Disclaimer: I OWN ESCAFLOWNE!!! Psych! I actually don't… he says so. **points to be CEO that owns Esca** And he's having me arrested for saying I do… darn it. **is hauled off by police officer**
Author's Note: So how was the first chapter people? Sort of a cliffhanger I know but that's the point of getting you to read the second chapter! Anways, just an FYI, I'm putting people who applied for the audition I had up (I doubt very many actually found it) and those who I picked are in this story! With big parts too! Yay! So… I'm shutting up now but here's the second chapter! Enjoy!
Sisters till the End
This is dedicated to Pablo/Cecil because he is such an awesome writer and he has inspired me to go farther. Thank you Pablo/Cecil for your awesome story and your awesome talent!
Chapter Two: Call Me BackA year later on Earth….
Another boring day, thought Scott Reber as he walked through the crowded streets of Tokyo, Japan. He stood tall among the inhabitants of the bustling city, his ash blonde hair grown long and pulled back by a rubber band. His dark blue eyes hid behind dark sunglasses, his broad chin, think lips, high cheekbones and long nose all pulled into an emotionless look.
People passed him, occasionally bumping into the giant, as cars zoomed by on the streets as carts drawn by people crawled by. Shops and neon signs flashed by as Scott quickened his pace subconsciously. He was going to be late again. The train was now in sight, his pace disappearing into the glass doors and into the over cooled station. He checked his watch-7: 59.
Damn, I'm late! He thought as he ran though the thick masses. He only had minutes before his train left. Fighting the flow of people, he finally reached the sliding glass doors as they slid apart to let him in. As he passed through the doorway a memory, or an image, he wasn't sure which for it was blurry and gone in an instant. Paused, he shook his head and continued through the doors.
She passed through the pillars as they began to crumble, their bases being hacked away by the force of the shaking earth. People screamed and scattered as the pillars began to fall upon the masses of panic-stricken humans. The ground came up in waves like an over grown whale was trying to be released from is prison, to uproot the ground above and jump up into the clear night sky.
Scott ran into the large, tiled room that was the station, passing through the spinning rails as they counted him as the 2328th person to pass through that morning. He ran into the next area where large billboards and flashing screens showed departure times, arrival times, gate numbers and advertisements. People walked around, talking, shouting, and the chaos of the busy station ringing in his ears. Pushing through the crowds, he ran towards the only working elevator in the whole station-the other one across the large station was broken down.
Twisting through clumps of people, muttering apologizes as he did he was able to get to the small secluded area behind a half wall where the elevator and stairs were kept. Suddenly a voice rang through the whole station announcing that Scott's train was about to leave. Hitting the "down" button as fast as he could, wishing that someone would do a rare mechanical check on the cheap piece of junk, he wondered if the ancient box would ever reach him. He could feel the grips of time beginning to take a hold of his sides, the pit in his stomach growing and the adrenaline being pumped into his blood growing in amount. There was no way…
She dodged another heavy piece of pillar, back flipping to a temporarily "safe" spot and crouching down, her muscles tensing and relaxing as she did the complex move within seconds. The ground beneath her suddenly was thrown up, something beneath it fighting to get free, like a chicken fighting to be free from its protective membrane. She was thrown into the air, high above the chaos below. As she soared higher and higher, she turned her agile body and flipped through the now dusty air for another pillar had crashed. Landing without injury, she performed a perfect flip in the air as she bounded away from the danger zone. Could she do it?
Shaking his head, Scott gave up on the elevator and ran to the stairwell, continently located next to the elevator. Silently thanking the person who insisted on the stairs being placed where they were he ran down the stairs taking them as fast as a jogger hit the ground. People looked at him funny as he passed them keeping perfect balance as he dodged people in his way and remaining his pace.
Within seconds he was on the ground, running into the large open space underground where the subway was. The masses of people were lessened here, most of them preferring the bullet train over the crummy subway.
Pumping as fast as he could he ran towards the fading train heading down towards the tunnel where the platform ran into the wall. He could see half the train all ready gone, melting into the dark tunnel. No, I have to get on that train! He thought as he pumped his legs faster. He was getting closer…
She landed and whirled around, the large temple standing before her, its majestic structure crumbling. The coliseum was made from the best marble, jade, and gold to be found anywhere on the planet, it 300 columns each describing a part of their history, the sculptures and engravings disappearing as the stained glass roof gave away to the rough housing of the each on which it stood. She ran up the crumbling marble steps, jumping away as tentacles suddenly whipped forth, breaking away the steps and leaving a gigantic whole in the majestic structure.
She ran, reaching the small platform where the four Guardian Dragon statues were. The marble and jade of which the large Guardian Dragons were made out of were falling apart, the jade columns falling into them and pieces of marble cracking their once smooth structure. Passing the once respected statues, she ran into the rows of columns that made up the coliseum. She weaved her way through the disintegrating pieces of history, gracefully dodging any danger as she neared the center. It was only a few yards away now…
"No!" Scott yelled for he was now just a foot away from the edge of the platform, the five foot deep well below holding electrified tracks. The end of the train was just a jump away from his grasp. Without thinking his feet pushed off the ground propelling his body through the air as his hand stretched out to grab the cold piece of metal on the train…
In the center of the coliseum was a small orb floating with nothing to support it. It was barely the size of her palm, made of Onyx; its surface shinned to perfection. Muttering the ancient language of the Dragons she reached out to it, her fingers grasping thin air as her hand sought to cool surface of the small stone. A column to her right suddenly gave away and the roof came crashing down on her as she reached…
Scott's hand was barely a millimeter away from the back railing of the train when gravity caught up with him. It forced him down into the well where the tracks were. His body crumbled and he watched as his train quickly disappeared from his sight. "No…" he whispered as his body hit the electric tracks.
Her skin touched a warm substance, her fingers melting into the smooth skin of the orb. She yelled out the words and suddenly her world began to spin violently. She could feel her whole body disappearing into the warm liquid that was the orb and suddenly her eyes went dark. Nothing was seen, heard or felt. All she knew was that there was another next to her and her hand clutched the small, sacred orb as her world came to a rest.
Author's Note: HEHEHEHE!!! I finished with the second chapter and it's a CLIFFHANGER!!!! Don't you just love the suspense? Well, who's trying to get to Scott and are they dead or not?! Who knows? Well, the third chapter reveals things but this is a cliffhanger so review and the third chapter comes out! YAY! Oh, and just a side note, there aren't supposed to be breaks in the chapter-it's written like little flashes so that's why things are in italics. So, review and you get the next chapter!
~The Shadow That Takes Form as a Kat~
~~ShadowKat~~