.hack/Morganna's End rewrite

Chapter 11

"Master, it's good to see you." She looked at Kade's form of choice, he was in monster form. She quickly pulled herself to the monster, hoping it would take the form she wanted it to take.

"Kade, I'm here, I'm not being taken away from you."

"They took you away from me once! They won't take you from me again!" An arm pulled her close, holding her tightly to him. "I'll keep you forever!"

"Kade, What about my freedom?"

"I want you to be by my side! You always work for others! Stay by me Master!" He was crying, the monster was crying...

She woke in a cold sweat, she hypervenilated for a moment. Her nightgown stuck to her like glue, her covers thrown off her in a violent shaking. The dream was so real, the dream was really what the monster had tried to express to her once. "It was all just a dream." She pulled the Green comforter back over her body, turning the pillow over. "It's all just a dream...all a dream...that's all..." She said as her body slowly adjusted to her mantra. Just a sleep was going to overtake her again, her phone rang on the bedside table. "Hello?"

"Tania, I'm afraid this is an emergency. Do you think you could come early? I want to make sure you're here before everyone else."

"Okay, Helba." She slowly removed the covers from her body, moving her legs to dangle in front of her. Her feet padded the wooden surface, moving to where she needed to go. She opened her room locks, showering and dressing in about twenty minutes. She pulled a long skirt of dark green to her, placing it on her body. She then pulled on a lighter green blouse, and then pulled her purse to her body. She then shook the other woman slightly awake.

"Tania? What are you all dressed for this early in the morning? It's about one-thirty in the morning...right?"

"Helba wanted me to be there before everyone else, so you could try and dress quick." The woman nodded to her in sacasm. However, she was dressed in about ten minutes, half of the time.

Helba's Work Area: 6:00 AM

Everyone began to walk in the work place, terminals were set in front of them. The meeting room was always quickly changed to a room for many people in quick time. They were tired, but knew that Morganna didn't work to when they were ready to fight. Yawns were heard as they ate breakfast food and drank coffee, tea, and even soda. Helba had gone all out to make sure this operation would work, people at CC Corporation had used the nap room to be there when they were needed. "Tania?" She turned towards the file room, the one that she had kept about all the incidents. They would soon be transferred to a phantom server, never to be seen again. The room was poorly lit, an obvious place to keep files that were old. She was looking at the one that included the awakening of Kade. "I know you are worried, but there may be no other way to stop your protector."

"He's only a young boy, a young boy who has not learned the sins of the world he was born into. A child that will never know what is meant to be." Her voice was in a slightly hearable whisper.

"I know, it'll be okay. I'm sure everything will be well. We won't let your last strings of hope be wasted. We should get up, the plan starts in half an hour." The woman nodded, closing the file and putting it back before going out of the room. Helba shut the door, locking it for the remainder of the time left it would be there.

Mac Anu: 6:10 AM

Tsukasa and Subaru stared at the river, the river that once held a place of joy. "Silver Knight, I'm glad you could make it." The heavyaxeman's face turned towards the still crimson knight uniformed character. He slightly blushed beneath his mask, but stood a few inches away from her.

"I wanted to make sure that you were safe. I heard the past few times that you were in need of help."

"I'm sure that everything will be fine."

Meanwhile...

Crim leaned against the alleyway wall, listening to Bear's new book idea. "Well, I had heard your new book was going to be about something controvertial, but about something like the world?"

"Well, it is something I've been wanting to do. My editor already said that it was a very good manuscript. He even said it might make a national best seller."

"That's just like you."

Meanwhile...

"Elk, promise me something." She looked at him with an almost pleading expression. He couldn't help but be curious of what she wanted him to promise.

"What is it you want me to promise to?"

"Promise you'll come back alive."

"I promise." She then tugged him close, hugging him as if it were the lifeline that she needed. Elk embraced her back, soothing the woman. "I promise I'll come back to you."

TBC...