Chapter 7- Conversations and Deep Thoughts
Kaneda: "How were you able to afford such a wicked place?"
Colonel: "What, did you think they paid me in peanuts? Now lets get him inside. Be very gentle with him."
Kaneda and the Colonel very carefully lifted the unconscious Tetsuo out of the truck and as the two carried him towards one of the smaller buildings next to a lovely pond Akira just stood there. He had lived as energy for so long he had forgotten just how beautiful the physical world could be. It filled him with peace and happiness the likes of which he had never felt before.
Valerie: "Hey Spark, are you all right? You're even quieter than usual."
Akira: "Hmm? Oh, I'm just fine. How long have I been standing here? I can't tell."
Valerie: "You've been here for about ten minutes I should think. I bet you're not used to all of this nature stuff."
Akira: "Do you know if Tetsuo is going to be okay or not?"
Valerie motioned to Akira to follow her to the pond next to the small building that Tetsuo and the others were currently in. She sat down on a bench and Akira did likewise. And with a worried sigh she began to speak ~~~
Valerie: "It turns out that the first aid I did on Tetsuo when we found him was the only thing that kept him from dying from his injuries. He's in a bad way right now. From what the Colonel has told me Tetsuo is in some sort of a coma. He doesn't think he'll die but there is nothing else that we can do for him until he's awake. We're all going to take turns checking up on him and making sure that he doesn't get any worse."
Akira: "Do you mean we will have to just hope that he wakes up?"
Valerie sighed and leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees and her head on her hands.
Valerie: "We should just be glad that Mr. Shikishima actually has some medical knowledge."
Akira: "I guess so. Hey Valerie can I ask you something?"
Valerie (sitting up straight): "Sure you can, you know that."
Akira: "Why do you act as though I am an equal? I mean you don't look at me like everyone else does. And why do you not seem too upset about receiving the power?"
Valerie: "Well I'm not very sure why I act the way I do towards you, but I guess it has to do with the fact that you're just as human as the rest of us. Just because you have all that power doesn't mean that I should act the same as everyone else does towards you. I don't have to be scared of you like some people. It's their loss for not getting to know the human behind the power. As for my powers I feel as though I was meant to get them. When I was in the Olympic Stadium before I found you I had a funny feeling that something was going to happen. Maybe those feelings were trying to tell me about these new abilities that I was going to get. I guess I'm just trying to take everything in stride and not let anything get me down."
Akira: "So you're overly optimistic and trusting by nature?"
Valerie: "You know, you're pretty wise for such a little guy. And when Tetsuo recovers we can all stay here and finally live in peace. We could even learn more about our powers and develop them; I mean the power doesn't have to be a dangerous thing does it? All of us could have a good life here."
Akira looked at Valerie with some concern on his face.
Akira: "What about your home and business in Neo-Tokyo? Won't you miss them?"
Valerie: "You know, I've thought about that. And I've decided that I shouldn't try to hold on to the past anymore."
Akira: "What do you mean by that? I do not understand."
Valerie: "I only stayed in the city because of my happy memories of Drake, I didn't want to let go of the past. But now I'm thinking about what has taken place since I've left the city now. I've gained new friends, new abilities and now I am seeing a part of the world that I have never seen before. I'll keep my happy memories with me for as long as I live, all the while continuing to discover a whole new side of the world that I didn't feel like finding before. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and now I am happier than I've ever been before. And I hope that when Tetsuo wakes up that he will find happiness as well."
Akira stood up and walked over to the edge of the water in the pond, holding his arm out and letting a large and gorgeous dragonfly settle down on it.
Akira: "I have a feeling that the only way he'll ever be happy again is if those he destroyed returned somehow."
Valerie walked over and joined him at the water's edge just as the dragonfly flew off Akira's arm and went into the surrounding bull rushes.
Valerie: "Yeah, you've got a point there. It's too bad that can't happen though."
Akira (Whispering): "Of course it can happen. I can make it happen. I can bring them all back."
Valerie whipped her head around and looked down at Akira so fast that her long blue ponytail slapped her in the face, her face was that of shock.
Valerie: "What did you say? Are you serious?"
Akira looked up at her with the slightest hint of a smile upon his face.
Akira: "Of course I am being serious. I'll sacrifice my strongest abilities in exchange for gathering up the individual energies and then give them flesh and blood bodies. But by the time I am able to resurrect everyone I will have permanently lost so much of my power that I will only be as strong as what will eventually be your maximum. No offense intended. However it will be a small price to pay for setting everything right. None of those people should have died, and from now on I want to create peace and happiness instead of death and destruction, whether the latter was caused by my own will or not. I will begin as soon as the sun sets so that I have time to prepare myself. The ones called Yama and Kaori will appear here first, when they will show up is something that I cannot answer right know. I be right here by this pond until the task is completed, you go over to the others and stay with them. And tell them not to come near me while I am doing this, I cannot be disturbed until it's over."
Valerie nodded and took off on a light run towards the building where the others were. And while Akira and Valerie had been talking, Kai held the sides of his head ever so slightly, a rush of images bombarding his mind, but he did not cry out. Instead he smiled at what he saw. He saw the face of a young girl in shorts and a white tank top with messy dark brown hair and the face of a dark haired boy in his late teens in a blue top with a volcano on the front.
