Chapter Three - Frantic
Two of their guards were leading her through the corridors. That was one of the things making her feel these people's mistrust on her.
Though it was exactly what she herself felt for these people in return. How could she possibly trust them? They were primitive and neither had they the slightest idea of her potential, nor were they treating her with suitable respect. But how should they know who she was? A long time had passed.
So she followed the guards hanging after her thoughts and plans.
As she approached one of the junctions a heavy sensation of unease crossed her, it felt strangely familiar: it was the feeling that had woken her from her sleep, but she had not been able to track down after she had awoken; now it had returned and it grew stronger the further she went around the corner.
All of a sudden the sensation became almost unbearably strong. She came to an abrupt stop glancing around.
Then her eyes fell on him; he was one of them! A shock went through her body starting an avalanche of devastating emotion. She tried everything to fight them, but it was impossible, she broke down almost momentarily experiencing everything once again:
No!
Screaming she watched how they extinguished every single life in her family's kingdom turning the whole planet into a desert. She was completely powerless against it.
And then they came for her family, the alien invaders with their soldiers, torturing and murdering her parents, her sisters, her brothers and all her cousins.
She knew she had the power to stop the slaughter at once, but something was holding her back. The harder she tried to fight the enemy, the weaker she grew.
A strange power was surrounding her, slowly pulling her away from those she loved.
Finally she lost the battle against it falling into a deep sleep she was unable to awake from on her own.
But the fire of wrath in her heart kept on burning strongly. She swore to return taking vengeance on those who had murdered her family, the alien conquerors calling themselves the Goa'uld.
Having been notified Jack O'Neill sprinted through the corridors quickly to see what had happened to their alien visitor.
He came to a stop next to Teal'C who was looking at her motionless figure lying on the floor from some distance. A medical team had not yet arrived and, as Jack realized an instant later, it was good nobody had gotten too close to her:
All of a sudden a surge of glowing energy went through her body. It erupted wrapping itself around her starting some kind of strange transformation.
What the hell was going on here?
Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru had caught the next flight possible; in the morning they arrived in Denver.
They had just left the airport building and now Haruka was trying to get a cab for them. Standing on the sidewalk Setsuna was quietly talking to Hotaru.
"Hopefully we'll find her quickly", she said.
Hotaru nodded, "We have to."
"I assume it'll be a little difficult. What do you say?"
Her friend did not respond.
"Hotaru?" Setsuna spun around seeing her faint. She caught her before she fell to the ground.
Who are you? And what are you doing here?
Heat flashed into Hotaru's face. She stared at the other woman who was radiating with energy. It was her and she was close to doing something cruel, propelled by her burning anger.
Don't. Hotaru screamed at her, but it was too late, she was not able to stop her. Vigorously she was thrown out of this mind again...
The alien rose from the ground looking completely changed. She was wearing a white robe and on her forehead a red star was glowing as fierily as her wrathful eyes.
In her hands a fire ball was forming; she screamed throwing it right at Teal'C. It flew toward him with incredible velocity; the Jaffa was like paralyzed unable to move aside. He was hit and crashed into the wall with immense speed.
"God", O'Neill spun around and ran toward his friend. He was unconscious but still breathing. Jack turned back around seeing that the alien had fainted again looking as if she had not made a single move.
Hotaru shot up gasping for air. Setsuna helped her up asking, "Hotaru-chan, what happened?"
It took her a while to gather her thoughts before she could answer. Stammering and shivering all over her body Hotaru brought out:
"She...she has attacked somebody. Her emotion... she was so full of hatred."
"Are you saying", Michiru questioned worriedly, "that she has regained full control her powers now?"
Hotaru nodded slowly knowing what this meant for them. Their time to prevent a catastrophe had just begun to run out.
To be continued... See y'all again soon, stay tuned and keep on r&r -ing.
