I'm back with another awaited chapter! Now this chappie, I may warn, might have some Mary/Jr. stuff, don't hate me for it! . But it must be done! Anyway, I finally got to listen to the Xenosaga II Soundtrack, and I must say, that shits good! LOL The songs are very different from the first one, well, in my opinion. Love the music, I recommend it to anyone D Alright, I think this chapter will be quite exciting!!! Thanks for reviews! Enjoy!
PART III
Light Your Face With A Smile
Chapter 24
Has
" Little Master wait!" Mary called as she rushed after the fleeting form just ahead of her. By such a quick change in events, everyone had also run after the pair, trying to keep up with the two who were ahead of them...but they hadn't realized...
Jr. ran as quickly as possible...not realizing where he was going, but at least knowing he had to end up somewhere...
" This is reckless." chaos called for Jr., who simply kept running. " Jr.! Slow down! Your going to get us caught this way!"
" I need to find MOMO!"
" How can you if we do not know her location?" Ziggy yelled back calmly as Jr. began to slow down. Point taken...
Mary stopped just a few feet away from Jr., bending down while trying to catch her breath. The others had also stopped a few feet away from the pair, A few of them trying to catch their breath as well. Jr. clutched his fists together, trying to think rationally...
But it seemed quite hard when voices started to fill your head...
" Leave her be...You have her...Why can't I have some fun?"
" What?"
" Isn't it obvious? You have her..."
" Have who?"
" Sakura..."
" What!?"
" Little Master?" Mary called out as she placed a hand on Jr.'s shoulder, his back turned to her. He was startled out of his thoughts, his eyes moving every which way in a nervous fashion...how close those voices sounded...but why wouldn't they?
It was all in his head...
Was he going crazy...?
" It's a very good question...don't you think?"
" Shion." Jr. questioned as she stepped out from the group.
" Yes?"
" Do you have any idea where MOMO might be?"
" I'm sorry...I...I'm not sure..." Shion looked back at the others for some help...but they all seem to be at a loss.
" sir?" One of the soldiers spoke suddenly, everyone's attention turned towards him.
" Yes?" chaos spoke.
" Well, if we do not know the other location for the rest of the prisoners, may I suggest we check the surveillance room?"
" The surveillance room?"
" Yes, every corridor, hall, and room has cameras...which must be causing the guards to appear at our location at any moment..."
" Oh, I see." chaos smiled and nodded, turning his head to look at the others.
" With all this running, we're bound to be caught by just standing here, we should head to the surveillance room, and see if we can spot MOMO in one of the rooms being observed."
" Alright!" Jr. yelled out, some what commandingly. " Then where's the-"
BOOM
" SHIT!" Jr. yelled as everyone suddenly began to scramble. They all were standing in an unknown hall...and through all the talking, guards from the upper side of the hall began to fire.
" Dammit! I don't have time for this!" Jr. snapped as Ziggy looked over to Jr.
" Then let's have a little fun eh?" chaos suggested as Jr. raised an eyebrow.
" But-"
" We'll be fine Jr., Mary and Allen will stay with me...I'll heal if you get hurt since I don't have my weapon on me." Shion called as they were under more fire...as well as the soldiers coming closer to them. Ziggy nodded and suddenly walked right in the middle of the hall way.
" Ziggy! Are you crazy!?" Allen called as he lifted his hand in front of him. The guards had suddenly stopped shooting, looking in puzzlement at the cyborg. Ziggy suddenly narrowed his eyes, the sparks of electricity and light forming around it.
" What are you fools doing! Stop standing there and FIGHT!" One of the commanders called...
A little late, aren't we?
" Ready." Ziggy said, suddenly bending his back backwards and then thrusting his light enveloped fist into the floor. " Lightening Fist!"
A slow rumble had suddenly formed into a tremor, causing Mary to crouch on the floor and the guards to lose their balance. The electric lightening from his fist transferred into the ground, causing the rumble to become louder and the floor to break in different areas. Lightening came from these broken floor pieces, causing the guards to back away slightly. As they were distracted, Jr. and chaos took the opportunity to strike back.
" Hurry! Get up! Fight back!" The official yelled at his squad began to shoot again...only to be shot back...
" EAT THIS!" Jr. yelled as he began running towards them, expertly shooting a few men down. After becoming close enough, Jr. suddenly slide to the floor, and as he did, chaos appeared behind him, jumping in the air...
...as it suddenly grew cold...
" Artic Blast!" chaos yelled as he hurled his hands in the air, the snow like ball increasing in size. Multiple snow boulders began to form, and shot themselves down on to the guards.
" Ah!! Look out!" A guard yelled suddenly as the rest of the troop was attacked by an oncoming avalanche of snowballs.
chaos hopped back down on the ground as Jr. stood up. Ziggy approached behind the two as one of their soldiers yelled.
