Switchy, Switchy
By: Kaltmr
Disclaimer: i don't own xenosaga. ok?
Chapter One:
The Gas... and the Gnosis.
((Shion Uzuki))
It was just an ordinary day. I was sitting there, in the lower level of the Elsa, tending to Kos-Mos. Usually, I was alone, but today chaos was with me. I don't know what the reason was, but I couldn't stop taking peeks at him, from over my computer screen. Him... just sitting there, looking over a star map. With his fair skin... and his gleaming hair... and... what am I talking about? This is chaos! I shouldn't... have these kind of thoughts about him. Still, what he was doing intrigued me.
"So... what are you doing chaos?" I asked before I could stop myself.
"Hmm?" he looked up from his mini screen. "Oh... nothing to important. I'm just scanning around to see what planets we're passing by."
"Mind if I take a look?" I asked, again, without thinking about it.
"Sure." he nodded, scooting over on the bench, allowing me to sit by him. "See, this shows all the planets that we pass by, and all the energy signals coming from them." the screen showed a mini Elsa flying by planets, and many dots on the planets. "These green dots are energy signals from humans. Red dots are Gnosis signals. If it's a different color, then we know it's something either harmless or extremely dangerous."
"Wow..." I answered dumbly. Amazingly enough, I wasn't interested in how he worked... I was interested in him. 'No!' I thought, shaking my head. 'I shouldn't be thinking like this!'
"Is something wrong?" he asked, noticing my head shaking.
"Oh... nothing. Hey... what's that dot?" I pointed to an orange dot on a nearby planet.
"That dot..." chaos muttered. It was on a planet infested with red dots, signifying it was a Gnosis infested planet. He suddenly stood up, and took out his comm unit. "Captain Matthews? Do you mind if we stop by the planet that is... approximately 20 parsecs east of here? I'd like to check something there."
Matthew's voice was loud, even as chaos held the comm far away from him. "What! that's a Gnosis planet! What could you possibly want to do there?"
"Just... trust me on this Captain. I think there's something there..."
"Ok..." his voice was calmer. "You can go chaos. But bring someone with you. I don't like the idea of you going there alone."
chaos chuckled at that last remark. "Oh, so you're worried about me Captain?"
"What?" he yelled through the comm. "No I'm not! It's just that..." he paused, and Hammer and Tony could be heard laughing in the background. "Shut up you two! Without you, we won't have a good navigator!"
"Can't Momo navigate? She is pretty good at finding shortcuts you know..." chaos laughed again.
"Oh shut it. Just bring someone with, and you can go."
"All right. Thank you Captain." chaos turned off the comm, still laughing at their argument.
"Well... since the place is infested with Gnosis... you may borrow Kos-Mos if you'd like." I offered quickly, lest he leave without anyone.
"Really? I'd appreciate that."
I walked over to Kos-Mos and activated her. "Kos-Mos, would you join chaos on a trip?"
"A trip? Where to Shion?" she asked in her monotone voice.
"I'm... not too sure. But I know there are Gnosis. So... it'd be nice if you could accompany him."
"Affirmative. I shall join him on this "trip"."
chaos headed to the elevator and we felt the Elsa begin it's decent. He was about to go in, when he stopped and looked back at me. "Would... you like to come too Shion?"
"Hmm? Really?" I was... amazed. 'He wants me to come with him?' I thought.
"Yes. I know you're not too partial to having Kos-Mos going around without you... and if she got damaged, I wouldn't have a clue what to do." he chuckled. "I may be a great navigator, but I don't know the 1st thing about robots."
I sighed. "Sure. I'll come with."
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I didn't need anyone to tell me that the planet was evil. Upon stepping out of the Elsa, I could feel the malice surrounding me. "So... what are we looking for?" I asked chaos as we entered a splice between a lava pit and a forest.
"I'm not really sure..." he walked through some bushes. "But we'll know when we find out."
