Disclaimer: I give up. Refer to the last 19 chaps for it.
Author's Note: Wow this is short. I'm sorry everyone, I'm not much for long chaps right now. On a lighter note, to everyone who reviewed: THANK YOU!!!! **throws cookies at all** You're the best!
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 Twenty: Sneaky Cat, Ignorant Mouse"I repeat; Section 31 has been compromised. All Dark Stars move into position. We're taking the Vione," a gruffly voice said from the speakers of the Control Room. Gatti paled considerably. The Dark Stars were minutes away from breaking into their base! He quickly grabbed the microphone and spoke into it, his voice hurried and strained. "Attention! All Dragon Slayers and Star Dragons to the hanger, we're about to be infiltrated by the Dark Stars! I repeat: we're about to be infiltrated by the Dark Stars!" His voice rang out all over the Vione and soon everyone was running around, preparing for the attack.
What they didn't know was that else where, the Dark Stars had gotten the same message. "I repeat; Section 2 has been fully compromised. All Slayers, move into position. All Dragons start Alpha Omega. We're taking the Dark Star's base," came a deep voice from Naru's communicator. She narrowed her eyes as she looked at her team. "It appears Zaibach has found us. We must keep them from our base," she hissed. "Should we attack them?" Asked Anika.
Naru nodded. "Let's go."
Yards away Kat stood up and smiled at Coran. "Ready?" She asked. He nodded and pulled out his weapons, his Love and Hate katanas. "As ready as you are," he smiled.
"I'm always ready," she replied and pulled out her sword also. "May the best man win," she said as they ran towards the Vione. By now all Dragon Slayers and Star Dragons had been on the field heading towards the Dark Stars for a few minutes. Kat smiled as they ran; no one would expect a sudden sneak attack on the Vione. As the first sounds of war reached their ears, they were already climbing up a rope to the hovering Vione above them.
We'll get him, she told herself as she climbed up. We'll save the world once again. They had worked fast and were now dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. The hanger was just inches above her head now. Nodding to Coran, she allowed him to climb up and over her as he pulled himself up into the hanger. Rapid sounds of firing could be heard followed closely by something blowing up.
What? What was that? Panic hit Kat fast. Had there been security systems that she hadn't known about? Panic turned into fear as she thought of Coran-had be been hit? Where was he? Turning her head up, she tried to peer over the metal edge of the floor but failed. Where was he?
Suddenly a pair of hands reached down and grabbed her hands, swiftly pulling her up to the metal edge and over it. Looking up, Kat saw that Coran was sitting above her, smiling like a cat that ate the canary. "Security is disabled," he muttered. Relief flooded Kat as she threw her arms around his neck and gave him a grateful hug. What would she have done if he had gotten hurt? "Alright, let's go," she said and stood up, smiling down at the stunned Coran.
The sounds of war below them had become deafening in the very few minutes they had been up there. Even running down the halls of the Vione they could still hear explosions. It was as if the sounds had filtered into the large base and were now echoing down the corridors like an eerie wind. Part of Kat wanted to turn back and just blown the whole damn thing up but she knew better. Alex's children were on this ship. This was where their-part of their-lives was. To blow it up would be like loosing the only home that they still had.
Kat ran, her mind spinning, her inner self, conflicting with every thing she had ever come to know. She wanted to cause destruction and pain, sorrow and fear. She wanted people to hurt as she did. She wanted Dilandau to pay for what he was doing to her. Yet her morals stood in the way like a brick wall that she could not scale. They stopped her destructive impulses and brought calmness to the girl's ravaged nerves. You'll get through this, it told her. When you do you'll be happy you didn't give in.
While her mind wandered she didn't pay attention to where they were going, simply following Coran as he ran. Now, his hand on her shoulder brought her out of her trance and back into the harsh reality that was now her world. They were in the dungeons, dark and cold, standing in front of the cell, which held Scott. He was staring at them with mixed emotions in his eyes, debating with himself as she had been about what to do. "It's pure steel," Coran said, tapping the bars with his knuckles. "Mixed with something I haven't even seen. I can't cut through them."
"Damn it," she said, part of their plan falling apart. "I'll do it then." She stepped up like a batter to the plate, her hands reaching out to the bars, her mind focusing on her powers, her heart beating rapidly with anticipation. The familiar tingling that she got when she used her powers came back and spread across her body. The feeling made her want to smile-at least something hadn't changed yet.
She watched as her hand slid through the iron bars easily, going straight through the solid mass. She held her hands through the bars, testing the metal, to see if it had been enchanted to detect magic. Apparently it hadn't or her powers weren't registering with it. "It's okay," she said to Coran and reached out her hand, making it solid for him. He took a hold of it, his grasp firm but gentle. Focusing once again, she stepped through the bars and into the cell with Coran right behind her.
"You… You…" Scott fumbled for the words for what he had just witnessed. Part of him knew that he had done this before… but where? His mind was a complete blank. The woman smiled at him and stepped forward, kneeling before him. Her midnight blue eyes seemed so familiar to him… He had meet her before, hadn't he? "Don't worry Scott, you'll soon be free," she told him, her voice soft and reassuring. "You're just going to go to sleep for a few hours, okay?"
Before he could say anything the woman's hands reached out and he had the odd sensation of ants running around in his brain. It didn't hurt but felt very odd. Then, as soon as it had come it left. Frowning, he wondered why… but he didn't get far because his world went black.
"Nice job," Coran said as he witnessed Kat stick her fingers inside Scott's brain and knock him out. She removed her fingers and stood up, pulling the limb body of the Second along with her. "Thank you. Now come on, we got to get him out of here. Take him will you?" Coran did as he was told and picked the man up, throwing him around his shoulders. "Where should we go now?" He asked.
Kat put her hands on the wall directly opposite of the bars of the cell and started walking around. "Out. We'll have to phase. I can't hear any sounds from the outside and I have a feeling that they're figuring out our double-cross."
"ARE YOU CRAZY?" Coran yelled, his eyes sparking. Well, one eye. "That's more then a hundred feet! We'll die!"
"No, we won't," Kat said forcefully, looking at her companion. "You forget you have a Protector with you. We'll survive."
Coran nodded although he still didn't look totally convinced. Kat motioned for him to take her hand and he did, with a slight pause. Just as he was opening his mouth to ask what they were doing exactly, she phased them through the wall and within seconds they were falling through the air. Then, as fast as it had happened, they stopped falling and glided towards the forest, away from the battle below and safe from prying eyes.
Author's Note: **grins** Pretty clever, eh? Kat and Coran have Scott and everything will be fine, you say? Oh, how wrong **coughs** Yeah, I'm not supposed to give away the plot. ^^ Review please, because if you do you'll get a huge cookie!
~The Shadow That Takes Form as a Kat~
~~ShadowKat~~