Starcrossed Lovers Chapter Nine
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Starcrossed Lovers Chapter Nine: Betrayed
She slowly woke up. Hitomi felt softness and warmth. She felt silk. The drowsiness was leaving her. She slowly opened her eyes. There was a dazzling light shining into her eyes. The first thing she witnessed was a cascade of fall and spring colors. She realized it was a canopy. She was in a queen-sized four post bed with a beautiful canopy, but why was she in it?
She slept on a silk-covered mattress and was clothed in a beautiful pink silk gown. Hitomi drew open the canopy and saw that she was in an elaborately furnished room. It was everything she could ever want in her room. She looked at the room: two doors, two rather large windows, a bed, a drawer...
Hitomi went up to one door and opened it. It was a closet, and inside were many intricate and beautiful dresses that would cost a fortune to purchase. She went to the other door, and when she turned the knob, she found that it was locked. That puzzled her deeply. Whomever who put her in that room must have wanted her to stay there.
She walked to the windows and found out it was a door. She unlocked it and eagerly slid open the door. There was a porch. She gripped the railing and awed at the scenery: beautiful rose bushes, a row of many-colored trees, flowers of all sort...
She was so impressed with the view she forgot everything else. Then she saw it—the moon, and she remembered. She was on Gaea.
Hitomi stared out at that moon and thought of Van. Then she heard a noise. She walked back into the room and found out that something—or someone was at the door.
The doorknob turned. She saw the man that had taken her back to Gaea, and she was frightened. What did he want? Suddenly, he looked different.
"What do you want?" Hitomi said.
Wait a second... that was Van. "I want you—" Before he could finish, she rushed up to him and slapped hard.
"VAN!"
He rubbed his cheek. That hurt. It had a stinging feeling.
Then she hugged him. Tears streamed down her face. "Van—where have you been? I was all alone. I missed you so much...." Hitomi sobbed some more.
He hugged her back and comforted her. "Don't worry, Hitomi. You'll be all right. Hitomi, baby, we'll just stay here together—"
Hitomi let go of him. "What? Here? What is this place? You don't live here. You aren't Van! What happened?" She yelled at him.
"What are you talking about? Of course I'm Van."
"Van doesn't talk like this. He's much—different!"
The 'Van' changed back to a surprised Soare. "Dang, you're good. I guess I'll just have to do this the hard way."
Hitomi was confused. Soare looked her in the eye, drew her close, and ...
Part Two:Van ran back to the Parlor where he met Yukari and Amano. "What happened?" Amano asked.
"She's gone—that son of a bitch is gone!"
"You're not talking about Hitomi, are you?" Yukari demanded.
"A KIDNAPPER...she's been taken back to Gaea." Van looked frustrated.
"Gaea?" Amano asked.
"I must find Hitomi... but I don't...wait a second..." Van closed his eyes. He pictured Hitomi, saw the pendant—he knew exactly where she was. Concentrate...and just like that, he had disappeared.
Wide-eyed, Yukari said, "W—where'd he g—go?"
Van landed in whiteness—a blanket of snow. He was in a land he never had been before. He looked up into the sky, but he wasn't on Gaea...nor was he on the Mystic Moon. He saw a blue ball in the sky (the Mystic Moon) and a greenish ball (...was it Gaea?) Then he saw a mansion in front of him. Behind him a wall of—whiteness. Van couldn't describe it. It seemed like a barrier. Van walked up to it and touched it. His had had gone through it. He immediately withdrew his hand. It was even colder outside of the barrier. Wherever it was, it was someplace his body could not survive in.
Van trekked on. He was cold and needed somewhere to spend the night. He decided to take his chances and entered the mansion. The mansion looked old and deserted. He walked around in the dark room and stopped. There was a desk and on it a journal. He opened it and read, Year Unknown, Month Unknown. After decades of intensive study, we were finally able to figure out a way to create an oxygen supplied barrier. We have finally reached the moon. We are establishing a barrier of oxygenated space. It seems that we are successful, but there is only one problem. We have lost all communication with our home. I pray that the Gods will help us. May the power of Atlantis be strong.Atlantis, Van thought, that's strange... ironic. I wonder if this has anything to do with my past. Hmm...Huh? What's that? There's some light over there in that corner.
He saw a light and was drawn toward it. He heard voices. Someone was giggling heartily. He peeked into the furnished room and saw two people making-out...but when he realized who they were, he nearly died. One of them was Soare...and the other was Hitomi.
He couldn't believe such a thing was happening—to him! It couldn't be true. What was happening? Hitomi wouldn't betray him...she couldn't...or could she?
Ah... another chapter finished. This chapter was really bad... and short... I'm sorry. I couldn't think of how to word everything.... The next one will be better.
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