All that live go though changes, phases. Sometimes it is by our choice that our life changes. Sometimes it is by forces other then our own. Freya was once a happy girl, a Hero of SilverFalls. Then upon the falling of the light, she became a slave of Phibrizzo, in their dark schemes, she was tortured. Now yet again her life changes. Will it be any better, or any worse? Only time will tell. And what of Jen. What becomes of her life now, that everything she knows and believes in has been turned upside down and inside out, and twisted by darkness? And there are still yet others, who unknowingly,will be affected by change.
Cyber Hiwatari walks into his base, and moves to the living room. He places Freya on one of the many rugs that adorn the floor. He stares at her for a few moments, then moves his head to the side in confusion. Why did Cat care so much for these girl? His Cat had called Freya her best friend. .. Friend? What was friends? Why where they so important to these people, to his beloved Cat? Friendship. Caring. Love. The thought of these made Cyber Hiwatari head swim. He did not understand them at all. Except... perhaps he did understand love. His head turns as Cat runs into the room.
She was the obsissite of everything he understood. Chaos, blood, pain. Killing. These he understood. From his very creation was he familiar with these. How many lives had he taken in his home realm? How many here? Many. So many he did not bother to count. His hands were firmly drenched in blood. Its what he UNDERSTOOD. But...Perhaps under all the darkness and pain that made up who he was, perhaps there was a small part of him that needed more. Needed Love. Cat.
Cat goes instantly by Freya's side, falling to her kneels beside Freya. Her eyes are filled with horror at the fresh wounds, and the old scars from past brutalities, that cover Freya. She brushes a strand of hair from her friends sleeping face, then turns her eyes onto Cyber Hiwatari. In them is thanks, and love. Cyber Hiwatari feels a strange sensation as he stares into the emotions reflected in her perfect face. Love. Yes, he and his Cat belonged together. There was no greater truth.
Cyber Hiwatari moves closer to Cat, and strokes her cheek gently. She briefly leans against his legs, before bending over Freya again. "My Cat. As I promised you, your friend." Cyber Haw moves his hand to Cat's shoulder, and roughly turns her to him. Kneeling by her side he stares into her eyes. With one hand he grips her face tightly, almost to tightly. "My Beloved Cat. You must never, NEVER, ask me for such a thing again. Not ever ever. Anything else, ask. But this sort of thing, never again. If Shadow Mewtwo starts to think of me as weak, soft...Three will be war between us. And I do not want you caught in the middle of such a think. I could not bear to loose you." Cyber Hiwatari lets go of Cat, and she sniffles slightly, before throwing herself in his arms. Cyber Hiwatari smiles and hugs her back, rubbing her back. "I have things to take care of. Things you are best not knowing about. Cyber Hiwatari draws Cat closer to her, and kisses her deeply, then lets her go and leaps up. He walks out the doorway, and such is his haste, and perhaps even his feelings for Cat, that he forgets to lock the door.
Freya starts to wake up, and flickers her eyes open just in time to see this emotional display before Cyber Hiwatari departs. As soon as she is sure he is gone, she sits up, and just slowly stares at Cat in shock. "You.. Can't be serious! Cat, he killed our partners, our friends!"
Cat flinches, and looks at her friend, knowing this would happen. She had to make Freya understand, somehow. But after all her best friend had gone though, could she be made to understand about this? Cat looks down. "I...I don't care Freya. I ...I l..."
Freya interrupts, hissing. "DON'T say it! Just ..Just don't say it." Freya leaps off the floor stumbling slightly, and paces. Her gaze moves from the floor to cat back to the floor in a endless cycle. Had her friend gone completely MAD? Freya stops, and stares dumbstruck at Cat, refusing completely to accept her words. She kneels down before Cat, taking her best friends hands in hers. "No. NO. You can't just sit here.You..You have to come with me! NOW! Run away, be free. We have to fight them. Cyber Hiwatari, Phibrizzo, Shadow Mewtwo.. All of them!"
Cat pulls her hands away from Freya's, still not meeting Freya's eyes. She shakes slightly. She can't leave here, she can't leave Cyber Hiwatari's side. "I.. I am not some slave nor a prisoner. I wish, want, to be here! Can't you understand that? Our worlds gone.. And this one is here now. And Cyber Hiwatari.. he keeps me safe, he cares for me!"