" Sir! We have successfully located the surveillance room! Two floors above!" The male yelled as chaos nodded. ( I wouldn't think there would be to many floors in the base. I mean, come on! Ceilings are far up, rooms are spacious...everything's freakin huge! . !!)
Shion stood up from behind the wall she used for protection with Mary and Allen. " Are you guys alright?"
" Don't worry, we're fine." Ziggy approached as Allen sighed.
" I really should be more helpful in these situations..." Allen said suddenly and looked over to Jr., who seemed to be starring at the mass of damage in front of him...
" Jr., we're done here, we must keep going." chaos calmly spoke as Jr. turned around slowly. He placed his guns back in their holsters and began to approach the group...
...none realizing...
Hummmm.....
Mary's ears perked up suddenly...as well as Ziggy's and chaos, a sudden noise made itself known.
Hummmmmm...
" Shhh...listen..." Mary spoke quietly as everyone suddenly froze. chaos concentrated deeper on the noise...closing his eyes during the process...
...and then suddenly frowning.
" We have to get out of here!!" chaos yelled as he started running away from the damaged sight. Shion nodded in confusion as Allen grabbed her arm and ran also. Ziggy soon followed, and then Mary also began to run.
" Little Master come on!" Mary yelled as she waited for him. Jr. shook his head quickly and began to run also.
Hummmm.m....m...mm....
" Sir, there's a stairwell exit!" The solider yelled as they all ran, not quite sure what and why the reason...but if chaos said run...
Then something was bound to happen...
Humm..m...
Mary suddenly looked to the wall...her eyes widening as she noticed a red spot forming...
" Ever-"
HUUUUUMMMMMMMMM....
" Look OUT!!" Mary suddenly yelled as she pushed Jr. backwards. Caught by surprise, Jr. was about to hit the floor...but there was no floor to hit...
For the wall that formed the red spot suddenly fell apart, a drill like machine prying it's way through and almost hitting Jr...
...but instead...grazed Mary's leg, who screamed out in pain.
" Mary!" Jr. yelled as the floor caved in from the heavy drill prying itself into the floor.
Everything caved in...
" Mary! Jr.!" Shion shouted as Ziggy and chaos ran in front of her and began attacking at the sudden charge of men, who seemed to have operated the machine, down with their long range attacks.
" Shion! Come on!" Allen yelled as he tightened his grip on her arm and pulled her into the staircase.
As chaos and Ziggy finished, which was rather quickly, Shion came running back out as Allen followed behind her closely. Shion dropped herself by the caved in area and began shouting.
" Jr.!!... Jr.! Mary!? Mary!!" Shion shouted as chaos knelt by her, placing his hands on her shoulders.
" We have to go Shion."
" chaos! No! What about Jr. and Mary!?"
" They'll be ok."
" Ok!? How can they be ok!? What if they're under all that rubble!?"
" I'm sure they'll be fine, I would like to stay myself...but, decisions have to be made!"
" chaos...please..." Shion sadly pleaded as chaos's eyes softened. He helped her get up and gave her a reassuring look.
" We'll all be caught if we stay here any longer...and then we really wouldn't be able to help the others now can we? Plus...I know they'll be ok."
" H-how?" Shion looked back on the massive damage.
" I can feel them...Their aura...you know?" chaos smiled as Shion looked at him in puzzlement.
Ziggy approached the stairwell door where the others were waiting.
" Let's keep going." Ziggy said as chaos walked away, Shion nodding as she soon followed...
She slowly walked down the porch stairs...the rain beginning it's attack on her small form. She hugged her hands closely to her chest as she felt a chill creep up her spine...
He looked at her...his eyes revealing sadness...yet, a soft glow still stayed there...
After a few moments...she stopped walking...the girl stood in front of the male figure, who in turn gave off a weak smile.
" I could have walked to you..."
" Your going to get sick..."
" Not really, I'm a U.R.T.V., remember?"
"..." Sakura stood silently as Jr. gave off a worried expression. The rain had completely soaked her...and seeing as how she was only wearing a white gown...
well...
It wasn't helping things much...( I wonder why...)
Suddenly, Sakura proceeded to press her body against him for warmth, both of them standing silently in the rain...
" Having indecent thoughts are we...?"
His eyes squeezed tightly together for a few more moments...his hands twitching.
Jr. slowly opened his eyes, his vision blurred by the sudden hit of light.
A pounding headache had then made itself known...or at least a dull throb...
He placed his palm on the cold floor, using it to help lift himself up...
Only he wasn't able to...
As his eye vision cleared, he was quite surprised to see the blonde haired lady on top of him...her arms about his waist as well...
What an interesting position.
