as they all started to walk down the road to the city. Making plans to invade Rosenkreuz and take back Ann.