I followed through the bushes, and we were instantly ambushed by some Gnosis. There were only two of them, but I didn't recognize them.
"chaos! Be careful! I don't... recognize these Gnosis!"
"I do." he pointed to one that looked like a giant made out of stone. "That's a Golum. He uses earthen attacks, so get ready to jump away from him." he then pointed to a demonic looking Gnosis that was flying around the Golum. "That's a Winged Demon. He uses fire Ether a lot. Alright, let's go!" forming his wings, he flew up to meet the Winged Demon, and Kos-Mos followed, leaving me alone... with the Golum.
Not bothering to look at what chaos and Kos-Mos were doing, I ran towards the Golum, M.W.S. at the ready. Seeing me coming, it smashed at the ground, creating an earthquake. I jumped up, and sent an electric shock at it. It didn't seem to have any effect on it though. "Ugh... lightening doesn't work well on rocks..." while I tried to develop a new strategy, at raised up one of it's arms, creating a boulder out of thin air, and threw it at me. I jumped out of the way, but it ran at me and... I couldn't react. I don't know why, but I just... wouldn't move. All I could do was scream.
chaos saw my situation, and after hitting the Winged Demon to the ground, he quickly flew to me. Slapping my hand, he grinned, and said "Tag!" putting up his hands, he created a barrier with his aura energy. The Golum punched, and it punched, but it couldn't break through. When the Golum let up for just a second, chaos struck. Pushing his barrier out, he sent the Golum flying back, and he flew over and slammed down onto it, blowing it up with an aura charge.
"Shion." Kos-Mos had finished off the Winged Demon, and rushed over to me. "Are you ok? My sensors show that your brain waves are... not normal. You are showing more fear than usual."
"Are you all right Shion?" chaos ran back to me, since he no longer had a use for his wings. "You just screamed all of a sudden."
"I... I don't know what happened..." I stuttered.
"Do you want to go back to the Elsa? It's no problem..."
"No." I said standing up, regaining my posture. "I'm... ok now. Thank you... chaos."
"Um... your welcome. Now... you're sure your alright?"
"She seems to be." Kos-Mos scanned me again. "Her brain wave patterns are normal once again. Shall we continue?"
"Yes... let's move on. We don't want more Gnosis coming after us." I said, moving thru the bushes.
As we moved on, a gas seemed to cover the ground. It had a slight orange tint to it, but it didn't seem to be dangerous.
"Kos-Mos... about this gas.."
"Scanning." she replied. "The gas doesn't seem to be toxic to humans in any way possible Shion. I believe it is safe to continue."
"Ok, then let's move on." chaos forged ahead.
As we went further and further into the weird scenery, the gas became thicker and thicker. And the further I went, I felt drowsier and drowsier. I moaned a bit, and sat down. "Can we... take a break?"
"Sure thing." chaos said, taking a seat beside me. Not really thinking about what I was doing, I rested my head on chaos' shoulder. "Are you... ok Shion?"
"Huh?" I looked up at him. "I'm... a little drowsy..."
"Well.. I hope you can still fight!" he suddenly said, helping me stand up. "We've got company!"
Another Winged Demon and Golum had stumbled upon us. They didn't seem... the same though. The Winged Demon wasn't flying...
"You take the Demon this time, I'll take the Golum!" chaos ran after the Golum.
"Sure thing..." I muttered back. Taking out my M.W.S. I shot at the Demon, but it jumped to the side. "Odd..." I said out loud. "That's the way the Golum dodged..."
Catching me off guard, it raised it's hand, and created a boulder. Not realizing what was happening, I let it hit me. "Shion!" chaos yelled, running at me. While his back was to the Golum, it took this chance to... hit him with a fire spell? chaos fell flying forward, and landed on me. As my vision blurred, I could barely make out Kos-Mos trying to keep the Gnosis from us. 'At least... chaos is with me...' I thought, before I blacked out.
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A/N wow... long 1st chapter. R&R plz!