" Mary?" Jr. paused as he called to her, surveying the area. In front of him laid a drill like object, twice his size maybe? Who would know, for it had been in complete disarray, along with a few fragments laying all over the place. The events came back to him, and he quickly turned around, hoping to find the others nearby...
Unfortunately...he found no one...not even a guard, which Jr. found strange at first, but proceeded into figuring out that little question later. For now, he had to wake Mary up.
" Mary...Mary? Can you hear me? Come on! You gotta get up." Jr. repeatedly called as he began to shake her.
" Hmmm..." Mary began to stir, her eye brows coming together as she began to move her hands away from Jr.'s waist ( Hopefully, to much of his relief...LOL). She gently placed her elbows on the ground and lifted her upper body upwards, opening her eyes.
" You ok?" Jr. questioned as she shook her head. She immediately looked at him after he spoke. How serious he seemed...and worried.
" Yea...I think I'm...ahh! Oww...darn...I forgot about that..." Mary yelped as she tried to move, only to have pain shoot up through her leg. She had forgotten how she had been hit by that drill...Blood trickled down her leg...a nasty gash it seemed.
Jr. also saw the injury and cursed under his breath. He hadn't meant for Mary to get hurt because he was in deep thought, he should have been paying more attention...
" We have to get that bandaged right away..." Jr. slide away from his current position in order to get a better look at the injury, and he suddenly realized...
" Damn." Jr. said, now noticing he didn't have his hood on...he must have forgotten to put it on while running...what if the guards recognized him? What if the camera's caught him? What if-
" Little Master? What's wrong?"
" Nothing, forget it...you'll need help standing." Jr. quickly changed the oncoming subject, and bent down to help Mary up...who didn't seem to be fond of the idea.
" Ow...jeez, this hurts..."
" I know it must...but for now, just bare with it."
" You were always such a gentleman Jr." Mary put sarcastically as Jr. frowned.
" Don't start." Jr. paused as he looked around. He noticed a door not to far from their position and proceeded in taking Mary there.
" Almost there." Jr. absent mindedly whispered as they both approached the door. It quickly opened, causing Mary and Jr. to rush inside, just in case someone could have seen them. Jr. set Mary down on a crate not as tall as most boxes in the room. It was quite dim, but Jr. could make out what type of room it must have been.
" A storage room...at least I think it's one." Jr. said as Mary looked up at him. The room was somewhat spacious...and no camera's. To Jr.'s knowledge, camera's weren't wasted on rooms like these, they would just have guards guard them...but since there was a situation to take care of...
" Should we turn on the light?" Mary questioned as Jr. began to open some of the crates, looking for anything to help Mary's wound.
" No...we'll be spotted easily then if the light mysteriously turns on...will just use this." Jr. flicked the flashlight on, gleaming it around the room, and then on Mary. " Here." Jr. threw a flashlight to her, which she easily caught. Mary quickly turned it on, and proceeded in opening a small box next to her, to see if she could help in any way.
" Hmmm...most of this stuff is equipment...I don't think to much here will help..."
" There's some water in this box." Mary called as Jr. soon walked over and took one bottle of water out.
" Well, I guess we have to make the best of the situation." Jr. grinned sheepishly as he suddenly took his cape off. He placed it in front of him, and began to rip at it.
" Little Master, aren't you gonna need that?"
" No...I've probably been spotted anyway...or by someone, no use for it..."
" I never really knew what it was for...why did you hide yourself under that big thing?"
" I don't suppose Juli would suspect a dead guy saving anyone eh?" Jr. proceeded in ripping more strips, and then began to open the water bottle. They both became suddenly silent as Jr. placed the cool liquid on the strip, which was now being used to clean the wound. " Don't mind, but I'm going to have to zip down your boot, it's in the way." Jr. spoke as he proceeded in doing so, folding the zippered part on her shoe. Mary looked over to the side, as she felt a blush trying to make it's way to her cheeks.
The vastness of the stars caught her attention as she looked outside the window...Mary began to speak.
" Your so cruel..." Mary whispered as Jr. froze in his actions. He glanced at Mary, a confused expression on his face.
" Huh? I'm cruel?"
" You drop dead right in front of me and then pop right back here as if nothing happened."
"...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to worry everyone like that..."
" You did worry everyone...but you scared me..." Jr. looked back at her as he proceeded in finishing bandaging her leg up. He was at a loss for words, Jr. wasn't quite sure what to say to make Mary feel any better...
" And then on top of that..." Mary trailed off, looking down at her now completed bandaged leg as Jr. sat down crossed legged.
" What?"
" Never mind. We should look for-"
" It's MOMO isn't it?" Jr. spoke softly as Mary picked up her flashlight and began to play with it. Jr. watched her sadly, seeing the lost look in her eyes. He then stood up and sat next to her. As he did, Mary suddenly stood up and gave her leg a few tests at walking. " Mary?"