Kai (Crying with joy): "They're coming back to us you guys ~~~
Kaneda: "How were you able to afford such a wicked place?"
Colonel: "What, did you think they paid me in peanuts? Now lets get him inside. Be very gentle with him."
Kaneda and the Colonel very carefully lifted the unconscious Tetsuo out of the truck and as the two carried him towards one of the smaller buildings next to a lovely pond Akira just stood there. He had lived as energy for so long he had forgotten just how beautiful the physical world could be. It filled him with peace and happiness the likes of which he had never felt before.
Valerie: "Hey Spark, are you all right? You're even quieter than usual."
Akira: "Hmm? Oh, I'm just fine. How long have I been standing here? I can't tell."
Valerie: "You've been here for about ten minutes I should think. I bet you're not used to all of this nature stuff."
Akira: "Do you know if Tetsuo is going to be okay or not?"
Valerie motioned to Akira to follow her to the pond next to the small building that Tetsuo and the others were currently in. She sat down on a bench and Akira did likewise. And with a worried sigh she began to speak ~~~
Valerie: "It turns out that the first aid I did on Tetsuo when we found him was the only thing that kept him from dying from his injuries. He's in a bad way right now. From what the Colonel has told me Tetsuo is in some sort of a coma. He doesn't think he'll die but there is nothing else that we can do for him until he's awake. We're all going to take turns checking up on him and making sure that he doesn't get any worse."
Akira: "Do you mean we will have to just hope that he wakes up?"
Valerie sighed and leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees and her head on her hands.
Valerie: "We should just be glad that Mr. Shikishima actually has some medical knowledge."
Akira: "I guess so. Hey Valerie can I ask you something?"
Valerie (sitting up straight): "Sure you can, you know that."
Akira: "Why do you act as though I am an equal? I mean you don't look at me like everyone else does. And why do you not seem too upset about receiving the power?"
Valerie: "Well I'm not very sure why I act the way I do towards you, but I guess it has to do with the fact that you're just as human as the rest of us. Just because you have all that power doesn't mean that I should act the same as everyone else does towards you. I don't have to be scared of you like some people. It's their loss for not getting to know the human behind the power. As for my powers I feel as though I was meant to get them. When I was in the Olympic Stadium before I found you I had a funny feeling that something was going to happen. Maybe those feelings were trying to tell me about these new abilities that I was going to get. I guess I'm just trying to take everything in stride and not let anything get me down."
Akira: "So you're overly optimistic and trusting by nature?"
Valerie: "You know, you're pretty wise for such a little guy. And when Tetsuo recovers we can all stay here and finally live in peace. We could even learn more about our powers and develop them; I mean the power doesn't have to be a dangerous thing does it? All of us could have a good life here."
Akira looked at Valerie with some concern on his face.
Akira: "What about your home and business in Neo-Tokyo? Won't you miss them?"
Valerie: "You know, I've thought about that. And I've decided that I shouldn't try to hold on to the past anymore."
Akira: "What do you mean by that? I do not understand."
Valerie: "I only stayed in the city because of my happy memories of Drake, I didn't want to let go of the past. But now I'm thinking about what has taken place since I've left the city now. I've gained new friends, new abilities and now I am seeing a part of the world that I have never seen before. I'll keep my happy memories with me for as long as I live, all the while continuing to discover a whole new side of the world that I didn't feel like finding before. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and now I am happier than I've ever been before. And I hope that when Tetsuo wakes up that he will find happiness as well."
Akira stood up and walked over to the edge of the water in the pond, holding his arm out and letting a large and gorgeous dragonfly settle down on it.
Akira: "I have a feeling that the only way he'll ever be happy again is if those he destroyed returned somehow."
Valerie walked over and joined him at the water's edge just as the dragonfly flew off Akira's arm and went into the surrounding bull rushes.
Valerie: "Yeah, you've got a point there. It's too bad that can't happen though."
Akira (Whispering): "Of course it can happen. I can make it happen. I can bring them all back."
Valerie whipped her head around and looked down at Akira so fast that her long blue ponytail slapped her in the face, her face was that of shock.
Valerie: "What did you say? Are you serious?"
Akira looked up at her with the slightest hint of a smile upon his face.
Akira: "Of course I am being serious. I'll sacrifice my strongest abilities in exchange for gathering up the individual energies and then give them flesh and blood bodies. But by the time I am able to resurrect everyone I will have permanently lost so much of my power that I will only be as strong as what will eventually be your maximum. No offense intended. However it will be a small price to pay for setting everything right. None of those people should have died, and from now on I want to create peace and happiness instead of death and destruction, whether the latter was caused by my own will or not. I will begin as soon as the sun sets so that I have time to prepare myself. The ones called Yama and Kaori will appear here first, when they will show up is something that I cannot answer right know. I be right here by this pond until the task is completed, you go over to the others and stay with them. And tell them not to come near me while I am doing this, I cannot be disturbed until it's over."
Valerie nodded and took off on a light run towards the building where the others were. And while Akira and Valerie had been talking, Kai held the sides of his head ever so slightly, a rush of images bombarding his mind, but he did not cry out. Instead he smiled at what he saw. He saw the face of a young girl in shorts and a white tank top with messy dark brown hair and the face of a dark haired boy in his late teens in a blue top with a volcano on the front.
Kai (Crying with joy): "They're coming back to us you guys ~~~