Author's Note: Wow, finally an update, huh? I know, it took forever. Sorry, you can check out my profile for more information. But, you need not wait any longer for the fic, for I have finally gotten out chapter 5 to...
My Date with Shion
By SapphireWhiteTigress
Chapter 5
Down on the streets, a random Gnosis was running amok. You know the one. The big ugly one with the...with the...big and ugly...thing. Anyway, it was one of those gray, big and ugly, solid Gnosis that lived to terrorize the people of the Foundation.
Shion cursed her luck at having to find a Gnosis while unprepared. Allen wanted to cry out in frustration and pull out all his hair. Magically, though, Shion pulled out her electric weapon that she uses to kill off these damnable creatures.
Then, Shion underwent a transformation that was similar to that of Sailor Moon's. Allen was utterly speechless as he witness the transformation. He had no idea that Shion could do that! She was so mesmerizing and goddess-like and she looked completely naked. The blood instantly rushed to his face (and other areas) at the thought of a naked Shion. Bad Allen!
She jumped from the fourth floor balcony and landed swiftly in front of the Gnosis with not a single scratch. She was ready to take this Gnosis down, and believe it or not, the Gnosis was ready to tear her limb from limb.
Allen stood amazed at having just seen the woman he longed for jump from the fourth floor balcony and land like an acrobat on the ground below. She was just so amazing! He would gawk at her all day, if it wasn't for the fact that she might need him. He stared at the railing on the fourth floor of the restaurant and contemplated if he could jump like his beloved Shion. He slowly backed up to give himself some running room before making a dash towards the railing and...stopping. On second thought...he turned around and ran down the stairs. He wasn't that crazy.
He ran around the side to see Shion finishing off the Gnosis and dusting her hands. Allen sighed in relief, but yet...he felt sadden that Shion had no need for him. He was about to go to her and make sure she was alright when he notice that there was another Gnosis sneaking up behind her, ready to move in for the final kill.
Why hadn't she notice it yet?
Allen gasped as the Gnosis posed, ready to kill her and by the time Shion was aware of the creature behind her, it was too late.
"Shion!" Allen yelled in fear for her life and ran, reaching out to her.
Shion was vaguely aware of someone shouting out her name and...
Everything went black.
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Allen was exhausted. All he wanted to do was sleep...sleep, what a good idea sleep was. Maybe he could sleep forever. He shivered. He was cold. Very cold. Why was it so cold here? Wait...where is here? Everything was dark...could it mean...is it possible...had he died? If he had...was Shion okay? He would be happy knowing that he had given his life for her...but still... "I'm...Am I dead? Why is everything so cold and dark...could this be...hell? What have I done to deserve to go to hell?"
"You've waited too late to tell the woman you love how you felt, Allen Ridgeley!" An eerie voice whispered into his ear.
Allen was shock. "I'm–I'm sorry!"
There was a pause before the 'mysterious voice', which sounded oddly family, continued. "Very well than, Allen Ridgeley. I shall grant you one more chance. Now, be gone, and remember, wait no longer!"
Allen eyes snapped open with a start/ He gasped for air as he quickly sat up to catch his bearings. He looked around him and noticed Christopher first, who for some reason, looked like he was trying to conceal some laughter, and failing. "Did you know you talk in your sleep?"
Allen raised a confused eyebrow. "Huh?" He looked passed Chris to see Shion staring at him with concern in her eyes. He instantly jumped up and rush to her. "Shion! Thank god you're okay! What happened?"
Shion stared at him for a moment, making him very extremely uneasy, than smiled slightly. "After you pushed me away from the Gnosis, you passed out and your friend Christopher took care of it." After Allen had promptly passed out, the man known as Christopher Tabasco introduced himself to Shion and killed off the Gnosis.
Allen blinked, clearly embarrassed. "I...passed out?"
Chris laughed. "Yeah, it was quite humorous because you thought you were dead."
That mysterious voice... "That was you!" Allen yelled, mortified.
Chris nodded with his ridiculous grin. "Did you honestly think I was the devil or something?"
Allen frowned, even more embarrassed than he was five seconds ago.
Christopher's grin instantly disappeared. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I do believe we have company." He tilted his head to the side as a group of Gnosis flew towards them.
His wife, Megan, groaned in irritation. "How are they getting in?"
The four of them turned to the wall of the Foundation to see a leak where the Gnosis were getting in (yes, again...they really need to do something about that). They groaned. "Oh, great."