Freya leaps up off the floor again, shaking with both anger and confusion. What was wrong with Cat? Had this world gone even madder? How could Cat not see the truth? Did she not remember the horrific battle? Unwilling to loose Cat, as she may have lost Jen, still held captive by Phibrizzo, Freya reaches down and grabs Cat's hands, pulling her up to her feet. "Cat. You... I can't let you stay here. I can't just FORGET what they did. All of them including Cyber Hiwatari. Goku is DEAD because of them. Jen is captured because of them. And what about all our partners and the hero's who were slaughtered by them? Including your precious Cyber Hiwatari!"
Cat looks away from Freya, her lips wavering and tears filling in her eyes. Why was her Best Friend trying to make her choice between the one she had come to love, and her friends? If any were even alive beside Freya. She shakes her head, making her decision. "I won't go with you Freya. I won't leave him, ever. I love him, and You... you can't understand that!" Cat hisses at Freya in anger, and disappointment. Freya seems deaf to Cat's words however, and she tries to pull Cat to the door. Cat hisses again, and in a shocking move, she smacks Freya, causing her to let go of her hands. Cat runs from her, and sits in the corner, softly sobbing.
Freya's own eyes tear up, but she does not let them fall. Even though all she wants to do is cry, and scream. She could not save Jen. She could not save Cat. Was there anyone LEFT in this realm she could save? Any of her friends, or were they all lost to darkness? Both her friends had been taken away so easily. Did she have anything left to fight for? Not even Goku anymore. Freya grits her teeth as depression Begin's to take hold within her. She slowly shakes her head. What was lost would not be lost forever. She'd not allow the shadows to keep what they had taken. She would fight, as long as their was breath left in her body. That's what Jen would do, if she could. That's what Goku would do as well. She had to fight still. Even if there was nothing left.
Freya gives another look at Cat as her thoughts run rambid in her head. "Nothing left but shoes..." She mutters before realizing she had no shoes on. "Damn it, they even TOOK THE SHOES!" Freya gives one final look at the sobbing and foolishly in love Cat. "If you care about me, in any way.. If my friend Cat is anywhere in there still..The Cat I knew.. You won't call for him. You'll let me go."
Cat whips one palm across her eyes. " Go.. I don't...care. I just want to be with him. I don't care about the past anymore." Cat keeps her eyes lowed, never once meeting Freya's.
Freya stands there for a few moments, then sighs in defeat. She takes one last look at Cat, then turns her back and opens the door. Without another hesitation she runs out into the night, ignoring her wounds in her bid for freedom. She passes buildings in the fog, never once stopping, until she is far from the Castle grounds. She slowly stops, breathing heavily.
"For... For who my friends used to be. For the memory of all who died by their hands...and for.." Freya waves her fist to the sky, and shouts her next words for all the heavens to here. "FOR THE SHOES!"
To Freya's shock, a voice answers her. A familiar, but impossible voice. "That's the spirit Wavey."
Freya gasps and spins around, her eyes gaze in shock as if she has seen a ghost. And considering who stands before her, that's pretty much the truth.
Goku floats before her, his form pale in the shadowed night. Freya raises her hand, and Goku mirrors her movements. She presses her hand against Goku's, but it passes though his. He gives her a sad look. "Sorry, Wavey. But you'll have to call me the Ghost of Goku now. For that's all I am. A ghost upon the realm of shadows." Before Freya's eyes can tear up, Goku gives her one of his rare smiles. "But don't worry. I'm here to watch over you. To help you as best I can."
Freya slowly nods, knowing she must stay strong. But how she longed to touch him again. How she longed for him to embrace her, and make all her troubles vanish in his arms. How she longed to steel his clothes and run laughing as he chased her in mock fury.
As if reading her thoughts, his gaze sharpens. "Now Wavey, you KNOW those days are long gone. No more fun. Not until the trash is taken out." He slowly stares at her, his hard gaze softens slightly. Slowly he starts to fade. "I'll be back in a bit Wavey. Do good in the meantime." He moves closer to her, looking into her eyes. "Trust yourself. Your the last hope for this world. Your the only one who can pull whats left of the Hero's together to fight the shadows."
