AMBER & EMERALD
Author's Note:
Hi, long time no see! Sorry, but I was so busy that I couldn't manage even a single chapter! Combine that with a HUGE writer-block and the lack of reviews….
Anyway, here's a new chapter! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne. My God, I've told you this 18 times before!
CHAPTER 19: BAD OMEN
Definitely not a good omen.
The cars swerved from right to left and left to right, barely avoiding the others. Horns were beeped in anger, directed at the two cars. Curses were flung, yet the two archrivals seemed to decide to ignore them.
Another dangerous bump from Dilandau. It nearly made Van's car lost its balance, yet the raven black haired teen didn't even blink.
Van bumped his car onto Dilandau's roughly. Hitomi could sense that although it was Dilandau who pushed more, it was Van who was having the control of the situation. His bumps were accurate and forceful, and for a few times Dilandau was shoved to the edge of the road.
However, that did not make the bad feeling go away.
'Always trust women's instincts.'
For the very first time, Hitomi hoped that that sentence was not right.
The duel continued for what seemed to be forever. Merle was clutching her seat tightly, eyes blazing with rage. 'That Dilandau is lucky that he is not here or he is a dead guy now,' Hitomi thought, a futile attempt of a joke.
Suddenly, a loud boom echoed through the tension of the air, and Van's car swerved dangerously to the left, its body grazing the railing of the road. Hitomi shut her eyes tightly, Merle on her side yelping in surprise. Hitomi caught Van muttering something, which she guessed in suspicion to be along the line, "I will kill that guy!"
"What the hell is that, Amber?" she asked harshly, not fully recovered from the shock.
"A small bomb, I guess," replied Van through gritted-teeth. "That maniac keeps a lot of them."
Another shiver ran down Hitomi's spine, right when another bomb exploded too close for Hitomi's taste.
"Hold on tightly, girls," Van commanded. "This is no smooth journey."
The two girls immediately snapped sarcastically, "Oh, of course it is, Van-chan."
Hitomi woke up with a jolt, head aching more than what she thought possible. 'Where am I?' she thought, glancing around.
She was sitting on a bed with white cover and pillow. Her room gave a comfortable aura, and a vase filled with white daisies stood on a small table beside the bed. Then she saw her, Merle, sitting on a sofa, watching the TV.
She looked down at her body. She was wearing a hospital standard pajamas, and her right arm was bandaged. She tried to remember what had happened, yet all she could remember was terrifying sound of crash and explosion, accompanied by a blinding light. She shook her head forcefully, trying to clear her mind up.
"Oh, you've awoken," Merle said, averting her eyes from the TV.
"What happened?" Hitomi asked, frowning.
"That crazy maniac threw a bomb right on our car," said the younger girl, grumbling. She resembled a little of an angry feline for Hitomi. "It broke the engine of our car and the front glass. That's why we are bandaged like this," she added, lifting her arm for Hitomi to see and pointing at the band-aid on her cheek with the other hand.
"How's Van?"
Merle stared at her before licking her lips and said cunningly, "Worried about him, eh?"
"It's not like that," Hitomi snapped in instinct. "It's just…well…he is going to lead me to the person who killed my family and…eh, surely I can't let him die before he fulfills his promise!"
"Believe me, Hitomi, you're no good in lying," Merle said, yawning in purpose to add the effect that she wasn't impressed at all. "By the way, Van is in the next room. He had several cuts, for he was sitting on the driver's seat. But besides that he is okay."
"How disappointing," Hitomi remarked, raising her eyebrows.
"I thought you didn't want him to die?"
"Yes, but several broken ribs will do him good."
The door flung open and the two girls averted their eyes at it immediately. There stood a young woman, perhaps at the age of eighteen or nineteen. Her long platinum blond hair was tied in a low ponytail, and her violet eyes sparkled with confidence one would have through hardships.
"Millerna!"
TO BE CONTNUED TO CHAPTER 20
Yay, this chapter has ended! At last Millerna appeared! See you at the next chapter!
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Celon Ierith