" Everyone always thought I had something for the President, I even had you fooled. Shelly was the only one who really knew what was going on. Little me always trying to be adventurous as you...or something...It's hard to explain...."
" It's hard to explain feelings, period..." Jr. added as he placed his hand under his chin. " Life's a bastard, so you have to be a bastard right back to it...heh, I don't see how anyone can explain feelings..." Jr. continued bitterly as Mary had somehow ended up near the window. Near the big window, a small set of stairs, maybe two or three steps, was placed. Mary sat down on one of them and continued to gaze at the stars.
" I didn't really have to explain mine...did I?" Mary joked sadly as she heard Jr. stand up. He didn't answer her then, only staying silent... " If you can't answer that, than answer this...what do you see in the pink haired..."
" Don't say it Mary..."
" But she is one...she's a realian, it's hard to take reality in, but that's how it is...everyone has to deal with it..."
" People don't have to deal with it...because their the ones that keep doing it...Always persecuting someone whose different from them...it's unfair..."
" And it's unfair that I saw you first and she didn't..." Mary whispered...but it was enough for Jr. to hear, who balled his fist tighter.
" Then what the hell do you want me to do about it!?"
" I don't know..."
" I can't help the way I feel! No one can! No one can control something so strong, no matter how possible it seems...MOMO's been so kind...she's been through so much...And all you've been is a real bitch about it! " ( Wow, this sounds like a soap opera...LOL)
" I can't help the way I feel either!" Mary yelled as she turned to look at him. " I can't help but get jealous. I can't help but not understand why she clicks in your mind and I don't...It really sucks that I like you a lot but you don't like me back..."
Jr. looked towards the ground and sighed. This was getting them no where...
" Maybe that's the difference..." Jr. said as he approached Mary, who turned back around to star gaze again. " Maybe...it's just the fact that...my feelings for her a stronger then they are for you..." How awkward he felt... " It's not that I like her...I...I love her...and no matter how cheesy it sounds, I'm not sure how else to put it...I'm no freakin poet or whatever, but at least my point's being made. I admitted that to myself a long time ago..." Mary stayed silent as she began to play with the flashlight she brought with her again.
" What...about...Sakura?" Mary asked quietly as Jr.'s expression turned from fierce to pain.
" I..."
" You got angry when I broke your violin bow...or when I said anything related to her...you protect her a lot...and she's not even alive..."
" But her memory is..." Jr. whispered as he also sat down on the stairs, looking at the stars. A darkened blanket...with diamonds sowed on to make it gleam...
"It'll take me...I don't know how long...to move on...but I don't think anyone should really forget someone they cherished a lot...I'll learn to let go of my feelings for her...but not her memory, or else, it would be like she never really existed...Sakura isn't like MOMO...they're both completely different, no matter how similar they look physically. I know you'll see pass that..." They both grew silent...quietly watching the stars together...seeing how they gave off light...as if they were the little bits of hope that flickered in the darkness.
Jr. suddenly stood up and checked out his guns. Mary looked up at him slowly and questioned.
" Where are you going?" How far off she suddenly sounded...
" I didn't come here to get my ass wiped by Juli Mizrahi. I came to rescue you guys...and to save MOMO...it's time to end all this..." Jr. then placed them back in their holsters and wiped the dust from his clothing. " Your going to stay here...no protesting! One, your injured. Two, it's safe here, you can lock the door from the inside as well as there being equipment around here...which I think you'll get creative and use to contact any outsider. I saw some radios in the boxes over there..." Jr. pointed to a few said objects and was about to turn around when he saw Mary lay her head against the stair railing.
Jr. then bent down in front of her, noticing her gaze to look far off. He cupped her face with both hands, startling Mary out of her thoughts.
" I'm sorry I can't return your feelings...your a really good friend Mary, I don't want you to hate me because of this...I know there isn't anything I can do to make you feel better...seeing as how you must think of me as a real asshole at the moment...but..." Jr. then placed a kiss on her cheek...
And moved to place another kiss on her other cheek...he gazed into her eyes and then placed one last kiss on her forehead...( I know everyone hates Mary...but it's kind of a touching scene isn't it? :::pulls out tissue:::)
After a few seconds, Jr. gazed out the window again and released his kiss on her forehead. He then whispered in her ear...
" Feel better..."
Jr. let go of Mary and looked towards the door. He took a deep breath and walked out.
Mary watched his every move...
The automatic doors opened, the light flooding in from the hall...Jr. looked back at Mary...
...and the doors suddenly closed, leaving Mary with the only comfort of the flashlight's light...
Jr. leaned against the wall outside of the room he just came out of. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath...
While he did this...he hadn't noticed a small figure, from the end of the corridor, peering at him, trying to keep them self hidden...
Now, wasn't that something! A little fluff maybe? Who knows, anyway read and review!