Freya sniffles softly, and nods,the tears in her eyes drying up. "But...Is there anything left to fight with? Can we win?"
Goku's eyes grow sad, as his ghostly hand tries to stroke Freya's hair. "Oh Wavey. I wish I could say we will win. But things have changed." His expression changes slightly. "Shadows consume all, and light is but a dim memory. If it is forgotten, then there is no hope. Wavey, you ARE that hope now. Don't let the fire die." With those final words, The Ghost of Goku vanishes.
Freya stands there for a few moments, then turns her gaze toward the Mountains, and starts walking. "I'll take that as a we probably will end up dying horribly. But... At least we will be able to say we tried. That we never gave up. And maybe..We will win." Freya smiles a sad smile as she starts her trek.
On top of Shadow Mewtwo's castle, Shadow Mewtwo stands in the chill of the Predawn light. He still holds Jen in his arms, waiting for her to awaken. Slowly her eyes open, but they are almost blank, unresponsive. Shadow Mewtwo's eyes glow, and a chair appears on the roof. He gently puts Jen on it, keeping his clawed hands, on her arms. "My Princess." He awaits a response, but Jen gives him none. She simply sits, unresponsive to his voice and touch. She does not even shiver from the chill in the air. Shadow Mewtwo frowns slightly, then strokes the back of his claws down her neck. "Poor Pet Princess. I never meant for any of this to happen. You know I would not of had you this seriously harmed. Nor had Little Flower dead. Never."
Jen whimpers a bit at the mention of Freya's name. The memory of her friends death, to fresh in her mind. Only Shadow Mewtwo and his minions..knew the truth. That that had NOT been Freya. But to Jen, it was.
Shadow Mewtwo seems to puzzle for a few moments, then gently cups his clawed hand on the back of Jen's neck. Softly purring to keep her at ease, he pulls her closer to him. "The pain I feel from you is to great. Such agony... Such grief... Such guilt. I will help you. Trust me." Shadow Mewtwo pulls Jen to her feet, and still purring he leans closer to her, and Jen does not even move, nor respond as he bites the side of her neck. She simply closes her eyes, as does Shadow Mewtwo.
What Shadow Mewtwo does in this moment, in this one simple bite, is not known. Was it something to simply dampen her memory's? Or something far darker? In truth, not even shadow Mewtwo knows the full nature of his almost gentle bite.
The two stand there for long moments, then Shadow Mewtwo lets go, licking the spot at which he bite her. The puncture wounds close, and the rest of Jen's wounds seem to melt away as well. Jen slowly opens her eyes, and tilts her head up to look into Shadow Mewtwo's crimson ones. He strokes her hair. "Feeling any better, Princess?"
Jen continues to stare into his eyes, then slowly whispers. "You... You saved me. She...Betrayed me. Its so confusing. Everything spins around, all around. I want to run like a deer in the light...to attack Phibrizzo for what he did. To attack all of you...And the other part..." Jen stops speaking, falling silent as if confused about what the other part of her wants.
Shadow Mewtwo continues to stroke her hair, and looks at her iniquitously. "The other part? What does it want, Jen?" His attention remains completely focused on her.
Jen lowers her eyes to the ground as she whispers again. "And.. The other part...is so tired of all this. The other part just wants to fall into your arms. To forget everything else."
Shadow Mewtwo smiles, knowing all he has done to her has worked. She is helplessly his now. His and the Shadows. With a smooth motion he wraps his tail a round her waist, drawing her closer to him and shielding her from the predawn coldness. She at first does not respond, then slowly she lets herself fall in his arms, closing her eyes. "I feel safe with you..I have not been safe for so long, I've forgotten what it means. Not to worry, not to fight." Jen slowly whispers.
Shadow Mewtwo wraps his arms around her, and smiles a odd smile she could not see. "I know my Princess. You will aways be safe here. And I will teach you things that will forever keep you safe." Jen does not respond in any words, mearly relaxing in his arms even more. Here, now, it was hard to believe the horrors she had gone though before. In his embrace, she could forget Freya...was gone forever. Perhaps it was best, best to forget the past. To just be his Princess and not the sad suffering girl she used to be.