Starcrossed Lovers Chapter Eight
I don't own Escaflowne!! Please review. Thanks! -Stacey! My birthday just passed! Yay! Sorry, I had to take a break.
Chapter Eight: I'm Your Father
"Yeah, that's how it—what was that?" Amano said standing up.
"Hitomi!" Van shouted back.
Suddenly Yukari came running. She was breathless. "Big—men." Gasp. "took Hitomi."
"What happened?" Amano asked. He was surprised such a thing could even happen to Hitomi.
"What? Where is she?" Van asked.
"I—I don't know," Yukari said. "They took her somewhere in the back..." Van wasn't listening. He had closed his eyes again. He could hear her voice in his head.
Concentrate... Picture what you want to find in your mind. That's all there is to it. When you sense what you're looking for, the pendant swings in that direction. With practice, you can do it with by just picturing the pendant in your mind.
Picture the pendant in your mind... Van thought. He saw pictured Hitomi. Her hair, her smell, her face, her beautiful voice, her smile... The pendant! It worked again!
"What are you doing?" Yukari asked impatiently. "We need to look for Hitomi."
"Ok, she's in an alley down south." Van ran in the southern direction.
"Wait! How do you know? Van! Come back!" Yukari called after him but received no reply.
Hitomi slowly opened her eyes and found herself in an alley that had a harrowing stench. She then saw the three men that had brought her there. She felt her wrists and ankles tied together. Hitomi didn't have enough energy to resist. She was tired and dirty. But she knew she had to run, she had to get away. She slowly freed her ankles. She had to leave a sign of her, in case Van was searching for her.
With great difficulty she struggled and pushed herself up until she could stand. She had to be surreptitious and discreet, because she knew that if the men saw her, she would stand no chance against them. Then he turned around and saw her. He turned shouted, "She's getting away!"
Hitomi screamed. Now was the time to put into use her great track skills. She ran as fast as she could. The men chased after her like a herd of bulls. She kept running: into buildings, out of buildings, in more alleys—wherever she could run to she ran, but they couldn't catch her.
Van ran to the exact location where he visualized Hitomi. No one was there. He saw a rope on the ground and beside it had something written into the dirt. Hitomi K.
Van closed his eyes once again and held the pendant trying to sense where she could have gone. He ran up stairs, through meadow, into parks...and stopped. He saw three—hideous—men surrounding...Hitomi! He could hear them talk.
"Well, pretty lady, we've finally caught you. You almost got away, running like that. Hah, well you can't escape this time." The man jerked her arm violently.
Hitomi cried out in pain, desperately trying to escape. Van was about to run forth and save her when another man stopped them.
"You are not to harm her," he said. "I gave you the money and the order. Now's the time when you're supposed to run away."
"Well," the ringleader of the three said, "we never said that we weren't going to have a little fun before we handed her over."
"I don't want to start a fight. I suggest you leave now." The man turned around as if he was going to leave with Hitomi. The three men were angry. The biggest of the three picked up a rock and prepared to throw it at him.
Van recognized the stranger's voice. He couldn't quite distinguish the face of the man due to his distance from him, but he was certain he had heard that voice somewhere else before. It wasn't too long ago, perhaps just a few days ago.
The man lifted his arm into the air and prepared to throw the rock, but it never left his hand. In seconds, the man's arm had been twisted behind his back...
Van recognized him. It was Soare! The man he had fought at the old Zaibach Empire. What was he doing here?
"AAAAAARH!" The man screeched in pain. He looked behind him and saw Soare gripping his arm. "Who are you? Let me go."
"I'm Soare, King Soare. I thought I told you I didn't want to fight."
Cowering, the two other men said, "W—we don't either...sir."
"Good, I didn't think so. Now you may leave." He dropped the man's arm and kicked him onto the ground roughly. The man ran away with fright along with his two other companions.
Soare turned to Hitomi. "T-thank you, mister."
"There's nothing to thank me about," Soare replied. "I'm taking you with me."
"W—what?"
"I'm taking you with me... to Gaea."
"No you aren't!" Van ran up the hill angrily. "I don't know how you might have gotten here, but you better leave Hitomi alone!"
"Van!" Hitomi cried out to him.
"I'm sorry, Van. There's something you need to know. I'm your father." He stared into Van's surprised eyes.
Van stopped. "What?"
"I'm your father."
"Uh..." Hitomi began. Who the heck is this guy? Star Wars? Like Darth Vader and Luke? What? I'm really confused. I thought his father was dead.
Van looked puzzled. His father was Goau and looked nothing like Soare. Goau was much better than that wicked man. How could such a thing be possible?
Soare began to laugh. "The joke's on you! Hah, I really had you there! Ta-ta!" He then grabbed Hitomi and disappeared.
Van had lost Hitomi again, this time right before his very eyes, and he couldn't do a thing. He dropped onto his knees and punched the grass angrily. How could he have been so careless and let such a thing happen? Why?
Will Van be able to travel back to Gaea to save Hitomi?
Sorry.... I guess that chapter was kind of short. Cliffhanger!
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Thank you reviewers:
Lily20: Thank you! Haha.... cliffhanger again!
rrruditch: Thank you. I'm sorry I'm random. That Star Wars thingy was a random idea that popped into my head. I watched the Star Wars rap. 'I'm your father, I'm your father." haha... cool British.
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sarahgreenw/Sarah's the Star: Thanks for all of your reviews! Wow. I'm glad you like it. Thanks for all your suggestions. As for the Y/A thing... I think you'll just have to find out.
JoEbLoG: Thank you! Yeah, hideously ugly...lol
Macky: Thank you so much!
Wake-Robin: Thanks a lot! haha... I am too random.
Lissla Lissar: Haha. Thanks for your suggestions. Yes, I'm random too, but remeber, great minds think alike!
Thanks everyone! -Stacey