Christopher stood up and grabbed Allen by the arm and pulled him around the side of the building, shouting over his shoulder. "We'll be back, ladies!"
Once they were out of ear shot from the ladies, Chris let go of Allen's arm. He pulled something out of his pants pocket and held it up for Allen to see. "Do you see this?"
Allen blinked. "Uh...yeah...?"
Christopher smirked. "Good, you're going to be using it." He tossed it to the other man.
It hit Allen on the head and fell to the ground with a dull 'clonk' sound.
Chris sighed. "It's your weapon, doofus."
Allen rubbed the now growing bump on his slightly aching head and picked up the hilt. "A...hilt?"
Chris regain his ridiculous looking grin. "Not just any hilt! Go on, press the button!"
Allen took notice of a small red button on the side and pressed it. The hilt instantly turned into a glowing red sword. Allen almost dropped it again. "Huh? What is this?"
"It's a sword. You're going to be fighting with it."
Allen eyes grew large. "But–but I don't know how to fight!"
"Oh, stop being such a baby, Allen." Christopher crossed his arms. "Now, listen to me. From what you told me earlier, you're in love with Shion, correct?" Allen nodded. "And you would do anything to protect her, am I right?" Allen nodded again. "That means fighting for her. You shouldn't let your woman fight at all."
Allen blushed. "But, it's not that simple...she fights because of who she is and what she believes in. She's a very strong and independent woman. She doesn't need someone like me to fight for her." He sighed, making himself depressed again. "And besides, I'm not very good at fighting. I can't even fight off space bugs." (Beware of the giant space spider)
"Allen, honestly. Fighting for someone and willingly to give your life is a sure proof of your love. I'll fight the gods in heaven if that means Megan will be alright." Christopher truly did love his wife more than life itself, and he would do anything for her.
Allen stared at his weapon. "Everyday, I try to be there for her and protect her from danger, but she pushes me away. She ignores me..."
Christopher rolled his eyes. "Allen, if she wanted nothing to do with you, why on the Foundation would she be out with you right now?"
Allen started to think. Maybe Shion did see him as more than a subordinate. Why else would she be out with him today? This gave him renewed hope. "You're right."
"Of course I'm right, now, we have a battle to win! Let's go out there and show these Gnosis what you're made of!" Christopher pushed Allen back to where Shion was waiting. Surprisingly, the Gnosis still haven't made they way to where the three (Megan went back inside the restaurant with her children) were waiting.
"Shion!" Allen ran up beside her, sword drawn.
Shion blinked in shock at seeing her co-worker, and friend, ready for battle. "Allen, what are you doing here? You could get hurt!"
Allen narrowed his eyes at the Gnosis and tried to look manly. It kinda worked. "Don't worry about me, I would do anything to protect you, Shion. Even if it means I have to give up my own life. I will fight in the name of love!" And he charge at the Gnosis, swinging wildly.
Shion stood speechless as she watched Allen charge into battle. Christopher was particularly rolling on the floor, Megan softly smile at the romance of it all, their three kids, having to stay inside on mother's orders, poked their heads through the door, and the Gnosis was staring stupidly at the charging man.
"AYYYYEEE!" Allen cried, swinging the sword at the Gnosis (with his eyes close, mind you), and surprisingly, cut its arm off. He then stabbed the glowing hot blade through the monster's heart, or what he thought was the monster's heart.
"UUGGGHHHH!" The Gnosis screamed in pain, and then died.
Everyone was silent. Allen was breathing heavily as green goo dripped from his sword.
The silence was broken, however, by someone cheering. "Alright! Waytago, Allen!" Christopher shouted from where he stood and ran up to him to give him a friendly pat on the back. "Now, that's what I'm talking about!" He than lowered his voice. "But you could've done without the whole 'in the name of love' thing." He winked.
Allen blushed.
Megan screamed. "Don't start celebrating now! Look, there's more!" She pointed to a swarm of Gnosis' making their sweet ole' way to them.
Chris couldn't help but grin. "Awesome. Ready for more, Allen?"
Allen shakily nodded. "Uh, sure..."
"Good! Just stand back ladies, we have this under control!" Christopher pulled out his own weapon, something similar to the one he gave Allen.
Megan rolled her eyes. "Men."
Shion felt completely helpless as she watch Christopher and Allen take on the Gnosis Army all by themselves. She wasn't used to being the one that stayed on the sideline. But as she watch Allen fight those monsters, she couldn't help but think that something was different about her co-worker. Maybe it was the way his eyes shined so fiercely with such emotions that nothing could stand in his way, or maybe it was the way he held that weapon of his and spoke the words of love and peace...or maybe she's just reading too much into it.
With one Gnosis left to go, Allen rushed towards it with his sword held high, ready to strike. Unfortunately for him, the Gnosis wasn't about to get any of his body parts cut up into little tiny pieces, so he wisely jumped out of the path of the charging man. Allen, unable to stop himself, ran crashing into a nearby wall. If these creatures could, this Gnosis would've been rolling on the ground laughing, but since Gnosis don't laugh, or harbor any expressions whatsoever, for that matter, he just roared really loud.
The Vector employee was slightly dazed as he stared at the clouds in the sky and the birdies that circled his head. His eyes drifted shut to block out the annoying birds that flew around him and the irritating sun. In the distance, he could hear a soft voice calling out his name...
"Allen..."
Who was that? Couldn't they just leave him alone?
"Allen!" The voice continued to call out to him, sounding more desperate.
He wanted to go back to bed. He was exhausted, fighting all those bloodthirsty creatures...
"Allen, get up!"
Allen eyes snapped open for the second time that day to the final shout of Christopher's voice. At once, he remembered that he was supposed to be fighting a huge Gnosis. He jumped to his feet, grabbed his fallen sword, and spun around to face the beast.
The Gnosis had its back towards him, as he was ready to pounce on Christopher. Allen smiled at his advantage. While the Gnosis had its back towards him, it had no chance of knowing that he was conscious and ready to defeat it.
As quietly as he could, Allen snuck up behind him, raised his sword high above his head, and slashed down as hard as he could. The beast let out a horrifying scream as it dissolve into nothingness.
Christopher panted as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Great timing, Allen, I thought I was a goner for sure."
Allen grinned sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah..." He turned to see if Shion witness him defeating all those Gnosis and felt extremely disappointed when he noticed that his beloved chief was surrounded by a group of people with autograph books and cameras.
He sighed downheartedly. "Aw man...she wasn't watching..."
Chris felt sorry for his new friend and patted him on the back. "Hey, don't let it get to you." He said, trying to console the young man. "I'm sure she'll come around one day."
Allen plopped himself down in a nearby chair and slouched down to drown in his depression. "I don't know...I try everything I can to impress her and nothing ever works..." He sighed again.
Meanwhile, Shion was being attacked by people that wanted her autograph, camera crew, and news reporters.
"Shion, can I have your autograph?"
"You're awesome, Shion!"
"Shion, look over here! Smile for the camera!" Flash!
"Shion, marry me!"
"I love you, Shion!"
"Shion, how does it feel to be the Foundation greatest hope for survival?"
Shion was getting highly annoyed with all the publicity. She wanted to scream at them all and tell them to leave her the hell alone, but she wasn't one to be rude to her 'fans'. She glanced up to see if she could get some help from Allen and frowned when she noticed that he was in one of those 'moods' again. What was with him, anyways? Shion was afraid she would never come to understand him.
While Christopher was trying to console his sadden friend, his wife Megan, along with their three children, rushed up to them.
"That was great, dad!" Mark instantly shouted, hugging his father. "That was the greatest display of combat power I've ever seen, and I watch a lot of TV to know what I'm talking about because no one can be quite like my dad 'cause he's the greatest in the world and really knows how to fight 'cause great-great grandpa taught him everything that he knows and one day dad's gonna teach me how to kick some major monster butt!"
Everyone stared at the twelve year old boy in amazement as he finished his sentence. The kid than turned to Allen. "You were great, too, mister!"
Allen blinked. "Uh, thanks." "At least someone thinks so..." He sighed and glanced at Shion.
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A figure with beautiful long blue hair silently swoop to the large hole where the Gnosis were getting in and sealed it shut. No more Gnosis will be getting through there any time soon.
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In the dark vastness of space, one lone figure, who hide from the planets and stayed alone for most of his life, grinned into the darkness of his cold and quiet room. Soon, something big will happen. Soon, someone will perish and lose their sanity. Soon...he will be free.
If only Soon was here sooner.
He sighed and fell into his hard, cold, nasty little bed.
He hated waiting for his time to shine...
And so, he waited for Soon to come.
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Ah, FINALLY I got chapter five out. I'm so happy...
SapphireWhiteTigress